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And<00:11:18.960><c> in</c><00:11:19.159><c> 1</c><00:11:19.299><c> Kings</c><00:11:19.580><c> chapter</c><00:11:19.940><c> 1</c><00:11:20.120><c> here,</c><00:11:20.659><c> David</c><00:11:20.740><c> is</c><00:11:21.179><c> old</c><00:11:21.580><c> and</c><00:11:22.059><c> he's</c>

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now<00:11:22.639><c> infirm.</c>

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He's<00:11:24.320><c> physically</c><00:11:24.940><c> frail</c><00:11:25.500><c> and</c><00:11:25.659><c> his</c><00:11:25.820><c> body</c><00:11:26.059><c> can't</c><00:11:26.519><c> generate</c><00:11:27.039><c> or</c>

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retain<00:11:27.779><c> heat.</c>

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It's<00:11:29.860><c> a</c><00:11:29.980><c> time</c><00:11:30.120><c> when</c><00:11:30.299><c> his</c><00:11:30.500><c> normal</c><00:11:30.860><c> physical</c><00:11:31.440><c> drives</c><00:11:31.980><c> are</c><00:11:32.460><c> impaired.</c>

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He<00:11:34.200><c> spent</c><00:11:34.480><c> much</c><00:11:34.840><c> of</c><00:11:35.019><c> his</c><00:11:35.259><c> time</c><00:11:35.940><c> lying</c><00:11:36.500><c> in</c><00:11:36.799><c> his</c><00:11:37.039><c> bed.</c>

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So<00:11:38.539><c> they</c><00:11:38.799><c> heat</c><00:11:38.960><c> clothes</c><00:11:39.460><c> and</c><00:11:39.679><c> blankets</c><00:11:40.000><c> on</c><00:11:40.220><c> him,</c><00:11:40.960><c> but</c><00:11:41.220><c> he</c><00:11:41.340><c> was</c>

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still<00:11:41.799><c> cold.</c>

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So<00:11:43.519><c> they</c><00:11:43.659><c> brought</c><00:11:43.779><c> a</c><00:11:43.919><c> beautiful</c><00:11:44.340><c> young</c><00:11:44.559><c> woman</c><00:11:44.799><c> to</c><00:11:45.059><c> share</c><00:11:45.220><c> his</c>

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bed<00:11:45.539><c> to</c><00:11:45.840><c> try</c><00:11:46.059><c> and</c><00:11:46.299><c> keep</c><00:11:46.440><c> him</c><00:11:46.740><c> warm.</c>

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He<00:11:47.840><c> didn't</c><00:11:48.120><c> touch</c><00:11:48.500><c> her</c><00:11:49.000><c> because</c><00:11:49.580><c> he</c><00:11:49.779><c> was</c><00:11:50.080><c> past</c><00:11:50.360><c> it.</c>

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He<00:11:51.620><c> was</c><00:11:52.039><c> actually</c><00:11:52.580><c> basically</c><00:11:53.240><c> bedridden.</c>

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People<00:11:54.639><c> who</c><00:11:54.840><c> wanted</c><00:11:55.100><c> to</c><00:11:55.360><c> see</c><00:11:55.679><c> King</c><00:11:56.039><c> David,</c><00:11:57.200><c> to</c><00:11:57.419><c> have</c><00:11:57.559><c> an</c><00:11:57.799><c> audience</c><00:11:58.120><c> with</c>

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the<00:11:58.559><c> King,</c>

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were<00:11:59.960><c> brought</c><00:12:00.299><c> into</c><00:12:00.700><c> his</c><00:12:01.100><c> bedroom</c><00:12:01.539><c> to</c><00:12:02.539><c> visit</c><00:12:02.860><c> him</c><00:12:03.419><c> beside</c><00:12:04.019><c> his</c><00:12:04.480><c> bed.</c>

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So<00:12:05.620><c> the</c><00:12:05.820><c> meager</c><00:12:06.039><c> affairs</c><00:12:06.320><c> of</c><00:12:06.580><c> state</c><00:12:06.740><c> he</c><00:12:06.840><c> was</c><00:12:07.039><c> still</c><00:12:07.200><c> conducting</c><00:12:07.740><c> were</c><00:12:08.580><c> attended</c><00:12:08.980><c> to</c>

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from<00:12:09.559><c> his</c><00:12:09.879><c> bed.</c>

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He<00:12:11.700><c> was</c><00:12:11.879><c> unaware</c><00:12:12.179><c> of</c><00:12:12.340><c> what</c><00:12:12.460><c> was</c><00:12:12.679><c> going</c><00:12:12.899><c> on</c><00:12:13.059><c> in</c><00:12:13.200><c> the</c><00:12:13.360><c> kingdom</c>

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around<00:12:13.919><c> him.</c>

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He<00:12:14.519><c> wasn't</c><00:12:14.820><c> out</c><00:12:15.159><c> traveling</c><00:12:15.620><c> amongst</c><00:12:16.139><c> the</c><00:12:16.360><c> people.</c>

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So<00:12:17.340><c> he</c><00:12:17.460><c> was</c><00:12:17.799><c> totally</c><00:12:18.340><c> unaware</c><00:12:18.799><c> of</c><00:12:19.019><c> the</c><00:12:19.200><c> fact</c><00:12:19.500><c> that</c><00:12:19.980><c> his</c><00:12:20.240><c> son,</c>

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Adonijah,<00:12:21.840><c> had</c><00:12:22.059><c> rebelled</c><00:12:22.360><c> against</c><00:12:22.659><c> him.</c>

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So<00:12:25.159><c> left</c><00:12:25.379><c> to</c><00:12:25.539><c> himself,</c><00:12:26.139><c> he</c><00:12:26.259><c> was</c><00:12:26.480><c> incapable</c><00:12:27.059><c> of</c><00:12:27.940><c> discerning</c>

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what<00:12:28.940><c> was</c><00:12:29.179><c> happening</c><00:12:29.519><c> and</c><00:12:30.220><c> managing</c><00:12:30.620><c> the</c><00:12:30.840><c> situation.</c>

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So<00:12:32.960><c> a</c><00:12:33.120><c> terrible</c><00:12:33.559><c> crisis</c><00:12:34.100><c> was</c><00:12:34.559><c> brewing</c><00:12:34.879><c> in</c><00:12:35.299><c> his</c><00:12:35.659><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:12:37.320><c> he,</c><00:12:38.200><c> in</c><00:12:38.419><c> his</c><00:12:38.639><c> feebleness,</c><00:12:39.240><c> was</c><00:12:39.379><c> not</c><00:12:39.580><c> in</c><00:12:39.779><c> touch</c><00:12:39.940><c> enough</c><00:12:40.259><c> to</c>

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even<00:12:40.740><c> know</c><00:12:41.600><c> Solomon</c><00:12:42.340><c> was</c><00:12:42.559><c> in</c><00:12:42.720><c> mortal</c><00:12:42.960><c> danger.</c>

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Bathsheba<00:12:44.879><c> was</c><00:12:45.120><c> at</c><00:12:45.279><c> great</c><00:12:45.600><c> risk.</c>

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The<00:12:46.899><c> kingdom</c><00:12:47.259><c> was</c><00:12:47.620><c> teetering</c><00:12:48.000><c> on</c><00:12:48.200><c> the</c><00:12:48.419><c> brink</c><00:12:48.820><c> of</c><00:12:49.120><c> catastrophe.</c>

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And<00:12:50.899><c> a</c><00:12:51.080><c> withered</c><00:12:51.399><c> old</c><00:12:51.700><c> man</c><00:12:52.600><c> lay</c><00:12:53.179><c> in</c><00:12:53.480><c> his</c><00:12:53.879><c> bed</c><00:12:54.360><c> under</c><00:12:55.120><c> heaps</c><00:12:55.559><c> of</c><00:12:55.799><c> bedclothes.</c>

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So<00:12:58.419><c> Nathan</c><00:12:58.679><c> the</c><00:12:58.840><c> prophet</c><00:12:59.039><c> comes</c><00:12:59.360><c> and</c><00:12:59.559><c> tells</c><00:12:59.759><c> Bathsheba</c><00:13:00.379><c> something</c><00:13:01.000><c> needs</c>

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to<00:13:01.580><c> be</c><00:13:01.679><c> done.</c>

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You<00:13:02.799><c> can't</c><00:13:03.059><c> just</c><00:13:03.399><c> leave</c><00:13:03.580><c> it</c><00:13:03.720><c> up</c><00:13:03.840><c> to</c><00:13:03.960><c> the</c><00:13:04.059><c> King</c><00:13:04.340><c> to</c><00:13:04.679><c> take</c><00:13:04.840><c> care</c>

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of<00:13:05.159><c> it.</c>

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You<00:13:05.980><c> can't</c><00:13:06.340><c> just</c><00:13:06.580><c> assume</c><00:13:06.940><c> that</c><00:13:07.139><c> the</c><00:13:07.200><c> King</c><00:13:07.580><c> by</c><00:13:07.879><c> himself</c><00:13:08.259><c> is</c><00:13:08.480><c> going</c><00:13:08.600><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:08.919><c> aware</c><00:13:09.259><c> of</c><00:13:09.639><c> what's</c><00:13:10.039><c> going</c><00:13:10.259><c> on</c>

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because<00:13:11.200><c> they</c><00:13:11.480><c> knew</c><00:13:11.799><c> that</c><00:13:12.019><c> the</c><00:13:12.179><c> old</c><00:13:12.419><c> man</c><00:13:12.940><c> didn't</c><00:13:13.539><c> even</c><00:13:14.200><c> know.</c>

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So<00:13:16.139><c> between</c><00:13:16.580><c> the</c><00:13:16.759><c> two</c><00:13:16.980><c> of</c><00:13:17.179><c> them,</c><00:13:17.539><c> Nathan</c><00:13:17.720><c> and</c><00:13:18.059><c> Bathsheba</c><00:13:18.820><c> develop</c><00:13:19.539><c> a</c><00:13:19.879><c> strategy.</c>

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It's<00:13:21.879><c> a</c><00:13:22.039><c> strategy</c><00:13:22.279><c> on</c><00:13:22.440><c> how</c><00:13:22.559><c> they're</c><00:13:22.759><c> going</c><00:13:22.840><c> to</c><00:13:23.139><c> communicate</c>

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with<00:13:23.720><c> this</c><00:13:23.940><c> old</c><00:13:24.120><c> man,</c>

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how<00:13:24.700><c> to</c><00:13:24.879><c> present</c><00:13:25.179><c> the</c><00:13:25.539><c> information</c><00:13:26.100><c> to</c><00:13:26.360><c> him</c><00:13:26.559><c> in</c><00:13:26.740><c> a</c><00:13:26.980><c> way</c><00:13:27.379><c> that</c>

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he<00:13:27.779><c> can</c><00:13:28.039><c> follow,</c>

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how<00:13:29.419><c> to</c><00:13:29.620><c> encourage</c><00:13:29.980><c> him</c><00:13:30.480><c> to</c><00:13:30.980><c> deliver</c><00:13:31.220><c> the</c><00:13:31.399><c> right</c><00:13:31.559><c> outcome.</c>

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They<00:13:33.200><c> even</c><00:13:33.620><c> plan</c><00:13:33.879><c> how</c><00:13:34.159><c> the</c><00:13:34.419><c> communication</c><00:13:35.120><c> strategy</c><00:13:35.539><c> is</c><00:13:35.740><c> going</c><00:13:35.860><c> to</c><00:13:36.080><c> work.</c>

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Nathan<00:13:37.159><c> says,</c><00:13:37.639><c> go</c><00:13:37.639><c> on</c><00:13:37.840><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:13:38.720><c> you</c><00:13:38.860><c> go</c><00:13:39.059><c> in</c><00:13:39.200><c> there</c><00:13:39.379><c> first,</c>

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you're<00:13:39.799><c> the</c><00:13:39.919><c> best</c><00:13:40.139><c> person.</c>

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You<00:13:41.139><c> start</c><00:13:41.460><c> the</c><00:13:41.779><c> story</c><00:13:42.000><c> off.</c>

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It<00:13:43.360><c> started</c><00:13:43.480><c> off</c><00:13:43.720><c> with</c><00:13:43.879><c> a</c><00:13:44.080><c> question.</c>

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Lead<00:13:45.039><c> his</c><00:13:45.320><c> mind</c><00:13:45.539><c> down</c><00:13:45.740><c> a</c><00:13:45.960><c> certain</c><00:13:46.200><c> path.</c>

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Then<00:13:47.159><c> at</c><00:13:47.399><c> exactly</c><00:13:47.700><c> the</c><00:13:47.860><c> right</c><00:13:48.059><c> time,</c><00:13:48.539><c> I'll</c><00:13:48.899><c> come</c><00:13:49.120><c> in</c><00:13:49.440><c> and</c><00:13:49.700><c> independently</c><00:13:50.179><c> corroborate</c><00:13:50.840><c> your</c><00:13:51.200><c> story</c>

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and<00:13:51.899><c> then</c><00:13:52.039><c> we'll</c><00:13:52.240><c> ask</c><00:13:52.419><c> the</c><00:13:52.620><c> King</c><00:13:52.820><c> to</c><00:13:53.100><c> make</c><00:13:53.299><c> a</c><00:13:53.519><c> decision.</c>

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Are<00:13:54.659><c> you</c><00:13:54.840><c> ready?</c><00:13:55.320><c> Right,</c><00:13:55.600><c> well</c><00:13:55.720><c> let's</c><00:13:55.879><c> go.</c>

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Now,<00:13:57.980><c> is</c><00:13:58.080><c> that</c><00:13:58.240><c> an</c><00:13:58.419><c> exaggeration?</c>

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Well,<00:13:59.940><c> let's</c><00:14:00.100><c> have</c><00:14:00.200><c> a</c><00:14:00.259><c> look</c><00:14:00.320><c> at</c><00:14:00.460><c> the</c><00:14:00.600><c> record.</c>

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1<00:14:02.100><c> Kings</c><00:14:02.559><c> chapter</c><00:14:02.960><c> 1,</c><00:14:04.019><c> verse</c><00:14:04.019><c> 5</c><00:14:04.340><c> first</c><00:14:04.620><c> for</c><00:14:04.820><c> connection.</c>

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Adonijah<00:14:05.639><c> the</c><00:14:05.779><c> son</c><00:14:06.000><c> of</c><00:14:06.240><c> Haggath</c><00:14:06.899><c> exalted</c><00:14:07.399><c> himself,</c><00:14:07.799><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:14:08.220><c> will</c><00:14:08.379><c> be</c><00:14:08.639><c> king.</c>

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He<00:14:09.539><c> prepared</c><00:14:09.820><c> him</c><00:14:10.059><c> chariots</c><00:14:10.460><c> and</c><00:14:10.639><c> horsemen,</c><00:14:11.100><c> fifty</c><00:14:11.379><c> men,</c><00:14:11.899><c> to</c>

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run<00:14:12.460><c> before</c><00:14:12.899><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:14:15.320><c> 11,</c><00:14:15.659><c> Nathan</c><00:14:16.039><c> speaks</c><00:14:16.419><c> to</c><00:14:16.600><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:14:17.139><c> the</c><00:14:17.259><c> mother</c><00:14:17.419><c> of</c>

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Solomon,<00:14:17.980><c> saying,</c>

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Hast<00:14:18.659><c> thou</c><00:14:18.919><c> not</c><00:14:19.200><c> heard</c><00:14:19.399><c> that</c><00:14:19.620><c> Adonijah</c><00:14:20.080><c> the</c><00:14:20.220><c> son</c><00:14:20.399><c> of</c><00:14:20.500><c> Haggath</c>

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doth<00:14:21.019><c> reign?</c>

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David<00:14:22.320><c> our</c><00:14:22.559><c> Lord</c><00:14:22.840><c> knoweth</c><00:14:23.159><c> it</c><00:14:23.340><c> not.</c>

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Now<00:14:24.259><c> therefore</c><00:14:24.620><c> come,</c><00:14:25.500><c> let</c><00:14:25.639><c> me,</c><00:14:25.980><c> I</c><00:14:25.980><c> pray</c><00:14:26.179><c> thee,</c><00:14:26.360><c> give</c><00:14:26.559><c> you</c><00:14:26.759><c> counsel,</c>

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so<00:14:27.500><c> you</c><00:14:27.639><c> can</c><00:14:27.879><c> save</c><00:14:28.200><c> your</c><00:14:28.440><c> own</c><00:14:28.620><c> life</c><00:14:28.960><c> and</c><00:14:29.259><c> the</c><00:14:29.379><c> life</c><00:14:29.559><c> of</c><00:14:29.740><c> thy</c><00:14:29.840><c> son</c><00:14:30.059><c> Solomon.</c>

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Verse<00:14:31.059><c> 13,</c><00:14:31.539><c> you</c><00:14:31.940><c> go</c><00:14:32.379><c> first</c><00:14:32.820><c> into</c><00:14:33.240><c> David,</c><00:14:34.019><c> and</c><00:14:34.179><c> you</c><00:14:34.399><c> say</c><00:14:34.600><c> to</c><00:14:34.700><c> him,</c><00:14:35.379><c> ask</c>

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him<00:14:35.700><c> this</c><00:14:35.980><c> question.</c>

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Didn't<00:14:37.080><c> you</c><00:14:37.399><c> swear,</c><00:14:38.159><c> my</c><00:14:38.360><c> King,</c><00:14:39.059><c> unto</c><00:14:39.259><c> your</c><00:14:39.500><c> handmaid</c><00:14:39.940><c> saying,</c>

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Assuredly<00:14:40.779><c> Solomon</c><00:14:41.100><c> thy</c><00:14:41.340><c> son</c><00:14:41.620><c> shall</c><00:14:41.860><c> reign?</c>

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And<00:14:42.960><c> verse</c><00:14:43.139><c> 14,</c><00:14:43.539><c> behold,</c><00:14:44.059><c> while</c><00:14:44.279><c> you're</c><00:14:44.519><c> still</c><00:14:44.759><c> speaking</c><00:14:45.259><c> with</c><00:14:45.679><c> the</c><00:14:45.840><c> King,</c>

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I'll<00:14:46.539><c> come</c><00:14:46.740><c> after</c><00:14:47.100><c> you,</c><00:14:47.720><c> and</c><00:14:47.899><c> I'll</c><00:14:48.159><c> confess</c><00:14:48.440><c> it's</c><00:14:49.159><c> your</c><00:14:49.299><c> plan.</c>

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And<00:14:50.679><c> Bathsheba</c><00:14:51.000><c> goes</c><00:14:51.259><c> in</c><00:14:51.600><c> and</c><00:14:51.960><c> does</c><00:14:52.200><c> exactly</c><00:14:52.860><c> what</c><00:14:53.100><c> he</c><00:14:53.340><c> suggests.</c>

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So<00:14:55.000><c> Bathsheba</c><00:14:55.379><c> goes</c><00:14:55.600><c> into</c><00:14:55.820><c> the</c><00:14:55.980><c> King</c><00:14:56.100><c> to</c><00:14:56.240><c> the</c><00:14:56.399><c> chamber.</c>

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The<00:14:56.740><c> King's</c><00:14:57.039><c> very</c><00:14:57.299><c> old.</c>

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Abishag<00:14:58.299><c> the</c><00:14:58.419><c> Shunammite's</c><00:14:59.019><c> administering</c><00:14:59.419><c> the</c><00:14:59.600><c> King,</c>

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and<00:15:00.399><c> the</c><00:15:00.500><c> Bathsheba</c><00:15:00.899><c> bows</c><00:15:01.240><c> and</c><00:15:01.419><c> does</c><00:15:01.600><c> obeisance</c><00:15:02.019><c> to</c><00:15:02.240><c> the</c><00:15:02.360><c> King</c>

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and<00:15:03.059><c> follows</c><00:15:03.399><c> the</c><00:15:03.720><c> script</c><00:15:03.940><c> as</c><00:15:04.519><c> they</c><00:15:04.799><c> have</c><00:15:05.179><c> planned.</c>

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Verse<00:15:07.039><c> 22,</c><00:15:07.600><c> Lo,</c><00:15:07.860><c> while</c><00:15:07.980><c> she's</c><00:15:08.259><c> talking</c><00:15:08.539><c> with</c><00:15:08.740><c> the</c><00:15:09.340><c> King,</c><00:15:09.820><c> Nathan</c><00:15:10.080><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:15:10.480><c> comes</c><00:15:10.799><c> in.</c>

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They<00:15:11.659><c> told</c><00:15:11.860><c> the</c><00:15:12.039><c> King,</c><00:15:12.340><c> saying,</c><00:15:12.500><c> Nathan</c><00:15:12.820><c> the</c><00:15:13.100><c> prophet's</c><00:15:13.440><c> here,</c>

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and<00:15:14.019><c> he</c><00:15:14.200><c> comes</c><00:15:14.480><c> in</c><00:15:14.659><c> and</c><00:15:14.779><c> he</c><00:15:14.940><c> bows</c><00:15:15.120><c> himself</c><00:15:15.539><c> and</c><00:15:15.840><c> continues</c><00:15:16.279><c> on</c>

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exactly<00:15:17.419><c> as</c><00:15:17.679><c> they</c><00:15:17.899><c> plan.</c>

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So<00:15:19.919><c> what</c><00:15:20.039><c> do</c><00:15:20.139><c> we</c><00:15:20.220><c> have</c><00:15:20.419><c> here?</c>

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Are<00:15:21.899><c> they</c><00:15:22.080><c> right</c><00:15:22.500><c> or</c><00:15:22.899><c> wrong</c><00:15:23.299><c> in</c><00:15:23.519><c> what</c><00:15:23.639><c> they</c><00:15:23.840><c> did?</c>

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Is<00:15:25.399><c> this</c><00:15:25.799><c> manipulation?</c>

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Is<00:15:28.379><c> this</c><00:15:28.759><c> controlling</c><00:15:29.500><c> behaviour?</c>

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No,<00:15:32.500><c> these</c><00:15:32.919><c> are</c><00:15:33.279><c> faithful</c><00:15:33.600><c> people.</c>

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They're<00:15:35.279><c> having</c><00:15:35.460><c> to</c><00:15:35.720><c> face</c><00:15:36.019><c> the</c><00:15:36.240><c> reality</c><00:15:36.720><c> of</c><00:15:37.019><c> what</c><00:15:37.220><c> they're</c>

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actually<00:15:37.980><c> dealing</c><00:15:38.179><c> with.</c>

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They're<00:15:39.700><c> dealing</c><00:15:39.980><c> with</c><00:15:40.159><c> an</c><00:15:40.399><c> old</c><00:15:40.639><c> and</c><00:15:40.940><c> infirm</c><00:15:41.240><c> man</c><00:15:41.580><c> lying</c><00:15:41.899><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:42.299><c> bed,</c>

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but<00:15:43.740><c> he's</c><00:15:44.279><c> still</c><00:15:45.059><c> the</c><00:15:45.460><c> King.</c>

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And<00:15:47.240><c> they</c><00:15:47.620><c> have</c><00:15:47.879><c> to</c><00:15:48.080><c> work</c><00:15:48.299><c> out</c><00:15:48.600><c> how</c><00:15:48.820><c> they're</c><00:15:49.019><c> going</c><00:15:49.179><c> to</c><00:15:49.419><c> deal</c>

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with<00:15:49.820><c> that.</c>

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That<00:15:51.639><c> was</c><00:15:51.879><c> the</c><00:15:52.019><c> situation</c><00:15:52.480><c> that</c><00:15:52.600><c> was</c><00:15:52.860><c> presented</c><00:15:53.240><c> to</c><00:15:53.419><c> them.</c>

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There<00:15:54.820><c> was</c><00:15:55.000><c> an</c><00:15:55.240><c> exceedingly</c><00:15:55.899><c> pressing</c><00:15:56.399><c> crisis</c><00:15:56.960><c> here,</c>

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which<00:15:58.159><c> they</c><00:15:58.480><c> had</c><00:15:58.759><c> to</c><00:15:59.019><c> address</c><00:15:59.399><c> with</c><00:15:59.679><c> David.</c>

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So<00:16:00.720><c> of</c><00:16:00.820><c> course</c><00:16:01.000><c> the</c><00:16:01.179><c> question</c><00:16:01.580><c> is,</c><00:16:02.600><c> how</c><00:16:02.940><c> best</c><00:16:03.320><c> to</c><00:16:03.519><c> do</c><00:16:03.639><c> it?</c>

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Somehow<00:16:05.080><c> they</c><00:16:05.279><c> have</c><00:16:05.500><c> to</c><00:16:05.700><c> help</c><00:16:05.940><c> this</c><00:16:06.179><c> old</c><00:16:06.460><c> man</c><00:16:07.259><c> come</c><00:16:08.059><c> to</c><00:16:08.480><c> the</c>

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right<00:16:09.039><c> conclusion.</c>

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They<00:16:10.879><c> have</c><00:16:11.100><c> to</c><00:16:11.200><c> deal</c><00:16:11.340><c> with</c><00:16:11.460><c> him</c><00:16:11.620><c> carefully</c><00:16:12.059><c> to</c><00:16:12.320><c> achieve</c><00:16:12.559><c> this.</c>

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That's<00:16:13.799><c> why</c><00:16:13.940><c> they</c><00:16:14.179><c> plan</c><00:16:14.299><c> their</c><00:16:14.539><c> strategy.</c>

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Who<00:16:15.539><c> is</c><00:16:15.759><c> going</c><00:16:15.940><c> to</c><00:16:16.200><c> say</c><00:16:16.419><c> what?</c>

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Who's<00:16:17.480><c> going</c><00:16:17.720><c> to</c><00:16:18.019><c> speak</c><00:16:18.220><c> up</c><00:16:18.480><c> first?</c>

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You<00:16:19.759><c> know,</c><00:16:20.519><c> this</c><00:16:20.679><c> is</c><00:16:20.919><c> a</c><00:16:21.039><c> very</c><00:16:21.519><c> revealing</c><00:16:22.059><c> incident.</c>

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It<00:16:22.779><c> speaks</c><00:16:23.100><c> with</c><00:16:23.399><c> that</c><00:16:23.840><c> searing</c><00:16:24.460><c> sharpness</c><00:16:25.340><c> of</c><00:16:25.740><c> the</c><00:16:25.960><c> Divine</c><00:16:26.240><c> Record,</c>

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utterly<00:16:27.639><c> objective</c><00:16:28.360><c> in</c><00:16:28.759><c> everything</c><00:16:29.299><c> that</c><00:16:29.639><c> it</c><00:16:29.860><c> records</c><00:16:30.259><c> for</c>

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us<00:16:30.980><c> to</c><00:16:31.179><c> review.</c>

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Now<00:16:33.259><c> in</c><00:16:33.340><c> this</c><00:16:33.620><c> case,</c><00:16:34.379><c> David</c><00:16:34.580><c> is</c><00:16:35.039><c> no</c><00:16:35.240><c> longer</c><00:16:35.559><c> as</c><00:16:36.019><c> capable</c><00:16:36.340><c> as</c><00:16:36.559><c> he</c>

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had<00:16:36.840><c> earlier</c><00:16:37.159><c> been,</c>

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but<00:16:37.740><c> he</c><00:16:37.919><c> is</c><00:16:38.120><c> still</c><00:16:38.879><c> an</c><00:16:39.559><c> exceedingly</c><00:16:40.240><c> faithful</c><00:16:40.960><c> man.</c>

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We<00:16:42.940><c> need</c><00:16:43.080><c> to</c><00:16:43.220><c> note</c><00:16:43.320><c> that.</c>

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He's<00:16:44.539><c> still</c><00:16:44.779><c> an</c><00:16:45.000><c> extremely</c><00:16:45.720><c> faithful</c><00:16:46.200><c> man.</c>

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He's<00:16:47.899><c> also</c><00:16:48.320><c> still</c><00:16:48.879><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:16:49.580><c> husband,</c><00:16:50.679><c> and</c><00:16:50.759><c> he</c><00:16:50.879><c> is</c><00:16:51.059><c> still</c>

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the<00:16:51.460><c> King.</c>

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So<00:16:52.559><c> they</c><00:16:52.679><c> have</c><00:16:52.840><c> to</c><00:16:52.980><c> work</c><00:16:53.139><c> with</c><00:16:53.379><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:16:54.379><c> why</c><00:16:54.539><c> they</c><00:16:54.720><c> determine</c><00:16:55.100><c> that</c><00:16:55.360><c> Bathsheba</c><00:16:55.779><c> is</c><00:16:55.940><c> the</c><00:16:56.139><c> best</c><00:16:56.519><c> person</c>

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to<00:16:57.200><c> come</c><00:16:57.519><c> and</c><00:16:58.179><c> raise</c><00:16:58.539><c> this</c><00:16:58.879><c> issue</c><00:16:59.340><c> with</c><00:16:59.799><c> the</c><00:16:59.899><c> King.</c>

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But<00:17:01.179><c> brothers</c><00:17:01.320><c> and</c><00:17:01.559><c> sisters,</c><00:17:01.919><c> and</c><00:17:01.960><c> this</c><00:17:02.139><c> is</c><00:17:02.259><c> the</c><00:17:02.440><c> point</c><00:17:02.600><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:02.980><c> record,</c>

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just<00:17:04.920><c> note</c><00:17:05.440><c> the</c><00:17:06.579><c> truly</c><00:17:07.000><c> remarkable</c><00:17:07.700><c> way</c><00:17:08.359><c> in</c><00:17:08.859><c> which</c><00:17:09.160><c> Bathsheba</c>

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interacts<00:17:10.640><c> with</c><00:17:10.920><c> David,</c>

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the<00:17:11.660><c> way</c><00:17:11.819><c> in</c><00:17:11.920><c> which</c><00:17:12.000><c> she</c><00:17:12.200><c> conducts</c><00:17:12.599><c> herself.</c>

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Let's<00:17:13.079><c> have</c><00:17:13.180><c> a</c><00:17:13.180><c> look</c><00:17:13.299><c> at</c><00:17:13.400><c> verse</c><00:17:13.579><c> 15.</c>

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Bathsheba<00:17:14.900><c> goes</c><00:17:15.140><c> into</c><00:17:15.380><c> the</c><00:17:15.579><c> King,</c><00:17:15.759><c> to</c><00:17:15.880><c> the</c><00:17:16.039><c> chamber,</c><00:17:17.160><c> and</c><00:17:17.240><c> the</c>

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King<00:17:17.779><c> was</c><00:17:18.220><c> very</c><00:17:18.920><c> old.</c>

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See<00:17:19.759><c> the</c><00:17:20.000><c> point</c><00:17:20.259><c> that</c><00:17:20.420><c> the</c><00:17:20.619><c> record's</c><00:17:20.900><c> trying</c><00:17:21.140><c> to</c><00:17:21.299><c> make</c><00:17:21.440><c> to</c><00:17:21.619><c> us?</c>

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Verse<00:17:23.400><c> 16,</c><00:17:24.759><c> Bathsheba</c><00:17:25.940><c> vowed,</c><00:17:28.180><c> and</c><00:17:28.380><c> did</c><00:17:28.779><c> obeisance</c><00:17:29.740><c> unto</c><00:17:30.140><c> the</c><00:17:30.380><c> King.</c>

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The<00:17:31.740><c> King</c><00:17:31.920><c> said,</c><00:17:32.339><c> What</c><00:17:32.420><c> wouldest</c><00:17:32.859><c> thou?</c>

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And<00:17:34.200><c> she</c><00:17:34.480><c> said</c><00:17:34.660><c> unto</c><00:17:34.940><c> him,</c><00:17:36.119><c> My</c><00:17:36.480><c> Lord,</c><00:17:38.019><c> My</c><00:17:38.240><c> Lord,</c>

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Thou<00:17:40.740><c> swearest</c><00:17:41.180><c> by</c><00:17:41.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:41.859><c> thy</c><00:17:42.099><c> God</c><00:17:42.980><c> unto</c><00:17:44.000><c> thine</c><00:17:45.039><c> handmaid.</c>

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Just<00:17:47.859><c> look</c><00:17:48.039><c> at</c><00:17:48.160><c> that</c><00:17:48.440><c> spirit</c><00:17:48.759><c> of</c><00:17:49.000><c> respect,</c><00:17:49.660><c> brothers</c><00:17:49.660><c> and</c><00:17:49.859><c> sisters.</c>

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She's<00:17:51.579><c> honest.</c>

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Verse<00:17:52.720><c> 18,</c><00:17:53.420><c> Now,</c><00:17:53.839><c> my</c><00:17:53.980><c> Lord,</c><00:17:54.680><c> the</c><00:17:54.779><c> King,</c><00:17:55.720><c> thou</c><00:17:56.000><c> knowest</c><00:17:56.440><c> it</c><00:17:56.599><c> not,</c>

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she's<00:17:57.039><c> not</c><00:17:57.259><c> deceiving</c><00:17:57.640><c> him,</c><00:17:58.279><c> she's</c><00:17:58.640><c> telling</c><00:17:58.779><c> him</c><00:17:58.960><c> that</c>

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something's<00:17:59.460><c> happening</c>

