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grandmother?<00:12:49.580><c> There</c><00:12:49.840><c> indeed</c><00:12:50.200><c> is.</c><00:12:50.820><c> It's</c><00:12:51.379><c> obviously</c>

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the<00:12:52.039><c> point</c><00:12:52.279><c> Paul's</c><00:12:52.860><c> making,</c><00:12:53.460><c> and</c><00:12:53.600><c> he's</c><00:12:53.779><c> making</c><00:12:54.039><c> it</c><00:12:54.279><c> to</c><00:12:54.460><c> us,</c><00:12:54.980><c> brothers</c><00:12:55.159><c> and</c><00:12:55.440><c> sisters.</c><00:12:56.460><c> As</c>

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we<00:12:56.940><c> now</c><00:12:57.159><c> look</c><00:12:57.419><c> then,</c>

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a<00:13:07.600><c> Samuel's</c><00:13:08.200><c> development</c><00:13:08.919><c> from</c><00:13:10.620><c> his</c><00:13:11.179><c> human</c><00:13:11.600><c> parents</c><00:13:12.320><c> would</c>

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father's,<00:13:15.700><c> the</c><00:13:15.980><c> spiritual</c><00:13:16.399><c> father's</c><00:13:17.019><c> influence,</c><00:13:18.019><c> would</c><00:13:18.120><c> be</c>

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dependent<00:13:18.779><c> upon</c><00:13:19.200><c> the</c><00:13:19.620><c> spirituality</c><00:13:20.259><c> of</c><00:13:20.580><c> the</c><00:13:20.740><c> mother,</c>

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Samuel,<00:13:38.240><c> her</c><00:13:38.600><c> understanding</c><00:13:39.340><c> of</c><00:13:39.720><c> self</c><00:13:40.039><c>-sacrifice,</c><00:13:41.320><c> all</c><00:13:41.559><c> of</c>

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which<00:13:42.220><c> needed</c><00:13:42.759><c> to</c><00:13:43.059><c> be</c><00:13:43.340><c> imparted</c><00:13:44.139><c> to</c><00:13:44.379><c> Samuel.</c>

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inherited<00:14:07.220><c> that</c><00:14:07.639><c> kind</c><00:14:07.919><c> of</c><00:14:08.200><c> formative</c><00:14:08.639><c> influence.</c><00:14:10.200><c> She</c><00:14:10.379><c> was</c><00:14:10.620><c> a</c>

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woman<00:14:10.940><c> of</c><00:14:11.279><c> prayer,</c><00:14:12.480><c> and</c><00:14:12.600><c> no</c><00:14:12.820><c> doubt</c><00:14:13.200><c> helped</c><00:14:13.700><c> Samuel</c>

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prayer<00:14:19.059><c> by</c><00:14:19.639><c> her</c><00:14:19.879><c> own</c><00:14:20.179><c> personal</c><00:14:20.519><c> example.</c>

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faithful<00:14:29.100><c> in</c><00:14:29.399><c> keeping</c><00:14:29.700><c> her</c><00:14:30.120><c> vow,</c><00:14:31.059><c> as</c><00:14:31.299><c> Samuel</c><00:14:31.720><c> was</c><00:14:32.019><c> to</c><00:14:32.179><c> be</c><00:14:32.399><c> committed</c><00:14:32.759><c> to</c><00:14:33.399><c> his</c><00:14:33.899><c> pledge</c><00:14:34.299><c> to</c><00:14:34.620><c> work</c><00:14:34.879><c> as</c><00:14:35.440><c> a</c><00:14:35.620><c> Nazarite,</c>

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finally,<00:14:43.879><c> her</c><00:14:44.139><c> humility,</c><00:14:45.659><c> her</c><00:14:45.860><c> willingness</c><00:14:46.200><c> to</c><00:14:46.500><c> be</c><00:14:46.840><c> influenced,</c><00:14:47.700><c> to</c><00:14:47.820><c> subject</c><00:14:48.279><c> herself</c><00:14:48.820><c> to</c>

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will,<00:14:50.620><c> as</c><00:14:51.139><c> moldable</c><00:14:51.740><c> clay,</c><00:14:52.759><c> no</c><00:14:52.980><c> doubt</c><00:14:53.279><c> the</c><00:14:53.500><c> same</c><00:14:53.720><c> was</c><00:14:53.980><c> true</c><00:14:54.279><c> of</c>

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as<00:16:09.919><c> instructors</c><00:16:10.539><c> of</c><00:16:10.899><c> holiness,</c><00:16:11.740><c> as</c><00:16:12.120><c> personal</c><00:16:12.539><c> examples</c>

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from<00:16:14.159><c> their</c><00:16:14.519><c> character</c><00:16:15.019><c> out</c><00:16:15.419><c> to</c><00:16:15.600><c> their</c><00:16:15.840><c> garments,</c><00:16:17.179><c> holiness</c>

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and<00:16:17.940><c> separation,</c><00:16:19.100><c> but</c><00:16:19.440><c> also</c><00:16:19.860><c> individuals</c>

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who<00:16:20.759><c> were</c><00:16:21.019><c> teaching,</c><00:16:21.960><c> helping,</c><00:16:22.940><c> nurturing.</c><00:16:24.700><c> And</c><00:16:25.220><c> the</c><00:16:25.500><c> priest</c>

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had<00:16:26.159><c> those</c><00:16:26.500><c> stones</c><00:16:26.879><c> over</c><00:16:27.360><c> his</c><00:16:27.720><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:16:29.059><c> the</c><00:16:29.279><c> names</c><00:16:29.559><c> of</c><00:16:29.799><c> Israel</c><00:16:30.179><c> written</c><00:16:30.500><c> there,</c><00:16:31.580><c> which</c><00:16:31.740><c> we</c><00:16:31.960><c> looked</c><00:16:32.139><c> at</c><00:16:32.340><c> earlier</c><00:16:32.659><c> in</c>

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his<00:16:37.580><c> love</c><00:16:38.120><c> for</c><00:16:39.120><c> his</c><00:16:40.000><c> sheep.</c><00:16:40.500><c> He</c><00:16:41.019><c> had</c><00:16:41.320><c> them</c><00:16:41.460><c> in</c><00:16:41.559><c> his</c>

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heart.<00:16:43.519><c> The</c><00:16:43.860><c> judge,</c><00:16:44.399><c> perhaps</c><00:16:44.879><c> a</c><00:16:45.179><c> sterner</c><00:16:45.559><c> role,</c><00:16:46.360><c> but</c><00:16:46.480><c> as</c><00:16:46.700><c> we</c>

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looked<00:16:47.019><c> in</c><00:16:47.200><c> Leviticus</c><00:16:47.679><c> chapter</c><00:16:48.159><c> 10</c><00:16:48.519><c> earlier</c><00:16:49.019><c> in</c><00:16:49.179><c> the</c>

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week,<00:16:50.159><c> the</c><00:16:50.340><c> role</c><00:16:50.679><c> of</c><00:16:50.919><c> the</c><00:16:51.200><c> priest</c><00:16:51.440><c> as</c><00:16:51.759><c> a</c><00:16:52.059><c> judge</c><00:16:52.340><c> is</c><00:16:52.799><c> put</c><00:16:53.120><c> right</c>

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next<00:16:54.159><c> to</c><00:16:54.399><c> the</c><00:16:54.620><c> context</c><00:16:55.200><c> in</c><00:16:55.379><c> Leviticus</c><00:16:55.980><c> 10</c><00:16:56.480><c> of</c><00:16:56.980><c> being</c>

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discerner,<00:16:58.720><c> someone</c><00:16:58.960><c> who</c><00:16:59.200><c> can</c><00:17:00.039><c> determine</c><00:17:00.720><c> what's</c><00:17:01.100><c> right,</c>

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what's<00:17:01.779><c> wrong,</c><00:17:02.220><c> what's</c><00:17:02.559><c> clean,</c><00:17:03.039><c> what's</c><00:17:03.399><c> unclean,</c>

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what's<00:17:04.500><c> holy,</c><00:17:04.839><c> what's</c><00:17:05.200><c> not,</c><00:17:05.799><c> what's</c><00:17:06.180><c> good,</c><00:17:06.579><c> what's</c><00:17:06.980><c> bad</c><00:17:07.319><c> in</c><00:17:07.559><c> its</c><00:17:07.819><c> influence.</c><00:17:08.539><c> And</c><00:17:09.019><c> that's</c><00:17:09.380><c> the</c><00:17:09.539><c> role</c><00:17:09.700><c> of</c><00:17:09.880><c> a</c><00:17:10.079><c> mother</c>

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and<00:17:10.759><c> a</c><00:17:11.000><c> father</c><00:17:11.400><c> in</c><00:17:12.460><c> the</c><00:17:12.779><c> home</c><00:17:13.220><c> with</c><00:17:13.940><c> the</c><00:17:14.220><c> children,</c><00:17:14.960><c> and</c><00:17:15.640><c> the</c>

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role<00:17:16.039><c> of</c><00:17:16.279><c> all</c><00:17:16.599><c> of</c><00:17:16.720><c> us</c><00:17:17.299><c> as</c><00:17:17.839><c> spiritual</c><00:17:18.480><c> fathers</c><00:17:19.019><c> and</c>

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mothers<00:17:19.680><c> in</c><00:17:19.920><c> the</c><00:17:20.099><c> ecclesia,</c><00:17:21.200><c> helping</c><00:17:21.599><c> our</c><00:17:21.980><c> children</c><00:17:22.339><c> and</c><00:17:22.619><c> helping</c><00:17:22.920><c> each</c><00:17:23.279><c> other</c><00:17:23.799><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:24.359><c> discerners,</c><00:17:25.579><c> to</c><00:17:25.720><c> be</c><00:17:25.960><c> judges,</c>

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not<00:17:26.619><c> of</c><00:17:26.740><c> each</c><00:17:27.000><c> other,</c><00:17:28.059><c> but</c><00:17:28.240><c> judges</c><00:17:28.660><c> of</c><00:17:28.960><c> what's</c><00:17:29.279><c> holy</c><00:17:29.559><c> and</c><00:17:29.839><c> what's</c><00:17:30.220><c> not,</c>

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what's<00:17:31.240><c> good,</c><00:17:31.740><c> what's</c><00:17:32.140><c> bad.</c>

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And<00:17:33.779><c> then,</c><00:17:33.920><c> of</c><00:17:34.180><c> course,</c><00:17:35.079><c> the</c><00:17:35.259><c> shepherd</c><00:17:35.619><c> just</c><00:17:36.099><c> can't</c><00:17:36.400><c> help</c><00:17:36.759><c> but</c>

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be<00:17:37.460><c> a</c><00:17:38.059><c> compassionate</c><00:17:38.640><c> picture,</c><00:17:39.779><c> but</c><00:17:40.000><c> the</c><00:17:40.279><c> shepherd</c>

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has<00:17:41.400><c> the</c><00:17:42.019><c> crook,</c><00:17:43.240><c> he</c><00:17:43.500><c> has</c><00:17:44.019><c> the</c><00:17:44.359><c> staff,</c><00:17:45.440><c> he</c><00:17:45.720><c> is</c><00:17:45.980><c> in</c><00:17:46.119><c> need</c><00:17:46.299><c> of</c><00:17:46.619><c> pulling</c><00:17:46.839><c> the</c>

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sheep<00:17:47.319><c> out</c><00:17:47.559><c> of</c><00:17:48.079><c> a</c><00:17:48.339><c> situation</c><00:17:48.880><c> where</c><00:17:49.180><c> there</c>

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is<00:17:50.019><c> a</c><00:17:50.319><c> lost</c><00:17:50.720><c> or</c><00:17:51.339><c> a</c><00:17:51.599><c> threatening</c><00:17:51.900><c> or</c><00:17:52.200><c> risky</c><00:17:52.559><c> situation.</c><00:17:53.839><c> There</c>

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are<00:17:54.460><c> times</c><00:17:54.819><c> when</c><00:17:55.000><c> a</c><00:17:55.240><c> shepherd,</c><00:17:55.480><c> of</c><00:17:55.700><c> course,</c>

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must<00:17:56.099><c> be</c><00:17:56.440><c> firm.</c><00:17:57.240><c> That's</c><00:17:57.559><c> part</c><00:17:57.859><c> of</c><00:17:57.980><c> his</c><00:17:58.279><c> caring.</c><00:17:59.220><c> And,</c><00:17:59.579><c> of</c><00:17:59.579><c> course,</c><00:17:59.799><c> we</c>

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see<00:18:00.240><c> in</c><00:18:00.359><c> the</c><00:18:00.539><c> life</c><00:18:00.740><c> of</c><00:18:01.059><c> Samuel</c><00:18:01.480><c> all</c><00:18:02.180><c> of</c>

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those<00:18:02.579><c> qualities</c><00:18:03.200><c> being</c><00:18:03.579><c> developed</c><00:18:04.099><c> in</c><00:18:04.319><c> various</c><00:18:04.680><c> ways</c><00:18:05.259><c> as</c><00:18:05.720><c> we</c>

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see<00:18:06.119><c> parts</c><00:18:06.460><c> of</c><00:18:06.640><c> his</c><00:18:06.819><c> role</c><00:18:07.019><c> emphasized.</c>

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You<00:18:09.019><c> remember</c><00:18:10.079><c> last</c><00:18:10.660><c> day</c><00:18:10.960><c> we</c><00:18:11.420><c> focused</c><00:18:11.859><c> on</c><00:18:12.079><c> this</c><00:18:12.299><c> summary</c><00:18:12.599><c> very</c>

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briefly<00:18:13.380><c> and</c><00:18:14.000><c> just</c><00:18:14.259><c> looked</c><00:18:14.400><c> at</c><00:18:14.559><c> some</c><00:18:14.759><c> of</c><00:18:14.859><c> the</c><00:18:15.059><c> sample</c>

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passages<00:18:15.900><c> on</c><00:18:16.180><c> the</c><00:18:16.339><c> list.</c><00:18:18.119><c> The</c><00:18:18.480><c> leadership</c><00:18:19.140><c> that</c><00:18:19.779><c> emerges</c><00:18:20.140><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:18:20.779><c> 7</c><00:18:21.180><c> of</c><00:18:21.339><c> 1</c><00:18:21.559><c> Samuel,</c><00:18:22.960><c> the</c><00:18:23.180><c> shepherd</c><00:18:23.460><c>-like</c><00:18:23.740><c> qualities</c>

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also<00:18:25.400><c> exhibited</c><00:18:25.940><c> in</c><00:18:26.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:26.519><c> 7,</c><00:18:27.920><c> priest</c><00:18:28.039><c>-like</c><00:18:28.319><c> qualities</c><00:18:28.839><c> where</c><00:18:29.140><c> he</c>

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prays,<00:18:31.519><c> mediates</c><00:18:31.980><c> on</c><00:18:32.259><c> behalf</c><00:18:32.720><c> of</c><00:18:32.960><c> people</c><00:18:33.180><c> like</c>

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Saul,<00:18:34.799><c> the</c><00:18:35.160><c> teacher</c><00:18:35.640><c> of</c><00:18:36.000><c> chapter</c><00:18:36.380><c> 12,</c><00:18:37.279><c> and,</c><00:18:37.460><c> of</c><00:18:37.660><c> course,</c><00:18:37.880><c> these</c><00:18:38.119><c> roles</c><00:18:38.400><c> overlap</c><00:18:38.960><c> in</c>

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that<00:18:39.359><c> chapter</c><00:18:39.700><c> as</c><00:18:39.980><c> well.</c>

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Now,<00:18:42.960><c> as</c><00:18:43.440><c> we</c><00:18:43.940><c> go</c><00:18:44.200><c> through</c><00:18:44.420><c> the</c><00:18:44.579><c> list</c><00:18:44.759><c> on</c><00:18:44.960><c> the</c><00:18:45.079><c> other</c><00:18:45.339><c> side,</c><00:18:46.339><c> we</c>

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mention,<00:18:46.920><c> of</c><00:18:47.099><c> course,</c><00:18:47.380><c> his</c><00:18:47.599><c> association</c><00:18:48.299><c> with</c><00:18:48.640><c> the</c>

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prophetic<00:18:50.109><c> line</c><00:18:50.529><c> that</c><00:18:50.789><c> emerges</c><00:18:51.170><c> at</c><00:18:51.410><c> this</c><00:18:51.650><c> time,</c><00:18:52.549><c> and</c><00:18:53.630><c> then</c><00:18:53.890><c> chapter</c><00:18:54.309><c> 12</c>

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verses<00:18:55.150><c> 1</c><00:18:55.509><c> to</c><00:18:55.650><c> 3,</c><00:18:55.950><c> if</c><00:18:56.109><c> we</c><00:18:56.250><c> go</c><00:18:56.450><c> there</c><00:18:56.710><c> now,</c>

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we<00:18:57.450><c> didn't</c><00:18:57.670><c> look</c><00:18:57.890><c> at</c><00:18:58.009><c> this</c><00:18:58.170><c> yesterday,</c><00:18:59.029><c> we</c><00:18:59.990><c> kind</c><00:19:00.250><c> of</c><00:19:00.529><c> come</c><00:19:00.890><c> at</c>

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the<00:19:01.549><c> end</c><00:19:01.690><c> of</c><00:19:01.890><c> the</c><00:19:01.990><c> week</c><00:19:02.329><c> to</c><00:19:02.750><c> the</c><00:19:02.990><c> end.</c><00:19:04.049><c> Not</c><00:19:04.430><c> that</c><00:19:04.609><c> we're</c>

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finished<00:19:05.230><c> our</c><00:19:05.549><c> study</c><00:19:05.809><c> yet</c><00:19:06.150><c> this</c><00:19:06.430><c> morning,</c><00:19:06.750><c> but</c><00:19:06.990><c> let's</c><00:19:07.230><c> just</c>

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go<00:19:07.690><c> to</c><00:19:07.890><c> the</c><00:19:08.069><c> end.</c><00:19:08.769><c> Let's</c><00:19:09.109><c> look</c><00:19:09.289><c> at</c><00:19:09.450><c> the</c><00:19:09.789><c> end</c><00:19:10.829><c> assessment.</c>

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Helps<00:19:13.130><c> us</c><00:19:13.349><c> to</c><00:19:13.509><c> work</c><00:19:13.710><c> back</c><00:19:14.049><c> towards</c><00:19:14.450><c> it.</c><00:19:15.849><c> A</c><00:19:16.470><c> rather</c><00:19:16.690><c> interesting</c><00:19:17.390><c> statement.</c>

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It's<00:19:18.089><c> not</c><00:19:18.309><c> the</c><00:19:18.549><c> very</c><00:19:18.910><c> end</c>

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of<00:19:19.430><c> Samuel's</c><00:19:19.950><c> life</c><00:19:20.210><c> exactly,</c><00:19:21.190><c> but</c><00:19:21.349><c> it's</c><00:19:21.890><c> close</c><00:19:22.250><c> to</c><00:19:22.450><c> the</c><00:19:22.650><c> end,</c>

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and<00:19:23.230><c> it</c><00:19:23.430><c> is</c><00:19:23.730><c> a</c><00:19:23.970><c> kind</c><00:19:24.170><c> of</c><00:19:24.410><c> summary</c><00:19:24.769><c> statement.</c>

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It<00:19:26.329><c> comes</c><00:19:26.650><c> in</c><00:19:26.890><c> 1</c><00:19:27.089><c> Samuel</c><00:19:27.670><c> chapter</c><00:19:28.230><c> 12</c><00:19:29.049><c> verses</c><00:19:32.329><c> 1</c><00:19:33.990><c> to</c><00:19:34.410><c> 3.</c><00:19:36.309><c> What</c>

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an<00:19:36.569><c> outstanding</c><00:19:37.410><c> spiritual</c><00:19:38.049><c> assessment</c>

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is<00:19:40.089><c> given</c><00:19:40.390><c> by</c><00:19:40.750><c> Samuel</c><00:19:41.309><c> himself</c><00:19:42.230><c> about</c><00:19:42.630><c> himself</c><00:19:43.410><c> without</c><00:19:43.910><c> blushing,</c><00:19:45.529><c> like</c>

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the<00:19:45.970><c> apostle</c><00:19:46.329><c> Paul</c><00:19:46.829><c> in</c><00:19:47.029><c> his,</c><00:19:47.529><c> quote,</c>

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boasts,<00:19:48.829><c> in</c><00:19:49.049><c> the</c><00:19:49.269><c> proper</c><00:19:49.529><c> sense,</c><00:19:50.450><c> to</c><00:19:50.670><c> the</c><00:19:50.869><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:51.289><c> when</c>

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he<00:19:51.849><c> is</c><00:19:52.089><c> challenged.</c>

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Verse<00:19:54.190><c> 1</c><00:19:54.509><c> of</c><00:19:54.690><c> 1</c><00:19:54.869><c> Samuel</c><00:19:55.369><c> 12,</c><00:19:56.410><c> And</c><00:19:56.509><c> Samuel</c><00:19:56.990><c> said</c><00:19:57.250><c> unto</c><00:19:57.509><c> all</c><00:19:57.769><c> Israel,</c><00:19:59.509><c> Behold,</c><00:20:00.109><c> I</c>

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have<00:20:00.490><c> hearkened</c><00:20:00.950><c> unto</c><00:20:01.150><c> your</c><00:20:01.430><c> voice</c>

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and<00:20:02.009><c> all</c><00:20:02.450><c> that</c><00:20:02.650><c> ye</c><00:20:02.829><c> said</c><00:20:03.029><c> unto</c><00:20:03.289><c> me,</c><00:20:04.369><c> and</c><00:20:04.549><c> have</c><00:20:04.750><c> made</c><00:20:05.029><c> a</c><00:20:05.170><c> king</c>

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over<00:20:05.710><c> you.</c><00:20:06.890><c> And</c><00:20:07.210><c> now,</c><00:20:08.130><c> behold,</c><00:20:08.609><c> the</c><00:20:08.730><c> king</c><00:20:09.109><c> walketh</c>

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my<00:20:16.990><c> sons</c><00:20:17.390><c> are</c><00:20:17.690><c> with</c><00:20:17.930><c> you.</c><00:20:18.950><c> And</c><00:20:19.250><c> I</c><00:20:19.609><c> have</c>

