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give<00:11:18.440><c> your</c><00:11:18.700><c> ancestors,</c><00:11:20.000><c> but</c><00:11:20.220><c> you</c><00:11:20.519><c> have</c><00:11:20.879><c> not</c><00:11:21.179><c> obeyed</c><00:11:21.620><c> my</c><00:11:21.899><c> voice.</c><00:11:23.320><c> Why</c>

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have<00:11:23.940><c> you</c><00:11:24.100><c> done</c><00:11:24.240><c> this?</c>

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done<00:11:27.379><c> this?</c><00:11:27.980><c> When</c><00:11:28.139><c> we're</c>

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sisters,<00:11:34.200><c> and</c><00:11:34.320><c> I'm</c><00:11:34.419><c> sure</c><00:11:34.639><c> we</c><00:11:34.899><c> have</c>

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examples<00:11:35.500><c> in</c><00:11:35.620><c> our</c><00:11:35.840><c> own</c><00:11:36.039><c> lives</c><00:11:36.259><c> as</c><00:11:36.500><c> well,</c><00:11:36.700><c> you</c><00:11:36.700><c> know,</c><00:11:37.179><c> half</c>

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-hearted<00:11:37.679><c> obedience</c><00:11:38.740><c> brings</c>

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consequences<00:11:41.059><c> in</c><00:11:41.320><c> our</c><00:11:41.519><c> life.</c><00:11:42.899><c> God</c><00:11:43.340><c> withdrew</c><00:11:43.940><c> his</c><00:11:44.299><c> full</c><00:11:44.639><c> protection</c><00:11:45.279><c> from</c>

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thorns<00:11:51.940><c> and</c><00:11:52.940><c> snares</c><00:11:53.480><c> to</c><00:11:53.720><c> them.</c>

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Partial<00:11:55.580><c> obedience</c><00:11:56.039><c> leads</c><00:11:56.320><c> to</c><00:11:56.539><c> ongoing</c><00:11:57.019><c> spiritual</c><00:11:57.659><c> and</c><00:11:57.940><c> practical</c><00:11:58.299><c> trouble.</c><00:12:00.000><c> We</c>

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cannot<00:12:00.580><c> compromise</c><00:12:01.360><c> the</c><00:12:01.659><c> things</c><00:12:01.919><c> of</c><00:12:02.200><c> God.</c><00:12:05.460><c> Compromise</c><00:12:06.019><c> with</c>

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the<00:12:06.600><c> world</c><00:12:06.840><c> leads</c><00:12:07.159><c> to</c>

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idolatry.<00:12:08.399><c> We</c><00:12:08.539><c> begin</c><00:12:08.799><c> to</c><00:12:09.159><c> worship</c><00:12:09.559><c> other</c><00:12:09.960><c> things,</c><00:12:11.059><c> temporal</c>

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things,<00:12:12.440><c> things</c><00:12:12.860><c> of</c><00:12:13.100><c> no</c>

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become<00:12:19.779><c> snares</c><00:12:20.419><c> to</c><00:12:20.720><c> us</c><00:12:20.940><c> if</c><00:12:21.120><c> we</c>

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that<00:12:28.580><c> Israel</c><00:12:28.940><c> soon</c><00:12:29.279><c> adopted</c><00:12:29.700><c> all</c><00:12:30.039><c> of</c><00:12:30.179><c> the</c><00:12:30.299><c> Canaanite</c><00:12:30.740><c> gods</c>

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their<00:12:38.320><c> own</c><00:12:38.620><c> children,</c><00:12:39.159><c> their</c>

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flesh<00:12:39.580><c> and</c><00:12:39.879><c> blood</c><00:12:40.340><c> to</c><00:12:41.379><c> these</c><00:12:41.679><c> gods.</c><00:12:43.919><c> What</c><00:12:44.159><c> began</c><00:12:44.639><c> as</c><00:12:44.899><c> a</c><00:12:45.139><c> simple</c>

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coexistence<00:12:47.440><c> became</c><00:12:48.019><c> full</c>

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influences<00:13:04.480><c> without</c><00:13:05.159><c> being</c><00:13:06.100><c> affected.</c><00:13:08.620><c> What</c><00:13:08.840><c> we</c><00:13:09.159><c> tolerate,</c>

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we<00:13:10.659><c> eventually</c><00:13:11.440><c> embrace.</c><00:13:15.100><c> We</c>

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pull<00:13:19.440><c> us</c><00:13:19.620><c> away</c><00:13:19.919><c> from</c><00:13:20.139><c> God.</c>

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selves.<00:13:26.179><c> What</c><00:13:26.360><c> are</c>

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things<00:13:29.399><c> of</c><00:13:29.679><c> God?</c><00:13:30.279><c> What</c><00:13:30.399><c> are</c><00:13:30.500><c> we</c>

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filling<00:13:30.919><c> our</c><00:13:31.220><c> minds</c><00:13:31.480><c> with</c><00:13:31.740><c> every</c><00:13:32.019><c> single</c><00:13:32.340><c> day?</c><00:13:33.720><c> I</c><00:13:34.039><c> gotta</c><00:13:34.200><c> be</c>

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honest<00:13:34.539><c> with</c><00:13:34.720><c> you.</c><00:13:34.820><c> Sometimes,</c>

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brothers<00:13:35.519><c> and</c><00:13:35.700><c> sisters,</c><00:13:35.899><c> it's</c><00:13:36.039><c> not</c><00:13:36.299><c> great</c><00:13:36.860><c> in</c><00:13:37.580><c> my</c><00:13:37.759><c> own</c><00:13:38.059><c> life.</c>

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filling<00:13:40.139><c> my</c><00:13:40.460><c> mind</c><00:13:40.639><c> up</c><00:13:40.779><c> with</c><00:13:40.960><c> nonsense.</c><00:13:42.519><c> Work</c><00:13:43.000><c> is</c><00:13:43.220><c> one</c><00:13:43.480><c> thing,</c>

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to<00:13:47.639><c> do</c><00:13:47.759><c> the</c><00:13:47.919><c> readings?</c><00:13:48.580><c> Is</c><00:13:48.879><c> there</c>

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time<00:13:49.340><c> in</c><00:13:49.539><c> our</c><00:13:49.700><c> lives</c><00:13:49.980><c> for</c><00:13:50.600><c> prayer</c><00:13:51.100><c> and</c><00:13:51.659><c> meditation</c><00:13:52.419><c> and</c><00:13:54.820><c> thanksgiving</c><00:13:55.919><c> to</c><00:13:56.159><c> God,</c>

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being<00:13:58.620><c> grateful</c><00:13:59.139><c> for</c><00:13:59.519><c> the</c><00:13:59.759><c> things</c><00:13:59.960><c> that</c><00:14:00.240><c> God</c><00:14:00.600><c> has</c><00:14:00.940><c> given</c><00:14:01.100><c> us?</c>

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towards<00:14:02.580><c> God?</c><00:14:08.840><c> In</c><00:14:09.580><c> verse</c><00:14:10.019><c> 10,</c><00:14:12.580><c> it's</c><00:14:12.779><c> kind</c><00:14:12.919><c> of</c><00:14:13.039><c> a</c><00:14:13.200><c> scary</c><00:14:13.460><c> verse,</c>

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and<00:14:16.100><c> also</c><00:14:16.519><c> all</c><00:14:16.940><c> that</c>

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there<00:14:21.360><c> arose</c><00:14:21.799><c> another</c>

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generation<00:14:23.220><c> after</c><00:14:23.639><c> them</c><00:14:23.879><c> which</c><00:14:24.179><c> knew</c><00:14:24.519><c> not</c><00:14:24.919><c> the</c><00:14:25.299><c> Lord,</c><00:14:26.759><c> nor</c><00:14:26.940><c> yet</c><00:14:27.139><c> the</c><00:14:27.480><c> works</c><00:14:27.820><c> which</c><00:14:28.100><c> he</c>

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beautiful<00:14:37.500><c> promised</c><00:14:38.019><c> land,</c>

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land<00:14:38.559><c> flowing</c><00:14:38.899><c> with</c><00:14:39.159><c> milk</c><00:14:39.340><c> and</c><00:14:39.519><c> honey,</c><00:14:40.440><c> for</c><00:14:40.600><c> the</c><00:14:40.759><c> most</c><00:14:41.019><c> part</c>

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peaceful.<00:14:42.519><c> In</c><00:14:42.679><c> fact,</c>

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there<00:14:43.220><c> were</c><00:14:43.460><c> some</c><00:14:43.820><c> towns</c><00:14:44.179><c> and</c><00:14:44.460><c> some</c><00:14:44.779><c> cities,</c><00:14:45.279><c> brothers</c><00:14:45.379><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:14:46.539><c> and</c><00:14:46.679><c> scripture</c><00:14:46.879><c> tells</c>

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us<00:14:47.460><c> this,</c><00:14:48.379><c> that</c><00:14:48.460><c> they</c><00:14:48.659><c> were</c><00:14:48.879><c> abandoned</c><00:14:49.460><c> for</c><00:14:50.019><c> whatever</c><00:14:50.360><c> reason.</c><00:14:51.879><c> They</c>

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were<00:14:52.500><c> abandoned,</c>

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so<00:14:53.500><c> the</c><00:14:53.639><c> children</c><00:14:53.840><c> of</c><00:14:54.019><c> Israel</c><00:14:54.200><c> just</c><00:14:54.500><c> walked</c><00:14:54.720><c> right</c><00:14:54.919><c> in</c><00:14:55.179><c> there.</c>

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tasted<00:15:11.460><c> manna.</c><00:15:12.559><c> They</c><00:15:12.759><c> never</c><00:15:13.039><c> saw</c><00:15:13.220><c> the</c><00:15:13.580><c> quails</c><00:15:14.159><c> coming</c><00:15:14.580><c> in.</c>

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coming<00:15:17.559><c> forth</c><00:15:17.960><c> from</c><00:15:18.200><c> the</c><00:15:18.440><c> rock.</c><00:15:19.139><c> They</c><00:15:19.379><c> never</c><00:15:19.700><c> saw</c><00:15:19.879><c> the</c><00:15:20.299><c> miracles</c><00:15:20.779><c> of</c><00:15:20.980><c> their</c><00:15:21.379><c> clothes</c><00:15:21.960><c> not</c>

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rotting<00:15:23.820><c> out</c><00:15:24.179><c> from</c><00:15:24.399><c> years</c><00:15:24.679><c> and</c><00:15:24.840><c> years</c><00:15:25.100><c> of</c><00:15:25.440><c> use.</c><00:15:27.279><c> They</c><00:15:27.580><c> had</c><00:15:27.820><c> not</c>

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seen<00:15:28.259><c> the</c><00:15:28.539><c> great</c><00:15:28.779><c> miracles</c><00:15:29.480><c> in</c>

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Egypt.<00:15:31.200><c> They</c><00:15:31.200><c> hadn't</c><00:15:31.200><c> seen</c><00:15:31.419><c> any</c><00:15:31.740><c> of</c><00:15:31.919><c> that.</c><00:15:33.360><c> They</c><00:15:33.600><c> had</c><00:15:33.919><c> no</c><00:15:34.360><c> relationship</c><00:15:35.399><c> with</c>

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Yahweh<00:15:36.440><c> for</c><00:15:36.940><c> whatever</c>

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reason.<00:15:37.960><c> Was</c><00:15:38.139><c> it</c><00:15:38.340><c> the</c><00:15:38.559><c> parents'</c><00:15:39.179><c> fault?</c><00:15:39.600><c> Maybe.</c><00:15:40.860><c> Or</c><00:15:41.039><c> did</c><00:15:41.159><c> they</c>

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just<00:15:41.700><c> become</c><00:15:42.100><c> complacent?</c><00:15:43.340><c> There's</c>

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a<00:15:43.779><c> new</c><00:15:44.039><c> reality.</c><00:15:45.779><c> It's</c><00:15:46.019><c> the</c><00:15:46.240><c> old</c><00:15:46.480><c> gods.</c><00:15:47.440><c> We've</c><00:15:47.679><c> got</c><00:15:47.759><c> new</c><00:15:47.980><c> gods</c>

