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behold,</c><00:10:48.820><c> it's</c><00:10:49.279><c> a</c><00:10:49.779><c> stiff</c><00:10:50.419><c>-necked</c><00:10:51.240><c> people.</c><00:10:51.679><c> You</c><00:10:51.940><c> know</c><00:10:52.100><c> what</c> 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.320 a<00:10:52.539><c> stiff</c><00:10:52.720><c>-necked</c><00:10:52.960><c> is.</c><00:10:53.299><c> You've</c><00:10:53.519><c> got</c><00:10:53.600><c> a</c><00:10:53.820><c> stiff</c><00:10:54.019><c> neck.</c> 00:10:54.720 --> 00:11:02.100 You're<00:10:55.100><c> asked</c><00:10:55.220><c> to</c><00:10:55.559><c> yield</c><00:10:55.860><c> and</c><00:10:56.059><c> to</c><00:10:56.200><c> bend.</c><00:10:56.460><c> No.</c><00:10:57.779><c> No.</c><00:10:59.240><c> And</c><00:10:59.720><c> you</c><00:11:00.000><c> almost</c><00:11:00.539><c> glorify</c><00:11:01.659><c> in</c> 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:03.299 your<00:11:02.500><c> stubbornness.</c> 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:08.799 I'm<00:11:04.100><c> unwilling</c><00:11:04.659><c> to</c><00:11:05.159><c> bend.</c><00:11:07.639><c> And</c><00:11:07.720><c> in</c><00:11:07.879><c> the</c><00:11:08.019><c> things</c><00:11:08.220><c> of</c><00:11:08.440><c> God,</c><00:11:08.539><c> they</c> 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:11.100 were<00:11:09.200><c> stiff</c><00:11:09.620><c>-necked.</c> 00:11:11.580 --> 00:11:16.600 In<00:11:11.779><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:11:12.240><c> 31,</c><00:11:13.139><c> of</c><00:11:13.539><c> this</c><00:11:13.899><c> time,</c><00:11:14.159><c> it</c><00:11:14.200><c> says,</c><00:11:14.940><c> I</c><00:11:14.940><c> know</c><00:11:15.779><c> thy</c> 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.179 rebellion<00:11:17.799><c> and</c><00:11:19.279><c> thy</c><00:11:19.639><c> stiff</c><00:11:19.919><c>-necked.</c> 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:25.320 Rebellion<00:11:21.039><c> and</c><00:11:21.539><c> stiff</c><00:11:21.860><c>-neckedness</c><00:11:22.399><c> go</c><00:11:22.759><c> together.</c><00:11:23.879><c> Don't</c><00:11:24.320><c> tell</c><00:11:24.639><c> me</c> 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:28.379 about,<00:11:25.899><c> oh,</c><00:11:25.919><c> you</c><00:11:26.000><c> know,</c><00:11:26.519><c> I'm</c><00:11:27.120><c> stubborn</c><00:11:27.580><c> and,</c><00:11:28.000><c> you</c><00:11:28.240><c> know,</c> 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:31.240 it's<00:11:28.559><c> just</c><00:11:28.759><c> a</c><00:11:29.059><c> cute</c><00:11:29.240><c> little</c><00:11:29.480><c> thing</c><00:11:29.659><c> of</c><00:11:29.840><c> my</c><00:11:30.080><c> personality.</c><00:11:30.720><c> Forget</c><00:11:30.940><c> all</c> 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.120 that.<00:11:31.679><c> It's</c><00:11:31.960><c> rebellion.</c> 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:42.000 Second<00:11:36.879><c> Chronicles</c><00:11:37.419><c> 30,</c><00:11:38.639><c> be</c><00:11:38.879><c> ye</c><00:11:39.460><c> not</c><00:11:40.120><c> stiff</c><00:11:40.860><c>-necked</c><00:11:41.299><c> as</c><00:11:41.639><c> your</c> 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:46.840 fathers<00:11:42.500><c> were,</c><00:11:44.220><c> but</c><00:11:44.700><c> yield</c><00:11:45.679><c> yourselves.</c> 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:52.940 In<00:11:47.080><c> other</c><00:11:47.320><c> words,</c><00:11:47.840><c> give</c><00:11:48.039><c> your</c><00:11:48.740><c> will</c><00:11:49.200><c> to</c><00:11:49.559><c> God.</c><00:11:50.600><c> Don't</c><00:11:51.000><c> be</c><00:11:51.559><c> unwilling.</c><00:11:52.799><c> See</c> 00:11:52.940 --> 00:11:54.019 the<00:11:53.139><c> point?</c> 00:11:54.600 --> 00:12:01.279 Be<00:11:55.120><c> ye</c><00:11:55.519><c> not</c><00:11:55.980><c> stiff</c><00:11:56.399><c>-necked</c><00:11:56.700><c> as</c><00:11:56.960><c> your</c><00:11:57.360><c> fathers</c><00:11:57.860><c> were,</c><00:11:58.799><c> but</c><00:11:58.899><c> yield</c><00:11:59.519><c> yourselves</c><00:12:00.259><c> to</c><00:12:00.659><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:05.059 Now,<00:12:01.980><c> brethren</c><00:12:02.059><c> and</c><00:12:02.240><c> sisters,</c><00:12:02.820><c> that's</c><00:12:03.399><c> meekness.</c><00:12:04.659><c> We're</c><00:12:04.879><c> going</c><00:12:04.980><c> to</c> 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:07.440 talk<00:12:05.279><c> a</c><00:12:05.360><c> bit</c><00:12:05.559><c> more</c><00:12:05.820><c> about</c><00:12:06.019><c> meekness</c><00:12:06.419><c> this</c><00:12:06.659><c> morning,</c><00:12:06.980><c> God</c><00:12:07.139><c> willing.</c> 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:12.720 Well,<00:12:07.940><c> that's</c><00:12:08.179><c> the</c><00:12:08.299><c> first</c><00:12:08.559><c> part.</c><00:12:10.700><c> Childlike</c><00:12:11.220><c> followership.</c> 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.519 When<00:12:13.320><c> dad</c><00:12:13.580><c> says</c><00:12:13.899><c> something,</c><00:12:14.399><c> I</c><00:12:14.740><c> trust</c><00:12:15.159><c> dad.</c> 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.740 I<00:12:15.860><c> hold</c><00:12:16.159><c> his</c><00:12:16.340><c> hand.</c><00:12:16.519><c> I</c><00:12:16.519><c> might</c><00:12:16.740><c> squeeze</c><00:12:17.039><c> it</c><00:12:17.179><c> a</c><00:12:17.179><c> bit</c><00:12:17.340><c> hard</c><00:12:17.440><c> because</c><00:12:17.539><c> I'm</c><00:12:17.720><c> a</c> 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:19.960 little<00:12:17.879><c> bit</c><00:12:18.100><c> scared,</c><00:12:18.399><c> but</c><00:12:18.600><c> I</c><00:12:18.940><c> follow</c><00:12:19.200><c> him.</c> 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:23.039 Childlike<00:12:21.019><c> followership.</c><00:12:21.639><c> What's</c><00:12:22.000><c> the</c><00:12:22.240><c> opposite</c><00:12:22.580><c> of</c><00:12:22.799><c> that?</c> 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:31.220 Oh,<00:12:23.779><c> not</c><00:12:24.059><c> me.</c><00:12:26.179><c> Oh,</c><00:12:26.399><c> no,</c><00:12:26.519><c> my</c><00:12:26.840><c> rights.</c><00:12:28.460><c> And</c><00:12:28.620><c> he</c><00:12:28.799><c> got</c><00:12:28.980><c> more</c><00:12:29.279><c> than</c><00:12:29.460><c> me.</c> 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:42.539 James<00:12:35.159><c> says,</c><00:12:37.840><c> be</c><00:12:38.100><c> easily</c><00:12:39.220><c> persuaded.</c><00:12:41.820><c> Come</c><00:12:42.080><c> on,</c><00:12:42.419><c> brethren</c> 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:43.059 and<00:12:42.799><c> sisters.</c> 00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:50.820 There<00:12:43.940><c> are</c><00:12:44.299><c> times</c><00:12:44.720><c> when</c><00:12:44.960><c> we</c><00:12:45.120><c> are</c><00:12:45.539><c> awfully,</c><00:12:46.700><c> awfully</c><00:12:47.620><c> stiff</c><00:12:48.159><c>-necked.</c><00:12:50.080><c> James</c><00:12:50.399><c> tells</c><00:12:50.620><c> us</c> 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:53.019 to<00:12:51.220><c> be</c><00:12:51.419><c> easily</c><00:12:52.179><c> persuaded.</c> 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:55.519 Not<00:12:53.519><c> that</c><00:12:53.639><c> we're</c><00:12:53.879><c> going</c><00:12:54.019><c> to</c><00:12:54.120><c> be</c><00:12:54.440><c> gullible.</c><00:12:54.879><c> It's</c><00:12:55.080><c> not</c><00:12:55.240><c> talking</c> 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.899 about<00:12:55.940><c> doctrine.</c> 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.720 It's<00:12:57.179><c> talking</c><00:12:57.480><c> about</c><00:12:57.919><c> just</c><00:12:58.419><c> going</c><00:12:58.779><c> with</c><00:12:59.059><c> the</c><00:12:59.440><c> flow</c><00:12:59.899><c> of</c><00:13:00.480><c> leadership</c><00:13:01.120><c> that's</c> 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:02.120 been<00:13:01.940><c> given.</c> 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:05.000 And<00:13:02.820><c> look,</c><00:13:03.220><c> maybe</c><00:13:03.559><c> you'll</c><00:13:03.740><c> go</c><00:13:03.899><c> down</c><00:13:04.100><c> a</c><00:13:04.320><c> dead</c><00:13:04.500><c> end</c><00:13:04.700><c> and</c><00:13:04.759><c> you've</c> 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.019 got<00:13:05.039><c> to</c><00:13:05.639><c> put</c><00:13:05.779><c> it</c><00:13:05.940><c> in</c><00:13:06.139><c> reverse</c><00:13:06.539><c> and</c><00:13:06.759><c> reverse</c><00:13:07.120><c> out</c><00:13:07.419><c> and</c><00:13:07.820><c> go,</c><00:13:08.720><c> but</c> 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:10.919 that's<00:13:09.740><c> life.</c> 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:17.220 Angularity<00:13:13.980><c> is</c><00:13:14.179><c> not</c><00:13:14.460><c> the</c><00:13:14.720><c> personality</c><00:13:15.279><c> of</c><00:13:15.460><c> the</c><00:13:15.659><c> saint</c><00:13:15.879><c> in</c><00:13:16.100><c> Christ.</c><00:13:16.980><c> Oh,</c> 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:18.220 no,<00:13:17.440><c> I</c><00:13:17.460><c> don't</c><00:13:17.679><c> agree</c><00:13:17.879><c> with</c><00:13:18.080><c> that.</c> 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:23.580 And<00:13:18.799><c> a</c><00:13:19.820><c> whinge</c><00:13:20.000><c> and</c><00:13:20.120><c> a</c><00:13:20.279><c> carry</c><00:13:20.419><c> on.</c><00:13:20.879><c> That's</c><00:13:21.299><c> not</c><00:13:21.539><c> it.</c><00:13:21.980><c> It's</c><00:13:22.399><c> yielding</c><00:13:23.080><c> your</c> 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:25.419 will<00:13:24.000><c> to</c><00:13:24.399><c> God.</c> 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:30.960 And<00:13:25.539><c> in</c><00:13:26.399><c> a</c><00:13:26.960><c> street</c><00:13:27.200><c> sense,</c><00:13:28.000><c> that</c><00:13:28.019><c> means</c><00:13:28.360><c> oftentimes,</c><00:13:29.179><c> brethren</c><00:13:29.240><c> and</c><00:13:29.360><c> sisters,</c><00:13:29.720><c> accepting</c><00:13:30.120><c> things</c><00:13:30.580><c> in</c> 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.759 the<00:13:31.179><c> eclosure</c><00:13:31.480><c> of</c><00:13:31.580><c> God.</c> 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:33.639 You'd<00:13:31.960><c> say,</c><00:13:32.039><c> well,</c><00:13:32.259><c> if</c><00:13:32.399><c> I</c><00:13:32.519><c> was</c><00:13:32.600><c> running</c><00:13:32.799><c> the</c><00:13:32.960><c> show,</c><00:13:33.279><c> it'd</c><00:13:33.419><c> be</c><00:13:33.539><c> a</c> 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:36.759 little<00:13:33.759><c> bit</c><00:13:33.960><c> different,</c><00:13:34.440><c> but</c><00:13:34.539><c> hey,</c><00:13:34.820><c> let's</c><00:13:35.000><c> just</c><00:13:35.220><c> go</c><00:13:35.379><c> with</c><00:13:35.519><c> it.</c> 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:46.639 They<00:13:39.080><c> weren't</c><00:13:39.279><c> like</c><00:13:39.559><c> that.</c><00:13:42.659><c> And</c><00:13:42.799><c> Aaron</c><00:13:42.940><c> knew</c><00:13:43.120><c> that.</c><00:13:45.840><c> And</c><00:13:45.960><c> Aaron's</c><00:13:46.360><c> a</c> 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.480 failed<00:13:47.279><c> leader.</c> 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:53.139 That's<00:13:49.019><c> why</c><00:13:49.179><c> he</c><00:13:49.360><c> wasn't</c><00:13:49.759><c> chosen.</c><00:13:50.299><c> You</c><00:13:50.399><c> often</c><00:13:50.620><c> wonder,</c><00:13:51.360><c> you</c><00:13:51.419><c> know,</c><00:13:51.679><c> Moses</c><00:13:51.960><c> said</c><00:13:52.179><c> early</c><00:13:52.460><c> on,</c><00:13:52.860><c> oh,</c><00:13:52.860><c> look,</c><00:13:53.000><c> I</c> 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.860 can't<00:13:53.580><c> speak.</c> 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Aaron</c><00:14:09.019><c> said</c><00:14:09.360><c> to</c><00:14:09.480><c> them,</c><00:14:10.679><c> break</c><00:14:10.779><c> off</c><00:14:11.059><c> the</c><00:14:11.259><c> golden</c><00:14:11.840><c> earrings</c> 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:14.559 which<00:14:12.720><c> are</c><00:14:12.940><c> in</c><00:14:13.080><c> the</c><00:14:13.279><c> ears</c><00:14:13.600><c> of</c><00:14:13.779><c> your</c><00:14:14.080><c> wives,</c> 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:17.700 of<00:14:14.820><c> your</c><00:14:15.179><c> sons</c><00:14:15.539><c> and</c><00:14:15.679><c> of</c><00:14:15.840><c> your</c><00:14:16.080><c> daughters,</c><00:14:16.679><c> and</c><00:14:16.860><c> bring</c><00:14:17.100><c> them</c><00:14:17.299><c> to</c><00:14:17.519><c> me.</c> 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:20.159 And<00:14:17.899><c> they</c><00:14:18.159><c> did.</c><00:14:18.379><c> They</c><00:14:18.519><c> got</c><00:14:18.659><c> all</c><00:14:18.820><c> the</c><00:14:19.080><c> gold.</c><00:14:19.580><c> And</c><00:14:19.580><c> he</c><00:14:19.799><c> received</c> 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.620 them,<00:14:20.340><c> verse</c><00:14:20.600><c> four,</c><00:14:20.820><c> at</c><00:14:20.960><c> their</c><00:14:21.259><c> hand</c> 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:24.480 and<00:14:22.220><c> fashioned</c><00:14:22.580><c> it</c><00:14:22.720><c> with</c><00:14:22.899><c> a</c><00:14:23.059><c> graving</c><00:14:23.320><c> tool</c><00:14:23.559><c> after</c><00:14:24.100><c> he'd</c><00:14:24.360><c> made</c> 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.379 a<00:14:24.840><c> molten</c><00:14:25.419><c> calf,</c><00:14:25.980><c> one</c><00:14:26.179><c> of</c><00:14:26.279><c> the</c><00:14:26.500><c> gods</c><00:14:26.759><c> of</c><00:14:27.000><c> Egypt.</c> 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:32.419 This<00:14:27.960><c> is</c><00:14:28.240><c> Aaron.</c><00:14:30.000><c> Now,</c><00:14:30.320><c> what's</c><00:14:30.620><c> Aaron</c><00:14:30.960><c> doing</c><00:14:31.299><c> here?</c> 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:41.139 And<00:14:36.059><c> they</c><00:14:36.720><c> said,</c><00:14:37.039><c> these</c><00:14:37.399><c> be</c><00:14:37.779><c> thy</c><00:14:38.120><c> gods,</c><00:14:38.799><c> O</c><00:14:38.899><c> Israel.</c><00:14:39.840><c> Look</c><00:14:40.019><c> at</c><00:14:40.139><c> this.</c> 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:45.360 Which<00:14:41.679><c> brought</c><00:14:42.200><c> thee</c><00:14:42.639><c> up</c><00:14:43.080><c> out</c><00:14:43.480><c> of</c><00:14:43.620><c> the</c><00:14:43.840><c> land</c><00:14:44.120><c> of</c><00:14:44.440><c> Egypt.</c> 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:47.460 Absolute<00:14:46.340><c> blasphemy.</c> 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.559 And<00:14:48.419><c> look</c><00:14:48.539><c> at</c><00:14:48.679><c> verse</c><00:14:48.919><c> five.</c><00:14:49.340><c> This</c><00:14:49.840><c> is</c><00:14:50.120><c> Aaron's</c><00:14:50.720><c> take</c><00:14:50.879><c> upon</c><00:14:51.120><c> it.</c> 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:56.179 And<00:14:51.899><c> when</c><00:14:52.320><c> Aaron</c><00:14:52.600><c> saw</c><00:14:53.080><c> it,</c><00:14:53.539><c> he</c><00:14:53.940><c> built</c><00:14:54.399><c> an</c><00:14:54.879><c> altar</c><00:14:55.179><c> before</c><00:14:55.659><c> the</c> 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:57.899 molten<00:14:56.600><c> calf.</c> 00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:03.580 And<00:14:59.559><c> Aaron</c><00:15:00.120><c> made</c><00:15:00.559><c> proclamation</c><00:15:01.259><c> and</c><00:15:01.600><c> said,</c><00:15:02.299><c> okay,</c><00:15:03.120><c> have</c><00:15:03.360><c> your</c> 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:04.200 fun<00:15:03.799><c> today.</c> 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:06.259 Have<00:15:04.679><c> your</c><00:15:04.879><c> worship</c><00:15:05.220><c> of</c><00:15:05.399><c> these</c><00:15:05.659><c> gods</c><00:15:05.940><c> of</c><00:15:06.120><c> Egypt.</c> 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:09.980 Tomorrow,<00:15:07.120><c> could</c><00:15:07.320><c> you</c><00:15:07.539><c> reserve</c><00:15:07.899><c> tomorrow</c><00:15:08.440><c> as</c><00:15:08.779><c> a</c><00:15:09.000><c> feast</c><00:15:09.200><c> to</c><00:15:09.620><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.580 We<00:15:10.340><c> really</c><00:15:10.580><c> do</c><00:15:10.799><c> have</c><00:15:10.980><c> to</c><00:15:11.200><c> acknowledge</c><00:15:11.600><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:12.059><c> as</c><00:15:12.200><c> one</c><00:15:12.360><c> of</c><00:15:12.460><c> the</c> 00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.039 gods<00:15:12.779><c> here.</c> 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:17.120 Do<00:15:13.320><c> you</c><00:15:13.419><c> think</c><00:15:13.580><c> you</c><00:15:13.679><c> could</c><00:15:13.840><c> do</c><00:15:14.100><c> that?