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Daniel<00:11:51.519><c> chapter</c><00:11:52.039><c> 1</c><00:11:52.980><c> and</c><00:11:53.419><c> verse</c><00:11:53.740><c> 4.</c>

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The<00:11:57.720><c> ways</c><00:11:58.080><c> of</c><00:11:58.299><c> the</c><00:11:58.539><c> world</c><00:11:58.879><c> appeal</c><00:11:59.620><c> to</c><00:11:59.899><c> the</c><00:12:00.179><c> flesh.</c>

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We<00:12:02.440><c> read,</c><00:12:03.139><c> first</c><00:12:03.559><c> of</c><00:12:03.779><c> all,</c><00:12:08.559><c> that</c><00:12:08.620><c> it</c><00:12:08.879><c> flatters.</c>

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And<00:12:15.940><c> then</c><00:12:16.100><c> it</c><00:12:16.279><c> goes</c><00:12:16.580><c> into</c><00:12:16.940><c> mind</c><00:12:17.340><c> manipulation.</c>

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Notice<00:12:18.860><c> how</c><00:12:19.120><c> it</c><00:12:19.259><c> did</c><00:12:19.440><c> it.</c><00:12:19.580><c> It</c><00:12:19.899><c> flattered.</c>

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Verse<00:12:20.940><c> 4.</c>

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So<00:12:23.120><c> what</c><00:12:23.120><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:12:45.519><c> did,</c><00:12:45.840><c> he</c><00:12:46.019><c> took</c><00:12:46.340><c> the</c><00:12:46.639><c> cream</c><00:12:47.019><c> of</c><00:12:47.379><c> the</c><00:12:47.639><c> crop.</c>

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He<00:12:49.259><c> said,</c><00:12:50.779><c> you</c><00:12:51.059><c> have</c><00:12:51.679><c> reached</c><00:12:52.159><c> a</c><00:12:52.960><c> level</c><00:12:53.419><c> in</c><00:12:53.700><c> society</c><00:12:54.179><c> which</c><00:12:54.440><c> I</c>

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can<00:12:54.940><c> take</c><00:12:55.259><c> advantage</c><00:12:55.779><c> of.</c>

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He<00:12:56.919><c> flattered</c><00:12:57.559><c> the</c><00:12:58.139><c> children</c><00:12:58.480><c> of</c><00:12:58.679><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:12:59.500><c> there</c><00:12:59.679><c> were</c><00:12:59.899><c> children,</c><00:13:00.919><c> young</c><00:13:01.259><c> men,</c><00:13:01.759><c> 15,</c><00:13:02.580><c> 16,</c><00:13:03.200><c> 17,</c><00:13:04.000><c> the</c><00:13:04.200><c> teenagers,</c>

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those<00:13:05.519><c> who</c><00:13:05.700><c> were</c><00:13:05.960><c> vulnerable.</c>

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And<00:13:08.159><c> so</c><00:13:08.360><c> he</c><00:13:08.600><c> picked</c><00:13:08.919><c> out</c><00:13:09.740><c> those</c><00:13:10.000><c> who</c><00:13:10.379><c> stood</c><00:13:10.620><c> out</c><00:13:10.960><c> in</c><00:13:11.139><c> their</c><00:13:11.379><c> generation.</c>

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Then<00:13:13.419><c> he</c><00:13:15.860><c> entered</c><00:13:16.279><c> into</c><00:13:16.679><c> a</c><00:13:16.980><c> bribery</c><00:13:17.460><c> situation.</c>

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Verse<00:13:18.679><c> 5.</c>

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At<00:13:31.399><c> the</c><00:13:32.200><c> end,</c><00:13:33.340><c> therefore,</c><00:13:33.820><c> they</c><00:13:33.820><c> might</c><00:13:34.139><c> stand</c><00:13:34.500><c> before</c><00:13:34.899><c> the</c><00:13:35.139><c> king.</c>

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And<00:13:35.860><c> so</c><00:13:35.960><c> he</c><00:13:36.139><c> was</c><00:13:36.399><c> considering</c><00:13:37.019><c> their</c><00:13:37.559><c> latter</c><00:13:37.919><c> end.</c>

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And<00:13:39.639><c> so</c><00:13:39.820><c> he</c><00:13:39.960><c> was</c><00:13:40.220><c> prepared</c><00:13:40.600><c> to</c><00:13:40.820><c> say,</c><00:13:41.360><c> well,</c><00:13:42.360><c> if</c><00:13:42.519><c> you</c><00:13:42.820><c> serve</c><00:13:43.179><c> me,</c>

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I<00:13:43.720><c> will</c><00:13:43.879><c> give</c><00:13:44.019><c> you</c><00:13:44.240><c> the</c><00:13:44.399><c> very</c><00:13:44.820><c> best</c><00:13:45.360><c> that</c><00:13:45.799><c> life</c><00:13:46.059><c> can</c><00:13:46.299><c> offer</c>

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during<00:13:47.039><c> that</c><00:13:47.299><c> period.</c>

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I'll<00:13:48.700><c> hold</c><00:13:48.899><c> nothing</c><00:13:49.220><c> back.</c>

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And<00:13:50.340><c> that's</c><00:13:50.500><c> what</c><00:13:50.659><c> the</c><00:13:50.879><c> world</c><00:13:51.019><c> does</c><00:13:51.240><c> with</c><00:13:51.500><c> our</c><00:13:51.679><c> young</c><00:13:51.919><c> people.</c>

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What<00:13:53.220><c> it</c><00:13:53.379><c> does</c><00:13:53.580><c> with</c><00:13:53.820><c> us.</c>

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The<00:13:54.899><c> world</c><00:13:55.340><c> is</c><00:13:55.820><c> our</c><00:13:56.080><c> oyster,</c><00:13:56.720><c> we</c><00:13:56.879><c> sometimes</c><00:13:57.639><c> hear.</c>

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We<00:13:59.200><c> can</c><00:13:59.379><c> have</c><00:13:59.580><c> everything</c><00:13:59.980><c> we</c><00:14:00.340><c> want.</c>

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We've<00:14:01.519><c> just</c><00:14:01.720><c> got</c><00:14:01.820><c> to</c><00:14:01.940><c> put</c><00:14:02.059><c> the</c><00:14:02.279><c> time</c><00:14:02.440><c> and</c><00:14:02.620><c> effort</c><00:14:02.840><c> in.</c>

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And<00:14:04.799><c> then</c><00:14:04.960><c> it</c><00:14:05.159><c> enters</c><00:14:05.500><c> into</c><00:14:06.120><c> mind</c><00:14:06.639><c> manipulation.</c>

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Brainwashing<00:14:09.179><c> is</c><00:14:09.759><c> the</c><00:14:10.000><c> phrase</c><00:14:10.240><c> that</c><00:14:10.460><c> we're</c><00:14:10.580><c> familiar</c><00:14:10.980><c> with.</c>

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And<00:14:12.320><c> it</c><00:14:12.559><c> says,</c><00:14:12.919><c> verse</c><00:14:13.120><c> 6.</c>

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Everybody<00:14:22.299><c> had</c><00:14:22.879><c> the</c><00:14:23.139><c> name</c><00:14:23.379><c> of</c><00:14:23.639><c> God</c><00:14:24.019><c> built</c><00:14:24.820><c> in</c><00:14:25.419><c> to</c><00:14:25.679><c> their</c><00:14:25.960><c> own</c><00:14:26.259><c> name.</c>

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It<00:14:27.820><c> was</c><00:14:27.820><c> either</c><00:14:27.960><c> the</c><00:14:28.159><c> name</c><00:14:28.379><c> or</c><00:14:28.600><c> the</c><00:14:28.840><c> title</c><00:14:29.100><c> of</c><00:14:29.399><c> the</c><00:14:29.799><c> deity.</c>

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So<00:14:31.019><c> every</c><00:14:31.360><c> time</c><00:14:31.639><c> somebody</c><00:14:31.840><c> addressed</c><00:14:32.440><c> Daniel,</c><00:14:34.580><c> it</c><00:14:34.580><c> was</c><00:14:34.820><c> God</c>

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his<00:14:35.220><c> judge.</c>

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He<00:14:36.220><c> was</c><00:14:36.480><c> reminded</c><00:14:37.100><c> of</c><00:14:37.340><c> his</c><00:14:37.799><c> relationship</c><00:14:38.500><c> with</c><00:14:38.759><c> the</c><00:14:38.960><c> Almighty.</c>

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What<00:14:40.659><c> did</c><00:14:40.860><c> they</c><00:14:41.080><c> do?</c>

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Verse<00:14:42.720><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:14:54.399><c> so</c><00:14:54.539><c> what</c><00:14:54.720><c> they</c><00:14:54.940><c> did,</c><00:14:55.139><c> they</c><00:14:55.279><c> took</c><00:14:55.539><c> away</c><00:14:55.799><c> the</c><00:14:56.000><c> names</c><00:14:56.259><c> of</c><00:14:56.559><c> God</c>

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and<00:14:56.960><c> the</c><00:14:57.179><c> titles</c><00:14:57.440><c> of</c><00:14:57.659><c> God</c><00:14:57.899><c> from</c><00:14:58.120><c> their</c><00:14:58.419><c> names.</c>

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And<00:14:59.200><c> they</c><00:14:59.700><c> reintroduced</c><00:15:00.639><c> the</c><00:15:00.980><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:01.779><c> gods</c><00:15:02.279><c> into</c><00:15:03.559><c> their</c><00:15:03.899><c> names.</c>

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Belteshazzar,<00:15:06.559><c> Bel</c><00:15:06.820><c> and</c><00:15:07.240><c> Nebo,</c><00:15:09.279><c> Ebed</c><00:15:09.759><c>-Nego,</c><00:15:11.179><c> Meshach</c><00:15:11.639><c> and</c><00:15:14.340><c> Shadrach.</c>

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These<00:15:15.759><c> were</c><00:15:16.019><c> the</c><00:15:16.200><c> names</c><00:15:16.519><c> of</c><00:15:16.779><c> the</c><00:15:16.980><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:17.600><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:15:18.820><c> so</c><00:15:18.899><c> they</c><00:15:19.139><c> tried</c><00:15:19.419><c> to</c><00:15:20.019><c> remove</c><00:15:20.899><c> from</c><00:15:21.360><c> their</c><00:15:21.779><c> mind</c><00:15:22.200><c> the</c><00:15:22.620><c> influence</c><00:15:23.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:24.580><c> divine</c><00:15:24.940><c> ways</c>

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by<00:15:26.220><c> introducing</c><00:15:26.980><c> the</c><00:15:27.700><c> ways</c><00:15:28.019><c> of</c><00:15:28.259><c> this</c><00:15:28.539><c> world.</c>

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Now,<00:15:33.159><c> what</c><00:15:33.360><c> did</c><00:15:33.480><c> that</c><00:15:33.779><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:15:37.240><c> it</c><00:15:37.600><c> promotes</c><00:15:38.019><c> the</c><00:15:38.360><c> removal</c><00:15:38.740><c> of</c><00:15:39.039><c> barriers.</c>

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Look<00:15:41.480><c> at</c><00:15:41.700><c> what</c><00:15:41.779><c> it</c><00:15:41.980><c> says</c><00:15:42.460><c> in</c><00:15:42.919><c> Revelation,</c><00:15:45.080><c> chapter</c><00:15:45.460><c> 2</c><00:15:46.759><c> and</c><00:15:48.139><c> at</c>

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verse<00:15:48.639><c> 20.</c>

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The<00:15:56.980><c> ecclesiast</c><00:15:57.379><c> Thyatira,</c><00:15:58.240><c> notwithstanding</c><00:15:58.960><c> I</c><00:15:59.179><c> have</c><00:15:59.320><c> a</c><00:15:59.460><c> few</c>

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things<00:15:59.899><c> against</c><00:16:00.259><c> thee,</c>

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because<00:16:00.720><c> thou</c><00:16:01.080><c> sufferest</c><00:16:01.559><c> that</c><00:16:01.759><c> woman</c><00:16:02.500><c> Jezebel,</c>

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which<00:16:05.080><c> calleth</c><00:16:05.399><c> thyself</c><00:16:05.879><c> a</c><00:16:06.200><c> prophetess,</c>

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to<00:16:07.700><c> teach</c><00:16:08.259><c> and</c><00:16:08.740><c> to</c><00:16:09.000><c> seduce</c><00:16:09.539><c> my</c><00:16:09.919><c> servants</c><00:16:10.320><c> to</c><00:16:10.559><c> commit</c><00:16:10.899><c> fornication</c>

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and<00:16:12.059><c> to</c><00:16:12.259><c> eat</c><00:16:12.379><c> things</c><00:16:12.700><c> sacrificed</c><00:16:13.259><c> to</c><00:16:13.580><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:16:14.759><c> so</c><00:16:15.220><c> it</c><00:16:16.059><c> promotes</c><00:16:16.580><c> the</c><00:16:16.980><c> removal</c><00:16:17.500><c> of</c><00:16:17.740><c> the</c><00:16:17.919><c> barriers.</c>

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And<00:16:19.080><c> we</c><00:16:20.139><c> put</c><00:16:20.279><c> a</c><00:16:20.440><c> barrier</c><00:16:20.779><c> between</c><00:16:21.159><c> ourselves</c><00:16:21.620><c> and</c><00:16:21.799><c> this</c><00:16:22.120><c> world.</c>

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What<00:16:22.679><c> fellowship</c><00:16:23.200><c> of</c><00:16:23.720><c> righteousness</c><00:16:24.279><c> with</c><00:16:24.600><c> unrighteousness?</c>

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What<00:16:27.080><c> concord</c><00:16:27.620><c> of</c><00:16:28.519><c> Belial</c><00:16:29.240><c> and</c><00:16:29.559><c> the</c><00:16:29.700><c> things</c><00:16:29.879><c> of</c><00:16:30.139><c> God?</c>

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There<00:16:30.539><c> is</c><00:16:30.759><c> a</c><00:16:30.960><c> barrier</c><00:16:31.240><c> there</c><00:16:31.539><c> which</c><00:16:31.860><c> separates</c><00:16:32.379><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:33.960><c> the</c><00:16:34.120><c> ways</c><00:16:34.320><c> of</c><00:16:34.600><c> Jezebel</c><00:16:35.059><c> tried</c><00:16:35.320><c> to</c><00:16:35.659><c> break</c><00:16:36.059><c> down</c><00:16:36.360><c> that</c><00:16:36.620><c> barrier</c>

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by<00:16:37.940><c> introducing</c><00:16:38.659><c> into</c><00:16:39.100><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:39.740><c> life</c>

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things<00:16:41.259><c> which</c><00:16:41.860><c> were</c><00:16:42.179><c> offered</c><00:16:42.440><c> to</c><00:16:42.779><c> idols</c><00:16:43.139><c> and</c><00:16:44.340><c> spiritual</c><00:16:44.919><c> fornication.</c>

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And<00:16:45.980><c> there</c><00:16:46.100><c> was</c><00:16:46.240><c> physical</c><00:16:46.639><c> fornication</c><00:16:47.279><c> as</c><00:16:47.500><c> well,</c><00:16:47.639><c> as</c><00:16:47.799><c> we</c><00:16:47.960><c> know.</c>

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And<00:16:48.679><c> she</c><00:16:48.860><c> did</c><00:16:49.039><c> it</c><00:16:49.279><c> through</c><00:16:49.639><c> education,</c>

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to<00:16:50.779><c> teach</c><00:16:51.240><c> and</c><00:16:51.759><c> to</c><00:16:51.980><c> seduce</c><00:16:52.360><c> my</c><00:16:52.659><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:16:53.480><c> the</c><00:16:53.700><c> same</c><00:16:53.879><c> is</c><00:16:54.039><c> found</c><00:16:54.299><c> in</c><00:16:54.480><c> verse</c><00:16:55.220><c> 14.</c>

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I<00:16:56.039><c> have</c><00:16:56.240><c> a</c><00:16:56.440><c> few</c><00:16:56.620><c> things,</c><00:16:57.059><c> he</c><00:16:57.259><c> says,</c><00:16:57.600><c> to</c><00:16:57.740><c> Pergamos</c><00:16:58.220><c> against</c><00:16:58.960><c> thee,</c>

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because<00:16:59.500><c> thou</c><00:16:59.740><c> hast</c><00:17:00.000><c> them</c><00:17:00.279><c> there</c><00:17:00.580><c> that</c><00:17:01.080><c> hold</c><00:17:01.419><c> the</c><00:17:01.679><c> doctrine</c>

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of<00:17:02.399><c> Balaam,</c>

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who<00:17:03.220><c> taught</c><00:17:03.539><c> Balak</c><00:17:04.000><c> to</c><00:17:04.220><c> cast</c><00:17:04.460><c> the</c><00:17:04.700><c> stumbling</c><00:17:05.039><c> block</c>

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before<00:17:06.000><c> the</c><00:17:06.200><c> children</c><00:17:06.519><c> of</c><00:17:06.700><c> Israel,</c>

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to<00:17:07.460><c> eat</c><00:17:07.740><c> things</c><00:17:08.220><c> unto</c><00:17:08.599><c> idols</c><00:17:09.119><c> and</c><00:17:09.460><c> to</c><00:17:09.720><c> commit</c><00:17:10.160><c> fornication.</c>

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And<00:17:12.740><c> so</c><00:17:13.039><c> Balak</c><00:17:13.779><c> was</c><00:17:14.400><c> teaching</c><00:17:14.980><c> a</c><00:17:15.180><c> way</c><00:17:15.380><c> of</c><00:17:15.640><c> life</c>

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which<00:17:16.440><c> was</c><00:17:16.779><c> contrary</c><00:17:17.400><c> to</c><00:17:18.019><c> divine</c><00:17:18.480><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:17:22.500><c> they</c><00:17:22.779><c> were</c><00:17:23.019><c> encouraged</c><00:17:23.500><c> to</c><00:17:23.839><c> share</c><00:17:24.420><c> an</c><00:17:25.279><c> unholy</c><00:17:26.059><c> relationship,</c>

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fraternization<00:17:29.019><c> with</c><00:17:29.240><c> this</c><00:17:29.539><c> world.</c>

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And<00:17:30.140><c> James</c><00:17:30.420><c> makes</c><00:17:30.779><c> it</c><00:17:31.119><c> abundantly</c><00:17:31.640><c> clear,</c>

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friendship<00:17:34.440><c> with</c><00:17:34.700><c> the</c><00:17:34.960><c> world</c><00:17:35.400><c> is</c><00:17:36.480><c> enmity</c><00:17:36.940><c> with</c><00:17:37.180><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:37.880><c> I</c><00:17:38.019><c> don't</c><00:17:38.259><c> think</c><00:17:38.480><c> we</c><00:17:38.759><c> believe</c><00:17:39.099><c> that,</c>

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because<00:17:41.619><c> we</c><00:17:42.220><c> make</c><00:17:42.500><c> every</c><00:17:42.819><c> effort</c><00:17:43.339><c> to</c><00:17:44.500><c> make</c><00:17:44.819><c> friends</c><00:17:45.359><c> of</c><00:17:45.559><c> the</c><00:17:45.779><c> world.</c>