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walked<00:20:20.769><c> before</c><00:20:21.369><c> you</c><00:20:21.910><c> from</c><00:20:23.009><c> my</c><00:20:23.569><c> childhood</c><00:20:24.609><c> unto</c><00:20:25.529><c> this</c><00:20:26.029><c> day.</c><00:20:27.150><c> Behold,</c><00:20:28.130><c> here</c><00:20:28.490><c> I</c>

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am,<00:20:30.150><c> witness</c><00:20:30.490><c> against</c><00:20:30.970><c> me</c>

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before<00:20:31.509><c> the</c><00:20:31.769><c> Lord.</c><00:20:32.369><c> Can</c><00:20:32.569><c> you</c><00:20:32.809><c> hear</c><00:20:32.970><c> an</c><00:20:33.230><c> echo</c><00:20:33.450><c> here?</c><00:20:34.250><c> It's</c><00:20:34.490><c> almost</c><00:20:34.910><c> like</c>

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the<00:20:35.390><c> Lord</c><00:20:35.650><c> Jesus</c><00:20:36.089><c> Christ</c><00:20:36.430><c> saying,</c>

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Which<00:20:37.190><c> of</c><00:20:37.349><c> you</c><00:20:37.589><c> convinces</c><00:20:38.109><c> me</c><00:20:38.369><c> of</c><00:20:38.650><c> sin?</c><00:20:39.849><c> Of</c><00:20:40.069><c> course,</c><00:20:40.430><c> in</c><00:20:40.509><c> the</c>

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master's<00:20:41.190><c> case,</c><00:20:41.910><c> he</c><00:20:41.970><c> was</c><00:20:42.230><c> without</c><00:20:42.569><c> guile,</c>

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sinless<00:20:43.950><c> in</c><00:20:44.109><c> a</c><00:20:44.210><c> way</c><00:20:44.329><c> that</c><00:20:44.630><c> Samuel</c><00:20:44.890><c> would</c><00:20:45.150><c> not</c><00:20:45.289><c> have</c><00:20:45.490><c> known.</c><00:20:46.289><c> But</c><00:20:46.470><c> there's</c><00:20:46.730><c> a</c>

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track<00:20:47.250><c> record</c><00:20:47.609><c> here</c><00:20:48.089><c> that</c>

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Samuel<00:20:48.930><c> is</c><00:20:49.230><c> appealing</c><00:20:49.509><c> to.</c><00:20:50.089><c> Can</c><00:20:50.289><c> you</c><00:20:50.490><c> hear</c><00:20:50.670><c> Paul</c><00:20:51.410><c> echoing</c><00:20:52.329><c> very</c><00:20:52.690><c> similar</c><00:20:53.029><c> words</c><00:20:53.369><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:53.789><c> Corinthians,</c>

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especially?<00:20:55.910><c> Who</c><00:20:56.089><c> have</c><00:20:56.329><c> I</c><00:20:56.509><c> defrauded,</c><00:20:57.150><c> Paul</c><00:20:57.470><c> asks?</c><00:20:58.269><c> Who</c><00:20:58.430><c> have</c>

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I<00:20:59.130><c> taken</c><00:20:59.470><c> from?</c><00:21:00.390><c> I'm</c><00:21:00.650><c> accused</c><00:21:01.089><c> of</c><00:21:01.369><c> being</c>

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mixed<00:21:02.809><c> up</c><00:21:03.150><c> in</c><00:21:03.289><c> my</c><00:21:03.549><c> travel</c><00:21:03.950><c> plans,</c><00:21:05.049><c> that</c><00:21:05.269><c> my</c><00:21:05.569><c> yea</c><00:21:05.730><c> is</c><00:21:06.309><c> not</c><00:21:06.609><c> a</c><00:21:06.809><c> yea,</c><00:21:07.089><c> and</c>

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my<00:21:07.369><c> nay</c><00:21:07.529><c> is</c><00:21:07.769><c> not</c><00:21:07.970><c> a</c><00:21:08.130><c> nay,</c><00:21:08.369><c> and</c><00:21:08.549><c> so</c><00:21:08.809><c> on.</c>

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Paul<00:21:09.470><c> had</c><00:21:09.690><c> to</c><00:21:09.869><c> put</c><00:21:10.069><c> before</c><00:21:10.349><c> them</c><00:21:10.529><c> his</c><00:21:10.769><c> credentials.</c><00:21:11.769><c> Samuel</c><00:21:12.089><c> does</c><00:21:12.369><c> here.</c><00:21:13.670><c> Behold,</c><00:21:14.349><c> here</c><00:21:14.650><c> I</c>

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am,<00:21:15.829><c> witness</c>

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against<00:21:17.009><c> me</c><00:21:17.289><c> before</c><00:21:17.569><c> the</c><00:21:17.809><c> Lord,</c><00:21:18.390><c> and</c><00:21:18.670><c> before</c><00:21:19.029><c> his</c><00:21:19.289><c> anointed.</c>

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Whose<00:21:20.750><c> ox</c><00:21:21.130><c> have</c><00:21:21.289><c> I</c><00:21:21.549><c> taken?</c><00:21:22.109><c> Whose</c><00:21:22.390><c> ass</c>

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have<00:21:22.650><c> I</c><00:21:23.029><c> taken?</c><00:21:23.930><c> Or</c><00:21:24.569><c> whom</c><00:21:24.869><c> have</c><00:21:25.089><c> I</c><00:21:25.329><c> defrauded?</c><00:21:26.309><c> Can</c><00:21:26.470><c> you</c><00:21:26.609><c> hear</c>

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Paul<00:21:27.170><c> saying</c><00:21:27.450><c> something</c><00:21:27.730><c> very</c><00:21:28.190><c> similar</c>

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at<00:21:29.049><c> the</c><00:21:29.250><c> time</c><00:21:29.569><c> of</c><00:21:30.309><c> the</c><00:21:30.630><c> collection</c><00:21:30.970><c> for</c><00:21:31.210><c> Jerusalem?</c><00:21:32.269><c> Whom</c><00:21:32.470><c> have</c><00:21:32.670><c> I</c><00:21:32.890><c> oppressed?</c><00:21:33.730><c> Or</c><00:21:34.269><c> of</c><00:21:34.650><c> whose</c><00:21:34.849><c> hand</c><00:21:35.210><c> have</c><00:21:35.410><c> I</c>

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received<00:21:36.009><c> any</c><00:21:36.329><c> bribe?</c><00:21:37.609><c> To</c><00:21:37.930><c> blind</c><00:21:38.250><c> mine</c><00:21:38.470><c> eyes</c><00:21:38.869><c> therewith,</c><00:21:39.829><c> and</c>

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I<00:21:40.130><c> will</c><00:21:40.349><c> restore</c><00:21:40.769><c> it</c><00:21:40.970><c> to</c><00:21:41.049><c> you.</c><00:21:41.710><c> Verse</c><00:21:41.990><c> 4,</c>

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And<00:21:43.430><c> they</c><00:21:43.609><c> said,</c><00:21:44.430><c> Thou</c><00:21:44.809><c> hast</c><00:21:45.230><c> not</c><00:21:45.730><c> defrauded</c><00:21:46.250><c> us,</c><00:21:46.990><c> nor</c><00:21:47.430><c> oppressed</c><00:21:48.009><c> us,</c>

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neither<00:21:49.109><c> hast</c><00:21:49.470><c> thou</c><00:21:49.609><c> taken</c>

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aught<00:21:50.309><c> of</c><00:21:50.569><c> any</c><00:21:50.890><c> man's</c><00:21:51.390><c> hand.</c><00:21:52.349><c> It's</c><00:21:52.569><c> almost</c><00:21:52.970><c> like</c><00:21:53.430><c> a</c><00:21:53.809><c> court</c><00:21:54.049><c> case,</c><00:21:55.049><c> as</c>

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and<00:21:57.710><c> like</c><00:21:57.970><c> Paul,</c><00:21:59.150><c> he</c><00:21:59.410><c> is</c><00:21:59.849><c> asking</c><00:22:00.230><c> for</c><00:22:00.549><c> testimony</c><00:22:01.049><c> for</c><00:22:01.809><c> a</c><00:22:02.009><c> cross</c>

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-examination.<00:22:04.150><c> There's</c><00:22:04.589><c> the</c><00:22:04.869><c> track</c><00:22:05.130><c> record</c>

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towards<00:22:06.109><c> the</c><00:22:06.329><c> end</c><00:22:06.529><c> of</c><00:22:06.670><c> his</c><00:22:06.890><c> life,</c><00:22:07.269><c> brothers</c><00:22:07.410><c> and</c><00:22:07.710><c> sisters.</c><00:22:08.549><c> He</c>

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race<00:22:22.750><c> in</c><00:22:23.009><c> Timothy,</c><00:22:23.470><c> he</c><00:22:23.650><c> says,</c>

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I<00:22:24.390><c> have</c><00:22:24.710><c> fought</c><00:22:24.869><c> a</c><00:22:25.089><c> good</c><00:22:25.450><c> fight.</c><00:22:26.349><c> I</c><00:22:26.529><c> have</c><00:22:27.089><c> run</c><00:22:27.450><c> the</c><00:22:27.769><c> course.</c><00:22:29.150><c> Henceforth,</c><00:22:29.630><c> he</c>

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says,<00:22:30.069><c> there's</c><00:22:30.390><c> laid</c><00:22:30.549><c> up</c><00:22:30.730><c> for</c><00:22:30.910><c> me</c><00:22:31.130><c> a</c>

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crown<00:22:31.670><c> of</c><00:22:31.950><c> righteousness.</c><00:22:33.190><c> Paul</c><00:22:33.789><c> says,</c><00:22:34.369><c> at</c><00:22:34.670><c> the</c><00:22:34.849><c> end</c><00:22:35.049><c> of</c><00:22:35.210><c> his</c>

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life,<00:22:36.170><c> something</c><00:22:36.470><c> similar</c><00:22:37.009><c> to</c><00:22:37.150><c> what</c><00:22:37.490><c> Samuel</c><00:22:37.970><c> says</c>

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fought?<00:22:46.509><c> How</c><00:22:46.809><c> have</c><00:22:47.009><c> I</c>

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spiritual<00:23:00.930><c> and</c><00:23:01.349><c> our</c><00:23:01.589><c> real</c><00:23:01.849><c> children?</c>

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May<00:23:03.930><c> we</c><00:23:04.190><c> target</c><00:23:04.650><c> for,</c><00:23:04.950><c> with</c><00:23:05.170><c> God's</c><00:23:05.650><c> help,</c><00:23:06.170><c> that</c><00:23:06.490><c> kind</c><00:23:06.849><c> of</c><00:23:07.210><c> record</c><00:23:07.509><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:08.130><c> end,</c><00:23:08.569><c> not</c><00:23:08.809><c> that</c><00:23:08.930><c> we</c><00:23:09.089><c> will</c><00:23:09.269><c> be</c><00:23:09.549><c> sinless,</c>

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or<00:23:10.369><c> that</c><00:23:10.470><c> we've</c><00:23:10.690><c> never</c><00:23:10.950><c> made</c><00:23:11.230><c> mistakes,</c><00:23:12.029><c> or</c><00:23:12.769><c> that</c><00:23:12.910><c> we</c><00:23:13.109><c> haven't</c>

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at<00:23:13.549><c> times</c><00:23:14.009><c> had</c><00:23:15.849><c> motives</c><00:23:16.349><c> that</c><00:23:16.569><c> have</c><00:23:16.750><c> been</c>

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loyed,<00:23:18.430><c> but</c><00:23:18.809><c> in</c><00:23:19.049><c> the</c><00:23:19.309><c> overall,</c><00:23:20.650><c> may</c><00:23:20.750><c> we</c><00:23:21.029><c> strive</c><00:23:21.529><c> for</c><00:23:21.849><c> that</c><00:23:22.109><c> kind</c><00:23:22.430><c> of</c>

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I'd<00:23:29.569><c> like</c><00:23:29.670><c> you</c><00:23:29.869><c> just</c><00:23:30.109><c> to</c><00:23:30.430><c> turn,</c><00:23:30.849><c> if</c><00:23:31.049><c> you</c><00:23:31.309><c> would,</c>

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First<00:23:50.910><c> to</c><00:23:51.150><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:51.690><c> chapter</c><00:23:52.230><c> 9.</c>

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First<00:24:02.789><c> to</c><00:24:02.970><c> Samuel,</c><00:24:03.369><c> chapter</c><00:24:03.690><c> 9.</c>

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This<00:24:10.039><c> incident</c><00:24:10.519><c> is</c><00:24:10.880><c> important</c><00:24:11.420><c> because</c><00:24:11.839><c> it</c><00:24:12.180><c> illustrates</c><00:24:12.799><c> not</c>

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only,<00:24:13.819><c> of</c><00:24:14.079><c> course,</c><00:24:16.180><c> the</c>

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increasing<00:24:17.019><c> importance</c><00:24:18.119><c> that</c><00:24:18.460><c> Saul</c><00:24:18.619><c> begins</c><00:24:19.019><c> to</c><00:24:19.319><c> take</c><00:24:19.440><c> in</c><00:24:19.599><c> the</c>

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nation<00:24:20.039><c> in</c><00:24:20.380><c> steps,</c><00:24:20.900><c> and</c><00:24:21.539><c> they're</c><00:24:21.740><c> slow</c><00:24:21.980><c> ones,</c>

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but<00:24:23.019><c> also</c><00:24:23.380><c> the</c><00:24:23.680><c> interaction</c><00:24:24.319><c> that</c><00:24:24.799><c> Samuel</c><00:24:25.160><c> chooses</c><00:24:25.579><c> to</c><00:24:25.900><c> have</c>

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with<00:24:26.539><c> Saul</c><00:24:26.920><c> in</c><00:24:27.500><c> order</c><00:24:27.720><c> to</c><00:24:27.980><c> set</c><00:24:28.180><c> Saul</c><00:24:28.700><c> on</c><00:24:29.420><c> the</c><00:24:29.700><c> right</c>

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path.<00:24:32.180><c> I</c><00:24:32.259><c> want</c><00:24:32.400><c> you</c><00:24:32.579><c> just</c><00:24:32.779><c> to</c><00:24:33.019><c> notice</c><00:24:33.259><c> here</c><00:24:34.039><c> the</c><00:24:34.440><c> extent</c><00:24:34.740><c> to</c><00:24:34.960><c> which</c>

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Samuel<00:24:37.220><c> works</c><00:24:37.779><c> with</c><00:24:38.460><c> Saul.</c><00:24:38.880><c> We</c><00:24:39.000><c> touched</c><00:24:39.319><c> on</c><00:24:39.539><c> this</c><00:24:39.720><c> only</c><00:24:40.079><c> briefly</c><00:24:40.480><c> at</c><00:24:40.740><c> the</c><00:24:40.839><c> end</c><00:24:40.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:41.220><c> last</c><00:24:41.519><c> period.</c>

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We<00:24:42.140><c> need</c><00:24:42.299><c> to</c><00:24:42.420><c> give</c><00:24:42.519><c> it</c><00:24:42.640><c> a</c><00:24:42.640><c> bit</c><00:24:42.839><c> more</c><00:24:43.119><c> attention.</c><00:24:45.220><c> Verse</c><00:24:45.480><c> 22</c><00:24:46.400><c> of</c>

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first<00:24:47.759><c> to</c><00:24:47.980><c> Samuel,</c><00:24:48.440><c> chapter</c><00:24:48.759><c> 9.</c>

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Saul,<00:24:51.200><c> in</c><00:24:51.480><c> verse</c><00:24:51.740><c> 21,</c><00:24:52.539><c> has</c><00:24:52.759><c> just</c><00:24:53.400><c> rather</c><00:24:53.680><c> humbly</c><00:24:54.240><c> confessed</c>

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that<00:24:55.440><c> he</c><00:24:55.539><c> doesn't</c><00:24:55.839><c> understand</c><00:24:56.460><c> why</c><00:24:56.700><c> he'd</c>

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chosen<00:24:57.480><c> for</c><00:24:57.700><c> this</c><00:24:58.000><c> role.</c><00:24:59.440><c> And</c><00:24:59.559><c> in</c><00:24:59.720><c> verse</c><00:24:59.940><c> 22,</c><00:25:01.319><c> Samuel</c><00:25:01.539><c> took</c>

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Saul<00:25:02.539><c> and</c><00:25:03.319><c> his</c><00:25:03.720><c> servant</c><00:25:04.160><c> and</c><00:25:04.460><c> brought</c><00:25:04.700><c> them</c><00:25:05.000><c> into</c><00:25:05.299><c> the</c>

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parlor<00:25:06.279><c> and</c><00:25:06.859><c> made</c><00:25:07.099><c> them</c><00:25:07.440><c> sit</c><00:25:07.779><c> in</c><00:25:08.019><c> the</c><00:25:08.359><c> chiefest</c><00:25:09.000><c> place</c><00:25:09.579><c> among</c>

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them<00:25:10.660><c> that</c><00:25:10.819><c> were</c><00:25:11.099><c> bidden,</c><00:25:11.440><c> which</c><00:25:11.700><c> were</c><00:25:11.940><c> about</c>

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30<00:25:12.900><c> persons.</c><00:25:14.400><c> Notice,</c><00:25:15.079><c> and</c><00:25:15.460><c> just</c><00:25:15.819><c> think</c><00:25:16.119><c> about</c><00:25:16.420><c> this,</c><00:25:18.059><c> that</c><00:25:18.299><c> Samuel</c><00:25:18.819><c> is</c><00:25:19.880><c> taking</c><00:25:20.420><c> him</c><00:25:20.859><c> into</c><00:25:21.279><c> a</c>

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kind<00:25:21.819><c> of</c><00:25:22.099><c> living</c><00:25:22.319><c> room</c>

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where,<00:25:24.880><c> important</c><00:25:25.400><c> it</c><00:25:25.519><c> would</c><00:25:25.799><c> seem,</c><00:25:27.240><c> brethren</c><00:25:27.619><c> are</c><00:25:28.180><c> present.</c>

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It's<00:25:28.920><c> like</c><00:25:29.160><c> a</c><00:25:29.319><c> little</c><00:25:29.519><c> meeting</c><00:25:29.819><c> with</c><00:25:30.779><c> the</c>

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local<00:25:31.319><c> A</c><00:25:31.599><c>.B.'s.</c><00:25:33.759><c> And</c><00:25:33.839><c> verse</c><00:25:34.099><c> 23,</c><00:25:34.940><c> Samuel</c><00:25:35.500><c> said</c><00:25:35.740><c> unto</c><00:25:36.019><c> the</c><00:25:36.339><c> cook,</c>

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Bring<00:25:38.079><c> the</c><00:25:38.299><c> portion</c><00:25:38.720><c> which</c><00:25:38.960><c> I</c><00:25:39.240><c> gave</c><00:25:39.500><c> thee,</c><00:25:39.680><c> of</c><00:25:39.859><c> which</c><00:25:40.079><c> I</c><00:25:40.319><c> said</c>

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unto<00:25:40.700><c> thee,</c><00:25:41.099><c> Set</c><00:25:41.259><c> it</c><00:25:41.480><c> by</c><00:25:41.779><c> thee.</c>

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Verse<00:25:43.440><c> 24,</c><00:25:44.079><c> The</c><00:25:44.180><c> cook</c><00:25:44.440><c> took</c><00:25:44.660><c> up</c><00:25:44.940><c> the</c><00:25:45.140><c> shoulder,</c><00:25:45.960><c> and</c><00:25:46.059><c> that</c><00:25:46.279><c> which</c><00:25:46.400><c> was</c>

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upon<00:25:47.000><c> it,</c><00:25:47.279><c> and</c><00:25:47.420><c> set</c><00:25:47.539><c> it</c><00:25:47.779><c> before</c><00:25:48.180><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:25:49.640><c> Samuel</c><00:25:50.039><c> said,</c><00:25:50.900><c> Behold</c><00:25:51.279><c> that</c><00:25:51.880><c> which</c><00:25:52.180><c> is</c><00:25:52.680><c> left,</c><00:25:53.559><c> set</c><00:25:53.759><c> it</c>

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before<00:25:54.400><c> thee,</c><00:25:54.940><c> and</c><00:25:55.240><c> eat.</c>

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For<00:25:56.980><c> unto</c><00:25:57.259><c> this</c><00:25:57.599><c> time</c><00:25:58.019><c> hath</c><00:25:58.380><c> it</c><00:25:58.559><c> been</c><00:25:58.819><c> kept</c><00:25:59.099><c> for</c><00:25:59.339><c> thee,</c><00:26:00.059><c> since</c>

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I<00:26:00.619><c> said,</c><00:26:01.259><c> I</c><00:26:01.440><c> have</c><00:26:01.700><c> invited</c><00:26:02.059><c> the</c><00:26:02.339><c> people.</c>

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So<00:26:03.920><c> Saul</c><00:26:04.319><c> did</c><00:26:04.579><c> eat</c><00:26:04.819><c> with</c><00:26:05.059><c> Samuel</c><00:26:05.559><c> that</c><00:26:05.980><c> day.</c><00:26:06.599><c> Now</c><00:26:06.839><c> just</c><00:26:07.140><c> ponder</c>

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that.<00:26:07.960><c> It's</c><00:26:08.099><c> easy</c><00:26:08.339><c> to</c><00:26:08.579><c> skate</c><00:26:08.779><c> over</c><00:26:09.000><c> that</c><00:26:09.259><c> during</c>

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the<00:26:09.720><c> readings.</c><00:26:10.400><c> Not</c><00:26:10.680><c> think</c><00:26:10.940><c> about</c><00:26:11.200><c> it.</c><00:26:12.019><c> Samuel</c><00:26:12.420><c> has</c><00:26:13.000><c> planned</c>

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a<00:26:13.640><c> kind</c><00:26:13.900><c> of</c><00:26:14.220><c> spiritual</c><00:26:14.640><c> party,</c><00:26:15.920><c> a</c><00:26:16.299><c> spiritual</c>

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meal.<00:26:18.519><c> It</c><00:26:19.059><c> is</c><00:26:19.400><c> not</c><00:26:19.619><c> according</c><00:26:20.059><c> strictly</c><00:26:20.500><c> to</c><00:26:20.980><c> the</c><00:26:21.140><c> law,</c><00:26:21.619><c> it</c><00:26:22.160><c> would</c><00:26:22.380><c> seem,</c><00:26:22.700><c> but</c>

