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And<00:10:46.240><c> where</c><00:10:46.500><c> is</c><00:10:46.700><c> the</c><00:10:46.940><c> place</c><00:10:47.200><c> of</c><00:10:47.460><c> my</c><00:10:47.679><c> rest?</c>

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For<00:10:49.980><c> all</c><00:10:50.340><c> those</c><00:10:50.679><c> things</c><00:10:51.080><c> have</c><00:10:51.320><c> my</c><00:10:51.720><c> hand</c><00:10:52.159><c> made.</c>

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All<00:10:54.159><c> those</c><00:10:54.500><c> things</c><00:10:55.039><c> have</c><00:10:55.460><c> been,</c><00:10:56.240><c> saith</c><00:10:56.320><c> the</c><00:10:56.580><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:10:58.679><c> to</c><00:10:58.960><c> this</c><00:10:59.279><c> man</c><00:10:59.899><c> will</c><00:11:00.240><c> I</c><00:11:00.500><c> look,</c><00:11:01.559><c> even</c><00:11:01.899><c> to</c><00:11:02.139><c> him</c><00:11:02.980><c> that</c><00:11:03.539><c> is</c><00:11:03.799><c> poor</c>

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and<00:11:05.700><c> of</c><00:11:05.899><c> a</c><00:11:06.059><c> contrite</c><00:11:06.539><c> spirit,</c><00:11:08.600><c> and</c><00:11:08.799><c> trembleth</c><00:11:09.539><c> at</c><00:11:09.820><c> my</c><00:11:10.100><c> word.</c>

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So<00:11:12.039><c> think</c><00:11:12.320><c> with</c><00:11:12.639><c> me</c><00:11:12.899><c> for</c><00:11:13.159><c> one</c><00:11:13.440><c> second</c><00:11:13.740><c> on</c><00:11:14.059><c> the</c><00:11:14.279><c> word</c><00:11:15.019><c> trembleth.</c>

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He<00:11:17.539><c> who</c><00:11:17.779><c> trembles</c><00:11:18.240><c> at</c><00:11:18.480><c> my</c><00:11:18.799><c> word,</c><00:11:19.120><c> the</c><00:11:19.299><c> act</c><00:11:19.620><c> of</c><00:11:19.940><c> trembling.</c>

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Now,<00:11:21.500><c> think</c><00:11:21.799><c> of</c><00:11:21.960><c> the</c><00:11:22.120><c> last</c><00:11:22.340><c> time</c><00:11:22.600><c> that</c><00:11:22.840><c> you</c><00:11:23.139><c> trembled.</c>

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And<00:11:24.460><c> I</c><00:11:24.600><c> had</c><00:11:24.779><c> to</c><00:11:24.919><c> think</c><00:11:25.100><c> back</c><00:11:25.379><c> a</c><00:11:25.539><c> little</c><00:11:25.779><c> bit,</c><00:11:26.019><c> but</c><00:11:26.179><c> it</c><00:11:26.279><c> wasn't</c><00:11:26.519><c> too</c><00:11:26.860><c> far</c><00:11:27.179><c> because</c><00:11:27.539><c> I</c>

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had<00:11:27.980><c> seen</c><00:11:28.159><c> a</c><00:11:28.419><c> snake.</c>

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And<00:11:29.860><c> snakes</c><00:11:30.080><c> make</c><00:11:30.340><c> me</c><00:11:30.600><c> tremble.</c>

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I<00:11:31.840><c> don't</c><00:11:32.100><c> like</c><00:11:32.379><c> snakes,</c><00:11:32.700><c> and</c><00:11:32.879><c> this</c><00:11:33.039><c> one</c><00:11:33.159><c> was</c><00:11:33.320><c> only</c><00:11:33.539><c> this</c><00:11:33.799><c> big.</c>

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And<00:11:35.059><c> it</c><00:11:35.279><c> still</c><00:11:35.519><c> made</c><00:11:35.740><c> me</c><00:11:36.019><c> tremble.</c>

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But<00:11:37.600><c> it's</c><00:11:37.840><c> not</c><00:11:38.059><c> something</c><00:11:38.340><c> I</c><00:11:38.620><c> do</c><00:11:38.799><c> a</c><00:11:38.960><c> lot</c><00:11:39.159><c> of.</c>

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Honestly,<00:11:41.360><c> I</c><00:11:41.500><c> don't</c><00:11:41.700><c> know</c><00:11:41.840><c> if</c><00:11:41.980><c> you</c><00:11:42.139><c> do,</c><00:11:42.440><c> but</c><00:11:43.220><c> there</c><00:11:43.679><c> isn't</c><00:11:43.980><c> a</c><00:11:44.179><c> lot.</c>

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Maybe<00:11:44.580><c> a</c><00:11:44.799><c> cold</c><00:11:45.059><c> shower,</c><00:11:45.460><c> that's</c><00:11:45.779><c> not</c><00:11:45.899><c> really</c><00:11:46.200><c> trembling,</c><00:11:46.519><c> that's</c><00:11:46.879><c> shivering,</c><00:11:47.279><c> so</c>

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that<00:11:47.700><c> doesn't</c><00:11:48.000><c> count.</c>

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But<00:11:49.299><c> think</c><00:11:49.419><c> of</c><00:11:49.539><c> the</c><00:11:49.700><c> last</c><00:11:49.940><c> time</c><00:11:50.240><c> that</c><00:11:50.779><c> you</c><00:11:51.039><c> trembled.</c>

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And<00:11:51.500><c> at</c><00:11:51.679><c> first</c><00:11:52.000><c> glance,</c><00:11:53.279><c> it's</c><00:11:53.779><c> not</c><00:11:54.000><c> a</c><00:11:54.240><c> positive</c><00:11:54.559><c> word,</c><00:11:54.960><c> is</c><00:11:55.139><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:11:55.620><c> a</c><00:11:55.779><c> word</c><00:11:56.000><c> that</c><00:11:56.299><c> usually</c><00:11:56.600><c> you</c><00:11:56.860><c> think</c><00:11:57.080><c> with</c><00:11:57.919><c> fear</c><00:11:58.460><c> and</c><00:11:59.779><c> pain</c>

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or<00:12:01.100><c> that</c><00:12:01.379><c> type</c><00:12:01.639><c> of</c><00:12:01.799><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:12:02.139><c> for</c><00:12:02.240><c> some</c><00:12:02.779><c> parts,</c><00:12:03.179><c> it</c><00:12:03.360><c> is</c><00:12:03.559><c> used</c><00:12:03.799><c> that</c><00:12:04.120><c> way.</c>

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If<00:12:04.860><c> you</c><00:12:05.059><c> remember,</c><00:12:07.779><c> Gideon</c><00:12:08.340><c> announces</c><00:12:08.860><c> just</c><00:12:09.159><c> before</c><00:12:09.500><c> a</c><00:12:09.679><c> major</c>

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battle<00:12:10.279><c> in</c><00:12:10.519><c> Judges</c><00:12:10.879><c> 7,</c><00:12:12.080><c> in</c><00:12:12.240><c> verse</c><00:12:12.500><c> 3,</c><00:12:13.299><c> it</c><00:12:13.480><c> said,</c>

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Whoever<00:12:14.080><c> is</c><00:12:14.500><c> fearful</c><00:12:14.919><c> and</c><00:12:15.259><c> trembling,</c><00:12:16.299><c> let</c><00:12:16.399><c> him</c><00:12:16.620><c> return</c><00:12:17.000><c> home</c>

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and<00:12:17.500><c> hurry</c><00:12:17.720><c> away</c><00:12:18.000><c> from</c><00:12:18.220><c> Mount</c><00:12:18.419><c> Gilead.</c>

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And<00:12:20.779><c> again,</c><00:12:21.320><c> in</c><00:12:21.559><c> 2</c><00:12:21.700><c> Kings</c><00:12:21.980><c> 22,</c><00:12:22.559><c> you</c><00:12:22.860><c> remember</c><00:12:23.299><c> when</c><00:12:23.659><c> the</c><00:12:23.820><c> Book</c>

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of<00:12:24.120><c> the</c><00:12:24.299><c> Law</c><00:12:24.460><c> is</c><00:12:24.720><c> found.</c>

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And<00:12:26.659><c> we're</c><00:12:26.940><c> told</c><00:12:27.059><c> that</c><00:12:27.379><c> King</c><00:12:27.620><c> Josiah</c><00:12:28.220><c> rent</c><00:12:28.559><c> his</c><00:12:28.919><c> clothes.</c>

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And<00:12:30.720><c> so</c><00:12:30.960><c> I</c><00:12:31.159><c> decided</c><00:12:31.500><c> to</c><00:12:31.700><c> look</c><00:12:31.899><c> up,</c><00:12:32.179><c> what</c><00:12:32.220><c> does</c><00:12:32.419><c> that</c><00:12:32.759><c> mean,</c><00:12:33.259><c> really,</c><00:12:33.759><c> to</c>

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rent<00:12:34.159><c> your</c><00:12:34.460><c> clothes?</c>

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And<00:12:34.940><c> it</c><00:12:35.159><c> says</c><00:12:35.460><c> it's</c><00:12:36.120><c> a</c><00:12:36.320><c> public,</c><00:12:37.279><c> invisible</c><00:12:37.740><c> display</c><00:12:38.419><c> of</c><00:12:38.799><c> grief,</c><00:12:40.299><c> distress,</c><00:12:42.240><c> mourning,</c><00:12:43.279><c> and</c>

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oftentimes<00:12:44.120><c> trembling.</c>

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Okay.

