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Lot.<00:11:35.340><c> And</c><00:11:35.799><c> there's</c>

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a<00:11:36.440><c> possibility</c><00:11:37.059><c> too</c><00:11:37.480><c> that</c><00:11:37.600><c> she's</c><00:11:37.899><c> in</c><00:11:38.080><c> the</c><00:11:38.159><c> same</c><00:11:38.360><c> position</c><00:11:38.919><c> as</c>

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Abram's<00:11:40.299><c> wife</c><00:11:40.559><c> Sarai,</c><00:11:41.279><c> and</c><00:11:41.519><c> she</c><00:11:41.700><c> was</c>

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his<00:11:43.000><c> half</c><00:11:43.340><c> sister.</c><00:11:44.480><c> She</c><00:11:44.879><c> would</c><00:11:45.100><c> have</c><00:11:45.259><c> been</c><00:11:45.820><c> Lot's</c><00:11:47.879><c> father's</c>

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daughter<00:11:49.539><c> by</c><00:11:50.139><c> another</c><00:11:50.559><c> woman.</c>

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So<00:11:52.200><c> now</c><00:11:53.519><c> that</c><00:11:54.279><c> class</c><00:11:54.980><c> we</c><00:11:55.340><c> begin</c><00:11:56.080><c> as</c><00:11:57.039><c> this</c><00:11:58.399><c> glorious</c><00:11:58.860><c> study</c><00:11:59.340><c> with</c><00:12:00.220><c> some</c><00:12:01.059><c> real</c><00:12:01.399><c> gems.</c><00:12:03.480><c> And</c>

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I'd<00:12:03.840><c> like</c><00:12:03.860><c> for</c><00:12:04.000><c> you</c><00:12:04.080><c> to</c><00:12:04.080><c> look</c>

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real<00:12:04.639><c> carefully</c><00:12:05.080><c> now</c><00:12:05.500><c> and</c><00:12:05.700><c> remember</c><00:12:06.360><c> that</c><00:12:07.259><c> these</c><00:12:08.299><c> things</c><00:12:08.519><c> are</c>

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written<00:12:08.919><c> a</c><00:12:09.139><c> four</c><00:12:09.320><c> time</c><00:12:09.580><c> for</c><00:12:09.840><c> our</c><00:12:10.120><c> learning.</c><00:12:10.460><c> There's</c>

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real<00:12:11.200><c> meaning</c><00:12:11.580><c> in</c><00:12:11.840><c> every</c><00:12:12.039><c> bit</c><00:12:12.200><c> of</c><00:12:12.440><c> this.</c><00:12:14.259><c> And</c><00:12:14.519><c> you</c><00:12:17.139><c> come</c><00:12:17.440><c> down</c>

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to<00:12:18.259><c> verse</c><00:12:18.700><c> 30.</c>

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I<00:12:21.159><c> want</c><00:12:21.419><c> you</c><00:12:21.620><c> to</c><00:12:21.700><c> look</c><00:12:21.960><c> carefully</c><00:12:22.500><c> at</c><00:12:22.879><c> a</c><00:12:23.179><c> one</c><00:12:23.580><c> little</c><00:12:24.399><c> sentence</c>

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there.<00:12:26.299><c> It</c><00:12:26.299><c> says,</c><00:12:27.039><c> but</c><00:12:27.080><c> Sarai</c><00:12:27.559><c> was</c><00:12:27.980><c> barren</c>

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and<00:12:30.720><c> she</c><00:12:31.000><c> had</c><00:12:31.259><c> no</c><00:12:31.580><c> child.</c><00:12:33.759><c> You</c><00:12:33.879><c> see</c><00:12:34.039><c> that?</c><00:12:35.919><c> Sarai</c><00:12:36.240><c> was</c><00:12:36.500><c> barren.</c>

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Now<00:12:39.559><c> stop</c><00:12:39.700><c> and</c><00:12:39.960><c> think</c><00:12:40.139><c> for</c><00:12:40.360><c> a</c><00:12:40.480><c> moment</c><00:12:40.700><c> while</c><00:12:40.860><c> we're</c><00:12:41.080><c> talking</c><00:12:41.360><c> about.</c>

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God<00:12:43.419><c> is</c><00:12:44.039><c> beginning</c><00:12:44.759><c> class.</c><00:12:45.480><c> God</c><00:12:45.860><c> is</c><00:12:46.220><c> beginning</c><00:12:46.879><c> a</c><00:12:47.440><c> picture</c><00:12:47.879><c> of</c><00:12:48.279><c> redemption.</c>

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He's<00:12:50.779><c> beginning</c><00:12:51.299><c> to</c><00:12:51.659><c> take</c><00:12:51.899><c> a</c><00:12:52.259><c> people</c><00:12:52.620><c> out</c><00:12:53.120><c> for</c><00:12:53.539><c> his</c><00:12:53.980><c> name.</c><00:12:55.220><c> This</c><00:12:55.460><c> is</c>

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the<00:12:55.980><c> beginning</c><00:12:56.279><c> of</c><00:12:56.559><c> the</c><00:12:56.740><c> covenants</c><00:12:57.100><c> of</c><00:12:57.399><c> promise</c>

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that<00:12:57.960><c> God</c><00:12:58.200><c> made</c><00:12:58.440><c> to</c><00:12:58.639><c> Abraham,</c><00:12:59.059><c> Isaac,</c><00:12:59.360><c> and</c><00:12:59.659><c> Jacob.</c><00:13:00.440><c> Now</c><00:13:00.679><c> you</c>

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know<00:13:01.240><c> as</c><00:13:01.500><c> we</c><00:13:01.720><c> have</c><00:13:01.879><c> gone</c><00:13:02.019><c> through</c><00:13:02.279><c> the</c><00:13:02.519><c> Bible,</c>

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we<00:13:03.159><c> have</c><00:13:03.600><c> labored</c><00:13:04.019><c> these</c><00:13:04.360><c> covenants</c><00:13:04.799><c> of</c><00:13:05.059><c> promise,</c><00:13:05.519><c> haven't</c>

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we?<00:13:06.460><c> Paul</c><00:13:06.820><c> says</c><00:13:07.200><c> they're</c><00:13:07.500><c> the</c><00:13:07.779><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:13:10.080><c> I</c><00:13:10.320><c> want</c><00:13:10.580><c> to</c><00:13:10.940><c> show</c><00:13:11.159><c> you</c><00:13:11.440><c> the</c><00:13:11.840><c> significance</c><00:13:12.840><c> that</c><00:13:14.100><c> is</c><00:13:14.960><c> connected</c><00:13:15.659><c> with</c>

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these<00:13:16.440><c> covenants</c><00:13:16.840><c> of</c><00:13:17.139><c> promise.</c>

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It's<00:13:17.700><c> just</c><00:13:18.059><c> three</c><00:13:18.600><c> little</c><00:13:18.879><c> words</c><00:13:19.259><c> now.</c><00:13:20.419><c> It</c><00:13:20.659><c> says</c><00:13:20.940><c> Sarai</c><00:13:21.840><c> was</c><00:13:22.480><c> barren.</c>

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Now<00:13:25.139><c> when</c><00:13:25.259><c> we</c><00:13:25.440><c> go</c><00:13:25.720><c> over</c><00:13:26.039><c> to</c><00:13:27.059><c> the</c><00:13:28.240><c> 11th</c><00:13:28.720><c> chapter</c><00:13:29.000><c> of</c><00:13:29.279><c> Hebrews,</c>

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and<00:13:29.779><c> we</c><00:13:29.940><c> won't</c><00:13:30.179><c> turn</c><00:13:30.440><c> it</c><00:13:30.639><c> this</c><00:13:30.879><c> afternoon.</c>

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You<00:13:34.240><c> go</c><00:13:34.960><c> to</c><00:13:35.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:35.399><c> 11</c><00:13:35.960><c> and</c><00:13:36.139><c> 11,</c><00:13:36.600><c> and</c><00:13:36.659><c> you</c><00:13:36.779><c> will</c><00:13:37.159><c> find</c><00:13:37.580><c> that</c>

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through<00:13:39.960><c> faith.</c><00:13:41.080><c> Now</c><00:13:41.419><c> note</c><00:13:41.580><c> what</c><00:13:41.700><c> I'm</c><00:13:41.899><c> saying.</c>

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Through<00:13:44.340><c> faith,</c><00:13:46.039><c> Sarai</c><00:13:46.340><c> received</c><00:13:47.159><c> strength</c><00:13:47.919><c> to</c><00:13:48.480><c> conceive.</c>

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Now<00:13:51.519><c> without</c><00:13:51.899><c> faith,</c><00:13:52.279><c> it</c><00:13:52.360><c> is</c><00:13:52.600><c> impossible</c><00:13:53.100><c> to</c><00:13:53.379><c> please</c><00:13:53.559><c> God.</c>

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Sarai<00:13:56.639><c> had</c><00:13:56.960><c> faith</c><00:13:57.519><c> in</c><00:13:57.740><c> the</c><00:13:57.960><c> promise</c><00:13:58.320><c> of</c><00:13:58.600><c> God.</c><00:13:59.779><c> And</c><00:14:00.240><c> because</c><00:14:00.580><c> Sarai</c><00:14:01.100><c> had</c><00:14:01.179><c> faith</c><00:14:01.179><c> in</c><00:14:01.179><c> God,</c>

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faith<00:14:01.759><c> in</c><00:14:02.100><c> the</c><00:14:02.159><c> promise</c><00:14:02.480><c> of</c><00:14:02.679><c> God,</c><00:14:03.960><c> Sarai</c><00:14:04.500><c> received</c><00:14:05.220><c> strength</c>

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to<00:14:06.360><c> conceive.</c>

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Now<00:14:09.779><c> then,</c><00:14:10.899><c> let's</c><00:14:11.419><c> bring</c><00:14:11.940><c> that</c><00:14:12.500><c> matter</c><00:14:12.820><c> down</c><00:14:13.360><c> into</c><00:14:13.700><c> your</c><00:14:14.120><c> life</c>

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and<00:14:15.059><c> to</c><00:14:15.299><c> my</c><00:14:15.679><c> life.</c>

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Let's<00:14:17.740><c> bring</c><00:14:18.019><c> it</c><00:14:18.159><c> into</c><00:14:18.580><c> the</c><00:14:18.740><c> life</c><00:14:19.080><c> of</c><00:14:19.440><c> every</c><00:14:20.120><c> individual</c><00:14:21.120><c> who</c>

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is<00:14:21.759><c> a</c><00:14:22.039><c> stranger</c><00:14:22.460><c> from</c><00:14:22.799><c> the</c><00:14:23.059><c> covenants</c><00:14:23.460><c> of</c><00:14:23.720><c> promise.</c>

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And<00:14:27.200><c> every</c><00:14:27.919><c> individual</c><00:14:28.860><c> that</c><00:14:29.139><c> is</c><00:14:29.399><c> a</c><00:14:29.580><c> stranger</c><00:14:30.000><c> from</c><00:14:30.320><c> the</c><00:14:30.600><c> covenants</c><00:14:30.960><c> of</c>

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promise<00:14:31.879><c> is</c><00:14:33.059><c> barren,</c>

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just<00:14:35.899><c> exactly</c><00:14:36.460><c> like</c><00:14:37.019><c> Sarai</c><00:14:37.639><c> was</c><00:14:37.980><c> barren.</c>

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to<00:14:48.000><c> be</c><00:14:48.240><c> born</c><00:14:48.440><c> again,</c>

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or<00:14:50.759><c> to</c><00:14:51.000><c> give</c><00:14:51.179><c> birth,</c><00:14:52.840><c> or</c><00:14:52.919><c> to</c><00:14:53.220><c> start</c><00:14:53.419><c> a</c><00:14:53.539><c> new</c><00:14:53.679><c> life,</c><00:14:55.379><c> that</c><00:14:55.840><c> is</c><00:14:57.000><c> faith.</c><00:14:58.919><c> Faith</c><00:14:59.620><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:00.419><c> things</c><00:15:00.820><c> which</c><00:15:01.320><c> God</c><00:15:01.799><c> has</c><00:15:02.440><c> promised.</c>

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Now<00:15:05.059><c> remember,</c><00:15:05.759><c> the</c><00:15:06.000><c> Bride</c><00:15:06.399><c> of</c><00:15:06.720><c> Christ,</c><00:15:07.720><c> please</c><00:15:08.080><c> remember</c><00:15:08.600><c> this</c><00:15:08.919><c> verse,</c><00:15:09.379><c> the</c><00:15:09.679><c> Bride</c><00:15:10.080><c> of</c><00:15:10.240><c> Christ,</c>

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which<00:15:10.840><c> we</c><00:15:11.179><c> are,</c><00:15:12.620><c> we're</c><00:15:12.740><c> the</c><00:15:12.980><c> bride</c><00:15:13.240><c>-elec.</c><00:15:14.360><c> The</c><00:15:14.659><c> Bride</c><00:15:15.080><c> of</c><00:15:15.379><c> Christ</c><00:15:15.820><c> remains</c><00:15:16.500><c> barren</c><00:15:17.100><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:17.639><c> absence</c><00:15:18.039><c> of</c><00:15:18.379><c> faith.</c>

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the<00:15:28.220><c> seed</c><00:15:28.440><c> of</c><00:15:28.620><c> God</c><00:15:28.980><c> to</c><00:15:29.299><c> germinate</c><00:15:29.840><c> and</c><00:15:30.080><c> produce</c>

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fruit<00:15:30.879><c> in</c><00:15:31.059><c> our</c><00:15:31.340><c> life.</c><00:15:33.480><c> That's</c><00:15:34.000><c> what</c><00:15:34.259><c> the</c><00:15:34.820><c> beauty</c><00:15:35.220><c> that</c><00:15:35.460><c> is</c><00:15:35.679><c> in</c>

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back<00:15:36.039><c> of</c><00:15:36.259><c> this</c><00:15:36.480><c> thing.</c><00:15:36.980><c> Now</c><00:15:37.460><c> this</c><00:15:37.679><c> isn't</c><00:15:38.100><c> a</c><00:15:38.340><c> far</c><00:15:38.679><c>-fetched</c>

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things<00:15:39.360><c> class,</c><00:15:40.159><c> because</c><00:15:40.580><c> James</c><00:15:41.240><c> in</c><00:15:41.679><c> chapter</c><00:15:42.179><c> one,</c><00:15:42.580><c> verse</c><00:15:42.879><c> 18</c>

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says,<00:15:45.240><c> of</c><00:15:45.820><c> his</c><00:15:46.500><c> own</c><00:15:47.340><c> will,</c>

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what?<00:15:52.080><c> Begat</c><00:15:52.740><c> he</c><00:15:53.159><c> us</c><00:15:53.779><c> with</c><00:15:55.539><c> a</c><00:15:55.779><c> what?</c><00:15:56.220><c> Word</c><00:15:57.080><c> of</c><00:15:58.559><c> truth.</c><00:16:01.240><c> He</c><00:16:01.740><c> begat</c><00:16:02.480><c> us</c>

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with<00:16:03.360><c> the</c><00:16:03.580><c> word</c><00:16:03.820><c> of</c><00:16:04.100><c> truth.</c>

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In<00:16:06.399><c> other</c><00:16:06.759><c> words,</c><00:16:08.700><c> the</c><00:16:08.940><c> womb</c><00:16:09.100><c> was</c><00:16:09.559><c> barren,</c><00:16:11.259><c> but</c><00:16:11.580><c> the</c><00:16:11.799><c> word</c><00:16:12.019><c> of</c>

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truth<00:16:12.559><c> made</c><00:16:12.820><c> it</c><00:16:13.039><c> come</c><00:16:13.259><c> alive.</c>

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Sarah's<00:16:16.080><c> womb</c><00:16:16.179><c> was</c><00:16:16.539><c> barren,</c><00:16:17.659><c> and</c><00:16:17.840><c> her</c><00:16:18.279><c> faith</c><00:16:18.679><c> in</c><00:16:18.960><c> the</c><00:16:19.259><c> promises</c><00:16:19.659><c> of</c><00:16:19.879><c> God</c>

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brought<00:16:21.080><c> life</c><00:16:21.799><c> from</c><00:16:22.620><c> the</c><00:16:22.840><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:16:25.440><c> there</c><00:16:25.679><c> is</c><00:16:26.059><c> the</c><00:16:26.419><c> basic</c><00:16:26.980><c> principle</c><00:16:27.500><c> of</c><00:16:27.779><c> eternal</c><00:16:28.139><c> life</c><00:16:28.600><c> class.</c><00:16:30.360><c> We</c>

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want<00:16:30.879><c> to</c><00:16:31.179><c> remember</c><00:16:31.460><c> that</c><00:16:31.700><c> these</c><00:16:32.259><c> things</c><00:16:32.740><c> are</c>

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securely<00:16:35.539><c> founded</c><00:16:36.159><c> in</c><00:16:36.460><c> the</c><00:16:36.600><c> word</c><00:16:36.720><c> of</c><00:16:36.940><c> God,</c><00:16:37.159><c> and</c><00:16:37.299><c> they</c><00:16:37.600><c> apply</c>

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earlier.<00:16:45.000><c> I</c><00:16:45.519><c> want</c><00:16:46.039><c> you</c><00:16:46.399><c> to</c><00:16:46.620><c> come</c><00:16:46.860><c> with</c><00:16:47.080><c> me,</c><00:16:47.559><c> and</c><00:16:47.700><c> we</c><00:16:47.899><c> won't</c><00:16:48.200><c> turn</c><00:16:48.460><c> it</c>

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because<00:16:48.919><c> you</c><00:16:49.120><c> know</c><00:16:49.360><c> the</c><00:16:49.600><c> passage</c><00:16:49.960><c> as</c><00:16:50.220><c> well</c><00:16:50.360><c> as</c><00:16:50.580><c> I</c>

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do,<00:16:51.600><c> and</c><00:16:51.759><c> I</c><00:16:51.919><c> want</c><00:16:52.159><c> you</c><00:16:52.360><c> to</c><00:16:52.500><c> come</c><00:16:52.700><c> to</c><00:16:52.879><c> me</c><00:16:53.019><c> with</c><00:16:53.279><c> me</c><00:16:53.500><c> to</c><00:16:53.700><c> the</c><00:16:53.860><c> Luke</c>

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chapter<00:16:54.639><c> one,</c><00:16:55.000><c> verse</c><00:16:55.220><c> 32,</c><00:16:56.519><c> or</c><00:16:56.639><c> the</c><00:16:56.980><c> Luke</c><00:16:57.139><c> chapter</c><00:16:57.539><c> one,</c>

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where<00:16:58.159><c> we</c><00:16:58.440><c> have</c><00:16:58.639><c> an</c><00:16:58.860><c> account</c><00:16:59.360><c> of</c><00:16:59.840><c> the</c><00:17:00.179><c> angel</c><00:17:00.799><c> appearing</c><00:17:01.379><c> to</c><00:17:01.659><c> Mary</c><00:17:02.039><c> to</c>

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announce<00:17:02.919><c> the</c><00:17:03.100><c> birth</c><00:17:03.299><c> of</c><00:17:03.500><c> Christ.</c><00:17:04.700><c> Now</c>

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notice<00:17:05.240><c> how</c><00:17:05.440><c> the</c><00:17:05.740><c> same</c><00:17:06.059><c> principle</c><00:17:06.539><c> that</c><00:17:07.319><c> took</c><00:17:07.599><c> place</c><00:17:08.740><c> with</c>

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Sarah,<00:17:11.380><c> with</c><00:17:11.539><c> Rebecca,</c><00:17:12.940><c> with</c><00:17:13.200><c> any</c><00:17:13.519><c> individual</c>

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who<00:17:14.200><c> is</c><00:17:14.380><c> the</c><00:17:14.599><c> prospective</c><00:17:15.059><c> bride</c><00:17:15.359><c> of</c><00:17:15.539><c> Christ,</c><00:17:16.839><c> I</c><00:17:17.180><c> want</c><00:17:17.460><c> you</c><00:17:17.680><c> to</c>

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know<00:17:18.160><c> how</c><00:17:18.579><c> it</c><00:17:19.779><c> operates.</c>

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The<00:17:22.140><c> angel</c><00:17:22.460><c> says</c><00:17:22.779><c> to</c><00:17:23.039><c> Mary,</c><00:17:24.319><c> Mary,</c><00:17:25.740><c> the</c><00:17:25.960><c> power</c><00:17:26.740><c> of</c><00:17:27.299><c> the</c><00:17:27.599><c> highest</c><00:17:28.299><c> shall</c>

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overshadow<00:17:29.680><c> you.</c>

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Now,<00:17:32.519><c> before</c><00:17:32.819><c> that</c><00:17:33.140><c> power</c><00:17:33.599><c> overshadowed</c><00:17:34.559><c> Mary,</c><00:17:35.779><c> there</c><00:17:35.960><c> was</c>

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no<00:17:36.480><c> child</c><00:17:36.819><c> in</c><00:17:37.000><c> her</c><00:17:37.299><c> womb.</c>

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The<00:17:40.480><c> power</c><00:17:40.900><c> of</c><00:17:41.180><c> the</c><00:17:41.420><c> highest</c><00:17:41.799><c> shall</c><00:17:42.160><c> overshadow</c><00:17:42.819><c> you.</c><00:17:44.279><c> The</c>

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Holy<00:17:44.819><c> Spirit</c><00:17:45.420><c> shall</c><00:17:45.619><c> come</c><00:17:45.900><c> upon</c><00:17:46.259><c> you,</c><00:17:46.539><c> Mary,</c>

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and<00:17:49.299><c> that</c><00:17:49.640><c> holy</c><00:17:50.140><c> thing</c><00:17:50.619><c> which</c><00:17:50.859><c> shall</c><00:17:51.119><c> be</c><00:17:51.460><c> born</c><00:17:51.799><c> of</c><00:17:52.059><c> you</c><00:17:53.220><c> shall</c>

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be<00:17:54.279><c> called</c><00:17:54.859><c> the</c><00:17:55.279><c> Son</c><00:17:56.000><c> of</c><00:17:56.519><c> God.</c>

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What<00:17:58.880><c> a</c><00:17:59.319><c> switch,</c><00:17:59.759><c> class,</c><00:18:00.019><c> from</c><00:18:00.539><c> the</c><00:18:00.799><c> Tower</c><00:18:01.039><c> of</c><00:18:01.259><c> Babel.</c><00:18:02.980><c> What</c><00:18:03.259><c> a</c>

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switch<00:18:03.680><c> when</c><00:18:03.880><c> man</c><00:18:04.160><c> said,</c>

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let<00:18:04.900><c> us</c><00:18:06.920><c> exalt</c><00:18:07.420><c> ourselves</c><00:18:08.160><c> above</c><00:18:08.480><c> the</c><00:18:08.759><c> skies.</c><00:18:10.460><c> Let</c><00:18:10.720><c> us</c><00:18:10.980><c> be</c><00:18:11.220><c> like</c><00:18:11.539><c> God.</c><00:18:12.599><c> Let</c>

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us<00:18:13.079><c> be</c><00:18:13.400><c> God.</c>