</c><00:15:14.919><c> Please?</c><00:15:15.980><c> Pretty</c><00:15:16.240><c> please?</c> 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:26.080 Spineless.<00:15:22.259><c> Bit</c><00:15:22.419><c> of</c><00:15:22.700><c> compromise.</c><00:15:23.320><c> Oh,</c><00:15:23.840><c> yeah,</c><00:15:23.940><c> let's</c><00:15:24.340><c> customise</c><00:15:24.980><c> our</c><00:15:25.200><c> religion.</c> 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:29.720 Let's<00:15:26.919><c> compromise</c><00:15:27.399><c> it.</c><00:15:27.679><c> Let</c><00:15:27.960><c> them</c><00:15:28.259><c> have</c><00:15:28.679><c> their</c><00:15:28.960><c> fun.</c><00:15:29.480><c> Let</c> 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:32.000 them<00:15:30.000><c> play</c><00:15:30.419><c> with</c><00:15:30.700><c> their</c><00:15:31.539><c> false</c><00:15:31.820><c> gods.</c> 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:33.940 I<00:15:32.120><c> mean,</c><00:15:32.320><c> after</c><00:15:32.659><c> all,</c><00:15:32.940><c> it's</c><00:15:33.059><c> all</c><00:15:33.259><c> fiction</c><00:15:33.500><c> anyway.</c> 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:37.360 But<00:15:34.500><c> tomorrow,</c><00:15:35.299><c> you</c><00:15:35.379><c> will</c><00:15:35.620><c> agree,</c><00:15:36.039><c> won't</c><00:15:36.159><c> you,</c><00:15:36.740><c> that</c><00:15:36.820><c> we'll</c><00:15:36.980><c> have</c><00:15:37.179><c> a</c> 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:38.259 feast<00:15:37.559><c> to</c><00:15:37.879><c> Yahweh</c> 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:43.679 and<00:15:38.960><c> sanctify</c><00:15:39.659><c> all</c><00:15:39.899><c> these</c><00:15:40.159><c> things.</c><00:15:41.220><c> Oh,</c><00:15:41.519><c> brethren</c><00:15:41.840><c> and</c><00:15:42.100><c> sisters,</c><00:15:42.399><c> come</c><00:15:42.639><c> on.</c> 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:51.120 You<00:15:48.740><c> go</c><00:15:48.940><c> down</c><00:15:49.059><c> that</c><00:15:49.240><c> path,</c><00:15:49.720><c> brethren</c><00:15:49.840><c> and</c><00:15:50.100><c> sisters.</c> 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.539 I<00:15:53.539><c> fear</c><00:15:53.860><c> for</c><00:15:54.059><c> the</c><00:15:54.240><c> occlusion</c><00:15:54.500><c> of</c><00:15:54.720><c> God</c><00:15:54.980><c> when</c><00:15:55.139><c> we've</c><00:15:55.340><c> got</c><00:15:55.440><c> leaders</c><00:15:55.720><c> like</c><00:15:56.080><c> that.</c> 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:01.779 And<00:15:57.059><c> God</c><00:15:57.240><c> did</c><00:15:57.519><c> too.</c><00:15:59.039><c> Customised</c><00:15:59.580><c> and</c><00:16:00.100><c> compromised</c><00:16:00.740><c> religion.</c> 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:04.799 You've<00:16:02.340><c> got</c><00:16:02.440><c> a</c><00:16:02.580><c> veneer</c><00:16:03.240><c> of</c><00:16:03.480><c> religion.</c><00:16:04.120><c> Verse</c><00:16:04.460><c> six.</c> 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:08.059 They<00:16:05.059><c> rose</c><00:16:05.440><c> up</c><00:16:05.720><c> early</c><00:16:06.019><c> on</c><00:16:06.220><c> the</c><00:16:06.440><c> mire</c><00:16:06.679><c> and</c><00:16:06.980><c> offered</c><00:16:07.340><c> burnt</c><00:16:07.720><c> offerings.</c> 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:10.860 A<00:16:08.279><c> veneer</c><00:16:08.779><c> of</c><00:16:08.960><c> religion.</c><00:16:09.539><c> They</c><00:16:09.759><c> offered</c><00:16:09.879><c> up</c><00:16:10.139><c> burnt</c><00:16:10.399><c> offerings.</c> 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:17.080 Brought<00:16:11.399><c> peace</c><00:16:11.820><c> offerings.</c><00:16:14.179><c> And</c><00:16:14.779><c> then</c><00:16:14.960><c> they</c><00:16:15.279><c> carused</c><00:16:16.000><c> for</c><00:16:16.500><c> the</c><00:16:16.659><c> rest</c><00:16:16.879><c> of</c> 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.580 their<00:16:17.279><c> time.</c> 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.620 The<00:16:17.820><c> people</c><00:16:18.080><c> sat</c><00:16:18.440><c> down</c><00:16:18.840><c> to</c><00:16:19.059><c> eat</c><00:16:19.440><c> and</c><00:16:19.799><c> to</c><00:16:20.120><c> drink</c><00:16:20.419><c> and</c><00:16:20.860><c> rose</c><00:16:21.259><c> up</c> 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.340 to<00:16:21.980><c> play.</c> 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:25.720 And<00:16:22.759><c> that's</c><00:16:23.159><c> not</c><00:16:23.460><c> the</c><00:16:23.740><c> play</c><00:16:23.960><c> of</c><00:16:24.159><c> a</c><00:16:24.379><c> six</c><00:16:24.600><c>-year</c><00:16:24.759><c>-old.</c> 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:29.940 Notice<00:16:26.919><c> that</c><00:16:27.059><c> there's</c><00:16:27.240><c> no</c><00:16:27.519><c> sin</c><00:16:27.679><c> offering.</c><00:16:29.240><c> Apostasy</c><00:16:29.700><c> does</c> 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:31.340 not<00:16:30.100><c> have</c><00:16:30.259><c> sin</c><00:16:30.460><c> offerings.</c> 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:39.879 It's<00:16:33.039><c> marked</c><00:16:33.200><c> by</c><00:16:33.460><c> the</c><00:16:33.679><c> absence</c><00:16:34.100><c> of</c><00:16:34.419><c> a</c><00:16:34.539><c> sinful</c><00:16:35.500><c> conscience,</c><00:16:36.220><c> and</c><00:16:36.580><c> all</c><00:16:36.820><c> the</c><00:16:37.100><c> fun</c><00:16:37.419><c> stuff</c><00:16:38.000><c> is</c><00:16:39.159><c> emphasised.</c> 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.960 Self,<00:16:41.500><c> not</c><00:16:41.899><c> God.</c> 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:48.879 And,<00:16:46.019><c> oh,</c><00:16:46.240><c> brethren</c><00:16:46.379><c> and</c><00:16:46.620><c> sisters,</c><00:16:46.860><c> now</c><00:16:47.019><c> Moses</c><00:16:47.279><c> has</c><00:16:47.519><c> to</c><00:16:47.720><c> act.</c> 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.200 And<00:16:50.500><c> I</c><00:16:50.600><c> love</c><00:16:50.759><c> him</c><00:16:50.940><c> for</c><00:16:51.039><c> this.</c> 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:56.779 He<00:16:53.980><c> returns</c><00:16:54.679><c> from</c><00:16:55.240><c> the</c><00:16:55.519><c> mount</c><00:16:55.740><c> with</c><00:16:55.960><c> the</c><00:16:56.179><c> two</c><00:16:56.399><c> tablets.</c> 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.860 Remember<00:16:57.500><c> what</c><00:16:57.659><c> was</c><00:16:57.820><c> the</c><00:16:58.320><c> first</c><00:16:58.679><c> two</c><00:16:58.940><c> commandments</c><00:16:59.320><c> on</c><00:16:59.740><c> those</c><00:17:00.000><c> tablets.</c> 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:04.940 Thou<00:17:01.519><c> shalt</c><00:17:01.899><c> have</c><00:17:02.259><c> no</c><00:17:02.659><c> other</c><00:17:03.100><c> gods</c><00:17:03.659><c> before</c><00:17:04.480><c> me.</c> 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:08.759 There<00:17:05.599><c> they</c><00:17:05.920><c> are,</c><00:17:06.480><c> worshipping</c><00:17:06.900><c> the</c><00:17:07.220><c> gods</c><00:17:07.660><c> of</c><00:17:08.180><c> Egypt.</c> 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.019 Thou<00:17:09.660><c> shalt</c><00:17:09.859><c> have</c><00:17:10.099><c> no</c><00:17:10.359><c> other</c><00:17:10.599><c> gods</c><00:17:11.019><c> before</c><00:17:11.660><c> me.</c> 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:17.380 Thou<00:17:12.420><c> shalt</c><00:17:12.680><c> not</c><00:17:13.039><c> make</c><00:17:13.460><c> unto</c><00:17:13.920><c> thee</c><00:17:14.339><c> any</c><00:17:15.039><c> graven</c><00:17:15.859><c> image.</c> 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:22.539 The<00:17:19.759><c> very</c><00:17:20.160><c> thing</c><00:17:20.539><c> that</c><00:17:20.599><c> he</c><00:17:20.680><c> was</c><00:17:20.880><c> bringing</c><00:17:21.460><c> to</c><00:17:21.839><c> say,</c><00:17:22.359><c> hold</c><00:17:22.359><c> on,</c> 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.559 here<00:17:22.720><c> it</c><00:17:22.859><c> is.</c> 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:27.140 Here's<00:17:24.700><c> the</c><00:17:25.220><c> guidelines</c><00:17:25.700><c> by</c><00:17:26.019><c> which</c><00:17:26.160><c> we</c><00:17:26.420><c> live.</c> 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:31.259 Those<00:17:27.920><c> two</c><00:17:28.339><c> were</c><00:17:28.759><c> flagrantly</c><00:17:30.200><c> disobeyed.</c> 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:33.980 And<00:17:31.640><c> he</c><00:17:31.799><c> smashed</c><00:17:32.039><c> them.</c><00:17:33.240><c> He</c><00:17:33.539><c> was</c><00:17:33.680><c> upset.</c> 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:35.819 Now,<00:17:34.359><c> I'm</c><00:17:34.579><c> going</c><00:17:34.640><c> to</c><00:17:34.740><c> tell</c><00:17:34.880><c> you</c><00:17:34.960><c> something,</c><00:17:35.279><c> brethren</c><00:17:35.480><c> and</c><00:17:35.720><c> sisters.</c> 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:40.059 I<00:17:36.000><c> don't</c><00:17:36.319><c> have</c><00:17:36.680><c> a</c><00:17:37.839><c> proof</c><00:17:38.019><c> for</c><00:17:38.240><c> this</c><00:17:38.420><c> in</c><00:17:38.740><c> the</c><00:17:38.980><c> strict</c><00:17:39.180><c> scientific</c><00:17:39.720><c> sense.</c> 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:44.720 I<00:17:40.200><c> can't</c><00:17:40.799><c> demonstrate</c><00:17:41.400><c> this</c><00:17:41.720><c> with</c><00:17:43.119><c> seventh</c><00:17:43.660><c> decimal</c><00:17:44.400><c> place</c> 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.599 accuracy<00:17:45.119><c> or</c><00:17:45.259><c> anything</c><00:17:45.460><c> like</c><00:17:45.740><c> that.</c> 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:50.339 But<00:17:47.119><c> this</c><00:17:47.319><c> is</c><00:17:47.500><c> an</c><00:17:47.680><c> observation</c><00:17:48.319><c> that</c><00:17:49.000><c> I</c><00:17:49.220><c> and</c><00:17:49.380><c> others</c><00:17:49.539><c> have</c><00:17:49.799><c> seen,</c><00:17:50.160><c> and</c> 00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:52.259 it's<00:17:50.619><c> pretty</c><00:17:50.960><c> true</c><00:17:51.259><c> of</c><00:17:51.579><c> human</c><00:17:51.819><c> nature.</c> 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:57.079 You<00:17:52.700><c> know,</c><00:17:53.960><c> worship,</c><00:17:55.220><c> in</c><00:17:55.539><c> the</c><00:17:55.759><c> abstract</c><00:17:56.240><c> sense,</c><00:17:56.660><c> in</c><00:17:56.799><c> the</c> 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:58.660 generic<00:17:57.640><c> sense,</c><00:17:58.140><c> worship,</c> 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:04.079 of<00:17:59.039><c> whatever</c><00:17:59.380><c> sort</c><00:17:59.680><c> you</c><00:18:00.000><c> choose,</c><00:18:00.740><c> worship</c><00:18:01.359><c> is</c><00:18:01.940><c> part</c><00:18:02.380><c> of</c><00:18:02.720><c> human</c><00:18:03.000><c> nature.</c> 00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:07.339 Whether<00:18:04.900><c> you</c><00:18:05.160><c> like</c><00:18:05.359><c> to</c><00:18:05.559><c> think</c><00:18:05.700><c> it</c><00:18:05.779><c> of</c><00:18:05.859><c> or</c><00:18:06.039><c> not,</c><00:18:06.279><c> we</c><00:18:06.359><c> are</c><00:18:06.740><c> always</c> 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:10.900 worshipping<00:18:08.220><c> something</c><00:18:09.019><c> or</c><00:18:09.740><c> someone.</c> 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:19.099 And<00:18:14.180><c> idolatry</c><00:18:14.700><c> is</c><00:18:15.640><c> substituting</c><00:18:16.500><c> God</c><00:18:17.259><c> with</c><00:18:18.119><c> something</c><00:18:18.660><c> else.</c> 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:22.700 It's<00:18:19.700><c> still</c><00:18:19.940><c> worship.</c><00:18:21.259><c> They</c><00:18:21.500><c> were</c><00:18:21.660><c> worshipping</c><00:18:22.099><c> these</c><00:18:22.440><c> gods.</c> 00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:25.019 You<00:18:23.079><c> know,</c><00:18:23.180><c> we</c><00:18:23.319><c> are</c><00:18:23.500><c> the</c><00:18:23.619><c> only</c><00:18:23.880><c> creatures</c><00:18:24.279><c> upon</c><00:18:24.579><c> this</c><00:18:24.819><c> planet</c> 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:26.759 with<00:18:25.240><c> a</c><00:18:25.359><c> capacity</c><00:18:25.980><c> for</c><00:18:26.400><c> worship,</c> 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.859 whether<00:18:27.000><c> it</c><00:18:27.160><c> be</c><00:18:27.279><c> for</c><00:18:27.539><c> idols</c><00:18:27.920><c> or</c><00:18:28.359><c> whether</c><00:18:28.559><c> it</c><00:18:28.680><c> be</c><00:18:28.779><c> for</c><00:18:29.019><c> God.</c> 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:33.640 And<00:18:30.799><c> you</c><00:18:31.000><c> often</c><00:18:31.319><c> see,</c><00:18:31.880><c> well,</c><00:18:32.099><c> no,</c><00:18:32.259><c> you</c><00:18:32.319><c> don't</c><00:18:32.539><c> often</c><00:18:32.779><c> see</c><00:18:33.000><c> it,</c> 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.059 but<00:18:33.880><c> you</c><00:18:34.220><c> sometimes</c><00:18:34.799><c> see</c><00:18:35.400><c> people</c><00:18:36.140><c> leave</c><00:18:36.420><c> the</c><00:18:36.720><c> truth</c> 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:39.599 and<00:18:37.680><c> you</c><00:18:37.859><c> think,</c><00:18:38.099><c> well,</c><00:18:38.420><c> you</c><00:18:38.579><c> know,</c><00:18:38.720><c> they</c><00:18:38.880><c> just</c><00:18:39.079><c> go</c><00:18:39.200><c> off</c><00:18:39.380><c> into</c> 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:42.440 a<00:18:39.920><c> void,</c><00:18:40.599><c> sort</c><00:18:40.819><c> of</c><00:18:41.079><c> a</c><00:18:41.339><c> no</c><00:18:41.559><c> man's</c><00:18:42.039><c> land.</c> 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:44.279 That's<00:18:43.099><c> not</c><00:18:43.400><c> true.</c> 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:49.259 Oftentimes<00:18:45.299><c> you</c><00:18:45.859><c> see</c><00:18:46.079><c> them</c><00:18:46.279><c> giving</c><00:18:46.539><c> up</c><00:18:46.779><c> on</c><00:18:47.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:47.720><c> and</c><00:18:48.720><c> they</c> 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:53.440 substitute<00:18:50.140><c> for</c><00:18:50.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:51.440><c> a</c><00:18:52.200><c> false</c><00:18:52.539><c> god.</c> 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:55.140 Now,<00:18:53.680><c> it</c><00:18:53.720><c> might</c><00:18:53.900><c> be</c><00:18:54.180><c> literally</c><00:18:54.500><c> a</c><00:18:54.720><c> false</c><00:18:54.940><c> god.</c> 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:58.220 They<00:18:55.319><c> might</c><00:18:55.519><c> join</c><00:18:55.980><c> another</c><00:18:56.680><c> religion</c><00:18:57.180><c> or</c><00:18:57.359><c> something</c><00:18:57.640><c> like</c><00:18:57.980><c> that</c> 00:18:58.220 --> 00:19:01.000 and<00:18:58.359><c> they've</c><00:18:58.640><c> sold</c><00:18:58.759><c> their</c><00:18:59.000><c> mind</c><00:18:59.140><c> to</c><00:18:59.380><c> that,</c><00:18:59.900><c> well,</c><00:19:00.279><c> that's</c> 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.599 their<00:19:01.220><c> decision.</c> 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.640 But<00:19:01.960><c> there</c><00:19:02.140><c> are</c><00:19:02.240><c> other</c><00:19:02.500><c> false</c><00:19:02.799><c> gods</c><00:19:02.980><c> in</c><00:19:03.140><c> this</c><00:19:03.279><c> world</c><00:19:03.400><c> and</c><00:19:03.460><c> you</c> 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.099 know<00:19:03.880><c> them.</c> 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:06.319 We've<00:19:04.599><c> talked</c><00:19:04.759><c> about</c><00:19:04.960><c> them</c><00:19:05.140><c> this</c><00:19:05.420><c> week.</c> 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:16.079 Your<00:19:08.140><c> career,</c><00:19:12.420><c> your</c><00:19:12.660><c> career,</c><00:19:13.799><c> which</c><00:19:13.960><c> is</c><00:19:14.220><c> really</c><00:19:14.480><c> just</c><00:19:15.200><c> self</c><00:19:15.559><c>-worship.</c> 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:18.759 It's<00:19:16.680><c> not</c><00:19:16.839><c> a</c><00:19:17.119><c> job.</c><00:19:17.519><c> Oh,</c><00:19:17.880><c> no,</c><00:19:18.279><c> no</c><00:19:18.539><c> way.</c> 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:21.420 It's<00:19:19.119><c> a</c><00:19:19.380><c> career</c><00:19:19.579><c> because</c><00:19:19.799><c> I'm</c><00:19:20.259><c> destined</c><00:19:20.619><c> for</c><00:19:20.920><c> bigger</c><00:19:21.059><c> things</c> 00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:21.940 than<00:19:21.559><c> where</c><00:19:21.700><c> I</c><00:19:21.839><c> am.