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So<00:12:48.859><c> Josiah,</c><00:12:49.419><c> we</c><00:12:49.679><c> are</c><00:12:49.919><c> told,</c><00:12:50.460><c> was</c><00:12:50.799><c> grieved,</c><00:12:52.000><c> mourned,</c><00:12:52.340><c> and</c><00:12:52.580><c> trembled</c><00:12:53.100><c> at</c>

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the<00:12:53.960><c> finding</c><00:12:54.240><c> of</c><00:12:54.480><c> the</c><00:12:54.600><c> Book</c><00:12:54.759><c> of</c><00:12:54.879><c> the</c><00:12:55.080><c> Law.</c>

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As<00:12:57.279><c> I</c><00:12:57.500><c> mentioned</c><00:12:57.740><c> earlier,</c><00:12:58.559><c> this</c><00:13:00.200><c> chapter</c><00:13:00.620><c> contrasts</c><00:13:01.500><c> two</c><00:13:01.679><c> groups</c><00:13:01.940><c> of</c><00:13:02.179><c> people.</c>

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You<00:13:05.139><c> know,</c><00:13:05.320><c> one</c><00:13:05.539><c> group</c><00:13:05.759><c> is</c><00:13:06.059><c> described</c><00:13:06.519><c> as</c><00:13:06.820><c> those</c><00:13:07.100><c> who</c><00:13:07.419><c> are</c><00:13:07.659><c> poor</c><00:13:07.960><c> and</c>

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of<00:13:08.519><c> contrite</c><00:13:09.000><c> spirit</c><00:13:09.519><c> and</c><00:13:10.039><c> that</c><00:13:10.259><c> tremble</c><00:13:10.539><c> at</c><00:13:10.700><c> my</c><00:13:10.960><c> word.</c>

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And<00:13:11.720><c> the</c><00:13:11.919><c> other</c><00:13:12.139><c> group</c><00:13:12.360><c> of</c><00:13:12.620><c> people</c><00:13:13.100><c> are</c><00:13:13.399><c> those,</c><00:13:13.799><c> as</c><00:13:14.019><c> I</c><00:13:14.200><c> said,</c>

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who<00:13:14.500><c> go</c><00:13:14.700><c> through</c><00:13:14.899><c> the</c><00:13:15.120><c> motions.</c>

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But<00:13:17.580><c> is</c><00:13:17.740><c> this</c><00:13:17.919><c> the</c><00:13:18.100><c> only</c><00:13:18.340><c> way</c><00:13:18.659><c> to</c><00:13:18.960><c> understand</c><00:13:19.360><c> the</c><00:13:19.639><c> language</c>

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of<00:13:20.299><c> trembling</c><00:13:20.659><c> and</c><00:13:21.799><c> specifically</c><00:13:22.440><c> trembling</c><00:13:22.899><c> at</c><00:13:23.100><c> God's</c><00:13:23.580><c> word?</c>

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Does<00:13:25.460><c> it</c><00:13:25.679><c> mean</c><00:13:26.059><c> it's</c><00:13:26.720><c> a</c><00:13:26.899><c> fearful,</c><00:13:27.559><c> afraid</c><00:13:27.919><c> type</c><00:13:28.240><c> of</c><00:13:28.460><c> thing</c><00:13:28.700><c> that</c><00:13:29.139><c> we're</c><00:13:29.360><c> supposed</c><00:13:29.720><c> to</c><00:13:29.960><c> experience?</c>

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And<00:13:31.500><c> I</c><00:13:31.679><c> don't</c><00:13:31.940><c> think</c><00:13:32.100><c> that's</c><00:13:32.440><c> the</c><00:13:32.620><c> case.</c>

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So<00:13:33.860><c> we're</c><00:13:34.179><c> going</c><00:13:34.279><c> to</c><00:13:34.419><c> take</c><00:13:34.659><c> a</c><00:13:35.059><c> look</c><00:13:35.360><c> a</c><00:13:35.659><c> little</c><00:13:35.899><c> bit</c><00:13:36.059><c> more</c><00:13:36.360><c> into</c>

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this<00:13:37.259><c> message</c><00:13:37.840><c> of</c><00:13:38.299><c> trembling</c><00:13:38.659><c> at</c><00:13:38.980><c> the</c><00:13:39.200><c> word</c><00:13:39.500><c> of</c><00:13:39.720><c> the</c><00:13:39.879><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:13:41.559><c> to</c><00:13:41.799><c> do</c><00:13:42.000><c> that,</c><00:13:42.919><c> you</c><00:13:43.120><c> know,</c><00:13:43.120><c> many</c><00:13:43.360><c> times</c><00:13:43.639><c> in</c><00:13:43.919><c> scripture,</c><00:13:44.919><c> we</c>

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look<00:13:45.700><c> around</c><00:13:46.399><c> the</c><00:13:46.740><c> area</c><00:13:47.080><c> of</c><00:13:47.340><c> what</c><00:13:47.559><c> we're</c><00:13:48.000><c> studying,</c><00:13:48.240><c> right,</c>

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for<00:13:48.799><c> some</c><00:13:49.059><c> context.</c>

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So<00:13:50.080><c> let's</c><00:13:50.779><c> do</c><00:13:51.080><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:13:51.639><c> look</c><00:13:51.919><c> prior</c><00:13:52.460><c> to</c><00:13:52.919><c> where</c><00:13:53.159><c> it</c><00:13:53.480><c> says,</c><00:13:53.639><c> trembling</c><00:13:54.139><c> at</c><00:13:54.480><c> my</c><00:13:54.759><c> word,</c><00:13:55.799><c> and</c><00:13:56.700><c> see</c><00:13:57.240><c> what</c><00:13:57.399><c> it</c><00:13:57.679><c> says.</c>

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And<00:13:58.000><c> it</c><00:13:58.159><c> says,</c><00:14:00.879><c> you</c><00:14:00.879><c> know,</c><00:14:01.519><c> the</c><00:14:01.559><c> man</c><00:14:01.919><c> or</c><00:14:02.100><c> woman</c><00:14:02.379><c> who</c><00:14:02.720><c> trembles</c>

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at<00:14:03.580><c> the</c><00:14:03.779><c> word</c><00:14:03.919><c> of</c><00:14:04.200><c> God</c><00:14:04.360><c> is</c><00:14:04.700><c> not</c><00:14:04.960><c> introduced</c><00:14:05.720><c> as</c><00:14:06.519><c> anxious</c><00:14:06.980><c> or</c><00:14:07.279><c> afraid,</c><00:14:09.100><c> but</c><00:14:09.379><c> as</c><00:14:09.799><c> what?</c>

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Poor<00:14:12.100><c> and</c><00:14:12.600><c> contrite</c><00:14:13.659><c> in</c><00:14:14.259><c> spirit.</c>

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So<00:14:17.159><c> throughout</c><00:14:17.440><c> the</c><00:14:17.639><c> Book</c><00:14:17.860><c> of</c><00:14:18.059><c> Isaiah,</c><00:14:18.659><c> the</c><00:14:18.759><c> word</c><00:14:19.019><c> poor</c><00:14:19.759><c> can</c>

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be<00:14:21.519><c> translated</c><00:14:22.120><c> as</c><00:14:22.500><c> afflicted,</c><00:14:24.080><c> humble,</c><00:14:25.279><c> or</c><00:14:25.480><c> needy.</c>

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And<00:14:27.539><c> similarly,</c><00:14:28.639><c> the</c><00:14:28.639><c> word</c><00:14:29.340><c> contrite</c><00:14:30.600><c> is</c><00:14:31.340><c> only</c><00:14:31.720><c> found</c><00:14:31.960><c> in</c><00:14:32.139><c> one</c>

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Mephibosheth,<00:14:37.500><c> the</c><00:14:37.740><c> son</c><00:14:37.940><c> of</c><00:14:38.200><c> Jonathan,</c><00:14:38.759><c> who</c><00:14:38.799><c> was</c><00:14:39.139><c> crippled.</c>

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Remember<00:14:40.759><c> he</c><00:14:40.919><c> was</c><00:14:41.220><c> crippled</c><00:14:42.000><c> or</c><00:14:42.460><c> lame</c><00:14:42.759><c> in</c><00:14:42.960><c> his</c><00:14:43.240><c> feet.</c>

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So<00:14:46.659><c> here</c><00:14:46.960><c> we're</c><00:14:47.159><c> talking</c><00:14:47.559><c> about</c><00:14:48.039><c> God</c><00:14:48.460><c> is</c><00:14:48.740><c> talking</c><00:14:48.899><c> about</c><00:14:49.200><c> a</c><00:14:49.519><c> lameness</c><00:14:49.919><c> of</c><00:14:50.399><c> spirit.</c>