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there<00:26:23.099><c> is</c><00:26:23.359><c> the</c><00:26:23.599><c> shoulder,</c>

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and<00:26:24.500><c> that</c><00:26:24.720><c> does</c><00:26:25.019><c> tie</c><00:26:25.380><c> into</c><00:26:25.599><c> the</c><00:26:25.819><c> law.</c><00:26:26.059><c> If</c><00:26:26.140><c> you'll</c><00:26:26.299><c> notice,</c><00:26:26.960><c> it</c>

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relates<00:26:27.460><c> to</c><00:26:27.680><c> Leviticus</c><00:26:28.119><c> chapter</c><00:26:28.599><c> 7,</c><00:26:29.119><c> but</c><00:26:29.339><c> this</c><00:26:29.599><c> is</c><00:26:29.839><c> not</c>

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in<00:26:30.259><c> the</c><00:26:30.440><c> precincts</c><00:26:30.940><c> of</c><00:26:31.019><c> the</c><00:26:31.279><c> tabernacle,</c><00:26:31.819><c> it</c><00:26:31.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:32.220><c> seem.</c>

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This<00:26:33.819><c> would</c><00:26:34.059><c> seem</c><00:26:34.200><c> to</c><00:26:34.400><c> be</c><00:26:34.599><c> still</c><00:26:34.940><c> a</c><00:26:35.099><c> little</c><00:26:35.240><c> less,</c>

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a<00:26:36.339><c> little</c><00:26:36.599><c> less</c><00:26:37.220><c> formal.</c><00:26:38.599><c> And</c><00:26:38.960><c> here</c><00:26:39.160><c> in</c><00:26:39.319><c> a</c><00:26:39.539><c> context</c><00:26:40.019><c> with</c><00:26:40.319><c> some</c>

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30<00:26:41.480><c> chief</c><00:26:42.019><c> brethren,</c><00:26:42.940><c> a</c><00:26:43.240><c> kind</c><00:26:43.440><c> of</c><00:26:43.839><c> collective</c><00:26:44.380><c> large</c>

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group,<00:26:47.460><c> he</c><00:26:47.660><c> introduces</c><00:26:48.420><c> Saul,</c><00:26:49.839><c> he</c><00:26:50.519><c> allows</c><00:26:51.140><c> Saul</c><00:26:51.559><c> to</c><00:26:51.859><c> fraternize,</c><00:26:52.859><c> he</c><00:26:53.240><c> puts</c>

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Saul<00:26:54.759><c> into</c><00:26:55.119><c> the</c><00:26:55.359><c> public</c><00:26:55.799><c> eye.</c>

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He<00:26:57.220><c> creates</c><00:26:57.680><c> a</c><00:26:57.900><c> situation,</c><00:26:58.599><c> Samuel</c><00:26:59.180><c> does,</c><00:26:59.859><c> for</c><00:27:00.079><c> his</c><00:27:00.380><c> brother</c>

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Saul<00:27:01.359><c> to</c><00:27:01.960><c> be</c><00:27:03.099><c> winged</c><00:27:03.559><c> into</c><00:27:03.799><c> his</c><00:27:04.140><c> role,</c>

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to<00:27:06.259><c> be</c><00:27:06.460><c> made</c><00:27:06.720><c> public,</c><00:27:07.640><c> to</c><00:27:07.779><c> be</c><00:27:08.059><c> introduced</c><00:27:08.579><c> to</c><00:27:08.920><c> good</c><00:27:09.220><c> men.</c><00:27:09.920><c> No</c>

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doubt<00:27:10.400><c> Samuel</c><00:27:10.799><c> hasn't</c><00:27:11.160><c> chosen</c><00:27:11.599><c> just</c><00:27:12.160><c> the</c><00:27:12.420><c> rabble</c><00:27:12.700><c> of</c>

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nation<00:27:13.259><c> here,</c><00:27:14.119><c> but</c><00:27:14.339><c> good</c><00:27:14.579><c> men,</c><00:27:15.420><c> chief</c><00:27:15.980><c> among</c><00:27:16.500><c> Israel.</c><00:27:17.740><c> He's</c>

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trying<00:27:18.299><c> to</c><00:27:18.519><c> put</c><00:27:18.740><c> Saul,</c><00:27:19.079><c> you</c><00:27:19.380><c> see,</c><00:27:20.059><c> in</c><00:27:20.279><c> the</c><00:27:20.579><c> company</c>

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of<00:27:21.319><c> the</c><00:27:21.460><c> right</c><00:27:21.759><c> people.</c><00:27:23.519><c> And</c><00:27:23.740><c> later</c><00:27:23.960><c> on</c><00:27:24.140><c> we're</c><00:27:24.299><c> going</c><00:27:24.460><c> to</c><00:27:24.680><c> meet</c>

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Saul<00:27:25.259><c> being</c><00:27:25.500><c> in</c><00:27:25.660><c> the</c><00:27:25.880><c> company</c><00:27:26.119><c> of</c><00:27:26.359><c> the</c><00:27:26.539><c> prophets,</c>

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and<00:27:27.359><c> Samuel,</c><00:27:28.259><c> that</c><00:27:28.480><c> in</c><00:27:28.640><c> fact</c><00:27:28.900><c> affects</c><00:27:29.319><c> that</c><00:27:29.740><c> change</c><00:27:30.059><c> and</c><00:27:30.559><c> makes</c><00:27:30.799><c> Saul</c>

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almost<00:27:31.599><c> as</c><00:27:31.759><c> if</c><00:27:31.839><c> he's</c><00:27:32.039><c> a</c><00:27:32.279><c> prophet.</c>

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People<00:27:33.140><c> say,</c><00:27:33.460><c> is</c><00:27:33.599><c> he</c><00:27:33.799><c> among</c><00:27:34.019><c> the</c><00:27:34.339><c> prophets?</c><00:27:35.480><c> Again,</c><00:27:35.900><c> what</c><00:27:36.140><c> Samuel</c><00:27:36.579><c> did</c>

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there<00:27:37.440><c> is</c><00:27:38.079><c> in</c><00:27:38.299><c> principle</c><00:27:38.720><c> similar</c><00:27:39.140><c> to</c><00:27:39.440><c> this.</c>

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He<00:27:40.440><c> is</c><00:27:40.740><c> putting,</c><00:27:41.380><c> or</c><00:27:41.619><c> God</c><00:27:41.920><c> is</c><00:27:42.299><c> through</c><00:27:42.559><c> Samuel,</c><00:27:43.519><c> putting</c><00:27:43.960><c> Saul</c>

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in<00:27:44.859><c> the</c><00:27:45.180><c> right</c><00:27:45.599><c> company,</c>

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in<00:27:47.119><c> the</c><00:27:47.299><c> company</c><00:27:47.599><c> of</c><00:27:47.759><c> the</c><00:27:47.960><c> prophets,</c><00:27:49.440><c> in</c><00:27:49.700><c> the</c><00:27:50.000><c> company</c><00:27:50.420><c> of</c><00:27:51.779><c> chief</c><00:27:52.200><c> men.</c><00:27:53.680><c> And</c>

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there's<00:27:54.160><c> a</c><00:27:54.380><c> fellowship</c><00:27:54.779><c> meal.</c>

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Did<00:27:56.279><c> you</c><00:27:56.619><c> catch</c><00:27:57.079><c> in</c><00:27:57.259><c> verse</c><00:27:57.579><c> 24,</c><00:27:58.259><c> brothers</c><00:27:58.480><c> and</c><00:27:58.779><c> sisters,</c><00:27:59.619><c> a</c><00:27:59.819><c> little</c><00:28:00.180><c> ironic</c><00:28:00.980><c> twist?</c><00:28:02.299><c> A</c>

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little<00:28:02.779><c> twist.</c>

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And<00:28:04.720><c> the</c><00:28:05.079><c> cook,</c><00:28:05.339><c> verse</c><00:28:05.759><c> 24,</c><00:28:06.819><c> took</c><00:28:06.980><c> up</c><00:28:07.259><c> the</c><00:28:07.440><c> shoulder,</c><00:28:08.180><c> and</c><00:28:08.240><c> that</c><00:28:08.500><c> which</c><00:28:08.599><c> was</c>

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upon<00:28:09.220><c> it,</c><00:28:09.700><c> and</c><00:28:09.900><c> set</c><00:28:10.059><c> it</c><00:28:10.279><c> before</c><00:28:10.700><c> Saul,</c>

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and<00:28:11.720><c> Samuel</c><00:28:12.140><c> said,</c><00:28:12.920><c> Behold,</c><00:28:14.220><c> that</c><00:28:14.980><c> which</c><00:28:15.720><c> is</c><00:28:17.500><c> left.</c><00:28:19.619><c> Ah,</c><00:28:20.700><c> that</c>

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which<00:28:21.660><c> is</c><00:28:22.579><c> left.</c>

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There's<00:28:26.980><c> an</c><00:28:27.180><c> echo</c><00:28:27.400><c> here,</c><00:28:29.539><c> because</c><00:28:29.640><c> in</c><00:28:29.839><c> the</c><00:28:30.039><c> days</c><00:28:30.259><c> of</c><00:28:30.559><c> Eli</c><00:28:31.019><c> and</c>

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his<00:28:33.000><c> sons,</c><00:28:33.759><c> when</c><00:28:33.960><c> they</c><00:28:34.240><c> dealt</c><00:28:34.519><c> with</c><00:28:34.799><c> sacrifice,</c>

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they<00:28:36.920><c> took</c><00:28:37.160><c> what</c><00:28:37.339><c> they</c><00:28:37.660><c> wanted</c><00:28:37.900><c> first,</c><00:28:38.920><c> and</c><00:28:40.019><c> God</c><00:28:40.400><c> got</c><00:28:40.619><c> what</c>

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:45.220
was<00:28:41.180><c> left.</c><00:28:43.359><c> What's</c><00:28:43.680><c> being</c><00:28:43.960><c> presented</c><00:28:44.440><c> here</c>

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to<00:28:45.619><c> them</c><00:28:46.079><c> to</c><00:28:46.339><c> enjoy</c><00:28:46.819><c> in</c><00:28:47.099><c> a</c><00:28:47.299><c> fellowship</c><00:28:47.720><c> meal</c><00:28:48.180><c> is</c><00:28:48.480><c> what's</c><00:28:48.960><c> left.</c>

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See<00:28:50.319><c> the</c><00:28:50.559><c> point?</c><00:28:51.779><c> Left</c><00:28:52.200><c> in</c><00:28:52.400><c> the</c><00:28:52.640><c> proper</c><00:28:53.000><c> order,</c>

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:58.480
first<00:28:55.059><c> Eli</c><00:28:55.559><c> and</c><00:28:55.720><c> his</c><00:28:56.019><c> sons</c><00:28:56.279><c> ate</c><00:28:56.579><c> what</c><00:28:56.759><c> they</c><00:28:57.099><c> wanted,</c><00:28:57.839><c> God</c><00:28:58.220><c> got</c>

00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:01.460
what<00:28:58.660><c> was</c><00:28:58.960><c> left.</c><00:28:59.940><c> What's</c><00:29:00.240><c> being</c><00:29:00.559><c> served</c><00:29:00.980><c> here</c>

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is<00:29:01.740><c> what's</c><00:29:02.400><c> left.</c><00:29:04.500><c> And</c><00:29:04.740><c> the</c><00:29:04.980><c> marginal</c><00:29:05.359><c> connection</c><00:29:05.819><c> with</c><00:29:06.019><c> Leviticus</c><00:29:06.500><c> 7</c><00:29:07.019><c> seems</c><00:29:07.420><c> to</c>

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reinforce<00:29:08.519><c> that</c><00:29:09.359><c> this</c><00:29:09.640><c> language,</c>

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being<00:29:11.079><c> the</c><00:29:11.380><c> shoulder</c><00:29:11.799><c> that's</c><00:29:12.099><c> being</c><00:29:12.480><c> stressed,</c><00:29:13.339><c> and</c><00:29:13.539><c> the</c><00:29:13.680><c> way</c>

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this<00:29:14.259><c> meal</c><00:29:14.500><c> is</c><00:29:14.720><c> being</c><00:29:15.099><c> set</c><00:29:15.359><c> up</c><00:29:15.799><c> as</c><00:29:16.059><c> a</c><00:29:16.319><c> kind</c><00:29:16.640><c> of</c>

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fellowship<00:29:17.359><c> meal</c><00:29:17.819><c> is</c><00:29:18.220><c> more</c><00:29:18.579><c> than</c><00:29:18.759><c> just</c><00:29:19.079><c> that,</c><00:29:19.420><c> brothers</c><00:29:19.599><c> and</c>

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:23.099
sisters.<00:29:20.759><c> We</c><00:29:21.400><c> would</c><00:29:21.640><c> suggest</c><00:29:22.279><c> that</c><00:29:22.519><c> that</c><00:29:22.839><c> key</c>

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word<00:29:23.740><c> or</c><00:29:24.180><c> idea</c><00:29:24.759><c> of</c><00:29:25.079><c> that</c><00:29:25.339><c> which</c><00:29:25.519><c> is</c><00:29:25.839><c> left</c><00:29:26.279><c> is</c><00:29:27.140><c> perhaps</c><00:29:27.660><c> intended</c><00:29:28.220><c> to</c><00:29:28.480><c> be</c>

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an<00:29:29.099><c> ironic</c><00:29:29.660><c> tie</c><00:29:30.160><c>-in</c><00:29:30.759><c> with</c><00:29:31.180><c> the</c><00:29:31.319><c> very</c>

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opposite<00:29:32.220><c> kind</c><00:29:32.740><c> of</c><00:29:33.180><c> sacrificial</c><00:29:33.859><c> practice</c><00:29:34.519><c> that</c><00:29:35.140><c> in</c><00:29:35.319><c> fact</c><00:29:35.539><c> was</c><00:29:35.759><c> the</c><00:29:36.000><c> guilt</c><00:29:36.200><c> of</c>

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Eli<00:29:36.759><c> and</c><00:29:36.920><c> his</c><00:29:37.160><c> sons.</c>

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Can't<00:29:39.299><c> be</c><00:29:39.440><c> totally</c><00:29:39.819><c> dogmatic</c><00:29:40.420><c> about</c><00:29:40.660><c> it,</c><00:29:40.759><c> but</c><00:29:40.859><c> it</c><00:29:41.119><c> just</c><00:29:41.440><c> might</c>

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be<00:29:42.059><c> that</c><00:29:42.240><c> that's</c><00:29:42.680><c> the</c><00:29:42.920><c> point,</c>

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because<00:29:44.440><c> he</c><00:29:44.640><c> is</c><00:29:45.019><c> trying</c><00:29:45.380><c> to</c><00:29:45.880><c> spiritually</c><00:29:46.359><c> educate</c><00:29:47.160><c> Saul,</c><00:29:48.640><c> and</c>

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later<00:29:49.099><c> Saul's</c><00:29:49.480><c> going</c><00:29:49.660><c> to</c><00:29:49.839><c> trip</c><00:29:49.960><c> up</c><00:29:50.180><c> and</c><00:29:50.319><c> have</c>

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troubles<00:29:50.819><c> with</c><00:29:51.059><c> sacrifice.</c><00:29:52.099><c> In</c><00:29:52.279><c> fact,</c><00:29:52.900><c> he's</c><00:29:53.140><c> going</c><00:29:53.259><c> to</c><00:29:53.380><c> have</c>

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troubles<00:29:53.940><c> with</c><00:29:54.160><c> it</c><00:29:54.279><c> in</c><00:29:54.500><c> such</c><00:29:54.700><c> a</c><00:29:54.880><c> way</c><00:29:55.200><c> that</c><00:29:56.019><c> he's</c>

00:29:56.259 --> 00:30:04.039
going<00:29:56.380><c> to</c><00:29:56.480><c> be</c><00:29:56.720><c> told</c><00:29:57.000><c> that</c><00:29:57.500><c> to</c><00:29:57.759><c> obey</c><00:29:58.180><c> is</c><00:29:58.480><c> better</c><00:29:58.900><c> than</c><00:29:59.220><c> sacrifice.</c><00:30:00.920><c> Is</c><00:30:01.279><c> Samuel</c><00:30:01.819><c> therefore</c><00:30:02.720><c> educating</c><00:30:03.599><c> Saul</c>

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about<00:30:04.400><c> the</c><00:30:04.720><c> principles</c><00:30:05.180><c> of</c><00:30:05.519><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:06.180><c> right</c><00:30:07.039><c> here</c><00:30:07.339><c> at</c><00:30:07.519><c> the</c>

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:10.940
beginning?<00:30:08.599><c> First</c><00:30:08.980><c> of</c><00:30:09.180><c> all,</c><00:30:09.480><c> in</c><00:30:09.660><c> contrast</c><00:30:10.200><c> to</c><00:30:10.500><c> Eli</c>

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and<00:30:11.099><c> his</c><00:30:11.380><c> sons,</c><00:30:12.200><c> and</c><00:30:12.700><c> secondly,</c><00:30:14.019><c> providing</c><00:30:14.380><c> him</c><00:30:14.660><c> with</c><00:30:14.980><c> no</c><00:30:15.319><c> excuse</c><00:30:15.920><c> later</c><00:30:16.259><c> on</c>

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for<00:30:17.420><c> misunderstanding</c><00:30:18.339><c> the</c><00:30:18.680><c> principle</c>

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that<00:30:20.140><c> obedience</c><00:30:20.819><c> is</c><00:30:21.079><c> better</c><00:30:21.339><c> than</c><00:30:21.579><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Interesting.<00:30:26.259><c> Verse</c><00:30:26.480><c> 25,</c><00:30:27.460><c> and</c><00:30:27.799><c> when</c><00:30:27.960><c> they</c><00:30:28.200><c> were</c><00:30:28.359><c> come</c><00:30:28.579><c> down</c>

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from<00:30:29.140><c> the</c><00:30:29.380><c> high</c><00:30:29.680><c> place</c><00:30:30.039><c> into</c><00:30:30.279><c> the</c><00:30:30.519><c> city,</c>

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Samuel<00:30:31.619><c> communed</c><00:30:32.140><c> with</c><00:30:32.480><c> Saul</c><00:30:32.779><c> upon</c><00:30:33.339><c> the</c><00:30:33.599><c> top</c><00:30:33.779><c> of</c><00:30:34.000><c> the</c><00:30:34.200><c> house,</c>

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and<00:30:34.920><c> we</c><00:30:35.119><c> mentioned</c><00:30:35.400><c> that</c><00:30:35.759><c> the</c><00:30:35.940><c> other</c><00:30:36.160><c> day.</c>

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The<00:30:37.180><c> top</c><00:30:37.420><c> of</c><00:30:37.599><c> the</c><00:30:37.740><c> house</c><00:30:37.940><c> was</c><00:30:38.180><c> a</c><00:30:38.380><c> place</c><00:30:38.779><c> often</c><00:30:39.519><c> associated</c><00:30:40.160><c> with</c><00:30:41.180><c> a</c><00:30:41.619><c> respite</c><00:30:41.960><c> from</c><00:30:42.180><c> the</c><00:30:42.359><c> heat,</c><00:30:43.380><c> a</c>

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place<00:30:44.140><c> to</c><00:30:44.539><c> spend</c>

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time<00:30:45.119><c> in</c><00:30:45.279><c> the</c><00:30:45.460><c> cool</c><00:30:45.619><c> of</c><00:30:45.819><c> the</c><00:30:45.960><c> day</c><00:30:46.160><c> in</c><00:30:46.319><c> the</c><00:30:46.500><c> evening,</c><00:30:48.000><c> a</c><00:30:48.279><c> place</c>

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to<00:30:48.759><c> do</c><00:30:48.960><c> simple</c><00:30:49.359><c> chores,</c><00:30:50.440><c> and</c><00:30:51.299><c> especially</c>

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associated,<00:30:52.799><c> as</c><00:30:53.000><c> we</c><00:30:53.180><c> know</c><00:30:53.339><c> in</c><00:30:53.539><c> the</c><00:30:53.599><c> case</c><00:30:53.880><c> of</c><00:30:54.099><c> Peter</c><00:30:54.440><c> who</c><00:30:55.420><c> had</c>

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:58.420
his<00:30:56.420><c> vision</c><00:30:56.700><c> on</c><00:30:56.880><c> the</c><00:30:57.059><c> top</c><00:30:57.240><c> of</c><00:30:57.440><c> the</c><00:30:57.579><c> house</c><00:30:57.819><c> in</c><00:30:58.099><c> Acts,</c>

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:03.759
a<00:30:59.019><c> place</c><00:30:59.440><c> of</c><00:30:59.839><c> meditation</c><00:31:00.380><c> and</c><00:31:00.759><c> prayer,</c><00:31:01.900><c> is</c><00:31:02.180><c> now</c><00:31:02.680><c> in</c><00:31:03.059><c> a</c><00:31:03.400><c> second</c>

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:07.799
way<00:31:04.440><c> Samuel</c><00:31:05.160><c> trying</c><00:31:05.579><c> to</c><00:31:05.839><c> get</c><00:31:06.000><c> at</c><00:31:06.299><c> Saul's</c><00:31:07.059><c> education</c>

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spiritually.<00:31:10.319><c> And</c><00:31:10.460><c> then</c><00:31:10.920><c> thirdly,</c><00:31:11.660><c> having</c><00:31:11.880><c> come</c><00:31:12.180><c> down</c><00:31:12.519><c> from</c>

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:15.319
the<00:31:12.940><c> top</c><00:31:13.119><c> of</c><00:31:13.299><c> the</c><00:31:13.480><c> house</c><00:31:13.799><c> in</c><00:31:14.299><c> verse</c><00:31:14.619><c> 26,</c>

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:21.480
what<00:31:15.940><c> seems</c><00:31:16.539><c> to</c><00:31:17.039><c> reinforce</c><00:31:17.859><c> the</c><00:31:19.259><c> spiritual</c><00:31:20.039><c> intent</c><00:31:20.779><c> of</c><00:31:21.160><c> this</c>

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:25.680
whole<00:31:22.000><c> experience</c><00:31:22.880><c> from</c><00:31:23.539><c> the</c><00:31:23.839><c> meal</c><00:31:24.279><c> to</c><00:31:25.220><c> the</c><00:31:25.500><c> time</c>