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in<00:15:48.460><c> the</c><00:15:48.659><c> land.</c><00:15:49.019><c> These</c><00:15:49.620><c> are</c>

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the<00:15:49.980><c> gods</c><00:15:50.139><c> of</c><00:15:50.379><c> the</c><00:15:50.440><c> land</c><00:15:50.740><c> of</c><00:15:50.980><c> Canaan.</c><00:15:51.679><c> We're</c><00:15:52.039><c> in</c><00:15:52.259><c> Canaan</c><00:15:52.519><c> now.</c>

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We<00:15:52.840><c> have</c><00:15:53.000><c> to</c><00:15:53.220><c> follow</c><00:15:53.360><c> these</c>

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gods.<00:15:53.919><c> We're</c><00:15:54.120><c> going</c><00:15:54.179><c> to</c><00:15:54.259><c> be</c><00:15:54.399><c> in</c><00:15:54.559><c> trouble.</c><00:15:57.360><c> Marriages</c><00:15:57.720><c> are</c><00:15:58.000><c> going</c><00:15:58.179><c> to</c>

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happen,<00:15:59.320><c> right?</c>

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together,<00:16:03.679><c> and</c><00:16:03.860><c> it's</c><00:16:04.039><c> going</c><00:16:04.159><c> to</c>

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cause<00:16:04.879><c> problems.</c><00:16:07.220><c> In</c><00:16:07.440><c> this</c><00:16:07.720><c> partial</c><00:16:08.340><c> obedience,</c><00:16:09.379><c> what's</c><00:16:09.720><c> the</c>

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outcome<00:16:10.240><c> of</c><00:16:10.419><c> it?</c><00:16:10.600><c> Well,</c><00:16:11.120><c> we</c><00:16:11.320><c> have</c><00:16:11.460><c> an</c>

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outcome<00:16:11.940><c> of</c><00:16:12.539><c> a</c><00:16:12.860><c> whole</c><00:16:13.220><c> generation</c><00:16:13.960><c> of</c><00:16:14.259><c> people</c><00:16:14.759><c> that</c><00:16:15.480><c> knew</c><00:16:15.799><c> not</c>

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God.<00:16:21.039><c> It's</c><00:16:21.340><c> often</c><00:16:21.639><c> said,</c><00:16:22.100><c> brothers</c><00:16:22.600><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:16:24.299><c> that</c><00:16:24.620><c> personal</c><00:16:25.379><c> faith</c><00:16:25.879><c> or</c><00:16:26.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:27.019><c> faith,</c><00:16:27.440><c> whatever</c><00:16:27.759><c> it</c>

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is,<00:16:28.159><c> is</c><00:16:28.320><c> only</c><00:16:28.759><c> one</c><00:16:29.259><c> generation</c>

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away<00:16:30.480><c> from</c><00:16:30.759><c> extinction.</c><00:16:33.039><c> If</c><00:16:33.179><c> we</c><00:16:33.779><c> are</c><00:16:34.059><c> not</c><00:16:34.379><c> intentional</c><00:16:35.240><c> about</c>

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teaching<00:16:37.039><c> the</c><00:16:37.299><c> next</c><00:16:37.580><c> generation</c><00:16:38.139><c> of</c><00:16:38.320><c> the</c>

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things<00:16:39.019><c> of</c><00:16:39.299><c> God,</c><00:16:39.980><c> the</c><00:16:40.320><c> gospel</c><00:16:40.779><c> message</c><00:16:41.220><c> of</c><00:16:41.440><c> hope,</c><00:16:43.080><c> parents,</c>

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leaders,<00:16:45.220><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:45.700><c> leaders</c><00:16:46.039><c> must</c>

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diligently<00:16:46.840><c> pass</c><00:16:47.240><c> on</c><00:16:47.500><c> knowledge</c><00:16:47.899><c> of</c><00:16:48.100><c> God's</c><00:16:48.639><c> work</c><00:16:49.059><c> and</c><00:16:50.120><c> character.</c><00:16:51.200><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:51.700><c> tells</c>

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us<00:16:52.279><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:16:52.899><c> take</c><00:16:53.100><c> a</c><00:16:53.179><c> look</c><00:16:53.279><c> at</c><00:16:53.460><c> that.</c><00:16:53.919><c> Great</c><00:16:54.220><c> little</c><00:16:54.480><c> verse,</c><00:16:54.919><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:55.460><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:17:05.000><c> these</c><00:17:05.519><c> words</c><00:17:06.000><c> which</c><00:17:06.259><c> I</c><00:17:06.559><c> command</c><00:17:06.900><c> thee</c><00:17:07.059><c> this</c><00:17:07.319><c> day</c><00:17:07.599><c> shall</c>

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be<00:17:08.180><c> in</c><00:17:08.359><c> thine</c><00:17:08.559><c> heart.</c><00:17:09.799><c> Thou</c><00:17:09.920><c> shalt</c><00:17:10.160><c> teach</c>

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them<00:17:10.740><c> diligent</c><00:17:11.200><c> unto</c><00:17:11.559><c> their</c><00:17:11.839><c> children,</c><00:17:12.400><c> and</c><00:17:12.420><c> shalt</c><00:17:12.559><c> talk</c><00:17:12.920><c> of</c>

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them<00:17:13.259><c> when</c><00:17:13.420><c> thou</c><00:17:13.619><c> sittest</c><00:17:14.039><c> in</c><00:17:14.240><c> thine</c><00:17:14.400><c> house,</c>

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and<00:17:14.900><c> when</c><00:17:15.000><c> thou</c><00:17:15.240><c> walkest</c><00:17:15.619><c> by</c><00:17:15.880><c> the</c><00:17:16.079><c> way,</c><00:17:16.740><c> and</c><00:17:16.880><c> when</c><00:17:16.980><c> thou</c><00:17:17.200><c> liest</c>

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down,<00:17:18.440><c> and</c><00:17:18.700><c> when</c><00:17:18.900><c> thou</c><00:17:19.160><c> risest</c><00:17:19.640><c> up,</c>

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and<00:17:20.039><c> thou</c><00:17:20.200><c> shalt</c><00:17:20.420><c> bind</c><00:17:20.799><c> them</c><00:17:21.000><c> for</c><00:17:21.240><c> a</c><00:17:21.460><c> sign</c><00:17:21.660><c> upon</c><00:17:22.019><c> thine</c><00:17:22.359><c> hand.</c>

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thine<00:17:26.160><c> eyes,</c><00:17:27.259><c> and</c><00:17:27.539><c> thou</c><00:17:27.740><c> shalt</c><00:17:28.000><c> write</c><00:17:28.299><c> them</c><00:17:28.519><c> upon</c><00:17:28.799><c> the</c><00:17:29.059><c> posts</c>

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of<00:17:29.619><c> thy</c><00:17:29.819><c> house</c><00:17:30.359><c> and</c><00:17:30.680><c> on</c><00:17:30.859><c> thy</c><00:17:31.119><c> gates.</c><00:17:32.180><c> Every</c>

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day<00:17:33.240><c> the</c><00:17:33.859><c> words</c><00:17:34.180><c> of</c><00:17:34.440><c> God</c><00:17:34.700><c> should</c><00:17:34.900><c> be</c><00:17:35.140><c> in</c><00:17:35.220><c> their</c><00:17:35.460><c> hearts</c><00:17:35.779><c> and</c>

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their<00:17:36.220><c> minds.</c>

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I<00:17:39.859><c> like</c><00:17:40.079><c> to</c><00:17:40.839><c> use</c><00:17:41.000><c> the</c><00:17:41.279><c> analogy</c><00:17:41.700><c> of</c><00:17:42.039><c> if</c><00:17:42.339><c> you</c><00:17:42.539><c> have</c><00:17:42.720><c> some</c><00:17:43.000><c> type</c><00:17:43.259><c> of</c>

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sickness<00:17:44.640><c> or</c><00:17:44.880><c> something</c><00:17:45.160><c> like</c><00:17:45.440><c> that,</c><00:17:46.460><c> some</c>

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kind<00:17:46.940><c> of</c><00:17:47.039><c> chronic</c><00:17:47.299><c> thing</c><00:17:47.539><c> that</c><00:17:47.700><c> you're</c><00:17:47.839><c> dealing</c><00:17:48.119><c> with.</c><00:17:48.619><c> The</c>

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doctor<00:17:48.960><c> gives</c><00:17:49.240><c> you</c><00:17:49.460><c> medicine,</c><00:17:50.299><c> gives</c>

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you<00:17:50.539><c> a</c><00:17:50.599><c> pill,</c><00:17:51.660><c> says,</c><00:17:52.059><c> hey,</c><00:17:52.740><c> you</c><00:17:52.940><c> take</c><00:17:53.140><c> this</c><00:17:53.380><c> pill</c><00:17:53.559><c> every</c><00:17:53.920><c> day,</c>

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it's<00:17:54.660><c> going</c><00:17:54.720><c> to</c><00:17:54.799><c> be</c><00:17:54.980><c> great.</c><00:17:55.160><c> Like</c><00:17:55.440><c> high</c>

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blood<00:17:56.240><c> pressure,</c><00:17:56.579><c> right?</c><00:17:56.720><c> Take</c><00:17:56.880><c> the</c><00:17:57.079><c> pill,</c><00:17:57.380><c> everything's</c><00:17:57.759><c> fine.</c><00:17:58.259><c> Watch</c><00:17:58.500><c> your</c><00:17:59.660><c> diet,</c><00:18:00.119><c> do</c>

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a<00:18:00.400><c> little</c><00:18:00.539><c> walk,</c><00:18:00.839><c> a</c>

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little<00:18:01.079><c> exercise,</c><00:18:01.700><c> everything's</c><00:18:02.059><c> going</c><00:18:02.160><c> to</c><00:18:02.240><c> be</c><00:18:02.400><c> fine.</c><00:18:04.220><c> Daily</c>

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contact<00:18:05.259><c> with</c><00:18:05.420><c> the</c><00:18:05.579><c> word</c><00:18:05.720><c> of</c><00:18:05.920><c> God</c><00:18:06.019><c> and</c>

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daily<00:18:06.720><c> contact</c><00:18:07.339><c> with</c><00:18:07.720><c> God</c><00:18:08.160><c> through</c><00:18:08.500><c> prayer</c><00:18:08.940><c> is</c><00:18:09.220><c> our</c><00:18:09.539><c> medicine,</c><00:18:10.059><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:10.680><c> sisters.</c><00:18:11.140><c> We're</c><00:18:11.559><c> sick.</c>

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We've<00:18:13.740><c> got</c><00:18:14.000><c> problems</c><00:18:14.559><c> that</c><00:18:14.859><c> we</c><00:18:15.140><c> need</c><00:18:15.700><c> help</c><00:18:16.119><c> with.</c><00:18:17.640><c> We</c><00:18:18.000><c> need</c><00:18:18.319><c> our</c><00:18:18.640><c> medicine.</c><00:18:19.640><c> If</c>

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we<00:18:20.259><c> don't</c><00:18:20.579><c> take</c><00:18:20.900><c> our</c>

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medicine,<00:18:22.680><c> our</c><00:18:23.019><c> problems</c><00:18:23.460><c> are</c><00:18:23.880><c> not</c><00:18:24.259><c> going</c><00:18:24.839><c> away.</c><00:18:25.799><c> They're</c><00:18:26.079><c> going</c><00:18:26.180><c> to</c>

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become<00:18:26.680><c> more</c><00:18:27.240><c> and</c><00:18:27.500><c> more</c><00:18:27.859><c> and</c>

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more.<00:18:28.380><c> We're</c><00:18:28.640><c> going</c><00:18:28.640><c> to</c><00:18:28.920><c> lean</c><00:18:29.200><c> on</c><00:18:29.440><c> our</c><00:18:29.720><c> own</c><00:18:30.000><c> understanding.</c>

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We're<00:18:31.359><c> going</c><00:18:31.460><c> to</c><00:18:31.640><c> forget</c><00:18:31.920><c> about</c><00:18:32.279><c> God.</c><00:18:33.079><c> And</c><00:18:33.299><c> this</c>