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We<00:17:47.799><c> get</c><00:17:48.099><c> mixed</c><00:17:48.500><c> up</c><00:17:48.720><c> in</c><00:17:48.900><c> this</c><00:17:49.299><c> life</c><00:17:50.200><c> in</c><00:17:51.059><c> depth</c><00:17:51.460><c> so</c><00:17:51.880><c> many</c><00:17:52.200><c> times</c>

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that<00:17:53.359><c> we're</c><00:17:53.559><c> no</c><00:17:53.799><c> different</c><00:17:54.160><c> than</c><00:17:54.380><c> those</c><00:17:54.660><c> our</c><00:17:55.019><c> peers</c><00:17:55.380><c> who</c><00:17:55.960><c> have</c>

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not<00:17:56.319><c> the</c><00:17:56.559><c> truth.</c>

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Friendship<00:17:58.039><c> with</c><00:17:58.380><c> the</c><00:17:58.720><c> world</c><00:17:59.160><c> is</c><00:17:59.859><c> enmity</c><00:18:00.559><c> with</c><00:18:01.099><c> God.</c>

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That<00:18:02.039><c> is</c><00:18:02.380><c> clear</c><00:18:03.839><c> language</c><00:18:05.099><c> which</c><00:18:05.559><c> nobody</c><00:18:06.039><c> can</c><00:18:06.440><c> misunderstand.</c>

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And<00:18:08.559><c> James</c><00:18:08.940><c> also</c><00:18:09.480><c> says</c><00:18:09.980><c> to</c><00:18:10.859><c> those</c><00:18:11.180><c> who</c><00:18:11.460><c> he</c><00:18:11.880><c> addressed</c><00:18:12.200><c> that</c><00:18:12.579><c> comment,</c>

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ye<00:18:14.279><c> adulteresses.</c>

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You<00:18:15.940><c> see,</c><00:18:16.079><c> that's</c><00:18:16.299><c> what</c><00:18:16.460><c> was</c><00:18:16.680><c> happening</c><00:18:17.039><c> in</c><00:18:17.319><c> the</c><00:18:17.539><c> Ecclesia</c>

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that<00:18:18.519><c> James</c><00:18:18.859><c> wrote</c><00:18:19.200><c> to.</c>

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They<00:18:20.880><c> were</c><00:18:21.200><c> adulteresses</c><00:18:22.019><c> because</c><00:18:22.440><c> they</c><00:18:22.759><c> had</c><00:18:23.500><c> entered</c><00:18:23.880><c> into</c>

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an<00:18:24.579><c> illicit</c><00:18:25.059><c> relationship</c><00:18:25.960><c> with</c><00:18:26.759><c> the</c><00:18:27.079><c> world</c><00:18:27.319><c> in</c><00:18:27.519><c> which</c><00:18:27.680><c> they</c><00:18:28.019><c> lived.</c>

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They<00:18:30.299><c> enjoyed</c><00:18:30.859><c> an</c><00:18:31.599><c> unholy</c><00:18:32.460><c> relationship.</c>

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Now,<00:18:39.339><c> what</c><00:18:39.559><c> we</c><00:18:39.819><c> find,</c><00:18:40.240><c> brothers</c><00:18:40.420><c> and</c><00:18:40.619><c> sisters,</c><00:18:42.160><c> in</c><00:18:42.380><c> life,</c>

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we<00:18:44.279><c> many</c><00:18:44.680><c> times</c><00:18:45.440><c> take</c><00:18:46.799><c> on</c><00:18:47.339><c> the</c><00:18:47.900><c> woe</c><00:18:48.400><c> is</c><00:18:48.660><c> me</c><00:18:49.200><c> attitude,</c><00:18:49.759><c> don't</c><00:18:50.019><c> we?</c>

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We're<00:18:52.000><c> all</c><00:18:52.400><c> guilty</c><00:18:52.960><c> of</c><00:18:54.240><c> bemoaning</c><00:18:54.880><c> our</c><00:18:55.339><c> circumstances</c>

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and<00:18:57.259><c> feeling</c><00:18:57.859><c> sorry</c><00:18:58.259><c> for</c><00:18:58.539><c> ourselves</c><00:18:59.299><c> when</c><00:19:00.240><c> circumstances</c><00:19:00.980><c> don't</c><00:19:01.599><c> go</c><00:19:02.000><c> right.</c>

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But<00:19:02.980><c> if</c><00:19:03.200><c> we</c><00:19:03.319><c> go</c><00:19:03.500><c> to</c><00:19:03.700><c> 1</c><00:19:03.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:04.380><c> 10,</c>

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Paul<00:19:06.119><c> makes</c><00:19:06.440><c> a</c><00:19:06.579><c> very</c><00:19:06.960><c> interesting</c><00:19:07.460><c> observation.</c>

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And<00:19:11.400><c> I'm</c><00:19:11.559><c> sure</c><00:19:11.819><c> your</c><00:19:12.160><c> Ecclesia</c><00:19:12.579><c> is</c><00:19:12.819><c> no</c><00:19:13.079><c> different</c><00:19:13.700><c> than</c><00:19:14.299><c> the</c><00:19:14.519><c> one</c><00:19:14.660><c> I</c>

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belong<00:19:15.240><c> to.</c>

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But<00:19:18.319><c> Paul</c><00:19:18.640><c> says,</c><00:19:20.180><c> verse</c><00:19:20.519><c> 13,</c>

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There<00:19:21.359><c> hath</c><00:19:21.579><c> no</c><00:19:21.900><c> temptation</c><00:19:22.539><c> taken</c><00:19:22.940><c> you,</c><00:19:23.299><c> but</c><00:19:23.480><c> such</c><00:19:23.799><c> as</c><00:19:24.160><c> is</c><00:19:24.460><c> common</c><00:19:24.940><c> to</c><00:19:25.359><c> men.</c>

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Every<00:19:29.700><c> experience</c><00:19:30.339><c> that</c><00:19:30.559><c> we</c><00:19:30.779><c> have</c><00:19:31.000><c> in</c><00:19:31.240><c> life</c>

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is<00:19:33.480><c> typical</c><00:19:33.900><c> of</c><00:19:34.099><c> what</c><00:19:34.420><c> every</c><00:19:34.720><c> human</c><00:19:35.000><c> being</c><00:19:35.279><c> has</c><00:19:35.579><c> to</c><00:19:36.000><c> experience.</c>

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It's<00:19:38.019><c> typical</c><00:19:38.319><c> to</c><00:19:38.500><c> what</c><00:19:38.660><c> Israel</c><00:19:39.039><c> experienced.</c>

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It's<00:19:40.519><c> typical</c><00:19:40.779><c> to</c><00:19:40.940><c> those</c><00:19:41.200><c> in</c><00:19:41.380><c> the</c><00:19:41.559><c> first</c><00:19:41.759><c> century</c><00:19:42.420><c> that</c><00:19:43.160><c> they</c><00:19:43.500><c> experienced.</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:45.240><c> the</c><00:19:45.819><c> circumstances</c><00:19:46.460><c> and</c><00:19:47.240><c> trials</c><00:19:47.619><c> are</c><00:19:48.259><c> slightly</c><00:19:48.640><c> different.</c>

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We<00:19:49.480><c> don't</c><00:19:49.700><c> get</c><00:19:50.019><c> fed</c><00:19:50.220><c> to</c><00:19:50.440><c> the</c><00:19:50.660><c> lions,</c><00:19:51.000><c> for</c><00:19:51.299><c> example.</c>

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We're<00:19:52.720><c> not</c><00:19:52.980><c> crucified</c><00:19:53.720><c> in</c><00:19:54.480><c> the</c><00:19:54.700><c> physical</c><00:19:55.059><c> way</c>

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that<00:19:55.579><c> our</c><00:19:55.799><c> brethren</c><00:19:56.059><c> and</c><00:19:56.359><c> sisters</c><00:19:56.680><c> were</c><00:19:56.900><c> in</c><00:19:57.000><c> the</c><00:19:57.220><c> first</c><00:19:57.420><c> century.</c>

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But<00:19:59.019><c> nevertheless,</c><00:19:59.700><c> Paul</c><00:19:59.980><c> says</c><00:20:00.640><c> that</c><00:20:01.099><c> our</c><00:20:01.460><c> temptations</c><00:20:02.240><c> are</c>

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not<00:20:03.099><c> unique.</c>

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They<00:20:04.519><c> are</c><00:20:04.960><c> common</c><00:20:05.359><c> to</c><00:20:05.839><c> all</c><00:20:06.119><c> men.</c>

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And<00:20:11.000><c> so</c><00:20:11.720><c> he</c><00:20:12.680><c> continues</c><00:20:13.500><c> that</c><00:20:14.880><c> God,</c><00:20:15.859><c> within</c><00:20:16.200><c> that</c><00:20:16.519><c> temptation,</c>

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works<00:20:17.619><c> within</c><00:20:17.920><c> the</c><00:20:18.200><c> framework</c><00:20:18.680><c> of</c><00:20:19.440><c> our</c><00:20:19.680><c> ability</c><00:20:20.180><c> to</c><00:20:20.759><c> deal</c><00:20:20.960><c> with</c><00:20:21.160><c> it.</c>

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God<00:20:21.539><c> is</c><00:20:21.819><c> faithful</c><00:20:22.400><c> who</c><00:20:23.140><c> will</c><00:20:23.400><c> not</c><00:20:23.680><c> suffer</c><00:20:23.920><c> you</c><00:20:24.140><c> to</c><00:20:24.319><c> be</c><00:20:24.559><c> tempted</c>

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above<00:20:25.180><c> that</c><00:20:25.420><c> which</c><00:20:25.599><c> you</c><00:20:25.779><c> are</c><00:20:26.019><c> able,</c>

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but<00:20:27.039><c> will</c><00:20:27.339><c> with</c><00:20:27.640><c> the</c><00:20:27.900><c> temptation</c><00:20:28.579><c> also</c><00:20:29.240><c> make</c><00:20:29.660><c> a</c><00:20:29.880><c> way</c><00:20:30.039><c> to</c><00:20:30.319><c> escape</c>

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and<00:20:31.259><c> that</c><00:20:31.400><c> ye</c><00:20:31.539><c> may</c><00:20:31.819><c> be</c><00:20:32.039><c> able</c><00:20:32.339><c> to</c><00:20:32.660><c> bear</c><00:20:32.900><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:34.420><c> so</c><00:20:34.680><c> we</c><00:20:35.039><c> have</c><00:20:35.240><c> a</c><00:20:35.380><c> situation,</c><00:20:36.200><c> brethren</c><00:20:36.339><c> and</c><00:20:36.599><c> sisters,</c>

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where<00:20:37.059><c> God</c><00:20:37.619><c> will</c><00:20:38.160><c> take</c><00:20:38.359><c> us</c><00:20:38.619><c> so</c><00:20:39.000><c> far,</c>

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but<00:20:40.380><c> within</c><00:20:40.640><c> the</c><00:20:40.960><c> framework</c><00:20:41.299><c> of</c><00:20:41.599><c> our</c><00:20:41.900><c> own</c><00:20:42.279><c> ability.</c>

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And<00:20:44.299><c> I</c><00:20:44.480><c> think</c><00:20:44.640><c> that</c><00:20:44.819><c> that's</c><00:20:45.000><c> one</c><00:20:45.200><c> of</c><00:20:45.319><c> the</c><00:20:45.440><c> most</c><00:20:46.039><c> comforting</c><00:20:46.660><c> aspects</c>

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of<00:20:48.119><c> the</c><00:20:48.299><c> Word</c><00:20:48.440><c> of</c><00:20:48.680><c> God.</c>

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Some<00:20:50.359><c> people</c><00:20:52.140><c> seem</c><00:20:52.720><c> to</c><00:20:52.920><c> be</c><00:20:53.059><c> able</c><00:20:53.279><c> to</c><00:20:53.500><c> handle</c><00:20:53.779><c> more</c><00:20:54.140><c> than</c><00:20:54.319><c> others.</c>

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Abraham<00:20:56.619><c> was</c><00:20:56.960><c> called</c><00:20:57.220><c> upon</c><00:20:57.680><c> to</c><00:20:58.240><c> sacrifice</c><00:20:59.160><c> his</c><00:20:59.779><c> son.</c>

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And<00:21:01.180><c> any</c><00:21:01.480><c> parent</c><00:21:01.980><c> who</c><00:21:02.400><c> puts</c><00:21:02.740><c> themselves</c><00:21:03.259><c> in</c><00:21:03.579><c> that</c><00:21:03.859><c> position</c>

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of<00:21:05.839><c> taking</c><00:21:06.259><c> a</c><00:21:06.500><c> knife</c><00:21:06.859><c> and</c><00:21:07.500><c> being</c><00:21:07.839><c> prepared</c><00:21:08.319><c> to</c><00:21:09.259><c> slay</c><00:21:09.640><c> their</c><00:21:10.039><c> child,</c>

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God<00:21:12.240><c> knew</c><00:21:12.519><c> he</c><00:21:12.680><c> was</c><00:21:12.920><c> capable</c><00:21:13.359><c> of</c><00:21:13.579><c> doing</c><00:21:13.900><c> it.</c>

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But<00:21:15.680><c> he</c><00:21:15.819><c> didn't</c><00:21:16.140><c> give</c><00:21:16.420><c> that</c><00:21:16.779><c> responsibility</c><00:21:17.480><c> to</c><00:21:17.740><c> somebody</c><00:21:18.079><c> else</c>

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who<00:21:19.200><c> hadn't</c><00:21:19.480><c> got</c><00:21:19.720><c> that</c><00:21:20.039><c> capability.</c>

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God<00:21:21.339><c> will</c><00:21:21.640><c> only</c><00:21:22.059><c> tempt</c><00:21:22.359><c> us</c><00:21:23.039><c> within</c><00:21:23.859><c> the</c><00:21:24.200><c> framework</c><00:21:24.619><c> of</c><00:21:24.900><c> our</c><00:21:25.200><c> ability.</c>

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And<00:21:28.279><c> so</c><00:21:28.400><c> when</c><00:21:28.599><c> we</c><00:21:29.000><c> fail,</c><00:21:30.240><c> we</c><00:21:30.519><c> are</c><00:21:30.799><c> responsible</c><00:21:31.660><c> for</c><00:21:32.660><c> our</c><00:21:33.019><c> own</c><00:21:33.720><c> downfall.</c>

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So<00:21:35.920><c> James</c><00:21:36.220><c> says</c><00:21:36.579><c> in</c><00:21:36.759><c> James</c><00:21:37.099><c> chapter</c><00:21:37.819><c> 1,</c>

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Let<00:21:39.660><c> no</c><00:21:39.980><c> man</c><00:21:40.200><c> say</c><00:21:40.500><c> when</c><00:21:40.680><c> he</c><00:21:40.900><c> is</c><00:21:41.140><c> tempted,</c><00:21:41.700><c> I</c><00:21:41.700><c> am</c><00:21:42.039><c> tempted</c><00:21:42.519><c> of</c><00:21:43.160><c> God.</c>

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For<00:21:44.900><c> no</c><00:21:45.099><c> man,</c><00:21:46.019><c> that</c><00:21:46.160><c> God</c><00:21:46.359><c> tempteth</c><00:21:46.839><c> no</c><00:21:47.119><c> man.</c>

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And<00:21:48.079><c> you</c><00:21:48.240><c> see,</c><00:21:50.059><c> the</c><00:21:50.279><c> blame</c><00:21:50.460><c> always</c><00:21:51.000><c> finishes</c><00:21:51.380><c> up</c><00:21:51.599><c> with</c><00:21:51.819><c> God.</c>

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The<00:21:54.579><c> woman</c><00:21:55.059><c> which</c><00:21:55.460><c> thou</c><00:21:55.680><c> gavest</c><00:21:56.059><c> me,</c><00:21:58.200><c> she</c><00:21:58.559><c> persuaded</c><00:22:00.000><c> me</c><00:22:00.259><c> to</c><00:22:00.440><c> eat.</c>

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Who<00:22:01.859><c> was</c><00:22:02.180><c> Adam</c><00:22:02.619><c> blaming?</c><00:22:03.779><c> Wasn't</c><00:22:04.059><c> the</c><00:22:04.240><c> woman?</c>

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It<00:22:06.839><c> was</c><00:22:07.059><c> God.</c>

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The<00:22:08.299><c> woman</c><00:22:08.660><c> which</c><00:22:09.440><c> thou</c><00:22:09.940><c> gavest</c><00:22:10.440><c> me.</c>

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If<00:22:11.000><c> you</c><00:22:11.220><c> hadn't</c><00:22:11.400><c> given</c><00:22:11.640><c> me</c><00:22:11.859><c> in</c><00:22:12.000><c> the</c><00:22:12.160><c> first</c><00:22:12.359><c> place,</c><00:22:13.079><c> I</c><00:22:13.279><c> didn't</c>

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ask<00:22:13.740><c> for</c><00:22:13.940><c> it.</c>

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You're<00:22:16.779><c> the</c><00:22:16.900><c> one</c><00:22:17.039><c> to</c><00:22:17.259><c> blame.</c>

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And<00:22:17.980><c> that's</c><00:22:18.380><c> precisely</c><00:22:18.900><c> what</c><00:22:19.180><c> happens</c><00:22:19.640><c> in</c><00:22:20.000><c> our</c><00:22:20.279><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:22:23.039><c> what</c><00:22:23.299><c> God</c><00:22:23.720><c> has</c><00:22:24.400><c> done.</c>

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And<00:22:24.920><c> notice</c><00:22:25.160><c> how</c><00:22:25.359><c> that</c><00:22:25.519><c> works</c><00:22:25.779><c> out</c><00:22:26.019><c> with</c><00:22:26.180><c> Israel.</c>

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Numbers<00:22:27.779><c> chapter</c><00:22:28.140><c> 21.</c>

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God<00:22:31.819><c> always</c><00:22:32.380><c> takes</c><00:22:33.359><c> the</c><00:22:33.799><c> blame.</c>

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Verse<00:22:37.200><c> 5</c><00:22:37.900><c> of</c><00:22:38.460><c> Numbers</c><00:22:38.740><c> chapter</c><00:22:39.099><c> 21.</c>

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The<00:22:40.519><c> people</c><00:22:40.920><c> spake</c><00:22:41.380><c> against</c><00:22:41.839><c> God</c><00:22:42.420><c> and</c><00:22:42.880><c> against</c><00:22:43.220><c> Moses.</c>

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Wherefore<00:22:44.960><c> have</c><00:22:45.279><c> ye</c><00:22:45.500><c> brought</c><00:22:45.819><c> us</c><00:22:46.079><c> up</c><00:22:46.440><c> out</c><00:22:46.859><c> of</c><00:22:47.019><c> Egypt</c><00:22:47.359><c> to</c><00:22:47.640><c> die</c>

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in<00:22:48.000><c> the</c><00:22:48.140><c> wilderness?</c>