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There<00:18:15.299><c> were</c><00:18:15.480><c> empty</c><00:18:15.720><c> words,</c><00:18:16.339><c> weren't</c><00:18:16.420><c> there?</c><00:18:16.579><c> They</c><00:18:16.779><c> didn't</c><00:18:17.000><c> mean</c><00:18:17.240><c> anything.</c><00:18:18.859><c> But</c><00:18:19.079><c> when</c><00:18:19.279><c> an</c>

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individual<00:18:20.059><c> comes</c><00:18:20.460><c> to</c>

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this<00:18:20.900><c> beginning</c><00:18:21.339><c> of</c><00:18:21.559><c> God's</c><00:18:22.160><c> creation,</c><00:18:22.920><c> he</c><00:18:23.160><c> finds</c><00:18:23.599><c> out</c><00:18:23.960><c> that</c>

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There<00:18:27.259><c> isn't</c><00:18:27.640><c> anything</c><00:18:28.099><c> in</c><00:18:28.279><c> us</c><00:18:28.519><c> that</c><00:18:28.640><c> can</c><00:18:28.880><c> give</c><00:18:29.099><c> eternal</c><00:18:29.519><c> life.</c>

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But<00:18:31.339><c> when</c><00:18:31.579><c> that</c><00:18:31.900><c> faith</c><00:18:32.160><c> or</c><00:18:32.400><c> that</c><00:18:32.660><c> power</c><00:18:32.900><c> of</c><00:18:33.059><c> God</c><00:18:33.480><c> fills</c><00:18:34.059><c> our</c><00:18:34.519><c> heart</c><00:18:34.819><c> and</c><00:18:35.099><c> our</c><00:18:35.420><c> mind,</c><00:18:37.339><c> then</c><00:18:37.480><c> as</c>

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we<00:18:44.359><c> might</c><00:18:44.720><c> be</c><00:18:45.200><c> a</c><00:18:45.460><c> kind</c><00:18:45.819><c> of</c><00:18:46.220><c> first</c><00:18:46.680><c> fruits</c>

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of<00:18:47.859><c> his</c><00:18:48.140><c> new</c><00:18:48.660><c> creation.</c><00:18:51.180><c> Of</c><00:18:51.680><c> course</c><00:18:51.880><c> the</c><00:18:52.019><c> Lord</c><00:18:52.299><c> Jesus</c><00:18:52.740><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:18:53.500><c> that</c><00:18:53.740><c> new</c><00:18:53.960><c> creation,</c><00:18:54.660><c> isn't</c><00:18:54.819><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:18:55.640><c> the</c><00:18:55.839><c> first</c><00:18:56.279><c> fruit.</c><00:18:56.680><c> Paul</c><00:18:56.960><c> tells</c><00:18:57.299><c> us</c><00:18:57.539><c> that</c><00:18:57.680><c> in</c><00:18:57.799><c> the</c><00:18:57.880><c> 15th</c>

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chapter<00:18:58.680><c> of</c><00:18:58.819><c> 1</c><00:18:58.980><c> Corinthians.</c>

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That's<00:19:00.599><c> the</c><00:19:00.700><c> reason</c><00:19:00.920><c> we</c><00:19:01.160><c> die</c><00:19:01.640><c> in</c><00:19:01.940><c> baptism.</c><00:19:02.539><c> We're</c><00:19:02.660><c> born</c><00:19:02.900><c> again.</c><00:19:04.920><c> We</c><00:19:05.200><c> begin</c><00:19:05.660><c> again,</c><00:19:06.200><c> and</c><00:19:06.480><c> we</c>

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come<00:19:07.220><c> to</c><00:19:07.480><c> that</c><00:19:07.839><c> state,</c>

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class,<00:19:08.819><c> because</c><00:19:09.480><c> of</c><00:19:09.980><c> our</c><00:19:10.400><c> faith</c><00:19:10.880><c> in</c><00:19:11.359><c> God.</c><00:19:12.839><c> And</c><00:19:13.019><c> Paul</c><00:19:13.400><c> says</c><00:19:13.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:14.180><c> 11th</c><00:19:14.799><c> chapter</c><00:19:15.000><c> of</c><00:19:15.180><c> Hebrews,</c><00:19:15.619><c> verse</c><00:19:15.880><c> 11,</c>

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that<00:19:16.799><c> by</c><00:19:17.299><c> faith,</c><00:19:19.380><c> by</c><00:19:19.720><c> faith</c><00:19:20.559><c> Sarah</c><00:19:21.420><c> conceived.</c><00:19:22.720><c> Faith</c><00:19:23.039><c> in</c><00:19:23.220><c> what?</c><00:19:24.680><c> Faith</c><00:19:25.079><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:25.539><c> promises</c><00:19:25.859><c> of</c><00:19:26.059><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:27.859><c> class,</c><00:19:28.079><c> by</c><00:19:28.519><c> faith</c><00:19:28.759><c> in</c><00:19:28.940><c> our</c><00:19:29.319><c> promises</c><00:19:29.799><c> of</c><00:19:29.980><c> God.</c><00:19:30.940><c> And</c><00:19:31.059><c> those</c>

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promises<00:19:31.779><c> tell</c><00:19:32.059><c> us</c><00:19:32.240><c> that</c><00:19:32.400><c> Christ</c><00:19:32.759><c> is</c><00:19:33.039><c> coming.</c>

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Those<00:19:34.440><c> promises</c><00:19:34.880><c> tell</c><00:19:35.160><c> us</c><00:19:35.420><c> without</c><00:19:35.779><c> any</c><00:19:36.279><c> question</c><00:19:36.660><c> of</c><00:19:36.960><c> doubt</c>

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that<00:19:38.440><c> if</c><00:19:38.619><c> we</c><00:19:38.839><c> hold</c><00:19:39.140><c> fast,</c><00:19:40.019><c> we're</c><00:19:46.359><c> going</c><00:19:46.359><c> to</c><00:19:46.359><c> have</c>

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those<00:19:46.700><c> promises</c><00:19:47.180><c> of</c><00:19:47.319><c> God.</c><00:19:48.359><c> By</c><00:19:48.359><c> that</c><00:19:48.759><c> faith,</c><00:19:49.220><c> we're</c><00:19:49.339><c> going</c><00:19:49.519><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:49.900><c> born</c><00:19:50.140><c> again.</c><00:19:51.720><c> We're</c><00:19:51.720><c> going</c><00:19:52.059><c> to</c><00:19:52.259><c> conceive,</c>

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we're<00:19:52.640><c> going</c><00:19:52.859><c> to</c><00:19:53.000><c> be</c><00:19:53.140><c> the</c><00:19:53.539><c> bride</c><00:19:53.859><c> of</c><00:19:54.079><c> Christ</c><00:19:54.640><c> in</c><00:19:54.859><c> the</c><00:19:55.059><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:19:55.640><c> God.</c><00:19:57.059><c> What</c><00:19:57.279><c> a</c><00:19:57.519><c> beautiful</c><00:19:57.920><c> picture</c><00:19:58.299><c> this</c><00:19:58.680><c> is.</c>

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verse<00:20:06.000><c> 31</c><00:20:06.519><c> in</c><00:20:06.839><c> chapter</c><00:20:07.240><c> 11.</c>

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We<00:20:10.920><c> read</c><00:20:11.440><c> there</c><00:20:11.799><c> that</c><00:20:12.059><c> Tyra</c><00:20:12.460><c> took</c><00:20:12.940><c> Abram.</c><00:20:14.859><c> Now</c><00:20:15.119><c> remember</c><00:20:16.059><c> what</c>

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we<00:20:16.700><c> said.</c><00:20:18.180><c> Remember</c><00:20:18.680><c> the</c><00:20:19.019><c> meanings</c><00:20:19.779><c> of</c><00:20:20.740><c> those</c><00:20:21.039><c> words.</c>

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Remember<00:20:22.900><c> Tyra</c><00:20:24.559><c> and</c><00:20:25.900><c> what</c><00:20:26.859><c> Tyra</c><00:20:28.460><c> actually</c><00:20:29.180><c> means</c><00:20:29.640><c> to</c><00:20:29.980><c> turn,</c>

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to<00:20:31.700><c> tarry,</c><00:20:32.420><c> to</c><00:20:32.640><c> delay.</c>

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Tyra<00:20:35.259><c> took</c><00:20:35.539><c> Abraham.</c><00:20:36.279><c> In</c><00:20:36.400><c> other</c><00:20:36.680><c> words,</c><00:20:37.200><c> Abraham,</c><00:20:37.559><c> his</c><00:20:37.759><c> name</c>

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isn't<00:20:38.240><c> Abraham</c><00:20:38.779><c> yet.</c><00:20:39.640><c> In</c><00:20:39.680><c> other</c><00:20:39.960><c> words,</c>

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the<00:20:40.519><c> flesh</c><00:20:40.819><c> that</c><00:20:41.059><c> was</c><00:20:41.259><c> still</c><00:20:41.819><c> in</c><00:20:42.140><c> control</c><00:20:42.779><c> of</c><00:20:43.039><c> Abram,</c><00:20:45.059><c> that</c><00:20:45.440><c> flesh</c><00:20:46.019><c> represented</c><00:20:46.940><c> by</c><00:20:47.359><c> Tyra,</c>

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flesh<00:20:49.680><c> was</c><00:20:49.960><c> not</c><00:20:50.200><c> prepared</c><00:20:50.660><c> to</c><00:20:50.779><c> go</c><00:20:50.980><c> all</c><00:20:51.299><c> the</c><00:20:51.440><c> way.</c><00:20:51.700><c> Now</c><00:20:51.859><c> we're</c><00:20:52.039><c> going</c><00:20:52.259><c> to</c><00:20:52.460><c> see</c><00:20:52.539><c> in</c><00:20:52.680><c> just</c><00:20:52.880><c> a</c>

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few<00:20:53.119><c> minutes</c>

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that<00:20:53.920><c> Tyra</c><00:20:54.279><c> died.</c><00:20:55.980><c> Flesh</c><00:20:56.380><c> is</c><00:20:56.720><c> never</c><00:20:57.119><c> prepared,</c><00:20:57.640><c> class,</c><00:20:58.119><c> to</c><00:20:58.200><c> go</c>

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all<00:20:58.740><c> the</c><00:20:58.819><c> way</c><00:20:58.980><c> to</c><00:20:59.140><c> the</c><00:20:59.259><c> kingdom</c><00:20:59.500><c> of</c><00:20:59.819><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:21:02.000><c> the</c><00:21:02.119><c> reason</c><00:21:02.400><c> Paul</c><00:21:02.779><c> tells</c><00:21:03.140><c> us</c><00:21:03.559><c> that</c><00:21:03.819><c> we</c><00:21:04.019><c> have</c><00:21:04.339><c> to</c><00:21:04.599><c> crucify</c><00:21:05.440><c> flesh.</c><00:21:07.339><c> Flesh</c>

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works<00:21:07.940><c> in</c><00:21:08.180><c> opposition</c><00:21:08.779><c> to</c><00:21:09.099><c> us,</c>

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and<00:21:10.819><c> flesh</c><00:21:11.160><c> here</c><00:21:11.519><c> represented</c><00:21:12.000><c> by</c><00:21:12.359><c> Tyra</c><00:21:13.059><c> was</c><00:21:13.619><c> not</c><00:21:14.880><c> capable</c><00:21:15.400><c> of</c>

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going<00:21:17.559><c> on</c><00:21:18.119><c> and</c><00:21:18.359><c> fulfilling</c><00:21:18.900><c> the</c><00:21:19.299><c> command</c><00:21:19.660><c> of</c><00:21:19.819><c> God</c>

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because<00:21:20.880><c> flesh</c><00:21:21.339><c> does</c><00:21:21.660><c> not</c><00:21:21.880><c> have</c><00:21:22.180><c> faith</c><00:21:22.660><c> in</c><00:21:23.099><c> the</c><00:21:23.359><c> promises</c><00:21:23.720><c> of</c>

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God.<00:21:25.660><c> Now</c><00:21:25.900><c> note</c><00:21:26.099><c> carefully</c><00:21:26.619><c> here</c><00:21:26.900><c> in</c><00:21:27.059><c> this</c><00:21:27.319><c> verse,</c>

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we<00:21:27.980><c> have</c><00:21:28.339><c> four</c><00:21:28.799><c> men</c><00:21:29.579><c> and</c><00:21:31.619><c> this</c><00:21:31.920><c> is</c><00:21:32.160><c> going</c><00:21:32.359><c> to</c><00:21:32.619><c> reveal</c><00:21:33.079><c> something,</c><00:21:33.740><c> class,</c>

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how<00:21:34.500><c> important</c><00:21:35.119><c> it</c><00:21:35.259><c> is</c><00:21:35.460><c> for</c><00:21:35.640><c> us</c>

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to<00:21:36.079><c> look</c><00:21:36.240><c> at</c><00:21:36.460><c> these</c><00:21:36.740><c> things</c><00:21:37.200><c> from</c><00:21:38.259><c> a</c><00:21:38.519><c> microscopic</c><00:21:39.180><c> viewpoint.</c>

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We<00:21:40.700><c> have</c><00:21:41.039><c> four</c><00:21:41.500><c> men</c><00:21:41.779><c> here.</c><00:21:43.539><c> Tyra</c><00:21:44.000><c> stands</c>

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for<00:21:44.680><c> the</c><00:21:44.940><c> old</c><00:21:45.279><c> man</c><00:21:45.559><c> of</c><00:21:45.740><c> the</c><00:21:45.960><c> flesh.</c><00:21:47.539><c> Like</c><00:21:48.039><c> the</c><00:21:48.279><c> Lord</c><00:21:48.539><c> Jesus</c><00:21:48.940><c> Christ</c><00:21:49.319><c> told</c><00:21:49.900><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:21:51.039><c> in</c><00:21:51.180><c> John</c><00:21:51.480><c> 8</c><00:21:51.619><c> and</c><00:21:51.740><c> 44,</c>

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your<00:21:53.640><c> father</c><00:21:54.059><c> is</c><00:21:54.279><c> the</c><00:21:54.440><c> devil,</c><00:21:54.720><c> he</c><00:21:54.859><c> told</c><00:21:55.140><c> them,</c><00:21:55.980><c> and</c><00:21:56.220><c> the</c><00:21:56.420><c> works</c>

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of<00:21:56.940><c> the</c><00:21:57.099><c> devil</c><00:21:57.339><c> ye</c><00:21:57.539><c> will</c><00:21:57.740><c> do.</c>

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That's<00:21:59.759><c> the</c><00:21:59.839><c> old</c><00:22:00.079><c> man</c><00:22:00.240><c> of</c><00:22:00.440><c> the</c><00:22:00.619><c> flesh</c><00:22:00.980><c> and</c><00:22:01.660><c> the</c><00:22:01.920><c> Pharisees</c><00:22:02.480><c> were</c><00:22:02.779><c> copying</c><00:22:03.279><c> the</c>

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works<00:22:03.759><c> of</c><00:22:03.980><c> the</c><00:22:04.160><c> serpent</c>

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in<00:22:04.980><c> the</c><00:22:05.220><c> Garden</c><00:22:05.500><c> of</c><00:22:05.759><c> Eden.</c><00:22:08.960><c> So</c><00:22:08.960><c> Tyra</c><00:22:11.319><c> speaks</c><00:22:12.539><c> of</c><00:22:12.839><c> that</c><00:22:13.079><c> one</c><00:22:13.599><c> who</c>

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turns,<00:22:15.339><c> isn't</c><00:22:15.539><c> that</c><00:22:15.819><c> typical</c><00:22:16.079><c> of</c><00:22:16.339><c> flesh,</c>

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one<00:22:17.759><c> who</c><00:22:18.160><c> tarries,</c><00:22:20.099><c> one</c><00:22:20.359><c> who</c><00:22:20.640><c> delays,</c><00:22:22.339><c> one</c><00:22:22.660><c> who</c><00:22:22.839><c> is</c><00:22:23.140><c> never</c><00:22:23.539><c> active</c><00:22:23.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:24.359><c> work</c><00:22:24.519><c> of</c><00:22:24.700><c> the</c><00:22:24.880><c> Lord.</c>

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Now<00:22:26.599><c> in</c><00:22:26.839><c> those</c><00:22:27.519><c> instances</c><00:22:28.220><c> where</c><00:22:28.599><c> we</c><00:22:28.920><c> come</c><00:22:29.160><c> in</c><00:22:29.480><c> contact</c><00:22:30.019><c> with</c>

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the<00:22:30.460><c> patriarchs,</c>

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where<00:22:32.400><c> we</c><00:22:32.640><c> come</c><00:22:32.799><c> in</c><00:22:33.140><c> contact</c><00:22:33.599><c> with</c><00:22:33.819><c> these</c><00:22:34.019><c> men</c><00:22:34.200><c> of</c><00:22:34.460><c> God,</c><00:22:35.119><c> you</c>

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will<00:22:35.559><c> find</c><00:22:35.880><c> such</c><00:22:36.279><c> expressions,</c>

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they<00:22:36.880><c> rose</c><00:22:37.160><c> up</c><00:22:37.440><c> early</c><00:22:37.759><c> in</c><00:22:37.960><c> the</c><00:22:38.119><c> morning,</c><00:22:39.220><c> they</c><00:22:39.740><c> hasten</c><00:22:40.339><c> to</c><00:22:40.500><c> do</c>

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the<00:22:40.799><c> will</c><00:22:40.900><c> of</c><00:22:41.160><c> God,</c><00:22:42.000><c> they're</c><00:22:42.259><c> anxious</c><00:22:42.779><c> to</c><00:22:43.019><c> do</c><00:22:43.119><c> the</c>

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of<00:22:47.759><c> tarrying,</c><00:22:48.779><c> of</c><00:22:48.980><c> delaying.</c><00:22:50.559><c> Remember</c><00:22:50.900><c> the</c><00:22:51.079><c> words,</c><00:22:51.640><c> here</c><00:22:51.740><c> am</c>

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I,<00:22:52.400><c> send</c><00:22:52.619><c> me.</c><00:22:53.819><c> But</c><00:22:54.160><c> Frey</c><00:22:54.339><c> says,</c><00:22:54.779><c> here</c><00:22:54.980><c> am</c><00:22:55.200><c> I,</c><00:22:55.579><c> send</c><00:22:55.740><c> him.</c>

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But<00:22:58.140><c> the</c><00:22:58.480><c> watchword</c><00:22:59.119><c> of</c><00:22:59.579><c> the</c><00:22:59.799><c> true</c><00:23:00.019><c> child</c><00:23:00.420><c> of</c><00:23:00.619><c> God</c><00:23:00.900><c> is,</c><00:23:01.759><c> here</c>

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am<00:23:02.259><c> I,</c><00:23:03.259><c> send</c><00:23:03.480><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:23:05.299><c> another</c><00:23:05.660><c> man</c><00:23:06.059><c> here</c><00:23:06.599><c> is</c><00:23:06.940><c> Nahor,</c><00:23:07.480><c> as</c><00:23:07.680><c> we</c><00:23:07.859><c> have</c><00:23:08.099><c> said,</c><00:23:08.779><c> who</c>

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is<00:23:09.220><c> the</c><00:23:09.500><c> snorer</c><00:23:10.059><c> and</c><00:23:11.460><c> this</c><00:23:11.940><c> man</c><00:23:12.819><c> lacks</c><00:23:13.380><c> energy.</c>

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He<00:23:15.519><c> doesn't</c><00:23:15.980><c> have</c><00:23:16.279><c> the</c><00:23:16.460><c> strength</c><00:23:16.859><c> of</c><00:23:17.119><c> faith</c><00:23:17.380><c> to</c><00:23:17.579><c> move</c><00:23:17.859><c> on,</c><00:23:18.240><c> and</c>

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how<00:23:18.720><c> many</c><00:23:19.039><c> people</c><00:23:19.480><c> we</c><00:23:19.859><c> see</c><00:23:20.079><c> like</c><00:23:20.579><c> that.</c>

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Oh<00:23:21.940><c> yes,</c><00:23:22.180><c> they're</c><00:23:22.519><c> spurred</c><00:23:22.839><c> up</c><00:23:23.039><c> for</c><00:23:23.299><c> a</c><00:23:23.440><c> moment</c><00:23:23.680><c> and</c><00:23:24.220><c> they</c><00:23:24.500><c> go</c><00:23:24.740><c> like</c><00:23:25.039><c> a</c>

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firecracker<00:23:25.980><c> and</c><00:23:26.220><c> then</c><00:23:26.400><c> it</c><00:23:27.240><c> blasts</c><00:23:27.799><c> away</c>

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and<00:23:28.759><c> goes</c><00:23:29.200><c> to</c><00:23:29.480><c> pieces</c><00:23:29.799><c> and</c><00:23:30.420><c> you</c><00:23:30.680><c> never</c><00:23:30.920><c> hear</c><00:23:31.160><c> any</c><00:23:31.440><c> more</c><00:23:31.619><c> about</c>

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them.<00:23:32.720><c> They're</c><00:23:33.019><c> a</c><00:23:33.279><c> shot</c><00:23:33.500><c> in</c><00:23:33.720><c> the</c><00:23:33.799><c> pan</c><00:23:34.019><c> actually.</c>

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Then<00:23:36.460><c> you</c><00:23:36.640><c> have</c><00:23:36.940><c> Abram,</c><00:23:39.740><c> and</c><00:23:39.740><c> that's</c><00:23:40.319><c> the</c><00:23:40.500><c> individual</c><00:23:41.099><c> who</c>

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exalts<00:23:42.160><c> the</c><00:23:42.440><c> father,</c>

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exalts<00:23:44.380><c> God,</c><00:23:44.920><c> is</c><00:23:45.099><c> a</c><00:23:45.220><c> God</c><00:23:45.500><c>-fearing</c><00:23:45.859><c> man,</c><00:23:47.279><c> and</c><00:23:47.559><c> he</c><00:23:47.839><c> attempts</c><00:23:48.599><c> to</c>

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do<00:23:49.440><c> God's</c><00:23:49.960><c> will</c><00:23:50.119><c> at</c><00:23:50.319><c> all</c><00:23:50.640><c> times.</c>

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And<00:23:51.559><c> note</c><00:23:51.700><c> what</c><00:23:51.900><c> I</c><00:23:52.140><c> said,</c><00:23:52.579><c> class,</c><00:23:52.720><c> he</c><00:23:53.000><c> attempts.</c><00:23:55.180><c> That's</c><00:23:55.619><c> all</c>

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any<00:23:56.019><c> of</c><00:23:56.160><c> us</c><00:23:56.359><c> do.</c><00:23:56.819><c> None</c><00:23:57.119><c> of</c><00:23:57.339><c> us</c><00:23:57.559><c> fulfill</c><00:23:57.940><c> the</c><00:23:58.140><c> word</c><00:23:58.319><c> of</c>

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God<00:23:58.680><c> like</c><00:23:58.960><c> we</c><00:23:59.240><c> should.</c><00:24:00.400><c> We</c><00:24:00.720><c> slip,</c><00:24:01.420><c> we</c><00:24:01.700><c> fail.</c><00:24:03.240><c> None</c><00:24:03.460><c> of</c><00:24:03.720><c> us</c><00:24:03.880><c> are</c>