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is<00:18:33.720><c> exactly</c><00:18:34.079><c> what</c><00:18:34.400><c> happened</c><00:18:34.619><c> with</c><00:18:34.839><c> that</c><00:18:35.059><c> generation.</c><00:18:36.200><c> So</c><00:18:36.720><c> be</c>

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on<00:18:37.740><c> guard</c><00:18:38.440><c> against</c><00:18:39.960><c> the</c><00:18:40.339><c> things</c><00:18:40.539><c> that</c><00:18:40.759><c> will</c>

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draw<00:18:41.200><c> us</c><00:18:41.460><c> away</c><00:18:42.140><c> from</c><00:18:42.900><c> the</c><00:18:43.359><c> everlasting</c><00:18:44.079><c> things</c><00:18:44.660><c> of</c><00:18:44.920><c> God.</c><00:18:51.700><c> And</c>

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this<00:18:53.079><c> wasn't</c><00:18:53.500><c> something</c><00:18:53.900><c> that</c><00:18:54.160><c> God</c><00:18:54.359><c> just</c>

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kind<00:18:54.779><c> of</c><00:18:55.859><c> pulled</c><00:18:56.279><c> out</c><00:18:56.539><c> of</c><00:18:56.680><c> a</c><00:18:56.839><c> hat,</c><00:18:57.299><c> right?</c><00:18:57.619><c> He</c><00:18:57.859><c> has</c><00:18:58.160><c> been</c><00:18:58.420><c> consistent</c><00:18:59.099><c> or</c>

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was<00:18:59.759><c> consistent</c><00:19:00.359><c> with</c><00:19:00.559><c> the</c>

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children<00:19:00.940><c> of</c><00:19:01.099><c> Israel</c><00:19:01.319><c> beginning</c><00:19:01.740><c> in</c><00:19:01.980><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:19:03.259><c> also</c><00:19:03.660><c> in</c>

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Joshua.<00:19:04.700><c> Joshua</c><00:19:05.220><c> wants</c><00:19:05.579><c> the</c><00:19:05.799><c> people</c><00:19:06.079><c> in</c>

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Joshua<00:19:07.519><c> 23,</c><00:19:09.039><c> that</c><00:19:09.359><c> if</c><00:19:09.440><c> they</c><00:19:09.720><c> make</c><00:19:10.000><c> covenants</c><00:19:10.440><c> with</c><00:19:10.680><c> the</c><00:19:10.880><c> remaining</c><00:19:11.140><c> nations,</c><00:19:11.599><c> they</c>

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shall<00:19:12.059><c> be</c><00:19:12.539><c> snares</c>

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in<00:19:13.440><c> traps</c><00:19:13.720><c> to</c><00:19:14.039><c> you.</c><00:19:14.859><c> That's</c><00:19:15.000><c> what</c><00:19:15.160><c> the</c><00:19:15.299><c> angel</c><00:19:15.539><c> of</c><00:19:15.759><c> the</c><00:19:15.819><c> Lord</c>

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said<00:19:16.279><c> verbatim.</c><00:19:17.359><c> Joshua</c><00:19:17.839><c> said</c><00:19:18.140><c> it,</c><00:19:18.599><c> angel</c>

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of<00:19:19.160><c> the</c><00:19:19.220><c> Lord</c><00:19:19.460><c> now</c><00:19:19.819><c> says</c><00:19:20.000><c> it.</c><00:19:21.259><c> Exodus</c><00:19:21.519><c> 23,</c><00:19:23.920><c> God</c><00:19:24.220><c> promises</c><00:19:24.619><c> to</c>

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send<00:19:25.059><c> his</c><00:19:25.259><c> angel</c><00:19:25.539><c> as</c><00:19:25.740><c> we</c><00:19:25.960><c> saw</c><00:19:26.099><c> her</c><00:19:26.279><c> ahead</c><00:19:26.420><c> but</c>

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warns<00:19:27.079><c> against</c><00:19:27.480><c> compromise</c><00:19:28.700><c> with</c><00:19:29.420><c> the</c><00:19:29.680><c> inhabitants</c><00:19:30.059><c> of</c><00:19:30.299><c> the</c>

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land.<00:19:31.740><c> Numbers</c><00:19:32.059><c> 33</c><00:19:32.559><c> says</c><00:19:32.920><c> that</c><00:19:33.140><c> if</c><00:19:33.380><c> the</c><00:19:33.660><c> remaining</c>

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nations<00:19:34.440><c> would</c><00:19:34.680><c> become</c><00:19:35.140><c> barbs</c><00:19:36.019><c> in</c><00:19:36.279><c> your</c><00:19:36.579><c> eyes</c><00:19:37.220><c> and</c><00:19:38.299><c> thorns</c><00:19:38.940><c> in</c>

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your<00:19:40.099><c> side.</c><00:19:41.859><c> You</c><00:19:41.900><c> know,</c><00:19:42.000><c> when</c><00:19:42.079><c> we're</c>

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talking<00:19:42.359><c> about</c><00:19:42.599><c> thorns,</c><00:19:42.940><c> a</c><00:19:43.019><c> little</c><00:19:43.200><c> thorn,</c><00:19:43.940><c> right?</c><00:19:44.940><c> There's</c>

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bigger<00:19:45.559><c> thorns</c><00:19:45.920><c> out</c><00:19:46.180><c> there</c><00:19:46.359><c> in</c><00:19:46.500><c> the</c><00:19:46.680><c> wild.</c>

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Lee<00:19:48.279><c> and</c><00:19:48.420><c> I</c><00:19:48.559><c> watched</c><00:19:48.799><c> a</c><00:19:48.960><c> show</c><00:19:49.059><c> called</c><00:19:49.279><c> Naked</c><00:19:49.599><c> and</c><00:19:49.819><c> Afraid,</c><00:19:50.480><c> okay?</c><00:19:51.079><c> And</c>

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they<00:19:51.319><c> go</c><00:19:51.500><c> out,</c><00:19:51.859><c> like</c><00:19:52.039><c> oftentimes</c>

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they<00:19:52.640><c> go</c><00:19:52.759><c> out</c><00:19:52.980><c> into</c><00:19:53.200><c> Africa.</c><00:19:54.720><c> And</c><00:19:54.960><c> if</c><00:19:55.119><c> you</c><00:19:55.880><c> step</c><00:19:56.180><c> on</c><00:19:56.420><c> one</c><00:19:56.599><c> of</c>

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these<00:19:56.980><c> thorns,</c><00:19:57.359><c> they're</c><00:19:57.519><c> like</c><00:19:57.740><c> this</c><00:19:58.039><c> big.</c>

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It's<00:19:58.960><c> like</c><00:19:59.079><c> being</c><00:19:59.480><c> literally</c><00:20:00.200><c> stabbed.</c><00:20:01.460><c> So</c><00:20:01.940><c> that's</c><00:20:02.319><c> what</c><00:20:02.440><c> I</c><00:20:02.700><c> think</c><00:20:02.880><c> of</c><00:20:03.000><c> when</c><00:20:03.119><c> I</c>

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think<00:20:03.440><c> about</c><00:20:03.680><c> thorns.</c>

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I<00:20:04.000><c> don't</c><00:20:04.160><c> think</c><00:20:04.339><c> about</c><00:20:04.500><c> the</c><00:20:04.680><c> little</c><00:20:04.900><c> roasts.</c><00:20:05.319><c> I</c><00:20:05.339><c> think</c><00:20:05.519><c> about</c>

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the<00:20:06.000><c> big</c><00:20:06.259><c> thorns</c><00:20:06.539><c> that</c><00:20:06.819><c> cause</c><00:20:06.980><c> some</c>

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major<00:20:07.660><c> damage,</c><00:20:08.259><c> infections,</c><00:20:09.380><c> all</c><00:20:09.579><c> that</c><00:20:09.799><c> kind</c><00:20:09.960><c> of</c><00:20:10.119><c> stuff,</c><00:20:10.259><c> the</c>

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pain<00:20:10.920><c> involved</c><00:20:11.400><c> in</c><00:20:11.579><c> it,</c><00:20:12.500><c> barbs</c><00:20:12.819><c> in</c><00:20:13.000><c> your</c>

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eyes.<00:20:14.200><c> Imagine</c><00:20:14.400><c> getting</c><00:20:14.980><c> something</c><00:20:15.279><c> like</c><00:20:15.599><c> really</c><00:20:15.920><c> sharp</c><00:20:16.359><c> in</c>

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your<00:20:17.099><c> eye.</c><00:20:17.819><c> Ugh.</c><00:20:18.880><c> There's</c><00:20:19.240><c> a</c><00:20:19.420><c> reason</c><00:20:19.720><c> why</c>

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God<00:20:20.420><c> is</c><00:20:20.759><c> using</c><00:20:21.039><c> these</c><00:20:21.420><c> analogies</c><00:20:22.200><c> because</c><00:20:22.519><c> that's</c><00:20:22.920><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:20:23.819><c> the</c><00:20:24.140><c> relationship</c><00:20:24.680><c> with</c><00:20:25.559><c> the</c><00:20:25.720><c> people</c>

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in<00:20:26.660><c> the</c><00:20:26.859><c> land</c><00:20:27.059><c> was.</c><00:20:28.119><c> They</c><00:20:28.680><c> thought</c><00:20:28.900><c> it</c><00:20:29.039><c> was</c><00:20:29.220><c> innocuous.</c><00:20:30.240><c> Hey,</c>

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everyone,<00:20:31.599><c> hey,</c><00:20:32.160><c> let's</c><00:20:32.359><c> all</c><00:20:32.599><c> get</c><00:20:33.359><c> along.</c>

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Right?<00:20:34.799><c> And</c><00:20:34.880><c> in</c><00:20:35.039><c> a</c><00:20:35.180><c> certain</c><00:20:35.359><c> level,</c><00:20:35.700><c> that's</c><00:20:36.039><c> true.</c><00:20:36.400><c> We</c><00:20:36.640><c> are</c><00:20:36.880><c> told</c><00:20:37.119><c> to</c>

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love<00:20:37.519><c> our</c><00:20:37.740><c> neighbor</c><00:20:38.000><c> and</c><00:20:38.119><c> to</c><00:20:38.259><c> get</c>

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along<00:20:38.660><c> with</c><00:20:38.839><c> each</c><00:20:39.059><c> other.</c><00:20:39.500><c> But</c><00:20:39.640><c> there</c><00:20:39.980><c> should</c><00:20:40.259><c> be</c><00:20:41.099><c> a</c><00:20:41.660><c> separateness</c><00:20:42.720><c> between</c>

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the<00:20:43.539><c> things</c><00:20:43.740><c> of</c><00:20:43.940><c> the</c><00:20:44.140><c> world</c>

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that<00:20:44.460><c> will</c><00:20:44.779><c> draw</c><00:20:45.079><c> us</c><00:20:45.420><c> away</c><00:20:46.099><c> from</c><00:20:46.579><c> Christ</c><00:20:47.460><c> and</c><00:20:50.440><c> the</c><00:20:50.660><c> things</c><00:20:50.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:51.220><c> spirit.</c><00:20:56.539><c> Let's</c><00:20:56.980><c> go</c><00:20:57.160><c> back</c><00:20:57.359><c> to</c><00:20:57.539><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

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because<00:20:58.460><c> God</c><00:20:58.799><c> is</c><00:20:59.019><c> going</c><00:20:59.160><c> to</c><00:20:59.319><c> warn</c><00:20:59.460><c> them</c><00:20:59.660><c> in</c><00:20:59.759><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:21:00.200><c> before</c><00:21:00.400><c> they</c>

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even<00:21:00.819><c> get</c><00:21:01.039><c> into</c><00:21:01.279><c> the</c><00:21:01.559><c> land.</c><00:21:02.220><c> You</c><00:21:02.359><c> know,</c>