</c> 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.480 I'm<00:19:22.059><c> going</c><00:19:22.259><c> to</c><00:19:23.059><c> the</c><00:19:23.140><c> top.</c> 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:36.299 Money,<00:19:26.140><c> big</c><00:19:26.440><c> thing</c><00:19:26.779><c> in</c><00:19:27.079><c> the</c><00:19:27.259><c> Western</c><00:19:27.559><c> world,</c><00:19:28.420><c> pleasure,</c><00:19:31.559><c> humanism,</c><00:19:34.519><c> gluttony</c><00:19:35.200><c> and</c><00:19:35.759><c> excess.</c> 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:39.839 All<00:19:37.099><c> self</c><00:19:37.539><c>-worship,</c><00:19:38.880><c> but</c><00:19:38.940><c> it's</c><00:19:39.319><c> all</c><00:19:39.680><c> there.</c> 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:42.680 And<00:19:40.099><c> here's</c><00:19:40.299><c> one</c><00:19:40.440><c> you</c><00:19:40.559><c> might</c><00:19:40.819><c> think</c><00:19:41.059><c> is</c><00:19:41.460><c> rather</c><00:19:41.740><c> weird.</c> 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.440 It's<00:19:43.160><c> a</c><00:19:43.279><c> form</c><00:19:43.460><c> of</c><00:19:43.680><c> idolatry,</c><00:19:44.140><c> all</c><00:19:44.259><c> the</c><00:19:44.440><c> same.</c> 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:55.599 Some<00:19:48.460><c> people</c><00:19:48.799><c> worship</c><00:19:49.180><c> their</c><00:19:49.400><c> family,</c><00:19:52.019><c> their</c><00:19:52.180><c> children,</c><00:19:54.119><c> their</c><00:19:54.339><c> wife</c><00:19:54.960><c> or</c> 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:57.220 their<00:19:55.880><c> girlfriend</c><00:19:56.440><c> or</c><00:19:56.759><c> whatever.</c> 00:19:57.700 --> 00:20:01.779 In<00:19:57.839><c> fact,</c><00:19:58.019><c> you</c><00:19:58.160><c> often</c><00:19:59.000><c> hear</c><00:19:59.559><c> in</c><00:20:00.299><c> modern</c><00:20:00.579><c> music.</c> 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:05.220 I<00:20:02.700><c> heard</c><00:20:02.960><c> the</c><00:20:03.180><c> lyrics</c><00:20:03.539><c> one</c><00:20:03.920><c> time</c><00:20:04.200><c> of</c><00:20:04.460><c> a</c><00:20:04.599><c> piece</c><00:20:04.759><c> of</c><00:20:04.880><c> music</c><00:20:04.960><c> some</c> 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.220 time<00:20:05.400><c> ago</c><00:20:05.619><c> now.</c> 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:10.599 I<00:20:07.339><c> cannot</c><00:20:07.720><c> breathe</c><00:20:08.559><c> without</c><00:20:09.220><c> you.</c> 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:13.480 Well,<00:20:11.799><c> guess</c><00:20:11.980><c> what?</c><00:20:12.240><c> You</c><00:20:12.359><c> can.</c> 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.920 You<00:20:14.400><c> know,</c><00:20:14.819><c> you</c><00:20:14.819><c> just</c><00:20:15.140><c> breathe</c><00:20:15.440><c> in</c><00:20:15.700><c> and</c><00:20:15.740><c> out.</c> 00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:17.480 It<00:20:15.980><c> does</c><00:20:16.279><c> happen.</c> 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:24.440 Do<00:20:20.079><c> you</c><00:20:20.319><c> see</c><00:20:20.480><c> the</c><00:20:20.720><c> extent</c><00:20:21.339><c> to</c><00:20:21.480><c> which</c><00:20:21.619><c> we're</c><00:20:22.319><c> idolizing</c><00:20:23.079><c> things</c> 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:26.559 and<00:20:24.660><c> objects</c><00:20:25.200><c> and</c><00:20:25.460><c> people</c><00:20:25.819><c> around</c><00:20:26.180><c> us?</c> 00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.680 And<00:20:27.099><c> God</c><00:20:27.500><c> is</c><00:20:27.880><c> completely</c><00:20:28.500><c> lifted.</c> 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:32.039 Now,<00:20:29.059><c> God</c><00:20:29.440><c> feels</c><00:20:30.359><c> that</c><00:20:30.980><c> contempt.</c> 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:37.140 And<00:20:33.380><c> Moses</c><00:20:33.740><c> is</c><00:20:33.940><c> going</c><00:20:34.059><c> to</c><00:20:34.220><c> learn</c><00:20:34.359><c> that</c><00:20:35.140><c> right</c><00:20:35.880><c> now.</c> 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:46.440 And<00:20:40.200><c> you</c><00:20:40.380><c> know,</c><00:20:40.680><c> brethren</c><00:20:40.799><c> and</c><00:20:40.880><c> sisters,</c><00:20:43.940><c> our</c><00:20:44.240><c> leader</c><00:20:44.599><c> is</c><00:20:44.940><c> away</c><00:20:45.400><c> more</c><00:20:45.900><c> than</c><00:20:46.099><c> 40</c> 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.230 days<00:20:46.839><c> and</c><00:20:46.960><c> 40</c><00:20:47.339><c> nights.</c> 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:55.480 And<00:20:51.440><c> when</c><00:20:51.619><c> the</c><00:20:51.900><c> shine</c><00:20:52.220><c> of</c><00:20:52.380><c> the</c><00:20:52.720><c> truth's</c><00:20:53.440><c> call</c><00:20:53.779><c> starts</c><00:20:54.380><c> to</c><00:20:54.940><c> fade</c> 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:57.480 in<00:20:55.880><c> our</c><00:20:56.140><c> lives</c> 00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:05.579 and<00:20:59.039><c> Christ,</c><00:20:59.980><c> our</c><00:21:00.220><c> leader,</c><00:21:01.119><c> remains</c><00:21:01.819><c> away,</c><00:21:04.240><c> be</c><00:21:04.460><c> careful.</c> 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:09.400 That's<00:21:06.440><c> the</c><00:21:06.799><c> worst</c><00:21:07.119><c> possible</c><00:21:07.619><c> situation</c><00:21:08.359><c> to</c><00:21:08.720><c> be</c><00:21:09.000><c> in,</c> 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:11.980 sometimes<00:21:10.279><c> spiritually.</c> 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:14.220 It<00:21:12.440><c> says</c><00:21:12.640><c> in</c><00:21:12.839><c> 1</c><00:21:13.059><c> Corinthians,</c> 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.200 Do<00:21:15.019><c> not</c><00:21:15.359><c> be</c><00:21:16.299><c> idolaters</c><00:21:16.859><c> as</c><00:21:17.119><c> some</c><00:21:17.460><c> of</c><00:21:17.700><c> them</c><00:21:17.940><c> were.</c> 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:21.460 As<00:21:18.420><c> it</c><00:21:18.579><c> is</c><00:21:18.759><c> written,</c><00:21:19.119><c> the</c><00:21:19.200><c> people</c><00:21:19.519><c> sat</c><00:21:19.799><c> down</c><00:21:20.079><c> to</c><00:21:20.259><c> eat</c><00:21:20.619><c> and</c><00:21:20.880><c> drink</c><00:21:21.140><c> and</c> 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:23.400 stood<00:21:21.779><c> up</c><00:21:22.140><c> to</c><00:21:22.500><c> play.</c> 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:25.019 Okay. 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:30.319 So<00:21:25.839><c> we've</c><00:21:26.240><c> seen</c><00:21:26.660><c> the</c><00:21:27.259><c> leadership</c><00:21:28.019><c> of</c><00:21:30.119><c> Aaron.</c> 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:35.259 And<00:21:30.539><c> you</c><00:21:30.700><c> know,</c><00:21:30.980><c> his</c><00:21:31.059><c> leadership</c><00:21:31.720><c> was</c><00:21:33.519><c> worse</c><00:21:33.960><c> in</c><00:21:34.180><c> a</c><00:21:34.359><c> sense.</c> 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:40.619 Have<00:21:36.220><c> a</c><00:21:36.380><c> look.</c><00:21:36.680><c> We'll</c><00:21:36.799><c> just</c><00:21:37.019><c> jump</c><00:21:37.279><c> over</c><00:21:37.579><c> to</c><00:21:37.759><c> verse</c><00:21:38.019><c> 24</c><00:21:38.579><c> of</c><00:21:38.839><c> Exodus</c><00:21:39.119><c> 32.</c> 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magically,</c><00:21:57.200><c> I</c><00:21:57.339><c> cast</c><00:21:57.619><c> his</c><00:21:57.799><c> gold</c><00:21:58.059><c> into</c><00:21:58.279><c> the</c><00:21:58.440><c> fire.</c> 00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:02.119 And<00:21:58.599><c> magically,</c><00:21:59.119><c> woof,</c><00:21:59.420><c> guess</c><00:21:59.640><c> what?</c><00:21:59.960><c> A</c><00:22:00.200><c> calf</c><00:22:00.579><c> popped</c><00:22:01.000><c> out.</c> 00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:05.019 As<00:22:02.880><c> though</c><00:22:03.079><c> it</c><00:22:03.160><c> was</c><00:22:03.339><c> just</c><00:22:03.559><c> sort</c><00:22:03.720><c> of</c><00:22:03.819><c> some</c><00:22:04.039><c> natural</c><00:22:04.500><c> event</c><00:22:04.839><c> that</c> 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:08.099 I<00:22:05.220><c> had</c><00:22:05.420><c> no</c><00:22:05.680><c> real</c><00:22:06.599><c> bearing</c><00:22:07.279><c> upon.</c> 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.720 He<00:22:09.160><c> crafted</c><00:22:09.640><c> the</c><00:22:09.920><c> thing.</c> 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:15.380 See<00:22:12.619><c> how</c><00:22:13.220><c> he</c><00:22:13.359><c> was</c><00:22:13.720><c> flawed</c><00:22:14.059><c> in</c><00:22:14.220><c> his</c><00:22:14.500><c> integrity?</c> 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:19.640 See<00:22:17.380><c> how</c><00:22:17.640><c> as</c><00:22:17.940><c> a</c><00:22:18.140><c> leader,</c><00:22:18.420><c> he</c><00:22:18.500><c> really</c><00:22:18.859><c> wasn't</c><00:22:19.319><c> a</c><00:22:19.559><c> leader.</c> 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:22.000 He<00:22:20.160><c> blamed</c><00:22:20.559><c> other</c><00:22:20.859><c> people.</c> 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:26.980 And<00:22:23.359><c> he</c><00:22:23.720><c> discounted</c><00:22:24.400><c> his</c><00:22:24.799><c> part</c><00:22:25.299><c> in</c><00:22:25.640><c> the</c><00:22:25.859><c> apostasy.</c> 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:30.480 He's<00:22:28.000><c> not</c><00:22:28.180><c> worthy</c><00:22:28.660><c> of</c><00:22:29.259><c> the</c><00:22:29.440><c> leadership.</c> 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:36.880 And<00:22:32.000><c> what's</c><00:22:32.299><c> more,</c><00:22:32.660><c> brethren</c><00:22:32.779><c> and</c><00:22:33.019><c> sisters,</c><00:22:33.279><c> and</c><00:22:33.680><c> this</c><00:22:34.680><c> upsets</c><00:22:35.319><c> me</c><00:22:35.519><c> no</c><00:22:35.839><c> end.</c> 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:39.880 And<00:22:37.279><c> our</c><00:22:37.559><c> leaders</c><00:22:37.880><c> have</c><00:22:38.099><c> got</c><00:22:38.240><c> to</c><00:22:38.619><c> learn</c><00:22:38.880><c> this.</c> 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:42.200 David<00:22:40.460><c> had</c><00:22:40.700><c> to</c><00:22:40.980><c> learn</c><00:22:41.119><c> this.</c> 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:49.140 Where<00:22:43.099><c> is</c><00:22:43.680><c> Aaron</c><00:22:44.079><c> saying,</c><00:22:45.059><c> Moses,</c><00:22:46.940><c> I</c><00:22:47.660><c> am</c><00:22:47.859><c> the</c><00:22:48.119><c> man?</c> 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:52.880 I'm<00:22:50.880><c> sorry,</c><00:22:51.539><c> I've</c><00:22:52.000><c> failed.</c> 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.440 No<00:22:55.440><c> contrition.</c> 00:22:56.500 --> 00:23:01.240 No<00:22:56.799><c> self</c><00:22:57.180><c>-examination</c><00:22:58.019><c> of</c><00:22:58.619><c> the</c><00:22:59.079><c> sort</c><00:22:59.380><c> that</c><00:22:59.680><c> we</c><00:23:00.000><c> need</c><00:23:00.220><c> to</c><00:23:00.420><c> do</c><00:23:00.619><c> weekly</c><00:23:01.000><c> as</c> 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.339 we're<00:23:01.480><c> doing</c><00:23:01.680><c> right</c><00:23:02.119><c> now.</c> 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:08.460 None<00:23:02.819><c> of</c><00:23:02.960><c> it.</c><00:23:03.380><c> None</c><00:23:03.599><c> of</c><00:23:03.720><c> it.</c><00:23:04.059><c> All</c><00:23:04.339><c> rationalisation.</c><00:23:05.559><c> All</c><00:23:05.839><c> excuses.</c><00:23:06.960><c> All</c><00:23:07.400><c> blame.</c> 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:11.680 You<00:23:09.240><c> know,</c><00:23:09.359><c> the</c><00:23:09.640><c> biggest</c><00:23:09.819><c> thing</c><00:23:10.019><c> you</c><00:23:10.140><c> can</c><00:23:10.359><c> ever</c><00:23:10.700><c> say</c><00:23:11.079><c> in</c><00:23:11.480><c> your</c> 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:13.119 prayers,<00:23:12.000><c> brethren</c><00:23:12.140><c> and</c><00:23:12.359><c> sisters,</c><00:23:12.460><c> sometimes,</c> 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:15.839 and<00:23:13.559><c> sometimes</c><00:23:13.880><c> the</c><00:23:14.180><c> only</c><00:23:14.660><c> thing</c><00:23:14.900><c> that</c><00:23:15.079><c> you</c><00:23:15.200><c> can</c><00:23:15.279><c> ever</c><00:23:15.559><c> say</c><00:23:15.700><c> in</c> 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.960 your<00:23:16.019><c> prayers,</c> 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:21.619 because<00:23:19.380><c> everything</c><00:23:19.799><c> else</c><00:23:20.079><c> is</c><00:23:20.299><c> irrelevant,</c> 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:27.980 is<00:23:24.059><c> God</c><00:23:24.660><c> be</c><00:23:25.099><c> merciful</c><00:23:25.619><c> to</c><00:23:26.099><c> me</c><00:23:26.440><c> a</c><00:23:27.099><c> sinner.</c> 00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:34.140 And<00:23:30.299><c> he</c><00:23:30.480><c> couldn't</c><00:23:31.140><c> utter</c><00:23:31.579><c> those</c><00:23:32.640><c> words.</c> 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:43.240 Now<00:23:41.259><c> we</c><00:23:41.460><c> turn</c><00:23:41.579><c> to</c><00:23:41.720><c> Moses.</c> 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:52.279 Meek,<00:23:46.900><c> faithful</c><00:23:47.359><c> Moses,</c><00:23:48.200><c> who's</c><00:23:48.420><c> got</c><00:23:48.640><c> a</c><00:23:48.940><c> crisis,</c><00:23:49.980><c> a</c><00:23:50.240><c> real</c><00:23:50.619><c> crisis,</c><00:23:52.140><c> in</c> 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.259 the<00:23:52.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:52.839><c> of</c><00:23:53.079><c> God.</c> 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:55.599 This<00:23:53.519><c> is</c><00:23:53.759><c> not</c><00:23:53.920><c> a</c><00:23:54.099><c> pretend</c><00:23:54.420><c> crisis.</c> 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:58.359 This<00:23:56.240><c> is</c><00:23:56.460><c> not</c><00:23:56.619><c> something</c><00:23:56.880><c> that's</c><00:23:57.059><c> done</c><00:23:57.240><c> in</c><00:23:57.380><c> an</c><00:23:57.599><c> afternoon</c><00:23:58.099><c> and</c> 00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:00.920 it's<00:23:58.579><c> all</c><00:23:58.819><c> fixed</c><00:23:59.079><c> up</c><00:23:59.299><c> and</c><00:23:59.420><c> we</c><00:23:59.579><c> all</c><00:23:59.700><c> go</c><00:23:59.880><c> home</c><00:24:00.099><c> and</c><00:24:00.299><c> sing</c><00:24:00.480><c> songs.</c> 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:05.059 This<00:24:01.660><c> is</c><00:24:01.920><c> a</c><00:24:02.160><c> real</c><00:24:02.779><c> gut</c><00:24:03.359><c>-wrenching</c><00:24:03.940><c> crisis</c><00:24:04.420><c> in</c><00:24:04.599><c> the</c><00:24:04.779><c> ecclesia</c> 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.440 of<00:24:05.220><c> God,</c> 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:08.240 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and</c><00:24:27.980><c> sisters,</c><00:24:28.299><c> out</c><00:24:28.480><c> of</c><00:24:28.579><c> this</c><00:24:28.759><c> whole</c><00:24:29.099><c> week</c><00:24:29.519><c> that</c><00:24:30.359><c> really</c><00:24:30.819><c> I'd</c><00:24:31.240><c> love</c><00:24:31.380><c> you</c><00:24:31.539><c> to</c> 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.460 think<00:24:32.119><c> about,</c> 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:34.539 if<00:24:32.880><c> not</c><00:24:33.380><c> enact</c><00:24:33.740><c> straight</c><00:24:34.099><c> away,</c> 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:44.200 leaders<00:24:35.720><c> pray</c><00:24:36.799><c> for</c><00:24:38.099><c> those</c><00:24:38.960><c> they</c><00:24:39.779><c> lead</c><00:24:40.539><c> even</c><00:24:42.400><c> when</c><00:24:43.119><c> they</c><00:24:43.599><c> are</c> 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:46.799 steeped<00:24:44.900><c> in</c><00:24:45.579><c> sin.</c> 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:59.240 Get<00:24:49.920><c> it?</c><00:24:52.059><c> Leaders</c><00:24:52.779><c> pray</c><00:24:55.599><c> for</c><00:24:56.980><c> those</c><00:24:57.480><c> they</c><00:24:57.900><c> lead</c><00:24:58.359><c> even</c><00:24:58.980><c> when</c> 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:01.359 they're<00:24:59.880><c> rotters.