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which<00:17:59.960><c> he</c><00:18:00.240><c> is</c><00:18:00.680><c> unaware</c><00:18:01.119><c> of,</c><00:18:01.839><c> but</c><00:18:02.059><c> she</c><00:18:02.299><c> is</c><00:18:02.559><c> nevertheless</c>

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unfailingly<00:18:04.539><c> respectful.</c>

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There's<00:18:06.039><c> no</c><00:18:06.220><c> evidence</c><00:18:06.559><c> here,</c><00:18:06.839><c> is</c><00:18:06.940><c> there,</c><00:18:07.259><c> of</c><00:18:07.279><c> contempt</c><00:18:07.740><c> or</c><00:18:08.160><c> of</c><00:18:08.440><c> disdain?</c>

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There's<00:18:09.680><c> not</c><00:18:09.880><c> a</c><00:18:10.079><c> hint</c><00:18:10.240><c> of</c><00:18:10.500><c> disrespect,</c><00:18:11.140><c> just</c><00:18:11.420><c> an</c><00:18:11.619><c> abiding</c><00:18:12.079><c> recognition</c>

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that<00:18:13.480><c> the</c><00:18:13.619><c> old</c><00:18:13.839><c> man</c><00:18:14.019><c> in</c><00:18:14.200><c> front</c><00:18:14.380><c> of</c><00:18:14.579><c> her</c><00:18:14.980><c> is</c><00:18:15.599><c> her</c><00:18:15.859><c> husband,</c><00:18:17.059><c> her</c>

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Lord,<00:18:18.240><c> and</c><00:18:18.660><c> her</c><00:18:18.960><c> King.</c>

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And<00:18:20.880><c> then,</c><00:18:21.339><c> gloriously,</c><00:18:21.900><c> in</c><00:18:22.059><c> verse</c><00:18:22.259><c> 20,</c><00:18:23.519><c> having</c><00:18:23.819><c> led</c><00:18:24.140><c> his</c><00:18:24.579><c> mind</c><00:18:24.880><c> down</c><00:18:25.079><c> a</c><00:18:25.380><c> path,</c>

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having<00:18:26.900><c> presented</c><00:18:27.579><c> this</c><00:18:27.980><c> information</c><00:18:28.799><c> before</c><00:18:29.359><c> him,</c>

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she<00:18:30.700><c> leaves</c><00:18:31.140><c> the</c><00:18:31.599><c> decision</c><00:18:31.960><c>-making</c><00:18:32.400><c> in</c><00:18:32.940><c> his</c><00:18:33.400><c> hands.</c>

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Thou,<00:18:35.599><c> my</c><00:18:35.740><c> Lord,</c><00:18:36.140><c> O</c><00:18:36.160><c> King,</c><00:18:37.299><c> the</c><00:18:37.420><c> eyes</c><00:18:37.980><c> of</c><00:18:38.259><c> all</c><00:18:38.660><c> Israel</c><00:18:39.279><c> are</c>

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upon<00:18:40.099><c> thee,</c>

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that<00:18:41.900><c> thou</c><00:18:42.380><c> shouldest</c><00:18:42.880><c> tell</c><00:18:43.220><c> them</c><00:18:43.799><c> who</c><00:18:44.220><c> shall</c><00:18:44.539><c> sit</c><00:18:45.000><c> on</c><00:18:45.440><c> the</c><00:18:45.660><c> throne</c><00:18:45.859><c> of</c>

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my<00:18:46.259><c> Lord</c><00:18:46.480><c> the</c><00:18:46.700><c> King</c><00:18:47.220><c> after</c><00:18:47.799><c> him.</c>

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In<00:18:49.759><c> fact,</c><00:18:50.559><c> she's</c><00:18:50.900><c> providing</c><00:18:51.299><c> him</c><00:18:51.559><c> the</c><00:18:51.880><c> support</c><00:18:52.500><c> that</c><00:18:53.319><c> enables</c>

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him<00:18:54.039><c> to</c><00:18:54.539><c> fulfil</c><00:18:55.160><c> his</c><00:18:55.819><c> role.</c>

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She's<00:18:57.759><c> acknowledging</c><00:18:58.140><c> him</c><00:18:58.519><c> as</c><00:18:59.500><c> her</c><00:18:59.940><c> head.</c>

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She's<00:19:01.180><c> there</c><00:19:01.420><c> to</c><00:19:01.680><c> help</c><00:19:01.839><c> him.</c>

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She's<00:19:03.599><c> assisted</c><00:19:03.940><c> him</c><00:19:04.160><c> to</c><00:19:04.380><c> comprehend</c><00:19:04.980><c> what</c><00:19:05.279><c> the</c><00:19:05.460><c> issues</c><00:19:05.680><c> are</c>

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and<00:19:06.599><c> what's</c><00:19:07.000><c> needed</c><00:19:07.299><c> from</c><00:19:07.599><c> him.</c>

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She<00:19:08.359><c> explains</c><00:19:08.779><c> to</c><00:19:08.940><c> him</c><00:19:09.000><c> that</c><00:19:09.140><c> all</c><00:19:09.339><c> of</c><00:19:09.480><c> Israel</c><00:19:09.839><c> are</c><00:19:10.039><c> now</c><00:19:10.240><c> waiting</c><00:19:10.539><c> for</c>

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his<00:19:11.039><c> decision.</c>

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And<00:19:12.480><c> even</c><00:19:13.099><c> in</c><00:19:13.500><c> his</c><00:19:13.940><c> deficiency,</c><00:19:15.819><c> she's</c><00:19:16.319><c> still</c><00:19:16.700><c> depending</c><00:19:17.059><c> upon</c><00:19:17.400><c> him</c>

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to<00:19:18.000><c> make</c><00:19:18.180><c> this</c><00:19:18.420><c> decision.</c>

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It's<00:19:20.359><c> an</c><00:19:20.380><c> outstanding</c><00:19:20.920><c> example</c><00:19:21.559><c> of</c><00:19:21.759><c> how</c><00:19:22.220><c> these</c><00:19:22.559><c> divine</c><00:19:22.940><c> and</c>

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scriptural<00:19:23.519><c> principles</c>

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can<00:19:24.359><c> still</c><00:19:24.619><c> be</c><00:19:24.940><c> applied</c><00:19:25.440><c> even</c><00:19:26.059><c> when</c><00:19:26.299><c> dealing</c><00:19:26.500><c> with</c><00:19:26.700><c> a</c><00:19:26.839><c> man</c><00:19:27.039><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:27.599><c> weakness</c><00:19:28.000><c> and</c><00:19:28.440><c> his</c><00:19:28.599><c> limitations.</c>

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So<00:19:30.440><c> sisters,</c><00:19:30.880><c> what</c><00:19:31.059><c> do</c><00:19:31.200><c> you</c><00:19:31.359><c> do</c><00:19:31.559><c> if</c><00:19:31.720><c> your</c><00:19:31.960><c> husband</c><00:19:32.359><c> is</c><00:19:32.599><c> not</c><00:19:32.900><c> perceptive</c><00:19:33.720><c> or</c>

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not<00:19:34.359><c> in</c><00:19:34.660><c> touch?</c>

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What<00:19:36.039><c> happens</c><00:19:36.299><c> if</c><00:19:36.400><c> he</c><00:19:36.539><c> doesn't</c><00:19:36.839><c> spot</c><00:19:37.180><c> the</c><00:19:37.440><c> fact</c><00:19:37.720><c> that</c><00:19:37.960><c> he</c><00:19:38.200><c> has</c>

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to<00:19:38.559><c> make</c><00:19:38.720><c> some</c><00:19:38.940><c> decisions</c><00:19:39.339><c> and</c><00:19:39.519><c> take</c><00:19:39.740><c> the</c><00:19:39.880><c> lead</c>

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because<00:19:40.900><c> he</c><00:19:41.000><c> didn't</c><00:19:41.220><c> even</c><00:19:41.420><c> know</c><00:19:41.579><c> the</c><00:19:41.819><c> issue</c><00:19:42.099><c> existed</c><00:19:42.640><c> in</c><00:19:42.980><c> the</c>

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first<00:19:43.299><c> place?</c>

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Well,<00:19:44.819><c> that's</c><00:19:45.079><c> exactly</c><00:19:45.460><c> the</c><00:19:45.660><c> situation</c><00:19:46.119><c> we</c><00:19:46.339><c> have</c><00:19:46.519><c> here</c><00:19:46.779><c> with</c>

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Bathsheba<00:19:47.619><c> and</c><00:19:48.220><c> David</c><00:19:48.519><c> on</c><00:19:48.660><c> this</c><00:19:48.819><c> occasion.</c>

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She's<00:19:49.500><c> a</c><00:19:49.579><c> wonderful</c><00:19:49.980><c> illustration</c><00:19:50.559><c> of</c><00:19:50.700><c> how</c><00:19:50.859><c> it's</c><00:19:51.140><c> possible</c>

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to<00:19:52.279><c> take</c><00:19:52.559><c> the</c><00:19:52.799><c> scriptural</c><00:19:53.180><c> principles</c>

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and<00:19:54.460><c> still</c><00:19:55.079><c> be</c><00:19:55.480><c> able</c><00:19:55.640><c> to</c><00:19:55.880><c> apply</c><00:19:56.099><c> them</c><00:19:56.480><c> in</c><00:19:56.759><c> these</c><00:19:57.000><c> circumstances.</c>

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Because<00:19:58.660><c> of</c><00:19:58.819><c> course,</c><00:19:59.240><c> sisters,</c><00:19:59.480><c> we</c><00:19:59.500><c> have</c><00:19:59.740><c> to</c><00:19:59.839><c> acknowledge</c><00:20:00.259><c> that</c><00:20:00.559><c> not</c><00:20:00.779><c> one</c><00:20:01.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:01.779><c> men,</c>

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not<00:20:02.779><c> one</c><00:20:03.000><c> of</c><00:20:03.140><c> the</c><00:20:03.259><c> men</c><00:20:03.400><c> that</c><00:20:03.539><c> you</c><00:20:03.680><c> are</c><00:20:03.839><c> going</c><00:20:03.960><c> to</c><00:20:04.160><c> deal</c><00:20:04.279><c> with</c><00:20:04.440><c> in</c>

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life,<00:20:05.299><c> is</c><00:20:05.519><c> perfect.</c>

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So<00:20:07.539><c> we</c><00:20:07.700><c> have</c><00:20:07.880><c> the</c><00:20:08.039><c> challenge</c><00:20:08.359><c> of</c><00:20:08.640><c> applying</c><00:20:09.240><c> scriptural</c><00:20:09.799><c> principles</c><00:20:10.400><c> in</c>

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real<00:20:11.039><c> life</c><00:20:11.279><c> situations</c>

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in<00:20:12.119><c> ways</c><00:20:12.539><c> that</c><00:20:13.279><c> still</c><00:20:13.660><c> uphold</c><00:20:14.380><c> divine</c><00:20:14.880><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:20:16.460><c> isn't</c><00:20:16.720><c> it</c><00:20:16.940><c> interesting</c><00:20:17.319><c> that</c><00:20:17.539><c> the</c><00:20:17.700><c> way</c><00:20:17.920><c> in</c><00:20:18.059><c> which</c><00:20:18.559><c> sisters</c><00:20:19.019><c> respond</c><00:20:19.759><c> in</c><00:20:20.079><c> times</c><00:20:20.440><c> of</c>

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impaired<00:20:21.559><c> leadership</c>

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can<00:20:23.039><c> have</c><00:20:23.240><c> a</c><00:20:23.380><c> significant</c><00:20:23.940><c> impact</c><00:20:24.559><c> on</c><00:20:24.920><c> the</c><00:20:25.119><c> ultimate</c><00:20:25.559><c> outcome?</c>

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Well,<00:20:27.319><c> that's</c><00:20:27.539><c> very</c><00:20:27.839><c> cogently</c><00:20:28.200><c> illustrated</c><00:20:28.700><c> in</c><00:20:28.900><c> our</c><00:20:28.980><c> next</c><00:20:29.339><c> example.</c>

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This<00:20:30.500><c> is</c><00:20:30.839><c> 1</c><00:20:31.200><c> Samuel,</c><00:20:31.940><c> Chapter</c><00:20:32.319><c> 1,</c><00:20:32.980><c> and</c><00:20:33.079><c> it's</c><00:20:33.359><c> the</c><00:20:33.519><c> story</c><00:20:33.779><c> of</c><00:20:33.980><c> Hannah.</c>

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This<00:20:36.259><c> time</c><00:20:36.460><c> I</c><00:20:36.579><c> think</c><00:20:36.779><c> I've</c><00:20:36.960><c> got</c><00:20:37.019><c> the</c><00:20:37.119><c> right</c><00:20:37.299><c> passage.</c>

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1<00:20:39.160><c> Samuel,</c><00:20:39.700><c> Chapter</c><00:20:39.960><c> 1.</c>

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Now<00:20:41.720><c> this</c><00:20:41.819><c> is</c><00:20:42.019><c> a</c><00:20:42.019><c> really</c><00:20:42.299><c> interesting</c><00:20:42.660><c> example</c><00:20:43.039><c> because</c><00:20:43.279><c> this</c>

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is<00:20:43.819><c> not</c><00:20:44.380><c> an</c><00:20:44.740><c> example</c><00:20:45.200><c> of</c><00:20:45.980><c> a</c><00:20:46.259><c> wife</c><00:20:46.599><c> and</c><00:20:46.900><c> her</c><00:20:47.099><c> husband.</c>

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It's<00:20:48.420><c> an</c><00:20:48.559><c> example</c><00:20:48.940><c> about</c><00:20:49.279><c> a</c><00:20:49.519><c> sister</c><00:20:50.019><c> and</c><00:20:50.839><c> an</c><00:20:51.019><c> ecclesial</c><00:20:51.359><c> leader.</c>

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Now<00:20:51.940><c> we</c><00:20:52.039><c> know</c><00:20:52.240><c> the</c><00:20:52.380><c> story</c><00:20:52.619><c> well.</c>

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In<00:20:54.059><c> verse</c><00:20:54.480><c> 6</c><00:20:54.920><c> and</c><00:20:55.000><c> 7</c><00:20:55.299><c> we're</c><00:20:55.500><c> told</c><00:20:55.859><c> that</c><00:20:57.119><c> Hannah,</c><00:20:57.559><c> or</c><00:20:57.740><c> verse</c><00:20:57.980><c> 5,</c>

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Yahweh<00:20:59.059><c> had</c><00:20:59.400><c> shut</c><00:20:59.700><c> up</c><00:21:00.000><c> her</c><00:21:00.299><c> womb.</c>

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Her<00:21:01.819><c> adversary</c><00:21:02.220><c> also</c><00:21:02.640><c> provoked</c><00:21:02.980><c> her</c><00:21:03.420><c> saw</c><00:21:03.640><c> for</c><00:21:03.839><c> to</c><00:21:04.019><c> make</c><00:21:04.200><c> her</c>

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fret<00:21:04.660><c> because</c><00:21:05.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:06.039><c> had</c><00:21:06.440><c> shut</c><00:21:06.660><c> up</c><00:21:07.279><c> her</c><00:21:07.839><c> womb.</c>

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So<00:21:09.160><c> here</c><00:21:09.319><c> we</c><00:21:09.480><c> have</c><00:21:09.700><c> two</c><00:21:09.980><c> very</c><00:21:10.319><c> faithful</c><00:21:10.599><c> people.</c>

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We<00:21:11.200><c> have</c><00:21:11.460><c> Hannah</c><00:21:11.880><c> and</c><00:21:12.380><c> her</c><00:21:12.559><c> husband,</c><00:21:13.180><c> Elkanah.</c>

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Being<00:21:16.039><c> faithful,</c><00:21:16.519><c> however,</c><00:21:16.920><c> does</c><00:21:17.140><c> not</c><00:21:17.339><c> mean</c><00:21:17.579><c> that</c><00:21:17.819><c> everything</c><00:21:18.099><c> always</c><00:21:18.619><c> goes</c><00:21:19.019><c> easily</c><00:21:19.579><c> in</c><00:21:19.960><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:21.819><c> Hannah</c><00:21:22.119><c> was</c><00:21:22.579><c> afflicted</c><00:21:23.079><c> with</c><00:21:23.259><c> a</c><00:21:23.440><c> very</c><00:21:23.859><c> personal</c><00:21:24.400><c> sorrow,</c>

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the<00:21:25.680><c> sadness</c><00:21:26.000><c> of</c><00:21:26.180><c> not</c><00:21:26.420><c> being</c><00:21:26.660><c> able</c><00:21:26.940><c> to</c><00:21:27.240><c> have</c><00:21:27.539><c> a</c><00:21:27.799><c> child,</c>

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never<00:21:29.299><c> to</c><00:21:29.480><c> be</c><00:21:29.640><c> able</c><00:21:29.900><c> to</c><00:21:30.160><c> cradle</c><00:21:30.420><c> her</c><00:21:30.619><c> own</c><00:21:30.759><c> little</c><00:21:30.960><c> baby,</c><00:21:31.279><c> to</c><00:21:31.339><c> hold</c><00:21:31.559><c> her</c><00:21:31.799><c> own</c><00:21:32.079><c> dear</c><00:21:32.279><c> little</c><00:21:32.619><c> son</c><00:21:33.000><c> in</c>

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her<00:21:34.339><c> arms.</c>

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So<00:21:35.880><c> this</c><00:21:36.140><c> is</c><00:21:36.319><c> a</c><00:21:36.559><c> sorrow</c><00:21:36.819><c> which</c><00:21:37.180><c> endured</c><00:21:37.500><c> for</c><00:21:37.900><c> her</c><00:21:38.420><c> for</c><00:21:39.240><c> years</c>

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because<00:21:40.839><c> the</c><00:21:41.059><c> record</c><00:21:41.240><c> says</c><00:21:41.579><c> that</c><00:21:41.839><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:42.200><c> had</c><00:21:42.660><c> shut</c><00:21:42.859><c> up</c><00:21:43.339><c> her</c><00:21:43.680><c> womb.</c>

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Now<00:21:44.579><c> to</c><00:21:44.700><c> make</c><00:21:44.920><c> matters</c><00:21:45.140><c> much</c><00:21:45.519><c> worse,</c><00:21:46.059><c> there</c><00:21:46.059><c> was</c><00:21:46.299><c> conflict</c><00:21:46.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:47.079><c> household,</c><00:21:47.700><c> in</c><00:21:47.880><c> the</c><00:21:48.039><c> family</c><00:21:48.319><c> home.</c>

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There<00:21:48.839><c> was</c><00:21:49.319><c> an</c><00:21:49.700><c> adversary</c><00:21:50.240><c> within,</c><00:21:50.759><c> as</c><00:21:50.759><c> the</c><00:21:50.960><c> record</c><00:21:51.140><c> describes</c><00:21:51.640><c> it,</c><00:21:52.200><c> probably</c><00:21:52.579><c> Penina,</c><00:21:53.720><c> someone</c><00:21:54.059><c> who</c>

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provoked<00:21:55.039><c> her</c><00:21:55.720><c> sorely.</c>

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Now<00:21:58.220><c> Hannah</c><00:21:58.420><c> did</c><00:21:58.799><c> have</c><00:21:59.240><c> loving</c><00:21:59.599><c> support</c><00:22:00.180><c> in</c><00:22:00.460><c> her</c><00:22:00.660><c> husband.</c>

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And<00:22:02.200><c> you</c><00:22:02.279><c> read</c><00:22:02.500><c> through</c><00:22:02.700><c> the</c><00:22:02.839><c> record</c><00:22:03.039><c> and</c><00:22:03.200><c> you</c><00:22:03.359><c> see</c><00:22:03.539><c> that</c><00:22:03.680><c> Elkanah's</c><00:22:04.519><c> trying</c><00:22:05.019><c> to</c>

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do<00:22:05.500><c> what</c><00:22:05.660><c> he</c><00:22:05.960><c> can</c><00:22:06.119><c> to</c><00:22:06.359><c> help.</c>

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He<00:22:07.680><c> tries</c><00:22:07.960><c> to</c><00:22:08.240><c> reach</c><00:22:08.480><c> through</c><00:22:08.799><c> the</c><00:22:09.019><c> barrier</c><00:22:09.400><c> of</c><00:22:09.880><c> her</c><00:22:10.200><c> pain</c><00:22:10.559><c> and</c>

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her<00:22:11.259><c> grief,</c><00:22:12.019><c> but</c><00:22:12.440><c> he's</c><00:22:12.680><c> unable</c><00:22:13.119><c> to</c><00:22:13.420><c> remove</c><00:22:13.779><c> her</c><00:22:14.059><c> suffering.</c>

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After<00:22:15.859><c> all,</c><00:22:16.140><c> he's</c><00:22:16.299><c> not</c><00:22:16.599><c> experiencing</c><00:22:17.279><c> it</c><00:22:17.500><c> to</c><00:22:17.640><c> the</c><00:22:17.779><c> same</c><00:22:17.960><c> extent</c><00:22:18.339><c> that</c>

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she<00:22:18.720><c> is</c><00:22:19.019><c> because</c><00:22:19.420><c> he</c><00:22:20.099><c> already</c><00:22:20.640><c> has</c><00:22:20.940><c> children.</c>

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She<00:22:22.220><c> does</c><00:22:22.460><c> not.</c>

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Sometimes<00:22:24.460><c> there</c><00:22:24.660><c> are</c><00:22:24.839><c> households</c><00:22:25.319><c> who</c><00:22:26.279><c> do</c><00:22:26.579><c> suffer</c><00:22:27.140><c> situations</c><00:22:27.900><c> over</c><00:22:28.240><c> the</c>

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years<00:22:28.660><c> where</c><00:22:28.900><c> the</c><00:22:29.039><c> wife</c><00:22:29.259><c> has</c><00:22:29.539><c> a</c><00:22:29.799><c> grief</c><00:22:30.099><c> or</c><00:22:30.700><c> a</c><00:22:30.900><c> burden</c><00:22:31.119><c> to</c><00:22:31.420><c> bear</c>

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that<00:22:32.200><c> the</c><00:22:32.339><c> husband</c><00:22:32.640><c> finds</c><00:22:33.019><c> very</c><00:22:33.500><c> hard</c><00:22:33.759><c> to</c><00:22:34.059><c> help</c><00:22:34.279><c> lift</c><00:22:34.640><c> or</c><00:22:35.119><c> help</c>

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to<00:22:35.539><c> make</c><00:22:35.859><c> easier.</c>

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So<00:22:38.299><c> in</c><00:22:38.400><c> this</c><00:22:38.640><c> case,</c><00:22:39.619><c> Hannah</c><00:22:39.720><c> does</c><00:22:39.960><c> the</c><00:22:40.140><c> only</c><00:22:40.319><c> thing</c><00:22:40.460><c> open</c><00:22:40.640><c> to</c><00:22:40.819><c> her.</c>

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She<00:22:41.220><c> comes</c><00:22:41.700><c> along</c><00:22:42.079><c> to</c><00:22:42.319><c> the</c><00:22:42.440><c> meeting.</c>

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She<00:22:43.940><c> participates</c><00:22:44.900><c> in</c><00:22:45.099><c> the</c><00:22:45.339><c> offerings</c><00:22:45.740><c> and</c><00:22:46.559><c> in</c><00:22:46.740><c> the</c><00:22:46.900><c> fellowship</c><00:22:47.220><c> meal.</c>

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And<00:22:48.420><c> then</c><00:22:48.619><c> she</c><00:22:48.920><c> pours</c><00:22:49.559><c> out</c><00:22:49.740><c> her</c><00:22:50.019><c> troubles</c><00:22:50.500><c> in</c><00:22:51.200><c> prayer</c><00:22:51.420><c> to</c><00:22:51.579><c> God.</c>

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Deep<00:22:53.500><c> anguished</c><00:22:54.319><c> pleading.</c>

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Verse<00:22:55.920><c> 10</c><00:22:56.259><c> talks</c><00:22:56.519><c> about</c><00:22:56.880><c> her</c><00:22:57.220><c> weeping</c><00:22:57.700><c> sore.</c>

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Verse<00:22:59.079><c> 10</c><00:22:59.380><c> praying</c><00:22:59.799><c> in</c><00:23:00.099><c> bitterness</c><00:23:00.440><c> of</c><00:23:00.819><c> soul.</c>

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Verse<00:23:02.019><c> 13,</c><00:23:02.460><c> she's</c><00:23:02.880><c> speaking</c><00:23:03.380><c> in</c><00:23:04.240><c> her</c><00:23:04.759><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:23:07.559><c> at</c><00:23:07.799><c> that</c><00:23:08.160><c> very</c><00:23:08.539><c> point,</c><00:23:10.519><c> at</c><00:23:10.720><c> that</c><00:23:11.019><c> crisis</c><00:23:11.759><c> of</c><00:23:12.119><c> emotion,</c><00:23:13.799><c> as</c>

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this<00:23:14.220><c> faithful</c><00:23:14.599><c> sister</c><00:23:15.099><c> is</c><00:23:15.640><c> pouring</c><00:23:16.039><c> out</c><00:23:16.339><c> her</c><00:23:16.660><c> agony</c><00:23:17.000><c> to</c><00:23:17.240><c> God</c>

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in<00:23:17.920><c> prayer,</c>

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there<00:23:19.400><c> in</c><00:23:20.000><c> that</c><00:23:20.420><c> place</c><00:23:21.019><c> of</c><00:23:21.579><c> all</c><00:23:22.200><c> places,</c><00:23:24.299><c> the</c><00:23:24.500><c> head</c><00:23:24.859><c> of</c><00:23:25.079><c> their</c>

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religious<00:23:25.619><c> community</c><00:23:26.559><c> observes</c><00:23:27.740><c> her</c><00:23:28.019><c> conduct</c>

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and<00:23:29.779><c> completely</c><00:23:30.460><c> and</c><00:23:31.180><c> totally</c><00:23:31.839><c> misjudges</c><00:23:32.440><c> her.</c>

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He<00:23:33.940><c> observes</c><00:23:34.259><c> certain</c><00:23:34.559><c> facts</c><00:23:34.819><c> about</c><00:23:35.099><c> her</c><00:23:35.299><c> behavior</c><00:23:35.759><c> and</c><00:23:36.400><c> he</c><00:23:36.619><c> jumps</c><00:23:36.880><c> to</c><00:23:37.099><c> a</c><00:23:37.240><c> conclusion.</c>

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And<00:23:38.460><c> upon</c><00:23:38.839><c> that</c><00:23:39.200><c> poor</c><00:23:39.579><c> woman</c><00:23:40.099><c> who's</c><00:23:41.119><c> come</c><00:23:41.279><c> along</c><00:23:41.500><c> to</c><00:23:41.660><c> this</c><00:23:41.920><c> place</c><00:23:42.160><c> of</c>

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all<00:23:42.960><c> places</c><00:23:43.480><c> for</c><00:23:43.859><c> respite,</c>

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he<00:23:45.839><c> heaps</c><00:23:46.079><c> the</c><00:23:46.359><c> opprobrium</c><00:23:46.759><c> of</c><00:23:46.940><c> the</c><00:23:47.079><c> fact</c><00:23:47.200><c> that</c><00:23:47.380><c> she's</c><00:23:47.640><c> a</c><00:23:47.759><c> drunken</c><00:23:48.200><c> sock,</c><00:23:49.000><c> an</c>

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unclean<00:23:49.559><c> woman</c><00:23:50.000><c> who</c><00:23:50.339><c> needs</c><00:23:50.539><c> to</c><00:23:50.799><c> clean</c><00:23:50.920><c> up</c><00:23:51.160><c> her</c><00:23:51.299><c> act.</c>

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So<00:23:53.420><c> we</c><00:23:53.619><c> read,</c><00:23:53.779><c> for</c><00:23:54.039><c> example,</c>

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It<00:23:56.380><c> came</c><00:23:56.539><c> to</c><00:23:56.779><c> pass</c><00:23:56.980><c> as</c><00:23:57.140><c> she</c><00:23:57.299><c> continued</c><00:23:57.700><c> praying</c><00:23:58.079><c> that</c><00:23:58.359><c> Eli</c><00:23:58.640><c> marked</c><00:23:58.960><c> her</c><00:23:59.160><c> mouth.</c>

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Hannah,<00:24:00.740><c> she</c><00:24:00.740><c> spake</c><00:24:00.940><c> in</c><00:24:01.119><c> her</c><00:24:01.279><c> heart,</c><00:24:01.539><c> only</c><00:24:01.759><c> her</c><00:24:01.940><c> lips</c><00:24:02.180><c> moved,</c>

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her<00:24:02.720><c> voice</c><00:24:03.000><c> was</c><00:24:03.240><c> not</c><00:24:03.460><c> heard.</c>

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Therefore<00:24:04.839><c> Eli</c><00:24:05.279><c> thought</c><00:24:05.759><c> she'd</c><00:24:06.039><c> been</c><00:24:06.299><c> drunken.</c>

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And<00:24:07.500><c> Eli</c><00:24:07.740><c> said</c><00:24:07.940><c> unto</c><00:24:08.160><c> her,</c><00:24:08.460><c> How</c><00:24:08.640><c> long</c><00:24:08.960><c> wilt</c><00:24:09.180><c> thou</c><00:24:09.380><c> be</c><00:24:09.640><c> drunken?</c>

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Put<00:24:10.579><c> away</c><00:24:11.140><c> thy</c><00:24:11.680><c> wine</c><00:24:12.119><c> from</c><00:24:12.480><c> thee.</c>

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Can<00:24:15.000><c> you</c><00:24:15.240><c> imagine</c><00:24:15.720><c> how</c><00:24:16.079><c> those</c><00:24:16.400><c> words</c><00:24:16.700><c> would</c><00:24:16.920><c> have</c><00:24:17.160><c> cut</c><00:24:17.599><c> or</c><00:24:18.359><c> been</c><00:24:18.519><c> like</c><00:24:18.819><c> a</c><00:24:19.099><c> slap</c><00:24:19.339><c> across</c><00:24:19.799><c> a</c>

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raw<00:24:20.259><c> open</c><00:24:20.640><c> wound?</c>

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The<00:24:22.119><c> high</c><00:24:22.519><c> priest,</c><00:24:23.920><c> the</c><00:24:23.980><c> very</c><00:24:24.279><c> man</c><00:24:24.579><c> you</c><00:24:24.700><c> would</c><00:24:24.900><c> look</c><00:24:25.140><c> to</c><00:24:25.500><c> for</c>

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compassion,<00:24:27.000><c> for</c><00:24:27.259><c> understanding,</c><00:24:28.319><c> for</c><00:24:28.460><c> guidance</c><00:24:28.779><c> and</c><00:24:29.019><c> insight.</c>

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Shock,<00:24:31.299><c> disbelief,</c><00:24:32.500><c> horror</c><00:24:32.799><c> would</c><00:24:33.039><c> have</c><00:24:33.220><c> clutched</c><00:24:33.539><c> at</c><00:24:33.640><c> her</c><00:24:33.819><c> heart.</c>

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Surely<00:24:35.519><c> not.</c><00:24:36.539><c> He</c><00:24:36.740><c> can't</c><00:24:37.099><c> be</c><00:24:37.500><c> thinking</c><00:24:37.900><c> that</c><00:24:38.440><c> about</c><00:24:38.859><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:24:41.140><c> this</c><00:24:41.240><c> is</c><00:24:41.380><c> a</c><00:24:41.480><c> man</c><00:24:41.599><c> who</c><00:24:41.839><c> carried</c><00:24:42.000><c> responsibility</c><00:24:42.640><c> to</c><00:24:42.920><c> uphold</c><00:24:43.339><c> the</c>

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things<00:24:43.720><c> of</c><00:24:43.940><c> God.</c>

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The<00:24:44.640><c> sanctity</c><00:24:45.359><c> of</c><00:24:45.960><c> the</c><00:24:46.240><c> temple</c><00:24:46.559><c> worship</c><00:24:47.079><c> needed</c><00:24:47.599><c> to</c><00:24:47.799><c> be</c><00:24:47.940><c> preserved</c><00:24:48.420><c> by</c><00:24:48.660><c> him.</c>

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He<00:24:48.880><c> was</c><00:24:49.000><c> there</c><00:24:49.160><c> to</c><00:24:49.380><c> provide</c><00:24:49.700><c> guidance</c><00:24:50.140><c> to</c><00:24:50.339><c> Israel</c><00:24:50.759><c> on</c><00:24:51.240><c> holiness.</c>

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He's<00:24:52.359><c> appalled</c><00:24:53.259><c> at</c><00:24:53.519><c> her</c><00:24:53.720><c> behavior.</c>

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He's<00:24:55.339><c> moved</c><00:24:55.859><c> by</c><00:24:56.960><c> her</c><00:24:57.440><c> behavior</c><00:24:57.859><c> with</c><00:24:58.140><c> indignation.</c>

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And<00:24:59.339><c> so</c><00:24:59.480><c> he</c><00:24:59.680><c> rebukes</c><00:25:00.079><c> her</c><00:25:00.319><c> openly.</c>