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the<00:21:02.819><c> foresight</c><00:21:03.420><c> and</c><00:21:03.599><c> the</c><00:21:03.859><c> love</c><00:21:04.019><c> and</c><00:21:04.180><c> the</c><00:21:04.380><c> wisdom</c><00:21:04.660><c> of</c><00:21:04.940><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:21:07.299><c> prepping</c><00:21:07.700><c> them.</c><00:21:08.220><c> He's</c><00:21:08.359><c> saying,</c>

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look,<00:21:08.779><c> this</c><00:21:09.000><c> is</c><00:21:09.180><c> what's</c><00:21:09.380><c> going</c><00:21:09.519><c> to</c><00:21:09.720><c> happen.</c><00:21:10.079><c> You</c><00:21:10.099><c> get</c><00:21:10.220><c> into</c>

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the<00:21:10.740><c> land.</c><00:21:11.160><c> I'm</c><00:21:11.259><c> warning</c><00:21:11.460><c> you</c><00:21:11.720><c> right</c><00:21:11.980><c> now.</c>

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Don't<00:21:12.700><c> do</c><00:21:13.059><c> it.</c><00:21:15.259><c> Yeah,</c><00:21:15.819><c> where</c><00:21:16.079><c> are</c><00:21:16.380><c> we?</c><00:21:16.960><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:21:17.380><c> 8,</c><00:21:17.839><c> yeah,</c>

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verse<00:21:18.319><c> 11.</c><00:21:20.740><c> Beware</c><00:21:21.299><c> that</c><00:21:22.240><c> thou</c><00:21:22.460><c> forget</c>

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not<00:21:23.279><c> the</c><00:21:23.519><c> Lord</c><00:21:23.819><c> thy</c><00:21:24.160><c> God</c><00:21:24.660><c> in</c><00:21:25.079><c> not</c><00:21:25.420><c> keeping</c><00:21:25.720><c> his</c><00:21:26.079><c> commandments</c>

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and<00:21:26.900><c> his</c><00:21:27.200><c> judgments</c><00:21:27.720><c> in</c><00:21:28.339><c> his</c><00:21:28.779><c> statutes,</c><00:21:29.680><c> which</c><00:21:29.920><c> I</c>

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command<00:21:30.599><c> thee</c><00:21:30.839><c> this</c><00:21:31.200><c> day.</c><00:21:32.720><c> Least</c><00:21:33.019><c> when</c><00:21:33.240><c> thou</c><00:21:33.460><c> hast</c><00:21:33.859><c> eaten</c><00:21:34.559><c> and</c>

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art<00:21:35.559><c> full</c><00:21:36.000><c> and</c><00:21:36.480><c> has</c><00:21:36.819><c> built</c><00:21:37.059><c> goodly</c><00:21:37.539><c> homes</c>

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and<00:21:38.220><c> dwelt</c><00:21:38.500><c> therein,</c><00:21:39.119><c> and</c><00:21:39.339><c> when</c><00:21:39.519><c> thy</c><00:21:39.759><c> herds</c><00:21:40.240><c> and</c><00:21:40.420><c> thy</c><00:21:40.680><c> flocks</c>

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multiply<00:21:41.799><c> and</c><00:21:41.960><c> thy</c><00:21:42.220><c> silver</c><00:21:42.640><c> and</c><00:21:42.799><c> thy</c>

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gold<00:21:43.380><c> is</c><00:21:43.680><c> multiplied</c><00:21:44.359><c> and</c><00:21:45.380><c> all</c><00:21:45.759><c> that</c><00:21:46.299><c> thou</c><00:21:46.619><c> hast</c><00:21:47.079><c> is</c><00:21:47.420><c> multiplied,</c><00:21:49.039><c> then</c><00:21:49.160><c> thine</c><00:21:49.440><c> heart</c><00:21:49.819><c> be</c><00:21:50.079><c> lifted</c>

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up<00:21:51.400><c> and</c><00:21:51.880><c> you</c><00:21:52.220><c> forget</c><00:21:52.740><c> the</c><00:21:53.220><c> Lord</c><00:21:53.460><c> thy</c><00:21:53.779><c> God</c><00:21:54.160><c> which</c><00:21:54.500><c> brought</c><00:21:54.779><c> thee</c>

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forth<00:21:55.380><c> out</c><00:21:55.660><c> of</c><00:21:55.819><c> the</c><00:21:56.019><c> land</c><00:21:56.500><c> of</c><00:21:56.900><c> Egypt</c><00:21:57.299><c> from</c><00:21:57.619><c> the</c>

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house<00:21:58.319><c> of</c><00:21:59.339><c> bondage.</c><00:22:00.400><c> He</c><00:22:00.720><c> warned</c><00:22:00.880><c> them</c><00:22:01.359><c> before</c><00:22:01.940><c> they</c><00:22:02.200><c> even</c><00:22:02.460><c> went</c><00:22:02.700><c> into</c><00:22:03.319><c> the</c>

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land.<00:22:07.099><c> Don't</c><00:22:07.779><c> forget</c><00:22:08.319><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:09.559><c> why?</c><00:22:10.039><c> What's</c><00:22:10.720><c> the</c><00:22:10.900><c> reason</c><00:22:11.240><c> why</c><00:22:11.700><c> God</c><00:22:11.920><c> is</c><00:22:12.180><c> using</c><00:22:12.380><c> as</c><00:22:12.680><c> an</c><00:22:12.960><c> example</c><00:22:13.299><c> here?</c><00:22:13.740><c> It</c>

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was<00:22:14.220><c> wealth.</c><00:22:14.660><c> It</c><00:22:14.660><c> was</c>

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prosperity.<00:22:17.200><c> They</c><00:22:17.640><c> had</c><00:22:17.859><c> everything</c><00:22:18.240><c> that</c><00:22:18.420><c> they</c><00:22:18.680><c> wanted</c><00:22:19.019><c> and</c>

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they<00:22:19.680><c> forgot</c><00:22:20.019><c> God.</c><00:22:21.839><c> That's</c><00:22:22.220><c> a</c><00:22:22.319><c> lesson</c>

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for<00:22:22.720><c> us,</c><00:22:23.200><c> brothers</c><00:22:23.339><c> and</c><00:22:23.599><c> sisters.</c><00:22:24.519><c> We</c><00:22:24.519><c> live</c><00:22:24.799><c> in</c><00:22:25.859><c> a</c><00:22:26.900><c> very</c><00:22:27.220><c> wealthy</c><00:22:27.519><c> country,</c><00:22:28.259><c> things</c><00:22:28.539><c> that</c>

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can<00:22:28.960><c> pull</c>

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us<00:22:29.359><c> away</c><00:22:29.559><c> in</c><00:22:29.740><c> a</c><00:22:29.759><c> lot</c><00:22:30.000><c> of</c><00:22:30.220><c> different</c><00:22:30.420><c> directions.</c><00:22:31.079><c> There</c><00:22:31.259><c> isn't</c>

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one<00:22:32.059><c> thing</c><00:22:32.500><c> that</c><00:22:32.779><c> we</c><00:22:33.000><c> can't</c><00:22:33.400><c> get</c><00:22:33.579><c> if</c>

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we<00:22:34.119><c> want</c><00:22:34.319><c> in</c><00:22:35.400><c> this</c><00:22:35.660><c> country.</c><00:22:36.680><c> So</c><00:22:36.980><c> we</c><00:22:37.119><c> have</c><00:22:37.400><c> to</c><00:22:37.700><c> remain</c><00:22:38.160><c> faithful,</c><00:22:39.440><c> being</c>

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on<00:22:40.220><c> God</c><00:22:40.500><c> against</c><00:22:40.839><c> the</c><00:22:41.140><c> things</c>

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that<00:22:41.500><c> will</c><00:22:41.720><c> draw</c><00:22:41.900><c> us</c><00:22:42.180><c> away</c><00:22:42.680><c> from</c><00:22:43.460><c> God.</c><00:22:45.240><c> The</c><00:22:45.519><c> 78</c><00:22:45.980><c> Psalm</c><00:22:46.539><c> says,</c>

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telling<00:22:48.079><c> the</c><00:22:48.299><c> next</c><00:22:48.539><c> generation</c><00:22:49.059><c> so</c><00:22:49.319><c> that</c>

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they<00:22:49.720><c> should</c><00:22:49.880><c> set</c><00:22:50.299><c> their</c><00:22:50.680><c> hope</c><00:22:50.940><c> in</c><00:22:51.240><c> God</c><00:22:51.740><c> and</c><00:22:52.480><c> not</c><00:22:52.880><c> forget</c><00:22:53.539><c> the</c>

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works<00:22:54.579><c> of</c><00:22:54.880><c> God.</c><00:22:55.880><c> Psalm</c><00:22:56.059><c> 106,</c><00:22:57.099><c> but</c><00:22:57.200><c> they</c>

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soon<00:22:58.079><c> forgot</c><00:22:58.680><c> what</c><00:22:58.920><c> he</c><00:22:59.180><c> had</c><00:22:59.420><c> done</c><00:22:59.940><c> and</c><00:23:00.740><c> did</c><00:23:01.059><c> not</c><00:23:01.400><c> wait</c><00:23:01.720><c> for</c><00:23:01.960><c> his</c>

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plan<00:23:02.819><c> to</c><00:23:03.180><c> unfold.</c><00:23:04.380><c> That's</c><00:23:04.819><c> interesting.</c>

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Are<00:23:06.579><c> we</c><00:23:06.819><c> waiting</c><00:23:07.180><c> for</c><00:23:07.579><c> God's</c><00:23:08.220><c> plan</c><00:23:08.519><c> to</c><00:23:08.839><c> unfold?</c><00:23:10.319><c> Are</c><00:23:10.579><c> we</c><00:23:10.799><c> going</c>

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to<00:23:11.039><c> do</c><00:23:11.200><c> our</c><00:23:11.420><c> own</c><00:23:11.700><c> thing</c><00:23:11.880><c> by</c><00:23:12.279><c> our</c><00:23:12.500><c> own</c><00:23:12.720><c> might,</c>

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self<00:23:13.559><c>-serving,</c><00:23:16.180><c> focused</c><00:23:16.380><c> on</c><00:23:16.619><c> ourselves,</c><00:23:17.220><c> not</c><00:23:17.420><c> focusing</c><00:23:17.920><c> on</c>

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God,<00:23:18.500><c> not</c><00:23:18.740><c> being</c><00:23:19.039><c> patient</c><00:23:19.460><c> with</c><00:23:19.680><c> God's</c><00:23:20.160><c> plan,</c>

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demanding<00:23:21.480><c> that</c><00:23:21.740><c> things</c><00:23:22.000><c> go</c><00:23:22.380><c> our</c><00:23:22.619><c> way</c><00:23:22.859><c> straight</c><00:23:23.380><c> away?</c><00:23:25.460><c> It's</c>

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not<00:23:25.960><c> how</c><00:23:26.279><c> life</c><00:23:26.519><c> works.</c><00:23:26.859><c> We</c><00:23:27.000><c> know</c><00:23:27.220><c> that.</c>

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Oftentimes<00:23:28.480><c> there's</c><00:23:28.819><c> suffering.</c><00:23:29.940><c> Oftentimes</c><00:23:30.380><c> there's</c><00:23:30.839><c> setbacks.</c><00:23:32.160><c> We</c>

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have<00:23:32.660><c> to</c><00:23:32.799><c> be</c><00:23:33.019><c> patient</c><00:23:33.299><c> with</c><00:23:33.559><c> God.</c><00:23:34.240><c> God</c>

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:40.640
is<00:23:34.819><c> in</c><00:23:35.079><c> control.</c><00:23:36.640><c> He</c><00:23:36.960><c> has</c><00:23:37.220><c> a</c><00:23:37.460><c> plan</c><00:23:37.640><c> for</c><00:23:38.000><c> everybody</c><00:23:38.720><c> in</c><00:23:39.079><c> this</c><00:23:39.380><c> room.</c><00:23:40.240><c> He</c>

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knows<00:23:41.039><c> everybody,</c><00:23:42.259><c> like</c><00:23:42.420><c> a</c><00:23:42.680><c> father</c>