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:31.039
on<00:31:25.839><c> the</c><00:31:26.019><c> top</c><00:31:26.160><c> of</c><00:31:26.359><c> the</c><00:31:26.480><c> roof</c><00:31:26.920><c> to</c><00:31:27.980><c> verse</c><00:31:28.339><c> 27</c><00:31:28.960><c> on</c><00:31:29.180><c> the</c><00:31:29.420><c> path,</c><00:31:30.720><c> what</c>

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:33.480
seems<00:31:31.440><c> to</c><00:31:31.720><c> reinforce</c><00:31:32.240><c> that</c><00:31:32.460><c> it's</c><00:31:32.740><c> a</c><00:31:32.940><c> spiritual</c>

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:39.960
program.<00:31:34.559><c> Read</c><00:31:35.079><c> verse</c><00:31:35.359><c> 27</c><00:31:35.940><c> again</c><00:31:36.660><c> of</c><00:31:36.980><c> 1</c><00:31:37.140><c> Samuel</c><00:31:37.599><c> 9,</c><00:31:38.420><c> and</c><00:31:38.480><c> as</c><00:31:38.680><c> they</c><00:31:38.839><c> were</c><00:31:39.019><c> going</c><00:31:39.240><c> down</c><00:31:39.759><c> to</c>

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the<00:31:40.079><c> end</c><00:31:40.339><c> of</c><00:31:40.500><c> the</c><00:31:40.660><c> city,</c>

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Samuel<00:31:42.259><c> said</c><00:31:42.559><c> to</c><00:31:42.839><c> Saul,</c><00:31:44.420><c> oh,</c><00:31:44.640><c> bid</c><00:31:44.700><c> your</c><00:31:45.000><c> servant</c><00:31:45.400><c> pass</c><00:31:45.859><c> on</c><00:31:46.180><c> before</c><00:31:46.619><c> us.</c>

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Let<00:31:46.980><c> him</c><00:31:47.079><c> go</c><00:31:47.359><c> ahead,</c><00:31:48.099><c> and</c><00:31:48.359><c> he</c><00:31:48.579><c> passed</c><00:31:48.859><c> on.</c>

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Now<00:31:49.740><c> it's</c><00:31:49.940><c> a</c><00:31:50.059><c> one</c><00:31:50.180><c>-to</c><00:31:50.380><c>-one.</c><00:31:50.799><c> This</c><00:31:51.019><c> is</c><00:31:51.200><c> very</c><00:31:51.500><c> personal.</c><00:31:52.400><c> The</c><00:31:52.720><c> servant</c><00:31:53.180><c> could</c><00:31:53.960><c> be</c>

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part<00:31:54.380><c> of</c><00:31:54.519><c> the</c><00:31:54.680><c> meal.</c><00:31:55.220><c> The</c><00:31:55.519><c> servant</c>

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:59.400
was<00:31:55.960><c> up</c><00:31:56.160><c> on</c><00:31:56.359><c> top</c><00:31:56.519><c> of</c><00:31:56.660><c> the</c><00:31:56.839><c> house,</c><00:31:57.660><c> but</c><00:31:57.880><c> now</c><00:31:58.099><c> the</c><00:31:58.319><c> servant</c><00:31:58.559><c> leaves.</c><00:31:58.980><c> This</c>

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:03.359
is<00:31:59.740><c> personal.</c><00:32:01.460><c> Stand</c><00:32:01.980><c> thou</c><00:32:02.420><c> still</c><00:32:03.079><c> a</c>

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:09.160
child<00:32:03.359><c> that</c><00:32:04.700><c> I</c><00:32:05.000><c> may</c><00:32:05.480><c> show</c><00:32:05.880><c> thee</c><00:32:06.420><c> the</c><00:32:07.259><c> Word</c><00:32:07.619><c> of</c><00:32:07.839><c> God.</c><00:32:08.660><c> There</c><00:32:08.940><c> it</c>

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:13.980
is.<00:32:10.400><c> Spiritual</c><00:32:11.019><c> education,</c><00:32:12.839><c> the</c><00:32:13.079><c> role</c><00:32:13.279><c> of</c><00:32:13.500><c> a</c><00:32:13.680><c> prophet,</c>

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:19.099
the<00:32:14.380><c> role</c><00:32:14.599><c> of</c><00:32:14.799><c> a</c><00:32:15.000><c> judge,</c><00:32:15.500><c> the</c><00:32:15.660><c> role</c><00:32:15.920><c> of</c><00:32:16.099><c> a</c><00:32:16.339><c> priest,</c><00:32:17.579><c> and</c><00:32:17.799><c> the</c><00:32:18.140><c> role</c><00:32:18.660><c> of</c>

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:22.500
a<00:32:19.279><c> tender</c><00:32:19.839><c> shepherd,</c><00:32:21.440><c> and</c><00:32:21.599><c> he's</c><00:32:22.099><c> shepherding</c>

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:26.799
the<00:32:22.819><c> future</c><00:32:23.279><c> king</c><00:32:23.579><c> of</c><00:32:23.759><c> Israel.</c><00:32:25.319><c> Saul,</c><00:32:25.500><c> you</c><00:32:25.779><c> see,</c><00:32:26.200><c> in</c><00:32:26.359><c> his</c><00:32:26.579><c> life</c>

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:30.859
has<00:32:27.180><c> no</c><00:32:27.500><c> excuse.</c><00:32:28.680><c> He</c><00:32:28.880><c> did</c><00:32:29.140><c> not</c><00:32:29.500><c> start</c><00:32:29.900><c> off</c><00:32:30.400><c> wrong</c>

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:35.740
in<00:32:31.160><c> that</c><00:32:31.559><c> sense.</c><00:32:32.299><c> He</c><00:32:32.500><c> had</c><00:32:32.900><c> potential.</c><00:32:33.880><c> He</c><00:32:34.039><c> had</c><00:32:34.220><c> the</c><00:32:34.480><c> best</c><00:32:34.799><c> teacher</c><00:32:35.299><c> in</c>

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:37.980
all<00:32:36.039><c> of</c><00:32:36.240><c> Israel,</c><00:32:36.920><c> the</c><00:32:37.180><c> best</c><00:32:37.579><c> prophet,</c>

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:42.200
the<00:32:38.259><c> best</c><00:32:38.680><c> judge,</c><00:32:39.319><c> the</c><00:32:39.579><c> best</c><00:32:40.059><c> shepherd,</c><00:32:40.940><c> the</c><00:32:41.160><c> best</c><00:32:41.660><c> priest,</c>

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:46.740
and<00:32:42.700><c> he</c><00:32:43.039><c> worked</c><00:32:43.480><c> with</c><00:32:44.279><c> Saul</c><00:32:44.740><c> right</c><00:32:45.279><c> from</c><00:32:45.619><c> the</c><00:32:45.799><c> beginning</c>

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:53.180
because<00:32:48.059><c> here</c><00:32:48.779><c> as</c><00:32:49.180><c> a</c><00:32:49.480><c> king</c><00:32:49.880><c> is</c><00:32:50.400><c> another</c><00:32:50.740><c> shepherd.</c><00:32:52.440><c> It's</c><00:32:52.940><c> like</c>

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:55.980
Paul<00:32:53.819><c> to</c><00:32:54.000><c> Timothy.</c><00:32:54.779><c> Keep</c><00:32:55.180><c> the</c><00:32:55.579><c> charge,</c>

00:32:55.980 --> 00:33:03.779
Timothy,<00:32:56.920><c> and</c><00:32:57.059><c> pass</c><00:32:57.460><c> it</c><00:32:57.660><c> on,</c><00:32:57.900><c> Timothy,</c><00:32:58.480><c> to</c><00:32:58.599><c> those</c><00:32:59.019><c> who</c><00:32:59.400><c> are</c><00:32:59.680><c> like</c><00:32:59.920><c>-minded.</c><00:33:01.500><c> Find</c><00:33:02.039><c> out,</c><00:33:02.599><c> says</c><00:33:02.799><c> Paul</c><00:33:03.160><c> to</c><00:33:03.299><c> Timothy,</c>

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:10.339
men<00:33:04.440><c> of</c><00:33:04.720><c> like</c><00:33:05.019><c> mind,</c><00:33:05.700><c> and</c><00:33:05.819><c> pass</c><00:33:06.119><c> the</c><00:33:06.440><c> charge</c><00:33:06.740><c> on</c><00:33:07.000><c> to</c><00:33:07.180><c> them.</c><00:33:09.160><c> Saul</c><00:33:09.740><c> is</c>

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:14.259
nurturing<00:33:10.940><c> a</c><00:33:11.480><c> future</c><00:33:12.359><c> potential</c><00:33:13.619><c> shepherd,</c>

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:21.559
a<00:33:16.019><c> shepherd</c><00:33:16.440><c> helping</c><00:33:17.099><c> a</c><00:33:21.059><c> shepherd.</c>

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:32.680
The<00:33:27.740><c> words</c><00:33:28.019><c> of</c><00:33:28.240><c> the</c><00:33:28.480><c> prophet,</c><00:33:30.079><c> Isaiah,</c><00:33:31.660><c> captured</c><00:33:32.039><c> the</c><00:33:32.339><c> divine</c>

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:35.420
perspective<00:33:33.420><c> in</c><00:33:34.039><c> looking</c><00:33:34.339><c> at</c><00:33:34.759><c> discipleship</c>

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:42.799
in<00:33:35.480><c> the</c><00:33:35.680><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:36.700><c> as</c><00:33:37.660><c> that</c><00:33:38.099><c> being</c><00:33:38.539><c> sheep</c><00:33:39.119><c> and</c><00:33:39.619><c> shepherd,</c><00:33:41.220><c> where</c><00:33:41.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:41.920><c> chapter</c><00:33:42.359><c> 40</c>

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:45.160
in<00:33:43.000><c> verse</c><00:33:43.279><c> 11</c><00:33:43.700><c> says</c><00:33:44.119><c> of</c><00:33:44.460><c> God,</c>

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:51.660
says<00:33:45.940><c> of</c><00:33:46.200><c> God,</c><00:33:47.420><c> he</c><00:33:47.619><c> shall</c><00:33:48.019><c> feed</c><00:33:48.559><c> his</c><00:33:49.119><c> flock</c><00:33:49.500><c> like</c><00:33:50.400><c> a</c><00:33:50.799><c> shepherd.</c>

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:54.160
It's<00:33:52.599><c> exactly,</c><00:33:53.160><c> of</c><00:33:53.299><c> course,</c><00:33:53.559><c> the</c><00:33:53.700><c> role</c><00:33:53.980><c> that</c>

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:59.619
we<00:33:54.380><c> see</c><00:33:54.579><c> here</c><00:33:55.099><c> being</c><00:33:55.599><c> taken</c><00:33:55.960><c> on</c><00:33:56.259><c> by</c><00:33:56.819><c> Samuel</c><00:33:57.640><c> as</c><00:33:58.240><c> he</c><00:33:58.519><c> tries</c><00:33:58.900><c> to</c>

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:04.400
spiritually<00:34:00.200><c> feed</c><00:34:01.259><c> Saul</c><00:34:01.920><c> and</c><00:34:02.859><c> direct</c><00:34:03.319><c> him</c><00:34:03.720><c> and</c><00:34:04.140><c> teach</c>

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:09.519
and<00:34:05.039><c> show</c><00:34:05.480><c> him,</c><00:34:06.099><c> in</c><00:34:06.259><c> the</c><00:34:06.420><c> words</c><00:34:06.660><c> of</c><00:34:06.859><c> verse</c><00:34:07.079><c> 27,</c><00:34:08.239><c> show</c><00:34:08.559><c> him</c><00:34:09.119><c> the</c>

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:12.599
word<00:34:09.840><c> of</c><00:34:10.059><c> God.</c><00:34:11.079><c> What</c><00:34:11.360><c> did</c><00:34:11.480><c> that</c><00:34:11.760><c> entail?</c>

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:19.780
Opening<00:34:13.260><c> up</c><00:34:13.519><c> the</c><00:34:13.739><c> scriptures,</c><00:34:14.659><c> teaching</c><00:34:15.000><c> him</c><00:34:15.239><c> the</c><00:34:15.340><c> law</c><00:34:15.559><c> of</c><00:34:15.800><c> Moses?</c><00:34:17.039><c> Would</c><00:34:17.280><c> Samuel</c><00:34:17.719><c> not</c><00:34:18.159><c> know</c><00:34:18.420><c> what</c><00:34:18.639><c> was</c><00:34:18.880><c> in</c><00:34:19.139><c> Saul's</c>

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:23.300
deficits?<00:34:21.159><c> Where</c><00:34:21.480><c> did</c><00:34:21.639><c> he</c><00:34:21.800><c> have</c><00:34:21.940><c> the</c><00:34:22.199><c> blanks?</c><00:34:22.739><c> What</c><00:34:22.980><c> didn't</c>

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:26.099
Saul<00:34:23.639><c> understand?</c><00:34:24.679><c> What</c><00:34:24.920><c> part</c><00:34:25.179><c> of</c><00:34:25.420><c> scripture</c><00:34:25.719><c> did</c><00:34:25.900><c> he</c>

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:29.239
needed<00:34:26.400><c> strengthening</c><00:34:26.860><c> on?</c><00:34:27.880><c> Did</c><00:34:28.079><c> he</c><00:34:28.219><c> know</c><00:34:28.380><c> the</c><00:34:28.539><c> law</c><00:34:28.739><c> of</c><00:34:28.980><c> Moses</c>

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:31.780
very<00:34:29.679><c> well?</c><00:34:30.179><c> Did</c><00:34:30.340><c> he</c><00:34:30.599><c> understand</c><00:34:31.039><c> its</c><00:34:31.340><c> principles?</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:35.079
Did<00:34:32.219><c> he</c><00:34:32.400><c> understand</c><00:34:32.820><c> the</c><00:34:33.079><c> principles</c><00:34:33.400><c> of</c><00:34:33.699><c> kingship?</c><00:34:34.679><c> Was</c><00:34:34.840><c> he</c>

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:37.099
familiar<00:34:35.400><c> with</c><00:34:35.619><c> the</c><00:34:35.840><c> passage</c><00:34:36.179><c> in</c><00:34:36.400><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:42.360
that<00:34:37.699><c> warned</c><00:34:37.980><c> about</c><00:34:38.340><c> a</c><00:34:38.619><c> king's</c><00:34:39.000><c> behavior,</c><00:34:39.960><c> not</c><00:34:40.260><c> amassing</c><00:34:40.780><c> chariots,</c><00:34:41.619><c> reading</c><00:34:42.039><c> the</c>

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.579
word<00:34:42.639><c> and</c><00:34:42.800><c> writing</c><00:34:43.139><c> it</c><00:34:43.380><c> out</c>

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:47.460
daily?<00:34:44.300><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:44.900><c> 17.</c><00:34:46.280><c> Are</c><00:34:46.579><c> those</c><00:34:46.860><c> the</c><00:34:47.059><c> kind</c><00:34:47.219><c> of</c><00:34:47.280><c> things</c>

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:50.500
he<00:34:47.719><c> highlighted</c><00:34:48.139><c> in</c><00:34:48.480><c> that</c><00:34:48.719><c> short</c><00:34:48.960><c> time?</c><00:34:50.260><c> Plus,</c>

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:54.360
he<00:34:50.619><c> was</c><00:34:50.840><c> making</c><00:34:51.079><c> himself</c><00:34:51.500><c> available.</c><00:34:53.159><c> There's</c><00:34:53.420><c> no</c><00:34:53.679><c> doubt</c><00:34:53.900><c> that</c><00:34:54.079><c> if</c>

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:59.980
Saul<00:34:54.519><c> took</c><00:34:54.860><c> Samuel's</c><00:34:55.599><c> behavior</c><00:34:56.099><c> and</c><00:34:59.780><c> his</c>

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:07.079
later<00:35:00.659><c> on</c><00:35:01.099><c> for</c><00:35:01.340><c> not</c><00:35:01.800><c> going</c><00:35:02.880><c> back</c><00:35:03.300><c> to</c><00:35:03.599><c> Samuel</c><00:35:03.940><c> and</c><00:35:04.219><c> tapping</c><00:35:04.539><c> this</c><00:35:04.900><c> spiritual</c><00:35:05.360><c> resource,</c><00:35:06.699><c> here</c><00:35:06.820><c> was</c>

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:08.199
a<00:35:07.360><c> shepherd,</c>

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:12.679
here<00:35:08.539><c> was</c><00:35:08.739><c> a</c><00:35:09.039><c> father</c><00:35:09.360><c> in</c><00:35:09.559><c> Israel</c><00:35:10.119><c> opening</c><00:35:10.840><c> himself</c><00:35:11.460><c> up</c><00:35:12.059><c> as</c><00:35:12.480><c> a</c>

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:18.360
father.<00:35:14.079><c> He</c><00:35:14.340><c> feeds</c><00:35:15.340><c> Saul</c><00:35:16.199><c> the</c><00:35:16.900><c> right</c><00:35:17.340><c> shoulder.</c>

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:24.380
He<00:35:20.079><c> feeds</c><00:35:20.440><c> him</c><00:35:20.860><c> what</c><00:35:21.079><c> was</c><00:35:21.500><c> left.</c><00:35:23.079><c> He</c><00:35:23.280><c> follows</c><00:35:23.659><c> the</c><00:35:23.920><c> principles</c>

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:29.960
of<00:35:24.639><c> the</c><00:35:24.840><c> law</c><00:35:25.239><c> himself.</c><00:35:26.300><c> He</c><00:35:26.619><c> enjoys</c><00:35:27.039><c> a</c>

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.440
meal<00:35:29.960><c> with</c><00:35:29.960><c> the</c><00:35:29.960><c> brethren.</c><00:35:30.519><c> They</c><00:35:30.679><c> have</c><00:35:30.920><c> a</c><00:35:31.300><c> large</c><00:35:31.820><c> parlor.</c>

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:35.920
They<00:35:32.840><c> meet</c><00:35:33.159><c> together.</c><00:35:33.800><c> They</c><00:35:34.079><c> fraternize.</c><00:35:34.760><c> They</c><00:35:34.900><c> talk.</c>

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:38.940
Saul's<00:35:36.539><c> introduced.</c><00:35:37.239><c> The</c><00:35:37.539><c> brethren</c><00:35:37.820><c> are</c><00:35:38.119><c> introduced.</c><00:35:38.699><c> How</c>

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:41.119
do<00:35:39.199><c> you</c><00:35:39.219><c> do,</c><00:35:39.400><c> brother,</c><00:35:39.860><c> so</c><00:35:39.980><c>-and</c><00:35:40.219><c>-so?</c><00:35:40.500><c> How</c><00:35:40.679><c> do</c><00:35:40.860><c> you</c><00:35:40.960><c> do,</c>

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:44.019
brother,<00:35:41.500><c> so</c><00:35:41.719><c>-and</c><00:35:41.920><c>-so?</c><00:35:42.320><c> And</c><00:35:42.500><c> who</c><00:35:42.679><c> are</c><00:35:42.860><c> you?</c><00:35:43.219><c> And</c><00:35:43.380><c> who</c><00:35:43.559><c> are</c><00:35:43.760><c> you?</c>

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:47.320
I'm<00:35:44.579><c> so</c><00:35:44.880><c>-and</c><00:35:45.099><c>-so.</c><00:35:45.460><c> Call</c><00:35:45.760><c> on</c><00:35:45.940><c> me</c><00:35:46.059><c> whenever</c><00:35:46.340><c> you</c><00:35:46.599><c> need.</c>

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:54.079
You<00:35:48.059><c> see,</c><00:35:48.679><c> here</c><00:35:48.920><c> was</c><00:35:49.119><c> an</c><00:35:49.559><c> ideal</c><00:35:50.260><c> spiritual</c><00:35:50.920><c> setting.</c><00:35:52.159><c> Then</c><00:35:52.519><c> the</c><00:35:52.880><c> private</c><00:35:53.280><c> tuition</c><00:35:53.739><c> up</c>

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.099
on<00:35:54.360><c> top</c><00:35:54.519><c> of</c><00:35:54.679><c> the</c><00:35:54.820><c> roof</c>

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:59.280
with<00:35:55.559><c> the</c><00:35:55.860><c> servant.</c><00:35:56.659><c> So</c><00:35:56.820><c> the</c><00:35:57.019><c> servant</c><00:35:57.380><c> hears</c><00:35:57.699><c> it.</c><00:35:58.679><c> There's</c><00:35:59.000><c> a</c>

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:03.440
third<00:35:59.559><c> witness</c><00:36:00.000><c> there,</c><00:36:01.539><c> a</c><00:36:01.880><c> third</c><00:36:02.440><c> witness</c><00:36:02.980><c> to</c><00:36:03.179><c> what</c>

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:07.420
Samuel<00:36:03.880><c> instructed</c><00:36:04.559><c> Saul,</c><00:36:05.059><c> whatever</c><00:36:05.320><c> it</c><00:36:05.559><c> was,</c><00:36:06.199><c> whatever</c><00:36:06.579><c> transpired</c><00:36:07.219><c> up</c>

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on<00:36:07.579><c> the</c><00:36:07.719><c> roof,</c><00:36:08.159><c> and</c><00:36:08.360><c> then</c><00:36:08.659><c> finally</c><00:36:08.880><c> the</c>

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one<00:36:09.460><c>-to</c><00:36:09.679><c>-one</c><00:36:09.880><c> tuition.</c><00:36:11.420><c> I</c><00:36:11.559><c> will</c><00:36:11.880><c> show</c><00:36:12.159><c> you</c><00:36:12.699><c> the</c><00:36:13.019><c> Word</c><00:36:13.539><c> of</c><00:36:13.900><c> God.</c>

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:19.639
Now,<00:36:17.099><c> since</c><00:36:17.360><c> we</c><00:36:17.559><c> have</c><00:36:17.679><c> on</c><00:36:17.820><c> the</c><00:36:18.019><c> overhead</c><00:36:18.400><c> a</c><00:36:19.239><c> passage</c>

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in<00:36:19.800><c> the</c><00:36:19.940><c> Old</c><00:36:20.139><c> Testament</c><00:36:20.619><c> that</c><00:36:21.079><c> is</c><00:36:21.480><c> from</c><00:36:21.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:22.300><c> speaking</c><00:36:22.739><c> of</c>