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what<00:24:04.259><c> we</c><00:24:04.579><c> should</c><00:24:04.819><c> be</c><00:24:05.160><c> when</c><00:24:05.660><c> it</c><00:24:06.039><c> comes</c><00:24:06.480><c> to</c><00:24:06.839><c> carrying</c>

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out<00:24:07.380><c> the</c><00:24:07.579><c> truth.</c><00:24:08.099><c> But</c><00:24:08.460><c> God</c><00:24:08.900><c> only</c><00:24:09.400><c> asks</c><00:24:09.759><c> us</c><00:24:10.019><c> to</c><00:24:10.339><c> try.</c><00:24:11.400><c> And</c><00:24:11.539><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:12.200><c> Abram</c>

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is<00:24:12.759><c> the</c><00:24:12.980><c> man</c><00:24:13.220><c> that</c><00:24:13.900><c> represents</c><00:24:14.440><c> that</c>

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type<00:24:15.279><c> of</c><00:24:15.559><c> people.</c><00:24:17.119><c> Now</c><00:24:17.319><c> we</c><00:24:17.440><c> have</c><00:24:17.799><c> Lot,</c><00:24:19.019><c> and</c><00:24:19.200><c> he's</c><00:24:19.539><c> an</c><00:24:19.759><c> interesting</c><00:24:20.220><c> character.</c><00:24:20.819><c> He</c><00:24:21.220><c> represents</c><00:24:21.740><c> those</c><00:24:22.059><c> who</c>

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are<00:24:22.779><c> provided</c><00:24:22.779><c> or</c><00:24:23.440><c> influenced</c><00:24:23.960><c> by</c><00:24:24.339><c> others.</c><00:24:26.359><c> One</c><00:24:26.720><c> who</c><00:24:27.039><c> will</c>

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turn<00:24:28.079><c> just</c><00:24:29.059><c> with</c><00:24:29.599><c> any</c>

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direction<00:24:32.059><c> of</c><00:24:32.259><c> the</c><00:24:32.420><c> wind</c><00:24:32.680><c> that</c><00:24:32.940><c> comes</c><00:24:33.240><c> up,</c><00:24:34.400><c> but</c><00:24:34.579><c> also</c><00:24:35.099><c> he</c><00:24:35.440><c> represents</c><00:24:36.019><c> those</c><00:24:36.380><c> people</c><00:24:36.759><c> that</c>

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will<00:24:37.339><c> fall</c><00:24:37.799><c> when</c>

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they're<00:24:38.720><c> left</c><00:24:39.059><c> alone.</c><00:24:40.700><c> Then</c><00:24:40.920><c> we</c><00:24:41.079><c> have</c><00:24:41.279><c> two</c><00:24:41.559><c> women</c><00:24:41.859><c> here</c><00:24:42.180><c> that</c>

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I'd<00:24:42.579><c> like</c><00:24:42.740><c> to</c><00:24:42.940><c> look</c><00:24:43.140><c> at</c><00:24:43.279><c> for</c><00:24:43.539><c> a</c><00:24:43.660><c> moment.</c><00:24:43.960><c> We</c><00:24:44.099><c> have</c>

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the<00:24:44.640><c> wife</c><00:24:44.839><c> of</c><00:24:45.140><c> Lot,</c><00:24:47.559><c> which</c><00:24:47.559><c> most</c><00:24:48.079><c> Bible</c><00:24:49.039><c> commentators</c><00:24:49.759><c> will</c>

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tell<00:24:50.200><c> her</c><00:24:50.440><c> was</c><00:24:50.700><c> Isisca,</c><00:24:52.160><c> and</c><00:24:52.259><c> she</c><00:24:52.740><c> represents</c>

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that<00:24:53.960><c> influence</c><00:24:54.420><c> of</c><00:24:54.740><c> evil</c><00:24:55.900><c> and</c><00:24:57.799><c> that</c><00:24:58.059><c> which</c><00:24:58.599><c> tends</c><00:24:59.099><c> to</c><00:24:59.440><c> walk</c>

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in<00:25:00.019><c> the</c><00:25:00.460><c> ways</c><00:25:00.720><c> of</c><00:25:00.960><c> the</c><00:25:01.119><c> world.</c><00:25:02.220><c> And</c><00:25:02.460><c> then</c><00:25:02.579><c> we</c><00:25:02.740><c> have</c>

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Sarah,<00:25:03.700><c> which</c><00:25:05.140><c> represents</c><00:25:05.940><c> the</c><00:25:06.319><c> exemplary</c><00:25:06.960><c> walk</c><00:25:07.359><c> of</c><00:25:07.619><c> a</c><00:25:07.859><c> true</c>

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sister<00:25:08.559><c> of</c><00:25:08.880><c> Christ.</c><00:25:11.059><c> And</c><00:25:11.380><c> then</c><00:25:11.539><c> we</c><00:25:11.759><c> have</c><00:25:12.019><c> in</c><00:25:12.160><c> verse</c><00:25:12.500><c> 32</c>

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the<00:25:13.720><c> fact</c><00:25:14.099><c> that</c><00:25:15.160><c> Tyra</c><00:25:15.539><c> died.</c><00:25:17.420><c> Now</c><00:25:17.579><c> this</c><00:25:17.779><c> is</c><00:25:18.039><c> interesting</c><00:25:18.519><c> class.</c><00:25:18.940><c> It's</c>

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an<00:25:19.299><c> interesting</c><00:25:20.039><c> introduction</c><00:25:20.880><c> because</c>

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Tyra<00:25:22.619><c> died.</c><00:25:23.059><c> Now</c><00:25:23.259><c> what</c><00:25:23.440><c> did</c><00:25:23.579><c> we</c><00:25:23.819><c> say</c><00:25:24.059><c> that</c><00:25:24.299><c> Tyra</c><00:25:24.640><c> was?</c><00:25:25.619><c> Tyra</c><00:25:26.059><c> is</c>

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a<00:25:26.660><c> representation</c><00:25:27.380><c> of</c><00:25:27.779><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:25:29.960><c> just</c><00:25:30.259><c> before</c><00:25:30.799><c> Abram</c><00:25:31.259><c> now</c><00:25:31.779><c> crosses</c><00:25:32.359><c> the</c><00:25:32.680><c> Euphrates,</c><00:25:34.799><c> just</c>

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before<00:25:35.880><c> Abram</c><00:25:36.759><c> is</c><00:25:37.180><c> spiritually</c><00:25:37.839><c> baptized,</c>

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just<00:25:41.000><c> as</c><00:25:41.299><c> Abram</c><00:25:41.720><c> is</c><00:25:42.000><c> getting</c><00:25:42.339><c> ready</c><00:25:42.700><c> to</c><00:25:43.019><c> start</c><00:25:43.259><c> a</c><00:25:43.420><c> new</c><00:25:43.720><c> way</c><00:25:43.980><c> of</c>

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life<00:25:44.539><c> and</c><00:25:44.779><c> become</c><00:25:45.220><c> a</c><00:25:45.519><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:45.859><c> or</c><00:25:46.200><c> a</c><00:25:46.359><c> crosser</c><00:25:46.859><c> over,</c>

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flesh<00:25:49.440><c> dies.</c><00:25:51.119><c> Now</c><00:25:51.259><c> that's</c><00:25:51.519><c> what</c><00:25:51.740><c> happened</c><00:25:51.940><c> with</c><00:25:52.140><c> you</c><00:25:52.339><c> and</c><00:25:52.519><c> me</c>

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at<00:25:53.140><c> the</c><00:25:53.359><c> waters</c><00:25:53.579><c> of</c><00:25:53.859><c> baptism.</c>

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Romans<00:25:55.740><c> 6,</c><00:25:56.180><c> 6</c><00:25:56.380><c> tells</c><00:25:56.640><c> us</c><00:25:57.059><c> that</c><00:25:57.319><c> our</c><00:25:57.599><c> old</c><00:25:57.960><c> man</c><00:25:58.220><c> is</c><00:25:58.579><c> crucified</c><00:25:59.220><c> with</c><00:25:59.519><c> him,</c><00:25:59.740><c> that</c><00:25:59.880><c> the</c><00:26:00.079><c> body</c><00:26:00.319><c> of</c>

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sin<00:26:00.759><c> might</c><00:26:01.019><c> be</c><00:26:01.359><c> destroyed,</c>

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and<00:26:02.500><c> class</c><00:26:02.779><c> that</c><00:26:03.079><c> happens</c><00:26:03.480><c> just</c><00:26:03.940><c> before</c><00:26:04.440><c> we</c><00:26:04.799><c> cross</c><00:26:05.039><c> the</c><00:26:05.319><c> river</c>

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Euphrates.<00:26:07.180><c> Just</c><00:26:07.779><c> before</c><00:26:08.359><c> we</c><00:26:08.740><c> cross</c><00:26:08.859><c> the</c><00:26:08.859><c> river</c>

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Euphrates,<00:26:12.200><c> our</c><00:26:12.440><c> old</c><00:26:12.920><c> man</c><00:26:13.519><c> is</c><00:26:14.039><c> crucified</c><00:26:14.759><c> with</c><00:26:15.140><c> him.</c><00:26:16.579><c> Tyra</c><00:26:17.400><c> died,</c><00:26:19.079><c> flesh</c><00:26:19.500><c> died,</c><00:26:21.380><c> and</c><00:26:21.759><c> so</c>

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Abram<00:26:22.940><c> is</c><00:26:23.220><c> now</c><00:26:23.579><c> ready</c>

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to<00:26:24.960><c> move</c><00:26:25.220><c> over</c><00:26:25.920><c> Euphrates.</c><00:26:28.740><c> Now</c><00:26:29.119><c> they</c><00:26:29.299><c> come</c><00:26:29.500><c> into</c><00:26:29.720><c> Heron,</c><00:26:31.660><c> and</c>

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evidently<00:26:32.319><c> they</c><00:26:32.579><c> dwell</c><00:26:32.940><c> there</c><00:26:33.220><c> for</c><00:26:33.440><c> a</c><00:26:33.640><c> while</c><00:26:34.039><c> and</c>

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eventually<00:26:37.039><c> now</c><00:26:37.640><c> Abram</c><00:26:38.240><c> and</c><00:26:39.579><c> Lot</c><00:26:40.140><c> land</c><00:26:40.960><c> at</c><00:26:41.200><c> a</c><00:26:41.380><c> place</c><00:26:41.619><c> when</c><00:26:41.779><c> we</c>

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come<00:26:42.160><c> into</c><00:26:42.400><c> the</c><00:26:42.539><c> 12th</c><00:26:42.940><c> chapter</c><00:26:43.200><c> of</c><00:26:43.440><c> Hebrews.</c>

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They<00:26:45.400><c> come</c><00:26:45.700><c> into</c><00:26:45.980><c> an</c><00:26:46.200><c> area</c><00:26:46.759><c> called,</c><00:26:48.099><c> it</c><00:26:48.359><c> is</c><00:26:48.799><c> between</c><00:26:49.420><c> Bethel</c><00:26:50.359><c> and</c><00:26:50.980><c> Hai.</c><00:26:52.839><c> And</c><00:26:53.119><c> I</c>

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want<00:26:53.440><c> us</c><00:26:53.599><c> to</c><00:26:53.759><c> pause</c><00:26:54.140><c> there</c><00:26:54.420><c> for</c>

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a<00:26:54.740><c> minute</c><00:26:54.920><c> this</c><00:26:55.160><c> afternoon,</c><00:26:56.059><c> class,</c><00:26:56.259><c> because</c><00:26:56.759><c> once</c><00:26:57.259><c> again</c><00:26:57.680><c> we</c>

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have<00:26:58.819><c> very,</c><00:26:59.579><c> very</c><00:27:00.220><c> significant</c><00:27:00.880><c> meaning</c><00:27:01.299><c> between</c>

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these<00:27:02.000><c> two</c><00:27:02.319><c> words.</c><00:27:04.680><c> Bethel</c><00:27:05.279><c> means</c><00:27:06.039><c> the</c><00:27:07.079><c> house</c><00:27:07.720><c> of</c><00:27:08.140><c> God,</c><00:27:10.039><c> Bethel,</c><00:27:11.519><c> let</c>

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us<00:27:11.819><c> not</c><00:27:12.039><c> forget</c><00:27:12.359><c> that.</c><00:27:14.240><c> And</c><00:27:14.579><c> Hai</c><00:27:14.819><c> means</c>

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ruin.<00:27:18.980><c> And</c><00:27:19.240><c> now</c><00:27:19.519><c> we</c><00:27:19.819><c> have</c><00:27:20.160><c> the</c><00:27:21.339><c> large</c><00:27:21.779><c> company</c><00:27:22.380><c> of</c><00:27:23.400><c> Abram</c><00:27:23.960><c> and</c>

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his<00:27:24.519><c> servants,</c><00:27:26.519><c> representative</c><00:27:27.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:28.819><c> children</c><00:27:29.359><c> of</c><00:27:30.019><c> the</c><00:27:30.240><c> kingdom</c><00:27:30.559><c> of</c><00:27:30.859><c> God,</c><00:27:31.480><c> or</c><00:27:31.480><c> you</c><00:27:32.160><c> might</c><00:27:32.519><c> say</c>

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the<00:27:33.079><c> Christadelphians.</c>

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And<00:27:35.920><c> we</c><00:27:36.119><c> have</c><00:27:36.420><c> another</c><00:27:36.819><c> group</c><00:27:37.200><c> there</c><00:27:37.599><c> that</c><00:27:37.819><c> could</c><00:27:38.059><c> be</c><00:27:39.039><c> rather</c>

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weak<00:27:39.900><c> Christadelphians</c><00:27:41.099><c> represented</c><00:27:41.900><c> by</c><00:27:42.480><c> Lot</c>

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and<00:27:44.400><c> his</c><00:27:44.680><c> family.</c><00:27:46.039><c> And</c><00:27:46.279><c> he</c><00:27:46.480><c> has</c><00:27:46.759><c> lots</c><00:27:47.119><c> of</c><00:27:47.480><c> servants</c><00:27:47.759><c> also.</c><00:27:49.779><c> And</c>

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here<00:27:50.220><c> they</c><00:27:50.480><c> dwell.</c><00:27:51.279><c> Now</c><00:27:51.559><c> let</c><00:27:51.839><c> us</c><00:27:51.839><c> try</c><00:27:52.180><c> to</c><00:27:52.400><c> get</c><00:27:52.559><c> the</c>

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picture<00:27:53.140><c> this</c><00:27:53.440><c> afternoon,</c><00:27:54.660><c> class,</c><00:27:55.599><c> because</c><00:27:56.140><c> these</c><00:27:56.599><c> things</c><00:27:57.000><c> are</c><00:27:57.380><c> put</c><00:27:57.559><c> here</c><00:27:57.880><c> for</c><00:27:58.200><c> a</c><00:27:58.440><c> purpose.</c>

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You<00:28:01.519><c> have</c><00:28:01.819><c> a</c><00:28:02.079><c> large</c><00:28:02.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:03.180><c> of</c><00:28:03.539><c> God,</c><00:28:05.779><c> two</c><00:28:06.140><c> factions,</c><00:28:06.740><c> that's</c><00:28:07.099><c> true.</c>

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One<00:28:09.000><c> I</c><00:28:09.240><c> would</c><00:28:09.460><c> say</c><00:28:09.660><c> would</c><00:28:09.819><c> be</c><00:28:10.059><c> very</c><00:28:10.599><c> strong</c>

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in<00:28:11.279><c> their</c><00:28:11.500><c> faith.</c><00:28:13.140><c> One</c><00:28:13.480><c> would</c><00:28:13.720><c> be</c><00:28:13.980><c> rather</c><00:28:14.400><c> wishy</c><00:28:14.900><c> washy.</c><00:28:15.160><c> You</c>

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remember<00:28:15.740><c> what</c><00:28:15.900><c> we</c><00:28:16.140><c> said</c><00:28:16.319><c> about</c><00:28:16.680><c> Lot,</c><00:28:16.980><c> who</c><00:28:17.140><c> he</c>

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represents.<00:28:19.059><c> He</c><00:28:19.700><c> represents</c><00:28:20.240><c> those</c><00:28:20.640><c> individuals</c><00:28:21.279><c> that</c><00:28:21.579><c> are</c>

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easily<00:28:22.220><c> swayed,</c><00:28:22.940><c> they</c><00:28:22.940><c> have</c><00:28:23.200><c> no</c><00:28:23.539><c> conviction</c><00:28:24.039><c> of</c>

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their<00:28:24.460><c> own.</c><00:28:26.500><c> And</c><00:28:26.839><c> you</c><00:28:27.019><c> know</c><00:28:27.279><c> what</c><00:28:27.559><c> is</c><00:28:27.859><c> said</c><00:28:28.140><c> so</c><00:28:28.619><c> truly,</c><00:28:29.079><c> that</c><00:28:29.799><c> a</c>

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man<00:28:30.359><c> that</c><00:28:30.680><c> doesn't</c><00:28:31.039><c> stand</c><00:28:31.519><c> for</c><00:28:31.839><c> anything</c>

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will<00:28:33.480><c> fall</c><00:28:33.960><c> for</c><00:28:34.319><c> anything.</c><00:28:35.819><c> And</c><00:28:36.119><c> that</c><00:28:36.319><c> was</c><00:28:36.579><c> true</c><00:28:36.799><c> of</c><00:28:37.160><c> Lot.</c><00:28:38.079><c> And</c>

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he<00:28:38.579><c> headed</c><00:28:38.740><c> up</c><00:28:39.039><c> a</c><00:28:39.160><c> group</c><00:28:39.319><c> of</c><00:28:39.599><c> people</c><00:28:39.839><c> quite</c><00:28:40.220><c> like</c><00:28:40.539><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:28:42.359><c> let's</c><00:28:42.619><c> try</c><00:28:42.900><c> to</c><00:28:43.099><c> get</c><00:28:43.299><c> this</c><00:28:43.619><c> picture.</c><00:28:44.680><c> Evidently</c><00:28:45.180><c> this</c><00:28:45.480><c> area</c><00:28:45.859><c> was</c>

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on<00:28:46.359><c> a</c><00:28:46.519><c> mountainside.</c>

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In<00:28:48.980><c> this</c><00:28:49.200><c> direction</c><00:28:49.880><c> you</c><00:28:50.619><c> saw</c><00:28:50.900><c> the</c><00:28:51.140><c> top</c><00:28:51.400><c> of</c><00:28:51.599><c> the</c><00:28:51.759><c> mountain</c><00:28:52.059><c> and</c>

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it<00:28:52.400><c> was</c><00:28:52.640><c> impossible</c><00:28:53.420><c> for</c><00:28:54.059><c> you</c><00:28:54.240><c> to</c><00:28:54.480><c> see</c><00:28:54.640><c> over</c><00:28:55.059><c> the</c><00:28:55.319><c> top</c>

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of<00:28:55.720><c> that</c><00:28:55.920><c> mountain.</c><00:28:56.400><c> You</c><00:28:56.619><c> did</c><00:28:56.920><c> not</c><00:28:57.180><c> know</c><00:28:57.380><c> what</c><00:28:57.579><c> was</c><00:28:57.759><c> on</c><00:28:57.980><c> the</c><00:28:58.119><c> other</c><00:28:58.339><c> side.</c><00:29:00.680><c> And</c><00:29:01.039><c> down</c><00:29:01.279><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:01.660><c> direction,</c><00:29:10.900><c> and</c>

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was<00:29:11.660><c> the</c><00:29:11.920><c> city</c><00:29:12.339><c> of</c><00:29:12.799><c> Sodom</c><00:29:13.640><c> and</c><00:29:14.119><c> Gomorrah.</c>

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There<00:29:17.460><c> were</c><00:29:17.740><c> the</c><00:29:18.119><c> bright</c><00:29:18.420><c> lights.</c><00:29:21.259><c> There</c><00:29:21.680><c> were</c><00:29:21.980><c> all</c><00:29:22.319><c> the</c><00:29:22.660><c> attractions</c><00:29:23.200><c> of</c><00:29:23.599><c> flesh.</c>

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This<00:29:26.559><c> direction</c><00:29:27.059><c> you</c><00:29:27.220><c> could</c><00:29:27.500><c> see</c><00:29:27.720><c> nothing</c><00:29:28.079><c> but</c><00:29:28.359><c> God's</c><00:29:28.920><c> creation.</c><00:29:30.500><c> An</c><00:29:30.720><c> individual</c><00:29:31.160><c> that</c><00:29:31.440><c> looked</c><00:29:31.559><c> in</c><00:29:31.859><c> that</c>

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:36.220
direction<00:29:32.660><c> at</c><00:29:33.000><c> night</c><00:29:33.240><c> would</c><00:29:33.500><c> see</c><00:29:33.680><c> nothing</c><00:29:34.079><c> but</c><00:29:34.400><c> the</c><00:29:34.740><c> stars.</c>

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:41.079
Would<00:29:37.200><c> see</c><00:29:37.519><c> the</c><00:29:37.819><c> moon</c><00:29:38.339><c> and</c><00:29:39.319><c> see</c><00:29:39.859><c> that</c><00:29:40.240><c> which</c>

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:48.319
occupied<00:29:42.460><c> the</c><00:29:42.779><c> area</c><00:29:43.000><c> where</c><00:29:43.599><c> God's</c><00:29:44.299><c> throne</c><00:29:44.460><c> is.</c><00:29:47.140><c> We're</c><00:29:47.599><c> beginning</c><00:29:47.900><c> to</c><00:29:48.140><c> get</c>

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:50.059
the<00:29:48.519><c> picture,</c><00:29:48.900><c> aren't</c><00:29:49.220><c> we?</c>

00:29:58.119 --> 00:30:03.440
You<00:29:58.720><c> can</c><00:29:58.960><c> imagine</c><00:29:59.440><c> at</c><00:29:59.740><c> night</c><00:30:00.619><c> after</c><00:30:02.420><c> the</c><00:30:02.720><c> chores</c><00:30:02.920><c> of</c><00:30:03.140><c> the</c><00:30:03.240><c> day</c>

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:09.559
were<00:30:03.740><c> over</c><00:30:04.500><c> that</c><00:30:06.180><c> Lot</c><00:30:06.440><c> would</c><00:30:07.720><c> stand</c><00:30:08.400><c> there</c><00:30:08.759><c> with</c>

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:15.319
Iska,<00:30:10.759><c> and</c><00:30:10.920><c> that</c><00:30:12.140><c> that</c><00:30:12.319><c> was</c><00:30:12.500><c> her</c><00:30:12.759><c> name.</c><00:30:13.720><c> We</c><00:30:13.859><c> think</c><00:30:14.079><c> it</c><00:30:14.319><c> was.</c>

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:22.240
They<00:30:17.519><c> would</c><00:30:17.799><c> stand</c><00:30:18.039><c> in</c><00:30:18.220><c> the</c><00:30:18.359><c> door</c><00:30:18.500><c> of</c><00:30:18.660><c> that</c><00:30:18.859><c> tent,</c><00:30:20.220><c> and</c><00:30:21.059><c> he</c>