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knows<00:23:43.500><c> a</c><00:23:43.859><c> child.</c><00:23:45.079><c> We</c><00:23:45.259><c> should</c><00:23:45.440><c> take</c><00:23:45.720><c> comfort</c><00:23:46.059><c> in</c><00:23:46.319><c> that,</c><00:23:46.920><c> that</c><00:23:47.119><c> he</c><00:23:47.339><c> has</c><00:23:47.579><c> a</c>

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plan<00:23:47.940><c> of</c><00:23:48.180><c> salvation</c><00:23:48.619><c> for</c><00:23:48.980><c> everyone.</c>

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We<00:23:50.440><c> must</c><00:23:50.680><c> trust</c><00:23:51.059><c> in</c><00:23:51.299><c> God.</c><00:23:53.599><c> Hosea</c><00:23:54.099><c> 13,</c><00:23:54.619><c> when</c><00:23:54.779><c> I</c><00:23:55.079><c> fed</c><00:23:55.279><c> them</c><00:23:55.500><c> they</c>

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were<00:23:55.920><c> satisfied.</c><00:23:56.660><c> When</c><00:23:56.819><c> they</c><00:23:57.039><c> were</c><00:23:57.319><c> satisfied</c>

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they<00:23:58.940><c> became</c><00:23:59.539><c> proud</c><00:24:00.619><c> and</c><00:24:02.140><c> forgot</c><00:24:02.599><c> me.</c><00:24:04.519><c> Let's</c><00:24:04.759><c> not</c><00:24:04.980><c> fall</c><00:24:05.240><c> into</c>

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that<00:24:05.720><c> category,</c><00:24:06.299><c> brothers</c><00:24:06.559><c> and</c><00:24:06.799><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:24:10.640><c> know,</c><00:24:11.259><c> God's</c><00:24:11.700><c> anger</c><00:24:12.299><c> is</c><00:24:13.740><c> shown</c><00:24:13.980><c> obviously</c><00:24:14.579><c> in</c><00:24:15.160><c> Judges,</c>

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right,<00:24:15.920><c> in</c><00:24:16.039><c> this</c><00:24:16.240><c> second</c><00:24:16.519><c> chapter.</c><00:24:17.220><c> But</c>

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if<00:24:17.420><c> you</c><00:24:17.619><c> look</c><00:24:17.779><c> at</c><00:24:17.940><c> the</c><00:24:18.059><c> whole,</c><00:24:18.339><c> like</c><00:24:18.519><c> the</c><00:24:18.720><c> second</c><00:24:18.940><c> chapter</c><00:24:19.259><c> of</c>

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Judges<00:24:19.640><c> is</c><00:24:19.819><c> kind</c><00:24:20.000><c> of</c><00:24:20.079><c> like</c><00:24:20.240><c> an</c><00:24:20.500><c> overview</c>

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of<00:24:21.380><c> the</c><00:24:21.539><c> Judges,</c><00:24:21.920><c> right,</c><00:24:22.559><c> and</c><00:24:22.720><c> then</c><00:24:23.160><c> the</c><00:24:23.980><c> next</c><00:24:24.319><c> chapters</c><00:24:24.619><c> really</c><00:24:24.940><c> get</c>

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into<00:24:25.339><c> the</c><00:24:25.480><c> nitty</c><00:24:25.740><c> gritty.</c><00:24:27.299><c> But</c><00:24:27.519><c> there's</c>

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a<00:24:28.140><c> full</c><00:24:28.440><c> cycle,</c><00:24:28.980><c> isn't</c><00:24:29.180><c> there,</c><00:24:29.940><c> of</c><00:24:30.839><c> people</c><00:24:31.259><c> crying</c><00:24:31.700><c> out</c><00:24:31.980><c> to</c>

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God,<00:24:33.059><c> God</c><00:24:33.420><c> hearing</c><00:24:33.900><c> their</c><00:24:34.220><c> cry,</c><00:24:34.740><c> sending</c>

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a<00:24:35.480><c> deliverer.</c><00:24:36.960><c> This</c><00:24:37.259><c> cycle</c><00:24:37.599><c> happens</c><00:24:38.180><c> over</c><00:24:38.859><c> and</c><00:24:39.099><c> over</c><00:24:39.500><c> again.</c>

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And<00:24:40.660><c> then</c><00:24:40.859><c> once</c><00:24:41.099><c> they're</c><00:24:41.480><c> delivered</c><00:24:41.799><c> and</c>

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prosperity<00:24:42.680><c> comes</c><00:24:43.039><c> back</c><00:24:43.440><c> and</c><00:24:43.680><c> peace</c><00:24:44.000><c> and</c><00:24:44.319><c> safety,</c><00:24:46.039><c> forget</c>

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about<00:24:47.019><c> God</c><00:24:47.279><c> again,</c><00:24:48.099><c> right?</c><00:24:50.339><c> And</c><00:24:50.579><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:54.519
let's<00:24:51.519><c> look</c><00:24:52.059><c> at</c><00:24:52.279><c> what</c><00:24:52.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:53.220><c> says.</c><00:24:53.640><c> You</c><00:24:53.640><c> know,</c><00:24:53.740><c> he's</c><00:24:54.039><c> telling</c><00:24:54.279><c> the</c>

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people,<00:24:54.700><c> he's</c><00:24:55.059><c> reminding</c><00:24:55.400><c> the</c>

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people<00:24:55.880><c> of</c><00:24:56.059><c> their</c><00:24:56.259><c> history.</c><00:24:57.079><c> And</c><00:24:57.440><c> that's</c><00:24:57.680><c> so</c><00:24:58.119><c> important.</c><00:24:58.640><c> The</c>

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history<00:24:59.279><c> of</c><00:24:59.480><c> the</c><00:24:59.740><c> people</c><00:25:00.339><c> is</c><00:25:01.519><c> a</c><00:25:01.819><c> connection</c>

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to<00:25:02.380><c> the</c><00:25:02.559><c> past</c><00:25:03.079><c> that</c><00:25:03.539><c> is</c><00:25:03.720><c> very</c><00:25:04.059><c> important</c><00:25:04.920><c> in,</c><00:25:06.279><c> yeah,</c><00:25:07.380><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:25:10.819><c> Before</c><00:25:11.500><c> the</c><00:25:11.779><c> Psalms,</c><00:25:12.279><c> yes.</c><00:25:14.299><c> Oh,</c><00:25:14.599><c> I</c><00:25:14.740><c> got</c>

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it.<00:25:15.000><c> Here</c><00:25:15.160><c> we</c><00:25:15.240><c> go.</c><00:25:15.980><c> All</c><00:25:16.099><c> right,</c><00:25:16.180><c> Nehemiah</c><00:25:16.819><c> 9</c><00:25:17.799><c> verse</c><00:25:18.599><c> 26.</c><00:25:25.079><c> Well,</c>

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actually<00:25:25.960><c> verse</c><00:25:26.200><c> 25.</c><00:25:27.359><c> And</c><00:25:27.460><c> they</c><00:25:27.700><c> took</c>

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strong<00:25:28.339><c> cities</c><00:25:28.779><c> in</c><00:25:29.000><c> a</c><00:25:29.200><c> fat</c><00:25:29.400><c> land</c><00:25:29.700><c> and</c><00:25:29.960><c> possessed</c><00:25:30.259><c> houses</c><00:25:30.759><c> full</c>

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of<00:25:31.259><c> all</c><00:25:31.519><c> goods,</c><00:25:31.859><c> wells</c><00:25:32.180><c> digged,</c><00:25:32.740><c> vineyards</c>

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and<00:25:33.460><c> olive</c><00:25:33.660><c> yards,</c><00:25:34.519><c> and</c><00:25:34.779><c> fruit</c><00:25:35.019><c> trees</c><00:25:35.299><c> in</c><00:25:35.559><c> abundance.</c><00:25:36.259><c> So</c><00:25:36.539><c> they</c><00:25:36.819><c> did</c>

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eat<00:25:37.380><c> and</c><00:25:37.579><c> were</c><00:25:37.839><c> filled</c><00:25:38.200><c> and</c><00:25:38.440><c> became</c>

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fat<00:25:39.400><c> and</c><00:25:39.940><c> delighted</c><00:25:40.539><c> themselves</c><00:25:41.240><c> in</c><00:25:41.539><c> thy</c><00:25:41.819><c> great</c><00:25:42.339><c> goodness.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:25:44.200><c> they</c><00:25:44.440><c> were</c><00:25:44.779><c> disobedient</c>

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and<00:25:46.700><c> rebelled</c><00:25:47.259><c> against</c><00:25:47.740><c> thee</c><00:25:47.859><c> and</c><00:25:48.059><c> cast</c><00:25:48.480><c> thy</c><00:25:48.740><c> law</c><00:25:49.059><c> behind</c><00:25:49.460><c> their</c><00:25:49.799><c> backs</c><00:25:50.180><c> and</c>

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killed<00:25:51.299><c> the</c><00:25:51.640><c> prophets</c>

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which<00:25:52.140><c> testified</c><00:25:52.859><c> against</c><00:25:53.259><c> them</c><00:25:53.400><c> to</c><00:25:53.720><c> turn</c><00:25:54.039><c> them</c><00:25:54.319><c> to</c><00:25:54.559><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:25:55.380><c> they</c><00:25:55.660><c> wrought</c><00:25:55.900><c> great</c><00:25:56.380><c> provocations.</c>

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Therefore<00:25:58.660><c> thou</c><00:25:58.980><c> delivereth</c><00:25:59.559><c> them</c><00:25:59.680><c> into</c><00:25:59.880><c> the</c><00:26:00.119><c> hand</c><00:26:00.279><c> of</c><00:26:00.460><c> their</c>

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enemies<00:26:00.940><c> who</c><00:26:01.259><c> vexed</c><00:26:01.640><c> them.</c><00:26:02.279><c> And</c><00:26:02.460><c> in</c><00:26:02.640><c> the</c>

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time<00:26:03.019><c> of</c><00:26:03.220><c> their</c><00:26:03.420><c> trouble,</c><00:26:03.740><c> when</c><00:26:03.940><c> they</c><00:26:04.299><c> cried</c><00:26:04.539><c> unto</c><00:26:04.859><c> thee,</c><00:26:05.619><c> thou</c><00:26:05.799><c> heardest</c><00:26:06.240><c> them</c><00:26:06.440><c> from</c><00:26:06.680><c> heaven</c><00:26:06.900><c> and</c>

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according<00:26:07.460><c> to</c><00:26:07.740><c> the</c><00:26:08.039><c> manifold</c><00:26:08.640><c> mercies,</c><00:26:10.160><c> thou</c><00:26:10.299><c> gave</c><00:26:10.599><c> us</c><00:26:10.819><c> them</c>

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saviors<00:26:12.099><c> who</c><00:26:12.640><c> saved</c><00:26:12.940><c> them</c><00:26:13.160><c> out</c><00:26:13.359><c> of</c><00:26:13.500><c> the</c>

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hand<00:26:14.220><c> of</c><00:26:15.079><c> their</c><00:26:15.339><c> enemies.</c><00:26:16.079><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:16.599><c> just</c><00:26:16.900><c> kind</c><00:26:17.099><c> of</c><00:26:17.259><c> tells</c><00:26:17.420><c> the</c><00:26:17.720><c> story</c><00:26:17.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:18.299><c> children</c><00:26:18.500><c> of</c><00:26:18.680><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:26:19.099><c> the</c><00:26:19.220><c> judges.</c><00:26:19.859><c> They</c><00:26:20.380><c> cried</c><00:26:20.819><c> to</c><00:26:21.099><c> God</c><00:26:21.359><c> when</c><00:26:21.539><c> they</c><00:26:21.700><c> were</c><00:26:21.819><c> being</c><00:26:22.180><c> oppressed.</c><00:26:23.160><c> And</c>

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God<00:26:23.500><c> heard</c><00:26:23.799><c> them</c>

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as<00:26:24.200><c> a</c><00:26:24.359><c> loving</c><00:26:24.599><c> father</c><00:26:25.140><c> and</c><00:26:25.759><c> showed</c><00:26:26.000><c> mercy</c><00:26:26.460><c> to</c><00:26:26.720><c> them.</c><00:26:27.599><c> This</c><00:26:27.940><c> happened</c><00:26:28.240><c> over</c><00:26:28.980><c> and</c>

