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So<00:13:23.480><c> you</c><00:13:23.679><c> see,</c><00:13:24.139><c> here</c><00:13:24.220><c> we're</c><00:13:24.519><c> promised</c><00:13:24.759><c> or</c><00:13:25.059><c> told</c><00:13:25.279><c> in</c><00:13:25.440><c> the</c><00:13:25.679><c> second</c><00:13:25.980><c> verse</c>

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that<00:13:26.740><c> the</c><00:13:27.039><c> servant</c><00:13:27.299><c> is</c><00:13:27.580><c> someone</c>

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who<00:13:28.039><c> has</c><00:13:28.379><c> special</c><00:13:28.879><c> powers</c><00:13:29.379><c> of</c><00:13:29.940><c> speech.</c>

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The<00:13:31.740><c> idea</c><00:13:32.059><c> of</c><00:13:32.279><c> the</c><00:13:32.600><c> sword</c><00:13:32.840><c> and</c><00:13:33.100><c> the</c><00:13:33.399><c> arrow,</c><00:13:33.639><c> by</c><00:13:33.820><c> the</c><00:13:33.960><c> way,</c>

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because<00:13:34.220><c> I</c><00:13:34.279><c> think</c><00:13:34.480><c> the</c><00:13:34.940><c> phrase</c><00:13:35.340><c> polished</c><00:13:35.899><c> shaft</c>

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really<00:13:36.940><c> has</c><00:13:37.240><c> reference</c><00:13:37.639><c> to</c><00:13:37.860><c> an</c><00:13:38.179><c> arrow</c>

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and<00:13:38.759><c> some</c><00:13:38.960><c> other</c><00:13:39.220><c> translations</c><00:13:39.840><c> translate</c><00:13:40.559><c> it</c><00:13:40.759><c> that</c><00:13:41.000><c> way.</c>

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that<00:13:45.120><c> the</c><00:13:45.399><c> servant</c><00:13:45.659><c> has,</c><00:13:46.059><c> but</c><00:13:46.240><c> not</c><00:13:46.440><c> any</c><00:13:46.700><c> sort</c><00:13:46.879><c> of</c><00:13:47.139><c> speech.</c>

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This<00:13:47.980><c> is</c><00:13:48.220><c> the</c><00:13:48.519><c> speech</c><00:13:48.779><c> that</c><00:13:49.100><c> will</c><00:13:49.480><c> expose</c><00:13:50.379><c> motive,</c>

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a<00:13:52.139><c> sharp</c><00:13:52.419><c> sword,</c><00:13:54.720><c> and</c><00:13:54.960><c> touch</c><00:13:55.220><c> conscience,</c><00:13:57.440><c> a</c><00:13:57.639><c> polished</c><00:13:57.899><c> arrow.</c>

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The<00:14:00.100><c> words</c><00:14:00.480><c> of</c><00:14:00.679><c> the</c><00:14:00.919><c> servant</c><00:14:01.159><c> would</c><00:14:01.480><c> cut</c><00:14:01.700><c> at</c><00:14:01.919><c> deceit</c>

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and<00:14:02.639><c> would</c><00:14:02.940><c> pierce</c><00:14:03.500><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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His<00:14:04.679><c> mouth</c><00:14:04.960><c> was</c><00:14:05.200><c> going</c><00:14:05.299><c> to</c><00:14:05.399><c> be</c><00:14:05.580><c> a</c><00:14:05.740><c> weapon</c><00:14:06.080><c> in</c><00:14:06.580><c> God's</c><00:14:07.159><c> hand</c>

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to<00:14:07.559><c> fight</c><00:14:07.820><c> the</c><00:14:08.080><c> battles</c><00:14:08.340><c> of</c><00:14:08.559><c> the</c><00:14:08.779><c> truth.</c>

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This<00:14:09.360><c> is</c><00:14:09.580><c> not</c><00:14:09.700><c> the</c><00:14:09.960><c> eloquence</c><00:14:10.340><c> of</c><00:14:10.539><c> the</c><00:14:10.799><c> flesh,</c>

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brothers<00:14:11.480><c> and</c><00:14:11.779><c> sisters,</c><00:14:12.419><c> in</c><00:14:12.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:13.059><c> 49</c><00:14:13.659><c> verse</c><00:14:14.080><c> two,</c>

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but<00:14:14.759><c> it</c><00:14:14.879><c> is</c><00:14:15.080><c> the</c><00:14:15.379><c> keen</c><00:14:15.639><c> edge</c><00:14:16.000><c> of</c><00:14:16.299><c> the</c><00:14:16.620><c> truth</c><00:14:16.879><c> itself</c><00:14:17.600><c> in</c><00:14:18.059><c> the</c><00:14:18.340><c> life</c>

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and<00:14:18.960><c> in</c><00:14:19.159><c> the</c><00:14:19.320><c> mouth</c><00:14:19.559><c> of</c><00:14:19.840><c> this</c><00:14:20.080><c> one.</c>

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This<00:14:20.820><c> is</c><00:14:21.080><c> really,</c><00:14:21.360><c> by</c><00:14:21.600><c> the</c><00:14:21.740><c> way,</c>

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the<00:14:22.200><c> antithesis</c><00:14:23.059><c> of</c><00:14:23.580><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:24.080><c> 42</c><00:14:24.740><c> and</c><00:14:25.000><c> verse</c><00:14:25.360><c> two.</c>

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Remember<00:14:26.000><c> when</c><00:14:26.159><c> it</c><00:14:26.379><c> said,</c>

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he<00:14:26.679><c> shall</c><00:14:26.899><c> not</c><00:14:27.299><c> strive</c><00:14:27.840><c> nor</c><00:14:28.419><c> cry</c><00:14:28.919><c> nor</c><00:14:29.399><c> cause</c><00:14:29.740><c> his</c><00:14:30.000><c> voice</c>

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to<00:14:30.480><c> be</c><00:14:30.659><c> heard</c><00:14:30.840><c> in</c><00:14:31.139><c> the</c><00:14:31.279><c> streets.</c>

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And<00:14:32.399><c> didn't</c><00:14:32.580><c> we</c><00:14:32.799><c> learn</c><00:14:33.059><c> from</c><00:14:33.299><c> that,</c>

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when<00:14:36.019><c> he</c><00:14:36.240><c> withdrew,</c><00:14:37.059><c> when</c><00:14:37.220><c> it</c><00:14:37.360><c> was</c><00:14:37.539><c> inappropriate</c>

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to<00:14:38.440><c> engage</c><00:14:38.940><c> in</c><00:14:39.399><c> battle</c><00:14:39.639><c> or</c><00:14:39.899><c> controversy.</c>

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Well,<00:14:42.360><c> here's</c><00:14:42.580><c> the</c><00:14:42.740><c> other</c><00:14:42.940><c> side</c><00:14:43.100><c> of</c><00:14:43.259><c> that</c><00:14:43.440><c> story</c><00:14:43.759><c> now</c>

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in<00:14:44.580><c> chapter</c><00:14:44.879><c> 49</c><00:14:45.620><c> verse</c><00:14:46.120><c> two.</c>

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He<00:14:46.879><c> hath</c><00:14:47.139><c> made</c><00:14:47.440><c> my</c><00:14:47.820><c> mouth</c><00:14:48.179><c> like</c><00:14:48.580><c> a</c><00:14:48.960><c> sharp</c><00:14:49.299><c> sword</c><00:14:49.799><c> or</c><00:14:50.299><c> a</c><00:14:50.580><c> polished</c><00:14:50.860><c> arrow.</c>

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In<00:14:53.120><c> other</c><00:14:53.299><c> words,</c><00:14:53.600><c> there</c><00:14:53.799><c> are</c><00:14:54.059><c> times</c>

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in<00:14:54.879><c> the</c><00:14:55.120><c> work</c><00:14:55.279><c> of</c><00:14:55.600><c> the</c><00:14:55.740><c> servant's</c><00:14:56.519><c> labors</c>

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when<00:14:57.419><c> he</c><00:14:57.899><c> is</c><00:14:58.139><c> capable</c><00:14:58.720><c> and</c><00:14:59.480><c> it</c><00:14:59.679><c> is</c><00:15:00.080><c> necessary</c><00:15:01.480><c> for</c><00:15:01.879><c> him</c>

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to<00:15:02.700><c> advance</c><00:15:03.120><c> the</c><00:15:03.460><c> cause</c><00:15:03.659><c> of</c><00:15:03.820><c> the</c><00:15:04.059><c> truth</c>

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by<00:15:05.139><c> using</c><00:15:05.600><c> the</c><00:15:06.000><c> sword</c><00:15:06.340><c> of</c><00:15:06.679><c> the</c><00:15:06.940><c> spirit.</c>

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Certainly<00:15:08.919><c> those</c><00:15:09.200><c> in</c><00:15:09.539><c> the</c><00:15:09.700><c> time</c><00:15:09.899><c> of</c><00:15:10.100><c> the</c><00:15:10.220><c> Lord</c>

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learned<00:15:10.860><c> to</c><00:15:11.139><c> understand</c><00:15:11.539><c> that,</c><00:15:11.799><c> didn't</c><00:15:12.039><c> they?</c>

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They<00:15:12.820><c> learned</c><00:15:13.000><c> to</c><00:15:13.279><c> understand</c><00:15:13.639><c> that</c><00:15:13.860><c> this</c><00:15:14.159><c> man</c>

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would<00:15:14.860><c> only</c><00:15:15.179><c> withdraw</c><00:15:15.600><c> because</c><00:15:15.899><c> it</c><00:15:16.059><c> was</c><00:15:16.240><c> not</c><00:15:16.539><c> profitable,</c>

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not<00:15:17.360><c> because</c><00:15:17.580><c> he</c><00:15:17.700><c> was</c><00:15:17.940><c> frightened</c><00:15:18.279><c> of</c><00:15:18.519><c> them.</c>

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to<00:15:21.059><c> do</c><00:15:21.259><c> battle</c><00:15:21.500><c> with</c><00:15:21.740><c> the</c><00:15:21.940><c> Pharisees,</c>

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he<00:15:22.919><c> would</c><00:15:23.200><c> demolish</c><00:15:23.659><c> them</c><00:15:23.960><c> so</c><00:15:24.500><c> comprehensively,</c>

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so<00:15:26.419><c> brilliantly</c><00:15:26.919><c> with</c><00:15:27.159><c> the</c><00:15:27.460><c> sharp</c><00:15:27.799><c> sword</c><00:15:28.100><c> of</c><00:15:28.279><c> the</c><00:15:28.480><c> scripture</c>

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with<00:15:32.379><c> him.</c>

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He<00:15:33.779><c> left</c><00:15:34.039><c> them</c><00:15:34.279><c> with</c><00:15:34.500><c> their</c><00:15:34.899><c> self</c><00:15:35.179><c>-righteous</c><00:15:35.759><c> conceit</c><00:15:36.279><c> and</c><00:15:36.539><c> tatters</c>

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and<00:15:37.679><c> their</c><00:15:38.080><c> impure</c><00:15:38.679><c> motives</c><00:15:39.139><c> stripped</c><00:15:39.580><c> bare</c>

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by<00:15:40.519><c> the</c><00:15:40.820><c> sharpness</c><00:15:41.240><c> of</c><00:15:41.399><c> his</c><00:15:41.620><c> blade.</c>

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And<00:15:43.340><c> so</c><00:15:43.480><c> there</c><00:15:43.639><c> are</c><00:15:43.799><c> times,</c><00:15:44.519><c> says</c><00:15:44.879><c> the</c><00:15:45.159><c> second</c><00:15:45.440><c> servant's</c><00:15:45.980><c> song,</c>

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there<00:15:46.240><c> are</c><00:15:46.480><c> times</c><00:15:47.059><c> when</c><00:15:47.659><c> such</c><00:15:47.919><c> an</c><00:15:48.200><c> approach</c><00:15:48.480><c> is</c><00:15:48.779><c> called</c><00:15:49.159><c> for,</c>

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but<00:15:49.980><c> we</c><00:15:50.179><c> need</c><00:15:50.320><c> to</c><00:15:50.480><c> be</c><00:15:50.700><c> careful,</c><00:15:51.019><c> don't</c><00:15:51.299><c> we?</c>

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We<00:15:52.840><c> need</c><00:15:53.019><c> to</c><00:15:53.139><c> be</c><00:15:53.240><c> very</c><00:15:53.620><c> careful</c><00:15:54.100><c> before</c><00:15:54.639><c> we</c><00:15:54.899><c> unleash</c><00:15:55.419><c> swords</c>

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and<00:15:56.720><c> arrows</c><00:15:57.279><c> in</c><00:15:58.679><c> the</c><00:15:58.960><c> service</c><00:15:59.159><c> of</c><00:15:59.379><c> the</c><00:15:59.539><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:16:00.000><c> need</c><00:16:00.200><c> to</c><00:16:00.320><c> be</c><00:16:00.460><c> very</c><00:16:00.860><c> careful</c><00:16:01.399><c> that</c><00:16:01.740><c> what</c><00:16:01.980><c> we</c><00:16:02.179><c> are</c><00:16:02.320><c> doing</c>

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is<00:16:02.879><c> truly</c><00:16:03.379><c> advancing</c><00:16:04.179><c> the</c><00:16:04.899><c> cause</c><00:16:05.220><c> of</c><00:16:05.559><c> the</c><00:16:05.820><c> truth,</c>

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that<00:16:07.019><c> this</c><00:16:07.179><c> is</c><00:16:07.399><c> really</c><00:16:07.720><c> the</c><00:16:07.899><c> best</c><00:16:08.200><c> thing</c><00:16:08.519><c> for</c><00:16:08.740><c> the</c><00:16:08.940><c> truth</c>

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at<00:16:09.460><c> this</c><00:16:09.799><c> particular</c><00:16:10.320><c> time.</c>

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And<00:16:11.399><c> secondly,</c><00:16:12.019><c> not</c><00:16:12.159><c> only</c><00:16:12.360><c> must</c><00:16:12.559><c> we</c><00:16:12.759><c> be</c><00:16:13.000><c> sure</c>

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that<00:16:13.320><c> it's</c><00:16:13.519><c> the</c><00:16:13.700><c> right</c><00:16:13.879><c> thing</c><00:16:14.080><c> to</c><00:16:14.320><c> do</c><00:16:14.460><c> for</c><00:16:14.600><c> the</c><00:16:14.799><c> right</c><00:16:15.039><c> reasons,</c>

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but<00:16:15.960><c> that</c><00:16:16.179><c> our</c><00:16:16.399><c> own</c><00:16:16.740><c> character</c><00:16:17.299><c> is</c><00:16:17.919><c> consistent</c><00:16:18.539><c> with</c><00:16:18.799><c> our</c><00:16:19.059><c> words.</c>

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There's<00:16:22.320><c> nothing</c><00:16:22.559><c> worse</c><00:16:22.919><c> than</c><00:16:23.059><c> the</c><00:16:23.279><c> truth,</c><00:16:23.860><c> brothers</c><00:16:23.980><c> and</c><00:16:24.240><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:16:26.620><c> a</c><00:16:26.720><c> man</c><00:16:26.879><c> who</c><00:16:27.139><c> speaks</c><00:16:27.379><c> forth</c><00:16:27.679><c> words</c>

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where<00:16:29.059><c> all</c><00:16:29.320><c> the</c><00:16:29.500><c> congregation</c><00:16:30.019><c> knows</c><00:16:30.740><c> that</c><00:16:31.899><c> he</c><00:16:32.019><c> does</c><00:16:32.279><c> not</c>

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live<00:16:32.700><c> then.</c>

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The<00:16:35.960><c> sharp</c><00:16:36.279><c> sword</c><00:16:36.759><c> and</c><00:16:37.080><c> the</c><00:16:37.299><c> polished</c><00:16:37.580><c> arrow</c><00:16:37.820><c> of</c><00:16:38.059><c> the</c><00:16:38.240><c> servant</c><00:16:38.639><c> here</c>

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are<00:16:39.480><c> the</c><00:16:39.639><c> words</c><00:16:40.059><c> that</c><00:16:40.480><c> are</c><00:16:40.860><c> consistent,</c><00:16:41.360><c> absolutely,</c>

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with<00:16:42.220><c> his</c><00:16:42.419><c> own</c><00:16:42.679><c> life</c><00:16:43.100><c> and</c><00:16:43.419><c> with</c><00:16:43.600><c> his</c><00:16:43.779><c> own</c><00:16:44.120><c> character.</c>

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And<00:16:44.860><c> you</c><00:16:45.000><c> see</c><00:16:45.139><c> how</c><00:16:45.340><c> he</c><00:16:45.460><c> gets</c><00:16:45.740><c> these</c><00:16:46.080><c> words.</c>

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You<00:16:46.539><c> notice</c><00:16:46.700><c> what</c><00:16:46.899><c> the</c><00:16:47.080><c> verse</c><00:16:47.279><c> says,</c><00:16:47.620><c> read</c><00:16:47.820><c> it</c><00:16:48.000><c> again</c><00:16:48.240><c> carefully.</c>

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He<00:16:49.799><c> hath</c><00:16:50.480><c> made</c><00:16:50.919><c> my</c><00:16:51.240><c> mouth</c><00:16:51.519><c> like</c><00:16:51.820><c> a</c><00:16:52.139><c> sharp</c><00:16:52.419><c> sword</c>

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in<00:16:53.399><c> the</c><00:16:53.759><c> shadow</c><00:16:54.179><c> of</c><00:16:54.580><c> his</c><00:16:55.279><c> hand</c><00:16:56.000><c> hath</c><00:16:56.580><c> he</c><00:16:57.019><c> hid</c><00:16:57.220><c> me.</c>

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He<00:16:58.320><c> hath</c><00:16:58.679><c> made</c><00:16:58.960><c> me</c><00:16:59.279><c> a</c><00:16:59.460><c> polished</c><00:16:59.759><c> shaft</c>

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in<00:17:00.960><c> his</c><00:17:01.419><c> quiver</c><00:17:01.879><c> hath</c><00:17:02.259><c> he</c><00:17:02.500><c> hid</c><00:17:02.659><c> me.</c>

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So<00:17:03.059><c> you</c><00:17:03.220><c> see</c><00:17:03.299><c> what</c><00:17:03.460><c> the</c><00:17:03.700><c> second</c><00:17:03.919><c> verse</c><00:17:04.220><c> is</c><00:17:04.460><c> telling</c><00:17:04.640><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:17:05.740><c> telling</c><00:17:05.880><c> us</c><00:17:06.380><c> that</c><00:17:07.200><c> the</c><00:17:07.539><c> servant</c><00:17:07.859><c> doesn't</c><00:17:08.400><c> claim</c>

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these<00:17:09.420><c> powers</c><00:17:09.839><c> of</c><00:17:10.220><c> speech</c><00:17:10.500><c> as</c><00:17:11.440><c> inherent</c><00:17:12.019><c> genius</c><00:17:12.559><c> in</c><00:17:12.799><c> his</c><00:17:12.940><c> own</c><00:17:13.140><c> right.</c>

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The<00:17:15.440><c> servant</c><00:17:15.599><c> doesn't</c><00:17:15.859><c> say,</c><00:17:16.039><c> well,</c><00:17:16.140><c> this</c><00:17:16.299><c> is</c><00:17:16.460><c> a</c><00:17:16.599><c> natural</c><00:17:16.839><c> ability</c>

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that<00:17:17.480><c> I</c><00:17:17.660><c> have</c><00:17:17.799><c> of</c><00:17:18.000><c> myself.</c>

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God<00:17:19.460><c> has</c><00:17:20.160><c> made</c><00:17:20.539><c> him</c><00:17:21.059><c> what</c><00:17:21.420><c> he</c><00:17:21.680><c> is.</c>

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God<00:17:23.380><c> has</c><00:17:23.740><c> sharpened</c><00:17:24.259><c> the</c><00:17:24.440><c> sword</c><00:17:24.720><c> and</c><00:17:25.200><c> polished</c><00:17:25.579><c> the</c><00:17:25.940><c> arrow.</c>

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And<00:17:27.700><c> so</c><00:17:27.799><c> the</c><00:17:28.079><c> sharpness</c><00:17:28.460><c> of</c><00:17:28.640><c> the</c><00:17:28.839><c> blade</c><00:17:29.079><c> here</c>

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and<00:17:29.799><c> the</c><00:17:30.099><c> polishing</c><00:17:30.359><c> of</c><00:17:30.640><c> the</c><00:17:30.960><c> shaft,</c>

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the<00:17:32.740><c> edge</c><00:17:32.980><c> and</c><00:17:33.180><c> the</c><00:17:33.420><c> brilliance</c><00:17:33.759><c> of</c><00:17:34.019><c> his</c><00:17:34.359><c> speech</c>

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do<00:17:34.839><c> not</c><00:17:35.019><c> come</c><00:17:35.240><c> from</c><00:17:35.380><c> himself.</c>

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They<00:17:36.500><c> come</c><00:17:36.819><c> from,</c><00:17:37.420><c> says</c><00:17:37.539><c> the</c><00:17:37.799><c> verse,</c><00:17:38.079><c> and</c><00:17:38.220><c> note</c><00:17:38.380><c> this</c><00:17:38.579><c> carefully,</c>

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from<00:17:40.539><c> solitude</c><00:17:41.180><c> with</c><00:17:41.839><c> God</c><00:17:42.400><c> in</c><00:17:42.940><c> the</c><00:17:43.299><c> shadow</c><00:17:43.799><c> of</c><00:17:44.720><c> his</c><00:17:45.000><c> hand.</c>

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You<00:17:47.279><c> know,</c><00:17:47.660><c> I</c><00:17:47.740><c> think</c><00:17:47.900><c> there's</c><00:17:48.059><c> a</c><00:17:48.180><c> great</c><00:17:48.359><c> lesson</c><00:17:48.700><c> here</c>

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for<00:17:49.099><c> life</c><00:17:49.400><c> in</c><00:17:49.519><c> the</c><00:17:49.700><c> truth,</c><00:17:49.900><c> and</c><00:17:50.079><c> that's</c><00:17:50.380><c> this,</c>

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that<00:17:51.420><c> we</c><00:17:51.599><c> should</c><00:17:51.839><c> never</c><00:17:52.160><c> underestimate</c><00:17:53.019><c> the</c><00:17:53.539><c> importance</c>

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of<00:17:54.440><c> adequate</c><00:17:54.859><c> preparation</c><00:17:55.640><c> for</c><00:17:57.059><c> our</c><00:17:57.559><c> work</c>

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and<00:17:58.160><c> labors</c><00:17:58.440><c> in</c><00:17:58.619><c> the</c><00:17:58.799><c> truth.</c>

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I<00:18:00.200><c> know</c><00:18:00.339><c> when</c><00:18:00.519><c> we're</c><00:18:00.740><c> young,</c><00:18:01.000><c> we're</c><00:18:01.079><c> keen</c><00:18:01.279><c> to</c><00:18:01.440><c> get</c><00:18:01.559><c> on</c><00:18:01.720><c> with</c><00:18:01.940><c> things.</c>

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And<00:18:02.640><c> there's</c><00:18:02.839><c> many</c><00:18:03.140><c> things</c><00:18:03.420><c> that</c><00:18:03.619><c> we</c><00:18:03.740><c> wish</c><00:18:03.880><c> to</c><00:18:04.119><c> accomplish,</c>

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but<00:18:04.960><c> there's</c><00:18:05.240><c> also</c><00:18:05.579><c> a</c><00:18:05.779><c> need</c><00:18:05.920><c> for</c><00:18:06.299><c> proper</c><00:18:06.640><c> and</c><00:18:07.180><c> adequate</c><00:18:07.539><c> preparation</c>

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if<00:18:08.420><c> we</c><00:18:08.640><c> are</c><00:18:08.779><c> to</c><00:18:08.880><c> be</c><00:18:09.079><c> the</c><00:18:09.279><c> Lord's</c><00:18:09.779><c> servants.</c>

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It's<00:18:13.359><c> like</c><00:18:13.500><c> any</c><00:18:13.700><c> other</c><00:18:13.859><c> great</c><00:18:14.140><c> labor.</c>

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But<00:18:15.200><c> every</c><00:18:17.019><c> good</c><00:18:17.339><c> work</c><00:18:17.519><c> needs</c><00:18:17.839><c> adequate</c><00:18:18.259><c> preparation.</c>

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One<00:18:19.019><c> cannot</c><00:18:19.319><c> be</c><00:18:19.579><c> a</c><00:18:19.720><c> physician</c><00:18:20.299><c> unless</c><00:18:21.480><c> one</c><00:18:21.680><c> has</c><00:18:21.980><c> studied</c><00:18:22.200><c> long</c>

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and<00:18:22.900><c> hard</c><00:18:23.259><c> so</c><00:18:23.660><c> that</c><00:18:23.779><c> one</c><00:18:23.960><c> can</c><00:18:24.279><c> master</c><00:18:24.720><c> the</c><00:18:24.980><c> subject</c>

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that<00:18:25.740><c> one</c><00:18:25.900><c> is</c><00:18:26.119><c> about</c><00:18:26.339><c> to</c><00:18:26.619><c> become</c><00:18:26.920><c> proficient</c><00:18:27.400><c> in.</c>

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It's<00:18:28.079><c> exactly</c><00:18:28.380><c> the</c><00:18:28.599><c> same</c><00:18:28.759><c> in</c><00:18:28.920><c> the</c><00:18:29.160><c> truth</c><00:18:29.400><c> here,</c>

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in<00:18:30.039><c> the</c><00:18:30.160><c> matter</c><00:18:30.359><c> of</c><00:18:30.599><c> the</c><00:18:30.920><c> service</c><00:18:31.240><c> of</c><00:18:31.480><c> the</c><00:18:31.720><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:18:32.319><c> need</c><00:18:32.480><c> to</c><00:18:32.680><c> be</c><00:18:32.980><c> prepared.</c>

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We<00:18:36.460><c> can't</c><00:18:36.740><c> rush</c><00:18:36.940><c> out</c><00:18:37.140><c> and</c><00:18:37.420><c> say</c><00:18:37.859><c> wonderful</c><00:18:38.460><c> things</c>

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from<00:18:39.980><c> the</c><00:18:40.200><c> truth's</c><00:18:40.519><c> point</c><00:18:40.660><c> of</c><00:18:40.859><c> view,</c>

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unless<00:18:41.700><c> first</c><00:18:42.180><c> we</c><00:18:42.579><c> have</c><00:18:42.779><c> been</c><00:18:43.200><c> polished</c><00:18:43.619><c> and</c><00:18:44.519><c> sharpened.</c>

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And<00:18:45.019><c> you</c><00:18:45.160><c> see</c><00:18:45.220><c> what</c><00:18:45.400><c> the</c><00:18:45.579><c> verse</c><00:18:45.779><c> says.</c>

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It<00:18:47.079><c> says</c><00:18:47.380><c> that</c><00:18:48.200><c> that</c><00:18:48.619><c> sharpening</c><00:18:49.039><c> and</c><00:18:49.200><c> that</c><00:18:49.519><c> polishing</c>

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takes<00:18:50.640><c> place</c><00:18:51.099><c> in</c><00:18:51.559><c> the</c><00:18:51.839><c> shadow</c><00:18:52.079><c> of</c><00:18:52.319><c> God's</c><00:18:53.019><c> hand.</c>

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It<00:18:53.900><c> is</c><00:18:54.240><c> solitude</c><00:18:54.859><c> with</c><00:18:55.400><c> God,</c><00:18:55.720><c> not</c><00:18:55.920><c> merely</c><00:18:56.119><c> in</c><00:18:56.319><c> the</c><00:18:56.500><c> shadow,</c><00:18:56.759><c> notice,</c>

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but<00:18:57.460><c> in</c><00:18:57.700><c> the</c><00:18:57.940><c> shadow</c><00:18:58.119><c> that</c><00:18:58.319><c> is</c><00:18:58.559><c> God's</c><00:18:59.220><c> influence.</c>

