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persons<00:12:12.960><c> and</c><00:12:13.779><c> discriminating</c><00:12:14.820><c> when</c><00:12:15.620><c> we're</c><00:12:15.820><c> trying</c><00:12:16.080><c> to</c><00:12:17.019><c> do</c><00:12:17.299><c> good</c><00:12:17.860><c> for</c><00:12:18.139><c> others.</c><00:12:18.679><c> Don't</c><00:12:19.000><c> just</c><00:12:19.240><c> do</c>

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folks,<00:12:21.580><c> those</c><00:12:21.799><c> who</c><00:12:22.080><c> are</c><00:12:22.220><c> close</c><00:12:22.419><c> to</c><00:12:22.639><c> us,</c><00:12:24.080><c> and</c><00:12:24.179><c> do</c><00:12:24.480><c> less</c><00:12:24.840><c> good</c><00:12:25.100><c> for</c><00:12:25.620><c> others.</c><00:12:26.399><c> That's</c><00:12:26.740><c> the</c><00:12:26.940><c> context</c><00:12:27.340><c> of</c>

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passages.<00:12:29.600><c> Why</c><00:12:29.919><c> shouldn't</c><00:12:30.240><c> we</c><00:12:30.799><c> be</c><00:12:32.600><c> prejudiced</c><00:12:33.980><c> or</c><00:12:34.179><c> discriminating</c><00:12:35.000><c> in</c><00:12:35.299><c> a</c><00:12:35.460><c> negative</c><00:12:35.740><c> sense</c><00:12:36.220><c> when</c><00:12:36.539><c> we're</c>

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discriminating<00:12:41.299><c> and</c><00:12:41.759><c> dealing</c><00:12:41.980><c> with</c><00:12:42.220><c> us?</c><00:12:44.539><c> He's</c><00:12:45.179><c> not</c><00:12:45.379><c> been</c><00:12:45.559><c> a</c>

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respecter<00:12:46.320><c> of</c><00:12:46.419><c> persons</c><00:12:46.840><c> and</c><00:12:47.080><c> His</c><00:12:47.360><c> mercy</c><00:12:47.919><c> toward</c><00:12:48.299><c> us.</c>

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He's<00:12:49.879><c> called</c><00:12:50.039><c> out</c><00:12:50.279><c> people</c><00:12:50.539><c> from</c><00:12:50.799><c> all</c><00:12:51.019><c> walks</c><00:12:51.259><c> of</c><00:12:51.480><c> life</c><00:12:52.000><c> with</c>

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differing<00:12:53.659><c> backgrounds</c><00:12:54.279><c> and</c><00:12:54.980><c> abilities.</c>

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He<00:12:56.639><c> offers</c><00:12:56.940><c> us</c><00:12:57.259><c> forgiveness</c><00:12:57.860><c> through</c><00:12:58.519><c> the</c><00:12:58.720><c> perfect</c><00:12:59.279><c> and</c><00:12:59.799><c> merciful</c><00:13:00.179><c> sacrifice</c><00:13:00.820><c> that</c>

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He's<00:13:01.299><c> provided.</c>

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to<00:13:07.559><c> Him</c><00:13:08.220><c> and</c><00:13:09.559><c> have</c><00:13:10.539><c> those</c><00:13:10.860><c> works</c><00:13:11.200><c> that</c><00:13:11.480><c> express</c>

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our<00:13:12.419><c> faith,</c><00:13:12.659><c> as</c><00:13:13.159><c> James</c><00:13:13.580><c> points</c><00:13:13.940><c> out</c><00:13:14.220><c> in</c><00:13:14.659><c> his</c><00:13:14.940><c> letter.</c><00:13:16.419><c> If</c><00:13:16.519><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:13:17.000><c> for</c><00:13:17.240><c> God's</c><00:13:17.679><c> grace</c><00:13:17.919><c> and</c><00:13:18.120><c> mercy</c><00:13:18.419><c> in</c><00:13:18.659><c> providing</c>

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His<00:13:19.220><c> Son</c><00:13:19.379><c> as</c><00:13:19.559><c> an</c><00:13:19.779><c> offering</c><00:13:19.980><c> on</c><00:13:20.159><c> our</c><00:13:20.320><c> behalf,</c><00:13:21.419><c> not</c><00:13:21.539><c> one</c><00:13:21.740><c> of</c><00:13:21.840><c> us</c><00:13:22.019><c> sitting</c><00:13:22.179><c> in</c><00:13:22.360><c> this</c><00:13:22.580><c> room</c><00:13:23.299><c> would</c><00:13:24.019><c> have</c><00:13:24.159><c> a</c><00:13:24.320><c> chance</c>

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of<00:13:26.059><c> being</c><00:13:26.279><c> in</c><00:13:26.440><c> the</c><00:13:26.559><c> Kingdom</c><00:13:26.899><c> if</c><00:13:27.600><c> it</c><00:13:27.740><c> wasn't</c><00:13:28.019><c> for</c><00:13:28.220><c> God's</c><00:13:28.659><c> grace</c>

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and<00:13:29.639><c> mercy.</c><00:13:30.399><c> We</c><00:13:30.820><c> all</c><00:13:31.000><c> know</c><00:13:31.159><c> that.</c>

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We<00:13:32.659><c> remind</c><00:13:32.919><c> ourselves</c><00:13:33.279><c> of</c><00:13:33.480><c> that.</c><00:13:34.919><c> We're</c><00:13:35.039><c> told</c><00:13:35.320><c> in</c><00:13:35.559><c> Ephesians</c>

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2<00:13:36.419><c> that</c><00:13:37.120><c> for</c><00:13:37.259><c> by</c><00:13:37.559><c> grace</c><00:13:37.840><c> are</c><00:13:38.080><c> you</c><00:13:38.320><c> saved</c>

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through<00:13:39.279><c> faith</c><00:13:39.779><c> and</c><00:13:40.299><c> that</c><00:13:40.519><c> not</c><00:13:40.679><c> of</c><00:13:40.860><c> yourselves,</c><00:13:41.379><c> it</c><00:13:41.679><c> is</c><00:13:42.620><c> the</c>

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gift<00:13:43.460><c> of</c><00:13:43.960><c> God.</c><00:13:45.240><c> On</c><00:13:45.879><c> the</c><00:13:46.100><c> other</c><00:13:46.320><c> hand,</c>

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we<00:13:47.720><c> cannot</c><00:13:48.039><c> underestimate</c><00:13:48.759><c> the</c><00:13:49.059><c> role</c><00:13:49.460><c> of</c><00:13:50.100><c> holiness.</c><00:13:51.460><c> Making</c>

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our<00:13:52.139><c> hearts</c><00:13:52.519><c> and</c><00:13:53.100><c> minds</c><00:13:53.480><c> a</c><00:13:53.779><c> more</c><00:13:54.000><c> appropriate</c>

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place<00:13:55.059><c> for</c><00:13:55.879><c> God</c><00:13:56.139><c> to</c><00:13:56.360><c> dwell.</c><00:13:57.500><c> So</c><00:13:57.659><c> there's</c><00:13:57.879><c> a</c><00:13:58.039><c> balance</c><00:13:58.500><c> between</c>

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grace<00:14:00.039><c> and</c><00:14:01.659><c> holiness.</c>

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Although<00:14:03.820><c> we</c><00:14:03.980><c> know</c><00:14:04.139><c> in</c><00:14:04.360><c> the</c><00:14:04.480><c> end</c><00:14:04.799><c> it's</c><00:14:05.299><c> still</c><00:14:05.500><c> a</c><00:14:05.679><c> gift</c><00:14:05.960><c> and</c><00:14:06.860><c> we</c>

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would<00:14:07.600><c> not</c><00:14:07.779><c> have</c><00:14:07.899><c> a</c><00:14:08.100><c> chance</c><00:14:08.299><c> if</c><00:14:08.460><c> it</c><00:14:08.620><c> wasn't</c><00:14:08.820><c> for</c><00:14:09.039><c> God's</c>

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mercy<00:14:09.659><c> and</c><00:14:09.899><c> love.</c><00:14:10.799><c> Now</c><00:14:11.000><c> I</c><00:14:11.100><c> hope</c><00:14:11.220><c> you'll</c><00:14:11.480><c> see</c><00:14:11.639><c> as</c><00:14:11.860><c> we</c><00:14:12.240><c> deal</c><00:14:12.440><c> with</c>

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this<00:14:12.879><c> class,</c><00:14:13.360><c> brothers</c><00:14:13.399><c> and</c><00:14:13.679><c> sisters,</c><00:14:14.580><c> that</c>

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that<00:14:14.840><c> I'm</c><00:14:14.940><c> not</c><00:14:15.159><c> talking</c><00:14:15.419><c> about</c><00:14:15.720><c> holiness</c><00:14:16.019><c> as</c><00:14:16.299><c> a</c><00:14:16.480><c> self</c><00:14:16.720><c>-righteous,</c><00:14:17.360><c> arrogant</c><00:14:17.740><c> kind</c><00:14:18.080><c> of</c><00:14:18.299><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:14:19.519><c> not</c><00:14:19.700><c> a</c><00:14:19.960><c> holier</c><00:14:20.320><c>-than</c><00:14:20.519><c>-thou</c><00:14:21.000><c> attitude.</c><00:14:22.360><c> It's</c><00:14:22.600><c> rather</c><00:14:22.879><c> a</c>

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state<00:14:23.279><c> of</c><00:14:23.519><c> mind</c><00:14:23.840><c> and</c><00:14:24.120><c> lifestyle</c><00:14:24.539><c> that</c><00:14:24.820><c> enables</c><00:14:25.159><c> us</c><00:14:25.440><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:25.779><c> more</c><00:14:26.559><c> in</c><00:14:26.820><c> tune</c><00:14:27.100><c> with</c><00:14:27.860><c> the</c><00:14:28.139><c> Heavenly</c><00:14:28.480><c> Father</c><00:14:28.799><c> and</c><00:14:28.919><c> as</c><00:14:29.139><c> a</c><00:14:29.200><c> result</c><00:14:29.620><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:30.299><c> able</c><00:14:30.440><c> to</c><00:14:30.580><c> do</c><00:14:30.700><c> His</c><00:14:30.980><c> work</c><00:14:31.240><c> more</c><00:14:31.580><c> effectively,</c>

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both<00:14:32.320><c> now</c><00:14:32.960><c> and</c><00:14:33.340><c> in</c><00:14:33.539><c> the</c><00:14:33.679><c> Kingdom</c><00:14:34.139><c> to</c><00:14:34.759><c> come.</c><00:14:36.580><c> So</c><00:14:37.059><c> what</c><00:14:37.220><c> do</c><00:14:37.340><c> we</c><00:14:37.460><c> think</c><00:14:37.679><c> of</c>

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What<00:14:40.960><c> kind</c><00:14:41.159><c> of</c><00:14:41.299><c> words</c><00:14:41.539><c> pop</c><00:14:41.840><c> into</c><00:14:42.159><c> your</c><00:14:42.860><c> mind?</c><00:14:44.059><c> Purity,</c>

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sanctification,<00:14:47.159><c> separateness,</c>

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cleanliness,<00:14:49.299><c> sinlessness,</c><00:14:50.139><c> righteousness,</c><00:14:50.840><c> reverence.</c>

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in<00:14:53.940><c> their</c><00:14:54.100><c> complete</c><00:14:54.440><c> sense</c><00:14:54.759><c> are</c><00:14:55.019><c> unattainable</c><00:14:55.600><c> until</c><00:14:55.879><c> we</c><00:14:56.360><c> reach</c><00:14:56.659><c> the</c>

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things.<00:15:01.679><c> Holiness,</c><00:15:02.980><c> all</c><00:15:03.220><c> those</c><00:15:03.440><c> things</c><00:15:03.620><c> fit,</c><00:15:04.019><c> all</c><00:15:04.179><c> those</c>

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things<00:15:04.539><c> match.</c><00:15:05.000><c> Holiness,</c><00:15:05.620><c> though,</c><00:15:05.740><c> doesn't</c><00:15:06.039><c> involve</c>