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over<00:26:29.720><c> and</c><00:26:29.839><c> over</c><00:26:30.259><c> again.</c>

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And<00:26:31.240><c> we</c><00:26:31.359><c> can</c><00:26:31.519><c> look</c><00:26:31.720><c> at</c><00:26:31.839><c> this</c><00:26:32.039><c> and</c><00:26:32.200><c> say,</c><00:26:32.319><c> you</c><00:26:32.460><c> know,</c><00:26:32.539><c> why</c><00:26:32.720><c> didn't</c>

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they<00:26:33.099><c> learn</c><00:26:33.259><c> their</c><00:26:33.460><c> lesson?</c><00:26:34.359><c> Why</c><00:26:34.519><c> didn't</c>

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they<00:26:34.920><c> trust</c><00:26:35.200><c> in</c><00:26:35.380><c> God?</c><00:26:36.539><c> Ask</c><00:26:36.839><c> yourself</c><00:26:37.200><c> why</c><00:26:37.720><c> you</c><00:26:38.299><c> don't</c><00:26:38.599><c> learn</c><00:26:38.819><c> your</c><00:26:39.079><c> lesson,</c><00:26:39.920><c> why</c><00:26:40.220><c> I</c>

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don't<00:26:40.680><c> learn</c><00:26:40.940><c> my</c><00:26:41.220><c> lesson,</c>

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why<00:26:42.500><c> I</c><00:26:42.819><c> do</c><00:26:43.000><c> things</c><00:26:43.359><c> over</c><00:26:43.759><c> and</c><00:26:43.940><c> over</c><00:26:44.240><c> again.</c><00:26:44.700><c> Okay,</c><00:26:44.960><c> we're</c><00:26:45.259><c> weak.</c><00:26:46.660><c> We</c>

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have<00:26:47.059><c> the</c><00:26:47.380><c> flesh.</c><00:26:47.660><c> We're</c><00:26:47.940><c> weak.</c>

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In<00:26:48.660><c> a</c><00:26:48.839><c> lot</c><00:26:49.019><c> of</c><00:26:49.259><c> different</c><00:26:49.539><c> ways.</c><00:26:51.460><c> But,</c><00:26:51.579><c> you</c><00:26:51.640><c> know,</c><00:26:52.779><c> one</c><00:26:52.920><c> of</c><00:26:53.059><c> the</c>

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lessons,<00:26:53.680><c> too,</c><00:26:53.759><c> is</c><00:26:54.119><c> we</c><00:26:54.640><c> can't</c><00:26:55.039><c> just</c>

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be<00:26:55.599><c> turning</c><00:26:55.880><c> to</c><00:26:56.180><c> God</c><00:26:56.539><c> when</c><00:26:56.779><c> things</c><00:26:57.119><c> get</c><00:26:57.460><c> bad.</c><00:26:59.380><c> We</c><00:26:59.799><c> should,</c><00:27:00.380><c> obviously.</c><00:27:01.359><c> But</c>

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if<00:27:01.779><c> God</c><00:27:02.160><c> only</c><00:27:02.759><c> hears</c><00:27:03.140><c> us</c>

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when<00:27:04.000><c> things</c><00:27:04.359><c> aren't</c><00:27:04.599><c> going</c><00:27:04.900><c> good,</c><00:27:05.599><c> what</c><00:27:05.859><c> type</c><00:27:06.180><c> of</c><00:27:06.539><c> relationship</c><00:27:07.119><c> do</c><00:27:07.359><c> we</c><00:27:07.559><c> have</c><00:27:07.819><c> with</c><00:27:08.039><c> him?</c><00:27:08.920><c> We</c><00:27:09.440><c> should</c>

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be<00:27:09.880><c> reaching</c><00:27:10.200><c> out</c><00:27:10.420><c> to</c><00:27:10.559><c> God</c><00:27:10.940><c> every</c><00:27:11.819><c> single</c><00:27:12.319><c> day</c><00:27:12.619><c> in</c><00:27:12.960><c> prayer.</c><00:27:14.119><c> Every</c><00:27:14.480><c> single</c><00:27:14.819><c> day.</c><00:27:15.059><c> We</c>

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should<00:27:15.259><c> have</c><00:27:15.480><c> a</c>

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habit<00:27:15.980><c> of</c><00:27:16.339><c> prayer</c><00:27:16.640><c> every</c><00:27:17.140><c> single</c><00:27:17.480><c> day.</c><00:27:18.539><c> In</c><00:27:18.660><c> the</c><00:27:18.839><c> morning,</c><00:27:19.859><c> you</c>

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can<00:27:20.079><c> get</c><00:27:20.220><c> one</c><00:27:20.420><c> in</c><00:27:20.619><c> in</c><00:27:21.480><c> the</c><00:27:21.599><c> afternoon,</c><00:27:23.220><c> at</c><00:27:23.539><c> night</c>

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time,<00:27:24.200><c> of</c><00:27:24.299><c> course,</c><00:27:24.700><c> throughout</c><00:27:25.019><c> the</c><00:27:25.259><c> day.</c><00:27:25.539><c> Small</c><00:27:25.900><c> little</c><00:27:26.200><c> prayers</c><00:27:26.559><c> throughout</c><00:27:26.940><c> the</c>

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day.<00:27:27.420><c> Pray</c><00:27:27.920><c> without</c>

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ceasing,<00:27:29.240><c> Paul</c><00:27:29.380><c> says.</c><00:27:32.119><c> That</c><00:27:32.740><c> keeps</c><00:27:33.059><c> us</c><00:27:33.299><c> in</c><00:27:33.420><c> the</c><00:27:33.559><c> right</c><00:27:33.759><c> frame</c>

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of<00:27:34.220><c> mind.</c><00:27:34.400><c> So</c><00:27:34.599><c> we're</c><00:27:34.740><c> not</c><00:27:35.059><c> going</c><00:27:35.359><c> through</c>

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this<00:27:35.900><c> cycle</c><00:27:36.380><c> of</c><00:27:37.279><c> disobedience,</c><00:27:38.539><c> crying</c><00:27:38.960><c> out</c><00:27:39.240><c> to</c><00:27:39.420><c> God</c><00:27:39.799><c> to</c><00:27:40.579><c> be</c>

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saved.<00:27:41.559><c> God</c><00:27:41.980><c> shows</c><00:27:42.420><c> us</c><00:27:42.779><c> mercy</c><00:27:43.180><c> and</c><00:27:43.640><c> we're</c>

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right<00:27:44.259><c> back</c><00:27:44.740><c> to</c><00:27:44.940><c> it</c><00:27:45.099><c> again.</c><00:27:46.480><c> A</c><00:27:46.680><c> dog</c><00:27:47.099><c> returning</c><00:27:47.579><c> to</c><00:27:47.839><c> its</c><00:27:48.119><c> vomit.</c>

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It's<00:27:51.319><c> a</c><00:27:51.319><c> great</c><00:27:51.599><c> analogy.</c><00:27:52.240><c> Very</c><00:27:52.500><c> gross,</c>

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but<00:27:53.579><c> great</c><00:27:53.940><c> analogy.</c><00:27:58.279><c> Lamentations.</c><00:27:59.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:00.319><c> says,</c><00:28:01.000><c> because</c><00:28:01.400><c> of</c><00:28:01.700><c> the</c><00:28:01.900><c> Lord's</c><00:28:02.579><c> great</c><00:28:02.920><c> love,</c><00:28:04.500><c> we</c>

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:13.380
are<00:28:05.059><c> not</c><00:28:05.400><c> consumed,</c><00:28:08.319><c> for</c><00:28:08.500><c> his</c><00:28:08.799><c> compassions</c><00:28:10.380><c> never</c><00:28:11.119><c> fail.</c><00:28:13.319><c> You</c>

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know,<00:28:13.599><c> that</c><00:28:13.720><c> is</c><00:28:13.980><c> one</c><00:28:13.980><c> of</c><00:28:13.980><c> the</c><00:28:13.980><c> things</c>

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one<00:28:14.140><c> of</c><00:28:14.140><c> the</c><00:28:14.420><c> great</c><00:28:14.680><c> blessings</c><00:28:15.319><c> that</c><00:28:15.640><c> God</c><00:28:15.880><c> gives</c><00:28:16.160><c> us.</c><00:28:17.839><c> His</c><00:28:18.180><c> mercy.</c><00:28:20.380><c> I</c><00:28:20.599><c> saw</c><00:28:20.799><c> a</c>

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great<00:28:21.160><c> quote</c><00:28:21.460><c> the</c><00:28:21.599><c> other</c>

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day.<00:28:22.240><c> It</c><00:28:22.240><c> said,</c><00:28:22.420><c> you</c><00:28:22.480><c> know,</c><00:28:23.099><c> the</c><00:28:23.180><c> same</c><00:28:23.680><c> God</c><00:28:24.119><c> that</c><00:28:24.940><c> doesn't</c><00:28:26.279><c> give</c><00:28:27.400><c> you</c>

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what<00:28:28.200><c> you</c><00:28:28.579><c> want</c><00:28:28.779><c> right</c><00:28:29.079><c> away</c>

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is<00:28:30.759><c> the</c><00:28:31.039><c> same</c><00:28:31.319><c> God</c><00:28:31.660><c> that</c><00:28:31.920><c> doesn't</c><00:28:32.500><c> punish</c><00:28:32.960><c> you</c><00:28:33.640><c> right</c><00:28:33.940><c> away</c>

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for<00:28:34.480><c> your</c><00:28:34.740><c> sins.</c><00:28:35.559><c> We're</c><00:28:35.900><c> always</c><00:28:36.279><c> thinking</c>

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about<00:28:37.119><c> the</c><00:28:37.519><c> things</c><00:28:37.799><c> we</c><00:28:38.220><c> want.</c><00:28:38.680><c> We're</c><00:28:38.680><c> asking</c><00:28:39.019><c> God</c><00:28:39.420><c> and</c><00:28:39.559><c> we</c><00:28:39.740><c> get,</c><00:28:40.200><c> you</c>

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know,<00:28:41.059><c> impatient</c><00:28:41.640><c> and</c><00:28:42.599><c> upset</c>

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that<00:28:43.160><c> things</c><00:28:43.480><c> aren't</c><00:28:43.759><c> going</c><00:28:44.140><c> our</c><00:28:44.480><c> way.</c><00:28:46.579><c> But</c><00:28:47.039><c> how</c><00:28:47.339><c> many</c><00:28:47.680><c> times</c>

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:51.660
has<00:28:48.339><c> God</c><00:28:48.720><c> shown</c><00:28:49.099><c> us</c><00:28:49.559><c> mercy</c><00:28:50.380><c> and</c><00:28:51.319><c> hasn't</c>

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punished<00:28:52.079><c> us</c><00:28:52.680><c> when</c><00:28:52.940><c> we</c><00:28:53.259><c> deserve</c><00:28:53.839><c> to</c><00:28:54.059><c> be</c><00:28:54.259><c> punished?</c><00:28:55.559><c> He</c><00:28:55.920><c> has</c><00:28:56.519><c> withdrawn</c><00:28:57.240><c> his</c><00:28:57.740><c> hand</c><00:28:58.480><c> and</c><00:29:00.420><c> has</c><00:29:00.700><c> shown</c><00:29:00.859><c> us</c>

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love,<00:29:01.480><c> mercy,</c><00:29:01.859><c> and</c><00:29:02.079><c> compassion.</c><00:29:11.960><c> You</c><00:29:12.700><c> know,</c><00:29:12.839><c> what</c><00:29:12.960><c> the</c><00:29:12.960><c> good</c>

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news<00:29:12.960><c> is,</c><00:29:12.960><c> you</c><00:29:12.960><c> know,</c>

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with<00:29:13.220><c> this</c><00:29:13.460><c> second</c><00:29:13.779><c> chapter</c><00:29:14.519><c> of</c><00:29:14.779><c> Judges,</c><00:29:15.740><c> Jesus</c><00:29:15.940><c> is</c><00:29:16.220><c> going</c><00:29:16.420><c> to,</c><00:29:16.819><c> you</c><00:29:17.160><c> know,</c><00:29:17.420><c> focus</c><00:29:17.680><c> on</c>

