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Tobiah<00:10:33.779><c> and</c><00:10:33.940><c> Gisham</c><00:10:34.179><c> and</c><00:10:34.299><c> all</c><00:10:34.460><c> these</c><00:10:34.620><c> enemies.</c><00:10:35.039><c> But</c><00:10:35.159><c> oh,</c>

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we've<00:10:36.840><c> got</c><00:10:37.019><c> trouble</c><00:10:37.919><c> within.</c><00:10:38.840><c> There's</c><00:10:39.299><c> Christadelphians</c><00:10:40.500><c> within</c><00:10:41.919><c> our</c><00:10:42.179><c> own</c><00:10:42.440><c> body</c><00:10:43.000><c> that</c><00:10:44.500><c> are</c><00:10:44.700><c> giving</c><00:10:44.879><c> us</c><00:10:45.200><c> problems.</c>

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Listen,<00:10:48.000><c> look</c><00:10:48.240><c> at</c><00:10:48.519><c> verse</c><00:10:49.000><c> chapter</c><00:10:49.799><c> four,</c><00:10:50.259><c> verse</c><00:10:50.559><c> 10.</c><00:10:52.720><c> Then</c><00:10:53.000><c> Judah</c><00:10:53.379><c> said,</c><00:10:53.820><c> this</c><00:10:53.960><c> is</c>

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the<00:10:57.340><c> strength</c><00:10:57.639><c> of</c><00:10:57.820><c> the</c><00:10:57.980><c> laborers</c><00:10:58.360><c> is</c><00:10:58.620><c> failing.</c><00:10:59.019><c> There's</c><00:10:59.299><c> so</c>

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much<00:10:59.840><c> rubbish.</c><00:11:00.759><c> We're</c><00:11:01.100><c> never</c><00:11:01.379><c> going</c><00:11:01.539><c> to</c><00:11:01.639><c> be</c><00:11:01.740><c> able</c><00:11:01.899><c> to</c><00:11:02.059><c> do</c>

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it.<00:11:03.059><c> It's</c><00:11:03.419><c> too</c><00:11:03.820><c> much.</c><00:11:05.039><c> It's</c><00:11:05.279><c> too</c><00:11:05.639><c> hard.</c><00:11:07.159><c> Have</c><00:11:07.299><c> you</c><00:11:07.480><c> ever</c><00:11:07.720><c> met</c><00:11:07.879><c> a</c>

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Christadelphian<00:11:08.600><c> that</c><00:11:08.799><c> says</c><00:11:08.940><c> it</c><00:11:09.100><c> can't</c><00:11:09.460><c> be</c><00:11:09.720><c> done?</c>

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We<00:11:14.620><c> want</c><00:11:14.779><c> to</c><00:11:15.000><c> build</c><00:11:15.159><c> a</c><00:11:15.360><c> hall.</c><00:11:15.519><c> We</c><00:11:15.659><c> could</c><00:11:15.840><c> never</c>

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afford<00:11:16.440><c> it.</c><00:11:17.580><c> I</c><00:11:17.639><c> mean,</c><00:11:18.340><c> when</c><00:11:19.019><c> we</c><00:11:19.279><c> bought</c><00:11:19.419><c> our</c><00:11:19.779><c> hall,</c><00:11:20.340><c> I</c><00:11:20.519><c> begged</c>

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for<00:11:20.940><c> the</c><00:11:21.100><c> old</c><00:11:21.259><c> people</c><00:11:21.480><c> who</c><00:11:21.620><c> were</c><00:11:21.899><c> not</c><00:11:22.299><c> devoted</c>

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in<00:11:23.019><c> it.</c><00:11:23.759><c> I</c><00:11:24.159><c> said,</c><00:11:24.460><c> look,</c><00:11:24.620><c> you're</c><00:11:24.879><c> going</c><00:11:24.980><c> to</c><00:11:25.059><c> be</c><00:11:25.299><c> dead</c><00:11:25.519><c> and</c><00:11:25.720><c> we're</c><00:11:25.919><c> going</c><00:11:26.039><c> to</c>

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need<00:11:26.320><c> this</c><00:11:26.639><c> hall.</c>

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My<00:11:32.100><c> own</c><00:11:32.500><c> mother</c><00:11:32.740><c> was</c><00:11:33.000><c> in</c><00:11:33.159><c> a</c><00:11:33.259><c> rest</c><00:11:33.480><c> home.</c><00:11:34.840><c> And</c><00:11:34.840><c> she</c><00:11:35.240><c> was</c><00:11:35.620><c> totally</c>

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crippled<00:11:36.299><c> at</c><00:11:36.440><c> that</c><00:11:36.620><c> time.</c><00:11:36.960><c> And</c><00:11:37.059><c> she</c><00:11:37.679><c> kept</c><00:11:37.860><c> track</c>

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of<00:11:38.240><c> everything</c><00:11:38.379><c> that</c><00:11:38.519><c> was</c><00:11:38.519><c> going</c><00:11:38.720><c> on.</c><00:11:38.980><c> And</c><00:11:39.059><c> she</c><00:11:39.179><c> said</c><00:11:39.379><c> to</c><00:11:39.500><c> me,</c>

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she<00:11:40.259><c> said,</c><00:11:40.460><c> it's</c><00:11:40.580><c> probably</c><00:11:40.799><c> a</c><00:11:40.919><c> good</c><00:11:41.019><c> thing</c><00:11:41.139><c> I</c><00:11:41.299><c> can't</c>

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says,<00:11:44.960><c> I</c><00:11:45.019><c> know</c><00:11:45.179><c> how</c><00:11:45.379><c> much</c><00:11:45.500><c> you</c><00:11:45.700><c> want</c><00:11:45.820><c> this</c>

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hall<00:11:46.299><c> and</c><00:11:46.480><c> I</c><00:11:46.639><c> would</c><00:11:46.820><c> vote</c><00:11:46.960><c> against</c><00:11:47.340><c> it.</c><00:11:49.899><c> But</c><00:11:49.940><c> you</c><00:11:50.299><c> see,</c><00:11:50.720><c> they're</c><00:11:51.080><c> old</c>

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and<00:11:51.879><c> they</c><00:11:52.039><c> look</c><00:11:52.220><c> down</c><00:11:52.740><c> and</c><00:11:52.899><c> they</c><00:11:53.299><c> see</c><00:11:53.539><c> all</c>

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the<00:11:53.960><c> problems.</c><00:11:55.080><c> And</c><00:11:55.279><c> thank</c><00:11:55.419><c> goodness</c><00:11:55.620><c> for</c><00:11:55.940><c> youth</c><00:11:56.179><c> and</c><00:11:56.419><c> exuberance.</c><00:11:57.639><c> And,</c>

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you<00:11:57.799><c> know,</c><00:11:58.419><c> we've</c><00:11:58.659><c> tried</c><00:11:59.019><c> and</c><00:11:59.679><c> we</c><00:12:00.000><c> did</c>

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it.<00:12:01.299><c> We</c><00:12:01.480><c> had</c><00:12:01.700><c> to</c><00:12:02.539><c> not</c><00:12:03.240><c> do</c><00:12:03.379><c> it</c><00:12:03.480><c> over</c><00:12:03.639><c> the</c><00:12:04.159><c> bodies</c><00:12:04.500><c> of</c><00:12:04.759><c> some</c><00:12:04.879><c> people.</c><00:12:05.080><c> That's</c><00:12:05.320><c> kind</c>

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of<00:12:05.659><c> messy.</c><00:12:07.700><c> But</c><00:12:07.700><c> we</c><00:12:08.500><c> have</c><00:12:08.840><c> to</c><00:12:09.039><c> go</c>

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if<00:12:09.980><c> people</c><00:12:10.700><c> are</c><00:12:11.360><c> against</c><00:12:11.679><c> something</c><00:12:12.100><c> that's</c><00:12:12.720><c> worthwhile</c><00:12:13.100><c> doing,</c><00:12:13.799><c> keep</c><00:12:13.860><c> on</c>

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loving<00:12:14.379><c> them</c><00:12:15.000><c> and</c><00:12:15.899><c> don't</c><00:12:16.120><c> pay</c><00:12:16.279><c> attention</c>

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have<00:12:21.860><c> to</c><00:12:22.000><c> do</c><00:12:22.159><c> that</c><00:12:22.419><c> within</c><00:12:22.679><c> an</c><00:12:22.879><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:23.259><c> because</c>

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there's<00:12:24.399><c> always</c><00:12:24.779><c> people</c><00:12:25.120><c> who</c><00:12:25.419><c> believe</c><00:12:25.580><c> it</c><00:12:25.779><c> can't</c><00:12:26.059><c> be</c><00:12:26.279><c> done.</c>

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don't<00:12:30.879><c> ever</c><00:12:31.220><c> question</c><00:12:31.460><c> someone's</c><00:12:31.919><c> sincerity.</c><00:12:33.779><c> Just</c><00:12:34.179><c> say</c>

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you're<00:12:35.019><c> sincerely</c><00:12:35.419><c> wrong.</c>

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Judah<00:12:39.100><c> was</c><00:12:39.399><c> looking</c><00:12:39.679><c> in</c><00:12:39.820><c> the</c><00:12:39.980><c> wrong</c><00:12:40.200><c> place,</c><00:12:40.740><c> wasn't</c><00:12:40.940><c> he?</c><00:12:41.080><c> He</c>

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was<00:12:41.440><c> looking</c><00:12:41.820><c> down.</c><00:12:43.639><c> And</c><00:12:43.840><c> all</c><00:12:44.000><c> he</c><00:12:44.100><c> saw</c><00:12:44.360><c> was</c><00:12:44.620><c> rubbish</c>

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and<00:12:45.460><c> sin</c><00:12:45.820><c> and</c><00:12:46.100><c> filth</c><00:12:46.419><c> and</c><00:12:46.620><c> corruption.</c><00:12:48.299><c> And</c><00:12:48.419><c> this</c><00:12:48.600><c> looked</c><00:12:48.740><c> too</c>

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much.<00:12:49.679><c> And</c><00:12:49.740><c> so</c><00:12:49.879><c> Abe</c><00:12:50.059><c> Lincoln</c><00:12:50.299><c> said,</c><00:12:51.200><c> if</c><00:12:51.419><c> I've</c><00:12:51.659><c> said</c>

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this<00:12:51.980><c> in</c><00:12:52.039><c> this</c><00:12:52.200><c> class,</c><00:12:52.360><c> I'm</c><00:12:52.639><c> doing</c><00:12:52.799><c> too,</c><00:12:53.139><c> you</c><00:12:53.200><c> know,</c><00:12:53.259><c> and</c><00:12:53.379><c> I</c><00:12:53.480><c> forget</c><00:12:53.639><c> where</c><00:12:53.840><c> I</c>

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say<00:12:54.159><c> what.</c><00:12:55.519><c> But</c><00:12:55.799><c> I</c><00:12:56.320><c> think</c><00:12:56.480><c> I</c><00:12:56.620><c> only</c><00:12:56.820><c> said</c>

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up<00:12:57.159><c> there.</c><00:12:57.620><c> But</c><00:12:57.620><c> you've</c><00:12:57.919><c> heard</c><00:12:58.000><c> it</c><00:12:58.200><c> before</c><00:12:58.419><c> anyway.</c><00:12:59.500><c> But</c><00:12:59.600><c> Abe</c>

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Lincoln<00:12:59.960><c> says,</c><00:13:00.279><c> I</c><00:13:00.279><c> can</c><00:13:00.519><c> understand</c><00:13:00.960><c> a</c><00:13:01.179><c> man</c><00:13:01.259><c> looking</c>

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down<00:13:01.740><c> at</c><00:13:01.840><c> the</c><00:13:02.039><c> ground</c><00:13:02.460><c> and</c><00:13:02.740><c> saying,</c><00:13:03.179><c> there</c><00:13:03.460><c> is</c><00:13:03.759><c> no</c><00:13:03.960><c> God.</c><00:13:05.500><c> But</c><00:13:05.679><c> I</c>

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cannot<00:13:06.080><c> conceive</c><00:13:06.360><c> a</c><00:13:06.539><c> person</c><00:13:06.779><c> staring</c><00:13:07.500><c> into</c><00:13:07.779><c> the</c>

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starry<00:13:08.179><c> heavens</c><00:13:08.440><c> and</c><00:13:08.679><c> denying</c><00:13:08.960><c> the</c><00:13:09.220><c> existence</c><00:13:09.500><c> of</c><00:13:09.679><c> an</c><00:13:09.860><c> almighty</c><00:13:10.220><c> creator.</c><00:13:12.539><c> So</c><00:13:12.840><c> where</c><00:13:13.080><c> are</c>

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you<00:13:13.399><c> looking?</c><00:13:13.899><c> Up</c>

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or<00:13:15.080><c> down?</c><00:13:16.580><c> Nehemiah</c><00:13:17.019><c> looked</c><00:13:17.259><c> up.</c><00:13:18.320><c> So</c><00:13:18.379><c> verse</c><00:13:18.840><c> 14</c><00:13:19.220><c> says,</c><00:13:19.759><c> and</c><00:13:19.860><c> I</c>

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looked<00:13:20.259><c> and</c><00:13:20.480><c> I</c><00:13:20.700><c> rose</c><00:13:20.940><c> and</c><00:13:21.080><c> I</c><00:13:21.299><c> said</c><00:13:21.419><c> to</c><00:13:21.539><c> the</c><00:13:21.740><c> nobles</c><00:13:22.019><c> and</c>

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them.<00:13:28.840><c> Remember</c><00:13:29.279><c> the</c><00:13:29.899><c> Lord,</c><00:13:30.740><c> he's</c><00:13:30.840><c> great</c><00:13:31.259><c> and</c><00:13:31.559><c> awesome</c><00:13:31.940><c> and</c>

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fight<00:13:32.860><c> for</c><00:13:33.059><c> your</c><00:13:33.279><c> brethren,</c><00:13:33.659><c> your</c><00:13:33.899><c> sons,</c><00:13:34.220><c> your</c>

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daughters,<00:13:34.679><c> your</c><00:13:34.860><c> wives</c><00:13:35.100><c> and</c><00:13:35.259><c> your</c><00:13:35.419><c> houses.</c><00:13:36.740><c> And</c><00:13:37.179><c> that's,</c><00:13:37.659><c> that's</c><00:13:37.980><c> our</c><00:13:38.139><c> answer</c><00:13:38.399><c> to</c>

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people<00:13:38.779><c> who</c><00:13:38.980><c> think</c><00:13:39.100><c> it</c><00:13:39.240><c> can't</c><00:13:39.440><c> be</c>

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done.<00:13:40.279><c> If</c><00:13:40.419><c> God</c><00:13:40.659><c> be</c><00:13:40.940><c> for</c><00:13:41.039><c> us,</c><00:13:41.200><c> who</c><00:13:41.539><c> can</c><00:13:41.700><c> be</c><00:13:41.919><c> against</c><00:13:42.220><c> us?</c><00:13:42.500><c> The</c><00:13:42.600><c> answer</c><00:13:42.799><c> is</c>

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nobody.<00:13:44.399><c> So</c><00:13:44.679><c> people</c><00:13:45.120><c> who</c><00:13:45.419><c> are</c><00:13:45.759><c> negative</c><00:13:46.200><c> and</c>

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think<00:13:46.500><c> it</c><00:13:46.639><c> can't</c><00:13:46.919><c> be</c><00:13:47.139><c> done,</c><00:13:48.100><c> love</c><00:13:48.419><c> them,</c><00:13:49.059><c> be</c><00:13:49.259><c> nice</c><00:13:49.580><c> to</c><00:13:49.779><c> them,</c>

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but<00:13:50.559><c> don't</c><00:13:50.779><c> listen</c><00:13:51.100><c> to</c><00:13:51.320><c> them.</c><00:13:52.860><c> And</c><00:13:53.179><c> that's</c><00:13:53.620><c> what</c><00:13:53.960><c> Nehemiah</c>

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had<00:13:54.519><c> to</c><00:13:54.720><c> do</c><00:13:54.919><c> to</c><00:13:55.100><c> those</c><00:13:55.340><c> people.</c><00:13:55.600><c> He</c><00:13:55.659><c> paid</c><00:13:55.879><c> no</c><00:13:56.120><c> attention</c><00:13:56.480><c> to</c><00:13:56.639><c> the</c><00:13:56.840><c> negative</c><00:13:57.139><c> remarks</c><00:13:57.639><c> of</c>

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Judah.<00:13:59.799><c> But</c><00:14:00.220><c> Nehemiah's</c>

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enemies<00:14:01.500><c> meant</c><00:14:01.879><c> business</c><00:14:02.419><c> and</c><00:14:02.740><c> they</c><00:14:02.879><c> were</c><00:14:03.019><c> willing</c><00:14:03.220><c> to</c><00:14:03.580><c> kill</c>

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in<00:14:04.759><c> order</c><00:14:04.940><c> to</c><00:14:05.159><c> stop</c><00:14:05.460><c> the</c><00:14:05.740><c> work</c><00:14:05.919><c> that</c><00:14:06.059><c> was</c><00:14:06.179><c> going</c><00:14:06.480><c> on.</c>

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Verse<00:14:07.220><c> 11.</c><00:14:08.399><c> So</c><00:14:08.500><c> what</c><00:14:08.659><c> happened</c><00:14:08.919><c> when</c><00:14:09.120><c> Sambalat</c><00:14:09.600><c> heard</c><00:14:09.919><c> that</c>

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we<00:14:10.299><c> were</c><00:14:10.480><c> building,</c><00:14:10.980><c> rebuilding</c><00:14:11.299><c> the</c><00:14:11.600><c> wall,</c>

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that<00:14:12.240><c> he</c><00:14:12.379><c> was</c><00:14:12.759><c> furious</c><00:14:13.220><c> and</c><00:14:13.419><c> very</c><00:14:13.759><c> indignant</c><00:14:14.980><c> and</c><00:14:15.240><c> he</c><00:14:15.500><c> mocked</c>

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the<00:14:15.919><c> Jews.</c><00:14:17.840><c> And</c><00:14:17.940><c> so</c><00:14:18.200><c> in</c><00:14:18.340><c> verse</c><00:14:18.580><c> 12,</c><00:14:19.039><c> so</c><00:14:19.279><c> it</c><00:14:19.519><c> was</c><00:14:19.759><c> when</c>

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the<00:14:20.240><c> Jews</c><00:14:20.440><c> who</c><00:14:20.679><c> dropped</c><00:14:20.919><c> near</c><00:14:21.240><c> them</c><00:14:21.539><c> came,</c><00:14:22.320><c> they</c><00:14:22.360><c> told</c><00:14:22.639><c> us</c><00:14:23.379><c> 10</c>

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times,<00:14:26.019><c> whatever</c><00:14:26.120><c> place</c><00:14:26.419><c> you</c><00:14:26.700><c> turn,</c><00:14:26.980><c> they'll</c><00:14:27.120><c> be</c>

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upon<00:14:27.519><c> you.</c><00:14:28.419><c> You're</c><00:14:28.759><c> going</c><00:14:28.840><c> to</c><00:14:28.940><c> be</c><00:14:29.039><c> surrounded.</c><00:14:30.639><c> General</c><00:14:31.120><c> Creighton</c><00:14:32.279><c> Abrams</c><00:14:32.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:32.960><c> United</c><00:14:33.179><c> States</c><00:14:33.440><c> Army</c><00:14:33.860><c> was</c>

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surrounded<00:14:34.600><c> during</c><00:14:34.840><c> the</c><00:14:35.039><c> Battle</c><00:14:35.240><c> of</c><00:14:35.379><c> the</c><00:14:35.620><c> Bulge.</c><00:14:36.460><c> He</c><00:14:36.659><c> called</c>

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a<00:14:37.100><c> staff</c><00:14:37.279><c> meeting</c><00:14:37.580><c> of</c><00:14:37.740><c> his</c><00:14:37.980><c> officers</c><00:14:38.220><c> and</c><00:14:38.559><c> explained</c>

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them<00:14:38.919><c> that</c><00:14:39.059><c> we</c><00:14:39.240><c> are</c><00:14:39.419><c> surrounded.</c><00:14:40.759><c> He</c><00:14:40.799><c> says,</c><00:14:41.240><c> cheerfully,</c><00:14:41.720><c> for</c>

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the<00:14:42.000><c> first</c><00:14:42.220><c> time</c><00:14:42.399><c> in</c><00:14:42.519><c> this</c><00:14:42.700><c> war,</c><00:14:43.100><c> we</c><00:14:43.139><c> can</c><00:14:43.379><c> attack</c><00:14:43.639><c> the</c>

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enemy<00:14:44.059><c> in</c><00:14:44.299><c> any</c><00:14:44.559><c> direction.</c><00:14:50.519><c> And</c><00:14:50.620><c> that's</c><00:14:51.480><c> the</c><00:14:51.740><c> optimistic</c><00:14:52.220><c> attitude</c><00:14:52.659><c> we</c>

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should<00:14:53.100><c> have.</c><00:14:55.320><c> 10</c><00:14:55.759><c> times</c><00:14:56.799><c> they</c><00:14:57.820><c> asked</c><00:14:58.019><c> him,</c>

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what<00:14:59.759><c> if</c><00:14:59.940><c> somebody</c><00:15:00.220><c> said</c><00:15:00.559><c> to</c><00:15:00.700><c> you,</c><00:15:00.960><c> come</c><00:15:01.120><c> on,</c><00:15:01.320><c> let's</c><00:15:01.480><c> go</c><00:15:01.700><c> see</c>

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him.<00:15:02.980><c> And</c><00:15:03.200><c> you</c><00:15:03.340><c> say,</c><00:15:03.720><c> oh,</c><00:15:04.039><c> no.</c><00:15:04.600><c> Right.</c><00:15:05.340><c> Oh,</c><00:15:05.740><c> no.</c>

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They<00:15:06.679><c> say,</c><00:15:07.080><c> oh,</c><00:15:07.159><c> come</c><00:15:07.320><c> on,</c><00:15:07.519><c> let's</c><00:15:07.840><c> go</c><00:15:08.039><c> see</c><00:15:08.240><c> him.</c><00:15:08.480><c> And</c><00:15:08.659><c> you</c><00:15:08.820><c> say,</c>

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oh,<00:15:10.539><c> no.</c><00:15:11.620><c> They</c><00:15:11.679><c> say,</c><00:15:11.879><c> oh,</c><00:15:12.139><c> come</c><00:15:12.399><c> on,</c><00:15:12.679><c> come</c><00:15:12.899><c> on,</c>

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let's<00:15:13.240><c> go</c><00:15:13.440><c> see</c><00:15:13.600><c> him.</c><00:15:13.720><c> And</c><00:15:13.740><c> you</c><00:15:13.919><c> say,</c><00:15:15.000><c> no.</c><00:15:16.559><c> They</c><00:15:16.720><c> say,</c><00:15:17.059><c> well,</c><00:15:17.200><c> oh,</c><00:15:17.419><c> don't</c><00:15:17.620><c> be</c>

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such<00:15:17.940><c> a</c><00:15:18.100><c> funny</c><00:15:18.259><c> diddy.</c><00:15:18.539><c> Come</c><00:15:18.720><c> on,</c>

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let's<00:15:19.019><c> go</c><00:15:19.279><c> see</c><00:15:19.440><c> him.</c><00:15:20.379><c> You</c><00:15:20.620><c> say,</c><00:15:22.059><c> no.</c><00:15:24.340><c> And</c><00:15:24.460><c> they</c><00:15:24.580><c> say,</c><00:15:24.779><c> well,</c>

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oh,<00:15:25.360><c> come</c><00:15:25.720><c> on.</c><00:15:26.340><c> Oh,</c><00:15:26.580><c> we're</c><00:15:26.940><c> all</c><00:15:27.259><c> doing</c><00:15:27.480><c> it.</c><00:15:35.500><c> Everybody's</c>

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doing<00:15:36.820><c> it.</c><00:15:38.179><c> And</c><00:15:38.580><c> the</c><00:15:38.720><c> next</c><00:15:38.919><c> thing</c><00:15:39.120><c> you</c><00:15:39.220><c> know,</c><00:15:40.200><c> you</c><00:15:40.320><c> see,</c><00:15:40.500><c> you</c>