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Now,<00:14:51.860><c> think</c><00:14:52.159><c> about</c><00:14:52.559><c> what</c><00:14:52.860><c> emerges</c><00:14:53.259><c> now</c><00:14:53.659><c> when</c><00:14:53.799><c> we</c><00:14:54.080><c> think</c><00:14:54.220><c> of</c><00:14:54.440><c> these</c><00:14:54.740><c> words</c><00:14:55.019><c> in</c><00:14:55.340><c> context.</c>

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The<00:14:56.059><c> man</c><00:14:56.299><c> or</c><00:14:56.480><c> woman</c><00:14:56.899><c> who</c><00:14:58.059><c> is</c><00:14:58.440><c> poor</c><00:14:59.399><c> in</c><00:14:59.860><c> a</c><00:15:00.000><c> contrite</c><00:15:00.919><c> spirit,</c><00:15:02.539><c> the</c><00:15:02.720><c> man</c><00:15:02.960><c> or</c>

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woman<00:15:03.779><c> who</c><00:15:04.179><c> is</c><00:15:04.519><c> needy</c><00:15:05.919><c> and</c><00:15:06.399><c> crippled</c><00:15:06.860><c> in</c><00:15:07.200><c> spirit</c><00:15:07.720><c> is</c><00:15:08.600><c> the</c><00:15:08.820><c> man</c>

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or<00:15:09.200><c> woman</c><00:15:09.799><c> who</c><00:15:10.740><c> trembles</c><00:15:11.519><c> at</c><00:15:11.840><c> God's</c><00:15:12.279><c> word.</c>

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So<00:15:15.940><c> how</c><00:15:16.120><c> do</c><00:15:16.259><c> we</c><00:15:16.419><c> make</c><00:15:16.580><c> sense</c><00:15:16.840><c> of</c><00:15:17.000><c> that?</c>

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And<00:15:18.980><c> we</c><00:15:19.100><c> go</c><00:15:19.299><c> back</c><00:15:19.539><c> to</c><00:15:19.679><c> verse</c><00:15:19.899><c> one.</c>

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We<00:15:20.419><c> keep</c><00:15:20.820><c> moving</c><00:15:21.179><c> backwards.</c>

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Think<00:15:23.120><c> again</c><00:15:23.460><c> about</c><00:15:23.779><c> how</c><00:15:24.019><c> God</c><00:15:24.320><c> introduces</c><00:15:24.940><c> himself</c><00:15:25.700><c> in</c><00:15:26.240><c> verse</c><00:15:26.539><c> one.</c>

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The<00:15:27.379><c> heaven</c><00:15:27.860><c> is</c><00:15:28.460><c> my</c><00:15:28.779><c> throne</c><00:15:28.980><c> and</c><00:15:29.159><c> the</c><00:15:29.320><c> earth</c><00:15:29.480><c> is</c><00:15:29.700><c> my</c><00:15:29.919><c> footstool.</c>

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Where<00:15:32.419><c> is</c><00:15:32.600><c> the</c><00:15:32.840><c> house</c><00:15:33.059><c> that</c><00:15:33.279><c> he</c><00:15:33.460><c> built</c><00:15:33.700><c> for</c><00:15:33.960><c> me?</c>

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So<00:15:36.240><c> let's</c><00:15:36.460><c> remember</c><00:15:36.919><c> again,</c><00:15:37.720><c> you</c><00:15:37.840><c> know,</c><00:15:37.960><c> when</c><00:15:38.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:38.620><c> received</c><00:15:39.419><c> this</c>

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word<00:15:40.059><c> from</c><00:15:40.259><c> God,</c><00:15:42.259><c> Solomon's</c><00:15:42.720><c> temple</c><00:15:42.980><c> still</c><00:15:43.379><c> stood.</c>

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Okay.

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And<00:15:46.080><c> it</c><00:15:46.159><c> was</c><00:15:46.279><c> still</c><00:15:46.500><c> being</c><00:15:46.779><c> used.</c>

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Yet<00:15:49.059><c> the</c><00:15:49.419><c> message</c><00:15:49.879><c> that</c><00:15:50.120><c> was</c><00:15:50.440><c> given</c><00:15:50.659><c> in</c><00:15:50.960><c> previous</c><00:15:51.379><c> chapters</c><00:15:51.960><c> of</c><00:15:52.440><c> prophecy</c><00:15:52.820><c> conveys</c><00:15:54.539><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:55.320><c> captivity</c><00:15:55.899><c> in</c><00:15:56.759><c> the</c><00:15:57.039><c> return</c><00:15:57.240><c> of</c><00:15:57.440><c> the</c><00:15:57.639><c> people</c><00:15:57.860><c> after</c><00:15:58.399><c> that,</c><00:16:00.059><c> a</c>

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period<00:16:00.340><c> in</c><00:16:00.539><c> which</c><00:16:00.700><c> the</c><00:16:00.980><c> temple</c><00:16:01.179><c> would</c><00:16:01.440><c> be</c><00:16:01.679><c> ruined.</c>

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The<00:16:04.139><c> opening</c><00:16:04.620><c> words</c><00:16:05.500><c> of</c><00:16:05.960><c> this</c><00:16:06.259><c> chapter</c><00:16:07.039><c> should</c><00:16:08.080><c> echo</c><00:16:08.399><c> to</c><00:16:08.720><c> us,</c>

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you<00:16:09.759><c> know,</c><00:16:10.179><c> Solomon's</c><00:16:10.720><c> prayer</c><00:16:10.980><c> of</c><00:16:11.240><c> the</c><00:16:11.460><c> dedication</c><00:16:11.879><c> of</c><00:16:12.039><c> the</c>

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temple<00:16:12.799><c> with</c><00:16:13.779><c> Solomon</c><00:16:14.279><c> says,</c><00:16:14.840><c> but</c><00:16:14.840><c> will</c><00:16:15.120><c> God</c><00:16:15.580><c> indeed</c><00:16:16.100><c> dwell</c>

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on<00:16:16.600><c> the</c><00:16:16.759><c> earth?</c>

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Behold,<00:16:18.759><c> the</c><00:16:18.980><c> heaven</c><00:16:19.240><c> and</c><00:16:19.539><c> heavens</c><00:16:19.779><c> of</c><00:16:20.059><c> heavens</c><00:16:20.320><c> cannot</c><00:16:20.740><c> contain</c><00:16:21.320><c> the</c>

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how<00:16:22.539><c> much</c><00:16:22.860><c> this</c><00:16:23.539><c> less</c><00:16:23.759><c> this</c><00:16:24.120><c> house</c><00:16:24.559><c> that</c><00:16:24.799><c> I</c><00:16:25.139><c> build</c><00:16:25.340><c> in.</c>

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In<00:16:27.419><c> Stephen's</c><00:16:28.480><c> defense,</c><00:16:29.039><c> his</c><00:16:29.159><c> confession</c><00:16:29.659><c> in</c><00:16:29.919><c> Acts</c><00:16:30.120><c> chapter</c>

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seven,<00:16:31.279><c> where</c><00:16:31.500><c> he</c><00:16:31.799><c> quotes</c><00:16:32.080><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:32.639><c> chapters</c><00:16:33.059><c> one</c><00:16:33.279><c> and</c><00:16:33.500><c> two</c><00:16:34.159><c> in</c>

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agreement<00:16:35.460><c> with</c><00:16:35.700><c> Solomon</c><00:16:36.220><c> about</c><00:16:37.019><c> the</c><00:16:37.340><c> greatness</c><00:16:37.799><c> of</c><00:16:38.200><c> the</c><00:16:38.419><c> creator.</c>

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So,<00:16:41.279><c> verse</c><00:16:41.480><c> one,</c><00:16:42.460><c> obviously</c><00:16:43.039><c> reconfirms</c><00:16:43.919><c> to</c><00:16:44.139><c> God's</c><00:16:44.539><c> people</c>

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and<00:16:44.919><c> to</c><00:16:45.100><c> us,</c><00:16:46.019><c> the</c><00:16:46.240><c> fact</c><00:16:46.500><c> that</c><00:16:46.759><c> God</c><00:16:47.019><c> is</c><00:16:47.580><c> incomparable</c><00:16:48.240><c> to</c><00:16:48.539><c> anything,</c><00:16:50.000><c> especially</c><00:16:50.759><c> to</c>

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man<00:16:51.759><c> and</c><00:16:51.899><c> what</c><00:16:52.120><c> man</c><00:16:52.399><c> can</c><00:16:52.679><c> offer.</c>

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You<00:16:56.340><c> know,</c><00:16:56.600><c> this</c><00:16:56.879><c> is</c><00:16:57.100><c> all</c><00:16:57.379><c> about</c><00:16:57.700><c> God's</c><00:16:58.279><c> reign</c><00:16:58.539><c> over</c><00:16:58.860><c> all</c><00:16:59.179><c> things</c><00:16:59.460><c> in</c>

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heaven<00:16:59.960><c> and</c><00:17:00.200><c> his</c><00:17:00.519><c> throne.</c>

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This<00:17:02.639><c> is</c><00:17:02.840><c> what</c><00:17:03.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:03.480><c> had</c><00:17:03.820><c> tried</c><00:17:04.019><c> to</c><00:17:04.240><c> convey</c><00:17:04.500><c> to</c><00:17:04.619><c> the</c><00:17:04.839><c> people</c>