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So<00:19:01.880><c> how</c><00:19:02.019><c> do</c><00:19:02.140><c> we</c><00:19:02.200><c> do</c><00:19:02.420><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:19:04.480><c> I</c><00:19:04.599><c> think</c><00:19:04.700><c> this</c><00:19:04.980><c> means</c><00:19:05.220><c> that</c><00:19:05.440><c> for</c><00:19:05.720><c> every</c><00:19:05.960><c> brother</c>

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and<00:19:06.500><c> sister</c><00:19:06.720><c> in</c><00:19:06.940><c> the</c><00:19:07.160><c> truth,</c><00:19:07.680><c> there</c><00:19:07.799><c> are</c><00:19:08.019><c> times</c><00:19:08.460><c> in</c><00:19:09.279><c> our</c><00:19:09.519><c> lives</c>

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that<00:19:09.880><c> we</c><00:19:10.019><c> must</c><00:19:10.319><c> make</c><00:19:10.599><c> and</c><00:19:10.759><c> that</c><00:19:10.859><c> we</c><00:19:11.000><c> must</c><00:19:11.299><c> find</c>

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when<00:19:13.460><c> we</c><00:19:13.759><c> withdraw</c><00:19:14.180><c> into</c><00:19:14.539><c> the</c><00:19:14.839><c> shadow</c><00:19:15.079><c> of</c><00:19:15.319><c> God's</c><00:19:15.940><c> hand.</c>

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It<00:19:19.119><c> means</c><00:19:19.339><c> that</c><00:19:19.500><c> in</c><00:19:19.599><c> the</c><00:19:19.759><c> Russian</c><00:19:19.980><c> muscle</c><00:19:20.319><c> of</c><00:19:20.559><c> the</c><00:19:20.759><c> day,</c>

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of<00:19:21.279><c> everyday</c><00:19:21.559><c> life,</c><00:19:22.480><c> which</c><00:19:22.640><c> does</c><00:19:23.039><c> press</c><00:19:23.240><c> in</c><00:19:23.400><c> upon</c><00:19:23.559><c> us</c><00:19:23.759><c> greatly,</c>

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does<00:19:24.339><c> it</c><00:19:24.559><c> not,</c><00:19:25.099><c> that</c><00:19:25.200><c> somehow</c><00:19:25.500><c> we've</c><00:19:25.740><c> got</c><00:19:25.819><c> to</c><00:19:26.000><c> find</c><00:19:26.160><c> a</c><00:19:26.339><c> time</c>

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to<00:19:26.700><c> withdraw</c><00:19:27.160><c> into</c><00:19:27.640><c> the</c><00:19:27.980><c> solitude</c><00:19:28.460><c> of</c><00:19:28.680><c> God's</c><00:19:29.220><c> presence.</c>

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And<00:19:30.160><c> that</c><00:19:30.359><c> means</c><00:19:30.579><c> perhaps</c><00:19:30.940><c> for</c><00:19:31.160><c> a</c><00:19:31.319><c> brother</c>

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when<00:19:31.660><c> all</c><00:19:31.980><c> the</c><00:19:32.519><c> family</c><00:19:32.859><c> has</c><00:19:33.099><c> finally</c><00:19:33.440><c> settled</c><00:19:33.819><c> down</c><00:19:34.140><c> for</c><00:19:34.319><c> the</c><00:19:34.480><c> night</c>

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and<00:19:35.099><c> all</c><00:19:35.359><c> the</c><00:19:35.599><c> world</c><00:19:35.819><c> has</c><00:19:36.059><c> gone</c><00:19:36.200><c> to</c><00:19:36.480><c> sleep,</c>

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that<00:19:36.819><c> a</c><00:19:36.960><c> brother</c><00:19:37.099><c> finally</c><00:19:37.539><c> withdraws</c><00:19:38.779><c> into</c><00:19:38.960><c> his</c><00:19:39.140><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:19:39.680><c> into</c><00:19:39.799><c> his</c><00:19:40.039><c> books.</c>

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And<00:19:43.160><c> there</c><00:19:43.319><c> for</c><00:19:43.480><c> a</c><00:19:43.640><c> brief</c><00:19:43.799><c> and</c><00:19:44.099><c> precious</c><00:19:44.359><c> moment,</c>

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he's<00:19:45.559><c> there</c><00:19:45.980><c> alone</c><00:19:46.279><c> in</c><00:19:46.460><c> the</c><00:19:46.680><c> shadow</c><00:19:46.900><c> of</c><00:19:47.099><c> God's</c><00:19:47.640><c> hand,</c>

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in<00:19:49.440><c> the</c><00:19:49.660><c> stillness</c><00:19:50.000><c> of</c><00:19:50.180><c> the</c><00:19:50.359><c> night,</c>

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or<00:19:52.000><c> in</c><00:19:52.220><c> the</c><00:19:52.339><c> hushed</c><00:19:52.900><c> quietness</c><00:19:53.240><c> of</c><00:19:53.400><c> the</c><00:19:53.579><c> early</c><00:19:53.799><c> morning.</c>

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It<00:19:54.200><c> does</c><00:19:54.440><c> not</c><00:19:54.619><c> matter</c><00:19:55.000><c> when</c><00:19:55.319><c> the</c><00:19:55.559><c> time</c><00:19:55.740><c> is,</c>

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whatever's<00:19:56.400><c> best</c><00:19:56.619><c> for</c><00:19:56.880><c> you.</c>

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so<00:20:02.400><c> that</c><00:20:02.559><c> we</c><00:20:02.700><c> might</c><00:20:02.900><c> be</c><00:20:03.220><c> sharpened</c><00:20:03.660><c> and</c><00:20:03.900><c> polished.</c>

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There<00:20:04.599><c> is</c><00:20:04.839><c> no</c><00:20:05.059><c> other</c><00:20:05.240><c> way</c><00:20:05.440><c> if</c><00:20:05.640><c> we</c><00:20:05.839><c> wish</c><00:20:06.000><c> to</c><00:20:06.220><c> be</c><00:20:06.380><c> God's</c><00:20:06.980><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:20:11.579><c> whatever</c><00:20:12.059><c> is</c><00:20:12.380><c> true</c><00:20:12.500><c> for</c><00:20:12.700><c> a</c><00:20:12.839><c> brother</c>

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is<00:20:14.900><c> equally</c><00:20:15.279><c> true</c><00:20:15.500><c> for</c><00:20:15.740><c> all</c><00:20:15.980><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:20:18.539><c> that's</c><00:20:18.799><c> especially</c><00:20:19.099><c> for</c><00:20:19.299><c> mothers.</c>

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That<00:20:21.480><c> somehow</c><00:20:21.700><c> they</c><00:20:21.900><c> must</c><00:20:22.079><c> find</c><00:20:22.319><c> that</c><00:20:22.839><c> moment</c><00:20:23.160><c> of,</c>

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shall<00:20:23.700><c> we</c><00:20:23.859><c> say,</c><00:20:24.559><c> relative</c><00:20:24.599><c> calm,</c>

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somewhere<00:20:25.759><c> in</c><00:20:25.960><c> the</c><00:20:26.000><c> middle</c><00:20:26.160><c> of</c><00:20:26.339><c> the</c><00:20:26.480><c> day</c>

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where<00:20:26.740><c> they</c><00:20:26.960><c> can</c><00:20:27.099><c> withdraw</c><00:20:27.460><c> with</c><00:20:27.660><c> their</c><00:20:27.859><c> Bible</c><00:20:28.160><c> and</c><00:20:28.420><c> their</c><00:20:28.640><c> book</c>

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and<00:20:29.240><c> find</c><00:20:29.539><c> solace</c><00:20:30.099><c> and</c><00:20:30.700><c> solitude</c><00:20:31.240><c> in</c><00:20:31.640><c> the</c><00:20:31.839><c> things</c><00:20:32.140><c> of</c><00:20:32.519><c> the</c><00:20:32.759><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:20:33.079><c> she's</c><00:20:33.240><c> got</c><00:20:33.339><c> to</c><00:20:33.660><c> organize</c><00:20:33.980><c> her</c><00:20:34.259><c> day</c><00:20:34.440><c> so</c><00:20:34.640><c> that</c><00:20:34.799><c> she</c><00:20:34.920><c> can</c><00:20:35.119><c> do</c><00:20:35.380><c> that,</c>

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so<00:20:36.460><c> that</c><00:20:36.619><c> she</c><00:20:36.819><c> can</c><00:20:37.059><c> find</c><00:20:37.440><c> solitude</c><00:20:38.140><c> in</c><00:20:38.660><c> the</c><00:20:38.940><c> shadow</c><00:20:39.200><c> of</c><00:20:39.380><c> God's</c><00:20:40.019><c> hand.</c>

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Do<00:20:40.940><c> you</c><00:20:41.000><c> know</c><00:20:41.039><c> what</c><00:20:41.180><c> it</c><00:20:41.380><c> said</c><00:20:41.480><c> in</c><00:20:41.640><c> the</c><00:20:41.799><c> second</c><00:20:41.980><c> of</c><00:20:42.200><c> Chronicles,</c>

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chapter<00:20:42.880><c> 29?</c>

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You<00:20:43.440><c> don't</c><00:20:43.640><c> need</c><00:20:43.779><c> to</c><00:20:43.940><c> turn</c><00:20:44.059><c> it</c><00:20:44.180><c> up</c><00:20:44.319><c> again,</c>

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but<00:20:44.640><c> we've</c><00:20:44.839><c> just</c><00:20:45.079><c> read</c><00:20:45.180><c> it.</c>

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It<00:20:45.559><c> said,</c>

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and<00:20:47.359><c> Hezekiah</c><00:20:47.759><c> was</c><00:20:48.019><c> 25</c><00:20:48.720><c> years</c><00:20:49.099><c> old</c><00:20:49.319><c> when</c><00:20:49.440><c> he</c><00:20:49.579><c> began</c><00:20:49.839><c> to</c><00:20:50.140><c> reign.</c>

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What<00:20:50.740><c> do</c><00:20:50.839><c> we</c><00:20:50.940><c> know</c><00:20:51.140><c> about</c><00:20:51.440><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:20:52.319><c> first</c><00:20:52.599><c> 25</c><00:20:53.240><c> years?</c>

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And<00:20:55.220><c> the</c><00:20:55.359><c> answer</c><00:20:55.519><c> is</c><00:20:55.779><c> absolutely</c><00:20:56.220><c> nothing.</c>

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Where<00:20:56.839><c> was</c><00:20:57.059><c> he?</c>

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And<00:20:57.640><c> the</c><00:20:57.799><c> answer</c><00:20:58.059><c> is,</c><00:20:58.619><c> brothers</c><00:20:58.720><c> and</c><00:20:58.960><c> sisters,</c>

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he<00:20:59.700><c> was</c><00:21:00.119><c> hid</c><00:21:00.400><c> in</c><00:21:00.759><c> the</c><00:21:01.099><c> shadow</c><00:21:01.579><c> of</c><00:21:02.079><c> God's</c><00:21:02.559><c> hand</c><00:21:03.000><c> for</c><00:21:03.519><c> 25</c><00:21:04.079><c> years</c>

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He'd<00:21:07.160><c> been</c><00:21:07.359><c> polished</c><00:21:07.799><c> and</c><00:21:08.180><c> sharpened.</c>

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What<00:21:09.380><c> do</c><00:21:09.480><c> we</c><00:21:09.559><c> know</c><00:21:09.680><c> of</c><00:21:09.859><c> the</c><00:21:10.000><c> Lord</c><00:21:10.180><c> Jesus</c><00:21:10.619><c> Christ?</c>

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But<00:21:11.480><c> one</c><00:21:11.779><c> brief</c><00:21:12.079><c> moment</c><00:21:12.480><c> at</c><00:21:12.680><c> age</c><00:21:12.980><c> 12</c><00:21:13.400><c> in</c><00:21:13.579><c> the</c><00:21:13.759><c> temple,</c>

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and<00:21:14.220><c> apart</c><00:21:14.500><c> from</c><00:21:14.779><c> that,</c>

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the<00:21:15.480><c> curtain</c><00:21:15.779><c> falls</c><00:21:16.480><c> on</c><00:21:16.839><c> the</c><00:21:17.079><c> life</c><00:21:17.240><c> of</c><00:21:17.440><c> the</c><00:21:17.579><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:21:17.920><c> his</c><00:21:18.079><c> early</c><00:21:18.339><c> years,</c><00:21:18.759><c> does</c><00:21:18.799><c> it</c><00:21:19.000><c> not?</c>

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And<00:21:19.299><c> it's</c><00:21:19.480><c> not</c><00:21:19.599><c> until</c><00:21:19.900><c> 30</c><00:21:20.279><c> years</c><00:21:20.940><c> later,</c>

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30<00:21:22.740><c> years</c><00:21:23.099><c> after</c><00:21:23.440><c> the</c><00:21:23.680><c> birth</c><00:21:23.960><c> of</c><00:21:24.259><c> this</c><00:21:24.500><c> boy,</c>

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that<00:21:25.099><c> we</c><00:21:25.339><c> see</c><00:21:25.400><c> him</c><00:21:25.700><c> striding</c><00:21:26.140><c> out</c><00:21:26.400><c> across</c><00:21:26.700><c> the</c><00:21:27.039><c> fields</c>

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to<00:21:27.539><c> begin</c><00:21:27.740><c> his</c><00:21:28.059><c> ministry.</c>

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But<00:21:28.900><c> for</c><00:21:29.180><c> 30</c><00:21:29.519><c> years,</c>

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the<00:21:30.640><c> shadow</c><00:21:31.019><c> has</c><00:21:31.640><c> fallen</c><00:21:31.900><c> over</c><00:21:32.220><c> the</c><00:21:32.420><c> life</c><00:21:32.579><c> of</c><00:21:32.859><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:21:33.160><c> he's</c><00:21:33.299><c> been</c><00:21:33.640><c> hid</c><00:21:33.799><c> with</c><00:21:34.059><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:21:38.299><c> so</c><00:21:38.380><c> also</c><00:21:38.680><c> with</c><00:21:38.859><c> us,</c><00:21:39.480><c> brothers</c><00:21:39.559><c> and</c><00:21:39.819><c> sisters,</c>

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so<00:21:41.680><c> also</c><00:21:42.160><c> with</c><00:21:42.359><c> us</c><00:21:42.740><c> must</c><00:21:43.019><c> it</c><00:21:43.259><c> be.</c>

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And<00:21:45.180><c> for</c><00:21:45.400><c> this</c><00:21:45.579><c> purpose,</c>

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because<00:21:47.339><c> the</c><00:21:47.599><c> third</c><00:21:47.819><c> verse</c><00:21:48.099><c> goes</c><00:21:48.380><c> on</c><00:21:48.599><c> to</c><00:21:48.799><c> say</c>

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that<00:21:49.599><c> this</c><00:21:50.000><c> God</c><00:21:50.420><c> who</c><00:21:50.660><c> has</c><00:21:51.079><c> sharpened</c><00:21:52.400><c> and</c><00:21:52.660><c> polished</c><00:21:52.980><c> His</c><00:21:53.380><c> servant</c>

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said<00:21:53.980><c> unto</c><00:21:54.259><c> Him,</c>

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Thou<00:21:54.940><c> art</c><00:21:55.420><c> my</c><00:21:55.799><c> servant,</c><00:21:56.420><c> O</c><00:21:56.579><c> Israel,</c>

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in<00:21:58.319><c> whom</c><00:21:58.519><c> I</c><00:21:58.779><c> will</c><00:21:59.059><c> be</c><00:21:59.319><c> glorified.</c>

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So<00:22:00.019><c> here's</c><00:22:00.259><c> the</c><00:22:00.440><c> purpose</c><00:22:00.680><c> of</c><00:22:00.839><c> it</c><00:22:01.000><c> all.</c>

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He<00:22:01.559><c> is</c><00:22:01.759><c> the</c><00:22:01.900><c> man</c><00:22:02.079><c> who</c><00:22:02.420><c> stands</c><00:22:02.779><c> before</c><00:22:03.220><c> us</c>

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as<00:22:03.940><c> having</c><00:22:04.140><c> been</c><00:22:04.500><c> prepared</c><00:22:05.000><c> by</c><00:22:05.359><c> the</c><00:22:05.599><c> divine</c><00:22:05.920><c> hand</c><00:22:06.460><c> in</c><00:22:06.880><c> every</c><00:22:07.180><c> way.</c>

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The<00:22:08.660><c> words</c><00:22:09.000><c> that</c><00:22:09.180><c> he</c><00:22:09.380><c> speaks</c><00:22:09.680><c> are</c><00:22:09.900><c> not</c><00:22:10.039><c> his</c><00:22:10.220><c> own.</c>

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The<00:22:11.160><c> will</c><00:22:11.440><c> he</c><00:22:11.900><c> expresses</c><00:22:12.279><c> is</c><00:22:12.700><c> not</c><00:22:12.960><c> his</c><00:22:13.140><c> own.</c>

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The<00:22:13.880><c> purpose</c><00:22:14.240><c> he</c><00:22:14.599><c> advances</c><00:22:14.980><c> is</c><00:22:15.319><c> not</c><00:22:15.519><c> his</c><00:22:15.720><c> own.</c>

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This<00:22:16.599><c> servant</c><00:22:16.920><c> is</c><00:22:17.180><c> the</c><00:22:17.519><c> embodiment</c><00:22:17.980><c> of</c><00:22:18.240><c> his</c><00:22:18.579><c> master's</c><00:22:19.339><c> will</c>

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and<00:22:20.079><c> his</c><00:22:20.400><c> master's</c><00:22:21.180><c> purpose.</c>

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You<00:22:22.000><c> know,</c><00:22:22.299><c> to</c><00:22:22.400><c> me,</c><00:22:22.579><c> one</c><00:22:22.680><c> of</c><00:22:22.799><c> the</c><00:22:22.900><c> most</c><00:22:23.160><c> remarkable</c><00:22:23.720><c> things</c>

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about<00:22:24.299><c> the</c><00:22:24.559><c> third</c><00:22:24.819><c> verse</c><00:22:25.079><c> is</c><00:22:25.299><c> this,</c>

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is<00:22:26.180><c> that</c><00:22:26.359><c> what</c><00:22:26.519><c> this</c><00:22:26.759><c> is</c><00:22:27.039><c> telling</c><00:22:27.200><c> us</c>

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is<00:22:27.980><c> that</c><00:22:28.099><c> for</c><00:22:28.380><c> all</c><00:22:28.759><c> the</c><00:22:29.119><c> greatness</c><00:22:29.480><c> and</c><00:22:29.960><c> majesty</c><00:22:30.500><c> of</c><00:22:30.779><c> the</c><00:22:31.019><c> deity,</c>

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He<00:22:32.940><c> requires</c><00:22:33.740><c> a</c><00:22:34.420><c> medium</c><00:22:34.859><c> for</c><00:22:35.920><c> the</c><00:22:36.259><c> manifestation</c><00:22:36.980><c> of</c><00:22:37.400><c> His</c><00:22:37.660><c> glory.</c>

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God's<00:22:38.779><c> glory,</c><00:22:39.420><c> His</c><00:22:39.759><c> moral</c><00:22:40.220><c> excellence,</c>

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cannot<00:22:41.480><c> be</c><00:22:41.859><c> revealed</c><00:22:42.259><c> by</c><00:22:42.559><c> itself</c><00:22:42.940><c> in</c><00:22:43.140><c> the</c><00:22:43.319><c> abstract.</c>

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It<00:22:44.420><c> needs</c><00:22:44.740><c> a</c><00:22:45.039><c> vehicle</c><00:22:45.559><c> through</c><00:22:46.279><c> whom</c>

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that<00:22:47.160><c> glory</c><00:22:47.440><c> might</c><00:22:47.740><c> be</c><00:22:48.099><c> revealed.</c>

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And<00:22:49.339><c> that's</c><00:22:49.480><c> what</c><00:22:49.640><c> the</c><00:22:49.940><c> servant's</c><00:22:50.319><c> there</c><00:22:50.500><c> for.</c>

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Thou<00:22:52.339><c> art</c><00:22:52.500><c> my</c><00:22:52.900><c> servant,</c><00:22:53.339><c> O</c><00:22:53.480><c> Israel,</c><00:22:54.559><c> in</c><00:22:55.099><c> whom,</c>

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through<00:22:56.579><c> whom,</c><00:22:57.859><c> by</c><00:22:58.200><c> which</c><00:22:58.559><c> means,</c>

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the<00:23:00.019><c> Father</c><00:23:00.460><c> Himself</c><00:23:01.420><c> might</c><00:23:02.279><c> be</c><00:23:02.640><c> glorified.</c>

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That's<00:23:04.079><c> what</c><00:23:04.240><c> it</c><00:23:04.480><c> means</c><00:23:04.799><c> to</c><00:23:05.019><c> be</c><00:23:05.140><c> God's</c><00:23:05.720><c> servants.</c>

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It<00:23:07.000><c> means</c><00:23:07.420><c> that</c><00:23:07.619><c> we</c><00:23:07.720><c> are</c><00:23:07.960><c> to</c><00:23:08.099><c> be</c><00:23:08.240><c> the</c><00:23:08.539><c> vehicles</c>

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for<00:23:09.960><c> the</c><00:23:10.220><c> revelation</c><00:23:10.920><c> of</c><00:23:11.819><c> the</c><00:23:12.099><c> glory</c><00:23:12.420><c> of</c><00:23:12.779><c> God</c>

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on<00:23:14.059><c> the</c><00:23:14.259><c> face</c><00:23:14.519><c> of</c><00:23:14.720><c> the</c><00:23:14.880><c> earth.</c>

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That's<00:23:17.079><c> what</c><00:23:17.180><c> we've</c><00:23:17.400><c> been</c><00:23:17.579><c> called</c><00:23:17.819><c> to.</c>

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That's<00:23:19.380><c> what</c><00:23:19.539><c> God</c><00:23:20.200><c> requires</c><00:23:21.220><c> of</c><00:23:21.460><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:21.940><c> yet</c><00:23:22.039><c> that</c><00:23:22.259><c> way</c><00:23:22.440><c> is</c><00:23:22.599><c> not</c><00:23:22.779><c> easy,</c><00:23:23.099><c> is</c><00:23:23.240><c> it?</c>

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The<00:23:24.480><c> work</c><00:23:24.680><c> of</c><00:23:25.019><c> service</c><00:23:25.319><c> is</c><00:23:25.700><c> not</c><00:23:25.980><c> easy.</c>

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It's<00:23:27.539><c> a</c><00:23:27.660><c> work</c><00:23:27.819><c> that's</c><00:23:29.019><c> often</c><00:23:29.180><c> fraught</c><00:23:29.559><c> with</c><00:23:29.859><c> difficulty,</c>

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sometimes<00:23:30.900><c> with</c><00:23:31.220><c> danger,</c><00:23:31.799><c> sometimes</c><00:23:32.279><c> with</c><00:23:32.619><c> despair.</c>

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The<00:23:34.380><c> servants</c><00:23:34.660><c> of</c><00:23:34.880><c> God</c><00:23:35.039><c> are</c><00:23:35.240><c> obliged</c><00:23:35.539><c> to</c><00:23:35.740><c> put</c><00:23:35.859><c> up</c>

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with<00:23:36.180><c> all</c><00:23:36.380><c> manner</c><00:23:36.579><c> of</c><00:23:36.880><c> discomfort,</c>

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and<00:23:37.940><c> we</c><00:23:38.180><c> do</c><00:23:38.380><c> so</c><00:23:38.599><c> because</c><00:23:38.980><c> we</c><00:23:39.420><c> believe</c><00:23:39.740><c> that</c><00:23:39.940><c> we</c><00:23:40.079><c> are</c><00:23:40.339><c> God's</c><00:23:40.880><c> servants.</c>

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The<00:23:41.980><c> servant</c><00:23:42.160><c> is</c><00:23:42.420><c> conscious</c><00:23:42.839><c> of</c><00:23:43.059><c> the</c><00:23:43.279><c> divine</c><00:23:43.559><c> influence</c>

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in<00:23:44.539><c> his</c><00:23:44.819><c> life,</c><00:23:45.900><c> but</c><00:23:45.980><c> that</c><00:23:46.200><c> doesn't</c><00:23:46.519><c> mean</c>

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that<00:23:47.279><c> the</c><00:23:47.559><c> servant</c><00:23:47.779><c> is</c><00:23:48.099><c> immune</c><00:23:48.700><c> from</c><00:23:49.460><c> feelings.</c>

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The<00:23:51.099><c> servant</c><00:23:51.299><c> is</c><00:23:51.559><c> affected</c><00:23:51.980><c> by</c><00:23:52.339><c> his</c><00:23:52.579><c> circumstances.</c>

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He<00:23:53.720><c> gets</c><00:23:54.059><c> depressed</c><00:23:54.720><c> by</c><00:23:55.019><c> opposition</c><00:23:55.539><c> and</c><00:23:55.819><c> obstacles</c>

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and<00:23:56.660><c> difficulties.</c>

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We<00:23:57.619><c> see</c><00:23:57.920><c> that</c><00:23:58.140><c> even</c><00:23:58.299><c> in</c><00:23:58.500><c> the</c><00:23:58.579><c> life</c><00:23:58.779><c> of</c><00:23:58.980><c> the</c><00:23:59.079><c> Lord</c><00:23:59.339><c> from</c><00:23:59.680><c> time</c><00:24:00.019><c> to</c><00:24:00.259><c> time.</c>

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There<00:24:01.019><c> were</c><00:24:01.180><c> moments</c><00:24:01.539><c> when</c><00:24:01.839><c> Christ</c><00:24:02.259><c> struggled</c>

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with<00:24:03.400><c> his</c><00:24:03.680><c> work</c><00:24:03.859><c> as</c><00:24:04.059><c> a</c><00:24:04.299><c> servant,</c>

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and<00:24:05.079><c> so</c><00:24:05.299><c> I</c><00:24:05.380><c> think</c><00:24:05.559><c> there</c><00:24:05.720><c> were</c><00:24:05.839><c> times</c><00:24:06.119><c> in</c><00:24:06.380><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:24:07.119><c> life</c>

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when<00:24:07.799><c> he</c><00:24:07.980><c> felt</c><00:24:08.200><c> desperate</c><00:24:08.920><c> despair</c>

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at<00:24:10.160><c> being</c><00:24:10.519><c> the</c><00:24:10.839><c> servant</c><00:24:11.119><c> of</c><00:24:11.420><c> God</c>

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in<00:24:12.319><c> whom</c><00:24:12.720><c> Almighty</c><00:24:13.200><c> God</c><00:24:13.539><c> would</c><00:24:13.779><c> be</c><00:24:14.039><c> glorified.</c>

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And<00:24:15.279><c> that</c><00:24:15.480><c> really,</c><00:24:15.779><c> therefore,</c>

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is<00:24:16.279><c> the</c><00:24:16.420><c> spirit</c><00:24:16.660><c> of</c><00:24:16.839><c> the</c><00:24:17.019><c> fourth</c><00:24:17.299><c> verse,</c><00:24:17.640><c> isn't</c><00:24:17.859><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:24:18.460><c> you</c><00:24:18.619><c> see</c><00:24:18.700><c> what</c><00:24:18.819><c> he</c><00:24:19.039><c> says</c><00:24:19.259><c> now</c>

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in<00:24:20.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:20.579><c> 49</c><00:24:21.299><c> and</c><00:24:21.779><c> verse</c><00:24:22.140><c> four.</c>

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He<00:24:23.200><c> says,</c>

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then<00:24:25.200><c> I</c><00:24:25.779><c> said,</c><00:24:26.539><c> I</c><00:24:26.720><c> have</c><00:24:27.059><c> labored</c><00:24:27.539><c> in</c><00:24:28.059><c> vain.</c>

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I<00:24:29.160><c> have</c><00:24:29.500><c> spent</c><00:24:29.859><c> my</c><00:24:30.319><c> strength</c><00:24:30.859><c> for</c><00:24:31.160><c> naught</c><00:24:31.599><c> and</c><00:24:32.700><c> in</c><00:24:33.079><c> vain.</c>

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Can<00:24:35.099><c> we</c><00:24:35.200><c> have</c><00:24:35.279><c> a</c><00:24:35.279><c> look</c><00:24:35.420><c> at</c><00:24:35.559><c> chapter</c><00:24:35.720><c> 37</c><00:24:36.299><c> just</c><00:24:36.599><c> for</c><00:24:36.740><c> a</c><00:24:36.859><c> moment?</c>