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this<00:29:18.099><c> as</c><00:29:18.359><c> well.</c>

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And<00:29:18.880><c> with</c><00:29:19.539><c> this,</c><00:29:19.799><c> trying</c><00:29:19.960><c> to</c><00:29:20.140><c> connect</c><00:29:20.359><c> it</c><00:29:20.480><c> with</c><00:29:20.599><c> Jesus</c><00:29:21.039><c> and,</c>

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you<00:29:22.240><c> know,</c><00:29:22.279><c> what</c><00:29:22.480><c> the</c><00:29:22.640><c> angel</c><00:29:22.859><c> of</c><00:29:23.039><c> the</c><00:29:23.200><c> Lord</c>

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said<00:29:23.980><c> to</c><00:29:24.640><c> the</c><00:29:24.980><c> people</c><00:29:25.259><c> of</c><00:29:25.420><c> Israel.</c><00:29:27.119><c> Jesus</c><00:29:27.519><c> tells</c><00:29:27.839><c> us</c><00:29:28.180><c> that,</c><00:29:28.619><c> first</c><00:29:28.900><c> of</c>

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all,<00:29:29.140><c> there</c><00:29:29.279><c> can</c><00:29:29.500><c> be</c><00:29:29.700><c> no</c><00:29:29.920><c> compromise</c>

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with<00:29:31.700><c> the</c><00:29:31.880><c> things</c><00:29:32.059><c> of</c><00:29:32.259><c> this</c><00:29:32.460><c> world.</c><00:29:32.559><c> This</c><00:29:32.799><c> world</c><00:29:33.039><c> will</c><00:29:33.279><c> pass</c>

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away.<00:29:33.920><c> This</c><00:29:34.160><c> order</c><00:29:34.380><c> of</c><00:29:34.599><c> things</c><00:29:34.759><c> will</c>

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pass<00:29:35.299><c> away.</c><00:29:37.599><c> He</c><00:29:38.000><c> tells</c><00:29:38.200><c> us</c><00:29:38.420><c> very</c><00:29:38.779><c> clearly</c><00:29:39.160><c> that</c><00:29:39.799><c> we</c><00:29:40.640><c> cannot</c><00:29:41.220><c> serve</c><00:29:42.200><c> two</c><00:29:42.579><c> masters.</c><00:29:42.960><c> We</c>

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cannot<00:29:42.960><c> serve</c>

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two<00:29:42.980><c> masters.</c><00:29:43.799><c> We</c><00:29:44.079><c> will</c><00:29:44.359><c> either</c><00:29:44.680><c> love</c><00:29:45.140><c> the</c><00:29:45.460><c> one</c><00:29:46.039><c> and</c><00:29:47.079><c> hate</c><00:29:47.319><c> the</c><00:29:47.579><c> other.</c>

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In<00:29:53.440><c> Matthew,</c><00:29:54.140><c> the</c><00:29:54.140><c> 17th</c><00:29:54.799><c> chapter,</c><00:29:55.039><c> there's</c><00:29:55.140><c> an</c><00:29:55.359><c> interesting</c>

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interaction.<00:30:00.500><c> In,</c><00:30:00.500><c> let's</c><00:30:02.680><c> see,</c><00:30:04.000><c> yeah,</c><00:30:04.480><c> in</c><00:30:04.640><c> verse</c>

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17,<00:30:06.579><c> actually</c><00:30:06.940><c> verse</c><00:30:07.200><c> 15,</c><00:30:07.619><c> and</c><00:30:07.720><c> when</c><00:30:07.839><c> they</c><00:30:08.099><c> were</c><00:30:08.339><c> come</c><00:30:08.519><c> to</c><00:30:08.680><c> the</c>

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multitude,<00:30:09.440><c> there</c><00:30:09.500><c> came</c><00:30:09.799><c> to</c><00:30:09.960><c> him</c><00:30:10.099><c> a</c>

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man<00:30:12.960><c> saying,</c><00:30:13.880><c> Lord,</c><00:30:14.880><c> have</c><00:30:15.160><c> mercy</c><00:30:15.720><c> on</c><00:30:16.000><c> my</c><00:30:16.420><c> son,</c><00:30:17.579><c> for</c><00:30:17.700><c> he</c><00:30:17.900><c> is</c><00:30:18.140><c> a</c>

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lunatic,<00:30:19.140><c> so</c><00:30:19.319><c> vexed,</c><00:30:20.759><c> oft</c><00:30:20.960><c> times</c><00:30:21.220><c> he</c><00:30:21.400><c> falls</c>

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into<00:30:22.019><c> the</c><00:30:22.279><c> fire</c><00:30:22.519><c> and</c><00:30:22.680><c> into</c><00:30:22.920><c> the</c><00:30:23.160><c> water,</c><00:30:23.900><c> and</c><00:30:24.240><c> I</c><00:30:24.519><c> brought</c><00:30:24.779><c> him</c>

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to<00:30:25.279><c> the</c><00:30:25.480><c> disciples,</c><00:30:27.359><c> and</c><00:30:27.579><c> they</c><00:30:27.880><c> couldn't</c><00:30:28.380><c> cure</c>

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him.<00:30:32.000><c> And</c><00:30:32.359><c> so</c><00:30:32.519><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:33.359><c> a</c><00:30:33.579><c> little</c><00:30:33.720><c> agitated,</c><00:30:34.579><c> he</c><00:30:34.700><c> says</c><00:30:34.859><c> in</c><00:30:35.039><c> verse</c><00:30:35.240><c> 17,</c>

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oh,<00:30:36.519><c> faithless</c><00:30:37.880><c> and</c><00:30:38.500><c> perverse</c><00:30:39.480><c> generation,</c>

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how<00:30:41.440><c> long</c><00:30:42.019><c> shall</c><00:30:42.279><c> I</c><00:30:42.480><c> be</c><00:30:42.599><c> with</c><00:30:42.980><c> you?</c><00:30:43.859><c> How</c><00:30:44.180><c> long</c><00:30:44.519><c> shall</c><00:30:44.839><c> I</c><00:30:45.160><c> suffer</c>

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you?<00:30:47.160><c> You</c><00:30:47.259><c> know,</c><00:30:47.359><c> these</c><00:30:47.579><c> could</c><00:30:47.759><c> be</c><00:30:47.960><c> the</c>

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words<00:30:48.559><c> of</c><00:30:48.740><c> the</c><00:30:48.920><c> angel</c><00:30:49.180><c> of</c><00:30:49.359><c> the</c><00:30:49.480><c> Lord,</c><00:30:49.819><c> couldn't</c><00:30:50.000><c> they?</c><00:30:52.819><c> Faithless</c><00:30:53.420><c> and</c>

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perverse<00:30:54.019><c> generation.</c><00:30:54.720><c> The</c><00:30:54.900><c> generation</c>

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:59.220
that<00:30:55.740><c> grew</c><00:30:55.940><c> up</c><00:30:56.180><c> after</c><00:30:56.480><c> Joshua</c><00:30:56.880><c> and</c><00:30:57.059><c> the</c><00:30:57.220><c> elders</c><00:30:57.539><c> were</c><00:30:58.039><c> all</c><00:30:58.339><c> dead</c><00:30:58.720><c> was</c>

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:02.799
a<00:30:59.559><c> faithless</c><00:31:00.460><c> and</c><00:31:00.980><c> perverse</c><00:31:01.539><c> generation.</c>

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:07.980
And<00:31:05.200><c> what</c><00:31:05.500><c> do</c><00:31:05.559><c> you</c><00:31:05.700><c> think</c><00:31:05.880><c> God</c><00:31:06.180><c> thinks</c><00:31:06.480><c> of</c><00:31:06.700><c> us,</c><00:31:07.539><c> brothers</c><00:31:07.700><c> and</c>

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:10.059
sisters?<00:31:08.480><c> It</c><00:31:08.819><c> reminds</c><00:31:09.259><c> me</c><00:31:09.539><c> of</c><00:31:09.720><c> the</c><00:31:09.880><c> letter,</c>

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:19.259
the<00:31:10.220><c> seven</c><00:31:10.480><c> letters</c><00:31:10.819><c> to</c><00:31:12.019><c> the</c><00:31:12.240><c> seven</c><00:31:12.720><c> churches</c><00:31:13.420><c> in</c><00:31:14.059><c> Revelation.</c><00:31:16.259><c> The</c><00:31:16.900><c> Laodiceans,</c><00:31:18.779><c> you're</c><00:31:18.980><c> neither</c>

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:25.119
hot<00:31:19.640><c> nor</c><00:31:19.900><c> cold.</c><00:31:21.700><c> I'm</c><00:31:21.740><c> gonna</c><00:31:22.059><c> spit</c><00:31:22.880><c> you</c><00:31:23.119><c> out</c><00:31:23.240><c> of</c><00:31:23.380><c> my</c><00:31:23.579><c> mouth.</c><00:31:24.900><c> It</c>

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:27.880
can<00:31:25.279><c> apply</c><00:31:25.579><c> to</c><00:31:25.839><c> us.</c><00:31:26.940><c> All</c><00:31:27.240><c> of</c><00:31:27.400><c> these</c><00:31:27.640><c> things</c>

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:31.599
can<00:31:28.079><c> apply</c><00:31:28.400><c> to</c><00:31:28.660><c> us</c><00:31:28.859><c> if</c><00:31:29.000><c> we're</c><00:31:29.240><c> not</c><00:31:29.440><c> careful,</c><00:31:30.720><c> if</c><00:31:30.940><c> we're</c><00:31:31.220><c> not</c>

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:37.660
vigilant.<00:31:33.960><c> Great</c><00:31:34.200><c> quote</c><00:31:34.539><c> from</c><00:31:35.900><c> Peter,</c><00:31:36.680><c> right?</c>

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:44.299
Be<00:31:38.900><c> sober,</c><00:31:40.980><c> be</c><00:31:41.160><c> vigilant,</c><00:31:42.539><c> for</c><00:31:42.680><c> your</c><00:31:43.019><c> adversary,</c><00:31:43.880><c> the</c><00:31:44.019><c> devil,</c>

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:46.640
as<00:31:44.619><c> a</c><00:31:44.839><c> roaring</c><00:31:45.200><c> lion,</c><00:31:45.980><c> is</c><00:31:46.160><c> prowling</c>

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:55.500
about<00:31:47.480><c> seeking</c><00:31:48.299><c> anyone</c><00:31:49.099><c> to</c><00:31:50.119><c> devour.</c><00:31:52.200><c> Resist</c><00:31:52.839><c> him</c><00:31:53.779><c> strong</c><00:31:55.299><c> in</c>

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:58.299
your<00:31:55.779><c> faith.</c><00:31:56.839><c> Those</c><00:31:57.259><c> are</c><00:31:57.559><c> words</c><00:31:57.740><c> he</c><00:31:58.019><c> said</c>

00:31:58.299 --> 00:32:02.099
to<00:31:59.220><c> the</c><00:31:59.539><c> first</c><00:31:59.859><c> century</c><00:32:00.339><c> ecclesias,</c><00:32:01.259><c> right?</c><00:32:01.440><c> They</c><00:32:01.559><c> were</c><00:32:01.720><c> dealing</c><00:32:01.900><c> with</c>

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:07.140
all<00:32:02.359><c> kinds</c><00:32:02.599><c> of</c><00:32:02.839><c> trouble.</c><00:32:06.500><c> He</c>

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said,<00:32:07.140><c> be</c><00:32:08.539><c> sober</c><00:32:09.079><c> minded,</c><00:32:10.019><c> vigilant.</c><00:32:16.059><c> Jesus</c><00:32:16.420><c> also</c><00:32:16.880><c> says</c><00:32:17.119><c> to</c>

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.960
this<00:32:17.380><c> generation,</c><00:32:18.200><c> and</c><00:32:18.299><c> this</c><00:32:18.480><c> generation</c>