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For<00:22:49.279><c> there</c><00:22:49.519><c> is</c><00:22:49.619><c> no</c><00:22:49.980><c> bread,</c><00:22:50.599><c> neither</c><00:22:50.819><c> is</c><00:22:51.000><c> there</c><00:22:51.160><c> any</c><00:22:51.380><c> water,</c>

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and<00:22:51.839><c> our</c><00:22:52.099><c> soul</c><00:22:52.400><c> loatheth</c><00:22:53.380><c> this</c><00:22:53.680><c> light</c><00:22:54.240><c> bread.</c>

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God<00:22:56.980><c> was</c><00:22:57.240><c> the</c><00:22:57.380><c> one</c><00:22:57.859><c> that</c><00:22:58.119><c> was</c><00:22:58.299><c> to</c><00:22:58.559><c> blame,</c><00:22:59.700><c> even</c><00:23:00.059><c> though</c><00:23:00.319><c> He</c><00:23:00.460><c> had</c>

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redeemed<00:23:01.500><c> them.</c>

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We<00:23:04.019><c> are</c><00:23:04.259><c> responsible,</c><00:23:05.059><c> brethren</c><00:23:05.299><c> and</c><00:23:05.480><c> sisters,</c><00:23:06.539><c> for</c><00:23:06.779><c> our</c><00:23:07.039><c> own</c><00:23:07.319><c> failures.</c>

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And<00:23:08.880><c> God</c><00:23:09.039><c> is</c><00:23:09.299><c> faithful,</c><00:23:10.220><c> during</c><00:23:10.480><c> the</c><00:23:10.839><c> circumstances</c><00:23:11.299><c> of</c><00:23:11.559><c> our</c><00:23:11.740><c> life,</c>

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to<00:23:12.720><c> ensure</c><00:23:13.200><c> that</c><00:23:13.700><c> the</c><00:23:13.920><c> temptations</c><00:23:14.700><c> which</c><00:23:14.960><c> we</c><00:23:15.200><c> encounter,</c>

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we<00:23:16.680><c> have</c><00:23:17.000><c> full</c><00:23:17.319><c> capability,</c><00:23:18.440><c> if</c><00:23:18.700><c> the</c><00:23:18.960><c> Word</c><00:23:19.140><c> of</c><00:23:19.380><c> God</c><00:23:19.900><c> is</c><00:23:21.539><c> centered</c><00:23:21.839><c> in</c><00:23:22.079><c> our</c><00:23:22.259><c> lives,</c>

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to<00:23:22.819><c> deal</c><00:23:23.079><c> with</c><00:23:23.299><c> those</c><00:23:23.599><c> problems.</c>

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Now,<00:23:24.519><c> that</c><00:23:24.700><c> doesn't</c><00:23:24.920><c> mean</c><00:23:25.119><c> to</c><00:23:25.259><c> say</c><00:23:25.460><c> that</c><00:23:25.660><c> the</c><00:23:25.960><c> circumstances</c>

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are<00:23:26.660><c> going</c><00:23:26.779><c> to</c><00:23:26.940><c> be</c><00:23:27.140><c> easy.</c>

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And<00:23:28.819><c> it's</c><00:23:29.019><c> easy</c><00:23:29.279><c> for</c><00:23:29.480><c> me</c><00:23:29.660><c> to</c><00:23:29.940><c> talk</c><00:23:30.299><c> when</c><00:23:31.000><c> you</c><00:23:31.779><c> have</c><00:23:31.920><c> probably</c>

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gone<00:23:32.539><c> through</c><00:23:32.839><c> circumstances</c>

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which<00:23:33.839><c> I</c><00:23:34.079><c> have</c><00:23:34.259><c> no</c><00:23:34.500><c> idea</c><00:23:34.960><c> about.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:23:37.319><c> the</c><00:23:37.440><c> Word</c><00:23:37.619><c> of</c><00:23:37.759><c> God</c><00:23:37.980><c> speaks</c><00:23:38.339><c> to</c><00:23:38.559><c> it</c><00:23:38.720><c> itself.</c>

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Now,<00:23:40.259><c> having</c><00:23:40.640><c> sort</c><00:23:40.880><c> of</c><00:23:41.980><c> brought</c><00:23:42.160><c> out</c><00:23:42.420><c> that</c><00:23:43.059><c> general</c><00:23:43.559><c> introduction</c><00:23:44.220><c> to</c><00:23:44.480><c> what</c>

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we<00:23:44.799><c> have</c><00:23:44.960><c> to</c><00:23:45.160><c> say,</c>

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let's<00:23:46.680><c> just</c><00:23:47.039><c> put</c><00:23:47.240><c> the</c><00:23:47.539><c> setting</c><00:23:48.019><c> for</c><00:23:50.180><c> Baal</c><00:23:50.700><c> Peor.</c>

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Because<00:23:53.160><c> we're</c><00:23:53.460><c> going</c><00:23:53.519><c> to</c><00:23:53.680><c> deal</c><00:23:53.819><c> with</c><00:23:53.980><c> Numbers</c><00:23:54.279><c> chapter</c><00:23:54.660><c> 24</c>

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and<00:23:55.359><c> 25.</c>

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Now,<00:23:58.619><c> what</c><00:23:58.759><c> we</c><00:23:59.059><c> have,</c><00:24:01.240><c> when</c><00:24:01.400><c> we</c><00:24:01.599><c> come</c><00:24:01.759><c> to</c><00:24:01.900><c> Numbers</c><00:24:02.180><c> 24</c><00:24:02.779><c> and</c><00:24:02.940><c> 25,</c>

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Miriam<00:24:03.880><c> and</c><00:24:04.220><c> Aaron</c><00:24:04.559><c> are</c><00:24:05.460><c> now</c><00:24:05.859><c> dead.</c>

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So<00:24:07.119><c> we</c><00:24:07.319><c> see</c><00:24:07.579><c> the</c><00:24:07.900><c> beginnings</c><00:24:08.400><c> of</c><00:24:09.559><c> the</c><00:24:09.859><c> leadership</c><00:24:10.339><c> of</c><00:24:10.559><c> Israel</c>

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beginning<00:24:12.059><c> to</c><00:24:12.539><c> fall</c><00:24:12.960><c> away,</c>

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and<00:24:14.759><c> they've</c><00:24:15.160><c> died.</c>

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They<00:24:15.559><c> travel</c><00:24:16.200><c> past</c><00:24:16.700><c> Edom,</c><00:24:17.940><c> and</c><00:24:18.099><c> they</c><00:24:18.319><c> become</c><00:24:18.619><c> discouraged</c><00:24:19.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:19.940><c> way,</c>

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according<00:24:20.480><c> to</c><00:24:20.700><c> Numbers</c><00:24:21.019><c> 21,</c><00:24:22.900><c> and</c><00:24:23.039><c> they</c><00:24:23.359><c> grumble</c><00:24:24.059><c> at</c><00:24:24.480><c> what</c><00:24:24.660><c> God</c>

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had<00:24:25.059><c> bid.</c>

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They<00:24:25.420><c> loathed</c><00:24:26.180><c> the</c><00:24:26.420><c> light</c><00:24:26.680><c> bread</c><00:24:27.059><c> that</c><00:24:27.539><c> God</c><00:24:27.740><c> had</c><00:24:28.039><c> provided,</c>

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and<00:24:29.839><c> God</c><00:24:30.059><c> sent</c><00:24:30.440><c> fiery</c><00:24:30.839><c> serpents</c><00:24:31.579><c> into</c><00:24:31.960><c> their</c><00:24:32.319><c> midst,</c><00:24:33.160><c> which</c>

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bit<00:24:33.680><c> them,</c><00:24:34.140><c> and</c><00:24:34.359><c> they</c><00:24:34.660><c> died.</c>

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And<00:24:35.519><c> it</c><00:24:35.660><c> says,</c><00:24:36.079><c> much</c><00:24:36.460><c> people</c><00:24:37.180><c> died.</c>

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But<00:24:38.799><c> God,</c><00:24:39.599><c> in</c><00:24:39.759><c> His</c><00:24:40.039><c> mercy,</c><00:24:41.539><c> provided</c><00:24:41.920><c> the</c><00:24:42.279><c> forgiveness</c><00:24:42.819><c> on</c><00:24:43.220><c> the</c><00:24:43.440><c> basis</c><00:24:43.720><c> of</c><00:24:44.059><c> faith.</c>

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Set<00:24:44.799><c> up</c><00:24:45.279><c> a</c><00:24:45.640><c> bronze</c><00:24:45.940><c> serpent,</c><00:24:46.779><c> put</c><00:24:46.960><c> it</c><00:24:47.099><c> on</c><00:24:47.279><c> a</c><00:24:47.480><c> pole,</c>

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and<00:24:48.200><c> those</c><00:24:48.480><c> that</c><00:24:48.839><c> behold</c><00:24:49.359><c> that</c><00:24:49.720><c> serpent</c><00:24:50.240><c> in</c><00:24:51.220><c> faith,</c><00:24:52.039><c> God</c><00:24:52.240><c> was</c>

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prepared<00:24:52.940><c> to</c><00:24:53.240><c> forgive</c><00:24:53.500><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:55.019><c> so</c><00:24:55.240><c> we</c><00:24:55.460><c> find,</c><00:24:56.259><c> on</c><00:24:56.420><c> the</c><00:24:56.619><c> basis</c><00:24:56.900><c> of</c><00:24:57.220><c> forgiveness,</c><00:24:57.779><c> that</c><00:24:57.900><c> there</c><00:24:58.059><c> is</c>

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a<00:24:58.400><c> renewed</c><00:24:58.720><c> fellowship.</c>

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God<00:25:00.000><c> works</c><00:25:00.460><c> with</c><00:25:00.720><c> people</c><00:25:01.359><c> who</c><00:25:02.039><c> are</c><00:25:02.319><c> in</c><00:25:02.500><c> harmony</c><00:25:02.880><c> with</c><00:25:03.140><c> Him,</c>

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and<00:25:04.160><c> then</c><00:25:04.619><c> God</c><00:25:05.039><c> goes</c><00:25:05.420><c> out</c><00:25:05.720><c> and</c><00:25:05.980><c> fights</c><00:25:06.180><c> for</c><00:25:06.420><c> Israel</c><00:25:06.940><c> with</c><00:25:07.460><c> Og,</c>

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King<00:25:08.200><c> of</c><00:25:08.460><c> Baton,</c>

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and<00:25:09.539><c> Sihon,</c><00:25:09.960><c> King</c><00:25:10.200><c> of</c><00:25:10.380><c> the</c><00:25:10.539><c> Amorites.</c>

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There<00:25:11.059><c> is</c><00:25:11.279><c> a</c><00:25:11.480><c> renewed</c><00:25:11.759><c> fellowship</c><00:25:12.440><c> as</c><00:25:13.200><c> a</c><00:25:13.400><c> result</c><00:25:13.640><c> of</c><00:25:13.880><c> their</c>

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penitent<00:25:15.599><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:25:17.359><c> then</c><00:25:17.579><c> they</c><00:25:17.839><c> return</c><00:25:18.319><c> south,</c><00:25:19.440><c> and</c><00:25:19.539><c> they</c><00:25:19.839><c> camp</c><00:25:20.240><c> in</c><00:25:20.980><c> the</c><00:25:21.319><c> plain</c><00:25:21.759><c> of</c>

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Noab<00:25:22.539><c> at</c><00:25:23.140><c> Shittim.</c>

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Now,<00:25:25.599><c> I</c><00:25:25.700><c> think</c><00:25:25.880><c> we've</c><00:25:26.140><c> got</c><00:25:26.299><c> to</c><00:25:27.000><c> visualize</c><00:25:27.559><c> the</c><00:25:27.880><c> geography</c><00:25:28.460><c> at</c>

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this<00:25:29.099><c> particular</c><00:25:29.680><c> point.</c>

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And<00:25:33.200><c> what</c><00:25:33.460><c> we</c><00:25:33.660><c> have</c><00:25:33.740><c> on</c><00:25:33.960><c> the</c><00:25:34.220><c> chart</c><00:25:34.440><c> now</c><00:25:35.059><c> is</c><00:25:35.559><c> sort</c><00:25:35.799><c> of</c><00:25:35.980><c> a</c><00:25:36.140><c> map</c><00:25:36.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:38.920><c> area.</c>

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We've<00:25:39.880><c> got</c><00:25:40.039><c> a</c><00:25:41.759><c> picture</c><00:25:42.160><c> which</c><00:25:42.400><c> doesn't</c><00:25:42.700><c> come</c><00:25:42.940><c> up</c><00:25:43.099><c> on</c><00:25:43.200><c> the</c><00:25:43.380><c> yellow</c><00:25:43.599><c> as</c>

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good<00:25:44.019><c> as</c><00:25:44.140><c> it</c><00:25:44.359><c> could,</c>

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but<00:25:44.680><c> we've</c><00:25:45.200><c> got</c><00:25:45.299><c> a</c><00:25:45.460><c> camp</c><00:25:45.799><c> of</c><00:25:46.140><c> Israel</c><00:25:46.579><c> there,</c><00:25:47.500><c> set</c><00:25:47.660><c> in</c><00:25:47.859><c> the</c><00:25:48.039><c> wilderness.</c>

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:52.799
Now,<00:25:50.660><c> just</c><00:25:50.960><c> imagine</c><00:25:51.319><c> what</c><00:25:51.500><c> had</c><00:25:51.680><c> happened.</c>

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:57.819
Israel<00:25:54.460><c> had</c><00:25:55.019><c> gone</c><00:25:55.240><c> and</c><00:25:55.680><c> done</c><00:25:55.839><c> battle</c><00:25:56.180><c> with</c><00:25:56.440><c> Og,</c><00:25:56.660><c> King</c><00:25:56.859><c> of</c><00:25:57.099><c> Baton,</c><00:25:57.640><c> and</c>

00:25:57.819 --> 00:26:00.099
Sihon,<00:25:58.299><c> King</c><00:25:58.539><c> of</c><00:25:58.799><c> the</c><00:25:59.059><c> Amorites.</c>

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Look<00:26:00.859><c> at</c><00:26:01.000><c> the</c><00:26:01.200><c> green.</c><00:26:01.519><c> That's</c><00:26:01.900><c> the</c><00:26:02.079><c> tract</c><00:26:02.279><c> of</c><00:26:02.539><c> land</c><00:26:03.000><c> that</c><00:26:03.660><c> Israel</c><00:26:04.299><c> had</c>

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:09.180
taken<00:26:06.180><c> from</c><00:26:06.579><c> the</c><00:26:06.799><c> kings</c><00:26:07.180><c> of</c><00:26:07.539><c> the</c><00:26:07.640><c> Canaanite</c><00:26:08.099><c> nations.</c>

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:15.660
And<00:26:10.539><c> that</c><00:26:10.819><c> had</c><00:26:11.079><c> promoted</c><00:26:11.660><c> fear</c><00:26:12.339><c> in</c><00:26:13.900><c> the</c><00:26:14.180><c> minds</c><00:26:14.500><c> of</c><00:26:14.740><c> the</c><00:26:14.940><c> Moabites</c>

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:19.880
because<00:26:16.160><c> Israel</c><00:26:16.519><c> had</c><00:26:16.759><c> now</c><00:26:17.759><c> accomplished</c><00:26:18.240><c> this</c><00:26:19.000><c> major</c><00:26:19.400><c> victory</c>

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:23.920
and<00:26:20.160><c> then</c><00:26:20.420><c> come</c><00:26:20.660><c> and</c><00:26:21.339><c> settled</c><00:26:21.740><c> right</c><00:26:22.460><c> at</c><00:26:22.680><c> the</c><00:26:22.859><c> bottom</c><00:26:23.240><c> of</c><00:26:23.779><c> the</c>

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territory<00:26:24.339><c> of</c><00:26:24.619><c> Moab.</c>

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And<00:26:25.400><c> that</c><00:26:25.680><c> instills</c><00:26:26.220><c> fear.</c>

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Let's<00:26:27.099><c> go</c><00:26:27.299><c> back</c><00:26:27.500><c> to</c><00:26:27.660><c> the</c><00:26:27.759><c> book</c><00:26:27.880><c> of</c><00:26:28.099><c> Numbers</c><00:26:28.500><c> and</c><00:26:28.960><c> pick</c><00:26:29.140><c> up</c><00:26:29.240><c> some</c>

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of<00:26:29.619><c> the</c><00:26:29.759><c> details.</c>

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What<00:26:37.359><c> time</c><00:26:37.740><c> have</c><00:26:37.900><c> I</c><00:26:38.019><c> got</c><00:26:38.200><c> to</c><00:26:38.359><c> go</c><00:26:38.559><c> to?</c>

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:44.500
I've<00:26:41.740><c> got</c><00:26:42.160><c> 15</c><00:26:42.500><c> minutes?</c><00:26:43.400><c> Okay.</c>

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.579
I<00:26:46.019><c> get</c><00:26:46.319><c> a</c><00:26:46.460><c> little</c><00:26:46.740><c> lost</c><00:26:47.099><c> with</c><00:26:47.299><c> the</c><00:26:47.460><c> time.</c>

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:54.039
Numbers<00:26:47.880><c> 22,</c><00:26:51.180><c> verse</c><00:26:51.660><c> 1</c><00:26:52.420><c> and</c><00:26:52.579><c> 3.</c>

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:57.099
Children<00:26:54.960><c> of</c><00:26:55.099><c> Israel</c><00:26:55.500><c> set</c><00:26:55.799><c> forward,</c><00:26:56.400><c> pitched</c><00:26:56.519><c> in</c><00:26:56.720><c> the</c><00:26:56.920><c> plains</c>

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:59.440
of<00:26:57.420><c> Moab,</c><00:26:57.700><c> on</c><00:26:57.839><c> this</c><00:26:58.099><c> side</c><00:26:58.339><c> Jordan</c><00:26:58.680><c> by</c><00:26:58.980><c> Jericho,</c>

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:02.819
and<00:26:59.940><c> Baalak</c><00:27:00.440><c> the</c><00:27:00.539><c> son</c><00:27:00.759><c> of</c><00:27:00.920><c> Zippor</c><00:27:01.279><c> saw</c><00:27:01.619><c> all</c><00:27:02.099><c> that</c><00:27:02.279><c> Israel</c><00:27:02.579><c> had</c>

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.240
done<00:27:02.980><c> to</c><00:27:03.220><c> the</c><00:27:03.500><c> Amorites,</c>

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.900
and<00:27:04.819><c> Moab</c><00:27:05.000><c> was</c><00:27:05.400><c> sore</c><00:27:05.759><c> afraid</c><00:27:06.180><c> of</c><00:27:06.359><c> the</c><00:27:06.559><c> people.</c>

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.900
And<00:27:07.220><c> so</c><00:27:07.359><c> the</c><00:27:07.579><c> geography</c><00:27:09.240><c> of</c><00:27:09.720><c> the</c><00:27:09.839><c> land,</c><00:27:10.019><c> the</c><00:27:10.240><c> territory</c><00:27:10.680><c> that</c>