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just<00:15:07.019><c> the</c><00:15:07.279><c> avoidance</c><00:15:08.120><c> of</c><00:15:08.620><c> defilement</c><00:15:09.200><c> or</c><00:15:09.460><c> contamination,</c><00:15:10.740><c> but</c><00:15:11.100><c> it</c>

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much<00:15:18.100><c> room</c><00:15:18.340><c> left</c><00:15:19.039><c> for</c><00:15:19.620><c> defilement.</c>

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with<00:15:26.480><c> much</c><00:15:26.759><c> practical</c>

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information<00:15:28.679><c> for</c><00:15:29.100><c> our</c><00:15:29.659><c> personal</c><00:15:30.019><c> lives</c><00:15:30.360><c> and</c><00:15:30.580><c> our</c><00:15:30.759><c> ecclesial</c>

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lives.<00:15:32.019><c> James,</c><00:15:32.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:32.740><c> 1,</c><00:15:33.539><c> verses</c><00:15:33.899><c> 22</c><00:15:34.620><c> to</c><00:15:35.379><c> 27.</c>

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We<00:15:44.519><c> have</c><00:15:44.759><c> a</c><00:15:44.960><c> great</c><00:15:45.580><c> description</c><00:15:46.139><c> really</c><00:15:46.519><c> here</c><00:15:46.720><c> and</c><00:15:46.899><c> definition</c><00:15:47.379><c> of</c><00:15:47.679><c> holiness</c><00:15:47.940><c> before</c>

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the<00:15:48.559><c> end</c><00:15:48.700><c> of</c><00:15:48.840><c> this</c>

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passage.<00:15:49.919><c> Let's</c><00:15:50.279><c> begin</c><00:15:50.940><c> at</c><00:15:51.799><c> verse</c><00:15:52.500><c> 22.</c><00:15:54.779><c> But</c><00:15:54.840><c> be</c><00:15:55.259><c> ye</c><00:15:55.500><c> doers</c><00:15:55.980><c> of</c>

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deceiving<00:15:58.460><c> your</c><00:15:58.700><c> own</c><00:15:59.019><c> selves.</c><00:16:00.080><c> For</c><00:16:00.279><c> if</c><00:16:00.539><c> any</c><00:16:00.740><c> be</c><00:16:00.980><c> a</c><00:16:01.200><c> hearer</c><00:16:01.460><c> of</c>

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man<00:16:04.480><c> beholding</c><00:16:04.940><c> his</c><00:16:05.159><c> natural</c><00:16:05.519><c> face</c><00:16:06.039><c> in</c><00:16:06.399><c> a</c><00:16:06.600><c> glass,</c><00:16:07.360><c> a</c><00:16:07.519><c> mirror.</c>

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sisters,<00:23:50.220><c> and</c><00:23:51.059><c> we</c><00:23:51.279><c> are</c><00:23:51.480><c> holy</c><00:23:51.799><c> now</c><00:23:52.279><c> too</c><00:23:52.880><c> if</c><00:23:53.500><c> we</c><00:23:53.920><c> are</c><00:23:54.000><c> about</c><00:23:54.319><c> the</c>

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will<00:23:58.640><c> is</c><00:23:58.960><c> and</c><00:24:00.099><c> consistently</c><00:24:00.920><c> practice</c><00:24:01.700><c> that</c><00:24:01.980><c> as</c><00:24:02.140><c> much</c><00:24:02.339><c> as</c><00:24:02.559><c> possible.</c><00:24:04.779><c> Well,</c><00:24:05.299><c> let's</c><00:24:05.500><c> get</c>

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to<00:24:05.920><c> the</c><00:24:06.119><c> choosing</c><00:24:06.440><c> of</c><00:24:07.140><c> the</c>

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Levites<00:24:07.920><c> as</c><00:24:08.500><c> God's</c><00:24:08.920><c> sanctified</c><00:24:09.579><c> or</c><00:24:09.839><c> holy</c><00:24:10.579><c> servants</c><00:24:11.119><c> in</c><00:24:12.319><c> the</c>

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tabernacle<00:24:13.079><c> and</c><00:24:13.240><c> later</c><00:24:13.480><c> in</c><00:24:13.660><c> the</c><00:24:13.799><c> temple.</c>

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We'll<00:24:16.299><c> go</c><00:24:16.500><c> back</c><00:24:16.740><c> to</c><00:24:16.920><c> the</c><00:24:17.099><c> incident,</c><00:24:18.259><c> at</c><00:24:18.400><c> least</c><00:24:18.480><c> mention</c><00:24:18.759><c> it</c><00:24:18.900><c> now,</c><00:24:19.099><c> we'll</c><00:24:19.220><c> deal</c><00:24:19.319><c> with</c><00:24:19.460><c> a</c>

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little<00:24:19.720><c> more</c><00:24:20.019><c> detail</c><00:24:20.339><c> later,</c>

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but<00:24:20.900><c> go</c><00:24:21.099><c> back</c><00:24:21.299><c> to</c><00:24:21.460><c> the</c><00:24:21.619><c> incident</c><00:24:22.140><c> of</c><00:24:22.500><c> the</c><00:24:22.779><c> Israelites</c><00:24:23.180><c> making</c>

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the<00:24:24.339><c> golden</c><00:24:24.640><c> calf</c><00:24:25.160><c> while</c><00:24:25.740><c> they</c><00:24:25.859><c> were</c><00:24:26.039><c> traveling</c>

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through<00:24:26.500><c> the</c><00:24:26.660><c> wilderness</c><00:24:27.019><c> and</c><00:24:27.220><c> while</c><00:24:27.359><c> Moses</c><00:24:27.740><c> was</c><00:24:27.980><c> up</c><00:24:28.140><c> in</c><00:24:28.259><c> the</c>

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mountain<00:24:28.539><c> receiving</c><00:24:29.000><c> the</c><00:24:29.220><c> law,</c>

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when<00:24:30.460><c> Moses</c><00:24:30.940><c> came</c><00:24:31.720><c> down</c><00:24:32.700><c> from</c><00:24:33.940><c> the</c><00:24:34.119><c> mountain</c><00:24:34.700><c> and</c><00:24:35.380><c> saw</c><00:24:35.759><c> the</c><00:24:36.839><c> debacle</c><00:24:37.299><c> in</c>

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front<00:24:37.680><c> of</c><00:24:37.799><c> him</c>

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and<00:24:41.299><c> he</c><00:24:41.500><c> confronted</c><00:24:41.819><c> Aaron,</c><00:24:42.240><c> we'll</c><00:24:42.420><c> talk</c><00:24:42.680><c> about</c><00:24:42.900><c> that</c><00:24:44.220><c> later,</c>

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he<00:24:45.779><c> eventually</c><00:24:46.259><c> asks</c><00:24:46.759><c> the</c><00:24:47.019><c> question,</c>

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who<00:24:48.420><c> is</c><00:24:48.819><c> on</c><00:24:49.160><c> the</c><00:24:49.380><c> Lord's</c><00:24:49.900><c> side?</c>

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purpose.<00:25:07.960><c> This</c><00:25:08.119><c> was</c><00:25:08.420><c> the</c><00:25:09.019><c> moment</c><00:25:09.440><c> of</c><00:25:09.980><c> truth</c><00:25:10.160><c> so</c><00:25:10.400><c> to</c><00:25:10.599><c> speak.</c><00:25:11.799><c> It</c>

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was<00:25:12.079><c> not</c><00:25:12.259><c> the</c><00:25:12.420><c> first</c><00:25:12.619><c> time</c><00:25:12.859><c> he'd</c><00:25:13.240><c> separated</c><00:25:13.599><c> out</c>

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Levites<00:25:14.220><c> for</c><00:25:14.420><c> his</c><00:25:14.640><c> service</c><00:25:15.059><c> because</c><00:25:15.720><c> Moses</c><00:25:16.140><c> and</c><00:25:16.440><c> Aaron</c><00:25:16.579><c> were</c>

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also<00:25:17.160><c> Levites.</c><00:25:18.440><c> Their</c><00:25:18.680><c> parents</c><00:25:19.160><c> were</c><00:25:20.000><c> both</c>

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Levites,<00:25:21.079><c> Amran</c><00:25:21.380><c> and</c><00:25:21.799><c> Jacobet,</c><00:25:22.680><c> that's</c><00:25:23.079><c> recorded</c><00:25:23.460><c> in</c><00:25:24.119><c> Exodus</c>

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chapter<00:25:24.940><c> 2.</c><00:25:27.519><c> You</c><00:25:27.660><c> know,</c><00:25:28.440><c> before</c><00:25:29.140><c> we</c><00:25:29.839><c> get</c><00:25:30.039><c> into</c>

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surprised<00:25:37.680><c> that</c><00:25:39.700><c> the</c><00:25:40.059><c> tribe</c><00:25:40.259><c> of</c><00:25:40.480><c> Levi</c><00:25:40.759><c> was</c><00:25:41.640><c> chosen</c><00:25:42.079><c> as</c><00:25:43.180><c> special</c><00:25:43.819><c> servants</c><00:25:44.440><c> to</c><00:25:44.859><c> the</c>

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Almighty,<00:25:45.480><c> to</c><00:25:45.599><c> be</c><00:25:45.880><c> near</c>

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to<00:25:46.819><c> the</c><00:25:47.039><c> Almighty,</c><00:25:48.119><c> especially</c><00:25:48.660><c> when</c><00:25:48.900><c> you</c><00:25:49.059><c> think</c><00:25:49.240><c> about</c><00:25:49.579><c> the</c>

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and<00:25:55.420><c> what</c><00:25:55.579><c> he</c><00:25:55.660><c> had</c><00:25:55.779><c> to</c><00:25:56.000><c> say</c><00:25:56.160><c> about</c><00:25:56.420><c> Levi</c><00:25:56.980><c> and</c><00:25:57.460><c> Simeon.</c><00:25:58.400><c> Let's</c><00:25:58.920><c> take</c><00:25:59.140><c> a</c>

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peek<00:25:59.579><c> at</c><00:25:59.759><c> that,</c><00:25:59.960><c> Genesis</c><00:26:00.359><c> 40,</c><00:26:01.059><c> 49</c><00:26:01.559><c> verses</c>

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5<00:26:02.240><c> to</c><00:26:02.339><c> 7,</c><00:26:04.220><c> right</c><00:26:04.460><c> toward</c><00:26:04.960><c> the</c><00:26:05.140><c> end</c><00:26:05.460><c> of</c><00:26:06.339><c> Jacob's</c><00:26:06.839><c> life</c><00:26:07.619><c> and</c><00:26:09.180><c> he's</c>

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giving<00:26:09.619><c> his</c><00:26:09.940><c> blessings</c><00:26:10.319><c> to</c><00:26:10.579><c> his</c><00:26:10.819><c> sons</c>

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verses<00:26:18.900><c> 5</c><00:26:19.240><c> to</c><00:26:19.420><c> 7.</c>

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instruments<00:26:29.940><c> of</c><00:26:30.319><c> cruelty</c><00:26:30.779><c> are</c><00:26:31.579><c> in</c><00:26:31.700><c> their</c><00:26:32.000><c> habitations.</c>

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Oh<00:26:34.160><c> my</c><00:26:34.519><c> soul</c><00:26:34.819><c> come</c><00:26:35.140><c> not</c><00:26:35.359><c> thou</c><00:26:35.519><c> into</c><00:26:35.740><c> their</c><00:26:36.000><c> secret</c><00:26:36.420><c> and</c><00:26:37.319><c> unto</c>

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their<00:26:37.779><c> assembly</c><00:26:38.339><c> and</c><00:26:39.000><c> mine</c><00:26:39.220><c> honor</c><00:26:39.559><c> be</c><00:26:39.819><c> not</c>

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thou<00:26:40.259><c> united</c><00:26:40.839><c> for</c><00:26:41.500><c> in</c><00:26:41.759><c> their</c><00:26:42.079><c> anger</c><00:26:42.380><c> they</c><00:26:42.680><c> slew</c><00:26:42.940><c> a</c><00:26:43.160><c> man</c><00:26:43.359><c> and</c><00:26:43.519><c> in</c>