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have<00:15:40.679><c> to</c><00:15:40.840><c> keep</c><00:15:41.100><c> on</c><00:15:41.440><c> resisting</c><00:15:41.740><c> with</c><00:15:41.980><c> that,</c><00:15:42.320><c> oh,</c><00:15:42.679><c> no.</c>

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You<00:15:43.960><c> have</c><00:15:44.100><c> to</c><00:15:44.200><c> be</c><00:15:44.360><c> positive</c><00:15:44.720><c> every</c><00:15:45.120><c> time.</c><00:15:45.399><c> You</c><00:15:45.480><c> mustn't</c><00:15:45.799><c> weaken</c><00:15:46.299><c> because</c><00:15:46.740><c> that's</c><00:15:47.000><c> what</c>

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happens.<00:15:47.980><c> Remember</c>

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Sampson?<00:15:49.700><c> I</c><00:15:49.840><c> mean,</c><00:15:49.879><c> you</c><00:15:49.980><c> all</c><00:15:50.080><c> know</c><00:15:50.240><c> the</c><00:15:50.399><c> story</c><00:15:50.539><c> of</c><00:15:50.659><c> Sampson.</c>

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He<00:15:51.580><c> could</c><00:15:51.759><c> resist</c><00:15:52.080><c> anything</c><00:15:52.340><c> except</c><00:15:52.580><c> women.</c>

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And<00:15:55.220><c> he</c><00:15:55.620><c> gets</c><00:15:55.860><c> married</c><00:15:56.179><c> and</c><00:15:56.299><c> he's</c><00:15:56.480><c> got</c><00:15:56.620><c> this</c><00:15:56.820><c> beautiful</c><00:15:57.220><c> wife</c>

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and<00:15:57.659><c> she</c><00:15:57.899><c> wept</c><00:15:58.240><c> seven</c><00:15:59.279><c> days</c><00:15:59.720><c> while</c><00:15:59.899><c> the</c><00:16:00.120><c> feast</c><00:16:00.299><c> lasted</c>

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because<00:16:01.000><c> he</c><00:16:01.200><c> had</c><00:16:01.379><c> a</c><00:16:01.539><c> riddle</c><00:16:01.720><c> and</c><00:16:01.840><c> they</c><00:16:01.980><c> couldn't</c><00:16:02.179><c> figure</c><00:16:02.399><c> out</c>

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what<00:16:02.639><c> it</c><00:16:02.840><c> was.</c><00:16:03.720><c> Happened</c><00:16:03.840><c> on</c><00:16:04.019><c> the</c><00:16:04.200><c> seventh</c><00:16:04.360><c> day</c><00:16:04.620><c> that</c>

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told<00:16:05.159><c> her</c><00:16:05.440><c> why,</c><00:16:06.080><c> because</c><00:16:06.279><c> she</c><00:16:06.559><c> pressed</c><00:16:06.919><c> him</c><00:16:07.179><c> so</c><00:16:07.539><c> much.</c><00:16:09.120><c> You</c><00:16:09.320><c> see,</c><00:16:10.159><c> for</c><00:16:10.440><c> six</c><00:16:10.740><c> days,</c><00:16:11.620><c> he</c>

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said,<00:16:12.279><c> no.</c>

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And<00:16:14.379><c> then</c><00:16:14.639><c> finally</c><00:16:14.879><c> she</c><00:16:15.419><c> wore</c><00:16:15.659><c> him</c><00:16:15.919><c> down.</c><00:16:17.139><c> And</c><00:16:17.480><c> sin</c><00:16:17.720><c> will</c><00:16:18.080><c> do</c>

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that<00:16:18.659><c> to</c><00:16:18.879><c> us,</c><00:16:19.139><c> brothers</c><00:16:19.419><c> and</c><00:16:19.639><c> sisters.</c>

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Sin<00:16:21.139><c> will</c><00:16:21.600><c> wear</c><00:16:21.740><c> us</c><00:16:22.080><c> down.</c><00:16:22.799><c> We</c><00:16:23.059><c> resisted</c><00:16:23.720><c> at</c><00:16:23.960><c> times</c><00:16:24.559><c> and</c><00:16:24.960><c> we're</c>

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strong.<00:16:26.600><c> And</c><00:16:26.600><c> look</c><00:16:27.100><c> at</c><00:16:27.360><c> Peter.</c><00:16:28.240><c> He</c><00:16:28.779><c> takes</c><00:16:29.019><c> his</c>

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sword<00:16:29.320><c> out.</c><00:16:29.440><c> He's</c><00:16:29.659><c> willing</c><00:16:29.840><c> to</c><00:16:29.980><c> fight</c><00:16:30.220><c> to</c><00:16:30.379><c> the</c><00:16:30.559><c> death</c><00:16:30.799><c> to</c><00:16:31.039><c> defend</c><00:16:31.279><c> his</c>

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Lord.<00:16:31.799><c> The</c><00:16:31.879><c> next</c><00:16:32.019><c> time</c><00:16:32.340><c> a</c><00:16:32.580><c> girl</c><00:16:32.679><c> says,</c><00:16:32.899><c> oh,</c>

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I'm<00:16:33.919><c> not.</c><00:16:35.200><c> You</c><00:16:35.480><c> see,</c><00:16:36.019><c> we're</c><00:16:36.159><c> not</c><00:16:36.399><c> all</c><00:16:36.679><c> the</c><00:16:36.879><c> same</c><00:16:37.080><c> all</c><00:16:37.360><c> the</c><00:16:37.580><c> time.</c><00:16:38.759><c> But</c>

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there's<00:16:39.019><c> one</c><00:16:39.179><c> thing</c><00:16:39.279><c> we</c><00:16:39.360><c> have</c><00:16:39.559><c> to</c><00:16:39.700><c> be</c><00:16:39.840><c> all</c><00:16:40.120><c> the</c>

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time<00:16:40.559><c> and</c><00:16:40.639><c> that</c><00:16:40.779><c> is</c><00:16:40.899><c> we</c><00:16:40.960><c> have</c><00:16:41.120><c> to</c><00:16:41.240><c> keep</c><00:16:41.460><c> resisting</c><00:16:41.820><c> temptation</c>

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all<00:16:42.860><c> the</c><00:16:43.039><c> time.</c><00:16:45.000><c> It</c><00:16:45.000><c> was,</c><00:16:45.360><c> I</c><00:16:45.460><c> think,</c><00:16:45.919><c> Oscar</c>

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Wilde<00:16:46.480><c> said,</c><00:16:46.639><c> I</c><00:16:46.700><c> can</c><00:16:46.879><c> resist</c><00:16:47.279><c> anything</c><00:16:47.620><c> in</c><00:16:47.879><c> the</c><00:16:48.100><c> world</c><00:16:48.379><c> except</c>

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temptation.<00:16:52.700><c> But</c><00:16:53.139><c> that's</c><00:16:53.600><c> the</c><00:16:53.799><c> one</c><00:16:54.039><c> thing</c><00:16:54.259><c> we</c>

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have<00:16:55.019><c> to</c><00:16:55.379><c> resist.</c><00:16:56.259><c> And</c><00:16:56.519><c> you</c><00:16:56.620><c> have</c><00:16:56.779><c> to</c><00:16:57.019><c> resist</c><00:16:57.279><c> it</c><00:16:57.419><c> when</c><00:16:57.559><c> you're</c>

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in<00:16:57.879><c> a</c><00:16:58.039><c> good</c><00:16:58.259><c> mood</c><00:16:58.460><c> and</c><00:16:58.639><c> you</c><00:16:58.820><c> feel</c><00:16:59.019><c> vibrant.</c>

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And<00:17:00.159><c> you</c><00:17:00.299><c> have</c><00:17:00.460><c> to</c><00:17:00.639><c> resist</c><00:17:01.440><c> temptation</c><00:17:01.860><c> when</c><00:17:02.139><c> you're</c><00:17:02.379><c> in</c><00:17:02.500><c> a</c>

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low<00:17:02.919><c> mood</c><00:17:03.159><c> and</c><00:17:03.320><c> you</c><00:17:03.500><c> feel</c><00:17:03.740><c> vulnerable.</c>

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And<00:17:05.559><c> we're</c><00:17:05.680><c> not</c><00:17:05.920><c> all</c><00:17:06.259><c> the</c><00:17:06.500><c> same</c><00:17:06.680><c> all</c><00:17:06.920><c> the</c><00:17:07.140><c> time,</c><00:17:07.319><c> but</c><00:17:07.460><c> we</c><00:17:07.799><c> have</c>

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to<00:17:08.380><c> constantly,</c><00:17:09.519><c> always</c><00:17:10.220><c> resist</c><00:17:10.740><c> sin.</c><00:17:12.180><c> And</c><00:17:12.500><c> so</c>

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we<00:17:13.779><c> know</c><00:17:14.019><c> what</c><00:17:14.299><c> happened</c><00:17:14.460><c> with</c><00:17:14.680><c> Samson's</c><00:17:15.119><c> wife</c><00:17:15.319><c> and</c><00:17:15.460><c> then</c><00:17:15.599><c> you</c>

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know<00:17:15.779><c> what</c><00:17:16.039><c> happened</c><00:17:16.240><c> with</c><00:17:16.519><c> Delilah.</c>

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We<00:17:17.680><c> don't</c><00:17:17.859><c> know</c><00:17:17.980><c> his</c><00:17:18.160><c> wife's</c><00:17:18.500><c> name.</c><00:17:18.599><c> We</c><00:17:18.680><c> know</c><00:17:18.799><c> his</c><00:17:18.980><c> girlfriend's</c><00:17:19.500><c> name.</c><00:17:19.640><c> We</c>

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never<00:17:19.940><c> know</c><00:17:20.039><c> his</c><00:17:20.160><c> wife's</c>

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name.<00:17:21.599><c> And</c><00:17:21.700><c> he</c><00:17:22.539><c> was</c><00:17:23.940><c> vexed</c><00:17:24.519><c> to</c><00:17:24.599><c> death,</c><00:17:24.779><c> he</c><00:17:25.000><c> said,</c><00:17:25.200><c> so</c><00:17:25.400><c> he</c><00:17:25.539><c> finally</c><00:17:25.740><c> told</c>

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her<00:17:26.140><c> all</c><00:17:26.299><c> his</c><00:17:26.539><c> heart.</c><00:17:27.440><c> And</c><00:17:27.700><c> he</c><00:17:28.240><c> went</c>

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all<00:17:30.980><c> immediately.</c><00:17:37.299><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:37.700><c> gives</c><00:17:38.079><c> these</c><00:17:38.319><c> people</c><00:17:38.500><c> a</c><00:17:38.660><c> pep</c><00:17:38.859><c> talk.</c><00:17:40.339><c> Verse</c><00:17:40.400><c> 14,</c><00:17:40.839><c> I</c>

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looked<00:17:41.240><c> around</c><00:17:41.559><c> and</c>

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arose<00:17:42.059><c> and</c><00:17:42.279><c> said</c><00:17:42.480><c> to</c><00:17:42.599><c> the</c><00:17:42.740><c> nobles</c><00:17:43.000><c> and</c><00:17:43.160><c> the</c><00:17:43.299><c> leaders</c><00:17:43.500><c> and</c><00:17:43.660><c> the</c>

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rest<00:17:43.920><c> of</c><00:17:44.019><c> you,</c><00:17:44.339><c> don't</c><00:17:44.579><c> be</c><00:17:44.759><c> afraid</c><00:17:44.980><c> of</c><00:17:45.099><c> them.</c>

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Remember<00:17:47.079><c> the</c><00:17:47.480><c> Lord.</c><00:17:48.460><c> Great</c><00:17:48.859><c> and</c><00:17:49.140><c> awesome</c><00:17:49.339><c> and</c><00:17:49.640><c> fight</c><00:17:49.920><c> for</c>

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your<00:17:50.299><c> brethren,</c><00:17:50.720><c> your</c><00:17:50.819><c> sons,</c><00:17:51.039><c> your</c><00:17:51.200><c> daughters,</c>

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your<00:17:51.619><c> wives,</c><00:17:51.799><c> your</c><00:17:51.980><c> houses.</c><00:17:53.079><c> Remember</c><00:17:53.480><c> the</c><00:17:53.720><c> Lord.</c><00:17:54.720><c> You</c><00:17:54.819><c> know</c>

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what<00:17:55.200><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:55.579><c> kept</c><00:17:55.779><c> saying</c><00:17:56.059><c> all</c><00:17:56.539><c> through</c>

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remember<00:17:57.460><c> me,</c><00:17:58.799><c> oh</c><00:17:59.140><c> my</c><00:17:59.380><c> God,</c><00:18:00.460><c> for</c><00:18:00.640><c> good.</c><00:18:01.980><c> Now</c><00:18:02.380><c> that's</c><00:18:03.359><c> something</c><00:18:03.440><c> we</c><00:18:03.640><c> ought</c>

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to<00:18:03.759><c> be</c><00:18:03.980><c> saying.</c><00:18:04.339><c> All</c><00:18:04.579><c> of</c><00:18:04.680><c> us</c><00:18:04.759><c> should</c>

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be<00:18:05.039><c> saying</c><00:18:05.180><c> every</c><00:18:05.400><c> day,</c><00:18:05.640><c> oh</c><00:18:05.759><c> Lord,</c><00:18:05.940><c> remember</c><00:18:06.259><c> me</c><00:18:06.779><c> for</c><00:18:07.099><c> good.</c>

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Now<00:18:07.779><c> you</c><00:18:07.900><c> know</c><00:18:08.019><c> there's</c><00:18:08.160><c> one</c><00:18:08.319><c> thing</c><00:18:08.440><c> God</c><00:18:08.599><c> can't</c><00:18:08.839><c> do.</c>

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You<00:18:10.200><c> say,</c><00:18:10.539><c> that</c><00:18:10.619><c> sounds</c><00:18:10.859><c> like</c><00:18:11.099><c> heresy.</c><00:18:11.420><c> God</c><00:18:11.579><c> can</c><00:18:11.740><c> do</c><00:18:11.839><c> everything.</c><00:18:12.559><c> Nothing</c>

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is<00:18:12.940><c> impossible</c><00:18:13.279><c> with</c><00:18:13.400><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:18:14.079><c> all</c><00:18:14.279><c> powerful,</c><00:18:14.700><c> right?</c><00:18:16.539><c> Let</c><00:18:16.740><c> me</c><00:18:16.839><c> tell</c><00:18:16.960><c> you</c><00:18:17.019><c> something</c>

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God<00:18:17.440><c> can't</c><00:18:17.779><c> do.</c><00:18:19.619><c> He</c><00:18:19.819><c> cannot</c><00:18:20.079><c> remember</c>

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the<00:18:21.680><c> good</c><00:18:21.940><c> deeds</c><00:18:22.480><c> you</c><00:18:23.279><c> never</c><00:18:23.519><c> did.</c><00:18:25.700><c> He</c><00:18:25.880><c> can't</c><00:18:26.059><c> remember</c><00:18:26.339><c> your</c>

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baptism<00:18:26.940><c> if</c><00:18:27.099><c> you're</c><00:18:27.339><c> unbaptized.</c>

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He<00:18:29.140><c> can't</c><00:18:29.319><c> remember</c><00:18:29.559><c> the</c><00:18:29.720><c> cups</c><00:18:29.839><c> of</c><00:18:30.039><c> cold</c><00:18:30.200><c> water</c><00:18:30.440><c> you</c><00:18:30.640><c> never</c><00:18:30.900><c> gave.</c><00:18:32.420><c> He</c>

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can't<00:18:33.279><c> remember</c><00:18:33.599><c> the</c><00:18:33.940><c> kind</c>

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notes<00:18:34.480><c> you</c><00:18:34.759><c> sent</c><00:18:34.880><c> to</c><00:18:35.039><c> people</c><00:18:35.220><c> you</c><00:18:35.400><c> never</c><00:18:35.680><c> sent.</c><00:18:37.059><c> He</c><00:18:37.299><c> can't</c><00:18:37.500><c> remember</c><00:18:37.720><c> the</c>

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clothes<00:18:38.079><c> in</c><00:18:38.200><c> your</c><00:18:38.400><c> closet</c><00:18:38.579><c> you</c><00:18:38.759><c> were</c>

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going<00:18:38.980><c> to</c><00:18:39.039><c> give</c><00:18:39.160><c> away</c><00:18:39.380><c> because</c><00:18:39.519><c> they're</c><00:18:39.700><c> still</c><00:18:39.819><c> in</c><00:18:39.920><c> your</c><00:18:40.099><c> closet.</c><00:18:42.000><c> I</c><00:18:42.039><c> mean,</c><00:18:42.599><c> we</c>

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need<00:18:45.000><c> to</c><00:18:45.259><c> work</c><00:18:45.480><c> at</c><00:18:45.700><c> giving</c><00:18:45.960><c> God</c>

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things<00:18:46.819><c> to</c><00:18:47.579><c> remember</c><00:18:48.039><c> about</c><00:18:48.400><c> us.</c><00:18:48.940><c> He</c><00:18:49.160><c> is</c><00:18:49.420><c> remembering</c><00:18:50.000><c> something</c><00:18:50.319><c> about</c>

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you,<00:18:50.940><c> believe</c><00:18:51.200><c> me.</c><00:18:52.319><c> I</c><00:18:52.339><c> mean</c><00:18:52.579><c> everything</c>

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you<00:18:53.240><c> know,</c><00:18:53.519><c> think,</c><00:18:53.740><c> and</c><00:18:53.859><c> say,</c><00:18:54.119><c> and</c><00:18:54.119><c> do</c><00:18:54.279><c> is</c><00:18:54.680><c> recorded.</c><00:18:56.279><c> And</c><00:18:56.440><c> so</c>

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he<00:18:56.680><c> knows.</c><00:18:57.559><c> The</c><00:18:57.740><c> question</c><00:18:58.039><c> is,</c><00:18:58.440><c> what's</c><00:18:59.119><c> he</c><00:18:59.259><c> remembering?</c>

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Is<00:19:00.059><c> it</c><00:19:00.299><c> good</c><00:19:00.759><c> or</c><00:19:01.839><c> not</c><00:19:02.200><c> so</c><00:19:02.480><c> good?</c><00:19:03.900><c> So</c><00:19:04.299><c> over</c><00:19:04.539><c> and</c><00:19:04.680><c> over</c><00:19:05.019><c> Nehemiah</c>

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was<00:19:06.099><c> working</c><00:19:06.400><c> hard</c><00:19:06.740><c> and</c><00:19:06.880><c> he</c><00:19:07.000><c> kept</c><00:19:07.099><c> saying,</c>

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remember<00:19:07.799><c> me,</c><00:19:08.140><c> oh</c><00:19:08.319><c> my</c><00:19:08.539><c> God,</c><00:19:08.960><c> for</c><00:19:09.079><c> good.</c><00:19:10.099><c> Well,</c><00:19:10.339><c> the</c><00:19:10.460><c> enemies</c>

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are<00:19:10.940><c> on</c><00:19:11.059><c> the</c><00:19:11.299><c> attacked.</c>

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The<00:19:14.160><c> best,</c><00:19:15.319><c> so</c><00:19:15.740><c> they</c><00:19:15.920><c> say</c><00:19:16.119><c> the</c><00:19:16.279><c> best</c><00:19:16.839><c> defense</c><00:19:17.240><c> is</c><00:19:17.480><c> a</c><00:19:17.599><c> good</c><00:19:17.740><c> offense,</c><00:19:18.259><c> but</c>

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sometimes<00:19:18.720><c> the</c><00:19:18.940><c> best</c><00:19:19.200><c> defense</c><00:19:19.579><c> is</c><00:19:19.799><c> a</c><00:19:19.859><c> really</c>

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good<00:19:20.619><c> defense.</c><00:19:21.819><c> And</c><00:19:22.119><c> that's</c><00:19:22.339><c> what</c><00:19:22.559><c> happened</c><00:19:22.779><c> with</c><00:19:23.000><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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They<00:19:23.819><c> never</c><00:19:24.200><c> had</c><00:19:25.240><c> no</c><00:19:25.519><c> offense.</c><00:19:26.779><c> They</c><00:19:27.000><c> just</c>

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were<00:19:27.539><c> so</c><00:19:27.859><c> prepared.</c><00:19:28.740><c> Come</c><00:19:28.839><c> chapter</c><00:19:29.180><c> four,</c><00:19:29.579><c> verse</c><00:19:29.700><c> 15.</c><00:19:30.559><c> Happened</c><00:19:30.759><c> when</c>

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our<00:19:31.200><c> enemies</c><00:19:31.440><c> heard</c><00:19:31.779><c> that</c><00:19:31.940><c> it</c><00:19:32.039><c> was</c><00:19:32.200><c> known</c>

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to<00:19:32.599><c> us</c><00:19:33.160><c> that</c><00:19:33.480><c> the</c><00:19:33.880><c> Lord</c><00:19:34.039><c> had</c><00:19:34.279><c> brought</c><00:19:34.519><c> their</c><00:19:34.759><c> plot</c><00:19:34.980><c> to</c><00:19:35.240><c> nothing,</c><00:19:35.640><c> that</c><00:19:35.819><c> all</c><00:19:36.079><c> of</c>

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us<00:19:36.319><c> returned</c><00:19:36.700><c> to</c><00:19:37.119><c> the</c><00:19:37.240><c> wall,</c>

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so<00:19:38.700><c> for</c><00:19:38.960><c> temporarily</c><00:19:39.700><c> the</c><00:19:40.400><c> threat</c><00:19:40.740><c> of</c><00:19:41.099><c> violence,</c><00:19:41.420><c> they</c><00:19:41.599><c> had</c>

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actually<00:19:42.039><c> stopped</c><00:19:42.339><c> working,</c><00:19:43.440><c> but</c><00:19:43.559><c> see,</c>

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didn't<00:19:43.940><c> stop</c><00:19:44.240><c> them</c><00:19:44.480><c> long.</c><00:19:45.480><c> You</c><00:19:45.819><c> must</c><00:19:46.119><c> allow</c><00:19:46.700><c> any</c><00:19:47.240><c> enemy</c><00:19:47.539><c> of</c><00:19:47.759><c> the</c><00:19:48.000><c> Lord</c><00:19:48.299><c> to</c>

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stop<00:19:49.079><c> you</c><00:19:49.299><c> from</c><00:19:49.480><c> being</c><00:19:49.759><c> where</c><00:19:49.940><c> you</c>

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ought<00:19:50.220><c> to</c><00:19:50.420><c> be</c><00:19:50.559><c> and</c><00:19:50.700><c> doing</c><00:19:50.859><c> what</c><00:19:51.019><c> you</c><00:19:51.180><c> ought</c><00:19:51.339><c> to</c><00:19:51.500><c> do.</c><00:19:52.539><c> So</c><00:19:52.940><c> get</c><00:19:53.299><c> back</c><00:19:53.579><c> into</c><00:19:53.759><c> the</c><00:19:53.900><c> work</c><00:19:54.039><c> if</c>

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you've<00:19:55.380><c> been</c><00:19:55.819><c> temporarily</c>

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derailed.<00:19:57.380><c> So</c><00:19:57.500><c> it</c><00:19:57.680><c> was</c><00:19:57.819><c> verse</c><00:19:58.019><c> 16,</c><00:19:58.480><c> from</c><00:19:58.559><c> that</c><00:19:58.900><c> time</c><00:19:59.140><c> that</c><00:19:59.400><c> half</c><00:19:59.640><c> of</c>

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my<00:20:00.019><c> servants</c><00:20:00.259><c> worked</c><00:20:00.640><c> at</c><00:20:00.900><c> construction,</c>

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while<00:20:02.019><c> the</c><00:20:02.200><c> other</c><00:20:02.380><c> half</c><00:20:02.539><c> held</c><00:20:02.799><c> the</c><00:20:03.099><c> spears,</c><00:20:03.539><c> the</c><00:20:03.680><c> shields,</c>

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the<00:20:04.140><c> bows,</c><00:20:04.339><c> and</c><00:20:04.599><c> wore</c><00:20:04.779><c> armor.</c>