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:14.099
Israel<00:27:11.240><c> took,</c><00:27:12.339><c> dwarfed</c><00:27:13.319><c> Moab.</c>

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:18.660
And<00:27:14.680><c> you</c><00:27:14.740><c> can</c><00:27:14.880><c> imagine</c><00:27:15.220><c> the</c><00:27:15.500><c> fear</c><00:27:15.880><c> that</c><00:27:17.519><c> that</c><00:27:17.759><c> brought</c><00:27:17.920><c> in</c><00:27:18.579><c> the</c>

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.819
minds<00:27:18.920><c> of</c><00:27:19.119><c> the</c><00:27:19.299><c> people</c><00:27:19.480><c> because</c><00:27:19.819><c> they</c><00:27:20.099><c> were</c><00:27:20.400><c> many.</c>

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:24.480
And<00:27:21.319><c> Moab</c><00:27:21.619><c> was</c><00:27:21.920><c> distressed</c><00:27:22.440><c> because</c><00:27:22.740><c> of</c><00:27:22.920><c> the</c><00:27:23.079><c> children</c><00:27:23.359><c> of</c><00:27:23.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:28.019
Now,<00:27:24.680><c> that</c><00:27:24.819><c> wasn't</c><00:27:25.059><c> the</c><00:27:25.279><c> only</c><00:27:25.579><c> thing</c><00:27:25.859><c> that</c><00:27:26.859><c> created</c><00:27:27.420><c> the</c><00:27:27.759><c> fear.</c>

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:31.819
Fear<00:27:28.640><c> was</c><00:27:28.960><c> created</c><00:27:29.680><c> by</c><00:27:30.000><c> the</c><00:27:30.259><c> camp</c><00:27:30.480><c> of</c><00:27:30.680><c> Israel</c><00:27:31.039><c> itself.</c>

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:41.319
And<00:27:32.259><c> we</c><00:27:32.420><c> read</c><00:27:32.599><c> of</c><00:27:32.779><c> that</c><00:27:33.400><c> in</c><00:27:34.119><c> chapter</c><00:27:34.420><c> 24,</c><00:27:37.500><c> verse</c><00:27:37.779><c> 2</c><00:27:38.819><c> to</c><00:27:40.000><c> 5.</c>

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.779
Balaam<00:27:41.700><c> lifted</c><00:27:42.039><c> up</c><00:27:42.259><c> his</c><00:27:42.420><c> eyes</c><00:27:42.680><c> and</c><00:27:42.880><c> saw</c><00:27:43.160><c> Israel</c><00:27:43.720><c> abiding</c><00:27:44.559><c> in</c>

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:46.660
his<00:27:45.079><c> tents</c><00:27:45.299><c> according</c><00:27:45.720><c> to</c><00:27:45.960><c> their</c><00:27:46.220><c> tribes,</c>

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.980
and<00:27:47.079><c> the</c><00:27:47.400><c> Spirit</c><00:27:47.640><c> of</c><00:27:47.839><c> God</c><00:27:48.119><c> came</c><00:27:48.420><c> upon</c><00:27:48.759><c> him.</c>

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:51.140
And<00:27:49.259><c> you</c><00:27:49.339><c> can</c><00:27:49.559><c> imagine,</c><00:27:50.079><c> brethren</c><00:27:50.259><c> and</c><00:27:50.480><c> sisters,</c><00:27:50.619><c> three</c><00:27:50.980><c> and</c>

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.960
a<00:27:51.200><c> half</c><00:27:51.359><c> million</c><00:27:51.660><c> people</c><00:27:52.059><c> or</c><00:27:52.319><c> thereabouts,</c>

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:57.460
and<00:27:53.900><c> you've</c><00:27:54.180><c> got</c><00:27:54.359><c> the</c><00:27:54.680><c> camp</c><00:27:54.900><c> of</c><00:27:55.099><c> Israel</c><00:27:55.400><c> in</c><00:27:55.559><c> its</c><00:27:55.880><c> four</c><00:27:56.200><c>-square</c><00:27:56.640><c> encampment,</c>

00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:00.799
you've<00:27:58.279><c> got</c><00:27:58.460><c> the</c><00:27:58.740><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:59.200><c> of</c><00:27:59.440><c> Israel</c><00:27:59.859><c> in</c><00:28:00.299><c> the</c><00:28:00.500><c> midst,</c>

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:04.559
and<00:28:01.119><c> the</c><00:28:01.339><c> Shekinah</c><00:28:01.880><c> glory</c><00:28:02.339><c> emanating</c><00:28:03.099><c> from</c><00:28:03.359><c> the</c><00:28:03.839><c> Most</c><00:28:04.240><c> Holy</c>

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.599
Place<00:28:05.079><c> as</c><00:28:05.400><c> they</c><00:28:05.740><c> camped</c><00:28:06.059><c> in</c><00:28:06.259><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:09.140
What<00:28:06.960><c> a</c><00:28:07.259><c> glorious</c><00:28:07.680><c> sight</c><00:28:08.119><c> that</c><00:28:08.480><c> would</c><00:28:08.680><c> have</c><00:28:08.900><c> been.</c>

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:13.160
And<00:28:09.660><c> Balaam</c><00:28:09.900><c> looks</c><00:28:10.220><c> down</c><00:28:10.700><c> and</c><00:28:11.259><c> it</c><00:28:11.539><c> says,</c><00:28:12.619><c> verse</c><00:28:12.839><c> 4,</c>

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:15.700
He<00:28:13.259><c> hath</c><00:28:13.539><c> said</c><00:28:13.819><c> which</c><00:28:14.059><c> heard</c><00:28:14.339><c> the</c><00:28:14.500><c> words</c><00:28:14.759><c> of</c><00:28:14.940><c> God,</c><00:28:15.339><c> which</c><00:28:15.440><c> saw</c>

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:18.299
the<00:28:15.900><c> vision</c><00:28:16.099><c> of</c><00:28:16.259><c> the</c><00:28:16.420><c> Almighty</c><00:28:16.819><c> falling</c><00:28:17.319><c> into</c><00:28:17.700><c> a</c><00:28:17.940><c> trance,</c>

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:22.480
but<00:28:18.619><c> having</c><00:28:18.859><c> his</c><00:28:19.099><c> eyes</c><00:28:19.279><c> open,</c><00:28:20.140><c> how</c><00:28:20.460><c> goodly</c><00:28:20.980><c> are</c><00:28:21.200><c> thy</c><00:28:21.460><c> tents,</c><00:28:22.000><c> O</c><00:28:22.039><c> Israel!</c>

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:25.519
O<00:28:22.900><c> Jacob,</c><00:28:23.619><c> and</c><00:28:23.740><c> thy</c><00:28:23.940><c> tabernacles,</c><00:28:24.940><c> O</c><00:28:24.980><c> Israel!</c>

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:29.900
As<00:28:26.019><c> the</c><00:28:26.339><c> valleys</c><00:28:26.819><c> are</c><00:28:27.279><c> they</c><00:28:27.599><c> spread</c><00:28:28.099><c> forth,</c><00:28:28.859><c> and</c><00:28:29.140><c> as</c><00:28:29.460><c> gardens</c>

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by<00:28:30.240><c> the</c><00:28:30.480><c> riverside,</c>

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as<00:28:31.599><c> the</c><00:28:31.859><c> trees</c><00:28:32.180><c> of</c><00:28:32.500><c> line</c><00:28:32.839><c> the</c><00:28:32.980><c> lowers</c><00:28:33.180><c> which</c><00:28:33.460><c> the</c><00:28:33.740><c> Lord</c><00:28:33.980><c> hath</c><00:28:34.200><c> planted,</c>

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.359
and<00:28:35.240><c> as</c><00:28:35.539><c> cedar</c><00:28:35.819><c> trees</c><00:28:36.119><c> besides</c><00:28:36.619><c> the</c><00:28:36.960><c> waters.</c>

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:40.700
And<00:28:37.960><c> you</c><00:28:38.099><c> could</c><00:28:38.380><c> see</c><00:28:38.599><c> from</c><00:28:38.839><c> the</c><00:28:39.039><c> mountain</c><00:28:39.400><c> top</c><00:28:39.660><c> this</c><00:28:40.059><c> expanse</c>

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of<00:28:40.940><c> people,</c>

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:45.000
and<00:28:42.000><c> the</c><00:28:42.259><c> glory</c><00:28:42.539><c> of</c><00:28:42.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:43.099><c> emanating</c><00:28:43.720><c> from</c><00:28:43.940><c> the</c><00:28:44.140><c> center</c><00:28:44.440><c> of</c><00:28:44.700><c> Israel,</c>

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:51.380
an<00:28:45.559><c> awe</c><00:28:45.920><c>-inspiring</c><00:28:46.680><c> sight</c><00:28:47.299><c> which</c><00:28:48.440><c> created</c><00:28:49.319><c> fear</c><00:28:49.940><c> in</c><00:28:50.920><c> the</c><00:28:51.160><c> mind</c>

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:53.319
of<00:28:51.599><c> the</c><00:28:51.720><c> people</c><00:28:51.980><c> of</c><00:28:52.259><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:59.960
And<00:28:54.200><c> what</c><00:28:54.859><c> Balaam</c><00:28:55.240><c> does,</c><00:28:56.720><c> he</c><00:28:57.079><c> embarks</c><00:28:57.720><c> upon</c><00:28:58.720><c> a</c><00:28:58.980><c> warfare.</c>

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:03.200
And<00:29:01.640><c> it</c><00:29:01.799><c> was</c><00:29:01.980><c> a</c><00:29:02.180><c> warfare,</c><00:29:02.660><c> brethren</c><00:29:02.839><c> and</c><00:29:02.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:05.960
Just<00:29:03.460><c> go</c><00:29:03.700><c> to</c><00:29:03.859><c> Joshua</c><00:29:04.240><c> chapter</c><00:29:04.599><c> 24.</c>

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:11.079
It<00:29:07.799><c> was</c><00:29:08.019><c> a</c><00:29:08.259><c> warfare</c><00:29:08.859><c> that</c><00:29:09.740><c> he</c><00:29:09.880><c> was</c><00:29:10.160><c> entering</c><00:29:10.460><c> into.</c>

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.240
Joshua<00:29:11.819><c> 24</c><00:29:12.460><c> and</c><00:29:12.640><c> verse</c><00:29:12.900><c> 9.</c>

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:24.180
Then<00:29:21.640><c> Balaam,</c><00:29:22.140><c> the</c><00:29:22.240><c> son</c><00:29:22.460><c> of</c><00:29:22.619><c> Zippor</c><00:29:22.940><c> king</c><00:29:23.200><c> of</c><00:29:23.440><c> Moab,</c><00:29:23.779><c> arose</c>

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.960
and<00:29:24.460><c> warred</c><00:29:24.980><c> against</c><00:29:25.480><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:29.519
Now<00:29:26.279><c> there</c><00:29:26.420><c> was</c><00:29:26.640><c> no</c><00:29:26.880><c> battle.</c><00:29:27.960><c> That's</c><00:29:28.299><c> interesting,</c><00:29:28.859><c> isn't</c><00:29:29.059><c> it?</c>

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:32.019
There<00:29:29.819><c> was</c><00:29:30.119><c> no</c><00:29:30.400><c> physical</c><00:29:30.900><c> battle.</c>

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:37.319
But<00:29:33.059><c> he</c><00:29:33.319><c> warred</c><00:29:33.700><c> against</c><00:29:34.160><c> Israel</c><00:29:34.980><c> and</c><00:29:35.400><c> sent</c><00:29:35.740><c> and</c><00:29:35.980><c> called</c><00:29:36.180><c> Balaam,</c><00:29:37.240><c> the</c>

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:40.519
son<00:29:37.539><c> of</c><00:29:37.839><c> Veor,</c><00:29:38.680><c> to</c><00:29:38.920><c> curse</c><00:29:39.220><c> them.</c>

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.079
We've<00:29:45.359><c> got</c><00:29:45.440><c> to</c><00:29:45.640><c> recognize,</c><00:29:46.200><c> brethren</c><00:29:46.380><c> and</c><00:29:46.720><c> sisters,</c><00:29:46.759><c> that</c><00:29:46.940><c> we</c>

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:49.059
are<00:29:47.339><c> at</c><00:29:47.539><c> war</c><00:29:47.740><c> with</c><00:29:47.960><c> this</c><00:29:48.200><c> world.</c>

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:52.460
Just<00:29:49.339><c> have</c><00:29:49.519><c> a</c><00:29:49.599><c> look</c><00:29:49.720><c> at</c><00:29:49.859><c> some</c><00:29:50.140><c> passages</c><00:29:50.579><c> in</c><00:29:51.339><c> the</c><00:29:51.660><c> New</c><00:29:51.920><c> Testament.</c>

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:55.319
Just<00:29:52.980><c> very</c><00:29:53.319><c> briefly,</c><00:29:54.380><c> keep</c><00:29:54.660><c> your</c><00:29:54.839><c> fingers</c><00:29:55.079><c> there.</c>

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:58.819
But<00:29:55.559><c> 1</c><00:29:55.720><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:56.079><c> 9</c><00:29:56.519><c> and</c><00:29:56.740><c> verse</c><00:29:57.359><c> 7.</c>

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:06.519
Who<00:30:03.440><c> goeth</c><00:30:03.839><c> a</c><00:30:04.140><c> warfare</c><00:30:04.579><c> at</c><00:30:04.880><c> any</c><00:30:05.279><c> time</c><00:30:05.500><c> at</c><00:30:05.660><c> his</c><00:30:05.799><c> own</c><00:30:06.059><c> charges?</c>

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:09.960
That's<00:30:07.400><c> what</c><00:30:07.579><c> we're</c><00:30:07.839><c> doing.</c><00:30:08.220><c> We're</c><00:30:08.440><c> going</c><00:30:08.880><c> on</c><00:30:09.220><c> a</c><00:30:09.440><c> warfare.</c>

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:15.799
2<00:30:11.319><c> Timothy</c><00:30:11.859><c> chapter</c><00:30:12.279><c> 2</c><00:30:13.160><c> and</c><00:30:13.700><c> verse</c><00:30:14.039><c> 4.</c>

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:23.940
Know<00:30:19.900><c> men</c><00:30:20.240><c> that</c><00:30:20.579><c> warreth</c><00:30:21.019><c> and</c><00:30:21.660><c> entangleth</c><00:30:22.299><c> himself</c><00:30:22.960><c> with</c><00:30:23.579><c> the</c>

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:26.259
affairs<00:30:24.359><c> of</c><00:30:24.819><c> this</c><00:30:25.099><c> life,</c>

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:30.980
that<00:30:26.880><c> he</c><00:30:27.140><c> may</c><00:30:27.420><c> please</c><00:30:27.960><c> him</c><00:30:28.440><c> who</c><00:30:28.900><c> hath</c><00:30:29.160><c> chosen</c><00:30:29.720><c> him</c><00:30:30.059><c> to</c><00:30:30.200><c> be</c><00:30:30.440><c> a</c><00:30:30.640><c> soldier.</c>

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:35.740
And<00:30:31.460><c> we've</c><00:30:31.660><c> been</c><00:30:32.059><c> chosen</c><00:30:32.500><c> by</c><00:30:32.880><c> God</c><00:30:33.420><c> to</c><00:30:33.819><c> be</c><00:30:34.059><c> soldiers</c><00:30:34.480><c> of</c><00:30:34.799><c> faith.</c>

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:40.759
And<00:30:36.920><c> as</c><00:30:37.180><c> a</c><00:30:37.400><c> result</c><00:30:37.640><c> of</c><00:30:37.839><c> that,</c><00:30:38.059><c> we</c><00:30:38.079><c> don't</c><00:30:38.359><c> get</c><00:30:38.640><c> entangled</c><00:30:39.400><c> in</c><00:30:39.960><c> the</c><00:30:40.220><c> affairs</c><00:30:40.519><c> of</c>

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.960
this<00:30:41.000><c> world.</c>

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:49.740
But<00:30:44.000><c> it's</c><00:30:44.279><c> not</c><00:30:44.420><c> at</c><00:30:44.680><c> warfare</c><00:30:45.059><c> with</c><00:30:45.960><c> guns</c><00:30:46.539><c> and</c><00:30:47.299><c> swords</c><00:30:47.880><c> and</c><00:30:48.299><c> spears.</c>

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:54.599
Paul<00:30:50.099><c> tells</c><00:30:50.460><c> us</c><00:30:50.740><c> in</c><00:30:51.240><c> 2</c><00:30:51.680><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:52.279><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.799><c> 10,</c><00:30:54.200><c> and</c><00:30:54.259><c> notice</c>

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:59.579
the<00:30:54.839><c> emphasis</c><00:30:55.299><c> in</c><00:30:55.539><c> this</c><00:30:55.819><c> verse,</c><00:30:56.759><c> verse</c><00:30:57.259><c> 4.</c>

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:02.279
2<00:31:00.180><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:00.680><c> 10</c><00:31:01.140><c> and</c><00:31:01.319><c> verse</c><00:31:01.640><c> 4.</c>

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:07.759
The<00:31:03.059><c> weapons</c><00:31:03.539><c> of</c><00:31:03.839><c> our</c><00:31:04.119><c> warfare</c><00:31:04.660><c> are</c><00:31:05.440><c> not</c><00:31:05.779><c> carnal,</c><00:31:07.200><c> but</c><00:31:07.400><c> mighty</c>

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.279
through<00:31:08.059><c> God</c><00:31:08.319><c> to</c><00:31:08.539><c> the</c><00:31:08.759><c> pulling</c><00:31:08.980><c> down</c><00:31:09.279><c> of</c><00:31:09.599><c> strongholds,</c>

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:15.519
casting<00:31:10.640><c> down</c><00:31:11.079><c> imagination,</c><00:31:12.299><c> every</c><00:31:12.640><c> high</c><00:31:13.059><c> thing</c><00:31:13.299><c> that</c><00:31:13.660><c> exalteth</c><00:31:14.160><c> itself</c><00:31:14.700><c> against</c><00:31:15.240><c> the</c>

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.200
knowledge<00:31:15.759><c> of</c><00:31:15.960><c> God</c>

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:20.140
and<00:31:16.480><c> bringeth</c><00:31:16.720><c> into</c><00:31:16.960><c> captivity</c><00:31:17.539><c> every</c><00:31:17.960><c> thought</c><00:31:18.380><c> to</c><00:31:18.859><c> the</c><00:31:19.079><c> obedience</c><00:31:19.480><c> of</c><00:31:19.759><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:24.180
Did<00:31:20.519><c> you</c><00:31:20.720><c> see</c><00:31:21.000><c> the</c><00:31:21.519><c> three</c><00:31:21.940><c> terms</c><00:31:22.440><c> there,</c><00:31:23.380><c> which</c><00:31:23.680><c> talked</c><00:31:23.920><c> about</c>

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.380
the<00:31:24.460><c> mind?</c>

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:28.740
It's<00:31:26.900><c> a</c><00:31:27.099><c> warfare</c><00:31:27.599><c> in</c><00:31:28.000><c> the</c><00:31:28.240><c> mind.</c>