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It's<00:25:02.539><c> just</c><00:25:02.859><c> that</c><00:25:03.039><c> he</c><00:25:03.220><c> got</c><00:25:03.339><c> it</c><00:25:04.140><c> horribly</c><00:25:04.839><c> tragically</c><00:25:05.839><c> wrong.</c>

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You<00:25:08.759><c> see,</c><00:25:09.720><c> men</c><00:25:09.880><c> make</c><00:25:10.119><c> mistakes.</c>

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Even<00:25:12.599><c> spiritual</c><00:25:13.059><c> leaders</c><00:25:13.680><c> make</c><00:25:14.460><c> mistakes.</c>

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The<00:25:16.640><c> record</c><00:25:16.859><c> tells</c><00:25:17.180><c> us</c><00:25:17.440><c> that</c><00:25:17.579><c> he</c><00:25:17.819><c> marked</c><00:25:18.299><c> her</c><00:25:18.859><c> mouth</c><00:25:19.480><c> and</c><00:25:20.599><c> he</c>

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thought<00:25:21.779><c> and</c><00:25:23.079><c> he</c><00:25:23.819><c> said,</c><00:25:25.400><c> but</c><00:25:25.720><c> he</c><00:25:25.819><c> was</c><00:25:26.039><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:25:27.880><c> so</c><00:25:28.019><c> greatly</c><00:25:28.359><c> exacerbating</c><00:25:29.180><c> all</c><00:25:29.400><c> her</c><00:25:29.660><c> other</c><00:25:30.319><c> trials</c><00:25:30.859><c> and</c>

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sorrow,<00:25:32.099><c> he</c><00:25:32.380><c> bestows</c><00:25:32.759><c> this</c><00:25:33.180><c> final</c><00:25:33.579><c> indignity.</c>

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He<00:25:35.500><c> openly</c><00:25:36.019><c> and</c><00:25:36.539><c> publicly</c><00:25:36.940><c> rebukes</c><00:25:37.420><c> her.</c>

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God's<00:25:39.000><c> high</c><00:25:39.259><c> priest</c><00:25:39.539><c> rebuking</c><00:25:40.099><c> her</c><00:25:40.420><c> in</c><00:25:40.640><c> public</c><00:25:40.940><c> for</c><00:25:41.480><c> drunkenness.</c>

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So<00:25:45.200><c> brothers</c><00:25:45.420><c> and</c><00:25:45.619><c> sisters,</c><00:25:46.059><c> in</c><00:25:46.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:46.420><c> life,</c><00:25:48.039><c> have</c><00:25:48.119><c> you</c>

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ever<00:25:48.599><c> felt</c><00:25:48.980><c> that</c><00:25:49.279><c> you</c><00:25:49.700><c> or</c><00:25:50.660><c> others</c><00:25:51.200><c> close</c><00:25:51.619><c> to</c><00:25:51.819><c> you</c><00:25:52.099><c> have</c><00:25:52.400><c> been</c><00:25:53.180><c> misjudged?</c>

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Or<00:25:55.400><c> that</c><00:25:55.640><c> people</c><00:25:55.980><c> have</c><00:25:56.359><c> been</c><00:25:56.819><c> unfair</c><00:25:57.460><c> to</c><00:25:57.700><c> us?</c>

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Or<00:25:59.279><c> accused</c><00:25:59.579><c> us</c><00:25:59.900><c> of</c><00:26:00.059><c> things</c><00:26:00.420><c> that</c><00:26:00.619><c> we</c><00:26:00.799><c> haven't</c><00:26:01.079><c> done?</c>

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Or<00:26:03.240><c> not</c><00:26:03.519><c> reached</c><00:26:03.859><c> a</c><00:26:04.079><c> helping</c><00:26:04.279><c> hand</c><00:26:04.859><c> when</c><00:26:05.059><c> we</c><00:26:05.240><c> were</c><00:26:05.380><c> down?</c>

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Or<00:26:06.960><c> rather</c><00:26:07.279><c> replaced</c><00:26:07.680><c> it</c><00:26:07.900><c> with</c><00:26:08.079><c> a</c><00:26:08.240><c> kick</c><00:26:08.339><c> in</c><00:26:08.480><c> the</c><00:26:08.619><c> teeth?</c>

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Have<00:26:10.759><c> we</c><00:26:10.960><c> ever</c><00:26:11.160><c> felt</c><00:26:11.359><c> that</c><00:26:11.559><c> our</c><00:26:11.839><c> community's</c><00:26:12.400><c> leaders</c><00:26:12.599><c> have</c>

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got<00:26:12.960><c> it</c><00:26:13.220><c> terribly</c><00:26:13.700><c> wrong</c><00:26:14.220><c> in</c><00:26:14.839><c> their</c><00:26:15.000><c> judgment</c><00:26:15.339><c> of</c><00:26:15.519><c> us?</c>

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Or<00:26:16.940><c> our</c><00:26:17.119><c> friends?</c>

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Or<00:26:18.440><c> our</c><00:26:18.599><c> families?</c>

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Our<00:26:21.779><c> objective</c><00:26:22.099><c> today,</c><00:26:22.460><c> of</c><00:26:22.619><c> course,</c><00:26:22.920><c> is</c><00:26:22.960><c> not</c><00:26:23.200><c> to</c><00:26:23.420><c> determine</c>

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whether<00:26:24.259><c> they</c><00:26:24.480><c> did</c><00:26:24.779><c> or</c><00:26:25.079><c> not.</c>

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But<00:26:26.759><c> simply</c><00:26:27.019><c> to</c><00:26:27.259><c> note</c><00:26:27.759><c> that</c><00:26:28.420><c> people</c><00:26:28.880><c> make</c><00:26:29.579><c> mistakes.</c>

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Here's<00:26:31.680><c> a</c><00:26:31.799><c> sister</c><00:26:32.259><c> at</c><00:26:33.220><c> a</c><00:26:33.420><c> time</c><00:26:33.559><c> of</c><00:26:33.839><c> personal</c><00:26:34.579><c> vulnerability.</c>

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She's<00:26:36.859><c> misjudged</c><00:26:37.500><c> terribly</c><00:26:37.980><c> by</c><00:26:38.259><c> the</c><00:26:38.380><c> high</c><00:26:38.619><c> priest</c><00:26:39.079><c> who</c><00:26:39.740><c> added</c>

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grief<00:26:40.559><c> and</c><00:26:41.019><c> humiliation</c><00:26:41.619><c> to</c><00:26:41.900><c> her</c><00:26:42.140><c> bitterness</c><00:26:42.579><c> of</c><00:26:43.059><c> spirit.</c>

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It<00:26:45.079><c> happens.</c>

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And<00:26:47.660><c> now</c><00:26:48.160><c> is</c><00:26:48.619><c> the</c><00:26:48.779><c> moment</c><00:26:49.099><c> of</c><00:26:49.440><c> truth.</c>

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How<00:26:50.779><c> will</c><00:26:50.940><c> she</c><00:26:51.140><c> respond?</c>

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How<00:26:53.579><c> would</c><00:26:53.839><c> we</c><00:26:54.440><c> respond</c><00:26:55.140><c> if</c><00:26:55.880><c> we</c><00:26:56.039><c> were</c><00:26:56.220><c> treated</c><00:26:56.420><c> like</c><00:26:56.680><c> that?</c>

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Does<00:26:59.079><c> she</c><00:26:59.359><c> rail</c><00:26:59.680><c> on</c><00:26:59.880><c> him</c><00:27:00.039><c> here?</c><00:27:00.539><c> Does</c><00:27:00.640><c> she</c><00:27:00.900><c> tell</c><00:27:01.140><c> him</c><00:27:01.299><c> his</c><00:27:01.619><c> pedigree?</c>

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Does<00:27:03.299><c> she</c><00:27:03.500><c> accuse</c><00:27:03.799><c> him</c><00:27:03.940><c> with</c><00:27:04.279><c> histrionics,</c><00:27:04.859><c> tears</c><00:27:05.220><c> and</c><00:27:05.460><c> shrieking</c><00:27:05.839><c> of</c><00:27:06.160><c> being</c><00:27:06.420><c> a</c>

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terrible<00:27:07.079><c> monster</c><00:27:07.539><c> in</c><00:27:07.779><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:08.099><c> life?</c>

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Does<00:27:09.420><c> she</c><00:27:09.700><c> storm</c><00:27:10.000><c> out</c><00:27:10.339><c> of</c><00:27:10.460><c> the</c><00:27:10.599><c> temple,</c><00:27:10.920><c> vowing</c><00:27:11.240><c> and</c><00:27:11.460><c> declaring</c><00:27:11.700><c> that</c><00:27:11.880><c> she'll</c><00:27:12.140><c> never</c><00:27:12.380><c> come</c><00:27:12.680><c> back</c><00:27:12.859><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:13.079><c> temple</c><00:27:13.420><c> as</c><00:27:13.740><c> long</c><00:27:13.940><c> as</c><00:27:14.059><c> that</c><00:27:14.279><c> man's</c><00:27:14.740><c> there?</c>

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Does<00:27:16.279><c> she</c><00:27:16.480><c> travel</c><00:27:16.740><c> around</c><00:27:17.019><c> Israel</c><00:27:17.420><c> roundly</c><00:27:18.019><c> criticising</c><00:27:18.619><c> him,</c><00:27:19.700><c> fully</c><00:27:19.880><c> justified</c><00:27:20.400><c> in</c>

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her<00:27:20.680><c> own</c><00:27:20.900><c> mind,</c><00:27:21.559><c> because</c><00:27:22.039><c> he's</c><00:27:22.500><c> been</c><00:27:22.819><c> so</c><00:27:23.380><c> manifestly</c><00:27:24.200><c> unjust</c>

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to<00:27:24.920><c> her?</c>

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She's<00:27:26.220><c> in</c><00:27:26.380><c> the</c><00:27:26.500><c> right.</c><00:27:27.299><c> He's</c><00:27:27.839><c> in</c><00:27:28.019><c> the</c><00:27:28.160><c> wrong.</c>

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He's<00:27:29.319><c> misjudged</c><00:27:29.940><c> her.</c><00:27:30.259><c> He's</c><00:27:30.720><c> supposed</c><00:27:30.980><c> to</c><00:27:31.180><c> be</c><00:27:31.359><c> the</c><00:27:31.559><c> spiritual</c><00:27:32.000><c> leader.</c>

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Just<00:27:34.240><c> look</c><00:27:34.700><c> at</c><00:27:35.019><c> this</c><00:27:35.220><c> woman's</c><00:27:36.259><c> reaction.</c>

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Notice<00:27:37.420><c> her</c><00:27:37.859><c> conduct</c><00:27:38.559><c> towards</c><00:27:39.200><c> the</c><00:27:39.460><c> man</c><00:27:39.759><c> who</c><00:27:40.220><c> has</c><00:27:40.380><c> misjudged</c>

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her<00:27:41.160><c> so</c><00:27:41.740><c> cruelly,</c><00:27:42.559><c> and</c><00:27:42.660><c> just</c><00:27:42.920><c> notice</c><00:27:43.279><c> her</c><00:27:43.460><c> respect.</c>

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Her<00:27:44.480><c> very</c><00:27:44.880><c> first</c><00:27:45.220><c> words,</c><00:27:46.359><c> know</c><00:27:46.819><c> my</c><00:27:47.460><c> lord,</c><00:27:47.900><c> she</c><00:27:48.140><c> says</c><00:27:48.519><c> in</c><00:27:48.880><c> verse</c><00:27:49.119><c> 15.</c>

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My<00:27:50.440><c> lord,</c><00:27:50.839><c> she</c><00:27:51.119><c> calls</c><00:27:51.380><c> him.</c><00:27:52.160><c> My</c><00:27:52.380><c> lord.</c>

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You<00:27:53.720><c> know,</c><00:27:54.660><c> I</c><00:27:54.779><c> imagine</c><00:27:54.980><c> if</c><00:27:55.140><c> we</c><00:27:55.579><c> were</c><00:27:55.740><c> in</c><00:27:55.920><c> that</c><00:27:56.160><c> situation,</c><00:27:56.700><c> there</c><00:27:56.779><c> would</c><00:27:56.940><c> be</c>

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many<00:27:57.400><c> things</c><00:27:57.720><c> that</c><00:27:57.900><c> we</c><00:27:57.980><c> would</c><00:27:58.180><c> like</c><00:27:58.380><c> to</c><00:27:58.579><c> have</c><00:27:58.799><c> called</c><00:27:59.059><c> Eli.</c>

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And<00:28:00.599><c> perhaps</c><00:28:01.039><c> my</c><00:28:01.460><c> lord</c><00:28:01.720><c> may</c><00:28:01.960><c> not</c><00:28:02.140><c> have</c><00:28:02.319><c> been</c><00:28:02.460><c> right</c><00:28:02.799><c> at</c><00:28:03.079><c> the</c><00:28:03.259><c> top</c><00:28:03.440><c> of</c>

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our<00:28:03.839><c> list.</c>

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Now,<00:28:05.900><c> OK,</c><00:28:06.079><c> in</c><00:28:06.160><c> that</c><00:28:06.380><c> situation,</c><00:28:06.859><c> he's</c><00:28:07.160><c> the</c><00:28:07.400><c> divinely</c><00:28:07.839><c> ordained</c><00:28:08.380><c> high</c><00:28:08.640><c> priest,</c><00:28:08.900><c> so</c>

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that's<00:28:09.299><c> not</c><00:28:09.519><c> a</c><00:28:09.759><c> situation</c><00:28:10.059><c> we</c><00:28:10.339><c> have</c><00:28:10.799><c> in</c><00:28:11.000><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:11.359><c> life</c><00:28:11.640><c> today.</c>

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But<00:28:12.799><c> nevertheless,</c><00:28:13.960><c> notice</c><00:28:14.180><c> this</c><00:28:14.420><c> woman's</c><00:28:14.960><c> remarkable</c><00:28:15.599><c> spirit</c><00:28:16.119><c> towards</c><00:28:16.740><c> a</c><00:28:17.000><c> man</c><00:28:17.200><c> in</c>

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a<00:28:17.539><c> leadership</c><00:28:17.880><c> position</c><00:28:18.460><c> who</c><00:28:19.039><c> has</c><00:28:19.359><c> been</c><00:28:19.980><c> woefully</c><00:28:20.400><c> wrong.</c>

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Frankly,<00:28:22.039><c> brothers,</c><00:28:22.160><c> what</c><00:28:22.279><c> we</c><00:28:22.420><c> have</c><00:28:22.640><c> here</c><00:28:22.839><c> is</c><00:28:23.000><c> a</c><00:28:23.200><c> gracious</c><00:28:23.519><c> spirit</c><00:28:23.960><c> to</c>

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a<00:28:24.380><c> man</c><00:28:24.759><c> who</c><00:28:25.059><c> by</c><00:28:25.279><c> his</c><00:28:25.460><c> actions</c><00:28:25.880><c> didn't</c><00:28:26.339><c> really</c><00:28:26.900><c> deserve</c><00:28:27.339><c> it.</c>

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:32.779
Next<00:28:29.079><c> thing</c><00:28:29.279><c> is,</c><00:28:29.539><c> just</c><00:28:29.740><c> notice</c><00:28:30.220><c> her</c><00:28:30.660><c> openness</c><00:28:31.220><c> of</c><00:28:31.880><c> heart.</c>

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:36.299
She<00:28:33.700><c> then</c><00:28:33.859><c> goes</c><00:28:34.039><c> on,</c><00:28:34.480><c> in</c><00:28:34.680><c> verse</c><00:28:34.920><c> 15,</c><00:28:35.299><c> to</c><00:28:35.420><c> say,</c><00:28:35.740><c> know</c><00:28:35.740><c> my</c><00:28:36.039><c> lord,</c>

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I<00:28:36.859><c> am</c><00:28:37.099><c> a</c><00:28:37.240><c> woman</c><00:28:37.480><c> of</c><00:28:37.680><c> a</c><00:28:37.900><c> sorrowful</c><00:28:38.380><c> spirit.</c>

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:43.099
I<00:28:39.359><c> have</c><00:28:39.579><c> drunk</c><00:28:39.799><c> neither</c><00:28:40.180><c> wine</c><00:28:40.539><c> nor</c><00:28:40.859><c> strong</c><00:28:41.140><c> drink,</c><00:28:41.799><c> but</c><00:28:42.000><c> I</c><00:28:42.259><c> have</c><00:28:42.500><c> poured</c><00:28:42.759><c> out</c>

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my<00:28:43.460><c> soul</c><00:28:43.960><c> before</c><00:28:44.640><c> Yahweh.</c>

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There's<00:28:45.839><c> honesty</c><00:28:46.220><c> there,</c><00:28:46.500><c> isn't</c><00:28:46.740><c> there?</c>

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In<00:28:47.380><c> explaining</c><00:28:47.960><c> what's</c><00:28:48.440><c> actually</c><00:28:48.859><c> inside</c><00:28:49.299><c> her</c><00:28:49.539><c> heart.</c>

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She<00:28:50.079><c> doesn't</c><00:28:50.500><c> resentfully</c><00:28:51.119><c> withdraw</c><00:28:51.660><c> here,</c><00:28:52.299><c> but</c><00:28:52.380><c> there</c><00:28:52.599><c> is</c><00:28:52.940><c> an</c><00:28:53.339><c> open</c><00:28:53.559><c> communication</c><00:28:54.420><c> which</c><00:28:55.240><c> actually</c><00:28:55.960><c> educates</c><00:28:56.539><c> a</c>

00:28:56.740 --> 00:29:00.000
man<00:28:57.019><c> who</c><00:28:57.440><c> had</c><00:28:57.579><c> not</c><00:28:57.759><c> perceived</c><00:28:58.160><c> what</c><00:28:58.319><c> the</c><00:28:58.500><c> right</c><00:28:58.720><c> facts</c><00:28:59.000><c> were.</c>

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It's<00:29:00.460><c> very</c><00:29:00.680><c> insightful,</c><00:29:01.359><c> brothers</c><00:29:01.460><c> and</c><00:29:01.660><c> sisters,</c><00:29:01.900><c> on</c><00:29:02.059><c> how</c><00:29:02.240><c> we</c>

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:06.519
should<00:29:02.579><c> handle</c><00:29:02.980><c> situations</c><00:29:03.579><c> in</c><00:29:03.779><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:04.119><c> life</c><00:29:04.579><c> where</c><00:29:04.980><c> someone</c><00:29:05.400><c> misjudges</c><00:29:06.039><c> us.</c>

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.859
There's<00:29:07.180><c> a</c><00:29:07.359><c> spirit</c><00:29:07.519><c> of</c><00:29:07.799><c> meekness</c><00:29:08.220><c> here,</c><00:29:08.380><c> isn't</c><00:29:08.559><c> there?</c>

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But<00:29:09.180><c> there's</c><00:29:09.420><c> also</c><00:29:09.740><c> a</c><00:29:10.000><c> spirit</c><00:29:10.180><c> of</c><00:29:10.539><c> openness</c><00:29:10.900><c> and</c><00:29:11.339><c> honesty.</c>

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And<00:29:13.079><c> then,</c><00:29:14.640><c> well,</c><00:29:14.660><c> can't</c><00:29:14.920><c> your</c><00:29:15.160><c> heart</c><00:29:15.559><c> feel</c><00:29:15.940><c> the</c><00:29:16.240><c> pleading</c><00:29:16.720><c> of</c>

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verse<00:29:17.220><c> 16?</c>

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Count<00:29:19.000><c> not</c><00:29:19.299><c> thine</c><00:29:19.500><c> handmaid</c><00:29:20.420><c> for</c><00:29:20.640><c> a</c><00:29:20.779><c> daughter</c><00:29:21.039><c> of</c><00:29:21.240><c> Belial,</c><00:29:22.759><c> for</c><00:29:22.880><c> out</c><00:29:23.160><c> of</c>

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:28.539
the<00:29:23.500><c> abundance</c><00:29:23.880><c> of</c><00:29:24.099><c> my</c><00:29:24.380><c> complaintant</c><00:29:25.059><c> grief</c><00:29:25.460><c> have</c><00:29:26.180><c> I</c><00:29:26.440><c> spoken</c><00:29:27.119><c> hitherto.</c>

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:34.880
It's<00:29:29.319><c> the</c><00:29:29.539><c> pathetic</c><00:29:30.240><c> entreaty</c><00:29:31.359><c> of</c><00:29:31.819><c> a</c><00:29:31.920><c> vulnerable</c><00:29:32.420><c> woman</c><00:29:33.220><c> who's</c><00:29:33.660><c> asking</c><00:29:34.299><c> for</c>

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understanding<00:29:35.539><c> and</c><00:29:36.259><c> not</c><00:29:36.680><c> blame.</c>

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:41.039
Now,<00:29:39.200><c> there</c><00:29:39.319><c> are</c><00:29:39.559><c> many</c><00:29:39.859><c> lessons</c><00:29:40.200><c> in</c><00:29:40.339><c> this</c><00:29:40.539><c> little</c><00:29:40.720><c> incident,</c>

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:43.420
brothers<00:29:41.380><c> and</c><00:29:41.559><c> sisters,</c><00:29:41.819><c> for</c><00:29:42.019><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:42.500><c> life.</c>

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:45.400
Lessons<00:29:44.279><c> for</c><00:29:44.460><c> our</c><00:29:44.619><c> brothers?</c>

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:49.599
To<00:29:45.819><c> be</c><00:29:46.059><c> very</c><00:29:46.519><c> careful</c><00:29:47.180><c> and</c><00:29:47.579><c> discerning</c><00:29:48.339><c> in</c><00:29:48.839><c> our</c><00:29:49.039><c> decisions</c><00:29:49.440><c> in</c>

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:52.380
ecclesial<00:29:50.059><c> life</c><00:29:50.519><c> concerning</c><00:29:50.980><c> other</c><00:29:51.200><c> people.</c>

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:56.720
And<00:29:53.099><c> for</c><00:29:53.299><c> our</c><00:29:53.480><c> sisters,</c><00:29:53.839><c> just</c><00:29:54.259><c> look</c><00:29:54.640><c> how</c><00:29:55.299><c> this</c><00:29:55.539><c> woman</c><00:29:55.839><c> respected</c><00:29:56.420><c> their</c>

00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.519
distinctive<00:29:57.059><c> roles,</c><00:29:58.039><c> both</c><00:29:58.339><c> hers</c><00:29:58.720><c> and</c><00:29:59.039><c> the</c><00:29:59.200><c> high</c><00:29:59.460><c> priest's.</c>

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:03.559
But<00:30:00.980><c> she</c><00:30:01.099><c> was</c><00:30:01.319><c> then</c><00:30:01.579><c> able</c><00:30:01.779><c> to</c><00:30:02.059><c> turn</c><00:30:02.259><c> a</c><00:30:02.460><c> terrible</c><00:30:02.940><c> situation</c>

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:06.460
around<00:30:04.039><c> through</c><00:30:04.740><c> her</c><00:30:04.940><c> Christ</c><00:30:05.200><c>-like</c><00:30:05.440><c> spirit.</c>

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:10.779
Honesty,<00:30:07.759><c> meekness,</c><00:30:08.700><c> openness</c><00:30:09.079><c> and</c><00:30:09.640><c> explanation.</c>

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:15.859
Isn't<00:30:11.819><c> it</c><00:30:12.000><c> fascinating</c><00:30:12.319><c> how</c><00:30:12.619><c> in</c><00:30:12.839><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:13.180><c> life,</c><00:30:13.579><c> if</c><00:30:13.599><c> we</c><00:30:13.859><c> respond</c><00:30:14.380><c> that</c><00:30:14.660><c> way,</c><00:30:15.000><c> then</c><00:30:15.099><c> nine</c><00:30:15.299><c> times</c><00:30:15.640><c> out</c>

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.839
of<00:30:16.000><c> ten</c><00:30:16.180><c> our</c><00:30:16.500><c> brethren</c><00:30:16.700><c> respond</c><00:30:17.140><c> that</c><00:30:17.380><c> way</c><00:30:17.519><c> as</c><00:30:17.680><c> well,</c>

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:22.779
because<00:30:18.460><c> they</c><00:30:18.960><c> may</c><00:30:19.140><c> be</c><00:30:19.400><c> mistaken,</c><00:30:20.599><c> but</c><00:30:20.799><c> they're</c><00:30:21.140><c> normally</c><00:30:21.480><c> genuine</c><00:30:21.900><c> as</c><00:30:22.180><c> well.</c>

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:26.839
And<00:30:23.420><c> often,</c><00:30:23.819><c> not</c><00:30:24.079><c> always,</c><00:30:24.599><c> but</c><00:30:24.700><c> often</c><00:30:24.940><c> they'll</c><00:30:25.319><c> respond</c><00:30:25.680><c> in</c><00:30:26.019><c> love.</c>

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:30.480
In<00:30:27.240><c> fact,</c><00:30:27.640><c> they'll</c><00:30:28.019><c> rally</c><00:30:28.240><c> together</c><00:30:28.880><c> around</c><00:30:29.420><c> us.</c>

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:33.680
People<00:30:31.059><c> are</c><00:30:31.240><c> very</c><00:30:31.460><c> forgiving,</c><00:30:32.279><c> particularly</c><00:30:32.740><c> when</c><00:30:32.960><c> they</c><00:30:33.160><c> find</c><00:30:33.420><c> out</c>

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:36.640
that<00:30:33.819><c> they</c><00:30:33.980><c> had</c><00:30:34.259><c> misunderstood</c><00:30:34.839><c> the</c><00:30:35.039><c> situation</c><00:30:35.680><c> in</c><00:30:36.539><c> the</c>

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.079
first<00:30:36.880><c> place.</c>

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:40.579
And<00:30:38.619><c> just</c><00:30:38.819><c> look</c><00:30:38.980><c> at</c><00:30:39.140><c> how</c><00:30:39.200><c> this</c><00:30:39.440><c> now</c><00:30:39.660><c> changes</c><00:30:40.259><c> Eli.</c>

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:42.759
Look<00:30:40.980><c> at</c><00:30:41.119><c> Eli's</c><00:30:41.579><c> response</c><00:30:42.039><c> now.</c>

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:46.339
Verse<00:30:43.099><c> 17,</c><00:30:43.740><c> Eli</c><00:30:43.960><c> answers,</c><00:30:45.119><c> Go</c><00:30:45.140><c> in</c><00:30:45.400><c> peace.</c>

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:51.059
And<00:30:46.960><c> the</c><00:30:47.140><c> God</c><00:30:47.420><c> of</c><00:30:47.539><c> Israel</c><00:30:47.920><c> grant</c><00:30:48.380><c> thee</c><00:30:48.599><c> thy</c><00:30:48.819><c> petition</c><00:30:49.279><c> that</c><00:30:49.500><c> thou</c><00:30:49.700><c> hast</c><00:30:49.920><c> asked</c><00:30:50.480><c> of</c><00:30:50.759><c> him.</c>

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:53.660
You<00:30:51.500><c> see,</c><00:30:51.660><c> this</c><00:30:51.859><c> woman</c><00:30:52.200><c> has</c><00:30:52.599><c> now</c><00:30:52.980><c> enlightened</c><00:30:53.359><c> him.</c>

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.799
He<00:30:53.940><c> now</c><00:30:54.200><c> understands.</c>

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.539
So<00:30:55.400><c> now</c><00:30:55.579><c> he's</c><00:30:55.759><c> more</c><00:30:56.039><c> sympathetic.</c>

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.680
Now<00:30:57.059><c> he</c><00:30:57.339><c> extends</c><00:30:57.579><c> a</c><00:30:57.880><c> helping</c><00:30:58.099><c> hand.</c>

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:02.380
He's<00:30:59.420><c> reached</c><00:30:59.819><c> a</c><00:31:00.079><c> very</c><00:31:00.700><c> different</c><00:31:01.200><c> conclusion.</c>

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:07.619
And<00:31:03.700><c> she</c><00:31:03.900><c> says</c><00:31:04.460><c> that</c><00:31:05.059><c> thine</c><00:31:05.220><c> had</c><00:31:05.500><c> made</c><00:31:05.740><c> fine</c><00:31:06.000><c> grace</c><00:31:06.299><c> in</c><00:31:06.460><c> thy</c><00:31:06.680><c> sight.</c>

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:10.759
And<00:31:07.839><c> the</c><00:31:08.059><c> rich</c><00:31:08.180><c> hood</c><00:31:08.359><c> says</c><00:31:08.759><c> she</c><00:31:09.220><c> went</c><00:31:09.500><c> her</c><00:31:09.740><c> way</c><00:31:10.059><c> and</c><00:31:10.279><c> did</c><00:31:10.420><c> eat,</c>

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:14.000
and<00:31:11.500><c> her</c><00:31:11.880><c> countenance</c><00:31:12.480><c> was</c><00:31:12.880><c> no</c><00:31:13.180><c> more</c><00:31:13.579><c> sad.</c>

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:20.720
What<00:31:14.579><c> an</c><00:31:14.960><c> extraordinarily</c><00:31:15.440><c> positive</c><00:31:15.900><c> outcome</c><00:31:16.400><c> in</c><00:31:17.200><c> such</c><00:31:17.480><c> a</c><00:31:17.819><c> volatile</c><00:31:18.420><c> situation</c><00:31:19.259><c> that</c><00:31:19.700><c> could</c><00:31:19.859><c> have</c><00:31:20.079><c> gone</c><00:31:20.339><c> so</c>

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.539
terribly,<00:31:21.220><c> horribly</c><00:31:21.480><c> wrong.</c>

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:25.299
Sisters,<00:31:23.200><c> this</c><00:31:23.359><c> is</c><00:31:23.579><c> a</c><00:31:23.619><c> wonderful</c><00:31:24.000><c> example</c><00:31:24.480><c> of</c><00:31:24.660><c> how</c><00:31:24.859><c> to</c><00:31:25.099><c> turn</c>

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:27.059
submission<00:31:25.859><c> into</c><00:31:26.579><c> triumph.</c>

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:31.299
Even<00:31:27.700><c> at</c><00:31:27.980><c> times</c><00:31:28.240><c> when</c><00:31:28.539><c> spiritual</c><00:31:28.920><c> leaders</c><00:31:29.500><c> might</c><00:31:29.900><c> get</c><00:31:30.059><c> things</c><00:31:30.380><c> wrong.</c>

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:36.680
The<00:31:31.500><c> record</c><00:31:31.799><c> says,</c><00:31:34.119><c> and</c><00:31:34.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:34.460><c> remembered</c><00:31:34.839><c> her</c><00:31:35.259><c> and</c><00:31:35.599><c> she</c><00:31:35.779><c> bear</c><00:31:35.900><c> a</c><00:31:36.059><c> son.</c>

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:38.140
Just<00:31:37.180><c> note</c><00:31:37.319><c> those</c><00:31:37.539><c> little</c><00:31:37.759><c> words.</c>

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.380
Yahweh<00:31:38.720><c> remembered</c><00:31:39.059><c> her.</c>

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:43.460
What<00:31:39.819><c> that</c><00:31:40.079><c> tells</c><00:31:40.359><c> us</c><00:31:40.819><c> is</c><00:31:41.220><c> that</c><00:31:41.420><c> everything</c><00:31:41.740><c> that's</c><00:31:42.140><c> happening</c><00:31:42.359><c> in</c><00:31:42.599><c> a</c><00:31:42.680><c> collegial</c><00:31:42.940><c> life</c><00:31:43.200><c> is</c>

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.839
happening<00:31:43.619><c> in</c><00:31:43.799><c> a</c><00:31:43.920><c> context.</c>

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.660
God<00:31:46.299><c> sees</c><00:31:46.539><c> everything.</c>

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.900
He<00:31:48.480><c> sees</c><00:31:48.779><c> everything.</c>

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:53.279
And<00:31:50.319><c> when</c><00:31:50.420><c> we</c><00:31:50.559><c> have</c><00:31:50.700><c> the</c><00:31:50.960><c> spirit</c><00:31:51.200><c> that</c><00:31:51.400><c> this</c><00:31:51.579><c> sister</c><00:31:51.819><c> had,</c><00:31:52.539><c> he's</c><00:31:52.920><c> able</c><00:31:53.059><c> to</c>

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.720
bless<00:31:53.440><c> it.</c>

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:55.759
And<00:31:53.900><c> it</c><00:31:54.019><c> says</c><00:31:54.160><c> that</c><00:31:54.359><c> she</c><00:31:54.579><c> bear</c><00:31:54.819><c> a</c><00:31:55.000><c> son.</c>

00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.240
Yahweh<00:31:56.740><c> determines</c><00:31:57.319><c> the</c><00:31:57.579><c> outcome</c><00:31:58.000><c> for</c><00:31:58.319><c> us</c><00:31:58.579><c> in</c><00:31:58.740><c> life.</c>

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:04.119
So<00:32:01.240><c> sisters,</c><00:32:01.700><c> what</c><00:32:01.720><c> happens</c><00:32:02.160><c> if</c><00:32:02.339><c> men</c><00:32:02.700><c> around</c><00:32:03.099><c> you</c><00:32:03.279><c> in</c><00:32:03.380><c> a</c><00:32:03.519><c> collegial</c><00:32:03.779><c> life</c>