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shepherding,<00:36:24.039><c> would</c><00:36:24.199><c> you</c><00:36:24.500><c> also</c><00:36:24.980><c> turn</c>

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:35.000
in<00:36:25.820><c> your</c><00:36:26.159><c> Bibles</c><00:36:26.840><c> to</c><00:36:27.219><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:27.780><c> and</c><00:36:29.300><c> just</c><00:36:29.739><c> observe</c><00:36:30.179><c> this.</c><00:36:33.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:33.059><c> chapter</c><00:36:33.820><c> 63.</c>

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Isaiah<00:36:43.159><c> 63.</c>

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Verse<00:36:53.340><c> 9.</c><00:36:55.079><c> This</c><00:36:55.119><c> is</c><00:36:55.380><c> a</c><00:36:55.539><c> kind</c><00:36:55.760><c> of</c><00:36:56.039><c> shepherding</c><00:36:56.460><c> picture.</c><00:36:57.940><c> Only</c>

00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:00.579
it's<00:36:58.440><c> God</c><00:36:58.900><c> who's</c><00:36:59.280><c> the</c><00:36:59.519><c> shepherd</c><00:36:59.860><c> and</c><00:37:00.039><c> the</c><00:37:00.239><c> sheep</c><00:37:00.440><c> are</c>

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:04.699
Israel<00:37:01.019><c> in</c><00:37:01.179><c> the</c><00:37:01.320><c> wilderness.</c><00:37:02.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:02.960><c> 63</c><00:37:03.619><c> is</c><00:37:04.000><c> reflecting</c><00:37:04.500><c> on</c>

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:08.980
Old<00:37:04.960><c> Testament</c><00:37:05.340><c> history.</c><00:37:06.619><c> Verse</c><00:37:06.920><c> 9.</c><00:37:08.460><c> Speaking</c><00:37:08.800><c> of</c>

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:12.719
Israel<00:37:09.400><c> in</c><00:37:09.699><c> the</c><00:37:09.860><c> wilderness,</c><00:37:10.800><c> in</c><00:37:10.920><c> all</c><00:37:11.320><c> their</c><00:37:11.619><c> affliction</c><00:37:12.219><c> he</c>

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:16.119
was<00:37:12.980><c> afflicted,</c><00:37:14.199><c> and</c><00:37:14.420><c> the</c><00:37:14.599><c> angel</c><00:37:14.940><c> of</c><00:37:15.239><c> his</c><00:37:15.559><c> presence</c>

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:21.900
saved<00:37:16.960><c> them.</c><00:37:17.960><c> In</c><00:37:18.139><c> his</c><00:37:18.440><c> love</c><00:37:18.840><c> and</c><00:37:19.639><c> in</c><00:37:19.780><c> his</c><00:37:20.079><c> pity</c><00:37:20.400><c> he</c><00:37:21.380><c> redeemed</c>

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:23.659
them,<00:37:22.300><c> that</c><00:37:22.639><c> nation</c><00:37:23.039><c> in</c><00:37:23.199><c> the</c><00:37:23.340><c> wilderness</c>

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ultimately,<00:37:24.880><c> those</c><00:37:25.119><c> who</c><00:37:25.300><c> came</c><00:37:25.559><c> from</c><00:37:25.780><c> that</c><00:37:26.039><c> nation,</c><00:37:26.800><c> and</c><00:37:27.119><c> he</c>

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:30.599
bare<00:37:27.539><c> them</c><00:37:27.980><c> and</c><00:37:28.539><c> carried</c><00:37:28.780><c> them</c><00:37:29.300><c> all</c><00:37:29.559><c> the</c><00:37:29.780><c> days</c><00:37:30.019><c> of</c><00:37:30.280><c> old.</c>

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:34.900
There's<00:37:31.460><c> the</c><00:37:31.699><c> shepherd</c><00:37:32.059><c> and</c><00:37:32.280><c> that's</c><00:37:32.519><c> God.</c><00:37:33.940><c> And</c><00:37:34.199><c> in</c><00:37:34.340><c> his</c><00:37:34.559><c> love</c>

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:37.599
and<00:37:35.179><c> in</c><00:37:35.340><c> his</c><00:37:35.579><c> pity</c><00:37:35.880><c> he</c><00:37:36.500><c> did</c><00:37:36.800><c> redeem</c><00:37:37.119><c> them,</c>

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:41.559
and<00:37:37.840><c> he</c><00:37:38.059><c> carried</c><00:37:38.380><c> them</c><00:37:38.639><c> all</c><00:37:38.960><c> the</c><00:37:39.139><c> days</c><00:37:39.380><c> of</c><00:37:39.639><c> old.</c><00:37:40.679><c> Now,</c><00:37:41.440><c> verse</c>

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:46.039
10.<00:37:43.599><c> But</c><00:37:43.619><c> they</c><00:37:44.179><c> Israel</c><00:37:44.820><c> rebelled</c><00:37:45.420><c> and</c><00:37:45.679><c> vexed</c>

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:49.119
his<00:37:46.239><c> Holy</c><00:37:46.599><c> Spirit,</c><00:37:47.400><c> therefore</c><00:37:47.719><c> he</c><00:37:47.960><c> was</c><00:37:48.280><c> turned</c><00:37:48.519><c> to</c><00:37:48.739><c> be</c><00:37:48.880><c> their</c>

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.320
enemy,<00:37:50.139><c> and</c><00:37:50.360><c> he</c><00:37:50.739><c> fought</c><00:37:51.159><c> against</c><00:37:51.800><c> them,</c>

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and<00:37:53.099><c> he</c><00:37:53.579><c> remembered</c><00:37:54.360><c> the</c><00:37:54.599><c> days</c><00:37:55.000><c> of</c><00:37:55.300><c> old.</c><00:37:56.860><c> Moses</c><00:37:57.500><c> and</c><00:37:58.019><c> his</c><00:37:58.360><c> people</c><00:37:58.800><c> saying,</c><00:37:59.780><c> where</c><00:38:00.199><c> is</c>

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he<00:38:00.920><c> that</c><00:38:01.159><c> brought</c><00:38:01.420><c> them</c><00:38:01.679><c> up</c>

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:06.579
out<00:38:02.119><c> of</c><00:38:02.260><c> the</c><00:38:02.500><c> sea</c><00:38:02.860><c> with</c><00:38:03.900><c> the</c><00:38:04.179><c> shepherd</c><00:38:04.480><c> of</c><00:38:04.699><c> his</c><00:38:04.960><c> flock?</c><00:38:06.280><c> Where</c>

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:10.260
is<00:38:06.860><c> he</c><00:38:07.139><c> that</c><00:38:07.300><c> put</c><00:38:07.500><c> his</c><00:38:07.860><c> Holy</c><00:38:08.300><c> Spirit</c><00:38:08.960><c> within</c><00:38:09.360><c> him?</c>

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:16.340
Verse<00:38:12.239><c> 12.</c><00:38:13.119><c> That</c><00:38:13.280><c> led</c><00:38:13.659><c> them</c><00:38:13.940><c> by</c><00:38:14.239><c> the</c><00:38:14.559><c> right</c><00:38:14.900><c> hand</c><00:38:15.460><c> of</c><00:38:15.760><c> Moses</c>

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:19.960
with<00:38:17.199><c> his</c><00:38:17.539><c> glorious</c><00:38:18.219><c> arm</c><00:38:18.840><c> dividing</c><00:38:19.380><c> the</c><00:38:19.699><c> water</c>

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before<00:38:20.400><c> them</c><00:38:20.760><c> to</c><00:38:21.079><c> make</c><00:38:21.300><c> himself</c><00:38:22.039><c> an</c><00:38:22.460><c> everlasting</c><00:38:23.179><c> name.</c><00:38:24.900><c> Do</c>

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:28.900
you<00:38:25.099><c> see</c><00:38:25.280><c> how</c><00:38:25.579><c> Moses</c><00:38:26.280><c> is</c><00:38:27.559><c> folded</c><00:38:27.880><c> into</c><00:38:28.199><c> this</c><00:38:28.500><c> picture</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:33.380
of<00:38:29.159><c> leading?</c><00:38:30.420><c> How</c><00:38:30.699><c> Moses</c><00:38:31.199><c> is</c><00:38:31.519><c> folded</c><00:38:31.780><c> into</c><00:38:32.059><c> the</c><00:38:32.280><c> picture</c><00:38:32.619><c> of</c><00:38:32.900><c> being</c><00:38:33.099><c> a</c>

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shepherd?<00:38:34.659><c> Is</c><00:38:34.840><c> it</c><00:38:35.039><c> God</c><00:38:35.360><c> who's</c><00:38:35.579><c> the</c><00:38:35.840><c> shepherd</c>

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:40.219
or<00:38:36.400><c> is</c><00:38:36.639><c> it</c><00:38:36.860><c> Moses?</c><00:38:37.719><c> Well,</c><00:38:37.940><c> at</c><00:38:38.139><c> first</c><00:38:38.400><c> in</c><00:38:38.599><c> verse</c><00:38:38.800><c> 9,</c><00:38:39.219><c> it's</c><00:38:39.400><c> clearly</c><00:38:39.780><c> God</c>

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:42.360
first<00:38:40.679><c> and</c><00:38:40.920><c> foremost,</c><00:38:41.679><c> the</c><00:38:41.880><c> father</c><00:38:42.199><c> of</c>

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:46.199
Israel,<00:38:42.820><c> the</c><00:38:43.059><c> great</c><00:38:43.320><c> shepherd</c><00:38:43.619><c> of</c><00:38:43.800><c> the</c><00:38:44.039><c> flock.</c><00:38:45.079><c> But</c><00:38:45.619><c> as</c><00:38:46.039><c> you</c>

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:49.420
come<00:38:46.380><c> to</c><00:38:46.519><c> verse</c><00:38:46.760><c> 11</c><00:38:47.159><c> and</c><00:38:47.340><c> 12,</c><00:38:48.099><c> it's</c><00:38:48.559><c> obvious</c><00:38:48.960><c> that</c><00:38:49.199><c> God</c>

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:53.980
is<00:38:49.679><c> doing</c><00:38:49.880><c> the</c><00:38:50.260><c> shepherding</c><00:38:50.980><c> through</c><00:38:51.719><c> people.</c><00:38:53.099><c> You</c><00:38:53.280><c> see,</c><00:38:53.380><c> that's</c><00:38:53.780><c> the</c>

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:56.480
point.<00:38:54.840><c> He</c><00:38:55.079><c> is</c><00:38:55.460><c> shepherding</c><00:38:55.860><c> all</c><00:38:56.219><c> right,</c>

00:38:56.480 --> 00:39:00.699
and<00:38:56.699><c> it</c><00:38:56.820><c> is</c><00:38:57.139><c> God</c><00:38:57.440><c> who's</c><00:38:57.619><c> the</c><00:38:57.840><c> great</c><00:38:58.099><c> shepherd,</c><00:38:59.019><c> but</c><00:38:59.280><c> Moses</c><00:38:59.940><c> first</c><00:39:00.420><c> and</c>

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foremost<00:39:01.159><c> is</c><00:39:01.840><c> the</c><00:39:02.119><c> means</c><00:39:02.619><c> through</c><00:39:02.940><c> which</c><00:39:03.199><c> God</c>

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:10.159
arm<00:39:04.139><c> works.</c><00:39:05.599><c> He</c><00:39:05.920><c> shepherds</c><00:39:06.420><c> his</c><00:39:06.699><c> people</c><00:39:07.699><c> through</c><00:39:08.699><c> Moses,</c><00:39:09.679><c> through</c><00:39:09.920><c> a</c>

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:13.360
human<00:39:10.480><c> agent.</c><00:39:12.059><c> See</c><00:39:12.179><c> the</c><00:39:12.320><c> power</c><00:39:12.760><c> of</c><00:39:12.980><c> that</c>

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:20.300
in<00:39:13.719><c> relationship</c><00:39:14.360><c> to</c><00:39:14.760><c> Samuel,</c><00:39:15.579><c> the</c><00:39:15.780><c> great</c><00:39:16.139><c> shepherd?</c><00:39:18.039><c> God</c><00:39:18.340><c> was</c><00:39:18.619><c> working</c><00:39:19.019><c> through</c><00:39:19.420><c> Samuel</c><00:39:19.980><c> to</c>

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reach<00:39:20.699><c> Saul.</c>

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Saul<00:39:21.960><c> was</c><00:39:22.179><c> going</c><00:39:22.380><c> to</c><00:39:22.559><c> be</c><00:39:22.780><c> king.</c><00:39:23.260><c> He</c><00:39:23.599><c> would</c><00:39:23.820><c> be</c><00:39:24.059><c> a</c><00:39:24.300><c> shepherd.</c><00:39:25.920><c> The</c><00:39:26.099><c> need,</c><00:39:26.659><c> brothers</c><00:39:26.659><c> and</c><00:39:26.980><c> sisters,</c><00:39:27.420><c> of</c><00:39:27.699><c> setting</c>

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:32.420
the<00:39:28.800><c> right</c><00:39:29.159><c> atmosphere</c><00:39:29.880><c> in</c><00:39:30.219><c> our</c><00:39:30.420><c> ecclesias,</c><00:39:31.159><c> our</c><00:39:31.360><c> Sunday</c><00:39:31.699><c> schools,</c><00:39:32.239><c> our</c>

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CYCs,<00:39:33.579><c> our</c><00:39:33.739><c> Bible</c><00:39:34.139><c> classes,</c>

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:39.039
our<00:39:35.500><c> gatherings,</c><00:39:36.239><c> our</c><00:39:36.420><c> Bible</c><00:39:36.860><c> schools,</c><00:39:37.920><c> which</c><00:39:38.280><c> allow</c><00:39:38.820><c> for</c>

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:42.940
this<00:39:39.280><c> nurturing,</c><00:39:40.039><c> create</c><00:39:41.460><c> the</c><00:39:41.800><c> situation</c><00:39:42.380><c> whereby</c>

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:47.519
the<00:39:43.500><c> great</c><00:39:43.820><c> shepherd</c><00:39:44.139><c> of</c><00:39:44.360><c> the</c><00:39:44.579><c> flock</c><00:39:44.880><c> can</c><00:39:45.380><c> work</c><00:39:45.820><c> through</c><00:39:46.300><c> human</c><00:39:46.760><c> agents</c><00:39:47.300><c> to</c>

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:49.679
be<00:39:47.820><c> his</c><00:39:48.139><c> shepherds,</c><00:39:48.840><c> and</c><00:39:49.099><c> they</c><00:39:49.400><c> in</c>

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:54.539
like<00:39:50.199><c> Samuel</c><00:39:50.800><c> can</c><00:39:51.239><c> work</c><00:39:51.539><c> with</c><00:39:51.800><c> the</c><00:39:52.019><c> Saul's.</c><00:39:53.300><c> What</c><00:39:53.619><c> are</c><00:39:53.780><c> we</c><00:39:53.980><c> doing</c><00:39:54.219><c> to</c>

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.280
help<00:39:54.760><c> facilitate</c><00:39:55.400><c> that?</c>

00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:01.639
Would<00:39:58.280><c> you</c><00:39:58.440><c> turn</c><00:39:58.699><c> to</c><00:39:58.900><c> 1</c><00:39:59.059><c> Samuel</c><00:39:59.639><c> chapter</c><00:40:00.239><c> 12</c><00:40:00.639><c> now?</c>

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:07.280
Just<00:40:02.380><c> back</c><00:40:02.579><c> up</c><00:40:02.760><c> again</c><00:40:03.179><c> to</c><00:40:03.519><c> Samuel,</c><00:40:04.940><c> 1</c><00:40:05.179><c> Samuel</c><00:40:05.860><c> chapter</c><00:40:06.800><c> 12.</c>

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:26.000
Have<00:40:08.239><c> you</c><00:40:19.420><c> noticed</c><00:40:19.699><c> this</c><00:40:19.960><c> before?</c><00:40:23.559><c> In</c><00:40:23.800><c> 1</c><00:40:24.039><c> Samuel</c><00:40:24.599><c> chapter</c><00:40:25.199><c> 12,</c>

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:30.230
there<00:40:26.619><c> is</c><00:40:27.380><c> additional,</c><00:40:28.300><c> we</c><00:40:29.039><c> might</c><00:40:29.320><c> say,</c>

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:33.559
shepherding<00:40:30.840><c> language</c><00:40:31.420><c> that's</c><00:40:31.800><c> just</c><00:40:32.119><c> a</c><00:40:32.219><c> little</c><00:40:32.460><c> couched,</c>

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:35.519
not<00:40:33.860><c> quite</c><00:40:34.159><c> too</c><00:40:34.480><c> obvious.</c>

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:41.519
1<00:40:36.159><c> Samuel</c><00:40:36.719><c> chapter</c><00:40:37.219><c> 12,</c><00:40:38.800><c> we</c><00:40:39.000><c> come</c><00:40:39.219><c> to</c><00:40:39.420><c> verse</c><00:40:40.119><c> 2.</c>

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As<00:40:44.480><c> we</c><00:40:44.719><c> read</c><00:40:44.920><c> this</c><00:40:45.159><c> a</c><00:40:45.320><c> few</c><00:40:45.420><c> moments</c><00:40:45.780><c> ago,</c><00:40:46.320><c> we</c><00:40:46.380><c> were</c><00:40:46.559><c> reading</c><00:40:46.820><c> it</c>

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as<00:40:48.500><c> a</c><00:40:48.800><c> declaration</c><00:40:49.440><c> of</c><00:40:50.340><c> Samuel</c><00:40:50.980><c> concerning</c><00:40:51.860><c> his</c>

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lifetime<00:40:53.159><c> record,</c><00:40:54.679><c> his</c><00:40:55.039><c> lifetime</c><00:40:55.679><c> record</c><00:40:56.199><c> before</c><00:40:56.699><c> Israel.</c><00:40:57.800><c> Now</c><00:40:58.019><c> I</c>

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want<00:40:58.239><c> you</c><00:40:58.380><c> to</c><00:40:58.500><c> look</c><00:40:58.619><c> at</c><00:40:58.739><c> verse</c><00:40:58.960><c> 2</c><00:40:59.179><c> a</c><00:40:59.260><c> little</c><00:40:59.380><c> more</c>

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and<00:41:08.460><c> behold,</c><00:41:08.980><c> my</c><00:41:09.260><c> sons</c><00:41:09.519><c> are</c><00:41:09.739><c> with</c><00:41:10.019><c> you,</c><00:41:10.559><c> and</c><00:41:10.780><c> I</c><00:41:11.039><c> have</c><00:41:11.539><c> walked</c>

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00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:21.940
unto<00:41:16.039><c> this</c><00:41:16.579><c> day.</c><00:41:17.400><c> Now</c><00:41:17.719><c> that's</c><00:41:18.000><c> the</c><00:41:18.199><c> phrase,</c><00:41:18.920><c> I've</c><00:41:19.440><c> walked</c><00:41:19.780><c> before</c><00:41:20.440><c> you.</c><00:41:21.579><c> In</c>

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:24.420
fact,<00:41:22.179><c> that</c><00:41:22.440><c> is</c><00:41:22.659><c> shepherding</c><00:41:23.119><c> language.</c>

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Rotherham's<00:41:25.659><c> translation,</c><00:41:26.460><c> only</c><00:41:26.800><c> one</c><00:41:27.079><c> of</c><00:41:27.260><c> a</c><00:41:27.420><c> number,</c><00:41:28.639><c> captures</c><00:41:28.940><c> it</c><00:41:29.239><c> this</c><00:41:29.579><c> way,</c><00:41:31.039><c> 1</c>

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Samuel<00:41:31.659><c> chapter</c><00:41:32.280><c> 12</c><00:41:32.699><c> and</c>

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verse<00:41:33.239><c> 2</c><00:41:33.539><c> on</c><00:41:33.699><c> the</c><00:41:33.960><c> overhead.</c><00:41:35.380><c> Rotherham's</c><00:41:36.199><c> translates</c><00:41:36.639><c> it,</c><00:41:37.739><c> but</c><00:41:37.780><c> I</c>

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:44.420
have<00:41:38.400><c> gone</c><00:41:39.300><c> to</c><00:41:40.239><c> and</c><00:41:41.059><c> fro</c><00:41:41.619><c> before</c><00:41:43.320><c> you</c>

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:51.300
from<00:41:45.320><c> my</c><00:41:45.780><c> youth</c><00:41:46.079><c> unto</c><00:41:46.340><c> this</c><00:41:46.780><c> day.</c><00:41:47.619><c> I</c><00:41:48.159><c> have</c><00:41:48.579><c> gone</c><00:41:49.199><c> to</c><00:41:49.880><c> and</c><00:41:50.559><c> from</c>

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00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:59.519
Other<00:41:55.739><c> translations</c><00:41:56.519><c> that</c><00:41:56.820><c> tend</c><00:41:56.980><c> to</c><00:41:57.139><c> be</c><00:41:57.260><c> more</c><00:41:57.559><c> literal</c><00:41:58.019><c> capture</c><00:41:58.960><c> that</c>

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sense.<00:42:00.679><c> It</c><00:42:00.880><c> is</c><00:42:01.320><c> a</c><00:42:01.800><c> shepherding</c><00:42:02.239><c> kind</c><00:42:02.840><c> of</c>

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posture.<00:42:05.059><c> And</c><00:42:05.340><c> lo</c><00:42:05.519><c> and</c><00:42:05.679><c> behold,</c><00:42:06.360><c> in</c><00:42:06.440><c> this</c><00:42:06.679><c> immediate</c><00:42:07.159><c> context,</c><00:42:08.000><c> brothers</c><00:42:08.079><c> and</c><00:42:08.400><c> sisters,</c><00:42:09.260><c> just</c><00:42:09.539><c> come</c><00:42:09.840><c> down</c><00:42:10.280><c> to</c>

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:19.239
verse<00:42:11.280><c> 6.</c><00:42:13.280><c> Moses</c><00:42:13.699><c> pops</c><00:42:14.159><c> up</c><00:42:14.500><c> here.</c><00:42:16.000><c> Our</c><00:42:16.260><c> friend</c><00:42:16.500><c> Moses,</c><00:42:17.159><c> mentioned</c><00:42:17.599><c> in</c><00:42:17.860><c> Isaiah,</c><00:42:19.019><c> in</c>

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relationship<00:42:19.980><c> to</c><00:42:20.380><c> the</c>