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You<00:20:05.720><c> try</c><00:20:05.940><c> laying</c><00:20:06.200><c> brick</c><00:20:06.420><c> with</c><00:20:06.619><c> one</c><00:20:06.859><c> hand.</c><00:20:08.839><c> I</c><00:20:09.000><c> think</c><00:20:09.240><c> that</c><00:20:09.420><c> would</c><00:20:09.519><c> be</c>

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pretty<00:20:09.920><c> tough.</c>

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So<00:20:13.059><c> some</c><00:20:13.339><c> of</c><00:20:13.440><c> them</c><00:20:13.539><c> worked</c><00:20:14.059><c> and</c><00:20:14.519><c> some</c><00:20:14.819><c> of</c><00:20:14.960><c> them</c><00:20:15.539><c> guarded.</c><00:20:16.779><c> And</c>

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those<00:20:17.019><c> that</c><00:20:17.220><c> built</c><00:20:17.400><c> the</c><00:20:17.619><c> wall,</c><00:20:17.940><c> verse</c><00:20:18.160><c> 17,</c>

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those<00:20:19.680><c> who</c><00:20:20.000><c> carried</c><00:20:20.240><c> burdens,</c><00:20:20.759><c> loaded</c><00:20:21.019><c> themselves</c><00:20:21.500><c> so</c><00:20:21.700><c> that</c>

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they<00:20:21.920><c> had</c><00:20:22.119><c> one</c><00:20:22.420><c> hand,</c><00:20:22.900><c> they</c><00:20:23.160><c> worked</c><00:20:23.319><c> at</c><00:20:23.460><c> construction,</c>

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beside<00:20:33.480><c> me.</c><00:20:35.400><c> Everyone</c><00:20:35.920><c> kept</c><00:20:36.279><c> his</c><00:20:36.619><c> sword</c>

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sword<00:20:45.720><c> is</c><00:20:46.079><c> the</c><00:20:46.299><c> sword</c><00:20:46.519><c> of</c><00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:46.920><c> Spirit,</c>

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memorize<00:20:51.920><c> Bible</c><00:20:52.319><c> verses.</c><00:20:52.859><c> I'm</c><00:20:53.059><c> giving</c><00:20:53.319><c> them</c>

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verses<00:20:53.759><c> to</c><00:20:54.019><c> memorize</c><00:20:54.400><c> and</c><00:20:54.559><c> they're</c><00:20:54.779><c> supposed</c><00:20:54.980><c> to</c><00:20:55.500><c> say</c><00:20:55.680><c> them</c><00:20:55.859><c> to</c><00:20:56.099><c> me.</c><00:20:56.559><c> I</c>

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don't<00:20:57.160><c> do</c><00:20:57.400><c> that</c><00:20:57.599><c> with</c><00:20:57.859><c> adults.</c>

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just<00:21:06.700><c> couldn't</c><00:21:07.000><c> do</c>

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it.<00:21:08.200><c> And</c><00:21:08.299><c> I</c><00:21:08.359><c> say,</c><00:21:08.539><c> what's</c><00:21:08.660><c> your</c><00:21:08.779><c> telephone</c><00:21:09.099><c> number?</c><00:21:11.660><c> What's</c>

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your<00:21:12.240><c> address?</c><00:21:13.359><c> Harry</c><00:21:13.519><c> doesn't</c><00:21:13.720><c> even</c><00:21:13.940><c> know</c>

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his<00:21:14.200><c> phone</c><00:21:14.380><c> number,</c><00:21:14.579><c> but</c><00:21:14.700><c> his</c><00:21:14.900><c> wife</c><00:21:15.079><c> does.</c><00:21:18.400><c> You</c><00:21:18.539><c> see,</c><00:21:18.960><c> I</c><00:21:19.079><c> say,</c>

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how<00:21:19.319><c> come</c><00:21:19.539><c> you</c><00:21:19.640><c> know</c><00:21:19.759><c> your</c><00:21:19.960><c> phone</c><00:21:20.180><c> number</c><00:21:20.420><c> and</c>

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you<00:21:20.619><c> know</c><00:21:20.759><c> your</c><00:21:21.000><c> address?</c><00:21:21.220><c> Well,</c><00:21:21.380><c> that's</c><00:21:21.700><c> important.</c><00:21:23.180><c> Oh,</c><00:21:23.619><c> wow.</c><00:21:24.539><c> What</c><00:21:24.720><c> about</c><00:21:24.980><c> the</c><00:21:25.220><c> Bible?</c><00:21:26.119><c> So</c>

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I<00:21:26.759><c> believe</c><00:21:27.059><c> that</c><00:21:27.279><c> the</c>

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can.<00:21:32.779><c> So</c><00:21:32.920><c> we</c><00:21:33.039><c> have</c><00:21:33.240><c> Bible</c><00:21:33.519><c> verses</c><00:21:33.799><c> we</c><00:21:34.039><c> can</c><00:21:34.240><c> recall</c><00:21:34.579><c> in</c><00:21:34.720><c> a</c><00:21:34.839><c> moment's</c><00:21:35.220><c> notice.</c><00:21:35.460><c> And</c>

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that's<00:21:35.779><c> what</c><00:21:36.019><c> happened</c><00:21:36.299><c> when</c>

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him<00:21:39.319><c> in</c><00:21:39.460><c> the</c><00:21:39.579><c> wilderness,</c><00:21:39.859><c> I</c><00:21:40.079><c> don't</c><00:21:40.319><c> think.</c><00:21:40.940><c> But</c>

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every<00:21:41.240><c> time</c><00:21:41.339><c> he</c><00:21:41.480><c> was</c><00:21:41.680><c> tempted,</c><00:21:42.000><c> he</c><00:21:42.259><c> quoted</c><00:21:42.519><c> a</c><00:21:42.700><c> Bible</c><00:21:43.000><c> verse.</c>

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she<00:21:46.240><c> gives</c><00:21:46.339><c> a</c><00:21:46.519><c> little</c><00:21:46.799><c> talk</c><00:21:47.000><c> and</c><00:21:47.140><c> she</c><00:21:47.299><c> quotes</c><00:21:47.420><c> about</c><00:21:47.759><c> 40</c><00:21:48.039><c> Bible</c>

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verses<00:21:48.720><c> in</c><00:21:49.059><c> a</c><00:21:49.200><c> little</c><00:21:49.400><c> speech.</c><00:21:50.019><c> She</c><00:21:50.140><c> goes,</c>

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all<00:21:51.259><c> over.</c><00:21:51.700><c> They</c><00:21:51.920><c> were</c><00:21:52.240><c> full</c><00:21:52.640><c> of</c><00:21:52.779><c> the</c><00:21:52.980><c> Bible.</c><00:21:53.599><c> So</c><00:21:53.779><c> the</c><00:21:53.920><c> sword</c>

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have<00:22:00.079><c> one</c><00:22:00.200><c> in</c><00:22:00.299><c> your</c><00:22:00.460><c> lunchbox.</c><00:22:01.500><c> You</c><00:22:01.859><c> can</c><00:22:02.240><c> get</c><00:22:02.420><c> Bibles</c><00:22:02.680><c> in</c><00:22:02.819><c> little</c><00:22:03.000><c> sizes.</c><00:22:03.500><c> You</c>

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know,<00:22:03.599><c> they</c><00:22:03.720><c> don't</c><00:22:03.839><c> have</c><00:22:04.000><c> to</c>

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know,<00:22:34.920><c> that's</c><00:22:35.160><c> true</c><00:22:35.339><c> today.</c><00:22:36.519><c> It's</c><00:22:36.759><c> true</c><00:22:36.920><c> here,</c>

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isn't<00:22:37.599><c> it?</c><00:22:38.380><c> We're</c><00:22:38.640><c> not</c><00:22:38.839><c> separated</c><00:22:39.200><c> this</c><00:22:39.539><c> week.</c><00:22:40.619><c> This</c><00:22:40.880><c> week,</c>

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we've<00:22:41.400><c> all</c><00:22:41.640><c> come</c><00:22:41.900><c> away</c><00:22:42.180><c> from</c><00:22:42.400><c> everywhere</c><00:22:42.740><c> we</c><00:22:43.119><c> live</c><00:22:43.259><c> and</c>

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we<00:22:43.599><c> come</c><00:22:43.759><c> together</c><00:22:44.279><c> to</c><00:22:45.319><c> study</c><00:22:45.960><c> the</c><00:22:46.200><c> word</c><00:22:46.299><c> of</c><00:22:46.440><c> God</c><00:22:46.640><c> together.</c>

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an<00:22:53.759><c> end.</c><00:22:54.900><c> And</c><00:22:55.180><c> we're</c><00:22:55.359><c> going</c><00:22:55.519><c> to</c><00:22:55.660><c> leave</c><00:22:55.920><c> here</c><00:22:56.119><c> and</c><00:22:56.200><c> go</c>

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where<00:22:59.579><c> we</c><00:22:59.740><c> came</c><00:22:59.940><c> from,</c><00:23:00.099><c> we're</c><00:23:00.259><c> going</c><00:23:00.339><c> to</c><00:23:00.440><c> be</c>

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scattered<00:23:00.880><c> all</c><00:23:01.259><c> over</c><00:23:01.759><c> England,</c><00:23:03.680><c> California.</c><00:23:05.720><c> Some</c><00:23:05.920><c> of</c><00:23:06.000><c> you</c>

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will<00:23:06.180><c> stay</c><00:23:06.359><c> in</c><00:23:06.440><c> Florida,</c><00:23:06.859><c> but</c><00:23:07.000><c> you</c><00:23:07.119><c> won't</c><00:23:07.220><c> be</c><00:23:07.480><c> here.</c>

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we've<00:23:19.000><c> got</c><00:23:19.200><c> to</c><00:23:20.000><c> hang</c><00:23:20.299><c> together.</c><00:23:21.720><c> And</c><00:23:21.920><c> so</c><00:23:22.119><c> it's</c><00:23:22.420><c> wonderful</c><00:23:22.819><c> that</c><00:23:23.039><c> we</c>

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inventions<00:23:27.960><c> like</c><00:23:28.279><c> email,</c><00:23:29.119><c> letters.</c><00:23:29.880><c> You</c><00:23:29.880><c> know,</c><00:23:30.220><c> back</c><00:23:30.359><c> in</c>

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those<00:23:30.640><c> days,</c><00:23:30.799><c> they</c><00:23:30.900><c> wrote</c><00:23:31.079><c> letters,</c>

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but<00:23:31.500><c> they</c><00:23:31.640><c> didn't</c><00:23:31.779><c> have</c><00:23:31.940><c> airmail.</c><00:23:33.259><c> And</c><00:23:33.619><c> it</c><00:23:33.700><c> took</c><00:23:33.819><c> a</c><00:23:33.960><c> long</c><00:23:34.160><c> time</c>

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for<00:23:34.480><c> a</c><00:23:34.559><c> letter</c><00:23:34.640><c> to</c><00:23:34.819><c> get</c><00:23:34.940><c> there.</c><00:23:35.079><c> We</c><00:23:35.220><c> can</c><00:23:35.420><c> keep</c><00:23:35.660><c> in</c>

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touch<00:23:36.000><c> with</c><00:23:36.180><c> each</c><00:23:36.420><c> other</c><00:23:37.059><c> and</c><00:23:37.299><c> much</c><00:23:38.099><c> greater</c><00:23:38.640><c> than</c><00:23:38.819><c> we</c><00:23:39.019><c> used</c>

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to.<00:23:39.779><c> And</c><00:23:40.000><c> he</c><00:23:40.200><c> says,</c><00:23:40.839><c> we're</c><00:23:41.000><c> scattered</c><00:23:41.319><c> on</c><00:23:41.519><c> the</c><00:23:41.700><c> wall.</c>

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The<00:23:42.140><c> work</c><00:23:42.279><c> is</c><00:23:42.539><c> great</c><00:23:42.740><c> and</c><00:23:42.980><c> extensive.</c><00:23:43.279><c> We</c><00:23:43.420><c> are</c><00:23:43.660><c> separated</c><00:23:43.940><c> one</c>

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from<00:23:44.319><c> another.</c><00:23:45.279><c> But</c><00:23:45.559><c> so</c><00:23:45.920><c> what</c><00:23:46.099><c> we</c><00:23:46.279><c> have</c><00:23:46.440><c> to</c><00:23:46.660><c> do</c><00:23:46.799><c> is</c>

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we're<00:23:47.200><c> separated</c><00:23:47.619><c> from</c><00:23:47.799><c> each</c><00:23:48.000><c> other</c><00:23:48.160><c> is</c><00:23:48.339><c> to</c><00:23:48.539><c> keep</c><00:23:48.660><c> our</c><00:23:49.000><c> connections</c><00:23:49.400><c> and</c><00:23:49.940><c> our</c><00:23:50.200><c> ties</c><00:23:50.440><c> close</c><00:23:51.660><c> to</c>

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hand,<00:23:52.640><c> keep</c><00:23:52.839><c> in</c>

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touch<00:23:53.339><c> with</c><00:23:53.539><c> each</c><00:23:53.759><c> other,</c><00:23:54.460><c> communicate</c><00:23:55.039><c> with</c><00:23:55.259><c> one</c><00:23:55.480><c> another,</c>

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let<00:23:56.079><c> each</c><00:23:56.259><c> other</c><00:23:56.460><c> know</c><00:23:56.720><c> how</c><00:23:56.920><c> we're</c><00:23:57.160><c> doing.</c>

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We<00:23:58.339><c> care</c><00:23:58.640><c> about</c><00:23:58.960><c> each</c><00:23:59.420><c> other.</c><00:24:00.900><c> Wherever</c><00:24:01.240><c> you</c><00:24:01.519><c> hear</c><00:24:01.660><c> the</c><00:24:01.880><c> sound</c>

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of<00:24:02.180><c> the</c><00:24:02.319><c> trumpet,</c><00:24:02.559><c> he</c><00:24:02.660><c> says,</c><00:24:02.960><c> rally</c><00:24:03.259><c> to</c><00:24:03.539><c> us</c><00:24:03.799><c> there.</c>

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Our<00:24:04.740><c> God</c><00:24:04.960><c> will</c><00:24:05.259><c> fight</c><00:24:05.539><c> for</c><00:24:05.859><c> us.</c><00:24:06.140><c> So</c><00:24:06.480><c> we</c><00:24:06.859><c> labor</c><00:24:07.119><c> on.</c><00:24:08.140><c> So</c><00:24:08.299><c> we</c><00:24:08.519><c> labored</c><00:24:08.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:09.119><c> work.</c><00:24:09.740><c> Half</c><00:24:09.980><c> of</c><00:24:10.140><c> the</c><00:24:10.259><c> men</c><00:24:10.380><c> held</c><00:24:10.579><c> the</c>

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years<00:24:11.099><c> from</c><00:24:11.359><c> daybreak</c><00:24:11.900><c> until</c><00:24:12.460><c> the</c><00:24:12.759><c> stars</c><00:24:13.059><c> appeared.</c><00:24:14.779><c> How</c><00:24:15.140><c> long</c><00:24:15.720><c> did</c>

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they<00:24:16.380><c> work?</c><00:24:17.619><c> Eight</c><00:24:17.880><c> hours</c><00:24:18.220><c> is</c><00:24:18.440><c> enough,</c>

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right?<00:24:19.200><c> I</c><00:24:19.220><c> mean,</c><00:24:19.579><c> eight</c><00:24:19.660><c> hours</c><00:24:19.900><c> of</c><00:24:20.460><c> hard</c><00:24:20.700><c> labor</c><00:24:21.000><c> is</c><00:24:21.240><c> enough.</c>

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From<00:24:22.960><c> the</c><00:24:23.220><c> time</c><00:24:23.640><c> the</c><00:24:24.039><c> sun</c><00:24:24.220><c> came</c><00:24:24.559><c> up,</c>

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daybreak<00:24:25.420><c> until</c><00:24:25.740><c> the</c><00:24:26.039><c> stars</c><00:24:26.380><c> appeared.</c><00:24:27.339><c> Sun</c><00:24:27.480><c> up</c><00:24:27.720><c> to</c><00:24:27.920><c> sun</c><00:24:28.200><c> down.</c><00:24:29.279><c> Talk</c>

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about<00:24:29.779><c> long</c><00:24:30.079><c> hours.</c><00:24:30.740><c> And</c><00:24:30.900><c> there</c><00:24:31.000><c> were</c>

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girls<00:24:31.440><c> doing</c><00:24:31.720><c> this</c><00:24:32.000><c> work.</c><00:24:32.220><c> There</c><00:24:32.339><c> were</c><00:24:32.519><c> people</c><00:24:32.779><c> who</c><00:24:32.900><c> were</c><00:24:33.059><c> not</c>

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used<00:24:33.339><c> to</c><00:24:33.460><c> manual</c><00:24:34.480><c> labor</c><00:24:34.759><c> during</c><00:24:35.019><c> this</c><00:24:35.259><c> work.</c>

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And<00:24:36.160><c> they</c><00:24:36.359><c> worked</c><00:24:36.619><c> long</c><00:24:37.299><c> and</c><00:24:37.779><c> hard.</c><00:24:40.000><c> And</c><00:24:40.160><c> that's</c><00:24:41.339><c> our</c><00:24:41.740><c> goal.</c>

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In<00:24:44.920><c> the</c><00:24:45.740><c> truth,</c><00:24:46.140><c> we</c><00:24:46.240><c> can</c><00:24:46.420><c> be</c><00:24:47.259><c> working</c><00:24:47.500><c> almost</c>

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all<00:24:48.140><c> the</c><00:24:48.319><c> time.</c><00:24:48.980><c> We</c><00:24:49.299><c> can</c><00:24:49.480><c> certainly</c><00:24:49.660><c> be</c><00:24:49.960><c> praying</c><00:24:50.180><c> all</c><00:24:50.559><c> the</c><00:24:50.740><c> time,</c><00:24:51.119><c> pray</c><00:24:51.299><c> without</c><00:24:51.599><c> ceasing.</c><00:24:52.460><c> We</c>

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can<00:24:52.839><c> be</c><00:24:53.039><c> thinking</c>

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of<00:24:53.359><c> other</c><00:24:53.559><c> people.</c><00:24:53.880><c> But</c><00:24:54.039><c> if</c><00:24:54.380><c> you</c><00:24:54.559><c> think</c><00:24:54.720><c> about</c><00:24:54.940><c> somebody</c><00:24:55.279><c> and</c>

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they<00:24:55.559><c> don't</c><00:24:55.720><c> know</c><00:24:55.859><c> you</c><00:24:56.019><c> thought</c><00:24:56.160><c> about</c><00:24:56.339><c> them,</c><00:24:56.420><c> they</c>

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don't<00:24:56.660><c> know</c><00:24:56.779><c> you</c><00:24:56.920><c> thought</c><00:24:57.039><c> about</c><00:24:57.200><c> them.</c><00:24:58.980><c> So</c><00:24:59.319><c> how</c><00:24:59.480><c> are</c><00:24:59.559><c> you</c><00:24:59.619><c> going</c><00:24:59.700><c> to</c>

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know<00:25:00.000><c> somebody</c><00:25:00.339><c> you</c><00:25:00.500><c> thought</c><00:25:00.660><c> about,</c>

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know<00:25:01.099><c> you</c><00:25:01.240><c> thought</c><00:25:01.359><c> about</c><00:25:01.539><c> them?</c><00:25:02.299><c> You've</c><00:25:02.660><c> got</c><00:25:02.660><c> to</c><00:25:02.859><c> tell</c><00:25:02.940><c> them,</c>

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haven't<00:25:03.319><c> you?</c><00:25:03.420><c> I've</c><00:25:03.599><c> been</c><00:25:03.720><c> thinking</c><00:25:03.960><c> about</c><00:25:04.259><c> you.</c>

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You've<00:25:05.019><c> been</c><00:25:05.140><c> in</c><00:25:05.259><c> my</c><00:25:05.559><c> mind.</c><00:25:06.500><c> A</c><00:25:06.900><c> card,</c><00:25:07.279><c> a</c><00:25:07.400><c> letter,</c><00:25:08.000><c> an</c><00:25:08.059><c> email,</c><00:25:08.640><c> a</c>

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phone.<00:25:09.619><c> It's</c><00:25:09.880><c> wonderful</c><00:25:10.200><c> what</c><00:25:10.319><c> we</c><00:25:10.500><c> can</c><00:25:10.619><c> do</c>

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nowadays.<00:25:11.299><c> I</c><00:25:11.299><c> mean,</c><00:25:11.700><c> people</c><00:25:12.079><c> walk</c><00:25:12.299><c> down</c><00:25:12.500><c> the</c><00:25:12.700><c> street,</c><00:25:12.880><c> they</c><00:25:12.960><c> got</c><00:25:13.059><c> a</c>

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phone<00:25:13.339><c> on</c><00:25:13.500><c> their</c><00:25:13.640><c> ear,</c><00:25:13.740><c> you</c><00:25:13.859><c> know.</c><00:25:14.740><c> I</c><00:25:15.140><c> had</c>

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to<00:25:15.539><c> have</c><00:25:15.680><c> a</c><00:25:15.779><c> long</c><00:25:15.920><c> extension</c><00:25:16.259><c> cord</c><00:25:16.460><c> when</c><00:25:16.579><c> we</c><00:25:16.720><c> did</c><00:25:16.880><c> that.</c><00:25:17.799><c> Now</c>

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with<00:25:18.279><c> this</c><00:25:18.500><c> mobile</c><00:25:18.759><c> phone.</c><00:25:20.200><c> But</c><00:25:20.599><c> is</c><00:25:21.059><c> the</c><00:25:21.240><c> world</c><00:25:21.420><c> using</c>

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these<00:25:22.000><c> things</c><00:25:22.140><c> for</c><00:25:22.319><c> the</c><00:25:22.480><c> truth?</c><00:25:22.640><c> Oh</c><00:25:22.900><c> no,</c><00:25:23.000><c> they're</c><00:25:23.220><c> using</c><00:25:23.359><c> these</c><00:25:23.640><c> things</c><00:25:23.779><c> for</c>

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the<00:25:24.140><c> world.</c><00:25:25.039><c> But</c><00:25:25.259><c> we</c><00:25:25.440><c> can</c><00:25:25.599><c> take</c><00:25:25.759><c> all</c>

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the<00:25:26.279><c> worldly</c><00:25:26.500><c> things</c><00:25:27.000><c> and</c><00:25:27.220><c> we</c><00:25:27.319><c> can</c><00:25:27.539><c> use</c><00:25:27.799><c> them</c><00:25:28.079><c> for</c><00:25:28.700><c> higher</c><00:25:28.960><c> goals.</c><00:25:30.220><c> So</c>

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you<00:25:30.599><c> can</c><00:25:30.779><c> use</c><00:25:30.960><c> a</c><00:25:31.160><c> cell</c><00:25:31.380><c> phone</c><00:25:31.599><c> to</c><00:25:31.980><c> keep</c><00:25:32.119><c> in</c>

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touch<00:25:32.559><c> with</c><00:25:32.779><c> another</c><00:25:33.000><c> Christian</c><00:25:33.319><c> elf.</c><00:25:33.559><c> Well,</c><00:25:33.720><c> how</c><00:25:33.920><c> are</c><00:25:34.160><c> you?</c>

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Things<00:25:34.559><c> are</c><00:25:34.779><c> all</c><00:25:34.920><c> right.</c><00:25:35.960><c> We're</c><00:25:36.299><c> all</c><00:25:36.460><c> going</c><00:25:36.559><c> to</c><00:25:36.660><c> have</c>

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our<00:25:37.400><c> sister</c><00:25:37.619><c> Dorothy</c><00:25:37.940><c> Livermore</c><00:25:38.339><c> in</c><00:25:38.500><c> our</c><00:25:38.740><c> prayers</c><00:25:39.039><c> as</c><00:25:39.220><c> she</c><00:25:39.519><c> has</c><00:25:39.799><c> to</c>

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travel<00:25:40.220><c> home</c><00:25:40.440><c> today.</c><00:25:41.319><c> And</c><00:25:41.599><c> we</c><00:25:41.740><c> pray</c><00:25:41.859><c> that</c><00:25:42.039><c> her</c>

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sickness<00:25:42.859><c> will</c><00:25:43.079><c> be</c><00:25:43.319><c> better</c><00:25:43.500><c> and</c><00:25:43.640><c> she</c><00:25:43.759><c> will</c><00:25:43.920><c> soon</c><00:25:44.099><c> be</c><00:25:44.299><c> well</c><00:25:44.460><c> again.</c><00:25:46.140><c> When</c><00:25:46.579><c> she</c>