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Cursed<00:26:47.039><c> be</c><00:26:47.400><c> their</c><00:26:47.680><c> anger</c><00:26:48.019><c> for</c><00:26:48.240><c> it</c><00:26:48.400><c> was</c><00:26:48.640><c> fierce</c><00:26:49.039><c> and</c><00:26:49.660><c> their</c><00:26:49.900><c> wrath</c><00:26:50.220><c> for</c>

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it<00:26:50.579><c> was</c><00:26:50.839><c> cruel.</c><00:26:51.539><c> I</c><00:26:51.720><c> will</c><00:26:51.900><c> divide</c><00:26:52.200><c> them</c><00:26:52.400><c> in</c><00:26:52.640><c> Jacob</c>

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and<00:26:53.619><c> scatter</c><00:26:53.900><c> them</c><00:26:54.339><c> in</c><00:26:54.839><c> Israel.</c><00:26:56.759><c> Of</c><00:26:57.099><c> course</c><00:26:57.299><c> this</c><00:26:57.480><c> was</c><00:26:57.720><c> a</c><00:26:57.900><c> reference</c><00:26:58.259><c> to</c>

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what<00:26:59.059><c> Simeon</c><00:26:59.400><c> and</c><00:26:59.579><c> Levi</c><00:26:59.880><c> did</c><00:27:00.299><c> to</c><00:27:00.740><c> the</c>

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Decemites<00:27:01.599><c> after</c><00:27:02.319><c> they</c><00:27:02.819><c> had</c><00:27:03.099><c> defiled</c><00:27:03.880><c> their</c><00:27:05.039><c> sister</c><00:27:05.420><c> Dinah</c><00:27:06.079><c> and</c><00:27:06.619><c> of</c><00:27:06.839><c> course</c><00:27:07.039><c> it</c><00:27:07.140><c> was</c><00:27:07.500><c> a</c>

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real<00:27:08.240><c> problem</c><00:27:08.700><c> for</c>

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Israel<00:27:09.940><c> for</c><00:27:10.539><c> years</c><00:27:10.759><c> to</c><00:27:11.579><c> come.</c><00:27:14.799><c> Why</c><00:27:15.420><c> would</c><00:27:16.039><c> God</c><00:27:16.539><c> choose</c><00:27:17.359><c> Levi</c>

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and<00:27:18.619><c> his</c><00:27:18.960><c> descendants</c><00:27:19.519><c> to</c><00:27:20.079><c> be</c><00:27:20.519><c> his</c><00:27:20.940><c> sanctified</c>

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servants?<00:27:23.400><c> Well</c><00:27:23.700><c> it's</c><00:27:24.000><c> a</c><00:27:24.160><c> very,</c><00:27:24.579><c> very</c><00:27:25.079><c> strong</c><00:27:25.799><c> biblical</c><00:27:26.299><c> principle</c><00:27:26.920><c> that</c>

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God<00:27:28.079><c> will</c><00:27:28.359><c> call</c><00:27:28.579><c> out</c><00:27:28.819><c> his</c><00:27:29.119><c> servants</c>

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out<00:27:29.660><c> of</c><00:27:29.799><c> the</c><00:27:29.940><c> most</c><00:27:30.180><c> surprising</c><00:27:30.859><c> backgrounds</c><00:27:31.539><c> to</c><00:27:32.460><c> accomplish</c>

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his<00:27:33.259><c> will</c><00:27:33.519><c> and</c><00:27:34.700><c> that</c><00:27:34.920><c> through</c><00:27:35.839><c> apparent</c>

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weakness<00:27:36.880><c> and</c><00:27:38.119><c> negative</c><00:27:38.779><c> behavior</c><00:27:39.440><c> much,</c><00:27:40.079><c> much</c><00:27:40.940><c> positive</c><00:27:41.500><c> can</c><00:27:41.839><c> come.</c><00:27:43.180><c> We</c>

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would<00:27:43.539><c> not</c><00:27:43.680><c> have</c><00:27:43.880><c> guessed</c><00:27:44.119><c> ourselves</c><00:27:44.680><c> that</c>

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Levi<00:27:45.119><c> was</c><00:27:45.339><c> the</c><00:27:45.579><c> best</c><00:27:45.799><c> source</c><00:27:46.200><c> or</c><00:27:46.539><c> line</c><00:27:46.759><c> for</c><00:27:47.000><c> God's</c><00:27:47.480><c> servants</c>

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human<00:28:09.700><c> standards.</c>

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Almighty.<00:28:19.440><c> And</c><00:28:19.680><c> we</c><00:28:19.799><c> know</c><00:28:19.940><c> what</c><00:28:20.140><c> Paul</c><00:28:20.359><c> said</c><00:28:20.859><c> to</c><00:28:21.299><c> the</c><00:28:21.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:21.859><c> again</c><00:28:22.380><c> for</c>

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ye<00:28:23.259><c> see,</c><00:28:23.480><c> and</c><00:28:23.579><c> this</c><00:28:23.859><c> certainly</c>

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that<00:28:42.799><c> no</c><00:28:43.160><c> flesh</c>

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or<00:28:51.119><c> any</c><00:28:51.480><c> any</c><00:28:51.660><c> one</c><00:28:51.759><c> of</c><00:28:51.900><c> us</c><00:28:52.160><c> whether</c><00:28:52.380><c> brother</c><00:28:52.660><c> or</c><00:28:52.920><c> sister</c><00:28:53.299><c> it's</c>

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something<00:28:54.460><c> that</c><00:28:54.839><c> we</c><00:28:55.140><c> do</c><00:28:55.359><c> by</c><00:28:55.579><c> the</c><00:28:55.819><c> grace</c><00:28:56.019><c> and</c><00:28:56.279><c> power</c><00:28:56.519><c> of</c><00:28:56.759><c> God</c>

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and<00:28:57.559><c> his</c><00:28:57.740><c> guidance</c><00:28:58.140><c> and</c><00:28:58.400><c> strength</c><00:28:58.619><c> and</c><00:28:58.779><c> it's</c><00:28:58.940><c> not</c><00:28:59.140><c> of</c><00:28:59.279><c> our</c><00:28:59.440><c> own</c>

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of<00:29:00.160><c> our</c><00:29:00.400><c> own</c><00:29:00.579><c> ability</c><00:29:00.980><c> or</c><00:29:02.500><c> resource.</c>

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people.<00:29:13.440><c> The</c><00:29:13.660><c> choosing</c><00:29:13.839><c> of</c><00:29:14.019><c> his</c><00:29:14.200><c> people</c><00:29:14.420><c> the</c><00:29:14.660><c> Jews</c><00:29:14.839><c> they</c><00:29:15.019><c> were</c>

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or<00:29:17.440><c> even</c><00:29:17.579><c> the</c><00:29:17.759><c> most</c><00:29:17.960><c> cooperative</c><00:29:18.460><c> that</c><00:29:19.339><c> he</c><00:29:19.500><c> could</c><00:29:19.619><c> have</c><00:29:19.799><c> chosen.</c><00:29:21.460><c> Many</c>

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many<00:29:21.960><c> individual</c><00:29:22.420><c> servants</c><00:29:22.819><c> were</c><00:29:23.140><c> not</c>

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impressive<00:29:24.180><c> by</c><00:29:24.720><c> human</c><00:29:25.440><c> standards.</c><00:29:26.619><c> It</c><00:29:26.720><c> was</c><00:29:26.980><c> certainly</c><00:29:27.319><c> demonstrated</c><00:29:27.980><c> even</c>

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by<00:29:28.920><c> the</c><00:29:29.059><c> nature</c><00:29:29.339><c> and</c><00:29:29.579><c> demeanor</c><00:29:29.900><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:30.200><c> Lord</c><00:29:30.380><c> Jesus</c><00:29:30.960><c> not</c><00:29:31.759><c> impressive</c><00:29:32.539><c> by</c><00:29:33.140><c> the</c><00:29:33.440><c> world's</c><00:29:34.079><c> standards</c><00:29:34.539><c> at</c><00:29:35.240><c> all.</c>

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Led<00:29:36.900><c> as</c><00:29:37.240><c> a</c><00:29:37.359><c> lamb</c><00:29:37.539><c> to</c><00:29:37.759><c> the</c><00:29:38.000><c> slaughter</c>

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without<00:29:38.940><c> any</c><00:29:39.259><c> protest</c><00:29:39.880><c> without</c><00:29:40.460><c> any</c><00:29:41.400><c> any</c><00:29:42.500><c> resistance</c><00:29:43.059><c> how</c><00:29:44.259><c> impressive</c><00:29:44.759><c> was</c><00:29:44.980><c> that</c><00:29:45.740><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:46.359><c> world</c><00:29:46.740><c> and</c><00:29:47.400><c> many</c>

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at<00:29:54.420><c> that</c><00:29:54.680><c> point.</c><00:29:56.099><c> Of</c><00:29:56.279><c> course</c><00:29:56.539><c> it</c><00:29:56.660><c> will</c><00:29:56.839><c> be</c><00:29:56.960><c> much</c><00:29:57.160><c> different</c><00:29:57.500><c> when</c><00:29:57.640><c> he</c>

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a<00:30:01.319><c> picture</c><00:30:01.680><c> of</c><00:30:02.319><c> of</c><00:30:02.579><c> weakness</c><00:30:02.819><c> and</c><00:30:03.119><c> humiliation</c><00:30:03.859><c> but</c><00:30:05.720><c> it</c><00:30:05.859><c> was</c>

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through<00:30:06.460><c> that</c><00:30:06.740><c> apparent</c><00:30:07.279><c> weakness</c><00:30:07.880><c> and</c><00:30:08.500><c> humiliation</c>

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that<00:30:09.740><c> God</c><00:30:10.299><c> showed</c><00:30:10.759><c> his</c><00:30:11.079><c> strength</c><00:30:11.640><c> in</c><00:30:12.039><c> delivering</c><00:30:12.400><c> him</c><00:30:13.079><c> and</c><00:30:13.720><c> in</c>

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delivering<00:30:14.240><c> us.</c>

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born<00:30:21.680><c> in</c><00:30:22.059><c> the</c><00:30:22.240><c> little</c><00:30:22.440><c> town</c><00:30:22.700><c> of</c><00:30:22.880><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:27.980
and<00:30:23.859><c> raised</c><00:30:24.339><c> in</c><00:30:24.579><c> the</c><00:30:24.779><c> despised</c><00:30:25.339><c> town</c><00:30:25.680><c> of</c><00:30:25.880><c> Nazareth</c><00:30:26.500><c> the</c><00:30:27.099><c> son</c><00:30:27.279><c> of</c><00:30:27.539><c> a</c>

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humble<00:30:28.299><c> carpenter</c><00:30:28.960><c> and</c><00:30:29.440><c> his</c><00:30:29.640><c> wife.</c>

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And<00:30:34.539><c> when</c><00:30:34.740><c> Paul</c><00:30:35.119><c> remember</c><00:30:35.480><c> when</c><00:30:35.700><c> Paul</c><00:30:35.980><c> was</c><00:30:36.299><c> praying</c><00:30:37.000><c> several</c>

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times<00:30:38.339><c> to</c><00:30:38.859><c> the</c><00:30:39.019><c> Lord</c><00:30:39.240><c> to</c><00:30:39.599><c> have</c><00:30:39.880><c> his</c><00:30:40.200><c> thorn</c><00:30:40.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:40.740><c> flesh</c><00:30:41.200><c> removed</c><00:30:42.059><c> this</c><00:30:42.359><c> is</c><00:30:42.619><c> really</c><00:30:42.900><c> the</c><00:30:43.319><c> the</c><00:30:43.519><c> sum</c><00:30:43.579><c> the</c><00:30:43.980><c> sum</c>

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.039
of<00:30:44.339><c> the</c><00:30:44.539><c> principles</c><00:30:44.539><c> of</c><00:30:44.539><c> the</c><00:30:44.539><c> gospel.</c>