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throughout<00:17:06.299><c> throughout</c><00:17:07.920><c> his</c><00:17:08.240><c> time.</c>

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You<00:17:10.559><c> know,</c><00:17:10.819><c> it</c><00:17:10.920><c> should</c><00:17:11.039><c> all</c><00:17:11.259><c> be</c><00:17:11.480><c> about</c><00:17:11.720><c> God's</c><00:17:12.220><c> power</c><00:17:12.539><c> and</c><00:17:12.799><c> sovereignty,</c><00:17:13.720><c> his</c>

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power<00:17:14.339><c> as</c><00:17:14.619><c> the</c><00:17:14.880><c> creator</c><00:17:15.279><c> and</c><00:17:16.200><c> sustainer</c><00:17:16.660><c> of</c><00:17:16.839><c> all</c><00:17:17.059><c> things.</c>

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And<00:17:17.839><c> then</c><00:17:18.019><c> when</c><00:17:18.180><c> you</c><00:17:18.319><c> think</c><00:17:18.539><c> back,</c><00:17:19.140><c> you</c><00:17:19.200><c> think</c><00:17:19.380><c> of</c><00:17:19.539><c> the</c><00:17:19.720><c> time</c><00:17:19.940><c> when</c><00:17:20.220><c> David</c><00:17:20.859><c> conceived</c><00:17:21.480><c> the</c><00:17:21.799><c> idea</c><00:17:22.019><c> to</c><00:17:22.259><c> build</c><00:17:22.460><c> God</c><00:17:22.720><c> a</c><00:17:22.880><c> house.</c>

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How<00:17:24.220><c> did</c><00:17:24.400><c> God</c><00:17:24.640><c> respond</c><00:17:25.180><c> to</c><00:17:25.380><c> him?</c><00:17:25.700><c> He</c><00:17:25.920><c> told</c><00:17:26.119><c> him,</c><00:17:26.339><c> David,</c><00:17:26.599><c> you</c>

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will<00:17:27.039><c> not</c><00:17:27.220><c> be</c><00:17:27.400><c> the</c><00:17:27.579><c> builder,</c><00:17:28.960><c> but</c><00:17:29.140><c> that</c><00:17:29.279><c> it</c><00:17:29.339><c> would</c><00:17:29.480><c> be</c><00:17:29.680><c> his</c><00:17:29.839><c> son,</c><00:17:30.000><c> Solomon,</c><00:17:30.539><c> who</c>

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would<00:17:30.880><c> build</c><00:17:31.039><c> the</c><00:17:31.240><c> house.</c>

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And<00:17:32.140><c> Solomon</c><00:17:32.519><c> indeed</c><00:17:32.940><c> did</c><00:17:33.220><c> build</c><00:17:33.440><c> the</c><00:17:33.619><c> house,</c><00:17:33.839><c> right?</c>

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But<00:17:35.279><c> we</c><00:17:35.519><c> all</c><00:17:35.759><c> know</c><00:17:36.079><c> that</c><00:17:36.440><c> in</c><00:17:36.640><c> the</c><00:17:36.859><c> grand</c><00:17:37.099><c> scheme,</c><00:17:37.500><c> God</c><00:17:37.819><c> was</c><00:17:38.119><c> talking</c><00:17:38.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:39.599><c> greater</c><00:17:39.880><c> son,</c><00:17:40.259><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:41.480><c> the</c><00:17:41.759><c> one</c><00:17:41.920><c> who</c><00:17:42.119><c> would</c><00:17:42.339><c> return</c><00:17:43.200><c> to</c>

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build<00:17:44.339><c> the</c><00:17:44.619><c> house</c><00:17:45.079><c> in</c><00:17:45.799><c> the</c><00:17:46.019><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:17:46.480><c> those</c><00:17:47.039><c> are</c><00:17:47.940><c> told</c><00:17:48.180><c> us</c><00:17:48.380><c> here</c><00:17:48.559><c> in</c><00:17:48.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:49.119><c> in</c><00:17:49.980><c> the</c><00:17:50.160><c> 18th</c><00:17:50.700><c> through</c><00:17:50.799><c> 24th</c>

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verses<00:17:51.839><c> of</c><00:17:52.480><c> that</c><00:17:52.779><c> house.</c>

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So<00:17:54.359><c> God</c><00:17:55.140><c> reminds</c><00:17:55.819><c> us,</c><00:17:56.559><c> reminds</c><00:17:56.740><c> his</c><00:17:57.039><c> people</c><00:17:57.339><c> that</c><00:17:57.900><c> all</c><00:17:58.339><c> things</c>

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begin<00:17:59.359><c> and</c><00:17:59.799><c> end</c><00:18:00.299><c> with</c><00:18:00.619><c> him,</c><00:18:01.880><c> that</c><00:18:02.079><c> God</c><00:18:02.480><c> will</c><00:18:02.819><c> be</c><00:18:03.059><c> all</c><00:18:03.279><c> in</c><00:18:03.480><c> all,</c>

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that<00:18:04.579><c> his</c><00:18:04.900><c> plan</c><00:18:05.099><c> will</c><00:18:05.420><c> be</c><00:18:05.720><c> established,</c><00:18:07.079><c> the</c><00:18:07.279><c> plan</c><00:18:07.500><c> that</c><00:18:07.740><c> he</c>

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had<00:18:08.380><c> from</c><00:18:08.859><c> the</c><00:18:09.000><c> beginning</c><00:18:09.259><c> of</c><00:18:09.539><c> time.</c>

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But<00:18:13.180><c> I</c><00:18:13.339><c> think</c><00:18:13.480><c> there's</c><00:18:13.740><c> more.</c>

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I<00:18:15.799><c> think</c><00:18:15.960><c> he's</c><00:18:16.299><c> looking</c><00:18:16.680><c> for</c><00:18:17.160><c> the</c><00:18:17.359><c> people</c><00:18:17.619><c> and</c><00:18:17.779><c> for</c><00:18:17.940><c> us</c><00:18:18.160><c> to</c><00:18:18.319><c> ask</c>

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ourselves<00:18:19.000><c> a</c><00:18:19.240><c> question.</c>

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You<00:18:21.859><c> know,</c><00:18:22.819><c> Father,</c><00:18:23.259><c> if</c><00:18:23.660><c> this</c><00:18:24.119><c> beautiful</c><00:18:24.599><c> temple</c><00:18:25.160><c> and</c><00:18:25.460><c> the</c><00:18:25.819><c> sacrifices</c><00:18:26.279><c> we</c>

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don't<00:18:27.019><c> do</c><00:18:28.259><c> please</c><00:18:29.299><c> you,</c><00:18:29.599><c> what</c><00:18:29.859><c> will?</c>

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Honesty.<00:19:05.660><c> We</c><00:19:05.660><c> need</c><00:19:05.779><c> to</c><00:19:05.880><c> be</c><00:19:06.059><c> honest</c><00:19:06.339><c> about</c><00:19:06.559><c> it,</c><00:19:06.819><c> too,</c><00:19:06.859><c> don't</c><00:19:07.039><c> we?</c>

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Mark<00:20:18.940><c> in</c><00:20:19.140><c> attendance?</c>

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Yeah,<00:20:21.279><c> he</c><00:20:21.279><c> was.</c><00:20:21.740><c> He's</c><00:20:21.759><c> right</c><00:20:21.980><c> there.</c><00:20:22.319><c> His</c><00:20:22.359><c> name's</c><00:20:22.619><c> on</c><00:20:22.759><c> the</c><00:20:22.940><c> screen.</c><00:20:24.319><c> Mark</c><00:20:24.460><c> Hampton.</c><00:20:25.119><c> He</c><00:20:25.319><c> watched.</c>

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doesn't<00:21:09.079><c> he?</c>

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So.

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We<00:21:42.779><c> are</c><00:21:43.019><c> crippled</c><00:21:43.400><c> as</c><00:21:43.619><c> sinners.</c>

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the<00:22:32.859><c> place</c><00:22:33.059><c> of</c><00:22:33.259><c> my</c><00:22:33.480><c> rest?</c>

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If<00:22:33.880><c> we</c><00:22:34.079><c> think</c><00:22:34.259><c> about</c><00:22:34.480><c> the</c><00:22:34.779><c> context</c><00:22:35.359><c> of</c><00:22:36.559><c> who</c><00:22:36.819><c> this</c><00:22:37.240><c> was</c><00:22:37.720><c> intended</c><00:22:38.099><c> for.</c>

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It<00:22:39.900><c> seems</c><00:22:40.259><c> clear</c><00:22:40.579><c> that</c><00:22:40.839><c> God</c><00:22:41.140><c> is</c><00:22:41.460><c> addressing</c><00:22:41.799><c> the</c><00:22:42.119><c> Jews</c><00:22:42.319><c> who</c><00:22:42.539><c> are</c><00:22:42.720><c> returning</c><00:22:43.220><c> from</c><00:22:43.839><c> exile</c><00:22:44.440><c> and</c><00:22:45.039><c> wanted</c><00:22:45.240><c> to</c>

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rebuild<00:22:45.859><c> the</c><00:22:46.119><c> temple.</c>