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So<00:24:51.480><c> the</c><00:24:51.920><c> song</c><00:24:52.259><c> says,</c><00:24:53.039><c> I</c><00:24:53.039><c> have</c><00:24:53.559><c> spent</c><00:24:53.980><c> my</c><00:24:54.720><c> strength</c><00:24:55.440><c> for</c><00:24:55.920><c> naught.</c>

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Do<00:24:56.359><c> you</c><00:24:56.420><c> notice</c><00:24:56.680><c> that</c><00:24:56.960><c> in</c><00:24:57.180><c> chapter</c><00:24:57.559><c> 37,</c>

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we<00:24:59.079><c> read</c><00:24:59.400><c> these</c><00:24:59.700><c> words</c><00:25:00.000><c> in</c><00:25:00.220><c> the</c><00:25:00.420><c> third</c><00:25:00.759><c> verse,</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:02.420><c> 37</c><00:25:03.079><c> and</c><00:25:03.319><c> verse</c><00:25:03.640><c> three.</c>

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And<00:25:05.680><c> they</c><00:25:05.900><c> said</c><00:25:06.039><c> unto</c><00:25:06.279><c> him,</c>

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that<00:25:06.859><c> is</c><00:25:06.980><c> to</c><00:25:07.259><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:07.599><c> the</c><00:25:07.839><c> prophet,</c>

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thus<00:25:08.980><c> saith</c><00:25:09.500><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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this<00:25:11.359><c> day</c><00:25:11.880><c> is</c><00:25:12.140><c> a</c><00:25:12.299><c> day</c><00:25:12.440><c> of</c><00:25:12.700><c> trouble</c><00:25:13.099><c> and</c><00:25:13.599><c> of</c><00:25:13.960><c> rebuke</c>

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and<00:25:14.579><c> of</c><00:25:14.920><c> blasphemy</c><00:25:15.640><c> for</c><00:25:16.140><c> the</c><00:25:16.539><c> children</c><00:25:16.960><c> are</c><00:25:17.299><c> come</c><00:25:17.440><c> to</c><00:25:17.660><c> the</c><00:25:17.900><c> birth</c>

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and<00:25:18.740><c> there</c><00:25:19.200><c> is</c><00:25:19.839><c> not</c><00:25:20.960><c> strength</c><00:25:21.900><c> to</c><00:25:22.240><c> bring</c><00:25:22.400><c> them</c><00:25:22.759><c> forth.</c>

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That's<00:25:23.319><c> the</c><00:25:23.559><c> same</c><00:25:23.859><c> word</c><00:25:24.259><c> in</c><00:25:24.720><c> the</c><00:25:24.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:25.400><c> as</c><00:25:25.859><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:26.240><c> 49</c><00:25:26.859><c> verse</c><00:25:27.259><c> four.</c>

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I<00:25:27.759><c> have</c><00:25:28.119><c> spent</c><00:25:28.519><c> my</c><00:25:29.099><c> strength</c><00:25:29.700><c> for</c><00:25:30.019><c> naught.</c>

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You<00:25:30.400><c> see,</c><00:25:30.799><c> this</c><00:25:30.960><c> is</c><00:25:31.180><c> Hezekiah</c><00:25:31.859><c> in</c><00:25:32.220><c> his</c><00:25:32.440><c> moment</c><00:25:32.759><c> of</c><00:25:33.059><c> despair.</c>

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There's<00:25:34.019><c> a</c><00:25:34.240><c> crisis</c><00:25:34.579><c> on</c><00:25:34.779><c> in</c><00:25:34.920><c> his</c><00:25:35.119><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:35.680><c> he</c><00:25:35.839><c> felt</c><00:25:36.059><c> that</c><00:25:36.240><c> he</c><00:25:36.319><c> had</c><00:25:36.680><c> no</c><00:25:37.180><c> strength</c><00:25:37.779><c> left</c>

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to<00:25:38.839><c> bring</c><00:25:39.259><c> forth</c><00:25:40.119><c> the</c><00:25:40.579><c> children</c><00:25:41.000><c> of</c><00:25:41.240><c> the</c><00:25:41.380><c> nation.</c>

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I've<00:25:42.539><c> got</c><00:25:42.660><c> nothing</c><00:25:42.940><c> left,</c><00:25:43.480><c> says</c><00:25:43.519><c> the</c><00:25:43.759><c> king.</c>

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There's<00:25:44.420><c> no</c><00:25:44.839><c> strength</c><00:25:45.259><c> to</c><00:25:45.519><c> bring</c><00:25:45.660><c> them</c><00:25:45.980><c> forth.</c>

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I've<00:25:47.079><c> spent</c><00:25:47.279><c> it</c><00:25:47.519><c> all,</c><00:25:47.779><c> he</c><00:25:48.039><c> says.</c>

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And<00:25:49.359><c> that's</c><00:25:49.660><c> the</c><00:25:49.900><c> spirit</c><00:25:50.119><c> you</c><00:25:50.279><c> see</c><00:25:50.359><c> of</c><00:25:50.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:51.160><c> 49</c><00:25:51.839><c> and</c><00:25:52.079><c> verse</c><00:25:52.400><c> four.</c>

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You<00:25:53.279><c> see,</c><00:25:53.380><c> I</c><00:25:53.460><c> think</c><00:25:53.640><c> what</c><00:25:53.839><c> this</c><00:25:54.140><c> verse</c><00:25:54.359><c> is</c><00:25:54.660><c> telling</c><00:25:54.839><c> us</c>

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is<00:25:55.660><c> that</c><00:25:55.880><c> Hezekiah</c><00:25:56.440><c> felt</c><00:25:56.740><c> in</c><00:25:56.920><c> his</c><00:25:57.079><c> own</c><00:25:57.339><c> life</c>

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that<00:25:58.119><c> he'd</c><00:25:58.319><c> given</c><00:25:58.539><c> all</c><00:25:59.119><c> his</c><00:25:59.539><c> strength</c><00:25:59.960><c> for</c><00:26:00.359><c> the</c><00:26:00.539><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:26:01.720><c> felt</c><00:26:02.000><c> absolutely</c><00:26:02.920><c> dissipated,</c><00:26:04.160><c> no</c><00:26:04.420><c> vigor.</c>

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He<00:26:04.880><c> felt</c><00:26:05.140><c> all</c><00:26:05.519><c> his</c><00:26:05.859><c> force</c><00:26:06.319><c> drained</c><00:26:07.059><c> away</c><00:26:07.519><c> from</c><00:26:07.819><c> him</c>

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in<00:26:08.579><c> the</c><00:26:08.819><c> course</c><00:26:09.039><c> of</c><00:26:09.240><c> his</c><00:26:09.500><c> service,</c><00:26:10.759><c> absolutely</c><00:26:11.019><c> depleted</c><00:26:11.799><c> of</c><00:26:12.099><c> power,</c>

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the<00:26:13.000><c> constant</c><00:26:13.559><c> strain</c><00:26:14.099><c> upon</c><00:26:14.420><c> his</c><00:26:14.700><c> energies.</c>

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And<00:26:16.380><c> not</c><00:26:16.519><c> only</c><00:26:16.720><c> does</c><00:26:17.079><c> he</c><00:26:17.279><c> feel</c><00:26:17.740><c> that</c><00:26:18.059><c> he</c><00:26:18.160><c> has</c><00:26:18.420><c> no</c><00:26:18.680><c> strength,</c>

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that<00:26:19.319><c> it's</c><00:26:19.500><c> all</c><00:26:19.700><c> been</c><00:26:20.140><c> spent,</c><00:26:20.900><c> but</c><00:26:21.000><c> he</c><00:26:21.140><c> also</c><00:26:21.640><c> feels</c><00:26:22.160><c> somehow,</c>

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and<00:26:23.539><c> isn't</c><00:26:23.680><c> this</c><00:26:23.920><c> the</c><00:26:24.160><c> spirit</c><00:26:24.359><c> of</c><00:26:24.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:25.180><c> 49</c><00:26:25.759><c> and</c><00:26:25.980><c> verse</c><00:26:26.200><c> four,</c>

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clearly<00:26:27.160><c> we're</c><00:26:27.400><c> being</c><00:26:27.740><c> told</c><00:26:28.000><c> that</c><00:26:28.180><c> there</c><00:26:28.380><c> was</c><00:26:28.559><c> a</c><00:26:28.839><c> sense</c>

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in<00:26:30.339><c> which</c><00:26:30.559><c> the</c><00:26:30.880><c> servant</c><00:26:31.119><c> suddenly</c><00:26:31.559><c> has</c><00:26:31.819><c> this</c><00:26:32.200><c> desperate</c><00:26:32.720><c> feeling</c>

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that<00:26:33.859><c> all</c><00:26:34.259><c> that</c><00:26:34.400><c> he's</c><00:26:34.700><c> done</c><00:26:35.160><c> has</c><00:26:36.299><c> been</c><00:26:36.799><c> for</c><00:26:37.559><c> no</c><00:26:37.839><c> purpose</c><00:26:38.200><c> whatsoever.</c>

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It's<00:26:39.119><c> all</c><00:26:39.299><c> in</c><00:26:39.579><c> vain.</c>

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So<00:26:41.599><c> that</c><00:26:41.720><c> despite</c><00:26:42.059><c> the</c><00:26:42.259><c> fact</c><00:26:42.359><c> that</c><00:26:42.519><c> God</c><00:26:42.799><c> has</c><00:26:43.079><c> polished</c><00:26:43.299><c> him</c>

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and<00:26:44.680><c> prepared</c><00:26:45.119><c> him</c><00:26:45.660><c> and</c><00:26:45.880><c> called</c><00:26:46.200><c> him</c>

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from<00:26:46.599><c> the</c><00:26:46.740><c> very</c><00:26:47.119><c> earliest</c><00:26:47.559><c> time</c><00:26:47.759><c> of</c><00:26:47.900><c> his</c><00:26:48.119><c> life,</c>

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:51.980
the<00:26:48.920><c> servant</c><00:26:49.200><c> here</c><00:26:49.400><c> is</c><00:26:49.680><c> gripped</c><00:26:49.940><c> by</c><00:26:50.279><c> a</c><00:26:50.440><c> feeling</c><00:26:50.619><c> of</c><00:26:51.000><c> deep</c><00:26:51.339><c> despair</c>

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.359
and<00:26:52.359><c> of</c><00:26:52.619><c> great</c><00:26:52.819><c> depression.</c>

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:55.720
And<00:26:53.759><c> he</c><00:26:54.019><c> cries</c><00:26:54.359><c> out</c><00:26:54.619><c> in</c><00:26:54.759><c> this</c><00:26:55.000><c> verse,</c><00:26:55.279><c> doesn't</c><00:26:55.539><c> he?</c>

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.640
I've<00:26:56.220><c> labored</c><00:26:56.480><c> in</c><00:26:56.779><c> vain.</c>

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.960
Now,<00:26:59.299><c> do</c><00:26:59.420><c> you</c><00:26:59.420><c> think</c><00:26:59.539><c> that</c><00:26:59.799><c> happened</c><00:26:59.960><c> in</c><00:27:00.119><c> the</c><00:27:00.220><c> life</c><00:27:00.400><c> of</c><00:27:00.599><c> Hezekiah?</c>

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:03.400
Oh<00:27:01.400><c> yes,</c><00:27:01.779><c> I</c><00:27:01.920><c> think</c><00:27:02.119><c> it</c><00:27:02.299><c> did.</c>

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:06.319
Now<00:27:03.619><c> let</c><00:27:03.779><c> me</c><00:27:03.900><c> show</c><00:27:04.059><c> you</c><00:27:04.160><c> what</c><00:27:04.440><c> happened</c><00:27:04.619><c> in</c><00:27:04.779><c> the</c><00:27:04.819><c> life</c><00:27:05.079><c> of</c><00:27:05.279><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:09.039
You<00:27:07.140><c> see,</c><00:27:07.380><c> really</c><00:27:07.660><c> the</c><00:27:07.880><c> story</c><00:27:08.259><c> of</c><00:27:08.460><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:13.680
is<00:27:09.319><c> the</c><00:27:09.539><c> story</c><00:27:09.779><c> of</c><00:27:10.039><c> two</c><00:27:10.480><c> twin</c><00:27:10.900><c> crises</c><00:27:11.500><c> that</c><00:27:12.039><c> are</c><00:27:12.559><c> entwined</c><00:27:13.119><c> together</c>

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:15.980
at<00:27:14.079><c> the</c><00:27:14.400><c> same</c><00:27:14.680><c> moment</c><00:27:15.119><c> in</c><00:27:15.279><c> his</c><00:27:15.539><c> life.</c>

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.220
Come<00:27:16.440><c> and</c><00:27:16.539><c> have</c><00:27:16.599><c> a</c><00:27:16.640><c> look</c><00:27:16.720><c> at</c><00:27:16.880><c> the</c><00:27:17.039><c> second</c><00:27:17.240><c> of</c><00:27:17.440><c> Kings</c><00:27:17.680><c> 18,</c>

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.559
because<00:27:18.759><c> here's</c><00:27:19.000><c> what</c><00:27:19.279><c> happened.</c>

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:22.039
We're<00:27:20.180><c> told</c><00:27:20.319><c> quite</c><00:27:20.660><c> clearly</c><00:27:20.900><c> in</c><00:27:21.059><c> the</c><00:27:21.259><c> record</c><00:27:21.519><c> actually</c>

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:24.720
that<00:27:22.359><c> the</c><00:27:22.640><c> two</c><00:27:22.880><c> things</c><00:27:23.440><c> merged</c><00:27:24.160><c> together</c>

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:29.460
in<00:27:25.160><c> one</c><00:27:25.480><c> dramatic</c><00:27:26.160><c> tragedy</c><00:27:26.819><c> all</c><00:27:27.740><c> simultaneously</c><00:27:28.640><c> in</c><00:27:28.859><c> his</c><00:27:29.119><c> life.</c>

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:32.019
It<00:27:29.859><c> was</c><00:27:30.099><c> a</c><00:27:30.319><c> dreadful</c><00:27:30.779><c> time</c><00:27:31.059><c> for</c><00:27:31.259><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:34.140
Second<00:27:32.579><c> of</c><00:27:32.779><c> Kings</c><00:27:33.000><c> 18.</c>

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:38.279
Now<00:27:35.700><c> this</c><00:27:35.859><c> is</c><00:27:36.000><c> what</c><00:27:36.140><c> we're</c><00:27:36.420><c> told</c><00:27:36.700><c> in</c><00:27:37.180><c> terms</c><00:27:37.519><c> of</c><00:27:37.960><c> the</c><00:27:38.079><c> way</c>

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:41.319
that<00:27:38.500><c> these</c><00:27:38.759><c> two</c><00:27:39.079><c> twin</c><00:27:39.400><c> problems</c><00:27:39.920><c> came</c><00:27:40.299><c> together.</c>

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:44.779
In<00:27:42.039><c> the</c><00:27:42.220><c> second</c><00:27:42.440><c> of</c><00:27:42.640><c> Kings</c><00:27:42.819><c> 18</c><00:27:43.180><c> in</c><00:27:43.400><c> verse</c><00:27:43.700><c> one,</c><00:27:44.440><c> it</c><00:27:44.599><c> says,</c>

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:47.420
now<00:27:45.000><c> it</c><00:27:45.220><c> came</c><00:27:45.420><c> to</c><00:27:45.680><c> pass</c><00:27:45.880><c> in</c><00:27:46.059><c> the</c><00:27:46.299><c> third</c><00:27:46.559><c> year</c><00:27:46.799><c> of</c><00:27:47.000><c> Hosea,</c>

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.200
son<00:27:47.660><c> of</c><00:27:47.940><c> Elah,</c><00:27:48.359><c> king</c><00:27:48.539><c> of</c><00:27:48.700><c> Israel,</c>

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:51.920
that<00:27:49.720><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:27:50.339><c> the</c><00:27:50.440><c> son</c><00:27:50.579><c> of</c><00:27:50.799><c> Ahaz,</c><00:27:51.200><c> king</c><00:27:51.380><c> of</c><00:27:51.660><c> Judah,</c>

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.359
began<00:27:52.279><c> to</c><00:27:52.579><c> reign.</c>

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:56.799
Twenty<00:27:53.880><c> and</c><00:27:54.339><c> five</c><00:27:54.700><c> years</c><00:27:54.940><c> old</c><00:27:55.240><c> was</c><00:27:55.539><c> he</c><00:27:55.660><c> when</c><00:27:55.759><c> he</c><00:27:55.940><c> began</c><00:27:56.259><c> to</c><00:27:56.539><c> reign,</c>

00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.200
and<00:27:57.259><c> he</c><00:27:57.400><c> reigned</c><00:27:57.660><c> twenty</c><00:27:58.099><c> and</c><00:27:58.400><c> nine</c><00:27:58.700><c> years</c><00:27:59.099><c> in</c><00:27:59.500><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:03.519
And<00:28:00.880><c> his</c><00:28:01.059><c> mother's</c><00:28:01.380><c> name</c><00:28:01.539><c> also</c><00:28:01.960><c> was</c><00:28:02.339><c> Avi</c><00:28:02.640><c> or</c><00:28:02.920><c> Aviya,</c>

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:05.799
as<00:28:03.759><c> we</c><00:28:03.980><c> know,</c><00:28:04.220><c> the</c><00:28:04.400><c> daughter</c><00:28:04.660><c> of</c><00:28:04.920><c> Zechariah.</c>

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:08.940
So<00:28:06.400><c> not</c><00:28:07.299><c> only</c><00:28:07.500><c> do</c><00:28:07.660><c> we</c><00:28:07.759><c> know</c><00:28:07.920><c> that</c><00:28:08.059><c> he</c><00:28:08.099><c> was</c><00:28:08.299><c> 25</c>

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.700
when<00:28:09.140><c> he</c><00:28:09.319><c> began</c><00:28:09.559><c> to</c><00:28:09.819><c> reign,</c><00:28:10.059><c> verse</c><00:28:10.460><c> two,</c>

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:14.019
but<00:28:10.859><c> we</c><00:28:11.119><c> know</c><00:28:11.259><c> that</c><00:28:11.460><c> he</c><00:28:11.660><c> reigned</c><00:28:12.359><c> 29</c><00:28:13.119><c> years.</c>

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.799
So<00:28:14.500><c> we</c><00:28:14.619><c> need</c><00:28:14.700><c> to</c><00:28:14.900><c> take</c><00:28:15.019><c> a</c><00:28:15.160><c> note</c><00:28:15.240><c> of</c><00:28:15.460><c> that.</c>

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.799
29<00:28:16.480><c> years</c><00:28:17.079><c> he</c><00:28:17.339><c> reigned.</c>

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:22.819
Now<00:28:18.299><c> turn</c><00:28:18.660><c> over</c><00:28:19.019><c> the</c><00:28:19.259><c> page</c><00:28:19.579><c> to</c><00:28:19.799><c> the</c><00:28:19.980><c> 13th</c><00:28:20.559><c> verse</c><00:28:20.900><c> of</c><00:28:21.279><c> the</c><00:28:21.539><c> same</c><00:28:21.819><c> chapter.</c>

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:25.180
When<00:28:23.180><c> did</c><00:28:23.440><c> the</c><00:28:23.700><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:24.200><c> come</c><00:28:24.440><c> against</c><00:28:24.880><c> him?</c>

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:29.299
Well,<00:28:25.619><c> we're</c><00:28:25.900><c> told</c><00:28:26.220><c> in</c><00:28:26.519><c> the</c><00:28:26.700><c> second</c><00:28:26.960><c> of</c><00:28:27.140><c> Kings</c><00:28:27.319><c> 18</c><00:28:27.740><c> in</c><00:28:28.000><c> verse</c><00:28:28.440><c> 13,</c>

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:33.339
now<00:28:29.960><c> in</c><00:28:30.279><c> the</c><00:28:30.740><c> 14th</c><00:28:31.539><c> year</c><00:28:31.839><c> of</c><00:28:32.119><c> King</c><00:28:32.380><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:35.140
did<00:28:33.779><c> Sennacherib,</c><00:28:34.440><c> king</c><00:28:34.579><c> of</c><00:28:34.740><c> Assyria,</c>

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.599
come<00:28:35.380><c> up</c><00:28:35.559><c> against</c><00:28:35.880><c> all</c><00:28:36.220><c> the</c><00:28:36.420><c> fenced</c><00:28:36.680><c> cities</c><00:28:37.000><c> of</c><00:28:37.319><c> Judah</c>

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:40.000
and<00:28:38.039><c> took</c><00:28:38.220><c> them,</c><00:28:38.819><c> and</c><00:28:39.019><c> then</c><00:28:39.339><c> finally,</c><00:28:39.680><c> of</c><00:28:39.880><c> course,</c>

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:42.579
he<00:28:40.180><c> comes</c><00:28:40.359><c> up</c><00:28:40.579><c> against</c><00:28:40.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:41.460><c> itself.</c>

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:46.740
So<00:28:43.920><c> out</c><00:28:44.160><c> of</c><00:28:44.380><c> 29</c><00:28:44.920><c> years</c><00:28:45.279><c> of</c><00:28:45.500><c> the</c><00:28:45.700><c> reign</c><00:28:45.900><c> of</c><00:28:46.160><c> this</c><00:28:46.420><c> man,</c>

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:50.019
we<00:28:47.220><c> have</c><00:28:47.420><c> the</c><00:28:47.759><c> crisis</c><00:28:48.279><c> of</c><00:28:48.700><c> the</c><00:28:48.920><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:49.380><c> invasion</c>

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:53.559
in<00:28:50.599><c> the</c><00:28:50.900><c> 14th</c><00:28:51.640><c> year</c><00:28:51.940><c> of</c><00:28:52.259><c> his</c><00:28:52.579><c> life.</c>

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:56.079
Now<00:28:54.059><c> we</c><00:28:54.200><c> come</c><00:28:54.400><c> over</c><00:28:54.579><c> the</c><00:28:54.759><c> page</c><00:28:54.960><c> a</c><00:28:55.099><c> bit</c><00:28:55.200><c> further,</c><00:28:55.519><c> of</c><00:28:55.779><c> course,</c>

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:58.319
to<00:28:56.440><c> the</c><00:28:56.599><c> second</c><00:28:56.799><c> of</c><00:28:57.000><c> Kings</c><00:28:57.259><c> chapter</c><00:28:57.660><c> 20,</c>

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.779
and<00:28:58.980><c> we</c><00:28:59.180><c> read</c><00:28:59.400><c> these</c><00:28:59.700><c> words</c><00:28:59.940><c> in</c><00:29:00.160><c> the</c><00:29:00.279><c> first</c><00:29:00.660><c> verse.</c>

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:06.480
In<00:29:03.000><c> the</c><00:29:03.220><c> second</c><00:29:03.460><c> of</c><00:29:03.700><c> Kings</c><00:29:04.039><c> chapter</c><00:29:04.400><c> 20</c><00:29:04.859><c> in</c><00:29:05.099><c> verse</c><00:29:05.420><c> one,</c>

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:10.819
we<00:29:06.900><c> read,</c><00:29:07.359><c> in</c><00:29:07.359><c> those</c><00:29:07.740><c> days</c><00:29:08.140><c> was</c><00:29:08.420><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:09.099><c> sick</c><00:29:09.359><c> unto</c><00:29:09.640><c> death.</c>

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:17.700
In<00:29:12.240><c> those</c><00:29:12.799><c> days,</c><00:29:14.440><c> what</c><00:29:14.660><c> days</c><00:29:15.319><c> were</c><00:29:16.160><c> those</c><00:29:16.680><c> days?</c>

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:21.380
Well,<00:29:18.380><c> they</c><00:29:18.539><c> were</c><00:29:18.720><c> the</c><00:29:18.920><c> days</c><00:29:19.220><c> of</c><00:29:19.500><c> the</c><00:29:19.759><c> invasion</c><00:29:20.319><c> of</c><00:29:20.720><c> the</c><00:29:20.920><c> Assyrian.</c>

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:24.039
And<00:29:21.779><c> so</c><00:29:21.900><c> what</c><00:29:22.079><c> we're</c><00:29:22.259><c> being</c><00:29:22.500><c> told</c><00:29:22.740><c> in</c><00:29:22.900><c> the</c><00:29:22.980><c> second</c><00:29:23.240><c> of</c><00:29:23.460><c> Kings</c><00:29:23.660><c> 20,</c>

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:27.019
verse<00:29:24.339><c> one,</c><00:29:24.980><c> is</c><00:29:24.980><c> at</c><00:29:25.180><c> the</c><00:29:25.440><c> very</c><00:29:25.920><c> same</c><00:29:26.420><c> time</c>

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:30.299
as<00:29:27.519><c> the</c><00:29:27.799><c> Assyrian</c><00:29:28.299><c> came</c><00:29:28.539><c> against</c><00:29:29.000><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:33.240
why,<00:29:30.940><c> that</c><00:29:31.039><c> was</c><00:29:31.259><c> the</c><00:29:31.420><c> very</c><00:29:31.640><c> moment</c><00:29:31.980><c> that</c><00:29:32.240><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:32.640><c> was</c><00:29:32.960><c> smitten</c>

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.700
with<00:29:33.420><c> his</c><00:29:33.660><c> dreadful</c><00:29:34.180><c> illness</c>

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:37.720
that<00:29:35.220><c> was</c><00:29:35.440><c> going</c><00:29:35.680><c> to,</c><00:29:35.900><c> in</c><00:29:36.059><c> fact,</c><00:29:36.359><c> take</c><00:29:36.500><c> his</c><00:29:36.779><c> life</c><00:29:37.259><c> away.</c>

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.720
Thou<00:29:38.319><c> shalt</c><00:29:38.640><c> die</c><00:29:39.160><c> and</c><00:29:39.440><c> not</c><00:29:39.640><c> live.</c>

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:42.740
It<00:29:39.819><c> was</c><00:29:39.980><c> at</c><00:29:40.140><c> the</c><00:29:40.380><c> very</c><00:29:41.000><c> same</c><00:29:41.480><c> time.</c>

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.380
Now,<00:29:43.599><c> can</c><00:29:43.740><c> we</c><00:29:43.920><c> confirm</c><00:29:44.259><c> that?</c>

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:47.019
And<00:29:45.759><c> the</c><00:29:45.839><c> answer</c><00:29:45.980><c> is,</c><00:29:46.099><c> well,</c><00:29:46.200><c> yes,</c><00:29:46.359><c> I</c><00:29:46.440><c> think</c><00:29:46.599><c> we</c><00:29:46.839><c> can,</c>

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.359
because<00:29:47.380><c> you</c><00:29:47.680><c> see</c><00:29:47.740><c> what</c><00:29:47.880><c> it</c><00:29:48.099><c> says</c><00:29:48.180><c> in</c><00:29:48.359><c> the</c><00:29:48.539><c> sixth</c><00:29:48.839><c> verse,</c>

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.440
that<00:29:49.779><c> part</c><00:29:50.099><c> of</c><00:29:50.259><c> the</c><00:29:50.480><c> response</c><00:29:50.880><c> of</c><00:29:51.119><c> God</c>

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:53.500
through<00:29:51.680><c> the</c><00:29:51.859><c> voice</c><00:29:52.099><c> of</c><00:29:52.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:52.660><c> the</c><00:29:52.880><c> prophet</c><00:29:53.099><c> was,</c>

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:57.619
I<00:29:54.000><c> will</c><00:29:54.420><c> add</c><00:29:54.740><c> unto</c><00:29:54.920><c> thy</c><00:29:55.279><c> days</c><00:29:55.660><c> 15</c><00:29:56.319><c> years.</c>

00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:02.599
Now,<00:29:59.200><c> if</c><00:29:59.380><c> He</c><00:30:00.680><c> reigns</c><00:30:01.119><c> for</c><00:30:01.240><c> 29</c><00:30:01.859><c> years,</c>