</c> 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:07.519 I<00:25:04.240><c> don't</c><00:25:04.500><c> do</c><00:25:04.680><c> that</c><00:25:04.880><c> as</c><00:25:05.119><c> much</c><00:25:05.299><c> as</c><00:25:05.480><c> I</c><00:25:05.660><c> should,</c><00:25:06.099><c> brethren</c><00:25:06.259><c> and</c><00:25:06.539><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:13.299 Because<00:25:08.980><c> you</c><00:25:09.140><c> know</c><00:25:09.279><c> what</c><00:25:09.440><c> the</c><00:25:09.740><c> biggest</c><00:25:10.119><c> enemy</c><00:25:10.579><c> of</c><00:25:10.900><c> that</c><00:25:11.720><c> activity</c><00:25:12.180><c> is?</c> 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.619 Judgment. 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:23.319 I<00:25:19.519><c> find</c><00:25:19.740><c> it</c><00:25:19.940><c> extremely</c><00:25:20.460><c> easy</c><00:25:20.920><c> to</c><00:25:21.140><c> be</c><00:25:21.359><c> judgmental.</c> 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:26.279 Most<00:25:24.299><c> of</c><00:25:24.559><c> the</c><00:25:24.799><c> time.</c> 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:31.380 Without<00:25:29.240><c> wanting</c><00:25:29.599><c> to</c><00:25:29.900><c> offend</c><00:25:30.220><c> anyone</c><00:25:30.680><c> in</c><00:25:30.859><c> this</c><00:25:31.059><c> audience,</c> 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.359 brethren<00:25:31.720><c> and</c><00:25:31.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:36.660 and<00:25:33.059><c> you</c><00:25:33.180><c> could</c><00:25:33.319><c> do</c><00:25:33.440><c> it</c><00:25:33.559><c> to</c><00:25:33.680><c> me</c><00:25:33.859><c> by</c><00:25:34.099><c> the</c><00:25:34.220><c> way,</c><00:25:34.460><c> so</c><00:25:34.799><c> you</c><00:25:36.160><c> know,</c> 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.339 we're<00:25:37.099><c> even</c><00:25:37.359><c> here,</c> 00:25:38.980 --> 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you</c><00:25:56.619><c> may</c> 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:58.740 even<00:25:57.079><c> be</c><00:25:57.359><c> right.</c> 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:10.000 And<00:26:03.259><c> brethren</c><00:26:04.039><c> and</c><00:26:04.339><c> sisters,</c><00:26:05.799><c> if</c><00:26:05.960><c> you</c><00:26:06.240><c> leave</c><00:26:06.480><c> it</c><00:26:06.720><c> at</c><00:26:06.880><c> that,</c><00:26:08.380><c> so</c><00:26:09.059><c> what?</c> 00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:13.220 It<00:26:11.119><c> makes</c><00:26:11.319><c> me</c><00:26:11.619><c> feel</c><00:26:11.819><c> good</c><00:26:12.039><c> that</c><00:26:12.200><c> I've</c><00:26:12.380><c> just</c><00:26:12.619><c> shown</c><00:26:12.759><c> you</c><00:26:13.019><c> up.</c> 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:15.380 And<00:26:13.519><c> it</c><00:26:13.599><c> might</c><00:26:13.700><c> make</c><00:26:13.900><c> you</c><00:26:14.140><c> feel</c><00:26:14.319><c> good</c><00:26:14.519><c> that</c><00:26:14.720><c> the</c><00:26:14.880><c> Bates</c><00:26:15.059><c> is</c><00:26:15.240><c> out</c> 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.460 in<00:26:15.539><c> western</c><00:26:15.759><c> New</c><00:26:15.960><c> South</c><00:26:16.200><c> Wales.</c> 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:22.259 Well,<00:26:16.759><c> you</c><00:26:16.920><c> know,</c><00:26:19.559><c> their</c><00:26:20.240><c> spirituality</c><00:26:20.799><c> is</c><00:26:20.920><c> a</c><00:26:21.000><c> bit,</c><00:26:21.720><c> well,</c><00:26:21.980><c> it's</c><00:26:22.039><c> not</c><00:26:22.180><c> as</c> 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.640 good<00:26:22.380><c> as</c><00:26:22.500><c> ours.</c> 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:25.039 It<00:26:23.019><c> makes</c><00:26:23.240><c> you</c><00:26:23.400><c> feel</c><00:26:23.660><c> good,</c><00:26:23.819><c> thank</c><00:26:24.099><c> you.</c><00:26:24.380><c> That's</c><00:26:24.619><c> very</c><00:26:24.819><c> nice.</c> 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:27.740 You<00:26:25.140><c> haven't</c><00:26:25.279><c> helped</c><00:26:25.440><c> me</c><00:26:25.619><c> one</c><00:26:25.839><c> scrap</c><00:26:26.180><c> and</c><00:26:26.420><c> I</c><00:26:26.619><c> haven't</c><00:26:26.720><c> helped</c><00:26:26.880><c> you.</c> 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:34.200 But<00:26:28.579><c> if</c><00:26:28.799><c> I</c><00:26:29.079><c> pray</c><00:26:29.319><c> for</c><00:26:29.500><c> you,</c><00:26:29.779><c> brethren</c><00:26:29.900><c> and</c><00:26:30.160><c> sisters,</c><00:26:30.579><c> I'm</c><00:26:31.099><c> identifying</c><00:26:31.940><c> with</c><00:26:32.920><c> you</c> 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:39.720 and<00:26:35.140><c> pleading</c><00:26:35.619><c> your</c><00:26:36.700><c> cause</c><00:26:37.160><c> to</c><00:26:37.519><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:37.859><c> Father</c><00:26:38.339><c> and</c><00:26:38.640><c> you</c><00:26:39.059><c> plead</c><00:26:39.240><c> my</c> 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:41.619 cause<00:26:40.059><c> to</c><00:26:40.240><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:40.599><c> Father.</c> 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:44.920 And<00:26:42.220><c> brethren</c><00:26:42.539><c> and</c><00:26:42.799><c> sisters,</c><00:26:43.299><c> that's</c><00:26:43.900><c> meekness.</c> 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:47.259 Remember<00:26:45.440><c> the</c><00:26:45.559><c> first</c><00:26:45.980><c> part,</c><00:26:46.380><c> childlike</c><00:26:46.839><c> fellowship?</c> 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:51.160 The<00:26:47.619><c> second</c><00:26:48.019><c> part</c><00:26:48.299><c> is</c><00:26:48.500><c> where</c><00:26:48.779><c> you</c><00:26:48.960><c> identify</c><00:26:49.779><c> and</c><00:26:50.299><c> pray</c><00:26:50.720><c> for</c> 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:54.240 and<00:26:51.900><c> bleed</c><00:26:52.539><c> for</c><00:26:53.019><c> your</c><00:26:53.279><c> brethren</c><00:26:53.599><c> and</c><00:26:53.920><c> sisters.</c> 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:56.519 And<00:26:54.480><c> I</c><00:26:54.660><c> don't</c><00:26:54.779><c> think</c><00:26:54.900><c> we</c><00:26:55.019><c> do</c><00:26:55.180><c> that</c><00:26:55.380><c> enough.</c> 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:08.440 He<00:27:04.640><c> was</c><00:27:04.779><c> up</c><00:27:05.019><c> there</c><00:27:05.220><c> on</c><00:27:05.380><c> the</c><00:27:05.559><c> mount</c><00:27:05.759><c> in</c><00:27:06.039><c> Exodus</c><00:27:06.359><c> 32.</c><00:27:07.339><c> He</c><00:27:07.500><c> was</c><00:27:07.799><c> told</c><00:27:08.039><c> what</c><00:27:08.200><c> was</c> 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.000 going<00:27:08.680><c> on.</c> 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:12.220 It<00:27:09.299><c> upset</c><00:27:09.720><c> him</c><00:27:09.960><c> deeply.</c><00:27:11.000><c> He</c><00:27:11.140><c> could</c><00:27:11.460><c> see</c><00:27:11.660><c> that</c><00:27:11.759><c> this</c><00:27:11.940><c> was</c><00:27:12.059><c> going</c> 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.900 to<00:27:12.380><c> fall</c><00:27:12.519><c> apart.</c> 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.059 And<00:27:13.220><c> you</c><00:27:13.380><c> know</c><00:27:13.539><c> what</c><00:27:13.680><c> he</c><00:27:13.779><c> next</c><00:27:13.940><c> did?</c> 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:17.059 I<00:27:14.079><c> mean,</c><00:27:14.380><c> we're</c><00:27:14.460><c> not</c><00:27:14.640><c> quite</c><00:27:14.880><c> sure</c><00:27:15.119><c> exactly</c><00:27:15.740><c> how</c><00:27:16.039><c> the</c><00:27:16.599><c> history</c> 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.299 unfolds<00:27:18.079><c> here,</c> 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:21.319 but<00:27:18.460><c> I</c><00:27:18.579><c> want</c><00:27:18.740><c> you</c><00:27:18.880><c> now</c><00:27:19.019><c> to</c><00:27:19.200><c> turn</c><00:27:19.339><c> to</c><00:27:19.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:19.980><c> chapter</c><00:27:20.299><c> 9.</c> 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:25.799 Have<00:27:22.920><c> a</c><00:27:22.940><c> look</c><00:27:23.079><c> at</c><00:27:23.160><c> this.</c> 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:32.859 Verse<00:27:30.640><c> 13,</c><00:27:31.599><c> same</c><00:27:31.819><c> account.</c> 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:37.980 Furthermore,<00:27:35.480><c> verse</c><00:27:35.740><c> 13,</c><00:27:36.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:36.839><c> spake</c><00:27:37.200><c> unto</c><00:27:37.420><c> me,</c><00:27:37.720><c> saying,</c> 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:42.019 I've<00:27:38.420><c> seen</c><00:27:38.839><c> this</c><00:27:39.180><c> people,</c><00:27:40.039><c> and</c><00:27:40.039><c> behold,</c><00:27:40.720><c> it's</c><00:27:41.119><c> a</c><00:27:41.539><c> stiff</c> 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.240 -necked<00:27:42.740><c> people.</c> 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:45.099 Let<00:27:43.660><c> me</c><00:27:43.920><c> alone,</c><00:27:44.099><c> verse</c><00:27:44.319><c> 14,</c><00:27:44.640><c> look</c><00:27:44.759><c> at</c><00:27:44.819><c> this.</c> 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:49.119 Let<00:27:45.339><c> me</c><00:27:45.579><c> alone,</c><00:27:46.140><c> that</c><00:27:46.279><c> I</c><00:27:46.500><c> might</c><00:27:46.660><c> destroy</c><00:27:47.380><c> them</c><00:27:47.799><c> and</c><00:27:48.519><c> blot</c><00:27:48.900><c> out</c> 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.380 their<00:27:49.339><c> name</c><00:27:49.619><c> from</c><00:27:49.880><c> under</c><00:27:50.099><c> heaven.</c> 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.279 All<00:27:51.099><c> judgment.</c> 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:54.359 Now<00:27:52.740><c> this</c><00:27:52.900><c> is</c><00:27:53.099><c> God</c><00:27:53.339><c> speaking.</c> 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:58.720 Get<00:27:56.339><c> out</c><00:27:56.579><c> of</c><00:27:56.680><c> my</c><00:27:56.920><c> way,</c><00:27:57.079><c> Moses.</c><00:27:57.680><c> Get</c><00:27:57.940><c> out</c><00:27:58.160><c> of</c><00:27:58.259><c> my</c><00:27:58.500><c> way.</c> 00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:04.000 Let<00:27:59.240><c> me</c><00:27:59.640><c> exercise</c><00:28:00.519><c> my</c><00:28:01.059><c> full</c><00:28:01.440><c> wrath</c><00:28:01.859><c> on</c><00:28:02.200><c> this</c><00:28:02.500><c> people,</c><00:28:03.079><c> verse</c><00:28:03.460><c> 14,</c> 00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:06.119 and<00:28:04.700><c> blot</c><00:28:04.980><c> out</c><00:28:05.180><c> their</c><00:28:05.380><c> name</c><00:28:05.539><c> from</c><00:28:05.700><c> under</c><00:28:05.920><c> heaven.</c> 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:10.099 And<00:28:06.480><c> look,</c><00:28:07.119><c> you</c><00:28:07.259><c> think</c><00:28:07.460><c> my</c><00:28:07.720><c> purpose</c><00:28:08.160><c> is</c><00:28:08.880><c> going,</c><00:28:09.559><c> I've</c><00:28:09.940><c> gone</c> 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.740 too<00:28:10.420><c> far?</c> 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:15.420 Moses,<00:28:12.400><c> you.</c><00:28:14.019><c> From</c><00:28:14.359><c> you.</c> 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:21.619 I'll<00:28:15.839><c> make</c><00:28:16.119><c> you,</c><00:28:17.779><c> in</c><00:28:18.079><c> their</c><00:28:18.440><c> stead,</c><00:28:19.079><c> I'll</c><00:28:19.319><c> make</c><00:28:19.599><c> you</c><00:28:20.400><c> a</c><00:28:21.079><c> nation</c> 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:24.200 mightier<00:28:22.720><c> and</c><00:28:23.200><c> greater</c><00:28:23.619><c> than</c><00:28:23.880><c> they.</c> 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.480 Now,<00:28:24.819><c> brethren</c><00:28:25.099><c> and</c><00:28:25.400><c> sisters,</c><00:28:25.680><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:25.980><c> that</c><00:28:26.240><c> be</c><00:28:26.420><c> so?</c> 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:29.140 If<00:28:26.619><c> you</c><00:28:26.799><c> were</c><00:28:26.940><c> a</c><00:28:27.059><c> leader,</c><00:28:27.380><c> you'd</c><00:28:27.559><c> say,</c><00:28:27.799><c> yeah,</c><00:28:28.460><c> look,</c><00:28:28.680><c> send</c><00:28:28.940><c> up</c> 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.220 the<00:28:29.339><c> mushroom</c><00:28:29.759><c> cloud,</c> 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:33.099 and<00:28:30.539><c> you</c><00:28:30.680><c> know,</c><00:28:30.920><c> we'd</c><00:28:31.039><c> really</c><00:28:31.359><c> blot</c><00:28:31.480><c> them</c><00:28:31.680><c> out,</c><00:28:32.000><c> and</c><00:28:32.319><c> me,</c><00:28:32.859><c> wow,</c> 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.200 my<00:28:33.859><c> family,</c> 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:37.319 we're<00:28:34.660><c> going</c><00:28:34.759><c> to</c><00:28:34.859><c> be</c><00:28:34.980><c> the</c><00:28:35.119><c> great</c><00:28:35.339><c> nation,</c><00:28:35.880><c> and</c><00:28:36.119><c> you'd</c><00:28:36.740><c> really</c> 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.079 revel<00:28:37.640><c> in</c><00:28:37.740><c> that,</c> 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:40.640 or<00:28:38.359><c> at</c><00:28:38.420><c> least</c><00:28:38.579><c> your</c><00:28:38.839><c> ego</c><00:28:39.140><c> would</c><00:28:39.400><c> draw</c><00:28:39.519><c> from</c><00:28:39.619><c> it,</c><00:28:39.940><c> and</c><00:28:40.059><c> you</c><00:28:40.380><c> would</c><00:28:40.539><c> say,</c> 00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:42.380 well,<00:28:40.819><c> God</c><00:28:41.039><c> said</c><00:28:41.299><c> it.</c> 00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.079 Must<00:28:42.819><c> be</c><00:28:43.039><c> right.</c> 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:47.059 You<00:28:45.440><c> know,</c><00:28:46.140><c> I</c><00:28:46.460><c> love</c><00:28:46.619><c> this</c><00:28:46.940><c> man.</c> 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.900 He's<00:28:47.579><c> dressed</c><00:28:47.779><c> in</c><00:28:48.059><c> khaki,</c><00:28:48.700><c> brethren</c><00:28:48.700><c> and</c><00:28:48.859><c> sisters.</c> 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:50.880 He's<00:28:49.220><c> not</c><00:28:49.400><c> in</c><00:28:49.640><c> a</c><00:28:49.779><c> suit</c><00:28:49.920><c> and</c><00:28:50.099><c> tie</c><00:28:50.220><c> and</c><00:28:50.299><c> all</c><00:28:50.420><c> that</c><00:28:50.539><c> sort</c><00:28:50.680><c> of</c><00:28:50.799><c> stuff.</c> 00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.660 Not<00:28:51.079><c> that</c><00:28:51.180><c> there's</c><00:28:51.339><c> anything</c><00:28:51.519><c> wrong</c><00:28:51.700><c> with</c><00:28:51.859><c> that,</c><00:28:52.119><c> but</c><00:28:52.299><c> he's</c><00:28:52.519><c> a</c> 00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.319 khaki<00:28:53.039><c> man.</c> 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:57.900 He's<00:28:53.799><c> an</c><00:28:53.980><c> ordinary</c><00:28:54.400><c> Joe,</c><00:28:55.480><c> and</c><00:28:55.900><c> he's</c><00:28:56.180><c> there,</c><00:28:56.480><c> and</c><00:28:56.599><c> you</c><00:28:56.700><c> know</c><00:28:56.799><c> what</c><00:28:56.900><c> he</c><00:28:57.019><c> does?</c> 00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:06.099 Let's<00:28:58.720><c> go</c><00:28:59.000><c> on</c><00:28:59.220><c> in</c><00:28:59.359><c> the</c><00:28:59.500><c> record</c><00:28:59.859><c> in</c><00:29:01.339><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:29:01.960><c> 9,</c><00:29:03.400><c> verse</c><00:29:03.920><c> 17.</c> 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:10.579 And<00:29:08.039><c> I</c><00:29:08.259><c> took</c><00:29:08.480><c> the</c><00:29:08.700><c> two</c><00:29:08.960><c> tables</c><00:29:09.339><c> and</c><00:29:09.519><c> cast</c><00:29:09.859><c> them</c><00:29:10.019><c> out</c><00:29:10.140><c> of</c><00:29:10.220><c> my</c><00:29:10.440><c> two</c> 00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.599 hands<00:29:10.799><c> and</c><00:29:10.980><c> broke</c><00:29:11.400><c> them</c> 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.480 before<00:29:11.960><c> your</c><00:29:12.299><c> eyes.</c> 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.700 So<00:29:13.740><c> he's</c><00:29:13.940><c> come</c><00:29:14.059><c> down</c><00:29:14.279><c> from</c><00:29:14.460><c> the</c><00:29:14.640><c> mount.</c> 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:19.359 He<00:29:15.019><c> smashed</c><00:29:15.400><c> the</c><00:29:15.619><c> two</c><00:29:15.779><c> tables,</c><00:29:16.359><c> tablets,</c><00:29:17.359><c> and</c><00:29:17.440><c> look</c><00:29:17.599><c> at</c><00:29:17.740><c> verse</c><00:29:18.000><c> 18.</c> 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:32.519 And<00:29:21.160><c> I</c><00:29:21.720><c> fell</c><00:29:22.339><c> down</c><00:29:23.500><c> before</c><00:29:24.