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gets<00:25:46.900><c> home,</c><00:25:47.299><c> I</c><00:25:47.299><c> hope</c><00:25:47.519><c> somebody</c>

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hears<00:25:48.720><c> how</c><00:25:49.000><c> she</c><00:25:50.000><c> is</c><00:25:50.200><c> and</c><00:25:50.599><c> tells</c><00:25:50.779><c> the</c><00:25:50.940><c> rest</c><00:25:51.140><c> of</c><00:25:51.259><c> us.</c><00:25:51.500><c> Because</c><00:25:51.660><c> we</c>

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care<00:25:52.019><c> about</c><00:25:52.240><c> those</c><00:25:52.519><c> kind</c><00:25:52.660><c> of</c><00:25:52.700><c> things.</c>

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We<00:25:53.380><c> care</c><00:25:53.940><c> about</c><00:25:54.240><c> each</c><00:25:54.539><c> other.</c><00:25:56.279><c> So</c><00:25:56.579><c> long</c><00:25:57.059><c> hours,</c><00:25:59.640><c> but</c><00:25:59.839><c> they</c>

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didn't<00:26:01.619><c> complain.</c>

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Let<00:26:03.819><c> each</c><00:26:04.119><c> man</c><00:26:04.539><c> and</c><00:26:04.880><c> each</c><00:26:05.079><c> woman,</c><00:26:05.380><c> verse</c><00:26:05.660><c> 22,</c><00:26:08.779><c> let</c><00:26:08.920><c> each</c><00:26:09.180><c> man</c>

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and<00:26:09.539><c> his</c><00:26:09.720><c> servant</c><00:26:09.859><c> stay</c><00:26:10.140><c> at</c><00:26:10.400><c> night</c><00:26:10.599><c> in</c><00:26:10.799><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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that<00:26:11.900><c> they</c><00:26:12.059><c> may</c><00:26:12.220><c> be</c><00:26:12.400><c> a</c><00:26:12.559><c> guard</c><00:26:12.960><c> to</c><00:26:13.220><c> us</c><00:26:13.400><c> by</c><00:26:13.700><c> night</c><00:26:13.960><c> and</c><00:26:14.259><c> work</c><00:26:16.000><c> day</c>

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by<00:26:16.460><c> day.</c><00:26:17.619><c> So</c><00:26:18.180><c> let's</c><00:26:18.359><c> keep</c><00:26:18.559><c> in</c><00:26:18.700><c> touch</c><00:26:18.900><c> with</c><00:26:19.079><c> each</c><00:26:19.279><c> other.</c>

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We<00:26:19.660><c> do</c><00:26:19.839><c> that</c><00:26:20.079><c> by</c><00:26:20.339><c> attending</c><00:26:20.700><c> things.</c><00:26:21.980><c> We</c><00:26:21.980><c> don't</c><00:26:22.740><c> want</c><00:26:22.880><c> to</c><00:26:22.880><c> be</c><00:26:22.960><c> once</c><00:26:23.279><c> there.</c><00:26:23.539><c> Just</c><00:26:23.720><c> show</c><00:26:23.920><c> up</c><00:26:24.079><c> on</c><00:26:24.220><c> a</c>

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meeting<00:26:24.519><c> on</c><00:26:24.720><c> Sunday</c>

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and<00:26:25.039><c> never</c><00:26:25.980><c> see</c><00:26:26.220><c> you</c><00:26:26.299><c> until</c><00:26:26.359><c> the</c><00:26:26.480><c> next</c><00:26:26.660><c> Sunday</c><00:26:26.819><c> at</c><00:26:26.980><c> a</c><00:26:27.240><c> meeting.</c>

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We<00:26:28.000><c> have</c><00:26:28.400><c> a</c><00:26:28.680><c> brother</c><00:26:28.839><c> who</c><00:26:28.900><c> doesn't</c><00:26:29.140><c> come</c><00:26:29.299><c> at</c>

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all<00:26:29.579><c> anymore.</c><00:26:30.259><c> But</c><00:26:30.259><c> when</c><00:26:30.960><c> he</c><00:26:31.059><c> was</c><00:26:31.319><c> coming,</c><00:26:32.160><c> he</c><00:26:32.279><c> came</c><00:26:32.460><c> in</c><00:26:32.640><c> during</c><00:26:32.759><c> the</c>

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first<00:26:33.240><c> hymn</c><00:26:33.619><c> and</c><00:26:33.880><c> he</c><00:26:34.079><c> left</c><00:26:34.259><c> during</c><00:26:34.519><c> the</c><00:26:34.599><c> last</c>

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hymn.<00:26:35.940><c> And</c><00:26:36.079><c> if</c><00:26:36.180><c> you</c><00:26:36.339><c> weren't</c><00:26:36.440><c> on</c><00:26:36.619><c> the</c><00:26:36.819><c> platform</c><00:26:37.240><c> or</c><00:26:37.500><c> you</c><00:26:37.579><c> weren't</c><00:26:37.759><c> serving</c><00:26:38.079><c> the</c>

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emblems,<00:26:38.480><c> you</c><00:26:38.539><c> never</c><00:26:38.740><c> knew</c><00:26:38.859><c> he</c><00:26:38.980><c> was</c>

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there.<00:26:40.019><c> And</c><00:26:40.259><c> now</c><00:26:40.420><c> he</c><00:26:40.539><c> never</c><00:26:40.819><c> is</c><00:26:41.039><c> there.</c><00:26:42.079><c> You</c><00:26:42.220><c> see,</c><00:26:42.779><c> we</c><00:26:43.160><c> leave</c><00:26:43.380><c> the</c><00:26:43.579><c> truth</c><00:26:43.680><c> sometimes</c><00:26:44.059><c> by</c><00:26:44.339><c> stages.</c><00:26:48.140><c> And</c><00:26:48.539><c> when</c><00:26:48.539><c> a</c>

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man<00:26:49.400><c> comes,</c><00:26:49.400><c> we</c><00:26:49.400><c> encourage</c><00:26:49.400><c> him</c><00:26:49.519><c> to</c><00:26:49.619><c> come</c><00:26:49.920><c> back.</c><00:26:50.819><c> Because</c><00:26:51.140><c> you</c>

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can't<00:26:51.660><c> get</c><00:26:51.819><c> in</c><00:26:51.960><c> the</c><00:26:52.019><c> kingdom</c><00:26:52.240><c> if</c><00:26:52.440><c> you</c><00:26:52.579><c> just</c>

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:59.039
show<00:26:53.500><c> up</c><00:26:53.700><c> late</c><00:26:53.940><c> and</c><00:26:54.200><c> leave</c><00:26:54.460><c> early.</c><00:26:56.480><c> So</c><00:26:56.960><c> verse</c><00:26:57.259><c> 23,</c><00:26:58.180><c> so</c><00:26:58.539><c> neither</c>

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.539
I,<00:27:00.440><c> my</c><00:27:00.720><c> brother</c><00:27:00.960><c> and</c><00:27:01.099><c> my</c><00:27:01.339><c> servants,</c>

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:05.880
nor<00:27:01.720><c> the</c><00:27:01.839><c> men</c><00:27:02.039><c> of</c><00:27:02.200><c> the</c><00:27:02.400><c> guard</c><00:27:03.059><c> who</c><00:27:03.380><c> followed</c><00:27:03.660><c> me</c><00:27:05.059><c> took</c><00:27:05.279><c> off</c><00:27:05.579><c> our</c>

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clothes,<00:27:06.619><c> except</c><00:27:07.160><c> everyone</c><00:27:07.839><c> took</c><00:27:08.079><c> them</c><00:27:08.259><c> off</c><00:27:08.440><c> for</c>

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washing.<00:27:09.599><c> They</c><00:27:10.119><c> weren't</c><00:27:10.299><c> lounging</c><00:27:10.660><c> around</c><00:27:10.839><c> in</c><00:27:10.960><c> their</c><00:27:11.099><c> pajamas.</c><00:27:12.799><c> They</c>

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wore<00:27:13.240><c> their</c><00:27:13.500><c> clothes</c><00:27:13.759><c> night</c><00:27:14.039><c> and</c><00:27:14.279><c> day,</c>

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:19.240
but<00:27:15.200><c> notice</c><00:27:15.480><c> they</c><00:27:15.660><c> still</c><00:27:15.980><c> had</c><00:27:16.180><c> time</c><00:27:16.420><c> to</c><00:27:16.599><c> be</c><00:27:16.819><c> clean.</c><00:27:18.480><c> Cleanliness</c><00:27:18.779><c> is</c><00:27:19.059><c> next</c>

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to<00:27:19.440><c> godliness.</c><00:27:20.220><c> That's</c><00:27:20.359><c> not</c>

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:28.519
in<00:27:20.680><c> the</c><00:27:20.740><c> Bible.</c><00:27:22.599><c> But</c><00:27:22.880><c> it's</c><00:27:23.059><c> true.</c><00:27:24.539><c> And</c><00:27:24.660><c> they</c><00:27:26.619><c> worked</c><00:27:27.339><c> hard,</c>

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:33.480
but<00:27:29.259><c> they</c><00:27:29.440><c> stayed</c><00:27:29.579><c> clean.</c><00:27:32.200><c> Dirty</c><00:27:32.460><c> work,</c>

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:38.440
but<00:27:33.880><c> they</c><00:27:34.039><c> changed</c><00:27:34.299><c> their</c><00:27:34.579><c> clothes.</c><00:27:35.880><c> And</c><00:27:35.980><c> they</c><00:27:36.099><c> slept</c><00:27:36.299><c> in</c><00:27:36.420><c> their</c><00:27:36.640><c> clothes.</c><00:27:38.299><c> And</c>

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they<00:27:39.680><c> ate,</c>

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breathed<00:27:40.720><c> and</c><00:27:40.940><c> slept</c><00:27:41.319><c> building</c><00:27:42.480><c> that</c><00:27:42.819><c> wall.</c><00:27:44.000><c> So</c><00:27:44.200><c> if</c><00:27:44.460><c> the</c><00:27:44.660><c> truth</c><00:27:44.779><c> is</c>

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everything<00:27:45.279><c> to</c><00:27:45.500><c> us,</c><00:27:45.880><c> it</c><00:27:45.880><c> should</c><00:27:46.119><c> be,</c><00:27:46.359><c> it's</c>

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:52.259
our<00:27:47.200><c> life.</c><00:27:48.140><c> And</c><00:27:48.259><c> so</c><00:27:48.400><c> it</c><00:27:48.539><c> should</c><00:27:48.700><c> be</c><00:27:48.920><c> on</c><00:27:49.039><c> our</c><00:27:49.299><c> mind.</c><00:27:51.720><c> What</c><00:27:52.140><c> do</c>

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.740
you<00:27:52.299><c> think</c><00:27:52.480><c> about</c><00:27:52.759><c> when</c><00:27:52.859><c> you</c><00:27:53.019><c> can</c><00:27:53.200><c> think</c><00:27:53.319><c> about</c><00:27:53.500><c> anything</c>

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:58.380
you<00:27:53.880><c> want</c><00:27:54.000><c> to</c><00:27:54.079><c> think</c><00:27:54.180><c> about?</c><00:27:56.980><c> I</c><00:27:57.359><c> mean,</c><00:27:57.480><c> we</c><00:27:57.640><c> have</c><00:27:57.839><c> a</c><00:27:57.980><c> stream</c><00:27:58.079><c> of</c>

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.859
consciousness<00:27:58.720><c> just</c><00:27:59.019><c> going</c><00:27:59.180><c> through</c><00:27:59.359><c> our</c><00:27:59.539><c> mind</c><00:27:59.680><c> at</c>

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all<00:27:59.980><c> times.</c><00:28:00.880><c> We</c><00:28:01.119><c> know</c><00:28:01.200><c> what</c><00:28:01.319><c> some</c><00:28:01.519><c> people</c><00:28:01.700><c> think</c><00:28:01.880><c> about</c><00:28:02.140><c> because</c><00:28:02.339><c> that's</c><00:28:02.539><c> what</c>

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comes<00:28:02.900><c> out</c><00:28:03.140><c> garbage</c><00:28:03.440><c> in</c><00:28:03.660><c> garbage</c>

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out.<00:28:04.519><c> They</c><00:28:04.960><c> never</c><00:28:05.220><c> can</c><00:28:05.420><c> say</c><00:28:05.500><c> anything</c><00:28:05.740><c> that's</c><00:28:06.000><c> nice,</c><00:28:06.880><c> swear</c>

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words<00:28:07.359><c> and</c><00:28:07.900><c> nasty</c><00:28:09.000><c> things,</c>

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because<00:28:10.519><c> that's</c><00:28:10.700><c> what's</c><00:28:10.960><c> inside</c><00:28:11.180><c> of</c><00:28:11.359><c> them.</c><00:28:12.460><c> But</c><00:28:12.640><c> you</c><00:28:13.099><c> have</c><00:28:13.299><c> a</c>

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stream<00:28:13.420><c> of</c><00:28:13.579><c> consciousness</c><00:28:14.019><c> too.</c>

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Are<00:28:15.380><c> you</c><00:28:15.619><c> programming</c><00:28:15.940><c> your</c><00:28:16.220><c> mind</c><00:28:16.359><c> to</c><00:28:16.539><c> think</c><00:28:16.700><c> kingdom?</c><00:28:17.279><c> Are</c>

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.740
you<00:28:17.460><c> thinking</c><00:28:17.720><c> about</c><00:28:18.039><c> the</c><00:28:18.180><c> brothers</c><00:28:18.380><c> and</c><00:28:18.559><c> sisters?</c>

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:23.880
Are<00:28:18.900><c> you</c><00:28:18.960><c> thinking</c><00:28:19.200><c> about</c><00:28:19.720><c> the</c><00:28:20.019><c> truth?</c><00:28:20.940><c> Or</c><00:28:21.240><c> do</c><00:28:21.380><c> we</c><00:28:21.539><c> think</c><00:28:21.720><c> about</c><00:28:22.200><c> a</c><00:28:22.460><c> novel</c><00:28:22.660><c> we're</c><00:28:22.880><c> reading,</c><00:28:23.579><c> or</c>

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.779
a<00:28:24.200><c> movie</c><00:28:24.400><c> we</c><00:28:24.599><c> went</c>

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to,<00:28:27.819><c> or</c><00:28:27.940><c> a</c><00:28:28.240><c> game</c><00:28:28.299><c> we're</c><00:28:28.500><c> going</c><00:28:28.619><c> to</c><00:28:28.759><c> attend,</c><00:28:29.400><c> or</c><00:28:29.619><c> a</c><00:28:29.720><c> wit</c><00:28:29.819><c> to,</c><00:28:30.079><c> or</c>

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.079
that<00:28:30.299><c> kind</c><00:28:30.420><c> of</c><00:28:30.500><c> thing?</c><00:28:32.000><c> You</c><00:28:32.440><c> ought</c><00:28:32.619><c> to</c><00:28:32.680><c> be</c><00:28:32.880><c> careful</c>

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.980
your<00:28:33.359><c> stream</c><00:28:33.579><c> of</c><00:28:33.859><c> consciousness.</c><00:28:34.299><c> A</c><00:28:34.380><c> man</c><00:28:34.480><c> is</c><00:28:34.579><c> what</c><00:28:34.680><c> he</c><00:28:34.819><c> thinks</c>

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:38.460
about<00:28:35.220><c> all</c><00:28:35.400><c> day</c><00:28:35.579><c> long,</c><00:28:36.660><c> said</c><00:28:36.799><c> Emerson.</c><00:28:38.240><c> Solomon</c>

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said,<00:28:38.759><c> a</c><00:28:38.759><c> man</c><00:28:39.039><c> thinks</c><00:28:39.960><c> within</c><00:28:40.079><c> his</c><00:28:40.299><c> heart,</c><00:28:40.539><c> so</c><00:28:40.700><c> is</c><00:28:40.940><c> he.</c><00:28:41.680><c> So</c><00:28:42.119><c> these</c><00:28:42.960><c> brethren,</c><00:28:43.480><c> I'm</c>

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sure<00:28:43.880><c> they</c><00:28:44.079><c> were</c><00:28:44.279><c> thinking</c>

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Jerusalem<00:28:45.880><c> wall</c><00:28:46.319><c> as</c><00:28:47.279><c> they</c><00:28:47.500><c> labored.</c><00:28:47.960><c> That's</c><00:28:48.299><c> all</c><00:28:48.500><c> they</c><00:28:48.880><c> did</c>

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:50.680
for<00:28:49.400><c> that</c><00:28:49.619><c> time.</c><00:28:49.819><c> Then</c><00:28:49.980><c> the</c><00:28:50.160><c> wall</c><00:28:50.240><c> was</c><00:28:50.480><c> finished,</c>

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which<00:28:50.859><c> we'll</c><00:28:51.000><c> get</c><00:28:51.220><c> to</c><00:28:51.319><c> in</c><00:28:51.480><c> a</c><00:28:51.539><c> little</c><00:28:51.700><c> while.</c><00:28:52.500><c> And</c><00:28:52.680><c> then</c><00:28:52.839><c> they</c>

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had<00:28:53.519><c> to</c><00:28:53.880><c> think</c><00:28:54.220><c> of</c><00:28:54.420><c> other</c><00:28:54.599><c> things</c><00:28:54.839><c> about</c><00:28:55.799><c> strengthening</c>

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the<00:28:56.319><c> brethren</c><00:28:56.519><c> and</c><00:28:56.700><c> sisters.</c><00:28:57.420><c> Chapter</c><00:28:57.660><c> five</c><00:28:57.940><c> opens</c><00:28:58.220><c> with</c><00:28:58.440><c> a</c>

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:02.839
new<00:28:58.740><c> problem.</c><00:28:59.339><c> There's</c><00:28:59.660><c> trouble</c><00:29:00.240><c> in</c><00:29:01.799><c> the</c><00:29:01.960><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:29:03.900><c> rich</c><00:29:04.200><c> are</c><00:29:04.720><c> oppressing</c><00:29:05.000><c> the</c><00:29:05.259><c> poor.</c><00:29:06.819><c> It</c><00:29:06.900><c> has</c><00:29:06.980><c> always</c><00:29:07.880><c> been</c>

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:10.140
like<00:29:08.359><c> this.</c><00:29:08.680><c> No</c><00:29:08.880><c> doubt</c><00:29:09.099><c> the</c><00:29:09.279><c> rich</c><00:29:09.460><c> justify</c><00:29:09.960><c> their</c>

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:12.440
actions<00:29:10.319><c> by</c><00:29:10.539><c> saying,</c><00:29:10.819><c> oh,</c><00:29:10.859><c> those</c><00:29:11.180><c> poor</c><00:29:11.460><c> lazy</c><00:29:11.740><c> people,</c><00:29:12.299><c> they</c>

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have<00:29:12.579><c> no</c><00:29:12.779><c> money</c><00:29:13.039><c> since.</c><00:29:14.339><c> They</c><00:29:14.779><c> don't</c><00:29:14.960><c> have</c><00:29:15.079><c> any</c>

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money,<00:29:15.440><c> but</c><00:29:15.579><c> it's</c><00:29:15.680><c> their</c><00:29:15.779><c> own</c><00:29:15.980><c> fault.</c><00:29:17.539><c> It's</c><00:29:17.700><c> good</c><00:29:17.880><c> that</c><00:29:18.039><c> they're</c><00:29:18.220><c> my</c><00:29:18.440><c> slaves.</c><00:29:20.359><c> The</c><00:29:20.579><c> heart</c><00:29:20.740><c> is</c>

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deceitful<00:29:21.380><c> above</c>

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all<00:29:21.900><c> things</c><00:29:22.220><c> and</c><00:29:23.240><c> desperately</c><00:29:23.859><c> wicked.</c><00:29:24.500><c> Who</c><00:29:24.720><c> can</c><00:29:25.000><c> know</c><00:29:25.119><c> it?</c>

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We<00:29:26.119><c> tend</c><00:29:26.400><c> to</c><00:29:26.779><c> justify</c><00:29:27.339><c> what</c><00:29:27.680><c> we</c><00:29:28.019><c> want</c><00:29:28.259><c> to</c><00:29:28.460><c> do</c><00:29:28.579><c> and</c>

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convince<00:29:29.099><c> ourselves</c><00:29:29.579><c> that</c><00:29:29.799><c> what</c><00:29:30.079><c> we</c><00:29:30.480><c> want</c><00:29:30.700><c> to</c><00:29:30.980><c> do</c><00:29:31.240><c> is</c><00:29:31.660><c> right.</c>

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Two<00:29:33.940><c> wrongs</c><00:29:34.640><c> can</c><00:29:34.900><c> never</c><00:29:35.099><c> make</c><00:29:35.299><c> a</c><00:29:35.460><c> right,</c>

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:40.460
but<00:29:36.720><c> do</c><00:29:36.819><c> you</c><00:29:36.819><c> ever</c><00:29:37.059><c> think</c><00:29:37.240><c> about</c><00:29:37.500><c> three</c><00:29:37.839><c> rights</c><00:29:38.599><c> making</c><00:29:39.440><c> a</c><00:29:39.660><c> left?</c>

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:47.180
Three<00:29:43.339><c> rights</c><00:29:43.599><c> will</c><00:29:43.819><c> make</c><00:29:43.960><c> a</c><00:29:44.099><c> left.</c><00:29:45.940><c> How</c><00:29:46.180><c> kind</c><00:29:46.579><c> of</c><00:29:46.799><c> thought,</c>

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.480
Harry<00:29:48.119><c> hasn't</c><00:29:48.279><c> got</c><00:29:48.539><c> that</c><00:29:48.759><c> yet.</c>

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:54.200
We<00:29:52.279><c> have</c><00:29:52.480><c> to</c><00:29:52.660><c> be</c><00:29:52.900><c> patient</c><00:29:53.140><c> with</c><00:29:53.359><c> him.</c>

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So<00:29:58.839><c> we're</c><00:29:59.400><c> going</c><00:29:59.400><c> to</c><00:29:59.539><c> have</c>

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:10.019
people,<00:30:05.079><c> other</c><00:30:05.319><c> people,</c><00:30:05.859><c> and</c><00:30:05.980><c> it</c><00:30:06.259><c> happens</c><00:30:06.599><c> in</c><00:30:07.019><c> the</c><00:30:07.220><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:30:08.779><c> And</c><00:30:08.960><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:09.640><c> is</c>

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.519
angry.<00:30:10.940><c> Chapter</c><00:30:11.200><c> five,</c>

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:17.339
verse<00:30:11.700><c> six.</c><00:30:12.019><c> And</c><00:30:12.119><c> I</c><00:30:12.299><c> was</c><00:30:12.500><c> very</c><00:30:12.880><c> angry</c><00:30:13.160><c> when</c><00:30:13.339><c> I</c><00:30:13.519><c> heard</c><00:30:13.619><c> their</c><00:30:13.859><c> cry</c><00:30:14.200><c> and</c><00:30:14.799><c> these</c><00:30:15.039><c> words.</c><00:30:16.480><c> And</c><00:30:17.019><c> I'm</c><00:30:17.200><c> going</c><00:30:17.200><c> to</c>

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.279
take<00:30:17.500><c> action.</c>

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Brother<00:30:20.799><c> Owen</c><00:30:21.400><c> said</c><00:30:21.599><c> this</c><00:30:21.839><c> morning,</c><00:30:22.119><c> and</c><00:30:22.119><c> he's</c><00:30:22.299><c> talking</c><00:30:22.539><c> about</c>

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:29.940
delaying<00:30:26.359><c> action</c><00:30:26.720><c> when</c><00:30:26.920><c> you're</c><00:30:27.160><c> angry.</c><00:30:28.859><c> I</c><00:30:29.160><c> consulted</c><00:30:29.640><c> with</c>

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:34.839
myself.<00:30:31.819><c> What</c><00:30:32.039><c> did</c><00:30:32.200><c> he</c><00:30:32.339><c> do?</c><00:30:33.400><c> He</c><00:30:33.740><c> stopped</c><00:30:34.059><c> and</c><00:30:34.319><c> counted</c><00:30:34.599><c> to</c>