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.460
would<00:30:22.460><c> say,</c>

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:30.579
I<00:30:24.240><c> wonder</c><00:30:24.660><c> what</c><00:30:25.019><c> is</c><00:30:25.400><c> in</c><00:30:25.619><c> that</c><00:30:26.460><c> area</c><00:30:26.859><c> down</c><00:30:27.200><c> there,</c><00:30:28.319><c> Iska?</c><00:30:30.299><c> It</c>

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:33.380
looks<00:30:30.779><c> quite</c><00:30:31.359><c> nice,</c><00:30:31.980><c> doesn't</c><00:30:32.420><c> it?</c>

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:37.720
Yes,<00:30:35.900><c> Lot,</c><00:30:35.980><c> I've</c><00:30:36.299><c> been</c><00:30:36.440><c> thinking</c><00:30:36.759><c> a</c><00:30:36.960><c> lot</c><00:30:37.099><c> about</c><00:30:37.359><c> that</c><00:30:37.579><c> while</c>

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:40.440
you've<00:30:37.940><c> been</c><00:30:38.140><c> out</c><00:30:38.420><c> working</c><00:30:38.799><c> from</c><00:30:39.440><c> time</c><00:30:39.720><c> to</c><00:30:39.980><c> time.</c>

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:44.880
I<00:30:41.079><c> wonder</c><00:30:41.660><c> if</c><00:30:42.619><c> that</c><00:30:42.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:43.240><c> be</c><00:30:43.519><c> a</c><00:30:43.619><c> good</c><00:30:43.859><c> place</c><00:30:44.279><c> to</c><00:30:44.619><c> school</c>

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.900
our<00:30:45.259><c> children</c><00:30:45.720><c> down</c><00:30:46.059><c> there.</c>

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:51.339
Lot<00:30:48.539><c> might</c><00:30:48.900><c> say,</c><00:30:49.440><c> yes,</c><00:30:49.660><c> I</c><00:30:50.039><c> would</c><00:30:50.359><c> think</c><00:30:50.539><c> there</c><00:30:50.680><c> would</c><00:30:50.880><c> be</c><00:30:51.039><c> lots</c>

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:53.319
of<00:30:51.680><c> opportunities</c><00:30:52.420><c> down</c><00:30:52.759><c> there</c><00:30:52.980><c> for</c><00:30:53.140><c> an</c>

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:58.599
ambitious<00:30:53.799><c> man</c><00:30:54.160><c> such</c><00:30:54.400><c> as</c><00:30:54.519><c> myself.</c><00:30:56.880><c> And</c><00:30:57.160><c> you</c><00:30:57.259><c> can</c><00:30:57.420><c> imagine</c><00:30:57.980><c> as</c>

00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:02.019
time<00:30:59.000><c> went</c><00:30:59.220><c> on</c><00:30:59.579><c> that</c><00:31:00.240><c> they</c><00:31:00.579><c> kept</c><00:31:00.859><c> discussing</c><00:31:01.480><c> these</c>

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:06.339
things,<00:31:03.480><c> especially</c><00:31:04.019><c> in</c><00:31:04.259><c> the</c><00:31:04.400><c> cool</c><00:31:04.539><c> of</c><00:31:04.759><c> the</c><00:31:04.920><c> evening,</c><00:31:05.880><c> and</c>

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:09.299
all<00:31:06.799><c> the</c><00:31:07.160><c> time</c><00:31:07.599><c> class</c><00:31:07.920><c> those</c><00:31:08.259><c> lights</c><00:31:08.680><c> were</c><00:31:08.960><c> getting</c>

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:15.319
brighter<00:31:09.859><c> and</c><00:31:10.420><c> brighter</c><00:31:10.799><c> and</c><00:31:11.160><c> brighter.</c><00:31:13.579><c> Now</c><00:31:13.960><c> I</c><00:31:14.000><c> want</c><00:31:14.240><c> to</c><00:31:14.319><c> emphasize</c><00:31:14.759><c> something</c><00:31:15.119><c> to</c>

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.539
us,<00:31:15.440><c> and</c><00:31:15.599><c> I</c><00:31:15.740><c> wanted</c><00:31:16.019><c> us</c><00:31:16.339><c> to</c>

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:22.440
take<00:31:16.720><c> this</c><00:31:16.960><c> as</c><00:31:17.220><c> an</c><00:31:17.400><c> education</c><00:31:17.700><c> to</c><00:31:18.160><c> ourselves.</c><00:31:20.539><c> No</c><00:31:21.079><c> man</c><00:31:21.920><c> leaves</c>

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:24.980
the<00:31:22.759><c> truth</c><00:31:23.019><c> of</c><00:31:23.240><c> God</c><00:31:23.740><c> overnight.</c>

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:33.220
Bear<00:31:27.319><c> that</c><00:31:27.619><c> in</c><00:31:27.880><c> mind.</c><00:31:29.579><c> No</c><00:31:30.039><c> one</c><00:31:30.319><c> turns</c><00:31:30.819><c> his</c><00:31:31.200><c> back</c><00:31:31.539><c> upon</c><00:31:32.200><c> the</c><00:31:32.759><c> call</c><00:31:33.000><c> of</c>

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:36.660
the<00:31:33.400><c> Gospel</c><00:31:33.819><c> overnight.</c><00:31:34.940><c> It's</c><00:31:35.380><c> a</c><00:31:35.640><c> gradual</c><00:31:36.240><c> thing,</c>

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:43.259
class.<00:31:39.599><c> The</c><00:31:39.880><c> lust</c><00:31:40.119><c> of</c><00:31:40.400><c> the</c><00:31:40.579><c> flesh,</c><00:31:41.099><c> the</c><00:31:41.259><c> lust</c><00:31:41.500><c> of</c><00:31:41.740><c> the</c><00:31:41.980><c> eye,</c><00:31:42.319><c> and</c><00:31:42.519><c> the</c><00:31:42.799><c> pride</c><00:31:43.019><c> of</c>

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:46.099
life<00:31:43.619><c> begin</c><00:31:44.380><c> working</c><00:31:44.980><c> on</c><00:31:45.299><c> us</c>

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:52.720
gradually.<00:31:49.059><c> That</c><00:31:49.460><c> is</c><00:31:49.859><c> that</c><00:31:50.279><c> old</c><00:31:50.660><c> man</c><00:31:50.960><c> of</c><00:31:51.319><c> flesh</c><00:31:51.579><c> that</c><00:31:51.799><c> is</c><00:31:52.079><c> inside</c><00:31:52.460><c> of</c>

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.480
us.<00:31:54.539><c> Did</c><00:31:54.759><c> you</c><00:31:54.980><c> ever</c><00:31:55.299><c> notice</c><00:31:55.680><c> an</c><00:31:55.960><c> individual,</c>

00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:00.240
and<00:31:56.759><c> hasn't</c><00:31:57.039><c> it</c><00:31:57.359><c> happened</c><00:31:57.640><c> to</c><00:31:57.920><c> you</c><00:31:58.279><c> at</c><00:31:58.579><c> some</c><00:31:58.819><c> time</c><00:31:59.059><c> or</c><00:31:59.259><c> other,</c>

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:04.079
when<00:32:01.839><c> you</c><00:32:02.259><c> were</c><00:32:02.640><c> perfectly</c><00:32:03.140><c> satisfied</c>

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:08.680
with<00:32:04.339><c> the</c><00:32:04.480><c> car</c><00:32:04.839><c> that</c><00:32:05.119><c> you</c><00:32:05.299><c> were</c><00:32:05.559><c> driving,</c><00:32:07.839><c> and</c><00:32:07.960><c> out</c><00:32:08.119><c> comes</c><00:32:08.460><c> a</c>

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:12.220
new<00:32:08.940><c> model</c><00:32:09.319><c> with</c><00:32:09.619><c> all</c><00:32:10.000><c> the</c><00:32:10.339><c> gadgets</c><00:32:10.799><c> and</c><00:32:11.200><c> the</c>

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:16.980
bright<00:32:12.599><c> paint</c><00:32:13.140><c> and</c><00:32:13.559><c> all</c><00:32:14.000><c> the</c><00:32:14.940><c> conveniences</c><00:32:15.619><c> that</c><00:32:16.339><c> this</c><00:32:16.759><c> old</c>

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:19.579
model<00:32:17.339><c> doesn't</c><00:32:17.799><c> have,</c><00:32:18.259><c> and</c><00:32:18.619><c> have</c><00:32:18.799><c> you</c><00:32:19.059><c> noticed</c>

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:25.259
how<00:32:20.400><c> quickly</c><00:32:21.079><c> your</c><00:32:21.680><c> car</c><00:32:22.059><c> begins</c><00:32:22.599><c> running</c><00:32:23.059><c> badly?</c><00:32:24.759><c> Have</c><00:32:25.039><c> you</c>

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:28.160
noticed<00:32:25.619><c> the</c><00:32:25.980><c> carburetor</c><00:32:26.619><c> isn't</c><00:32:26.980><c> working</c><00:32:27.440><c> just</c><00:32:27.940><c> right,</c>

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:32.119
and<00:32:28.660><c> those</c><00:32:29.319><c> tires</c><00:32:29.839><c> aren't</c><00:32:30.180><c> going</c><00:32:30.480><c> to</c><00:32:30.700><c> last</c><00:32:30.940><c> very</c><00:32:31.420><c> long</c><00:32:31.700><c> now,</c>

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:36.039
and<00:32:32.740><c> my</c><00:32:33.220><c> paint</c><00:32:33.559><c> job,</c><00:32:34.180><c> it's</c><00:32:34.440><c> we</c><00:32:35.019><c> find</c><00:32:35.359><c> everything</c>

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:39.200
wrong<00:32:36.700><c> with</c><00:32:36.980><c> that</c><00:32:37.240><c> automobile,</c><00:32:37.859><c> which</c><00:32:38.039><c> only</c><00:32:38.359><c> last</c><00:32:38.740><c> week</c><00:32:38.960><c> was</c>

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:41.000
running<00:32:39.480><c> like</c><00:32:39.940><c> a</c><00:32:40.140><c> clock,</c>

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:50.960
and<00:32:43.339><c> pretty</c><00:32:43.799><c> soon</c><00:32:44.019><c> we</c><00:32:44.339><c> talk</c><00:32:44.599><c> ourselves</c><00:32:45.200><c> into</c><00:32:45.660><c> a</c><00:32:46.579><c> car</c><00:32:46.859><c> with</c><00:32:47.339><c> huge</c><00:32:47.759><c> monthly</c><00:32:48.240><c> payments</c><00:32:48.740><c> again,</c><00:32:49.900><c> and</c>

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:57.539
four<00:32:51.359><c>-year</c><00:32:51.599><c> contract,</c><00:32:53.200><c> and</c><00:32:53.640><c> we're</c><00:32:53.920><c> in</c><00:32:54.119><c> debt.</c><00:32:54.839><c> Why?</c><00:32:56.859><c> Because</c>

00:32:57.539 --> 00:33:00.119
of<00:32:57.980><c> the</c><00:32:58.240><c> lust</c><00:32:58.500><c> of</c><00:32:58.779><c> the</c><00:32:58.980><c> flesh,</c>

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:06.299
the<00:33:01.460><c> lust</c><00:33:01.700><c> of</c><00:33:01.940><c> the</c><00:33:02.119><c> eye,</c><00:33:03.359><c> and</c><00:33:03.539><c> the</c><00:33:03.799><c> pride</c><00:33:04.000><c> of</c><00:33:04.259><c> life,</c><00:33:05.240><c> and</c><00:33:06.160><c> you</c>

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:08.759
know<00:33:06.519><c> that</c><00:33:06.740><c> automobile</c><00:33:07.240><c> is</c><00:33:07.500><c> just</c><00:33:07.940><c> one</c><00:33:08.220><c> of</c><00:33:08.420><c> many</c>

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:13.059
examples.<00:33:09.680><c> It</c><00:33:09.960><c> happens</c><00:33:10.440><c> at</c><00:33:10.900><c> any</c><00:33:11.380><c> time</c><00:33:11.660><c> for</c><00:33:12.039><c> anything</c><00:33:12.440><c> that</c><00:33:12.799><c> we</c>

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:16.119
want.<00:33:13.619><c> I</c><00:33:13.859><c> can</c><00:33:14.180><c> argue</c><00:33:14.599><c> myself</c><00:33:15.259><c> into</c><00:33:15.660><c> anything,</c>

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:22.019
and<00:33:16.299><c> you</c><00:33:16.440><c> know</c><00:33:16.660><c> it's</c><00:33:17.000><c> so</c><00:33:17.220><c> interesting.</c><00:33:18.259><c> I</c><00:33:18.420><c> always</c><00:33:19.240><c> try</c><00:33:19.619><c> to</c><00:33:20.559><c> comfort</c><00:33:20.960><c> myself</c><00:33:21.599><c> with</c><00:33:21.839><c> the</c>

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:23.640
fact<00:33:22.259><c> that</c><00:33:22.740><c> it</c><00:33:23.119><c> would</c><00:33:23.380><c> be</c>

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:27.539
such<00:33:23.920><c> a</c><00:33:24.180><c> great</c><00:33:24.359><c> help</c><00:33:24.599><c> to</c><00:33:24.819><c> me</c><00:33:24.960><c> in</c><00:33:25.140><c> the</c><00:33:25.259><c> work</c><00:33:25.400><c> of</c><00:33:25.559><c> the</c><00:33:25.779><c> truth,</c><00:33:26.200><c> and</c>

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:29.779
I<00:33:27.799><c> know</c><00:33:28.019><c> very</c><00:33:28.440><c> well</c><00:33:28.680><c> that</c><00:33:28.839><c> it</c><00:33:29.000><c> wouldn't.</c>

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:37.980
That's<00:33:30.880><c> the</c><00:33:31.039><c> deceitfulness</c><00:33:31.680><c> of</c><00:33:32.000><c> flesh.</c><00:33:33.599><c> You</c><00:33:33.799><c> know</c><00:33:33.980><c> when</c><00:33:34.279><c> Achan</c><00:33:36.180><c> turned</c><00:33:37.259><c> traitor</c><00:33:37.680><c> to</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:39.319
God<00:33:38.259><c> into</c><00:33:38.559><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:44.180
he<00:33:40.880><c> didn't</c><00:33:41.240><c> do</c><00:33:41.460><c> it</c><00:33:41.660><c> overnight.</c><00:33:43.019><c> God</c><00:33:43.220><c> had</c><00:33:43.460><c> told</c><00:33:43.599><c> them</c><00:33:43.799><c> not</c><00:33:44.000><c> to</c>

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:46.700
have<00:33:44.380><c> anything</c><00:33:44.839><c> to</c><00:33:45.140><c> do</c><00:33:45.319><c> with</c><00:33:45.539><c> the</c><00:33:45.779><c> Babylonian</c>

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:52.559
garments<00:33:47.680><c> or</c><00:33:48.400><c> anything</c><00:33:49.000><c> that</c><00:33:49.640><c> they</c><00:33:50.059><c> saw</c><00:33:50.619><c> as</c><00:33:50.940><c> they</c><00:33:52.099><c> cleansed</c>

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:57.160
the<00:33:52.759><c> land,</c><00:33:54.920><c> and</c><00:33:55.059><c> the</c><00:33:55.319><c> story</c><00:33:55.720><c> is</c><00:33:56.180><c> that</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:04.420
Avakian<00:33:57.619><c> himself</c><00:33:58.339><c> is,</c><00:33:58.660><c> he</c><00:33:58.819><c> says,</c><00:34:00.019><c> I</c><00:34:00.420><c> saw</c><00:34:00.920><c> the</c><00:34:01.319><c> Babylonian</c><00:34:01.920><c> garment,</c><00:34:03.920><c> I</c>

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:06.680
saw<00:34:04.839><c> the</c><00:34:05.099><c> wages</c><00:34:05.339><c> of</c><00:34:05.720><c> gold.</c>

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:12.800
Now<00:34:07.420><c> he</c><00:34:07.579><c> saw</c><00:34:07.880><c> them,</c><00:34:08.800><c> but</c><00:34:09.400><c> he</c><00:34:09.699><c> hadn't</c><00:34:10.500><c> done</c><00:34:10.780><c> anything</c><00:34:11.260><c> yet,</c><00:34:11.780><c> had</c><00:34:11.900><c> he?</c>

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:19.960
Then<00:34:14.280><c> the</c><00:34:14.599><c> second</c><00:34:14.820><c> thing</c><00:34:15.079><c> is,</c><00:34:15.340><c> he</c><00:34:15.460><c> says,</c><00:34:16.559><c> I</c><00:34:16.840><c> took</c><00:34:17.139><c> them,</c><00:34:17.880><c> I</c><00:34:18.119><c> coveted</c><00:34:18.500><c> them.</c><00:34:19.420><c> That's</c><00:34:19.760><c> the</c>

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.019
second<00:34:20.119><c> thing.</c><00:34:20.579><c> I</c><00:34:20.900><c> saw</c><00:34:21.219><c> them,</c>

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:27.860
then<00:34:24.800><c> the</c><00:34:25.019><c> more</c><00:34:25.219><c> I</c><00:34:25.579><c> looked</c><00:34:25.739><c> at</c><00:34:26.000><c> them,</c><00:34:26.219><c> I</c><00:34:26.559><c> coveted</c><00:34:27.059><c> them,</c>

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:36.699
and<00:34:29.840><c> then</c><00:34:30.280><c> I</c><00:34:30.900><c> took</c><00:34:31.340><c> them,</c><00:34:33.360><c> and</c><00:34:33.900><c> then</c><00:34:34.239><c> I</c><00:34:34.619><c> hid</c><00:34:34.820><c> them</c><00:34:35.179><c> in</c><00:34:35.400><c> my</c><00:34:35.820><c> tent.</c>

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:41.739
Remember<00:34:38.199><c> the</c><00:34:38.360><c> first</c><00:34:38.659><c> psalm,</c><00:34:39.440><c> blessed</c><00:34:39.739><c> is</c><00:34:40.000><c> the</c><00:34:40.159><c> man</c><00:34:40.320><c> that</c><00:34:40.860><c> walketh</c><00:34:41.440><c> not</c>

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:44.679
in<00:34:42.159><c> the</c><00:34:42.420><c> council</c><00:34:42.800><c> of</c><00:34:43.039><c> the</c><00:34:43.219><c> ungodly.</c>

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:49.860
He<00:34:45.219><c> hasn't</c><00:34:45.820><c> sinned</c><00:34:46.199><c> yet,</c><00:34:46.699><c> has</c><00:34:46.760><c> he?</c><00:34:48.079><c> Nor</c><00:34:48.460><c> standeth</c><00:34:49.320><c> in</c><00:34:49.500><c> the</c><00:34:49.679><c> way</c>

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:52.539
of<00:34:50.099><c> sinners.</c><00:34:50.960><c> He</c><00:34:51.400><c> stopped</c><00:34:51.659><c> now.</c>

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:59.260
He's<00:34:53.659><c> looking</c><00:34:53.920><c> around,</c><00:34:56.900><c> nor</c><00:34:57.219><c> sitteth</c><00:34:58.079><c> in</c><00:34:58.380><c> the</c><00:34:58.599><c> seat</c><00:34:58.780><c> of</c><00:34:59.059><c> the</c>

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:02.539
scornful.<00:35:01.059><c> First</c><00:35:01.539><c> he</c><00:35:01.699><c> walks,</c>

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:13.320
then<00:35:05.360><c> he</c><00:35:05.500><c> stands,</c><00:35:08.139><c> then</c><00:35:08.420><c> he</c><00:35:08.699><c> sits.</c><00:35:11.360><c> Now</c><00:35:11.659><c> let's</c><00:35:11.760><c> come</c><00:35:12.039><c> back</c><00:35:12.360><c> to</c>

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:17.199
Mr.<00:35:13.659><c> and</c><00:35:13.780><c> Mrs.</c><00:35:16.019><c> Locke.</c>

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:22.019
We<00:35:17.880><c> don't</c><00:35:18.179><c> know</c><00:35:18.460><c> how</c><00:35:18.920><c> long</c><00:35:19.340><c> they</c><00:35:19.619><c> looked</c><00:35:19.940><c> on</c><00:35:20.199><c> the</c><00:35:20.400><c> bright</c><00:35:20.619><c> lights</c><00:35:20.900><c> of</c><00:35:21.239><c> Sodom,</c>

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:28.900
but<00:35:24.300><c> they</c><00:35:24.500><c> were</c><00:35:24.760><c> weakening</c><00:35:25.239><c> all</c><00:35:25.579><c> the</c><00:35:25.860><c> time.</c><00:35:28.039><c> Now,</c><00:35:28.199><c> class,</c><00:35:28.420><c> there's</c><00:35:28.440><c> only</c><00:35:28.719><c> one</c>

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.440
way<00:35:29.119><c> we</c><00:35:29.300><c> can</c><00:35:29.500><c> keep</c><00:35:29.739><c> from</c><00:35:30.039><c> weakening,</c>

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:36.639
and<00:35:30.619><c> that</c><00:35:31.139><c> is</c><00:35:31.719><c> to</c><00:35:32.960><c> fill</c><00:35:33.320><c> our</c><00:35:34.019><c> minds,</c><00:35:34.519><c> or</c><00:35:34.739><c> that</c><00:35:35.159><c> vacuum</c><00:35:35.699><c> that</c><00:35:35.960><c> begins</c><00:35:36.380><c> to</c>

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:38.320
be<00:35:36.880><c> attracted</c><00:35:37.300><c> by</c><00:35:37.599><c> things</c><00:35:37.920><c> of</c><00:35:38.159><c> flesh,</c>

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:43.699
fill<00:35:38.980><c> it</c><00:35:39.159><c> with</c><00:35:39.340><c> the</c><00:35:39.420><c> Word</c><00:35:39.579><c> of</c><00:35:39.659><c> God.</c><00:35:41.559><c> That's</c><00:35:42.079><c> our</c><00:35:42.280><c> only</c><00:35:42.719><c> deterrent.</c>

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:50.579
I<00:35:46.139><c> warn</c><00:35:46.659><c> with</c><00:35:47.019><c> every</c><00:35:47.360><c> ounce</c><00:35:47.679><c> of</c><00:35:47.920><c> energy</c><00:35:48.280><c> in</c><00:35:48.460><c> my</c><00:35:48.880><c> body</c><00:35:49.360><c> this</c><00:35:49.739><c> afternoon</c>

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:59.219
that<00:35:52.900><c> if</c><00:35:53.099><c> we</c><00:35:53.320><c> hold</c><00:35:53.800><c> fast</c><00:35:54.219><c> to</c><00:35:54.440><c> the</c><00:35:54.679><c> end,</c><00:35:58.099><c> and</c><00:35:58.280><c> the</c><00:35:58.460><c> end</c><00:35:58.659><c> is</c><00:35:58.940><c> upon</c>

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:01.159
us,<00:35:59.380><c> there</c><00:35:59.500><c> can</c><00:35:59.699><c> be</c><00:35:59.860><c> no</c><00:36:00.139><c> question.</c>