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:06.500
according<00:30:03.140><c> to</c><00:30:03.380><c> the</c><00:30:03.539><c> second</c><00:30:03.819><c> of</c><00:30:04.000><c> Kings</c><00:30:04.220><c> 18,</c><00:30:04.839><c> verse</c><00:30:05.160><c> one,</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.839
and<00:30:07.839><c> Sennacherib</c><00:30:08.259><c> comes</c><00:30:08.559><c> in</c><00:30:08.759><c> the</c><00:30:08.960><c> 14th</c><00:30:09.599><c> year,</c>

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:12.380
so<00:30:10.039><c> we</c><00:30:10.160><c> know</c><00:30:10.299><c> the</c><00:30:10.559><c> Assyrian</c><00:30:10.980><c> arrives</c><00:30:11.380><c> or</c><00:30:11.680><c> invades</c><00:30:12.059><c> in</c><00:30:12.240><c> the</c>

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14th<00:30:12.980><c> year,</c>

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and<00:30:13.720><c> yet</c><00:30:13.880><c> this</c><00:30:14.200><c> verse</c><00:30:14.460><c> tells</c><00:30:14.819><c> us</c><00:30:15.099><c> that</c><00:30:15.220><c> He's</c><00:30:15.420><c> got</c><00:30:15.680><c> 15</c><00:30:16.380><c> years</c><00:30:16.880><c> added,</c>

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:19.140
which<00:30:17.619><c> makes</c><00:30:18.000><c> up</c><00:30:18.279><c> to</c><00:30:18.519><c> 29.</c>

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.339
If<00:30:19.519><c> we</c><00:30:19.759><c> take</c><00:30:19.980><c> 15</c><00:30:20.400><c> years</c><00:30:20.660><c> off</c><00:30:20.880><c> 29,</c>

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.599
what<00:30:21.700><c> year</c><00:30:21.940><c> of</c><00:30:22.059><c> His</c><00:30:22.220><c> reign</c><00:30:22.380><c> do</c><00:30:22.519><c> we</c><00:30:22.680><c> come</c><00:30:22.980><c> back</c><00:30:23.279><c> to</c>

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:26.039
for<00:30:23.940><c> the</c><00:30:24.140><c> recovery</c><00:30:24.539><c> of</c><00:30:24.839><c> His</c><00:30:24.960><c> sickness?</c>

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:29.160
And<00:30:26.960><c> the</c><00:30:27.039><c> answer</c><00:30:27.200><c> is</c><00:30:27.400><c> the</c><00:30:27.539><c> 14th</c><00:30:28.180><c> year.</c>

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:31.359
These<00:30:29.900><c> two</c><00:30:30.180><c> things</c><00:30:30.440><c> came</c><00:30:30.700><c> upon</c><00:30:31.039><c> Him</c>

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:33.960
like<00:30:31.700><c> a</c><00:30:31.980><c> double</c><00:30:32.359><c> tragedy</c><00:30:32.859><c> at</c><00:30:33.099><c> the</c><00:30:33.279><c> same</c><00:30:33.599><c> time,</c>

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:37.599
the<00:30:34.480><c> invasion</c><00:30:34.920><c> of</c><00:30:35.200><c> the</c><00:30:35.400><c> Assyrian</c><00:30:35.839><c> and</c><00:30:36.299><c> the</c><00:30:36.619><c> mortal</c><00:30:37.019><c> sickness</c>

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:40.200
from<00:30:38.079><c> whence</c><00:30:38.460><c> there</c><00:30:38.599><c> was</c><00:30:38.819><c> doubt</c><00:30:39.000><c> that</c><00:30:39.160><c> He</c><00:30:39.220><c> would</c><00:30:39.460><c> ever</c><00:30:39.799><c> recover.</c>

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.299
And<00:30:40.720><c> you</c><00:30:40.980><c> see</c><00:30:41.119><c> how</c><00:30:41.380><c> these</c><00:30:41.779><c> two</c><00:30:42.039><c> things</c>

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.099
are<00:30:42.640><c> brought</c><00:30:42.819><c> in</c><00:30:42.940><c> the</c><00:30:43.180><c> record</c><00:30:43.480><c> together</c>

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:48.279
in<00:30:44.599><c> the</c><00:30:44.839><c> second</c><00:30:45.140><c> of</c><00:30:45.380><c> Kings</c><00:30:45.619><c> 20</c><00:30:46.279><c> and</c><00:30:46.700><c> verse</c><00:30:47.119><c> four,</c>

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:50.819
when<00:30:48.859><c> the</c><00:30:49.119><c> answer</c><00:30:49.359><c> is</c><00:30:49.579><c> going</c><00:30:49.700><c> to</c><00:30:49.839><c> come</c><00:30:50.039><c> back</c><00:30:50.319><c> to</c><00:30:50.480><c> the</c><00:30:50.660><c> King</c>

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:54.099
as<00:30:51.000><c> a</c><00:30:51.160><c> result</c><00:30:51.400><c> of</c><00:30:51.619><c> His</c><00:30:51.839><c> weeping</c><00:30:52.420><c> sore</c><00:30:52.940><c> before</c><00:30:53.619><c> God.</c>

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.640
Now<00:30:54.640><c> look</c><00:30:54.759><c> at</c><00:30:54.900><c> this,</c><00:30:55.099><c> verse</c><00:30:55.319><c> four.</c>

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:57.099
By<00:30:55.940><c> the</c><00:30:56.039><c> way,</c><00:30:56.180><c> isn't</c><00:30:56.279><c> this</c><00:30:56.440><c> a</c><00:30:56.599><c> lovely</c><00:30:56.880><c> point?</c>

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.779
You<00:30:57.299><c> notice</c><00:30:57.519><c> this?</c>

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.559
Second<00:30:58.140><c> of</c><00:30:58.319><c> Kings</c><00:30:58.480><c> 20,</c><00:30:58.859><c> verse</c><00:30:59.079><c> four,</c>

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:03.119
it<00:30:59.880><c> came</c><00:31:00.099><c> to</c><00:31:00.400><c> pass</c><00:31:00.900><c> before</c><00:31:01.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:02.559><c> was</c><00:31:02.900><c> gone</c>

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:05.119
out<00:31:03.420><c> into</c><00:31:03.619><c> the</c><00:31:03.819><c> middle</c><00:31:04.140><c> court.</c>

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:10.400
See,<00:31:08.160><c> Hesychai</c><00:31:08.480><c> has</c><00:31:08.599><c> only</c><00:31:08.799><c> just</c><00:31:09.119><c> turned</c><00:31:09.440><c> his</c><00:31:09.700><c> face</c><00:31:09.920><c> to</c><00:31:10.079><c> the</c><00:31:10.240><c> wall</c>

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.099
to<00:31:10.579><c> pray</c><00:31:10.799><c> to</c><00:31:10.920><c> God.</c>

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:13.740
Before<00:31:11.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:12.119><c> has</c><00:31:12.299><c> got</c><00:31:12.380><c> to</c><00:31:12.539><c> the</c><00:31:12.640><c> other</c><00:31:12.880><c> side</c><00:31:13.039><c> of</c><00:31:13.180><c> the</c><00:31:13.359><c> building,</c>

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:16.359
he's<00:31:14.140><c> already</c><00:31:14.539><c> got</c><00:31:14.720><c> the</c><00:31:14.920><c> answer</c><00:31:15.220><c> to</c><00:31:15.400><c> bring</c><00:31:15.559><c> back</c><00:31:15.819><c> to</c><00:31:15.960><c> Hesychai.</c>

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.480
Isn't<00:31:16.940><c> this</c><00:31:17.119><c> the</c><00:31:17.319><c> Lord's</c><00:31:17.740><c> words</c><00:31:17.940><c> in</c><00:31:18.160><c> Matthew</c>

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:20.200
that<00:31:18.640><c> the</c><00:31:18.799><c> Lord</c><00:31:19.059><c> knoweth</c><00:31:19.500><c> those</c><00:31:19.819><c> things</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:23.440
that<00:31:20.579><c> ye</c><00:31:20.799><c> have</c><00:31:20.980><c> need</c><00:31:21.220><c> of</c><00:31:21.440><c> before</c><00:31:21.819><c> ye</c><00:31:22.140><c> ask</c><00:31:22.400><c> him?</c>

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:27.039
So<00:31:25.099><c> if</c><00:31:25.299><c> God,</c><00:31:25.559><c> by</c><00:31:25.759><c> the</c><00:31:25.859><c> way,</c><00:31:26.039><c> does</c><00:31:26.259><c> know</c><00:31:26.440><c> all</c><00:31:26.680><c> the</c><00:31:26.839><c> things</c>

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:29.380
that<00:31:27.240><c> we</c><00:31:27.400><c> know</c><00:31:27.559><c> before</c><00:31:27.880><c> we</c><00:31:28.140><c> even</c><00:31:28.599><c> pray</c><00:31:28.980><c> to</c><00:31:29.200><c> Him,</c>

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:33.500
why<00:31:29.640><c> do</c><00:31:29.799><c> we</c><00:31:29.920><c> need</c><00:31:30.079><c> to</c><00:31:30.380><c> pray</c><00:31:30.859><c> if</c><00:31:31.680><c> God</c><00:31:31.920><c> already</c><00:31:32.319><c> knows?</c>

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.700
And<00:31:34.519><c> the</c><00:31:34.640><c> answer</c><00:31:34.880><c> is</c><00:31:35.019><c> of</c><00:31:35.119><c> course,</c><00:31:35.460><c> isn't</c><00:31:35.619><c> it,</c>

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:38.059
that<00:31:35.839><c> it's</c><00:31:36.000><c> not</c><00:31:36.700><c> so</c><00:31:37.059><c> that</c><00:31:37.200><c> God</c><00:31:37.480><c> can</c><00:31:37.799><c> know,</c>

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:44.140
but<00:31:38.259><c> so</c><00:31:38.500><c> that</c><00:31:39.599><c> God</c><00:31:39.880><c> knows</c><00:31:40.119><c> that</c><00:31:40.420><c> we</c><00:31:40.660><c> know</c><00:31:41.940><c> what</c><00:31:42.460><c> it</c><00:31:42.640><c> is</c><00:31:42.819><c> that</c><00:31:43.019><c> we</c><00:31:43.220><c> need.</c>

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.819
That's<00:31:45.359><c> why</c><00:31:45.500><c> we</c><00:31:45.660><c> pray</c><00:31:45.859><c> to</c><00:31:46.059><c> God,</c>

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:50.240
so<00:31:48.079><c> that</c><00:31:48.200><c> it's</c><00:31:48.440><c> understood</c><00:31:48.740><c> that</c><00:31:49.000><c> we</c><00:31:49.240><c> know</c><00:31:49.539><c> what</c><00:31:49.759><c> we</c><00:31:50.059><c> need</c>

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:52.859
as<00:31:50.440><c> we</c><00:31:50.880><c> confess</c><00:31:51.359><c> those</c><00:31:51.740><c> needs</c><00:31:52.000><c> before</c><00:31:52.359><c> the</c><00:31:52.599><c> Father.</c>

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.019
And<00:31:53.279><c> so</c><00:31:53.440><c> Isaiah,</c><00:31:54.200><c> treading</c><00:31:54.640><c> his</c><00:31:54.920><c> way</c><00:31:55.160><c> with</c><00:31:55.380><c> heavy</c><00:31:55.700><c> heart,</c>

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.759
having<00:31:56.380><c> given</c><00:31:56.740><c> this</c><00:31:57.019><c> message</c><00:31:57.319><c> to</c><00:31:57.519><c> the</c><00:31:57.640><c> king,</c>

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:59.220
before<00:31:58.019><c> he</c><00:31:58.140><c> gets</c><00:31:58.319><c> to</c><00:31:58.519><c> the</c><00:31:58.640><c> other</c><00:31:58.900><c> side,</c>

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:02.180
the<00:31:59.599><c> voice</c><00:31:59.880><c> of</c><00:32:00.059><c> God</c><00:32:00.299><c> tells</c><00:32:00.640><c> him</c><00:32:00.880><c> to</c><00:32:01.160><c> go</c><00:32:01.339><c> and</c><00:32:01.500><c> give</c><00:32:01.579><c> this</c><00:32:01.900><c> message</c>

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.779
to<00:32:02.400><c> the</c><00:32:02.559><c> king.</c>

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:06.140
And<00:32:03.140><c> you</c><00:32:03.359><c> see</c><00:32:03.519><c> how</c><00:32:03.779><c> the</c><00:32:04.039><c> two</c><00:32:04.400><c> crises</c><00:32:04.859><c> of</c><00:32:05.140><c> Hesychai's</c><00:32:05.700><c> life</c>

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:08.819
are<00:32:06.660><c> joined</c><00:32:06.880><c> together</c><00:32:07.259><c> in</c><00:32:07.539><c> the</c><00:32:07.759><c> answer</c><00:32:08.019><c> of</c><00:32:08.220><c> verse</c><00:32:08.519><c> five.</c>

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:11.859
You<00:32:09.000><c> see</c><00:32:09.140><c> it</c><00:32:09.319><c> there,</c><00:32:09.900><c> turn</c><00:32:10.039><c> again</c><00:32:10.460><c> and</c><00:32:11.200><c> tell</c><00:32:11.359><c> Hesychai,</c>

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.039
I<00:32:11.859><c> am</c><00:32:11.859><c> the</c><00:32:12.039><c> captain</c><00:32:12.380><c> of</c><00:32:12.579><c> my</c><00:32:12.839><c> people.</c>

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:17.380
Thus<00:32:14.480><c> saith</c><00:32:14.759><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:15.319><c> the</c><00:32:15.400><c> God</c><00:32:15.559><c> of</c><00:32:15.720><c> David,</c><00:32:16.220><c> thy</c><00:32:16.339><c> father.</c>

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:19.420
I<00:32:17.740><c> have</c><00:32:17.920><c> heard</c><00:32:18.160><c> thy</c><00:32:18.440><c> prayer.</c>

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:22.099
I<00:32:20.019><c> have</c><00:32:20.299><c> seen</c><00:32:20.640><c> thy</c><00:32:21.019><c> tears.</c>

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.200
Behold,<00:32:23.059><c> I</c><00:32:23.279><c> will</c><00:32:23.500><c> heal</c><00:32:23.779><c> thee</c><00:32:24.140><c> on</c><00:32:24.440><c> the</c><00:32:24.700><c> third</c><00:32:24.920><c> day</c>

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:27.339
thou<00:32:25.460><c> shalt</c><00:32:25.579><c> go</c><00:32:25.839><c> up</c><00:32:25.980><c> into</c><00:32:26.180><c> the</c><00:32:26.359><c> house</c><00:32:26.559><c> of</c><00:32:26.819><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:30.000
and<00:32:27.579><c> I</c><00:32:27.720><c> will</c><00:32:27.920><c> add</c><00:32:28.140><c> unto</c><00:32:28.319><c> thy</c><00:32:28.619><c> days</c><00:32:28.880><c> 15</c><00:32:29.480><c> years.</c>

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:33.160
This<00:32:30.359><c> is</c><00:32:30.579><c> the</c><00:32:30.819><c> promise</c><00:32:31.000><c> of</c><00:32:31.259><c> recovery</c><00:32:31.680><c> from</c><00:32:32.039><c> sickness.</c>

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:35.119
And<00:32:34.119><c> then</c><00:32:34.240><c> the</c><00:32:34.299><c> rest</c><00:32:34.519><c> of</c><00:32:34.700><c> the</c><00:32:34.819><c> verse,</c>

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:38.779
and<00:32:35.980><c> I</c><00:32:36.599><c> will</c><00:32:36.960><c> deliver</c><00:32:37.299><c> thee</c><00:32:37.640><c> and</c><00:32:37.960><c> this</c><00:32:38.299><c> city</c>

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:41.380
out<00:32:39.279><c> of</c><00:32:39.519><c> the</c><00:32:39.799><c> hand</c><00:32:40.039><c> of</c><00:32:40.259><c> the</c><00:32:40.460><c> king</c><00:32:40.660><c> of</c><00:32:40.920><c> Assyria,</c>

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:44.240
and<00:32:41.680><c> I</c><00:32:41.859><c> will</c><00:32:42.059><c> defend</c><00:32:42.519><c> this</c><00:32:42.819><c> city</c><00:32:43.059><c> for</c><00:32:43.319><c> mine</c><00:32:43.500><c> own</c><00:32:43.900><c> sake.</c>

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:46.980
You<00:32:44.619><c> see,</c><00:32:44.720><c> he</c><00:32:44.859><c> was</c><00:32:45.079><c> going</c><00:32:45.200><c> to</c><00:32:45.319><c> be</c><00:32:45.539><c> delivered</c><00:32:45.819><c> from</c><00:32:46.240><c> sickness</c>

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:50.380
and<00:32:47.819><c> from</c><00:32:48.180><c> the</c><00:32:48.480><c> Assyrian</c><00:32:48.880><c> at</c><00:32:49.000><c> the</c><00:32:49.339><c> same</c><00:32:49.819><c> time,</c>

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.400
because<00:32:50.880><c> both</c><00:32:51.299><c> these</c><00:32:51.640><c> tragedies</c>

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:54.420
lay<00:32:52.640><c> upon</c><00:32:53.019><c> him</c><00:32:53.259><c> at</c><00:32:53.420><c> the</c><00:32:53.660><c> same</c><00:32:54.039><c> time.</c>

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:57.779
And<00:32:54.839><c> I</c><00:32:55.039><c> think</c><00:32:55.240><c> that</c><00:32:55.480><c> that's</c><00:32:55.839><c> the</c><00:32:56.039><c> moment</c><00:32:56.279><c> of</c><00:32:56.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:57.059><c> 49,</c>

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.799
verse<00:32:58.259><c> four,</c>

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:02.220
when<00:32:59.140><c> the</c><00:32:59.380><c> king</c><00:32:59.619><c> says,</c><00:33:00.579><c> I've</c><00:33:00.740><c> labored</c><00:33:01.099><c> in</c><00:33:01.400><c> vain.</c>

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:05.500
I've<00:33:02.960><c> spent</c><00:33:03.200><c> my</c><00:33:03.579><c> strength</c><00:33:04.259><c> for</c><00:33:04.640><c> naught.</c>

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.359
So<00:33:07.839><c> come</c><00:33:07.980><c> back</c><00:33:08.140><c> to</c><00:33:08.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:08.579><c> 49</c><00:33:09.119><c> then,</c>

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:12.259
let's<00:33:10.079><c> just</c><00:33:10.359><c> capture</c><00:33:10.660><c> the</c><00:33:11.180><c> spirit</c><00:33:11.539><c> of</c><00:33:11.720><c> that</c><00:33:11.960><c> moment,</c>

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:14.319
you<00:33:12.480><c> see,</c><00:33:12.579><c> in</c><00:33:12.720><c> the</c><00:33:12.859><c> life</c><00:33:13.019><c> of</c><00:33:13.200><c> the</c><00:33:13.339><c> king.</c>

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:17.880
So<00:33:16.019><c> here's</c><00:33:16.359><c> Hezekiah</c><00:33:16.759><c> then.</c>

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:21.539
He's<00:33:18.579><c> chosen</c><00:33:18.819><c> to</c><00:33:19.059><c> rebel</c><00:33:19.279><c> against</c><00:33:19.740><c> his</c><00:33:20.039><c> overlord.</c>

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:25.160
The<00:33:22.599><c> Assyrian</c><00:33:23.000><c> is</c><00:33:23.220><c> now</c><00:33:23.500><c> encamped</c><00:33:23.819><c> at</c><00:33:24.000><c> the</c><00:33:24.160><c> door.</c>

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:28.299
The<00:33:26.579><c> jeering</c><00:33:27.059><c> taunts</c><00:33:27.420><c> of</c><00:33:27.720><c> Rab's</c><00:33:28.140><c> sake</c>

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:32.700
have<00:33:28.519><c> already</c><00:33:29.059><c> instilled</c><00:33:29.680><c> fear</c><00:33:30.079><c> into</c><00:33:30.339><c> the</c><00:33:30.599><c> heart</c><00:33:30.740><c> of</c><00:33:30.920><c> the</c><00:33:31.099><c> faithless.</c>

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:36.299
Destruction<00:33:34.640><c> appears</c><00:33:35.240><c> imminent.</c>

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.539
All<00:33:37.039><c> appears</c><00:33:37.500><c> lost.</c>

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:42.640
And<00:33:40.420><c> if</c><00:33:40.640><c> ever</c><00:33:40.839><c> there</c><00:33:40.960><c> was</c><00:33:41.119><c> a</c><00:33:41.279><c> time</c><00:33:41.460><c> when</c><00:33:41.640><c> the</c><00:33:41.779><c> nation</c><00:33:42.059><c> of</c><00:33:42.240><c> Israel</c>

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.640
needed<00:33:42.960><c> the</c><00:33:43.339><c> strength</c><00:33:43.680><c> of</c><00:33:44.019><c> their</c><00:33:44.259><c> king</c><00:33:44.559><c> to</c><00:33:44.900><c> rally</c><00:33:45.240><c> them</c>

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:47.920
to<00:33:46.000><c> the</c><00:33:46.160><c> things</c><00:33:46.359><c> of</c><00:33:46.599><c> the</c><00:33:46.799><c> truth,</c><00:33:46.940><c> it</c><00:33:47.019><c> was</c><00:33:47.240><c> right</c><00:33:47.519><c> now.</c>

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.839
And<00:33:48.240><c> at</c><00:33:48.420><c> the</c><00:33:48.519><c> very</c><00:33:48.700><c> moment</c><00:33:49.059><c> when</c><00:33:49.339><c> the</c><00:33:49.539><c> king</c>

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:52.039
was<00:33:50.339><c> desperately</c><00:33:50.900><c> needed</c><00:33:51.259><c> by</c><00:33:51.559><c> his</c><00:33:51.819><c> people,</c>

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.720
he<00:33:52.480><c> struck</c><00:33:52.759><c> low</c><00:33:53.019><c> with</c><00:33:53.259><c> an</c><00:33:53.420><c> illness</c>

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:56.319
that<00:33:54.160><c> confines</c><00:33:54.759><c> him</c><00:33:55.119><c> to</c><00:33:55.440><c> his</c><00:33:55.720><c> bed</c><00:33:55.980><c> chamber.</c>

00:33:56.420 --> 00:34:00.140
At<00:33:56.619><c> the</c><00:33:56.880><c> crucial</c><00:33:57.200><c> moment,</c><00:33:57.940><c> he's</c><00:33:58.200><c> smitten</c><00:33:58.500><c> with</c><00:33:58.759><c> leprosy.</c>

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:03.960
The<00:34:01.680><c> beloved</c><00:34:02.019><c> city</c><00:34:02.339><c> threatened</c><00:34:02.759><c> with</c><00:34:03.079><c> sacking.</c>

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:08.059
The<00:34:05.460><c> people</c><00:34:05.799><c> threatened</c><00:34:06.200><c> with</c><00:34:06.559><c> cruel</c><00:34:06.960><c> captivity.</c>

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:12.199
The<00:34:09.079><c> royal</c><00:34:09.579><c> line</c><00:34:09.880><c> of</c><00:34:10.159><c> David</c><00:34:10.539><c> threatened</c><00:34:11.000><c> with</c><00:34:11.380><c> extinction.</c>

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:16.480
Hezekiah's<00:34:14.300><c> own</c><00:34:14.559><c> life</c><00:34:15.019><c> threatened</c><00:34:15.559><c> with</c><00:34:15.900><c> termination.</c>

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:19.559
Was<00:34:16.719><c> there</c><00:34:17.000><c> ever</c><00:34:17.340><c> a</c><00:34:17.619><c> worse</c><00:34:17.840><c> moment</c><00:34:18.280><c> in</c><00:34:18.659><c> the</c><00:34:18.820><c> life</c><00:34:19.000><c> of</c><00:34:19.239><c> the</c><00:34:19.360><c> king?</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:22.420
Can<00:34:19.980><c> you</c><00:34:20.159><c> not</c><00:34:20.519><c> see</c><00:34:20.679><c> him</c><00:34:21.019><c> in</c><00:34:21.320><c> his</c><00:34:21.639><c> bed</c><00:34:21.900><c> chamber,</c>

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:25.360
whispering<00:34:23.039><c> with</c><00:34:23.239><c> his</c><00:34:23.500><c> face</c><00:34:23.780><c> towards</c><00:34:24.219><c> the</c><00:34:24.480><c> wall?</c>

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:27.920
I<00:34:26.019><c> have</c><00:34:26.320><c> labored</c><00:34:26.699><c> in</c><00:34:26.960><c> vain.</c>

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:34.380
I<00:34:30.719><c> have</c><00:34:31.019><c> spent</c><00:34:31.280><c> my</c><00:34:31.679><c> strength</c><00:34:32.800><c> for</c><00:34:33.440><c> naught.</c>

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:38.920
Yes,<00:34:35.760><c> I</c><00:34:35.900><c> think</c><00:34:36.199><c> this</c><00:34:36.500><c> was</c><00:34:36.760><c> the</c><00:34:36.880><c> moment</c><00:34:37.159><c> of</c><00:34:37.639><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:34:38.340><c> life</c>

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:41.179
that<00:34:39.659><c> we</c><00:34:39.820><c> are</c><00:34:39.980><c> dealing</c><00:34:40.199><c> with</c><00:34:40.480><c> here.</c>

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:45.219
Isaiah<00:34:41.219><c> 38,</c><00:34:42.079><c> in</c><00:34:42.119><c> those</c><00:34:42.480><c> days</c><00:34:43.039><c> was</c><00:34:43.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:44.079><c> sick</c><00:34:44.519><c> unto</c><00:34:44.900><c> death.</c>

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:48.280
And<00:34:45.599><c> you</c><00:34:45.760><c> see</c><00:34:45.880><c> those</c><00:34:46.119><c> words</c><00:34:46.400><c> at</c><00:34:46.579><c> the</c><00:34:46.699><c> end</c><00:34:46.920><c> of</c><00:34:47.440><c> the</c><00:34:47.679><c> verse</c><00:34:48.019><c> there,</c>

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:53.420
at<00:34:48.480><c> the</c><00:34:48.500><c> end</c><00:34:48.739><c> of</c><00:34:48.860><c> verse</c><00:34:49.280><c> three,</c><00:34:50.099><c> and</c><00:34:50.340><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:51.380><c> wept,</c><00:34:52.559><c> saw.</c>

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.300
This<00:34:55.380><c> is</c><00:34:55.539><c> the</c><00:34:55.679><c> moment</c><00:34:55.860><c> of</c><00:34:56.000><c> his</c><00:34:56.159><c> life,</c>

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.679
I<00:34:56.400><c> think</c><00:34:56.559><c> that</c><00:34:56.639><c> we're</c><00:34:56.840><c> talking</c><00:34:57.159><c> about</c><00:34:57.440><c> here.</c>

00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.320
Hezekiah<00:34:58.539><c> wept,</c><00:34:59.420><c> saw.</c>

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:03.079
Psalm<00:35:01.320><c> 102,</c><00:35:02.260><c> I</c><00:35:02.360><c> think</c><00:35:02.599><c> by</c><00:35:02.820><c> the</c><00:35:02.940><c> way,</c>

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.840
is<00:35:03.239><c> a</c><00:35:03.340><c> psalm</c><00:35:03.619><c> written</c><00:35:03.920><c> by</c><00:35:04.260><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:07.760
If<00:35:05.300><c> you</c><00:35:05.539><c> read</c><00:35:05.860><c> Psalm</c><00:35:06.219><c> 102,</c>

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.980
you'll<00:35:08.139><c> find</c><00:35:08.300><c> a</c><00:35:08.539><c> whole</c><00:35:08.840><c> series</c><00:35:09.199><c> of</c><00:35:09.480><c> remarkable</c><00:35:10.380><c> parallels</c>

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:13.500
with<00:35:11.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:12.380><c> 38.</c>

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.099
It's<00:35:14.119><c> the</c><00:35:14.320><c> same</c><00:35:14.739><c> circumstance.</c>

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:20.380
Psalm<00:35:16.659><c> 102</c><00:35:17.219><c> and</c><00:35:17.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:18.179><c> 38</c><00:35:18.679><c> are</c><00:35:19.039><c> inextricably</c><00:35:19.760><c> linked</c><00:35:20.019><c> together.</c>