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But<00:22:48.240><c> the</c><00:22:48.480><c> context</c><00:22:48.900><c> makes</c><00:22:49.180><c> it</c><00:22:49.519><c> clear</c><00:22:49.779><c> that</c><00:22:50.339><c> they</c><00:22:50.660><c> wanted</c><00:22:50.900><c> to</c><00:22:51.200><c> rebuild</c><00:22:51.460><c> it</c>

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for<00:22:51.779><c> the</c><00:22:52.019><c> wrong</c><00:22:52.200><c> reasons.</c>

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Like<00:22:54.099><c> their</c><00:22:54.400><c> ancestors</c><00:22:55.180><c> that</c><00:22:57.140><c> are</c><00:22:57.420><c> addressed</c><00:22:57.640><c> way</c><00:22:57.940><c> back</c><00:22:58.279><c> in</c>

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Isaiah<00:22:58.779><c> chapter</c><00:22:59.279><c> one.</c>

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These<00:23:00.420><c> people</c><00:23:00.799><c> believe</c><00:23:01.240><c> God</c><00:23:01.579><c> would</c><00:23:01.819><c> look</c><00:23:02.019><c> to</c><00:23:02.259><c> them.</c>

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That<00:23:04.039><c> they</c><00:23:04.380><c> could</c><00:23:04.700><c> satisfy</c><00:23:05.339><c> him</c><00:23:06.519><c> simply</c><00:23:07.059><c> returning</c><00:23:07.779><c> to</c><00:23:08.740><c> their</c><00:23:08.960><c> rituals.</c>

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And<00:23:10.640><c> God</c><00:23:10.819><c> reminds</c><00:23:11.319><c> them</c><00:23:11.819><c> that</c><00:23:12.380><c> that's</c><00:23:12.720><c> not</c><00:23:12.880><c> what</c><00:23:13.319><c> he's</c><00:23:13.740><c> interested</c><00:23:14.119><c> in.</c>

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You<00:23:15.900><c> know,</c><00:23:16.200><c> showing</c><00:23:16.519><c> that</c><00:23:17.000><c> outside</c><00:23:17.480><c> of</c><00:23:17.680><c> the</c><00:23:17.859><c> cup</c><00:23:18.339><c> when</c><00:23:19.140><c> all</c><00:23:19.380><c> the</c><00:23:19.579><c> time</c><00:23:19.880><c> God's</c><00:23:20.420><c> looking</c><00:23:21.000><c> for</c><00:23:22.200><c> the</c><00:23:22.420><c> inside</c><00:23:22.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:23.079><c> cup.</c>

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These<00:23:26.240><c> people</c><00:23:26.519><c> didn't</c><00:23:26.839><c> tremble</c><00:23:27.240><c> at</c><00:23:27.359><c> God's</c><00:23:27.799><c> word.</c>

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They<00:23:28.180><c> compromised</c><00:23:28.759><c> it.</c>

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They<00:23:31.039><c> were</c><00:23:31.279><c> proud</c><00:23:31.599><c> and</c><00:23:31.920><c> confident</c><00:23:32.319><c> and</c><00:23:32.640><c> sought</c><00:23:32.779><c> to</c><00:23:33.180><c> exploit</c>

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his<00:23:33.759><c> word.</c>

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Pricking<00:23:34.619><c> and</c><00:23:34.900><c> choosing</c><00:23:35.240><c> what</c><00:23:35.920><c> they</c><00:23:36.240><c> wanted</c><00:23:36.519><c> for</c><00:23:36.779><c> their</c><00:23:37.039><c> own</c><00:23:37.259><c> ends.</c>

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But<00:23:39.339><c> listen</c><00:23:39.619><c> again</c><00:23:40.000><c> to</c><00:23:40.180><c> what</c><00:23:40.359><c> God</c><00:23:40.599><c> says.</c>

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This<00:23:42.640><c> is</c><00:23:43.039><c> the</c><00:23:43.339><c> one</c><00:23:43.839><c> to</c><00:23:44.180><c> whom</c><00:23:44.380><c> I</c><00:23:44.640><c> will</c><00:23:44.880><c> look.</c>

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He<00:23:47.259><c> who</c><00:23:47.460><c> is</c><00:23:47.779><c> poor.</c>

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He<00:23:49.319><c> who</c><00:23:49.539><c> was</c><00:23:49.779><c> humble.</c>

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And<00:23:51.279><c> contrite</c><00:23:51.779><c> in</c><00:23:52.019><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:23:53.640><c> trembles</c><00:23:54.140><c> at</c><00:23:54.420><c> my</c><00:23:54.660><c> word.</c>

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So<00:23:57.039><c> as</c><00:23:57.240><c> we</c><00:23:57.380><c> think</c><00:23:57.539><c> about</c><00:23:57.799><c> this</c><00:23:58.220><c> morning,</c><00:23:59.079><c> I</c><00:23:59.279><c> tried</c><00:23:59.500><c> to</c><00:23:59.720><c> come</c><00:24:00.000><c> up</c>

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with<00:24:00.519><c> something</c><00:24:00.880><c> comparable.</c>

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And<00:24:03.000><c> my</c><00:24:03.380><c> son</c><00:24:03.640><c> loves</c><00:24:04.000><c> tornadoes.</c>

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So<00:24:04.900><c> I'm</c><00:24:05.079><c> using</c><00:24:05.380><c> the</c><00:24:05.680><c> example</c><00:24:05.980><c> of</c><00:24:06.180><c> a</c><00:24:06.359><c> tornado.</c>

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So<00:24:08.140><c> let's</c><00:24:08.599><c> imagine</c><00:24:09.079><c> three</c><00:24:09.460><c> scenarios</c><00:24:10.099><c> where</c><00:24:10.400><c> the</c><00:24:10.500><c> word</c><00:24:10.759><c> tornado</c><00:24:11.420><c> is</c><00:24:12.140><c> in</c>

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your<00:24:12.640><c> life.</c>

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And<00:24:13.039><c> the</c><00:24:13.200><c> first</c><00:24:13.440><c> one,</c><00:24:14.299><c> you</c><00:24:14.579><c> know,</c><00:24:14.579><c> you're</c><00:24:14.740><c> sitting</c><00:24:14.880><c> at</c><00:24:15.079><c> the</c>

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dentist's<00:24:15.779><c> office.</c>

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There's<00:24:16.220><c> an</c><00:24:16.420><c> article</c><00:24:16.660><c> there</c><00:24:16.920><c> about</c><00:24:17.140><c> a</c><00:24:17.380><c> tornado</c><00:24:17.900><c> that</c>

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happened<00:24:18.940><c> someplace.</c>

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You<00:24:19.680><c> pick</c><00:24:19.859><c> it</c><00:24:20.019><c> up</c><00:24:20.160><c> and</c><00:24:20.299><c> you</c><00:24:20.480><c> read</c><00:24:20.640><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:21.920><c> you</c><00:24:22.039><c> might</c><00:24:22.299><c> think,</c><00:24:22.480><c> oh,</c><00:24:22.619><c> that's</c><00:24:22.960><c> awful.</c>

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That's<00:24:23.640><c> terrible</c><00:24:23.859><c> what</c><00:24:24.079><c> happened.</c>

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But<00:24:24.819><c> you</c><00:24:24.960><c> put</c><00:24:25.079><c> it</c><00:24:25.319><c> down</c><00:24:25.579><c> and</c><00:24:26.079><c> usually</c><00:24:26.420><c> that's</c><00:24:26.859><c> soon</c><00:24:27.000><c> forgotten.</c>

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Second<00:24:28.960><c> one</c><00:24:29.220><c> is</c><00:24:29.400><c> you're</c><00:24:29.720><c> a</c><00:24:29.799><c> college</c><00:24:30.019><c> student</c><00:24:30.259><c> like</c><00:24:30.500><c> my</c><00:24:30.680><c> son,</c><00:24:30.960><c> Christopher.</c>

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And<00:24:32.019><c> he</c><00:24:32.099><c> has</c><00:24:32.279><c> to</c><00:24:32.519><c> write</c><00:24:32.740><c> a</c><00:24:33.019><c> dissertation</c><00:24:33.599><c> on</c><00:24:35.059><c> an</c><00:24:35.420><c> atmospheric</c>

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science<00:24:36.440><c> event</c><00:24:36.720><c> like</c><00:24:37.019><c> tornadoes.</c>

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You're<00:24:38.960><c> going</c><00:24:39.000><c> to</c><00:24:39.099><c> be</c><00:24:39.240><c> really</c><00:24:39.599><c> invested</c><00:24:40.039><c> in</c><00:24:40.279><c> that</c><00:24:40.480><c> because</c><00:24:40.759><c> you're</c><00:24:41.019><c> getting</c><00:24:41.140><c> graded</c><00:24:41.500><c> on</c>

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it,<00:24:41.880><c> right?</c>

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And<00:24:43.160><c> the</c><00:24:43.359><c> third</c><00:24:43.599><c> one,</c><00:24:44.339><c> and</c><00:24:44.519><c> this</c><00:24:44.700><c> has</c><00:24:44.900><c> happened</c><00:24:45.140><c> a</c><00:24:45.339><c> couple</c><00:24:45.519><c> of</c>

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times<00:24:46.039><c> in</c><00:24:46.220><c> this</c><00:24:46.440><c> area.</c>