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:33.619
We're<00:31:29.880><c> casting</c><00:31:30.319><c> down</c><00:31:31.440><c> imaginations,</c><00:31:32.799><c> or</c><00:31:32.859><c> as</c><00:31:33.059><c> the</c><00:31:33.299><c> revised</c>

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.900
version<00:31:34.000><c> puts</c><00:31:34.319><c> it,</c>

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:38.779
casting<00:31:35.460><c> down</c><00:31:36.099><c> the</c><00:31:36.599><c> reasonings</c><00:31:37.279><c> of</c><00:31:37.460><c> this</c><00:31:37.799><c> world.</c>

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:41.380
It's<00:31:39.740><c> reasonings.</c>

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:46.279
And<00:31:42.500><c> every</c><00:31:42.799><c> high</c><00:31:43.279><c> thing</c><00:31:43.599><c> that</c><00:31:44.019><c> exalteth</c><00:31:44.500><c> itself</c><00:31:45.039><c> against</c><00:31:45.880><c> the</c>

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:48.440
knowledge<00:31:46.640><c> of</c><00:31:46.980><c> God</c>

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:56.440
and<00:31:49.900><c> bringing</c><00:31:50.140><c> into</c><00:31:51.799><c> captivity</c><00:31:52.460><c> every</c><00:31:53.420><c> thought</c><00:31:54.099><c> to</c><00:31:55.000><c> the</c><00:31:55.279><c> obedience</c><00:31:55.700><c> of</c><00:31:55.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:59.799
It's<00:31:57.279><c> the</c><00:31:57.460><c> challenge</c><00:31:58.079><c> for</c><00:31:58.319><c> the</c><00:31:58.539><c> mind,</c><00:31:59.019><c> brethren</c><00:31:59.140><c> and</c><00:31:59.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:02.500
Not<00:32:00.200><c> just</c><00:32:00.440><c> with</c><00:32:00.660><c> our</c><00:32:00.859><c> young</c><00:32:01.039><c> people,</c><00:32:01.440><c> but</c><00:32:01.579><c> with</c><00:32:01.819><c> ourselves.</c>

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:05.980
That<00:32:03.200><c> is</c><00:32:03.420><c> the</c><00:32:03.700><c> warfare</c><00:32:04.019><c> that</c><00:32:04.220><c> we're</c><00:32:04.599><c> contending</c><00:32:05.079><c> with.</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:10.619
And<00:32:06.799><c> we</c><00:32:06.940><c> must</c><00:32:07.180><c> recognize</c><00:32:07.779><c> that</c><00:32:08.200><c> in</c><00:32:08.859><c> our</c><00:32:09.160><c> daily</c><00:32:09.420><c> life.</c>

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:15.799
And<00:32:11.700><c> Balak</c><00:32:12.259><c> hired</c><00:32:12.839><c> Balam</c><00:32:13.380><c> to</c><00:32:14.200><c> do</c><00:32:14.380><c> his</c><00:32:14.579><c> dirty</c><00:32:14.880><c> work</c><00:32:15.079><c> for</c><00:32:15.380><c> him.</c>

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:19.019
Now,<00:32:17.319><c> what</c><00:32:17.500><c> was</c><00:32:17.660><c> Balam</c><00:32:18.180><c> like?</c>

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:24.599
Notice<00:32:21.819><c> what</c><00:32:22.000><c> the</c><00:32:22.220><c> scripture</c><00:32:22.500><c> says</c><00:32:22.920><c> about</c><00:32:23.299><c> Balam.</c>

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:27.940
Balam<00:32:25.480><c> the</c><00:32:25.599><c> son</c><00:32:25.839><c> of</c><00:32:26.160><c> Beor.</c>

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:32.599
It<00:32:28.019><c> talks</c><00:32:28.420><c> about</c><00:32:29.559><c> the</c><00:32:30.240><c> error</c><00:32:30.759><c> of</c><00:32:31.619><c> Balam.</c>

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:38.299
Now<00:32:33.599><c> that</c><00:32:33.700><c> word</c><00:32:34.019><c> error</c><00:32:34.460><c> in</c><00:32:34.759><c> Jude</c><00:32:35.099><c> verse</c><00:32:35.400><c> 11,</c><00:32:36.559><c> it</c><00:32:36.559><c> means</c><00:32:36.819><c> to</c><00:32:37.140><c> deceive.</c>

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:42.420
That's<00:32:38.900><c> what</c><00:32:39.039><c> it</c><00:32:39.259><c> means,</c><00:32:40.480><c> to</c><00:32:40.740><c> deceive</c><00:32:41.180><c> or</c><00:32:41.440><c> to</c><00:32:41.619><c> be</c><00:32:41.839><c> a</c><00:32:41.960><c> delusion.</c>

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:46.859
It's<00:32:42.980><c> the</c><00:32:43.140><c> word</c><00:32:43.400><c> delusion</c><00:32:43.880><c> which</c><00:32:44.140><c> is</c><00:32:44.359><c> used</c><00:32:44.519><c> in</c><00:32:44.740><c> 2</c><00:32:45.059><c> Thessalonians</c><00:32:46.079><c> chapter</c><00:32:46.559><c> 2</c>

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.539
and<00:32:47.000><c> verse</c><00:32:47.240><c> 11</c>

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:50.859
where<00:32:47.779><c> God</c><00:32:48.019><c> says,</c><00:32:48.619><c> he</c><00:32:48.619><c> shall</c><00:32:48.880><c> send</c><00:32:49.240><c> them</c><00:32:49.519><c> strong</c><00:32:50.099><c> delusion.</c>

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:54.940
And<00:32:51.599><c> that's</c><00:32:51.880><c> what</c><00:32:52.240><c> Balam's</c><00:32:52.779><c> job</c><00:32:53.019><c> was,</c><00:32:53.599><c> to</c><00:32:54.000><c> delude</c><00:32:54.420><c> Israel</c>

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.900
into<00:32:55.359><c> thinking</c>

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:58.559
that<00:32:56.400><c> they</c><00:32:56.559><c> were</c><00:32:56.720><c> doing</c><00:32:56.980><c> right</c><00:32:57.519><c> when</c><00:32:57.839><c> they</c><00:32:57.960><c> were</c><00:32:58.200><c> actually</c>

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.059
doing<00:32:58.880><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:05.339
It<00:33:02.039><c> describes</c><00:33:02.380><c> it</c><00:33:02.640><c> in</c><00:33:02.779><c> chapter</c><00:33:03.099><c> 2</c><00:33:03.359><c> and</c><00:33:03.519><c> 14</c><00:33:04.200><c> of</c><00:33:04.720><c> Revelation</c><00:33:05.099><c> as</c>

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:08.279
the<00:33:05.660><c> doctrine</c><00:33:06.400><c> of</c><00:33:07.799><c> Balam.</c>

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:13.960
In<00:33:08.720><c> other</c><00:33:08.980><c> words,</c><00:33:09.680><c> he</c><00:33:09.759><c> was</c><00:33:10.019><c> to</c><00:33:10.319><c> teach</c><00:33:10.759><c> or</c><00:33:11.259><c> instruct</c><00:33:12.440><c> certain</c>

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:18.940
things<00:33:14.799><c> to</c><00:33:16.000><c> cause</c><00:33:16.940><c> Israel</c><00:33:17.380><c> to</c><00:33:17.900><c> go</c><00:33:18.220><c> astray.</c>

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:25.039
And<00:33:19.859><c> it</c><00:33:20.079><c> calls</c><00:33:20.400><c> it</c><00:33:20.920><c> the</c><00:33:21.200><c> way</c><00:33:21.680><c> of</c><00:33:22.059><c> Balam</c><00:33:23.099><c> in</c><00:33:23.839><c> 2</c><00:33:24.200><c> Peter</c><00:33:24.519><c> chapter</c><00:33:24.839><c> 2</c>

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.440
verse<00:33:25.319><c> 15.</c>

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:30.079
And<00:33:26.500><c> that</c><00:33:26.740><c> means</c><00:33:27.160><c> a</c><00:33:27.640><c> highway</c><00:33:28.000><c> or</c><00:33:28.420><c> a</c><00:33:28.740><c> broad</c><00:33:29.079><c> way.</c>

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:34.619
And<00:33:30.740><c> the</c><00:33:30.960><c> way</c><00:33:31.200><c> of</c><00:33:31.539><c> Balam</c><00:33:32.000><c> is</c><00:33:32.299><c> described</c><00:33:33.019><c> amply</c><00:33:33.559><c> for</c><00:33:33.799><c> us</c><00:33:34.039><c> by</c><00:33:34.480><c> the</c>

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.539
Lord<00:33:34.779><c> Jesus</c><00:33:35.200><c> Christ</c>

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:39.579
where<00:33:35.759><c> He</c><00:33:35.940><c> says,</c><00:33:37.359><c> enter</c><00:33:37.519><c> in</c><00:33:37.700><c> at</c><00:33:37.859><c> the</c><00:33:38.119><c> straight</c><00:33:38.319><c> gate</c><00:33:38.640><c> for</c><00:33:38.960><c> broad</c><00:33:39.339><c> is</c>

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:41.140
the<00:33:39.759><c> way</c><00:33:39.960><c> that</c><00:33:40.119><c> leads</c><00:33:40.359><c> to</c><00:33:40.619><c> destruction</c>

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:43.859
and<00:33:41.700><c> many</c><00:33:42.160><c> there</c><00:33:42.539><c> be</c><00:33:42.759><c> that</c><00:33:42.940><c> go</c><00:33:43.180><c> in</c><00:33:43.380><c> there</c><00:33:43.599><c> at.</c>

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:48.200
And<00:33:44.400><c> with</c><00:33:44.799><c> whom</c><00:33:45.019><c> was</c><00:33:45.299><c> God</c><00:33:45.720><c> displeased?</c><00:33:47.099><c> Many.</c>

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:52.460
Many<00:33:49.079><c> Israelites</c><00:33:49.700><c> went</c><00:33:50.019><c> into</c><00:33:50.299><c> that</c><00:33:50.599><c> broad</c><00:33:50.980><c> way</c><00:33:51.380><c> as</c><00:33:51.960><c> a</c><00:33:52.220><c> result</c>

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:55.059
of<00:33:52.680><c> the</c><00:33:52.839><c> teaching</c><00:33:53.400><c> of</c><00:33:54.240><c> Balam.</c>

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:59.119
And<00:33:55.339><c> one</c><00:33:55.460><c> of</c><00:33:55.579><c> the</c><00:33:55.779><c> significant</c><00:33:56.279><c> things</c><00:33:56.640><c> that</c><00:33:56.819><c> we</c><00:33:57.000><c> notice</c><00:33:57.440><c> with</c><00:33:57.680><c> Balam,</c>

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:04.220
once<00:33:59.539><c> he</c><00:33:59.779><c> enters</c><00:34:00.140><c> the</c><00:34:00.460><c> scene</c><00:34:01.039><c> of</c><00:34:01.460><c> scripture,</c><00:34:02.400><c> he</c><00:34:02.539><c> never</c><00:34:02.819><c> leaves</c><00:34:03.119><c> it.</c>

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:08.619
When<00:34:04.980><c> he</c><00:34:05.259><c> enters</c><00:34:05.559><c> the</c><00:34:05.839><c> pages</c><00:34:06.220><c> of</c><00:34:06.559><c> scripture</c><00:34:06.880><c> in</c><00:34:07.079><c> Numbers</c><00:34:07.420><c> 24,</c>

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:11.019
he's<00:34:09.300><c> there</c><00:34:09.579><c> all</c><00:34:10.039><c> through</c><00:34:10.300><c> the</c><00:34:10.559><c> scriptures.</c>

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:15.039
He's<00:34:11.940><c> there</c><00:34:12.179><c> in</c><00:34:12.340><c> Micah,</c><00:34:13.780><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:18.579
He's<00:34:15.400><c> there</c><00:34:15.619><c> in</c><00:34:15.780><c> the</c><00:34:15.880><c> New</c><00:34:16.099><c> Testament</c><00:34:16.579><c> in</c><00:34:16.840><c> Peter</c><00:34:17.280><c> and</c><00:34:17.760><c> Jude</c><00:34:18.119><c> and</c>

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.880
in<00:34:18.820><c> Revelation.</c>

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:21.760
He<00:34:20.420><c> never</c><00:34:20.940><c> leaves</c><00:34:21.340><c> it.</c>

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.820
And<00:34:22.099><c> where</c><00:34:22.300><c> do</c><00:34:22.420><c> we</c><00:34:22.599><c> find</c><00:34:22.900><c> him?</c><00:34:23.760><c> Later</c><00:34:24.199><c> on</c><00:34:24.460><c> in</c><00:34:24.659><c> the</c><00:34:24.840><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:29.300
That's<00:34:26.260><c> where</c><00:34:26.400><c> he's</c><00:34:26.780><c> residing</c><00:34:27.179><c> now</c><00:34:27.699><c> in</c><00:34:28.000><c> New</c><00:34:28.280><c> Testament</c><00:34:28.719><c> times.</c>

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:34.079
Not<00:34:30.039><c> with</c><00:34:30.340><c> Balak,</c><00:34:31.400><c> but</c><00:34:31.539><c> he's</c><00:34:32.000><c> entrenched</c><00:34:32.500><c> in</c><00:34:32.800><c> the</c><00:34:33.039><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:38.139
And<00:34:34.619><c> so</c><00:34:35.199><c> Balam</c><00:34:35.639><c> was</c><00:34:35.840><c> something</c><00:34:36.280><c> to</c><00:34:36.960><c> be</c><00:34:37.340><c> worried</c><00:34:37.659><c> about.</c>

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:40.500
Now<00:34:38.519><c> look</c><00:34:38.719><c> what</c><00:34:39.000><c> Peter</c><00:34:39.239><c> says</c><00:34:39.539><c> in</c><00:34:39.760><c> more</c><00:34:39.960><c> detail.</c>

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:46.900
We<00:34:40.960><c> spelt</c><00:34:41.260><c> it</c><00:34:41.480><c> out</c><00:34:41.880><c> just</c><00:34:42.179><c> to</c><00:34:42.400><c> sort</c><00:34:42.500><c> of</c><00:34:43.019><c> emphasize</c><00:34:43.579><c> it</c><00:34:43.840><c> in</c><00:34:44.000><c> 2</c><00:34:44.260><c> Peter</c><00:34:44.539><c> chapter</c><00:34:44.940><c> 2.</c>

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:56.599
Talking<00:34:49.280><c> about</c><00:34:49.800><c> Balam</c><00:34:50.599><c> in</c><00:34:51.780><c> 2</c><00:34:52.099><c> Peter</c><00:34:52.440><c> chapter</c><00:34:52.800><c> 2,</c><00:34:54.199><c> verse</c><00:34:54.699><c> 14,</c>

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:05.739
the<00:35:02.320><c> influence</c><00:35:02.860><c> of</c><00:35:03.219><c> Balam</c><00:35:03.559><c> was</c><00:35:04.059><c> that</c><00:35:04.460><c> those</c><00:35:04.800><c> in</c><00:35:05.159><c> the</c><00:35:05.360><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:07.480
who<00:35:05.940><c> were</c><00:35:06.239><c> false</c><00:35:06.820><c> apostles,</c>

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:11.019
they<00:35:07.719><c> have</c><00:35:08.059><c> eyes</c><00:35:08.619><c> full</c><00:35:09.079><c> of</c><00:35:09.659><c> adultery.</c>

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:15.860
So<00:35:11.519><c> there</c><00:35:11.719><c> was</c><00:35:12.000><c> an</c><00:35:12.260><c> illicit</c><00:35:12.679><c> relationship</c><00:35:13.639><c> with</c><00:35:14.179><c> the</c><00:35:14.420><c> world</c><00:35:14.659><c> outside.</c>

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:19.340
They<00:35:16.579><c> cannot</c><00:35:17.099><c> cease</c><00:35:17.739><c> from</c><00:35:18.380><c> sin.</c>

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:23.519
They<00:35:20.760><c> beguiled</c><00:35:21.380><c> unstable</c><00:35:22.300><c> souls.</c>

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:28.360
Their<00:35:24.940><c> heart</c><00:35:25.219><c> was</c><00:35:25.539><c> exercised</c><00:35:26.199><c> with</c><00:35:26.579><c> covetous</c><00:35:27.219><c> practices.</c>

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:33.179
They<00:35:29.880><c> had</c><00:35:30.219><c> cursed</c><00:35:30.800><c> children,</c><00:35:31.400><c> which</c><00:35:31.639><c> we'll</c><00:35:31.980><c> comment</c><00:35:32.280><c> on</c><00:35:32.460><c> in</c><00:35:32.659><c> a</c><00:35:32.800><c> moment.</c>

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:39.659
And<00:35:34.320><c> notice</c><00:35:35.019><c> they</c><00:35:36.260><c> have</c><00:35:36.599><c> forsaken</c><00:35:37.599><c> the</c><00:35:38.059><c> right</c><00:35:38.639><c> way.</c>

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:42.980
That<00:35:39.900><c> was</c><00:35:40.139><c> the</c><00:35:40.260><c> way</c><00:35:40.460><c> which</c><00:35:40.699><c> God</c><00:35:40.900><c> was</c><00:35:41.159><c> leading</c><00:35:41.480><c> Israel,</c><00:35:42.440><c> in</c><00:35:42.659><c> the</c>

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:44.440
right<00:35:43.320><c> way.</c>

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:47.519
And<00:35:44.840><c> through</c><00:35:45.059><c> the</c><00:35:45.320><c> influence</c><00:35:45.760><c> of</c><00:35:46.320><c> Balam,</c>

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:51.679
the<00:35:47.940><c> brethren</c><00:35:48.199><c> and</c><00:35:48.460><c> sisters</c><00:35:48.800><c> in</c><00:35:49.039><c> the</c><00:35:49.239><c> first</c><00:35:49.480><c> century</c><00:35:50.019><c> had</c><00:35:50.699><c> forsaken</c><00:35:51.420><c> the</c>

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.659
right<00:35:52.039><c> way</c>

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:58.340
because<00:35:53.480><c> they</c><00:35:53.960><c> loved</c><00:35:54.380><c> the</c><00:35:54.980><c> wages</c><00:35:55.500><c> of</c><00:35:56.599><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:02.719
That's<00:36:00.199><c> the</c><00:36:00.260><c> way</c><00:36:00.519><c> of</c><00:36:00.800><c> Balam,</c><00:36:01.119><c> brethren</c><00:36:01.440><c> and</c><00:36:01.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:06.719
described<00:36:03.159><c> for</c><00:36:03.460><c> us</c><00:36:04.000><c> by</c><00:36:04.480><c> the</c><00:36:04.719><c> apostle</c><00:36:05.260><c> Peter.</c>

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:15.159
And<00:36:08.880><c> it's</c><00:36:09.099><c> a</c><00:36:09.239><c> way</c><00:36:09.420><c> which</c><00:36:09.679><c> is</c><00:36:10.039><c> relentless</c><00:36:10.719><c> in</c><00:36:11.199><c> its</c><00:36:11.420><c> pursuit</c><00:36:12.059><c> of</c><00:36:14.119><c> converts.</c>