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:23.380
I<00:35:20.639><c> think</c><00:35:20.800><c> this</c><00:35:21.019><c> is</c><00:35:21.179><c> a</c><00:35:21.460><c> psalm</c><00:35:21.980><c> of</c><00:35:22.219><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:26.360
And<00:35:24.599><c> you</c><00:35:24.699><c> see</c><00:35:24.760><c> what</c><00:35:24.900><c> the</c><00:35:25.159><c> title</c><00:35:25.420><c> for</c><00:35:25.619><c> the</c><00:35:25.820><c> psalm</c><00:35:26.099><c> is?</c>

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:31.260
A<00:35:27.019><c> prayer</c><00:35:27.320><c> of</c><00:35:27.639><c> the</c><00:35:27.840><c> afflicted</c><00:35:28.380><c> when</c><00:35:28.619><c> he</c><00:35:28.900><c> is</c><00:35:29.480><c> overwhelmed,</c>

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:37.019
overwhelmed<00:35:33.760><c> and</c><00:35:34.239><c> poureth</c><00:35:34.920><c> out</c><00:35:35.139><c> his</c><00:35:35.380><c> complaint</c><00:35:35.920><c> before</c><00:35:36.400><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:39.920
I<00:35:37.719><c> have</c><00:35:38.179><c> labored</c><00:35:38.639><c> in</c><00:35:38.960><c> vain.</c>

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:44.179
This<00:35:42.000><c> was</c><00:35:42.179><c> the</c><00:35:42.340><c> moment</c><00:35:42.559><c> that</c><00:35:42.760><c> the</c><00:35:42.880><c> king</c><00:35:43.000><c> had</c><00:35:43.239><c> come</c><00:35:43.480><c> to.</c>

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:51.460
And<00:35:46.619><c> he</c><00:35:46.820><c> felt</c><00:35:47.019><c> the</c><00:35:48.400><c> weakness</c><00:35:48.800><c> of</c><00:35:48.980><c> that</c><00:35:49.239><c> moment</c><00:35:49.579><c> sorely</c><00:35:50.119><c> in</c><00:35:50.179><c> his</c><00:35:50.440><c> life.</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:54.059
And<00:35:53.000><c> yet,</c><00:35:53.420><c> brothers</c><00:35:53.500><c> and</c><00:35:53.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.440
there<00:35:54.380><c> was</c><00:35:54.539><c> a</c><00:35:54.679><c> reason</c><00:35:54.940><c> behind</c><00:35:55.340><c> all</c><00:35:55.579><c> of</c><00:35:55.719><c> that</c><00:35:55.860><c> wasn't</c><00:35:56.260><c> there.</c>

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:59.440
By<00:35:56.840><c> the</c><00:35:56.920><c> way,</c><00:35:57.019><c> I</c><00:35:57.079><c> think</c><00:35:57.460><c> this</c><00:35:57.739><c> also</c><00:35:58.039><c> was</c><00:35:58.280><c> written</c><00:35:58.440><c> at</c><00:35:58.639><c> the</c><00:35:58.780><c> same</c><00:35:59.059><c> time,</c>

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:04.099
a<00:35:59.900><c> song</c><00:36:00.099><c> of</c><00:36:00.360><c> degrees,</c><00:36:02.239><c> psalm</c><00:36:02.460><c> 130,</c>

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:09.380
Hezekiah's<00:36:05.559><c> lament,</c><00:36:06.500><c> out</c><00:36:06.800><c> of</c><00:36:08.000><c> the</c><00:36:08.260><c> depths,</c>

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:13.440
have<00:36:10.460><c> I</c><00:36:10.800><c> cried</c><00:36:11.159><c> unto</c><00:36:11.519><c> thee,</c><00:36:12.219><c> oh</c><00:36:12.440><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:18.380
This<00:36:15.800><c> was</c><00:36:16.019><c> a</c><00:36:16.159><c> low</c><00:36:16.340><c> point</c><00:36:16.539><c> in</c><00:36:16.699><c> his</c><00:36:16.900><c> life,</c><00:36:17.099><c> wasn't</c><00:36:17.260><c> it?</c>

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:24.900
He<00:36:20.079><c> really</c><00:36:20.460><c> felt</c><00:36:20.699><c> that</c><00:36:21.019><c> despair</c><00:36:21.719><c> and</c><00:36:23.079><c> that</c><00:36:23.300><c> anguish</c><00:36:23.599><c> of</c><00:36:23.860><c> heart.</c>

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:28.400
And<00:36:25.940><c> I</c><00:36:26.000><c> think</c><00:36:26.159><c> that</c><00:36:26.500><c> psalm</c><00:36:27.019><c> is</c><00:36:27.139><c> one</c><00:36:27.320><c> of</c><00:36:27.440><c> the</c><00:36:27.579><c> other</c><00:36:27.940><c> breathings</c>

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:31.539
of<00:36:28.860><c> that</c><00:36:28.980><c> particular</c><00:36:29.480><c> time</c><00:36:29.920><c> in</c><00:36:30.519><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:36:31.219><c> life.</c>

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.179
And<00:36:32.019><c> yet</c><00:36:32.199><c> all</c><00:36:32.420><c> of</c><00:36:32.559><c> this,</c><00:36:32.699><c> as</c><00:36:32.840><c> we've</c><00:36:33.039><c> said,</c>

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.260
was<00:36:33.440><c> for</c><00:36:33.659><c> a</c><00:36:33.900><c> reason</c><00:36:34.079><c> we</c><00:36:34.340><c> believe.</c>

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:37.159
All<00:36:35.599><c> of</c><00:36:35.780><c> this</c><00:36:35.960><c> was</c><00:36:36.139><c> for</c><00:36:36.440><c> the</c><00:36:36.780><c> development</c>

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.219
of<00:36:37.420><c> the</c><00:36:37.699><c> servant's</c><00:36:38.340><c> character.</c>

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:42.619
All<00:36:39.699><c> of</c><00:36:39.860><c> this</c><00:36:40.059><c> was</c><00:36:40.320><c> in</c><00:36:40.900><c> some</c><00:36:41.239><c> strange</c><00:36:41.699><c> but</c><00:36:42.000><c> definite</c><00:36:42.320><c> way</c>

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:44.420
for<00:36:42.820><c> the</c><00:36:43.179><c> strengthening</c><00:36:43.599><c> of</c><00:36:43.900><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:46.900
for<00:36:44.800><c> the</c><00:36:45.019><c> work</c><00:36:45.179><c> that</c><00:36:45.360><c> he</c><00:36:45.480><c> would</c><00:36:45.739><c> subsequently</c><00:36:46.320><c> accomplish</c>

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.880
amongst<00:36:47.320><c> the</c><00:36:47.559><c> nation.</c>

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:51.320
And<00:36:48.380><c> so</c><00:36:48.480><c> the</c><00:36:48.659><c> lesson</c><00:36:48.960><c> I</c><00:36:49.139><c> think</c><00:36:49.360><c> of</c><00:36:49.500><c> verse</c><00:36:49.760><c> four</c><00:36:50.039><c> of</c><00:36:50.260><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:50.679><c> 49</c>

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:56.340
is<00:36:51.860><c> that</c><00:36:52.099><c> God</c><00:36:52.460><c> allows</c><00:36:53.239><c> his</c><00:36:53.820><c> servants</c><00:36:54.239><c> a</c><00:36:54.780><c> measure</c><00:36:55.079><c> of</c><00:36:55.460><c> trouble.</c>

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:59.039
Why<00:36:56.900><c> does</c><00:36:57.559><c> God</c><00:36:57.760><c> do</c><00:36:57.960><c> that?</c>

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.559
Why<00:37:00.260><c> does</c><00:37:00.440><c> God</c><00:37:00.699><c> bring</c><00:37:00.960><c> adversity</c><00:37:01.559><c> upon</c><00:37:01.940><c> his</c><00:37:02.199><c> own</c><00:37:02.519><c> servants?</c>

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:08.360
And<00:37:06.019><c> the</c><00:37:06.179><c> reason,</c><00:37:06.579><c> brothers</c><00:37:06.659><c> and</c><00:37:06.920><c> sisters,</c><00:37:07.460><c> is</c>

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:17.960
because<00:37:10.400><c> adversity</c><00:37:11.159><c> is</c><00:37:13.159><c> a</c><00:37:13.360><c> great</c><00:37:14.940><c> purifier</c><00:37:15.900><c> of</c><00:37:17.059><c> motive.</c>

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:24.539
Adversity<00:37:21.280><c> is</c><00:37:21.659><c> a</c><00:37:21.880><c> great</c><00:37:22.400><c> purifier</c><00:37:23.099><c> of</c><00:37:23.440><c> motive.</c>

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:28.920
You<00:37:26.440><c> see,</c><00:37:26.480><c> when</c><00:37:26.840><c> trial</c><00:37:27.179><c> comes</c><00:37:27.719><c> in</c><00:37:28.079><c> the</c><00:37:28.239><c> matters</c><00:37:28.420><c> of</c><00:37:28.599><c> the</c><00:37:28.760><c> truth,</c>

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:31.119
those<00:37:29.500><c> who</c><00:37:29.679><c> are</c><00:37:29.860><c> not</c><00:37:30.059><c> truly</c><00:37:30.340><c> God's</c><00:37:30.900><c> servants</c>

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:37.159
collapse<00:37:31.860><c> and</c><00:37:32.280><c> faint</c><00:37:32.679><c> and</c><00:37:33.579><c> fall</c><00:37:33.840><c> away</c><00:37:34.440><c> and</c><00:37:35.900><c> go</c><00:37:36.119><c> elsewhere.</c>

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:41.340
But<00:37:39.059><c> the</c><00:37:39.300><c> true</c><00:37:39.480><c> servant</c><00:37:39.739><c> carries</c><00:37:40.119><c> on.</c>

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.940
In<00:37:42.619><c> fact,</c><00:37:42.719><c> what</c><00:37:42.860><c> the</c><00:37:43.099><c> true</c><00:37:43.260><c> servant</c><00:37:43.559><c> does,</c>

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:47.579
as<00:37:44.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:44.739><c> 49</c><00:37:45.260><c> verse</c><00:37:45.559><c> four</c><00:37:45.820><c> is</c><00:37:46.019><c> now</c><00:37:46.239><c> going</c><00:37:46.460><c> to</c><00:37:46.659><c> go</c><00:37:46.760><c> on</c><00:37:46.940><c> and</c><00:37:47.219><c> show</c><00:37:47.340><c> us,</c>

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:50.380
what<00:37:47.880><c> the</c><00:37:48.199><c> true</c><00:37:48.420><c> servant</c><00:37:48.760><c> does</c><00:37:49.099><c> in</c><00:37:49.480><c> time</c><00:37:49.739><c> of</c><00:37:50.059><c> difficulty</c>

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:55.940
and<00:37:50.559><c> in</c><00:37:50.760><c> time</c><00:37:50.940><c> of</c><00:37:51.239><c> despair</c><00:37:51.699><c> is</c><00:37:52.059><c> he</c><00:37:52.320><c> turns</c><00:37:52.739><c> to</c><00:37:53.139><c> wait</c><00:37:53.500><c> upon</c><00:37:54.239><c> his</c><00:37:55.000><c> God.</c>

00:37:56.659 --> 00:38:00.019
Despite<00:37:57.260><c> his</c><00:37:57.559><c> despair,</c><00:37:58.460><c> despite</c><00:37:58.699><c> his</c><00:37:58.920><c> deepest</c><00:37:59.400><c> misgivings.</c>

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:01.980
And<00:38:00.360><c> so</c><00:38:00.460><c> you</c><00:38:00.599><c> see</c><00:38:00.659><c> what</c><00:38:00.800><c> the</c><00:38:01.000><c> verse</c><00:38:01.159><c> goes</c><00:38:01.380><c> on</c><00:38:01.559><c> to</c><00:38:01.780><c> say,</c>

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:05.860
yet<00:38:02.800><c> surely</c><00:38:03.519><c> my</c><00:38:04.219><c> judgment</c><00:38:04.639><c> is</c><00:38:05.099><c> with</c><00:38:05.440><c> Yahweh</c>

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:08.260
and<00:38:06.219><c> my</c><00:38:06.559><c> work</c><00:38:06.860><c> with</c><00:38:07.119><c> my</c><00:38:07.440><c> God.</c>

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.719
Or<00:38:08.559><c> literally</c><00:38:08.820><c> as</c><00:38:09.019><c> the</c><00:38:09.199><c> Hebrew</c><00:38:09.380><c> is,</c>

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:12.599
my<00:38:10.239><c> right</c><00:38:10.559><c> and</c><00:38:10.800><c> my</c><00:38:11.099><c> reward</c><00:38:11.699><c> are</c><00:38:12.039><c> with</c><00:38:12.300><c> God.</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.900
And<00:38:13.059><c> so</c><00:38:13.179><c> he</c><00:38:13.559><c> boils</c><00:38:13.860><c> up</c><00:38:14.139><c> his</c><00:38:14.440><c> spirits</c><00:38:14.659><c> with</c><00:38:14.940><c> the</c><00:38:15.219><c> realization</c>

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:18.639
that<00:38:16.440><c> whatever</c><00:38:16.800><c> might</c><00:38:17.119><c> happen</c><00:38:17.400><c> to</c><00:38:17.719><c> him,</c>

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:21.699
his<00:38:18.940><c> service,</c><00:38:19.500><c> although</c><00:38:19.719><c> it</c><00:38:19.980><c> might</c><00:38:20.179><c> be</c><00:38:20.699><c> for</c><00:38:21.059><c> others,</c>

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:25.679
is<00:38:22.360><c> ultimately</c><00:38:22.940><c> on</c><00:38:23.320><c> behalf</c><00:38:23.820><c> of</c><00:38:24.599><c> God.</c>

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.679
And<00:38:26.920><c> that</c><00:38:27.059><c> what</c><00:38:27.239><c> God</c><00:38:27.480><c> will</c><00:38:27.719><c> do,</c><00:38:28.119><c> brothers</c><00:38:28.179><c> and</c><00:38:28.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:32.539
in<00:38:28.920><c> all</c><00:38:29.119><c> our</c><00:38:29.340><c> lives</c><00:38:29.840><c> is</c><00:38:30.920><c> that</c><00:38:31.079><c> he's</c><00:38:31.460><c> promised</c><00:38:31.659><c> to</c><00:38:31.960><c> judge</c><00:38:32.179><c> us</c>

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:35.760
not<00:38:32.780><c> so</c><00:38:33.099><c> much</c><00:38:33.380><c> on</c><00:38:33.659><c> the</c><00:38:33.880><c> success</c><00:38:34.300><c> of</c><00:38:34.539><c> our</c><00:38:34.780><c> work</c>

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:39.460
as<00:38:37.239><c> on</c><00:38:37.440><c> the</c><00:38:37.619><c> dedication</c><00:38:38.079><c> of</c><00:38:38.300><c> our</c><00:38:38.500><c> hearts.</c>

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:45.039
Even<00:38:42.099><c> in</c><00:38:42.280><c> the</c><00:38:42.500><c> truth,</c><00:38:43.699><c> our</c><00:38:43.900><c> labors</c><00:38:44.179><c> as</c><00:38:44.400><c> God's</c><00:38:44.840><c> servants</c>

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:47.840
are<00:38:45.260><c> not</c><00:38:45.400><c> always</c><00:38:45.960><c> crowned</c><00:38:46.380><c> with</c><00:38:46.559><c> success.</c>

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:51.800
The<00:38:49.420><c> father</c><00:38:49.719><c> doesn't</c><00:38:50.059><c> judge</c><00:38:50.420><c> us</c><00:38:50.940><c> on</c><00:38:51.239><c> necessarily</c>

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:53.280
the<00:38:52.039><c> success</c><00:38:52.460><c> of</c><00:38:52.659><c> our</c><00:38:52.880><c> labors.</c>

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:57.079
He<00:38:53.739><c> judges</c><00:38:54.079><c> us</c><00:38:54.579><c> on</c><00:38:54.920><c> the</c><00:38:55.139><c> dedication</c><00:38:55.679><c> of</c><00:38:55.860><c> our</c><00:38:56.099><c> hearts.</c>

00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:00.800
And<00:38:58.719><c> don't</c><00:38:58.860><c> you</c><00:38:58.960><c> think</c><00:38:59.119><c> that</c><00:38:59.340><c> that</c><00:38:59.920><c> spirit</c><00:39:00.099><c> of</c><00:39:00.280><c> verse</c><00:39:00.539><c> four</c>

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:03.559
as<00:39:00.960><c> the</c><00:39:01.199><c> servant</c><00:39:01.440><c> tries</c><00:39:01.760><c> to</c><00:39:02.179><c> boil</c><00:39:02.340><c> up</c><00:39:02.539><c> his</c><00:39:02.840><c> spirits</c><00:39:03.079><c> again</c>

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:05.019
in<00:39:04.139><c> confidence</c><00:39:04.539><c> of</c><00:39:04.719><c> his</c><00:39:04.880><c> God.</c>

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.480
Don't<00:39:05.280><c> you</c><00:39:05.460><c> think</c><00:39:05.599><c> that</c><00:39:05.800><c> that</c><00:39:06.119><c> spirit</c><00:39:06.400><c> probably</c><00:39:06.940><c> was</c><00:39:07.199><c> reached</c>

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:09.300
as<00:39:07.719><c> a</c><00:39:07.840><c> result</c><00:39:08.039><c> of</c><00:39:08.360><c> prayer</c><00:39:08.539><c> in</c><00:39:08.739><c> his</c><00:39:08.940><c> life.</c>

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:12.719
Hezekiah<00:39:10.039><c> turned</c><00:39:10.400><c> his</c><00:39:10.679><c> face</c><00:39:10.980><c> to</c><00:39:11.199><c> the</c><00:39:11.380><c> wall</c><00:39:11.539><c> and</c><00:39:11.860><c> prayed</c><00:39:12.119><c> to</c><00:39:12.420><c> God.</c>

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:15.079
And<00:39:13.219><c> it</c><00:39:13.340><c> was</c><00:39:13.480><c> a</c><00:39:13.659><c> result</c><00:39:13.820><c> of</c><00:39:14.000><c> that</c><00:39:14.280><c> prayer</c><00:39:14.559><c> to</c><00:39:14.880><c> God</c>

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:18.000
that<00:39:15.239><c> the</c><00:39:15.480><c> servant</c><00:39:15.719><c> recovers</c><00:39:16.460><c> his</c><00:39:17.000><c> spirits,</c><00:39:17.380><c> isn't</c><00:39:17.619><c> it?</c>

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:19.900
And<00:39:18.380><c> so</c><00:39:18.480><c> he</c><00:39:18.639><c> says</c><00:39:18.800><c> in</c><00:39:18.980><c> verse</c><00:39:19.239><c> five,</c>

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:23.440
and<00:39:20.099><c> now</c><00:39:20.739><c> saith</c><00:39:21.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:21.619><c> that</c><00:39:21.980><c> formed</c><00:39:22.340><c> me</c><00:39:22.739><c> from</c><00:39:23.039><c> the</c><00:39:23.300><c> womb</c>

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:26.460
to<00:39:23.639><c> be</c><00:39:23.860><c> his</c><00:39:24.179><c> servant,</c><00:39:24.460><c> to</c><00:39:24.619><c> bring</c><00:39:24.920><c> Jacob</c><00:39:25.320><c> again</c><00:39:25.699><c> to</c><00:39:26.000><c> him,</c>

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:28.739
though<00:39:26.800><c> Israel</c><00:39:27.320><c> be</c><00:39:27.639><c> not</c><00:39:27.940><c> gathered,</c>

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:32.380
yet<00:39:29.179><c> shall</c><00:39:29.539><c> I</c><00:39:30.000><c> be</c><00:39:30.380><c> glorious</c><00:39:31.019><c> in</c><00:39:31.340><c> the</c><00:39:31.559><c> eyes</c><00:39:31.760><c> of</c><00:39:32.039><c> Yahweh</c>

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:35.260
and<00:39:32.800><c> my</c><00:39:33.280><c> God</c><00:39:33.639><c> shall</c><00:39:34.119><c> be</c><00:39:34.519><c> my</c><00:39:34.940><c> strength.</c>

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:38.420
The<00:39:35.760><c> word</c><00:39:35.960><c> glorious</c><00:39:36.539><c> here,</c><00:39:37.659><c> literally</c><00:39:37.880><c> in</c><00:39:38.059><c> the</c><00:39:38.199><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:41.940
means<00:39:38.760><c> to</c><00:39:39.099><c> carry</c><00:39:39.400><c> weight,</c><00:39:40.219><c> to</c><00:39:40.400><c> be</c><00:39:40.719><c> weighty.</c>

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.980
And<00:39:42.559><c> I</c><00:39:42.699><c> think</c><00:39:42.800><c> what</c><00:39:42.940><c> we're</c><00:39:43.119><c> being</c><00:39:43.380><c> told</c><00:39:43.659><c> here</c>

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:47.460
is<00:39:44.300><c> that</c><00:39:44.500><c> the</c><00:39:44.739><c> servant</c><00:39:45.000><c> carries</c><00:39:45.519><c> weight</c><00:39:45.840><c> with</c><00:39:46.139><c> God.</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:50.340
The<00:39:48.380><c> servant</c><00:39:48.699><c> carries</c><00:39:49.260><c> weight</c><00:39:49.780><c> with</c><00:39:50.079><c> God.</c>

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:53.280
God<00:39:50.639><c> considers</c><00:39:51.400><c> the</c><00:39:51.920><c> needs</c><00:39:52.340><c> of</c><00:39:52.699><c> his</c><00:39:53.019><c> servant</c>

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:57.199
and<00:39:53.480><c> the</c><00:39:53.699><c> servant</c><00:39:53.940><c> comforts</c><00:39:54.559><c> himself</c><00:39:55.000><c> with</c><00:39:55.500><c> this</c><00:39:55.820><c> realization</c>

00:39:57.400 --> 00:40:00.579
that<00:39:57.719><c> the</c><00:39:58.019><c> servant's</c><00:39:58.539><c> distress,</c><00:39:59.500><c> his</c><00:39:59.739><c> plea</c><00:40:00.019><c> for</c><00:40:00.320><c> help,</c>

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:02.300
his<00:40:01.139><c> need</c><00:40:01.480><c> for</c><00:40:01.840><c> encouragement,</c>

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:06.400
these<00:40:02.639><c> are</c><00:40:03.000><c> all</c><00:40:03.360><c> things</c><00:40:03.699><c> that</c><00:40:04.039><c> count</c><00:40:04.340><c> highly</c><00:40:04.900><c> with</c><00:40:05.380><c> God.</c>

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.260
And<00:40:06.719><c> the</c><00:40:06.940><c> servant</c><00:40:07.099><c> says,</c>

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:09.780
look,<00:40:08.099><c> whatever</c><00:40:08.440><c> problems</c><00:40:08.900><c> might</c><00:40:09.199><c> come</c><00:40:09.380><c> upon</c><00:40:09.599><c> him,</c>

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:11.780
whatever<00:40:10.320><c> difficulties</c><00:40:10.940><c> I</c><00:40:11.239><c> might</c><00:40:11.480><c> have,</c>

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:15.440
I<00:40:12.440><c> shall</c><00:40:13.019><c> carry</c><00:40:13.639><c> weight</c><00:40:13.920><c> in</c><00:40:14.119><c> the</c><00:40:14.260><c> eyes</c><00:40:14.500><c> of</c><00:40:14.739><c> my</c><00:40:15.059><c> God</c>

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:19.860
and<00:40:16.079><c> my</c><00:40:16.519><c> Elohim</c><00:40:17.239><c> have</c><00:40:17.840><c> become</c><00:40:18.360><c> my</c><00:40:18.780><c> strength.</c>

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:23.000
My<00:40:20.340><c> Elohim</c><00:40:21.059><c> have</c><00:40:21.820><c> become</c><00:40:22.320><c> my</c><00:40:22.659><c> strength</c>

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:24.320
as<00:40:23.179><c> it</c><00:40:23.360><c> should</c><00:40:23.579><c> be</c><00:40:23.880><c> rendered.</c>

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.480
You<00:40:24.760><c> see,</c><00:40:24.840><c> these</c><00:40:25.099><c> are</c><00:40:25.239><c> the</c><00:40:25.280><c> words</c>

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:28.000
of<00:40:25.900><c> experiential</c><00:40:26.559><c> knowledge,</c><00:40:27.019><c> aren't</c><00:40:27.139><c> they?</c>

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.480
This<00:40:29.260><c> is</c><00:40:29.480><c> the</c><00:40:29.639><c> cry</c><00:40:29.820><c> of</c><00:40:29.980><c> a</c><00:40:30.179><c> servant</c>

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:34.719
who<00:40:31.000><c> has</c><00:40:31.440><c> felt</c><00:40:31.860><c> the</c><00:40:32.559><c> hand</c><00:40:32.840><c> of</c><00:40:33.139><c> the</c><00:40:33.360><c> angels</c><00:40:33.800><c> in</c><00:40:34.119><c> his</c><00:40:34.440><c> life.</c>

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:38.199
My<00:40:35.380><c> Elohim</c><00:40:36.199><c> have</c><00:40:36.900><c> become</c><00:40:37.380><c> my</c><00:40:37.820><c> strength.</c>

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:41.340
And<00:40:38.559><c> I</c><00:40:38.659><c> think</c><00:40:38.840><c> Hezekiah</c><00:40:39.340><c> felt</c><00:40:39.719><c> the</c><00:40:40.059><c> hand</c><00:40:40.340><c> of</c><00:40:40.500><c> God</c><00:40:40.719><c> upon</c><00:40:41.039><c> him,</c>

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:43.380
the<00:40:41.780><c> answer</c><00:40:42.239><c> of</c><00:40:42.480><c> God</c><00:40:42.679><c> upon</c><00:40:43.019><c> him.</c>

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:45.519
And<00:40:43.639><c> it's</c><00:40:43.880><c> the</c><00:40:44.039><c> perspective</c><00:40:44.639><c> of</c><00:40:44.900><c> that</c><00:40:45.139><c> knowledge</c>

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.340
that<00:40:46.079><c> carries</c><00:40:46.440><c> the</c><00:40:46.780><c> servant</c><00:40:47.059><c> through</c>

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:50.739
whatever<00:40:47.760><c> crises</c><00:40:48.400><c> might</c><00:40:49.099><c> come</c><00:40:49.340><c> upon</c><00:40:49.659><c> them.</c>

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:54.880
And<00:40:52.800><c> so</c><00:40:52.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:53.300><c> 49</c><00:40:53.820><c> and</c><00:40:54.039><c> verse</c><00:40:54.260><c> six</c><00:40:54.619><c> says,</c>

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:56.679
and<00:40:55.039><c> he</c><00:40:55.260><c> said,</c><00:40:55.420><c> it</c><00:40:55.500><c> is</c><00:40:55.739><c> a</c><00:40:55.880><c> light</c><00:40:56.039><c> thing</c>

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.480
that<00:40:57.179><c> thou</c><00:40:57.360><c> shouldest</c><00:40:57.699><c> be</c><00:40:57.900><c> my</c><00:40:58.179><c> servant</c>

00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:02.039
to<00:40:58.699><c> raise</c><00:40:58.940><c> up</c><00:40:59.199><c> the</c><00:40:59.500><c> tribes</c><00:40:59.840><c> of</c><00:41:00.940><c> Jacob</c>

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.880
and<00:41:02.420><c> to</c><00:41:02.659><c> restore</c><00:41:03.059><c> the</c><00:41:03.300><c> preserved</c><00:41:03.639><c> of</c><00:41:03.800><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:07.480
I<00:41:05.199><c> will</c><00:41:05.400><c> also</c><00:41:05.780><c> give</c><00:41:06.000><c> thee</c><00:41:06.159><c> for</c><00:41:06.300><c> a</c><00:41:06.480><c> light</c><00:41:06.599><c> to</c><00:41:06.820><c> the</c><00:41:06.980><c> Gentiles</c>