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shepherding<00:42:21.300><c> of</c><00:42:21.519><c> Israel</c><00:42:21.960><c> in</c><00:42:22.239><c> the</c><00:42:22.420><c> wilderness.</c><00:42:23.780><c> Is</c><00:42:24.000><c> it</c><00:42:24.179><c> just</c>

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coincidence<00:42:25.139><c> that</c><00:42:26.219><c> his</c><00:42:27.380><c> going</c><00:42:28.039><c> to</c><00:42:28.500><c> and</c><00:42:28.820><c> fro</c><00:42:29.039><c> before</c>

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:35.800
them<00:42:30.119><c> is</c><00:42:31.559><c> in</c><00:42:32.059><c> context</c><00:42:32.860><c> very</c><00:42:33.739><c> close</c><00:42:34.139><c> to</c><00:42:34.340><c> the</c><00:42:34.539><c> reference</c><00:42:34.880><c> of</c><00:42:35.119><c> Moses</c><00:42:35.519><c> and</c>

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:38.900
Aaron?<00:42:36.719><c> Verse</c><00:42:37.000><c> 6,</c><00:42:37.659><c> Samuel</c><00:42:38.159><c> said</c><00:42:38.400><c> unto</c><00:42:38.639><c> the</c>

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people,<00:42:39.500><c> it</c><00:42:39.659><c> is</c><00:42:39.940><c> the</c><00:42:40.320><c> Lord,</c><00:42:41.420><c> it's</c><00:42:41.800><c> the</c><00:42:42.000><c> same</c><00:42:42.340><c> God,</c><00:42:43.059><c> the</c><00:42:43.280><c> same</c>

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:48.119
Yahweh,<00:42:44.760><c> it's</c><00:42:45.019><c> the</c><00:42:45.360><c> Lord</c><00:42:45.840><c> that</c><00:42:46.280><c> advanced</c><00:42:46.960><c> Moses</c><00:42:47.739><c> and</c>

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:53.599
Aaron.<00:42:49.780><c> Now</c><00:42:50.139><c> what</c><00:42:50.320><c> did</c><00:42:50.480><c> he</c><00:42:50.739><c> advance</c><00:42:51.179><c> Aaron</c><00:42:51.719><c> and</c><00:42:51.860><c> Moses</c><00:42:52.280><c> to</c><00:42:52.559><c> be?</c>

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Isaiah<00:42:54.639><c> has</c><00:42:54.860><c> already</c><00:42:55.280><c> told</c><00:42:55.559><c> us,</c><00:42:56.239><c> in</c><00:42:56.400><c> the</c><00:42:56.559><c> context</c><00:42:57.039><c> of</c>

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Exodus<00:42:57.619><c> shows</c><00:42:57.980><c> us.</c><00:42:59.219><c> He</c><00:42:59.559><c> advanced</c><00:42:59.840><c> them</c><00:43:00.079><c> to</c><00:43:00.219><c> be</c><00:43:00.440><c> leaders.</c><00:43:01.420><c> He</c>

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advanced<00:43:01.980><c> them</c><00:43:02.179><c> to</c><00:43:02.320><c> be</c><00:43:02.619><c> shepherds.</c><00:43:04.840><c> So</c><00:43:05.139><c> what's</c>

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:10.679
happening?<00:43:06.000><c> In</c><00:43:06.059><c> verse</c><00:43:06.559><c> 2,</c><00:43:08.920><c> Samuel</c><00:43:09.079><c> says,</c><00:43:09.760><c> look</c><00:43:09.820><c> at</c><00:43:10.019><c> my</c><00:43:10.260><c> life.</c>

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I've<00:43:11.360><c> been</c><00:43:11.559><c> a</c><00:43:11.880><c> shepherd,</c><00:43:12.300><c> in</c><00:43:12.539><c> a</c><00:43:12.719><c> sense,</c><00:43:13.000><c> all</c><00:43:13.320><c> my</c><00:43:13.539><c> life,</c>

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:20.460
and<00:43:14.800><c> I've</c><00:43:15.139><c> gone</c><00:43:15.400><c> to</c><00:43:16.039><c> and</c><00:43:16.519><c> fro</c><00:43:17.179><c> before</c><00:43:18.440><c> you,</c><00:43:19.219><c> not</c><00:43:19.519><c> behind</c><00:43:20.019><c> you,</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:24.320
from<00:43:21.179><c> my</c><00:43:21.500><c> youth,</c><00:43:21.780><c> like</c><00:43:21.980><c> a</c><00:43:22.119><c> good</c><00:43:22.320><c> shepherd.</c><00:43:23.679><c> And</c><00:43:23.940><c> by</c><00:43:24.139><c> the</c>

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:31.300
way,<00:43:24.639><c> he</c><00:43:24.800><c> says</c><00:43:25.039><c> in</c><00:43:25.199><c> verse</c><00:43:25.480><c> 6,</c><00:43:26.699><c> this</c><00:43:27.039><c> is</c><00:43:27.579><c> the</c><00:43:27.880><c> God</c><00:43:28.260><c> that</c><00:43:28.679><c> advanced</c><00:43:29.280><c> the</c><00:43:29.820><c> shepherd</c><00:43:30.139><c> Moses,</c><00:43:31.079><c> the</c>

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leader<00:43:31.739><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:43:32.900><c> this</c><00:43:33.059><c> is</c><00:43:33.260><c> the</c><00:43:33.460><c> same</c><00:43:33.679><c> God</c><00:43:34.000><c> that</c><00:43:34.280><c> advanced</c><00:43:34.659><c> the</c><00:43:34.940><c> shepherd</c>

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Aaron,<00:43:36.000><c> the</c><00:43:36.239><c> priest.</c><00:43:37.960><c> This</c><00:43:38.300><c> God</c><00:43:38.619><c> that</c><00:43:38.960><c> worked</c><00:43:39.159><c> with</c><00:43:39.460><c> the</c>

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:44.059
leaders<00:43:40.139><c> Aaron</c><00:43:40.719><c> and</c><00:43:40.940><c> Moses</c><00:43:41.519><c> is</c><00:43:42.179><c> the</c><00:43:42.440><c> same</c><00:43:42.760><c> God</c><00:43:43.179><c> that</c><00:43:43.380><c> has</c><00:43:43.579><c> worked</c><00:43:43.820><c> with</c>

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:47.699
me<00:43:44.500><c> and</c><00:43:45.519><c> will</c><00:43:46.019><c> work</c><00:43:46.360><c> with</c><00:43:46.599><c> you.</c><00:43:47.280><c> See</c><00:43:47.559><c> the</c>

00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:55.199
power<00:43:48.159><c> of</c><00:43:48.400><c> that.</c><00:43:49.579><c> Do</c><00:43:49.820><c> you</c><00:43:49.860><c> see</c><00:43:50.019><c> Moses</c><00:43:50.420><c> again</c><00:43:51.139><c> in</c><00:43:51.880><c> verse</c><00:43:52.480><c> 7?</c><00:43:54.579><c> Is</c>

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:59.099
this<00:43:55.420><c> not</c><00:43:55.599><c> an</c><00:43:55.900><c> echo</c><00:43:56.159><c> to</c><00:43:56.400><c> the</c><00:43:56.500><c> Red</c><00:43:56.840><c> Sea?</c><00:43:58.139><c> Verse</c><00:43:58.400><c> 7</c><00:43:58.840><c> says,</c>

00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:03.559
Samuel<00:43:59.639><c> coming</c><00:43:59.960><c> around</c><00:44:00.360><c> to</c><00:44:00.519><c> the</c><00:44:00.719><c> climatic</c><00:44:01.300><c> punchline.</c><00:44:03.400><c> Verse</c>

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:06.800
7,<00:44:04.039><c> listen</c><00:44:04.480><c> to</c><00:44:04.699><c> these</c><00:44:05.000><c> words.</c><00:44:05.679><c> They're</c><00:44:06.000><c> Moses's</c>

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words<00:44:07.360><c> in</c><00:44:08.599><c> part.</c><00:44:09.659><c> Now</c><00:44:10.239><c> therefore,</c><00:44:11.840><c> verse</c><00:44:12.360><c> 7,</c><00:44:14.119><c> stand</c><00:44:14.480><c> still.</c>

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:19.619
And<00:44:16.860><c> Moses</c><00:44:17.519><c> said,</c><00:44:18.019><c> see</c><00:44:18.119><c> the</c><00:44:18.340><c> salvation</c><00:44:18.900><c> of</c><00:44:19.059><c> the</c><00:44:19.219><c> Lord</c><00:44:19.480><c> as</c>

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he<00:44:19.900><c> stretched</c><00:44:20.059><c> out</c><00:44:20.280><c> his</c><00:44:20.480><c> rod.</c><00:44:21.679><c> But</c><00:44:21.980><c> here,</c><00:44:23.059><c> therefore</c><00:44:23.539><c> stand</c><00:44:24.659><c> still</c><00:44:25.119><c> that</c><00:44:25.480><c> I</c>

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:27.800
may<00:44:25.920><c> reason</c><00:44:26.340><c> with</c><00:44:26.599><c> you</c><00:44:26.820><c> before</c><00:44:27.219><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:31.000
He's<00:44:28.480><c> going</c><00:44:28.679><c> to</c><00:44:28.860><c> do</c><00:44:29.000><c> with</c><00:44:29.179><c> them</c><00:44:29.579><c> what</c><00:44:29.980><c> he</c><00:44:30.099><c> was</c><00:44:30.320><c> trying</c><00:44:30.539><c> to</c><00:44:30.760><c> do</c>

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:34.840
with<00:44:31.360><c> Saul.</c><00:44:32.739><c> He</c><00:44:32.860><c> was</c><00:44:33.139><c> trying</c><00:44:33.340><c> to</c><00:44:33.719><c> show</c><00:44:33.980><c> Saul</c><00:44:34.340><c> the</c><00:44:34.599><c> word</c>

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:39.239
of<00:44:35.039><c> the</c><00:44:35.199><c> Lord.</c><00:44:35.960><c> Now</c><00:44:36.159><c> as</c><00:44:36.400><c> a</c><00:44:36.639><c> shepherd,</c><00:44:37.539><c> and</c><00:44:38.239><c> as</c><00:44:38.420><c> a</c><00:44:38.619><c> prophet,</c><00:44:39.059><c> and</c>

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00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:48.639
a<00:44:43.019><c> Moses,</c><00:44:43.900><c> only</c><00:44:44.119><c> he's</c><00:44:44.360><c> not</c><00:44:44.659><c> taking</c><00:44:44.960><c> him</c><00:44:45.139><c> through</c><00:44:45.380><c> the</c><00:44:45.460><c> Red</c><00:44:45.840><c> Sea.</c><00:44:47.579><c> Stand</c><00:44:47.940><c> still</c><00:44:48.239><c> that</c><00:44:48.400><c> I</c>

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:51.059
may<00:44:48.900><c> reason</c><00:44:49.579><c> with</c><00:44:50.179><c> you.</c><00:44:50.820><c> Now</c>

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:54.159
this<00:44:51.199><c> isn't</c><00:44:51.480><c> the</c><00:44:51.679><c> only</c><00:44:51.960><c> time</c><00:44:52.300><c> you</c><00:44:52.500><c> have</c><00:44:52.679><c> an</c><00:44:52.960><c> echo</c><00:44:53.239><c> in</c><00:44:53.519><c> the</c><00:44:53.659><c> mouth</c><00:44:53.820><c> of</c>

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:57.079
Samuel<00:44:54.559><c> that</c><00:44:55.019><c> relates</c><00:44:55.380><c> to</c><00:44:55.599><c> the</c><00:44:55.739><c> words</c><00:44:55.920><c> of</c><00:44:56.199><c> Moses.</c>

00:44:57.219 --> 00:45:04.019
Just<00:44:57.579><c> hold</c><00:44:57.880><c> your</c><00:44:58.340><c> finger</c><00:44:58.739><c> here,</c><00:44:59.340><c> if</c><00:44:59.519><c> you</c><00:44:59.760><c> would,</c><00:45:00.659><c> and</c><00:45:00.739><c> we'll</c><00:45:00.920><c> just</c><00:45:01.159><c> slip</c><00:45:01.340><c> back</c><00:45:02.039><c> to</c><00:45:02.960><c> chapter</c><00:45:03.420><c> 9</c>

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:05.659
of<00:45:04.300><c> 1st</c><00:45:04.659><c> to</c><00:45:04.840><c> Samuel.</c>

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:12.820
And<00:45:08.880><c> we've</c><00:45:09.099><c> been</c><00:45:09.300><c> here</c><00:45:09.639><c> before</c><00:45:10.039><c> this</c><00:45:10.320><c> morning,</c><00:45:11.219><c> verse</c><00:45:11.519><c> 27.</c><00:45:12.440><c> Now</c><00:45:12.639><c> we</c>

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:14.940
come<00:45:13.039><c> again</c><00:45:13.360><c> from</c><00:45:13.559><c> a</c><00:45:13.739><c> different</c><00:45:13.920><c> angle.</c>

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:18.639
Chapter<00:45:15.659><c> 9</c><00:45:16.039><c> of</c><00:45:16.179><c> 1st</c><00:45:16.539><c> to</c><00:45:16.639><c> Samuel,</c><00:45:17.000><c> verse</c><00:45:17.260><c> 27.</c>

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:26.619
And<00:45:22.360><c> as</c><00:45:22.760><c> they</c><00:45:23.039><c> were</c><00:45:23.659><c> going</c><00:45:24.039><c> down</c><00:45:24.440><c> to</c><00:45:24.619><c> the</c><00:45:24.780><c> end</c><00:45:24.940><c> of</c><00:45:25.099><c> the</c><00:45:25.260><c> city,</c>

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:28.519
Samuel<00:45:26.920><c> said</c><00:45:27.260><c> to</c><00:45:27.599><c> Saul,</c>

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:33.079
Bid<00:45:29.619><c> the</c><00:45:29.900><c> servant</c><00:45:30.300><c> pass</c><00:45:30.760><c> on</c><00:45:31.059><c> before</c><00:45:31.500><c> us.</c><00:45:31.780><c> And</c><00:45:31.940><c> he</c><00:45:32.179><c> passed</c><00:45:32.500><c> on.</c>

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:38.920
But<00:45:33.739><c> watch,</c><00:45:35.059><c> but</c><00:45:35.659><c> stand</c><00:45:36.639><c> thou</c><00:45:37.400><c> still.</c>

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:45.139
I<00:45:41.119><c> may</c><00:45:41.900><c> show</c><00:45:42.679><c> thee</c><00:45:43.219><c> the</c><00:45:43.599><c> salvation</c><00:45:44.059><c> of</c><00:45:44.239><c> the</c><00:45:44.400><c> Lord.</c><00:45:44.619><c> Well</c><00:45:44.800><c> that's</c><00:45:44.940><c> what</c>

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:46.639
Moses<00:45:45.460><c> said</c><00:45:45.780><c> at</c><00:45:45.980><c> the</c><00:45:46.079><c> Red</c><00:45:46.400><c> Sea.</c>

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:52.059
No,<00:45:47.619><c> here,</c><00:45:48.239><c> that</c><00:45:48.380><c> I</c><00:45:48.500><c> may</c><00:45:48.739><c> show</c><00:45:49.039><c> thee</c><00:45:49.400><c> the</c><00:45:50.159><c> word</c><00:45:50.380><c> of</c><00:45:50.639><c> God.</c><00:45:51.840><c> Now</c>

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:54.380
to<00:45:52.320><c> show</c><00:45:52.579><c> him</c><00:45:52.920><c> the</c><00:45:53.159><c> word</c><00:45:53.380><c> of</c><00:45:53.579><c> God</c><00:45:53.820><c> is</c><00:45:54.039><c> not</c>

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:57.860
distant<00:45:54.800><c> from</c><00:45:55.079><c> the</c><00:45:55.219><c> idea</c><00:45:55.579><c> of</c><00:45:55.860><c> showing</c><00:45:56.099><c> Israel</c><00:45:56.739><c> the</c><00:45:57.320><c> salvation</c>

00:45:57.860 --> 00:46:00.579
of<00:45:58.119><c> Yahweh.</c><00:45:59.119><c> Of</c><00:45:59.400><c> course</c><00:45:59.599><c> they're</c><00:45:59.900><c> bound</c><00:46:00.179><c> up.</c>

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:05.940
Twice<00:46:01.219><c> now,</c><00:46:02.119><c> in</c><00:46:02.239><c> the</c><00:46:02.400><c> words</c><00:46:02.619><c> of</c><00:46:02.960><c> Samuel,</c><00:46:03.480><c> in</c><00:46:03.699><c> very</c><00:46:04.059><c> close</c><00:46:04.400><c> contexts,</c><00:46:05.539><c> he's</c>

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:08.059
used<00:46:06.159><c> the</c><00:46:06.420><c> words</c><00:46:06.659><c> of</c><00:46:06.960><c> Moses,</c>

00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:17.739
stand<00:46:08.900><c> still</c><00:46:09.780><c> and</c><00:46:11.460><c> reason,</c><00:46:13.099><c> stand</c><00:46:13.400><c> still</c><00:46:13.920><c> and</c><00:46:14.440><c> see.</c><00:46:16.219><c> Now</c><00:46:16.440><c> chapter</c><00:46:16.780><c> 15.</c>

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:28.079
1st<00:46:19.500><c> to</c><00:46:19.679><c> Samuel</c><00:46:19.980><c> 15,</c><00:46:21.420><c> towards</c><00:46:21.639><c> the</c><00:46:22.579><c> time</c><00:46:22.920><c> of</c><00:46:24.079><c> Saul's</c><00:46:25.539><c> beginning</c><00:46:25.920><c> serious</c><00:46:26.760><c> decline.</c>

00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:33.119
Might<00:46:29.280><c> there</c><00:46:29.480><c> be</c><00:46:29.719><c> an</c><00:46:30.000><c> echo</c><00:46:30.380><c> once</c><00:46:30.920><c> again,</c><00:46:31.340><c> the</c><00:46:31.599><c> third</c><00:46:31.960><c> time</c><00:46:32.659><c> in</c>

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:36.639
the<00:46:33.280><c> mouth</c><00:46:33.460><c> of</c><00:46:33.820><c> Samuel</c><00:46:34.159><c> here,</c><00:46:35.159><c> that's</c><00:46:35.539><c> reminiscent</c>

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:42.019
of<00:46:38.139><c> the</c><00:46:38.360><c> wayward</c><00:46:38.860><c> sheep</c><00:46:39.219><c> of</c><00:46:39.380><c> Israel</c><00:46:39.920><c> when</c><00:46:41.000><c> a</c><00:46:41.300><c> shepherd</c><00:46:41.599><c> called</c>

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:44.099
Moses<00:46:42.519><c> was</c><00:46:42.840><c> trying</c><00:46:43.039><c> to</c><00:46:43.260><c> deal</c><00:46:43.400><c> with</c><00:46:43.659><c> them</c>

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:48.400
as<00:46:44.500><c> he</c><00:46:44.699><c> came</c><00:46:44.960><c> down</c><00:46:45.320><c> the</c><00:46:45.519><c> mount</c><00:46:45.880><c> with</c><00:46:46.699><c> spiritual</c><00:46:47.360><c> food</c><00:46:47.820><c> in</c><00:46:48.159><c> both</c>

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:51.360
hands<00:46:49.079><c> through</c><00:46:49.619><c> the</c><00:46:49.880><c> law</c><00:46:50.219><c> to</c><00:46:50.699><c> guide</c><00:46:51.079><c> the</c>

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:57.880
sheep<00:46:51.539><c> of</c><00:46:51.699><c> Israel?</c><00:46:53.400><c> Verse</c><00:46:53.400><c> 11</c><00:46:54.780><c> of</c><00:46:55.559><c> 1st</c><00:46:55.920><c> to</c><00:46:56.079><c> Samuel</c><00:46:56.420><c> 15.</c><00:46:57.579><c> Might</c>

00:46:57.880 --> 00:47:01.559
there<00:46:58.139><c> be</c><00:46:58.360><c> an</c><00:46:58.539><c> echo</c><00:46:58.760><c> here?</c><00:47:00.219><c> Verse</c><00:47:00.639><c> 11,</c>

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:07.480
1st<00:47:01.960><c> to</c><00:47:02.159><c> Samuel</c><00:47:02.519><c> 15,</c><00:47:04.239><c> says</c><00:47:04.719><c> Samuel</c><00:47:05.519><c> to</c><00:47:05.940><c> Saul</c><00:47:06.179><c> as</c><00:47:06.539><c> he</c><00:47:07.039><c> confronts</c>

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:10.559
him<00:47:07.920><c> over</c><00:47:08.340><c> the</c><00:47:08.599><c> issue</c><00:47:08.900><c> with</c><00:47:09.280><c> Agag.</c>

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:16.099
It<00:47:11.139><c> repenteth</c><00:47:12.019><c> me,</c><00:47:12.460><c> says</c><00:47:12.679><c> Samuel,</c><00:47:14.039><c> it</c><00:47:14.300><c> repenteth</c><00:47:15.079><c> me</c><00:47:15.539><c> that</c><00:47:15.820><c> I</c>

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:18.699
have<00:47:16.380><c> set</c><00:47:16.639><c> up</c><00:47:16.940><c> Saul</c><00:47:17.260><c> to</c><00:47:17.500><c> be</c><00:47:17.719><c> king.</c>

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:24.219
Now<00:47:19.420><c> what's</c><00:47:19.760><c> Saul</c><00:47:19.980><c> done?</c><00:47:21.239><c> For</c><00:47:21.420><c> he</c><00:47:21.639><c> is</c><00:47:21.920><c> turned</c><00:47:22.400><c> back</c><00:47:23.019><c> from</c><00:47:23.420><c> following</c><00:47:23.880><c> me.</c>

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:25.739
That's<00:47:24.519><c> what</c><00:47:24.659><c> Israel</c><00:47:25.099><c> did</c><00:47:25.340><c> at</c><00:47:25.519><c> the</c><00:47:25.639><c> foot</c>

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:29.760
of<00:47:25.739><c> the</c><00:47:25.900><c> mount</c><00:47:26.300><c> and</c><00:47:27.800><c> hath</c><00:47:28.059><c> not</c><00:47:28.340><c> performed</c><00:47:28.739><c> my</c><00:47:29.079><c> commandments.</c>