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:05.699
Every<00:36:02.019><c> prophecy</c><00:36:02.599><c> that</c><00:36:02.920><c> needs</c><00:36:03.400><c> to</c><00:36:03.619><c> be</c><00:36:03.860><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:04.159><c> has</c><00:36:04.519><c> been</c><00:36:04.860><c> fulfilled</c>

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:13.739
before<00:36:07.280><c> Christ</c><00:36:07.800><c> comes</c><00:36:08.300><c> for</c><00:36:08.500><c> us.</c><00:36:09.880><c> But</c><00:36:10.059><c> if</c><00:36:10.219><c> we</c><00:36:10.400><c> hold</c><00:36:10.780><c> fast</c><00:36:11.119><c> to</c><00:36:11.320><c> these</c><00:36:11.559><c> truths</c><00:36:12.099><c> and</c><00:36:13.039><c> are</c><00:36:13.179><c> holding</c><00:36:13.480><c> on</c>

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.219
them<00:36:13.860><c> with</c><00:36:14.099><c> a</c>

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:19.059
tenacious<00:36:14.679><c> grip</c><00:36:15.179><c> and</c><00:36:16.099><c> fighting</c><00:36:16.579><c> for</c><00:36:16.900><c> the</c><00:36:17.199><c> truth</c><00:36:17.679><c> and</c><00:36:18.539><c> denying</c>

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:22.860
ourselves<00:36:19.579><c> the</c><00:36:19.840><c> world,</c><00:36:21.599><c> we</c><00:36:21.880><c> will</c><00:36:22.179><c> be</c><00:36:22.420><c> one</c><00:36:22.719><c> of</c>

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:29.199
the<00:36:23.119><c> first</c><00:36:23.440><c> generations</c><00:36:24.219><c> that</c><00:36:24.420><c> have</c><00:36:24.599><c> done</c><00:36:24.760><c> this</c><00:36:24.960><c> in</c><00:36:25.099><c> the</c><00:36:25.179><c> history</c><00:36:25.500><c> of</c><00:36:25.699><c> mankind.</c><00:36:27.039><c> That</c><00:36:27.559><c> is</c><00:36:27.840><c> en</c><00:36:28.059><c> masse.</c><00:36:29.059><c> I</c>

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.519
want<00:36:29.380><c> you</c>

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:31.360
to<00:36:29.579><c> go</c><00:36:29.840><c> back</c><00:36:30.039><c> for</c><00:36:30.179><c> just</c><00:36:30.380><c> a</c><00:36:30.480><c> moment</c><00:36:30.639><c> while</c><00:36:30.800><c> we've</c><00:36:31.000><c> been</c><00:36:31.199><c> through</c>

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:34.780
in<00:36:31.599><c> Genesis.</c><00:36:33.139><c> What</c><00:36:33.460><c> did</c><00:36:33.699><c> Adam</c><00:36:33.980><c> and</c><00:36:34.179><c> Eve</c><00:36:34.320><c> do</c><00:36:34.579><c> when</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:39.940
crisis<00:36:35.400><c> came?</c><00:36:37.539><c> Did</c><00:36:37.719><c> they</c><00:36:37.920><c> hold</c><00:36:38.340><c> to</c><00:36:38.480><c> the</c><00:36:38.599><c> tree</c><00:36:38.780><c> of</c><00:36:39.019><c> life,</c><00:36:39.360><c> or</c><00:36:39.400><c> did</c><00:36:39.619><c> they</c><00:36:39.719><c> go</c>

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.360
to<00:36:40.119><c> the</c><00:36:40.300><c> animal,</c><00:36:40.659><c> the</c><00:36:40.760><c> knowledge</c><00:36:41.099><c> of</c>

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:45.239
three<00:36:41.539><c> good</c><00:36:41.699><c> and</c><00:36:41.860><c> evil?</c><00:36:42.400><c> You</c><00:36:42.599><c> know</c><00:36:42.780><c> the</c><00:36:42.900><c> answer.</c><00:36:43.920><c> They</c><00:36:44.260><c> fell.</c>

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:49.239
When<00:36:47.179><c> man</c><00:36:47.519><c> began</c><00:36:47.920><c> to</c><00:36:48.179><c> multiply,</c><00:36:48.820><c> there</c><00:36:48.840><c> was</c><00:36:49.119><c> a</c>

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:51.980
goodly<00:36:49.539><c> number</c><00:36:49.940><c> of</c><00:36:50.179><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:36:51.059><c> or</c><00:36:51.219><c> a</c><00:36:51.340><c> goodly</c><00:36:51.699><c> number</c>

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:56.139
of<00:36:52.199><c> those</c><00:36:52.440><c> sons</c><00:36:52.699><c> of</c><00:36:52.920><c> God.</c><00:36:55.340><c> God</c><00:36:55.619><c> says,</c><00:36:55.880><c> I'm</c><00:36:55.960><c> going</c>

00:36:56.139 --> 00:37:00.739
to<00:36:56.300><c> give</c><00:36:56.420><c> you</c><00:36:56.639><c> a</c><00:36:56.800><c> test.</c><00:36:58.239><c> Here's</c><00:36:58.659><c> a</c><00:36:58.860><c> man</c><00:36:59.099><c> by</c><00:36:59.340><c> the</c><00:36:59.440><c> name</c><00:36:59.659><c> of</c><00:36:59.840><c> Methuselah,</c><00:37:00.599><c> and</c>

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:03.139
his<00:37:01.119><c> name</c><00:37:01.440><c> means,</c><00:37:02.159><c> when</c><00:37:02.400><c> he</c><00:37:02.760><c> dies,</c>

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:07.179
it<00:37:03.260><c> will</c><00:37:03.579><c> come.</c><00:37:04.320><c> There's</c><00:37:04.639><c> your</c><00:37:04.820><c> guidepost</c><00:37:05.340><c> to</c><00:37:05.599><c> watch.</c><00:37:05.980><c> When</c><00:37:06.199><c> he</c><00:37:06.519><c> dies,</c><00:37:07.039><c> a</c>

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:08.780
flood's<00:37:07.519><c> coming.</c><00:37:08.039><c> That's</c><00:37:08.380><c> what</c><00:37:08.519><c> his</c>

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:13.199
name<00:37:08.920><c> meant.</c><00:37:10.679><c> And</c><00:37:11.079><c> then</c><00:37:11.300><c> as</c><00:37:11.460><c> it</c><00:37:11.699><c> got</c><00:37:11.960><c> closer</c><00:37:12.440><c> to</c><00:37:12.639><c> the</c><00:37:12.840><c> flood,</c>

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:15.599
God<00:37:13.900><c> says,</c><00:37:14.280><c> all</c><00:37:14.340><c> right,</c><00:37:14.519><c> I'm</c><00:37:14.739><c> going</c><00:37:14.820><c> to</c><00:37:15.000><c> give</c><00:37:15.119><c> you</c><00:37:15.300><c> another</c>

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:23.659
sign.<00:37:17.019><c> There's</c><00:37:17.179><c> a</c><00:37:17.340><c> man</c><00:37:17.559><c> here</c><00:37:17.840><c> that's</c><00:37:18.099><c> going</c><00:37:18.239><c> to</c><00:37:18.460><c> work</c><00:37:18.639><c> on</c><00:37:18.900><c> an</c><00:37:19.119><c> ark</c><00:37:19.280><c> for</c><00:37:19.699><c> 120</c><00:37:20.679><c> years.</c><00:37:22.719><c> See,</c><00:37:22.940><c> God's</c><00:37:23.500><c> a</c>

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.659
very<00:37:24.239><c> brilliant</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:32.119
teacher.<00:37:26.380><c> He</c><00:37:26.860><c> knows</c><00:37:27.380><c> that</c><00:37:27.599><c> if</c><00:37:29.260><c> he</c><00:37:29.420><c> was</c><00:37:29.619><c> to</c><00:37:29.800><c> give</c><00:37:29.900><c> us</c><00:37:30.179><c> a</c><00:37:30.360><c> sign</c><00:37:30.539><c> that</c><00:37:30.659><c> was</c><00:37:30.880><c> only</c><00:37:31.179><c> three</c><00:37:31.480><c> days</c><00:37:31.820><c> in</c>

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.940
length<00:37:32.360><c> class,</c>

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:40.320
we'd<00:37:33.639><c> turn</c><00:37:33.800><c> like</c><00:37:34.179><c> that.</c><00:37:35.780><c> But</c><00:37:35.960><c> he</c><00:37:36.159><c> knows</c><00:37:36.599><c> as</c><00:37:36.920><c> time</c><00:37:37.460><c> goes</c><00:37:38.000><c> on.</c><00:37:39.719><c> As</c>

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:45.519
time<00:37:40.940><c> goes</c><00:37:41.480><c> on,</c><00:37:43.320><c> this</c><00:37:43.579><c> mortal</c><00:37:44.179><c> nature</c><00:37:44.719><c> that</c><00:37:44.980><c> we</c><00:37:45.260><c> have</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:51.460
becomes<00:37:45.960><c> absorbed</c><00:37:46.539><c> with</c><00:37:46.900><c> flesh,</c><00:37:47.840><c> and</c><00:37:47.940><c> it</c><00:37:48.260><c> pulls</c><00:37:48.659><c> back.</c><00:37:49.159><c> It</c><00:37:49.260><c> gets</c><00:37:49.599><c> filled</c><00:37:50.019><c> with</c><00:37:50.300><c> flesh.</c><00:37:51.320><c> It</c>

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.599
pulls<00:37:51.719><c> back.</c><00:37:52.219><c> It</c><00:37:52.340><c> looks</c>

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:54.780
out<00:37:52.860><c> that</c><00:37:53.159><c> tent</c><00:37:53.400><c> door,</c><00:37:53.719><c> and</c><00:37:53.840><c> it</c><00:37:53.880><c> looks</c><00:37:54.119><c> down</c><00:37:54.360><c> at</c><00:37:54.460><c> the</c><00:37:54.639><c> bright</c>

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:58.739
lights<00:37:55.039><c> of</c><00:37:55.360><c> Sodom.</c><00:37:57.239><c> And</c><00:37:57.460><c> it</c><00:37:57.599><c> begins</c><00:37:57.860><c> to</c><00:37:58.179><c> pull</c><00:37:58.340><c> back,</c>

00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:02.119
and<00:37:58.920><c> it</c><00:37:59.059><c> begins</c><00:37:59.460><c> to</c><00:37:59.780><c> weaken.</c><00:38:00.559><c> And</c><00:38:00.719><c> if</c><00:38:00.900><c> the</c><00:38:01.039><c> word</c><00:38:01.219><c> of</c><00:38:01.460><c> God</c><00:38:01.659><c> isn't</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:04.900
drilled<00:38:02.480><c> into</c><00:38:02.900><c> our</c><00:38:03.260><c> hearts,</c><00:38:04.119><c> into</c><00:38:04.219><c> our</c><00:38:04.559><c> minds</c>

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:09.039
morning,<00:38:05.840><c> noon,</c><00:38:06.099><c> and</c><00:38:06.380><c> night,</c><00:38:07.000><c> this</c><00:38:07.260><c> is</c><00:38:07.519><c> the</c><00:38:07.519><c> reason</c><00:38:07.679><c> that</c><00:38:07.940><c> Robert</c><00:38:08.320><c> Roberts</c><00:38:08.659><c> so</c>

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:11.460
wisely<00:38:09.900><c> formed</c><00:38:10.800><c> the</c><00:38:11.039><c> Bible</c>

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:14.920
companion<00:38:12.099><c> that</c><00:38:12.320><c> we</c><00:38:12.519><c> would</c><00:38:12.780><c> read</c><00:38:13.079><c> that</c><00:38:13.440><c> book</c><00:38:13.679><c> every</c><00:38:14.119><c> day.</c><00:38:14.639><c> Not</c>

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.579
only<00:38:15.219><c> read</c><00:38:15.480><c> it,</c><00:38:15.920><c> but</c><00:38:16.260><c> meditate</c><00:38:16.739><c> upon</c><00:38:17.019><c> it</c><00:38:17.199><c> and</c><00:38:17.400><c> fill</c>

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:22.300
our<00:38:17.840><c> hearts</c><00:38:18.019><c> and</c><00:38:18.239><c> our</c><00:38:18.380><c> minds</c><00:38:18.619><c> with</c><00:38:18.860><c> that</c><00:38:19.119><c> truth.</c><00:38:21.440><c> This</c><00:38:21.900><c> is</c><00:38:22.139><c> the</c>

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:24.400
reason<00:38:22.480><c> that</c><00:38:22.639><c> we</c><00:38:22.840><c> have</c><00:38:23.039><c> these</c><00:38:23.320><c> lessons</c><00:38:23.699><c> for</c><00:38:24.000><c> us</c>

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:30.539
in<00:38:24.659><c> the</c><00:38:24.659><c> Old</c><00:38:24.920><c> Testament.</c><00:38:26.539><c> They</c><00:38:26.699><c> are</c><00:38:26.900><c> a</c><00:38:26.900><c> powerful</c><00:38:27.639><c> class.</c><00:38:30.320><c> Well,</c><00:38:30.519><c> you</c>

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:33.599
know,<00:38:30.719><c> one</c><00:38:30.980><c> day,</c><00:38:32.539><c> and</c><00:38:32.760><c> this</c><00:38:33.019><c> will</c><00:38:33.179><c> happen</c><00:38:33.440><c> to</c>

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:40.280
you<00:38:33.739><c> and</c><00:38:33.880><c> me</c><00:38:34.019><c> one</c><00:38:34.260><c> day,</c><00:38:36.539><c> the</c><00:38:36.840><c> climax</c><00:38:37.219><c> came.</c><00:38:39.380><c> You</c><00:38:39.519><c> know</c><00:38:39.639><c> very</c><00:38:39.940><c> well</c><00:38:40.139><c> as</c>

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:42.619
you<00:38:40.400><c> read</c><00:38:40.519><c> that</c><00:38:40.739><c> 12th</c><00:38:41.139><c> chapter</c><00:38:41.380><c> of</c><00:38:41.579><c> Genesis</c><00:38:41.860><c> that</c>

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:45.719
the<00:38:43.000><c> herdsmen</c><00:38:43.420><c> of</c><00:38:43.619><c> Abraham</c><00:38:44.159><c> and</c><00:38:44.420><c> the</c><00:38:44.559><c> herdsmen</c><00:38:44.960><c> of</c><00:38:45.239><c> Lot</c><00:38:45.360><c> had</c>

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:48.500
words.<00:38:46.099><c> They</c><00:38:46.239><c> had</c><00:38:46.500><c> conflict.</c><00:38:47.780><c> In</c><00:38:47.960><c> other</c><00:38:48.239><c> words,</c>

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:52.340
in<00:38:48.659><c> the</c><00:38:48.840><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:49.300><c> of</c><00:38:49.460><c> God,</c><00:38:49.880><c> there</c><00:38:49.880><c> was</c><00:38:50.139><c> a</c><00:38:50.340><c> flare</c><00:38:50.519><c>-up.</c><00:38:50.679><c> There</c><00:38:50.800><c> was</c><00:38:51.039><c> a</c><00:38:51.280><c> disagreement.</c>

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:56.579
And<00:38:53.519><c> I</c><00:38:53.780><c> imagine</c><00:38:54.380><c> that</c><00:38:54.579><c> it</c><00:38:54.840><c> started</c><00:38:55.139><c> out</c><00:38:55.500><c> over</c><00:38:55.760><c> some</c><00:38:56.079><c> trivial</c>

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:59.739
little<00:38:56.960><c> things</c><00:38:57.280><c> just</c><00:38:57.539><c> like</c><00:38:57.719><c> most</c><00:38:58.139><c> disagreements</c><00:38:58.699><c> do.</c>

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:06.960
And<00:39:00.960><c> it</c><00:39:01.300><c> grew</c><00:39:01.539><c> into</c><00:39:02.019><c> a</c><00:39:02.179><c> mount.</c><00:39:04.480><c> And</c><00:39:04.780><c> here</c><00:39:05.219><c> is</c><00:39:05.539><c> one</c><00:39:05.739><c> of</c><00:39:05.900><c> the</c><00:39:06.019><c> first</c><00:39:06.320><c> times</c><00:39:06.760><c> that</c>

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.079
we<00:39:07.199><c> begin</c><00:39:07.460><c> to</c>

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:12.579
see<00:39:08.360><c> the</c><00:39:08.739><c> character</c><00:39:09.219><c> of</c><00:39:09.480><c> this</c><00:39:09.739><c> man,</c><00:39:09.980><c> Abraham.</c><00:39:11.400><c> We</c><00:39:11.920><c> begin</c><00:39:12.239><c> to</c>

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:16.380
see<00:39:12.760><c> why</c><00:39:13.199><c> God</c><00:39:13.599><c> called</c><00:39:14.059><c> him,</c><00:39:14.559><c> why</c><00:39:14.920><c> God</c><00:39:15.400><c> made</c><00:39:15.679><c> him</c><00:39:16.000><c> the</c>

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:22.159
repository<00:39:17.219><c> of</c><00:39:17.780><c> those</c><00:39:18.079><c> covenants</c><00:39:18.420><c> of</c><00:39:18.679><c> promise.</c><00:39:21.059><c> Abraham</c><00:39:21.219><c> moves</c><00:39:21.559><c> into</c><00:39:21.900><c> the</c>

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:24.840
scene.<00:39:23.500><c> Now</c><00:39:23.579><c> remember</c><00:39:24.079><c> what</c><00:39:24.400><c> we</c><00:39:24.659><c> said</c>

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:29.519
Abraham<00:39:25.260><c> represented.</c><00:39:26.460><c> He</c><00:39:26.960><c> represents</c><00:39:27.679><c> that</c><00:39:28.039><c> individual</c><00:39:28.599><c> whose</c><00:39:28.920><c> life</c><00:39:29.280><c> is</c>

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:32.579
dedicated<00:39:30.079><c> to</c><00:39:30.280><c> God,</c><00:39:31.699><c> who</c><00:39:31.980><c> thinks</c><00:39:32.360><c> of</c>

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:37.579
himself<00:39:33.119><c> last</c><00:39:33.559><c> and</c><00:39:33.800><c> thinks</c><00:39:34.119><c> of</c><00:39:34.300><c> God</c><00:39:34.619><c> first,</c><00:39:35.679><c> who</c><00:39:35.900><c> is</c><00:39:36.159><c> a</c><00:39:36.300><c> fulfillment</c><00:39:36.760><c> of</c><00:39:37.039><c> what</c><00:39:37.199><c> God</c>

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.719
later<00:39:37.920><c> was</c><00:39:38.159><c> to</c><00:39:38.360><c> tell</c><00:39:38.539><c> the</c>

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:41.460
nation<00:39:39.059><c> of</c><00:39:39.199><c> Israel,</c><00:39:39.880><c> thou</c><00:39:40.059><c> shall</c><00:39:40.280><c> love</c><00:39:40.539><c> the</c><00:39:40.719><c> Lord</c><00:39:40.900><c> thy</c><00:39:41.260><c> God</c>

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:44.559
with<00:39:41.800><c> all</c><00:39:42.239><c> thy</c><00:39:42.559><c> heart,</c><00:39:43.280><c> all</c><00:39:43.480><c> thy</c><00:39:43.820><c> soul,</c><00:39:44.199><c> all</c><00:39:44.400><c> thy</c>

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:48.840
strength,<00:39:45.059><c> and</c><00:39:45.059><c> all</c><00:39:45.179><c> thy</c><00:39:45.380><c> mind.</c><00:39:46.340><c> And</c><00:39:46.400><c> why</c><00:39:46.659><c> do</c><00:39:46.840><c> we</c><00:39:46.960><c> say</c><00:39:47.199><c> Lot</c><00:39:47.400><c> represented?</c><00:39:48.460><c> He</c>

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:50.739
represented<00:39:49.519><c> that</c><00:39:49.880><c> wishy</c><00:39:50.340><c>-washy</c>

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:54.320
individual<00:39:51.400><c> that</c><00:39:51.920><c> would</c><00:39:52.199><c> turn</c><00:39:52.579><c> any</c><00:39:53.079><c> way</c><00:39:53.440><c> that</c><00:39:53.639><c> the</c><00:39:53.780><c> wind</c><00:39:54.000><c> was</c>

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:58.639
blowing.<00:39:56.039><c> You</c><00:39:56.260><c> can</c><00:39:56.920><c> see,</c><00:39:57.340><c> look</c><00:39:57.440><c> at</c><00:39:57.739><c> Lot,</c><00:39:58.219><c> and</c><00:39:58.219><c> you</c><00:39:58.300><c> can</c>

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:03.500
see<00:39:59.099><c> all</c><00:39:59.599><c> of</c><00:39:59.920><c> his</c><00:40:00.599><c> herdsmen</c><00:40:01.719><c> ganging</c><00:40:02.239><c> in</c><00:40:02.599><c> on</c><00:40:02.739><c> him</c><00:40:02.920><c> and</c><00:40:03.179><c> saying,</c>

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:06.119
Lot,<00:40:03.940><c> if</c><00:40:04.199><c> you</c><00:40:04.719><c> don't</c><00:40:05.099><c> separate</c><00:40:05.619><c> from</c><00:40:05.820><c> this</c>

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.699
Abraham,<00:40:06.500><c> we're</c><00:40:06.900><c> going</c><00:40:07.059><c> to</c><00:40:07.260><c> work</c><00:40:07.380><c> you</c><00:40:07.639><c> over.</c><00:40:09.099><c> And</c><00:40:09.300><c> you</c><00:40:09.420><c> can</c>

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:14.679
see<00:40:09.900><c> wishy</c><00:40:10.440><c>-washy</c><00:40:10.800><c> Lot</c><00:40:11.880><c> cowering.</c><00:40:13.199><c> And</c><00:40:13.400><c> you</c><00:40:13.480><c> can</c><00:40:13.739><c> see</c><00:40:13.880><c> this</c>

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:20.559
giant<00:40:15.719><c> Abraham</c><00:40:16.280><c> coming</c><00:40:16.840><c> to</c><00:40:17.119><c> him</c><00:40:17.260><c> and</c><00:40:17.460><c> saying,</c><00:40:17.840><c> look,</c><00:40:18.079><c> Lot,</c><00:40:18.800><c> this</c><00:40:20.320><c> is</c>

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:22.320
going<00:40:20.619><c> to</c><00:40:20.800><c> lead</c><00:40:20.920><c> to</c><00:40:21.119><c> bloodshed</c><00:40:21.579><c> if</c><00:40:21.719><c> we</c><00:40:21.900><c> don't</c><00:40:22.059><c> act</c>

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:31.800
like<00:40:22.659><c> human</c><00:40:22.920><c> beings</c><00:40:23.380><c> instead</c><00:40:23.739><c> of</c><00:40:23.960><c> children.</c><00:40:26.500><c> No</c><00:40:27.059><c> class</c><00:40:27.860><c> the</c><00:40:28.280><c> type</c><00:40:28.699><c> of</c><00:40:29.019><c> man</c><00:40:29.360><c> Abraham</c><00:40:29.719><c> is.</c><00:40:30.699><c> And</c><00:40:30.880><c> if</c><00:40:31.000><c> we</c><00:40:31.179><c> can't</c><00:40:31.480><c> take</c><00:40:31.619><c> a</c>