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:07.119
do<00:32:04.339><c> not</c><00:32:04.519><c> fulfill</c><00:32:04.960><c> their</c><00:32:05.240><c> scriptural</c><00:32:05.680><c> role</c><00:32:06.000><c> in</c><00:32:06.299><c> the</c><00:32:06.460><c> way</c><00:32:06.880><c> that</c>

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.680
you<00:32:07.200><c> would</c><00:32:07.400><c> like?</c>

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:12.180
Well,<00:32:08.259><c> if</c><00:32:08.440><c> you</c><00:32:08.579><c> learn</c><00:32:08.700><c> to</c><00:32:08.960><c> apply</c><00:32:09.160><c> these</c><00:32:09.519><c> principles</c><00:32:10.000><c> in</c><00:32:10.220><c> the</c><00:32:10.359><c> way</c><00:32:10.519><c> in</c><00:32:10.619><c> which</c><00:32:10.779><c> scripture</c><00:32:11.099><c> teaches,</c><00:32:12.079><c> a</c>

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:14.180
remarkable<00:32:12.680><c> thing</c><00:32:12.960><c> can</c><00:32:13.140><c> happen.</c>

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:20.519
Your<00:32:15.640><c> support</c><00:32:16.220><c> greatly</c><00:32:17.160><c> increases</c><00:32:18.059><c> what</c><00:32:18.539><c> the</c><00:32:18.740><c> men</c><00:32:19.059><c> are</c><00:32:19.480><c> capable</c><00:32:19.819><c> of.</c>

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:25.059
And<00:32:21.019><c> in</c><00:32:21.259><c> the</c><00:32:21.440><c> process,</c><00:32:22.559><c> they</c><00:32:22.960><c> can</c><00:32:23.339><c> grow</c><00:32:23.779><c> and</c><00:32:24.279><c> learn.</c>

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:27.940
And<00:32:26.019><c> in</c><00:32:26.220><c> the</c><00:32:26.299><c> end,</c><00:32:26.640><c> the</c><00:32:26.640><c> very</c><00:32:26.900><c> thing</c><00:32:27.079><c> you</c><00:32:27.200><c> may</c><00:32:27.440><c> be</c><00:32:27.619><c> bemoaning</c>

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:31.839
the<00:32:28.160><c> lack</c><00:32:28.420><c> of</c><00:32:29.200><c> can</c><00:32:29.579><c> develop</c><00:32:30.039><c> with</c><00:32:31.200><c> your</c><00:32:31.359><c> encouragement.</c>

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:33.880
In<00:32:32.220><c> fact,</c><00:32:32.259><c> there's</c><00:32:32.480><c> many</c><00:32:32.720><c> examples</c><00:32:33.160><c> of</c><00:32:33.279><c> that</c><00:32:33.440><c> in</c><00:32:33.619><c> scripture.</c>

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.859
One<00:32:34.279><c> of</c><00:32:34.420><c> the</c><00:32:34.480><c> best,</c><00:32:34.700><c> and</c><00:32:34.759><c> we</c><00:32:34.900><c> don't</c><00:32:35.019><c> have</c><00:32:35.180><c> time</c><00:32:35.380><c> to</c><00:32:35.500><c> look</c><00:32:35.640><c> at</c><00:32:35.720><c> it</c>

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:38.400
sadly,<00:32:36.220><c> is</c><00:32:36.299><c> the</c><00:32:36.480><c> story</c><00:32:36.859><c> of</c><00:32:37.359><c> Deborah</c><00:32:37.680><c> and</c><00:32:38.119><c> Barak.</c>

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:41.720
Never<00:32:38.900><c> underestimate</c><00:32:39.599><c> the</c><00:32:39.900><c> fate</c><00:32:40.039><c> of</c><00:32:40.259><c> Barak.</c>

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:47.519
What<00:32:42.839><c> sort</c><00:32:42.980><c> of</c><00:32:43.200><c> courage</c><00:32:43.519><c> did</c><00:32:43.680><c> it</c><00:32:43.859><c> take</c><00:32:43.980><c> for</c><00:32:44.240><c> him</c><00:32:44.539><c> to</c><00:32:44.859><c> charge</c><00:32:45.180><c> down</c><00:32:45.500><c> that</c><00:32:45.740><c> mountainside</c><00:32:46.460><c> into</c><00:32:46.880><c> the</c><00:32:47.140><c> face</c><00:32:47.319><c> of</c>

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.839
that<00:32:47.660><c> army?</c>

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:50.039
Never<00:32:48.359><c> underestimate</c><00:32:49.039><c> the</c><00:32:49.319><c> fate</c><00:32:49.420><c> of</c><00:32:49.660><c> Barak.</c>

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:52.579
But<00:32:50.559><c> look</c><00:32:50.759><c> how</c><00:32:50.920><c> the</c><00:32:51.180><c> story</c><00:32:51.400><c> developed</c><00:32:51.799><c> beforehand</c><00:32:52.180><c> with</c><00:32:52.420><c> the</c>

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.920
role<00:32:52.900><c> of</c><00:32:53.160><c> Deborah.</c>

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:58.039
In<00:32:55.019><c> a</c><00:32:55.160><c> marriage,</c><00:32:55.579><c> sisters,</c><00:32:55.960><c> if</c><00:32:56.039><c> you</c><00:32:56.400><c> support,</c><00:32:56.880><c> maintain</c><00:32:57.319><c> a</c><00:32:57.519><c> spirit</c><00:32:57.779><c> of</c>

00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:02.720
support<00:32:58.380><c> and</c><00:32:58.680><c> respect,</c><00:33:00.000><c> over</c><00:33:00.359><c> time</c><00:33:00.660><c> you</c><00:33:00.880><c> can</c><00:33:01.140><c> help</c><00:33:01.440><c> your</c><00:33:01.680><c> husband</c><00:33:02.119><c> grow</c>

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:04.640
into<00:33:03.500><c> that</c><00:33:03.700><c> role.</c>

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.819
A<00:33:05.700><c> supportive</c><00:33:05.980><c> wife</c><00:33:06.500><c> can</c><00:33:06.880><c> make</c><00:33:07.119><c> a</c><00:33:07.319><c> weak</c><00:33:07.539><c> man</c><00:33:07.880><c> strong.</c>

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:14.940
A<00:33:09.799><c> bitter</c><00:33:10.160><c> or</c><00:33:10.619><c> ungenerous</c><00:33:11.319><c> wife</c><00:33:11.660><c> can</c><00:33:12.000><c> make</c><00:33:12.200><c> a</c><00:33:12.559><c> strong</c><00:33:12.759><c> man</c><00:33:13.200><c> wither.</c>

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:19.640
All<00:33:16.619><c> right,</c><00:33:16.680><c> as</c><00:33:16.880><c> we</c><00:33:17.079><c> start</c><00:33:17.319><c> to</c><00:33:17.480><c> look</c><00:33:17.619><c> then</c><00:33:17.859><c> through</c><00:33:18.200><c> the</c><00:33:18.640><c> record</c><00:33:18.960><c> of</c><00:33:19.240><c> scripture,</c><00:33:19.619><c> we</c>

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.400
do<00:33:19.900><c> find</c><00:33:20.200><c> sadly</c><00:33:20.539><c> there</c><00:33:20.720><c> is</c><00:33:20.920><c> a</c><00:33:21.079><c> different</c><00:33:21.299><c> scenario</c><00:33:21.880><c> altogether.</c>

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:26.079
And<00:33:22.859><c> as</c><00:33:23.099><c> we</c><00:33:23.299><c> said</c><00:33:23.559><c> before,</c><00:33:24.259><c> no</c><00:33:24.339><c> two</c><00:33:24.579><c> situations</c><00:33:25.180><c> in</c><00:33:25.440><c> family</c><00:33:25.839><c> or</c>

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:28.640
ecclesial<00:33:26.440><c> life</c><00:33:26.880><c> are</c><00:33:27.259><c> ever</c><00:33:27.579><c> exactly</c><00:33:28.079><c> the</c><00:33:28.259><c> same.</c>

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:32.599
So<00:33:29.059><c> no</c><00:33:29.259><c> situation</c><00:33:29.759><c> is</c><00:33:29.960><c> capable</c><00:33:30.420><c> of</c><00:33:31.359><c> being</c><00:33:31.740><c> taken</c><00:33:32.079><c> as</c><00:33:32.259><c> being</c><00:33:32.460><c> a</c>

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:34.259
template<00:33:32.960><c> for</c><00:33:33.299><c> everything.</c>

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:39.799
Not<00:33:35.839><c> every</c><00:33:36.079><c> situation,</c><00:33:36.680><c> however,</c><00:33:37.180><c> is</c><00:33:37.380><c> capable</c><00:33:37.740><c> of</c><00:33:38.019><c> being</c><00:33:38.500><c> redeemed.</c>

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:43.839
What<00:33:40.299><c> happens</c><00:33:40.680><c> if</c><00:33:40.900><c> the</c><00:33:41.119><c> man</c><00:33:41.579><c> is</c><00:33:42.480><c> really</c><00:33:43.000><c> bad?</c>

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:48.380
What<00:33:44.880><c> about</c><00:33:45.099><c> a</c><00:33:45.259><c> situation</c><00:33:45.900><c> where</c><00:33:47.099><c> it's</c><00:33:47.279><c> not</c><00:33:47.500><c> just</c><00:33:47.900><c> a</c><00:33:48.039><c> matter</c>

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:51.720
of<00:33:49.279><c> weakness,</c><00:33:50.359><c> mistakes</c><00:33:50.700><c> or</c><00:33:51.140><c> incompetence,</c>

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:55.059
but<00:33:51.880><c> where</c><00:33:52.119><c> a</c><00:33:52.220><c> sister</c><00:33:52.380><c> can</c><00:33:52.660><c> see</c><00:33:53.079><c> that</c><00:33:53.559><c> the</c><00:33:53.920><c> overall</c><00:33:54.359><c> direction</c>

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:59.259
of<00:33:55.400><c> the</c><00:33:55.579><c> men</c><00:33:55.740><c> they</c><00:33:55.940><c> have</c><00:33:56.160><c> to</c><00:33:56.380><c> depend</c><00:33:56.640><c> on</c><00:33:57.279><c> is</c><00:33:57.799><c> not</c><00:33:58.059><c> right</c><00:33:58.240><c> with</c><00:33:58.420><c> God?</c>

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Where<00:34:00.279><c> their</c><00:34:00.559><c> husbands</c><00:34:01.180><c> or</c><00:34:02.099><c> even</c><00:34:02.500><c> perhaps</c><00:34:02.980><c> the</c><00:34:03.240><c> male</c><00:34:03.420><c> leaders</c>

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:09.039
of<00:34:03.839><c> an</c><00:34:04.000><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:04.440><c> set</c><00:34:04.759><c> out</c><00:34:05.279><c> to</c><00:34:05.680><c> defy</c><00:34:06.640><c> the</c><00:34:06.900><c> principles</c><00:34:07.500><c> of</c><00:34:08.079><c> the</c><00:34:08.260><c> truth,</c>

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:12.380
or<00:34:09.739><c> who</c><00:34:09.920><c> do</c><00:34:10.139><c> despite</c><00:34:10.599><c> to</c><00:34:10.840><c> the</c><00:34:11.000><c> holiness</c><00:34:11.320><c> of</c><00:34:11.599><c> God?</c>

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:21.159
Husbands<00:34:13.480><c> who</c><00:34:13.920><c> hate</c><00:34:14.199><c> the</c><00:34:14.440><c> truth</c><00:34:14.800><c> or</c><00:34:16.099><c> who</c><00:34:16.300><c> behave</c><00:34:16.619><c> in</c><00:34:16.820><c> a</c><00:34:17.099><c> terrible</c><00:34:17.360><c> way</c><00:34:17.739><c> whilst</c><00:34:18.139><c> ostensibly</c><00:34:18.880><c> being</c><00:34:19.539><c> bound</c><00:34:19.960><c> within</c><00:34:20.179><c> the</c><00:34:20.420><c> confines</c><00:34:20.940><c> of</c>

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.079
the<00:34:21.239><c> truth?</c>

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:26.019
What<00:34:22.840><c> happens</c><00:34:23.239><c> if</c><00:34:23.400><c> the</c><00:34:23.639><c> leader</c><00:34:23.980><c> in</c><00:34:24.179><c> your</c><00:34:24.519><c> household</c><00:34:25.000><c> is</c><00:34:25.300><c> taking</c><00:34:25.639><c> your</c>

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:28.900
family<00:34:26.659><c> away</c><00:34:27.539><c> from</c><00:34:27.880><c> the</c><00:34:28.059><c> truth?</c>

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:32.460
Now<00:34:30.019><c> this</c><00:34:30.099><c> becomes</c><00:34:30.400><c> a</c><00:34:30.639><c> time,</c><00:34:30.800><c> doesn't</c><00:34:30.980><c> it,</c><00:34:31.199><c> of</c><00:34:31.260><c> much</c><00:34:31.519><c> soul</c><00:34:31.840><c> searching</c><00:34:32.159><c> and</c>

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:34.000
anguish.<00:34:33.019><c> Why?</c>

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:37.519
Well<00:34:34.800><c> because</c><00:34:34.980><c> there's</c><00:34:35.320><c> a</c><00:34:35.380><c> very</c><00:34:35.820><c> big</c><00:34:36.079><c> question</c><00:34:36.699><c> which</c><00:34:37.000><c> just</c>

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.940
hangs<00:34:37.760><c> out</c><00:34:38.039><c> there.</c>

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:45.199
What<00:34:40.079><c> impact</c><00:34:40.619><c> is</c><00:34:41.420><c> that</c><00:34:41.639><c> going</c><00:34:41.840><c> to</c><00:34:42.059><c> have</c><00:34:42.739><c> on</c><00:34:43.420><c> my</c><00:34:43.699><c> salvation</c><00:34:44.199><c> and</c>

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:47.440
on<00:34:45.380><c> the</c><00:34:45.519><c> future</c><00:34:45.739><c> destiny</c><00:34:46.159><c> of</c><00:34:46.340><c> my</c><00:34:46.519><c> children?</c>

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:50.099
So<00:34:48.219><c> what</c><00:34:48.639><c> should</c><00:34:48.840><c> I</c><00:34:49.079><c> do?</c>

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:54.579
Of<00:34:51.599><c> course,</c><00:34:51.780><c> as</c><00:34:51.920><c> we've</c><00:34:52.159><c> said,</c><00:34:52.320><c> every</c><00:34:52.579><c> situation</c><00:34:53.099><c> is</c><00:34:53.320><c> different.</c><00:34:53.900><c> No</c><00:34:54.219><c> one</c>

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:56.480
size<00:34:55.000><c> fits</c><00:34:55.360><c> all.</c>

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:59.760
And<00:34:56.960><c> our</c><00:34:57.179><c> sisters</c><00:34:57.480><c> in</c><00:34:57.699><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:58.079><c> life,</c><00:34:58.280><c> and</c><00:34:58.440><c> we</c><00:34:58.500><c> all</c><00:34:58.659><c> know</c><00:34:58.800><c> this,</c><00:34:59.139><c> from</c><00:34:59.340><c> time</c><00:34:59.579><c> to</c>

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:03.639
time<00:34:59.980><c> our</c><00:35:00.199><c> sisters</c><00:35:00.519><c> can</c><00:35:00.860><c> face</c><00:35:01.119><c> very</c><00:35:01.860><c> complex</c><00:35:02.360><c> situations.</c>

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:06.860
And<00:35:04.119><c> then</c><00:35:04.500><c> they</c><00:35:05.039><c> really</c><00:35:05.480><c> need</c><00:35:05.739><c> our</c><00:35:05.940><c> support.</c>

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:11.960
And<00:35:08.000><c> it's</c><00:35:08.239><c> a</c><00:35:08.239><c> matter</c><00:35:08.460><c> of</c><00:35:08.760><c> trying</c><00:35:09.039><c> to</c><00:35:09.320><c> identify</c><00:35:09.840><c> what</c><00:35:10.099><c> the</c><00:35:10.320><c> divine</c><00:35:10.619><c> scriptural</c><00:35:11.079><c> principles</c><00:35:11.480><c> are</c>

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:17.340
and<00:35:12.340><c> then</c><00:35:12.960><c> prayerfully</c><00:35:13.659><c> trying</c><00:35:14.159><c> to</c><00:35:14.400><c> apply</c><00:35:14.639><c> them</c><00:35:15.219><c> as</c><00:35:15.659><c> best</c><00:35:15.900><c> we</c><00:35:16.099><c> can.</c>

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:21.920
Now<00:35:18.039><c> the</c><00:35:18.159><c> guidance</c><00:35:18.500><c> in</c><00:35:18.780><c> scripture</c><00:35:19.880><c> covers</c><00:35:20.500><c> an</c><00:35:20.840><c> enormous</c><00:35:21.099><c> range</c><00:35:21.659><c> of</c>

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.300
different<00:35:22.199><c> circumstances.</c>

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:25.840
On<00:35:23.880><c> one</c><00:35:24.119><c> hand</c><00:35:24.260><c> we</c><00:35:24.380><c> have</c><00:35:24.539><c> the</c><00:35:24.739><c> passage</c><00:35:25.000><c> we</c><00:35:25.199><c> looked</c><00:35:25.340><c> at</c><00:35:25.500><c> earlier</c>

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.320
in<00:35:26.119><c> 1</c><00:35:26.320><c> Peter</c><00:35:26.679><c> 3.</c>

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:32.260
Likewise<00:35:28.199><c> ye</c><00:35:28.519><c> husbands,</c><00:35:29.239><c> be</c><00:35:29.340><c> in</c><00:35:29.539><c> subjection</c><00:35:30.079><c> to</c><00:35:30.219><c> your</c><00:35:30.480><c> own</c><00:35:30.739><c> husbands,</c><00:35:31.679><c> that</c><00:35:31.900><c> if</c>

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:34.000
any<00:35:32.539><c> obey</c><00:35:33.099><c> not</c><00:35:33.460><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> word.</c>

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:37.380
They<00:35:34.659><c> also</c><00:35:34.940><c> may</c><00:35:35.179><c> without</c><00:35:35.460><c> a</c><00:35:35.659><c> word</c><00:35:35.760><c> be</c><00:35:36.039><c> won</c><00:35:36.260><c> by</c><00:35:36.500><c> the</c><00:35:36.659><c> way</c><00:35:36.800><c> of</c><00:35:37.000><c> life</c><00:35:37.219><c> of</c>

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.480
their<00:35:37.539><c> wives.</c>

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:41.280
In<00:35:38.659><c> other</c><00:35:38.820><c> words,</c><00:35:39.679><c> stay</c><00:35:39.900><c> with</c><00:35:40.079><c> them.</c>

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:46.000
Use<00:35:41.840><c> your</c><00:35:42.139><c> submissive</c><00:35:42.719><c> example</c><00:35:43.380><c> as</c><00:35:43.719><c> a</c><00:35:43.820><c> means</c><00:35:44.059><c> of</c><00:35:44.480><c> converting</c><00:35:44.840><c> him.</c>

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.800
At<00:35:46.719><c> the</c><00:35:46.940><c> other</c><00:35:47.179><c> end</c><00:35:47.380><c> of</c><00:35:47.579><c> the</c><00:35:47.719><c> spectrum,</c><00:35:48.039><c> as</c><00:35:48.159><c> we're</c><00:35:48.380><c> going</c><00:35:48.460><c> to</c><00:35:48.719><c> shortly</c><00:35:48.940><c> see,</c><00:35:49.280><c> we</c><00:35:49.420><c> have</c><00:35:49.599><c> a</c>

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:54.500
remarkable<00:35:50.300><c> woman</c><00:35:50.699><c> publicly,</c><00:35:51.820><c> publicly</c><00:35:52.699><c> disowning</c><00:35:53.360><c> her</c><00:35:53.539><c> husband.</c>

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:57.500
And<00:35:55.800><c> there</c><00:35:55.940><c> are</c><00:35:56.059><c> so</c><00:35:56.260><c> many</c><00:35:56.440><c> different</c><00:35:56.719><c> factors</c><00:35:57.019><c> that</c><00:35:57.219><c> we</c><00:35:57.320><c> have</c>

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:59.039
to<00:35:57.659><c> weigh</c><00:35:57.800><c> up,</c><00:35:58.000><c> aren't</c><00:35:58.159><c> there?</c>

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:03.039
On<00:35:59.719><c> one</c><00:35:59.940><c> hand</c><00:36:00.059><c> we</c><00:36:00.199><c> have</c><00:36:00.460><c> to</c><00:36:00.719><c> acknowledge</c><00:36:01.280><c> that</c><00:36:02.300><c> the</c><00:36:02.519><c> behaviour</c>

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:07.139
of<00:36:03.400><c> the</c><00:36:03.619><c> head</c><00:36:03.760><c> of</c><00:36:03.960><c> the</c><00:36:04.179><c> house</c><00:36:04.619><c> often</c><00:36:05.000><c> has</c><00:36:05.719><c> a</c><00:36:06.019><c> significant</c><00:36:06.519><c> impact</c><00:36:06.940><c> on</c>

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:10.840
the<00:36:07.360><c> destiny</c><00:36:07.940><c> of</c><00:36:08.420><c> the</c><00:36:08.639><c> family,</c><00:36:09.519><c> for</c><00:36:09.599><c> both</c><00:36:09.800><c> good</c><00:36:10.059><c> or</c><00:36:10.500><c> evil.</c>

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:17.199
We<00:36:11.380><c> won't</c><00:36:11.599><c> turn</c><00:36:11.780><c> it</c><00:36:11.880><c> up,</c><00:36:11.980><c> but</c><00:36:12.099><c> that</c><00:36:12.360><c> psalm</c><00:36:12.679><c> which</c><00:36:12.820><c> was</c><00:36:13.000><c> read</c><00:36:13.179><c> this</c><00:36:13.380><c> morning</c><00:36:13.699><c> for</c><00:36:13.920><c> us,</c><00:36:14.099><c> Psalm</c><00:36:14.260><c> 128,</c><00:36:15.579><c> talks</c><00:36:15.800><c> about</c><00:36:16.079><c> the</c><00:36:16.340><c> blessing</c><00:36:16.760><c> on</c>

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:18.739
a<00:36:17.500><c> wise</c><00:36:17.760><c> man.</c>

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:23.860
It<00:36:19.420><c> talked</c><00:36:19.699><c> about</c><00:36:20.059><c> his</c><00:36:20.380><c> wife</c><00:36:20.880><c> and</c><00:36:21.559><c> his</c><00:36:21.820><c> children</c><00:36:22.260><c> as</c><00:36:22.940><c> a</c><00:36:23.159><c> faithful</c><00:36:23.500><c> vine</c>

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.420
and<00:36:24.059><c> olive</c><00:36:24.380><c> plants</c><00:36:24.639><c> about</c><00:36:24.920><c> their</c><00:36:25.179><c> table.</c>

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:28.820
It's<00:36:25.780><c> a</c><00:36:25.860><c> blessing</c><00:36:26.260><c> on</c><00:36:27.179><c> a</c><00:36:27.460><c> faithful</c><00:36:27.800><c> man.</c>

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:32.900
The<00:36:29.400><c> example</c><00:36:29.739><c> of</c><00:36:29.980><c> Noah,</c><00:36:30.360><c> isn't</c><00:36:30.579><c> that</c><00:36:30.780><c> a</c><00:36:30.860><c> very</c><00:36:31.159><c> positive</c><00:36:31.420><c> illustration</c><00:36:31.940><c> of</c><00:36:32.119><c> this?</c>

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:36.000
Noah's<00:36:33.300><c> family</c><00:36:33.639><c> was</c><00:36:33.920><c> saved</c><00:36:34.139><c> because</c><00:36:34.440><c> of</c><00:36:34.699><c> his</c><00:36:35.000><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:38.780
We're<00:36:36.599><c> told</c><00:36:36.760><c> that</c><00:36:37.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:37.340><c> said</c><00:36:37.519><c> to</c><00:36:37.639><c> Noah,</c><00:36:38.219><c> come</c><00:36:38.320><c> thou</c><00:36:38.539><c> in</c><00:36:38.619><c> all</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:42.280
thy<00:36:38.880><c> house</c><00:36:39.159><c> into</c><00:36:39.380><c> the</c><00:36:39.599><c> ark,</c><00:36:40.019><c> for</c><00:36:40.239><c> thee</c><00:36:40.639><c> have</c><00:36:40.900><c> I</c><00:36:41.119><c> seen</c><00:36:41.360><c> righteous</c><00:36:41.860><c> before</c>

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.199
me<00:36:42.480><c> in</c><00:36:42.559><c> this</c><00:36:42.699><c> generation.</c>

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.920
So<00:36:43.739><c> Noah</c><00:36:43.960><c> and</c><00:36:44.159><c> his</c><00:36:44.340><c> wife</c><00:36:44.599><c> and</c><00:36:44.739><c> his</c><00:36:44.960><c> sons</c><00:36:45.139><c> and</c><00:36:45.280><c> his</c><00:36:45.480><c> sons'</c><00:36:45.800><c> wives</c>

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.480
go<00:36:46.159><c> on.</c>

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:49.079
What<00:36:47.460><c> do</c><00:36:47.619><c> you</c><00:36:47.619><c> know</c><00:36:47.739><c> about</c><00:36:47.960><c> Noah's</c><00:36:48.239><c> wife?</c>

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.360
What's<00:36:50.260><c> her</c><00:36:50.380><c> name?</c>

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:55.219
All<00:36:52.280><c> we</c><00:36:52.400><c> know</c><00:36:52.820><c> is</c><00:36:53.039><c> that</c><00:36:53.139><c> she</c><00:36:53.239><c> was</c><00:36:53.440><c> married</c><00:36:53.860><c> to</c><00:36:54.079><c> Noah.</c>

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:58.760
The<00:36:56.500><c> same</c><00:36:56.800><c> points</c><00:36:57.059><c> made</c><00:36:57.460><c> in</c><00:36:57.579><c> the</c><00:36:57.760><c> negative</c><00:36:58.019><c> by</c><00:36:58.260><c> the</c><00:36:58.400><c> example</c>

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:02.219
of<00:36:58.980><c> Dathan</c><00:36:59.280><c> and</c><00:36:59.500><c> Abiram</c><00:36:59.840><c> when</c><00:36:59.980><c> the</c><00:37:00.179><c> earth</c><00:37:00.360><c> opened</c><00:37:00.719><c> up</c><00:37:01.340><c> and</c><00:37:01.619><c> swallowed</c><00:37:01.920><c> them</c><00:37:02.079><c> up</c>

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:04.360
in<00:37:02.340><c> their</c><00:37:02.539><c> houses</c><00:37:02.920><c> in</c><00:37:03.119><c> Numbers</c><00:37:03.380><c> 16</c><00:37:03.840><c> verse</c><00:37:04.079><c> 31.</c>

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:10.179
The<00:37:04.519><c> record</c><00:37:04.820><c> says</c><00:37:05.099><c> that</c><00:37:05.539><c> included</c><00:37:06.420><c> their</c><00:37:07.219><c> wives,</c><00:37:08.539><c> their</c><00:37:08.780><c> children</c><00:37:09.320><c> and</c>

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.800
their<00:37:10.460><c> little</c><00:37:10.719><c> ones.</c>

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:16.500
Or<00:37:12.719><c> the</c><00:37:12.840><c> example</c><00:37:13.199><c> of</c><00:37:13.460><c> Lot,</c><00:37:14.219><c> a</c><00:37:14.320><c> righteous</c><00:37:14.659><c> man</c><00:37:15.039><c> but</c><00:37:15.280><c> he</c><00:37:15.400><c> lost</c><00:37:15.599><c> his</c><00:37:15.800><c> family</c><00:37:16.099><c> because</c><00:37:16.360><c> he</c>

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:18.320
took<00:37:16.699><c> them</c><00:37:17.139><c> into</c><00:37:17.500><c> sorrow.</c>

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:22.380
So<00:37:18.920><c> we</c><00:37:19.039><c> have</c><00:37:19.179><c> to</c><00:37:19.360><c> accept</c><00:37:19.639><c> that</c><00:37:19.840><c> to</c><00:37:20.059><c> some</c><00:37:20.239><c> degree</c><00:37:20.579><c> the</c><00:37:20.880><c> behaviour</c><00:37:21.500><c> of</c><00:37:22.039><c> the</c>

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:26.840
head<00:37:22.619><c> of</c><00:37:22.900><c> the</c><00:37:23.119><c> house</c><00:37:23.460><c> has</c><00:37:24.219><c> an</c><00:37:24.539><c> enormous</c><00:37:24.960><c> impact</c><00:37:25.579><c> on</c><00:37:26.000><c> the</c><00:37:26.199><c> destiny</c><00:37:26.579><c> of</c>

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:29.039
people<00:37:27.280><c> inside</c><00:37:27.920><c> that</c><00:37:28.159><c> house.</c>

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:32.159
It<00:37:29.340><c> is</c><00:37:29.659><c> so</c><00:37:29.900><c> much</c><00:37:30.260><c> harder</c><00:37:30.599><c> if</c><00:37:31.000><c> the</c><00:37:31.219><c> husband</c><00:37:31.500><c> is</c><00:37:31.760><c> pulling</c><00:37:31.940><c> in</c><00:37:32.079><c> the</c>

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:33.280
wrong<00:37:32.300><c> direction.</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:37.719
But<00:37:34.139><c> on</c><00:37:34.280><c> the</c><00:37:34.400><c> other</c><00:37:34.579><c> hand,</c><00:37:35.619><c> what</c><00:37:35.760><c> about</c><00:37:35.880><c> all</c><00:37:36.019><c> these</c><00:37:36.199><c> principles</c><00:37:36.599><c> of</c><00:37:36.820><c> personal</c><00:37:37.239><c> choice</c>

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:39.780
and<00:37:38.320><c> personal</c><00:37:38.719><c> accountability?</c>

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:46.280
Romans<00:37:42.440><c> 14,</c><00:37:43.079><c> so</c><00:37:43.300><c> then</c><00:37:43.659><c> every</c><00:37:44.119><c> one</c><00:37:44.500><c> of</c><00:37:44.760><c> us</c><00:37:45.360><c> shall</c><00:37:45.719><c> give</c><00:37:45.940><c> account</c>

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:48.780
of<00:37:46.840><c> himself</c><00:37:47.400><c> to</c><00:37:47.599><c> God.</c>

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:52.940
Ezekiel<00:37:50.739><c> 18</c><00:37:51.119><c> verse</c><00:37:51.340><c> 20,</c><00:37:51.679><c> the</c><00:37:51.780><c> soul</c><00:37:52.039><c> that</c><00:37:52.300><c> sinneth</c><00:37:52.519><c> it</c><00:37:52.739><c> shall</c>

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:57.420
die,<00:37:53.519><c> the</c><00:37:53.659><c> son</c><00:37:53.980><c> shall</c><00:37:54.340><c> not</c><00:37:54.940><c> bear</c><00:37:55.380><c> the</c><00:37:55.719><c> iniquity</c><00:37:56.079><c> of</c><00:37:56.300><c> the</c><00:37:56.519><c> father.</c>

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:59.920
The<00:37:58.139><c> righteousness</c><00:37:58.460><c> of</c><00:37:58.679><c> the</c><00:37:58.840><c> righteous</c><00:37:59.099><c> shall</c><00:37:59.280><c> be</c><00:37:59.440><c> upon</c><00:37:59.659><c> him,</c>

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:02.539
the<00:38:00.340><c> wickedness</c><00:38:00.659><c> of</c><00:38:00.820><c> the</c><00:38:00.960><c> wicked</c><00:38:01.159><c> shall</c><00:38:01.360><c> be</c><00:38:01.679><c> upon</c><00:38:01.980><c> him.</c>

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:06.639
Or<00:38:03.300><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:03.599><c> 3</c><00:38:03.900><c> verse</c><00:38:04.099><c> 10,</c><00:38:04.500><c> say</c><00:38:04.559><c> ye</c><00:38:04.719><c> to</c><00:38:04.780><c> the</c><00:38:04.960><c> righteous,</c><00:38:05.860><c> it</c><00:38:05.980><c> shall</c><00:38:06.300><c> be</c>

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:10.860
well<00:38:07.039><c> with</c><00:38:07.539><c> him,</c><00:38:08.639><c> for</c><00:38:08.840><c> they</c><00:38:09.059><c> shall</c><00:38:09.179><c> eat</c><00:38:09.300><c> the</c><00:38:09.519><c> fruit</c><00:38:09.679><c> of</c><00:38:09.840><c> their</c><00:38:10.059><c> doings.</c>

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:16.400
Woe<00:38:11.219><c> unto</c><00:38:11.679><c> the</c><00:38:12.199><c> wicked,</c><00:38:12.880><c> it</c><00:38:13.119><c> shall</c><00:38:13.380><c> be</c><00:38:13.679><c> ill</c><00:38:13.820><c> with</c><00:38:14.239><c> him,</c><00:38:14.980><c> for</c><00:38:15.179><c> the</c><00:38:15.320><c> reward</c><00:38:15.760><c> of</c>