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:25.960><c> as</c><00:29:28.200><c> at</c><00:29:28.539><c> the</c><00:29:28.960><c> first,</c><00:29:29.960><c> another</c><00:29:30.539><c> 40</c><00:29:31.500><c> days</c><00:29:32.160><c> and</c> 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.500 40<00:29:33.079><c> nights.</c> 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:37.460 I<00:29:34.039><c> fell</c><00:29:34.359><c> down</c><00:29:34.700><c> before</c><00:29:35.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:35.539><c> as</c><00:29:35.779><c> at</c><00:29:35.940><c> the</c><00:29:36.099><c> first,</c><00:29:36.660><c> 40</c><00:29:37.039><c> days,</c> 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.359 40<00:29:38.079><c> nights.</c> 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.579 I<00:29:38.740><c> didn't</c><00:29:38.960><c> eat</c><00:29:39.180><c> bread.</c> 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.920 I<00:29:39.920><c> didn't</c><00:29:40.119><c> drink</c><00:29:40.400><c> water.</c> 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:45.359 I<00:29:41.519><c> was</c><00:29:41.819><c> too</c><00:29:42.220><c> pre</c><00:29:42.539><c>-possessed</c><00:29:43.000><c> with</c><00:29:43.359><c> what</c><00:29:43.579><c> I</c><00:29:43.779><c> was</c><00:29:44.000><c> doing</c><00:29:44.359><c> in</c><00:29:45.079><c> the</c> 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.079 sight<00:29:45.500><c> of</c><00:29:45.799><c> God</c> 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:49.400 because<00:29:46.779><c> of</c><00:29:47.259><c> all</c><00:29:48.099><c> your</c><00:29:48.900><c> sins.</c> 00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:54.220 40<00:29:49.960><c> days</c><00:29:50.299><c> and</c><00:29:50.480><c> 40</c><00:29:50.839><c> nights</c><00:29:51.140><c> I</c><00:29:51.279><c> was</c><00:29:51.519><c> there,</c><00:29:52.779><c> which</c><00:29:52.859><c> you</c><00:29:53.119><c> had</c><00:29:53.380><c> sinned</c><00:29:53.900><c> in</c> 00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.299 doing<00:29:54.480><c> wickedly</c> 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:57.559 in<00:29:55.500><c> the</c><00:29:55.779><c> sight</c><00:29:55.940><c> of</c><00:29:56.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:56.500><c> to</c><00:29:56.720><c> provoke</c><00:29:57.019><c> him</c><00:29:57.220><c> to</c><00:29:57.380><c> anger.</c> 00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:59.200 You<00:29:57.819><c> know</c><00:29:57.940><c> what</c><00:29:58.039><c> he</c><00:29:58.160><c> was</c><00:29:58.339><c> doing?</c> 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:06.119 Praying<00:30:02.019><c> for</c><00:30:02.240><c> them</c><00:30:02.779><c> for</c><00:30:03.359><c> 40</c><00:30:03.740><c> days</c><00:30:04.220><c> and</c><00:30:04.599><c> 40</c><00:30:04.940><c> nights.</c> 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:12.359 You<00:30:11.160><c> ever</c><00:30:11.279><c> done</c><00:30:11.460><c> that?</c> 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:17.200 As<00:30:14.380><c> I</c><00:30:14.619><c> said,</c><00:30:14.859><c> I'm</c><00:30:15.279><c> lucky</c><00:30:15.420><c> to</c><00:30:15.519><c> get</c><00:30:15.660><c> 40</c><00:30:15.960><c> minutes.</c> 00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:20.680 And<00:30:18.539><c> he</c><00:30:18.819><c> didn't</c><00:30:19.059><c> eat,</c><00:30:19.460><c> didn't</c><00:30:19.640><c> drink.</c> 00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.500 Why? 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:25.960 For<00:30:21.880><c> his</c><00:30:22.119><c> brethren</c><00:30:22.460><c> to</c><00:30:23.400><c> stand</c><00:30:23.900><c> between</c><00:30:24.400><c> God's</c><00:30:24.980><c> anger</c><00:30:25.480><c> and</c> 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.119 this<00:30:26.279><c> reprobate</c><00:30:26.880><c> bunch</c> 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:30.460 and<00:30:27.460><c> he</c><00:30:27.640><c> stood</c><00:30:27.799><c> there</c><00:30:28.019><c> and</c><00:30:28.099><c> said,</c><00:30:28.579><c> please,</c><00:30:29.339><c> no.</c> 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.819 Could<00:30:31.819><c> you</c><00:30:32.039><c> rethink</c><00:30:32.359><c> this?</c> 00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.640 Now<00:30:33.259><c> God</c><00:30:33.900><c> was</c><00:30:34.079><c> in</c><00:30:34.339><c> control.</c> 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.259 I<00:30:34.720><c> mean,</c><00:30:34.920><c> God's</c><00:30:35.240><c> not</c><00:30:35.559><c> a...</c> 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:38.839 But<00:30:36.480><c> it</c><00:30:36.900><c> was</c><00:30:37.059><c> really</c><00:30:37.259><c> a</c><00:30:37.339><c> test</c><00:30:37.559><c> of</c><00:30:37.680><c> his</c><00:30:37.880><c> leadership.</c> 00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.539 And<00:30:39.799><c> you</c><00:30:39.859><c> know</c><00:30:40.140><c> what?</c> 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:44.500 It<00:30:41.299><c> could</c><00:30:41.599><c> have</c><00:30:41.779><c> taken</c><00:30:42.240><c> 40</c><00:30:42.839><c> minutes</c><00:30:43.259><c> or</c><00:30:43.500><c> four</c><00:30:43.880><c> minutes.</c> 00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:48.220 God<00:30:45.019><c> could</c><00:30:45.180><c> have</c><00:30:45.259><c> said,</c><00:30:45.539><c> all</c><00:30:45.539><c> right,</c><00:30:45.839><c> Moses,</c><00:30:46.119><c> I've</c><00:30:46.299><c> come.</c> 00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:50.960 Oh,<00:30:49.480><c> phew,</c><00:30:49.759><c> glad</c><00:30:49.920><c> that's</c><00:30:50.200><c> over.</c> 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.400 No. 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.839 God<00:30:52.000><c> held</c><00:30:52.319><c> out.</c> 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:57.000 40<00:30:53.660><c> days,</c><00:30:54.480><c> 40</c><00:30:54.819><c> nights,</c><00:30:55.400><c> praying</c><00:30:55.779><c> for</c><00:30:56.000><c> his</c><00:30:56.279><c> brethren's</c><00:30:56.700><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.039 reprobate<00:30:57.740><c> as</c><00:30:57.859><c> a...</c> 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.299 Could<00:30:58.200><c> you</c><00:30:58.460><c> please</c><00:30:58.680><c> rethink</c><00:30:59.019><c> this?</c> 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.559 And<00:31:00.279><c> God's</c><00:31:00.599><c> saying,</c><00:31:00.720><c> I'll</c><00:31:01.019><c> think</c><00:31:01.240><c> about</c><00:31:01.559><c> it.</c> 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.960 You<00:31:03.339><c> don't</c><00:31:03.559><c> understand,</c><00:31:04.460><c> Moses.</c> 00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:08.900 Don't<00:31:05.519><c> you</c><00:31:05.720><c> understand</c><00:31:06.380><c> the</c><00:31:07.700><c> offense</c><00:31:08.299><c> that</c><00:31:08.500><c> they've</c><00:31:08.819><c> caused?</c> 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.359 I've<00:31:09.299><c> done</c><00:31:09.500><c> everything</c><00:31:10.000><c> for</c><00:31:10.140><c> them.</c> 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.579 I've<00:31:10.940><c> taken</c><00:31:11.160><c> them</c><00:31:11.420><c> out</c><00:31:11.700><c> of</c><00:31:11.839><c> Egypt.</c> 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:15.259 I've<00:31:13.380><c> shown</c><00:31:13.740><c> my</c><00:31:14.339><c> mighty</c><00:31:14.720><c> hand</c><00:31:14.960><c> for</c><00:31:15.099><c> them.</c> 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.519 And<00:31:15.440><c> what</c><00:31:15.640><c> do</c><00:31:15.799><c> I</c><00:31:15.839><c> get</c><00:31:15.980><c> in</c><00:31:16.180><c> return?</c> 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.519 I<00:31:17.180><c> get</c><00:31:17.279><c> it</c><00:31:17.660><c> thrown</c><00:31:17.839><c> back</c><00:31:18.140><c> at</c><00:31:18.359><c> me.</c> 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.579 They're<00:31:19.099><c> stiff</c><00:31:19.339><c>-necked.</c> 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:22.240 They<00:31:19.940><c> invent</c><00:31:20.319><c> their</c><00:31:20.640><c> gods</c><00:31:20.880><c> and</c><00:31:21.059><c> say</c><00:31:21.299><c> that</c><00:31:21.500><c> their</c><00:31:21.660><c> gods</c><00:31:21.900><c> took</c> 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.839 them<00:31:22.400><c> out</c><00:31:22.559><c> of</c><00:31:22.660><c> Egypt.</c> 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.819 Don't<00:31:23.299><c> you</c><00:31:23.460><c> think</c><00:31:23.660><c> that</c><00:31:23.839><c> I</c><00:31:24.039><c> hurt?</c> 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:27.440 Don't<00:31:25.180><c> you</c><00:31:25.319><c> think</c><00:31:25.500><c> that</c><00:31:25.660><c> I</c><00:31:25.960><c> feel</c><00:31:26.279><c> offense</c><00:31:26.920><c> at</c><00:31:27.220><c> that?</c> 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.900 Moses,<00:31:28.099><c> get</c><00:31:28.299><c> out</c><00:31:28.480><c> of</c><00:31:28.579><c> my</c><00:31:28.779><c> way.</c> 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:32.539 Let<00:31:29.059><c> me</c><00:31:29.319><c> wipe</c><00:31:29.599><c> them</c><00:31:29.779><c> out</c><00:31:29.920><c> and</c><00:31:30.099><c> I'll</c><00:31:30.319><c> make</c><00:31:30.500><c> you</c><00:31:31.160><c> a</c><00:31:31.420><c> great</c><00:31:31.599><c> nation.</c> 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:35.380 Please,<00:31:33.400><c> could</c><00:31:33.579><c> you</c><00:31:33.859><c> rethink</c><00:31:34.200><c> this?</c> 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.920 I'll<00:31:36.920><c> think</c><00:31:37.220><c> about</c><00:31:37.500><c> it,</c><00:31:37.680><c> Moses.</c> 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.759 We'll<00:31:38.200><c> talk</c><00:31:38.480><c> about</c><00:31:38.759><c> it</c><00:31:38.920><c> again</c><00:31:39.200><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:41.960 And<00:31:40.079><c> look</c><00:31:40.220><c> at</c><00:31:40.339><c> this</c><00:31:40.579><c> in</c><00:31:41.160><c> verse</c><00:31:41.420><c> 19.</c> 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:46.819 For<00:31:42.339><c> I</c><00:31:42.660><c> was</c><00:31:42.920><c> afraid</c><00:31:43.720><c> of</c><00:31:44.259><c> the</c><00:31:44.619><c> anger</c><00:31:45.039><c> and</c><00:31:45.400><c> hot</c><00:31:45.720><c> displeasure</c> 00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:52.079 wherewith<00:31:47.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:48.240><c> was</c><00:31:48.700><c> wroth</c><00:31:49.059><c> against</c><00:31:49.680><c> you</c><00:31:49.980><c> to</c><00:31:50.259><c> destroy</c><00:31:50.839><c> you.</c> 00:31:54.670 --> 00:31:59.059 And<00:31:55.099><c> the</c><00:31:55.460><c> whole</c><00:31:55.980><c> history</c><00:31:56.720><c> and</c><00:31:57.200><c> future</c><00:31:57.640><c> of</c><00:31:57.839><c> Israel</c><00:31:58.279><c> hung</c><00:31:58.880><c> in</c> 00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.559 the<00:31:59.299><c> balance</c> 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:03.420 through<00:32:00.039><c> the</c><00:32:00.559><c> prayers</c><00:32:01.119><c> of</c><00:32:01.759><c> this</c><00:32:02.299><c> man.</c> 00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:18.980 And<00:32:06.339><c> at</c><00:32:06.619><c> the</c><00:32:06.779><c> end,</c><00:32:08.079><c> all</c><00:32:08.200><c> right,</c><00:32:08.539><c> Moses,</c><00:32:11.819><c> okay,</c><00:32:17.319><c> okay.</c> 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:24.059 And<00:32:20.039><c> you</c><00:32:20.220><c> know,</c><00:32:21.900><c> there's</c><00:32:22.039><c> something</c><00:32:22.319><c> more</c><00:32:22.559><c> than</c><00:32:22.680><c> that,</c><00:32:22.960><c> brethren</c><00:32:23.059><c> and</c><00:32:23.319><c> sisters.</c> 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:27.960 Go<00:32:25.019><c> back</c><00:32:25.279><c> to</c><00:32:25.440><c> Exodus</c><00:32:25.720><c> 32.</c> 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:38.160 Moses'<00:32:33.099><c> leadership</c><00:32:33.660><c> went</c><00:32:34.240><c> one</c><00:32:35.119><c> bit</c><00:32:35.940><c> further</c><00:32:37.119><c> and</c><00:32:37.380><c> in</c><00:32:37.599><c> the</c><00:32:37.759><c> eyes</c><00:32:37.980><c> of</c> 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.779 God<00:32:38.500><c> just</c><00:32:38.900><c> too</c><00:32:39.359><c> far,</c> 00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:42.559 but<00:32:40.059><c> he</c><00:32:40.240><c> loved</c><00:32:40.500><c> him</c><00:32:40.779><c> for</c><00:32:41.039><c> it.</c> 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:46.359 Look<00:32:43.380><c> at</c><00:32:43.500><c> verse</c><00:32:44.480><c> 31.</c> 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.960 Same<00:32:46.839><c> event.</c> 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:52.680 And<00:32:49.839><c> Moses</c><00:32:50.400><c> returned</c><00:32:51.180><c> to</c><00:32:51.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:52.079><c> and</c><00:32:52.420><c> said,</c> 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.160 Oh,<00:32:53.579><c> this</c><00:32:53.839><c> people</c><00:32:54.259><c> have</c><00:32:54.619><c> sinned</c><00:32:55.079><c> a</c><00:32:55.400><c> great</c><00:32:55.740><c> sin</c><00:32:56.099><c> and</c><00:32:56.660><c> have</c><00:32:56.940><c> made</c> 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:59.839 them<00:32:57.539><c> gods</c><00:32:57.940><c> of</c><00:32:58.359><c> gold.</c> 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:05.799 Yet<00:33:03.579><c> now,</c><00:33:03.819><c> and</c><00:33:03.960><c> this</c><00:33:04.119><c> is</c><00:33:04.359><c> Moses</c><00:33:04.720><c> in</c><00:33:04.980><c> his</c><00:33:05.299><c> prayer</c><00:33:05.519><c> to</c><00:33:05.660><c> his</c> 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.420 heavenly<00:33:06.079><c> father,</c> 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:14.099 40<00:33:06.720><c> days,</c><00:33:07.019><c> 49,</c><00:33:07.559><c> yet</c><00:33:07.880><c> now,</c><00:33:09.539><c> if</c><00:33:09.980><c> thou</c><00:33:10.359><c> wilt</c><00:33:10.779><c> forgive</c><00:33:11.380><c> their</c><00:33:12.160><c> sin,</c><00:33:13.000><c> please.</c> 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:19.819 And<00:33:15.880><c> God's</c><00:33:16.660><c> again</c><00:33:17.519><c> putting</c><00:33:18.880><c> up</c><00:33:19.119><c> the</c><00:33:19.359><c> arguments,</c> 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:22.279 but<00:33:20.200><c> Moses,</c><00:33:21.119><c> you</c><00:33:21.119><c> don't</c><00:33:21.539><c> get</c><00:33:21.839><c> it.</c> 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:25.619 They've<00:33:23.059><c> hurt</c><00:33:23.279><c> me</c><00:33:23.680><c> and</c><00:33:23.799><c> I'm</c><00:33:24.059><c> really</c><00:33:24.599><c> fed</c><00:33:24.859><c> up</c><00:33:25.059><c> to</c><00:33:25.200><c> the</c><00:33:25.380><c> back</c> 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:27.259 teeth<00:33:25.819><c> with</c><00:33:26.039><c> this.</c> 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:31.259 And<00:33:29.640><c> you</c><00:33:29.799><c> know</c><00:33:29.900><c> what</c><00:33:30.079><c> he</c><00:33:30.200><c> then</c><00:33:30.420><c> says?</c> 00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:34.480 Well,<00:33:32.380><c> if</c><00:33:32.500><c> it</c><00:33:32.680><c> comes</c><00:33:33.000><c> to</c><00:33:33.339><c> destruction,</c> 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:40.240 if<00:33:35.920><c> someone's</c><00:33:36.440><c> got</c><00:33:36.559><c> to</c><00:33:36.720><c> be</c><00:33:36.880><c> removed</c><00:33:37.380><c> from</c><00:33:37.619><c> the</c><00:33:37.940><c> book</c><00:33:38.200><c> of</c><00:33:38.680><c> life,</c> 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:44.940 take<00:33:43.440><c> me.</c> 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.940 I'll<00:33:48.640><c> go.</c> 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.740 Spare<00:33:52.680><c> them.</c> 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.920 I'm<00:33:55.180><c> just</c><00:33:55.460><c> a</c><00:33:55.660><c> khaki</c><00:33:55.960><c> man.</c> 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:04.579 I'm<00:34:00.180><c> prepared</c><00:34:00.559><c> to</c><00:34:01.059><c> die</c><00:34:01.720><c> and</c><00:34:02.500><c> be</c><00:34:02.920><c> blotted</c><00:34:03.180><c> out</c><00:34:03.559><c> of</c><00:34:03.619><c> the</c><00:34:03.819><c> book</c><00:34:03.980><c> of</c><00:34:04.259><c> life.</c> 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.700 Could<00:34:04.880><c> you</c><00:34:05.279><c> please</c><00:34:05.640><c> reconsider?