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:32.139
Moses<00:47:30.440><c> broke</c><00:47:30.800><c> the</c><00:47:31.099><c> commandments</c>

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:37.980
and<00:47:32.820><c> it</c><00:47:33.179><c> grieved</c><00:47:33.559><c> Samuel</c><00:47:34.139><c> and</c><00:47:34.900><c> he</c><00:47:35.280><c> cried</c><00:47:35.659><c> unto</c><00:47:35.940><c> the</c><00:47:36.260><c> Lord</c><00:47:37.019><c> all</c>

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:44.019
night.<00:47:39.880><c> Now</c><00:47:40.599><c> in</c><00:47:41.619><c> this</c><00:47:41.960><c> context,</c><00:47:42.880><c> come</c><00:47:43.119><c> down</c><00:47:43.480><c> to</c><00:47:43.699><c> verse</c>

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:48.360
14<00:47:44.760><c> and</c><00:47:46.480><c> Samuel</c><00:47:47.420><c> said,</c>

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:55.739
What<00:47:51.079><c> meaneth</c><00:47:52.079><c> then</c><00:47:52.840><c> this</c><00:47:53.519><c> bleating</c><00:47:54.079><c> of</c><00:47:54.480><c> the</c><00:47:54.780><c> sheep</c><00:47:55.139><c> in</c><00:47:55.500><c> mine</c>

00:47:55.739 --> 00:48:00.920
ears,<00:47:57.340><c> the</c><00:47:57.679><c> lowing</c><00:47:58.219><c> of</c><00:47:58.440><c> the</c><00:47:58.780><c> oxen</c><00:47:59.280><c> which</c><00:47:59.519><c> I</c><00:47:59.880><c> hear?</c>

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:06.800
Moses<00:48:02.780><c> comes</c><00:48:03.179><c> down</c><00:48:03.579><c> the</c><00:48:03.780><c> mount</c><00:48:04.280><c> with</c><00:48:04.900><c> Aaron</c><00:48:05.400><c> and</c><00:48:06.139><c> they</c><00:48:06.380><c> hear</c><00:48:06.619><c> a</c>

00:48:06.800 --> 00:48:10.539
noise<00:48:07.340><c> and</c><00:48:08.920><c> the</c><00:48:09.119><c> question</c><00:48:09.480><c> is</c><00:48:09.760><c> what's</c><00:48:10.099><c> the</c><00:48:10.280><c> noise</c>

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:19.440
all<00:48:10.659><c> about?</c><00:48:13.400><c> Is</c><00:48:13.480><c> it</c><00:48:13.659><c> the</c><00:48:13.800><c> noise</c><00:48:14.159><c> of</c><00:48:14.780><c> an</c><00:48:15.059><c> army?</c><00:48:16.880><c> No,</c><00:48:17.199><c> says</c><00:48:17.320><c> Moses.</c><00:48:19.079><c> It's</c>

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:24.840
the<00:48:19.639><c> song</c><00:48:20.280><c> of</c><00:48:23.719><c> dance.</c>

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:31.900
It's<00:48:26.340><c> a</c><00:48:26.500><c> song.</c><00:48:27.860><c> It's</c><00:48:28.320><c> a</c><00:48:28.500><c> feast.</c><00:48:29.139><c> It's</c><00:48:29.340><c> joyful.</c><00:48:30.400><c> It's</c><00:48:30.659><c> something</c><00:48:31.000><c> other</c><00:48:31.440><c> than</c><00:48:31.619><c> an</c>

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:33.079
army<00:48:32.179><c> that's</c><00:48:32.579><c> mustering.</c>

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:37.519
When<00:48:33.639><c> Moses</c><00:48:34.039><c> comes</c><00:48:34.380><c> down</c><00:48:35.059><c> and</c><00:48:35.739><c> confronts</c><00:48:36.539><c> the</c><00:48:36.900><c> faithlessness</c>

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:40.159
of<00:48:37.800><c> Israel</c><00:48:38.400><c> with</c><00:48:39.320><c> the</c><00:48:39.659><c> commandments</c>

00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:45.300
in<00:48:40.300><c> his</c><00:48:40.579><c> hand,</c><00:48:41.219><c> they</c><00:48:41.460><c> have</c><00:48:41.739><c> already</c><00:48:42.199><c> rebelled</c><00:48:42.739><c> and</c><00:48:43.079><c> turned</c><00:48:43.320><c> back</c><00:48:43.920><c> and</c><00:48:44.940><c> there</c><00:48:45.179><c> is</c>

00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:47.019
an<00:48:45.519><c> issue</c><00:48:46.019><c> as</c><00:48:46.460><c> to</c><00:48:46.599><c> what's</c>

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:50.519
the<00:48:47.139><c> meaning</c><00:48:47.380><c> of</c><00:48:47.639><c> the</c><00:48:47.820><c> noise</c><00:48:48.179><c> that</c><00:48:48.500><c> indicates</c><00:48:49.099><c> the</c><00:48:49.380><c> behavior.</c>

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:54.800
Here,<00:48:52.300><c> Samuel</c><00:48:52.940><c> talking</c><00:48:53.800><c> very</c><00:48:54.260><c> similarly</c>

00:48:54.800 --> 00:49:02.519
to<00:48:55.139><c> Moses</c><00:48:55.800><c> in</c><00:48:56.780><c> verses</c><00:48:57.579><c> 10</c><00:48:58.599><c> and</c><00:48:58.820><c> 11</c><00:48:59.519><c> and</c><00:49:01.400><c> confronting</c><00:49:01.900><c> the</c><00:49:02.199><c> same</c>

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:05.909
kind<00:49:02.840><c> of</c><00:49:03.099><c> situation</c><00:49:03.760><c> in</c><00:49:04.079><c> the</c><00:49:04.219><c> rebellion</c><00:49:04.679><c> of</c><00:49:05.039><c> Saul</c>

00:49:07.030 --> 00:49:11.670
asks<00:49:07.750><c> what</c><00:49:08.349><c> about</c><00:49:08.670><c> the</c><00:49:08.889><c> noise</c><00:49:09.409><c> and</c><00:49:10.070><c> what</c><00:49:10.269><c> does</c><00:49:10.489><c> it</c><00:49:10.690><c> indicate?</c>

00:49:11.769 --> 00:49:14.690
It<00:49:11.929><c> indicates</c><00:49:12.469><c> this</c><00:49:12.929><c> noise</c><00:49:13.409><c> by</c><00:49:14.230><c> the</c><00:49:14.469><c> bleeding</c>

00:49:14.690 --> 00:49:21.269
of<00:49:14.909><c> the</c><00:49:15.170><c> sheep</c><00:49:15.349><c> that</c><00:49:16.570><c> Saul</c><00:49:16.969><c> has</c><00:49:17.309><c> not</c><00:49:17.530><c> done</c><00:49:17.690><c> his</c><00:49:17.969><c> job.</c><00:49:18.969><c> The</c><00:49:19.170><c> noise</c><00:49:19.429><c> indicates</c><00:49:20.010><c> rebellion.</c><00:49:21.070><c> The</c>

00:49:21.269 --> 00:49:22.510
noise<00:49:21.530><c> indicates</c>

00:49:22.510 --> 00:49:27.050
challenging<00:49:23.329><c> God's</c><00:49:24.210><c> commands.</c><00:49:25.750><c> The</c><00:49:26.110><c> noise</c><00:49:26.389><c> at</c><00:49:26.610><c> the</c><00:49:26.730><c> foot</c><00:49:26.869><c> of</c>

00:49:27.050 --> 00:49:30.289
the<00:49:27.190><c> mount</c><00:49:27.570><c> as</c><00:49:28.570><c> Moses</c><00:49:29.070><c> descended</c><00:49:29.650><c> indicated</c>

00:49:30.289 --> 00:49:35.030
the<00:49:30.469><c> same</c><00:49:30.769><c> thing</c><00:49:31.329><c> in</c><00:49:31.750><c> principle.</c><00:49:33.829><c> And</c><00:49:34.030><c> as</c><00:49:34.250><c> far</c><00:49:34.469><c> as</c><00:49:34.630><c> the</c><00:49:34.829><c> sheep</c>

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of<00:49:35.210><c> Israel</c><00:49:35.570><c> were</c><00:49:35.789><c> concerned,</c><00:49:37.449><c> they</c><00:49:37.530><c> had</c><00:49:37.889><c> not</c><00:49:38.289><c> stood</c>

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still<00:49:39.250><c> as</c><00:49:40.230><c> Samuel</c><00:49:40.750><c> was</c><00:49:41.010><c> commanding</c><00:49:42.090><c> Saul.</c><00:49:43.210><c> They</c><00:49:43.630><c> had</c><00:49:43.949><c> not</c><00:49:44.289><c> stood</c><00:49:44.590><c> still</c><00:49:45.110><c> as</c>

00:49:45.630 --> 00:49:48.329
Samuel<00:49:46.110><c> was</c><00:49:46.469><c> commanding</c><00:49:46.929><c> all</c><00:49:47.150><c> of</c><00:49:47.469><c> Israel.</c>

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They<00:49:48.949><c> have</c><00:49:49.250><c> not</c><00:49:49.570><c> stood</c><00:49:49.849><c> still</c><00:49:50.389><c> as</c><00:49:50.769><c> Moses</c><00:49:51.230><c> commanded</c><00:49:51.690><c> Israel</c>

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before<00:49:52.969><c> they</c><00:49:53.289><c> got</c><00:49:53.449><c> into</c><00:49:53.730><c> trouble</c><00:49:54.250><c> and</c><00:49:54.510><c> went</c><00:49:54.710><c> across</c><00:49:55.150><c> the</c>

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sea.<00:49:56.530><c> Stand</c><00:49:57.030><c> still</c><00:49:57.789><c> and</c><00:49:58.849><c> see</c><00:49:59.210><c> the</c><00:49:59.429><c> salvation</c><00:50:00.010><c> of</c><00:50:00.289><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:00.929><c> says</c>

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Samuel<00:50:02.130><c> stand</c><00:50:02.909><c> still</c><00:50:03.510><c> and</c><00:50:04.010><c> let</c><00:50:04.170><c> me</c><00:50:04.409><c> teach</c><00:50:04.670><c> you</c><00:50:04.909><c> the</c>

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word<00:50:05.210><c> of</c><00:50:05.489><c> God.</c><00:50:06.329><c> Let</c><00:50:06.489><c> me</c><00:50:06.690><c> help</c><00:50:06.949><c> you</c><00:50:07.170><c> with</c><00:50:07.349><c> your</c><00:50:07.550><c> Bible.</c><00:50:09.829><c> Here's</c>

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the<00:50:11.030><c> shepherd</c><00:50:11.469><c> taking</c><00:50:12.550><c> on</c><00:50:12.829><c> the</c><00:50:13.150><c> sterner</c>

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but<00:50:14.469><c> nevertheless</c><00:50:15.150><c> important</c><00:50:16.289><c> and</c><00:50:16.730><c> compassionate</c><00:50:17.369><c> role</c><00:50:17.949><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:50:19.309><c> education.</c><00:50:21.210><c> Here</c><00:50:21.329><c> is</c><00:50:21.730><c> Samuel</c>

00:50:22.530 --> 00:50:27.849
having<00:50:23.030><c> to</c><00:50:23.309><c> face</c><00:50:23.610><c> a</c><00:50:23.829><c> difficult</c><00:50:24.389><c> situation</c><00:50:25.190><c> as</c><00:50:25.750><c> brethren</c><00:50:26.050><c> often</c><00:50:26.670><c> do.</c>

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Now<00:50:28.429><c> brothers</c><00:50:28.630><c> and</c><00:50:28.929><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:50:29.610><c> interesting</c><00:50:30.130><c> then</c><00:50:30.590><c> when</c><00:50:30.989><c> you</c><00:50:31.150><c> come</c><00:50:31.409><c> back</c><00:50:31.789><c> to</c><00:50:31.969><c> 1st</c><00:50:32.309><c> to</c><00:50:32.449><c> Samuel</c><00:50:32.809><c> chapter</c><00:50:33.349><c> 10</c>

00:50:37.590 --> 00:50:43.230
that<00:50:38.250><c> Saul</c><00:50:38.690><c> seems</c><00:50:39.230><c> maybe</c><00:50:40.010><c> to</c><00:50:40.369><c> be</c><00:50:40.630><c> picked</c><00:50:40.869><c> out</c><00:50:41.610><c> in</c><00:50:42.510><c> this</c><00:50:42.909><c> subtle</c>

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description<00:50:43.869><c> of</c><00:50:44.150><c> chapter</c><00:50:44.590><c> 10</c>

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as<00:50:45.849><c> a</c><00:50:46.130><c> sheep</c><00:50:46.469><c> that</c><00:50:46.750><c> has</c><00:50:47.050><c> bad</c><00:50:47.369><c> ears</c><00:50:48.110><c> or</c><00:50:49.050><c> a</c><00:50:49.289><c> sheep</c><00:50:49.570><c> at</c><00:50:49.789><c> least</c><00:50:50.010><c> that</c>

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knows<00:50:50.409><c> how</c><00:50:50.610><c> to</c><00:50:50.849><c> shut</c><00:50:50.969><c> his</c><00:50:51.210><c> ears.</c>

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Maybe<00:50:52.110><c> that's</c><00:50:52.409><c> good</c><00:50:52.670><c> sometimes</c><00:50:53.269><c> and</c><00:50:53.409><c> maybe</c><00:50:53.710><c> it</c><00:50:53.929><c> isn't</c><00:50:54.389><c> but</c><00:50:54.570><c> have</c><00:50:54.849><c> you</c><00:50:55.090><c> noticed</c><00:50:55.610><c> that</c><00:50:56.690><c> Samuel</c><00:50:57.369><c> in</c>

00:50:58.309 --> 00:50:59.869
this<00:50:58.590><c> context</c>

00:51:00.030 --> 00:51:04.869
actually<00:51:00.630><c> gives</c><00:51:01.130><c> as</c><00:51:01.449><c> a</c><00:51:01.630><c> book</c><00:51:01.929><c> attention</c><00:51:02.630><c> to</c><00:51:02.869><c> the</c><00:51:03.130><c> ears</c><00:51:03.429><c> of</c><00:51:03.769><c> Saul</c><00:51:04.090><c> not</c>

00:51:04.869 --> 00:51:06.829
just<00:51:05.190><c> the</c><00:51:05.349><c> ears</c><00:51:05.550><c> of</c><00:51:05.849><c> Samuel?</c>

00:51:07.550 --> 00:51:13.769
Verse<00:51:07.789><c> 26</c><00:51:08.530><c> of</c><00:51:08.750><c> 1st</c><00:51:09.030><c> to</c><00:51:09.210><c> Samuel</c><00:51:09.550><c> 10,</c><00:51:11.829><c> a</c><00:51:11.929><c> challenge</c><00:51:12.469><c> for</c><00:51:12.710><c> a</c><00:51:12.929><c> shepherd</c><00:51:13.230><c> trying</c><00:51:13.550><c> to</c>

00:51:13.769 --> 00:51:15.170
reach<00:51:13.949><c> the</c><00:51:14.210><c> sheep</c>

00:51:15.389 --> 00:51:19.030
as<00:51:15.789><c> obviously</c><00:51:16.190><c> was</c><00:51:16.449><c> the</c><00:51:16.650><c> case</c><00:51:16.909><c> in</c><00:51:17.130><c> chapter</c><00:51:17.530><c> 12</c><00:51:18.090><c> but</c><00:51:18.510><c> is</c><00:51:18.829><c> there</c>

00:51:19.030 --> 00:51:21.630
a<00:51:19.230><c> subtle</c><00:51:19.530><c> tie</c><00:51:20.030><c>-in</c><00:51:20.510><c> with</c><00:51:20.750><c> something</c><00:51:21.170><c> that</c><00:51:21.369><c> was</c>

00:51:21.630 --> 00:51:27.269
maybe<00:51:21.949><c> a</c><00:51:22.489><c> disposition</c><00:51:23.110><c> a</c><00:51:23.949><c> tendency</c><00:51:24.530><c> with</c><00:51:24.909><c> Saul?</c><00:51:26.170><c> Could</c><00:51:26.329><c> be</c><00:51:26.550><c> good,</c><00:51:26.809><c> could</c><00:51:27.010><c> be</c>

00:51:27.269 --> 00:51:30.849
bad.<00:51:28.170><c> Verse</c><00:51:28.309><c> 26</c><00:51:28.969><c> of</c><00:51:29.190><c> 1st</c><00:51:29.449><c> to</c><00:51:29.630><c> Samuel</c><00:51:29.989><c> 10</c>

00:51:31.030 --> 00:51:35.750
and<00:51:31.429><c> Saul</c><00:51:31.889><c> also</c><00:51:32.469><c> went</c><00:51:32.730><c> home</c><00:51:33.150><c> to</c><00:51:33.449><c> Gibeah.</c><00:51:34.389><c> This</c><00:51:34.650><c> is</c><00:51:34.909><c> after</c><00:51:35.230><c> his</c>

00:51:35.750 --> 00:51:38.530
public<00:51:36.230><c> recognition</c><00:51:36.829><c> as</c><00:51:37.070><c> the</c><00:51:37.269><c> future</c><00:51:37.610><c> king.</c>

00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:42.429
Saul<00:51:38.929><c> went</c><00:51:39.170><c> home</c><00:51:39.429><c> to</c><00:51:39.670><c> Gibeah</c><00:51:40.510><c> and</c><00:51:40.909><c> there</c><00:51:41.110><c> went</c><00:51:41.309><c> with</c><00:51:41.550><c> him</c><00:51:41.710><c> a</c><00:51:41.989><c> band</c><00:51:42.190><c> of</c>

00:51:42.429 --> 00:51:45.150
men<00:51:43.010><c> whose</c><00:51:43.349><c> hearts</c><00:51:43.869><c> God</c><00:51:44.190><c> had</c><00:51:44.570><c> touched.</c>

00:51:45.650 --> 00:51:50.929
Obviously<00:51:46.170><c> God</c><00:51:46.690><c> could</c><00:51:46.949><c> touch</c><00:51:47.190><c> Saul's</c><00:51:47.730><c> too</c><00:51:47.849><c> if</c><00:51:47.989><c> he</c><00:51:48.170><c> would.</c><00:51:49.489><c> Verse</c><00:51:49.530><c> 27,</c>

00:51:51.090 --> 00:51:54.769
but<00:51:51.570><c> the</c><00:51:52.789><c> children</c><00:51:53.469><c> of</c><00:51:54.050><c> the</c><00:51:54.289><c> Lyle,</c>

00:51:55.130 --> 00:52:00.730
the<00:51:55.349><c> fifth</c><00:51:55.690><c> colonists,</c><00:51:57.449><c> those</c><00:51:57.769><c> that</c><00:51:57.949><c> were</c><00:51:58.250><c> perhaps</c><00:51:58.630><c> still</c><00:51:59.010><c> residual</c><00:51:59.590><c> from</c><00:52:00.070><c> the</c><00:52:00.269><c> days</c><00:52:00.449><c> of</c>

00:52:00.730 --> 00:52:08.010
Eli<00:52:01.010><c> because</c><00:52:01.969><c> that's</c><00:52:02.269><c> the</c>

00:52:08.010 --> 00:52:13.130
apostasy.<00:52:09.389><c> Do</c><00:52:09.429><c> we</c><00:52:09.650><c> still</c><00:52:09.829><c> have</c><00:52:10.050><c> the</c><00:52:10.389><c> leaven</c><00:52:10.570><c> in</c><00:52:10.769><c> the</c><00:52:10.929><c> lump?</c><00:52:12.170><c> The</c><00:52:12.449><c> children</c><00:52:12.849><c> of</c>

00:52:13.130 --> 00:52:14.090
the<00:52:13.230><c> Lyle</c><00:52:13.690><c> said,</c>

00:52:14.329 --> 00:52:19.190
how<00:52:14.769><c> shall</c><00:52:15.170><c> this</c><00:52:15.590><c> man</c><00:52:15.989><c> save</c><00:52:16.389><c> us?</c><00:52:17.329><c> And</c><00:52:17.869><c> they</c><00:52:18.250><c> despised</c><00:52:18.809><c> him</c><00:52:19.050><c> and</c>

00:52:19.190 --> 00:52:21.110
brought<00:52:19.469><c> him</c><00:52:19.690><c> no</c><00:52:20.030><c> presence.</c>

00:52:21.650 --> 00:52:27.090
But<00:52:21.849><c> says</c><00:52:22.130><c> the</c><00:52:22.389><c> King</c><00:52:22.630><c> James,</c><00:52:24.030><c> Saul</c><00:52:24.530><c> held</c><00:52:25.170><c> his</c><00:52:25.670><c> peace</c><00:52:26.110><c> but</c><00:52:26.550><c> watch</c><00:52:26.849><c> the</c>

00:52:27.090 --> 00:52:32.090
margin.<00:52:28.329><c> He</c><00:52:28.969><c> was</c><00:52:29.550><c> as</c><00:52:30.329><c> though</c><00:52:30.869><c> he</c><00:52:31.389><c> had</c><00:52:31.690><c> been</c>

00:52:32.090 --> 00:52:39.050
deaf.<00:52:35.309><c> Now</c><00:52:35.530><c> in</c><00:52:35.630><c> this</c><00:52:35.929><c> instance</c><00:52:36.429><c> that</c><00:52:37.050><c> might</c><00:52:37.250><c> be</c><00:52:37.489><c> positive</c><00:52:38.050><c> but</c>

00:52:39.050 --> 00:52:42.969
does<00:52:39.429><c> it</c><00:52:39.710><c> indicate</c><00:52:40.389><c> that</c><00:52:41.309><c> Saul</c><00:52:41.610><c> had</c><00:52:41.929><c> the</c><00:52:42.210><c> capacity</c>

00:52:42.969 --> 00:52:47.050
in<00:52:43.469><c> switching</c><00:52:43.809><c> on</c><00:52:44.170><c> and</c><00:52:44.449><c> switching</c><00:52:44.730><c> off</c><00:52:45.409><c> and</c><00:52:46.150><c> at</c><00:52:46.369><c> times</c><00:52:46.730><c> in</c><00:52:46.909><c> a</c>