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:09.539
that<00:41:07.659><c> thou</c><00:41:07.880><c> mayest</c><00:41:08.280><c> be</c><00:41:08.460><c> my</c><00:41:08.800><c> salvation</c>

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:11.059
unto<00:41:09.920><c> the</c><00:41:10.159><c> ends</c><00:41:10.400><c> of</c><00:41:10.639><c> the</c><00:41:10.780><c> earth.</c>

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:12.960
I<00:41:11.500><c> know</c><00:41:11.659><c> we've</c><00:41:11.940><c> mentioned</c><00:41:12.159><c> this</c><00:41:12.460><c> before,</c>

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.440
and<00:41:13.320><c> so</c><00:41:13.440><c> I'm</c><00:41:13.579><c> going</c><00:41:13.699><c> to</c><00:41:13.820><c> mention</c><00:41:14.019><c> it</c><00:41:14.219><c> again</c>

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:16.139
because<00:41:14.800><c> we'll</c><00:41:15.280><c> come</c><00:41:15.440><c> to</c><00:41:15.579><c> it</c><00:41:15.739><c> eventually</c>

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:17.900
at<00:41:16.360><c> the</c><00:41:16.480><c> end</c><00:41:16.639><c> of</c><00:41:16.960><c> the</c><00:41:17.059><c> story,</c><00:41:17.380><c> you</c><00:41:17.659><c> see,</c>

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:20.000
that<00:41:18.380><c> in</c><00:41:18.559><c> a</c><00:41:18.820><c> very</c><00:41:19.260><c> special</c><00:41:19.619><c> way,</c>

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:23.440
these<00:41:20.380><c> words</c><00:41:20.719><c> would</c><00:41:21.000><c> come</c><00:41:21.360><c> true</c><00:41:21.579><c> in</c><00:41:21.739><c> the</c><00:41:21.840><c> life</c><00:41:22.079><c> of</c><00:41:22.320><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:27.019
That<00:41:24.659><c> as</c><00:41:25.019><c> a</c><00:41:25.179><c> result</c><00:41:25.420><c> of</c><00:41:25.579><c> the</c><00:41:25.780><c> remarkable</c><00:41:26.480><c> deliverance</c>

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:29.800
that<00:41:27.239><c> would</c><00:41:27.440><c> occur</c><00:41:27.739><c> from</c><00:41:27.980><c> the</c><00:41:28.199><c> hand</c><00:41:28.420><c> of</c><00:41:28.619><c> the</c><00:41:28.760><c> Assyrian,</c>

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.719
Hezekiah,<00:41:30.679><c> the</c><00:41:30.900><c> king</c><00:41:31.079><c> of</c><00:41:31.420><c> Judah,</c>

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:33.800
would<00:41:32.139><c> be</c><00:41:32.500><c> set</c><00:41:32.780><c> forth</c><00:41:33.059><c> as</c><00:41:33.420><c> a</c><00:41:33.599><c> light</c>

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:36.159
to<00:41:34.239><c> all</c><00:41:34.619><c> the</c><00:41:34.860><c> nations</c><00:41:35.400><c> round</c><00:41:35.820><c> about.</c>

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.440
We'll<00:41:36.619><c> see</c><00:41:36.780><c> that,</c><00:41:37.019><c> we'll</c><00:41:37.219><c> see</c><00:41:37.360><c> that</c><00:41:37.860><c> worked</c><00:41:38.199><c> out</c>

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:40.119
in<00:41:38.579><c> the</c><00:41:38.739><c> history</c><00:41:39.179><c> of</c><00:41:39.400><c> the</c><00:41:39.599><c> times.</c>

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:42.739
It<00:41:40.599><c> came</c><00:41:40.900><c> remarkably</c><00:41:41.679><c> true.</c>

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:45.920
And<00:41:44.059><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:41:44.659><c> influence</c><00:41:44.900><c> would</c><00:41:45.219><c> extend</c><00:41:45.619><c> out</c>

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:48.300
beyond<00:41:46.360><c> Judah</c><00:41:46.820><c> and</c><00:41:47.280><c> beyond</c><00:41:47.719><c> Israel,</c>

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:50.599
and<00:41:48.659><c> there</c><00:41:48.780><c> would</c><00:41:48.920><c> be</c><00:41:49.079><c> a</c><00:41:49.320><c> marvelous</c><00:41:49.699><c> work</c><00:41:49.980><c> of</c><00:41:50.280><c> deliverance</c>

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:52.900
that<00:41:50.780><c> would</c><00:41:51.039><c> leave</c><00:41:51.280><c> the</c><00:41:51.579><c> nations</c><00:41:52.000><c> themselves</c>

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:57.619
gasping<00:41:53.820><c> with</c><00:41:54.159><c> astonishment</c><00:41:54.880><c> at</c><00:41:55.539><c> the</c><00:41:55.800><c> wonder</c><00:41:56.079><c> of</c><00:41:56.480><c> this</c><00:41:56.780><c> man</c>

00:41:57.619 --> 00:42:01.760
through<00:41:58.380><c> whom</c><00:41:58.699><c> such</c><00:41:59.000><c> a</c><00:41:59.179><c> remarkable</c><00:41:59.900><c> deliverance</c><00:42:00.780><c> had</c><00:42:01.079><c> been</c><00:42:01.440><c> wrought.</c>

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:04.159
And<00:42:02.300><c> you</c><00:42:02.420><c> notice</c><00:42:02.579><c> the</c><00:42:02.900><c> paradox</c><00:42:03.300><c> of</c><00:42:03.480><c> verse</c><00:42:03.699><c> six.</c>

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:06.820
This<00:42:04.760><c> is</c><00:42:05.000><c> really</c><00:42:05.300><c> something</c><00:42:05.539><c> to</c><00:42:05.780><c> think</c><00:42:05.940><c> about.</c>

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:09.480
You<00:42:06.980><c> know</c><00:42:07.119><c> what</c><00:42:07.300><c> verse</c><00:42:07.519><c> six</c><00:42:07.820><c> teaches</c><00:42:08.159><c> us,</c><00:42:08.800><c> brothers</c><00:42:08.960><c> and</c><00:42:09.159><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:13.579
It<00:42:09.920><c> teaches</c><00:42:10.239><c> us</c><00:42:10.579><c> that</c><00:42:10.880><c> difficulty</c><00:42:11.659><c> in</c><00:42:12.119><c> our</c><00:42:12.500><c> service</c>

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:17.960
does<00:42:14.800><c> not</c><00:42:15.179><c> abrogate</c><00:42:15.719><c> our</c><00:42:16.039><c> role</c><00:42:16.480><c> as</c><00:42:16.980><c> servants,</c>

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:21.000
because<00:42:18.760><c> you</c><00:42:18.960><c> see</c><00:42:19.059><c> what</c><00:42:19.260><c> God</c><00:42:19.480><c> does</c><00:42:19.739><c> to</c><00:42:20.039><c> comfort</c><00:42:20.320><c> His</c><00:42:20.679><c> servant</c>

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:23.280
in<00:42:21.380><c> His</c><00:42:21.679><c> time</c><00:42:21.940><c> of</c><00:42:22.219><c> distress.</c>

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:27.679
He<00:42:25.420><c> says,</c><00:42:26.000><c> verse</c><00:42:26.340><c> six,</c>

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:31.059
I'm<00:42:29.079><c> going</c><00:42:29.179><c> to</c><00:42:29.420><c> deepen</c><00:42:29.659><c> your</c><00:42:30.059><c> service.</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:35.559
I'm<00:42:32.900><c> going</c><00:42:32.960><c> to</c><00:42:33.260><c> increase</c><00:42:33.800><c> your</c><00:42:34.380><c> labors.</c>

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:39.559
I'm<00:42:37.739><c> going</c><00:42:37.800><c> to</c><00:42:38.099><c> extend</c><00:42:38.840><c> the</c><00:42:39.340><c> work</c>

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:41.659
that<00:42:39.780><c> I</c><00:42:40.039><c> am</c><00:42:40.239><c> going</c><00:42:40.360><c> to</c><00:42:40.559><c> ask</c><00:42:40.820><c> you</c><00:42:41.019><c> to</c><00:42:41.219><c> accomplish,</c>

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:44.159
not<00:42:42.099><c> just</c><00:42:42.420><c> to</c><00:42:42.659><c> raise</c><00:42:42.840><c> up</c><00:42:43.039><c> the</c><00:42:43.280><c> tribes</c><00:42:43.559><c> of</c><00:42:43.780><c> Israel,</c>

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:46.840
but<00:42:44.480><c> to</c><00:42:44.639><c> be</c><00:42:44.820><c> a</c><00:42:44.900><c> light</c><00:42:45.039><c> to</c><00:42:45.239><c> the</c><00:42:45.380><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.960
Now<00:42:47.699><c> what</c><00:42:47.840><c> a</c><00:42:48.039><c> paradox.</c>

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:52.219
That<00:42:50.039><c> here</c><00:42:50.159><c> is</c><00:42:50.320><c> a</c><00:42:50.460><c> man</c><00:42:50.659><c> who</c><00:42:51.139><c> cries</c><00:42:51.480><c> in</c><00:42:51.739><c> distress</c>

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:54.659
because<00:42:52.679><c> of</c><00:42:52.880><c> the</c><00:42:53.119><c> burden</c><00:42:53.539><c> that</c><00:42:53.960><c> lies</c><00:42:54.179><c> upon</c><00:42:54.519><c> them</c>

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.800
of<00:42:54.780><c> being</c><00:42:55.079><c> God's</c><00:42:55.619><c> servant,</c>

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:58.019
and<00:42:56.219><c> the</c><00:42:56.440><c> comforting</c><00:42:56.840><c> reply</c><00:42:57.260><c> that</c><00:42:57.480><c> comes</c><00:42:57.760><c> back</c>

00:42:58.019 --> 00:43:01.780
from<00:42:58.280><c> Almighty</c><00:42:58.619><c> God</c><00:42:59.000><c> is,</c><00:42:59.679><c> I'll</c><00:42:59.800><c> give</c><00:42:59.920><c> you</c><00:43:00.079><c> more</c><00:43:00.280><c> work</c><00:43:00.460><c> to</c><00:43:00.719><c> do.</c>

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:05.139
I'll<00:43:03.579><c> increase</c><00:43:03.960><c> your</c><00:43:04.219><c> labors.</c>

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:08.099
Now<00:43:06.679><c> there's</c><00:43:06.980><c> a</c><00:43:07.159><c> paradox</c>

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:11.139
that<00:43:08.900><c> needs</c><00:43:09.159><c> to</c><00:43:09.320><c> be</c><00:43:09.480><c> worked</c><00:43:09.699><c> out</c><00:43:09.880><c> in</c><00:43:10.400><c> our</c><00:43:10.639><c> own</c><00:43:10.920><c> lives</c>

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:14.019
if<00:43:11.360><c> we</c><00:43:11.820><c> are</c><00:43:12.000><c> to</c><00:43:12.139><c> understand</c><00:43:12.780><c> what</c><00:43:13.139><c> it</c><00:43:13.400><c> really</c><00:43:13.659><c> means</c>

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:15.940
to<00:43:14.260><c> be</c><00:43:14.380><c> God's</c><00:43:15.199><c> servants.</c>

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:18.860
So<00:43:16.159><c> brothers</c><00:43:16.380><c> and</c><00:43:16.539><c> sisters,</c><00:43:17.219><c> the</c><00:43:17.300><c> question</c><00:43:17.579><c> then</c><00:43:17.780><c> of</c><00:43:18.039><c> these</c><00:43:18.280><c> verses,</c>

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:21.260
Isaiah<00:43:19.480><c> 49,</c><00:43:20.219><c> verses</c><00:43:20.519><c> one</c><00:43:20.800><c> to</c><00:43:20.940><c> six,</c>

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:25.460
where<00:43:21.880><c> is</c><00:43:22.280><c> Christ</c><00:43:22.860><c> then</c><00:43:23.340><c> in</c><00:43:23.780><c> all</c><00:43:24.019><c> of</c><00:43:24.199><c> this</c><00:43:24.519><c> story?</c>

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:29.260
Well,<00:43:27.539><c> I</c><00:43:27.679><c> think</c><00:43:27.840><c> that</c><00:43:28.000><c> this</c><00:43:28.199><c> actually</c><00:43:28.619><c> takes</c><00:43:29.039><c> us</c>

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:31.960
to<00:43:29.440><c> a</c><00:43:29.619><c> specific</c><00:43:30.000><c> moment</c><00:43:30.320><c> in</c><00:43:30.480><c> the</c><00:43:30.619><c> life</c><00:43:30.760><c> of</c><00:43:30.980><c> the</c><00:43:31.079><c> Lord</c><00:43:31.260><c> as</c><00:43:31.519><c> well</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:34.139
as<00:43:32.300><c> in</c><00:43:32.480><c> the</c><00:43:32.579><c> life</c><00:43:32.760><c> of</c><00:43:32.960><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:37.599
And<00:43:35.780><c> I</c><00:43:35.880><c> think</c><00:43:36.019><c> the</c><00:43:36.260><c> clue</c><00:43:36.380><c> is</c><00:43:36.579><c> verse</c><00:43:36.860><c> three.</c>

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:40.960
He<00:43:38.559><c> said</c><00:43:38.760><c> unto</c><00:43:38.940><c> me,</c><00:43:39.300><c> Thou</c><00:43:39.300><c> art</c><00:43:39.440><c> my</c><00:43:39.760><c> servant,</c><00:43:40.179><c> O</c><00:43:40.380><c> Israel,</c>

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:43.280
in<00:43:41.539><c> whom</c><00:43:41.699><c> I</c><00:43:41.980><c> will</c><00:43:42.219><c> be</c><00:43:42.539><c> glorified.</c>

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:45.659
Of<00:43:44.079><c> course,</c><00:43:44.260><c> you</c><00:43:44.400><c> know</c><00:43:44.519><c> who</c><00:43:44.699><c> got</c><00:43:44.860><c> that</c><00:43:45.079><c> name,</c><00:43:45.340><c> don't</c><00:43:45.539><c> you?</c>

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:48.000
Who<00:43:45.860><c> got</c><00:43:46.119><c> the</c><00:43:46.320><c> name</c><00:43:46.500><c> of</c><00:43:46.840><c> Israel?</c>

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:50.139
And<00:43:49.280><c> the</c><00:43:49.400><c> answer</c><00:43:49.639><c> is</c><00:43:49.860><c> Jacob.</c>

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:54.159
When<00:43:50.500><c> exactly</c><00:43:51.260><c> was</c><00:43:51.619><c> Jacob</c><00:43:52.039><c> given</c><00:43:52.699><c> the</c><00:43:52.880><c> name</c><00:43:53.400><c> Israel?</c>

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:59.159
And<00:43:54.719><c> the</c><00:43:54.880><c> answer</c><00:43:55.179><c> is</c><00:43:55.460><c> at</c><00:43:55.699><c> the</c><00:43:56.039><c> time</c><00:43:56.480><c> of</c><00:43:57.800><c> his</c><00:43:58.039><c> wrestling.</c>

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:04.119
At<00:44:02.239><c> the</c><00:44:02.420><c> time</c><00:44:02.699><c> of</c><00:44:02.900><c> his</c><00:44:03.119><c> wrestling.</c>

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:11.119
Now,<00:44:08.179><c> when</c><00:44:08.380><c> was</c><00:44:08.639><c> the</c><00:44:08.860><c> great</c><00:44:09.219><c> wrestling</c><00:44:09.639><c> of</c><00:44:09.940><c> Christ?</c>

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:16.239
At<00:44:14.199><c> the</c><00:44:14.420><c> Garden</c><00:44:14.659><c> of</c><00:44:14.900><c> Gethsemane.</c>

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:19.539
Do<00:44:17.719><c> you</c><00:44:17.719><c> know</c><00:44:17.860><c> that</c><00:44:17.980><c> when</c><00:44:18.159><c> the</c><00:44:18.340><c> Lord</c><00:44:18.460><c> began</c><00:44:18.900><c> His</c><00:44:19.199><c> journey</c>

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:21.460
towards<00:44:19.940><c> the</c><00:44:20.199><c> garden,</c><00:44:20.480><c> you</c><00:44:20.559><c> don't</c><00:44:20.739><c> need</c><00:44:20.880><c> to</c><00:44:21.079><c> turn</c><00:44:21.199><c> it</c><00:44:21.340><c> up,</c>

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:23.320
but<00:44:21.599><c> you</c><00:44:21.719><c> might</c><00:44:22.019><c> like</c><00:44:22.219><c> to</c><00:44:22.400><c> take</c><00:44:22.480><c> a</c><00:44:22.579><c> note</c><00:44:22.679><c> of</c><00:44:22.820><c> the</c><00:44:23.000><c> reference.</c>

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:26.219
As<00:44:23.820><c> the</c><00:44:24.000><c> Lord</c><00:44:24.199><c> walked</c><00:44:24.500><c> out</c><00:44:24.699><c> of</c><00:44:24.820><c> the</c><00:44:24.980><c> upper</c><00:44:25.159><c> room</c><00:44:25.340><c> with</c><00:44:25.500><c> His</c><00:44:25.719><c> disciples</c>

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:28.159
to<00:44:26.460><c> go</c><00:44:26.659><c> to</c><00:44:26.820><c> the</c><00:44:26.920><c> Garden</c><00:44:27.199><c> of</c><00:44:27.420><c> Gethsemane,</c>

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:32.460
He<00:44:28.440><c> lifted</c><00:44:28.699><c> up</c><00:44:28.900><c> His</c><00:44:29.099><c> voice</c><00:44:29.300><c> in</c><00:44:29.579><c> prayer</c><00:44:30.039><c> and</c><00:44:30.619><c> He</c><00:44:30.840><c> said</c><00:44:30.980><c> these</c><00:44:31.280><c> words.</c>

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:38.119
Father,<00:44:36.440><c> the</c><00:44:36.599><c> hour</c><00:44:36.860><c> is</c><00:44:37.219><c> come.</c>

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:49.219
Glorify<00:44:41.559><c> thy</c><00:44:42.360><c> son</c><00:44:43.099><c> that</c><00:44:44.820><c> thy</c><00:44:45.239><c> son</c><00:44:46.239><c> may</c><00:44:47.360><c> glorify</c><00:44:48.079><c> thee.</c>

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:52.659
Do<00:44:50.860><c> you</c><00:44:50.860><c> know</c><00:44:50.960><c> where</c><00:44:51.099><c> the</c><00:44:51.360><c> spirit</c><00:44:51.519><c> of</c><00:44:51.719><c> those</c><00:44:51.880><c> words</c><00:44:52.139><c> come</c><00:44:52.420><c> from?</c>

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:55.840
Isn't<00:44:53.059><c> that</c><00:44:53.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:54.119><c> 49</c><00:44:55.079><c> and</c><00:44:55.340><c> verse</c><00:44:55.579><c> three?</c>

00:44:55.840 --> 00:45:00.880
Thou<00:44:56.099><c> art</c><00:44:56.280><c> my</c><00:44:56.739><c> servant</c><00:44:57.119><c> in</c><00:44:57.480><c> whom</c><00:44:57.900><c> I</c><00:44:58.880><c> will</c><00:44:59.420><c> be</c><00:45:00.119><c> glorified.</c>

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:05.039
Glorify<00:45:01.760><c> thy</c><00:45:02.119><c> son</c><00:45:02.760><c> that</c><00:45:03.119><c> thy</c><00:45:03.460><c> son</c><00:45:03.800><c> may</c><00:45:04.099><c> glorify</c><00:45:04.880><c> thee.</c>

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:07.860
That's<00:45:05.699><c> John</c><00:45:06.119><c> 17,</c><00:45:07.000><c> verse</c><00:45:07.360><c> one.</c>

00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:11.920
You<00:45:08.480><c> see,</c><00:45:08.639><c> I</c><00:45:08.980><c> believe</c><00:45:09.260><c> that</c><00:45:09.539><c> the</c><00:45:10.119><c> second</c><00:45:10.860><c> servant's</c><00:45:11.619><c> song</c>

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:15.619
was<00:45:12.519><c> in</c><00:45:12.920><c> the</c><00:45:13.300><c> mind</c><00:45:13.780><c> of</c><00:45:14.099><c> the</c><00:45:14.340><c> Lord</c><00:45:14.659><c> as</c><00:45:15.079><c> He</c><00:45:15.380><c> walked</c>

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:18.440
towards<00:45:16.199><c> Gethsemane</c><00:45:16.880><c> on</c><00:45:17.159><c> that</c><00:45:17.320><c> occasion.</c>

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:20.300
And<00:45:19.400><c> when</c><00:45:19.500><c> He</c><00:45:19.659><c> got</c><00:45:19.760><c> to</c><00:45:19.920><c> the</c><00:45:20.079><c> garden,</c>

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.800
well,<00:45:20.599><c> let's</c><00:45:20.820><c> have</c><00:45:20.920><c> a</c><00:45:20.980><c> look</c><00:45:21.099><c> at</c><00:45:21.179><c> that,</c><00:45:21.440><c> shall</c><00:45:21.539><c> we?</c>

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:24.260
Come<00:45:22.019><c> and</c><00:45:22.099><c> have</c><00:45:22.179><c> a</c><00:45:22.199><c> look</c><00:45:22.280><c> at</c><00:45:22.380><c> the</c><00:45:22.519><c> Gospel</c><00:45:22.780><c> of</c><00:45:23.000><c> Mark,</c><00:45:23.340><c> chapter</c><00:45:23.619><c> 14,</c>

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:28.360
and<00:45:24.920><c> let's</c><00:45:25.460><c> have</c><00:45:25.559><c> a</c><00:45:25.639><c> look</c><00:45:25.760><c> at</c><00:45:25.920><c> Christ</c><00:45:26.320><c> in</c><00:45:26.699><c> the</c><00:45:26.940><c> Garden</c><00:45:27.320><c> of</c><00:45:27.699><c> Wrestling</c>

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:30.739
once<00:45:29.239><c> He</c><00:45:29.500><c> got</c><00:45:29.760><c> there.</c>

00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:40.000
Because<00:45:36.980><c> you</c><00:45:37.159><c> see,</c><00:45:37.300><c> we're</c><00:45:37.440><c> told</c><00:45:37.599><c> in</c><00:45:37.760><c> Mark,</c><00:45:38.079><c> chapter</c><00:45:38.360><c> 14,</c>

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:42.940
and<00:45:40.980><c> reading</c><00:45:41.260><c> from</c><00:45:41.559><c> verse</c><00:45:41.860><c> 26,</c><00:45:42.599><c> it</c><00:45:42.739><c> says,</c>

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:44.300
and<00:45:43.179><c> when</c><00:45:43.340><c> they</c><00:45:43.539><c> had</c><00:45:43.800><c> sung</c><00:45:43.940><c> a</c><00:45:44.139><c> hymn,</c>

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:46.179
they<00:45:44.519><c> went</c><00:45:44.719><c> out</c><00:45:44.920><c> into</c><00:45:45.099><c> the</c><00:45:45.260><c> Mount</c><00:45:45.420><c> of</c><00:45:45.639><c> Olives.</c>

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:49.340
Mark<00:45:46.880><c> 14,</c><00:45:47.559><c> verse</c><00:45:47.900><c> 26.</c>

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:51.400
Of<00:45:50.139><c> course,</c><00:45:50.280><c> the</c><00:45:50.440><c> margin's</c><00:45:50.820><c> correct,</c><00:45:51.179><c> isn't</c><00:45:51.300><c> it?</c>

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:54.739
That<00:45:51.619><c> when</c><00:45:51.739><c> it</c><00:45:51.880><c> says</c><00:45:52.019><c> they,</c><00:45:52.699><c> when</c><00:45:52.840><c> they</c><00:45:53.019><c> had</c><00:45:53.260><c> sung</c><00:45:53.400><c> a</c><00:45:53.639><c> hymn,</c>

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:56.579
it<00:45:54.880><c> wasn't</c><00:45:55.119><c> just</c><00:45:55.539><c> a</c><00:45:55.800><c> hymn,</c><00:45:56.380><c> was</c><00:45:56.460><c> it?</c>

00:45:56.719 --> 00:46:00.860
It<00:45:56.800><c> was</c><00:45:57.780><c> a</c><00:45:58.340><c> psalm,</c><00:46:00.039><c> says</c><00:46:00.219><c> the</c><00:46:00.519><c> margin.</c>

00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:03.440
And<00:46:02.000><c> do</c><00:46:02.139><c> you</c><00:46:02.179><c> know</c><00:46:02.260><c> what</c><00:46:02.519><c> psalm</c><00:46:02.760><c> that</c><00:46:02.920><c> would</c><00:46:03.039><c> have</c><00:46:03.260><c> been?</c>

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:06.380
Because<00:46:03.840><c> you</c><00:46:04.179><c> see,</c><00:46:04.260><c> they</c><00:46:04.380><c> used</c><00:46:04.639><c> to</c><00:46:04.840><c> sing</c><00:46:04.980><c> the</c><00:46:05.500><c> Hallel</c><00:46:05.920><c> Psalms,</c>

00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:09.260
didn't<00:46:06.719><c> they,</c><00:46:07.239><c> as</c><00:46:07.480><c> part</c><00:46:07.679><c> of</c><00:46:07.860><c> the</c><00:46:08.079><c> Passover</c><00:46:08.480><c> celebration.</c>

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:13.400
And<00:46:09.699><c> the</c><00:46:09.860><c> Hallel</c><00:46:10.159><c> Psalms</c><00:46:10.539><c> were</c><00:46:10.820><c> 111</c><00:46:12.039><c> to</c><00:46:12.320><c> 118,</c>

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:15.860
but<00:46:13.619><c> they</c><00:46:13.820><c> were</c><00:46:14.019><c> sung</c><00:46:14.139><c> in</c><00:46:14.340><c> two</c><00:46:14.619><c> sections,</c>

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:20.679
Psalms<00:46:16.320><c> 111</c><00:46:17.480><c> to</c><00:46:17.860><c> 115,</c><00:46:19.139><c> earlier</c><00:46:19.619><c> on.</c>

00:46:20.820 --> 00:46:22.539
And<00:46:21.099><c> then</c><00:46:21.219><c> at</c><00:46:21.400><c> the</c><00:46:21.559><c> end</c><00:46:21.739><c> of</c><00:46:21.920><c> the</c><00:46:22.159><c> celebration,</c>

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:27.780
they<00:46:22.880><c> sang</c><00:46:23.159><c> Psalms</c><00:46:23.739><c> 115</c><00:46:24.940><c> to</c><00:46:25.840><c> 118</c>

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:31.360
at<00:46:28.420><c> the</c><00:46:28.679><c> conclusion</c><00:46:29.440><c> of</c><00:46:30.199><c> the</c><00:46:30.400><c> meeting.</c>

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:34.579
And<00:46:32.559><c> I</c><00:46:32.699><c> think</c><00:46:32.840><c> that</c><00:46:33.059><c> that's</c><00:46:33.380><c> the</c><00:46:33.659><c> Psalms</c><00:46:33.940><c> that</c><00:46:34.079><c> were</c><00:46:34.340><c> sung</c>

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:37.139
in<00:46:35.260><c> Mark</c><00:46:35.639><c> 14,</c><00:46:36.360><c> verse</c><00:46:36.519><c> 26.</c>

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:42.880
I<00:46:37.460><c> think</c><00:46:37.599><c> they</c><00:46:37.760><c> would</c><00:46:37.900><c> have</c><00:46:38.039><c> been</c><00:46:38.239><c> Psalms</c><00:46:38.920><c> 115,</c><00:46:40.960><c> rather,</c><00:46:41.579><c> to</c><00:46:42.139><c> 118.</c>

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:45.639
I<00:46:43.280><c> think</c><00:46:43.440><c> those</c><00:46:43.860><c> Psalms</c><00:46:44.460><c> were</c><00:46:44.699><c> on</c><00:46:44.840><c> the</c><00:46:45.000><c> mind</c><00:46:45.179><c> of</c><00:46:45.380><c> the</c><00:46:45.480><c> Lord</c>

00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:47.059
as<00:46:45.760><c> He</c><00:46:45.960><c> walked</c><00:46:46.159><c> into</c><00:46:46.420><c> the</c><00:46:46.699><c> garden.</c>