</c> 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:09.480 That's<00:34:07.519><c> my</c><00:34:07.740><c> counteroffer.</c> 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.599 Wow. 00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:16.099 You<00:34:15.380><c> ever</c><00:34:15.579><c> done</c><00:34:15.760><c> that?</c> 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.800 Well,<00:34:16.719><c> I'm</c><00:34:16.800><c> not</c><00:34:16.940><c> suggesting</c><00:34:17.260><c> you</c><00:34:17.380><c> should</c><00:34:17.599><c> do</c><00:34:17.840><c> that.</c> 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.679 Have<00:34:18.900><c> you</c><00:34:18.920><c> ever</c><00:34:19.119><c> got</c><00:34:19.260><c> to</c><00:34:19.420><c> the</c><00:34:19.739><c> stage</c><00:34:20.059><c> where</c><00:34:20.179><c> you're</c><00:34:20.380><c> praying</c> 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:23.260 for<00:34:20.840><c> your</c><00:34:21.079><c> brothers</c><00:34:21.300><c> and</c><00:34:21.480><c> sisters</c><00:34:21.800><c> like</c><00:34:22.219><c> that?</c> 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.840 I<00:34:25.860><c> haven't.</c> 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:29.480 I<00:34:27.780><c> haven't</c><00:34:27.860><c> even</c><00:34:28.119><c> come</c><00:34:28.320><c> near</c><00:34:28.659><c> that.</c> 00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.960 And<00:34:30.219><c> do</c><00:34:30.340><c> you</c><00:34:30.340><c> know</c><00:34:30.440><c> what</c><00:34:30.619><c> else?</c> 00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:34.800 Go<00:34:31.400><c> back</c><00:34:31.619><c> to</c><00:34:33.400><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:33.760><c> 9.</c> 00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:38.860 Here's<00:34:35.539><c> something</c><00:34:35.900><c> even,</c><00:34:36.780><c> you</c><00:34:37.099><c> know,</c><00:34:37.380><c> it's</c><00:34:37.760><c> almost</c><00:34:38.079><c> an</c><00:34:38.400><c> aside</c> 00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:40.699 in<00:34:39.039><c> the</c><00:34:39.239><c> record.</c> 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:49.400 And<00:34:46.219><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:46.699><c> verse</c><00:34:46.900><c> 20,</c><00:34:47.420><c> was</c><00:34:47.480><c> very</c><00:34:47.960><c> angry</c><00:34:48.360><c> with</c><00:34:48.699><c> Aaron</c><00:34:48.920><c> to</c> 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.559 have<00:34:49.599><c> destroyed</c><00:34:50.079><c> him.</c> 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:54.119 And<00:34:51.159><c> look,</c><00:34:51.900><c> of</c><00:34:52.039><c> you,</c><00:34:52.340><c> Aaron,</c><00:34:52.480><c> I</c><00:34:52.760><c> prayed</c><00:34:53.039><c> for</c><00:34:53.239><c> Aaron</c><00:34:53.519><c> also</c><00:34:53.920><c> at</c> 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.900 the<00:34:54.239><c> same</c><00:34:54.500><c> time.</c> 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:58.119 So<00:34:55.300><c> God</c><00:34:55.500><c> says</c><00:34:55.780><c> in</c><00:34:56.440><c> all</c><00:34:56.639><c> this</c><00:34:56.780><c> 40</c><00:34:57.000><c> days,</c><00:34:57.260><c> 40</c><00:34:57.460><c> nights,</c><00:34:57.860><c> He</c><00:34:57.960><c> said,</c> 00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.039 well,<00:34:58.239><c> what</c><00:34:58.460><c> about</c><00:34:58.699><c> Aaron?</c> 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.679 What<00:34:59.460><c> do</c><00:34:59.579><c> you</c><00:34:59.579><c> think</c><00:34:59.699><c> I</c><00:34:59.840><c> should</c><00:34:59.960><c> do</c><00:35:00.119><c> with</c><00:35:00.320><c> him?</c> 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:03.579 Well,<00:35:01.860><c> I</c><00:35:01.920><c> prayed</c><00:35:02.300><c> for</c><00:35:02.500><c> him</c><00:35:02.760><c> as</c><00:35:03.079><c> well.</c> 00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:07.679 And<00:35:03.980><c> God</c><00:35:04.280><c> restrained</c><00:35:05.179><c> from</c><00:35:05.539><c> destroying</c><00:35:06.559><c> Aaron.</c> 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.239 That's<00:35:08.920><c> the</c><00:35:09.079><c> man.</c> 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:12.679 And,<00:35:09.639><c> brethren</c><00:35:09.860><c> and</c><00:35:10.099><c> sisters,</c><00:35:10.500><c> that's</c><00:35:11.519><c> meekness.</c> 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.460 Look,<00:35:13.719><c> I</c><00:35:14.059><c> don't</c><00:35:14.280><c> know.</c> 00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:19.980 You<00:35:14.960><c> know,</c><00:35:15.139><c> I</c><00:35:15.219><c> know</c><00:35:15.420><c> it's</c><00:35:15.800><c> gentleness,</c><00:35:16.199><c> kindness</c><00:35:16.440><c> and</c><00:35:16.599><c> all</c><00:35:16.760><c> those</c><00:35:16.980><c> wonderful</c><00:35:17.559><c> attributes</c><00:35:18.059><c> that</c><00:35:18.340><c> we</c><00:35:18.880><c> do.</c> 00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:24.300 But<00:35:20.300><c> look,</c><00:35:20.800><c> at</c><00:35:21.019><c> the</c><00:35:21.219><c> pointy</c><00:35:21.519><c> end</c><00:35:21.659><c> of</c><00:35:21.800><c> this,</c><00:35:23.300><c> it's</c><00:35:23.460><c> not</c><00:35:23.679><c> only</c> 00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.519 childlike<00:35:25.079><c> fellowship.</c> 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:29.199 It's<00:35:26.659><c> getting</c><00:35:26.920><c> down</c><00:35:27.480><c> and</c><00:35:27.699><c> bleeding</c><00:35:28.260><c> for</c><00:35:28.519><c> your</c><00:35:28.739><c> brethren</c><00:35:29.000><c> and</c> 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:32.820 sisters<00:35:29.579><c> and</c><00:35:29.880><c> pleading</c><00:35:30.559><c> for</c><00:35:30.739><c> God's</c><00:35:31.179><c> mercy</c><00:35:31.480><c> for</c><00:35:31.800><c> them.</c> 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:35.260 That's<00:35:34.059><c> meekness.</c> 00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:42.079 Greater<00:35:37.460><c> love</c><00:35:38.099><c> hath</c><00:35:38.659><c> no</c><00:35:39.099><c> man</c><00:35:39.420><c> than</c><00:35:39.739><c> this,</c><00:35:40.960><c> than</c><00:35:41.099><c> that</c><00:35:41.340><c> a</c><00:35:41.519><c> man</c> 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:47.480 lay<00:35:42.579><c> down</c><00:35:43.460><c> his</c><00:35:44.159><c> life</c><00:35:44.840><c> for</c><00:35:45.760><c> his</c><00:35:46.340><c> friends.</c> 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.780 Take<00:35:49.139><c> me.</c> 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:52.460 If<00:35:50.099><c> you're</c><00:35:50.360><c> going</c><00:35:50.440><c> to</c><00:35:50.599><c> blot</c><00:35:50.739><c> anybody</c><00:35:51.179><c> out,</c><00:35:51.780><c> take</c><00:35:52.119><c> me.</c> 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.760 Now,<00:35:52.760><c> we</c><00:35:52.960><c> know</c><00:35:53.119><c> he</c><00:35:53.219><c> had</c><00:35:53.340><c> to</c><00:35:53.500><c> deal</c><00:35:53.579><c> with</c><00:35:53.760><c> the</c><00:35:53.860><c> issue</c><00:35:54.039><c> fairly</c><00:35:54.360><c> firmly.</c> 00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:57.360 We<00:35:55.139><c> know</c><00:35:55.400><c> that</c><00:35:55.579><c> from</c><00:35:55.780><c> Exodus</c><00:35:56.139><c> 32.</c> 00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:03.780 He<00:35:58.019><c> deals</c><00:35:58.340><c> with</c><00:35:58.519><c> it</c><00:35:58.679><c> firmly,</c><00:36:00.139><c> completely</c><00:36:00.579><c> and</c><00:36:02.119><c> without</c><00:36:02.500><c> compromise.</c> 00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:09.179 So<00:36:07.159><c> it</c><00:36:07.320><c> all</c><00:36:07.440><c> hinged</c><00:36:07.739><c> on</c><00:36:07.800><c> his</c><00:36:08.119><c> prayers.</c> 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:13.460 I'm<00:36:11.559><c> telling</c><00:36:11.739><c> you</c><00:36:11.900><c> something,</c><00:36:12.159><c> brethren</c><00:36:12.420><c> and</c><00:36:12.619><c> sisters.</c> 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.760 That's<00:36:17.000><c> the</c><00:36:17.360><c> mark</c><00:36:17.780><c> of</c><00:36:18.500><c> a</c><00:36:18.820><c> servant</c><00:36:19.320><c> leader.</c> 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.119 It's<00:36:19.980><c> a</c><00:36:20.079><c> mark</c><00:36:20.199><c> of</c><00:36:20.460><c> a</c><00:36:20.619><c> servant</c><00:36:20.880><c> and</c><00:36:21.159><c> a</c><00:36:21.519><c> servant</c><00:36:21.820><c> leader.</c> 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:24.840 That<00:36:22.119><c> we</c><00:36:22.380><c> have</c><00:36:22.760><c> to</c><00:36:22.920><c> be</c><00:36:23.199><c> prayerful</c><00:36:23.760><c> people.</c> 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:29.380 And<00:36:25.320><c> God</c><00:36:25.860><c> listens,</c><00:36:26.780><c> as</c><00:36:27.000><c> we</c><00:36:27.320><c> saw,</c><00:36:27.900><c> to</c><00:36:27.900><c> the</c><00:36:28.159><c> prayers</c><00:36:28.599><c> of</c> 00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.219 faithful<00:36:29.880><c> leaders.</c> 00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:32.320 Now,<00:36:30.760><c> I'm</c><00:36:30.900><c> telling</c><00:36:31.139><c> you</c><00:36:31.300><c> this.</c> 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:37.079 God<00:36:35.619><c> will</c><00:36:35.860><c> string</c><00:36:36.039><c> it</c><00:36:36.219><c> out.</c> 00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:39.460 God<00:36:37.800><c> knew</c><00:36:37.960><c> what</c><00:36:38.019><c> he</c><00:36:38.119><c> was</c><00:36:38.219><c> going</c><00:36:38.320><c> to</c><00:36:38.480><c> do.</c> 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:45.480 He<00:36:39.679><c> was</c><00:36:39.900><c> getting</c><00:36:40.159><c> Moses</c><00:36:40.760><c> to</c><00:36:41.940><c> demonstrate</c><00:36:42.940><c> the</c><00:36:44.239><c> sort</c><00:36:44.619><c> of</c><00:36:45.019><c> prayers</c><00:36:45.280><c> that</c> 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:49.460 he<00:36:45.739><c> wants</c><00:36:46.079><c> to</c><00:36:46.559><c> see</c><00:36:46.940><c> from</c><00:36:47.500><c> leaders</c><00:36:48.119><c> who</c><00:36:48.639><c> are</c><00:36:48.800><c> leading</c><00:36:49.039><c> his</c><00:36:49.280><c> people.</c> 00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:52.519 He<00:36:49.659><c> was</c><00:36:49.880><c> taking</c><00:36:50.780><c> Moses</c><00:36:51.219><c> on</c><00:36:51.460><c> a</c><00:36:51.639><c> journey.</c> 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.840 He<00:36:52.639><c> takes</c><00:36:52.980><c> us</c><00:36:53.179><c> on</c><00:36:53.400><c> a</c><00:36:53.559><c> journey.</c> 00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:58.199 And<00:36:54.219><c> the</c><00:36:54.360><c> whole</c><00:36:54.699><c> basis</c><00:36:55.199><c> of</c><00:36:55.380><c> that</c><00:36:55.659><c> journey</c><00:36:56.079><c> is</c><00:36:56.639><c> our</c><00:36:57.059><c> relationship</c><00:36:57.780><c> with</c><00:36:58.019><c> our</c> 00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:02.019 Heavenly<00:36:58.480><c> Father</c><00:36:59.099><c> evidenced</c><00:37:00.019><c> in</c><00:37:00.300><c> our</c><00:37:00.840><c> prayers.</c> 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:05.079 And<00:37:03.039><c> he</c><00:37:03.460><c> waits</c><00:37:03.940><c> for</c><00:37:04.400><c> our</c><00:37:04.760><c> prayers.</c> 00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:06.840 He<00:37:05.400><c> doesn't</c><00:37:05.719><c> need</c><00:37:05.940><c> them.</c> 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:09.219 He<00:37:07.119><c> knows</c><00:37:07.380><c> exactly</c><00:37:07.860><c> what</c><00:37:07.980><c> we're</c><00:37:08.179><c> going</c><00:37:08.260><c> to</c><00:37:08.420><c> ask</c><00:37:08.599><c> even</c><00:37:08.840><c> before</c> 00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.960 we<00:37:10.039><c> utter</c><00:37:10.199><c> two</c><00:37:10.440><c> words.</c> 00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:14.159 He<00:37:11.420><c> doesn't</c><00:37:11.679><c> need</c><00:37:11.860><c> them,</c><00:37:12.159><c> but</c><00:37:12.340><c> he</c><00:37:12.440><c> wants</c><00:37:12.719><c> to.</c> 00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:18.380 And<00:37:15.500><c> here's</c><00:37:16.219><c> this,</c><00:37:16.579><c> hear</c><00:37:16.800><c> this.</c> 00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:26.039 His<00:37:19.539><c> actions</c><00:37:20.440><c> are</c><00:37:22.760><c> influenced</c><00:37:23.500><c> by</c><00:37:24.460><c> our</c><00:37:25.480><c> prayers.</c> 00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:30.340 Now,<00:37:26.840><c> oh,</c><00:37:27.300><c> isn't</c><00:37:27.519><c> that</c><00:37:27.800><c> just</c><00:37:28.119><c> such</c><00:37:28.320><c> the</c><00:37:28.480><c> most</c><00:37:28.780><c> magnificent</c><00:37:29.519><c> thought.</c> 00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:37.760 God's<00:37:30.980><c> actions</c><00:37:31.639><c> can</c><00:37:33.159><c> be</c><00:37:33.699><c> changed</c><00:37:34.599><c> by</c><00:37:35.539><c> our</c><00:37:36.579><c> prayers.</c> 00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:42.360 I<00:37:40.579><c> find</c><00:37:41.039><c> that</c><00:37:41.199><c> amazing.</c> 00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:47.920 The<00:37:44.119><c> very</c><00:37:44.519><c> author</c><00:37:44.940><c> of</c><00:37:45.059><c> this</c><00:37:45.440><c> universe</c><00:37:46.000><c> is</c><00:37:46.559><c> listening</c><00:37:47.139><c> to</c><00:37:47.539><c> us.</c> 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:49.380 He<00:37:48.179><c> knows</c><00:37:48.460><c> what</c><00:37:48.559><c> he's</c><00:37:48.699><c> going</c><00:37:48.880><c> to</c><00:37:48.960><c> do</c><00:37:49.119><c> anyway.</c> 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:55.159 But<00:37:49.559><c> he's</c><00:37:49.639><c> saying,</c><00:37:50.079><c> if</c><00:37:50.099><c> that</c><00:37:50.440><c> person</c><00:37:50.920><c> prays</c><00:37:52.460><c> and</c><00:37:52.980><c> bleeds</c><00:37:54.000><c> in</c><00:37:54.659><c> such</c><00:37:54.920><c> a</c> 00:37:55.159 --> 00:38:00.119 way<00:37:55.659><c> that</c><00:37:56.000><c> they</c><00:37:56.480><c> really</c><00:37:57.059><c> demonstrate</c><00:37:57.920><c> their</c><00:37:58.420><c> meekness</c><00:37:59.219><c> and</c> 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:02.659 their<00:38:01.400><c> servant</c><00:38:01.920><c>-like</c><00:38:02.159><c> attitude</c> 00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:05.659 and<00:38:03.039><c> their</c><00:38:03.579><c> sacrificial</c><00:38:04.619><c> attitude</c><00:38:05.019><c> for</c><00:38:05.139><c> their</c><00:38:05.360><c> brethren</c><00:38:05.500><c> and</c> 00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:08.519 sisters,<00:38:06.039><c> when</c><00:38:06.440><c> they</c><00:38:06.599><c> get</c><00:38:06.820><c> to</c><00:38:06.960><c> that</c><00:38:07.179><c> stage</c><00:38:07.579><c> and</c><00:38:07.800><c> I'll</c><00:38:08.320><c> string</c> 00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.400 them<00:38:08.719><c> out,</c> 00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:14.139 I'll<00:38:10.119><c> string</c><00:38:10.380><c> them</c><00:38:10.619><c> out</c><00:38:11.860><c> till</c><00:38:12.239><c> they're</c><00:38:12.679><c> crying</c><00:38:12.940><c> out</c><00:38:13.219><c> for</c><00:38:13.420><c> me,</c> 00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:16.179 I'll<00:38:15.019><c> listen.</c> 00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:19.420 And<00:38:17.000><c> I'll</c><00:38:17.519><c> do</c><00:38:17.719><c> what</c><00:38:17.840><c> they</c><00:38:18.199><c> ask</c><00:38:18.679><c> to</c><00:38:19.079><c> do.</c> 00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:22.239 Isn't<00:38:20.000><c> that</c><00:38:20.239><c> just</c><00:38:20.480><c> the</c><00:38:20.519><c> most</c><00:38:20.840><c> amazing</c><00:38:21.420><c> thing,</c><00:38:21.699><c> brethren</c><00:38:21.940><c> and</c><00:38:22.139><c> sisters?</c> 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.039 I<00:38:22.659><c> just</c><00:38:23.159><c> stand</c><00:38:23.460><c> back.</c> 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.079 And<00:38:28.519><c> here's</c><00:38:28.739><c> something</c><00:38:29.019><c> else.</c> 00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:37.679 It's<00:38:32.940><c> not</c><00:38:33.659><c> the</c><00:38:35.119><c> sort</c><00:38:35.300><c> of</c><00:38:35.579><c> faith</c><00:38:36.079><c> that</c><00:38:36.539><c> you're</c><00:38:36.760><c> going</c><00:38:36.820><c> to</c><00:38:37.059><c> see</c> 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:41.599 in<00:38:39.260><c> the</c><00:38:39.440><c> last</c><00:38:39.760><c> days,</c><00:38:40.440><c> our</c><00:38:40.699><c> days.