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:39.200
10.<00:30:36.259><c> How</c><00:30:36.579><c> many</c><00:30:36.880><c> times</c><00:30:37.220><c> have</c><00:30:37.440><c> we</c><00:30:37.839><c> sinned</c><00:30:38.220><c> because</c><00:30:38.539><c> we've</c><00:30:38.880><c> acted</c>

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:41.640
quickly<00:30:39.740><c> and</c><00:30:39.980><c> I'm</c><00:30:40.160><c> fit</c><00:30:40.240><c> of</c><00:30:40.460><c> anger</c><00:30:40.859><c> when</c><00:30:41.380><c> if</c><00:30:41.500><c> we</c>

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:44.960
could<00:30:41.819><c> have</c><00:30:42.039><c> just</c><00:30:42.319><c> delayed</c><00:30:42.680><c> a</c><00:30:42.900><c> little</c><00:30:43.200><c> bit,</c><00:30:43.539><c> we</c><00:30:43.579><c> could</c><00:30:43.720><c> have</c><00:30:43.920><c> avoided</c><00:30:44.480><c> a</c>

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.039
sin.<00:30:45.460><c> I</c><00:30:45.720><c> consulted</c><00:30:46.039><c> myself</c><00:30:46.480><c> and</c><00:30:46.880><c> then</c>

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:49.200
rebuked<00:30:47.579><c> the</c><00:30:47.759><c> nobles</c><00:30:48.019><c> and</c><00:30:48.200><c> the</c><00:30:48.339><c> rulers</c><00:30:48.539><c> and</c><00:30:48.740><c> said</c><00:30:48.839><c> to</c><00:30:48.880><c> them,</c>

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:52.119
the<00:30:49.559><c> exact</c><00:30:49.920><c> usual,</c><00:30:50.380><c> every</c><00:30:50.819><c> one</c><00:30:51.160><c> of</c><00:30:51.619><c> his</c><00:30:51.880><c> brother.</c>

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:56.160
And<00:30:52.299><c> I</c><00:30:52.519><c> set</c><00:30:52.599><c> a</c><00:30:52.759><c> great</c><00:30:52.920><c> assembly</c><00:30:53.200><c> against</c><00:30:53.579><c> him.</c><00:30:54.759><c> So</c><00:30:55.180><c> whenever</c>

00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:00.099
you're<00:30:56.420><c> angry,</c><00:30:57.880><c> brother</c><00:30:59.240><c> Owen</c><00:30:59.500><c> said</c><00:30:59.660><c> this</c><00:30:59.880><c> morning,</c>

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:04.980
brother<00:31:00.319><c> Michael,</c><00:31:01.200><c> he</c><00:31:01.319><c> said,</c><00:31:01.839><c> stop,</c><00:31:02.900><c> think</c><00:31:03.240><c> first.</c><00:31:04.420><c> So</c><00:31:04.559><c> much</c>

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:08.720
harm<00:31:05.660><c> can</c><00:31:05.819><c> be</c><00:31:06.059><c> avoided</c><00:31:06.359><c> if</c><00:31:06.559><c> we</c><00:31:06.779><c> will</c><00:31:06.920><c> just</c><00:31:07.900><c> delay</c><00:31:08.319><c> it.</c>

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:13.059
Sometimes<00:31:09.259><c> the</c><00:31:09.660><c> right</c><00:31:09.880><c> thing</c><00:31:10.039><c> to</c><00:31:10.259><c> do</c><00:31:10.779><c> is</c><00:31:11.579><c> nothing.</c><00:31:12.519><c> It's</c><00:31:12.700><c> particularly</c><00:31:12.880><c> when</c>

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.339
people<00:31:13.420><c> are</c><00:31:13.720><c> reviling</c><00:31:14.059><c> you,</c>

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.859
they're<00:31:14.579><c> saying</c><00:31:14.880><c> unkind</c><00:31:15.299><c> things</c><00:31:15.539><c> about</c><00:31:15.779><c> you.</c><00:31:16.220><c> You</c><00:31:16.279><c> don't</c><00:31:16.460><c> have</c><00:31:16.720><c> to</c>

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:19.920
answer.<00:31:17.519><c> What</c><00:31:17.960><c> was</c><00:31:18.200><c> Jesus</c><00:31:18.519><c> famous</c><00:31:18.900><c> for?</c>

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:24.039
Because<00:31:20.559><c> he</c><00:31:20.720><c> didn't</c><00:31:21.059><c> answer</c><00:31:21.319><c> back.</c><00:31:22.720><c> It</c><00:31:22.720><c> was</c><00:31:22.980><c> a</c><00:31:23.180><c> lamb</c><00:31:23.599><c> led</c><00:31:23.880><c> to</c>

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.579
the<00:31:24.240><c> slaughter.</c><00:31:24.579><c> It</c><00:31:24.579><c> was</c><00:31:24.819><c> dumb.</c>

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:30.539
They<00:31:26.000><c> accused</c><00:31:26.220><c> him</c><00:31:26.400><c> of</c><00:31:26.539><c> things</c><00:31:26.839><c> and</c><00:31:27.299><c> pilot</c><00:31:27.619><c> marveled.</c><00:31:30.019><c> We're</c>

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:33.299
so<00:31:30.839><c> quick</c><00:31:30.940><c> to</c><00:31:31.099><c> say,</c><00:31:31.220><c> it</c><00:31:31.279><c> wasn't</c><00:31:31.519><c> me.</c><00:31:32.279><c> Even</c><00:31:32.799><c> Paul</c>

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:39.180
hadn't<00:31:33.880><c> totally</c><00:31:34.259><c> learned</c><00:31:34.460><c> the</c><00:31:34.660><c> lesson.</c><00:31:37.920><c> He</c><00:31:38.380><c> wanted</c><00:31:38.740><c> to</c><00:31:38.980><c> speak</c>

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:45.859
up<00:31:39.539><c> and</c><00:31:40.799><c> in</c><00:31:43.640><c> the</c><00:31:44.160><c> acts</c><00:31:44.440><c> when</c><00:31:45.099><c> they</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:50.579
grabbed<00:31:46.660><c> the</c><00:31:47.099><c> disciples</c><00:31:47.380><c> and</c><00:31:47.579><c> they</c><00:31:47.740><c> brought</c><00:31:47.859><c> them</c><00:31:48.420><c> before</c><00:31:48.920><c> the</c><00:31:49.119><c> ruler,</c><00:31:49.740><c> they</c><00:31:49.960><c> were</c><00:31:50.180><c> accusing</c><00:31:50.359><c> him</c><00:31:50.579><c> of</c>

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.359
things<00:31:50.920><c> and</c>

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:53.440
before<00:31:51.619><c> they</c><00:31:51.759><c> could</c><00:31:51.880><c> even</c><00:31:52.160><c> say,</c><00:31:52.579><c> he</c><00:31:52.759><c> says,</c><00:31:52.980><c> I</c><00:31:53.079><c> don't</c><00:31:53.240><c> want</c><00:31:53.359><c> to</c>

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.759
hear<00:31:53.500><c> any</c><00:31:53.740><c> of</c><00:31:53.859><c> your</c><00:31:53.980><c> troubles,</c><00:31:54.359><c> you</c><00:31:54.519><c> know,</c>

00:31:54.900 --> 00:32:01.000
and<00:31:55.099><c> he</c><00:31:55.539><c> kicked</c><00:31:55.799><c> him</c><00:31:56.019><c> out.</c><00:31:56.900><c> So</c><00:31:57.319><c> often</c><00:31:57.859><c> we</c><00:31:58.500><c> have</c><00:31:58.859><c> to</c><00:31:59.039><c> defend</c><00:31:59.319><c> ourselves.</c><00:32:00.640><c> You're</c><00:32:00.920><c> a</c>

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.640
dirty<00:32:01.140><c> rotten</c><00:32:01.420><c> egg.</c>

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:10.440
No,<00:32:02.059><c> I'm</c><00:32:02.279><c> not.</c><00:32:03.960><c> Just</c><00:32:04.440><c> let</c><00:32:04.759><c> it</c><00:32:05.019><c> go.</c><00:32:07.839><c> You</c><00:32:08.319><c> can't</c><00:32:08.720><c> deny</c><00:32:09.039><c> every</c><00:32:09.460><c> false</c><00:32:09.640><c> accusation</c><00:32:10.319><c> of</c>

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.339
people<00:32:10.599><c> are</c><00:32:10.759><c> going</c><00:32:10.819><c> to</c><00:32:10.900><c> say</c><00:32:11.039><c> about</c>

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:16.059
you.<00:32:12.400><c> Prove</c><00:32:12.619><c> them</c><00:32:12.839><c> wrong</c><00:32:13.619><c> by</c><00:32:14.240><c> being</c><00:32:14.619><c> so</c><00:32:14.980><c> kind</c><00:32:15.259><c> and</c><00:32:15.500><c> gentle</c><00:32:15.759><c> and</c>

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:18.319
sweet<00:32:16.259><c> that</c><00:32:16.740><c> they</c><00:32:17.279><c> don't</c><00:32:17.480><c> have</c><00:32:17.720><c> anything</c><00:32:17.960><c> to</c><00:32:18.140><c> say</c>

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:20.200
against<00:32:18.519><c> you</c><00:32:18.640><c> except</c><00:32:18.900><c> to</c><00:32:19.180><c> lie.</c><00:32:19.599><c> And</c><00:32:19.640><c> then</c><00:32:19.740><c> if</c><00:32:19.859><c> they're</c><00:32:20.079><c> lying,</c>

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:22.039
well,<00:32:20.619><c> it's</c><00:32:20.839><c> a</c><00:32:20.940><c> lie.</c><00:32:21.400><c> But</c><00:32:21.619><c> you</c><00:32:21.759><c> have</c><00:32:21.839><c> to</c><00:32:21.900><c> say,</c>

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:31.420
you're<00:32:22.240><c> a</c><00:32:22.460><c> liar.</c><00:32:24.440><c> We</c><00:32:24.759><c> too</c><00:32:25.380><c> often</c><00:32:26.279><c> defend</c><00:32:26.940><c> ourselves,</c><00:32:28.859><c> especially</c><00:32:29.359><c> when</c><00:32:29.559><c> we're</c><00:32:29.839><c> angry.</c><00:32:31.200><c> And</c><00:32:31.259><c> so</c>

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.940
if<00:32:31.579><c> Paul</c><00:32:31.720><c> says,</c>

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:36.339
be<00:32:32.319><c> angry,</c><00:32:33.220><c> it</c><00:32:33.319><c> doesn't</c><00:32:33.319><c> say</c><00:32:33.480><c> it's</c><00:32:33.619><c> a</c><00:32:33.700><c> sin</c><00:32:33.779><c> to</c><00:32:33.920><c> be</c><00:32:34.079><c> angry.</c><00:32:36.000><c> Be</c>

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:39.779
angry<00:32:36.740><c> and</c><00:32:37.079><c> sin</c><00:32:37.299><c> not.</c><00:32:38.799><c> Do</c><00:32:38.940><c> not</c><00:32:39.019><c> let</c><00:32:39.160><c> the</c><00:32:39.380><c> sun</c><00:32:39.480><c> go</c><00:32:39.619><c> down</c>

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:43.680
on<00:32:39.940><c> your</c><00:32:40.160><c> wrath.</c><00:32:41.619><c> And</c><00:32:41.859><c> Paul</c><00:32:42.119><c> says,</c><00:32:42.640><c> go</c><00:32:42.740><c> to</c><00:32:42.960><c> bed</c><00:32:43.220><c> when</c><00:32:43.440><c> you're</c>

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:47.180
angry.<00:32:44.960><c> Be</c><00:32:45.339><c> angry</c><00:32:45.660><c> and</c><00:32:45.839><c> do</c><00:32:46.019><c> not</c><00:32:46.240><c> sin.</c><00:32:46.519><c> Meditate</c><00:32:46.940><c> within</c>

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:51.440
your<00:32:47.339><c> heart</c><00:32:47.539><c> on</c><00:32:47.759><c> your</c><00:32:47.980><c> bed</c><00:32:48.440><c> and</c><00:32:49.180><c> be</c><00:32:49.420><c> still.</c><00:32:50.779><c> And</c><00:32:50.920><c> sometimes</c><00:32:51.160><c> when</c><00:32:51.339><c> I</c>

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:54.259
get<00:32:51.740><c> really</c><00:32:52.220><c> upset,</c><00:32:52.819><c> I</c><00:32:53.039><c> go</c><00:32:53.200><c> to</c><00:32:53.400><c> bed</c>

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:58.640
and<00:32:55.799><c> I</c><00:32:56.279><c> can</c><00:32:56.539><c> sleep</c><00:32:56.700><c> it</c><00:32:56.900><c> off.</c><00:32:57.160><c> And</c><00:32:57.279><c> then</c><00:32:57.380><c> the</c><00:32:57.480><c> next</c><00:32:57.700><c> day</c><00:32:58.019><c> it</c><00:32:58.160><c> doesn't</c><00:32:58.440><c> seem</c>

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.900
quite<00:32:58.880><c> so</c><00:32:59.160><c> bad.</c><00:32:59.460><c> And</c><00:32:59.539><c> sometimes</c>

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:05.640
you<00:33:00.619><c> can</c><00:33:00.819><c> be</c><00:33:01.019><c> overwhelmed.</c><00:33:03.500><c> And</c><00:33:03.500><c> to</c><00:33:04.119><c> fight</c><00:33:04.420><c> back</c><00:33:04.819><c> is</c><00:33:05.180><c> always</c>

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:08.400
wrong.<00:33:07.099><c> Now,</c><00:33:07.279><c> the</c><00:33:07.420><c> poor</c><00:33:07.640><c> Jews</c><00:33:07.920><c> had</c><00:33:08.200><c> borrowed</c>

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:11.420
money<00:33:08.700><c> from</c><00:33:08.880><c> the</c><00:33:09.059><c> wealthier</c><00:33:09.359><c> nobles</c><00:33:09.720><c> at</c><00:33:10.019><c> interest</c><00:33:10.359><c> rates</c><00:33:10.539><c> that</c><00:33:10.680><c> were</c><00:33:10.859><c> forbidden</c><00:33:11.140><c> by</c>

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:13.539
law.<00:33:12.480><c> We</c><00:33:12.660><c> have</c><00:33:12.819><c> this</c><00:33:13.180><c> recorded</c>

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for<00:33:13.700><c> us</c><00:33:13.819><c> in</c><00:33:13.960><c> Leviticus</c><00:33:14.319><c> chapter</c><00:33:14.799><c> 25,</c><00:33:15.579><c> 35</c><00:33:16.299><c> to</c><00:33:16.460><c> 38,</c><00:33:17.359><c> where</c><00:33:17.460><c> they</c>

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.700
were<00:33:17.779><c> not</c><00:33:17.960><c> to</c><00:33:18.059><c> exact</c><00:33:18.400><c> usury.</c><00:33:19.839><c> And</c><00:33:20.019><c> the</c><00:33:20.200><c> poor</c><00:33:20.400><c> Jews</c>

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were<00:33:21.359><c> using</c><00:33:21.740><c> as</c><00:33:22.039><c> security</c><00:33:22.359><c> their</c><00:33:22.640><c> land,</c><00:33:23.200><c> their</c><00:33:23.460><c> vineyards,</c>

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:26.059
even<00:33:24.380><c> their</c><00:33:24.640><c> sons</c><00:33:24.819><c> and</c><00:33:25.119><c> daughters.</c><00:33:25.619><c> And</c><00:33:25.799><c> they</c><00:33:25.880><c> were</c>

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:31.160
working<00:33:26.400><c> 12,</c><00:33:26.759><c> 14</c><00:33:27.140><c> hours</c><00:33:27.480><c> a</c><00:33:27.700><c> day.</c><00:33:28.079><c> They</c><00:33:28.339><c> had</c><00:33:28.539><c> no</c><00:33:28.740><c> opportunity</c><00:33:29.099><c> to</c><00:33:29.299><c> make</c><00:33:29.420><c> money,</c><00:33:29.740><c> to</c><00:33:29.859><c> pay</c><00:33:30.099><c> back.</c><00:33:30.660><c> They</c><00:33:30.819><c> were</c><00:33:30.940><c> in</c><00:33:31.019><c> a</c>

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:34.259
financial<00:33:31.539><c> mess.</c><00:33:32.619><c> And</c><00:33:32.799><c> the</c><00:33:32.900><c> rich</c><00:33:33.039><c> people</c><00:33:33.259><c> were</c><00:33:33.460><c> taking</c><00:33:33.640><c> advantage</c><00:33:34.019><c> of</c>

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:39.779
them.<00:33:37.259><c> And</c><00:33:37.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:38.700><c> condemned</c><00:33:39.240><c> them.</c>

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:47.119
Now,<00:33:40.720><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:41.960><c> had</c><00:33:42.359><c> rights</c><00:33:42.940><c> and</c><00:33:44.559><c> he</c><00:33:44.740><c> didn't</c><00:33:45.140><c> exercise</c><00:33:45.819><c> them.</c>

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.680
Too<00:33:47.640><c> often</c><00:33:48.000><c> today</c><00:33:48.359><c> people</c><00:33:48.660><c> talk</c><00:33:49.099><c> about</c><00:33:49.299><c> their</c>

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:52.980
rights.<00:33:51.000><c> We</c><00:33:51.259><c> don't</c><00:33:51.539><c> really</c><00:33:51.839><c> have</c><00:33:52.140><c> any</c><00:33:52.359><c> rights.</c><00:33:52.559><c> But</c><00:33:52.680><c> look</c><00:33:52.940><c> at</c>

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.460
chapter<00:33:53.220><c> 5,</c><00:33:53.640><c> verse</c><00:33:53.799><c> 14.</c>

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Moreover,<00:33:55.200><c> from</c><00:33:55.259><c> the</c><00:33:55.480><c> time</c><00:33:55.660><c> that</c><00:33:55.859><c> I</c><00:33:56.019><c> was</c><00:33:56.240><c> appointed</c><00:33:56.480><c> to</c><00:33:56.599><c> be</c><00:33:56.759><c> their</c><00:33:56.960><c> governor</c><00:33:57.279><c> in</c>

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.420
the<00:33:57.619><c> land</c><00:33:57.819><c> of</c><00:33:58.000><c> Judea,</c>

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:03.859
from<00:33:58.859><c> the</c><00:33:59.079><c> 20th</c><00:33:59.440><c> year</c><00:33:59.599><c> until</c><00:33:59.920><c> the</c><00:34:00.619><c> 32nd</c><00:34:01.680><c> year</c><00:34:01.900><c> of</c><00:34:02.220><c> King</c><00:34:02.460><c> Artaxerxes,</c><00:34:03.240><c> for</c><00:34:03.480><c> 12</c>

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:06.359
years,<00:34:04.880><c> neither</c><00:34:05.059><c> I</c><00:34:05.519><c> nor</c><00:34:05.720><c> my</c><00:34:06.019><c> brothers</c>

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:10.360
ate<00:34:06.660><c> the</c><00:34:06.940><c> governor's</c><00:34:07.359><c> provisions.</c><00:34:08.280><c> But</c><00:34:08.400><c> the</c><00:34:08.599><c> former</c><00:34:08.940><c> governors</c><00:34:09.300><c> who</c><00:34:09.440><c> were</c><00:34:09.619><c> before</c><00:34:09.960><c> me</c>

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.340
laid<00:34:10.679><c> burdens</c><00:34:10.980><c> on</c><00:34:11.179><c> the</c>

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:14.800
people<00:34:11.559><c> and</c><00:34:11.719><c> took</c><00:34:11.940><c> from</c><00:34:12.119><c> them</c><00:34:12.320><c> bread</c><00:34:12.659><c> and</c><00:34:12.880><c> wine</c><00:34:13.199><c> besides</c><00:34:13.820><c> forty</c><00:34:14.260><c> shekels</c><00:34:14.659><c> of</c>

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.539
silver.<00:34:15.159><c> Yes,</c><00:34:15.760><c> even</c><00:34:16.000><c> their</c><00:34:16.239><c> servants</c>

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:20.239
bore<00:34:16.820><c> rule</c><00:34:17.079><c> over</c><00:34:17.340><c> the</c><00:34:17.519><c> people.</c><00:34:18.079><c> But</c><00:34:18.179><c> I</c><00:34:18.360><c> did</c><00:34:18.599><c> not</c><00:34:18.760><c> do</c><00:34:18.940><c> that</c><00:34:19.400><c> because</c><00:34:20.059><c> of</c>

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:22.079
the<00:34:20.380><c> fear</c><00:34:20.500><c> of</c><00:34:20.639><c> God.</c><00:34:21.260><c> So</c><00:34:21.360><c> my</c><00:34:21.639><c> servants</c><00:34:21.900><c> were</c>

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.139
actually,<00:34:22.440><c> I</c><00:34:22.579><c> had</c><00:34:22.739><c> my</c><00:34:22.940><c> servants</c><00:34:23.159><c> going</c><00:34:23.440><c> out</c><00:34:23.679><c> brow</c><00:34:23.960><c>-beating</c>

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:26.760
the<00:34:24.360><c> people.</c><00:34:24.559><c> That</c><00:34:24.719><c> was</c><00:34:24.880><c> the</c><00:34:25.039><c> other</c><00:34:25.320><c> governor.</c><00:34:26.039><c> Not</c>

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:30.900
Nehemiah.<00:34:27.420><c> Now</c><00:34:27.619><c> that</c><00:34:27.840><c> which</c><00:34:28.019><c> was</c><00:34:28.380><c> prepared</c><00:34:28.639><c> daily</c><00:34:29.019><c> for</c><00:34:29.739><c> me</c><00:34:29.980><c> was</c><00:34:30.199><c> for</c><00:34:30.420><c> one</c><00:34:30.639><c> ox</c>

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:33.679
and<00:34:31.119><c> six</c><00:34:31.340><c> choice</c><00:34:31.639><c> sheep.</c><00:34:33.059><c> Fowls</c><00:34:33.440><c> were</c>

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.820
prepared<00:34:33.920><c> for</c><00:34:34.119><c> me</c><00:34:34.320><c> and</c><00:34:34.500><c> once</c><00:34:34.679><c> every</c><00:34:34.920><c> ten</c><00:34:35.119><c> days</c><00:34:35.360><c> an</c><00:34:35.559><c> abundance</c>

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:38.159
of<00:34:36.019><c> all</c><00:34:36.159><c> kinds</c><00:34:36.400><c> of</c><00:34:36.579><c> wine.</c><00:34:37.420><c> Yet</c><00:34:37.619><c> in</c><00:34:37.780><c> spite</c><00:34:37.980><c> of</c>

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:41.039
all<00:34:38.340><c> this</c><00:34:38.500><c> did</c><00:34:39.159><c> I</c><00:34:39.420><c> not</c><00:34:39.599><c> demand</c><00:34:40.019><c> the</c><00:34:40.280><c> governor's</c><00:34:40.659><c> provisions</c>

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:44.159
because<00:34:41.880><c> the</c><00:34:42.139><c> bondage</c><00:34:42.380><c> was</c><00:34:42.579><c> heavy</c><00:34:42.980><c> on</c><00:34:43.679><c> the</c><00:34:43.880><c> people.</c>

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:46.400
He<00:34:44.380><c> had</c><00:34:44.559><c> 150</c><00:34:44.960><c> people</c><00:34:45.320><c> for</c><00:34:45.559><c> dinner</c><00:34:45.719><c> every</c><00:34:45.980><c> day.</c><00:34:46.099><c> How</c><00:34:46.199><c> would</c><00:34:46.320><c> you</c>

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.760
like<00:34:46.599><c> that,</c><00:34:46.880><c> girls?</c>

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:54.500
Talk<00:34:49.360><c> about</c><00:34:49.699><c> being</c><00:34:50.260><c> worked</c><00:34:50.579><c> down.</c><00:34:52.639><c> But</c><00:34:52.659><c> he</c><00:34:53.780><c> didn't</c><00:34:53.980><c> take</c><00:34:54.239><c> what</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.360
he<00:34:54.820><c> had</c><00:34:54.960><c> coming</c><00:34:55.280><c> to</c><00:34:55.500><c> him.</c>