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:48.980
And<00:46:47.440><c> we're</c><00:46:47.639><c> told</c><00:46:47.800><c> that</c><00:46:47.920><c> when</c><00:46:48.019><c> He</c><00:46:48.139><c> got</c><00:46:48.300><c> to</c><00:46:48.480><c> the</c><00:46:48.659><c> garden,</c>

00:46:49.219 --> 00:46:51.960
well,<00:46:49.360><c> it</c><00:46:49.539><c> says</c><00:46:49.719><c> this,</c><00:46:50.960><c> verse</c><00:46:51.300><c> 33.</c>

00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:55.079
He<00:46:52.440><c> taketh</c><00:46:52.800><c> with</c><00:46:53.059><c> Him</c><00:46:53.280><c> Peter</c><00:46:53.639><c> and</c><00:46:53.920><c> James</c><00:46:54.420><c> and</c><00:46:54.659><c> John,</c>

00:46:55.079 --> 00:47:00.880
and<00:46:55.440><c> began</c><00:46:55.780><c> to</c><00:46:56.059><c> be</c><00:46:56.460><c> sore</c><00:46:56.900><c> amazed</c><00:46:57.679><c> and</c><00:46:58.780><c> to</c><00:46:58.900><c> be</c><00:46:59.179><c> very</c><00:46:59.679><c> heavy.</c>

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:02.980
And<00:47:01.420><c> saith</c><00:47:01.599><c> unto</c><00:47:01.880><c> them,</c>

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:09.119
my<00:47:03.739><c> soul</c><00:47:04.460><c> is</c><00:47:05.440><c> exceeding</c><00:47:06.119><c> sorrowful</c><00:47:07.619><c> unto</c><00:47:08.079><c> death.</c>

00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:13.820
You<00:47:09.320><c> know</c><00:47:09.480><c> that</c><00:47:10.420><c> another</c><00:47:11.039><c> translation</c><00:47:11.659><c> of</c><00:47:11.880><c> that</c><00:47:12.099><c> phrase</c><00:47:12.380><c> is,</c>

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:17.900
encompassed<00:47:14.179><c> with</c><00:47:14.400><c> grief</c><00:47:15.039><c> is</c><00:47:15.699><c> my</c><00:47:16.159><c> soul</c><00:47:16.780><c> unto</c><00:47:17.360><c> death.</c>

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:20.900
And<00:47:18.260><c> I</c><00:47:18.400><c> think</c><00:47:18.539><c> the</c><00:47:18.739><c> Lord</c><00:47:18.860><c> was</c><00:47:19.139><c> quoting</c><00:47:19.440><c> from</c><00:47:19.719><c> a</c><00:47:20.019><c> psalm.</c>

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:23.320
Now,<00:47:21.539><c> you'd</c><00:47:21.739><c> never</c><00:47:21.880><c> guess</c><00:47:22.019><c> what</c><00:47:22.300><c> psalm</c><00:47:22.519><c> that</c><00:47:22.659><c> would</c><00:47:22.820><c> be,</c><00:47:22.980><c> would</c><00:47:23.099><c> you?</c>

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:25.880
Well,<00:47:23.699><c> it</c><00:47:23.719><c> just</c><00:47:24.000><c> happens</c><00:47:24.219><c> to</c><00:47:24.420><c> be</c><00:47:24.599><c> psalm</c><00:47:24.880><c> 116,</c>

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:28.480
which<00:47:26.239><c> is</c><00:47:26.420><c> one</c><00:47:26.599><c> of</c><00:47:26.739><c> the</c><00:47:26.980><c> psalms</c><00:47:27.219><c> they've</c><00:47:27.559><c> just</c><00:47:27.980><c> sung</c>

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:30.420
before<00:47:29.340><c> leaving</c><00:47:29.699><c> the</c><00:47:29.940><c> upper</c><00:47:30.139><c> room.</c>

00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:32.159
And<00:47:30.840><c> it</c><00:47:31.019><c> just</c><00:47:31.260><c> happens</c><00:47:31.539><c> to</c><00:47:31.719><c> be</c><00:47:31.860><c> a</c><00:47:32.019><c> psalm</c>

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:33.760
that<00:47:32.300><c> we</c><00:47:32.500><c> believe</c><00:47:32.639><c> was</c><00:47:32.820><c> written</c><00:47:33.099><c> by</c>

00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:38.380
why<00:47:34.440><c> good</c><00:47:34.980><c> King</c><00:47:35.739><c> Hezekiah</c><00:47:36.400><c> of</c><00:47:36.760><c> Judah</c><00:47:36.960><c> at</c><00:47:37.119><c> the</c><00:47:37.340><c> time</c><00:47:37.500><c> of</c><00:47:37.699><c> his</c><00:47:37.940><c> distress.</c>

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:42.500
Now,<00:47:38.780><c> have</c><00:47:38.940><c> a</c><00:47:39.019><c> look</c><00:47:39.139><c> at</c><00:47:39.280><c> the</c><00:47:39.500><c> psalm</c><00:47:39.940><c> 116</c><00:47:41.260><c> and</c><00:47:41.780><c> verse</c><00:47:42.079><c> one,</c>

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:44.699
a<00:47:42.880><c> psalm</c><00:47:43.139><c> I</c><00:47:43.320><c> believe</c><00:47:43.559><c> of</c><00:47:43.760><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:46.619
Haven't<00:47:45.159><c> got</c><00:47:45.300><c> time</c><00:47:45.500><c> to</c><00:47:45.659><c> show</c><00:47:45.780><c> that</c><00:47:45.980><c> to</c><00:47:46.119><c> you</c><00:47:46.280><c> today,</c>

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:49.039
but<00:47:47.039><c> I</c><00:47:47.320><c> believe</c><00:47:47.480><c> it</c><00:47:47.679><c> was,</c><00:47:47.820><c> and</c><00:47:47.940><c> there</c><00:47:48.059><c> are</c><00:47:48.219><c> other</c><00:47:48.380><c> good</c><00:47:48.619><c> evidences</c>

00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:51.059
later<00:47:49.420><c> on</c><00:47:49.639><c> in</c><00:47:49.760><c> the</c><00:47:49.900><c> body</c><00:47:50.119><c> of</c><00:47:50.340><c> the</c><00:47:50.639><c> psalm.</c>

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:52.880
And<00:47:51.420><c> I</c><00:47:51.599><c> think</c><00:47:51.699><c> that</c><00:47:51.900><c> this</c><00:47:52.139><c> was</c><00:47:52.340><c> the</c><00:47:52.639><c> psalm,</c>

00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:55.460
the<00:47:52.980><c> psalm</c><00:47:53.579><c> of</c><00:47:53.820><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:47:54.800><c> distress</c>

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:57.559
that<00:47:55.960><c> came</c><00:47:56.199><c> into</c><00:47:56.440><c> the</c><00:47:56.659><c> mind</c><00:47:56.900><c> of</c><00:47:57.099><c> the</c><00:47:57.239><c> Lord</c>

00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:59.719
as<00:47:58.039><c> he</c><00:47:58.360><c> threw</c><00:47:58.579><c> himself</c><00:47:59.159><c> down</c>

00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:02.739
among<00:48:00.219><c> the</c><00:48:00.500><c> gnarled</c><00:48:01.059><c> olive</c><00:48:01.480><c> trees</c><00:48:01.719><c> of</c><00:48:01.960><c> Gethsemane</c>

00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:05.420
in<00:48:03.059><c> an</c><00:48:03.360><c> abandonment</c><00:48:03.900><c> of</c><00:48:04.179><c> grief</c><00:48:04.519><c> and</c><00:48:05.039><c> prayer.</c>

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:09.980
And<00:48:05.800><c> he</c><00:48:06.079><c> cries,</c><00:48:06.800><c> encompassed</c><00:48:07.519><c> with</c><00:48:07.699><c> grief</c><00:48:08.059><c> is</c><00:48:08.360><c> my</c><00:48:08.739><c> soul</c><00:48:09.199><c> unto</c><00:48:09.539><c> death.</c>

00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:13.739
And<00:48:10.380><c> the</c><00:48:10.639><c> psalm</c><00:48:10.980><c> had</c><00:48:11.239><c> said,</c><00:48:12.420><c> verse</c><00:48:12.659><c> three,</c>

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.960
the<00:48:14.579><c> sorrows</c><00:48:15.340><c> of</c><00:48:15.840><c> death</c><00:48:16.300><c> compassed</c><00:48:17.019><c> me</c>

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:21.260
and<00:48:18.340><c> the</c><00:48:18.599><c> pains</c><00:48:18.920><c> of</c><00:48:19.219><c> hell</c><00:48:19.480><c> get</c><00:48:19.820><c> hold</c><00:48:20.019><c> upon</c><00:48:20.340><c> me.</c>

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:24.380
I<00:48:21.780><c> found</c><00:48:22.219><c> trouble</c><00:48:22.880><c> and</c><00:48:23.340><c> sorrow.</c>

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:27.239
Then<00:48:24.980><c> called</c><00:48:25.460><c> I</c><00:48:25.739><c> upon</c><00:48:25.940><c> the</c><00:48:26.159><c> name</c><00:48:26.500><c> of</c><00:48:26.880><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:31.699
oh<00:48:27.679><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:28.360><c> I</c><00:48:28.559><c> beseech</c><00:48:29.099><c> thee,</c><00:48:29.639><c> deliver</c><00:48:30.039><c> my</c><00:48:30.480><c> soul.</c>

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:36.079
And<00:48:34.079><c> whilst</c><00:48:34.280><c> there</c><00:48:34.440><c> might</c><00:48:34.519><c> have</c><00:48:34.639><c> been</c><00:48:34.800><c> other</c><00:48:35.179><c> scriptural</c><00:48:35.719><c> passages</c>

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:38.119
that<00:48:36.340><c> the</c><00:48:36.500><c> Lord</c><00:48:36.820><c> had</c><00:48:37.099><c> in</c><00:48:37.320><c> mind</c><00:48:37.539><c> in</c><00:48:37.739><c> the</c><00:48:37.920><c> garden,</c>

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:40.340
I'm<00:48:38.380><c> sure</c><00:48:38.579><c> that</c><00:48:38.739><c> this</c><00:48:38.920><c> was</c><00:48:39.079><c> one</c><00:48:39.300><c> of</c><00:48:39.519><c> them,</c>

00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:43.500
a<00:48:40.719><c> prayer</c><00:48:40.860><c> of</c><00:48:41.079><c> Hezekiah</c><00:48:41.760><c> at</c><00:48:42.119><c> the</c><00:48:42.360><c> time</c><00:48:42.539><c> of</c><00:48:42.699><c> his</c><00:48:42.920><c> distress.</c>

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:46.840
I<00:48:43.940><c> think</c><00:48:44.079><c> that</c><00:48:44.239><c> this</c><00:48:44.440><c> is</c><00:48:44.639><c> the</c><00:48:44.860><c> time</c><00:48:45.039><c> of</c><00:48:45.219><c> the</c><00:48:45.579><c> second</c><00:48:45.960><c> servant</c><00:48:46.420><c> song</c>

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:48.320
in<00:48:47.280><c> the</c><00:48:47.480><c> life</c><00:48:47.659><c> of</c><00:48:47.940><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:48.320 --> 00:48:50.820
Can<00:48:48.699><c> you</c><00:48:48.900><c> imagine</c><00:48:49.420><c> that</c><00:48:49.719><c> this</c><00:48:49.900><c> would</c><00:48:50.059><c> have</c><00:48:50.199><c> been</c><00:48:50.340><c> appropriate</c>

00:48:50.820 --> 00:48:52.179
for<00:48:51.039><c> Christ,</c><00:48:51.500><c> brothers</c><00:48:51.639><c> and</c><00:48:51.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:53.980
to<00:48:52.480><c> say</c><00:48:52.659><c> at</c><00:48:52.840><c> that</c><00:48:53.019><c> time</c><00:48:53.320><c> in</c><00:48:53.480><c> the</c><00:48:53.679><c> garden,</c>

00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:56.480
I<00:48:54.380><c> have</c><00:48:54.699><c> labored</c><00:48:55.079><c> in</c><00:48:55.380><c> vain?</c>

00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:02.139
The<00:48:59.940><c> Lord</c><00:49:00.860><c> bore</c><00:49:01.119><c> the</c><00:49:01.340><c> full</c><00:49:01.559><c> consequence</c>

00:49:02.139 --> 00:49:04.280
of<00:49:02.599><c> Adam's</c><00:49:03.219><c> sins</c><00:49:03.400><c> in</c><00:49:03.579><c> his</c><00:49:03.800><c> nature.</c>

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:08.119
And<00:49:04.699><c> so</c><00:49:04.860><c> in</c><00:49:04.980><c> his</c><00:49:05.179><c> life,</c><00:49:05.760><c> he</c><00:49:06.000><c> experienced</c><00:49:06.480><c> a</c><00:49:06.760><c> full</c><00:49:07.000><c> measure</c><00:49:07.320><c> of</c><00:49:07.699><c> sorrow</c>

00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:11.360
beyond<00:49:08.800><c> even</c><00:49:09.300><c> the</c><00:49:09.539><c> anguish</c><00:49:09.900><c> of</c><00:49:10.099><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:49:12.139 --> 00:49:17.260
He<00:49:12.440><c> knew</c><00:49:12.559><c> an</c><00:49:12.840><c> unsettled</c><00:49:14.000><c> and</c><00:49:14.500><c> transient</c><00:49:14.860><c> existence,</c><00:49:15.639><c> Luke</c><00:49:15.760><c> 9,</c><00:49:16.159><c> 58.</c>

00:49:17.400 --> 00:49:21.300
He<00:49:17.960><c> was</c><00:49:18.119><c> opposed</c><00:49:18.599><c> and</c><00:49:18.900><c> menaced,</c><00:49:19.480><c> Luke</c><00:49:19.599><c> 4,</c><00:49:19.940><c> 29.</c>

00:49:21.739 --> 00:49:24.119
He<00:49:21.860><c> suffered</c><00:49:22.099><c> the</c><00:49:22.340><c> indifference</c><00:49:22.679><c> of</c><00:49:22.840><c> his</c><00:49:23.039><c> family,</c><00:49:23.480><c> John</c><00:49:23.739><c> 7,</c>

00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:25.599
verse<00:49:24.440><c> 5.</c>

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:30.139
He<00:49:26.360><c> experienced</c><00:49:26.840><c> the</c><00:49:27.000><c> maligning</c><00:49:27.400><c> of</c><00:49:27.559><c> his</c><00:49:27.719><c> own</c><00:49:28.000><c> kin,</c><00:49:28.360><c> Mark</c><00:49:28.579><c> 3,</c><00:49:28.940><c> 21.</c>

00:49:30.619 --> 00:49:33.480
He<00:49:30.840><c> felt</c><00:49:31.079><c> the</c><00:49:31.360><c> disappointment</c><00:49:31.880><c> as</c><00:49:32.320><c> many</c><00:49:32.619><c> of</c><00:49:32.760><c> his</c><00:49:32.980><c> disciples</c>

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:36.780
turned<00:49:33.820><c> away,</c><00:49:34.119><c> John</c><00:49:34.519><c> 6,</c><00:49:35.619><c> 66.</c>

00:49:37.380 --> 00:49:39.159
He<00:49:37.579><c> endured</c><00:49:37.820><c> the</c><00:49:38.079><c> grief</c><00:49:38.219><c> of</c><00:49:38.420><c> being</c><00:49:38.659><c> betrayed</c>

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:42.659
by<00:49:39.539><c> a</c><00:49:39.659><c> close</c><00:49:40.239><c> companion,</c><00:49:40.900><c> John</c><00:49:41.179><c> 13,</c><00:49:41.900><c> verse</c><00:49:42.159><c> 18.</c>

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:45.719
He<00:49:43.360><c> agonized</c><00:49:44.139><c> over</c><00:49:44.579><c> a</c><00:49:44.780><c> mission</c><00:49:44.960><c> that</c><00:49:45.340><c> failed.</c>

00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:47.960
Matthew<00:49:46.300><c> 23,</c><00:49:47.059><c> verse</c><00:49:47.280><c> 27.</c>

00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:51.260
He<00:49:48.300><c> felt</c><00:49:48.599><c> the</c><00:49:48.920><c> futility</c><00:49:49.500><c> of</c><00:49:49.780><c> apparent</c><00:49:50.079><c> labor</c><00:49:50.500><c> in</c><00:49:50.880><c> vain.</c>

00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:54.019
Luke<00:49:51.679><c> 19,</c><00:49:52.539><c> verses</c><00:49:52.679><c> 41</c><00:49:53.300><c> to</c><00:49:53.500><c> 42.</c>

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:58.400
He<00:49:54.760><c> wrestled</c><00:49:55.320><c> with</c><00:49:55.780><c> gripping</c><00:49:56.300><c> anguish</c><00:49:57.000><c> in</c><00:49:57.460><c> Gethsemane.</c>

00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:02.159
Matthew<00:49:58.920><c> 26,</c><00:49:59.900><c> verses</c><00:50:00.079><c> 37</c><00:50:00.800><c> to</c><00:50:01.079><c> 38.</c>

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:06.860
And<00:50:03.079><c> in</c><00:50:03.280><c> the</c><00:50:03.440><c> end,</c><00:50:05.199><c> he</c><00:50:05.320><c> was</c><00:50:05.559><c> left</c><00:50:05.780><c> alone.</c>

00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:13.119
The<00:50:07.760><c> rest</c><00:50:08.000><c> of</c><00:50:08.300><c> all</c><00:50:08.619><c> support,</c><00:50:09.599><c> Mark</c><00:50:10.059><c> 14,</c><00:50:11.139><c> verses</c><00:50:11.300><c> 49</c><00:50:12.119><c> to</c><00:50:12.639><c> 52.</c>

00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:15.320
Do<00:50:13.360><c> you</c><00:50:13.519><c> not</c><00:50:13.780><c> think</c><00:50:13.920><c> that</c><00:50:14.099><c> it</c><00:50:14.239><c> was</c><00:50:14.420><c> here</c><00:50:14.619><c> in</c><00:50:14.760><c> the</c><00:50:14.940><c> garden,</c>

00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:17.940
brothers<00:50:15.780><c> and</c><00:50:16.039><c> sisters,</c><00:50:16.300><c> that</c><00:50:16.480><c> our</c><00:50:16.699><c> Lord</c><00:50:17.059><c> would</c><00:50:17.440><c> have</c><00:50:17.599><c> prayed,</c>

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:20.159
I<00:50:18.199><c> have</c><00:50:18.539><c> labored</c><00:50:18.900><c> in</c><00:50:19.179><c> vain?</c>

00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:27.139
He<00:50:23.119><c> experienced</c><00:50:23.639><c> those</c><00:50:24.519><c> same</c><00:50:25.139><c> distresses,</c><00:50:25.880><c> didn't</c><00:50:26.199><c> he?</c>

00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:32.539
And<00:50:29.179><c> do</c><00:50:29.260><c> you</c><00:50:29.260><c> know</c><00:50:29.340><c> what</c><00:50:29.460><c> the</c><00:50:29.659><c> record</c><00:50:29.880><c> tells</c><00:50:30.179><c> us</c><00:50:30.340><c> in</c><00:50:30.460><c> the</c><00:50:30.599><c> gospels?</c>

00:50:33.179 --> 00:50:34.420
It<00:50:33.340><c> tells</c><00:50:33.519><c> us,</c><00:50:33.920><c> brothers</c><00:50:33.920><c> and</c><00:50:34.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:37.980
that<00:50:34.699><c> Almighty</c><00:50:35.099><c> God</c><00:50:35.559><c> heard</c><00:50:36.579><c> the</c><00:50:36.880><c> cries</c><00:50:37.159><c> of</c><00:50:37.400><c> his</c><00:50:37.699><c> servant</c>

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:41.239
and<00:50:38.199><c> his</c><00:50:38.539><c> son</c><00:50:38.920><c> on</c><00:50:39.760><c> that</c><00:50:39.920><c> occasion.</c>

00:50:42.059 --> 00:50:45.159
Almighty<00:50:42.420><c> God</c><00:50:42.860><c> heard</c><00:50:43.239><c> the</c><00:50:43.619><c> cries</c><00:50:44.079><c> of</c><00:50:44.519><c> his</c><00:50:44.860><c> servant</c>

00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:45.940
and<00:50:45.320><c> his</c><00:50:45.539><c> son.</c>

00:50:46.260 --> 00:50:48.679
And<00:50:46.340><c> Luke's</c><00:50:46.760><c> gospel</c><00:50:47.039><c> tells</c><00:50:47.340><c> us</c><00:50:47.659><c> that</c><00:50:47.940><c> God</c><00:50:48.199><c> responded</c>

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:49.420
and<00:50:48.860><c> he</c><00:50:48.980><c> did</c><00:50:49.139><c> something.</c>

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:51.360
What<00:50:49.599><c> did</c><00:50:49.699><c> he</c><00:50:49.840><c> do?</c>

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:57.420
He<00:50:52.059><c> says</c><00:50:52.179><c> that</c><00:50:52.360><c> he</c><00:50:52.460><c> sent</c><00:50:53.219><c> an</c><00:50:54.460><c> angel</c><00:50:54.920><c> from</c><00:50:56.280><c> heaven,</c>

00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:00.380
strengthening<00:50:59.440><c> him.</c>

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:01.840
And<00:51:00.900><c> do</c><00:51:00.980><c> you</c><00:51:00.980><c> know</c><00:51:01.039><c> what</c><00:51:01.159><c> the</c><00:51:01.380><c> song</c><00:51:01.539><c> had</c><00:51:01.719><c> said?</c>

00:51:01.880 --> 00:51:04.119
Did<00:51:01.980><c> you</c><00:51:02.139><c> notice</c><00:51:02.360><c> that</c><00:51:02.579><c> in</c><00:51:02.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:03.360><c> 49?</c>

00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:06.480
You<00:51:04.559><c> see,</c><00:51:04.960><c> this</c><00:51:05.179><c> was</c><00:51:05.400><c> the</c><00:51:05.539><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:05.920><c> of</c><00:51:06.139><c> the</c><00:51:06.320><c> song,</c>

00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:07.900
surely<00:51:06.840><c> in</c><00:51:07.000><c> the</c><00:51:07.139><c> life</c><00:51:07.280><c> of</c><00:51:07.480><c> the</c><00:51:07.639><c> Lord,</c>

00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:11.900
he<00:51:08.340><c> sent</c><00:51:08.500><c> an</c><00:51:08.820><c> angel</c><00:51:09.340><c> to</c><00:51:09.679><c> him,</c><00:51:10.380><c> strengthening</c><00:51:10.880><c> him.</c>

00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:16.619
And<00:51:12.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:12.860><c> 49</c><00:51:13.460><c> and</c><00:51:13.699><c> verse</c><00:51:14.039><c> five</c><00:51:14.639><c> says</c><00:51:14.940><c> at</c><00:51:15.119><c> the</c><00:51:15.179><c> end</c><00:51:15.340><c> of</c><00:51:15.460><c> the</c><00:51:15.579><c> verse,</c>

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:23.739
and<00:51:18.099><c> my</c><00:51:18.659><c> Elohim</c><00:51:19.579><c> have</c><00:51:21.719><c> become</c><00:51:22.159><c> my</c><00:51:22.579><c> strength.</c>

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:28.659
And<00:51:26.079><c> God</c><00:51:26.260><c> answered</c><00:51:26.599><c> his</c><00:51:26.860><c> servant</c><00:51:27.059><c> in</c><00:51:27.219><c> the</c><00:51:27.420><c> garden</c>

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:31.800
at<00:51:29.659><c> the</c><00:51:29.820><c> moment</c><00:51:30.019><c> of</c><00:51:30.179><c> his</c><00:51:30.340><c> gripping</c><00:51:30.619><c> anguish</c>

00:51:33.059 --> 00:51:36.420
in<00:51:33.619><c> just</c><00:51:33.880><c> the</c><00:51:34.079><c> same</c><00:51:34.260><c> way</c><00:51:34.460><c> that</c><00:51:34.619><c> he</c><00:51:34.840><c> answered</c><00:51:35.039><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:51:36.780 --> 00:51:39.360
in<00:51:37.340><c> his</c><00:51:37.579><c> moment</c><00:51:37.820><c> of</c><00:51:38.099><c> greatest</c><00:51:38.380><c> need.</c>

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:43.940
So<00:51:41.659><c> now,</c><00:51:42.019><c> brothers</c><00:51:42.059><c> and</c><00:51:42.280><c> sisters,</c><00:51:42.500><c> where</c><00:51:42.739><c> are</c><00:51:42.920><c> we</c>

00:51:44.159 --> 00:51:46.719
in<00:51:44.679><c> the</c><00:51:44.940><c> second</c><00:51:45.280><c> servant</c><00:51:45.679><c> song?</c>

00:51:49.380 --> 00:51:53.639
Well,<00:51:51.199><c> if</c><00:51:51.380><c> you</c><00:51:51.599><c> have</c><00:51:51.719><c> ever</c><00:51:51.960><c> felt</c><00:51:52.199><c> the</c><00:51:52.460><c> frustration</c>

00:51:53.860 --> 00:51:57.300
of<00:51:54.380><c> being</c><00:51:54.719><c> hampered</c><00:51:55.099><c> by</c><00:51:55.360><c> the</c><00:51:55.559><c> weakness</c><00:51:55.840><c> of</c><00:51:56.119><c> the</c><00:51:56.360><c> flesh,</c>

00:51:59.300 --> 00:52:04.340
if<00:51:59.820><c> you</c><00:52:00.000><c> have</c><00:52:00.119><c> ever</c><00:52:00.340><c> felt</c><00:52:00.599><c> the</c><00:52:00.900><c> pain</c><00:52:01.159><c> of</c><00:52:01.760><c> physical</c><00:52:02.420><c> incapacity,</c>

00:52:05.739 --> 00:52:08.840
if<00:52:06.260><c> you</c><00:52:06.460><c> have</c><00:52:06.579><c> ever</c><00:52:06.840><c> had</c><00:52:07.000><c> the</c><00:52:07.260><c> anguish</c><00:52:07.659><c> of</c><00:52:08.239><c> hateful</c><00:52:08.840><c> sin,</c>

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:14.000
slander,<00:52:11.019><c> if</c><00:52:12.239><c> you</c><00:52:12.460><c> have</c><00:52:12.579><c> ever</c><00:52:12.860><c> experienced</c><00:52:13.539><c> the</c><00:52:13.840><c> grief</c>

00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:18.880
of<00:52:14.380><c> spite</c><00:52:14.679><c> and</c><00:52:15.099><c> malice,</c><00:52:17.699><c> if</c><00:52:17.860><c> you've</c><00:52:18.039><c> ever</c><00:52:18.239><c> had</c><00:52:18.400><c> the</c><00:52:18.659><c> feeling</c>

00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:22.539
of<00:52:19.340><c> hopeless</c><00:52:19.739><c> labor</c><00:52:20.179><c> and</c><00:52:20.960><c> futile</c><00:52:21.639><c> effort,</c>

00:52:24.139 --> 00:52:27.199
if<00:52:24.539><c> you've</c><00:52:24.760><c> ever</c><00:52:25.039><c> experienced</c><00:52:25.619><c> or</c><00:52:26.000><c> borne</c><00:52:26.480><c> the</c><00:52:26.719><c> distress</c>

00:52:27.199 --> 00:52:29.960
of<00:52:27.440><c> the</c><00:52:27.659><c> work</c><00:52:27.840><c> being</c><00:52:28.139><c> undermined</c><00:52:28.739><c> by</c><00:52:29.059><c> others,</c>

00:52:31.900 --> 00:52:35.219
if<00:52:32.300><c> you've</c><00:52:32.519><c> ever</c><00:52:32.800><c> felt</c><00:52:33.199><c> your</c><00:52:33.840><c> powers</c><00:52:34.280><c> of</c><00:52:34.619><c> endurance</c>

00:52:35.219 --> 00:52:38.159
stretch<00:52:35.940><c> to</c><00:52:36.219><c> the</c><00:52:36.360><c> limit</c><00:52:36.599><c> and</c><00:52:37.099><c> beyond,</c>