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.639
We<00:36:17.659><c> don't</c><00:36:17.860><c> need</c><00:36:18.079><c> to</c><00:36:18.800><c> look</c><00:36:19.039><c> at</c><00:36:19.280><c> the</c><00:36:19.639><c> details</c><00:36:20.099><c> here.</c>

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:25.380
Just<00:36:21.340><c> a</c><00:36:21.579><c> comment</c><00:36:21.900><c> that</c><00:36:22.159><c> when</c><00:36:22.460><c> Balam</c><00:36:23.400><c> asked</c><00:36:23.800><c> Balam</c><00:36:24.380><c> to</c><00:36:24.539><c> curse</c><00:36:24.800><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:28.099
he<00:36:26.760><c> tried</c><00:36:27.039><c> three</c><00:36:27.400><c> times.</c>

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:32.900
He<00:36:29.179><c> went</c><00:36:29.420><c> to</c><00:36:29.659><c> Kerjath</c><00:36:30.119><c> Huzzoth,</c><00:36:31.260><c> which</c><00:36:31.400><c> means</c><00:36:31.739><c> city</c><00:36:32.079><c> of</c><00:36:32.460><c> streets,</c>

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:37.199
and<00:36:33.460><c> it</c><00:36:33.559><c> was</c><00:36:33.820><c> usually</c><00:36:34.199><c> attributed</c><00:36:34.820><c> to</c><00:36:35.139><c> the</c><00:36:35.719><c> houses</c><00:36:36.039><c> of</c><00:36:36.400><c> prostitution,</c>

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:44.400
which<00:36:37.860><c> were</c><00:36:38.260><c> familiar</c><00:36:38.719><c> with</c><00:36:39.019><c> the</c><00:36:39.360><c> kind</c><00:36:39.659><c> of</c><00:36:40.159><c> worship</c><00:36:40.619><c> that</c><00:36:42.199><c> Baal</c><00:36:43.980><c> was</c>

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.579
associated<00:36:45.079><c> with.</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:48.239
When<00:36:46.239><c> that</c><00:36:46.500><c> didn't</c><00:36:46.800><c> work,</c><00:36:47.179><c> in</c><00:36:47.300><c> Numbers</c><00:36:47.559><c> 22,</c>

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:53.119
Balam<00:36:49.019><c> then</c><00:36:49.440><c> went</c><00:36:49.840><c> to</c><00:36:50.099><c> Pisgah,</c><00:36:51.099><c> another</c><00:36:51.860><c> area</c><00:36:52.480><c> of</c><00:36:52.760><c> worship,</c>

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.119
in<00:36:53.500><c> Baal</c><00:36:53.739><c> worship,</c>

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:56.179
and<00:36:54.579><c> tried</c><00:36:54.840><c> to</c><00:36:55.079><c> curse</c><00:36:55.340><c> Israel</c><00:36:55.780><c> there.</c>

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:58.340
And<00:36:56.559><c> that</c><00:36:56.800><c> didn't</c><00:36:57.059><c> work</c><00:36:57.360><c> either.</c>

00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:02.840
And<00:36:58.500><c> so</c><00:36:58.599><c> he</c><00:36:58.719><c> went</c><00:36:58.960><c> on</c><00:36:59.179><c> to</c><00:36:59.480><c> Peor,</c><00:37:00.340><c> in</c><00:37:00.460><c> Numbers</c><00:37:00.719><c> 23,</c><00:37:01.480><c> verse</c><00:37:01.639><c> 28,</c>

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:07.179
and<00:37:03.340><c> tried</c><00:37:03.599><c> to</c><00:37:03.820><c> curse</c><00:37:04.099><c> Israel,</c><00:37:04.980><c> and</c><00:37:05.239><c> again</c><00:37:05.679><c> he</c><00:37:06.059><c> was</c><00:37:06.460><c> thwarted</c>

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:08.239
from<00:37:07.500><c> doing</c><00:37:07.760><c> it.</c>

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:12.199
And<00:37:08.920><c> so</c><00:37:09.039><c> we</c><00:37:09.159><c> have</c><00:37:09.300><c> a</c><00:37:09.500><c> record</c><00:37:09.900><c> in</c><00:37:10.079><c> Numbers</c><00:37:10.460><c> chapter</c><00:37:10.900><c> 24,</c>

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:18.679
which<00:37:12.940><c> says</c><00:37:14.079><c> that</c><00:37:15.039><c> persistence</c><00:37:15.719><c> was</c><00:37:16.099><c> finally</c><00:37:17.199><c> rewarded.</c>

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:22.119
Numbers<00:37:19.480><c> 24,</c><00:37:20.960><c> verse</c><00:37:21.760><c> 25,</c>

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:29.440
and<00:37:22.840><c> it's</c><00:37:23.159><c> a</c><00:37:23.380><c> comment</c><00:37:23.619><c> which</c><00:37:24.000><c> we</c><00:37:25.099><c> miss</c><00:37:26.440><c> over</c><00:37:26.840><c> the</c><00:37:27.139><c> divine</c><00:37:27.500><c> comments</c><00:37:28.099><c> elsewhere</c><00:37:28.699><c> in</c><00:37:28.980><c> Scripture.</c>

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:32.739
We<00:37:29.920><c> missed</c><00:37:30.159><c> the</c><00:37:30.360><c> point</c><00:37:30.579><c> of</c><00:37:30.960><c> verse</c><00:37:31.139><c> 25.</c>

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:37.199
Balam<00:37:33.199><c> arose</c><00:37:33.619><c> up,</c><00:37:34.800><c> went</c><00:37:35.000><c> and</c><00:37:35.280><c> returned</c><00:37:35.659><c> to</c><00:37:35.860><c> his</c><00:37:36.139><c> place,</c>

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:41.219
and<00:37:37.940><c> Balak</c><00:37:38.440><c> also</c><00:37:39.280><c> went</c><00:37:39.860><c> his</c><00:37:40.260><c> way.</c>

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:46.340
And<00:37:42.239><c> we</c><00:37:42.420><c> read</c><00:37:42.559><c> that</c><00:37:42.739><c> as</c><00:37:42.940><c> though</c><00:37:44.039><c> it</c><00:37:44.380><c> had</c><00:37:44.500><c> been</c><00:37:44.699><c> a</c><00:37:44.860><c> dismal</c><00:37:45.139><c> failure,</c>

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.420
and<00:37:46.659><c> so</c><00:37:46.800><c> they</c><00:37:46.960><c> went</c><00:37:47.179><c> away</c><00:37:47.420><c> and</c><00:37:47.659><c> parted</c><00:37:48.019><c> company.</c>

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:50.300
That's<00:37:48.900><c> not</c><00:37:49.039><c> what</c><00:37:49.139><c> that's</c><00:37:49.380><c> saying.</c>

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:54.420
Balam<00:37:51.480><c> rose</c><00:37:51.780><c> up</c><00:37:52.019><c> and</c><00:37:52.260><c> returned</c><00:37:52.539><c> to</c><00:37:52.739><c> his</c><00:37:52.920><c> place,</c><00:37:53.300><c> and</c><00:37:53.699><c> Balak</c>

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:56.920
went<00:37:55.019><c> his</c><00:37:55.880><c> way.</c>

00:37:56.980 --> 00:38:01.440
And<00:37:57.059><c> the</c><00:37:57.300><c> comment</c><00:37:57.559><c> comes</c><00:37:57.820><c> out</c><00:37:58.179><c> in</c><00:37:58.719><c> Micah</c><00:37:59.000><c> chapter</c><00:37:59.360><c> 6.</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:07.420
Notice<00:38:02.760><c> what</c><00:38:02.980><c> the</c><00:38:03.199><c> prophet</c><00:38:03.420><c> Micah</c><00:38:03.820><c> says</c><00:38:04.159><c> in</c><00:38:04.340><c> chapter</c><00:38:04.619><c> 6,</c><00:38:05.659><c> verse</c><00:38:05.860><c> 5.</c>

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:15.059
O<00:38:09.139><c> my</c><00:38:09.440><c> people,</c><00:38:11.500><c> remember</c><00:38:11.800><c> now</c><00:38:12.139><c> what</c><00:38:12.500><c> Balak</c><00:38:13.159><c> king</c><00:38:13.539><c> of</c><00:38:13.820><c> Moab</c><00:38:14.179><c> consulted,</c>

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:21.480
and<00:38:15.940><c> what</c><00:38:16.300><c> Balam</c><00:38:16.619><c> the</c><00:38:16.760><c> son</c><00:38:16.960><c> of</c><00:38:17.179><c> Beor</c><00:38:17.460><c> answered</c><00:38:18.000><c> him</c><00:38:18.320><c> from</c><00:38:18.800><c> Shittim</c><00:38:19.340><c> into</c><00:38:20.280><c> Gilgal,</c>

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:24.940
that<00:38:21.940><c> ye</c><00:38:22.239><c> may</c><00:38:22.559><c> know</c><00:38:22.900><c> the</c><00:38:23.199><c> righteousness</c><00:38:23.780><c> of</c><00:38:24.360><c> the</c><00:38:24.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:30.340
And<00:38:25.440><c> so</c><00:38:25.639><c> what</c><00:38:25.860><c> happened</c><00:38:26.199><c> is,</c><00:38:27.199><c> when</c><00:38:27.500><c> it</c><00:38:28.099><c> failed</c><00:38:28.559><c> to</c><00:38:28.960><c> curse</c><00:38:29.199><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:35.679
they<00:38:31.039><c> moved</c><00:38:31.500><c> from</c><00:38:31.840><c> Shittim</c><00:38:32.219><c> to</c><00:38:32.400><c> Gilgal,</c><00:38:32.980><c> and</c><00:38:33.179><c> on</c><00:38:33.460><c> the</c><00:38:33.699><c> way</c><00:38:34.119><c> they</c><00:38:34.619><c> devised</c><00:38:35.199><c> a</c><00:38:35.440><c> means</c>

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:39.320
whereby<00:38:36.119><c> they</c><00:38:36.360><c> could</c><00:38:36.719><c> bring</c><00:38:37.199><c> Israel</c><00:38:37.780><c> into</c><00:38:38.159><c> captivity.</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.519
And<00:38:40.239><c> there's</c><00:38:40.460><c> a</c><00:38:40.639><c> warning</c><00:38:40.900><c> at</c><00:38:41.179><c> Shittim.</c>

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:46.840
You<00:38:42.739><c> notice</c><00:38:43.079><c> in</c><00:38:43.260><c> chapter</c><00:38:43.539><c> 25</c><00:38:44.159><c> of</c><00:38:44.360><c> Numbers,</c><00:38:45.280><c> Israel</c><00:38:45.480><c> abode</c><00:38:46.000><c> in</c><00:38:46.380><c> Shittim.</c>

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:49.440
Shittim<00:38:47.460><c> is</c><00:38:47.659><c> the</c><00:38:47.840><c> place</c><00:38:48.179><c> from</c><00:38:48.539><c> which</c><00:38:48.739><c> you</c><00:38:48.900><c> have</c><00:38:49.079><c> the</c><00:38:49.219><c> word</c>

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.840
acacia<00:38:50.039><c> tree.</c>

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:53.800
That's<00:38:51.519><c> what</c><00:38:51.679><c> the</c><00:38:51.780><c> word</c><00:38:52.000><c> Shittim</c><00:38:52.420><c> is</c><00:38:52.639><c> associated</c><00:38:53.119><c> with,</c><00:38:53.639><c> the</c>

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.760
acacia<00:38:54.440><c> tree.</c>

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:56.920
And<00:38:55.420><c> I</c><00:38:55.519><c> don't</c><00:38:55.659><c> know</c><00:38:55.760><c> whether</c><00:38:55.860><c> you've</c><00:38:56.079><c> seen</c><00:38:56.340><c> photographs.</c>

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:59.800
Now<00:38:57.219><c> with</c><00:38:57.420><c> the</c><00:38:57.659><c> internet</c><00:38:57.920><c> you</c><00:38:58.079><c> have</c><00:38:58.320><c> the</c><00:38:58.480><c> ability</c><00:38:58.840><c> to</c><00:38:59.519><c> bring</c>

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:01.019
up<00:39:00.039><c> beautiful</c><00:39:00.500><c> photographs</c>

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:04.480
of<00:39:01.239><c> the</c><00:39:01.679><c> acacia</c><00:39:02.139><c> tree,</c><00:39:02.760><c> and</c><00:39:02.940><c> it's</c><00:39:03.340><c> got</c><00:39:03.519><c> a</c><00:39:03.820><c> blossom</c><00:39:04.119><c> on</c><00:39:04.300><c> it,</c>

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:08.659
which<00:39:04.940><c> a</c><00:39:05.900><c> gardener</c><00:39:06.260><c> would</c><00:39:06.420><c> give</c><00:39:06.559><c> his</c><00:39:06.719><c> right</c><00:39:06.980><c> hand</c><00:39:07.219><c> to</c><00:39:08.179><c> acquire.</c>

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:11.019
But<00:39:09.400><c> you</c><00:39:09.599><c> see,</c><00:39:10.260><c> you</c><00:39:10.420><c> know</c><00:39:10.519><c> how</c><00:39:10.739><c> we</c><00:39:10.880><c> are.</c>

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:13.480
We<00:39:11.320><c> see</c><00:39:11.539><c> a</c><00:39:11.739><c> rose</c><00:39:11.880><c> and</c><00:39:12.039><c> we</c><00:39:12.159><c> like</c><00:39:12.320><c> to</c><00:39:12.559><c> pluck</c><00:39:12.679><c> it</c><00:39:12.880><c> and</c><00:39:12.980><c> put</c><00:39:13.159><c> it</c><00:39:13.300><c> on</c>

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.579
our<00:39:13.739><c> lapel.</c>

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:19.159
If<00:39:15.500><c> you</c><00:39:15.679><c> do</c><00:39:15.860><c> that</c><00:39:16.059><c> with</c><00:39:16.559><c> the</c><00:39:16.900><c> blossom</c><00:39:17.300><c> of</c><00:39:17.539><c> an</c><00:39:17.739><c> acacia</c><00:39:18.219><c> tree,</c>

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:23.420
you<00:39:19.900><c> reach</c><00:39:20.239><c> out,</c><00:39:20.579><c> put</c><00:39:20.739><c> your</c><00:39:20.880><c> fingers</c><00:39:21.179><c> behind,</c><00:39:22.480><c> pop</c><00:39:22.739><c> off</c><00:39:23.019><c> the</c><00:39:23.260><c> head.</c>

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:26.940
There<00:39:23.639><c> are</c><00:39:23.820><c> little</c><00:39:24.159><c> thorns</c><00:39:25.179><c> behind</c><00:39:25.699><c> the</c><00:39:25.940><c> acacia</c><00:39:26.460><c> tree,</c>

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:29.800
and<00:39:27.559><c> it</c><00:39:27.699><c> will</c><00:39:27.980><c> lacerate</c><00:39:28.639><c> your</c><00:39:28.940><c> hand.</c>

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.320
That's<00:39:30.500><c> an</c><00:39:30.880><c> important</c><00:39:31.340><c> lesson,</c><00:39:31.719><c> isn't</c><00:39:31.900><c> it?</c>

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:34.880
Because<00:39:32.980><c> that's</c><00:39:33.280><c> the</c><00:39:33.380><c> way</c><00:39:33.519><c> the</c><00:39:33.719><c> world</c><00:39:33.900><c> is.</c>

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:37.739
Our<00:39:35.380><c> young</c><00:39:35.579><c> people</c><00:39:35.880><c> have</c><00:39:36.039><c> got</c><00:39:36.139><c> to</c><00:39:36.300><c> realize</c><00:39:36.639><c> that,</c><00:39:36.880><c> and</c><00:39:37.039><c> so</c><00:39:37.239><c> have</c><00:39:37.380><c> we.</c>

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:42.420
That<00:39:38.380><c> there</c><00:39:38.559><c> might</c><00:39:38.820><c> be</c><00:39:39.719><c> things</c><00:39:40.079><c> out</c><00:39:40.420><c> there</c><00:39:40.559><c> which</c><00:39:40.780><c> look</c><00:39:40.980><c> very</c><00:39:41.380><c> appealing.</c>

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:44.980
There<00:39:42.980><c> are</c><00:39:43.119><c> things</c><00:39:43.340><c> which</c><00:39:43.519><c> we</c><00:39:43.699><c> want</c><00:39:43.880><c> to</c><00:39:44.139><c> reach</c><00:39:44.340><c> out</c><00:39:44.599><c> and</c><00:39:44.800><c> grab,</c>

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:48.940
but<00:39:45.159><c> as</c><00:39:45.360><c> soon</c><00:39:45.460><c> as</c><00:39:45.599><c> we</c><00:39:45.780><c> reach</c><00:39:46.039><c> out</c><00:39:46.219><c> for</c><00:39:46.380><c> this</c><00:39:46.679><c> world,</c><00:39:47.739><c> we</c><00:39:47.880><c> get</c><00:39:48.199><c> lacerated.</c>

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:52.940
The<00:39:49.559><c> pricks</c><00:39:49.900><c> and</c><00:39:50.119><c> the</c><00:39:50.300><c> briars,</c><00:39:51.099><c> which</c><00:39:51.280><c> God</c><00:39:51.599><c> said</c><00:39:52.139><c> would</c><00:39:52.380><c> be</c>

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.820
following<00:39:53.340><c> Israel</c>

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:56.639
throughout<00:39:54.159><c> their</c><00:39:54.440><c> history,</c><00:39:55.340><c> are</c><00:39:55.619><c> there.</c>

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:59.320
We've<00:39:57.159><c> got</c><00:39:57.239><c> to</c><00:39:57.360><c> be</c><00:39:57.440><c> very</c><00:39:57.820><c> careful</c><00:39:58.099><c> of</c><00:39:58.260><c> what</c><00:39:58.539><c> looks</c><00:39:58.860><c> nice.</c>

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:02.880
It<00:39:59.880><c> is</c><00:40:00.119><c> not</c><00:40:00.280><c> always</c><00:40:00.780><c> the</c><00:40:01.099><c> best</c><00:40:01.340><c> thing</c><00:40:01.559><c> for</c><00:40:01.920><c> us.</c>

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:07.980
And<00:40:03.599><c> so</c><00:40:03.820><c> there</c><00:40:03.980><c> was</c><00:40:04.219><c> a</c><00:40:04.440><c> warning</c><00:40:04.940><c> from</c><00:40:06.019><c> Shittin.</c>

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:15.900
I<00:40:12.019><c> think</c><00:40:12.300><c> I'm</c><00:40:12.440><c> running</c><00:40:12.679><c> out</c><00:40:12.900><c> of</c><00:40:13.000><c> time,</c><00:40:14.059><c> but</c><00:40:14.079><c> we'll</c><00:40:14.519><c> just</c><00:40:15.260><c> quickly</c><00:40:15.599><c> go</c>