</c> 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:46.719 What<00:38:43.480><c> we're</c><00:38:43.760><c> saying</c><00:38:44.039><c> this</c><00:38:44.380><c> morning,</c><00:38:45.519><c> I'm</c><00:38:45.659><c> not</c><00:38:46.219><c> speaking</c><00:38:46.559><c> of</c> 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:50.099 you<00:38:46.960><c> personally,</c><00:38:48.440><c> is</c><00:38:48.619><c> largely</c><00:38:49.059><c> going</c><00:38:49.340><c> to</c><00:38:49.559><c> be</c><00:38:49.780><c> ignored.</c> 00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:52.559 Have<00:38:50.619><c> a</c><00:38:50.679><c> look</c><00:38:50.860><c> at</c><00:38:50.940><c> Luke</c><00:38:51.179><c> 18.</c> 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:07.480 He<00:39:04.460><c> spake,</c><00:39:05.059><c> verse</c><00:39:05.320><c> 1,</c><00:39:05.780><c> a</c><00:39:05.800><c> parable</c><00:39:06.000><c> unto</c><00:39:06.239><c> them</c><00:39:06.559><c> that</c><00:39:06.699><c> men</c><00:39:07.159><c> ought</c> 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:10.880 always<00:39:08.440><c> to</c><00:39:08.900><c> pray</c><00:39:09.719><c> and</c><00:39:10.119><c> not</c><00:39:10.440><c> to</c><00:39:10.719><c> faint.</c> 00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:14.739 There<00:39:11.039><c> was</c><00:39:11.219><c> in</c><00:39:11.360><c> a</c><00:39:11.480><c> city</c><00:39:11.639><c> a</c><00:39:11.800><c> judge</c><00:39:12.099><c> which</c><00:39:12.400><c> feared</c><00:39:12.619><c> not</c><00:39:12.900><c> God,</c><00:39:13.239><c> neither</c><00:39:13.500><c> regarded</c><00:39:13.960><c> men,</c><00:39:14.579><c> and</c> 00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:16.019 there<00:39:14.920><c> was</c><00:39:15.079><c> a</c><00:39:15.199><c> widow</c><00:39:15.380><c> in</c><00:39:15.500><c> that</c><00:39:15.760><c> city.</c> 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:19.559 She<00:39:16.219><c> came</c><00:39:16.500><c> to</c><00:39:16.599><c> him</c><00:39:16.840><c> and</c><00:39:16.940><c> saying,</c><00:39:17.300><c> avenge</c><00:39:17.659><c> me</c><00:39:17.840><c> of</c><00:39:17.920><c> my</c><00:39:18.179><c> adversary,</c><00:39:18.780><c> verse</c><00:39:19.059><c> 3,</c> 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:21.320 and<00:39:19.900><c> he</c><00:39:20.039><c> would</c><00:39:20.300><c> not</c><00:39:20.460><c> for</c><00:39:20.699><c> a</c><00:39:20.920><c> while,</c> 00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:25.199 so<00:39:21.599><c> he</c><00:39:21.840><c> strung</c><00:39:22.039><c> her</c><00:39:22.199><c> out</c><00:39:22.639><c> because</c><00:39:22.860><c> he</c><00:39:22.960><c> was</c><00:39:23.179><c> bored</c><00:39:23.500><c> and,</c><00:39:23.800><c> oh,</c><00:39:24.000><c> she's</c><00:39:24.260><c> a</c><00:39:24.420><c> pest.</c> 00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:29.019 But<00:39:25.360><c> afterward</c><00:39:25.880><c> he</c><00:39:26.039><c> said</c><00:39:26.239><c> within</c><00:39:26.500><c> himself,</c><00:39:27.119><c> look,</c><00:39:27.380><c> I</c><00:39:27.519><c> don't</c><00:39:27.760><c> fear</c><00:39:28.059><c> God,</c><00:39:28.559><c> nor</c><00:39:28.679><c> do</c><00:39:28.900><c> I</c> 00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:30.500 regard<00:39:29.400><c> men,</c> 00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:35.599 yet<00:39:30.940><c> because</c><00:39:31.360><c> this</c><00:39:31.679><c> widow's</c><00:39:32.039><c> a</c><00:39:32.260><c> pest,</c><00:39:34.119><c> I</c><00:39:34.340><c> will</c><00:39:34.619><c> avenge</c><00:39:34.980><c> her</c><00:39:35.139><c> lest</c><00:39:35.360><c> by</c> 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:39.019 her<00:39:35.980><c> continual</c><00:39:36.380><c> coming</c><00:39:36.619><c> she</c><00:39:36.820><c> just</c><00:39:37.099><c> wears</c><00:39:37.239><c> me</c><00:39:37.539><c> out.</c> 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:44.519 And<00:39:40.679><c> the</c><00:39:40.860><c> Lord</c><00:39:41.099><c> said,</c><00:39:41.840><c> hear</c><00:39:42.039><c> what</c><00:39:42.300><c> the</c><00:39:42.739><c> unjust</c><00:39:43.139><c> judge</c><00:39:43.639><c> sayeth.</c> 00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:52.139 And<00:39:45.659><c> shall</c><00:39:46.420><c> not</c><00:39:47.119><c> God</c><00:39:47.639><c> avenge</c><00:39:48.460><c> his</c><00:39:48.760><c> own</c><00:39:49.420><c> elect,</c><00:39:49.920><c> in</c><00:39:50.159><c> brackets,</c><00:39:51.159><c> Moses,</c> 00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:59.940 which<00:39:54.039><c> cry</c><00:39:54.500><c> forty</c><00:39:55.159><c> days</c><00:39:55.739><c> and</c><00:39:56.039><c> forty</c><00:39:56.699><c> nights</c><00:39:57.260><c> unto</c><00:39:57.760><c> him,</c><00:39:59.079><c> though</c><00:39:59.460><c> he</c> 00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:02.059 bear<00:40:00.579><c> law</c><00:40:00.860><c> with</c><00:40:01.139><c> them?</c> 00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:07.940 And<00:40:04.300><c> then</c><00:40:04.500><c> he</c><00:40:04.559><c> says</c><00:40:04.760><c> in</c><00:40:04.940><c> verse</c><00:40:05.179><c> 8,</c><00:40:06.539><c> I</c><00:40:06.619><c> tell</c><00:40:06.920><c> you</c><00:40:07.280><c> that</c><00:40:07.539><c> he</c><00:40:07.679><c> will</c> 00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:10.019 avenge<00:40:08.239><c> them,</c><00:40:08.400><c> and</c><00:40:08.599><c> when</c><00:40:08.739><c> he</c><00:40:08.860><c> does,</c><00:40:09.159><c> he'll</c><00:40:09.239><c> do</c><00:40:09.320><c> it</c><00:40:09.539><c> speedily.</c> 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:14.559 Well,<00:40:10.940><c> let's</c><00:40:11.159><c> string</c><00:40:11.239><c> it</c><00:40:11.360><c> out</c><00:40:11.500><c> a</c><00:40:11.559><c> bit,</c><00:40:11.860><c> but</c><00:40:11.860><c> when</c><00:40:12.320><c> he</c><00:40:12.440><c> acts,</c><00:40:12.820><c> boy,</c><00:40:13.099><c> he</c><00:40:14.059><c> acts.</c> 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:25.059 Nevertheless,<00:40:17.420><c> when</c><00:40:17.539><c> the</c><00:40:17.880><c> Son</c><00:40:18.460><c> of</c><00:40:18.760><c> Man</c><00:40:19.639><c> cometh,</c><00:40:22.099><c> shall</c><00:40:22.380><c> he</c><00:40:22.860><c> find</c><00:40:23.400><c> that</c><00:40:24.159><c> sort</c><00:40:24.760><c> of</c> 00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:27.860 faith<00:40:25.639><c> on</c><00:40:26.300><c> the</c><00:40:26.639><c> earth?</c> 00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:36.519 Our<00:40:33.639><c> prayers</c><00:40:33.860><c> are</c><00:40:34.119><c> absolutely</c><00:40:34.619><c> critical,</c><00:40:35.159><c> brethren</c><00:40:35.280><c> and</c><00:40:35.539><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:40.920 I<00:40:37.900><c> want</c><00:40:38.059><c> to</c><00:40:38.179><c> lastly</c><00:40:38.480><c> turn,</c><00:40:39.019><c> well,</c><00:40:39.440><c> second</c><00:40:39.659><c> from</c><00:40:39.900><c> last,</c><00:40:40.219><c> turn</c><00:40:40.480><c> to</c><00:40:40.679><c> 1</c> 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.519 Peter<00:40:41.159><c> 3.</c> 00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:11.360 Now,<00:41:09.659><c> I've</c><00:41:09.760><c> got</c><00:41:09.840><c> the</c><00:41:10.000><c> wrong</c><00:41:10.280><c> verse.</c> 00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:18.000 It's<00:41:11.559><c> the</c><00:41:11.679><c> verse</c><00:41:12.019><c> which</c><00:41:12.300><c> talks</c><00:41:12.780><c> about</c><00:41:13.280><c> our</c><00:41:13.800><c> prayers</c><00:41:14.440><c> being</c><00:41:15.760><c> hindered</c><00:41:16.659><c> by</c><00:41:17.000><c> God.</c> 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.980 Let<00:41:20.260><c> me</c><00:41:20.360><c> just</c><00:41:20.619><c> paraphrase.</c> 00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.780 I've<00:41:21.159><c> got</c><00:41:21.219><c> the</c><00:41:21.380><c> wrong</c><00:41:21.519><c> verse.</c> 00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:24.519 1<00:41:22.079><c> Peter</c><00:41:22.300><c> 3</c><00:41:22.599><c> verse</c><00:41:22.780><c> 7,</c><00:41:23.000><c> but</c><00:41:23.099><c> it's</c><00:41:23.239><c> not</c><00:41:23.400><c> that</c><00:41:23.539><c> at</c><00:41:23.719><c> all.</c> 00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:28.960 You<00:41:26.880><c> know,</c><00:41:27.159><c> brethren</c><00:41:27.340><c> and</c><00:41:27.599><c> sisters,</c><00:41:27.920><c> it</c><00:41:28.119><c> says</c><00:41:28.400><c> that</c><00:41:28.639><c> we</c><00:41:28.739><c> are</c> 00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:31.920 to<00:41:29.139><c> be</c><00:41:29.300><c> with</c><00:41:29.480><c> our</c><00:41:29.780><c> wives</c><00:41:30.079><c> who</c><00:41:30.260><c> are</c><00:41:30.420><c> the</c><00:41:30.599><c> weaker</c><00:41:30.840><c> vessel,</c> 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:37.760 and<00:41:32.920><c> that</c><00:41:33.079><c> we</c><00:41:33.179><c> are</c><00:41:33.380><c> to</c><00:41:33.440><c> live</c><00:41:33.699><c> with</c><00:41:33.880><c> them</c><00:41:34.119><c> in</c><00:41:34.260><c> a</c><00:41:34.639><c> harmonious</c><00:41:36.219><c> environment.</c> 00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:43.539 And<00:41:39.420><c> it</c><00:41:39.599><c> says</c><00:41:39.980><c> at</c><00:41:40.179><c> the</c><00:41:40.219><c> end</c><00:41:40.480><c> of</c><00:41:40.559><c> this</c><00:41:40.820><c> verse</c><00:41:41.019><c> that</c><00:41:41.119><c> I</c><00:41:41.219><c> can't</c><00:41:41.579><c> find,</c><00:41:42.300><c> in</c> 00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:47.980 1<00:41:43.780><c> Peter,</c><00:41:45.260><c> that</c><00:41:45.539><c> your</c><00:41:45.940><c> prayers</c><00:41:46.619><c> be</c><00:41:47.039><c> not</c><00:41:47.239><c> hindered.</c> 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:51.079 It<00:41:48.300><c> said</c><00:41:48.400><c> you</c><00:41:48.460><c> live</c><00:41:48.679><c> harmoniously</c><00:41:49.699><c> with</c><00:41:50.179><c> your</c><00:41:50.360><c> sister</c><00:41:50.639><c> wife.</c> 00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:53.760 And<00:41:51.659><c> some</c><00:41:51.900><c> have</c><00:41:52.099><c> suggested,</c><00:41:52.619><c> oh,</c><00:41:52.880><c> well,</c><00:41:53.039><c> that</c><00:41:53.199><c> makes</c><00:41:53.440><c> sense</c> 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.260 because,<00:41:54.019><c> you</c><00:41:54.199><c> know,</c> 00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:56.539 if<00:41:54.400><c> there's</c><00:41:54.500><c> tension</c><00:41:54.780><c> in</c><00:41:54.960><c> the</c><00:41:55.079><c> household</c><00:41:55.480><c> and</c><00:41:56.019><c> bitterness</c><00:41:56.280><c> in</c> 00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.719 the<00:41:56.719><c> household,</c> 00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:59.360 well,<00:41:58.019><c> your</c><00:41:58.199><c> prayers</c><00:41:58.340><c> are</c><00:41:58.599><c> going</c><00:41:58.780><c> to</c><00:41:58.920><c> be</c><00:41:59.059><c> hindered.</c> 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:03.579 Well,<00:41:59.880><c> why</c><00:42:00.099><c> does</c><00:42:01.179><c> it</c><00:42:01.300><c> exclusively</c><00:42:01.920><c> mention</c><00:42:02.460><c> wives?</c> 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:06.480 Why<00:42:04.460><c> doesn't</c><00:42:04.579><c> it</c><00:42:04.719><c> mention</c><00:42:04.860><c> children</c><00:42:05.280><c> or</c><00:42:05.480><c> neighbours</c><00:42:05.960><c> or</c><00:42:06.260><c> the</c> 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:08.260 dog<00:42:06.659><c> or</c><00:42:06.780><c> anybody</c><00:42:07.139><c> else?</c> 00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:11.000 You<00:42:09.260><c> know</c><00:42:09.340><c> what</c><00:42:09.400><c> I</c><00:42:09.559><c> reckon</c><00:42:09.760><c> it's</c><00:42:10.500><c> saying?</c> 00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:19.880 Brethren<00:42:16.639><c> who</c><00:42:17.079><c> are</c><00:42:17.280><c> leaders</c><00:42:17.699><c> in</c><00:42:18.699><c> their</c><00:42:18.820><c> household,</c> 00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:25.960 if<00:42:23.619><c> you</c><00:42:23.739><c> don't</c><00:42:23.920><c> treat</c><00:42:24.139><c> your</c><00:42:24.360><c> wives</c><00:42:24.599><c> properly,</c><00:42:25.199><c> I'm</c><00:42:25.320><c> not</c><00:42:25.480><c> listening</c><00:42:25.760><c> to</c> 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:27.280 your<00:42:26.139><c> prayers.</c> 00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:31.739 And<00:42:29.420><c> boy,</c><00:42:29.860><c> doesn't</c><00:42:30.059><c> that</c><00:42:30.360><c> hurt.</c> 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:37.099 It<00:42:36.320><c> is</c><00:42:36.800><c> verse</c><00:42:37.000><c> 7.</c> 00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:38.320 Why<00:42:37.239><c> did</c><00:42:37.699><c> I</c><00:42:37.840><c> not</c><00:42:38.000><c> get</c><00:42:38.139><c> it?</c> 00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.159 Let's<00:42:38.659><c> read</c><00:42:38.860><c> it.</c> 00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:40.980 1<00:42:39.420><c> Peter</c><00:42:39.659><c> 3,</c><00:42:39.900><c> is</c><00:42:40.079><c> it?</c> 00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:43.579 My<00:42:41.860><c> Bible's</c><00:42:42.260><c> from</c><00:42:42.400><c> New</c><00:42:42.619><c> South</c><00:42:42.820><c> Wales.</c> 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.719 It's<00:42:44.239><c> bowdlerised.</c> 00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:46.000 Oh,<00:42:45.280><c> of</c><00:42:45.460><c> course,</c><00:42:45.619><c> thank</c><00:42:45.880><c> you.</c> 00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:47.139 There<00:42:46.159><c> you</c><00:42:46.320><c> go.</c> 00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:49.099 Let's<00:42:48.659><c> read</c><00:42:48.800><c> it.</c> 00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:53.000 Likewise<00:42:49.579><c> ye</c><00:42:49.840><c> husbands,</c><00:42:51.079><c> dwell</c><00:42:51.300><c> with</c><00:42:51.539><c> them</c><00:42:51.719><c> according</c><00:42:52.119><c> to</c><00:42:52.460><c> knowledge,</c> 00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:55.980 giving<00:42:53.599><c> honour</c><00:42:53.960><c> unto</c><00:42:54.199><c> the</c><00:42:54.460><c> wife</c><00:42:54.679><c> as</c><00:42:54.940><c> unto</c><00:42:55.139><c> the</c><00:42:55.360><c> weaker</c><00:42:55.559><c> vessel,</c> 00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:59.840 and<00:42:56.280><c> as</c><00:42:56.519><c> being</c><00:42:56.780><c> heirs</c><00:42:57.139><c> together</c><00:42:57.579><c> of</c><00:42:57.739><c> the</c><00:42:57.960><c> grace</c><00:42:58.219><c> of</c><00:42:58.440><c> life</c><00:42:58.900><c> that</c> 00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:03.300 your<00:43:00.239><c> prayers</c><00:43:00.900><c> not</c><00:43:02.500><c> be</c><00:43:02.679><c> not</c><00:43:03.019><c> hindered.</c> 00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:04.920 The<00:43:03.380><c> word</c><00:43:03.599><c> is</c><00:43:03.760><c> not</c><00:43:03.920><c> hindered</c><00:43:04.280><c> in</c><00:43:04.559><c> the</c><00:43:04.679><c> Greek.</c> 00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:08.460 It<00:43:05.159><c> has</c><00:43:05.380><c> the</c><00:43:05.460><c> idea</c><00:43:05.719><c> that</c><00:43:05.880><c> your</c><00:43:06.199><c> prayers</c><00:43:06.500><c> be</c><00:43:06.760><c> not</c><00:43:07.079><c> cut</c><00:43:07.400><c> off.</c> 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:18.619 In<00:43:10.280><c> other</c><00:43:10.559><c> words,</c><00:43:11.840><c> my</c><00:43:11.960><c> attitude</c><00:43:12.760><c> to</c><00:43:13.480><c> my</c><00:43:13.960><c> wife</c><00:43:14.639><c> is</c><00:43:17.519><c> directly</c> 00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:21.039 taken<00:43:20.340><c> into</c><00:43:20.679><c> account</c> 00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:23.760 when<00:43:21.320><c> God</c><00:43:21.639><c> hears</c><00:43:21.860><c> my</c><00:43:22.280><c> prayers</c><00:43:22.659><c> down</c><00:43:22.920><c> my</c><00:43:23.260><c> back</c><00:43:23.500><c> paddock.