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:36.159
lesson<00:40:32.000><c> from</c><00:40:32.239><c> this,</c><00:40:32.519><c> then</c><00:40:32.639><c> we'd</c><00:40:32.900><c> better</c><00:40:32.940><c> go</c><00:40:33.159><c> home.</c><00:40:35.880><c> Abraham</c>

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:41.079
says,<00:40:37.920><c> Lot,</c><00:40:39.119><c> you</c><00:40:39.659><c> make</c><00:40:39.960><c> the</c><00:40:40.300><c> choice,</c>

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:47.699
and<00:40:42.340><c> I'll</c><00:40:42.880><c> take</c><00:40:43.099><c> what's</c><00:40:43.659><c> left.</c><00:40:46.360><c> You</c><00:40:46.679><c> make</c><00:40:46.920><c> the</c><00:40:47.159><c> choice,</c><00:40:47.599><c> Lot.</c>

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:51.480
We've<00:40:48.599><c> got</c><00:40:48.780><c> to</c><00:40:49.000><c> separate,</c><00:40:50.579><c> but</c><00:40:50.800><c> you</c><00:40:51.000><c> make</c><00:40:51.219><c> your</c>

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:55.159
choice.<00:40:52.900><c> Takes</c><00:40:53.219><c> us</c><00:40:53.460><c> back</c><00:40:53.679><c> to</c><00:40:53.840><c> Garden</c><00:40:54.059><c> and</c><00:40:54.260><c> Eden,</c><00:40:54.559><c> as</c><00:40:54.699><c> when</c><00:40:54.900><c> God</c>

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:58.559
told<00:40:55.440><c> Adam</c><00:40:55.659><c> and</c><00:40:55.840><c> Eden,</c><00:40:56.059><c> same</c><00:40:56.260><c> thing.</c><00:40:57.619><c> You</c><00:40:58.019><c> make</c><00:40:58.300><c> your</c>

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:04.320
choice.<00:41:00.900><c> Now,</c><00:41:01.280><c> it</c><00:41:01.639><c> doesn't</c><00:41:02.059><c> take</c><00:41:02.780><c> a</c><00:41:03.300><c> brilliant</c><00:41:03.539><c> individual</c>

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:09.760
to<00:41:05.079><c> see</c><00:41:05.320><c> what</c><00:41:05.780><c> Lot's</c><00:41:06.360><c> choice</c><00:41:06.659><c> was.</c><00:41:08.480><c> For</c><00:41:08.960><c> months,</c>

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:16.940
Lot<00:41:11.860><c> and</c><00:41:12.139><c> Mrs.</c><00:41:12.800><c> Lot</c><00:41:12.940><c> had</c><00:41:13.239><c> been</c><00:41:13.579><c> discussing</c><00:41:14.320><c> this</c><00:41:14.880><c> thing.</c><00:41:16.519><c> They</c>

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:19.780
knew<00:41:17.260><c> where</c><00:41:17.539><c> they</c><00:41:17.840><c> wanted</c><00:41:18.219><c> to</c><00:41:18.579><c> go.</c>

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:24.980
They<00:41:21.519><c> had</c><00:41:21.780><c> all</c><00:41:22.139><c> the</c><00:41:22.460><c> excuses.</c><00:41:23.199><c> They</c><00:41:23.340><c> had</c><00:41:23.820><c> all</c><00:41:24.280><c> of</c><00:41:24.579><c> everything</c>

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:26.500
worked<00:41:25.420><c> out.</c>

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:33.500
Here<00:41:27.679><c> was</c><00:41:27.980><c> a</c><00:41:28.219><c> wonderful</c><00:41:28.659><c> place</c><00:41:29.039><c> for</c><00:41:29.320><c> our</c><00:41:29.599><c> children,</c><00:41:30.380><c> a</c><00:41:30.699><c> community.</c><00:41:33.019><c> Here</c>

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:37.000
is<00:41:34.719><c> constant</c><00:41:35.519><c> employment.</c>

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:41.559
Here<00:41:37.460><c> is</c><00:41:37.780><c> educational</c><00:41:38.639><c> facilities.</c><00:41:39.800><c> Oh,</c><00:41:40.119><c> here's</c><00:41:40.400><c> the</c><00:41:40.659><c> nightclubs.</c><00:41:41.340><c> Here's</c>

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:43.400
everything<00:41:42.219><c> that</c><00:41:42.400><c> we</c><00:41:42.599><c> can</c>

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:47.840
live<00:41:44.019><c> it</c><00:41:44.239><c> up.</c><00:41:46.019><c> But</c><00:41:46.199><c> they</c><00:41:46.380><c> hadn't</c><00:41:46.679><c> come</c><00:41:46.940><c> to</c><00:41:47.079><c> that</c><00:41:47.320><c> conclusion</c>

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:50.639
over<00:41:48.179><c> night</c><00:41:48.539><c> class.</c><00:41:49.139><c> They</c><00:41:49.400><c> had</c><00:41:49.840><c> looked</c><00:41:50.079><c> out</c><00:41:50.360><c> their</c>

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:58.519
tent<00:41:50.960><c> door,</c><00:41:51.460><c> and</c><00:41:51.599><c> their</c><00:41:51.880><c> eyes</c><00:41:52.219><c> had</c><00:41:52.659><c> rested</c><00:41:53.099><c> upon</c><00:41:53.579><c> this</c><00:41:53.920><c> for</c><00:41:54.199><c> months.</c><00:41:57.320><c> Every</c><00:41:57.900><c> man</c><00:41:58.219><c> is</c>

00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:06.480
tempted<00:41:58.940><c> when</c><00:41:59.139><c> he's</c><00:42:06.480><c> drawn</c>

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:11.159
for<00:42:06.840><c> sin,</c><00:42:08.480><c> and</c><00:42:08.719><c> sin</c><00:42:09.159><c> when</c><00:42:09.420><c> it</c><00:42:09.679><c> is</c><00:42:09.960><c> finished</c><00:42:10.300><c> bringeth</c><00:42:10.840><c> forth</c>

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:15.300
death.<00:42:13.260><c> Now,</c><00:42:13.679><c> let's</c><00:42:13.780><c> look</c><00:42:14.019><c> at</c><00:42:14.139><c> something</c><00:42:14.519><c> else.</c>

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:20.079
Lot<00:42:17.860><c> looks</c><00:42:18.159><c> around.</c><00:42:18.719><c> He</c><00:42:18.739><c> probably</c><00:42:19.179><c> looked</c><00:42:19.420><c> a</c><00:42:19.480><c> little</c><00:42:19.800><c> bit</c><00:42:19.940><c> up</c>

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:22.019
that<00:42:20.340><c> hill</c><00:42:20.619><c> up</c><00:42:20.820><c> there,</c><00:42:21.000><c> and</c><00:42:21.099><c> he</c><00:42:21.239><c> thought,</c>

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:24.360
oh,<00:42:22.559><c> boy,</c><00:42:22.780><c> I</c><00:42:22.860><c> don't</c><00:42:23.019><c> want</c><00:42:23.179><c> to</c><00:42:23.280><c> climb</c><00:42:23.480><c> up</c><00:42:23.719><c> there.</c><00:42:23.900><c> And</c><00:42:24.019><c> after</c><00:42:24.199><c> I</c>

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:26.619
get<00:42:24.500><c> up</c><00:42:24.719><c> there,</c><00:42:24.880><c> how</c><00:42:25.000><c> do</c><00:42:25.199><c> I</c><00:42:25.300><c> know</c><00:42:25.440><c> what</c><00:42:25.679><c> I</c><00:42:25.900><c> have?</c>

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:36.659
Plus,<00:42:32.199><c> what</c><00:42:32.579><c> assurance</c><00:42:33.059><c> do</c><00:42:33.380><c> we</c><00:42:33.699><c> have</c><00:42:34.559><c> of</c><00:42:35.340><c> a</c><00:42:35.519><c> place</c><00:42:35.699><c> in</c><00:42:35.880><c> the</c><00:42:36.039><c> kingdom</c><00:42:36.360><c> of</c>

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:38.880
God<00:42:36.840><c> if</c><00:42:37.039><c> we</c><00:42:37.320><c> follow</c><00:42:37.639><c> the</c><00:42:37.960><c> truth?</c>

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:43.840
Can<00:42:40.019><c> we</c><00:42:40.219><c> see</c><00:42:40.460><c> the</c><00:42:40.659><c> kingdom</c><00:42:40.900><c> of</c><00:42:41.219><c> God?</c><00:42:42.739><c> Literally,</c><00:42:43.119><c> can</c><00:42:43.360><c> we</c><00:42:43.619><c> see</c>

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:46.139
it<00:42:44.039><c> out</c><00:42:44.219><c> there?</c><00:42:44.880><c> Is</c><00:42:45.079><c> it</c><00:42:45.179><c> something</c><00:42:45.480><c> we</c><00:42:45.679><c> can</c><00:42:45.800><c> go</c><00:42:46.000><c> out</c>

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:50.880
and<00:42:46.320><c> take</c><00:42:46.519><c> hold</c><00:42:46.760><c> of?</c><00:42:49.059><c> Is</c><00:42:49.400><c> it</c><00:42:49.599><c> eternalized</c><00:42:50.119><c> something</c><00:42:50.460><c> that</c><00:42:50.679><c> we</c>

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:53.920
have<00:42:51.139><c> seen?</c><00:42:51.880><c> Have</c><00:42:52.019><c> we</c><00:42:52.199><c> ever</c><00:42:52.539><c> seen</c><00:42:52.699><c> an</c><00:42:52.900><c> immortal?</c>

00:42:56.400 --> 00:43:00.960
Then<00:42:56.880><c> why</c><00:42:57.179><c> do</c><00:42:57.340><c> you</c><00:42:57.539><c> want</c><00:42:57.780><c> it?</c><00:42:59.840><c> Why</c><00:43:00.059><c> do</c><00:43:00.300><c> you</c><00:43:00.320><c> want</c><00:43:00.539><c> a</c><00:43:00.659><c> place</c><00:43:00.780><c> in</c>

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:02.300
the<00:43:01.059><c> kingdom</c><00:43:01.260><c> of</c><00:43:01.519><c> God?</c>

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:06.659
What<00:43:03.360><c> makes</c><00:43:03.760><c> you</c><00:43:04.260><c> think</c><00:43:04.840><c> that</c><00:43:05.460><c> this</c><00:43:05.780><c> earth</c><00:43:05.940><c> is</c><00:43:06.179><c> going</c><00:43:06.320><c> to</c><00:43:06.460><c> be</c>

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:08.099
filled<00:43:06.840><c> with</c><00:43:07.019><c> the</c><00:43:07.179><c> glory</c><00:43:07.320><c> of</c><00:43:07.500><c> the</c><00:43:07.619><c> Lord</c><00:43:07.780><c> as</c><00:43:07.940><c> the</c>

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:15.579
waters<00:43:08.320><c> cover</c><00:43:08.539><c> the</c><00:43:08.780><c> sea?</c><00:43:11.500><c> Without</c><00:43:11.980><c> faith,</c><00:43:14.599><c> it</c><00:43:14.739><c> is</c><00:43:14.980><c> impossible</c>

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:19.500
to<00:43:15.840><c> please</c><00:43:16.019><c> God.</c><00:43:16.780><c> Faith</c><00:43:17.019><c> in</c><00:43:17.179><c> what?</c><00:43:18.980><c> In</c><00:43:19.260><c> the</c>

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:30.199
promises<00:43:20.000><c> of</c><00:43:20.340><c> God.</c><00:43:23.420><c> And</c><00:43:23.639><c> what</c><00:43:23.780><c> did</c><00:43:23.940><c> God</c><00:43:24.239><c> promise</c><00:43:24.760><c> Abraham?</c><00:43:27.619><c> God</c><00:43:28.039><c> had</c><00:43:28.440><c> told</c><00:43:28.699><c> him</c><00:43:28.960><c> that</c><00:43:29.820><c> he</c>

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:31.460
was<00:43:30.579><c> going</c><00:43:30.800><c> to</c><00:43:31.000><c> give</c><00:43:31.139><c> him</c><00:43:31.300><c> the</c>

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:40.840
land<00:43:31.719><c> of</c><00:43:32.000><c> Canaan</c><00:43:32.239><c> for</c><00:43:32.480><c> an</c><00:43:32.619><c> everlasting</c><00:43:33.099><c> possession.</c><00:43:37.840><c> Lot,</c><00:43:38.079><c> take</c><00:43:38.219><c> what</c><00:43:38.400><c> you</c><00:43:38.659><c> want.</c><00:43:40.480><c> I</c>

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:42.000
have<00:43:41.039><c> faith.</c>

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:49.619
Well,<00:43:44.780><c> Lot</c><00:43:44.920><c> looks</c><00:43:45.199><c> around.</c><00:43:45.719><c> His</c><00:43:45.960><c> mind</c><00:43:46.280><c> was</c><00:43:46.539><c> made</c><00:43:46.860><c> up.</c><00:43:47.159><c> But</c><00:43:47.340><c> class,</c><00:43:47.599><c> I</c><00:43:47.599><c> want</c><00:43:47.840><c> you</c><00:43:48.019><c> to</c><00:43:48.219><c> think</c><00:43:48.420><c> for</c><00:43:48.679><c> a</c><00:43:48.780><c> moment.</c>

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:55.940
It<00:43:51.619><c> was</c><00:43:51.960><c> easy</c><00:43:52.840><c> for</c><00:43:53.280><c> Lot</c><00:43:53.800><c> and</c><00:43:54.239><c> Mrs.</c><00:43:54.840><c> Lot</c><00:43:54.940><c> and</c><00:43:55.139><c> their</c><00:43:55.340><c> family</c><00:43:55.739><c> to</c>

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:59.739
go<00:43:56.159><c> to</c><00:43:56.440><c> Sodom.</c><00:43:57.940><c> You</c><00:43:58.179><c> see,</c><00:43:58.340><c> it</c><00:43:58.440><c> was</c><00:43:58.699><c> downhill.</c>

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:07.460
You<00:44:04.139><c> know</c><00:44:04.360><c> a</c><00:44:04.539><c> dead</c><00:44:04.840><c> fish</c><00:44:05.159><c> can</c><00:44:05.400><c> float</c><00:44:05.639><c> downstream,</c><00:44:06.559><c> don't</c><00:44:06.719><c> you?</c>

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:14.860
But<00:44:10.079><c> it</c><00:44:10.199><c> takes</c><00:44:10.619><c> a</c><00:44:10.760><c> lot</c><00:44:10.980><c> of</c><00:44:11.199><c> power</c><00:44:11.519><c> in</c><00:44:11.719><c> a</c><00:44:11.900><c> fish</c><00:44:12.139><c> to</c><00:44:13.500><c> go</c><00:44:13.940><c> upstream.</c>

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:19.800
A<00:44:16.619><c> fish</c><00:44:16.780><c> has</c><00:44:17.019><c> to</c><00:44:17.199><c> be</c><00:44:17.360><c> in</c><00:44:17.480><c> good</c><00:44:17.719><c> condition</c><00:44:18.960><c> to</c>

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:25.360
jump<00:44:20.320><c> the</c><00:44:20.619><c> falls.</c><00:44:23.320><c> And</c><00:44:23.840><c> the</c><00:44:23.980><c> reason</c><00:44:24.239><c> a</c><00:44:24.420><c> fish</c><00:44:24.599><c> goes</c><00:44:24.940><c> upstream</c>

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:28.360
is<00:44:25.719><c> to</c><00:44:25.900><c> get</c><00:44:26.059><c> into</c><00:44:26.699><c> pure</c><00:44:27.099><c> water.</c>

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:35.320
But<00:44:30.840><c> a</c><00:44:31.039><c> dead</c><00:44:31.219><c> fish</c><00:44:31.480><c> can</c><00:44:31.739><c> float</c><00:44:31.880><c> downstream.</c><00:44:34.340><c> And</c><00:44:34.719><c> Lot</c><00:44:34.900><c> and</c><00:44:35.119><c> his</c>

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:37.179
family<00:44:35.679><c> went</c><00:44:35.960><c> downhill.</c>

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:41.800
You<00:44:37.820><c> know,</c><00:44:37.980><c> there's</c><00:44:38.320><c> another</c><00:44:38.699><c> law</c><00:44:39.000><c> of</c><00:44:39.199><c> nature,</c><00:44:39.719><c> isn't</c><00:44:39.760><c> it?</c><00:44:39.980><c> You</c><00:44:40.260><c> know</c><00:44:40.420><c> the</c><00:44:40.659><c> reason</c><00:44:41.019><c> the</c><00:44:41.400><c> drunk</c><00:44:41.559><c> is</c>

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:43.280
in<00:44:42.019><c> the</c><00:44:42.159><c> gutter?</c>

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:47.179
The<00:44:44.300><c> drunk</c><00:44:44.460><c> in</c><00:44:44.679><c> the</c><00:44:44.880><c> gutter</c><00:44:45.159><c> has</c><00:44:45.460><c> lost</c><00:44:45.699><c> all</c><00:44:45.960><c> of</c><00:44:46.139><c> his</c><00:44:46.360><c> ability</c>

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:51.539
and<00:44:47.840><c> his</c><00:44:49.119><c> determination</c><00:44:49.920><c> to</c><00:44:50.340><c> stand</c><00:44:50.739><c> up.</c>

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:55.940
And<00:44:52.519><c> he</c><00:44:52.760><c> lets</c><00:44:53.079><c> himself</c><00:44:53.699><c> go</c><00:44:54.159><c> and</c><00:44:54.400><c> the</c><00:44:54.619><c> law</c><00:44:54.920><c> of</c><00:44:55.019><c> gravity</c><00:44:55.480><c> takes</c>

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:58.179
over.<00:44:56.400><c> It'll</c><00:44:56.699><c> do</c><00:44:56.860><c> it</c><00:44:57.039><c> every</c><00:44:57.380><c> time.</c>

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:03.119
And<00:44:59.679><c> that's</c><00:45:00.079><c> all</c><00:45:00.659><c> that</c><00:45:01.039><c> Lot</c><00:45:01.179><c> and</c><00:45:01.380><c> his</c><00:45:01.599><c> family</c><00:45:02.059><c> had</c><00:45:02.440><c> to</c><00:45:02.679><c> do</c><00:45:02.900><c> was</c>

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:06.420
to<00:45:03.340><c> let</c><00:45:03.599><c> go,</c><00:45:04.900><c> go</c><00:45:05.199><c> downhill.</c>

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:13.960
And<00:45:08.579><c> they</c><00:45:09.000><c> landed</c><00:45:09.559><c> in</c><00:45:10.320><c> a</c><00:45:10.699><c> place</c><00:45:11.860><c> later</c><00:45:12.599><c> that</c><00:45:13.019><c> they</c><00:45:13.340><c> found</c><00:45:13.699><c> out</c>

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:16.679
in<00:45:14.139><c> which</c><00:45:14.380><c> the</c><00:45:14.639><c> inhabitants</c><00:45:15.039><c> were</c><00:45:15.380><c> all</c><00:45:15.659><c> wicked.</c>

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:22.860
Had<00:45:17.980><c> no</c><00:45:18.300><c> use</c><00:45:18.519><c> for</c><00:45:18.800><c> God</c><00:45:19.059><c> whatsoever.</c><00:45:21.280><c> They</c><00:45:21.960><c> got</c><00:45:22.179><c> into</c><00:45:22.480><c> trouble.</c>

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:31.119
Well,<00:45:25.800><c> what</c><00:45:25.980><c> did</c><00:45:26.239><c> Abram</c><00:45:26.480><c> do?</c><00:45:29.059><c> Abram</c><00:45:29.559><c> turned</c><00:45:30.159><c> and</c><00:45:30.360><c> he</c><00:45:30.719><c> started</c>

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:32.420
to<00:45:31.579><c> climb.</c>

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:37.760
He<00:45:34.539><c> didn't</c><00:45:34.840><c> know</c><00:45:35.000><c> where</c><00:45:35.239><c> he</c><00:45:35.360><c> was</c><00:45:35.659><c> going,</c><00:45:36.179><c> but</c><00:45:36.519><c> he</c><00:45:36.860><c> knew</c><00:45:37.340><c> that</c>

00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:39.579
God<00:45:38.099><c> was</c><00:45:38.480><c> with</c><00:45:38.739><c> him.</c>

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:44.460
And<00:45:41.300><c> he</c><00:45:41.460><c> had</c><00:45:41.639><c> the</c><00:45:41.980><c> promises</c><00:45:42.400><c> of</c><00:45:42.699><c> God,</c><00:45:43.099><c> I'm</c><00:45:43.420><c> going</c><00:45:43.679><c> to</c><00:45:43.980><c> give</c><00:45:44.159><c> you</c>

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:46.900
this<00:45:44.800><c> land</c><00:45:45.280><c> for</c><00:45:45.559><c> an</c><00:45:45.760><c> everlasting</c><00:45:46.260><c> possession,</c>

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:53.380
Abram.<00:45:48.920><c> And</c><00:45:49.480><c> your</c><00:45:49.980><c> seed</c><00:45:50.340><c> is</c><00:45:50.619><c> going</c><00:45:50.840><c> to</c><00:45:50.960><c> be</c><00:45:51.159><c> multitudinous.</c><00:45:52.880><c> Look</c><00:45:53.159><c> at</c>

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:54.179
those<00:45:53.639><c> stars,</c>

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:58.480
Abram.<00:45:55.000><c> Lot</c><00:45:55.239><c> couldn't</c><00:45:55.599><c> see</c><00:45:55.880><c> the</c><00:45:56.079><c> stars.</c><00:45:57.480><c> That</c><00:45:57.760><c> was</c><00:45:57.920><c> hidden</c><00:45:58.239><c> by</c>

00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:00.920
the<00:45:58.760><c> bright</c><00:45:59.000><c> lights</c><00:45:59.440><c> of</c><00:45:59.880><c> Sodom.</c>

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:05.719
But<00:46:01.780><c> Abram</c><00:46:02.079><c> had</c><00:46:02.300><c> a</c><00:46:02.599><c> clear,</c><00:46:03.119><c> unobstructed</c><00:46:03.800><c> view</c><00:46:04.239><c> of</c><00:46:04.460><c> the</c><00:46:04.599><c> heavens.</c><00:46:05.579><c> And</c>

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:07.699
God<00:46:05.960><c> could</c><00:46:06.239><c> point</c><00:46:06.500><c> to</c><00:46:06.679><c> those</c><00:46:07.000><c> stars</c><00:46:07.420><c> and</c>

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:11.719
say,<00:46:08.719><c> if</c><00:46:08.860><c> you</c><00:46:09.079><c> can</c><00:46:09.340><c> count</c><00:46:09.579><c> them,</c><00:46:09.820><c> Abram,</c><00:46:10.219><c> that's</c><00:46:11.059><c> going</c><00:46:11.320><c> to</c><00:46:11.539><c> be</c>

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:13.699
the<00:46:11.840><c> number</c><00:46:12.159><c> of</c><00:46:12.360><c> your</c><00:46:12.719><c> seed.</c>