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.920
through<00:40:16.099><c> this.</c>

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:25.019
The<00:40:19.219><c> first</c><00:40:19.539><c> step</c><00:40:19.800><c> to</c><00:40:20.059><c> ruin,</c><00:40:21.099><c> Chapter</c><00:40:21.320><c> 25</c><00:40:22.380><c> and</c><00:40:23.159><c> verse</c><00:40:23.460><c> 2.</c>

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:29.679
And<00:40:25.980><c> they</c><00:40:26.280><c> called</c><00:40:26.719><c> the</c><00:40:27.039><c> people,</c><00:40:27.460><c> that</c><00:40:27.659><c> is,</c><00:40:28.699><c> the</c><00:40:28.739><c> daughters</c><00:40:29.079><c> of</c><00:40:29.360><c> Moab</c>

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:33.659
called<00:40:30.400><c> the</c><00:40:30.679><c> people</c><00:40:31.059><c> unto</c><00:40:31.340><c> the</c><00:40:31.679><c> sacrifices</c><00:40:32.239><c> of</c><00:40:32.500><c> their</c><00:40:32.760><c> gods,</c>

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:38.519
and<00:40:34.019><c> the</c><00:40:34.179><c> people</c><00:40:34.500><c> did</c><00:40:34.780><c> eat</c><00:40:35.079><c> and</c><00:40:35.380><c> bowed</c><00:40:35.900><c> down</c><00:40:36.320><c> unto</c><00:40:37.059><c> their</c><00:40:37.519><c> gods.</c>

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:43.139
Now,<00:40:39.800><c> I</c><00:40:40.019><c> don't</c><00:40:40.500><c> know</c><00:40:41.260><c> whether</c><00:40:41.699><c> you</c><00:40:42.019><c> realize</c><00:40:42.440><c> there's</c><00:40:42.719><c> an</c><00:40:42.920><c> echo</c>

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:45.380
there,<00:40:43.679><c> a</c><00:40:43.860><c> Bible</c><00:40:44.260><c> echo.</c>

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:50.400
It<00:40:46.219><c> goes</c><00:40:46.559><c> back</c><00:40:47.460><c> to</c><00:40:48.079><c> Exodus,</c><00:40:48.639><c> Chapter</c><00:40:48.980><c> 23.</c>

00:40:51.760 --> 00:41:01.900
And<00:40:52.519><c> God</c><00:40:52.820><c> said</c><00:40:53.059><c> to</c><00:40:57.519><c> them...</c>

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:04.840
We'll<00:41:03.340><c> not</c><00:41:03.460><c> look</c><00:41:03.699><c> at</c><00:41:03.960><c> the</c><00:41:04.119><c> Chapter</c><00:41:04.360><c> 23.</c>

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:09.380
We'll<00:41:05.440><c> look</c><00:41:05.699><c> at</c><00:41:05.940><c> Exodus</c><00:41:06.280><c> 34,</c><00:41:07.639><c> which</c><00:41:07.739><c> probably</c><00:41:08.239><c> provides</c><00:41:08.699><c> us</c>

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:11.239
the<00:41:09.659><c> clearer</c><00:41:09.940><c> reference.</c>

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:18.059
Exodus<00:41:13.139><c> 34,</c><00:41:17.159><c> verse</c><00:41:17.480><c> 14.</c>

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:21.159
Thou<00:41:18.559><c> shalt</c><00:41:18.780><c> worship</c><00:41:19.260><c> no</c><00:41:19.519><c> other</c><00:41:19.739><c> god,</c><00:41:20.179><c> for</c><00:41:20.260><c> the</c><00:41:20.519><c> Lord,</c><00:41:20.980><c> whose</c>

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.960
name<00:41:21.440><c> is</c><00:41:21.659><c> Jealous,</c>

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:25.099
is<00:41:22.159><c> a</c><00:41:22.260><c> jealous</c><00:41:22.579><c> god,</c><00:41:23.539><c> lest</c><00:41:23.699><c> thou</c><00:41:23.900><c> make</c><00:41:24.159><c> a</c><00:41:24.380><c> covenant</c><00:41:24.639><c> with</c><00:41:24.900><c> the</c>

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:26.079
inhabitants<00:41:25.480><c> of</c><00:41:25.699><c> the</c><00:41:25.840><c> land,</c>

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:29.420
and<00:41:26.239><c> they</c><00:41:26.559><c> go</c><00:41:26.800><c> a</c><00:41:26.960><c>-whoring</c><00:41:27.199><c> after</c><00:41:27.519><c> their</c><00:41:27.780><c> gods,</c><00:41:28.539><c> do</c><00:41:28.780><c> sacrifice</c>

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.179
unto<00:41:29.639><c> their</c><00:41:29.920><c> gods,</c>

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:35.300
and<00:41:30.719><c> one</c><00:41:31.059><c> call</c><00:41:31.599><c> thee,</c><00:41:32.880><c> and</c><00:41:33.139><c> thou</c><00:41:33.519><c> eat</c><00:41:34.000><c> of</c><00:41:34.340><c> his</c><00:41:34.599><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.300
There<00:41:36.019><c> was</c><00:41:36.159><c> the</c><00:41:36.380><c> warning</c><00:41:36.639><c> from</c><00:41:36.900><c> God.</c>

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:42.239
They<00:41:37.940><c> will</c><00:41:38.260><c> call</c><00:41:38.679><c> thee,</c><00:41:39.900><c> and</c><00:41:40.159><c> you</c><00:41:40.360><c> will</c><00:41:40.619><c> respond</c><00:41:41.119><c> by</c><00:41:41.760><c> eating</c>

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:43.960
of<00:41:42.460><c> their</c><00:41:42.699><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:48.340
And<00:41:44.739><c> they</c><00:41:45.119><c> called</c><00:41:45.539><c> the</c><00:41:45.800><c> people</c><00:41:46.280><c> unto</c><00:41:46.619><c> their</c><00:41:47.000><c> sacrifices,</c><00:41:48.260><c> and</c>

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:50.519
the<00:41:48.599><c> people</c><00:41:49.159><c> did</c><00:41:49.539><c> eat.</c>

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:55.219
And<00:41:50.820><c> so</c><00:41:51.059><c> the</c><00:41:51.340><c> world</c><00:41:51.619><c> calls,</c><00:41:53.019><c> and</c><00:41:53.300><c> the</c><00:41:53.539><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:53.880><c> responds.</c>

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:59.119
And<00:41:56.340><c> the</c><00:41:56.480><c> result</c><00:41:57.000><c> is,</c><00:41:57.280><c> brothers</c><00:41:57.500><c> and</c><00:41:57.739><c> sisters,</c><00:41:57.980><c> verse</c><00:41:58.260><c> 3</c><00:41:58.860><c> of</c>

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.219
Numbers<00:41:59.420><c> 25,</c>

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:04.940
the<00:42:00.739><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:01.460><c> and</c><00:42:01.940><c> the</c><00:42:02.739><c> world</c><00:42:03.119><c> become</c><00:42:03.739><c> united.</c>

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:10.320
Israel<00:42:06.099><c> joined</c><00:42:06.679><c> himself</c><00:42:07.820><c> unto</c><00:42:08.860><c> Baal</c><00:42:09.900><c>-Pior.</c>

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:15.099
And<00:42:10.780><c> that</c><00:42:10.960><c> word</c><00:42:11.219><c> join</c><00:42:11.559><c> means</c><00:42:11.880><c> to</c><00:42:12.119><c> be</c><00:42:12.440><c> yoked</c><00:42:13.079><c> together,</c><00:42:14.659><c> to</c><00:42:14.820><c> be</c>

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:16.679
yoked<00:42:15.579><c> together.</c>

00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:26.039
Israel<00:42:20.000><c> went</c><00:42:20.400><c> unto</c><00:42:20.719><c> Baal</c><00:42:21.139><c>-Pior</c><00:42:21.559><c> and</c><00:42:22.260><c> separated</c><00:42:23.039><c> unto</c><00:42:23.519><c> that</c><00:42:23.900><c> shame,</c><00:42:25.079><c> according</c><00:42:25.599><c> as</c>

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.699
they<00:42:26.420><c> loved.</c>

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:29.719
And<00:42:27.260><c> that</c><00:42:27.400><c> word</c><00:42:27.699><c> separated,</c><00:42:28.460><c> brothers</c><00:42:28.619><c> and</c><00:42:28.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:34.900
is<00:42:30.079><c> the</c><00:42:30.300><c> word</c><00:42:30.579><c> from</c><00:42:30.800><c> which</c><00:42:31.079><c> the</c><00:42:31.239><c> word</c><00:42:31.579><c> Nazarite</c><00:42:32.380><c> is</c><00:42:33.619><c> drawn</c><00:42:33.960><c> from.</c>

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:39.800
And<00:42:35.280><c> the</c><00:42:35.440><c> word</c><00:42:35.639><c> Nazarite</c><00:42:36.500><c> was</c><00:42:36.760><c> when</c><00:42:36.940><c> a</c><00:42:37.099><c> man</c><00:42:37.380><c> dedicated</c><00:42:38.119><c> himself</c><00:42:38.639><c> to</c><00:42:38.960><c> God</c>

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.380
in<00:42:40.119><c> service.</c>

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:46.880
Israel<00:42:41.900><c> went</c><00:42:42.260><c> unto</c><00:42:42.719><c> Baal</c><00:42:43.320><c>-Pior,</c><00:42:44.219><c> and</c><00:42:44.300><c> they</c><00:42:44.739><c> dedicated</c><00:42:45.500><c> themselves</c><00:42:46.219><c> unto</c>

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:48.420
that<00:42:47.340><c> shame.</c>

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:53.239
They<00:42:49.639><c> went</c><00:42:50.280><c> into</c><00:42:50.579><c> a</c><00:42:50.780><c> covenant</c><00:42:51.079><c> relationship</c><00:42:51.900><c> with</c><00:42:52.840><c> the</c><00:42:53.019><c> ways</c>

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:54.860
of<00:42:53.460><c> this</c><00:42:53.699><c> world.</c>

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:05.659
What<00:43:03.460><c> were</c><00:43:03.619><c> the</c><00:43:03.880><c> effects</c><00:43:04.239><c> of</c><00:43:04.500><c> this?</c>

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:12.840
The<00:43:09.420><c> final</c><00:43:09.860><c> step</c><00:43:10.400><c> in</c><00:43:11.380><c> embracing</c><00:43:11.960><c> sin.</c>

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:17.239
The<00:43:14.659><c> world</c><00:43:14.940><c> was</c><00:43:15.260><c> invited</c><00:43:15.719><c> into</c><00:43:16.079><c> the</c><00:43:16.280><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:21.420
There<00:43:18.900><c> was</c><00:43:19.139><c> an</c><00:43:19.380><c> unconcern</c><00:43:20.019><c> for</c><00:43:20.260><c> the</c><00:43:20.519><c> authority</c><00:43:20.940><c> of</c><00:43:21.199><c> God,</c>

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:26.780
because<00:43:22.420><c> right</c><00:43:23.159><c> in</c><00:43:23.340><c> the</c><00:43:23.559><c> midst</c><00:43:23.800><c> of</c><00:43:24.079><c> the</c><00:43:24.260><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:24.980><c> of</c><00:43:25.719><c> God,</c>

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:33.760
the<00:43:27.260><c> prince</c><00:43:27.800><c> of</c><00:43:28.360><c> the</c><00:43:28.599><c> tribe</c><00:43:28.900><c> of</c><00:43:29.260><c> Simeon</c><00:43:30.800><c> brought</c><00:43:31.500><c> in</c><00:43:32.480><c> a</c><00:43:32.780><c> Midianite</c><00:43:33.360><c> woman,</c>

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.739
verse<00:43:34.179><c> 6.</c>

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:39.760
In<00:43:35.139><c> the</c><00:43:35.440><c> sight</c><00:43:35.679><c> of</c><00:43:35.880><c> Moses,</c><00:43:37.679><c> in</c><00:43:37.840><c> the</c><00:43:37.980><c> sight</c><00:43:38.260><c> of</c><00:43:38.480><c> all</c><00:43:38.679><c> the</c><00:43:38.920><c> congregation</c><00:43:39.420><c> of</c><00:43:39.619><c> the</c>

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:40.659
children<00:43:40.059><c> of</c><00:43:40.219><c> Israel,</c>

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:45.679
who<00:43:41.300><c> were</c><00:43:41.559><c> weeping</c><00:43:41.920><c> before</c><00:43:42.360><c> the</c><00:43:43.360><c> door</c><00:43:43.539><c> of</c><00:43:43.739><c> the</c><00:43:43.900><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.679
and<00:43:45.920><c> verse</c><00:43:46.139><c> 7</c><00:43:46.440><c> says,</c>

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:49.219
When<00:43:47.039><c> Phineas</c><00:43:47.579><c> the</c><00:43:47.599><c> son</c><00:43:47.880><c> of</c><00:43:48.019><c> Eliezer,</c><00:43:48.480><c> the</c><00:43:48.579><c> son</c><00:43:48.760><c> of</c><00:43:48.940><c> Aaron</c><00:43:49.079><c> the</c>

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:50.280
priest,<00:43:49.579><c> saw</c><00:43:49.820><c> it,</c>

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:53.880
he<00:43:50.920><c> rose</c><00:43:51.219><c> up</c><00:43:51.440><c> from</c><00:43:51.659><c> among</c><00:43:51.880><c> the</c><00:43:52.159><c> congregation</c><00:43:52.659><c> and</c><00:43:52.880><c> took</c><00:43:53.139><c> a</c><00:43:53.380><c> javelin</c><00:43:53.699><c> in</c>

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.519
his<00:43:54.099><c> hand,</c>

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:57.639
and<00:43:55.179><c> he</c><00:43:55.300><c> went</c><00:43:55.519><c> after</c><00:43:55.760><c> the</c><00:43:55.980><c> man</c><00:43:56.139><c> of</c><00:43:56.320><c> Israel</c><00:43:56.639><c> into</c><00:43:56.900><c> the</c><00:43:57.179><c> tent</c><00:43:57.400><c> and</c>

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:59.639
thrust<00:43:57.860><c> both</c><00:43:58.260><c> of</c><00:43:58.440><c> them</c><00:43:58.599><c> through,</c>

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:03.019
the<00:43:59.940><c> man</c><00:44:00.320><c> and</c><00:44:01.139><c> the</c><00:44:01.260><c> woman</c><00:44:01.559><c> through</c><00:44:01.800><c> her</c><00:44:02.079><c> belly.</c>

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:08.539
So<00:44:04.599><c> there</c><00:44:04.800><c> was</c><00:44:05.099><c> the</c><00:44:05.380><c> world</c><00:44:05.659><c> brought</c><00:44:06.000><c> in,</c><00:44:07.099><c> an</c><00:44:07.219><c> unconcern</c><00:44:07.840><c> for</c><00:44:08.059><c> authority,</c>

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:11.099
they<00:44:08.900><c> ignored</c><00:44:09.219><c> the</c><00:44:09.440><c> fact</c><00:44:09.599><c> that</c><00:44:09.840><c> Moses</c><00:44:10.079><c> could</c><00:44:10.340><c> see</c><00:44:10.539><c> it,</c>

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:15.639
and<00:44:11.639><c> they</c><00:44:11.840><c> were</c><00:44:12.119><c> insensitive</c><00:44:12.980><c> towards</c><00:44:13.519><c> those</c><00:44:14.820><c> whom</c><00:44:15.280><c> their</c>

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:16.960
sin<00:44:15.820><c> affected.</c>

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:23.099
And<00:44:18.380><c> only</c><00:44:18.699><c> Phineas</c><00:44:19.300><c> could</c><00:44:20.559><c> deal</c><00:44:20.840><c> with</c><00:44:21.039><c> the</c><00:44:21.179><c> situation</c><00:44:21.739><c> as</c><00:44:21.940><c> he</c><00:44:22.099><c> did.</c>

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:26.920
He<00:44:24.059><c> took</c><00:44:24.260><c> a</c><00:44:24.460><c> javelin,</c><00:44:25.900><c> went</c><00:44:26.019><c> into</c><00:44:26.300><c> the</c><00:44:26.599><c> tent,</c>

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:32.900
and<00:44:27.719><c> he</c><00:44:27.960><c> thrust</c><00:44:28.179><c> them</c><00:44:28.500><c> through</c><00:44:29.420><c> the</c><00:44:30.059><c> belly</c><00:44:30.340><c> of</c><00:44:30.579><c> the</c><00:44:30.719><c> woman</c><00:44:31.199><c> into</c><00:44:32.380><c> the</c><00:44:32.659><c> ground.</c>

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:35.739
Now,<00:44:33.500><c> there's</c><00:44:33.659><c> an</c><00:44:33.840><c> interesting</c><00:44:34.260><c> comment</c><00:44:34.599><c> there.</c>

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:41.599
The<00:44:36.519><c> word</c><00:44:36.800><c> tent</c><00:44:37.199><c> and</c><00:44:37.619><c> the</c><00:44:37.739><c> word</c><00:44:38.039><c> belly</c><00:44:38.559><c> are</c><00:44:39.420><c> basically</c><00:44:39.940><c> the</c><00:44:40.239><c> same</c><00:44:40.480><c> in</c><00:44:40.679><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:45.719
I've<00:44:43.380><c> always</c><00:44:43.659><c> been</c><00:44:43.860><c> a</c><00:44:43.900><c> little</c><00:44:44.119><c> inquisitive</c><00:44:44.800><c> and</c><00:44:45.019><c> ask,</c><00:44:45.559><c> well,</c>

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:47.139
why<00:44:45.980><c> is</c><00:44:46.280><c> that?</c>

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:51.019
You<00:44:48.599><c> see,</c><00:44:49.079><c> the</c><00:44:49.179><c> whole</c><00:44:49.460><c> camp</c><00:44:49.719><c> of</c><00:44:49.900><c> Israel</c><00:44:50.320><c> was</c><00:44:50.579><c> holy.</c>

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:54.239
God<00:44:51.760><c> dwelt</c><00:44:52.099><c> in</c><00:44:52.239><c> their</c><00:44:52.460><c> midst</c><00:44:52.760><c> of</c><00:44:52.940><c> them,</c><00:44:53.159><c> be</c><00:44:53.320><c> ye</c><00:44:53.559><c> holy,</c><00:44:53.900><c> for</c><00:44:54.059><c> I</c>

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:55.320
am<00:44:54.360><c> holy.</c>

00:44:55.820 --> 00:45:00.039
And<00:44:56.340><c> so</c><00:44:56.559><c> here</c><00:44:56.800><c> in</c><00:44:56.960><c> the</c><00:44:57.219><c> tent</c><00:44:57.440><c> of</c><00:44:57.679><c> this</c><00:44:57.860><c> woman</c><00:44:58.440><c> was</c><00:44:59.579><c> the</c><00:44:59.800><c> holy</c>

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.920
divine<00:45:00.460><c> presence,</c>