</c> 00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:28.380 And<00:43:23.900><c> he</c><00:43:24.039><c> says,</c><00:43:24.639><c> I'm</c><00:43:24.860><c> not</c><00:43:25.400><c> listening</c><00:43:25.880><c> because</c><00:43:27.239><c> the</c><00:43:27.599><c> way</c><00:43:27.960><c> you</c> 00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:31.539 treat<00:43:28.780><c> the</c><00:43:29.559><c> ones</c><00:43:29.880><c> that</c><00:43:30.119><c> you</c><00:43:30.260><c> are</c><00:43:30.500><c> leading</c> 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:35.619 is<00:43:32.199><c> so</c><00:43:32.679><c> bad</c><00:43:33.199><c> that</c><00:43:33.760><c> I</c><00:43:34.099><c> am</c><00:43:34.260><c> just</c><00:43:34.539><c> going</c><00:43:34.739><c> to</c><00:43:34.940><c> cut</c><00:43:35.059><c> off</c><00:43:35.280><c> this</c><00:43:35.559><c> prayer.</c> 00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:38.940 I'm<00:43:36.099><c> sorry</c><00:43:36.300><c> you</c><00:43:36.500><c> can</c><00:43:36.940><c> cry</c><00:43:37.159><c> your</c><00:43:37.460><c> eyes</c><00:43:37.599><c> out,</c><00:43:38.139><c> Bates.</c> 00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:42.559 It<00:43:40.840><c> won't</c><00:43:41.320><c> cut</c><00:43:41.579><c> it.</c> 00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:47.360 You<00:43:43.340><c> go</c><00:43:43.699><c> back</c><00:43:44.059><c> and</c><00:43:44.619><c> sort</c><00:43:44.860><c> out</c><00:43:45.320><c> your</c><00:43:45.719><c> home</c><00:43:46.000><c> situation.</c> 00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:58.860 Now,<00:43:52.639><c> we're</c><00:43:52.880><c> going</c><00:43:52.980><c> to</c><00:43:53.139><c> eat</c><00:43:53.300><c> bread</c><00:43:54.059><c> and</c><00:43:56.079><c> drink</c><00:43:56.320><c> wine,</c><00:43:56.739><c> brothers</c><00:43:56.840><c> and</c><00:43:57.059><c> sisters.</c> 00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:13.099 I<00:44:06.539><c> don't</c><00:44:06.739><c> know</c><00:44:06.860><c> about</c><00:44:07.039><c> you,</c><00:44:08.019><c> but</c><00:44:08.860><c> there</c><00:44:10.880><c> are</c><00:44:11.159><c> times,</c><00:44:11.420><c> particularly</c><00:44:11.719><c> in</c><00:44:12.139><c> trials,</c> 00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:16.920 when<00:44:14.400><c> you're</c><00:44:14.639><c> all</c><00:44:14.800><c> jumbled</c><00:44:15.179><c> up</c><00:44:15.460><c> and</c><00:44:15.619><c> things</c><00:44:15.960><c> have</c><00:44:16.199><c> gone</c><00:44:16.519><c> all</c> 00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.659 over<00:44:17.079><c> the</c><00:44:17.300><c> place</c> 00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:21.219 and<00:44:17.880><c> you</c><00:44:18.300><c> find</c><00:44:18.719><c> prayer</c><00:44:19.079><c> enormously</c><00:44:19.860><c> difficult.</c> 00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:25.980 And<00:44:22.199><c> sometimes,</c><00:44:23.039><c> brothers</c><00:44:23.139><c> and</c><00:44:23.280><c> sisters,</c><00:44:24.559><c> you</c><00:44:24.980><c> want</c><00:44:25.300><c> to</c><00:44:25.360><c> argue</c><00:44:25.719><c> with</c> 00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.760 God<00:44:26.400><c> and</c><00:44:26.559><c> say,</c> 00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.539 what<00:44:26.880><c> are</c><00:44:27.000><c> you</c><00:44:27.199><c> doing?</c> 00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:29.239 And<00:44:27.659><c> all</c><00:44:27.820><c> that</c><00:44:28.000><c> sort</c><00:44:28.159><c> of</c><00:44:28.340><c> stuff.</c> 00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:32.239 And<00:44:29.920><c> you</c><00:44:30.219><c> almost</c><00:44:30.559><c> want</c><00:44:30.760><c> to</c><00:44:30.800><c> put</c><00:44:30.940><c> him</c><00:44:31.059><c> on</c><00:44:31.360><c> trial.</c> 00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:38.500 And<00:44:35.260><c> you</c><00:44:35.500><c> know</c><00:44:35.699><c> that</c><00:44:35.920><c> your</c><00:44:36.159><c> mind</c><00:44:36.519><c> is</c><00:44:36.860><c> not</c><00:44:37.139><c> right</c><00:44:37.380><c> with</c><00:44:37.599><c> God</c><00:44:37.860><c> because</c><00:44:38.219><c> of</c><00:44:38.400><c> that.</c> 00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:41.159 Now,<00:44:38.639><c> I'm</c><00:44:38.719><c> not</c><00:44:38.980><c> suggesting,</c><00:44:39.719><c> brothers</c><00:44:39.940><c> and</c><00:44:40.000><c> sisters,</c><00:44:40.400><c> that</c> 00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:43.519 you're<00:44:42.679><c> an</c><00:44:42.920><c> abject</c><00:44:43.179><c> failure</c> 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:44.420 and<00:44:43.599><c> all</c><00:44:43.780><c> that</c><00:44:43.920><c> sort</c><00:44:44.059><c> of</c><00:44:44.219><c> stuff.</c> 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:45.460 You<00:44:44.679><c> know</c><00:44:44.780><c> what</c><00:44:44.900><c> you</c><00:44:45.059><c> do</c><00:44:45.280><c> then?</c> 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:49.360 Well,<00:44:45.820><c> I</c><00:44:46.079><c> find</c><00:44:46.320><c> the</c><00:44:46.460><c> most,</c><00:44:46.880><c> and</c><00:44:47.300><c> James</c><00:44:47.579><c> talks</c><00:44:47.820><c> about</c><00:44:48.019><c> this</c><00:44:48.199><c> as</c><00:44:48.400><c> well,</c> 00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:55.380 when<00:44:49.559><c> you</c><00:44:49.880><c> can't</c><00:44:50.639><c> pray</c><00:44:51.300><c> for</c><00:44:53.059><c> your</c><00:44:53.280><c> situation</c><00:44:53.920><c> or</c><00:44:54.320><c> if</c><00:44:54.519><c> you</c><00:44:54.739><c> can</c><00:44:55.039><c> pray,</c> 00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:58.519 but<00:44:55.599><c> you</c><00:44:56.239><c> feel</c><00:44:56.539><c> as</c><00:44:56.739><c> though</c><00:44:56.840><c> you</c><00:44:56.980><c> really</c><00:44:57.320><c> need</c><00:44:57.539><c> to</c><00:44:57.760><c> enlist</c><00:44:58.059><c> more</c><00:44:58.360><c> help,</c> 00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:00.719 you<00:44:58.840><c> know</c><00:44:58.960><c> what</c><00:44:59.099><c> you</c><00:44:59.300><c> do,</c><00:44:59.760><c> literally?</c> 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:03.639 Go<00:45:01.920><c> and</c><00:45:02.300><c> ask</c><00:45:02.719><c> in</c><00:45:03.019><c> confidence.</c> 00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:08.840 Go<00:45:04.400><c> and</c><00:45:04.599><c> ask</c><00:45:04.840><c> others,</c><00:45:05.199><c> could</c><00:45:05.239><c> you</c><00:45:05.440><c> pray</c><00:45:05.659><c> for</c><00:45:05.840><c> me</c><00:45:06.099><c> for</c><00:45:06.420><c> this</c><00:45:06.639><c> situation</c><00:45:07.300><c> that</c><00:45:07.480><c> I'm</c><00:45:07.699><c> in?</c> 00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.579 Why? 00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:11.940 Is<00:45:09.820><c> it</c><00:45:09.900><c> just</c><00:45:10.139><c> a</c><00:45:10.340><c> nice</c><00:45:10.579><c> thing</c><00:45:10.860><c> and</c><00:45:10.940><c> it's</c><00:45:11.219><c> a</c><00:45:11.360><c> nice</c><00:45:11.739><c> feeling?</c> 00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:15.820 No,<00:45:12.760><c> because</c><00:45:13.059><c> that</c><00:45:13.460><c> can</c><00:45:13.860><c> change</c><00:45:14.739><c> the</c><00:45:15.119><c> events</c><00:45:15.360><c> in</c><00:45:15.539><c> your</c><00:45:15.719><c> life</c> 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:19.559 because<00:45:16.139><c> God</c><00:45:16.519><c> listens</c><00:45:17.000><c> to</c><00:45:17.219><c> the</c><00:45:17.480><c> prayers</c><00:45:17.739><c> of</c><00:45:17.980><c> faithful</c><00:45:18.280><c> brothers</c><00:45:18.559><c> and</c><00:45:18.719><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:21.960 Could<00:45:20.360><c> you</c><00:45:20.519><c> pray</c><00:45:20.760><c> for</c><00:45:21.019><c> me?</c> 00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:25.260 It's<00:45:22.480><c> something</c><00:45:22.699><c> we</c><00:45:22.880><c> should</c><00:45:23.019><c> be</c><00:45:23.219><c> doing</c><00:45:23.360><c> more</c><00:45:23.840><c> and</c><00:45:24.179><c> more</c><00:45:24.659><c> in</c> 00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:28.059 our<00:45:25.519><c> discussions</c><00:45:26.099><c> with</c><00:45:26.820><c> each</c><00:45:27.119><c> other.</c> 00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:33.719 And<00:45:29.079><c> lastly,</c><00:45:29.739><c> brothers</c><00:45:29.800><c> and</c><00:45:29.940><c> sisters,</c><00:45:31.780><c> and</c><00:45:32.179><c> we've</c><00:45:32.380><c> got</c><00:45:32.480><c> him</c><00:45:32.619><c> here,</c> 00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:36.360 if<00:45:34.360><c> ever</c><00:45:34.619><c> there</c><00:45:34.719><c> was</c><00:45:34.960><c> a</c><00:45:35.039><c> servant</c><00:45:35.360><c> leader,</c> 00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:39.840 if<00:45:37.159><c> ever</c><00:45:37.420><c> there</c><00:45:37.579><c> was</c><00:45:37.780><c> a</c><00:45:37.920><c> meek</c><00:45:38.139><c> man,</c><00:45:38.500><c> here's</c><00:45:38.840><c> the</c><00:45:39.019><c> one.</c> 00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:41.760 And<00:45:40.400><c> what</c><00:45:40.619><c> did</c><00:45:40.760><c> he</c><00:45:40.940><c> ask</c><00:45:41.179><c> us</c><00:45:41.460><c> to</c><00:45:41.619><c> do?</c> 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:45.340 Remember,<00:45:42.360><c> we</c><00:45:42.480><c> had</c><00:45:42.659><c> the</c><00:45:42.880><c> organization</c><00:45:43.539><c> chart</c><00:45:44.039><c> turned</c><00:45:44.679><c> at</c><00:45:45.079><c> all</c> 00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.599 the<00:45:45.500><c> way,</c> 00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:49.420 180<00:45:45.980><c> degrees</c><00:45:46.360><c> around,</c><00:45:46.699><c> you</c><00:45:46.880><c> know</c><00:45:47.079><c> what</c><00:45:47.539><c> the</c><00:45:47.739><c> proof</c><00:45:47.920><c> of</c><00:45:48.079><c> that</c><00:45:48.300><c> was?</c> 00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:58.159 He<00:45:54.480><c> washed</c><00:45:55.119><c> his</c><00:45:55.639><c> disciples'</c><00:45:56.760><c> feet</c><00:45:56.900><c> and</c><00:45:57.139><c> then</c><00:45:57.579><c> toweled</c><00:45:57.800><c> them</c> 00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:05.940 dry,<00:46:03.280><c> even</c><00:46:03.860><c> Judas'</c><00:46:05.000><c> feet.</c> 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:10.000 And<00:46:06.360><c> you</c><00:46:06.519><c> know,</c><00:46:06.679><c> there</c><00:46:06.780><c> was</c><00:46:07.039><c> never</c><00:46:07.239><c> a</c><00:46:07.460><c> time</c><00:46:07.619><c> in</c><00:46:07.760><c> the</c><00:46:08.019><c> record</c><00:46:08.460><c> where</c><00:46:09.139><c> you</c><00:46:09.619><c> read</c><00:46:09.800><c> of</c> 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:11.059 John<00:46:10.360><c> or</c><00:46:10.559><c> Peter</c> 00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:15.360 or<00:46:11.519><c> any</c><00:46:11.820><c> of</c><00:46:11.960><c> those</c><00:46:12.119><c> saying,</c><00:46:13.199><c> he</c><00:46:13.400><c> treats</c><00:46:13.900><c> Judas</c><00:46:14.420><c> just</c><00:46:14.980><c> a</c><00:46:15.139><c> little</c> 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:16.340 bit<00:46:15.579><c> off</c><00:46:15.860><c>-handedly.</c> 00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:18.039 Have<00:46:16.519><c> you</c><00:46:16.719><c> noticed?</c> 00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:24.820 There's<00:46:21.199><c> something</c><00:46:21.539><c> about</c><00:46:21.980><c> Judas</c><00:46:22.280><c> that</c><00:46:22.539><c> doesn't</c><00:46:22.920><c> quite</c><00:46:23.380><c> tally</c><00:46:23.679><c> with</c><00:46:23.940><c> Jesus.</c> 00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:28.400 He<00:46:26.639><c> overlooks</c><00:46:27.219><c> Judas</c><00:46:27.539><c> a</c><00:46:27.800><c> lot.</c> 00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:29.619 Have<00:46:28.920><c> you</c><00:46:29.159><c> noticed?</c> 00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:31.940 They<00:46:30.079><c> didn't</c><00:46:30.360><c> because</c><00:46:30.519><c> it</c><00:46:30.739><c> never</c><00:46:30.960><c> happened.</c> 00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:38.480 He<00:46:34.519><c> even</c><00:46:35.079><c> washed</c><00:46:35.619><c> the</c><00:46:36.079><c> Judas'</c><00:46:36.780><c> in</c><00:46:36.840><c> the</c><00:46:37.099><c> meeting,</c><00:46:37.739><c> their</c><00:46:38.280><c> feet,</c> 00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:40.920 and<00:46:38.659><c> said,</c><00:46:39.159><c> go</c><00:46:39.460><c> and</c><00:46:39.880><c> do</c><00:46:40.380><c> likewise.</c> 00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:44.239 And<00:46:41.199><c> he</c><00:46:41.360><c> was</c><00:46:41.559><c> the</c><00:46:41.719><c> chief</c><00:46:41.980><c> executive,</c><00:46:42.739><c> so</c><00:46:43.019><c> to</c><00:46:43.260><c> speak.</c> 00:46:45.860 --> 00:46:50.820 Whose<00:46:46.460><c> feet</c><00:46:47.059><c> are</c><00:46:47.980><c> we</c><00:46:48.179><c> going</c><00:46:48.480><c> to</c><00:46:48.780><c> wash</c><00:46:49.300><c> today?</c> 00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:57.139 Well,<00:46:53.199><c> brothers</c><00:46:53.340><c> and</c><00:46:53.480><c> sisters,</c><00:46:54.400><c> that</c><00:46:54.579><c> brings</c><00:46:54.940><c> us</c><00:46:55.659><c> to</c><00:46:56.280><c> the</c><00:46:56.619><c> time</c><00:46:56.860><c> now</c> 00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:59.800 when<00:46:57.219><c> we're</c><00:46:57.420><c> going</c><00:46:57.599><c> to</c><00:46:57.800><c> eat</c><00:46:58.019><c> bread</c><00:46:58.300><c> and</c><00:46:58.440><c> drink</c><00:46:58.719><c> wine.</c> 00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:05.920 Let<00:47:01.880><c> us</c><00:47:02.420><c> learn,</c><00:47:02.960><c> and</c><00:47:03.320><c> it</c><00:47:03.579><c> takes</c><00:47:04.260><c> time</c><00:47:05.019><c> to</c><00:47:05.460><c> learn</c><00:47:05.679><c> this.</c> 00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:08.039 It<00:47:06.119><c> won't</c><00:47:06.440><c> happen</c><00:47:06.780><c> in</c><00:47:07.059><c> a</c><00:47:07.159><c> day.</c> 00:47:08.469 --> 00:47:16.340 Let<00:47:08.900><c> us</c><00:47:09.400><c> learn</c><00:47:09.760><c> loving,</c><00:47:12.840><c> prayerful</c><00:47:13.920><c> service</c><00:47:15.119><c> to</c><00:47:15.960><c> others</c> 00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:22.340 before<00:47:16.840><c> we</c><00:47:17.139><c> even</c><00:47:17.519><c> imagine</c><00:47:18.119><c> ourselves</c><00:47:19.000><c> as</c><00:47:19.440><c> leaders</c><00:47:19.900><c> within</c><00:47:20.300><c> the</c><00:47:20.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:21.079><c> of</c><00:47:21.420><c> God.</c> 00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:28.619 Let<00:47:23.699><c> me</c><00:47:24.059><c> leave</c><00:47:24.880><c> you</c><00:47:25.239><c> with</c><00:47:25.480><c> this</c><00:47:25.800><c> quote</c><00:47:25.980><c> from</c><00:47:26.280><c> John</c><00:47:26.619><c> chapter</c><00:47:27.000><c> 13.</c> 00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:36.619 By<00:47:32.260><c> this,</c><00:47:33.920><c> says</c><00:47:34.460><c> the</c><00:47:35.199><c> Lord</c><00:47:35.380><c> Jesus</c><00:47:35.760><c> Christ,</c><00:47:36.139><c> whom</c><00:47:36.219><c> we're</c><00:47:36.380><c> now</c> 00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:37.960 going<00:47:36.840><c> to</c><00:47:37.119><c> remember,</c> 00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:45.219 by<00:47:38.539><c> this</c><00:47:39.480><c> shall</c><00:47:40.099><c> all</c><00:47:41.260><c> men</c><00:47:41.980><c> know</c><00:47:42.960><c> that</c><00:47:43.360><c> you</c><00:47:43.539><c> are</c><00:47:43.780><c> my</c><00:47:44.000><c> disciples.</c> 00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:52.679 Not<00:47:47.619><c> your</c><00:47:48.000><c> grand</c><00:47:48.500><c> eloquence</c><00:47:49.300><c> and</c><00:47:49.619><c> oratory,</c><00:47:50.940><c> not</c><00:47:51.260><c> any</c><00:47:51.539><c> of</c><00:47:51.800><c> that,</c> 00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:58.380 not<00:47:54.199><c> this</c><00:47:54.820><c> outward</c><00:47:55.780><c> appearance</c><00:47:56.500><c> of</c><00:47:57.280><c> wonder</c><00:47:57.599><c> and</c><00:47:57.860><c> awe,</c><00:47:58.199><c> none</c> 00:47:58.380 --> 00:47:58.679 of<00:47:58.480><c> that.</c> 00:47:58.820 --> 00:48:03.119 By<00:47:59.199><c> this</c><00:47:59.599><c> shall</c><00:47:59.980><c> all</c><00:48:00.360><c> men</c><00:48:00.519><c> know</c><00:48:00.840><c> that</c><00:48:01.059><c> you</c><00:48:01.300><c> are</c><00:48:01.519><c> my</c><00:48:01.780><c> disciples</c> 00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:09.760 if<00:48:05.300><c> you</c><00:48:05.539><c> have</c><00:48:05.780><c> love</c><00:48:06.659><c> one</c><00:48:08.679><c> to</c><00:48:08.980><c> another.</c>