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:18.960
his<00:38:16.739><c> hands</c><00:38:17.340><c> shall</c><00:38:17.699><c> be</c><00:38:17.920><c> given</c><00:38:18.099><c> him.</c>

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:22.900
So<00:38:20.380><c> do</c><00:38:20.539><c> these</c><00:38:20.760><c> two</c><00:38:21.000><c> principles</c><00:38:21.380><c> seem</c><00:38:21.679><c> to</c><00:38:21.940><c> conflict</c><00:38:22.340><c> somehow.</c>

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:28.860
How<00:38:23.860><c> do</c><00:38:24.019><c> we</c><00:38:24.179><c> reconcile</c><00:38:24.699><c> on</c><00:38:25.000><c> one</c><00:38:25.280><c> hand</c><00:38:25.460><c> this</c><00:38:25.679><c> concept</c><00:38:26.099><c> of</c><00:38:26.340><c> personal,</c><00:38:27.219><c> individual</c><00:38:27.780><c> accountability</c><00:38:28.480><c> and</c>

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:31.639
responsibility<00:38:29.480><c> with</c><00:38:30.039><c> examples</c><00:38:30.579><c> in</c><00:38:30.800><c> scripture</c><00:38:31.059><c> which</c><00:38:31.340><c> very</c>

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:36.079
clearly<00:38:31.880><c> show</c><00:38:32.139><c> that</c><00:38:32.300><c> the</c><00:38:32.500><c> outcome</c><00:38:33.039><c> for</c><00:38:33.639><c> wives</c><00:38:34.159><c> is</c><00:38:34.599><c> very</c><00:38:34.880><c> significantly</c><00:38:35.420><c> influenced</c><00:38:35.900><c> by</c>

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:38.480
what<00:38:36.260><c> the</c><00:38:36.420><c> husband</c><00:38:36.679><c> does?</c>

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:43.199
Does<00:38:39.519><c> the</c><00:38:39.980><c> very</c><00:38:40.500><c> act</c><00:38:40.760><c> of</c><00:38:40.960><c> fulfilling</c><00:38:41.360><c> a</c><00:38:41.719><c> support</c><00:38:41.920><c> role</c><00:38:42.280><c> of</c><00:38:42.699><c> being</c><00:38:42.980><c> in</c>

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:46.840
submission,<00:38:43.619><c> does</c><00:38:43.659><c> that</c><00:38:44.440><c> somehow</c><00:38:44.860><c> diminish</c><00:38:45.300><c> or</c><00:38:45.880><c> remove</c><00:38:46.440><c> the</c>

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:50.179
principles<00:38:47.199><c> of</c><00:38:47.460><c> personal</c><00:38:47.820><c> accountability</c><00:38:48.500><c> and</c><00:38:49.159><c> responsibility?</c>

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.579
What<00:38:51.559><c> does</c><00:38:51.739><c> this</c><00:38:51.880><c> mean</c><00:38:51.980><c> for</c><00:38:52.199><c> our</c><00:38:52.380><c> wives</c><00:38:52.699><c> in</c><00:38:52.940><c> terms</c><00:38:53.199><c> of</c><00:38:53.380><c> their</c>

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:58.400
own<00:38:53.820><c> very</c><00:38:54.099><c> personal</c><00:38:54.539><c> relationship</c><00:38:55.219><c> with</c><00:38:55.519><c> God</c><00:38:55.820><c> and</c><00:38:56.280><c> the</c><00:38:56.500><c> ultimate</c><00:38:56.840><c> outcome</c><00:38:57.260><c> for</c><00:38:57.460><c> them?</c>

00:38:58.539 --> 00:39:03.659
So<00:38:58.619><c> what</c><00:38:58.679><c> we're</c><00:38:58.820><c> going</c><00:38:58.880><c> to</c><00:38:58.960><c> do</c><00:38:59.059><c> now</c><00:38:59.280><c> is</c><00:38:59.400><c> look</c><00:38:59.539><c> at</c><00:38:59.659><c> a</c><00:38:59.760><c> few</c><00:38:59.880><c> scriptural</c><00:39:00.239><c> examples</c><00:39:00.820><c> and</c><00:39:01.400><c> just</c><00:39:01.659><c> see</c><00:39:01.840><c> how</c><00:39:02.019><c> these</c><00:39:02.300><c> principles</c><00:39:02.659><c> apply</c><00:39:03.199><c> in</c>

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.019
real<00:39:03.820><c> life.</c>

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:06.239
We're<00:39:04.199><c> now</c><00:39:04.340><c> going</c><00:39:04.460><c> to</c><00:39:04.500><c> look</c><00:39:04.659><c> at</c><00:39:04.860><c> three</c><00:39:05.139><c> examples.</c>

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.300
These<00:39:06.900><c> are</c><00:39:07.119><c> three</c><00:39:07.260><c> women.</c>

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:13.139
They're<00:39:08.900><c> all</c><00:39:09.519><c> married</c><00:39:09.980><c> to</c><00:39:10.260><c> men</c><00:39:10.579><c> who</c><00:39:10.920><c> are</c><00:39:11.380><c> abhorred</c><00:39:11.980><c> by</c><00:39:12.280><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:17.780
In<00:39:13.860><c> one</c><00:39:14.079><c> case,</c><00:39:14.900><c> his</c><00:39:15.019><c> wife</c><00:39:15.619><c> threw</c><00:39:15.940><c> in</c><00:39:16.159><c> her</c><00:39:16.360><c> lot</c><00:39:16.519><c> with</c><00:39:16.719><c> the</c><00:39:16.860><c> husband</c><00:39:17.280><c> and</c>

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:19.400
she<00:39:18.079><c> suffered</c><00:39:18.300><c> his</c><00:39:18.559><c> fate.</c>

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.159
In<00:39:19.920><c> the</c><00:39:20.059><c> other</c><00:39:20.219><c> two</c><00:39:20.440><c> cases,</c><00:39:21.039><c> the</c><00:39:21.139><c> wives</c><00:39:21.340><c> deliberately</c><00:39:21.900><c> took</c>

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:26.260
actions<00:39:22.719><c> which</c><00:39:23.179><c> were</c><00:39:23.420><c> the</c><00:39:23.659><c> opposite</c><00:39:23.980><c> of</c><00:39:24.280><c> what</c><00:39:24.380><c> their</c><00:39:24.619><c> husbands</c><00:39:24.980><c> were</c><00:39:25.239><c> doing.</c>

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:28.760
I'd<00:39:26.820><c> like</c><00:39:26.820><c> you</c><00:39:26.920><c> to</c><00:39:27.019><c> come</c><00:39:27.079><c> with</c><00:39:27.199><c> me</c><00:39:27.380><c> first</c><00:39:27.599><c> of</c><00:39:27.739><c> all</c><00:39:27.860><c> to</c><00:39:28.000><c> Acts</c><00:39:28.219><c> chapter</c><00:39:28.460><c> 5.</c>

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:31.059
It's<00:39:29.019><c> the</c><00:39:29.159><c> story</c><00:39:29.519><c> of</c><00:39:30.059><c> Ananias</c><00:39:30.440><c> and</c><00:39:30.659><c> Sapphira.</c>

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:35.980
We<00:39:31.480><c> know</c><00:39:31.679><c> the</c><00:39:31.880><c> story</c><00:39:32.079><c> well,</c><00:39:32.440><c> how</c><00:39:32.760><c> Ananias</c><00:39:33.219><c> told</c><00:39:33.460><c> a</c><00:39:33.679><c> lie,</c><00:39:34.400><c> he</c><00:39:34.539><c> exaggerated</c><00:39:34.960><c> the</c><00:39:35.219><c> generosity</c><00:39:35.659><c> of</c>

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:39.059
spirit<00:39:36.139><c> with</c><00:39:36.340><c> which</c><00:39:36.480><c> he</c><00:39:36.599><c> was</c><00:39:36.760><c> donating</c><00:39:37.139><c> to</c><00:39:37.380><c> the</c><00:39:37.460><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:37.800><c> fund</c><00:39:38.199><c> and</c><00:39:38.860><c> he</c>

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:40.480
was<00:39:39.400><c> struck</c><00:39:39.599><c> dead.</c>

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:43.179
So<00:39:41.559><c> let's</c><00:39:41.880><c> put</c><00:39:42.079><c> ourselves</c><00:39:42.480><c> into</c><00:39:42.699><c> that</c><00:39:42.960><c> scene.</c>

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:45.579
You're<00:39:43.800><c> sitting</c><00:39:44.079><c> there</c><00:39:44.340><c> in</c><00:39:44.440><c> the</c><00:39:44.559><c> little</c><00:39:44.760><c> community</c><00:39:45.239><c> of</c><00:39:45.420><c> the</c>

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:48.400
disciples<00:39:45.940><c> and</c><00:39:46.139><c> you</c><00:39:46.420><c> have</c><00:39:46.639><c> seen</c><00:39:46.940><c> Ananias</c><00:39:47.559><c> struck</c><00:39:48.099><c> dead.</c>

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:52.400
Three<00:39:49.280><c> hours</c><00:39:49.539><c> have</c><00:39:49.739><c> now</c><00:39:49.900><c> gone</c><00:39:50.119><c> by</c><00:39:50.639><c> and</c><00:39:51.739><c> you're</c><00:39:51.980><c> still</c><00:39:52.199><c> sitting</c>

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:56.320
there<00:39:52.679><c> rather</c><00:39:53.079><c> shaken</c><00:39:53.460><c> by</c><00:39:53.920><c> what</c><00:39:54.139><c> you</c><00:39:54.380><c> have</c><00:39:54.639><c> just</c><00:39:55.179><c> observed.</c>

00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:01.420
And<00:39:58.139><c> at</c><00:39:58.239><c> that</c><00:39:58.480><c> point,</c><00:39:59.199><c> Sister</c><00:39:59.340><c> Sapphira</c><00:39:59.780><c> walks</c><00:40:00.199><c> in.</c>

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:04.219
There's<00:40:02.099><c> a</c><00:40:02.340><c> collective</c><00:40:02.719><c> holding</c><00:40:03.099><c> of</c><00:40:03.380><c> breath.</c>

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.960
What's<00:40:05.719><c> going</c><00:40:05.820><c> to</c><00:40:05.920><c> happen</c><00:40:06.059><c> to</c><00:40:06.199><c> her?</c>

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:09.079
Is<00:40:07.360><c> she</c><00:40:07.500><c> compromised</c><00:40:07.960><c> by</c><00:40:08.199><c> her</c><00:40:08.320><c> husband?</c>

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:14.599
How's<00:40:10.800><c> Sapphira</c><00:40:11.219><c> going</c><00:40:11.420><c> to</c><00:40:11.539><c> react</c><00:40:11.920><c> when</c><00:40:12.420><c> she</c><00:40:12.599><c> learns</c><00:40:12.860><c> that</c><00:40:13.039><c> her</c><00:40:13.199><c> husband</c><00:40:13.579><c> is</c><00:40:13.840><c> dead?</c>

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:16.219
Now<00:40:14.840><c> this</c><00:40:14.940><c> is</c><00:40:15.300><c> really</c><00:40:15.519><c> scary</c><00:40:15.840><c> stuff.</c>

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:19.880
How's<00:40:17.159><c> this</c><00:40:17.380><c> relationship</c><00:40:17.920><c> between</c><00:40:18.280><c> husband</c><00:40:18.719><c> and</c><00:40:18.900><c> wife</c><00:40:19.380><c> now</c>

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:23.719
going<00:40:20.119><c> to</c><00:40:20.380><c> play</c><00:40:20.559><c> out</c><00:40:21.079><c> in</c><00:40:21.420><c> this</c><00:40:21.679><c> scene</c><00:40:21.900><c> right</c><00:40:22.599><c> here</c><00:40:23.079><c> under</c><00:40:23.440><c> the</c>

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:26.099
spotlight<00:40:24.079><c> of</c><00:40:24.579><c> Divine</c><00:40:24.980><c> Evaluation?</c>

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:30.619
Can<00:40:26.599><c> you</c><00:40:26.840><c> imagine</c><00:40:27.280><c> that</c><00:40:27.559><c> little</c><00:40:27.800><c> room</c><00:40:28.000><c> being</c><00:40:28.320><c> on</c><00:40:28.860><c> tenterhooks?</c>

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:34.340
I<00:40:30.820><c> can</c><00:40:30.980><c> imagine</c><00:40:31.239><c> everybody</c><00:40:31.820><c> in</c><00:40:32.320><c> hushed</c><00:40:32.920><c> silence</c><00:40:33.440><c> and</c><00:40:34.179><c> Peter</c>

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.639
speaks<00:40:34.599><c> up.</c>

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:40.880
Sister<00:40:36.159><c> Sapphira,</c><00:40:37.980><c> did</c><00:40:38.119><c> you</c><00:40:38.400><c> sell</c><00:40:38.619><c> the</c><00:40:38.880><c> land</c><00:40:39.239><c> for</c><00:40:39.619><c> this</c><00:40:39.920><c> price?</c>

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:44.380
A<00:40:41.739><c> moment's</c><00:40:42.019><c> silence</c><00:40:42.699><c> suspends.</c>

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:47.900
And<00:40:45.400><c> she</c><00:40:45.579><c> answers,</c><00:40:46.579><c> yes,</c><00:40:46.820><c> that's</c><00:40:46.980><c> right</c><00:40:47.199><c> for</c><00:40:47.400><c> so</c><00:40:47.619><c> much.</c>

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:51.260
There's<00:40:48.300><c> an</c><00:40:48.599><c> inward</c><00:40:48.900><c> groan</c><00:40:49.559><c> in</c><00:40:49.760><c> the</c><00:40:50.019><c> hearts</c><00:40:50.380><c> of</c><00:40:50.800><c> everybody</c>

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:52.579
who's<00:40:51.579><c> listening.</c>

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.659
So<00:40:53.420><c> now</c><00:40:53.780><c> what?</c>

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:56.940
What's<00:40:55.380><c> her</c><00:40:55.800><c> accountability?</c>

00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:01.000
Is<00:40:57.239><c> she</c><00:40:57.460><c> to</c><00:40:57.679><c> blame</c><00:40:57.920><c> for</c><00:40:58.119><c> the</c><00:40:58.280><c> nefarious</c><00:40:58.800><c> scheme</c><00:40:59.059><c> which</c><00:40:59.260><c> has</c><00:40:59.440><c> been</c><00:40:59.699><c> perpetrated</c><00:41:00.159><c> here</c><00:41:00.559><c> by</c>

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.920
her<00:41:01.139><c> husband?</c>

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.480
You<00:41:02.079><c> know,</c><00:41:02.260><c> it</c><00:41:02.360><c> says</c><00:41:02.500><c> in</c><00:41:02.659><c> verse</c><00:41:02.960><c> four</c><00:41:03.219><c> that</c><00:41:03.320><c> it</c><00:41:03.400><c> was</c><00:41:03.599><c> him</c><00:41:04.000><c> who</c>

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:07.119
conceived<00:41:04.940><c> it</c><00:41:05.360><c> in</c><00:41:05.760><c> his</c><00:41:06.219><c> heart.</c>

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.500
So<00:41:07.780><c> is</c><00:41:07.880><c> she</c><00:41:08.039><c> going</c><00:41:08.159><c> to</c><00:41:08.320><c> share</c><00:41:08.440><c> his</c><00:41:08.699><c> fate?</c>

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:13.119
The<00:41:11.059><c> Apostle</c><00:41:11.460><c> says,</c><00:41:11.860><c> the</c><00:41:11.860><c> feet</c><00:41:12.079><c> of</c><00:41:12.260><c> them</c><00:41:12.480><c> which</c><00:41:12.679><c> have</c><00:41:12.900><c> buried</c>

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.139
thy<00:41:13.360><c> husband</c><00:41:13.880><c> are</c><00:41:14.059><c> at</c><00:41:14.179><c> the</c><00:41:14.380><c> door</c><00:41:14.739><c> and</c><00:41:15.159><c> shall</c><00:41:15.340><c> carry</c><00:41:15.679><c> thee</c><00:41:15.940><c> out.</c>

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:19.099
And<00:41:16.400><c> she</c><00:41:16.719><c> falls</c><00:41:17.019><c> down</c><00:41:17.320><c> immediately</c><00:41:17.820><c> struck</c><00:41:18.199><c> dead.</c>

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:22.360
And<00:41:19.300><c> she</c><00:41:19.519><c> shares</c><00:41:19.820><c> the</c><00:41:20.099><c> same</c><00:41:20.420><c> fate</c><00:41:20.719><c> as</c><00:41:21.239><c> her</c><00:41:21.380><c> husband.</c>

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:28.980
I'd<00:41:22.760><c> like</c><00:41:22.920><c> you</c><00:41:23.059><c> to</c><00:41:23.260><c> note</c><00:41:24.000><c> the</c><00:41:24.659><c> little</c><00:41:25.019><c> phrase</c><00:41:25.420><c> there,</c><00:41:26.400><c> very</c><00:41:26.679><c> telling</c><00:41:27.079><c> phrase</c><00:41:27.880><c> in</c>

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:31.559
verse<00:41:30.480><c> nine.</c>

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:39.800
How<00:41:33.880><c> is</c><00:41:34.179><c> it,</c><00:41:34.679><c> says</c><00:41:34.900><c> Peter,</c><00:41:36.059><c> that</c><00:41:36.360><c> you</c><00:41:37.159><c> have</c><00:41:38.260><c> agreed</c><00:41:38.900><c> together</c>

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:42.460
to<00:41:40.480><c> tempt</c><00:41:40.840><c> the</c><00:41:41.280><c> spirit</c><00:41:41.800><c> of</c><00:41:42.139><c> the</c><00:41:42.260><c> Lord?</c>

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:45.019
And<00:41:42.920><c> there,</c><00:41:43.159><c> brothers</c><00:41:43.340><c> and</c><00:41:43.460><c> sisters,</c><00:41:43.739><c> in</c><00:41:43.840><c> this</c><00:41:44.099><c> story</c><00:41:44.480><c> lies</c>

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.500
our<00:41:45.400><c> little</c><00:41:45.639><c> key.</c>

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:51.559
Here's<00:41:47.039><c> a</c><00:41:47.199><c> wife</c><00:41:47.699><c> who</c><00:41:48.440><c> absolutely</c><00:41:49.300><c> participated</c><00:41:50.179><c> in</c><00:41:50.780><c> the</c><00:41:50.980><c> deception</c><00:41:51.340><c> of</c>

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.739
her<00:41:51.739><c> husband.</c>

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:55.840
And<00:41:53.219><c> therefore</c><00:41:53.599><c> she</c><00:41:53.920><c> suffered</c><00:41:54.260><c> the</c><00:41:54.539><c> same</c><00:41:54.980><c> terrible</c><00:41:55.480><c> fate.</c>

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:58.719
You<00:41:56.519><c> have</c><00:41:56.780><c> agreed</c><00:41:57.400><c> together.</c>

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:02.659
Now<00:41:59.780><c> when</c><00:41:59.940><c> a</c><00:42:00.119><c> husband</c><00:42:00.440><c> is</c><00:42:00.699><c> unfaithful</c><00:42:01.380><c> or</c><00:42:01.519><c> wicked,</c><00:42:02.139><c> terrible</c>

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:06.880
pressure<00:42:03.280><c> comes</c><00:42:04.099><c> upon</c><00:42:04.400><c> a</c><00:42:04.579><c> wife</c><00:42:04.920><c> to</c><00:42:05.460><c> have</c><00:42:05.699><c> to</c><00:42:05.860><c> conform</c><00:42:06.280><c> to</c><00:42:06.420><c> him.</c>

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:09.940
And<00:42:07.460><c> his</c><00:42:07.639><c> influence</c><00:42:07.980><c> at</c><00:42:08.219><c> times</c><00:42:08.440><c> can</c><00:42:08.679><c> work</c><00:42:08.940><c> very</c><00:42:09.400><c> strongly</c><00:42:09.659><c> to</c>

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:13.699
try<00:42:10.119><c> and</c><00:42:10.440><c> pull</c><00:42:10.760><c> her</c><00:42:11.000><c> away</c><00:42:11.579><c> from</c><00:42:12.000><c> what</c><00:42:12.159><c> she</c><00:42:12.360><c> knows</c><00:42:12.639><c> is</c><00:42:12.860><c> right.</c>

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.579
The<00:42:14.760><c> same</c><00:42:15.019><c> principles,</c><00:42:15.699><c> tragically,</c><00:42:16.460><c> can</c><00:42:16.460><c> sometimes,</c><00:42:17.179><c> it's</c>

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:20.239
rare,<00:42:17.960><c> but</c><00:42:18.000><c> sometimes</c><00:42:18.500><c> outwork</c><00:42:18.820><c> themselves</c><00:42:19.260><c> in</c><00:42:19.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:19.820><c> life</c>

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:23.239
if<00:42:20.719><c> the</c><00:42:20.900><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:21.239><c> elders</c><00:42:21.500><c> are</c><00:42:21.719><c> pulling</c><00:42:21.920><c> in</c><00:42:22.059><c> the</c><00:42:22.119><c> wrong</c><00:42:22.260><c> direction.</c>

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:27.380
So<00:42:23.880><c> yes,</c><00:42:24.139><c> here</c><00:42:24.380><c> is</c><00:42:24.500><c> a</c><00:42:24.619><c> situation</c><00:42:25.380><c> where</c><00:42:25.840><c> she's</c><00:42:26.219><c> vulnerable.</c>

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:31.880
She's<00:42:27.920><c> very</c><00:42:28.219><c> distinctly</c><00:42:28.980><c> at</c><00:42:29.139><c> a</c><00:42:29.300><c> disadvantage</c><00:42:30.039><c> when</c><00:42:30.880><c> the</c><00:42:31.099><c> pressure</c><00:42:31.340><c> comes</c><00:42:31.679><c> on</c>

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:33.599
her<00:42:32.340><c> from</c><00:42:32.539><c> her</c><00:42:32.699><c> husband.</c>

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:37.559
But<00:42:34.260><c> the</c><00:42:34.440><c> divine</c><00:42:34.659><c> summation</c><00:42:35.059><c> here</c><00:42:35.360><c> is</c><00:42:35.559><c> still</c><00:42:36.039><c> you</c><00:42:36.480><c> agreed</c><00:42:36.820><c> together.</c>

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:41.039
And<00:42:38.320><c> that's</c><00:42:38.519><c> why</c><00:42:38.719><c> they</c><00:42:39.000><c> jointly</c><00:42:39.280><c> share</c><00:42:39.619><c> the</c><00:42:39.880><c> same</c><00:42:40.219><c> fate.</c>

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:44.659
And<00:42:42.320><c> so</c><00:42:42.500><c> sisters,</c><00:42:43.400><c> the</c><00:42:43.500><c> lesson</c><00:42:43.679><c> that</c><00:42:43.860><c> comes</c><00:42:44.000><c> from</c><00:42:44.199><c> this</c><00:42:44.440><c> story</c>

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:47.400
is<00:42:44.900><c> that</c><00:42:45.059><c> if</c><00:42:45.219><c> the</c><00:42:45.460><c> leadership</c><00:42:45.880><c> of</c><00:42:46.380><c> the</c><00:42:46.559><c> male</c><00:42:46.800><c> is</c><00:42:47.179><c> bad</c>

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:50.900
don't<00:42:48.139><c> change</c><00:42:48.980><c> your</c><00:42:49.480><c> values</c><00:42:49.900><c> to</c><00:42:50.139><c> conform</c><00:42:50.500><c> to</c><00:42:50.679><c> it.</c>

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.599
It's<00:42:51.880><c> a</c><00:42:51.960><c> bit</c><00:42:52.019><c> like</c><00:42:52.179><c> the</c><00:42:52.400><c> principle,</c><00:42:52.719><c> isn't</c><00:42:52.880><c> it,</c><00:42:53.039><c> that's</c><00:42:53.159><c> taught</c><00:42:53.300><c> to</c><00:42:53.500><c> us</c>

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:54.219
in<00:42:53.820><c> scripture</c>

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:58.940
that<00:42:54.639><c> we</c><00:42:54.800><c> need</c><00:42:55.039><c> to</c><00:42:55.300><c> submit</c><00:42:55.739><c> towards</c><00:42:56.579><c> those</c><00:42:57.000><c> who</c><00:42:57.320><c> are</c><00:42:57.639><c> in</c><00:42:57.900><c> authority</c><00:42:58.460><c> over</c>

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:02.539
us<00:42:59.340><c> in</c><00:42:59.719><c> this</c><00:42:59.980><c> land,</c><00:43:00.239><c> those</c><00:43:00.559><c> who</c><00:43:01.059><c> govern</c><00:43:01.400><c> us.</c>

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:06.800
But<00:43:03.420><c> we're</c><00:43:03.579><c> also</c><00:43:03.880><c> told</c><00:43:04.119><c> to</c><00:43:04.320><c> obey</c><00:43:04.599><c> God</c><00:43:05.139><c> rather</c><00:43:05.639><c> than</c><00:43:05.880><c> men.</c>

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:10.159
So<00:43:07.739><c> here</c><00:43:07.940><c> we</c><00:43:08.079><c> have</c><00:43:08.219><c> our</c><00:43:08.519><c> responsibility</c><00:43:09.119><c> to</c><00:43:09.400><c> submit</c><00:43:09.739><c> to</c><00:43:09.920><c> those</c>

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:11.059
in<00:43:10.460><c> authority,</c>

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:14.679
tempered<00:43:11.699><c> by</c><00:43:11.980><c> the</c><00:43:12.219><c> fact</c><00:43:12.539><c> that</c><00:43:13.380><c> it's</c><00:43:13.599><c> not</c><00:43:13.900><c> to</c><00:43:14.059><c> the</c><00:43:14.179><c> point</c><00:43:14.320><c> of</c>

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:16.659
compromising<00:43:15.260><c> divine</c><00:43:15.599><c> principles.</c>

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:19.900
We<00:43:17.320><c> submit</c><00:43:17.679><c> to</c><00:43:17.860><c> the</c><00:43:18.019><c> point</c><00:43:18.159><c> when</c><00:43:18.300><c> it</c><00:43:18.760><c> explicitly</c><00:43:19.159><c> contradicts</c>

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.699
God's<00:43:20.199><c> commands</c>

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:24.480
and<00:43:21.400><c> then</c><00:43:21.800><c> prayerfully</c><00:43:22.360><c> we</c><00:43:22.679><c> have</c><00:43:22.880><c> to</c><00:43:22.960><c> consider</c><00:43:23.360><c> our</c><00:43:23.559><c> options.</c>

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:27.639
Now,<00:43:24.840><c> there</c><00:43:24.960><c> are</c><00:43:25.320><c> inspirational</c><00:43:25.880><c> examples</c><00:43:26.380><c> in</c><00:43:27.159><c> scripture</c><00:43:27.420><c> of</c>

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:28.460
women<00:43:27.900><c> who,</c>

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:31.559
despite<00:43:28.920><c> the</c><00:43:29.280><c> downright</c><00:43:29.820><c> wickedness</c><00:43:30.579><c> of</c><00:43:30.880><c> their</c><00:43:31.079><c> husbands,</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:35.099
stand<00:43:32.219><c> aside</c><00:43:32.639><c> from</c><00:43:32.820><c> that</c><00:43:33.019><c> as</c><00:43:33.199><c> best</c><00:43:33.440><c> they</c><00:43:33.679><c> can</c><00:43:34.019><c> from</c><00:43:34.559><c> the</c><00:43:34.800><c> folly</c>

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:36.380
of<00:43:35.539><c> their</c><00:43:35.760><c> worst</c><00:43:35.940><c> half.</c>

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:39.199
And<00:43:37.139><c> they</c><00:43:37.280><c> find</c><00:43:37.460><c> themselves</c><00:43:37.880><c> in</c><00:43:38.019><c> a</c><00:43:38.219><c> terrible</c><00:43:38.699><c> environment,</c>

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:41.920
faced<00:43:39.559><c> with</c><00:43:39.800><c> all</c><00:43:40.079><c> sorts</c><00:43:40.480><c> of</c><00:43:40.960><c> challenges.</c>

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:47.400
But<00:43:42.760><c> our</c><00:43:42.960><c> own</c><00:43:43.219><c> behaviour</c><00:43:43.760><c> is</c><00:43:44.880><c> still</c><00:43:45.380><c> always</c><00:43:45.980><c> a</c><00:43:46.119><c> matter</c><00:43:46.480><c> of</c><00:43:47.139><c> our</c>

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.579
own<00:43:47.880><c> personal</c><00:43:48.239><c> choice.</c>

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:51.239
So<00:43:49.039><c> we're</c><00:43:49.139><c> now</c><00:43:49.320><c> going</c><00:43:49.460><c> to</c><00:43:49.519><c> look</c><00:43:49.679><c> at</c><00:43:49.800><c> two</c><00:43:50.079><c> remarkable</c><00:43:50.719><c> characters.</c>

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:55.980
Both<00:43:51.940><c> of</c><00:43:52.119><c> these</c><00:43:52.480><c> women</c><00:43:52.820><c> were</c><00:43:53.320><c> married</c><00:43:53.780><c> to</c><00:43:54.179><c> very</c><00:43:54.639><c> wicked</c><00:43:54.980><c> men,</c>

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:59.039
men<00:43:56.260><c> who</c><00:43:56.539><c> behaved</c><00:43:57.159><c> in</c><00:43:57.679><c> abhorrent</c><00:43:58.059><c> ways.</c>

00:43:59.179 --> 00:44:01.219
Interestingly,<00:43:59.820><c> when</c><00:43:59.960><c> we</c><00:44:00.139><c> meet</c><00:44:00.300><c> them</c><00:44:00.460><c> we</c><00:44:00.579><c> find</c><00:44:00.800><c> they're</c><00:44:01.000><c> both</c>

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:03.079
still<00:44:01.840><c> living</c><00:44:02.139><c> with</c><00:44:02.420><c> their</c><00:44:02.619><c> husbands,</c>

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:07.139
but<00:44:03.559><c> they</c><00:44:03.800><c> don't</c><00:44:04.119><c> support</c><00:44:04.619><c> or</c><00:44:04.920><c> conform</c><00:44:05.440><c> to</c><00:44:05.599><c> what</c><00:44:05.780><c> their</c><00:44:06.099><c> husbands</c><00:44:06.519><c> are</c><00:44:06.920><c> doing.</c>

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:10.440
And<00:44:07.619><c> then</c><00:44:07.739><c> when</c><00:44:07.860><c> the</c><00:44:08.099><c> crunch</c><00:44:08.360><c> comes,</c><00:44:09.239><c> when</c><00:44:09.440><c> the</c><00:44:09.800><c> crisis</c><00:44:10.119><c> point</c>

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.480
actually<00:44:10.920><c> arrives,</c>

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:15.360
they<00:44:12.079><c> both</c><00:44:12.699><c> stand</c><00:44:13.260><c> aside</c><00:44:13.840><c> from</c><00:44:14.179><c> their</c><00:44:14.380><c> husbands'</c><00:44:15.360><c> behaviour</c>

00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:17.380
and<00:44:15.960><c> therefore</c><00:44:16.300><c> are</c><00:44:16.440><c> not</c><00:44:16.619><c> swallowed</c><00:44:16.780><c> up</c><00:44:17.059><c> by</c><00:44:17.159><c> it.</c>

00:44:17.380 --> 00:44:20.900
Now,<00:44:18.239><c> our</c><00:44:18.440><c> first</c><00:44:18.780><c> example</c><00:44:19.219><c> of</c><00:44:19.400><c> this</c><00:44:19.539><c> is</c><00:44:19.719><c> a</c><00:44:19.800><c> woman</c><00:44:19.960><c> of</c><00:44:20.159><c> remarkable</c><00:44:20.639><c> faith</c>

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.280
and<00:44:21.059><c> courage,</c>

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:23.000
and<00:44:21.420><c> it's</c><00:44:21.559><c> found</c><00:44:21.900><c> in</c><00:44:22.239><c> the</c><00:44:22.300><c> book</c><00:44:22.519><c> of</c><00:44:22.699><c> Judges.</c>

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.900
You<00:44:23.380><c> probably</c><00:44:23.679><c> know</c><00:44:23.880><c> who</c><00:44:24.019><c> we're</c><00:44:24.179><c> referring</c><00:44:24.519><c> to.</c>

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:26.320
Any<00:44:25.340><c> guesses?</c>

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:28.940
Jael,<00:44:28.179><c> Jael</c><00:44:28.619><c> the</c><00:44:28.719><c> Kenite.</c>

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:33.300
Let's<00:44:29.119><c> go</c><00:44:29.360><c> back</c><00:44:29.559><c> to</c><00:44:29.719><c> Judges</c><00:44:30.500><c> 4</c><00:44:31.599><c> and</c><00:44:31.960><c> 5</c><00:44:32.340><c> where</c><00:44:32.500><c> this</c><00:44:32.719><c> remarkable</c>