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:22.660
by<00:32:19.180><c> the</c><00:32:19.299><c> way,</c><00:32:19.500><c> brothers</c><00:32:19.700><c> and</c><00:32:19.940><c> sisters,</c><00:32:20.299><c> is</c><00:32:20.400><c> going</c><00:32:20.660><c> to</c><00:32:21.460><c> be</c><00:32:22.039><c> destroyed</c><00:32:22.460><c> in</c>

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:24.160
AD<00:32:22.859><c> 70,</c><00:32:23.660><c> right?</c><00:32:23.859><c> With</c><00:32:24.039><c> the</c>

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:27.700
destruction<00:32:24.460><c> of</c><00:32:24.640><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:32:24.980><c> the</c><00:32:25.200><c> destruction</c><00:32:25.460><c> of</c><00:32:25.640><c> the</c><00:32:25.759><c> temple.</c><00:32:27.700><c> Luke</c>

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:33.299
11,<00:32:30.539><c> this</c><00:32:31.019><c> is</c><00:32:31.480><c> a</c><00:32:31.640><c> wicked</c><00:32:31.980><c> generation.</c>

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:38.359
It<00:32:34.059><c> asks</c><00:32:34.440><c> for</c><00:32:34.799><c> a</c><00:32:35.019><c> sign,</c><00:32:36.079><c> but</c><00:32:36.339><c> none</c><00:32:36.740><c> will</c><00:32:37.140><c> be</c><00:32:37.420><c> given</c><00:32:37.579><c> it</c><00:32:38.019><c> except</c>

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:42.019
the<00:32:38.700><c> sign</c><00:32:39.380><c> of</c><00:32:40.019><c> Jonah.</c><00:32:40.900><c> Scribes</c><00:32:41.259><c> and</c><00:32:41.519><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:48.099
always<00:32:42.559><c> asking</c><00:32:42.940><c> for</c><00:32:43.299><c> a</c><00:32:43.500><c> sign.</c><00:32:45.299><c> Always</c><00:32:45.880><c> wanted</c><00:32:46.299><c> proof,</c><00:32:47.579><c> right?</c>

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:50.720
Never<00:32:48.500><c> took</c><00:32:48.779><c> anything</c><00:32:49.200><c> on</c><00:32:49.640><c> faith.</c><00:32:50.420><c> Didn't</c>

00:32:50.720 --> 00:33:01.359
recognize<00:32:51.400><c> the</c><00:32:51.660><c> son</c><00:32:51.819><c> of</c><00:32:52.099><c> God.</c><00:32:53.799><c> Give</c><00:32:53.980><c> us</c><00:32:54.259><c> a</c><00:32:54.539><c> sign.</c><00:32:59.460><c> Matthew</c><00:33:00.240><c> 18,</c>

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.779
Matthew<00:33:02.779><c> 18,</c><00:33:02.779><c> Matthew</c><00:33:02.779><c> 18,</c><00:33:02.779><c> Matthew</c>

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:08.079
18.<00:33:04.500><c> Speaking</c><00:33:05.019><c> of</c><00:33:05.259><c> the</c><00:33:05.440><c> next</c><00:33:05.660><c> generation,</c><00:33:06.299><c> Jesus</c><00:33:06.640><c> has</c><00:33:06.900><c> an</c><00:33:07.180><c> interaction</c><00:33:07.660><c> with</c><00:33:07.859><c> the</c>

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.640
children,<00:33:09.039><c> right?</c>

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:15.119
Several<00:33:09.940><c> of</c><00:33:10.200><c> them.</c><00:33:11.240><c> At</c><00:33:11.339><c> the</c><00:33:11.559><c> same</c><00:33:11.740><c> time,</c><00:33:12.500><c> the</c><00:33:12.579><c> disciples</c><00:33:13.140><c> on</c>

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:17.440
Jesus<00:33:15.480><c> saying,</c><00:33:16.059><c> who</c><00:33:16.259><c> is</c><00:33:16.500><c> the</c><00:33:16.759><c> greatest</c><00:33:17.099><c> in</c><00:33:17.259><c> the</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:22.619
kingdom<00:33:17.740><c> of</c><00:33:18.000><c> heaven,</c><00:33:18.559><c> they</c><00:33:18.839><c> ask,</c><00:33:19.519><c> right?</c><00:33:19.960><c> They're</c><00:33:20.259><c> always</c><00:33:20.680><c> fighting</c><00:33:21.519><c> about</c><00:33:22.099><c> who's</c><00:33:22.440><c> going</c><00:33:22.500><c> to</c>

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:22.940
be<00:33:22.720><c> the</c>

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:26.599
greatest<00:33:23.200><c> in</c><00:33:23.380><c> the</c><00:33:23.519><c> kingdom</c><00:33:23.759><c> of</c><00:33:24.000><c> heaven,</c><00:33:24.299><c> right?</c><00:33:25.599><c> They</c><00:33:26.119><c> didn't</c>

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:28.579
understand<00:33:27.099><c> a</c><00:33:27.279><c> lot</c><00:33:27.400><c> of</c><00:33:27.579><c> things.</c><00:33:28.279><c> Obviously</c>

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:33.059
when<00:33:28.720><c> the</c><00:33:28.859><c> Holy</c><00:33:29.059><c> Spirit</c><00:33:29.359><c> came,</c><00:33:29.799><c> they</c><00:33:30.039><c> understood</c><00:33:30.480><c> everything,</c><00:33:30.839><c> the</c><00:33:31.140><c> comforter.</c><00:33:32.660><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.599
called<00:33:33.380><c> a</c>

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:36.700
little<00:33:33.819><c> child</c><00:33:34.240><c> unto</c><00:33:34.519><c> him</c><00:33:34.740><c> and</c><00:33:34.920><c> set</c><00:33:35.140><c> him</c><00:33:35.299><c> in</c><00:33:35.500><c> the</c><00:33:35.559><c> midst</c><00:33:35.740><c> of</c><00:33:35.960><c> them</c><00:33:36.160><c> and</c>

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:39.819
said,<00:33:37.079><c> verily</c><00:33:37.440><c> I</c><00:33:37.720><c> say</c><00:33:37.940><c> unto</c><00:33:38.259><c> you,</c><00:33:39.339><c> except</c>

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:49.220
ye<00:33:40.160><c> be</c><00:33:40.460><c> converted</c><00:33:41.140><c> and</c><00:33:42.180><c> become</c><00:33:42.740><c> as</c><00:33:43.220><c> little</c><00:33:43.619><c> children,</c><00:33:45.019><c> you</c><00:33:45.400><c> will</c><00:33:45.799><c> not</c><00:33:46.200><c> enter</c><00:33:47.019><c> the</c><00:33:47.759><c> kingdom</c><00:33:48.119><c> of</c><00:33:48.359><c> heaven.</c>

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:54.720
Whosoever<00:33:50.119><c> therefore</c><00:33:50.559><c> shall</c><00:33:50.799><c> humble</c><00:33:51.279><c> himself</c><00:33:51.799><c> as</c><00:33:52.240><c> the</c><00:33:52.380><c> littlest</c><00:33:52.740><c> child,</c><00:33:54.460><c> the</c>

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.799
same<00:33:55.220><c> is</c><00:33:55.859><c> greatest</c><00:33:56.440><c> in</c>

00:33:56.799 --> 00:34:01.680
the<00:33:57.359><c> kingdom</c><00:33:57.799><c> of</c><00:33:58.720><c> heaven.</c><00:34:00.079><c> That</c><00:34:00.339><c> needs</c><00:34:00.619><c> to</c><00:34:00.859><c> be</c><00:34:01.039><c> our</c><00:34:01.259><c> attitude,</c>

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:05.079
brothers<00:34:02.039><c> and</c><00:34:02.319><c> sisters.</c><00:34:04.099><c> Repent,</c><00:34:04.779><c> he</c>

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:13.239
says,<00:34:06.299><c> for</c><00:34:06.500><c> the</c><00:34:06.740><c> kingdom</c><00:34:07.140><c> of</c><00:34:07.480><c> God</c><00:34:08.000><c> is</c><00:34:08.760><c> at</c><00:34:09.099><c> hand.</c><00:34:12.179><c> Unless</c><00:34:12.860><c> you</c>

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:18.500
repent,<00:34:13.980><c> he</c><00:34:14.239><c> says</c><00:34:14.500><c> in</c><00:34:14.659><c> Luke</c><00:34:14.900><c> 13,</c><00:34:16.880><c> you</c><00:34:17.300><c> too</c><00:34:17.780><c> will</c>

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:22.119
perish.<00:34:18.920><c> We're</c><00:34:19.079><c> not</c><00:34:19.360><c> special</c><00:34:19.719><c> brothers</c><00:34:20.059><c> and</c><00:34:20.360><c> sisters.</c><00:34:21.820><c> We've</c>

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.840
been<00:34:22.360><c> called.</c><00:34:23.960><c> We've</c><00:34:24.219><c> been</c><00:34:24.440><c> bought</c><00:34:24.619><c> with</c>

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:29.260
a<00:34:25.500><c> price.</c><00:34:26.000><c> We</c><00:34:26.420><c> have</c><00:34:26.619><c> an</c><00:34:26.820><c> obligation</c><00:34:27.559><c> to</c><00:34:27.880><c> Christ</c><00:34:28.340><c> to</c><00:34:28.579><c> live</c><00:34:28.920><c> in</c><00:34:29.139><c> a</c>

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:37.940
certain<00:34:29.480><c> way.</c><00:34:33.639><c> We</c><00:34:33.860><c> must</c><00:34:34.340><c> produce</c><00:34:36.840><c> fruit</c>

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:52.940
in<00:34:38.579><c> keeping</c><00:34:38.960><c> with</c><00:34:39.699><c> repentance.</c><00:34:45.280><c> In</c><00:34:45.559><c> John,</c><00:34:46.079><c> the</c><00:34:46.079><c> 14th</c><00:34:46.619><c> chapter,</c><00:34:52.579><c> Jesus</c>

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.820
says,<00:34:53.420><c> if</c><00:34:53.460><c> you</c><00:34:53.780><c> love</c><00:34:54.039><c> me,</c><00:34:54.360><c> in</c><00:34:54.460><c> verse</c>

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:59.099
15,<00:34:56.420><c> keep</c><00:34:56.619><c> my</c><00:34:57.000><c> commandments</c><00:34:57.559><c> and</c><00:34:57.820><c> I</c><00:34:58.000><c> will</c><00:34:58.260><c> pray</c><00:34:58.559><c> the</c><00:34:58.860><c> Father</c>

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:02.139
and<00:34:59.280><c> he</c><00:34:59.480><c> shall</c><00:34:59.880><c> give</c><00:35:00.420><c> you</c><00:35:00.739><c> another</c><00:35:01.300><c> comforter</c>

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:10.539
that<00:35:02.780><c> he</c><00:35:03.059><c> may</c><00:35:03.320><c> abide</c><00:35:03.900><c> with</c><00:35:04.340><c> you</c><00:35:04.820><c> forever,</c><00:35:06.800><c> even</c><00:35:07.340><c> the</c><00:35:08.400><c> spirit</c><00:35:08.760><c> of</c><00:35:09.099><c> truth.</c><00:35:10.019><c> I</c>

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:13.119
will<00:35:10.860><c> not</c><00:35:11.260><c> leave</c><00:35:11.539><c> you</c><00:35:11.920><c> comfortless.</c>

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:19.699
I<00:35:13.699><c> will</c><00:35:13.980><c> come</c><00:35:14.239><c> to</c><00:35:14.500><c> you.</c><00:35:15.820><c> I</c><00:35:16.500><c> am</c><00:35:16.760><c> the</c><00:35:16.960><c> way,</c><00:35:18.300><c> the</c><00:35:18.579><c> truth,</c><00:35:19.219><c> and</c><00:35:19.519><c> the</c>

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:24.159
life.<00:35:21.179><c> No</c><00:35:21.460><c> one</c><00:35:21.719><c> comes</c><00:35:22.099><c> to</c><00:35:22.340><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> Father</c><00:35:23.119><c> but</c>

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.039
me.