00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:19.619
Class,<00:46:15.780><c> that's</c><00:46:16.059><c> a</c><00:46:16.199><c> picture</c><00:46:16.539><c> before</c><00:46:17.039><c> us.</c><00:46:18.579><c> That</c><00:46:18.880><c> is</c><00:46:19.159><c> a</c><00:46:19.300><c> picture</c>

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:21.659
before<00:46:20.079><c> us</c><00:46:20.300><c> and</c><00:46:20.460><c> it</c><00:46:20.679><c> is</c><00:46:20.760><c> just</c><00:46:20.940><c> as</c><00:46:21.300><c> true</c><00:46:21.300><c> this</c>

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:27.300
afternoon<00:46:22.139><c> as</c><00:46:22.340><c> it</c><00:46:22.500><c> was</c><00:46:22.840><c> that</c><00:46:23.059><c> day.</c><00:46:25.519><c> Now,</c><00:46:25.739><c> there</c><00:46:25.920><c> are</c><00:46:26.199><c> those</c><00:46:26.559><c> who</c><00:46:26.840><c> tell</c><00:46:27.019><c> us</c>

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:29.920
that<00:46:28.380><c> those</c><00:46:28.800><c> promises</c><00:46:29.239><c> to</c><00:46:29.539><c> Abram</c>

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:34.179
have<00:46:30.119><c> been</c><00:46:30.440><c> fulfilled</c><00:46:30.940><c> and</c><00:46:31.519><c> we're</c><00:46:31.880><c> coming</c><00:46:32.239><c> back</c><00:46:33.380><c> next</c><00:46:33.940><c> week,</c>

00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:36.559
God<00:46:34.539><c> willing,</c><00:46:34.840><c> and</c><00:46:35.039><c> we're</c><00:46:35.340><c> going</c><00:46:35.559><c> to</c><00:46:36.039><c> enlarge</c>

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:41.480
upon<00:46:36.820><c> that</c><00:46:37.119><c> covenant</c><00:46:37.440><c> of</c><00:46:37.699><c> promise.</c><00:46:39.559><c> But</c><00:46:39.920><c> I</c><00:46:40.179><c> want</c><00:46:40.380><c> to</c><00:46:40.619><c> emphasize</c><00:46:41.199><c> this</c>

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.920
afternoon<00:46:41.960><c> that</c><00:46:42.159><c> those</c><00:46:42.519><c> promises</c>

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:47.699
have<00:46:43.119><c> not</c><00:46:43.440><c> been</c><00:46:43.699><c> fulfilled.</c><00:46:45.960><c> God</c><00:46:46.539><c> promises,</c><00:46:46.980><c> as</c><00:46:47.239><c> we</c><00:46:47.300><c> will</c><00:46:47.539><c> see</c>

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:49.579
in<00:46:47.880><c> the</c><00:46:47.980><c> 15th</c><00:46:48.659><c> chapter</c><00:46:48.980><c> of</c><00:46:49.059><c> Genesis,</c>

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:53.019
God<00:46:50.480><c> promised</c><00:46:50.980><c> an</c><00:46:51.199><c> area</c><00:46:51.639><c> that</c><00:46:51.900><c> reached</c><00:46:52.059><c> from</c><00:46:52.300><c> the</c><00:46:52.519><c> River</c><00:46:52.659><c> Nile</c>

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:54.219
to<00:46:53.219><c> the</c><00:46:53.360><c> River</c><00:46:53.579><c> Euphrates,</c>

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:59.340
from<00:46:54.739><c> the</c><00:46:55.079><c> Mediterranean</c><00:46:55.639><c> to</c><00:46:55.900><c> the</c><00:46:56.099><c> Persian</c><00:46:56.460><c> Gulf,</c><00:46:57.400><c> and</c><00:46:57.579><c> in</c><00:46:57.900><c> that</c><00:46:58.320><c> area</c><00:46:58.800><c> is</c>

00:46:59.340 --> 00:47:02.800
300<00:47:00.320><c>,000</c><00:47:01.000><c> square</c><00:47:01.380><c> miles.</c>

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Do<00:47:04.159><c> you</c><00:47:04.380><c> know</c><00:47:05.079><c> the</c><00:47:05.460><c> area</c><00:47:06.059><c> that</c><00:47:06.340><c> Israel</c><00:47:06.780><c> actually</c><00:47:07.559><c> possessed</c>

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:11.519
when<00:47:09.719><c> they</c><00:47:09.900><c> went</c><00:47:10.119><c> into</c><00:47:10.340><c> the</c><00:47:10.599><c> land?</c>

00:47:12.139 --> 00:47:19.099
Israel,<00:47:13.199><c> at</c><00:47:13.199><c> the</c><00:47:13.519><c> height</c><00:47:13.880><c> of</c><00:47:14.239><c> David's</c><00:47:14.840><c> reign,</c><00:47:16.760><c> never</c><00:47:17.320><c> possessed</c><00:47:17.980><c> over</c><00:47:18.579><c> 30</c>

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:21.300
,000<00:47:19.739><c> square</c><00:47:20.099><c> miles.</c>

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:25.579
They<00:47:22.500><c> never</c><00:47:22.960><c> possessed</c><00:47:23.480><c> over</c><00:47:23.980><c> one</c><00:47:24.420><c>-tenth</c><00:47:24.719><c> of</c><00:47:24.980><c> the</c><00:47:25.179><c> land</c><00:47:25.380><c> that</c>

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:27.679
God<00:47:25.880><c> had</c><00:47:26.179><c> promised</c><00:47:26.460><c> to</c><00:47:26.739><c> them.</c>

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:31.400
And<00:47:28.460><c> do</c><00:47:28.659><c> you</c><00:47:28.659><c> know</c><00:47:28.940><c> in</c><00:47:29.300><c> that</c><00:47:29.599><c> we</c><00:47:29.820><c> have</c><00:47:30.079><c> a</c><00:47:30.260><c> tremendous</c><00:47:30.739><c> lesson?</c>

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:34.960
Because<00:47:32.320><c> of</c><00:47:32.980><c> our</c><00:47:33.280><c> weakness</c><00:47:33.719><c> class,</c>

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:41.699
because<00:47:36.199><c> of</c><00:47:36.460><c> our</c><00:47:36.679><c> inability,</c><00:47:38.599><c> because</c><00:47:39.099><c> of</c><00:47:39.400><c> our</c><00:47:39.739><c> laziness,</c><00:47:41.320><c> and</c><00:47:41.519><c> if</c>

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:45.380
you<00:47:41.920><c> resent</c><00:47:42.260><c> that,</c><00:47:43.079><c> then</c><00:47:43.360><c> my</c><00:47:43.940><c> laziness,</c>

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because<00:47:46.380><c> we</c><00:47:46.880><c> don't</c><00:47:47.280><c> work</c><00:47:47.659><c> at</c><00:47:47.880><c> this</c><00:47:48.139><c> thing</c><00:47:48.320><c> like</c><00:47:48.639><c> we</c><00:47:48.980><c> should,</c>

00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:53.320
that's<00:47:51.239><c> just</c><00:47:51.679><c> about</c><00:47:52.099><c> the</c><00:47:52.400><c> percentage</c><00:47:52.840><c> of</c><00:47:53.059><c> the</c>

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:58.559
blessings<00:47:53.599><c> of</c><00:47:53.940><c> God</c><00:47:54.260><c> we</c><00:47:54.820><c> enjoy</c><00:47:55.300><c> today</c><00:47:55.760><c> as</c><00:47:56.059><c> individuals.</c><00:47:58.239><c> With</c>

00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:00.800
all<00:47:58.880><c> that</c><00:47:59.039><c> we</c><00:47:59.139><c> have</c><00:47:59.340><c> been</c><00:47:59.579><c> given,</c><00:47:59.880><c> the</c><00:48:00.139><c> hope</c><00:48:00.360><c> of</c><00:48:00.579><c> the</c>

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:05.340
gospel,<00:48:01.880><c> the</c><00:48:02.179><c> glorious</c><00:48:02.599><c> opportunity</c><00:48:03.340><c> to</c><00:48:03.599><c> open</c><00:48:03.940><c> this</c><00:48:04.280><c> book</c><00:48:04.599><c> and</c><00:48:04.960><c> to</c>

00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:07.960
study<00:48:05.559><c> its</c><00:48:05.900><c> pages</c><00:48:06.420><c> and</c><00:48:06.860><c> to</c><00:48:07.159><c> glean</c><00:48:07.400><c> therefrom</c>

00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:12.340
the<00:48:08.300><c> comfort</c><00:48:08.599><c> of</c><00:48:08.800><c> the</c><00:48:08.920><c> coming</c><00:48:09.159><c> age</c><00:48:10.019><c> and</c><00:48:11.340><c> the</c><00:48:11.659><c> comfort</c><00:48:11.960><c> of</c><00:48:12.179><c> the</c>

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:16.239
fact<00:48:12.519><c> that</c><00:48:12.739><c> our</c><00:48:13.039><c> sins</c><00:48:13.239><c> are</c><00:48:13.599><c> forgiven.</c><00:48:15.280><c> We</c><00:48:15.599><c> have</c><00:48:15.920><c> been</c>

00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:21.019
given<00:48:16.599><c> 300</c><00:48:17.579><c>,000</c><00:48:18.280><c> square</c><00:48:18.679><c> miles,</c><00:48:19.079><c> just</c><00:48:19.340><c> like</c><00:48:19.619><c> Israel,</c><00:48:20.460><c> but</c><00:48:20.760><c> we</c>

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:24.539
have<00:48:21.179><c> only</c><00:48:21.760><c> possessed</c><00:48:22.400><c> about</c><00:48:22.820><c> a</c><00:48:23.019><c> tenth</c><00:48:23.260><c> of</c><00:48:23.539><c> it.</c>

00:48:25.059 --> 00:48:29.920
We're<00:48:25.780><c> too</c><00:48:26.219><c> busy,</c><00:48:27.039><c> aren't</c><00:48:27.039><c> we?</c><00:48:28.460><c> We</c><00:48:28.800><c> let</c><00:48:29.000><c> the</c><00:48:29.219><c> mundane</c><00:48:29.639><c> things</c>

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:33.239
of<00:48:30.119><c> this</c><00:48:30.380><c> life</c><00:48:30.619><c> take</c><00:48:30.940><c> up</c><00:48:31.199><c> too</c><00:48:31.659><c> much</c><00:48:31.960><c> of</c><00:48:32.119><c> our</c><00:48:32.380><c> time</c>

00:48:33.260 --> 00:48:40.679
when<00:48:33.980><c> God</c><00:48:34.400><c> says,</c><00:48:36.599><c> here</c><00:48:36.619><c> are</c><00:48:36.880><c> the</c><00:48:37.099><c> jewels</c><00:48:37.679><c> that</c><00:48:37.920><c> you're</c><00:48:38.280><c> overlooking,</c><00:48:40.119><c> simply</c>

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:42.860
because<00:48:41.199><c> you</c><00:48:41.400><c> won't</c><00:48:41.699><c> pursue.</c>

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:48.900
But<00:48:43.639><c> we</c><00:48:43.840><c> have</c><00:48:44.119><c> a</c><00:48:44.320><c> merciful</c><00:48:44.739><c> God</c><00:48:45.159><c> and</c><00:48:45.360><c> He</c><00:48:45.460><c> says,</c><00:48:46.199><c> very</c><00:48:46.199><c> well,</c><00:48:47.219><c> just</c><00:48:47.619><c> hold</c><00:48:48.019><c> fast</c><00:48:48.420><c> and</c><00:48:48.579><c> one</c><00:48:48.760><c> of</c>

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these<00:48:49.159><c> days</c>

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you'll<00:48:50.539><c> possess</c><00:48:50.840><c> that</c><00:48:51.219><c> land</c><00:48:51.579><c> because</c><00:48:52.800><c> I</c><00:48:53.139><c> promised</c><00:48:53.500><c> it</c><00:48:54.159><c> and</c><00:48:54.280><c> because</c><00:48:54.699><c> you're</c><00:48:54.880><c> part</c><00:48:55.219><c> of</c><00:48:55.460><c> Abraham,</c>

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you're<00:48:57.360><c> going</c><00:48:57.559><c> to</c><00:48:57.820><c> possess</c><00:48:58.079><c> that</c><00:48:58.420><c> land.</c><00:49:00.639><c> Plus,</c><00:49:00.940><c> that's</c><00:49:01.320><c> the</c>

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picture<00:49:01.760><c> of</c><00:49:01.980><c> the</c><00:49:02.179><c> opening</c><00:49:02.400><c> here.</c>

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Of<00:49:04.320><c> course,</c><00:49:05.659><c> next</c><00:49:05.860><c> week</c><00:49:06.179><c> as</c><00:49:06.480><c> we</c><00:49:06.739><c> come</c><00:49:07.000><c> to</c><00:49:07.300><c> this</c><00:49:08.340><c> magnification,</c><00:49:09.320><c> we're</c><00:49:09.539><c> going</c>

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to<00:49:09.940><c> see</c><00:49:10.099><c> something</c>

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quite<00:49:10.920><c> interesting.</c><00:49:12.139><c> Remember</c><00:49:12.820><c> what</c><00:49:13.139><c> we</c><00:49:13.480><c> said.</c><00:49:15.519><c> God</c><00:49:15.920><c> had</c><00:49:16.219><c> told</c><00:49:16.440><c> Abraham</c><00:49:16.900><c> to</c>

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get<00:49:17.380><c> out</c><00:49:17.699><c> of</c><00:49:17.820><c> that</c><00:49:18.179><c> land.</c>

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Now,<00:49:19.639><c> you</c><00:49:19.860><c> know,</c><00:49:21.880><c> unless</c><00:49:22.300><c> we</c><00:49:22.519><c> make</c><00:49:22.760><c> a</c><00:49:22.880><c> thorough</c><00:49:23.059><c> study</c><00:49:23.579><c> of</c><00:49:23.840><c> the</c>

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scriptures<00:49:24.380><c> of</c><00:49:24.739><c> truth,</c><00:49:25.599><c> we</c><00:49:25.820><c> look</c><00:49:26.119><c> upon</c><00:49:26.500><c> Abraham</c><00:49:27.039><c> as</c>

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an<00:49:27.679><c> individual</c><00:49:28.260><c> that</c><00:49:28.739><c> could</c><00:49:29.039><c> do</c><00:49:29.239><c> no</c><00:49:29.500><c> wrong.</c><00:49:31.239><c> He</c><00:49:31.380><c> couldn't</c><00:49:31.719><c> sin.</c><00:49:32.019><c> He</c>

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was<00:49:32.460><c> a</c><00:49:32.960><c> perfect</c><00:49:33.440><c> man.</c><00:49:34.940><c> And</c><00:49:35.119><c> we</c><00:49:35.420><c> think</c><00:49:35.699><c> if</c><00:49:35.940><c> Abraham</c>

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could<00:49:36.780><c> walk</c><00:49:37.079><c> in</c><00:49:37.280><c> here</c><00:49:37.400><c> this</c><00:49:37.679><c> afternoon</c><00:49:38.219><c> that</c><00:49:38.420><c> we'd</c><00:49:38.840><c> be</c><00:49:39.460><c> bound</c>

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and<00:49:40.119><c> determined</c><00:49:40.639><c> to</c><00:49:40.900><c> fall</c><00:49:41.099><c> on</c><00:49:41.340><c> our</c><00:49:41.559><c> knees</c><00:49:41.780><c> and</c><00:49:42.000><c> do</c>

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obeisance<00:49:42.679><c> to</c><00:49:42.920><c> him.</c><00:49:43.320><c> That</c><00:49:43.460><c> is</c><00:49:43.659><c> not</c><00:49:43.920><c> true.</c><00:49:46.039><c> If</c><00:49:46.179><c> Abraham</c><00:49:46.579><c> was</c><00:49:46.820><c> to</c>

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walk<00:49:47.199><c> in</c><00:49:47.380><c> here</c><00:49:47.480><c> this</c><00:49:47.739><c> afternoon,</c><00:49:48.400><c> you</c><00:49:48.420><c> would</c><00:49:48.659><c> simply</c>

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see<00:49:50.880><c> another</c><00:49:51.440><c> Earl</c><00:49:51.800><c> Steele</c><00:49:52.199><c> or</c><00:49:52.380><c> Lester</c><00:49:52.800><c> Bishop</c><00:49:53.239><c> or</c><00:49:55.699><c> Dick</c><00:49:55.960><c> or</c><00:49:56.679><c> anyone</c><00:49:57.179><c> else</c><00:49:57.599><c> here.</c><00:49:58.780><c> He</c><00:49:59.019><c> would</c><00:49:59.219><c> be</c><00:49:59.480><c> a</c>

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brother<00:50:00.099><c> of</c>

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Christ.<00:50:00.820><c> He</c><00:50:00.940><c> would</c><00:50:01.119><c> be</c><00:50:01.340><c> a</c><00:50:01.579><c> pilgrim</c><00:50:01.980><c> on</c><00:50:02.340><c> this</c><00:50:02.699><c> journey</c><00:50:02.980><c> Zionward</c><00:50:03.760><c> and</c><00:50:04.300><c> Abraham</c><00:50:04.760><c> would</c><00:50:04.940><c> be</c>

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the<00:50:05.320><c> first</c><00:50:05.599><c> one</c><00:50:05.780><c> to</c>

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tell<00:50:06.199><c> you</c><00:50:06.440><c> that</c><00:50:06.980><c> he</c><00:50:07.219><c> was</c><00:50:07.480><c> weak.</c><00:50:08.820><c> He</c><00:50:08.980><c> failed</c><00:50:09.599><c> under</c><00:50:10.260><c> time</c><00:50:10.579><c> after</c>

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time<00:50:11.340><c> after</c><00:50:11.659><c> time.</c><00:50:13.860><c> He</c><00:50:14.380><c> was</c><00:50:14.739><c> prone</c><00:50:15.000><c> to</c><00:50:15.199><c> the</c><00:50:15.340><c> same</c>

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temptations<00:50:16.159><c> that</c><00:50:16.400><c> you</c><00:50:16.559><c> and</c><00:50:16.659><c> I</c><00:50:16.860><c> are.</c><00:50:18.500><c> He</c><00:50:18.659><c> said,</c><00:50:18.840><c> what</c><00:50:18.980><c> do</c><00:50:19.219><c> you</c>

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think<00:50:19.420><c> God</c><00:50:19.780><c> put</c><00:50:20.119><c> those</c><00:50:20.500><c> in</c><00:50:20.679><c> the</c><00:50:20.840><c> book</c><00:50:21.039><c> for?</c>

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I'm<00:50:23.239><c> not</c><00:50:23.659><c> Superman</c><00:50:24.159><c> and</c><00:50:24.440><c> I</c><00:50:24.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:50:24.780><c> be</c><00:50:24.980><c> in</c><00:50:25.179><c> the</c><00:50:25.179><c> 11th</c><00:50:25.519><c> chapter</c><00:50:25.940><c> of</c><00:50:26.119><c> Hebrews,</c><00:50:26.460><c> he'd</c><00:50:26.780><c> tell</c><00:50:26.880><c> us,</c>

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if<00:50:27.639><c> we</c><00:50:27.719><c> were</c><00:50:27.840><c> not</c><00:50:28.000><c> for</c><00:50:28.159><c> the</c><00:50:28.300><c> mercy</c><00:50:28.539><c> of</c><00:50:28.679><c> God.</c><00:50:30.280><c> That's</c><00:50:30.800><c> the</c><00:50:30.980><c> beauty</c><00:50:31.280><c> of</c>

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these<00:50:31.980><c> individuals.</c>

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And<00:50:33.719><c> let</c><00:50:33.960><c> us</c><00:50:34.159><c> look</c><00:50:34.420><c> upon</c><00:50:34.780><c> them</c><00:50:34.960><c> like</c><00:50:35.300><c> that.</c><00:50:35.760><c> And</c><00:50:35.900><c> you</c><00:50:36.059><c> know,</c><00:50:36.539><c> they're</c><00:50:36.900><c> calling</c><00:50:37.320><c> to</c><00:50:37.619><c> us</c>

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:41.880
now<00:50:38.920><c> from</c><00:50:39.139><c> the</c><00:50:39.400><c> pages</c><00:50:39.699><c> of</c><00:50:40.000><c> history</c><00:50:40.380><c> and</c><00:50:40.579><c> they're</c><00:50:40.800><c> saying,</c><00:50:41.719><c> you</c>

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know,<00:50:42.079><c> we've</c><00:50:42.320><c> been</c><00:50:42.559><c> through</c><00:50:42.880><c> this</c><00:50:43.139><c> ourselves.</c>

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That's<00:50:45.440><c> what</c><00:50:45.519><c> the</c><00:50:45.760><c> Apostle</c><00:50:46.199><c> Paul</c><00:50:46.460><c> tells</c><00:50:46.760><c> us</c><00:50:46.940><c> in</c><00:50:47.099><c> the</c><00:50:47.199><c> 12th</c><00:50:47.599><c> chapter</c><00:50:47.820><c> of</c>

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Hebrews<00:50:48.260><c> at</c><00:50:48.480><c> verse</c><00:50:48.780><c> one,</c>

00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:53.219
that<00:50:49.440><c> we</c><00:50:49.619><c> were</c><00:50:49.860><c> surrounded</c><00:50:50.519><c> by</c><00:50:50.900><c> a</c><00:50:51.039><c> group</c><00:50:51.179><c> of</c><00:50:51.519><c> witnesses.</c><00:50:52.420><c> He</c><00:50:52.599><c> gives</c><00:50:52.800><c> us</c><00:50:53.039><c> a</c>

00:50:53.219 --> 00:50:55.599
picture<00:50:53.420><c> of</c><00:50:53.679><c> a</c><00:50:53.820><c> huge</c><00:50:54.039><c> arena</c><00:50:54.599><c> where</c><00:50:55.139><c> we</c><00:50:55.400><c> are</c>

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:58.159
out<00:50:55.780><c> there</c><00:50:56.019><c> running</c><00:50:56.400><c> the</c><00:50:56.639><c> race</c><00:50:56.880><c> for</c><00:50:57.119><c> life</c><00:50:57.380><c> eternal.</c><00:50:57.860><c> And</c><00:50:58.019><c> he</c>

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says<00:50:58.340><c> out</c><00:50:58.619><c> there</c><00:50:58.800><c> in</c><00:50:59.019><c> the</c><00:50:59.159><c> stands,</c><00:51:00.639><c> are</c><00:51:00.760><c> those</c><00:51:01.000><c> faithful</c>

00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:06.099
witnesses?<00:51:02.079><c> And</c><00:51:02.179><c> that</c><00:51:02.440><c> word</c><00:51:02.599><c> witnesses</c><00:51:03.079><c> means</c><00:51:03.519><c> markers.</c><00:51:05.900><c> It</c>

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means<00:51:06.340><c> those</c><00:51:06.599><c> that</c><00:51:06.780><c> have</c><00:51:07.059><c> died</c><00:51:07.559><c> in</c><00:51:08.519><c> the</c><00:51:08.739><c> journey</c>