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:34.880
story<00:44:33.659><c> unfolds.</c>

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:41.840
The<00:44:39.659><c> woman</c><00:44:39.880><c> we're</c><00:44:39.980><c> going</c><00:44:40.179><c> to</c><00:44:40.320><c> meet</c><00:44:40.460><c> here,</c><00:44:40.719><c> Jael,</c><00:44:41.139><c> is</c><00:44:41.420><c> a</c><00:44:41.559><c> member</c>

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:43.860
of<00:44:42.239><c> a</c><00:44:42.440><c> truly</c><00:44:42.739><c> remarkable</c><00:44:43.400><c> family.</c>

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:48.079
It's<00:44:44.920><c> a</c><00:44:45.059><c> family</c><00:44:45.260><c> which</c><00:44:45.480><c> was</c><00:44:45.800><c> renowned</c><00:44:46.380><c> in</c><00:44:46.880><c> history</c><00:44:47.380><c> of</c><00:44:47.599><c> Israel</c>

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:49.519
for<00:44:48.519><c> their</c><00:44:48.719><c> steadfastness,</c>

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:55.320
for<00:44:50.000><c> their</c><00:44:50.360><c> resolute</c><00:44:50.800><c> commitment</c><00:44:52.039><c> and</c><00:44:53.019><c> standing</c><00:44:53.400><c> for</c><00:44:54.179><c> the</c><00:44:54.320><c> principles</c><00:44:54.820><c> of</c>

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:55.739
the<00:44:55.480><c> truth.</c>

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:58.099
It's<00:44:56.099><c> actually</c><00:44:56.300><c> the</c><00:44:56.440><c> family</c><00:44:56.760><c> of</c><00:44:56.940><c> the</c><00:44:57.139><c> Kenites,</c><00:44:57.500><c> or</c><00:44:57.679><c> as</c><00:44:57.760><c> they're</c><00:44:57.960><c> known</c>

00:44:58.099 --> 00:45:00.500
later<00:44:58.360><c> in</c><00:44:58.559><c> scripture,</c><00:44:58.820><c> the</c><00:44:58.960><c> family</c><00:44:59.579><c> of</c><00:44:59.900><c> the</c><00:45:00.059><c> Reckobites.</c>

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:04.139
Now<00:45:01.219><c> for</c><00:45:01.599><c> generation</c><00:45:02.179><c> after</c><00:45:02.440><c> generation,</c><00:45:03.099><c> from</c><00:45:03.219><c> the</c><00:45:03.360><c> days</c><00:45:03.559><c> of</c>

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:06.079
Jethro<00:45:04.659><c> and</c><00:45:05.000><c> then</c><00:45:05.300><c> Hobab</c><00:45:05.639><c> his</c><00:45:05.800><c> son,</c>

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:09.480
this<00:45:06.599><c> tribe</c><00:45:06.940><c> threw</c><00:45:07.320><c> in</c><00:45:07.480><c> their</c><00:45:07.679><c> lot</c><00:45:07.880><c> with</c><00:45:08.119><c> the</c><00:45:08.360><c> people</c><00:45:08.659><c> of</c><00:45:09.000><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:13.780
and<00:45:09.820><c> they</c><00:45:10.119><c> supported</c><00:45:10.639><c> Israel</c><00:45:11.159><c> every</c><00:45:11.739><c> step</c><00:45:12.280><c> along</c><00:45:12.760><c> the</c><00:45:12.940><c> way.</c>

00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:16.320
But<00:45:14.820><c> there</c><00:45:14.980><c> were</c><00:45:15.280><c> exceptions.</c>

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:23.119
Even<00:45:17.780><c> in</c><00:45:18.420><c> a</c><00:45:18.760><c> faithful</c><00:45:19.159><c> family,</c><00:45:21.260><c> there</c><00:45:21.340><c> can</c><00:45:21.699><c> be</c><00:45:22.059><c> exceptions.</c>

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:27.820
The<00:45:23.400><c> truth</c><00:45:23.539><c> is</c><00:45:23.800><c> always</c><00:45:24.019><c> a</c><00:45:24.099><c> matter</c><00:45:24.579><c> of</c><00:45:24.940><c> personal</c><00:45:25.300><c> choices,</c><00:45:26.639><c> personal</c><00:45:26.739><c> decisions</c><00:45:27.280><c> and</c>

00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:29.179
personal<00:45:28.199><c> commitment.</c>

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:33.400
And<00:45:29.679><c> even</c><00:45:29.880><c> in</c><00:45:30.039><c> this</c><00:45:30.280><c> exemplary</c><00:45:30.840><c> family,</c><00:45:31.579><c> we</c><00:45:31.739><c> have</c><00:45:31.960><c> a</c><00:45:32.159><c> sad</c><00:45:32.280><c> example</c><00:45:32.880><c> of</c><00:45:33.199><c> a</c>

00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:34.400
bad<00:45:33.599><c> egg.</c>

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:37.960
And<00:45:34.679><c> here</c><00:45:34.780><c> we</c><00:45:34.880><c> have</c><00:45:35.059><c> a</c><00:45:35.260><c> faithful</c><00:45:35.539><c> woman</c><00:45:35.960><c> who</c><00:45:36.920><c> marries</c><00:45:37.119><c> a</c><00:45:37.320><c> member</c><00:45:37.599><c> of</c><00:45:37.860><c> a</c>

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:39.320
great<00:45:38.219><c> family,</c>

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:41.880
but<00:45:39.739><c> he</c><00:45:39.900><c> turns</c><00:45:40.119><c> out</c><00:45:40.440><c> to</c><00:45:40.619><c> be</c><00:45:41.059><c> a</c><00:45:41.400><c> bad</c><00:45:41.599><c> egg.</c>

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:46.500
It's<00:45:42.599><c> the</c><00:45:42.719><c> story</c><00:45:42.900><c> of</c><00:45:43.139><c> Jael</c><00:45:43.539><c> and</c><00:45:44.079><c> Sisera,</c><00:45:44.840><c> the</c><00:45:45.019><c> captain</c><00:45:45.260><c> of</c><00:45:46.420><c> the</c>

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.260
hosts<00:45:46.719><c> of</c><00:45:46.980><c> Canaan.</c>

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:48.840
Now<00:45:47.679><c> who's</c><00:45:47.900><c> Sisera?</c>

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:52.860
Well<00:45:49.079><c> of</c><00:45:49.159><c> course</c><00:45:49.280><c> we</c><00:45:49.380><c> know</c><00:45:49.599><c> that</c><00:45:49.820><c> Sisera</c><00:45:50.199><c> was</c><00:45:50.400><c> the</c><00:45:50.639><c> head</c><00:45:50.760><c> of</c><00:45:51.000><c> the</c><00:45:51.199><c> army</c><00:45:51.559><c> of</c><00:45:51.900><c> Jabin.</c>

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:57.320
So<00:45:53.219><c> he's</c><00:45:53.579><c> the</c><00:45:53.840><c> mighty</c><00:45:54.219><c> foe</c><00:45:55.059><c> who's</c><00:45:55.420><c> responsible</c><00:45:56.039><c> for</c><00:45:56.300><c> the</c><00:45:56.500><c> degradation</c><00:45:57.000><c> and</c>

00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:01.800
the<00:45:57.699><c> anguish</c><00:45:58.280><c> of</c><00:45:58.699><c> Jael's</c><00:45:59.760><c> brethren,</c><00:46:00.500><c> God's</c><00:46:00.960><c> people.</c>

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:05.239
Now<00:46:02.699><c> as</c><00:46:02.820><c> the</c><00:46:03.039><c> story</c><00:46:03.199><c> unfolds,</c><00:46:03.840><c> this</c><00:46:03.880><c> mighty</c><00:46:04.239><c> man</c><00:46:04.619><c> meets</c><00:46:04.880><c> his</c><00:46:05.139><c> end,</c>

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:08.420
his<00:46:05.480><c> head's</c><00:46:05.940><c> crushed</c><00:46:06.159><c> like</c><00:46:06.420><c> the</c><00:46:06.659><c> serpent</c><00:46:06.860><c> he</c><00:46:07.059><c> was,</c><00:46:07.739><c> at</c><00:46:07.880><c> the</c><00:46:08.059><c> hand</c><00:46:08.280><c> of</c>

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.239
a<00:46:08.500><c> woman.</c>

00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:10.119
So<00:46:09.619><c> who's</c><00:46:09.840><c> the</c><00:46:09.960><c> woman?</c>

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:13.219
Well,<00:46:11.239><c> it's</c><00:46:11.460><c> Jael,</c><00:46:11.780><c> the</c><00:46:11.880><c> wife</c><00:46:12.139><c> of</c><00:46:12.420><c> Heba,</c><00:46:12.840><c> the</c><00:46:13.000><c> Kenai.</c>

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:15.480
But<00:46:13.639><c> you</c><00:46:13.739><c> know,</c><00:46:13.820><c> to</c><00:46:13.940><c> really</c><00:46:14.239><c> appreciate</c><00:46:14.679><c> the</c><00:46:14.880><c> full</c><00:46:15.019><c> extent</c><00:46:15.340><c> of</c>

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:16.920
what<00:46:15.679><c> happens</c><00:46:15.940><c> here,</c>

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:20.719
we<00:46:17.159><c> need</c><00:46:17.360><c> to</c><00:46:17.559><c> gather</c><00:46:17.699><c> a</c><00:46:17.880><c> few</c><00:46:18.139><c> extra</c><00:46:18.599><c> details</c><00:46:19.139><c> about</c><00:46:19.480><c> the</c><00:46:19.739><c> background,</c>

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:24.239
details<00:46:21.000><c> out</c><00:46:21.300><c> of</c><00:46:21.460><c> the</c><00:46:21.619><c> narrative</c><00:46:21.860><c> to</c><00:46:22.139><c> appreciate</c><00:46:22.679><c> the</c><00:46:22.960><c> environment</c><00:46:23.500><c> in</c><00:46:23.920><c> which</c><00:46:24.059><c> she</c>

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:25.019
made<00:46:24.500><c> her</c><00:46:24.739><c> decisions,</c>

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:27.679
the<00:46:25.239><c> environment</c><00:46:25.699><c> in</c><00:46:26.079><c> which</c><00:46:26.219><c> she</c><00:46:26.400><c> acted,</c><00:46:26.659><c> and</c><00:46:26.840><c> the</c><00:46:27.079><c> enormity</c>

00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:29.280
of<00:46:28.099><c> what</c><00:46:28.239><c> she</c><00:46:28.420><c> achieved.</c>

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:33.179
Because<00:46:29.980><c> Jael</c><00:46:30.539><c> upheld</c><00:46:31.320><c> faithful</c><00:46:31.840><c> convictions,</c>

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:37.619
she<00:46:34.420><c> upheld</c><00:46:34.739><c> the</c><00:46:35.119><c> characteristics</c><00:46:35.719><c> of</c><00:46:35.980><c> this</c><00:46:36.179><c> remarkable</c><00:46:36.800><c> house,</c>

00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:41.320
whilst<00:46:38.340><c> laboring</c><00:46:38.699><c> under</c><00:46:39.000><c> extremely</c><00:46:39.500><c> difficult</c><00:46:40.079><c> personal</c><00:46:40.539><c> circumstances.</c>

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:45.440
So<00:46:41.760><c> let's</c><00:46:41.960><c> pick</c><00:46:42.099><c> up</c><00:46:42.219><c> the</c><00:46:42.320><c> record,</c><00:46:42.659><c> Judges</c><00:46:42.960><c> Chapter</c><00:46:43.179><c> 4,</c><00:46:44.559><c> Verse</c><00:46:44.639><c> 17.</c>

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:49.300
Albeit<00:46:45.980><c> Sisera</c><00:46:46.420><c> fled</c><00:46:46.579><c> away</c><00:46:46.820><c> on</c><00:46:46.940><c> his</c><00:46:47.159><c> feet</c><00:46:47.340><c> to</c><00:46:47.539><c> the</c><00:46:47.659><c> tent</c><00:46:47.800><c> of</c><00:46:48.019><c> Jael,</c><00:46:48.599><c> the</c><00:46:48.760><c> wife</c><00:46:49.079><c> of</c>

00:46:49.300 --> 00:46:49.940
Heba<00:46:49.460><c> the</c><00:46:49.639><c> Kenai,</c>

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:52.980
for<00:46:50.480><c> there</c><00:46:50.659><c> was</c><00:46:50.860><c> peace</c><00:46:51.219><c> between</c><00:46:51.679><c> Jabin</c><00:46:52.000><c> the</c><00:46:52.119><c> king</c><00:46:52.340><c> of</c><00:46:52.519><c> Hatsor</c>

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:56.719
and<00:46:53.460><c> the</c><00:46:53.639><c> house</c><00:46:54.239><c> of</c><00:46:54.920><c> Heba</c><00:46:55.500><c> the</c><00:46:55.780><c> Kenai.</c>

00:46:57.539 --> 00:47:01.820
There<00:46:57.639><c> was</c><00:46:57.880><c> peace</c><00:46:58.239><c> between</c><00:46:58.659><c> Heba</c><00:46:59.320><c> and</c><00:46:59.860><c> Jabin.</c><00:47:00.619><c> They</c><00:47:00.760><c> were</c><00:47:00.940><c> friends.</c>

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:03.480
How<00:47:02.260><c> could</c><00:47:02.420><c> this</c><00:47:02.679><c> be?</c>

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:06.199
The<00:47:04.260><c> recubite</c><00:47:04.659><c> family</c><00:47:05.019><c> was</c><00:47:05.360><c> joined</c><00:47:05.659><c> to</c><00:47:05.900><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:08.780
We<00:47:06.360><c> know</c><00:47:06.500><c> from</c><00:47:06.679><c> other</c><00:47:06.860><c> records</c><00:47:07.239><c> they</c><00:47:07.619><c> were</c><00:47:07.840><c> members</c><00:47:08.239><c> of</c><00:47:08.500><c> the</c>

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:09.800
covenant<00:47:09.079><c> of</c><00:47:09.440><c> promise.</c>

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:16.199
Not<00:47:10.280><c> only</c><00:47:10.519><c> that,</c><00:47:11.039><c> this</c><00:47:11.300><c> is</c><00:47:11.559><c> a</c><00:47:11.760><c> family</c><00:47:12.360><c> whose</c><00:47:12.840><c> faithful</c><00:47:13.280><c> adherence</c><00:47:13.960><c> to</c><00:47:14.179><c> Israel's</c><00:47:14.800><c> hope</c><00:47:14.980><c> is</c><00:47:15.619><c> proverbial,</c>

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:18.559
even<00:47:16.639><c> down</c><00:47:16.860><c> to</c><00:47:17.019><c> the</c><00:47:17.139><c> days</c><00:47:17.340><c> of</c><00:47:17.619><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:23.079
So<00:47:19.440><c> how</c><00:47:19.900><c> can</c><00:47:20.099><c> a</c><00:47:20.260><c> member</c><00:47:20.480><c> of</c><00:47:20.699><c> that</c><00:47:20.900><c> family,</c><00:47:21.440><c> how</c><00:47:21.659><c> can</c><00:47:22.000><c> Heba</c><00:47:22.360><c> be</c><00:47:22.840><c> a</c>

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:26.860
friend<00:47:23.320><c> with</c><00:47:23.840><c> the</c><00:47:24.079><c> man</c><00:47:24.599><c> oppressing</c><00:47:25.199><c> the</c><00:47:25.659><c> people</c><00:47:25.880><c> of</c><00:47:26.079><c> God?</c>

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:30.719
A<00:47:27.440><c> Kenite,</c><00:47:28.360><c> a</c><00:47:28.559><c> Kenite</c><00:47:28.820><c> of</c><00:47:28.980><c> all</c><00:47:29.239><c> people</c><00:47:29.519><c> being</c><00:47:29.760><c> a</c><00:47:29.960><c> traitor.</c>

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:33.019
How<00:47:31.599><c> could</c><00:47:31.739><c> it</c><00:47:31.880><c> come</c><00:47:32.039><c> to</c><00:47:32.219><c> this?</c>

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:36.059
Well<00:47:33.699><c> we</c><00:47:33.780><c> know</c><00:47:33.940><c> how</c><00:47:34.099><c> it</c><00:47:34.099><c> came</c><00:47:34.360><c> to</c><00:47:34.539><c> pass,</c><00:47:35.019><c> Verse</c><00:47:35.300><c> 11.</c>

00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:39.920
Now<00:47:37.139><c> Heba</c><00:47:37.340><c> the</c><00:47:37.519><c> Kenite,</c><00:47:37.820><c> which</c><00:47:38.019><c> was</c><00:47:38.260><c> of</c><00:47:38.460><c> the</c><00:47:38.579><c> children</c><00:47:38.940><c> of</c><00:47:39.179><c> Hobab,</c><00:47:39.699><c> the</c>

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:41.000
father<00:47:40.159><c>-in</c><00:47:40.340><c>-law</c><00:47:40.400><c> of</c><00:47:40.579><c> Moses,</c>

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:45.119
had<00:47:41.840><c> severed</c><00:47:42.199><c> himself</c><00:47:42.800><c> from</c><00:47:43.280><c> the</c><00:47:43.500><c> Kenites</c><00:47:44.099><c> and</c><00:47:44.599><c> pitched</c><00:47:44.860><c> his</c>

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:48.380
tent<00:47:45.380><c> in</c><00:47:45.739><c> the</c><00:47:45.960><c> plain</c><00:47:46.460><c> of</c><00:47:46.880><c> Zarnaim.</c>

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:52.179
He<00:47:49.480><c> was</c><00:47:49.659><c> a</c><00:47:49.760><c> man,</c><00:47:50.460><c> a</c><00:47:50.539><c> member</c><00:47:50.739><c> of</c><00:47:51.019><c> a</c><00:47:51.079><c> faithful</c><00:47:51.420><c> family,</c>

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:55.400
a<00:47:52.559><c> family</c><00:47:52.920><c> who</c><00:47:53.320><c> in</c><00:47:53.539><c> scripture</c><00:47:53.840><c> rejoices</c><00:47:54.579><c> in</c><00:47:54.800><c> the</c><00:47:54.920><c> goodness</c><00:47:55.199><c> of</c>

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:56.900
Israel<00:47:55.820><c> and</c><00:47:56.000><c> the</c><00:47:56.099><c> hope</c><00:47:56.239><c> of</c><00:47:56.500><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:56.900 --> 00:48:01.840
In<00:47:57.400><c> those</c><00:47:57.619><c> simple</c><00:47:57.900><c> little</c><00:47:58.139><c> words,</c><00:47:59.039><c> he</c><00:47:59.900><c> severed</c><00:48:00.619><c> himself</c><00:48:01.239><c> from</c>

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.460
his<00:48:02.099><c> people.</c>

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:04.579
Aren't<00:48:03.119><c> they</c><00:48:03.320><c> terrible</c><00:48:03.679><c> words?</c>

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.860
He<00:48:05.820><c> severed</c><00:48:06.300><c> himself.</c>

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:10.360
It<00:48:07.420><c> means</c><00:48:07.679><c> to</c><00:48:07.920><c> divide</c><00:48:08.539><c> or</c><00:48:09.239><c> to</c><00:48:09.519><c> separate.</c>

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:13.760
He<00:48:11.760><c> left</c><00:48:12.480><c> the</c><00:48:12.880><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:17.139
Now<00:48:14.360><c> as</c><00:48:14.440><c> if</c><00:48:14.579><c> this</c><00:48:14.780><c> terrible</c><00:48:15.139><c> state</c><00:48:15.360><c> of</c><00:48:15.619><c> affairs</c><00:48:15.900><c> was</c><00:48:16.159><c> not</c><00:48:16.400><c> enough,</c><00:48:16.980><c> the</c>

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:19.440
situation<00:48:17.679><c> becomes</c><00:48:18.179><c> far</c><00:48:18.539><c> worse.</c>

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:23.880
Such<00:48:19.940><c> was</c><00:48:20.139><c> this</c><00:48:20.440><c> man's</c><00:48:21.000><c> animosity</c><00:48:21.599><c> now</c><00:48:22.360><c> towards</c><00:48:22.940><c> his</c><00:48:23.159><c> own</c><00:48:23.400><c> people,</c>

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:28.119
that<00:48:24.800><c> when</c><00:48:24.940><c> he</c><00:48:25.239><c> hears</c><00:48:25.579><c> that</c><00:48:25.880><c> Beirach</c><00:48:26.219><c> has</c><00:48:26.519><c> gathered</c><00:48:26.880><c> Israel</c>

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:32.880
to<00:48:29.519><c> try</c><00:48:29.880><c> and</c><00:48:30.300><c> deliver</c><00:48:30.940><c> their</c><00:48:31.440><c> nation,</c>

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:36.639
Heba<00:48:33.219><c> then</c><00:48:33.719><c> perpetrates</c><00:48:34.280><c> the</c><00:48:34.480><c> unthinkable</c><00:48:35.880><c> crime.</c>

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:39.280
He<00:48:37.139><c> betrays</c><00:48:37.760><c> them</c><00:48:38.159><c> to</c><00:48:38.440><c> Jabin</c><00:48:38.719><c> and</c><00:48:38.880><c> to</c><00:48:39.079><c> Sisera.</c>

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:41.260
Have<00:48:39.500><c> a</c><00:48:39.539><c> look</c><00:48:39.659><c> at</c><00:48:39.739><c> Verse</c><00:48:39.940><c> 11.</c>

00:48:41.320 --> 00:48:43.739
Now<00:48:41.380><c> Heba</c><00:48:41.579><c> the</c><00:48:41.739><c> Kenite</c><00:48:42.019><c> had</c><00:48:42.280><c> severed</c><00:48:42.559><c> himself.</c>

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:46.539
He<00:48:43.960><c> pitched</c><00:48:44.179><c> his</c><00:48:44.440><c> tent</c><00:48:44.559><c> in</c><00:48:44.719><c> the</c><00:48:44.880><c> plain</c><00:48:45.079><c> of</c><00:48:45.440><c> Zarnaim.</c>

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:53.139
And<00:48:48.599><c> they</c><00:48:49.199><c> showed</c><00:48:50.000><c> Sisera</c><00:48:50.780><c> that</c><00:48:51.280><c> Beirach</c><00:48:51.579><c> the</c><00:48:51.679><c> son</c><00:48:51.860><c> of</c><00:48:52.039><c> Ebonoam</c><00:48:52.400><c> was</c><00:48:52.599><c> gone</c><00:48:52.820><c> up</c>

00:48:53.139 --> 00:48:54.820
to<00:48:53.340><c> Mount</c><00:48:53.579><c> Tabor.</c>

00:48:54.920 --> 00:48:58.739
What<00:48:55.119><c> motivates</c><00:48:55.679><c> a</c><00:48:56.000><c> man</c><00:48:56.239><c> to</c><00:48:56.420><c> turn</c><00:48:56.599><c> his</c><00:48:56.780><c> back</c><00:48:57.000><c> on</c><00:48:57.139><c> what</c><00:48:57.239><c> he</c><00:48:57.340><c> knows</c><00:48:57.559><c> is</c><00:48:57.800><c> right,</c>

00:48:58.920 --> 00:49:02.760
to<00:48:59.119><c> undermine</c><00:48:59.500><c> what</c><00:48:59.659><c> his</c><00:48:59.880><c> family</c><00:49:00.280><c> stands</c><00:49:00.699><c> for</c><00:49:01.000><c> and</c><00:49:01.400><c> then</c><00:49:01.960><c> betray</c><00:49:02.420><c> his</c>

00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:05.639
brethren<00:49:03.079><c> into</c><00:49:03.780><c> the</c><00:49:04.099><c> hands</c><00:49:04.340><c> of</c><00:49:04.519><c> the</c><00:49:04.659><c> world.</c>

00:49:06.340 --> 00:49:08.599
Now<00:49:06.559><c> tragically</c><00:49:06.840><c> this</c><00:49:07.019><c> is</c><00:49:07.179><c> a</c><00:49:07.280><c> man</c><00:49:07.400><c> who</c><00:49:07.780><c> separated</c><00:49:08.139><c> himself</c>

00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:09.320
from<00:49:08.780><c> his</c><00:49:09.019><c> brethren</c>

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:14.539
and<00:49:10.079><c> he's</c><00:49:10.599><c> taken</c><00:49:10.900><c> his</c><00:49:11.300><c> wife</c><00:49:11.639><c> with</c><00:49:11.860><c> him,</c><00:49:13.159><c> away</c><00:49:13.599><c> from</c><00:49:13.820><c> her</c><00:49:14.000><c> friends,</c>

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:20.500
away<00:49:15.920><c> from</c><00:49:16.320><c> their</c><00:49:16.639><c> brethren,</c><00:49:18.099><c> away</c><00:49:18.440><c> from</c><00:49:18.719><c> support,</c><00:49:19.699><c> off</c><00:49:19.960><c> into</c>

00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:23.150
isolation<00:49:21.400><c> allied</c><00:49:22.039><c> to</c><00:49:22.300><c> Jabin.</c>

00:49:23.860 --> 00:49:28.170
So<00:49:24.079><c> often</c><00:49:24.480><c> when</c><00:49:24.800><c> a</c><00:49:24.940><c> husband</c><00:49:25.400><c> or</c><00:49:25.659><c> a</c><00:49:25.860><c> father</c><00:49:26.280><c> makes</c><00:49:26.840><c> the</c><00:49:27.099><c> wrong</c><00:49:27.320><c> decisions,</c>

00:49:28.619 --> 00:49:32.099
there<00:49:28.619><c> are</c><00:49:29.320><c> innocent</c><00:49:29.800><c> victims</c><00:49:30.340><c> who</c><00:49:30.840><c> pay</c><00:49:31.039><c> the</c><00:49:31.179><c> price.</c>

00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:35.519
So<00:49:32.579><c> now</c><00:49:32.780><c> we</c><00:49:32.900><c> have</c><00:49:33.119><c> Jael</c><00:49:33.400><c> as</c><00:49:33.579><c> a</c><00:49:33.719><c> sister</c><00:49:33.960><c> living</c><00:49:34.340><c> in</c><00:49:34.860><c> isolation</c>

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:39.519
from<00:49:35.900><c> her</c><00:49:36.159><c> support</c><00:49:36.420><c> network</c><00:49:37.039><c> linked</c><00:49:37.860><c> to</c><00:49:38.019><c> this</c><00:49:38.260><c> faithless</c><00:49:38.579><c> man.</c>

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:43.260
She<00:49:40.800><c> didn't</c><00:49:41.059><c> leave</c><00:49:41.460><c> her</c><00:49:41.679><c> husband</c><00:49:42.019><c> because</c><00:49:42.300><c> she</c><00:49:42.500><c> was</c><00:49:42.840><c> trapped.</c>

00:49:43.260 --> 00:49:46.300
She<00:49:44.099><c> was</c><00:49:44.300><c> trapped</c><00:49:44.539><c> in</c><00:49:44.659><c> a</c><00:49:44.800><c> really</c><00:49:45.139><c> difficult</c><00:49:45.440><c> situation.</c>

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:50.440
There<00:49:47.019><c> she</c><00:49:47.280><c> stayed,</c><00:49:48.280><c> seemingly</c><00:49:48.739><c> totally</c><00:49:49.480><c> helpless.</c>

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:53.880
Can<00:49:51.039><c> you</c><00:49:51.260><c> imagine</c><00:49:51.679><c> sisters</c><00:49:52.239><c> being</c><00:49:52.760><c> in</c><00:49:52.880><c> that</c><00:49:53.159><c> situation</c>

00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:59.519
and<00:49:55.219><c> being</c><00:49:55.599><c> forced</c><00:49:56.079><c> to</c><00:49:56.519><c> play</c><00:49:56.900><c> host</c><00:49:57.460><c> to</c><00:49:57.820><c> people</c><00:49:58.420><c> like</c><00:49:58.840><c> Jabin</c>

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.780
and<00:49:59.920><c> Sisera?</c>

00:50:01.179 --> 00:50:05.099
It<00:50:01.820><c> would</c><00:50:02.000><c> be</c><00:50:02.239><c> so</c><00:50:02.500><c> easy</c><00:50:02.739><c> for</c><00:50:02.960><c> us</c><00:50:03.139><c> to</c><00:50:03.360><c> look</c><00:50:03.599><c> in</c><00:50:04.039><c> from</c><00:50:04.300><c> the</c><00:50:04.539><c> outside</c>

00:50:05.099 --> 00:50:09.579
and<00:50:05.659><c> lump</c><00:50:05.900><c> her</c><00:50:06.179><c> together</c><00:50:06.699><c> with</c><00:50:07.159><c> her</c><00:50:07.420><c> husband,</c><00:50:08.239><c> bunch</c><00:50:08.480><c> of</c><00:50:08.719><c> traitors,</c><00:50:09.500><c> the</c>

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.860
whole<00:50:09.900><c> household.</c>

00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:14.539
There<00:50:11.679><c> she</c><00:50:11.880><c> sat.</c><00:50:13.019><c> She</c><00:50:13.159><c> was</c><00:50:13.340><c> unable</c><00:50:13.559><c> to</c><00:50:13.780><c> move.</c>

00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:17.300
But<00:50:14.699><c> when</c><00:50:14.840><c> the</c><00:50:14.960><c> opportunity</c><00:50:15.360><c> came</c><00:50:15.860><c> she</c><00:50:16.139><c> took</c><00:50:16.380><c> hold</c><00:50:16.599><c> of</c><00:50:16.760><c> it</c><00:50:16.980><c> and</c>

00:50:17.300 --> 00:50:18.940
she<00:50:17.659><c> moved</c><00:50:17.940><c> with</c><00:50:18.139><c> a</c><00:50:18.340><c> decisiveness</c>

00:50:18.940 --> 00:50:22.320
that<00:50:19.400><c> left</c><00:50:19.539><c> the</c><00:50:19.719><c> whole</c><00:50:19.880><c> of</c><00:50:20.019><c> Israel</c><00:50:20.420><c> gasping</c><00:50:21.260><c> and</c><00:50:21.880><c> has</c><00:50:22.119><c> given</c>

00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:25.659
her<00:50:23.280><c> worldwide</c><00:50:23.719><c> fame</c><00:50:24.380><c> for</c><00:50:24.800><c> eternity.</c>

00:50:26.659 --> 00:50:29.260
Now<00:50:26.820><c> in</c><00:50:26.900><c> this</c><00:50:27.139><c> narrative</c><00:50:27.420><c> we</c><00:50:27.579><c> actually</c><00:50:27.800><c> have</c><00:50:27.960><c> these</c><00:50:28.179><c> two</c><00:50:28.360><c> people</c><00:50:28.579><c> standing</c><00:50:28.940><c> as</c><00:50:29.119><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:50:29.719><c> contrast.</c>

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:33.920
They're<00:50:30.860><c> both</c><00:50:31.260><c> people</c><00:50:31.679><c> from</c><00:50:31.880><c> the</c><00:50:32.119><c> household</c><00:50:32.579><c> of</c><00:50:32.900><c> the</c><00:50:33.039><c> Kenites.</c>

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:37.320
We<00:50:34.099><c> have</c><00:50:34.260><c> a</c><00:50:34.400><c> man</c><00:50:34.639><c> and</c><00:50:34.860><c> a</c><00:50:34.960><c> woman,</c><00:50:35.860><c> a</c><00:50:36.139><c> husband</c><00:50:36.559><c> and</c><00:50:36.840><c> a</c><00:50:37.039><c> wife.</c>

00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:40.420
We<00:50:37.960><c> have</c><00:50:38.139><c> a</c><00:50:38.300><c> man</c><00:50:38.480><c> who's</c><00:50:38.820><c> brought</c><00:50:38.980><c> up</c><00:50:39.139><c> in</c><00:50:39.239><c> a</c><00:50:39.380><c> family</c><00:50:39.739><c> environment</c><00:50:40.179><c> of</c>

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outstanding<00:50:41.260><c> faithfulness</c>

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:45.960
and<00:50:43.059><c> he</c><00:50:43.360><c> chooses</c><00:50:43.659><c> a</c><00:50:43.940><c> way</c><00:50:44.099><c> of</c><00:50:44.420><c> perfidy</c><00:50:44.800><c> and</c><00:50:45.059><c> shame.</c>

00:50:46.539 --> 00:50:51.699
And<00:50:47.159><c> we</c><00:50:47.260><c> have</c><00:50:47.400><c> a</c><00:50:47.519><c> sister</c><00:50:47.900><c> who</c><00:50:48.300><c> finds</c><00:50:48.579><c> herself</c><00:50:49.000><c> in</c><00:50:49.619><c> an</c><00:50:49.920><c> environment</c><00:50:50.400><c> of</c><00:50:50.800><c> perfidy</c><00:50:51.119><c> and</c><00:50:51.360><c> shame</c>