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It<00:24:46.799><c> doesn't</c><00:24:46.920><c> happen</c><00:24:47.160><c> a</c><00:24:47.319><c> lot.</c>

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You<00:24:48.240><c> get</c><00:24:48.440><c> that</c><00:24:48.839><c> screeching</c><00:24:49.359><c> noise</c><00:24:49.740><c> on</c><00:24:49.960><c> your</c><00:24:50.140><c> cell</c><00:24:50.420><c> phone.</c>

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You<00:24:51.660><c> know,</c><00:24:52.279><c> warning</c><00:24:52.339><c> you</c><00:24:52.920><c> that</c><00:24:53.599><c> there's</c><00:24:53.880><c> inclement</c><00:24:54.299><c> weather</c>

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or<00:24:55.259><c> a</c><00:24:55.440><c> tornado</c><00:24:55.880><c> in</c><00:24:56.460><c> the</c><00:24:56.700><c> area.</c>

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Have<00:24:57.759><c> you</c><00:24:57.920><c> all</c><00:24:58.039><c> heard</c><00:24:58.180><c> that</c><00:24:58.400><c> noise?</c>

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It's<00:24:59.339><c> pretty</c><00:24:59.559><c> scary.</c>

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You<00:25:00.799><c> get</c><00:25:01.000><c> that</c><00:25:01.259><c> message.</c>

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You<00:25:01.700><c> look</c><00:25:01.859><c> at</c><00:25:01.980><c> your</c><00:25:02.200><c> phone</c><00:25:02.480><c> and,</c><00:25:03.299><c> you</c><00:25:03.640><c> know,</c><00:25:03.720><c> you</c><00:25:03.920><c> start</c><00:25:04.059><c> to</c><00:25:04.259><c> get</c><00:25:04.380><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:04.619><c> nervous,</c><00:25:05.079><c> you</c><00:25:05.299><c> know.</c>

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And<00:25:05.579><c> then</c><00:25:05.740><c> my</c><00:25:05.900><c> son</c><00:25:06.099><c> calls</c><00:25:06.420><c> and</c><00:25:06.519><c> says,</c><00:25:07.099><c> dad,</c><00:25:07.420><c> there's</c><00:25:07.579><c> been</c><00:25:07.819><c> a</c>

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funnel<00:25:08.140><c> cloud</c><00:25:08.420><c> spotted</c><00:25:08.799><c> five</c><00:25:09.779><c> miles</c><00:25:10.119><c> from</c><00:25:10.319><c> where</c><00:25:10.460><c> you</c><00:25:10.680><c> are.</c>

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Oh,<00:25:12.480><c> I've</c><00:25:12.779><c> got</c><00:25:12.839><c> to</c><00:25:12.960><c> do</c><00:25:13.119><c> something.</c>

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You<00:25:14.519><c> tremble</c><00:25:14.779><c> a</c><00:25:14.920><c> little</c><00:25:15.059><c> bit.</c>

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You<00:25:15.500><c> get</c><00:25:15.619><c> a</c><00:25:15.680><c> little</c><00:25:15.819><c> nervous</c><00:25:16.180><c> and</c><00:25:16.440><c> scary.</c>

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You<00:25:19.259><c> know,</c><00:25:19.440><c> in</c><00:25:19.619><c> the</c><00:25:19.759><c> first</c><00:25:19.980><c> example,</c><00:25:20.440><c> the</c><00:25:20.619><c> article,</c><00:25:20.880><c> it</c><00:25:21.099><c> connects</c><00:25:21.500><c> you</c>

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to<00:25:22.279><c> tornadoes,</c>

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but<00:25:23.119><c> you</c><00:25:23.400><c> really</c><00:25:23.660><c> don't</c><00:25:23.880><c> have</c><00:25:24.059><c> anything</c><00:25:24.380><c> vested</c><00:25:24.740><c> in</c><00:25:24.940><c> it,</c><00:25:25.119><c> do</c><00:25:25.200><c> you?</c>

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The<00:25:26.779><c> second</c><00:25:26.980><c> one,</c><00:25:27.359><c> you're</c><00:25:28.099><c> vested</c><00:25:28.380><c> a</c><00:25:28.579><c> little</c><00:25:28.740><c> more</c><00:25:29.019><c> because</c><00:25:29.319><c> it's</c><00:25:29.599><c> a</c>

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paper<00:25:29.900><c> you're</c><00:25:30.140><c> going</c><00:25:30.259><c> to</c><00:25:30.400><c> be</c><00:25:30.619><c> graded</c><00:25:30.859><c> on,</c>

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but<00:25:31.539><c> it's</c><00:25:31.720><c> only</c><00:25:31.960><c> the</c><00:25:32.180><c> last</c><00:25:32.460><c> one.</c>

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When<00:25:34.960><c> a</c><00:25:35.180><c> tornado</c><00:25:35.519><c> is</c><00:25:35.779><c> in</c><00:25:35.960><c> your</c><00:25:36.200><c> area</c><00:25:36.519><c> and</c><00:25:36.680><c> you</c><00:25:36.920><c> feel</c><00:25:37.160><c> that</c><00:25:37.460><c> trembling</c><00:25:37.819><c> and</c>

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that<00:25:38.359><c> fear,</c>

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And<00:25:43.420><c> you</c><00:25:43.539><c> do</c><00:25:43.759><c> something.</c>

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You<00:25:44.839><c> take</c><00:25:45.099><c> action.</c>

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What<00:25:48.000><c> I'm</c><00:25:48.180><c> trying</c><00:25:48.339><c> to</c><00:25:48.539><c> say,</c><00:25:48.700><c> and</c><00:25:48.839><c> we</c><00:25:48.980><c> all</c><00:25:49.160><c> know</c><00:25:49.319><c> this,</c><00:25:50.259><c> but</c><00:25:50.420><c> we</c>

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need<00:25:50.700><c> to</c><00:25:50.859><c> be</c><00:25:51.039><c> reminded,</c><00:25:51.559><c> don't</c><00:25:51.799><c> we?</c>

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serious<00:25:57.220><c> and</c><00:25:57.559><c> personal,</c><00:25:58.839><c> it's</c><00:25:59.720><c> not</c><00:25:59.940><c> received.</c>

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But<00:26:03.160><c> as</c><00:26:03.440><c> I</c><00:26:03.619><c> think</c><00:26:03.779><c> we</c><00:26:04.000><c> all</c><00:26:04.220><c> know,</c><00:26:04.920><c> applying</c><00:26:05.279><c> this</c><00:26:05.640><c> concept</c><00:26:06.319><c> doesn't</c><00:26:06.920><c> mean</c><00:26:07.900><c> disciples</c><00:26:08.779><c> will</c><00:26:09.099><c> not</c><00:26:09.319><c> struggle.</c>

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We<00:26:10.039><c> struggle</c><00:26:10.400><c> all</c><00:26:10.640><c> the</c><00:26:10.839><c> time.</c>

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That's<00:26:12.059><c> why</c><00:26:12.259><c> we</c><00:26:12.480><c> have</c><00:26:12.619><c> prayer.</c>

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That's<00:26:13.160><c> why</c><00:26:13.299><c> we</c><00:26:13.480><c> have</c><00:26:13.619><c> each</c><00:26:13.839><c> other,</c><00:26:14.619><c> to</c><00:26:14.819><c> keep</c><00:26:15.019><c> us</c><00:26:15.259><c> built</c><00:26:15.519><c> up,</c><00:26:15.779><c> to</c><00:26:15.940><c> help</c><00:26:16.099><c> us</c><00:26:16.339><c> remember</c><00:26:17.039><c> what</c><00:26:18.460><c> it</c><00:26:18.680><c> is</c><00:26:18.900><c> to</c><00:26:19.079><c> be</c><00:26:19.819><c> a</c>

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child<00:26:20.740><c> of</c><00:26:21.000><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:23.039><c> I</c><00:26:23.140><c> know</c><00:26:23.319><c> that</c><00:26:23.579><c> my</c><00:26:23.859><c> posture</c><00:26:24.279><c> and</c><00:26:24.579><c> attitude</c><00:26:24.880><c> with</c><00:26:25.140><c> Scripture</c><00:26:25.599><c> has</c><00:26:26.839><c> been</c>

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at<00:26:27.259><c> times</c><00:26:27.619><c> far</c><00:26:28.000><c> less</c><00:26:28.500><c> invested</c><00:26:28.960><c> than</c><00:26:29.180><c> it</c><00:26:29.420><c> should</c><00:26:29.559><c> be,</c>

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far<00:26:31.299><c> more</c><00:26:31.579><c> detached</c><00:26:32.079><c> than</c><00:26:32.279><c> it</c><00:26:32.519><c> should</c><00:26:32.680><c> be.</c>

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And<00:26:34.480><c> there</c><00:26:34.660><c> are</c><00:26:34.819><c> many</c><00:26:35.059><c> times</c><00:26:35.500><c> that,</c><00:26:36.339><c> you</c><00:26:37.160><c> know,</c><00:26:37.359><c> you</c><00:26:37.640><c> do</c><00:26:37.819><c> the</c>