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:13.400
Zionward<00:51:09.820><c> and</c><00:51:10.719><c> they're</c><00:51:10.960><c> out</c><00:51:11.219><c> there</c><00:51:11.559><c> rooting</c><00:51:11.840><c> us</c><00:51:12.219><c> on</c><00:51:12.539><c> and</c><00:51:12.679><c> they're</c><00:51:12.940><c> helping</c><00:51:13.179><c> us</c>

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this<00:51:13.639><c> afternoon.</c><00:51:14.440><c> And</c><00:51:14.719><c> that's</c>

00:51:15.059 --> 00:51:19.539
what's<00:51:15.400><c> coming</c><00:51:15.539><c> out</c><00:51:15.800><c> of</c><00:51:15.920><c> these</c><00:51:16.179><c> pages.</c><00:51:18.599><c> Abram's</c><00:51:19.079><c> telling</c><00:51:19.239><c> us</c>

00:51:19.539 --> 00:51:21.559
if<00:51:19.719><c> he</c><00:51:19.860><c> could</c><00:51:19.980><c> be</c><00:51:20.219><c> here</c><00:51:20.400><c> this</c><00:51:20.619><c> afternoon.</c><00:51:21.239><c> He</c><00:51:21.320><c> said,</c>

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don't<00:51:22.360><c> worry,</c><00:51:22.659><c> I</c><00:51:22.980><c> failed.</c><00:51:24.639><c> He</c><00:51:24.760><c> says,</c><00:51:24.860><c> you're</c><00:51:25.119><c> going</c><00:51:25.199><c> to</c><00:51:25.380><c> see</c><00:51:25.480><c> pretty</c><00:51:25.860><c> quick</c><00:51:26.099><c> when</c><00:51:26.380><c> famine</c><00:51:26.679><c> hit</c><00:51:26.920><c> the</c><00:51:27.179><c> land</c><00:51:27.340><c> that</c><00:51:27.579><c> I</c><00:51:27.840><c> ran.</c>

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:34.679
I<00:51:29.920><c> went</c><00:51:30.159><c> into</c><00:51:30.400><c> Egypt.</c><00:51:32.480><c> I</c><00:51:32.780><c> should</c><00:51:33.000><c> have</c><00:51:33.199><c> stayed</c><00:51:33.420><c> there</c><00:51:33.739><c> and</c><00:51:33.960><c> trusted</c><00:51:34.260><c> that</c><00:51:34.579><c> the</c>

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God<00:51:34.920><c> of</c><00:51:35.099><c> Israel</c><00:51:35.380><c> that</c><00:51:35.599><c> had</c><00:51:35.940><c> made</c>

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promises<00:51:36.579><c> to</c><00:51:36.760><c> me</c><00:51:36.980><c> would</c><00:51:37.199><c> not</c><00:51:38.039><c> go</c><00:51:38.500><c> back</c><00:51:38.840><c> on</c><00:51:39.059><c> them.</c><00:51:39.199><c> But</c><00:51:39.340><c> I</c><00:51:39.539><c> went</c>

00:51:39.719 --> 00:51:42.260
down<00:51:40.000><c> to</c><00:51:40.139><c> Egypt</c><00:51:40.500><c> where</c><00:51:40.679><c> there</c><00:51:40.880><c> was</c><00:51:41.039><c> some</c><00:51:41.340><c> grain.</c>

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It's<00:51:43.139><c> going</c><00:51:43.260><c> to</c><00:51:43.380><c> be</c><00:51:43.619><c> a</c><00:51:43.619><c> real</c><00:51:43.900><c> interesting</c><00:51:44.320><c> class.</c><00:51:44.800><c> We're</c><00:51:44.920><c> going</c><00:51:45.039><c> to</c>

00:51:45.579 --> 00:51:47.579
follow<00:51:46.000><c> Abram</c><00:51:46.340><c> to</c><00:51:46.559><c> Egypt</c><00:51:46.840><c> and</c><00:51:47.000><c> we'll</c><00:51:47.139><c> find</c><00:51:47.400><c> out</c>

00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:50.300
that<00:51:47.679><c> he</c><00:51:47.739><c> doesn't</c><00:51:48.019><c> make</c><00:51:48.260><c> any</c><00:51:48.559><c> altars</c><00:51:48.820><c> down</c><00:51:49.139><c> there.</c><00:51:49.880><c> You</c><00:51:50.039><c> can</c>

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:53.519
trace<00:51:50.860><c> Abram's</c><00:51:51.639><c> journeys</c><00:51:51.940><c> by</c><00:51:52.239><c> the</c><00:51:52.539><c> altars</c><00:51:52.920><c> he</c><00:51:53.079><c> makes</c>

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:56.960
where<00:51:54.019><c> he</c><00:51:54.239><c> offers</c><00:51:54.480><c> sacrifices</c><00:51:55.280><c> to</c><00:51:55.500><c> God.</c><00:51:56.340><c> You</c><00:51:56.380><c> can</c><00:51:56.639><c> follow</c><00:51:56.780><c> him</c>

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all<00:51:57.139><c> around</c><00:51:57.360><c> the</c><00:51:57.599><c> land.</c>

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Every<00:51:58.500><c> prayer</c><00:51:58.780><c> that</c><00:51:59.000><c> Abram</c><00:51:59.320><c> went,</c><00:51:59.460><c> he</c><00:51:59.579><c> left</c><00:51:59.800><c> an</c><00:52:00.059><c> altar.</c><00:52:01.159><c> What</c>

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was<00:52:01.519><c> he</c><00:52:01.619><c> doing?</c><00:52:02.780><c> He</c><00:52:03.079><c> was</c><00:52:03.360><c> leaving</c><00:52:03.599><c> a</c><00:52:03.920><c> testimony</c>

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:07.519
in<00:52:05.019><c> every</c><00:52:05.460><c> area</c><00:52:05.820><c> that</c><00:52:05.960><c> he</c><00:52:06.219><c> went</c><00:52:06.400><c> that</c><00:52:06.519><c> here</c><00:52:06.739><c> was</c><00:52:06.940><c> a</c><00:52:07.119><c> child</c><00:52:07.360><c> of</c>

00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:13.119
God.<00:52:09.940><c> And</c><00:52:10.239><c> he</c><00:52:10.360><c> was</c><00:52:10.559><c> proving</c><00:52:10.760><c> it.</c><00:52:12.099><c> Because</c><00:52:12.559><c> on</c><00:52:12.900><c> that</c>

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altar,<00:52:13.500><c> you</c><00:52:13.619><c> see,</c><00:52:14.039><c> went</c><00:52:14.199><c> an</c><00:52:14.460><c> animal</c><00:52:14.719><c> that</c><00:52:14.900><c> had</c><00:52:15.079><c> been</c><00:52:15.360><c> slain</c>

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that<00:52:16.199><c> was</c><00:52:16.440><c> telling</c><00:52:16.739><c> the</c><00:52:17.039><c> world</c><00:52:17.239><c> that</c><00:52:17.400><c> they</c><00:52:17.579><c> only</c><00:52:17.900><c> knew</c><00:52:18.079><c> it,</c>

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that<00:52:18.559><c> all</c><00:52:19.019><c> this</c><00:52:19.280><c> body</c><00:52:19.619><c> was</c><00:52:19.880><c> good</c><00:52:20.119><c> for</c><00:52:20.440><c> was</c><00:52:20.659><c> to</c><00:52:20.920><c> die.</c><00:52:23.199><c> All</c><00:52:23.559><c> it</c><00:52:23.780><c> was</c><00:52:23.940><c> is</c>

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good<00:52:24.260><c> to</c><00:52:24.500><c> die.</c><00:52:25.039><c> And</c><00:52:25.239><c> the</c><00:52:25.340><c> only</c><00:52:25.480><c> part</c><00:52:25.719><c> of</c><00:52:25.880><c> that</c>

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body<00:52:26.460><c> that</c><00:52:27.099><c> was</c><00:52:27.519><c> even</c><00:52:27.860><c> acceptable</c><00:52:28.260><c> to</c><00:52:28.440><c> God</c><00:52:28.719><c> was</c><00:52:28.940><c> that</c><00:52:29.179><c> which</c><00:52:29.380><c> was</c><00:52:30.179><c> being</c><00:52:30.579><c> lifted</c><00:52:30.960><c> up</c><00:52:31.219><c> to</c><00:52:31.360><c> him</c><00:52:31.539><c> as</c><00:52:31.760><c> a</c>

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sweet<00:52:32.159><c> smelling</c>

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savor.<00:52:35.679><c> That's</c><00:52:36.079><c> what</c><00:52:36.199><c> he's</c><00:52:36.440><c> talking</c><00:52:36.739><c> about.</c><00:52:40.340><c> We</c><00:52:40.539><c> might</c><00:52:40.699><c> conclude</c><00:52:41.099><c> the</c><00:52:41.340><c> class</c><00:52:41.579><c> this</c><00:52:41.800><c> afternoon</c><00:52:42.199><c> by</c><00:52:42.500><c> asking</c><00:52:42.840><c> a</c>

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how<00:52:48.900><c> many</c><00:52:49.179><c> altars</c><00:52:49.559><c> have</c><00:52:49.780><c> you</c><00:52:50.500><c> made</c><00:52:51.300><c> in</c><00:52:51.460><c> your</c><00:52:51.719><c> life?</c><00:52:53.980><c> How</c><00:52:54.159><c> many</c>

00:52:54.500 --> 00:52:56.920
living<00:52:54.780><c> testimonies</c><00:52:55.500><c> have</c><00:52:55.699><c> you</c><00:52:56.000><c> or</c><00:52:56.139><c> I</c>

00:52:57.099 --> 00:53:00.900
left<00:52:57.599><c> wherever</c><00:52:58.019><c> we've</c><00:52:58.420><c> been</c><00:52:58.699><c> that</c><00:52:58.880><c> we're</c><00:52:59.219><c> a</c><00:52:59.400><c> child</c><00:52:59.659><c> of</c><00:52:59.780><c> God?</c>

00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:06.360
And<00:53:03.360><c> we</c><00:53:03.539><c> don't</c><00:53:03.800><c> do</c><00:53:04.019><c> it</c><00:53:04.340><c> class</c><00:53:04.500><c> by</c><00:53:04.780><c> putting</c><00:53:05.360><c> a</c><00:53:05.739><c> bumper</c><00:53:06.000><c> sticker</c>

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on<00:53:06.659><c> our</c>

00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:11.139
back<00:53:08.400><c> of</c><00:53:08.639><c> our</c><00:53:08.860><c> car,</c><00:53:09.159><c> which</c><00:53:09.400><c> is</c><00:53:09.699><c> a</c><00:53:09.840><c> very</c><00:53:10.139><c> good</c><00:53:10.400><c> thing.</c><00:53:10.699><c> I'm</c><00:53:10.960><c> not</c>

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decrying<00:53:11.559><c> that</c><00:53:11.760><c> or</c><00:53:11.920><c> I</c><00:53:12.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:53:12.199><c> be</c><00:53:12.400><c> making</c><00:53:12.679><c> them.</c>

00:53:12.980 --> 00:53:17.360
But<00:53:13.480><c> we</c><00:53:13.699><c> don't</c><00:53:14.079><c> put</c><00:53:14.300><c> that</c><00:53:14.639><c> bumper</c><00:53:14.940><c> sticker</c><00:53:15.239><c> on</c><00:53:15.460><c> our</c><00:53:15.760><c> car</c><00:53:16.300><c> and</c>

00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:19.599
go<00:53:17.599><c> down</c><00:53:17.900><c> the</c><00:53:18.059><c> road</c><00:53:18.280><c> 100</c><00:53:18.599><c> miles</c><00:53:19.019><c> an</c><00:53:19.280><c> hour</c><00:53:19.400><c> and</c><00:53:19.559><c> the</c>

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:24.420
next<00:53:19.860><c> day</c><00:53:20.059><c> cheat</c><00:53:20.280><c> our</c><00:53:20.480><c> neighbor.</c><00:53:23.440><c> You</c><00:53:23.679><c> see,</c><00:53:23.760><c> this</c><00:53:24.000><c> is</c><00:53:24.219><c> a</c><00:53:24.260><c> way</c>

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:28.900
of<00:53:24.739><c> life.</c><00:53:26.539><c> And</c><00:53:26.719><c> the</c><00:53:26.820><c> way</c><00:53:26.960><c> we</c><00:53:27.219><c> make</c><00:53:27.400><c> an</c><00:53:27.659><c> over</c><00:53:27.800><c> is</c><00:53:28.139><c> that</c>

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:34.039
we<00:53:30.380><c> prove</c><00:53:30.820><c> what</c><00:53:31.159><c> we</c><00:53:31.599><c> believe,</c><00:53:32.199><c> we</c><00:53:32.440><c> prove</c><00:53:32.760><c> what</c><00:53:33.000><c> we</c><00:53:33.300><c> teach,</c><00:53:33.800><c> and</c>

00:53:34.039 --> 00:53:36.460
we<00:53:34.320><c> manifest</c><00:53:34.800><c> it</c><00:53:34.980><c> in</c><00:53:35.099><c> our</c><00:53:35.260><c> own</c><00:53:35.460><c> life.</c>

00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:40.179
We<00:53:37.539><c> don't</c><00:53:37.760><c> go</c><00:53:38.059><c> out</c><00:53:38.360><c> on</c><00:53:38.619><c> Monday</c><00:53:38.940><c> morning</c><00:53:39.340><c> after</c><00:53:39.659><c> we've</c><00:53:39.920><c> been</c><00:53:40.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:53:40.320><c> breaking</c><00:53:40.539><c> of</c><00:53:40.800><c> bread</c><00:53:40.900><c> on</c><00:53:41.260><c> Sunday</c><00:53:41.480><c> or</c><00:53:41.699><c> Saturday</c>

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and<00:53:43.360><c> cheat</c><00:53:44.500><c> our</c><00:53:44.739><c> neighbor.</c><00:53:47.019><c> We</c><00:53:47.219><c> don't</c><00:53:47.400><c> go</c><00:53:47.579><c> out</c><00:53:47.840><c> on</c><00:53:48.059><c> Monday</c><00:53:48.340><c> morning</c><00:53:48.719><c> and</c>

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get<00:53:49.179><c> double</c><00:53:49.599><c> price</c><00:53:49.940><c> for</c><00:53:50.139><c> something</c><00:53:50.539><c> that</c>

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should<00:53:51.599><c> have</c><00:53:51.820><c> a</c><00:53:51.980><c> single</c><00:53:52.260><c> price.</c><00:53:53.960><c> We</c><00:53:54.280><c> don't</c><00:53:54.440><c> go</c><00:53:54.639><c> out</c><00:53:54.840><c> on</c><00:53:55.019><c> Monday</c>

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morning<00:53:55.780><c> and</c><00:53:56.079><c> lie</c><00:53:56.500><c> and</c><00:53:56.800><c> steal</c><00:53:57.280><c> and</c><00:53:57.659><c> cheat.</c>

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That<00:54:01.679><c> is</c><00:54:01.980><c> the</c><00:54:02.219><c> offer</c><00:54:02.440><c> in</c><00:54:02.719><c> our</c><00:54:02.980><c> life.</c><00:54:04.519><c> As</c><00:54:04.860><c> Paul</c><00:54:05.300><c> says,</c><00:54:06.280><c> if</c><00:54:06.400><c> you</c><00:54:06.699><c> want</c><00:54:06.940><c> a</c>

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place<00:54:07.340><c> in</c><00:54:07.539><c> the</c><00:54:07.719><c> kingdom</c><00:54:08.000><c> of</c><00:54:08.320><c> God,</c>

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you<00:54:08.960><c> are</c><00:54:09.300><c> to</c><00:54:09.519><c> be</c><00:54:09.920><c> living</c><00:54:10.300><c> epistles.</c><00:54:13.679><c> We</c><00:54:14.440><c> are</c><00:54:14.719><c> to</c><00:54:14.960><c> project</c><00:54:15.400><c> God</c>

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through<00:54:16.260><c> our</c><00:54:16.579><c> actions.</c>

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You<00:54:19.079><c> see,</c><00:54:19.219><c> this</c><00:54:19.480><c> is</c><00:54:19.639><c> what</c><00:54:20.000><c> Noah</c><00:54:20.179><c> did.</c><00:54:22.059><c> I</c><00:54:22.519><c> doubt</c><00:54:22.960><c> if</c><00:54:23.420><c> Noah</c><00:54:23.840><c> ever</c>

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preached<00:54:25.039><c> a</c><00:54:25.320><c> sermon.</c><00:54:26.000><c> I</c><00:54:26.380><c> sincerely</c><00:54:26.860><c> doubt</c><00:54:27.219><c> if</c><00:54:27.440><c> Noah</c>

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ever<00:54:27.940><c> gave</c><00:54:28.079><c> a</c><00:54:28.320><c> special</c><00:54:28.639><c> lecture.</c><00:54:30.659><c> I</c><00:54:31.099><c> doubt</c><00:54:31.380><c> if</c><00:54:31.579><c> Noah</c><00:54:31.860><c> ever</c><00:54:32.219><c> did</c>

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any<00:54:32.780><c> follow</c><00:54:33.159><c>-up</c><00:54:33.360><c> work.</c><00:54:35.659><c> You</c><00:54:35.960><c> know</c><00:54:36.119><c> how</c><00:54:36.539><c> Noah</c><00:54:36.920><c> preached</c>

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and<00:54:39.099><c> preached</c><00:54:39.579><c> for</c><00:54:39.960><c> 120</c><00:54:40.900><c> years,</c><00:54:41.940><c> and</c><00:54:42.099><c> what</c><00:54:42.300><c> a</c><00:54:42.619><c> sermon</c><00:54:42.880><c> it</c><00:54:43.179><c> was.</c>

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A<00:54:46.340><c> man</c><00:54:46.699><c> hundreds</c><00:54:47.340><c> of</c><00:54:47.679><c> miles</c><00:54:48.039><c> from</c><00:54:48.360><c> water,</c>

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it<00:54:50.679><c> had</c><00:54:50.800><c> never</c><00:54:51.159><c> rained</c><00:54:51.440><c> on</c><00:54:51.739><c> the</c><00:54:51.940><c> earth,</c><00:54:53.079><c> and</c><00:54:54.039><c> he</c><00:54:54.119><c> wasn't</c><00:54:54.460><c> building</c><00:54:54.860><c> a</c><00:54:55.159><c> rowboat</c><00:54:55.619><c> class,</c><00:54:55.960><c> he</c>

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was<00:54:56.440><c> building</c><00:54:56.800><c> a</c><00:54:57.119><c> giant</c>

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ocean<00:54:58.059><c> liner,</c><00:55:00.159><c> and</c><00:55:00.179><c> he</c><00:55:00.460><c> worked</c><00:55:00.820><c> on</c><00:55:01.099><c> that</c><00:55:01.900><c> feverishly</c><00:55:03.579><c> for</c><00:55:03.960><c> 120</c>

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years.<00:55:08.440><c> What</c><00:55:08.940><c> one</c><00:55:09.719><c> thing</c><00:55:10.260><c> was</c><00:55:10.639><c> required</c><00:55:11.360><c> for</c><00:55:11.579><c> that</c>

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ark<00:55:11.980><c> to</c><00:55:12.199><c> be</c><00:55:12.400><c> completed?</c><00:55:14.300><c> One</c><00:55:14.800><c> word.</c><00:55:15.119><c> That's</c><00:55:15.340><c> all</c><00:55:15.539><c> I</c><00:55:15.739><c> want</c><00:55:15.840><c> to</c><00:55:16.039><c> apply.</c><00:55:16.099><c> Just</c><00:55:16.340><c> one</c><00:55:16.719><c> word.</c><00:55:18.639><c> It</c><00:55:19.019><c> starts</c><00:55:19.400><c> with</c><00:55:19.760><c> F</c>

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if<00:55:20.159><c> you</c>

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beginning,<00:55:21.940><c> and</c><00:55:21.940><c> it's</c><00:55:22.239><c> a</c><00:55:22.320><c> five</c><00:55:22.679><c>-letter</c><00:55:22.980><c> word.</c><00:55:23.340><c> What</c><00:55:23.539><c> is</c><00:55:23.800><c> it?</c>

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Faith.<00:55:27.179><c> Noah</c><00:55:27.639><c> believed</c><00:55:28.780><c> God.</c>

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The<00:55:32.639><c> reason</c><00:55:33.099><c> we</c><00:55:33.460><c> read</c><00:55:33.900><c> in</c><00:55:34.199><c> the</c><00:55:34.519><c> seventh</c><00:55:35.079><c> chapter</c><00:55:35.659><c> of</c><00:55:35.880><c> Hebrews</c>

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at<00:55:36.480><c> verse</c><00:55:36.760><c> 11</c><00:55:37.340><c> that</c><00:55:37.860><c> Sarah</c><00:55:38.599><c> conceived</c><00:55:39.440><c> in</c><00:55:50.360><c> her</c>

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will<00:55:51.059><c> bear</c><00:55:51.559><c> fruit</c><00:55:52.320><c> from</c><00:55:53.539><c> a</c><00:55:53.980><c> barren</c><00:55:54.500><c> womb</c><00:55:55.199><c> is</c><00:55:57.179><c> that</c><00:55:57.639><c> we</c><00:55:58.840><c> believe</c><00:55:59.780><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:56:03.900><c> this</c><00:56:04.179><c> is</c><00:56:04.400><c> a</c><00:56:04.579><c> powerful</c><00:56:05.159><c> lesson</c><00:56:05.739><c> that</c><00:56:07.039><c> comes</c><00:56:07.380><c> to</c><00:56:07.619><c> us</c><00:56:08.239><c> out</c><00:56:08.519><c> of</c>

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these<00:56:08.800><c> opening</c><00:56:09.139><c> chapters</c><00:56:09.619><c> of</c><00:56:09.840><c> Genesis,</c>

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and<00:56:11.500><c> it</c><00:56:11.699><c> is</c><00:56:11.960><c> a</c><00:56:12.199><c> beautiful</c><00:56:12.940><c> lesson</c><00:56:14.019><c> coming</c><00:56:14.820><c> out</c><00:56:15.159><c> of</c><00:56:15.340><c> the</c><00:56:15.559><c> beginning</c><00:56:16.019><c> of</c><00:56:16.559><c> the</c>

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covenants<00:56:17.300><c> of</c><00:56:17.639><c> promise</c>

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made<00:56:19.119><c> by</c><00:56:19.420><c> the</c><00:56:19.719><c> God</c><00:56:19.960><c> of</c><00:56:20.179><c> Israel</c><00:56:20.820><c> that</c><00:56:22.300><c> formed</c><00:56:22.739><c> the</c><00:56:23.199><c> foundation</c><00:56:23.900><c> block</c>

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of<00:56:26.199><c> our</c><00:56:26.659><c> entire</c><00:56:27.159><c> hope</c><00:56:27.860><c> and</c><00:56:28.500><c> the</c><00:56:28.719><c> entire</c><00:56:29.019><c> plan</c><00:56:29.219><c> of</c><00:56:29.420><c> salvation.</c>

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Thank<00:56:49.820><c> you.</c>