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:50.420
God<00:30:45.980><c> or</c><00:30:46.259><c> Christ</c><00:30:46.660><c> told</c><00:30:46.960><c> Paul</c><00:30:47.519><c> my</c><00:30:48.079><c> strength</c><00:30:48.480><c> is</c><00:30:49.079><c> made</c><00:30:49.720><c> perfect</c>

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in<00:30:51.339><c> weakness</c><00:30:51.819><c> and</c><00:30:52.740><c> my</c><00:30:52.880><c> grace</c><00:30:53.059><c> is</c><00:30:53.299><c> sufficient</c>

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in<00:30:57.759><c> weakness</c><00:30:58.599><c> because</c><00:30:58.980><c> that's</c><00:30:59.220><c> how</c><00:30:59.400><c> God's</c>

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strength<00:30:59.920><c> could</c><00:31:00.140><c> truly</c><00:31:00.380><c> be</c><00:31:00.700><c> seen</c><00:31:01.220><c> and</c><00:31:02.279><c> and</c><00:31:02.279><c> and</c><00:31:02.900><c> individuals</c>

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the<00:31:09.420><c> kicker</c><00:31:09.680><c> brothers</c><00:31:09.940><c> and</c><00:31:10.200><c> sisters</c>

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is<00:31:10.880><c> true</c><00:31:11.200><c> for</c><00:31:11.400><c> you</c><00:31:11.559><c> and</c><00:31:11.759><c> me</c><00:31:11.920><c> as</c><00:31:12.140><c> well.</c><00:31:13.519><c> We</c><00:31:13.880><c> may</c><00:31:14.099><c> not</c><00:31:14.279><c> always</c><00:31:14.519><c> understand</c><00:31:15.119><c> why</c>

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the<00:31:16.880><c> Almighty</c><00:31:17.200><c> has</c><00:31:17.539><c> called</c><00:31:17.799><c> us</c>

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considering<00:31:18.960><c> our</c><00:31:19.259><c> deficiencies</c><00:31:19.819><c> considering</c><00:31:20.299><c> our</c><00:31:20.579><c> weaknesses</c><00:31:21.000><c> but</c><00:31:22.019><c> he</c><00:31:22.099><c> has</c><00:31:22.319><c> a</c>

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plan<00:31:22.839><c> and</c><00:31:23.400><c> purpose</c><00:31:23.660><c> for</c><00:31:23.900><c> us</c>

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just<00:31:27.200><c> as</c><00:31:27.359><c> Paul</c><00:31:27.619><c> told</c><00:31:28.440><c> the</c><00:31:28.799><c> brethren</c><00:31:29.059><c> in</c><00:31:29.359><c> Philippi</c>

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in<00:31:30.000><c> Philippians</c><00:31:30.920><c> 1</c><00:31:31.440><c> verse</c><00:31:31.960><c> 6.</c><00:31:32.660><c> He</c><00:31:32.759><c> will</c><00:31:32.980><c> complete</c><00:31:33.420><c> that</c><00:31:33.779><c> work</c>

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as<00:31:34.460><c> long</c><00:31:34.920><c> as</c><00:31:36.000><c> we</c><00:31:36.700><c> do</c><00:31:37.119><c> not</c><00:31:37.420><c> give</c><00:31:37.700><c> up</c><00:31:38.319><c> we</c><00:31:38.980><c> persevere</c>

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to<00:31:39.779><c> the</c><00:31:39.880><c> end.</c><00:31:41.460><c> He</c><00:31:41.799><c> that</c><00:31:42.059><c> endures</c><00:31:42.500><c> to</c><00:31:42.720><c> the</c><00:31:42.980><c> end</c><00:31:43.859><c> shall</c><00:31:44.180><c> be</c><00:31:44.440><c> saved</c>

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we're<00:31:45.099><c> told</c><00:31:45.400><c> in</c><00:31:45.559><c> Matthew</c><00:31:45.900><c> 10</c><00:31:46.240><c> 22.</c>

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So<00:31:48.180><c> perseverance</c><00:31:48.720><c> is</c><00:31:49.119><c> important.</c><00:31:49.460><c> Now</c><00:31:49.799><c> that's</c><00:31:50.119><c> one</c><00:31:50.240><c> of</c><00:31:50.339><c> the</c>

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encouraging<00:31:50.759><c> things</c><00:31:51.059><c> about</c><00:31:51.240><c> being</c><00:31:51.440><c> at</c><00:31:51.579><c> this</c><00:31:51.740><c> Bible</c>

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school.<00:31:52.880><c> I</c><00:31:53.019><c> know</c><00:31:53.180><c> this</c><00:31:53.420><c> Bible</c><00:31:53.640><c> school</c><00:31:53.799><c> is</c><00:31:53.920><c> a</c><00:31:54.019><c> little</c><00:31:54.440><c> unusual</c>

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in<00:31:55.220><c> terms</c><00:31:55.420><c> of</c><00:31:55.599><c> its</c><00:31:55.819><c> demographics</c><00:31:56.380><c> and</c><00:31:56.599><c> its</c>

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makeup.<00:31:57.920><c> More</c><00:31:58.180><c> grandparents</c><00:31:58.660><c> here</c><00:31:58.960><c> than</c><00:31:59.140><c> probably</c><00:31:59.440><c> any</c><00:31:59.660><c> other</c><00:32:00.299><c> Bible</c><00:32:00.640><c> school</c><00:32:00.900><c> that</c>

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you<00:32:01.240><c> could</c><00:32:01.380><c> attend</c>

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but<00:32:03.599><c> what</c><00:32:03.799><c> it</c><00:32:04.019><c> does</c><00:32:04.160><c> show</c><00:32:04.500><c> to</c><00:32:04.759><c> me</c><00:32:05.039><c> and</c><00:32:05.400><c> is</c><00:32:05.640><c> encouraging</c><00:32:05.920><c> and</c><00:32:06.099><c> I</c>

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referred<00:32:06.500><c> to</c><00:32:06.660><c> it</c><00:32:06.779><c> yesterday</c><00:32:07.079><c> a</c><00:32:07.180><c> little</c><00:32:07.420><c> bit</c><00:32:07.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:08.279><c> exhortation</c><00:32:08.880><c> is</c><00:32:09.099><c> that</c><00:32:09.259><c> I'm</c><00:32:09.539><c> looking</c><00:32:09.779><c> at</c><00:32:09.940><c> people</c><00:32:10.200><c> that</c>

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have<00:32:10.579><c> persevered</c><00:32:11.099><c> and</c><00:32:11.299><c> endured</c><00:32:11.579><c> and</c><00:32:12.119><c> and</c><00:32:12.380><c> really</c>

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hung<00:32:13.160><c> in</c><00:32:13.420><c> there</c><00:32:13.880><c> for</c><00:32:14.200><c> many</c><00:32:14.500><c> many</c><00:32:14.779><c> years.</c><00:32:15.940><c> People</c><00:32:16.220><c> I</c><00:32:16.460><c> knew</c><00:32:16.559><c> when</c>

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I<00:32:16.839><c> was</c><00:32:16.980><c> a</c><00:32:17.119><c> child.</c><00:32:18.500><c> What</c><00:32:18.799><c> an</c><00:32:19.119><c> inspiration</c><00:32:19.660><c> and</c><00:32:19.940><c> a</c>

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strength<00:32:20.259><c> that</c><00:32:20.460><c> is</c><00:32:20.619><c> to</c><00:32:20.759><c> me</c><00:32:21.380><c> to</c><00:32:21.839><c> not</c><00:32:22.079><c> give</c><00:32:22.279><c> up</c><00:32:23.140><c> because</c><00:32:23.680><c> there's</c>

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something<00:32:24.259><c> to</c><00:32:24.539><c> this</c><00:32:24.779><c> hope</c><00:32:25.200><c> and</c><00:32:25.859><c> this</c><00:32:26.140><c> faith</c>

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that<00:32:26.960><c> we</c><00:32:27.180><c> are</c><00:32:27.400><c> all</c><00:32:27.900><c> a</c><00:32:28.059><c> part</c><00:32:28.220><c> of</c><00:32:28.680><c> and</c><00:32:29.359><c> it's</c><00:32:29.700><c> very</c><00:32:30.119><c> very</c><00:32:30.980><c> encouraging</c><00:32:31.799><c> to</c><00:32:32.640><c> me</c><00:32:33.019><c> and</c><00:32:33.819><c> and</c><00:32:34.079><c> hopefully</c><00:32:34.400><c> to</c>

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to<00:32:35.279><c> each</c>

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other<00:32:35.599><c> as</c><00:32:35.839><c> we</c><00:32:36.000><c> go</c><00:32:36.180><c> throughout</c><00:32:36.500><c> the</c><00:32:36.680><c> week.</c><00:32:37.720><c> Well</c><00:32:38.140><c> back</c><00:32:38.799><c> to</c><00:32:39.000><c> the</c>

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Levites.<00:32:41.240><c> There</c><00:32:41.420><c> were</c><00:32:41.680><c> Levites</c><00:32:42.480><c> that</c><00:32:43.259><c> endured</c><00:32:43.559><c> to</c>

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the<00:32:44.039><c> end</c><00:32:44.339><c> were</c><00:32:44.839><c> faithful</c><00:32:45.160><c> throughout</c><00:32:45.579><c> their</c><00:32:45.839><c> lives</c><00:32:46.079><c> and</c><00:32:46.259><c> of</c>

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course<00:32:46.539><c> there</c><00:32:46.720><c> were</c><00:32:46.819><c> those</c><00:32:47.079><c> who</c><00:32:47.539><c> who</c><00:32:47.680><c> were</c><00:32:47.839><c> not.</c>

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But<00:32:50.680><c> let's</c><00:32:50.839><c> take</c><00:32:51.059><c> a</c><00:32:51.180><c> look</c><00:32:51.720><c> at</c><00:32:52.000><c> Malachi</c><00:32:52.539><c> chapter</c><00:32:53.299><c> 2</c><00:32:53.599><c> which</c><00:32:53.779><c> was</c>

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the<00:32:54.200><c> reading</c><00:32:54.660><c> this</c><00:32:55.180><c> morning</c>

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and<00:32:57.960><c> there</c><00:32:58.119><c> are</c><00:32:58.299><c> comments</c><00:32:58.559><c> here</c><00:32:58.859><c> about</c><00:32:59.279><c> some</c><00:32:59.779><c> Levites</c><00:33:00.180><c> that</c><00:33:00.359><c> were</c>

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letting<00:33:02.400><c> their</c><00:33:02.799><c> service</c><00:33:03.059><c> slip.</c><00:33:04.960><c> We're</c><00:33:05.059><c> fast</c><00:33:05.359><c>-forwarding</c><00:33:05.759><c> now</c>

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to<00:33:06.240><c> the</c><00:33:06.420><c> time</c><00:33:06.680><c> when</c>

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some<00:33:09.799><c> of</c><00:33:10.140><c> Israel,</c><00:33:10.980><c> some</c><00:33:11.200><c> of</c><00:33:11.359><c> the</c><00:33:11.480><c> Jews</c><00:33:11.680><c> were</c><00:33:11.920><c> back</c><00:33:12.119><c> in</c><00:33:12.220><c> the</c><00:33:12.400><c> land</c><00:33:12.660><c> and</c>

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the<00:33:13.039><c> temple</c><00:33:13.220><c> had</c><00:33:13.380><c> been</c><00:33:13.619><c> rebuilt.</c>

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They<00:33:14.480><c> returned</c><00:33:15.019><c> from</c><00:33:15.779><c> exile</c><00:33:16.319><c> and</c><00:33:17.640><c> the</c><00:33:17.799><c> temple</c><00:33:18.279><c> worship</c><00:33:18.619><c> had</c>

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been<00:33:19.119><c> re</c><00:33:19.359><c>-established.</c><00:33:20.079><c> The</c><00:33:20.279><c> priests</c><00:33:20.559><c> had</c>

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re<00:33:21.759><c>-established</c><00:33:22.160><c> their</c><00:33:22.859><c> activity.</c><00:33:23.480><c> The</c><00:33:23.599><c> Levites</c><00:33:23.960><c> had</c><00:33:24.200><c> re</c>