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:59.639
He<00:34:57.199><c> didn't</c><00:34:57.480><c> exercise</c><00:34:58.179><c> his</c><00:34:58.460><c> rights.</c><00:34:58.679><c> He</c><00:34:58.900><c> cared</c><00:34:59.179><c> for</c><00:34:59.360><c> these</c>

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.980
poor<00:34:59.860><c> people</c><00:35:00.139><c> that</c><00:35:00.260><c> were</c><00:35:00.420><c> having</c><00:35:00.599><c> trouble.</c>

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:03.800
So<00:35:01.460><c> he</c><00:35:01.599><c> had</c><00:35:01.760><c> all</c><00:35:01.960><c> this</c><00:35:02.099><c> food</c><00:35:02.320><c> come</c><00:35:02.500><c> in.</c><00:35:02.860><c> He</c><00:35:03.099><c> must</c><00:35:03.300><c> have</c><00:35:03.440><c> had</c><00:35:03.559><c> an</c>

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:06.119
open<00:35:03.980><c> door</c><00:35:04.400><c> policy.</c><00:35:05.159><c> If</c><00:35:05.300><c> you</c><00:35:05.480><c> need</c><00:35:05.659><c> some,</c>

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.699
you're<00:35:06.780><c> always</c><00:35:06.940><c> walking</c><00:35:07.059><c> out</c><00:35:07.199><c> of</c><00:35:07.239><c> my</c><00:35:07.380><c> house</c><00:35:07.500><c> for</c><00:35:07.679><c> dinner.</c><00:35:08.400><c> 150</c>

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:10.320
of<00:35:08.920><c> you,</c><00:35:09.119><c> come</c><00:35:09.219><c> on</c><00:35:09.420><c> in.</c>

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.500
And<00:35:11.260><c> Paul</c><00:35:11.460><c> had</c><00:35:11.659><c> the</c><00:35:11.840><c> same</c><00:35:12.019><c> attitude.</c><00:35:12.480><c> Am</c><00:35:12.539><c> I</c><00:35:12.699><c> not</c><00:35:13.000><c> an</c><00:35:13.179><c> apostle?</c>

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.619
Am<00:35:13.739><c> I</c><00:35:13.820><c> not</c><00:35:14.039><c> free?</c>

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:17.800
Have<00:35:15.139><c> I</c><00:35:15.239><c> not</c><00:35:15.360><c> seen</c><00:35:15.500><c> the</c><00:35:15.619><c> Lord</c><00:35:15.699><c> Jesus</c><00:35:16.059><c> Christ,</c><00:35:16.440><c> our</c><00:35:16.579><c> Lord?</c><00:35:17.639><c> Are</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.940
you<00:35:18.039><c> not</c><00:35:18.260><c> my</c><00:35:18.559><c> work?</c><00:35:19.440><c> If</c><00:35:19.559><c> others</c><00:35:19.800><c> are</c><00:35:19.980><c> partakers</c><00:35:20.340><c> of</c>

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:24.559
this<00:35:21.199><c> right</c><00:35:21.440><c> over</c><00:35:21.800><c> you,</c><00:35:22.380><c> are</c><00:35:22.500><c> not</c><00:35:22.659><c> we</c><00:35:22.900><c> even</c><00:35:23.239><c> more,</c><00:35:23.480><c> he</c><00:35:23.699><c> says?</c>

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:27.340
Nevertheless,<00:35:25.219><c> we</c><00:35:25.420><c> have</c><00:35:25.719><c> not</c><00:35:26.139><c> used</c><00:35:26.679><c> this</c><00:35:27.059><c> right,</c>

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:30.500
but<00:35:27.639><c> endure</c><00:35:28.039><c> all</c><00:35:28.500><c> things,</c><00:35:28.980><c> lest</c><00:35:29.059><c> we</c><00:35:29.300><c> should</c><00:35:29.519><c> hinder</c><00:35:29.800><c> the</c><00:35:30.000><c> gospel</c><00:35:30.340><c> of</c>

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:32.619
Christ.<00:35:31.139><c> So</c><00:35:31.539><c> you</c><00:35:31.860><c> don't</c><00:35:32.059><c> have</c><00:35:32.219><c> to</c><00:35:32.400><c> take</c>

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:36.219
advantage<00:35:33.039><c> of</c><00:35:33.320><c> the</c><00:35:33.539><c> rights</c><00:35:33.739><c> that</c><00:35:33.960><c> you</c><00:35:34.260><c> have.</c><00:35:35.659><c> All</c><00:35:35.840><c> things</c><00:35:36.019><c> are</c>

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.920
lawful<00:35:36.539><c> for</c><00:35:36.699><c> me,</c><00:35:36.940><c> he</c><00:35:36.940><c> said.</c><00:35:37.260><c> Paul,</c><00:35:37.400><c> but</c><00:35:37.579><c> all</c><00:35:37.780><c> things</c>

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:41.579
are<00:35:38.099><c> not</c><00:35:38.280><c> expedient.</c><00:35:40.079><c> All</c><00:35:40.239><c> things</c><00:35:40.440><c> are</c><00:35:40.619><c> lawful,</c><00:35:40.940><c> but</c><00:35:41.139><c> I</c><00:35:41.400><c> will</c>

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:43.579
not<00:35:41.719><c> be</c><00:35:41.920><c> brought</c><00:35:42.039><c> into</c><00:35:42.159><c> the</c><00:35:42.360><c> power</c><00:35:42.619><c> of</c><00:35:42.840><c> any.</c>

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:49.199
Just<00:35:44.940><c> because</c><00:35:45.280><c> we</c><00:35:45.440><c> can</c><00:35:45.579><c> get</c><00:35:45.719><c> away</c><00:35:45.920><c> with</c><00:35:46.139><c> something,</c><00:35:46.860><c> even</c><00:35:47.079><c> maybe</c><00:35:47.380><c> something</c><00:35:47.599><c> we're</c><00:35:47.940><c> entitled</c><00:35:48.480><c> to</c>

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:53.039
from<00:35:50.000><c> a</c><00:35:50.440><c> technical</c><00:35:50.820><c> viewpoint,</c><00:35:51.340><c> it's</c><00:35:51.460><c> no</c><00:35:51.619><c> excuse</c><00:35:52.039><c> for</c><00:35:52.280><c> us</c><00:35:52.739><c> to</c>

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:55.119
accept<00:35:53.380><c> it</c><00:35:53.519><c> if</c><00:35:53.619><c> we</c><00:35:53.820><c> don't</c><00:35:54.179><c> need</c><00:35:54.400><c> it.</c>

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:59.940
We<00:35:56.719><c> allow</c><00:35:56.980><c> ourselves</c><00:35:57.340><c> to</c><00:35:57.539><c> be</c><00:35:57.659><c> defrauded,</c><00:35:59.079><c> like</c><00:35:59.179><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:59.679><c> was</c>

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:03.820
being,<00:36:00.599><c> as</c><00:36:00.820><c> Paul</c><00:36:01.119><c> did,</c><00:36:02.340><c> as</c><00:36:02.639><c> the</c><00:36:02.760><c> Lord</c><00:36:02.960><c> Jesus</c><00:36:03.380><c> Christ</c>

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:10.000
was.<00:36:05.380><c> Coming</c><00:36:05.460><c> to</c><00:36:05.579><c> verse</c><00:36:05.780><c> 15,</c><00:36:06.280><c> but</c><00:36:06.400><c> the</c><00:36:06.579><c> former</c><00:36:06.900><c> governors,</c><00:36:07.239><c> they</c><00:36:08.260><c> laid</c><00:36:08.519><c> burdens</c><00:36:09.199><c> on</c>

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.170
the<00:36:10.219><c> people</c><00:36:10.400><c> and</c><00:36:10.539><c> took</c><00:36:10.739><c> from</c><00:36:10.900><c> them</c>

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:14.619
bread<00:36:12.079><c> and</c><00:36:12.360><c> wine,</c><00:36:12.820><c> but</c><00:36:12.980><c> we</c><00:36:13.159><c> don't</c><00:36:13.360><c> do</c><00:36:13.519><c> that,</c><00:36:13.739><c> he</c><00:36:13.940><c> says.</c><00:36:14.260><c> We're</c>

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:19.760
different.<00:36:15.940><c> So</c><00:36:16.139><c> Paul</c><00:36:16.739><c> and</c><00:36:17.940><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:19.059><c> were</c><00:36:19.360><c> the</c><00:36:19.539><c> kind</c>

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:23.719
people<00:36:20.280><c> we</c><00:36:20.539><c> should</c><00:36:20.780><c> emulate.</c><00:36:22.260><c> The</c><00:36:22.380><c> nobles</c><00:36:22.780><c> were</c><00:36:23.119><c> selling</c><00:36:23.400><c> the</c>

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:26.199
Jews<00:36:23.900><c> to</c><00:36:24.139><c> the</c><00:36:24.300><c> heathen,</c><00:36:25.099><c> and</c><00:36:25.300><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:25.599><c> was</c><00:36:25.840><c> trying</c>

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:37.579
to<00:36:26.559><c> buy</c><00:36:26.860><c> them</c><00:36:27.119><c> back.</c><00:36:30.059><c> Chapter</c><00:36:30.420><c> 5,</c><00:36:31.980><c> verse</c><00:36:32.480><c> 7.</c><00:36:35.340><c> So</c><00:36:35.400><c> I</c><00:36:35.559><c> called</c><00:36:35.780><c> a</c><00:36:35.920><c> great</c><00:36:36.039><c> assembly</c><00:36:36.420><c> against</c><00:36:37.000><c> them,</c><00:36:37.300><c> and</c><00:36:37.400><c> I</c>

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.260
said<00:36:37.739><c> to</c><00:36:37.840><c> them,</c>

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:41.039
According<00:36:38.940><c> to</c><00:36:39.119><c> our</c><00:36:39.380><c> ability,</c><00:36:39.880><c> we</c><00:36:39.980><c> have</c><00:36:40.199><c> redeemed</c><00:36:40.480><c> our</c><00:36:40.679><c> Jewish</c>

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.699
brethren,<00:36:41.480><c> who</c><00:36:41.559><c> were</c><00:36:41.880><c> sold</c><00:36:42.119><c> to</c><00:36:42.280><c> the</c><00:36:42.440><c> nations.</c>

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:45.739
Now<00:36:43.000><c> indeed,</c><00:36:43.480><c> will</c><00:36:43.480><c> you</c><00:36:43.960><c> even</c><00:36:44.440><c> sell</c><00:36:44.639><c> your</c><00:36:44.880><c> brethren?</c><00:36:45.480><c> You're</c>

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:47.420
going<00:36:45.840><c> to</c><00:36:45.920><c> sell</c><00:36:46.139><c> other</c><00:36:46.559><c> Christadelphians,</c>

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:51.340
other<00:36:48.139><c> Jews</c><00:36:49.000><c> they</c><00:36:49.179><c> were</c><00:36:49.360><c> selling?</c><00:36:50.239><c> Or</c><00:36:50.579><c> should</c><00:36:50.739><c> they</c><00:36:50.960><c> be</c><00:36:51.219><c> sold</c>

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:55.019
to<00:36:51.619><c> us?</c><00:36:53.039><c> He</c><00:36:53.340><c> had</c><00:36:53.539><c> them</c><00:36:53.820><c> dead</c><00:36:54.079><c> to</c><00:36:54.280><c> write.</c><00:36:54.539><c> They</c><00:36:54.699><c> were</c>

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:58.199
silenced<00:36:55.360><c> and</c><00:36:55.539><c> had</c><00:36:56.179><c> found</c><00:36:56.340><c> nothing</c><00:36:56.579><c> to</c><00:36:56.820><c> say.</c><00:36:57.780><c> And</c><00:36:57.920><c> sometimes</c>

00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:00.500
that's<00:36:58.519><c> the</c><00:36:58.599><c> right</c><00:36:58.760><c> thing</c><00:36:58.900><c> to</c><00:36:59.079><c> say</c><00:36:59.179><c> is</c><00:36:59.380><c> nothing,</c><00:36:59.900><c> when</c>

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:03.159
you're<00:37:01.059><c> in</c><00:37:01.079><c> the</c><00:37:01.300><c> wrong.</c><00:37:01.880><c> Then</c><00:37:01.980><c> I</c><00:37:02.059><c> said,</c><00:37:02.619><c> what</c><00:37:02.780><c> you're</c><00:37:02.960><c> doing</c>

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:06.380
is<00:37:03.360><c> not</c><00:37:03.619><c> good.</c><00:37:04.980><c> Should</c><00:37:05.139><c> you</c><00:37:05.380><c> not</c><00:37:05.599><c> walk</c><00:37:05.800><c> in</c><00:37:05.920><c> the</c><00:37:06.079><c> fear</c><00:37:06.179><c> of</c>

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:09.820
our<00:37:06.579><c> God</c><00:37:06.820><c> because</c><00:37:07.219><c> of</c><00:37:07.340><c> the</c><00:37:07.400><c> reproach</c><00:37:07.719><c> of</c><00:37:07.880><c> the</c><00:37:08.000><c> nations,</c><00:37:08.320><c> our</c><00:37:08.480><c> enemies?</c><00:37:09.599><c> I</c>

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:11.559
also<00:37:10.099><c> with</c><00:37:10.320><c> my</c><00:37:10.659><c> brethren</c><00:37:10.900><c> and</c><00:37:11.079><c> my</c><00:37:11.260><c> servants</c>

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:14.480
might<00:37:12.000><c> exact</c><00:37:12.440><c> of</c><00:37:12.599><c> them</c><00:37:12.760><c> money</c><00:37:13.039><c> and</c><00:37:13.500><c> corn.</c><00:37:13.800><c> I</c><00:37:14.019><c> could</c><00:37:14.159><c> do</c><00:37:14.280><c> what</c>

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:17.400
you're<00:37:14.699><c> doing.</c><00:37:15.739><c> Let's</c><00:37:16.000><c> stop</c><00:37:16.300><c> this</c><00:37:16.639><c> usury,</c><00:37:17.239><c> he</c><00:37:17.239><c> says.</c>

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:21.179
Restore<00:37:18.239><c> now</c><00:37:18.420><c> to</c><00:37:18.539><c> them,</c><00:37:18.800><c> even</c><00:37:19.099><c> this</c><00:37:19.460><c> day,</c><00:37:20.440><c> their</c><00:37:20.659><c> lands,</c>

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:23.880
their<00:37:21.559><c> vineyards,</c><00:37:22.039><c> their</c><00:37:22.300><c> olive</c><00:37:22.679><c> groves,</c><00:37:23.159><c> their</c><00:37:23.320><c> houses,</c>

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:26.800
also<00:37:24.659><c> a</c><00:37:24.860><c> hundredth</c><00:37:25.079><c> of</c><00:37:25.139><c> the</c><00:37:25.320><c> money</c><00:37:25.539><c> and</c><00:37:25.739><c> the</c><00:37:25.940><c> grain,</c><00:37:26.380><c> the</c><00:37:26.579><c> new</c>

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:29.920
wine<00:37:27.019><c> and</c><00:37:27.139><c> the</c><00:37:27.300><c> oil</c><00:37:27.699><c> that</c><00:37:28.219><c> you</c><00:37:28.380><c> have</c><00:37:28.559><c> charged</c><00:37:28.800><c> them.</c>

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:36.860
According<00:37:32.800><c> to</c><00:37:33.260><c> the</c><00:37:33.619><c> companion</c><00:37:33.940><c> Bible,</c><00:37:34.460><c> a</c><00:37:34.579><c> hundredth</c><00:37:34.900><c> part</c><00:37:35.639><c> works</c><00:37:36.539><c> out</c><00:37:36.760><c> to</c>

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:39.320
be<00:37:37.139><c> 12</c><00:37:37.400><c>%</c><00:37:37.780><c> interest.</c><00:37:38.960><c> I</c><00:37:39.219><c> don't</c><00:37:39.280><c> know</c>

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:41.820
how<00:37:39.420><c> they</c><00:37:39.599><c> figured</c><00:37:39.800><c> that</c><00:37:40.059><c> out,</c><00:37:40.380><c> but</c><00:37:40.400><c> that's</c><00:37:40.920><c> what</c><00:37:41.079><c> the</c><00:37:41.260><c> companion</c><00:37:41.519><c> Bible</c>

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:43.139
says.<00:37:42.360><c> But</c><00:37:42.559><c> they</c><00:37:42.699><c> were</c><00:37:42.900><c> charging</c>

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:47.460
interest.<00:37:43.619><c> And</c><00:37:43.659><c> these</c><00:37:43.800><c> people,</c><00:37:44.199><c> you</c><00:37:44.440><c> can</c><00:37:44.579><c> be</c><00:37:45.699><c> eaten</c><00:37:45.960><c> up</c><00:37:46.139><c> by</c><00:37:46.400><c> interest.</c><00:37:47.300><c> If</c>

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.500
you<00:37:47.639><c> borrow</c><00:37:47.760><c> money</c><00:37:47.960><c> from</c><00:37:48.159><c> the</c><00:37:48.280><c> mafia,</c>

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:51.139
you<00:37:48.639><c> can</c><00:37:48.840><c> never</c><00:37:49.000><c> pay</c><00:37:49.179><c> it</c><00:37:49.380><c> back</c><00:37:49.559><c> because</c><00:37:50.219><c> you</c><00:37:50.500><c> give</c><00:37:50.920><c> them</c><00:37:51.039><c> all</c>

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.460
the<00:37:51.199><c> money</c><00:37:51.320><c> you</c><00:37:51.559><c> got</c><00:37:51.659><c> and</c><00:37:51.760><c> you</c><00:37:51.900><c> still</c><00:37:52.119><c> owe</c><00:37:52.219><c> them</c><00:37:52.300><c> the</c>

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:56.900
principal.<00:37:53.619><c> We</c><00:37:53.960><c> had</c><00:37:54.099><c> a</c><00:37:54.219><c> problem</c><00:37:54.500><c> in</c><00:37:54.760><c> India.</c><00:37:55.199><c> A</c><00:37:55.320><c> brother</c><00:37:55.519><c> had</c>

00:37:56.900 --> 00:38:00.199
borrowed<00:37:57.320><c> some</c><00:37:57.579><c> money</c><00:37:57.880><c> from</c><00:37:58.239><c> some</c><00:37:59.679><c> loan</c><00:37:59.920><c> sharks,</c>

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:03.820
really.<00:38:01.599><c> And</c><00:38:02.000><c> they</c><00:38:02.579><c> were</c><00:38:02.699><c> going</c><00:38:02.800><c> to</c><00:38:02.840><c> take</c><00:38:02.960><c> his</c><00:38:03.159><c> home</c><00:38:03.400><c> and</c><00:38:03.539><c> take</c>

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:06.280
everything<00:38:04.099><c> he</c><00:38:04.360><c> had.</c><00:38:05.199><c> And</c><00:38:05.300><c> the</c><00:38:05.400><c> word</c><00:38:05.460><c> got</c><00:38:05.699><c> put</c><00:38:06.000><c> out</c>

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.699
that<00:38:06.579><c> Maury</c><00:38:06.739><c> Beale</c><00:38:06.940><c> was</c><00:38:07.960><c> here</c><00:38:08.139><c> last</c><00:38:08.460><c> year.</c><00:38:08.960><c> He</c><00:38:09.119><c> was</c><00:38:09.320><c> in</c><00:38:09.480><c> India</c>

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:11.820
this<00:38:10.000><c> year.</c><00:38:10.219><c> And</c><00:38:10.420><c> he</c><00:38:10.960><c> put</c><00:38:11.139><c> out</c><00:38:11.260><c> the</c><00:38:11.460><c> word</c><00:38:11.579><c> about</c>

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:15.059
this<00:38:11.960><c> terrible</c><00:38:12.320><c> problem.</c><00:38:13.320><c> This</c><00:38:13.460><c> family</c><00:38:13.760><c> was</c><00:38:13.960><c> being</c><00:38:14.199><c> devastated</c><00:38:14.599><c> by</c><00:38:14.820><c> these</c>

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.860
loan<00:38:15.280><c> sharks.</c><00:38:15.460><c> It</c><00:38:15.500><c> was</c><00:38:15.659><c> all</c>

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:20.000
illegal.<00:38:16.699><c> He</c><00:38:16.960><c> borrowed</c><00:38:17.280><c> money</c><00:38:17.480><c> from</c><00:38:17.719><c> people</c><00:38:18.019><c> he</c><00:38:18.159><c> shouldn't</c><00:38:18.400><c> have.</c><00:38:19.039><c> And</c><00:38:19.199><c> so</c><00:38:19.719><c> a</c>

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.099
groundswell<00:38:20.500><c> came</c><00:38:21.079><c> up</c><00:38:21.320><c> and</c><00:38:21.840><c> the</c><00:38:21.960><c> money</c>

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:25.139
was<00:38:22.400><c> found</c><00:38:22.860><c> and</c><00:38:23.579><c> the</c><00:38:23.860><c> loan</c><00:38:24.039><c> was</c><00:38:24.179><c> paid</c><00:38:24.380><c> off</c><00:38:24.619><c> and</c><00:38:24.760><c> the</c><00:38:24.860><c> man</c><00:38:25.079><c> and</c>

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:28.239
his<00:38:25.320><c> family</c><00:38:25.599><c> saved</c><00:38:25.960><c> their</c><00:38:26.239><c> home.</c><00:38:27.300><c> He</c><00:38:27.739><c> got</c><00:38:27.920><c> in</c><00:38:28.079><c> trouble</c>

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:32.659
he<00:38:28.360><c> shouldn't</c><00:38:28.539><c> have</c><00:38:28.760><c> gotten.</c><00:38:29.239><c> He</c><00:38:29.599><c> did</c><00:38:29.800><c> a</c><00:38:29.960><c> dumb</c><00:38:30.099><c> thing.</c><00:38:31.099><c> But</c><00:38:31.300><c> all</c><00:38:31.500><c> the</c><00:38:31.699><c> people</c><00:38:31.960><c> who've</c><00:38:32.179><c> never</c><00:38:32.420><c> done</c><00:38:32.559><c> a</c>

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.039
dumb<00:38:32.880><c> thing,</c>

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would<00:38:33.119><c> you</c><00:38:33.320><c> please</c><00:38:33.539><c> rise?</c><00:38:37.659><c> So</c><00:38:38.179><c> we've</c><00:38:38.579><c> all</c><00:38:39.239><c> done</c><00:38:39.840><c> dumb</c><00:38:39.960><c> things.</c>

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:42.059
But<00:38:40.460><c> you</c><00:38:40.639><c> see,</c><00:38:41.199><c> this</c><00:38:41.400><c> brother</c><00:38:41.579><c> had</c><00:38:41.760><c> to</c><00:38:41.880><c> be</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:45.780
rescued<00:38:42.500><c> from</c><00:38:43.360><c> wicked</c><00:38:43.639><c> people</c><00:38:44.059><c> like</c><00:38:44.360><c> that.</c><00:38:45.199><c> And</c><00:38:45.440><c> so</c><00:38:45.539><c> what</c><00:38:45.699><c> did</c>

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:49.460
they<00:38:46.079><c> say</c><00:38:46.480><c> in</c><00:38:46.800><c> verse</c><00:38:47.139><c> 12?</c><00:38:49.079><c> They</c><00:38:49.239><c> said,</c>

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:53.059
we<00:38:49.619><c> will</c><00:38:49.840><c> restore</c><00:38:50.239><c> it.</c><00:38:51.099><c> It</c><00:38:51.260><c> will</c><00:38:51.519><c> require</c><00:38:51.840><c> nothing</c><00:38:52.159><c> from</c><00:38:52.460><c> them.</c><00:38:52.860><c> We</c>

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:57.619
will<00:38:53.280><c> do</c><00:38:53.440><c> as</c><00:38:53.619><c> you</c><00:38:53.860><c> say.</c><00:38:55.360><c> Wow.</c><00:38:56.659><c> This</c><00:38:56.880><c> is</c><00:38:57.059><c> amazing</c>

00:38:57.619 --> 00:39:02.719
the<00:38:58.260><c> effect</c><00:38:58.500><c> that</c><00:38:58.739><c> one</c><00:38:58.900><c> man</c><00:38:59.179><c> can</c><00:38:59.500><c> have.</c><00:39:00.239><c> Nehemiah</c><00:39:00.679><c> turned</c><00:39:01.139><c> everything</c><00:39:01.480><c> around.</c><00:39:02.559><c> But</c>