00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:44.019
if<00:52:40.380><c> you</c><00:52:40.599><c> have</c><00:52:40.800><c> ever</c><00:52:41.039><c> felt</c><00:52:41.340><c> sick,</c><00:52:43.139><c> spent,</c>

00:52:45.139 --> 00:52:48.099
and<00:52:45.280><c> exhausted</c><00:52:45.860><c> in</c><00:52:46.380><c> the</c><00:52:46.519><c> work</c><00:52:46.659><c> of</c><00:52:46.840><c> the</c><00:52:47.000><c> truth,</c>

00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:51.780
then<00:52:50.019><c> know</c><00:52:50.199><c> that</c><00:52:50.340><c> we</c><00:52:50.460><c> are</c><00:52:50.579><c> not</c><00:52:50.739><c> alone.</c>

00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:56.980
We<00:52:53.460><c> are</c><00:52:53.659><c> in</c><00:52:53.760><c> the</c><00:52:53.960><c> grand</c><00:52:54.260><c> company</c><00:52:54.639><c> of</c><00:52:54.980><c> our</c><00:52:55.139><c> Lord</c><00:52:55.380><c> Jesus</c><00:52:55.880><c> Christ</c>

00:52:57.019 --> 00:53:00.400
and<00:52:57.260><c> others</c><00:52:57.579><c> like</c><00:52:57.920><c> Hezekiah</c><00:52:58.539><c> who</c><00:52:58.840><c> fellowshiped</c><00:52:59.480><c> him.</c>

00:53:01.900 --> 00:53:04.760
And<00:53:02.320><c> we</c><00:53:02.400><c> need</c><00:53:02.559><c> to</c><00:53:02.719><c> learn</c><00:53:02.880><c> the</c><00:53:03.300><c> spirit</c><00:53:03.619><c> of</c><00:53:03.820><c> this</c><00:53:04.079><c> song,</c><00:53:04.360><c> don't</c><00:53:04.599><c> we,</c>

00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:07.179
in<00:53:04.920><c> our</c><00:53:05.039><c> own</c><00:53:05.280><c> lives</c><00:53:05.639><c> that</c><00:53:05.940><c> we</c><00:53:06.079><c> need</c><00:53:06.300><c> to</c><00:53:06.420><c> turn</c><00:53:06.699><c> to</c><00:53:06.920><c> God</c>

00:53:07.179 --> 00:53:09.780
and<00:53:07.400><c> to</c><00:53:07.400><c> wait</c><00:53:07.619><c> upon</c><00:53:08.000><c> him</c><00:53:08.260><c> and</c><00:53:08.559><c> to</c><00:53:08.780><c> realize</c><00:53:09.079><c> that</c><00:53:09.340><c> our</c><00:53:09.599><c> right</c>

00:53:09.780 --> 00:53:12.940
and<00:53:10.019><c> our</c><00:53:10.239><c> reward</c><00:53:10.519><c> are</c><00:53:10.679><c> with</c><00:53:10.880><c> him</c><00:53:11.039><c> and</c><00:53:11.159><c> that</c><00:53:11.340><c> nothing</c><00:53:11.519><c> else</c><00:53:11.800><c> matters.</c>

00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:15.960
And<00:53:13.900><c> that</c><00:53:14.000><c> there</c><00:53:14.139><c> are</c><00:53:14.280><c> times</c><00:53:14.659><c> when</c><00:53:15.039><c> God's</c><00:53:15.599><c> servants</c>

00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:18.920
shall<00:53:16.420><c> be</c><00:53:16.739><c> brought</c><00:53:16.920><c> to</c><00:53:17.119><c> the</c><00:53:17.300><c> very</c><00:53:17.619><c> edge</c><00:53:17.980><c> of</c><00:53:18.300><c> hopelessness</c>

00:53:18.920 --> 00:53:22.320
and<00:53:19.260><c> to</c><00:53:19.420><c> the</c><00:53:19.619><c> brink</c><00:53:19.800><c> of</c><00:53:20.059><c> despair</c><00:53:20.599><c> so</c><00:53:21.019><c> that</c><00:53:21.179><c> we</c><00:53:21.300><c> might</c><00:53:21.559><c> stand</c><00:53:22.059><c> back</c>

00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:25.380
and<00:53:22.579><c> see</c><00:53:22.780><c> the</c><00:53:23.139><c> Father</c><00:53:23.639><c> turn</c><00:53:24.019><c> a</c><00:53:24.260><c> hopeless</c><00:53:24.659><c> reversal</c>

00:53:25.380 --> 00:53:28.980
into<00:53:25.860><c> an</c><00:53:26.559><c> amazing</c><00:53:27.079><c> and</c><00:53:27.599><c> triumphant</c><00:53:28.219><c> advancement</c>

00:53:28.980 --> 00:53:33.800
as<00:53:29.599><c> did</c><00:53:29.800><c> Hezekiah</c><00:53:31.519><c> and</c><00:53:32.039><c> as</c><00:53:32.360><c> did</c><00:53:32.519><c> the</c><00:53:32.679><c> Lord.</c>

00:53:34.940 --> 00:53:37.039
To<00:53:35.380><c> learn</c><00:53:35.559><c> as</c><00:53:35.800><c> did</c><00:53:36.019><c> they,</c><00:53:36.340><c> brothers</c><00:53:36.460><c> and</c><00:53:36.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:41.119
that<00:53:37.900><c> it</c><00:53:39.019><c> is</c><00:53:39.239><c> His</c><00:53:39.519><c> work</c><00:53:39.739><c> and</c><00:53:39.920><c> not</c><00:53:40.159><c> ours</c>

00:53:42.179 --> 00:53:47.199
and<00:53:42.820><c> that</c><00:53:42.960><c> as</c><00:53:43.179><c> God's</c><00:53:43.679><c> servants</c><00:53:44.119><c> we</c><00:53:45.500><c> are</c><00:53:45.760><c> only</c><00:53:45.940><c> instruments</c>

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:52.860
in<00:53:48.079><c> His</c><00:53:48.420><c> hand</c><00:53:49.260><c> so</c><00:53:50.719><c> that</c><00:53:50.880><c> He</c><00:53:51.000><c> might</c><00:53:51.280><c> be</c><00:53:51.539><c> glorified.</c>

00:53:53.780 --> 00:53:57.380
We<00:53:54.340><c> need</c><00:53:54.539><c> to</c><00:53:54.760><c> learn</c><00:53:55.000><c> to</c><00:53:55.400><c> feel</c><00:53:55.599><c> the</c><00:53:55.820><c> power</c><00:53:56.059><c> of</c><00:53:56.380><c> prayer</c>

00:53:57.780 --> 00:54:01.119
and<00:53:58.420><c> the</c><00:53:58.699><c> comforting</c><00:53:59.019><c> knowledge</c><00:53:59.480><c> that</c><00:53:59.840><c> He</c><00:54:00.000><c> is</c><00:54:00.159><c> able</c><00:54:00.380><c> to</c><00:54:00.719><c> strengthen</c>

00:54:01.119 --> 00:54:06.420
and<00:54:01.659><c> to</c><00:54:02.039><c> sustain</c><00:54:02.300><c> us</c><00:54:03.300><c> if</c><00:54:04.500><c> we</c><00:54:04.760><c> trust</c><00:54:05.059><c> in</c><00:54:05.360><c> Him.</c>

00:54:08.639 --> 00:54:12.019
Now,<00:54:09.679><c> a</c><00:54:09.820><c> quotation</c><00:54:10.320><c> to</c><00:54:10.599><c> take</c><00:54:10.780><c> up</c><00:54:10.940><c> the</c><00:54:11.139><c> second</c><00:54:11.360><c> servant's</c><00:54:11.860><c> song</c>

00:54:12.019 --> 00:54:15.099
in<00:54:12.400><c> the</c><00:54:12.519><c> New</c><00:54:12.719><c> Testament,</c><00:54:13.159><c> come</c><00:54:13.340><c> to</c><00:54:13.500><c> the</c><00:54:13.679><c> second</c><00:54:13.900><c> of</c><00:54:14.119><c> Corinthians</c>

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:19.280
and<00:54:15.519><c> to</c><00:54:15.780><c> the</c><00:54:15.980><c> sixth</c><00:54:16.440><c> chapter</c><00:54:16.980><c> and</c><00:54:18.639><c> let's</c><00:54:18.980><c> just</c><00:54:19.179><c> see</c>

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:21.579
if<00:54:19.360><c> we</c><00:54:19.519><c> can</c><00:54:19.719><c> find</c><00:54:19.980><c> some</c><00:54:20.280><c> words</c><00:54:20.539><c> here</c><00:54:20.760><c> in</c><00:54:20.860><c> the</c><00:54:20.960><c> New</c><00:54:21.159><c> Testament</c>

00:54:21.579 --> 00:54:23.940
that<00:54:21.860><c> take</c><00:54:22.039><c> up</c><00:54:22.260><c> the</c><00:54:22.519><c> spirit</c><00:54:22.679><c> of</c><00:54:22.880><c> the</c><00:54:23.059><c> song</c>

00:54:24.219 --> 00:54:27.840
and<00:54:24.480><c> apply</c><00:54:24.800><c> them</c><00:54:25.340><c> now</c><00:54:25.659><c> in</c><00:54:25.940><c> our</c><00:54:26.280><c> own</c><00:54:26.679><c> lives.</c>

00:54:30.699 --> 00:54:32.940
Second<00:54:30.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:54:31.340><c> chapter</c><00:54:31.780><c> six</c>

00:54:36.300 --> 00:54:38.860
and<00:54:36.980><c> here</c><00:54:37.360><c> we</c><00:54:37.760><c> have</c><00:54:38.039><c> surely</c><00:54:38.340><c> the</c><00:54:38.679><c> spirit</c>

00:54:38.860 --> 00:54:42.139
of<00:54:39.460><c> the</c><00:54:39.780><c> second</c><00:54:40.280><c> servant's</c><00:54:41.039><c> song.</c>

00:54:42.260 --> 00:54:46.920
We<00:54:42.699><c> then</c><00:54:43.179><c> as</c><00:54:43.940><c> workers</c><00:54:44.559><c> together</c><00:54:45.239><c> with</c><00:54:45.539><c> Him</c>

00:54:47.300 --> 00:54:51.940
beseech<00:54:47.980><c> you</c><00:54:48.239><c> also</c><00:54:48.639><c> that</c><00:54:48.860><c> you</c><00:54:49.099><c> receive</c><00:54:49.539><c> not</c><00:54:49.880><c> the</c><00:54:50.139><c> grace</c><00:54:50.400><c> of</c><00:54:50.639><c> God</c>

00:54:52.460 --> 00:54:55.659
in<00:54:53.139><c> vain</c><00:54:53.639><c> or</c><00:54:54.380><c> where</c><00:54:54.539><c> does</c><00:54:54.679><c> that</c><00:54:54.900><c> word</c><00:54:55.039><c> come</c><00:54:55.300><c> from?</c>

00:54:56.119 --> 00:54:59.360
That's<00:54:56.500><c> out</c><00:54:56.679><c> of</c><00:54:57.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:54:57.360><c> 49,</c><00:54:57.860><c> isn't</c><00:54:58.099><c> it?</c>

00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:02.420
And<00:54:59.940><c> the</c><00:55:00.119><c> plea</c><00:55:00.260><c> of</c><00:55:00.440><c> the</c><00:55:00.599><c> apostle</c><00:55:00.900><c> Paul</c><00:55:01.159><c> is</c><00:55:01.320><c> that</c><00:55:01.480><c> we</c><00:55:01.619><c> might</c><00:55:02.300><c> not</c>

00:55:02.420 --> 00:55:04.780
be<00:55:02.659><c> so</c><00:55:03.079><c> gripped</c><00:55:03.280><c> with</c><00:55:03.519><c> grief</c><00:55:03.820><c> and</c><00:55:04.139><c> anguish</c>

00:55:04.780 --> 00:55:07.699
that<00:55:05.119><c> we</c><00:55:05.699><c> lack</c><00:55:05.860><c> appreciation</c><00:55:06.539><c> of</c><00:55:06.679><c> what</c><00:55:06.880><c> God</c><00:55:07.099><c> has</c><00:55:07.380><c> done</c>

00:55:07.699 --> 00:55:09.900
in<00:55:08.079><c> our</c><00:55:08.340><c> lives</c><00:55:08.579><c> as</c><00:55:08.840><c> workers</c><00:55:09.119><c> together</c><00:55:09.500><c> with</c><00:55:09.699><c> Him.</c>

00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:12.480
Don't<00:55:10.460><c> receive</c><00:55:10.840><c> the</c><00:55:11.019><c> grace</c><00:55:11.239><c> of</c><00:55:11.440><c> God</c><00:55:11.679><c> in</c><00:55:11.920><c> vain,</c><00:55:12.079><c> he</c><00:55:12.239><c> says.</c>

00:55:12.679 --> 00:55:17.760
For,<00:55:13.260><c> verse</c><00:55:13.679><c> two,</c><00:55:15.599><c> I</c><00:55:15.920><c> have</c><00:55:16.179><c> heard</c><00:55:16.460><c> thee</c><00:55:16.599><c> in</c><00:55:16.800><c> a</c><00:55:16.920><c> time</c><00:55:17.099><c> accepted</c>

00:55:17.760 --> 00:55:20.360
and<00:55:18.179><c> in</c><00:55:18.360><c> the</c><00:55:18.500><c> day</c><00:55:18.639><c> of</c><00:55:18.900><c> salvation</c><00:55:19.420><c> have</c><00:55:19.659><c> I</c><00:55:19.940><c> suckered</c><00:55:20.219><c> thee.</c>

00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:23.039
Behold,<00:55:21.059><c> now</c><00:55:21.380><c> is</c><00:55:21.760><c> the</c><00:55:21.960><c> accepted</c><00:55:22.460><c> time.</c>

00:55:23.480 --> 00:55:26.139
Behold,<00:55:24.139><c> now</c><00:55:24.559><c> is</c><00:55:24.920><c> the</c><00:55:25.059><c> day</c><00:55:25.219><c> of</c><00:55:25.559><c> salvation.</c>

00:55:26.420 --> 00:55:28.599
Do<00:55:26.579><c> you</c><00:55:26.619><c> know,</c><00:55:26.960><c> brothers</c><00:55:27.059><c> and</c><00:55:27.260><c> sisters,</c><00:55:27.480><c> in</c><00:55:27.719><c> my</c><00:55:28.119><c> margin,</c>

00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:32.579
verse<00:55:28.940><c> two</c><00:55:29.139><c> is</c><00:55:29.500><c> cross</c><00:55:29.760><c>-referenced</c><00:55:30.260><c> to</c><00:55:30.579><c> Psalm</c><00:55:30.980><c> 69.</c>

00:55:32.639 --> 00:55:34.420
Have<00:55:32.719><c> any</c><00:55:32.880><c> of</c><00:55:33.000><c> you</c><00:55:33.059><c> got</c><00:55:33.280><c> that?</c>

00:55:35.780 --> 00:55:42.800
Well,<00:55:35.960><c> it's</c><00:55:36.119><c> not</c><00:55:36.340><c> Psalm</c><00:55:36.639><c> 69,</c><00:55:38.880><c> it's</c><00:55:39.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:55:39.440><c> 49</c><00:55:40.320><c> and</c><00:55:41.500><c> verse</c><00:55:41.760><c> eight.</c>

00:55:43.239 --> 00:55:45.639
Just<00:55:43.559><c> after</c><00:55:43.940><c> the</c><00:55:44.119><c> end</c><00:55:44.239><c> of</c><00:55:44.420><c> the</c><00:55:44.599><c> second</c><00:55:44.900><c> servant's</c><00:55:45.440><c> song,</c>

00:55:45.880 --> 00:55:47.480
if<00:55:46.039><c> you</c><00:55:46.239><c> check</c><00:55:46.440><c> the</c><00:55:46.699><c> reference</c><00:55:46.920><c> carefully,</c>

00:55:47.699 --> 00:55:50.420
you'll<00:55:47.980><c> find</c><00:55:48.139><c> that</c><00:55:48.280><c> the</c><00:55:48.539><c> second</c><00:55:48.760><c> of</c><00:55:49.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:55:49.519><c> chapter</c><00:55:49.980><c> six</c>

00:55:50.420 --> 00:55:55.179
and<00:55:50.639><c> verse</c><00:55:50.900><c> two</c><00:55:51.099><c> is</c><00:55:51.320><c> a</c><00:55:51.480><c> quotation</c><00:55:51.960><c> from</c><00:55:52.360><c> Isaiah</c><00:55:53.039><c> 49,</c><00:55:54.260><c> verse</c><00:55:54.599><c> eight.</c>

00:55:55.179 --> 00:55:59.400
It's<00:55:55.800><c> true</c><00:55:56.039><c> that</c><00:55:56.320><c> Isaiah</c><00:55:56.760><c> 49</c><00:55:57.699><c> is</c><00:55:58.280><c> in</c><00:55:58.519><c> turn</c><00:55:58.719><c> a</c><00:55:58.900><c> quotation,</c>

00:55:59.400 --> 00:56:01.760
we<00:55:59.679><c> believe,</c><00:56:00.179><c> from</c><00:56:00.320><c> Psalm</c><00:56:00.780><c> 69,</c>

00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:04.820
but<00:56:02.179><c> the</c><00:56:02.440><c> apostle</c><00:56:02.960><c> is</c><00:56:03.639><c> drawing</c><00:56:03.960><c> his</c><00:56:04.360><c> words</c>

00:56:04.820 --> 00:56:07.599
from<00:56:05.380><c> the</c><00:56:05.719><c> book</c><00:56:05.840><c> of</c><00:56:06.099><c> the</c><00:56:06.320><c> second</c><00:56:06.659><c> servant's</c><00:56:07.300><c> song,</c>

00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:11.519
from<00:56:07.900><c> the</c><00:56:08.199><c> chapter</c><00:56:08.639><c> of</c><00:56:09.039><c> the</c><00:56:09.320><c> second</c><00:56:09.920><c> servant's</c><00:56:10.579><c> song</c>

00:56:11.659 --> 00:56:16.260
to<00:56:12.260><c> encourage</c><00:56:12.719><c> us</c><00:56:12.940><c> that</c><00:56:13.099><c> God</c><00:56:13.340><c> has</c><00:56:13.619><c> heard</c><00:56:13.760><c> us</c><00:56:14.380><c> in</c><00:56:14.639><c> our</c><00:56:14.860><c> hour</c><00:56:15.079><c> of</c><00:56:15.320><c> need.</c>

00:56:17.380 --> 00:56:20.099
Verse<00:56:17.980><c> three,</c><00:56:18.360><c> giving</c><00:56:18.659><c> no</c><00:56:19.059><c> offense</c><00:56:19.519><c> in</c><00:56:19.860><c> anything</c>

00:56:20.099 --> 00:56:22.159
that<00:56:20.460><c> the</c><00:56:20.860><c> ministry</c><00:56:21.260><c> be</c><00:56:21.519><c> not</c><00:56:21.800><c> blamed,</c>

00:56:22.400 --> 00:56:24.239
but<00:56:22.539><c> in</c><00:56:22.719><c> all</c><00:56:23.000><c> things</c><00:56:23.280><c> approving</c><00:56:23.780><c> ourselves</c>

00:56:24.239 --> 00:56:25.559
as<00:56:24.380><c> the</c><00:56:24.639><c> ministers</c><00:56:25.059><c> of</c><00:56:25.320><c> God.</c>

00:56:25.639 --> 00:56:28.880
Of<00:56:25.760><c> course,</c><00:56:26.059><c> the</c><00:56:26.099><c> word</c><00:56:26.400><c> ministry</c><00:56:26.940><c> there</c><00:56:27.300><c> and</c><00:56:27.699><c> the</c><00:56:27.860><c> word</c><00:56:28.119><c> minister</c>

00:56:28.880 --> 00:56:31.480
ought<00:56:29.280><c> to</c><00:56:29.460><c> be</c><00:56:29.679><c> translated</c><00:56:30.219><c> servants,</c>

00:56:32.579 --> 00:56:34.239
that<00:56:32.679><c> the</c><00:56:33.059><c> service</c><00:56:33.420><c> be</c><00:56:33.659><c> not</c><00:56:33.920><c> blamed,</c>

00:56:34.539 --> 00:56:36.619
that<00:56:34.619><c> in</c><00:56:34.840><c> all</c><00:56:35.039><c> things</c><00:56:35.280><c> we</c><00:56:35.460><c> should</c><00:56:35.699><c> approve</c><00:56:36.039><c> ourselves</c>

00:56:36.619 --> 00:56:42.400
as<00:56:36.940><c> the</c><00:56:37.460><c> servants</c><00:56:37.900><c> of</c><00:56:38.360><c> God</c><00:56:38.840><c> in</c><00:56:40.400><c> much</c><00:56:40.659><c> patience,</c><00:56:41.480><c> in</c><00:56:41.599><c> afflictions,</c>

00:56:42.599 --> 00:56:46.119
in<00:56:42.760><c> necessities,</c><00:56:43.659><c> in</c><00:56:43.840><c> distresses,</c><00:56:45.039><c> stripes,</c><00:56:45.579><c> imprisonments,</c>

00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:49.099
tumults,<00:56:47.039><c> labors,</c><00:56:47.719><c> watchings,</c><00:56:48.659><c> fastings.</c>

00:56:49.340 --> 00:56:53.039
You<00:56:49.539><c> see,</c><00:56:49.679><c> these</c><00:56:50.199><c> are</c><00:56:50.960><c> the</c><00:56:50.960><c> things</c><00:56:51.440><c> that</c><00:56:51.880><c> anguished</c><00:56:52.400><c> the</c><00:56:52.739><c> heart</c>

00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:55.780
of<00:56:53.579><c> the</c><00:56:53.880><c> servant</c><00:56:54.139><c> in</c><00:56:54.340><c> the</c><00:56:54.579><c> second</c><00:56:54.940><c> servant's</c><00:56:55.599><c> song</c>

00:56:55.780 --> 00:56:57.280
as<00:56:55.940><c> he's</c><00:56:56.199><c> gripped</c><00:56:56.400><c> with</c><00:56:56.619><c> distress.</c>

00:56:57.679 --> 00:57:00.079
And<00:56:57.960><c> the</c><00:56:58.219><c> promise</c><00:56:58.539><c> of</c><00:56:58.880><c> this</c><00:56:59.199><c> chapter</c><00:56:59.460><c> is</c>

00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:02.260
that<00:57:00.519><c> whatever</c><00:57:00.860><c> might</c><00:57:01.159><c> come</c><00:57:01.360><c> upon</c><00:57:01.599><c> us,</c>

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:05.719
God<00:57:02.699><c> is</c><00:57:02.980><c> all</c><00:57:03.380><c> powerful</c><00:57:03.760><c> to</c><00:57:04.039><c> lift</c><00:57:04.260><c> his</c><00:57:04.599><c> servants</c><00:57:04.900><c> out</c><00:57:05.300><c> and</c><00:57:05.539><c> above</c>

00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.380
and<00:57:06.019><c> beyond</c><00:57:06.460><c> all</c><00:57:07.199><c> troubles</c><00:57:07.539><c> that</c><00:57:07.739><c> they</c><00:57:07.900><c> might</c><00:57:08.159><c> have.</c>

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:11.460
Verse<00:57:08.760><c> nine,</c><00:57:09.400><c> as</c><00:57:09.639><c> unknown</c><00:57:10.219><c> and</c><00:57:10.699><c> yet</c><00:57:10.880><c> well</c><00:57:11.219><c>-known,</c>

00:57:11.699 --> 00:57:13.900
as<00:57:11.980><c> dying</c><00:57:12.400><c> and</c><00:57:12.780><c> behold,</c><00:57:13.239><c> we</c><00:57:13.519><c> live,</c>

00:57:14.219 --> 00:57:15.940
as<00:57:14.480><c> chastened</c><00:57:15.019><c> yet</c><00:57:15.260><c> not</c><00:57:15.599><c> killed,</c>

00:57:16.179 --> 00:57:19.719
as<00:57:16.480><c> sorrowful</c><00:57:17.099><c> yet</c><00:57:17.519><c> always</c><00:57:18.380><c> rejoicing,</c>

00:57:19.739 --> 00:57:23.400
as<00:57:20.099><c> poor</c><00:57:20.579><c> yet</c><00:57:21.340><c> making</c><00:57:21.659><c> many</c><00:57:22.159><c> rich,</c>

00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:29.300
as<00:57:23.900><c> having</c><00:57:24.119><c> nothing</c><00:57:24.820><c> yet</c><00:57:26.079><c> possessing</c><00:57:27.840><c> all</c><00:57:28.500><c> things.</c>

00:57:30.940 --> 00:57:32.719
And<00:57:31.119><c> so</c><00:57:31.239><c> we</c><00:57:31.440><c> shall,</c><00:57:32.119><c> brothers</c><00:57:32.260><c> and</c><00:57:32.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:57:32.800 --> 00:57:36.099
so<00:57:33.019><c> we</c><00:57:33.300><c> shall</c><00:57:34.119><c> possess</c><00:57:34.639><c> all</c><00:57:34.980><c> things.</c>

00:57:36.699 --> 00:57:39.880
If<00:57:36.940><c> we</c><00:57:37.119><c> learn</c><00:57:37.239><c> to</c><00:57:37.400><c> put</c><00:57:37.500><c> our</c><00:57:37.800><c> trust</c><00:57:38.199><c> in</c><00:57:38.599><c> our</c><00:57:38.860><c> God</c>

00:57:40.320 --> 00:57:43.199
and<00:57:40.920><c> to</c><00:57:41.159><c> feel</c><00:57:41.300><c> the</c><00:57:41.500><c> power</c><00:57:41.719><c> of</c><00:57:41.900><c> his</c><00:57:42.039><c> hand</c><00:57:42.260><c> working</c><00:57:42.579><c> upon</c><00:57:42.880><c> us</c>

00:57:43.199 --> 00:57:46.179
and<00:57:43.420><c> in</c><00:57:43.639><c> us</c><00:57:44.059><c> and</c><00:57:44.460><c> through</c><00:57:44.599><c> our</c><00:57:44.880><c> lives,</c>

00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:48.920
as<00:57:47.400><c> did</c><00:57:47.599><c> the</c><00:57:47.780><c> Lord.</c>

00:57:49.559 --> 00:57:52.440
And<00:57:50.199><c> as</c><00:57:50.420><c> did</c><00:57:50.579><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:57:51.179><c> the</c><00:57:51.420><c> servant</c><00:57:51.699><c> of</c><00:57:51.960><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:57:52.739 --> 00:57:55.079
in<00:57:52.880><c> the</c><00:57:53.039><c> day</c><00:57:53.219><c> of</c><00:57:53.340><c> his</c><00:57:53.559><c> own</c><00:57:53.920><c> probation.</c>

00:57:57.420 --> 00:58:01.280
Therefore,<00:57:59.619><c> my</c><00:57:59.900><c> beloved</c><00:58:00.260><c> brethren,</c>

00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:06.880
be<00:58:03.639><c> steadfast,</c><00:58:05.699><c> unmovable,</c>

00:58:08.099 --> 00:58:10.500
always<00:58:08.659><c> abounding</c><00:58:09.320><c> in</c><00:58:09.619><c> the</c><00:58:09.800><c> work</c><00:58:09.960><c> of</c><00:58:10.159><c> the</c><00:58:10.300><c> Lord</c>

00:58:10.500 --> 00:58:13.360
for<00:58:10.760><c> as</c><00:58:11.019><c> much</c><00:58:11.440><c> as</c><00:58:11.840><c> ye</c><00:58:12.039><c> know</c>

00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:18.119
that<00:58:14.199><c> your</c><00:58:14.519><c> labor</c><00:58:15.139><c> is</c><00:58:16.639><c> not</c><00:58:16.920><c> in</c><00:58:17.179><c> vain.</c>

00:58:19.219 --> 00:58:20.519
In<00:58:19.579><c> the</c><00:58:19.780><c> Lord.</c>