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readings<00:26:38.440><c> because</c><00:26:38.859><c> there's</c><00:26:39.180><c> that</c><00:26:39.359><c> outside</c><00:26:39.660><c> of</c><00:26:39.839><c> the</c><00:26:40.039><c> cup.</c>

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I'm<00:26:40.519><c> a</c><00:26:40.640><c> good</c><00:26:40.859><c> boy.</c>

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I<00:26:41.359><c> did</c><00:26:41.460><c> my</c><00:26:41.740><c> readings</c><00:26:42.079><c> today.</c>

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Well,<00:26:44.799><c> Mark,</c><00:26:45.039><c> tell</c><00:26:45.119><c> me</c><00:26:45.240><c> what</c><00:26:45.400><c> you</c><00:26:45.559><c> read.</c>

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That's<00:26:50.200><c> being</c><00:26:50.480><c> invested.</c>

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That's<00:26:51.319><c> taking</c><00:26:51.539><c> it</c><00:26:51.859><c> serious</c><00:26:52.160><c> and</c><00:26:52.480><c> personal.</c>

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And<00:26:53.900><c> many</c><00:26:54.079><c> times,</c><00:26:54.319><c> and</c><00:26:54.519><c> we're</c><00:26:54.799><c> all</c><00:26:55.039><c> guilty</c><00:26:55.380><c> of</c><00:26:55.599><c> it.</c>

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We're<00:26:57.079><c> all</c><00:26:57.259><c> guilty</c><00:26:57.539><c> of</c><00:26:57.700><c> it.</c>

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So<00:26:59.160><c> I</c><00:26:59.339><c> found</c><00:26:59.759><c> one</c><00:27:00.079><c> of</c><00:27:00.259><c> my</c><00:27:00.440><c> new</c><00:27:00.720><c> favorite</c><00:27:01.539><c> sets</c><00:27:01.920><c> of</c><00:27:02.200><c> verses</c><00:27:02.500><c> in</c>

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Scripture,<00:27:03.140><c> and</c><00:27:03.279><c> we'll</c><00:27:03.559><c> close</c><00:27:03.759><c> with</c><00:27:03.960><c> this,</c><00:27:04.380><c> brothers</c><00:27:04.480><c> and</c><00:27:04.740><c> sisters,</c>

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Luke<00:27:06.779><c> chapter</c><00:27:07.160><c> 10.</c>

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So<00:27:08.619><c> this</c><00:27:08.859><c> is</c><00:27:09.099><c> going</c><00:27:09.220><c> to</c><00:27:09.339><c> be</c><00:27:09.539><c> my</c><00:27:09.900><c> trigger,</c><00:27:10.599><c> my</c><00:27:10.599><c> reminder</c><00:27:11.200><c> to</c><00:27:12.019><c> myself</c><00:27:12.900><c> of</c>

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how<00:27:14.440><c> vested</c><00:27:14.819><c> I</c><00:27:15.079><c> need</c><00:27:15.279><c> to</c><00:27:15.539><c> be</c><00:27:16.240><c> when</c><00:27:17.180><c> it</c><00:27:17.380><c> comes</c><00:27:17.640><c> to</c><00:27:17.839><c> the</c><00:27:17.980><c> word</c><00:27:18.140><c> of</c><00:27:18.359><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:19.220><c> you</c><00:27:19.359><c> know</c><00:27:19.559><c> these</c><00:27:19.799><c> verses</c><00:27:20.160><c> very</c><00:27:20.619><c> well.</c>

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Luke<00:27:23.880><c> 10,</c><00:27:25.240><c> verse</c><00:27:25.440><c> 38.</c>

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Now<00:27:27.380><c> it</c><00:27:27.559><c> came</c><00:27:27.660><c> to</c><00:27:27.880><c> pass</c><00:27:28.099><c> as</c><00:27:28.259><c> they</c><00:27:28.519><c> went</c><00:27:28.759><c> that</c><00:27:29.079><c> he,</c><00:27:29.539><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:29.940><c> entered</c><00:27:30.220><c> into</c>

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a<00:27:31.680><c> certain</c><00:27:31.859><c> village</c><00:27:32.319><c> and</c><00:27:32.599><c> a</c><00:27:32.839><c> certain</c><00:27:33.059><c> woman</c><00:27:33.400><c> named</c><00:27:33.660><c> Martha</c>

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received<00:27:34.680><c> him</c><00:27:34.859><c> into</c><00:27:35.059><c> her</c><00:27:35.299><c> house.</c>

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She<00:27:36.740><c> had</c><00:27:36.960><c> a</c><00:27:37.119><c> sister</c><00:27:37.339><c> called</c><00:27:37.599><c> Mary,</c><00:27:38.240><c> which</c><00:27:38.240><c> also</c><00:27:38.599><c> sat</c><00:27:38.839><c> at</c><00:27:39.000><c> Jesus's</c><00:27:39.720><c> feet</c>

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and<00:27:41.059><c> heard</c><00:27:41.319><c> his</c><00:27:41.799><c> word,</c><00:27:42.220><c> the</c><00:27:42.420><c> word</c><00:27:42.559><c> of</c><00:27:42.779><c> God.</c>

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But<00:27:44.299><c> Martha</c><00:27:44.559><c> was</c><00:27:44.900><c> cumbered</c><00:27:45.299><c> about</c><00:27:45.579><c> much</c><00:27:45.920><c> serving</c><00:27:46.319><c> and</c><00:27:46.519><c> came</c>

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to<00:27:46.900><c> him</c><00:27:47.099><c> and</c><00:27:47.220><c> said,</c><00:27:48.220><c> Lord,</c><00:27:48.940><c> dost</c><00:27:49.059><c> thou</c><00:27:49.279><c> not</c><00:27:49.539><c> care</c><00:27:49.720><c> that</c><00:27:49.859><c> my</c><00:27:50.180><c> sister</c><00:27:50.480><c> hath</c><00:27:50.700><c> left</c><00:27:50.920><c> me</c>

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to<00:27:51.339><c> serve</c><00:27:51.559><c> alone?</c>

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Bid<00:27:52.759><c> her</c><00:27:53.000><c> therefore</c><00:27:53.359><c> that</c><00:27:53.519><c> she</c><00:27:53.720><c> help</c><00:27:53.920><c> me.</c>

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And<00:27:55.339><c> Jesus</c><00:27:55.619><c> answered</c><00:27:56.019><c> and</c><00:27:56.240><c> said</c><00:27:56.400><c> unto</c><00:27:56.619><c> her,</c><00:27:56.880><c> Martha,</c><00:27:57.500><c> Martha,</c>

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thou<00:27:59.160><c> art</c><00:27:59.279><c> careful</c><00:27:59.700><c> and</c><00:28:00.000><c> troubled</c><00:28:00.259><c> about</c><00:28:00.519><c> many</c><00:28:00.839><c> things.</c>

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But<00:28:02.700><c> one</c><00:28:03.180><c> thing</c><00:28:03.599><c> is</c><00:28:03.920><c> needful,</c><00:28:05.339><c> and</c><00:28:05.700><c> Mary</c><00:28:06.519><c> hath</c><00:28:06.940><c> chosen</c><00:28:07.519><c> that</c>

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good<00:28:08.539><c> part,</c><00:28:09.660><c> which</c><00:28:09.880><c> shall</c><00:28:10.119><c> not</c><00:28:10.380><c> be</c><00:28:10.680><c> taken</c><00:28:10.859><c> away</c><00:28:11.539><c> from</c><00:28:12.099><c> her.</c>

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While<00:28:14.759><c> Martha</c><00:28:14.980><c> was</c><00:28:15.279><c> busy</c><00:28:15.579><c> with</c><00:28:15.799><c> the</c><00:28:16.079><c> preparations,</c><00:28:16.839><c> Mary</c><00:28:17.279><c> sat</c>

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at<00:28:17.759><c> the</c><00:28:17.880><c> Lord's</c><00:28:18.279><c> feet,</c><00:28:19.680><c> listening</c><00:28:20.019><c> to</c><00:28:20.140><c> what</c><00:28:20.299><c> he</c><00:28:20.579><c> said,</c><00:28:20.940><c> listening</c><00:28:21.640><c> intensively</c><00:28:23.039><c> to</c><00:28:23.640><c> the</c>

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word<00:28:23.900><c> of</c><00:28:24.140><c> God.</c>

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She<00:28:25.940><c> viewed</c><00:28:26.180><c> it</c><00:28:26.440><c> as</c><00:28:26.799><c> personal.</c>

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She<00:28:29.180><c> viewed</c><00:28:29.380><c> it</c><00:28:29.700><c> seriously.</c>

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And<00:28:33.700><c> she</c><00:28:33.940><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:34.259><c> allow</c><00:28:34.599><c> anything,</c><00:28:36.559><c> never</c><00:28:36.740><c> mind</c><00:28:36.940><c> a</c><00:28:37.059><c> baseball</c><00:28:37.420><c> game,</c>

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to<00:28:38.180><c> distract</c><00:28:38.539><c> her</c><00:28:39.019><c> from</c><00:28:39.259><c> the</c><00:28:39.400><c> word</c><00:28:39.519><c> of</c><00:28:39.740><c> God.</c>