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.500
I<00:39:02.840><c> bet</c><00:39:03.019><c> you</c><00:39:03.139><c> a</c><00:39:03.199><c> lot</c><00:39:03.360><c> of</c><00:39:03.480><c> them</c>

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:05.360
were<00:39:03.659><c> pretty</c><00:39:03.860><c> angry.</c><00:39:04.199><c> You</c><00:39:04.340><c> know</c><00:39:04.440><c> the</c><00:39:04.639><c> most</c><00:39:04.860><c> tender</c><00:39:04.980><c> place</c><00:39:05.239><c> you</c>

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:07.960
can<00:39:05.500><c> hit</c><00:39:05.659><c> a</c><00:39:05.780><c> person?</c><00:39:06.820><c> It's</c><00:39:06.900><c> in</c><00:39:07.079><c> their</c><00:39:07.260><c> pocketbook.</c>

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:13.840
Man,<00:39:09.019><c> it's</c><00:39:09.079><c> tender.</c><00:39:11.000><c> So</c><00:39:11.440><c> give</c><00:39:12.159><c> it</c><00:39:12.260><c> all</c><00:39:12.500><c> back.</c><00:39:13.460><c> In</c><00:39:13.460><c> verse</c><00:39:13.639><c> 11,</c>

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restore<00:39:14.219><c> now</c><00:39:14.420><c> to</c><00:39:14.559><c> them</c><00:39:14.800><c> even</c><00:39:15.079><c> this</c><00:39:15.360><c> day</c><00:39:15.659><c> their</c><00:39:16.119><c> lands,</c>

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:19.579
their<00:39:16.840><c> vineyards,</c><00:39:17.199><c> their</c><00:39:17.400><c> olive</c><00:39:17.639><c> groves,</c><00:39:17.980><c> their</c><00:39:18.139><c> houses.</c><00:39:19.199><c> Give</c><00:39:19.360><c> it</c>

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:22.000
all<00:39:19.800><c> back</c><00:39:20.000><c> to</c><00:39:20.159><c> them.</c><00:39:21.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:39:21.500><c> tried</c><00:39:21.719><c> to</c><00:39:21.900><c> make</c>

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:25.320
easy<00:39:22.400><c> for</c><00:39:22.539><c> them</c><00:39:22.719><c> to</c><00:39:22.860><c> do</c><00:39:22.940><c> what</c><00:39:23.079><c> was</c><00:39:23.280><c> right</c><00:39:23.739><c> and</c><00:39:24.460><c> hard</c><00:39:24.679><c> to</c><00:39:24.860><c> do</c><00:39:24.920><c> what</c><00:39:25.079><c> was</c>

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:28.059
wrong.<00:39:26.840><c> And</c><00:39:27.179><c> it</c><00:39:27.239><c> was</c><00:39:27.400><c> a</c><00:39:27.539><c> great</c><00:39:27.679><c> victory.</c>

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:31.800
But<00:39:28.480><c> I</c><00:39:28.639><c> am</c><00:39:28.880><c> sure</c><00:39:29.119><c> there</c><00:39:29.239><c> were</c><00:39:29.500><c> a</c><00:39:29.619><c> lot</c><00:39:29.940><c> of</c><00:39:30.320><c> unhappy</c><00:39:30.780><c> rich</c><00:39:31.239><c> people</c>

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:34.599
who<00:39:32.579><c> resented</c><00:39:33.079><c> this,</c><00:39:33.480><c> even</c><00:39:33.880><c> though</c><00:39:34.239><c> they</c><00:39:34.440><c> went</c>

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:38.440
along<00:39:34.920><c> with</c><00:39:35.099><c> it.</c><00:39:35.340><c> All</c><00:39:35.820><c> right,</c><00:39:36.480><c> I'll</c><00:39:36.800><c> just,</c><00:39:37.019><c> you</c><00:39:37.300><c> know,</c><00:39:37.559><c> do</c><00:39:37.639><c> it.</c>

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:40.579
Be<00:39:38.860><c> a</c><00:39:39.139><c> cheerful</c><00:39:39.400><c> giver.</c><00:39:39.760><c> If</c><00:39:39.820><c> you're</c><00:39:40.039><c> going</c><00:39:40.159><c> to</c><00:39:40.360><c> give,</c>

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:47.500
smile.<00:39:42.440><c> God</c><00:39:42.719><c> loves</c><00:39:43.019><c> a</c><00:39:43.360><c> cheerful</c><00:39:43.659><c> giver.</c><00:39:44.420><c> I</c><00:39:44.420><c> mean,</c><00:39:45.159><c> so</c><00:39:45.380><c> many</c><00:39:45.619><c> people</c><00:39:46.139><c> give</c><00:39:47.000><c> so</c>

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:49.880
begrudgingly<00:39:48.659><c> that</c><00:39:48.980><c> I</c><00:39:49.159><c> almost</c><00:39:49.420><c> wish</c><00:39:49.599><c> they</c>

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:57.980
kept<00:39:50.119><c> the</c><00:39:50.260><c> money.</c><00:39:52.699><c> Almost.</c><00:39:53.920><c> Right.</c><00:39:54.519><c> Almost.</c><00:39:55.599><c> Right.</c><00:39:57.579><c> Jesus</c>

00:39:57.980 --> 00:40:01.619
says,<00:39:58.599><c> he</c><00:39:58.599><c> who</c><00:39:58.840><c> loves</c><00:39:59.239><c> father</c><00:39:59.940><c> or</c><00:40:00.340><c> mother</c><00:40:00.760><c> more</c><00:40:01.119><c> than</c><00:40:01.239><c> me</c>

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:08.599
is<00:40:01.860><c> not</c><00:40:02.119><c> worthy</c><00:40:02.480><c> of</c><00:40:02.760><c> me.</c><00:40:05.000><c> So</c><00:40:05.579><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:05.980><c> is</c><00:40:06.179><c> a</c><00:40:06.340><c> terrific</c><00:40:06.699><c> example</c><00:40:07.139><c> for</c><00:40:07.380><c> us.</c><00:40:08.480><c> He</c>

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.239
gave<00:40:08.760><c> up</c><00:40:09.019><c> a</c><00:40:09.099><c> life</c><00:40:09.360><c> of</c><00:40:09.619><c> ease</c><00:40:09.880><c> and</c><00:40:10.039><c> a</c>

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:12.539
palace<00:40:10.519><c> to</c><00:40:10.719><c> come</c><00:40:10.840><c> to</c><00:40:11.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:11.380><c> to</c><00:40:11.639><c> suffer</c><00:40:11.920><c> with</c><00:40:12.159><c> the</c><00:40:12.320><c> people</c>

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:16.260
of<00:40:12.739><c> God.</c><00:40:14.179><c> Chapter</c><00:40:14.460><c> 6</c><00:40:14.780><c> brings</c><00:40:15.039><c> us</c><00:40:15.300><c> back</c><00:40:15.599><c> to</c><00:40:15.940><c> face</c>

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:19.239
the<00:40:16.360><c> enemy</c><00:40:16.599><c> again.</c><00:40:17.659><c> The</c><00:40:17.739><c> enemy</c><00:40:18.019><c> without.</c><00:40:18.679><c> Now,</c><00:40:18.900><c> Samplatt,</c>

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:21.840
Tobiah,<00:40:19.699><c> and</c><00:40:19.860><c> Gisham</c><00:40:20.059><c> would</c><00:40:20.440><c> not</c><00:40:20.659><c> give</c><00:40:20.880><c> up.</c><00:40:21.440><c> Now</c><00:40:21.659><c> they're</c>

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:26.159
going<00:40:21.960><c> to</c><00:40:22.079><c> kill</c><00:40:22.260><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:40:23.239><c> They're</c><00:40:23.440><c> trying</c><00:40:23.659><c> to</c><00:40:23.800><c> lure</c><00:40:23.900><c> him</c><00:40:24.119><c> away</c><00:40:24.480><c> from</c><00:40:24.739><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:40:25.179><c> They're</c><00:40:25.340><c> trying</c><00:40:25.440><c> to</c>

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.820
talk<00:40:26.420><c> to</c><00:40:26.559><c> him</c>

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:29.360
sweet<00:40:27.059><c> and</c><00:40:27.199><c> say,</c><00:40:27.539><c> oh,</c><00:40:27.599><c> come</c><00:40:27.780><c> on,</c><00:40:28.139><c> let's</c><00:40:28.480><c> go</c><00:40:28.719><c> talk</c><00:40:28.920><c> together</c><00:40:29.199><c> in</c>

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:32.219
the<00:40:29.539><c> valley</c><00:40:29.719><c> of</c><00:40:29.960><c> Ono.</c><00:40:30.800><c> And</c><00:40:30.920><c> just</c><00:40:31.119><c> don't,</c><00:40:31.659><c> just</c><00:40:31.960><c> don't</c>

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.920
ever<00:40:32.539><c> forget</c><00:40:32.840><c> the</c><00:40:33.019><c> name</c><00:40:33.179><c> of</c><00:40:33.340><c> that</c><00:40:33.559><c> valley.</c><00:40:34.219><c> And</c><00:40:34.460><c> that's</c><00:40:34.760><c> our</c>

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:39.139
way<00:40:35.159><c> to</c><00:40:35.780><c> eliminate</c><00:40:36.260><c> sin.</c><00:40:37.719><c> Ono.</c><00:40:38.659><c> Anybody</c><00:40:38.920><c> who</c><00:40:39.019><c> wants</c>

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:42.159
to<00:40:39.239><c> sin</c><00:40:39.539><c> gets</c><00:40:39.840><c> Ono.</c><00:40:41.179><c> And</c><00:40:41.300><c> that's</c><00:40:41.480><c> what</c><00:40:41.619><c> he</c><00:40:41.719><c> said.</c><00:40:41.800><c> You</c><00:40:41.900><c> know</c><00:40:41.940><c> what</c><00:40:42.039><c> he</c>

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:44.219
said?<00:40:43.059><c> Listen</c><00:40:43.380><c> to</c><00:40:43.420><c> what</c><00:40:43.579><c> he</c><00:40:43.739><c> said.</c><00:40:43.940><c> He</c><00:40:44.079><c> said,</c>

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:47.539
I<00:40:44.519><c> am</c><00:40:44.699><c> doing</c><00:40:44.920><c> a</c><00:40:45.159><c> great</c><00:40:45.320><c> work.</c><00:40:45.860><c> This</c><00:40:46.139><c> is</c><00:40:46.280><c> chapter</c><00:40:46.539><c> 6,</c><00:40:46.900><c> verse</c><00:40:47.039><c> 3.</c>

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:49.019
So<00:40:47.920><c> that</c><00:40:48.079><c> I</c><00:40:48.159><c> cannot</c><00:40:48.380><c> come</c><00:40:48.679><c> down.</c>

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.300
Why<00:40:49.539><c> should</c><00:40:49.739><c> the</c><00:40:49.900><c> work</c><00:40:50.079><c> cease?</c><00:40:50.360><c> Well,</c><00:40:50.519><c> I'll</c><00:40:50.659><c> leave</c><00:40:50.780><c> it</c><00:40:50.900><c> and</c><00:40:50.940><c> come</c><00:40:51.119><c> down</c><00:40:51.320><c> to</c><00:40:51.440><c> you.</c>

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:58.039
Can<00:40:54.739><c> you</c><00:40:54.920><c> say</c><00:40:55.139><c> that?</c><00:40:56.579><c> Come</c><00:40:56.940><c> on</c><00:40:57.079><c> over</c><00:40:57.199><c> to</c><00:40:57.360><c> the</c><00:40:57.420><c> house.</c><00:40:57.599><c> We're</c><00:40:57.960><c> going</c><00:40:58.019><c> to</c>

00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:00.539
have<00:40:58.179><c> a</c><00:40:58.340><c> blast.</c><00:40:59.519><c> I'm</c><00:40:59.860><c> going</c><00:40:59.960><c> to</c><00:41:00.099><c> the</c><00:41:00.239><c> Bible</c>

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:04.000
class<00:41:00.820><c> tonight.</c><00:41:01.099><c> I</c><00:41:01.260><c> cannot</c><00:41:01.500><c> come</c><00:41:01.780><c> down</c><00:41:01.960><c> to</c><00:41:02.159><c> you.</c><00:41:03.039><c> Oh,</c><00:41:03.739><c> we're</c>

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.320
going<00:41:04.039><c> to</c><00:41:04.179><c> go</c><00:41:04.280><c> to,</c><00:41:04.500><c> oh,</c><00:41:04.659><c> we're</c><00:41:04.760><c> all</c><00:41:04.860><c> going</c><00:41:04.960><c> to</c><00:41:05.039><c> the</c><00:41:05.199><c> game</c>

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:10.659
on<00:41:05.519><c> Saturday.</c><00:41:05.860><c> Come</c><00:41:06.039><c> on</c><00:41:06.219><c> with</c><00:41:06.420><c> us.</c><00:41:07.059><c> I</c><00:41:07.420><c> got</c><00:41:07.559><c> a</c><00:41:07.699><c> beer</c><00:41:07.820><c> party</c><00:41:08.079><c> before.</c><00:41:09.260><c> We're</c><00:41:09.619><c> having</c><00:41:09.800><c> a</c><00:41:10.079><c> study</c><00:41:10.239><c> day</c><00:41:10.440><c> on</c>

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.320
Saturday.<00:41:11.099><c> I</c>

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cannot<00:41:11.519><c> come</c><00:41:11.820><c> down</c><00:41:12.000><c> to</c><00:41:12.199><c> you.</c><00:41:13.860><c> And</c><00:41:14.000><c> if</c><00:41:14.119><c> you</c><00:41:14.320><c> don't</c><00:41:15.079><c> have</c><00:41:15.179><c> a</c><00:41:15.360><c> Bible</c><00:41:15.659><c> class</c><00:41:16.300><c> or</c><00:41:16.820><c> you</c><00:41:16.860><c> don't</c><00:41:17.000><c> have</c><00:41:17.159><c> a</c>

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:18.059
study<00:41:17.440><c> day</c><00:41:17.679><c> plan,</c>

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:25.179
plan<00:41:18.500><c> what?</c><00:41:22.500><c> I'm</c><00:41:22.980><c> working</c><00:41:23.199><c> on</c><00:41:23.400><c> exhortation.</c><00:41:24.420><c> I'm</c><00:41:24.780><c> doing</c><00:41:24.960><c> my</c>

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:28.219
study<00:41:25.360><c> school</c><00:41:25.579><c> lesson.</c><00:41:26.739><c> I've</c><00:41:27.219><c> got</c><00:41:27.360><c> some</c><00:41:27.639><c> correspondents.</c>

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:31.119
I<00:41:28.519><c> have</c><00:41:28.699><c> several</c><00:41:28.960><c> people</c><00:41:29.219><c> that</c><00:41:29.480><c> are</c><00:41:29.840><c> taking</c><00:41:29.840><c> a</c><00:41:30.159><c> Bible</c><00:41:30.340><c> course,</c>

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:32.940
correspondence<00:41:32.179><c> course</c><00:41:32.480><c> with</c><00:41:32.619><c> me,</c><00:41:32.739><c> and</c><00:41:32.800><c> I</c>

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:36.739
got<00:41:33.000><c> to</c><00:41:33.159><c> send</c><00:41:33.280><c> them</c><00:41:33.460><c> lessons.</c><00:41:34.360><c> I</c><00:41:34.360><c> mean,</c><00:41:35.460><c> you</c><00:41:35.820><c> really</c><00:41:36.079><c> can't</c><00:41:36.340><c> say,</c><00:41:36.679><c> I</c>

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:39.139
am<00:41:36.940><c> doing</c><00:41:37.119><c> a</c><00:41:37.320><c> great</c><00:41:37.519><c> work.</c><00:41:38.639><c> You're</c><00:41:38.900><c> not</c>

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:42.360
doing<00:41:39.280><c> anything,</c><00:41:39.780><c> can</c><00:41:40.039><c> you?</c><00:41:41.300><c> So</c><00:41:41.460><c> what</c><00:41:41.579><c> you</c><00:41:41.699><c> got</c><00:41:41.840><c> to</c><00:41:41.920><c> do</c><00:41:42.079><c> is</c><00:41:42.219><c> get</c>

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:44.599
a<00:41:42.519><c> great</c><00:41:42.719><c> work</c><00:41:42.920><c> and</c><00:41:43.099><c> then</c><00:41:43.260><c> do</c><00:41:43.440><c> it.</c><00:41:44.219><c> And</c><00:41:44.380><c> then</c><00:41:44.460><c> you're</c>

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:46.480
so<00:41:44.760><c> busy</c><00:41:45.000><c> doing</c><00:41:45.199><c> the</c><00:41:45.360><c> great</c><00:41:45.599><c> work,</c><00:41:45.840><c> you</c><00:41:45.880><c> don't</c><00:41:46.039><c> have</c><00:41:46.179><c> time</c><00:41:46.400><c> to</c>

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:50.639
go<00:41:46.699><c> down</c><00:41:46.920><c> to</c><00:41:47.019><c> the</c><00:41:47.159><c> Valley</c><00:41:47.380><c> of</c><00:41:47.539><c> Mono.</c><00:41:49.699><c> So</c><00:41:49.900><c> it's</c><00:41:50.139><c> easy</c><00:41:50.420><c> to</c>

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:54.900
say<00:41:50.820><c> no</c><00:41:51.219><c> when</c><00:41:51.460><c> you're</c><00:41:51.699><c> involved</c><00:41:52.059><c> in</c><00:41:52.219><c> the</c><00:41:52.380><c> Lord's</c><00:41:52.679><c> work.</c><00:41:53.000><c> You've</c><00:41:53.159><c> always</c><00:41:53.460><c> another</c><00:41:53.980><c> reason</c><00:41:54.480><c> why</c>

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.980
you<00:41:55.380><c> can't</c><00:41:55.699><c> go</c>

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fraternize<00:41:56.500><c> with</c><00:41:56.719><c> the</c><00:41:56.920><c> world.</c><00:41:58.860><c> They</c><00:41:59.039><c> sent</c><00:41:59.320><c> me</c><00:41:59.519><c> this</c><00:41:59.719><c> message,</c>

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:06.420
verse<00:42:00.320><c> 4.</c><00:42:02.000><c> Once?</c><00:42:03.920><c> No.</c><00:42:04.179><c> Twice?</c><00:42:05.099><c> No.</c><00:42:05.760><c> Three</c><00:42:06.059><c> times?</c>

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:11.599
No.<00:42:07.920><c> Four</c><00:42:07.920><c> times.</c><00:42:09.239><c> And</c><00:42:09.659><c> every</c><00:42:09.980><c> time</c><00:42:10.239><c> I</c><00:42:10.460><c> answer</c><00:42:10.679><c> them</c><00:42:10.860><c> the</c><00:42:11.159><c> same.</c><00:42:11.539><c> You</c>

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see,<00:42:11.800><c> we</c><00:42:11.960><c> don't</c><00:42:12.219><c> change</c><00:42:12.619><c> the</c><00:42:12.860><c> oh</c><00:42:13.099><c> no</c><00:42:13.199><c> to</c><00:42:13.420><c> well</c>

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:19.019
or<00:42:14.519><c> maybe.</c><00:42:15.400><c> We</c><00:42:15.659><c> always</c><00:42:16.119><c> have</c><00:42:16.300><c> to</c><00:42:16.420><c> be</c><00:42:16.699><c> steadfast</c><00:42:17.320><c> and</c><00:42:17.559><c> immovable</c><00:42:18.139><c> when</c><00:42:18.559><c> someone</c><00:42:18.760><c> is</c>

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:20.659
trying<00:42:19.199><c> to</c><00:42:19.360><c> get</c><00:42:19.500><c> us</c><00:42:19.860><c> to</c>

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:24.780
sin.<00:42:21.619><c> So</c><00:42:21.780><c> coming</c><00:42:22.000><c> down</c><00:42:22.260><c> to</c><00:42:22.360><c> chapter</c><00:42:23.460><c> 6,</c><00:42:23.840><c> verse</c><00:42:23.980><c> 5,</c><00:42:24.260><c> they're</c><00:42:24.559><c> going</c><00:42:24.639><c> to</c>

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blackmail<00:42:25.139><c> him.</c>

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Sam<00:42:26.780><c> Blant</c><00:42:27.039><c> sent</c><00:42:27.280><c> his</c><00:42:27.480><c> message</c><00:42:27.699><c> to</c><00:42:27.860><c> me</c><00:42:28.199><c> as</c><00:42:28.440><c> before</c><00:42:28.760><c> the</c><00:42:29.019><c> fifth</c>

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:31.320
time<00:42:29.619><c> with</c><00:42:29.800><c> an</c><00:42:30.079><c> open</c><00:42:30.280><c> letter</c><00:42:30.539><c> in</c><00:42:30.659><c> his</c><00:42:30.880><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:42:31.880><c> it</c><00:42:31.920><c> was</c><00:42:32.139><c> written,</c><00:42:32.519><c> it</c><00:42:32.519><c> is</c><00:42:32.699><c> reported</c><00:42:33.159><c> among</c><00:42:33.420><c> the</c><00:42:33.679><c> nations,</c>

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and<00:42:34.960><c> Gisham</c><00:42:35.260><c> says</c><00:42:35.500><c> it's</c><00:42:35.719><c> true,</c>

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:39.900
that<00:42:36.719><c> you</c><00:42:36.960><c> and</c><00:42:37.099><c> the</c><00:42:37.320><c> Jews</c><00:42:37.539><c> plan</c><00:42:37.800><c> to</c><00:42:37.940><c> rebel.</c><00:42:39.179><c> You're</c><00:42:39.480><c> doing</c><00:42:39.659><c> all</c>

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:41.179
this<00:42:40.059><c> because</c><00:42:40.280><c> you're</c><00:42:40.460><c> trying</c><00:42:40.679><c> to</c><00:42:40.900><c> just</c><00:42:41.059><c> make</c>

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:46.739
yourself<00:42:41.539><c> a</c><00:42:41.820><c> king.</c><00:42:43.079><c> And</c><00:42:43.440><c> we're</c><00:42:43.880><c> going</c><00:42:43.920><c> to</c><00:42:44.059><c> tell</c><00:42:44.159><c> the</c><00:42:44.320><c> king</c><00:42:44.519><c> about</c><00:42:44.840><c> this.</c><00:42:46.559><c> You</c>

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:48.820
better<00:42:47.159><c> come</c><00:42:47.360><c> and</c><00:42:47.559><c> talk</c><00:42:47.719><c> to</c><00:42:47.960><c> us.</c>

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:54.659
It<00:42:49.460><c> was</c><00:42:49.980><c> blackmail.</c><00:42:52.320><c> It</c><00:42:52.599><c> was</c><00:42:53.139><c> a</c><00:42:53.219><c> sin</c><00:42:53.400><c> in</c><00:42:53.619><c> those</c><00:42:53.860><c> days</c><00:42:54.119><c> to</c><00:42:54.559><c> send</c>

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:56.739
an<00:42:54.760><c> open</c><00:42:55.019><c> letter</c><00:42:55.260><c> to</c><00:42:55.480><c> a</c><00:42:55.619><c> ruler.</c><00:42:56.260><c> It</c><00:42:56.400><c> was</c><00:42:56.619><c> supposed</c>

00:42:56.739 --> 00:43:01.619
to<00:42:56.920><c> be</c><00:42:56.920><c> put</c><00:42:57.179><c> in</c><00:42:57.380><c> a</c><00:42:57.579><c> silk</c><00:42:57.860><c> purse</c><00:42:58.340><c> and</c><00:42:58.599><c> delivered</c><00:42:59.280><c> privately.</c><00:43:00.320><c> That</c><00:43:00.519><c> was</c><00:43:00.820><c> the</c><00:43:01.059><c> etiquette</c><00:43:01.360><c> of</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:03.199
the<00:43:01.780><c> day.</c><00:43:02.519><c> They</c><00:43:02.719><c> sent</c><00:43:02.860><c> an</c>