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-established<00:33:24.720><c> their</c><00:33:25.019><c> activity.</c><00:33:25.460><c> However,</c>

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it<00:33:26.359><c> did</c><00:33:26.660><c> not</c><00:33:26.940><c> stay</c><00:33:27.259><c> strong.</c><00:33:28.619><c> Malachi</c><00:33:29.059><c> 2,</c><00:33:29.460><c> the</c><00:33:29.559><c> first</c><00:33:30.099><c> eight</c><00:33:30.500><c> verses</c><00:33:30.900><c> or</c><00:33:31.220><c> so.</c>

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This<00:33:34.279><c> is</c><00:33:35.000><c> directly</c><00:33:35.680><c> meant</c><00:33:37.140><c> for</c><00:33:37.380><c> the</c><00:33:37.640><c> priests</c><00:33:38.059><c> and</c><00:33:38.799><c> now,</c><00:33:39.519><c> oh</c><00:33:39.519><c> ye</c>

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priests,<00:33:40.279><c> this</c><00:33:40.539><c> commandment</c><00:33:41.400><c> is</c><00:33:41.859><c> for</c><00:33:42.119><c> you.</c><00:33:42.920><c> If</c><00:33:43.220><c> you</c>

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will<00:33:43.599><c> not</c><00:33:43.859><c> hear</c><00:33:44.140><c> and</c><00:33:44.319><c> if</c><00:33:44.420><c> you</c><00:33:44.579><c> will</c><00:33:44.759><c> not</c><00:33:44.960><c> lay</c><00:33:45.140><c> it</c><00:33:45.319><c> to</c><00:33:45.519><c> heart</c><00:33:45.960><c> or</c>

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establish<00:33:47.519><c> it</c><00:33:47.720><c> in</c><00:33:47.900><c> your</c><00:33:48.119><c> heart</c><00:33:48.259><c> as</c><00:33:48.420><c> other</c><00:33:48.640><c> versions</c>

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put<00:33:49.259><c> it,</c><00:33:50.359><c> to</c><00:33:50.759><c> give</c><00:33:51.039><c> glory</c><00:33:51.480><c> unto</c><00:33:51.700><c> my</c><00:33:52.039><c> name,</c><00:33:52.460><c> saith</c><00:33:52.599><c> the</c><00:33:52.759><c> Lord</c><00:33:52.940><c> our</c><00:33:53.119><c> host,</c><00:33:53.319><c> I</c>

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will<00:33:53.640><c> even</c><00:33:53.920><c> send</c><00:33:54.079><c> a</c><00:33:54.259><c> curse</c><00:33:54.460><c> upon</c><00:33:54.740><c> you.</c><00:33:54.980><c> I</c><00:33:55.099><c> will</c>

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curse<00:33:55.319><c> your</c><00:33:55.720><c> blessings.</c><00:33:56.900><c> Yea,</c><00:33:57.079><c> I've</c><00:33:57.279><c> cursed</c><00:33:57.420><c> them</c><00:33:57.619><c> already</c>

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because<00:33:58.400><c> ye</c><00:33:58.640><c> do</c><00:33:58.880><c> not</c><00:33:59.339><c> set</c><00:33:59.599><c> it</c><00:33:59.799><c> to</c><00:34:00.000><c> heart</c><00:34:00.160><c> or</c><00:34:00.319><c> lay</c>

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it<00:34:00.720><c> to</c><00:34:00.900><c> heart.</c><00:34:01.720><c> Behold,</c><00:34:02.019><c> I</c><00:34:02.140><c> will</c><00:34:02.319><c> corrupt</c><00:34:02.559><c> your</c><00:34:02.859><c> seed</c><00:34:03.119><c> and</c><00:34:03.339><c> spread</c><00:34:03.619><c> dung</c><00:34:03.900><c> upon</c><00:34:04.180><c> your</c><00:34:04.420><c> faces,</c><00:34:04.720><c> even</c><00:34:04.920><c> the</c>

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dung<00:34:05.259><c> of</c><00:34:05.380><c> your</c>

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solemn<00:34:05.839><c> feasts,</c><00:34:06.859><c> and</c><00:34:07.220><c> one</c><00:34:07.559><c> shall</c><00:34:07.759><c> take</c><00:34:08.059><c> you</c><00:34:08.420><c> away</c><00:34:08.639><c> with</c><00:34:08.900><c> it.</c><00:34:09.420><c> Whatever</c><00:34:09.739><c> you</c><00:34:10.059><c> offer</c><00:34:10.219><c> to</c><00:34:10.440><c> me</c><00:34:10.599><c> is</c><00:34:10.860><c> defiled</c><00:34:11.420><c> and</c><00:34:11.579><c> I</c><00:34:11.920><c> will</c>

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not<00:34:12.380><c> accept</c><00:34:12.659><c> it.</c><00:34:12.840><c> I</c><00:34:12.860><c> will</c><00:34:13.280><c> turn</c><00:34:13.519><c> it</c><00:34:13.719><c> back</c><00:34:13.900><c> on</c><00:34:14.059><c> you</c><00:34:14.280><c> again.</c><00:34:15.360><c> Verse</c><00:34:15.659><c> 4,</c><00:34:16.039><c> and</c><00:34:16.179><c> ye</c><00:34:16.440><c> shall</c><00:34:16.619><c> know</c><00:34:17.000><c> that</c><00:34:17.420><c> I</c>

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have<00:34:17.739><c> sent</c><00:34:17.880><c> this</c>

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commandment<00:34:18.719><c> unto</c><00:34:18.940><c> you,</c><00:34:19.699><c> that</c><00:34:19.860><c> my</c><00:34:20.139><c> covenant</c><00:34:20.420><c> might</c><00:34:20.659><c> be</c><00:34:20.860><c> with</c>

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Levi,<00:34:22.139><c> saith</c><00:34:22.280><c> the</c><00:34:22.480><c> Lord</c><00:34:22.719><c> of</c><00:34:22.960><c> hosts.</c>

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:27.440
I<00:34:24.780><c> want</c><00:34:25.000><c> my</c><00:34:25.340><c> covenant</c><00:34:25.599><c> to</c><00:34:25.900><c> continue</c><00:34:26.239><c> with</c><00:34:26.519><c> Levi</c><00:34:26.820><c> and</c><00:34:27.219><c> you're</c>

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not<00:34:27.699><c> continuing</c><00:34:28.079><c> it</c><00:34:28.340><c> right</c><00:34:28.579><c> now.</c>

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Listen<00:34:30.719><c> to</c><00:34:30.940><c> these</c><00:34:31.239><c> words,</c><00:34:31.679><c> verse</c><00:34:31.960><c> 5.</c><00:34:33.219><c> My</c><00:34:33.440><c> covenant</c><00:34:33.860><c> was</c><00:34:34.179><c> with</c>

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him,<00:34:34.820><c> with</c><00:34:35.139><c> Levi,</c><00:34:35.699><c> of</c><00:34:35.920><c> life</c><00:34:36.360><c> and</c><00:34:36.719><c> peace.</c>

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I<00:34:38.219><c> gave</c><00:34:38.599><c> them</c><00:34:38.840><c> to</c><00:34:39.099><c> him</c><00:34:39.360><c> for</c><00:34:39.599><c> the</c><00:34:39.920><c> fear</c><00:34:40.179><c> or</c><00:34:40.380><c> the</c><00:34:40.639><c> reverence</c><00:34:40.900><c> wherewith</c><00:34:41.260><c> he</c>

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feared<00:34:41.780><c> me</c><00:34:42.480><c> and</c><00:34:43.039><c> was</c><00:34:43.280><c> afraid</c><00:34:43.619><c> before</c><00:34:43.960><c> my</c>

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:47.739
name.<00:34:44.460><c> It's</c><00:34:44.659><c> a</c><00:34:44.800><c> reference</c><00:34:45.099><c> back</c><00:34:45.420><c> to</c><00:34:45.619><c> the</c><00:34:45.760><c> golden</c><00:34:46.119><c> calf</c><00:34:46.380><c> incident</c><00:34:46.940><c> when</c>

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the<00:34:48.179><c> Levi</c><00:34:48.320><c> stood</c><00:34:48.880><c> on</c><00:34:49.460><c> the</c><00:34:49.639><c> Lord's</c><00:34:50.159><c> side</c>

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:54.920
and<00:34:50.760><c> had</c><00:34:50.980><c> the</c><00:34:51.219><c> proper</c><00:34:51.500><c> reverence</c><00:34:51.880><c> for</c><00:34:52.079><c> God.</c><00:34:53.340><c> Verse</c><00:34:53.579><c> 6,</c><00:34:54.659><c> he's</c>

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.920
referring<00:34:55.179><c> still</c><00:34:55.500><c> to</c><00:34:55.699><c> that</c><00:34:55.900><c> time.</c><00:34:56.159><c> The</c><00:34:56.239><c> law</c><00:34:56.519><c> of</c><00:34:56.760><c> truth</c>

00:34:56.920 --> 00:35:00.260
was<00:34:57.119><c> in</c><00:34:57.260><c> his</c><00:34:57.480><c> mouth.</c><00:34:58.420><c> Iniquity</c><00:34:58.940><c> was</c><00:34:59.199><c> not</c><00:34:59.440><c> found</c><00:34:59.619><c> in</c><00:34:59.800><c> his</c><00:35:00.000><c> lips.</c>

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:03.360
He<00:35:00.739><c> walked</c><00:35:01.039><c> with</c><00:35:01.260><c> me</c><00:35:01.400><c> in</c><00:35:01.719><c> peace</c><00:35:02.079><c> and</c><00:35:02.400><c> equity</c><00:35:02.800><c> and</c>

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:06.739
did<00:35:03.619><c> turn</c><00:35:03.940><c> many</c><00:35:04.260><c> away</c><00:35:04.699><c> from</c><00:35:04.940><c> iniquity.</c><00:35:06.039><c> For</c><00:35:06.179><c> the</c><00:35:06.400><c> priest's</c>

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:09.019
lips<00:35:06.980><c> should</c><00:35:07.260><c> keep</c><00:35:07.539><c> knowledge</c><00:35:08.000><c> and</c><00:35:08.380><c> they</c><00:35:08.579><c> should</c><00:35:08.760><c> seek</c>

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:12.599
the<00:35:09.239><c> law</c><00:35:09.420><c> at</c><00:35:09.599><c> his</c><00:35:09.800><c> mouth,</c><00:35:10.619><c> for</c><00:35:10.940><c> he</c><00:35:11.199><c> is</c><00:35:11.559><c> the</c><00:35:11.800><c> messenger</c><00:35:12.199><c> of</c><00:35:12.460><c> the</c>

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.840
Lord<00:35:12.760><c> of</c><00:35:12.920><c> hosts.</c><00:35:13.860><c> But</c><00:35:14.239><c> ye</c><00:35:14.699><c> are</c><00:35:14.960><c> departed</c><00:35:15.400><c> out</c><00:35:15.579><c> of</c><00:35:15.679><c> the</c>

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:21.579
way.<00:35:16.559><c> Ye</c><00:35:16.820><c> have</c><00:35:17.019><c> caused</c><00:35:17.440><c> many</c><00:35:17.800><c> to</c><00:35:18.059><c> stumble</c><00:35:18.380><c> at</c><00:35:18.559><c> the</c><00:35:18.760><c> law.</c><00:35:19.119><c> Ye</c><00:35:19.280><c> have</c><00:35:19.420><c> corrupted</c><00:35:19.860><c> the</c><00:35:20.159><c> covenant</c><00:35:20.519><c> of</c><00:35:20.840><c> Levi,</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:26.639
saith<00:35:22.079><c> the</c><00:35:22.280><c> Lord</c><00:35:22.519><c> of</c><00:35:22.679><c> hosts.</c><00:35:24.780><c> In</c><00:35:25.340><c> this</c><00:35:25.599><c> passage</c><00:35:25.980><c> we</c><00:35:26.159><c> have</c><00:35:26.360><c> both</c>