00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:06.920
or<00:45:01.119><c> should</c><00:45:01.340><c> have</c><00:45:01.519><c> been,</c><00:45:03.360><c> of</c><00:45:03.440><c> the</c><00:45:03.579><c> prince</c><00:45:03.760><c> of</c><00:45:05.760><c> the</c><00:45:05.940><c> tribe</c><00:45:06.179><c> of</c><00:45:06.380><c> Simeon.</c>

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:12.159
The<00:45:07.940><c> womb</c><00:45:08.559><c> of</c><00:45:09.039><c> a</c><00:45:09.159><c> mother</c><00:45:09.420><c> is</c><00:45:09.800><c> holy</c><00:45:10.079><c> because</c><00:45:10.780><c> Malachi</c><00:45:11.820><c> chapter</c>

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.219
2<00:45:12.420><c> verse</c><00:45:12.659><c> 5</c><00:45:12.960><c> says</c>

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:16.880
that<00:45:13.380><c> is</c><00:45:13.579><c> where</c><00:45:13.800><c> the</c><00:45:14.119><c> holy</c><00:45:14.539><c> seed</c><00:45:15.079><c> is</c><00:45:15.800><c> developed.</c>

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:21.380
And<00:45:19.179><c> so</c><00:45:19.280><c> we</c><00:45:19.440><c> begin</c><00:45:19.659><c> to</c><00:45:19.920><c> see</c><00:45:20.059><c> the</c><00:45:20.340><c> connection.</c>

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:27.340
What<00:45:23.420><c> this</c><00:45:24.119><c> individual</c><00:45:24.760><c> was</c><00:45:25.079><c> doing,</c><00:45:25.639><c> he</c><00:45:25.639><c> was</c><00:45:26.340><c> disregarding</c>

00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:28.739
the<00:45:27.559><c> holiness</c><00:45:27.900><c> of</c><00:45:28.219><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:34.940
and<00:45:29.179><c> so</c><00:45:29.400><c> was</c><00:45:29.579><c> the</c><00:45:29.699><c> woman</c><00:45:29.960><c> because</c><00:45:30.260><c> they</c><00:45:30.440><c> were</c><00:45:30.659><c> producing</c><00:45:31.139><c> a</c><00:45:31.539><c> seed</c><00:45:31.980><c> which</c><00:45:33.019><c> would</c><00:45:33.280><c> be</c><00:45:33.500><c> unholy,</c>

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:38.780
produced<00:45:35.760><c> out</c><00:45:36.000><c> of</c><00:45:36.159><c> a</c><00:45:36.380><c> relationship</c><00:45:36.960><c> with</c><00:45:37.500><c> the</c><00:45:37.699><c> outside.</c>

00:45:39.179 --> 00:45:42.019
But<00:45:39.360><c> the</c><00:45:39.500><c> other</c><00:45:39.739><c> interesting</c><00:45:40.219><c> thing</c><00:45:40.500><c> is</c><00:45:41.000><c> that</c><00:45:41.420><c> the</c><00:45:41.599><c> word</c><00:45:41.760><c> is</c>

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:43.900
also<00:45:42.460><c> translated</c><00:45:43.199><c> cursed</c>

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:48.659
in<00:45:44.360><c> Numbers</c><00:45:44.719><c> chapter</c><00:45:45.119><c> 22</c><00:45:45.820><c> verse</c><00:45:46.659><c> 11</c><00:45:47.139><c> and</c><00:45:47.360><c> 17.</c>

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:52.719
And<00:45:49.820><c> that's</c><00:45:50.119><c> what</c><00:45:50.360><c> exactly</c><00:45:51.079><c> Balaam</c><00:45:51.539><c> was</c><00:45:51.719><c> asked</c><00:45:51.960><c> to</c><00:45:52.239><c> do.</c>

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:56.059
Verse<00:45:53.139><c> 11,</c><00:45:53.800><c> behold,</c><00:45:54.500><c> there</c><00:45:54.639><c> is</c><00:45:54.760><c> a</c><00:45:54.940><c> people</c><00:45:55.219><c> come</c><00:45:55.440><c> out</c><00:45:55.659><c> of</c><00:45:55.840><c> Egypt</c>

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:59.719
which<00:45:56.320><c> covereth</c><00:45:56.780><c> the</c><00:45:56.900><c> face</c><00:45:57.139><c> of</c><00:45:57.360><c> the</c><00:45:57.480><c> earth,</c><00:45:58.059><c> now</c><00:45:58.420><c> curse</c><00:45:58.980><c> me</c><00:45:59.440><c> them.</c>

00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:01.639
And<00:45:59.960><c> that's</c><00:46:00.280><c> the</c><00:46:00.460><c> same</c><00:46:00.679><c> word.</c>

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:08.159
And<00:46:03.159><c> so</c><00:46:03.360><c> Israel</c><00:46:03.659><c> became</c><00:46:04.099><c> cursed</c><00:46:04.639><c> children</c><00:46:05.380><c> because</c><00:46:07.139><c> they</c>

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:10.420
brought<00:46:08.519><c> into</c><00:46:08.900><c> their</c><00:46:09.320><c> holy</c><00:46:09.659><c> place</c>

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:12.980
the<00:46:11.219><c> things</c><00:46:11.460><c> of</c><00:46:11.679><c> this</c><00:46:12.000><c> world.</c>

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:17.119
And<00:46:14.079><c> you</c><00:46:14.300><c> and</c><00:46:14.460><c> I,</c><00:46:14.739><c> brethren</c><00:46:14.900><c> and</c><00:46:15.179><c> sisters,</c><00:46:16.239><c> can</c><00:46:16.360><c> be</c><00:46:16.619><c> guilty</c><00:46:16.960><c> of</c>

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:18.820
doing<00:46:17.360><c> the</c><00:46:17.599><c> same</c><00:46:17.860><c> thing.</c>

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:22.059
We<00:46:19.300><c> can</c><00:46:19.639><c> bring</c><00:46:19.920><c> into</c><00:46:20.260><c> our</c><00:46:20.579><c> holy</c><00:46:20.840><c> place,</c><00:46:21.280><c> whether</c><00:46:21.500><c> it</c><00:46:21.699><c> be</c><00:46:21.820><c> the</c>

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:25.179
ecclesia<00:46:22.599><c> or</c><00:46:23.260><c> our</c><00:46:23.579><c> home</c><00:46:23.920><c> environment,</c>

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:29.960
in<00:46:25.800><c> our</c><00:46:26.079><c> marital</c><00:46:26.500><c> relationships,</c><00:46:27.639><c> we</c><00:46:27.960><c> can</c><00:46:28.320><c> bring</c><00:46:28.739><c> in</c><00:46:29.780><c> an</c>

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:31.139
unholy<00:46:30.519><c> alliance</c>

00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:34.260
which<00:46:32.059><c> will</c><00:46:32.860><c> separate</c><00:46:33.340><c> us</c><00:46:33.599><c> from</c><00:46:33.840><c> God.</c>

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:39.519
It<00:46:34.679><c> will</c><00:46:35.019><c> cause</c><00:46:35.320><c> us</c><00:46:35.679><c> to</c><00:46:36.920><c> be</c><00:46:37.619><c> in</c><00:46:38.280><c> conflict</c><00:46:38.719><c> with</c><00:46:38.960><c> the</c><00:46:39.139><c> things</c><00:46:39.320><c> of</c>

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.820
the<00:46:39.760><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:46:42.360><c> we</c><00:46:42.579><c> have</c><00:46:42.820><c> to</c><00:46:43.039><c> guard</c><00:46:43.219><c> against</c><00:46:43.639><c> that</c><00:46:44.079><c> because</c><00:46:44.920><c> it</c><00:46:45.079><c> was</c><00:46:45.300><c> the</c>

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downfall<00:46:46.340><c> of</c><00:46:47.079><c> Israel</c><00:46:47.480><c> on</c><00:46:47.719><c> this</c><00:46:47.900><c> occasion.</c>

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We've<00:46:49.599><c> run</c><00:46:49.699><c> out</c><00:46:49.920><c> of</c><00:46:50.099><c> time,</c><00:46:50.780><c> so</c><00:46:50.980><c> we're</c><00:46:51.159><c> going</c><00:46:51.300><c> to</c><00:46:51.420><c> call</c><00:46:51.619><c> that</c>

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:55.219
quits<00:46:52.500><c> and</c><00:46:53.699><c> cut</c><00:46:54.039><c> off</c><00:46:54.239><c> for</c><00:46:54.420><c> lunch.</c>

00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:01.960
Before<00:46:59.579><c> we</c><00:46:59.860><c> close,</c><00:47:00.179><c> just</c><00:47:00.400><c> another</c><00:47:00.699><c> final</c><00:47:01.079><c> comment.</c>

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Schedules,<00:47:03.500><c> which</c><00:47:03.679><c> is</c><00:47:04.000><c> in</c><00:47:04.539><c> approximately</c><00:47:05.039><c> half</c><00:47:05.300><c> an</c><00:47:05.539><c> hour,</c>

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a<00:47:07.000><c> little</c><00:47:07.099><c> more</c><00:47:07.320><c> than</c><00:47:07.420><c> half</c><00:47:07.579><c> an</c><00:47:07.739><c> hour,</c><00:47:07.920><c> at</c><00:47:08.119><c> 12</c><00:47:08.420><c>.30.</c>

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:14.599
We'll<00:47:10.380><c> close</c><00:47:10.579><c> this</c><00:47:10.900><c> morning</c><00:47:11.500><c> with</c><00:47:12.980><c> prayer</c><00:47:13.679><c> by</c><00:47:14.300><c> our</c><00:47:14.420><c> brother</c>

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John<00:47:14.960><c> Wells</c>

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after<00:47:16.440><c> we</c><00:47:16.639><c> have</c><00:47:16.840><c> sung</c><00:47:17.000><c> together</c><00:47:17.860><c> hymn</c><00:47:18.179><c> number</c><00:47:18.539><c> 270.</c>

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Hymn<00:47:21.179><c> number</c><00:47:21.440><c> 270.</c>

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Christian,<00:47:23.380><c> walk</c><00:47:23.659><c> carefully,</c><00:47:24.320><c> danger</c><00:47:24.699><c> is</c><00:47:25.000><c> near.</c>

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On<00:47:26.059><c> in</c><00:47:26.260><c> thy</c><00:47:26.380><c> journey</c><00:47:26.699><c> with</c><00:47:26.960><c> trembling</c><00:47:27.380><c> and</c><00:47:27.820><c> fear,</c>

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:31.820
snares<00:47:29.280><c> from</c><00:47:29.539><c> without</c><00:47:29.840><c> and</c><00:47:30.099><c> temptations</c><00:47:30.760><c> within,</c>

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:34.280
seek<00:47:32.099><c> to</c><00:47:32.360><c> entice</c><00:47:32.780><c> thee</c><00:47:33.059><c> once</c><00:47:33.400><c> more</c><00:47:33.579><c> into</c><00:47:33.860><c> sin.</c>

00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:36.019
Hymn<00:47:34.679><c> number</c><00:47:34.920><c> 270.</c>

00:47:53.159 --> 00:48:00.760
Christian,<00:47:54.860><c> walk</c><00:47:55.480><c> carefully,</c><00:47:57.280><c> danger</c><00:47:58.280><c> is</c><00:47:59.260><c> near.</c>

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:07.159
On<00:48:01.559><c> in</c><00:48:02.219><c> thy</c><00:48:02.679><c> journey</c><00:48:03.820><c> with</c><00:48:04.480><c> trembling</c><00:48:05.500><c> and</c><00:48:06.460><c> fear,</c>

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:14.659
snares<00:48:08.719><c> from</c><00:48:09.360><c> without</c><00:48:10.800><c> and</c><00:48:11.500><c> temptations</c><00:48:13.000><c> within,</c>

00:48:15.820 --> 00:48:22.579
seek<00:48:15.940><c> to</c><00:48:16.820><c> entice</c><00:48:18.039><c> thee</c><00:48:18.460><c> once</c><00:48:19.079><c> more</c><00:48:19.780><c> into</c><00:48:20.719><c> sin.</c>

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Christian,<00:48:24.980><c> walk</c><00:48:25.280><c> cheerfully</c><00:48:26.980><c> through</c><00:48:27.860><c> the</c><00:48:28.559><c> fierce</c><00:48:29.039><c> storm,</c>

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Dark<00:48:31.639><c> fold</c><00:48:32.440><c> the</c><00:48:32.900><c> sky</c><00:48:33.980><c> with</c><00:48:34.659><c> its</c><00:48:35.139><c> dreadful</c><00:48:36.619><c> alarm.</c>

00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:45.960
Soon<00:48:39.320><c> will</c><00:48:39.980><c> the</c><00:48:40.780><c> clouds</c><00:48:41.579><c> and</c><00:48:42.219><c> the</c><00:48:42.739><c> tempest</c><00:48:43.800><c> be</c><00:48:44.840><c> o</c><00:48:45.519><c>'er,</c>

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When<00:48:46.900><c> with</c><00:48:47.800><c> thy</c><00:48:48.300><c> Savior</c><00:48:49.500><c> thou</c><00:48:50.280><c>'lt</c><00:48:50.699><c> rest</c><00:48:50.960><c> evermore.</c>

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Christian,<00:48:56.960><c> walk</c><00:48:57.159><c> prayerfully,</c><00:48:59.340><c> oft</c><00:48:59.760><c> wilt</c><00:49:00.420><c> thou</c><00:49:01.139><c> fall,</c>

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If<00:49:03.639><c> thou</c><00:49:04.260><c> forget,</c><00:49:06.219><c> or</c><00:49:06.460><c> thy</c><00:49:07.059><c> Savior</c><00:49:08.059><c> to</c><00:49:09.199><c> call.</c>

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Say,<00:49:12.099><c> shalt</c><00:49:12.519><c> thou</c><00:49:13.059><c> walk</c><00:49:13.920><c> through</c><00:49:14.480><c> each</c><00:49:15.179><c> trial</c><00:49:16.280><c> and</c><00:49:17.119><c> care,</c>

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With<00:49:19.460><c> thou</c><00:49:20.239><c> art</c><00:49:20.980><c> glad</c><00:49:21.820><c> in</c><00:49:22.500><c> the</c><00:49:23.199><c> armor</c><00:49:24.059><c> of</c><00:49:24.940><c> prayer.</c>

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Christian,<00:49:30.000><c> walk</c><00:49:30.260><c> hopefully,</c><00:49:32.119><c> sorrow</c><00:49:33.320><c> and</c><00:49:34.460><c> pain,</c>

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Cease<00:49:36.920><c> when</c><00:49:37.559><c> the</c><00:49:38.380><c> haven</c><00:49:39.460><c> of</c><00:49:40.340><c> rest</c><00:49:40.820><c> thou</c><00:49:41.360><c> shalt</c><00:49:42.199><c> gain,</c>

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And<00:49:44.679><c> from</c><00:49:45.440><c> the</c><00:49:46.340><c> list</c><00:49:47.159><c> of</c><00:49:47.860><c> the</c><00:49:48.320><c> judged</c><00:49:49.039><c> thy</c><00:49:49.500><c> reward,</c>

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Enter<00:49:53.380><c> thou</c><00:49:54.239><c> into</c><00:49:55.280><c> the</c><00:49:56.219><c> joy</c><00:49:56.900><c> of</c><00:49:57.780><c> the</c><00:49:58.539><c> Lord.</c>

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Great<00:50:07.380><c> and</c><00:50:07.659><c> merciful</c><00:50:08.000><c> Heavenly</c><00:50:08.480><c> Father,</c>

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We<00:50:09.860><c> come</c><00:50:10.079><c> to</c><00:50:10.300><c> thee</c><00:50:10.679><c> to</c><00:50:10.940><c> seek</c><00:50:11.139><c> thy</c><00:50:11.320><c> blessing,</c>

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And<00:50:14.300><c> to</c><00:50:14.519><c> thank</c><00:50:14.679><c> thee</c><00:50:14.840><c> for</c><00:50:15.000><c> the</c><00:50:15.199><c> time</c><00:50:15.380><c> which</c><00:50:15.960><c> we've</c><00:50:16.780><c> had</c>

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To<00:50:18.820><c> listen</c><00:50:19.119><c> to</c><00:50:19.340><c> these</c><00:50:19.539><c> words,</c><00:50:20.820><c> to</c><00:50:20.980><c> expound</c><00:50:21.380><c> on</c><00:50:21.599><c> thy</c><00:50:21.800><c> word.</c>

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We<00:50:23.840><c> thank</c><00:50:24.059><c> thee</c><00:50:24.340><c> for</c><00:50:24.719><c> all</c><00:50:24.900><c> thy</c><00:50:25.019><c> many</c><00:50:25.239><c> blessings,</c>

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For<00:50:29.579><c> we</c><00:50:29.780><c> know</c><00:50:30.320><c> that</c><00:50:31.099><c> all</c><00:50:31.360><c> things</c><00:50:31.619><c> come</c><00:50:31.860><c> from</c><00:50:32.039><c> thy</c><00:50:32.380><c> hand.</c>

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We<00:50:36.800><c> thank</c><00:50:37.039><c> thee</c><00:50:37.239><c> for</c><00:50:38.639><c> each</c><00:50:39.260><c> other,</c><00:50:40.760><c> those</c><00:50:41.000><c> of</c><00:50:41.199><c> like</c><00:50:41.360><c> precious</c><00:50:41.699><c> faith,</c>

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And<00:50:42.820><c> especially</c><00:50:43.300><c> this</c><00:50:43.659><c> time</c><00:50:44.199><c> that</c><00:50:45.480><c> we</c><00:50:45.760><c> have</c>

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To<00:50:46.659><c> gather</c><00:50:46.980><c> together</c><00:50:47.420><c> away</c><00:50:47.699><c> from</c><00:50:47.900><c> the</c><00:50:48.079><c> world.</c>

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We<00:50:53.239><c> pray</c><00:50:53.420><c> that</c><00:50:53.579><c> that</c><00:50:53.699><c> would</c><00:50:53.880><c> help</c><00:50:54.079><c> us</c><00:50:54.380><c> to</c><00:50:56.179><c> put</c><00:50:56.539><c> you</c><00:50:57.179><c> first</c><00:50:57.639><c> in</c>

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our<00:50:58.039><c> lives</c>

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And<00:50:59.460><c> all</c><00:50:59.719><c> other</c><00:51:00.000><c> things</c><00:51:00.699><c> after</c><00:51:01.260><c> them.</c>

00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:05.519
We<00:51:03.860><c> pray</c><00:51:04.099><c> these</c><00:51:04.440><c> and</c><00:51:04.659><c> all</c><00:51:04.940><c> things,</c>

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In<00:51:05.860><c> and</c><00:51:06.019><c> through</c><00:51:06.260><c> the</c><00:51:06.380><c> name</c><00:51:06.539><c> of</c><00:51:06.719><c> the</c><00:51:06.820><c> Lord</c><00:51:07.019><c> Jesus</c><00:51:07.420><c> the</c><00:51:07.659><c> Christ.</c><00:51:08.739><c> Amen.</c>

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Thank<00:52:05.019><c> you.</c>