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She<00:28:41.480><c> truly</c><00:28:41.880><c> heeded</c><00:28:42.220><c> Jesus's</c><00:28:42.920><c> words.</c>

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It<00:28:44.539><c> is</c><00:28:44.740><c> written,</c><00:28:45.380><c> man</c><00:28:45.380><c> shall</c><00:28:45.680><c> not</c><00:28:45.920><c> live</c><00:28:46.059><c> by</c><00:28:46.359><c> bread</c><00:28:46.480><c> alone,</c><00:28:47.799><c> but</c>

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by<00:28:48.220><c> every</c><00:28:48.500><c> word</c><00:28:48.700><c> that</c><00:28:48.920><c> comes</c><00:28:49.259><c> from</c><00:28:49.480><c> the</c><00:28:49.599><c> mouth</c><00:28:49.740><c> of</c><00:28:49.960><c> God.</c>

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Brothers<00:28:52.420><c> and</c><00:28:52.720><c> sisters,</c><00:28:53.119><c> I</c><00:28:53.119><c> know</c><00:28:53.400><c> you</c><00:28:53.640><c> all</c><00:28:53.859><c> agree</c><00:28:54.119><c> with</c><00:28:54.359><c> me</c><00:28:55.200><c> that</c><00:28:55.599><c> the</c><00:28:55.920><c> disposition,</c><00:28:56.859><c> decorum,</c><00:28:57.420><c> the</c><00:28:57.640><c> attitude</c><00:28:58.119><c> that</c><00:28:58.380><c> we</c>

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have,<00:28:58.980><c> that</c><00:28:59.160><c> we</c><00:28:59.440><c> bring</c><00:28:59.880><c> any</c><00:29:00.519><c> time</c><00:29:00.779><c> we're</c><00:29:01.019><c> around</c><00:29:01.259><c> the</c><00:29:01.480><c> word</c><00:29:01.640><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:02.039><c> is</c><00:29:02.319><c> incredibly</c><00:29:02.779><c> important.</c>

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And<00:29:05.099><c> it's</c><00:29:05.740><c> relevant</c><00:29:06.079><c> right</c><00:29:06.420><c> now</c><00:29:06.759><c> as</c><00:29:06.960><c> we</c><00:29:07.119><c> meet</c><00:29:07.299><c> around</c><00:29:07.599><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:29:08.180><c> table.</c>

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It<00:29:09.839><c> should</c><00:29:10.019><c> be</c><00:29:10.319><c> relevant</c><00:29:10.720><c> as</c><00:29:11.759><c> we</c><00:29:12.420><c> meet</c><00:29:12.619><c> for</c><00:29:12.920><c> Wednesday</c><00:29:13.220><c> night</c>

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Bible<00:29:13.720><c> class.</c>

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It<00:29:15.380><c> should</c><00:29:15.519><c> be</c><00:29:15.980><c> relevant</c><00:29:16.339><c> before</c><00:29:16.799><c> we</c><00:29:17.140><c> pray.</c>

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It<00:29:18.460><c> should</c><00:29:18.779><c> be</c><00:29:19.119><c> relevant</c><00:29:19.759><c> any</c><00:29:20.240><c> time</c><00:29:20.480><c> we</c><00:29:20.599><c> get</c><00:29:20.859><c> together</c><00:29:21.240><c> around</c>

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the<00:29:21.759><c> word</c><00:29:21.920><c> of</c><00:29:22.140><c> God.</c>

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So<00:29:24.339><c> I</c><00:29:24.519><c> ask</c><00:29:24.799><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> you</c><00:29:25.460><c> to</c><00:29:25.859><c> do</c><00:29:26.000><c> what</c><00:29:26.220><c> I'm</c><00:29:26.559><c> going</c><00:29:26.720><c> to</c><00:29:26.940><c> do</c><00:29:27.319><c> from</c><00:29:27.599><c> now</c>

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on,<00:29:28.240><c> and</c><00:29:28.319><c> that's</c><00:29:28.960><c> to</c><00:29:29.240><c> take</c><00:29:29.440><c> measure</c><00:29:29.720><c> of</c><00:29:29.920><c> myself,</c><00:29:31.039><c> to</c><00:29:31.380><c> look</c><00:29:31.579><c> at</c>

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my<00:29:32.119><c> state,</c><00:29:32.980><c> to</c><00:29:33.160><c> say,</c><00:29:33.519><c> are</c><00:29:33.519><c> you</c><00:29:33.819><c> ready?</c>

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Is<00:29:35.240><c> your</c><00:29:35.559><c> mind</c><00:29:35.720><c> and</c><00:29:35.980><c> heart</c><00:29:36.799><c> attuned</c><00:29:37.539><c> to</c><00:29:38.420><c> sit</c><00:29:38.700><c> down</c><00:29:39.099><c> and</c><00:29:39.460><c> do</c><00:29:39.859><c> the</c>

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readings,<00:29:40.700><c> to</c><00:29:40.940><c> watch</c><00:29:41.119><c> a</c><00:29:41.380><c> class,</c><00:29:42.000><c> to</c><00:29:42.220><c> participate</c><00:29:42.660><c> in</c><00:29:42.799><c> a</c><00:29:42.980><c> class,</c><00:29:43.220><c> to</c><00:29:43.440><c> give</c><00:29:43.579><c> an</c><00:29:43.799><c> excitation?</c>

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Because<00:29:46.900><c> that's</c><00:29:47.119><c> what</c><00:29:47.259><c> we</c><00:29:47.440><c> need</c><00:29:47.599><c> to</c><00:29:47.799><c> do.</c>

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We<00:29:50.200><c> need</c><00:29:50.420><c> to</c><00:29:50.640><c> do.</c>

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We<00:29:52.039><c> need</c><00:29:52.259><c> to</c><00:29:52.460><c> check</c><00:29:52.619><c> ourselves</c><00:29:53.099><c> to</c><00:29:53.319><c> be</c><00:29:53.559><c> sure</c><00:29:53.779><c> that</c><00:29:54.420><c> when</c><00:29:54.680><c> it's</c>

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God's<00:29:55.400><c> time,</c><00:29:56.799><c> that</c><00:29:57.019><c> we</c><00:29:57.279><c> have</c><00:29:57.440><c> the</c><00:29:57.720><c> proper</c><00:29:58.019><c> disposition,</c><00:29:58.859><c> decorum,</c><00:30:00.059><c> attitude,</c><00:30:01.000><c> and</c>

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response<00:30:01.819><c> to</c><00:30:02.839><c> him</c><00:30:03.119><c> as</c><00:30:03.359><c> the</c><00:30:03.599><c> creator</c><00:30:03.980><c> of</c><00:30:04.299><c> all</c><00:30:04.519><c> things.</c>

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For<00:30:06.000><c> we</c><00:30:06.200><c> need</c><00:30:06.400><c> to</c><00:30:06.660><c> take</c><00:30:06.799><c> his</c><00:30:07.099><c> word</c><00:30:07.279><c> seriously</c><00:30:07.859><c> and</c><00:30:08.180><c> personally.</c>

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For<00:30:09.799><c> it's</c><00:30:10.019><c> the</c><00:30:10.180><c> only</c><00:30:10.400><c> word,</c><00:30:10.700><c> isn't</c><00:30:10.940><c> it,</c><00:30:11.099><c> that</c><00:30:11.339><c> offers</c><00:30:11.579><c> hope,</c>

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that<00:30:13.279><c> offers</c><00:30:13.500><c> salvation.</c>

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We<00:30:16.099><c> have</c><00:30:16.339><c> to</c><00:30:16.500><c> render</c><00:30:16.880><c> unto</c><00:30:17.259><c> God</c><00:30:17.700><c> the</c><00:30:17.940><c> things</c><00:30:18.140><c> that</c><00:30:18.339><c> are</c><00:30:18.500><c> God's.</c>

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And<00:30:21.480><c> those</c><00:30:21.720><c> that</c><00:30:22.000><c> hear</c><00:30:22.180><c> the</c><00:30:22.380><c> word</c><00:30:22.500><c> of</c><00:30:22.680><c> the</c><00:30:22.819><c> Lord</c><00:30:23.339><c> and</c><00:30:24.779><c> let</c><00:30:24.960><c> us</c>

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be,<00:30:25.839><c> as</c><00:30:26.039><c> Rich</c><00:30:26.259><c> says,</c><00:30:26.619><c> those</c><00:30:27.039><c> that</c><00:30:27.259><c> God</c><00:30:27.579><c> sees</c><00:30:28.000><c> and</c><00:30:28.380><c> says</c><00:30:29.039><c> he</c><00:30:29.660><c> or</c>

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she,<00:30:30.019><c> they</c><00:30:30.240><c> tremble</c><00:30:30.599><c> at</c><00:30:30.819><c> my</c><00:30:31.039><c> word.</c>

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They<00:30:32.559><c> take</c><00:30:32.740><c> it</c><00:30:33.059><c> seriously</c><00:30:33.400><c> and</c><00:30:33.680><c> personally,</c><00:30:34.019><c> and</c><00:30:34.220><c> it</c><00:30:34.380><c> affects</c>

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their<00:30:34.880><c> lives</c><00:30:35.119><c> for</c><00:30:35.319><c> the</c><00:30:35.480><c> better.</c>

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Amen.