00:50:51.699 --> 00:50:55.179
and<00:50:52.440><c> she</c><00:50:52.760><c> chooses</c><00:50:53.079><c> a</c><00:50:53.320><c> way</c><00:50:53.639><c> of</c><00:50:53.880><c> outstanding</c><00:50:54.400><c> faithfulness.</c>

00:50:55.420 --> 00:51:01.820
And<00:50:55.659><c> they</c><00:50:55.900><c> stand</c><00:50:56.199><c> here</c><00:50:56.519><c> in</c><00:50:56.699><c> the</c><00:50:56.920><c> record</c><00:50:57.099><c> before</c><00:50:57.480><c> us</c><00:50:58.340><c> as</c><00:50:58.940><c> a</c><00:50:59.079><c> testimony</c><00:50:59.699><c> to</c><00:51:00.980><c> the</c><00:51:01.199><c> veracity</c><00:51:01.559><c> of</c><00:51:01.719><c> a</c>

00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:02.780
very<00:51:02.019><c> simple</c><00:51:02.239><c> principle</c>

00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:05.760
and<00:51:03.239><c> that</c><00:51:03.380><c> is</c><00:51:03.619><c> the</c><00:51:03.679><c> concept</c><00:51:04.199><c> of</c><00:51:04.780><c> individual</c><00:51:05.219><c> choice,</c>

00:51:06.199 --> 00:51:07.599
personal<00:51:06.400><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:10.679
So<00:51:07.920><c> sisters,</c><00:51:08.380><c> put</c><00:51:08.420><c> yourselves</c><00:51:08.840><c> in</c><00:51:09.000><c> the</c><00:51:09.159><c> shoes</c><00:51:09.380><c> of</c><00:51:09.800><c> this</c><00:51:10.019><c> faithful</c><00:51:10.280><c> woman</c>

00:51:10.679 --> 00:51:13.820
when<00:51:11.219><c> the</c><00:51:11.460><c> mighty</c><00:51:11.860><c> Sisera</c><00:51:12.280><c> comes</c><00:51:12.639><c> to</c><00:51:12.880><c> the</c><00:51:13.000><c> door.</c>

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:16.420
Everything<00:51:14.159><c> in</c><00:51:14.320><c> this</c><00:51:14.500><c> woman</c><00:51:14.780><c> cried</c><00:51:15.199><c> out</c><00:51:15.559><c> against</c><00:51:15.920><c> that</c><00:51:16.159><c> man.</c>

00:51:16.860 --> 00:51:19.099
Everything<00:51:17.199><c> about</c><00:51:17.599><c> him</c><00:51:17.840><c> distressed</c><00:51:18.340><c> her.</c>

00:51:19.219 --> 00:51:23.500
He<00:51:19.480><c> was</c><00:51:19.940><c> the</c><00:51:20.300><c> antithesis</c><00:51:21.280><c> of</c><00:51:21.719><c> everything</c><00:51:22.380><c> that</c><00:51:22.760><c> she</c><00:51:23.000><c> believed</c><00:51:23.280><c> in.</c>

00:51:23.780 --> 00:51:27.679
This<00:51:23.960><c> is</c><00:51:24.119><c> the</c><00:51:24.239><c> man</c><00:51:24.400><c> responsible</c><00:51:25.199><c> for</c><00:51:25.679><c> the</c><00:51:25.900><c> oppression</c><00:51:26.280><c> and</c><00:51:26.579><c> the</c><00:51:26.880><c> anguish</c><00:51:27.260><c> of</c>

00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:28.340
her<00:51:27.840><c> people</c>

00:51:28.340 --> 00:51:31.400
and<00:51:28.880><c> she's</c><00:51:29.380><c> expected</c><00:51:29.860><c> to</c><00:51:30.159><c> play</c><00:51:30.400><c> host</c><00:51:30.820><c> to</c><00:51:31.059><c> her.</c>

00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:35.679
To<00:51:32.159><c> tolerate,</c><00:51:32.880><c> no,</c><00:51:33.019><c> even</c><00:51:33.320><c> to</c><00:51:33.639><c> welcome</c><00:51:34.019><c> that</c><00:51:34.440><c> man</c><00:51:34.940><c> into</c><00:51:35.440><c> their</c>

00:51:35.679 --> 00:51:39.059
house<00:51:36.099><c> and</c><00:51:36.579><c> help</c><00:51:36.800><c> him</c><00:51:37.280><c> in</c><00:51:37.460><c> his</c><00:51:37.780><c> time</c><00:51:38.000><c> of</c><00:51:38.219><c> need.</c>

00:51:39.679 --> 00:51:43.440
But<00:51:40.239><c> she</c><00:51:40.460><c> saw</c><00:51:40.639><c> the</c><00:51:40.760><c> opportunity</c><00:51:41.320><c> and</c><00:51:42.079><c> she</c><00:51:42.280><c> had</c><00:51:42.440><c> the</c><00:51:42.699><c> faith</c><00:51:42.920><c> to</c><00:51:43.179><c> act.</c>

00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:46.659
What<00:51:43.980><c> courage</c><00:51:44.380><c> would</c><00:51:44.559><c> it</c><00:51:44.639><c> have</c><00:51:44.820><c> taken,</c><00:51:45.139><c> sisters,</c><00:51:46.260><c> for</c><00:51:46.460><c> this</c>

00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:48.360
woman<00:51:46.900><c> to</c><00:51:47.159><c> reach</c><00:51:47.420><c> that</c><00:51:47.719><c> conclusion</c>

00:51:48.360 --> 00:51:52.739
and<00:51:49.119><c> then,</c><00:51:50.559><c> well,</c><00:51:51.039><c> then</c><00:51:51.219><c> to</c><00:51:51.440><c> carry</c><00:51:51.599><c> it</c><00:51:51.780><c> out.</c>

00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:57.099
What<00:51:53.619><c> understanding</c><00:51:54.099><c> of</c><00:51:54.300><c> the</c><00:51:54.460><c> issues</c><00:51:54.619><c> involved</c><00:51:55.000><c> was</c><00:51:55.239><c> required</c><00:51:55.679><c> to</c><00:51:56.039><c> strengthen</c><00:51:56.360><c> her</c><00:51:56.659><c> resolve</c>

00:51:57.099 --> 00:52:02.420
and<00:51:58.079><c> nerve</c><00:51:58.400><c> her</c><00:51:58.960><c> arm</c><00:51:59.300><c> to</c><00:51:59.880><c> give</c><00:52:00.039><c> effect</c><00:52:00.579><c> to</c><00:52:01.300><c> the</c><00:52:01.519><c> dreadful</c><00:52:01.900><c> plan</c>

00:52:02.420 --> 00:52:05.710
which<00:52:02.920><c> circumstances</c><00:52:03.619><c> had</c><00:52:03.960><c> placed</c><00:52:04.239><c> in</c><00:52:04.500><c> front</c><00:52:04.679><c> of</c><00:52:04.820><c> her.</c>

00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:10.239
Now,<00:52:06.980><c> Jael</c><00:52:07.079><c> didn't</c><00:52:07.440><c> have</c><00:52:07.860><c> power</c><00:52:08.400><c> over</c><00:52:08.860><c> where</c><00:52:09.400><c> her</c><00:52:09.699><c> husband</c>

00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:12.239
moved<00:52:10.699><c> their</c><00:52:10.980><c> household</c><00:52:11.300><c> to.</c>

00:52:12.900 --> 00:52:17.380
She<00:52:13.119><c> didn't</c><00:52:13.400><c> have</c><00:52:13.639><c> control</c><00:52:14.239><c> over</c><00:52:14.840><c> who</c><00:52:15.059><c> he</c><00:52:15.320><c> chose</c><00:52:15.780><c> as</c><00:52:16.300><c> his</c><00:52:16.559><c> friends.</c>

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:22.099
She<00:52:18.260><c> could</c><00:52:18.559><c> not</c><00:52:18.840><c> stop</c><00:52:19.179><c> his</c><00:52:19.579><c> betrayal</c><00:52:20.119><c> of</c><00:52:21.000><c> everything</c><00:52:21.539><c> that</c>

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:23.780
she<00:52:22.440><c> held</c><00:52:22.820><c> dear.</c>

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:28.320
But<00:52:24.519><c> she</c><00:52:24.659><c> could</c><00:52:24.880><c> still</c><00:52:25.079><c> maintain</c><00:52:25.400><c> her</c><00:52:25.559><c> own</c><00:52:25.800><c> personal</c><00:52:26.079><c> integrity</c><00:52:26.539><c> and</c><00:52:27.280><c> she</c><00:52:27.440><c> did.</c>

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:31.380
And<00:52:28.659><c> when</c><00:52:28.840><c> the</c><00:52:28.960><c> opportunity</c><00:52:29.420><c> arose,</c><00:52:29.860><c> when</c><00:52:30.239><c> unexpectedly</c><00:52:31.119><c> the</c>

00:52:31.380 --> 00:52:33.659
opportunity<00:52:31.880><c> was</c><00:52:32.159><c> suddenly</c><00:52:32.519><c> thrust</c><00:52:32.880><c> in</c><00:52:33.099><c> front</c><00:52:33.300><c> of</c><00:52:33.440><c> her,</c>

00:52:33.860 --> 00:52:38.019
when<00:52:34.000><c> it</c><00:52:34.099><c> was</c><00:52:34.340><c> in</c><00:52:34.519><c> her</c><00:52:34.900><c> power</c><00:52:35.300><c> finally</c><00:52:35.920><c> to</c><00:52:36.599><c> do</c><00:52:36.820><c> something</c><00:52:37.179><c> about</c><00:52:37.559><c> it,</c>

00:52:38.179 --> 00:52:40.940
she<00:52:38.380><c> acted</c><00:52:38.739><c> swiftly</c><00:52:39.219><c> and</c><00:52:39.960><c> resolutely.</c>

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:43.539
Some<00:52:41.739><c> of</c><00:52:41.860><c> the</c><00:52:41.860><c> most</c><00:52:42.079><c> extraordinary</c><00:52:42.559><c> faith</c><00:52:42.820><c> and</c><00:52:43.039><c> courage</c><00:52:43.260><c> ever</c>

00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:45.840
recorded,<00:52:44.039><c> isn't</c><00:52:44.159><c> it,</c><00:52:44.599><c> in</c><00:52:44.739><c> the</c><00:52:44.880><c> annals</c><00:52:45.059><c> of</c><00:52:45.260><c> history.</c>

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:50.300
And<00:52:46.480><c> in</c><00:52:46.619><c> the</c><00:52:46.780><c> process</c><00:52:47.119><c> she</c><00:52:47.360><c> was</c><00:52:47.599><c> used</c><00:52:47.940><c> to</c><00:52:48.260><c> help</c><00:52:48.460><c> deliver</c><00:52:49.019><c> her</c><00:52:49.340><c> people.</c>

00:52:50.800 --> 00:52:55.860
So<00:52:51.480><c> sisters,</c><00:52:53.139><c> if</c><00:52:53.340><c> you</c><00:52:53.579><c> ever</c><00:52:53.900><c> find</c><00:52:54.199><c> yourselves</c><00:52:54.880><c> inadvertently</c>

00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:57.699
shackled<00:52:56.460><c> to</c><00:52:56.679><c> a</c><00:52:56.860><c> man</c>

00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:02.119
who<00:52:58.239><c> does</c><00:52:58.519><c> not</c><00:52:58.719><c> uphold</c><00:52:59.119><c> the</c><00:52:59.340><c> principles</c><00:52:59.820><c> of</c><00:53:00.019><c> the</c><00:53:00.199><c> truth,</c><00:53:01.960><c> your</c>

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:06.420
journey<00:53:02.460><c> can</c><00:53:02.860><c> become</c><00:53:03.260><c> very</c><00:53:03.719><c> lonely</c><00:53:04.239><c> and</c><00:53:04.960><c> very</c><00:53:05.360><c> hard.</c>

00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:10.940
Where<00:53:07.699><c> we</c><00:53:07.900><c> can,</c><00:53:08.960><c> as</c><00:53:09.219><c> a</c><00:53:09.400><c> community,</c><00:53:09.840><c> we</c><00:53:09.940><c> can</c><00:53:10.199><c> try</c><00:53:10.460><c> to</c><00:53:10.699><c> do</c><00:53:10.780><c> what</c>

00:53:10.940 --> 00:53:12.539
we<00:53:11.199><c> can</c><00:53:11.800><c> to</c><00:53:12.039><c> help.</c>

00:53:12.539 --> 00:53:16.139
But<00:53:13.539><c> often</c><00:53:13.900><c> your</c><00:53:14.179><c> journey</c><00:53:14.420><c> becomes</c><00:53:14.820><c> an</c><00:53:15.139><c> extremely</c><00:53:15.400><c> lonely</c><00:53:15.760><c> one</c><00:53:15.960><c> as</c>

00:53:16.139 --> 00:53:17.739
you<00:53:16.360><c> grapple</c><00:53:16.659><c> with</c><00:53:16.880><c> the</c><00:53:17.159><c> circumstances</c>

00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:20.719
that<00:53:18.260><c> have</c><00:53:18.420><c> been</c><00:53:18.659><c> placed</c><00:53:19.059><c> in</c><00:53:19.619><c> front</c><00:53:19.800><c> of</c><00:53:19.940><c> you.</c>

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:24.579
Circumstances<00:53:21.599><c> you</c><00:53:21.880><c> never</c><00:53:22.159><c> expected</c><00:53:22.840><c> to</c><00:53:23.099><c> have</c><00:53:23.280><c> to</c><00:53:23.480><c> confront.</c>

00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:27.340
Compromise<00:53:25.719><c> at</c><00:53:26.039><c> every</c><00:53:26.340><c> turn.</c>

00:53:27.599 --> 00:53:30.420
Sometimes<00:53:28.159><c> cut</c><00:53:28.480><c> off</c><00:53:28.820><c> even</c><00:53:29.199><c> from</c><00:53:29.460><c> the</c><00:53:29.619><c> brethren.</c>

00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:34.239
Trying<00:53:31.119><c> to</c><00:53:31.440><c> maintain</c><00:53:31.639><c> integrity</c><00:53:32.480><c> in</c><00:53:33.320><c> an</c><00:53:33.519><c> environment</c><00:53:33.960><c> that</c>

00:53:34.239 --> 00:53:35.280
has<00:53:34.539><c> none.</c>

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:39.440
Sometimes<00:53:36.960><c> the</c><00:53:37.239><c> loneliness</c><00:53:37.619><c> of</c><00:53:38.000><c> Jael,</c><00:53:38.579><c> the</c><00:53:38.679><c> description</c><00:53:39.059><c> that</c><00:53:39.219><c> we</c>

00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:40.320
have<00:53:39.659><c> here,</c>

00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:45.519
the<00:53:41.400><c> situation</c><00:53:41.960><c> that</c><00:53:42.260><c> Jael</c><00:53:42.480><c> finds</c><00:53:42.920><c> herself</c><00:53:43.320><c> in</c><00:53:43.900><c> can</c><00:53:44.519><c> sometimes</c><00:53:45.059><c> have</c><00:53:45.320><c> a</c>

00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:46.380
tragic<00:53:45.880><c> relevance</c>

00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:50.840
for<00:53:46.639><c> the</c><00:53:46.840><c> situations</c><00:53:47.340><c> that</c><00:53:47.579><c> some</c><00:53:47.780><c> of</c><00:53:47.960><c> our</c><00:53:48.099><c> sisters</c><00:53:48.579><c> find</c><00:53:49.099><c> themselves</c><00:53:49.579><c> placed</c><00:53:49.940><c> in.</c>

00:53:51.179 --> 00:53:54.400
But<00:53:51.400><c> if</c><00:53:51.559><c> you</c><00:53:51.780><c> ever</c><00:53:52.119><c> find</c><00:53:52.420><c> yourself</c><00:53:52.780><c> in</c><00:53:52.860><c> that</c><00:53:53.059><c> situation,</c><00:53:54.280><c> this</c>

00:53:54.400 --> 00:53:58.480
incident<00:53:54.840><c> here</c><00:53:55.239><c> of</c><00:53:55.619><c> Jael</c><00:53:55.980><c> is</c><00:53:56.420><c> truly</c><00:53:57.059><c> inspirational.</c>

00:53:59.460 --> 00:54:02.440
It<00:53:59.639><c> tells</c><00:53:59.920><c> us,</c><00:54:00.940><c> never</c><00:54:01.139><c> give</c><00:54:01.519><c> up.</c>

00:54:02.980 --> 00:54:05.440
Never<00:54:03.139><c> lose</c><00:54:03.500><c> sight</c><00:54:03.820><c> of</c><00:54:04.000><c> the</c><00:54:04.179><c> principles</c><00:54:04.539><c> of</c><00:54:04.699><c> what</c><00:54:04.960><c> actually</c>

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:07.440
is<00:54:05.840><c> right</c><00:54:06.179><c> and</c><00:54:06.500><c> wrong.</c>

00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:10.380
And<00:54:08.320><c> faithfully</c><00:54:08.800><c> do</c><00:54:08.980><c> what</c><00:54:09.099><c> you</c><00:54:09.320><c> can</c><00:54:09.619><c> when</c><00:54:09.780><c> the</c><00:54:09.960><c> opportunity</c>

00:54:10.380 --> 00:54:11.739
is<00:54:10.639><c> there</c><00:54:10.840><c> to</c><00:54:11.000><c> do</c><00:54:11.199><c> it.</c>

00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:14.659
When<00:54:12.159><c> the</c><00:54:12.320><c> opportunity</c><00:54:12.739><c> is</c><00:54:12.980><c> given</c><00:54:13.159><c> you</c><00:54:13.340><c> to</c><00:54:13.480><c> do</c><00:54:13.719><c> something</c><00:54:14.179><c> where</c><00:54:14.539><c> you</c>

00:54:14.659 --> 00:54:16.500
have<00:54:14.820><c> the</c><00:54:15.039><c> power</c><00:54:15.219><c> to</c><00:54:15.400><c> do</c><00:54:15.519><c> so.</c>

00:54:16.760 --> 00:54:18.579
What<00:54:16.800><c> we</c><00:54:17.000><c> find</c><00:54:17.199><c> from</c><00:54:17.380><c> this</c><00:54:17.639><c> record,</c><00:54:18.099><c> brothers</c><00:54:18.239><c> and</c><00:54:18.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:18.659 --> 00:54:21.900
is<00:54:18.900><c> that</c><00:54:19.099><c> the</c><00:54:19.280><c> deliverance</c><00:54:19.699><c> that</c><00:54:20.000><c> God</c><00:54:20.320><c> can</c><00:54:20.860><c> accomplish,</c>

00:54:22.300 --> 00:54:26.059
the<00:54:22.579><c> courage</c><00:54:22.960><c> and</c><00:54:23.380><c> strength</c><00:54:23.739><c> which</c><00:54:23.960><c> he</c><00:54:24.099><c> can</c><00:54:24.280><c> give</c><00:54:24.480><c> to</c><00:54:24.739><c> our</c><00:54:25.019><c> hand</c><00:54:25.440><c> in</c>

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:27.000
a<00:54:26.260><c> time</c><00:54:26.400><c> of</c><00:54:26.599><c> crisis</c>

00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:31.440
can<00:54:27.239><c> sometimes</c><00:54:27.960><c> be</c><00:54:28.500><c> beyond</c><00:54:28.900><c> human</c><00:54:29.300><c> understanding</c><00:54:29.940><c> and</c><00:54:30.599><c> indeed</c><00:54:31.019><c> what</c>

00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:33.380
we<00:54:31.760><c> would</c><00:54:31.820><c> expect</c><00:54:32.219><c> to</c><00:54:32.460><c> have</c><00:54:32.639><c> happen.</c>

00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:38.980
Alright,<00:54:35.400><c> well</c><00:54:35.480><c> what</c><00:54:35.599><c> happens</c><00:54:36.019><c> then</c><00:54:36.320><c> if</c><00:54:36.500><c> a</c><00:54:36.599><c> sister</c><00:54:36.980><c> finds</c><00:54:37.840><c> herself</c><00:54:38.380><c> in</c>

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:41.179
a<00:54:39.019><c> situation</c><00:54:39.559><c> which</c><00:54:39.960><c> is</c><00:54:40.320><c> so</c><00:54:40.840><c> dire</c>

00:54:41.179 --> 00:54:44.659
that<00:54:41.579><c> imminent</c><00:54:41.880><c> danger</c><00:54:42.320><c> is</c><00:54:42.519><c> about</c><00:54:42.780><c> to</c><00:54:43.059><c> fall</c><00:54:43.179><c> upon</c><00:54:43.579><c> others?</c>

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:47.880
Where<00:54:45.639><c> a</c><00:54:45.760><c> crisis</c><00:54:46.039><c> is</c><00:54:46.300><c> about</c><00:54:46.460><c> to</c><00:54:46.699><c> happen</c><00:54:46.900><c> and</c><00:54:47.219><c> a</c><00:54:47.440><c> catastrophe</c>

00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:49.679
can<00:54:48.239><c> fall</c><00:54:48.599><c> on</c><00:54:49.159><c> innocent</c><00:54:49.460><c> heads.</c>

00:54:49.739 --> 00:54:51.119
What<00:54:49.840><c> do</c><00:54:50.019><c> you</c><00:54:50.039><c> do</c><00:54:50.179><c> then?</c>

00:54:51.139 --> 00:54:53.880
How<00:54:51.280><c> do</c><00:54:51.440><c> you</c><00:54:51.500><c> know</c><00:54:51.940><c> when</c><00:54:52.219><c> to</c><00:54:52.380><c> act,</c><00:54:52.719><c> when</c><00:54:52.900><c> to</c><00:54:53.139><c> speak</c><00:54:53.400><c> up,</c><00:54:53.659><c> when</c>

00:54:53.880 --> 00:54:55.300
to<00:54:54.139><c> stand</c><00:54:54.360><c> out?</c>

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:58.440
Now<00:54:55.739><c> that's</c><00:54:55.980><c> the</c><00:54:56.179><c> moral</c><00:54:56.400><c> dilemma</c><00:54:56.719><c> which</c><00:54:56.960><c> was</c><00:54:57.239><c> faced</c><00:54:57.559><c> by</c><00:54:58.119><c> Abigail.</c>

00:54:58.480 --> 00:55:00.300
We<00:54:58.639><c> won't</c><00:54:58.860><c> turn</c><00:54:59.099><c> the</c><00:54:59.239><c> record</c><00:54:59.460><c> up</c><00:54:59.659><c> because</c><00:54:59.800><c> we're</c><00:54:59.980><c> running</c><00:55:00.159><c> a</c>

00:55:00.300 --> 00:55:01.480
little<00:55:00.539><c> tight</c><00:55:00.719><c> now</c><00:55:01.000><c> on</c><00:55:01.340><c> time,</c>

00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:04.739
but<00:55:01.579><c> let's</c><00:55:01.900><c> just</c><00:55:02.099><c> consider</c><00:55:02.760><c> the</c><00:55:03.039><c> story</c><00:55:03.400><c> of</c><00:55:03.800><c> Abigail.</c>

00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:07.159
Now<00:55:04.900><c> whereas</c><00:55:05.199><c> Jale's</c><00:55:05.559><c> husband</c><00:55:05.920><c> had</c><00:55:06.159><c> clearly</c><00:55:06.460><c> left</c><00:55:06.639><c> the</c><00:55:06.900><c> truth,</c>

00:55:07.539 --> 00:55:10.480
Abigail's<00:55:08.000><c> husband</c><00:55:08.360><c> Nabal</c><00:55:08.820><c> is</c><00:55:09.199><c> still</c><00:55:09.539><c> in</c><00:55:09.900><c> the</c><00:55:10.099><c> truth.</c>

00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:12.579
In<00:55:10.840><c> fact</c><00:55:11.079><c> he's</c><00:55:11.599><c> still</c><00:55:11.900><c> part</c><00:55:12.139><c> of</c><00:55:12.320><c> Israel.</c>

00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:15.139
He's<00:55:12.840><c> a</c><00:55:12.960><c> larger</c><00:55:13.219><c> than</c><00:55:13.440><c> life</c><00:55:13.659><c> character</c><00:55:14.179><c> in</c><00:55:14.579><c> the</c><00:55:14.679><c> local</c><00:55:14.960><c> scene.</c>

00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:18.119
He's<00:55:15.400><c> very</c><00:55:15.820><c> well</c><00:55:16.219><c> known</c><00:55:16.539><c> and</c><00:55:17.139><c> wealthy.</c>

00:55:18.340 --> 00:55:21.960
The<00:55:18.360><c> only</c><00:55:18.559><c> problem</c><00:55:18.760><c> is</c><00:55:19.320><c> this</c><00:55:19.619><c> man</c><00:55:19.880><c> was</c><00:55:20.159><c> a</c><00:55:20.300><c> moron.</c>

00:55:22.079 --> 00:55:26.159
He's<00:55:22.380><c> boorish,</c><00:55:23.579><c> he's</c><00:55:23.860><c> self</c><00:55:24.059><c>-indulgent,</c><00:55:25.119><c> he's</c><00:55:25.519><c> small</c><00:55:25.760><c>-minded</c>

00:55:26.159 --> 00:55:28.159
and<00:55:26.780><c> he's</c><00:55:27.099><c> stupid.</c>

00:55:28.440 --> 00:55:30.320
Nabal<00:55:29.000><c> the</c><00:55:29.280><c> fool</c><00:55:29.639><c> he's</c><00:55:30.019><c> called.</c>

00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:35.019
This<00:55:31.519><c> poor</c><00:55:31.980><c> sister</c><00:55:32.559><c> was</c><00:55:32.940><c> married</c><00:55:33.400><c> to</c><00:55:33.679><c> him.</c>

00:55:35.099 --> 00:55:38.360
Now<00:55:35.219><c> for</c><00:55:35.420><c> years</c><00:55:35.800><c> she</c><00:55:36.079><c> suffered</c><00:55:36.420><c> the</c><00:55:37.000><c> ignominy</c><00:55:37.519><c> and</c><00:55:37.940><c> the</c><00:55:38.199><c> shame,</c>

00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:41.460
the<00:55:38.699><c> embarrassment</c><00:55:39.119><c> of</c><00:55:39.300><c> being</c><00:55:39.579><c> married</c><00:55:39.960><c> to</c><00:55:40.420><c> this</c><00:55:40.760><c> drunken</c><00:55:41.179><c> sock,</c>

00:55:41.780 --> 00:55:45.099
this<00:55:42.139><c> self</c><00:55:42.500><c>-important,</c><00:55:43.579><c> rude</c><00:55:43.880><c> and</c><00:55:44.219><c> mean</c><00:55:44.460><c>-minded</c><00:55:44.719><c> man.</c>

00:55:45.460 --> 00:55:47.739
As<00:55:45.699><c> scripture</c><00:55:45.940><c> describes</c><00:55:46.440><c> him</c><00:55:46.599><c> very</c><00:55:46.920><c> graphically</c><00:55:47.320><c> he</c><00:55:47.440><c> was</c>

00:55:47.739 --> 00:55:49.480
churlish<00:55:48.179><c> and</c><00:55:48.639><c> evil.</c>

00:55:49.579 --> 00:55:52.860
Abigail's<00:55:50.119><c> described</c><00:55:50.380><c> as</c><00:55:50.599><c> being</c><00:55:50.800><c> beautiful</c><00:55:51.360><c> and</c><00:55:51.860><c> wise.</c>

00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:54.980
Nevertheless<00:55:53.219><c> she's</c><00:55:53.760><c> married</c><00:55:54.159><c> to</c><00:55:54.480><c> this</c><00:55:54.739><c> man.</c>

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:57.059
Can<00:55:55.480><c> you</c><00:55:55.480><c> imagine</c><00:55:55.699><c> that</c><00:55:55.960><c> sisters?</c><00:55:56.199><c> Imagine</c><00:55:56.480><c> being</c><00:55:56.780><c> married</c>

00:55:57.059 --> 00:55:57.519
to<00:55:57.300><c> that.</c>

00:55:57.519 --> 00:56:01.340
You'd<00:55:57.980><c> like</c><00:55:58.039><c> being</c><00:55:58.300><c> married</c><00:55:58.559><c> to</c><00:55:58.900><c> Toad</c><00:55:59.079><c> and</c><00:55:59.260><c> wounded</c><00:55:59.420><c> the</c><00:55:59.599><c> willows,</c><00:55:59.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:56:00.019><c> it?</c>

00:56:01.460 --> 00:56:04.119
You<00:56:01.980><c> wonder</c><00:56:02.219><c> how</c><00:56:02.440><c> long</c><00:56:02.619><c> it</c><00:56:02.659><c> took</c><00:56:02.980><c> her</c><00:56:03.219><c> to</c><00:56:03.420><c> realise</c><00:56:03.800><c> that</c><00:56:04.000><c> the</c>

00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:06.559
man<00:56:04.280><c> she</c><00:56:04.460><c> had</c><00:56:04.679><c> married</c><00:56:04.940><c> was</c><00:56:05.199><c> like</c><00:56:05.559><c> that.</c>

00:56:06.940 --> 00:56:11.280
But<00:56:07.179><c> nevertheless</c><00:56:07.639><c> she</c><00:56:08.119><c> continued</c><00:56:08.559><c> faithfully</c><00:56:09.159><c> to</c><00:56:09.360><c> fulfil</c><00:56:09.800><c> her</c><00:56:10.239><c> dutiful</c><00:56:10.559><c> role</c><00:56:10.920><c> as</c><00:56:11.159><c> a</c>

00:56:11.280 --> 00:56:12.559
wife<00:56:11.440><c> in</c><00:56:11.559><c> that</c><00:56:11.760><c> household.</c>

00:56:12.659 --> 00:56:14.300
Now<00:56:12.820><c> we</c><00:56:12.840><c> know</c><00:56:13.000><c> that</c><00:56:13.179><c> things</c><00:56:13.320><c> must</c><00:56:13.559><c> have</c><00:56:13.659><c> been</c><00:56:13.760><c> pretty</c><00:56:14.039><c> bad.</c>

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:17.840
The<00:56:14.739><c> appalling</c><00:56:15.099><c> behaviour</c><00:56:15.699><c> of</c><00:56:15.940><c> Nabal</c><00:56:16.159><c> was</c><00:56:16.400><c> so</c><00:56:16.800><c> bad</c><00:56:17.059><c> that</c><00:56:17.500><c> the</c>

00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:19.440
servants<00:56:18.000><c> spoke</c><00:56:18.380><c> openly</c><00:56:18.719><c> about</c><00:56:19.059><c> it</c>

00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:23.260
and<00:56:19.739><c> they</c><00:56:20.000><c> knew</c><00:56:20.199><c> her</c><00:56:20.539><c> disposition</c><00:56:21.039><c> enough</c><00:56:21.239><c> to</c><00:56:21.480><c> even</c><00:56:21.880><c> speak</c><00:56:22.239><c> frankly</c><00:56:22.739><c> to</c>

00:56:23.260 --> 00:56:24.260
her<00:56:23.579><c> about</c><00:56:23.920><c> it.</c>

00:56:24.260 --> 00:56:26.800
They<00:56:24.840><c> openly</c><00:56:25.320><c> spoke</c><00:56:25.559><c> to</c><00:56:25.699><c> the</c><00:56:25.820><c> mistress</c><00:56:26.039><c> of</c><00:56:26.219><c> the</c><00:56:26.280><c> house</c><00:56:26.500><c> about</c>

00:56:26.800 --> 00:56:30.400
the<00:56:26.940><c> fact</c><00:56:27.219><c> that</c><00:56:27.639><c> their</c><00:56:27.840><c> master</c><00:56:28.300><c> was</c><00:56:28.800><c> a</c><00:56:29.059><c> son</c><00:56:29.380><c> of</c><00:56:29.760><c> Belial.</c>

00:56:30.639 --> 00:56:33.920
Mistress<00:56:31.280><c> and</c><00:56:31.699><c> servants</c><00:56:32.019><c> having</c><00:56:32.340><c> to</c><00:56:32.500><c> work</c><00:56:32.719><c> together</c><00:56:33.139><c> here</c><00:56:33.579><c> to</c>

00:56:33.920 --> 00:56:37.780
mitigate<00:56:34.320><c> the</c><00:56:35.000><c> worst</c><00:56:35.300><c> consequences</c><00:56:36.039><c> of</c><00:56:36.619><c> his</c><00:56:36.960><c> folly.</c>

00:56:38.320 --> 00:56:41.500
Now<00:56:38.460><c> the</c><00:56:38.579><c> views</c><00:56:38.800><c> of</c><00:56:38.960><c> her</c><00:56:39.199><c> community</c><00:56:39.739><c> towards</c><00:56:40.099><c> her</c><00:56:40.360><c> husband</c><00:56:40.679><c> would</c><00:56:40.900><c> have</c><00:56:41.059><c> been</c><00:56:41.199><c> an</c>

00:56:41.500 --> 00:56:43.059
ongoing<00:56:42.000><c> grief</c><00:56:42.340><c> of</c><00:56:42.599><c> mind</c>