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:29.380
good<00:35:26.880><c> news</c><00:35:27.019><c> and</c><00:35:27.199><c> bad</c><00:35:27.500><c> news.</c><00:35:28.360><c> Bad</c><00:35:28.659><c> news</c><00:35:28.940><c> for</c><00:35:29.099><c> those</c>

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:33.139
that<00:35:29.579><c> were</c><00:35:30.320><c> not</c><00:35:30.960><c> upholding</c><00:35:31.599><c> the</c><00:35:31.800><c> covenant</c><00:35:32.139><c> that</c><00:35:32.360><c> God</c><00:35:32.559><c> made</c>

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:35.920
with<00:35:33.579><c> Levi.</c><00:35:34.019><c> They</c><00:35:34.199><c> had</c><00:35:34.539><c> corrupted</c><00:35:34.900><c> and</c><00:35:35.239><c> defiled</c>

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:39.380
the<00:35:36.320><c> whole</c><00:35:36.579><c> practice.</c><00:35:37.860><c> But</c><00:35:38.119><c> there's</c><00:35:38.420><c> good</c><00:35:38.639><c> news</c><00:35:38.860><c> too</c><00:35:39.139><c> because</c>

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:41.719
there's<00:35:39.599><c> something</c><00:35:39.920><c> in</c><00:35:40.119><c> here</c><00:35:40.239><c> that</c><00:35:40.360><c> we</c><00:35:40.559><c> can</c>

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:45.199
pick<00:35:41.960><c> up</c><00:35:42.079><c> on</c><00:35:42.300><c> as</c><00:35:42.619><c> characteristics</c><00:35:43.280><c> of</c><00:35:43.659><c> holiness.</c><00:35:44.500><c> Things</c><00:35:44.780><c> that</c><00:35:44.940><c> can</c>

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:48.780
lead<00:35:45.820><c> to</c><00:35:46.820><c> our</c><00:35:47.719><c> holiness.</c>

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:54.980
Those<00:35:50.599><c> of</c><00:35:50.840><c> course</c><00:35:51.059><c> are</c><00:35:51.400><c> primarily</c><00:35:51.980><c> in</c><00:35:52.500><c> verses</c><00:35:52.980><c> 6</c><00:35:53.719><c> and</c><00:35:53.860><c> 7.</c><00:35:54.800><c> But</c>

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.960
we<00:35:55.219><c> don't</c><00:35:55.400><c> want</c><00:35:55.539><c> to</c><00:35:55.679><c> skip</c><00:35:55.840><c> over</c><00:35:56.119><c> verse</c><00:35:56.340><c> 5</c><00:35:56.739><c> where</c>

00:35:56.960 --> 00:36:00.219
it<00:35:57.059><c> says</c><00:35:57.179><c> my</c><00:35:57.420><c> covenant</c><00:35:57.820><c> was</c><00:35:58.099><c> with</c><00:35:58.440><c> Levi</c><00:35:58.800><c> of</c><00:35:59.159><c> life</c><00:35:59.619><c> and</c><00:35:59.980><c> peace.</c>

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:04.179
In<00:36:00.440><c> other</c><00:36:00.559><c> words,</c><00:36:01.340><c> if</c><00:36:02.440><c> we</c><00:36:03.280><c> do</c><00:36:03.559><c> maintain</c><00:36:03.960><c> the</c>

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:08.500
holiness<00:36:04.519><c> that</c><00:36:04.780><c> we</c><00:36:04.980><c> should</c><00:36:05.199><c> have</c><00:36:05.539><c> in</c><00:36:05.980><c> our</c><00:36:06.659><c> work</c><00:36:07.219><c> with</c><00:36:07.960><c> the</c><00:36:08.159><c> Lord</c><00:36:08.360><c> and</c>

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:11.599
for<00:36:08.760><c> the</c><00:36:08.940><c> Lord,</c><00:36:09.800><c> we</c><00:36:10.199><c> will</c><00:36:10.679><c> enjoy</c><00:36:11.159><c> life</c>

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:14.360
in<00:36:11.940><c> the</c><00:36:11.980><c> end,</c><00:36:12.360><c> in</c><00:36:12.639><c> the</c><00:36:12.800><c> kingdom.</c><00:36:13.239><c> And</c><00:36:13.380><c> we</c><00:36:13.480><c> will</c><00:36:13.679><c> also</c><00:36:13.880><c> enjoy</c>

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:16.860
peace<00:36:14.780><c> then</c><00:36:15.059><c> but</c><00:36:15.219><c> we'll</c><00:36:15.539><c> enjoy</c><00:36:15.920><c> life</c><00:36:16.260><c> and</c><00:36:16.599><c> peace</c>

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:20.300
now.<00:36:17.460><c> And</c><00:36:17.880><c> we'll</c><00:36:18.059><c> have</c><00:36:18.159><c> more</c><00:36:18.340><c> to</c><00:36:18.539><c> say</c><00:36:18.679><c> about</c><00:36:18.920><c> that</c><00:36:19.579><c> later</c><00:36:20.039><c> in</c>

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:22.840
the<00:36:20.440><c> week.</c><00:36:20.679><c> The</c><00:36:20.840><c> covenant</c><00:36:21.320><c> was</c><00:36:21.679><c> with</c><00:36:21.920><c> him</c><00:36:22.179><c> of</c><00:36:22.440><c> life</c>

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:28.179
and<00:36:23.599><c> peace</c><00:36:23.900><c> and</c><00:36:24.059><c> he</c><00:36:24.340><c> gave</c><00:36:24.599><c> them</c><00:36:25.019><c> to</c><00:36:25.519><c> him</c><00:36:25.739><c> because</c><00:36:26.099><c> of</c><00:36:26.320><c> his</c><00:36:26.639><c> reverence</c><00:36:27.619><c> for</c>

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:30.179
and<00:36:28.380><c> his</c><00:36:28.619><c> descendants,</c><00:36:29.219><c> their</c><00:36:29.480><c> reverence</c>

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:36.880
for<00:36:30.639><c> God</c><00:36:30.920><c> Almighty.</c><00:36:32.500><c> So</c><00:36:32.679><c> that's</c><00:36:33.039><c> certainly</c><00:36:33.239><c> a</c><00:36:33.500><c> key</c><00:36:33.719><c> and</c><00:36:34.260><c> a</c><00:36:35.239><c> beginning</c><00:36:35.539><c> point</c><00:36:35.980><c> for</c>

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.179
developing<00:36:37.780><c> holiness.</c>

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:45.360
Wisdom.<00:36:42.400><c> That's</c><00:36:42.579><c> something</c><00:36:42.760><c> that</c><00:36:42.980><c> we</c><00:36:43.219><c> need</c><00:36:43.460><c> to</c><00:36:43.699><c> focus</c><00:36:44.039><c> on.</c><00:36:45.019><c> But</c><00:36:45.059><c> look</c><00:36:45.239><c> at</c>

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:46.380
these<00:36:45.539><c> other</c><00:36:45.739><c> things</c><00:36:45.980><c> that</c><00:36:46.119><c> we</c><00:36:46.219><c> can</c>

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:53.739
focus<00:36:46.760><c> on</c><00:36:46.980><c> in</c><00:36:47.139><c> verses</c><00:36:47.659><c> 6</c><00:36:48.460><c> and</c><00:36:48.940><c> 7.</c><00:36:50.280><c> Characteristics</c><00:36:50.760><c> that</c><00:36:51.320><c> represent</c><00:36:52.099><c> holiness.</c><00:36:53.340><c> First</c><00:36:53.599><c> of</c>

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.460
all,<00:36:53.980><c> the</c><00:36:54.019><c> priests</c><00:36:54.260><c> were</c>

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:59.139
to<00:36:54.659><c> speak</c><00:36:54.960><c> the</c><00:36:55.139><c> law</c><00:36:55.360><c> of</c><00:36:55.579><c> truth.</c><00:36:56.679><c> They</c><00:36:56.820><c> were</c><00:36:57.019><c> not</c><00:36:57.179><c> to</c><00:36:57.500><c> speak</c><00:36:57.679><c> iniquity.</c><00:36:58.460><c> There's</c><00:36:58.940><c> the</c>

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.219
tongue,<00:36:59.699><c> the</c><00:36:59.820><c> controlling</c><00:37:00.000><c> of</c>

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:06.239
the<00:37:00.400><c> tongue</c><00:37:00.559><c> again.</c><00:37:01.400><c> They</c><00:37:01.639><c> were</c><00:37:01.840><c> to</c><00:37:02.079><c> walk</c><00:37:02.480><c> in</c><00:37:03.019><c> peace</c><00:37:03.760><c> and</c><00:37:04.920><c> equity.</c><00:37:05.760><c> They</c>

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:08.539
were<00:37:06.460><c> to</c><00:37:06.699><c> walk</c><00:37:07.000><c> in</c><00:37:07.340><c> peace</c><00:37:07.559><c> with</c><00:37:07.780><c> their</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:12.159
brethren<00:37:09.280><c> and</c><00:37:09.599><c> others</c><00:37:09.980><c> even</c><00:37:10.280><c> beyond</c><00:37:10.659><c> the</c><00:37:10.900><c> brotherhood.</c><00:37:12.000><c> And</c>

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:14.860
they<00:37:12.300><c> were</c><00:37:12.480><c> to</c><00:37:12.679><c> walk</c><00:37:12.920><c> in,</c><00:37:13.179><c> another</c><00:37:13.440><c> version</c><00:37:13.780><c> puts</c><00:37:14.079><c> it,</c>

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:21.840
uprightness.<00:37:17.599><c> Maybe</c><00:37:17.699><c> he</c><00:37:17.900><c> puts</c><00:37:18.059><c> equity.</c><00:37:19.619><c> They</c><00:37:19.739><c> were</c><00:37:19.980><c> to</c><00:37:20.219><c> encourage</c><00:37:20.920><c> others</c><00:37:21.559><c> to</c>

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.380
turn<00:37:22.019><c> away</c><00:37:22.260><c> from</c><00:37:22.539><c> sin.</c>

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:27.199
They<00:37:24.480><c> were</c><00:37:24.659><c> to</c><00:37:24.920><c> keep</c><00:37:25.139><c> or</c><00:37:25.400><c> preserve</c><00:37:26.019><c> the</c><00:37:26.300><c> knowledge</c><00:37:26.679><c> of</c><00:37:26.920><c> God</c>

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:31.960
and<00:37:27.380><c> his</c><00:37:27.599><c> law.</c><00:37:29.239><c> Others</c><00:37:29.739><c> should</c><00:37:30.380><c> seek</c><00:37:30.579><c> him</c><00:37:31.380><c> out</c>

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:37.300
because<00:37:32.980><c> he</c><00:37:33.639><c> has</c><00:37:34.219><c> the</c><00:37:34.599><c> knowledge</c><00:37:34.980><c> of</c><00:37:35.440><c> God.</c><00:37:36.119><c> Now</c><00:37:36.280><c> that</c><00:37:36.440><c> of</c><00:37:36.579><c> course</c><00:37:36.679><c> depends</c><00:37:37.039><c> on</c>

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.099
how<00:37:37.679><c> we</c><00:37:37.920><c> present</c><00:37:38.280><c> the</c><00:37:38.840><c> knowledge</c>

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:41.219
of<00:37:39.320><c> God</c><00:37:39.519><c> in</c><00:37:39.679><c> the</c><00:37:39.860><c> gospel</c><00:37:40.159><c> as</c><00:37:40.320><c> to</c><00:37:40.440><c> whether</c><00:37:40.559><c> others</c><00:37:40.840><c> will</c><00:37:41.099><c> seek</c>

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:43.760
us<00:37:41.500><c> out</c><00:37:41.699><c> to</c><00:37:41.860><c> get</c><00:37:42.000><c> some</c><00:37:42.539><c> answers</c><00:37:42.960><c> and</c><00:37:43.139><c> some</c><00:37:43.320><c> information.</c>