00:52:47.050 --> 00:52:49.010
way<00:52:47.170><c> that</c><00:52:47.389><c> wasn't</c><00:52:47.590><c> always</c><00:52:48.010><c> helpful?</c>

00:52:49.750 --> 00:52:58.309
He<00:52:50.110><c> was</c><00:52:50.389><c> as</c><00:52:50.650><c> though</c><00:52:51.010><c> he</c><00:52:51.389><c> was</c><00:52:51.869><c> deaf</c><00:52:52.230><c> indirectly.</c><00:52:53.369><c> Those</c><00:52:53.690><c> are</c><00:52:54.730><c> Saul's</c><00:52:55.730><c> spiritual</c><00:52:56.070><c> ears</c><00:52:56.750><c> and</c><00:52:58.070><c> in</c>

00:52:58.309 --> 00:53:00.030
this<00:52:58.530><c> case</c><00:52:58.949><c> he</c>

00:53:00.090 --> 00:53:03.849
shut<00:53:00.409><c> off</c><00:53:00.789><c> the</c><00:53:01.030><c> criticism</c><00:53:01.550><c> and</c><00:53:02.429><c> maybe</c><00:53:02.670><c> that</c><00:53:02.849><c> was</c><00:53:03.070><c> good</c><00:53:03.349><c> here.</c>

00:53:04.230 --> 00:53:05.909
Maybe<00:53:04.510><c> it</c><00:53:04.730><c> wasn't.</c><00:53:05.329><c> Maybe</c><00:53:05.630><c> what</c><00:53:05.750><c> he</c>

00:53:05.909 --> 00:53:08.050
really<00:53:06.190><c> should</c><00:53:06.309><c> have</c><00:53:06.429><c> done</c><00:53:06.590><c> is</c><00:53:06.849><c> listened</c><00:53:07.250><c> to</c><00:53:07.429><c> what</c><00:53:07.630><c> was</c><00:53:07.829><c> going</c>

00:53:08.050 --> 00:53:10.010
on.<00:53:08.730><c> Maybe</c><00:53:08.989><c> he</c><00:53:09.190><c> should</c><00:53:09.369><c> have</c><00:53:09.510><c> paid</c><00:53:09.710><c> close</c>

00:53:10.010 --> 00:53:12.670
attention<00:53:10.489><c> to</c><00:53:10.670><c> those</c><00:53:10.889><c> children</c><00:53:11.230><c> of</c><00:53:11.469><c> the</c><00:53:11.530><c> Lyle</c><00:53:11.929><c> and</c><00:53:12.449><c> maybe</c>

00:53:12.670 --> 00:53:14.349
they<00:53:12.869><c> should</c><00:53:13.010><c> have</c><00:53:13.130><c> been</c><00:53:13.329><c> dealt</c><00:53:13.590><c> with.</c>

00:53:14.789 --> 00:53:18.690
So<00:53:15.269><c> it</c><00:53:15.690><c> may</c><00:53:15.949><c> have</c><00:53:16.110><c> been</c><00:53:16.289><c> positive</c><00:53:16.730><c> and</c><00:53:16.989><c> it</c><00:53:17.190><c> may</c><00:53:17.389><c> not</c><00:53:17.630><c> have</c><00:53:17.809><c> been.</c><00:53:18.369><c> One</c>

00:53:18.690 --> 00:53:21.550
thing<00:53:18.969><c> we</c><00:53:19.230><c> know</c><00:53:19.630><c> that</c><00:53:20.230><c> that</c><00:53:20.550><c> is</c><00:53:20.869><c> said</c><00:53:21.090><c> before</c>

00:53:21.550 --> 00:53:25.010
we<00:53:21.849><c> come</c><00:53:22.030><c> later</c><00:53:22.349><c> on</c><00:53:22.610><c> to</c><00:53:22.769><c> the</c><00:53:23.010><c> incident</c><00:53:23.269><c> with</c><00:53:23.530><c> Agag</c><00:53:24.090><c> where</c><00:53:24.670><c> he</c>

00:53:25.010 --> 00:53:29.130
has<00:53:25.670><c> shut</c><00:53:26.050><c> his</c><00:53:26.349><c> ears</c><00:53:26.710><c> and</c><00:53:27.090><c> he's</c><00:53:27.489><c> deaf</c><00:53:27.809><c> to</c><00:53:28.110><c> God.</c>

00:53:30.219 --> 00:53:37.010
In<00:53:30.650><c> a</c><00:53:30.909><c> book,</c><00:53:31.829><c> in</c><00:53:32.070><c> a</c><00:53:32.469><c> story</c><00:53:32.929><c> that</c><00:53:33.710><c> stresses</c><00:53:34.250><c> the</c><00:53:34.789><c> ear</c><00:53:35.230><c> of</c><00:53:35.630><c> Samuel,</c><00:53:36.710><c> it's</c>

00:53:37.010 --> 00:53:39.050
rather<00:53:37.389><c> interesting</c><00:53:38.230><c> that</c><00:53:38.409><c> at</c><00:53:38.530><c> least</c>

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once<00:53:39.610><c> the</c><00:53:40.190><c> ear</c><00:53:40.670><c> of</c><00:53:41.090><c> Saul</c><00:53:41.530><c> indirectly</c><00:53:42.289><c> seems</c><00:53:42.710><c> to</c><00:53:42.929><c> be</c><00:53:43.090><c> referred</c>

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to<00:53:44.150><c> and</c><00:53:44.349><c> its</c><00:53:44.590><c> capacity</c><00:53:45.429><c> to</c><00:53:46.070><c> be</c><00:53:46.309><c> deaf</c>

00:53:46.710 --> 00:53:53.010
to<00:53:47.429><c> what's</c><00:53:47.789><c> going</c><00:53:48.050><c> on</c><00:53:48.610><c> around</c><00:53:48.969><c> him.</c><00:53:50.570><c> Now</c><00:53:50.710><c> brothers</c><00:53:50.929><c> and</c><00:53:51.170><c> sisters,</c><00:53:52.349><c> deafness</c><00:53:52.769><c> is</c>

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not<00:53:53.250><c> the</c><00:53:53.510><c> quality</c>

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that<00:53:54.730><c> the</c><00:53:55.010><c> Father</c><00:53:55.389><c> is</c><00:53:55.869><c> looking</c><00:53:56.250><c> for</c><00:53:56.829><c> in</c><00:53:57.289><c> the</c><00:53:57.590><c> shepherding</c><00:53:58.130><c> that</c><00:53:59.110><c> we</c>

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see<00:53:59.550><c> in</c><00:53:59.909><c> Samuel</c><00:54:00.349><c> and</c><00:54:00.989><c> that</c><00:54:01.110><c> he</c><00:54:01.190><c> wishes</c><00:54:01.449><c> to</c><00:54:01.769><c> see</c>

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in<00:54:02.110><c> us.</c><00:54:03.130><c> Just</c><00:54:03.329><c> go</c><00:54:03.550><c> over</c><00:54:03.710><c> to</c><00:54:03.869><c> the</c><00:54:04.050><c> principle</c><00:54:04.449><c> of</c><00:54:04.710><c> shepherding</c><00:54:05.469><c> in</c><00:54:06.010><c> Numbers</c><00:54:06.369><c> chapter</c><00:54:06.829><c> 27</c><00:54:07.429><c> as</c><00:54:07.610><c> we</c><00:54:07.809><c> come</c><00:54:08.030><c> to</c><00:54:08.250><c> a</c>

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close<00:54:08.610><c> here</c>

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this<00:54:08.829><c> morning.</c><00:54:11.210><c> Numbers</c><00:54:11.349><c> chapter</c><00:54:11.750><c> 27.</c><00:54:16.650><c> Numbers</c><00:54:17.070><c> chapter</c><00:54:17.849><c> 27.</c>

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What<00:54:24.469><c> the</c><00:54:24.750><c> Father</c><00:54:25.130><c> wants</c><00:54:25.610><c> to</c><00:54:25.989><c> find,</c><00:54:27.469><c> as</c><00:54:27.750><c> in</c><00:54:27.909><c> the</c><00:54:28.130><c> spirit</c><00:54:28.469><c> of</c><00:54:28.690><c> Moses,</c><00:54:29.289><c> the</c><00:54:29.469><c> reason</c><00:54:29.769><c> why</c><00:54:30.050><c> he</c>

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seems<00:54:30.530><c> to</c><00:54:30.730><c> be</c><00:54:30.909><c> brought</c>

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up<00:54:31.369><c> in</c><00:54:31.510><c> the</c><00:54:31.690><c> record</c><00:54:31.909><c> of</c><00:54:32.210><c> Samuel</c><00:54:32.570><c> in</c><00:54:33.269><c> those</c><00:54:33.550><c> contexts</c><00:54:34.210><c> as</c><00:54:34.489><c> Samuel</c><00:54:35.349><c> shows</c>

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his<00:54:36.429><c> role</c><00:54:36.750><c> as</c><00:54:37.030><c> shepherd,</c>

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is<00:54:38.250><c> no</c><00:54:38.530><c> doubt</c><00:54:38.829><c> the</c><00:54:39.110><c> fact</c><00:54:39.369><c> that</c><00:54:40.510><c> both</c><00:54:40.869><c> Moses</c><00:54:41.409><c> and</c><00:54:42.050><c> the</c><00:54:42.269><c> one</c><00:54:42.449><c> who</c>

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follows<00:54:43.110><c> him,</c><00:54:45.269><c> whose</c><00:54:45.409><c> name</c><00:54:45.730><c> is</c><00:54:46.010><c> Jesus,</c>

00:54:48.409 --> 00:54:54.670
was<00:54:48.610><c> to</c><00:54:48.730><c> be</c><00:54:48.909><c> a</c><00:54:49.090><c> shepherd</c><00:54:49.469><c> as</c><00:54:50.469><c> was</c><00:54:50.730><c> Samuel,</c><00:54:52.010><c> as</c><00:54:52.269><c> was</c><00:54:52.590><c> Saul</c><00:54:52.989><c> potentially.</c><00:54:54.409><c> For</c>

00:54:54.670 --> 00:54:57.010
in<00:54:54.869><c> Numbers</c><00:54:55.170><c> 27</c><00:54:55.869><c> the</c><00:54:56.190><c> principles</c><00:54:56.610><c> of</c>

00:54:57.010 --> 00:55:00.510
shepherding<00:54:57.289><c> are</c><00:54:57.650><c> stressed</c><00:54:58.030><c> in</c><00:54:58.750><c> the</c><00:54:59.250><c> leadership</c><00:54:59.769><c> capacity</c>

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especially.<00:55:02.510><c> Verse</c><00:55:02.789><c> 15,</c><00:55:03.690><c> Moses</c><00:55:04.130><c> spake</c><00:55:04.489><c> unto</c>

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the<00:55:05.130><c> Lord</c><00:55:05.570><c> saying,</c><00:55:06.690><c> Let</c><00:55:06.969><c> the</c><00:55:07.230><c> Lord,</c><00:55:07.650><c> the</c><00:55:07.769><c> God</c><00:55:08.050><c> of</c><00:55:08.230><c> all</c><00:55:08.590><c> spirits,</c><00:55:08.949><c> of</c><00:55:09.150><c> all</c>

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flesh,<00:55:10.449><c> set</c><00:55:10.550><c> a</c><00:55:10.849><c> man</c><00:55:11.050><c> over</c><00:55:11.289><c> the</c>

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congregation.<00:55:12.829><c> And</c><00:55:13.010><c> that's</c><00:55:13.289><c> what</c><00:55:13.469><c> was</c><00:55:13.789><c> potentially</c><00:55:14.369><c> the</c><00:55:14.610><c> role</c><00:55:14.750><c> of</c>

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Saul<00:55:15.409><c> and</c><00:55:15.969><c> was</c><00:55:16.250><c> already</c><00:55:16.670><c> the</c><00:55:16.889><c> role</c><00:55:17.090><c> of</c><00:55:17.369><c> Samuel.</c>

00:55:18.650 --> 00:55:25.630
Verse<00:55:18.809><c> 17.</c><00:55:21.550><c> Which</c><00:55:21.710><c> may,</c><00:55:23.070><c> here's</c><00:55:23.469><c> the</c><00:55:23.690><c> language,</c><00:55:25.070><c> this</c><00:55:25.309><c> is</c><00:55:25.489><c> the</c>

00:55:25.630 --> 00:55:28.030
language<00:55:25.929><c> close</c><00:55:26.329><c> to</c><00:55:26.550><c> Rotherhams</c><00:55:27.349><c> in</c><00:55:27.730><c> 1st</c>

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Samuel<00:55:28.510><c> 12</c><00:55:28.969><c> and</c><00:55:29.190><c> 2,</c><00:55:29.849><c> which</c><00:55:30.010><c> we</c><00:55:30.210><c> have</c><00:55:30.289><c> on</c><00:55:30.429><c> the</c><00:55:30.670><c> overhead.</c><00:55:32.869><c> A</c><00:55:33.289><c> man</c>

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over<00:55:34.309><c> the</c><00:55:34.590><c> congregation,</c><00:55:35.389><c> verse</c><00:55:35.670><c> 17,</c>

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which<00:55:37.550><c> may</c><00:55:37.809><c> go</c><00:55:38.130><c> out</c><00:55:38.389><c> before</c><00:55:38.809><c> them</c><00:55:39.190><c> and</c><00:55:39.329><c> which</c><00:55:39.590><c> may</c><00:55:39.809><c> go</c><00:55:40.090><c> in</c><00:55:40.329><c> before</c><00:55:40.670><c> them</c>

00:55:41.030 --> 00:55:44.889
and<00:55:41.670><c> which</c><00:55:41.949><c> may</c><00:55:42.230><c> lead</c><00:55:42.489><c> them</c><00:55:42.730><c> out</c><00:55:43.349><c> and</c><00:55:44.449><c> which</c>

00:55:44.889 --> 00:55:49.789
may<00:55:45.389><c> bring</c><00:55:45.690><c> them</c><00:55:45.889><c> in,</c><00:55:47.190><c> that</c><00:55:47.409><c> the</c><00:55:47.829><c> congregation</c><00:55:48.570><c> of</c><00:55:49.110><c> Yahweh</c><00:55:49.469><c> be</c>

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not<00:55:50.190><c> as</c><00:55:50.590><c> sheep</c><00:55:50.969><c> which</c><00:55:52.190><c> have</c><00:55:52.550><c> no</c><00:55:53.030><c> shepherd.</c>

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And<00:55:54.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:55:55.230><c> said</c><00:55:55.469><c> unto</c><00:55:55.730><c> Moses,</c><00:55:56.570><c> Take</c><00:55:56.570><c> thee</c><00:55:56.889><c> Jesus,</c><00:55:57.869><c> the</c><00:55:58.190><c> Son</c>

00:55:58.369 --> 00:56:02.230
of<00:55:58.650><c> Nun,</c><00:55:59.210><c> a</c><00:55:59.489><c> man</c><00:55:59.929><c> in</c><00:56:00.389><c> whom</c><00:56:00.769><c> is</c><00:56:01.469><c> the</c><00:56:01.829><c> Spirit,</c>

00:56:02.690 --> 00:56:12.289
and<00:56:02.829><c> lay</c><00:56:03.230><c> thine</c><00:56:03.550><c> hand</c><00:56:04.030><c> upon</c><00:56:04.469><c> him.</c><00:56:06.289><c> Joshua.</c><00:56:09.050><c> There's</c><00:56:09.630><c> the</c><00:56:09.849><c> ultimate</c><00:56:10.389><c> fulfillment.</c><00:56:11.530><c> In</c>

00:56:12.289 --> 00:56:13.710
the<00:56:12.489><c> person</c><00:56:12.829><c> Joshua</c><00:56:13.369><c> in</c><00:56:13.610><c> the</c>

00:56:13.710 --> 00:56:17.130
Old<00:56:13.929><c> Testament,</c><00:56:14.650><c> no.</c><00:56:15.409><c> But</c><00:56:15.650><c> in</c><00:56:15.809><c> the</c><00:56:16.030><c> role</c><00:56:16.210><c> that</c><00:56:16.389><c> he</c><00:56:16.630><c> portrayed</c>

00:56:17.130 --> 00:56:21.690
of<00:56:17.510><c> the</c><00:56:17.769><c> greater,</c><00:56:18.929><c> yes.</c><00:56:20.289><c> The</c><00:56:20.610><c> principle</c><00:56:21.050><c> then,</c><00:56:21.570><c> brothers</c>

00:56:21.690 --> 00:56:25.090
and<00:56:21.829><c> sisters,</c><00:56:22.710><c> clearly</c><00:56:23.090><c> being</c><00:56:23.489><c> outlined</c><00:56:23.949><c> here</c><00:56:24.309><c> in</c><00:56:24.429><c> the</c><00:56:24.570><c> whole</c>

00:56:25.090 --> 00:56:29.070
story<00:56:25.469><c> of</c><00:56:25.750><c> Samuel,</c><00:56:27.250><c> is</c><00:56:27.489><c> as</c><00:56:27.750><c> Samuel</c><00:56:28.269><c> says</c><00:56:28.670><c> towards</c>

00:56:29.070 --> 00:56:35.610
the<00:56:29.269><c> end</c><00:56:29.449><c> of</c><00:56:29.570><c> his</c><00:56:29.829><c> life,</c><00:56:30.349><c> can</c><00:56:30.510><c> it</c><00:56:30.690><c> be</c><00:56:30.929><c> said</c><00:56:31.050><c> of</c><00:56:31.190><c> us,</c><00:56:31.889><c> both</c><00:56:32.309><c> the</c><00:56:32.590><c> Hannahs</c><00:56:32.909><c> and</c><00:56:33.010><c> the</c><00:56:33.369><c> Samuels?</c><00:56:35.289><c> I</c>

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have<00:56:35.889><c> gone</c><00:56:36.250><c> to</c><00:56:36.590><c> and</c>

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fro<00:56:37.090><c> before</c><00:56:37.650><c> you.</c><00:56:38.369><c> Have</c><00:56:38.610><c> you</c><00:56:38.789><c> Hannahs?</c><00:56:40.070><c> Have</c><00:56:40.369><c> you</c><00:56:40.690><c> Samuels?</c>

00:56:42.309 --> 00:56:47.329
Have<00:56:42.530><c> we</c><00:56:43.389><c> circuited</c><00:56:44.409><c> with</c><00:56:45.349><c> the</c><00:56:45.610><c> flock?</c><00:56:46.610><c> Have</c><00:56:46.750><c> we</c><00:56:46.929><c> been</c><00:56:47.110><c> in</c>

00:56:47.329 --> 00:56:49.449
touch<00:56:47.510><c> with</c><00:56:47.730><c> our</c><00:56:47.929><c> brothers</c><00:56:48.130><c> and</c><00:56:48.409><c> sisters</c><00:56:48.690><c> as</c><00:56:48.849><c> we</c><00:56:49.090><c> have</c><00:56:49.230><c> this</c>

00:56:49.449 --> 00:56:52.449
week<00:56:49.809><c> throughout</c><00:56:50.289><c> the</c><00:56:50.570><c> year?</c><00:56:50.769><c> And</c><00:56:51.090><c> can</c><00:56:51.250><c> we</c><00:56:51.409><c> do</c><00:56:51.610><c> better?</c>

00:56:52.769 --> 00:56:58.050
I<00:56:52.969><c> have</c><00:56:53.349><c> gone</c><00:56:53.909><c> to</c><00:56:54.389><c> and</c><00:56:54.710><c> fro</c><00:56:54.989><c> before</c><00:56:55.449><c> you</c><00:56:55.769><c> from</c><00:56:56.010><c> my</c><00:56:56.369><c> youth</c><00:56:56.889><c> unto</c>

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this<00:56:59.030><c> day.</c>

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Brothers<00:57:01.909><c> and</c><00:57:02.210><c> sisters,</c><00:57:02.570><c> as</c><00:57:02.889><c> we</c><00:57:03.150><c> finish</c><00:57:03.690><c> our</c><00:57:04.590><c> study</c><00:57:05.050><c> of</c><00:57:05.829><c> Samuel,</c>

00:57:08.510 --> 00:57:13.909
we<00:57:09.150><c> finish</c><00:57:09.590><c> on</c><00:57:09.889><c> the</c><00:57:10.190><c> positive,</c><00:57:11.090><c> important</c><00:57:11.769><c> example</c><00:57:12.510><c> of</c><00:57:13.389><c> God's</c>

00:57:13.909 --> 00:57:16.650
need<00:57:14.210><c> for</c><00:57:14.550><c> shepherds</c><00:57:15.269><c> and</c><00:57:15.449><c> not</c><00:57:15.730><c> just</c><00:57:15.929><c> the</c>

00:57:18.230 --> 00:57:21.630
Samuel's<00:57:18.909><c> but</c><00:57:18.909><c> also</c><00:57:19.409><c> the</c><00:57:19.650><c> Hannah's.</c><00:57:20.670><c> May</c><00:57:20.829><c> we,</c><00:57:21.190><c> brothers</c><00:57:21.289><c> and</c>

00:57:21.630 --> 00:57:25.469
sisters,<00:57:22.210><c> see</c><00:57:22.630><c> our</c><00:57:23.309><c> ecclesias</c><00:57:24.050><c> and</c><00:57:24.949><c> all</c><00:57:25.210><c> of</c><00:57:25.329><c> our</c>

00:57:25.469 --> 00:57:29.730
members<00:57:25.849><c> and</c><00:57:26.050><c> all</c><00:57:26.230><c> of</c><00:57:26.349><c> our</c><00:57:26.610><c> friends</c><00:57:27.110><c> as</c><00:57:28.289><c> related</c><00:57:28.630><c> to</c><00:57:28.829><c> that</c><00:57:29.110><c> flock</c><00:57:29.469><c> and</c>

00:57:29.730 --> 00:57:32.670
in<00:57:29.909><c> the</c><00:57:30.170><c> spirit</c><00:57:30.329><c> of</c><00:57:30.710><c> Samuel,</c><00:57:31.409><c> spend</c><00:57:31.730><c> our</c><00:57:32.010><c> lives</c>

00:57:32.670 --> 00:57:39.050
going<00:57:33.070><c> to</c><00:57:33.469><c> and</c><00:57:33.750><c> fro</c><00:57:34.510><c> constructively,</c><00:57:36.510><c> helpfully</c><00:57:37.170><c> among</c><00:57:37.690><c> them.</c>