00:56:43.059 --> 00:56:45.679
to<00:56:43.880><c> a</c><00:56:44.059><c> sensitive</c><00:56:44.440><c> and</c><00:56:44.719><c> understanding</c><00:56:45.360><c> sister.</c>

00:56:45.780 --> 00:56:47.579
She's<00:56:46.099><c> described</c><00:56:46.559><c> as</c><00:56:46.760><c> being</c><00:56:47.099><c> wise.</c>

00:56:47.980 --> 00:56:51.679
She<00:56:48.300><c> understood</c><00:56:48.760><c> the</c><00:56:48.960><c> situation</c><00:56:49.760><c> entirely</c><00:56:50.400><c> and</c><00:56:51.039><c> for</c><00:56:51.300><c> years</c>

00:56:51.679 --> 00:56:53.059
she<00:56:52.059><c> had</c><00:56:52.300><c> to</c><00:56:52.460><c> put</c><00:56:52.579><c> up</c><00:56:52.719><c> with</c><00:56:52.840><c> it.</c>

00:56:53.059 --> 00:56:57.079
She<00:56:53.780><c> suffered</c><00:56:54.079><c> in</c><00:56:54.380><c> silence,</c><00:56:55.559><c> galling</c><00:56:56.019><c> behaviour</c><00:56:56.579><c> which</c><00:56:56.760><c> has</c>

00:56:57.079 --> 00:56:58.440
become<00:56:57.460><c> proverbial,</c>

00:56:58.800 --> 00:57:02.579
goaded<00:56:59.280><c> almost</c><00:56:59.880><c> beyond</c><00:57:00.420><c> endurance</c><00:57:01.139><c> by</c><00:57:01.760><c> that</c><00:57:01.960><c> relationship</c>

00:57:02.579 --> 00:57:06.239
and<00:57:03.739><c> tainted</c><00:57:04.440><c> by</c><00:57:04.960><c> association</c><00:57:05.539><c> with</c><00:57:05.699><c> him.</c>

00:57:06.699 --> 00:57:08.880
Again<00:57:06.960><c> sisters,</c><00:57:07.360><c> what</c><00:57:07.480><c> a</c><00:57:07.639><c> lonely</c><00:57:07.860><c> existence.</c>

00:57:09.579 --> 00:57:12.380
She<00:57:09.739><c> could</c><00:57:09.960><c> have</c><00:57:10.179><c> no</c><00:57:10.559><c> confidence</c><00:57:11.219><c> in</c><00:57:11.659><c> the</c><00:57:11.800><c> one</c><00:57:11.900><c> that</c><00:57:12.059><c> she</c><00:57:12.179><c> was</c>

00:57:12.380 --> 00:57:14.280
appointed<00:57:12.739><c> to</c><00:57:12.920><c> be</c><00:57:13.019><c> a</c><00:57:13.139><c> helpmate</c><00:57:13.480><c> for.</c>

00:57:14.320 --> 00:57:19.059
There's<00:57:14.500><c> no</c><00:57:14.719><c> close</c><00:57:15.000><c> bond</c><00:57:15.199><c> of</c><00:57:15.440><c> trust,</c><00:57:16.400><c> certainly</c><00:57:16.739><c> not</c><00:57:17.079><c> two</c><00:57:17.380><c> like</c><00:57:17.619><c> minds</c><00:57:17.980><c> working</c><00:57:18.360><c> together</c><00:57:18.840><c> in</c>

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:19.880
the<00:57:19.239><c> work</c><00:57:19.380><c> of</c><00:57:19.539><c> the</c><00:57:19.679><c> truth,</c>

00:57:19.880 --> 00:57:23.400
just<00:57:20.480><c> a</c><00:57:20.800><c> favourless</c><00:57:21.480><c> marriage,</c><00:57:22.360><c> a</c><00:57:22.440><c> woman</c><00:57:22.639><c> of</c><00:57:22.860><c> understanding</c>

00:57:23.400 --> 00:57:25.460
and<00:57:23.860><c> a</c><00:57:24.079><c> manifest</c><00:57:24.420><c> fool.</c>

00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:28.159
But<00:57:26.159><c> finally</c><00:57:26.420><c> the</c><00:57:26.579><c> point</c><00:57:26.760><c> comes</c><00:57:27.099><c> where</c><00:57:27.280><c> she</c><00:57:27.420><c> has</c><00:57:27.639><c> no</c><00:57:27.840><c> choice,</c>

00:57:28.260 --> 00:57:29.260
she's<00:57:28.539><c> forced</c><00:57:28.820><c> to</c><00:57:29.019><c> act.</c>

00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:30.619
Now<00:57:29.579><c> we</c><00:57:29.619><c> know</c><00:57:29.840><c> the</c><00:57:30.000><c> story</c><00:57:30.199><c> well.</c>

00:57:30.900 --> 00:57:33.440
David<00:57:31.239><c> in</c><00:57:31.400><c> verse</c><00:57:31.679><c> 13</c><00:57:31.980><c> of</c><00:57:32.159><c> the</c><00:57:32.280><c> chapter,</c><00:57:32.579><c> he's</c><00:57:32.780><c> been</c><00:57:33.000><c> insulted,</c>

00:57:33.619 --> 00:57:34.280
he's<00:57:33.820><c> incensed,</c>

00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:39.079
he's<00:57:34.719><c> coming</c><00:57:34.900><c> now</c><00:57:35.300><c> with</c><00:57:35.659><c> 400</c><00:57:36.619><c> men</c><00:57:37.159><c> armed</c><00:57:37.719><c> with</c><00:57:38.039><c> swords.</c>

00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:43.820
So<00:57:40.019><c> she</c><00:57:40.260><c> can</c><00:57:40.539><c> no</c><00:57:40.840><c> longer</c><00:57:41.599><c> hold</c><00:57:42.219><c> back</c><00:57:42.619><c> out</c><00:57:42.840><c> of</c><00:57:43.000><c> some</c><00:57:43.260><c> sense</c><00:57:43.519><c> of</c>

00:57:43.820 --> 00:57:44.840
duty<00:57:44.059><c> to</c><00:57:44.340><c> her</c><00:57:44.460><c> husband,</c>

00:57:44.840 --> 00:57:50.719
out<00:57:45.820><c> of</c><00:57:45.960><c> some</c><00:57:46.139><c> sense</c><00:57:46.380><c> of</c><00:57:46.739><c> loyalty</c><00:57:47.179><c> and</c><00:57:47.519><c> responsibility</c><00:57:48.179><c> to</c><00:57:48.659><c> cover</c><00:57:49.039><c> for</c><00:57:49.500><c> her</c><00:57:49.739><c> husband</c><00:57:50.199><c> or</c>

00:57:50.719 --> 00:57:52.840
to<00:57:50.980><c> keep</c><00:57:51.199><c> up</c><00:57:51.559><c> the</c><00:57:51.739><c> pretence.</c>

00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:56.420
She<00:57:53.119><c> has</c><00:57:53.559><c> no</c><00:57:53.780><c> choice</c><00:57:54.059><c> but</c><00:57:54.300><c> to</c><00:57:54.480><c> act,</c><00:57:55.460><c> both</c><00:57:55.659><c> to</c><00:57:55.920><c> preserve</c><00:57:56.179><c> her</c>

00:57:56.420 --> 00:57:57.320
own<00:57:56.599><c> moral</c><00:57:56.800><c> integrity</c>

00:57:57.320 --> 00:58:00.500
and<00:57:57.900><c> the</c><00:57:58.159><c> lives</c><00:57:58.599><c> of</c><00:57:58.860><c> the</c><00:57:59.039><c> people</c><00:57:59.380><c> who</c><00:57:59.679><c> are</c><00:57:59.860><c> now</c><00:58:00.099><c> depending</c>

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:01.639
upon<00:58:00.820><c> her.</c>

00:58:01.760 --> 00:58:03.960
The<00:58:02.019><c> servants</c><00:58:02.219><c> warned</c><00:58:02.559><c> her</c><00:58:02.739><c> to</c><00:58:02.900><c> consider</c><00:58:03.219><c> what</c><00:58:03.420><c> the</c><00:58:03.739><c> evil</c>

00:58:03.960 --> 00:58:05.280
consequences<00:58:04.639><c> were</c>

00:58:05.280 --> 00:58:08.159
that<00:58:06.179><c> were</c><00:58:06.380><c> coming</c><00:58:06.559><c> upon</c><00:58:06.780><c> their</c><00:58:07.000><c> whole</c><00:58:07.199><c> household.</c>

00:58:08.500 --> 00:58:13.420
Evil<00:58:09.059><c> is</c><00:58:09.440><c> determined</c><00:58:09.940><c> against</c><00:58:10.539><c> our</c><00:58:10.900><c> master</c><00:58:11.480><c> and</c><00:58:12.320><c> against</c><00:58:12.920><c> all</c>

00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:14.840
his<00:58:13.800><c> household.</c>

00:58:15.119 --> 00:58:17.519
That's<00:58:15.380><c> the</c><00:58:15.519><c> warning</c><00:58:15.739><c> that</c><00:58:15.980><c> the</c><00:58:16.179><c> servants</c><00:58:16.420><c> gave</c><00:58:16.780><c> to</c><00:58:16.960><c> her.</c>

00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:21.360
So<00:58:18.059><c> sisters,</c><00:58:19.099><c> imagine</c><00:58:19.559><c> the</c><00:58:19.800><c> moral</c><00:58:20.139><c> dilemma</c><00:58:20.480><c> that</c><00:58:20.679><c> she's</c><00:58:20.900><c> facing</c><00:58:21.179><c> at</c>

00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:21.780
this<00:58:21.559><c> point.</c>

00:58:22.079 --> 00:58:24.440
How<00:58:22.320><c> is</c><00:58:22.320><c> she</c><00:58:22.539><c> going</c><00:58:22.699><c> to</c><00:58:22.900><c> weigh</c><00:58:23.079><c> these</c><00:58:23.380><c> facts</c><00:58:23.619><c> up?</c>

00:58:24.579 --> 00:58:26.860
What<00:58:24.739><c> are</c><00:58:24.860><c> her</c><00:58:25.079><c> responsibilities</c><00:58:25.659><c> to</c><00:58:25.880><c> her</c><00:58:26.000><c> husband?</c>

00:58:26.900 --> 00:58:29.239
To<00:58:27.119><c> cover</c><00:58:27.360><c> for</c><00:58:27.599><c> him?</c><00:58:28.239><c> To</c><00:58:28.519><c> support</c><00:58:28.800><c> him?</c>

00:58:29.539 --> 00:58:32.000
Should<00:58:29.699><c> she</c><00:58:29.880><c> be</c><00:58:30.079><c> submissive</c><00:58:30.739><c> at</c><00:58:30.920><c> this</c><00:58:31.139><c> particular</c><00:58:31.619><c> point?</c>

00:58:32.420 --> 00:58:35.179
Or<00:58:32.639><c> should</c><00:58:32.800><c> she</c><00:58:33.019><c> take</c><00:58:33.280><c> action</c><00:58:33.579><c> which</c><00:58:33.880><c> plainly</c><00:58:34.340><c> declares</c><00:58:34.820><c> that</c>

00:58:35.179 --> 00:58:36.679
she's<00:58:35.380><c> not</c><00:58:35.599><c> in</c><00:58:35.860><c> support</c><00:58:36.039><c> of</c><00:58:36.159><c> his</c><00:58:36.340><c> behaviour?</c>

00:58:36.679 --> 00:58:39.920
And<00:58:37.440><c> in</c><00:58:37.619><c> fact</c><00:58:37.739><c> what</c><00:58:37.920><c> she</c><00:58:38.059><c> does</c><00:58:38.320><c> is</c><00:58:38.500><c> she</c><00:58:38.599><c> takes</c><00:58:38.880><c> practical</c><00:58:39.460><c> and</c>

00:58:39.920 --> 00:58:41.000
tangible<00:58:40.280><c> steps</c><00:58:40.619><c> here</c>

00:58:41.000 --> 00:58:44.340
to<00:58:41.360><c> do</c><00:58:41.480><c> the</c><00:58:41.800><c> exact</c><00:58:42.340><c> opposite</c><00:58:43.000><c> of</c><00:58:43.320><c> her</c><00:58:43.480><c> husband.</c>

00:58:44.679 --> 00:58:46.500
He<00:58:44.840><c> denies</c><00:58:45.239><c> food</c><00:58:45.519><c> to</c><00:58:45.840><c> David.</c>

00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:51.780
So<00:58:47.219><c> she</c><00:58:47.539><c> takes</c><00:58:47.960><c> Nabels</c><00:58:48.440><c> resources</c><00:58:49.159><c> to</c><00:58:49.719><c> provide</c><00:58:50.079><c> food</c><00:58:50.619><c> to</c><00:58:50.880><c> David.</c>

00:58:51.960 --> 00:58:56.260
She's<00:58:52.179><c> left</c><00:58:52.360><c> with</c><00:58:52.519><c> no</c><00:58:52.780><c> choice</c><00:58:53.119><c> but</c><00:58:53.500><c> to</c><00:58:53.659><c> go</c><00:58:53.920><c> directly</c><00:58:54.420><c> and</c><00:58:54.860><c> explicitly</c><00:58:55.199><c> against</c><00:58:55.900><c> her</c>

00:58:56.260 --> 00:58:56.900
husband's<00:58:56.699><c> wishes,</c>

00:58:57.139 --> 00:59:00.920
against<00:58:57.460><c> his</c><00:58:57.760><c> lead</c><00:58:57.940><c> and</c><00:58:58.480><c> against</c><00:58:58.860><c> his</c><00:58:59.199><c> precedent,</c><00:59:00.280><c> personally</c><00:59:00.460><c> to</c><00:59:00.659><c> do</c><00:59:00.760><c> the</c>

00:59:00.920 --> 00:59:03.440
very<00:59:01.159><c> thing</c><00:59:01.599><c> that</c><00:59:01.800><c> he</c><00:59:02.039><c> refused</c><00:59:02.360><c> to</c><00:59:02.579><c> do.</c>

00:59:04.119 --> 00:59:07.380
But<00:59:04.719><c> the</c><00:59:04.900><c> issues</c><00:59:05.099><c> were</c><00:59:05.300><c> even</c><00:59:05.519><c> more</c><00:59:05.719><c> profound</c><00:59:06.019><c> than</c><00:59:06.239><c> that.</c>

00:59:07.719 --> 00:59:12.099
She<00:59:07.900><c> also</c><00:59:08.300><c> knew</c><00:59:08.800><c> and</c><00:59:09.639><c> quoted</c><00:59:10.179><c> the</c><00:59:10.780><c> prophecies</c><00:59:11.179><c> concerning</c><00:59:11.619><c> David.</c>

00:59:12.480 --> 00:59:14.960
She<00:59:12.639><c> understood</c><00:59:13.099><c> God's</c><00:59:13.659><c> purpose</c><00:59:14.000><c> with</c><00:59:14.280><c> that</c><00:59:14.480><c> man</c>

00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:17.500
and<00:59:15.599><c> she</c><00:59:15.840><c> understood</c><00:59:16.159><c> that</c><00:59:16.340><c> he</c><00:59:16.539><c> was</c><00:59:16.739><c> about</c><00:59:16.940><c> to</c><00:59:17.099><c> do</c><00:59:17.199><c> something</c>

00:59:17.500 --> 00:59:21.119
that<00:59:17.699><c> he</c><00:59:17.900><c> would</c><00:59:18.260><c> regret</c><00:59:18.780><c> for</c><00:59:19.159><c> the</c><00:59:19.340><c> rest</c><00:59:19.619><c> of</c><00:59:19.940><c> his</c><00:59:20.119><c> life,</c>

00:59:21.219 --> 00:59:23.639
shedding<00:59:21.380><c> blood</c><00:59:21.840><c> and</c><00:59:22.320><c> taking</c><00:59:22.639><c> vengeance.</c>

00:59:24.079 --> 00:59:28.139
You<00:59:24.260><c> see</c><00:59:24.400><c> brothers</c><00:59:24.659><c> and</c><00:59:24.840><c> sisters,</c><00:59:25.039><c> there</c><00:59:25.179><c> is</c><00:59:25.400><c> a</c><00:59:25.539><c> point</c><00:59:25.940><c> at</c><00:59:26.739><c> which</c><00:59:26.960><c> divine</c><00:59:27.380><c> principles</c><00:59:27.860><c> are</c>

00:59:28.139 --> 00:59:28.980
so<00:59:28.500><c> precious</c>

00:59:28.980 --> 00:59:32.480
and<00:59:29.460><c> the</c><00:59:29.599><c> situation</c><00:59:30.099><c> at</c><00:59:30.360><c> stake</c><00:59:30.559><c> is</c><00:59:30.860><c> so</c><00:59:31.199><c> large</c><00:59:31.519><c> that</c><00:59:31.920><c> we</c><00:59:32.219><c> cannot</c>

00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:34.480
allow<00:59:32.860><c> them</c><00:59:33.059><c> to</c><00:59:33.219><c> be</c><00:59:33.440><c> compromised.</c>

00:59:35.320 --> 00:59:39.000
And<00:59:35.380><c> then</c><00:59:35.900><c> the</c><00:59:36.320><c> submissive</c><00:59:36.760><c> wife</c><00:59:36.980><c> needs</c><00:59:37.280><c> to</c><00:59:37.559><c> strike</c><00:59:37.760><c> out</c><00:59:38.079><c> alone.</c>

00:59:39.480 --> 00:59:44.239
In<00:59:39.739><c> the</c><00:59:39.960><c> process</c><00:59:40.519><c> she</c><00:59:41.239><c> had</c><00:59:41.460><c> to</c><00:59:41.760><c> openly</c><00:59:42.199><c> acknowledge</c><00:59:43.019><c> to</c><00:59:43.639><c> another</c><00:59:43.840><c> man</c>

00:59:44.239 --> 00:59:46.440
the<00:59:44.500><c> folly</c><00:59:44.739><c> of</c><00:59:44.980><c> her</c><00:59:45.260><c> own</c><00:59:45.519><c> husband.</c>

00:59:47.019 --> 00:59:50.059
It<00:59:47.219><c> was</c><00:59:47.380><c> a</c><00:59:47.519><c> desperate</c><00:59:47.780><c> and</c><00:59:48.000><c> sad</c><00:59:48.159><c> woman</c><00:59:48.760><c> that</c><00:59:49.139><c> knelt</c><00:59:49.300><c> before</c><00:59:49.639><c> David</c><00:59:49.900><c> in</c>

00:59:50.059 --> 00:59:51.159
that<00:59:50.300><c> humiliating</c><00:59:50.860><c> situation</c>

00:59:51.659 --> 00:59:54.840
to<00:59:52.159><c> have</c><00:59:52.340><c> to</c><00:59:52.599><c> acknowledge</c><00:59:52.980><c> to</c><00:59:53.179><c> another</c><00:59:53.480><c> man</c><00:59:53.780><c> the</c><00:59:54.039><c> folly</c><00:59:54.480><c> of</c>

00:59:54.840 --> 00:59:56.119
her<00:59:55.059><c> own</c><00:59:55.260><c> husband.</c>

00:59:59.480 --> 01:00:01.360
For<00:59:59.980><c> those</c><01:00:00.179><c> that</c><01:00:00.320><c> want</c><01:00:00.480><c> to</c><01:00:00.559><c> see</c><01:00:00.739><c> it</c><01:00:00.920><c> afterwards,</c>

01:00:01.559 --> 01:00:05.340
there's<01:00:01.599><c> actually</c><01:00:01.880><c> a</c><01:00:02.000><c> very</c><01:00:02.340><c> interesting</c><01:00:03.659><c> set</c><01:00:04.039><c> of</c><01:00:04.820><c> precedents</c>

01:00:05.340 --> 01:00:07.119
set<01:00:05.539><c> here</c><01:00:05.920><c> in</c><01:00:06.179><c> terms</c><01:00:06.420><c> of</c><01:00:06.619><c> this</c><01:00:06.820><c> decision.</c>

01:00:07.179 --> 01:00:10.260
Do<01:00:07.300><c> I</c><01:00:07.460><c> need</c><01:00:07.639><c> to</c><01:00:07.860><c> speak</c><01:00:08.059><c> up</c><01:00:08.320><c> or</c><01:00:08.820><c> do</c><01:00:09.059><c> I</c><01:00:09.239><c> need</c><01:00:09.420><c> to</c><01:00:09.619><c> stand</c><01:00:09.820><c> aside?</c>

01:00:10.619 --> 01:00:13.199
As<01:00:10.920><c> Abigail</c><01:00:11.260><c> weighed</c><01:00:11.559><c> up</c><01:00:11.800><c> the</c><01:00:12.000><c> situation</c><01:00:12.440><c> which</c><01:00:12.719><c> she</c><01:00:12.940><c> was</c>

01:00:13.199 --> 01:00:14.380
then<01:00:13.539><c> facing.</c>

01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:17.519
Now<01:00:16.320><c> we</c><01:00:16.460><c> must</c><01:00:16.780><c> make</c><01:00:17.039><c> this</c><01:00:17.280><c> point.</c>

01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:22.400
This<01:00:17.820><c> is</c><01:00:18.139><c> not</c><01:00:18.320><c> an</c><01:00:18.539><c> excuse</c><01:00:19.219><c> for</c><01:00:19.599><c> just</c><01:00:20.039><c> throwing</c><01:00:20.260><c> out</c><01:00:20.559><c> the</c><01:00:20.780><c> principles</c><01:00:21.199><c> of</c><01:00:21.539><c> submission.</c>

01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:27.000
This<01:00:23.639><c> is</c><01:00:23.800><c> not</c><01:00:24.000><c> some</c><01:00:24.300><c> minor</c><01:00:24.659><c> disagreement</c><01:00:25.300><c> on</c><01:00:25.539><c> insignificant</c><01:00:26.059><c> matters.</c>

01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:31.280
400<01:00:28.119><c> men</c><01:00:28.639><c> with</c><01:00:28.960><c> swords</c><01:00:29.239><c> about</c><01:00:29.579><c> to</c><01:00:29.820><c> murder</c><01:00:30.099><c> a</c><01:00:30.420><c> household.</c>

01:00:31.980 --> 01:00:34.780
That's<01:00:32.420><c> a</c><01:00:32.579><c> crisis</c><01:00:32.980><c> in</c><01:00:33.380><c> anyone's</c><01:00:33.820><c> book.</c>

01:00:35.179 --> 01:00:37.519
The<01:00:35.260><c> challenge</c><01:00:35.500><c> is</c><01:00:35.659><c> to</c><01:00:35.780><c> know</c><01:00:35.900><c> when</c><01:00:36.019><c> that</c><01:00:36.300><c> point</c><01:00:36.559><c> has</c><01:00:37.139><c> actually</c>

01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:38.139
been<01:00:37.739><c> reached.</c>

01:00:38.619 --> 01:00:41.099
That<01:00:38.820><c> becomes,</c><01:00:39.159><c> doesn't</c><01:00:39.440><c> it</c><01:00:39.559><c> matter,</c><01:00:40.059><c> very</c><01:00:40.199><c> careful</c><01:00:40.599><c> prayer</c>

01:00:41.099 --> 01:00:42.860
and<01:00:41.840><c> agonizing.</c>

01:00:43.320 --> 01:00:47.039
And<01:00:43.500><c> sisters,</c><01:00:43.699><c> if</c><01:00:43.840><c> you</c><01:00:44.039><c> ever</c><01:00:44.380><c> find</c><01:00:44.659><c> yourself</c><01:00:45.260><c> in</c><01:00:45.900><c> that</c><01:00:46.179><c> dilemma,</c>

01:00:47.280 --> 01:00:49.860
then<01:00:47.420><c> a</c><01:00:47.639><c> careful</c><01:00:47.920><c> and</c><01:00:48.219><c> prayerful</c><01:00:48.599><c> consideration</c><01:00:49.159><c> of</c><01:00:49.300><c> the</c><01:00:49.460><c> lives</c><01:00:49.639><c> of</c>

01:00:49.860 --> 01:00:50.380
these<01:00:50.079><c> sisters</c>

01:00:50.380 --> 01:00:53.300
can<01:00:50.599><c> give</c><01:00:50.760><c> us</c><01:00:51.000><c> some</c><01:00:51.519><c> very</c><01:00:51.920><c> good</c><01:00:52.260><c> practical</c><01:00:52.780><c> guidance</c>

01:00:53.300 --> 01:00:56.460
on<01:00:54.019><c> how</c><01:00:54.260><c> to</c><01:00:54.539><c> still</c><01:00:54.679><c> try</c><01:00:54.920><c> and</c><01:00:55.059><c> uphold</c><01:00:55.300><c> the</c><01:00:55.519><c> principles</c><01:00:55.860><c> of</c><01:00:56.059><c> the</c><01:00:56.219><c> truth</c>

01:00:56.460 --> 01:00:59.659
if<01:00:56.900><c> we</c><01:00:57.099><c> find</c><01:00:57.340><c> ourselves</c><01:00:57.780><c> in</c><01:00:58.179><c> a</c><01:00:58.340><c> household</c><01:00:58.760><c> that</c><01:00:59.280><c> doesn't</c>

01:00:59.659 --> 01:01:01.050
actually<01:01:00.019><c> uphold</c><01:01:00.260><c> them.</c>

01:01:01.579 --> 01:01:03.599
Now<01:01:01.619><c> in</c><01:01:01.840><c> conclusion,</c><01:01:02.800><c> just</c><01:01:02.940><c> very</c><01:01:03.239><c> briefly,</c>

01:01:03.840 --> 01:01:05.860
there's<01:01:03.960><c> one</c><01:01:04.179><c> last</c><01:01:04.460><c> thing</c><01:01:04.619><c> I</c><01:01:04.699><c> want</c><01:01:04.840><c> to</c><01:01:05.059><c> touch</c><01:01:05.239><c> on</c><01:01:05.420><c> in</c><01:01:05.559><c> this</c>

01:01:05.860 --> 01:01:07.239
particular<01:01:06.320><c> topic.</c>

01:01:07.840 --> 01:01:10.760
As<01:01:08.159><c> we've</c><01:01:08.480><c> noted,</c><01:01:08.900><c> these</c><01:01:09.159><c> sisters,</c><01:01:09.619><c> when</c><01:01:09.780><c> they</c><01:01:10.159><c> face</c><01:01:10.420><c> these</c>

01:01:10.760 --> 01:01:11.960
circumstances<01:01:11.300><c> in</c><01:01:11.619><c> life,</c>

01:01:12.139 --> 01:01:15.239
can<01:01:12.320><c> find</c><01:01:12.500><c> themselves</c><01:01:12.940><c> in</c><01:01:13.199><c> very</c><01:01:13.679><c> lonely</c><01:01:14.519><c> circumstances,</c>

01:01:15.340 --> 01:01:16.900
very<01:01:15.539><c> lonely</c><01:01:15.860><c> territory,</c>

01:01:17.059 --> 01:01:21.079
having<01:01:17.300><c> to</c><01:01:17.579><c> grapple</c><01:01:17.880><c> with</c><01:01:18.239><c> very</c><01:01:18.940><c> distressing</c><01:01:19.920><c> challenges.</c>

01:01:21.360 --> 01:01:24.699
The<01:01:21.900><c> rest</c><01:01:22.199><c> of</c><01:01:22.760><c> the</c><01:01:22.920><c> loving</c><01:01:23.119><c> care</c><01:01:23.519><c> of</c><01:01:23.699><c> a</c><01:01:23.820><c> provider,</c>

01:01:24.760 --> 01:01:28.760
in<01:01:24.840><c> their</c><01:01:25.079><c> time</c><01:01:25.340><c> of</c><01:01:25.619><c> greatest</c><01:01:25.960><c> need,</c><01:01:27.019><c> who</c><01:01:27.280><c> can</c><01:01:27.400><c> they</c><01:01:27.579><c> turn</c><01:01:27.820><c> to?</c>

01:01:30.500 --> 01:01:33.199
There's<01:01:30.780><c> a</c><01:01:30.780><c> very</c><01:01:31.199><c> good</c><01:01:31.380><c> reason</c><01:01:31.800><c> why</c><01:01:32.099><c> it</c><01:01:32.119><c> is</c><01:01:32.440><c> in</c><01:01:32.639><c> scripture</c>

01:01:33.199 --> 01:01:37.300
that<01:01:33.880><c> widows</c><01:01:34.500><c> are</c><01:01:35.420><c> held</c><01:01:35.719><c> up</c><01:01:35.900><c> by</c><01:01:36.159><c> God</c><01:01:36.460><c> and</c><01:01:36.659><c> by</c><01:01:36.900><c> our</c><01:01:37.079><c> Lord</c>

01:01:37.300 --> 01:01:40.960
as<01:01:37.500><c> an</c><01:01:37.739><c> example</c><01:01:38.260><c> for</c><01:01:38.500><c> our</c><01:01:38.719><c> community</c><01:01:39.179><c> to</c><01:01:39.400><c> aspire</c><01:01:39.840><c> to.</c>

01:01:41.599 --> 01:01:43.579
The<01:01:41.699><c> words</c><01:01:41.780><c> of</c><01:01:41.940><c> the</c><01:01:42.059><c> Apostle</c><01:01:42.380><c> Paul</c><01:01:42.619><c> to</c><01:01:42.760><c> Timothy,</c>

01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:56.579
Sisters<01:01:52.840><c> in</c><01:01:53.599><c> this</c><01:01:53.760><c> sort</c><01:01:54.019><c> of</c><01:01:54.119><c> circumstance</c><01:01:54.639><c> can</c><01:01:54.920><c> become</c><01:01:55.280><c> a</c><01:01:55.480><c> beacon</c><01:01:55.780><c> of</c><01:01:56.199><c> light</c>

01:01:56.579 --> 01:02:01.119
and<01:01:56.960><c> inspiration</c><01:01:57.559><c> and</c><01:01:58.219><c> strength</c><01:01:58.760><c> for</c><01:01:59.139><c> all</c><01:01:59.400><c> of</c><01:01:59.500><c> us.</c>

01:02:01.320 --> 01:02:03.860
So<01:02:01.400><c> our</c><01:02:01.480><c> topic</c><01:02:01.699><c> this</c><01:02:01.900><c> morning</c><01:02:02.280><c> was</c><01:02:02.659><c> vulnerability.</c>

01:02:04.980 --> 01:02:09.280
Isn't<01:02:05.219><c> it</c><01:02:06.099><c> an</c><01:02:06.840><c> enigma</c><01:02:07.460><c> that</c><01:02:07.940><c> those</c><01:02:08.340><c> in</c><01:02:08.539><c> our</c><01:02:08.800><c> community</c>

01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:13.059
who<01:02:09.599><c> are</c><01:02:09.940><c> in</c><01:02:10.079><c> the</c><01:02:10.280><c> greatest</c><01:02:10.559><c> need</c><01:02:11.139><c> of</c><01:02:11.699><c> our</c><01:02:11.920><c> love</c><01:02:12.280><c> and</c><01:02:12.599><c> support</c>

01:02:13.739 --> 01:02:16.679
can,<01:02:15.079><c> in</c><01:02:15.500><c> their</c><01:02:15.840><c> hour</c><01:02:16.139><c> of</c><01:02:16.460><c> need,</c>

01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:20.760
also<01:02:17.199><c> be</c><01:02:17.820><c> the</c><01:02:18.099><c> most</c><01:02:18.420><c> wonderful</c><01:02:18.820><c> example</c><01:02:19.320><c> for</c><01:02:19.619><c> us</c><01:02:19.800><c> to</c><01:02:19.980><c> follow.</c>

01:02:22.519 --> 01:02:24.780
May<01:02:22.619><c> it</c><01:02:22.719><c> be</c><01:02:22.900><c> that</c><01:02:23.019><c> as</c><01:02:23.239><c> we</c><01:02:23.420><c> work</c><01:02:23.619><c> together</c><01:02:23.980><c> in</c><01:02:24.159><c> a</c><01:02:24.260><c> collegial</c><01:02:24.519><c> life</c>

01:02:24.780 --> 01:02:27.400
in<01:02:24.980><c> love</c><01:02:25.380><c> and</c><01:02:26.000><c> care</c><01:02:26.300><c> and</c><01:02:26.659><c> support</c><01:02:26.940><c> from</c><01:02:27.139><c> one</c><01:02:27.219><c> another,</c>

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:29.619
we<01:02:27.659><c> remember</c><01:02:28.039><c> the</c><01:02:28.199><c> words</c><01:02:28.360><c> of</c><01:02:28.539><c> the</c><01:02:28.719><c> psalmist,</c>

01:02:29.820 --> 01:02:33.699
the<01:02:30.039><c> angel</c><01:02:30.300><c> of</c><01:02:30.559><c> Yahweh</c><01:02:31.019><c> encampeth</c><01:02:32.360><c> around</c><01:02:32.880><c> about</c><01:02:33.159><c> them</c><01:02:33.400><c> that</c>

01:02:33.699 --> 01:02:34.400
fear<01:02:33.940><c> him</c>

01:02:34.400 --> 01:02:36.300
and<01:02:35.119><c> delivereth</c><01:02:35.599><c> them.</c>