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:49.920
But<00:37:43.980><c> we</c><00:37:44.179><c> constantly</c><00:37:44.559><c> look</c><00:37:44.800><c> at</c><00:37:45.019><c> our</c><00:37:46.280><c> process</c><00:37:46.840><c> and</c><00:37:47.099><c> our</c><00:37:47.760><c> demeanor</c><00:37:48.380><c> as</c><00:37:48.780><c> we</c>

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.820
spread<00:37:50.219><c> the</c><00:37:50.440><c> good</c><00:37:50.639><c> news</c><00:37:51.019><c> to</c><00:37:51.519><c> others</c>

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:55.000
around<00:37:52.360><c> us.</c><00:37:52.739><c> And</c><00:37:52.920><c> if</c><00:37:53.019><c> they</c><00:37:53.260><c> do</c><00:37:53.599><c> believe</c><00:37:53.920><c> us</c><00:37:54.260><c> to</c><00:37:54.420><c> be</c><00:37:54.579><c> people</c><00:37:54.840><c> of</c>

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:57.139
the<00:37:55.119><c> book,</c><00:37:55.380><c> as</c><00:37:55.519><c> Brother</c><00:37:55.739><c> Peter</c><00:37:56.019><c> King</c><00:37:56.239><c> always</c><00:37:56.599><c> emphasizes,</c>

00:37:57.139 --> 00:38:00.260
we<00:37:57.500><c> must</c><00:37:57.719><c> be</c><00:37:57.920><c> people</c><00:37:58.179><c> of</c><00:37:58.300><c> the</c><00:37:58.380><c> book.</c><00:37:59.280><c> If</c><00:37:59.280><c> they</c><00:37:59.420><c> respect</c><00:37:59.820><c> that,</c>

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.920
they'll<00:38:00.599><c> come</c><00:38:00.820><c> and</c><00:38:01.000><c> ask,</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:06.119
what<00:38:02.139><c> does</c><00:38:02.400><c> the</c><00:38:02.500><c> book</c><00:38:02.880><c> say</c><00:38:03.539><c> about</c><00:38:03.780><c> this</c><00:38:04.159><c> or</c><00:38:04.440><c> that?</c><00:38:05.800><c> They</c><00:38:05.860><c> might</c>

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:09.079
not<00:38:07.059><c> convert</c><00:38:07.559><c> ever.</c><00:38:08.360><c> They</c><00:38:08.360><c> may</c><00:38:08.599><c> not</c><00:38:08.800><c> convert</c>

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:13.059
quickly,<00:38:10.019><c> but</c><00:38:10.019><c> they</c><00:38:10.480><c> may</c><00:38:10.699><c> seek</c><00:38:10.940><c> it</c><00:38:11.119><c> out</c><00:38:11.219><c> and</c><00:38:11.320><c> they</c><00:38:11.500><c> may</c><00:38:11.760><c> be</c><00:38:12.039><c> converted</c><00:38:12.420><c> when</c><00:38:12.860><c> the</c>

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:15.619
Lord<00:38:13.179><c> returns.</c><00:38:15.280><c> And</c><00:38:15.280><c> things</c>

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begin<00:38:15.880><c> to</c><00:38:16.159><c> happen</c><00:38:16.460><c> on</c><00:38:17.159><c> a</c><00:38:17.420><c> very</c><00:38:17.679><c> large</c><00:38:17.960><c> scale</c><00:38:18.440><c> in</c><00:38:18.800><c> the</c><00:38:19.000><c> earth.</c>

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I've<00:38:20.500><c> got</c><00:38:20.679><c> to</c><00:38:20.800><c> do</c><00:38:20.920><c> this</c><00:38:21.159><c> aside</c><00:38:21.420><c> quickly</c><00:38:21.780><c> if</c><00:38:21.880><c> we</c><00:38:22.039><c> have</c><00:38:22.199><c> time.</c>

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When<00:38:23.440><c> I</c><00:38:23.840><c> work</c><00:38:24.059><c> with</c><00:38:24.320><c> Truth</c><00:38:24.500><c> Corps</c><00:38:24.820><c> and</c><00:38:25.059><c> there's</c><00:38:25.260><c> some</c><00:38:25.639><c> former</c>

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Truth<00:38:26.059><c> Corps</c><00:38:26.219><c> members</c><00:38:26.539><c> in</c><00:38:26.780><c> here</c><00:38:26.900><c> and</c><00:38:27.019><c> they</c>

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remember<00:38:27.519><c> these</c><00:38:28.559><c> instructions,</c><00:38:29.780><c> encouragements,</c><00:38:31.519><c> that</c><00:38:31.760><c> we</c>

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go<00:38:32.179><c> out</c><00:38:32.340><c> there</c><00:38:32.440><c> and</c><00:38:32.500><c> we're</c><00:38:32.739><c> planting</c><00:38:32.940><c> seeds.</c>

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We<00:38:34.679><c> don't</c><00:38:34.920><c> know</c><00:38:35.119><c> when</c><00:38:36.480><c> they</c><00:38:36.699><c> will</c><00:38:36.940><c> germinate</c><00:38:37.719><c> and</c><00:38:38.719><c> develop</c><00:38:39.099><c> into</c><00:38:39.300><c> a</c>

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small<00:38:39.760><c> plant</c><00:38:40.099><c> and</c><00:38:40.539><c> respond</c><00:38:40.980><c> down</c><00:38:41.260><c> the</c><00:38:41.440><c> road.</c>

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It<00:38:42.179><c> might</c><00:38:42.480><c> be</c><00:38:43.280><c> after</c><00:38:43.860><c> we're</c><00:38:44.119><c> called</c><00:38:44.360><c> away</c><00:38:44.780><c> to</c><00:38:45.519><c> judgment</c><00:38:45.900><c> ourselves</c><00:38:46.460><c> and</c>

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have<00:38:46.880><c> been</c><00:38:47.340><c> welcomed</c><00:38:47.619><c> into</c><00:38:47.960><c> the</c><00:38:48.559><c> kingdom</c>

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era<00:38:49.280><c> ourselves</c><00:38:49.920><c> and</c><00:38:50.360><c> these</c><00:38:50.639><c> folks</c><00:38:50.920><c> are</c><00:38:51.179><c> left</c><00:38:52.039><c> to</c><00:38:52.699><c> think</c><00:38:53.139><c> about</c>

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some<00:38:53.679><c> things</c><00:38:53.820><c> that</c><00:38:53.980><c> they</c><00:38:54.239><c> heard</c><00:38:54.619><c> from</c><00:38:55.179><c> us</c><00:38:55.480><c> or</c><00:38:55.699><c> read</c>

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in<00:38:56.019><c> the</c><00:38:56.139><c> Bible</c><00:38:56.500><c> at</c><00:38:57.460><c> our</c><00:38:57.679><c> guidance.</c><00:38:58.320><c> And</c><00:38:58.360><c> then</c><00:38:58.579><c> they</c><00:38:58.860><c> respond</c>

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positively.<00:39:00.860><c> The</c><00:39:01.260><c> book,</c><00:39:02.300><c> Who</c><00:39:02.719><c> Are</c><00:39:02.900><c> You</c><00:39:02.960><c> Looking</c><00:39:03.239><c> For?</c>

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has<00:39:04.139><c> a</c><00:39:04.360><c> great</c><00:39:04.519><c> little</c><00:39:04.800><c> epilogue</c><00:39:05.420><c> at</c><00:39:05.739><c> the</c><00:39:05.940><c> end</c><00:39:06.579><c> about</c><00:39:07.400><c> a</c><00:39:07.619><c> man</c><00:39:07.840><c> that</c><00:39:08.019><c> had</c><00:39:08.199><c> talked</c><00:39:08.360><c> to</c>

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some<00:39:08.760><c> Christadelphians</c>

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earlier<00:39:09.900><c> in</c><00:39:12.460><c> his</c><00:39:12.719><c> life</c><00:39:13.019><c> and</c><00:39:13.440><c> they</c><00:39:13.960><c> had</c><00:39:14.199><c> said</c><00:39:14.320><c> some</c><00:39:14.559><c> things</c><00:39:14.739><c> to</c>

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him<00:39:15.099><c> that</c><00:39:15.280><c> made</c><00:39:15.480><c> him</c><00:39:15.699><c> think,</c><00:39:15.900><c> especially</c><00:39:16.320><c> when</c>

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those<00:39:17.360><c> Christadelphians</c><00:39:18.000><c> were</c><00:39:18.199><c> no</c><00:39:18.380><c> longer</c><00:39:18.599><c> around</c><00:39:19.139><c> and</c><00:39:20.059><c> things</c><00:39:20.340><c> were</c>

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happening<00:39:20.780><c> in</c><00:39:20.940><c> the</c><00:39:21.099><c> world.</c>

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This<00:39:22.599><c> truck</c><00:39:23.000><c> driver</c><00:39:23.360><c> that</c><00:39:23.559><c> had</c><00:39:23.679><c> picked</c><00:39:24.019><c> the</c><00:39:24.380><c> kids</c><00:39:24.619><c> up</c><00:39:25.139><c> and</c><00:39:25.380><c> given</c><00:39:25.539><c> a</c><00:39:25.760><c> ride</c><00:39:25.960><c> in</c><00:39:26.079><c> a</c>

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snowstorm<00:39:26.639><c> as</c><00:39:26.820><c> I</c><00:39:26.960><c> recall.</c>

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It's<00:39:27.519><c> a</c><00:39:27.659><c> great</c><00:39:27.800><c> book.</c><00:39:28.219><c> If</c><00:39:28.219><c> you</c><00:39:28.360><c> haven't</c><00:39:28.500><c> read</c><00:39:28.659><c> it</c><00:39:28.840><c> yet,</c><00:39:29.059><c> Who</c><00:39:29.260><c> Are</c><00:39:29.400><c> You</c><00:39:29.480><c> Looking</c><00:39:29.739><c> For?</c><00:39:29.980><c> has</c><00:39:30.099><c> to</c>

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do<00:39:30.340><c> with</c><00:39:30.519><c> the</c><00:39:30.760><c> antichrist</c>

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and<00:39:31.880><c> who</c><00:39:32.099><c> the</c><00:39:32.380><c> antichrist</c><00:39:32.880><c> is</c><00:39:33.320><c> and</c><00:39:33.760><c> whether</c><00:39:33.940><c> there's</c><00:39:34.159><c> just</c><00:39:34.460><c> one</c><00:39:34.719><c> or</c>

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many<00:39:35.280><c> and</c><00:39:35.420><c> we</c><00:39:35.579><c> know</c><00:39:35.760><c> that</c><00:39:35.960><c> there</c><00:39:36.179><c> have</c>

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been<00:39:36.679><c> many</c><00:39:37.019><c> throughout</c><00:39:37.320><c> history.</c><00:39:38.880><c> It</c><00:39:38.960><c> has</c><00:39:39.139><c> just</c><00:39:39.340><c> lots</c><00:39:39.480><c> of</c>

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great<00:39:39.840><c> good</c><00:39:40.079><c> support</c><00:39:41.079><c> resources</c><00:39:41.659><c> too.</c>

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But<00:39:43.000><c> it</c><00:39:43.380><c> had</c><00:39:43.559><c> this</c><00:39:43.780><c> scenario</c><00:39:44.139><c> in</c><00:39:44.320><c> the</c><00:39:44.460><c> book</c><00:39:44.599><c> that</c><00:39:44.780><c> this</c><00:39:45.039><c> man</c><00:39:45.219><c> responded</c><00:39:45.679><c> to</c>

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something<00:39:46.119><c> that</c><00:39:46.300><c> was</c><00:39:46.500><c> said.</c>

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He<00:39:47.059><c> had</c><00:39:47.500><c> given</c><00:39:47.739><c> these</c><00:39:48.199><c> two</c><00:39:48.519><c> young</c><00:39:48.719><c> people</c><00:39:49.000><c> a</c><00:39:49.199><c> ride</c><00:39:49.480><c> and</c><00:39:50.039><c> they</c>

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were<00:39:50.280><c> talking</c><00:39:50.579><c> about</c><00:39:51.179><c> things</c><00:39:51.519><c> that</c><00:39:51.639><c> were</c><00:39:51.880><c> happening</c>