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:06.199
open<00:43:03.440><c> letter.</c><00:43:03.900><c> Open</c><00:43:04.139><c> letters</c><00:43:04.360><c> are</c><00:43:04.559><c> nearly</c><00:43:04.719><c> always</c><00:43:05.099><c> bad.</c><00:43:06.019><c> We</c>

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:08.280
send<00:43:06.340><c> open</c><00:43:06.599><c> letters</c><00:43:06.820><c> to</c><00:43:07.000><c> people.</c><00:43:07.480><c> It's</c><00:43:07.860><c> telling</c><00:43:08.019><c> on</c>

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:12.679
somebody<00:43:08.599><c> else.</c><00:43:08.880><c> It's</c><00:43:09.139><c> not</c><00:43:09.320><c> a</c><00:43:09.500><c> brotherly</c><00:43:09.860><c> thing</c><00:43:10.019><c> to</c><00:43:10.260><c> do.</c><00:43:12.400><c> Same</c>

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:14.219
thing<00:43:12.860><c> happened</c><00:43:13.059><c> in</c><00:43:13.280><c> Ezra's</c><00:43:13.679><c> day.</c><00:43:13.840><c> We</c><00:43:13.940><c> don't</c><00:43:14.079><c> have</c>

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:17.360
time<00:43:14.320><c> to</c><00:43:14.400><c> look</c><00:43:14.579><c> at</c><00:43:14.719><c> it.</c><00:43:14.880><c> It</c><00:43:15.000><c> was</c><00:43:15.000><c> chapter</c><00:43:15.199><c> 4</c><00:43:15.840><c> of</c><00:43:16.039><c> Ezra.</c><00:43:17.119><c> And</c><00:43:17.260><c> it</c>

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:19.260
certainly<00:43:17.460><c> was</c><00:43:17.639><c> used</c><00:43:17.820><c> against</c><00:43:18.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:24.559
Come<00:43:19.780><c> to</c><00:43:19.980><c> terms</c><00:43:20.280><c> with</c><00:43:20.460><c> us</c><00:43:20.619><c> or</c><00:43:20.760><c> we'll</c><00:43:21.000><c> report</c><00:43:21.260><c> you</c><00:43:21.400><c> to</c><00:43:21.539><c> the</c><00:43:21.539><c> king.</c><00:43:24.300><c> Now,</c>

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.980
Nehemiah<00:43:24.900><c> answered</c><00:43:25.179><c> this</c><00:43:25.480><c> just</c><00:43:25.780><c> right.</c>

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:29.860
Chapter<00:43:26.340><c> 6,</c><00:43:27.059><c> verse</c><00:43:27.059><c> 8.</c><00:43:28.300><c> No</c><00:43:28.460><c> such</c><00:43:28.699><c> thing</c><00:43:28.940><c> as</c><00:43:29.099><c> you</c><00:43:29.260><c> say</c><00:43:29.480><c> is</c><00:43:29.619><c> being</c>

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:35.500
done.<00:43:30.659><c> It's</c><00:43:31.119><c> not</c><00:43:31.340><c> true.</c><00:43:33.760><c> So</c><00:43:33.760><c> he</c><00:43:34.679><c> made</c><00:43:34.800><c> him</c><00:43:34.960><c> afraid,</c>

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:39.039
for<00:43:35.860><c> they</c><00:43:36.079><c> all</c><00:43:36.239><c> were</c><00:43:36.400><c> trying</c><00:43:36.599><c> to</c><00:43:36.780><c> make</c><00:43:36.880><c> us</c><00:43:37.099><c> afraid,</c><00:43:37.780><c> says</c><00:43:37.780><c> verse</c><00:43:38.199><c> 9.</c>

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.639
Their<00:43:39.280><c> hands</c><00:43:39.599><c> will</c><00:43:39.840><c> be</c><00:43:40.019><c> weakened</c><00:43:40.199><c> in</c><00:43:40.360><c> the</c><00:43:40.500><c> work</c>

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:45.360
and<00:43:40.739><c> it</c><00:43:40.840><c> will</c><00:43:41.039><c> not</c><00:43:41.199><c> be</c><00:43:41.400><c> done.</c><00:43:41.840><c> Now,</c><00:43:41.900><c> therefore,</c><00:43:42.619><c> O</c><00:43:42.619><c> God,</c><00:43:43.500><c> strengthen</c><00:43:43.699><c> my</c><00:43:44.000><c> hands.</c><00:43:44.219><c> Help</c><00:43:44.519><c> me,</c><00:43:44.840><c> God.</c><00:43:45.179><c> I</c>

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.099
am<00:43:45.739><c> scared</c>

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:49.619
stiff.<00:43:46.960><c> He</c><00:43:47.280><c> said</c><00:43:47.420><c> he's</c><00:43:47.780><c> scared.</c><00:43:48.719><c> But</c><00:43:48.880><c> General</c><00:43:49.139><c> George</c><00:43:49.460><c> Patton</c>

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:51.800
says<00:43:49.780><c> I</c><00:43:49.900><c> never</c><00:43:50.099><c> take</c><00:43:50.260><c> counsel</c><00:43:50.539><c> of</c><00:43:50.679><c> my</c><00:43:50.900><c> fears.</c>

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:55.840
The<00:43:52.539><c> only</c><00:43:52.719><c> thing</c><00:43:52.860><c> you</c><00:43:52.920><c> have</c><00:43:53.099><c> to</c><00:43:53.300><c> fear</c><00:43:53.420><c> is</c><00:43:53.539><c> fear</c><00:43:53.780><c> itself.</c><00:43:54.559><c> Do</c><00:43:54.719><c> the</c><00:43:54.880><c> thing</c><00:43:54.980><c> you</c><00:43:55.139><c> fear.</c><00:43:55.460><c> The</c><00:43:55.500><c> death</c><00:43:55.699><c> of</c>

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:57.000
fear<00:43:55.980><c> is</c><00:43:56.219><c> certain.</c>

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:59.380
You<00:43:57.139><c> don't</c><00:43:57.320><c> pay</c><00:43:57.539><c> any</c><00:43:57.739><c> attention</c><00:43:57.980><c> to</c><00:43:58.179><c> your</c><00:43:58.380><c> fears.</c><00:43:59.199><c> Everything</c>

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.719
I've<00:43:59.559><c> ever</c><00:43:59.800><c> done</c><00:43:59.940><c> in</c><00:44:00.079><c> my</c><00:44:00.280><c> life</c><00:44:00.420><c> I</c><00:44:00.559><c> wasn't</c>

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:05.500
scared<00:44:01.000><c> to</c><00:44:01.199><c> do.</c><00:44:01.980><c> I</c><00:44:02.079><c> got</c><00:44:02.360><c> baptized</c><00:44:02.699><c> at</c><00:44:02.920><c> 13</c><00:44:03.239><c> and</c><00:44:03.340><c> I</c><00:44:03.460><c> was</c><00:44:03.619><c> petrified.</c><00:44:04.820><c> I</c><00:44:05.000><c> got</c><00:44:05.119><c> married</c><00:44:05.300><c> at</c>

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.780
19<00:44:05.760><c> and</c><00:44:05.880><c> I</c><00:44:06.000><c> was</c><00:44:06.340><c> really</c>

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:13.699
scared.<00:44:11.320><c> All</c><00:44:11.719><c> my</c><00:44:11.980><c> life</c><00:44:12.179><c> I've</c><00:44:12.400><c> been</c><00:44:12.539><c> doing</c><00:44:12.679><c> things</c><00:44:12.880><c> I</c><00:44:12.980><c> was</c><00:44:13.260><c> scared</c><00:44:13.460><c> to</c>

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:16.400
do.<00:44:14.800><c> But</c><00:44:14.960><c> the</c><00:44:15.099><c> difference</c><00:44:15.340><c> between</c><00:44:15.820><c> brave</c><00:44:16.159><c> men</c>

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:18.820
and<00:44:16.900><c> cowards</c><00:44:17.059><c> is</c><00:44:17.239><c> not</c><00:44:17.440><c> that</c><00:44:17.719><c> brave</c><00:44:17.900><c> men</c><00:44:18.079><c> are</c><00:44:18.219><c> not</c><00:44:18.400><c> afraid</c><00:44:18.679><c> and</c>

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:21.980
cowards<00:44:19.179><c> are.</c><00:44:20.219><c> They're</c><00:44:20.460><c> all</c><00:44:20.760><c> scared.</c><00:44:21.260><c> It's</c><00:44:21.579><c> that</c>

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:25.440
brave<00:44:22.260><c> men</c><00:44:22.480><c> don't</c><00:44:22.739><c> listen</c><00:44:23.059><c> to</c><00:44:23.260><c> their</c><00:44:23.480><c> fears</c><00:44:23.739><c> and</c><00:44:23.960><c> cowards</c><00:44:24.460><c> do.</c>

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:28.960
So<00:44:26.960><c> next</c><00:44:27.280><c> thing</c><00:44:27.500><c> you</c><00:44:27.619><c> know,</c><00:44:28.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:28.480><c> trying</c><00:44:28.719><c> to</c><00:44:28.840><c> do</c>

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:32.820
the<00:44:29.059><c> right</c><00:44:29.260><c> thing,</c><00:44:29.440><c> and</c><00:44:29.539><c> I'm</c><00:44:29.719><c> finding</c><00:44:29.900><c> the</c><00:44:30.159><c> clock</c><00:44:30.300><c> now,</c><00:44:31.820><c> is</c><00:44:31.900><c> he</c>

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:34.380
goes<00:44:33.019><c> to</c><00:44:33.219><c> visit</c><00:44:33.460><c> the</c><00:44:33.659><c> sick.</c><00:44:33.780><c> That's</c><00:44:34.019><c> a</c><00:44:34.059><c> good</c><00:44:34.159><c> thing</c>

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:36.579
to<00:44:34.460><c> do,</c><00:44:34.639><c> isn't</c><00:44:34.760><c> it?</c><00:44:35.079><c> You</c><00:44:35.179><c> hear</c><00:44:35.320><c> somebody</c><00:44:35.579><c> sick,</c><00:44:35.840><c> go</c><00:44:36.039><c> see</c><00:44:36.219><c> him.</c>

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:38.099
Thank<00:44:36.920><c> you,</c><00:44:37.019><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:44:37.460><c> It's</c><00:44:37.559><c> very</c><00:44:37.760><c> nice</c><00:44:37.920><c> of</c><00:44:37.940><c> you.</c>

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:41.300
Chapter<00:44:38.360><c> 6,</c><00:44:38.699><c> verse</c><00:44:38.840><c> 10.</c><00:44:40.139><c> One</c><00:44:40.260><c> day</c><00:44:40.420><c> I</c><00:44:40.480><c> went</c><00:44:40.619><c> to</c><00:44:40.800><c> the</c><00:44:40.860><c> house</c><00:44:41.119><c> of</c>

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:44.639
Shemiah,<00:44:41.860><c> the</c><00:44:42.059><c> son</c><00:44:42.239><c> of</c><00:44:42.380><c> Deliah,</c><00:44:43.340><c> the</c><00:44:43.679><c> son</c><00:44:44.039><c> of</c><00:44:44.179><c> Mahedabel,</c>

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:51.840
who<00:44:45.159><c> was</c><00:44:45.460><c> shut</c><00:44:45.639><c> in</c><00:44:45.860><c> at</c><00:44:46.019><c> his</c><00:44:46.179><c> house.</c><00:44:47.619><c> He</c><00:44:47.619><c> was</c><00:44:47.960><c> sick,</c><00:44:48.739><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:49.219><c> caring</c><00:44:49.639><c> about</c><00:44:49.980><c> someone</c><00:44:50.260><c> else,</c><00:44:50.820><c> but</c><00:44:50.960><c> this</c><00:44:51.179><c> was</c><00:44:51.380><c> all</c><00:44:51.619><c> a</c>

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:57.280
trap.<00:44:53.239><c> And</c><00:44:53.679><c> he</c><00:44:54.000><c> says</c><00:44:54.260><c> to</c><00:44:54.960><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:44:56.019><c> oh,</c><00:44:56.739><c> thanks</c><00:44:56.940><c> for</c><00:44:57.059><c> coming</c>

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.760
to<00:44:57.460><c> see</c><00:44:57.639><c> me.</c><00:44:58.059><c> Oh,</c><00:44:58.219><c> but</c><00:44:58.280><c> I'll</c><00:44:58.380><c> tell</c><00:44:58.440><c> you</c><00:44:58.559><c> what,</c>

00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:02.539
you<00:44:58.900><c> know,</c><00:44:59.559><c> let's</c><00:45:00.019><c> run</c><00:45:00.260><c> into</c><00:45:00.480><c> the</c><00:45:00.659><c> house</c><00:45:00.860><c> of</c><00:45:01.139><c> God</c><00:45:01.599><c> and</c><00:45:02.099><c> go</c><00:45:02.360><c> into</c>

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:04.460
the<00:45:02.739><c> temple</c><00:45:03.039><c> and</c><00:45:03.380><c> let's</c><00:45:03.639><c> close</c><00:45:03.820><c> the</c><00:45:04.000><c> doors</c><00:45:04.139><c> of</c><00:45:04.300><c> the</c>

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:08.260
temple<00:45:04.739><c> because</c><00:45:05.119><c> they're</c><00:45:05.340><c> coming</c><00:45:05.480><c> to</c><00:45:05.719><c> kill</c><00:45:05.860><c> you</c><00:45:06.420><c> and</c><00:45:06.619><c> they</c><00:45:07.159><c> might,</c><00:45:07.480><c> they're</c><00:45:08.019><c> going</c><00:45:08.119><c> to</c>

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:09.420
get<00:45:08.420><c> you.</c><00:45:08.800><c> But</c><00:45:08.980><c> you</c><00:45:09.099><c> come</c><00:45:09.239><c> with</c>

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:13.179
me<00:45:09.599><c> and</c><00:45:09.639><c> we'll</c><00:45:09.800><c> go</c><00:45:09.940><c> in</c><00:45:10.039><c> the</c><00:45:10.199><c> temple</c><00:45:10.420><c> together.</c><00:45:11.500><c> Here</c><00:45:11.980><c> is</c><00:45:12.260><c> a</c><00:45:12.380><c> fellow</c><00:45:12.599><c> fainting</c><00:45:13.019><c> to</c>

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:15.880
be<00:45:13.440><c> sick,</c><00:45:14.039><c> to</c><00:45:14.599><c> trap</c><00:45:14.860><c> Nehemiah</c><00:45:15.539><c> into</c>

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committing<00:45:16.119><c> a</c><00:45:16.360><c> sin.</c><00:45:17.199><c> And</c><00:45:17.500><c> it</c><00:45:17.699><c> didn't</c><00:45:18.000><c> work.</c><00:45:18.820><c> But</c><00:45:18.940><c> I</c><00:45:19.119><c> said,</c><00:45:19.300><c> verse</c><00:45:19.500><c> 13,</c>

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should<00:45:19.960><c> a</c><00:45:20.159><c> man</c><00:45:20.300><c> like</c><00:45:20.559><c> me</c><00:45:20.800><c> run</c><00:45:21.039><c> away</c><00:45:21.460><c> or</c><00:45:21.860><c> should</c>

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one<00:45:22.280><c> like</c><00:45:22.480><c> me</c><00:45:22.699><c> go</c><00:45:22.820><c> into</c><00:45:22.960><c> the</c><00:45:23.139><c> temple</c><00:45:23.280><c> to</c><00:45:23.500><c> save</c><00:45:23.639><c> his</c><00:45:23.900><c> life?</c><00:45:24.039><c> I</c><00:45:24.280><c> will</c><00:45:24.539><c> not</c><00:45:24.760><c> go</c>

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in.<00:45:26.559><c> I</c><00:45:26.960><c> realized</c><00:45:27.420><c> that</c><00:45:27.639><c> God</c><00:45:27.820><c> had</c><00:45:28.079><c> not</c><00:45:28.360><c> sent</c>

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him,<00:45:29.280><c> but</c><00:45:29.500><c> that</c><00:45:29.639><c> he</c><00:45:29.800><c> had</c><00:45:30.079><c> prophesied</c><00:45:30.519><c> against</c><00:45:30.739><c> me</c><00:45:30.940><c> because</c><00:45:31.239><c> Tobiah</c><00:45:31.880><c> and</c><00:45:32.219><c> San</c><00:45:32.400><c> Blat</c><00:45:32.539><c> had</c><00:45:32.760><c> hired</c><00:45:33.159><c> him.</c><00:45:34.139><c> He</c>

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had<00:45:34.639><c> been</c>

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to<00:45:35.460><c> intimidate</c><00:45:36.099><c> me</c><00:45:36.420><c> so</c><00:45:36.599><c> that</c><00:45:36.739><c> I</c><00:45:36.780><c> would</c><00:45:37.039><c> commit</c><00:45:37.300><c> a</c><00:45:37.559><c> sin</c><00:45:37.780><c> by</c><00:45:38.059><c> doing</c><00:45:38.320><c> this.</c><00:45:38.940><c> And</c>

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then<00:45:39.280><c> they</c><00:45:39.380><c> would</c><00:45:39.599><c> give</c><00:45:39.699><c> me</c><00:45:39.900><c> a</c><00:45:40.079><c> bad</c><00:45:40.320><c> name</c>

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to<00:45:41.079><c> discredit</c><00:45:41.400><c> me.</c><00:45:42.280><c> See,</c><00:45:42.440><c> they</c><00:45:42.599><c> were</c><00:45:42.719><c> doing</c><00:45:42.900><c> everything</c><00:45:43.340><c> against</c><00:45:44.159><c> this</c>

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man.<00:45:44.659><c> He</c><00:45:44.780><c> had</c><00:45:44.920><c> to</c><00:45:45.019><c> be</c><00:45:45.099><c> on</c><00:45:45.219><c> his</c><00:45:45.519><c> guard</c><00:45:45.679><c> at</c>

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all<00:45:46.360><c> times</c><00:45:47.280><c> to</c><00:45:48.019><c> prevent,</c><00:45:49.940><c> to</c><00:45:50.300><c> keep</c><00:45:50.460><c> the</c><00:45:50.639><c> work</c><00:45:50.739><c> going</c><00:45:51.000><c> and</c><00:45:51.460><c> to</c>

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keep<00:45:51.760><c> them</c><00:45:51.980><c> sinning.</c><00:45:53.360><c> So</c><00:45:53.599><c> the</c><00:45:54.019><c> whole</c><00:45:54.500><c> lesson</c><00:45:54.940><c> is</c>

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that<00:45:55.820><c> we're,</c><00:45:56.440><c> we</c><00:45:56.440><c> are</c><00:45:56.440><c> surrounded</c><00:45:56.679><c> by</c><00:45:56.900><c> the</c><00:45:57.099><c> world</c><00:45:57.440><c> and</c><00:45:57.860><c> we</c><00:45:58.059><c> probably</c><00:45:58.239><c> don't</c><00:45:58.480><c> have</c><00:45:58.719><c> people</c><00:45:59.119><c> gunning</c><00:45:59.460><c> for</c>

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us<00:45:59.760><c> quite</c>

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like<00:46:00.119><c> he</c><00:46:00.300><c> did.</c><00:46:01.920><c> But</c><00:46:02.119><c> we</c><00:46:02.360><c> really</c><00:46:02.719><c> have</c><00:46:02.900><c> to</c><00:46:02.980><c> be</c><00:46:03.059><c> on</c><00:46:03.219><c> our</c><00:46:03.420><c> guard.</c>

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We<00:46:04.280><c> mustn't</c><00:46:04.539><c> give</c><00:46:04.780><c> in.</c><00:46:05.199><c> We</c><00:46:05.199><c> mustn't,</c><00:46:05.579><c> we</c><00:46:05.820><c> mustn't</c>

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let<00:46:06.960><c> people</c><00:46:07.340><c> wear</c><00:46:07.579><c> us</c><00:46:07.840><c> down</c><00:46:08.159><c> by</c><00:46:08.400><c> constantly</c><00:46:08.760><c> asking</c><00:46:09.059><c> us</c><00:46:09.280><c> to</c><00:46:09.420><c> do</c>

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something.<00:46:09.800><c> We</c><00:46:09.940><c> know</c><00:46:10.099><c> it's</c><00:46:10.320><c> wrong.</c><00:46:10.840><c> We</c><00:46:10.960><c> don't,</c>

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we<00:46:11.699><c> just</c><00:46:11.800><c> keep</c><00:46:11.940><c> on</c><00:46:12.260><c> saying</c><00:46:12.400><c> the</c><00:46:12.579><c> same</c><00:46:12.739><c> thing.</c><00:46:13.300><c> And</c><00:46:13.460><c> what</c><00:46:13.539><c> do</c><00:46:13.619><c> we</c>

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say?<00:46:13.940><c> I'm</c><00:46:14.099><c> doing</c><00:46:14.260><c> a</c><00:46:14.440><c> great</c><00:46:14.579><c> work.</c><00:46:14.800><c> I</c><00:46:14.920><c> cannot</c><00:46:15.119><c> come</c>

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down<00:46:15.559><c> to</c><00:46:15.659><c> you.</c><00:46:15.840><c> Oh</c><00:46:16.199><c> no,</c><00:46:16.440><c> I'm</c><00:46:16.780><c> busy.</c><00:46:17.079><c> I'm</c><00:46:17.340><c> involved</c><00:46:17.699><c> in</c><00:46:17.820><c> the</c><00:46:18.019><c> Lord's</c><00:46:18.360><c> work.</c><00:46:19.219><c> You</c>

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have<00:46:19.519><c> to</c><00:46:19.599><c> be</c><00:46:19.679><c> an</c><00:46:19.800><c> example.</c><00:46:20.320><c> So</c><00:46:20.639><c> we</c><00:46:20.760><c> have</c>

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to<00:46:21.019><c> be,</c><00:46:21.239><c> we</c><00:46:21.480><c> have</c><00:46:21.579><c> to</c><00:46:21.699><c> be</c><00:46:21.840><c> like</c><00:46:22.119><c> a</c><00:46:22.219><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:46:23.420><c> Nehemiah</c><00:46:23.780><c> is</c><00:46:24.039><c> a</c>

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type<00:46:24.340><c> of</c><00:46:24.480><c> the</c><00:46:24.579><c> Lord</c><00:46:24.699><c> Jesus</c><00:46:24.980><c> Christ,</c><00:46:25.300><c> which</c><00:46:25.460><c> we'll</c><00:46:25.679><c> see</c>

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more<00:46:26.599><c> later</c><00:46:26.920><c> on.</c><00:46:27.800><c> But</c><00:46:28.019><c> he's</c><00:46:29.059><c> a</c><00:46:29.139><c> wonderful</c><00:46:29.500><c> man</c><00:46:29.800><c> for</c><00:46:30.019><c> us</c><00:46:30.159><c> to</c><00:46:30.360><c> emulate.</c><00:46:32.639><c> And</c>

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:34.920
our<00:46:33.019><c> studies</c><00:46:33.199><c> of</c><00:46:33.360><c> him,</c><00:46:33.559><c> I</c><00:46:33.760><c> hope,</c><00:46:34.780><c> will</c>

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allow<00:46:35.119><c> us</c><00:46:35.420><c> to</c><00:46:36.139><c> fit</c><00:46:36.400><c> these</c><00:46:36.800><c> lessons</c><00:46:37.139><c> into</c><00:46:37.380><c> our</c><00:46:37.659><c> lives</c><00:46:38.019><c> so</c><00:46:38.860><c> that</c>

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we<00:46:39.260><c> too</c><00:46:39.480><c> can</c><00:46:40.360><c> dare</c><00:46:40.519><c> to</c><00:46:40.679><c> be</c><00:46:40.840><c> a</c><00:46:40.940><c> Nehemiah</c>

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and<00:46:42.699><c> dare</c><00:46:42.800><c> to</c><00:46:43.059><c> stand</c><00:46:43.199><c> alone,</c><00:46:45.059><c> dare</c><00:46:45.159><c> to</c><00:46:45.320><c> have</c><00:46:45.420><c> a</c><00:46:45.619><c> purpose</c><00:46:45.860><c> for</c>

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it,<00:46:47.679><c> and</c><00:46:47.800><c> dare</c><00:46:47.880><c> to</c><00:46:48.059><c> make</c><00:46:48.179><c> it</c><00:46:48.340><c> known.</c>