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in<00:39:52.360><c> the</c><00:39:52.480><c> earth</c><00:39:52.639><c> that</c><00:39:52.820><c> were</c><00:39:53.039><c> fulfillments</c><00:39:53.400><c> of</c><00:39:53.679><c> prophecy</c><00:39:54.000><c> and</c>

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he<00:39:54.719><c> came</c><00:39:54.980><c> back</c><00:39:55.280><c> to</c><00:39:55.420><c> their</c><00:39:55.619><c> house</c><00:39:55.960><c> and</c><00:39:56.199><c> actually</c>

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found<00:39:56.679><c> some</c><00:39:56.880><c> of</c><00:39:56.980><c> their</c><00:39:57.159><c> notes,</c><00:39:57.760><c> seminar</c><00:39:57.980><c> notes</c><00:39:58.440><c> about</c><00:39:59.760><c> prophecy</c><00:40:00.500><c> and</c>

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the<00:40:00.860><c> antichrist</c><00:40:01.380><c> and</c><00:40:01.559><c> different</c><00:40:01.760><c> things.</c>

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And<00:40:02.460><c> so</c><00:40:02.679><c> that</c><00:40:03.179><c> kind</c><00:40:03.380><c> of</c><00:40:03.559><c> person</c><00:40:04.139><c> will</c><00:40:04.739><c> be</c><00:40:04.940><c> responding</c><00:40:05.360><c> in</c><00:40:05.579><c> that</c>

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age<00:40:06.079><c> and</c><00:40:06.360><c> we</c><00:40:06.739><c> have</c><00:40:07.000><c> a</c><00:40:07.420><c> great</c><00:40:07.659><c> opportunity</c><00:40:08.300><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:40:08.860><c> sisters</c><00:40:09.139><c> now</c><00:40:09.559><c> to</c><00:40:09.820><c> spread</c><00:40:10.059><c> those</c><00:40:10.400><c> seeds</c><00:40:10.599><c> and</c><00:40:11.099><c> that</c><00:40:11.239><c> information.</c><00:40:12.780><c> We</c><00:40:13.159><c> don't</c><00:40:13.340><c> expect</c><00:40:13.659><c> them</c><00:40:13.820><c> to</c>

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show<00:40:14.099><c> up</c><00:40:14.300><c> at</c>

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Sunday<00:40:15.300><c> or</c><00:40:15.960><c> to</c><00:40:16.159><c> our</c><00:40:16.280><c> Bible</c><00:40:16.579><c> classes</c><00:40:16.940><c> regularly</c><00:40:17.460><c> but</c><00:40:18.000><c> they</c><00:40:18.179><c> may</c>

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make<00:40:18.699><c> the</c><00:40:18.880><c> most</c><00:40:19.079><c> important</c><00:40:19.480><c> decision</c><00:40:19.820><c> of</c><00:40:19.980><c> their</c>

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lives<00:40:20.639><c> when</c><00:40:21.440><c> Christ</c><00:40:22.019><c> is</c><00:40:22.460><c> in</c><00:40:22.619><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:23.119><c> with</c><00:40:23.599><c> the</c><00:40:23.880><c> saints,</c><00:40:24.159><c> with</c><00:40:24.380><c> you</c><00:40:24.559><c> and</c><00:40:24.719><c> me</c>

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and<00:40:25.039><c> things</c><00:40:25.300><c> are</c><00:40:25.519><c> beginning</c><00:40:25.780><c> to</c><00:40:26.139><c> change</c>

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on<00:40:27.920><c> a</c><00:40:28.059><c> very</c><00:40:28.340><c> large</c><00:40:28.579><c> scale</c><00:40:28.920><c> in</c><00:40:29.099><c> the</c><00:40:29.260><c> earth.</c><00:40:30.340><c> So</c><00:40:30.480><c> that's</c><00:40:30.800><c> just</c><00:40:31.440><c> an</c>

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aside<00:40:31.980><c> and</c><00:40:33.420><c> why</c><00:40:33.719><c> are</c><00:40:33.800><c> we</c><00:40:33.900><c> told</c><00:40:34.119><c> in</c><00:40:34.219><c> scripture,</c>

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aren't<00:40:34.760><c> we,</c><00:40:35.119><c> in</c><00:40:35.360><c> Zechariah</c><00:40:35.940><c> that</c><00:40:36.519><c> ten</c><00:40:37.420><c> men</c><00:40:37.760><c> will</c><00:40:38.420><c> grab</c><00:40:38.800><c> a</c><00:40:39.239><c> hold</c>

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of<00:40:39.519><c> the</c><00:40:39.639><c> garment</c><00:40:39.880><c> of</c><00:40:40.079><c> a</c><00:40:40.179><c> Jew</c><00:40:40.320><c> and</c><00:40:40.539><c> said,</c>

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you<00:40:40.880><c> know,</c><00:40:41.260><c> take</c><00:40:41.340><c> us</c><00:40:41.559><c> with</c><00:40:41.760><c> you</c><00:40:41.860><c> for</c><00:40:42.000><c> we</c><00:40:42.179><c> know</c><00:40:42.320><c> the</c><00:40:42.480><c> Lord</c><00:40:42.659><c> is</c>

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with<00:40:43.059><c> you</c><00:40:43.239><c> and</c><00:40:43.360><c> we'll</c><00:40:43.719><c> deal</c><00:40:43.860><c> with</c><00:40:44.000><c> that</c><00:40:44.199><c> passage</c>

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later.<00:40:45.360><c> It's</c><00:40:45.619><c> that</c><00:40:45.900><c> kind</c><00:40:46.159><c> of</c><00:40:46.300><c> thing</c><00:40:46.440><c> that</c><00:40:46.599><c> hopefully</c><00:40:46.880><c> will</c><00:40:47.139><c> develop</c><00:40:47.699><c> in</c>

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a<00:40:50.000><c> larger</c><00:40:50.260><c> picture</c><00:40:50.639><c> later</c><00:40:51.019><c> on.</c>

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So<00:40:52.039><c> that</c><00:40:52.500><c> can</c><00:40:52.699><c> happen</c><00:40:52.960><c> now.</c><00:40:53.239><c> Others</c><00:40:53.460><c> should</c><00:40:53.800><c> seek</c><00:40:54.579><c> the</c><00:40:55.000><c> Levites</c><00:40:55.380><c> or</c><00:40:55.539><c> the</c>

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priests<00:40:55.920><c> out</c><00:40:56.340><c> because</c><00:40:56.840><c> they</c><00:40:57.260><c> are</c>

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the<00:40:58.760><c> messengers</c><00:40:59.159><c> of</c><00:40:59.380><c> God.</c><00:41:00.860><c> They</c><00:41:01.019><c> have</c><00:41:01.460><c> the</c><00:41:01.719><c> Word</c><00:41:01.840><c> of</c><00:41:02.000><c> God</c><00:41:02.239><c> in</c>

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their<00:41:02.539><c> hearts</c><00:41:02.940><c> and</c><00:41:03.380><c> in</c><00:41:03.480><c> their</c><00:41:03.659><c> minds.</c>

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So<00:41:06.099><c> as</c><00:41:06.800><c> spiritual</c><00:41:07.320><c> Levites</c><00:41:07.840><c> or</c><00:41:08.039><c> priests,</c><00:41:08.539><c> brothers</c><00:41:08.699><c> and</c><00:41:08.960><c> sisters,</c><00:41:09.440><c> these</c><00:41:09.800><c> are</c>

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qualities<00:41:10.380><c> that</c><00:41:10.599><c> we</c><00:41:10.780><c> should</c>

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manifest<00:41:11.460><c> as</c><00:41:11.780><c> well.</c><00:41:12.079><c> Speaking</c><00:41:12.300><c> the</c><00:41:12.579><c> law</c><00:41:12.659><c> of</c><00:41:12.900><c> truth,</c><00:41:13.300><c> not</c><00:41:13.539><c> speaking</c><00:41:13.860><c> iniquity,</c><00:41:14.440><c> walking</c><00:41:14.739><c> in</c>

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peace<00:41:15.420><c> and</c><00:41:16.039><c> uprightness,</c>

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encouraging<00:41:17.119><c> others</c><00:41:17.519><c> to</c><00:41:17.739><c> turn</c><00:41:17.900><c> away</c><00:41:18.139><c> from</c><00:41:18.420><c> sin,</c><00:41:19.400><c> keeping</c><00:41:19.739><c> knowledge</c><00:41:20.199><c> and</c>

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sharing<00:41:20.699><c> that</c><00:41:20.960><c> knowledge</c><00:41:21.280><c> with</c><00:41:21.559><c> others</c>

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so<00:41:22.539><c> that</c><00:41:22.739><c> hopefully</c><00:41:22.980><c> others</c><00:41:23.239><c> will</c><00:41:23.480><c> want</c><00:41:23.639><c> to</c><00:41:23.880><c> seek</c><00:41:24.000><c> it</c><00:41:24.219><c> out,</c><00:41:24.320><c> if</c>

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not<00:41:24.679><c> from</c><00:41:24.880><c> us,</c><00:41:25.619><c> from</c><00:41:25.800><c> other</c><00:41:26.400><c> believers</c><00:41:26.860><c> later</c>

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and<00:41:28.059><c> from</c><00:41:28.260><c> the</c><00:41:28.480><c> Word</c><00:41:29.039><c> later.</c><00:41:31.760><c> These</c><00:41:32.320><c> are</c><00:41:32.559><c> things</c><00:41:32.880><c> that</c><00:41:33.119><c> require</c><00:41:33.400><c> diligence</c><00:41:33.980><c> and</c><00:41:35.519><c> if</c>

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we<00:41:36.639><c> do</c><00:41:37.019><c> approach</c><00:41:37.480><c> it</c><00:41:37.639><c> with</c>

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we<00:41:38.380><c> will</c><00:41:38.699><c> develop</c><00:41:39.039><c> them</c><00:41:39.260><c> and</c><00:41:39.440><c> maintain</c><00:41:39.860><c> them.</c><00:41:40.860><c> We've</c><00:41:41.199><c> entered</c>

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into<00:41:41.679><c> a</c><00:41:41.940><c> covenant,</c><00:41:42.320><c> brothers</c><00:41:42.480><c> and</c><00:41:42.739><c> sisters,</c>

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covenant<00:41:43.840><c> relationship</c><00:41:44.519><c> with</c><00:41:45.059><c> our</c><00:41:45.679><c> God</c><00:41:46.000><c> through</c><00:41:46.260><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:41:48.199><c> not</c><00:41:48.420><c> unlike</c><00:41:48.840><c> the</c><00:41:49.119><c> covenant</c><00:41:49.400><c> the</c><00:41:49.659><c> Levites</c><00:41:50.019><c> had</c><00:41:50.260><c> with</c>

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our<00:41:51.340><c> Father</c><00:41:51.739><c> as</c><00:41:52.000><c> well</c><00:41:52.139><c> that's</c><00:41:52.380><c> mentioned</c><00:41:52.659><c> here</c><00:41:52.920><c> in</c><00:41:53.219><c> Malachi.</c>

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It's<00:41:54.519><c> a</c><00:41:54.699><c> relationship</c><00:41:55.159><c> that</c><00:41:55.380><c> demands</c><00:41:55.739><c> we</c>

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develop<00:41:56.420><c> holiness</c><00:41:56.880><c> in</c><00:41:57.159><c> our</c><00:41:57.360><c> lives</c><00:41:57.579><c> so</c><00:41:57.820><c> that</c><00:41:58.000><c> God</c><00:41:58.199><c> will</c><00:41:58.519><c> indeed</c>

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dwell<00:41:59.699><c> with</c><00:42:00.019><c> us</c><00:42:00.619><c> and</c><00:42:01.019><c> use</c><00:42:01.300><c> us</c><00:42:01.840><c> in</c><00:42:02.039><c> the</c><00:42:02.239><c> fulfillment</c>

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of<00:42:02.780><c> His</c><00:42:03.019><c> purpose.</c><00:42:04.920><c> Thank</c><00:42:05.179><c> you.</c>