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In<00:12:24.039><c> the</c><00:12:24.240><c> same</c><00:12:24.500><c> year,</c><00:12:24.759><c> 587</c><00:12:25.759><c> BC,</c><00:12:26.620><c> in</c><00:12:26.799><c> the</c><00:12:27.039><c> seventh</c><00:12:27.360><c> month,</c><00:12:28.320><c> the</c>

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governor<00:12:29.080><c> that</c><00:12:29.659><c> had</c><00:12:29.840><c> been</c><00:12:30.100><c> appointed</c><00:12:30.720><c> by</c><00:12:31.820><c> the</c>

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Babylonians<00:12:32.980><c> to</c><00:12:33.779><c> administer</c><00:12:34.700><c> the</c><00:12:35.720><c> subdued</c><00:12:36.399><c> province</c><00:12:36.980><c> of</c><00:12:37.320><c> Judah,</c><00:12:38.519><c> in</c>

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Gedaliah,<00:12:42.080><c> the</c><00:12:42.419><c> Jewish</c><00:12:42.779><c> governor</c><00:12:43.100><c> who</c><00:12:43.320><c> had</c><00:12:43.320><c> been</c><00:12:43.539><c> appointed</c>

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province,<00:12:46.740><c> was</c><00:12:46.980><c> assassinated,</c><00:12:48.700><c> murderously</c><00:12:49.440><c> assassinated.</c>

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And<00:12:51.519><c> this</c><00:12:51.639><c> of</c><00:12:51.820><c> course</c><00:12:52.100><c> brought</c><00:12:52.519><c> terrible</c><00:12:53.159><c> repercussions.</c>

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It<00:12:54.159><c> was</c><00:12:54.340><c> an</c><00:12:54.440><c> act</c><00:12:54.620><c> of</c><00:12:54.879><c> rebellion</c><00:12:55.419><c> against</c><00:12:56.059><c> the</c><00:12:56.320><c> Babylonian</c><00:12:56.860><c> overlords</c><00:12:57.340><c> to</c>

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whom<00:12:58.320><c> God</c><00:12:58.740><c> had</c><00:12:59.039><c> commanded</c><00:12:59.379><c> the</c><00:12:59.519><c> people</c>

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of<00:13:00.299><c> Judah</c><00:13:00.440><c> they</c><00:13:00.799><c> were</c><00:13:01.159><c> to</c><00:13:01.340><c> submit.</c>

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And<00:13:02.580><c> that</c><00:13:02.740><c> we</c><00:13:02.919><c> read</c><00:13:03.019><c> about</c><00:13:03.299><c> in</c><00:13:03.500><c> 2</c><00:13:03.700><c> Kings,</c><00:13:04.320><c> once</c><00:13:04.500><c> again,</c><00:13:04.860><c> 2</c><00:13:05.000><c> Kings</c><00:13:05.279><c> 25</c>

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verse<00:13:06.659><c> 25</c><00:13:07.259><c> to</c><00:13:07.460><c> 26.</c>

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So<00:13:08.059><c> these</c><00:13:08.519><c> four</c><00:13:09.200><c> calamities,</c><00:13:10.539><c> four</c><00:13:10.919><c> disasters</c><00:13:11.519><c> that</c><00:13:11.860><c> had</c><00:13:12.080><c> befallen</c><00:13:12.700><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:13:13.460><c> people</c><00:13:13.940><c> and</c><00:13:14.360><c> culminated</c>

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in<00:13:15.360><c> their</c><00:13:16.120><c> exile</c><00:13:16.659><c> in</c><00:13:16.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:13:18.379><c> had</c><00:13:18.679><c> been</c><00:13:19.019><c> commemorated</c><00:13:20.120><c> year</c>

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after<00:13:21.159><c> year</c><00:13:21.399><c> in</c><00:13:22.299><c> these</c><00:13:23.100><c> fasts</c><00:13:23.620><c> that</c><00:13:23.779><c> were</c><00:13:24.279><c> kept</c>

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by<00:13:25.700><c> the</c><00:13:26.440><c> people</c><00:13:28.019><c> of</c><00:13:28.620><c> Judah</c><00:13:28.820><c> in</c><00:13:29.100><c> captivity</c><00:13:29.679><c> and</c><00:13:30.360><c> had</c><00:13:30.539><c> continued</c>

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to<00:13:31.200><c> be</c><00:13:31.379><c> kept</c><00:13:31.620><c> after</c><00:13:32.200><c> they</c><00:13:32.360><c> had</c><00:13:32.659><c> returned</c>

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from<00:13:33.779><c> captivity</c><00:13:34.360><c> and</c><00:13:34.940><c> settled</c><00:13:35.259><c> in</c><00:13:35.740><c> the</c><00:13:36.019><c> land.</c>

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An<00:13:37.379><c> innocent</c><00:13:37.799><c> request</c><00:13:38.879><c> perhaps,</c><00:13:39.320><c> now</c><00:13:39.600><c> that</c><00:13:39.740><c> they</c><00:13:39.799><c> were</c><00:13:40.039><c> back</c>

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in<00:13:40.360><c> the</c><00:13:40.519><c> land.</c>

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It's<00:13:41.659><c> no</c><00:13:41.840><c> longer</c><00:13:42.059><c> appropriate.</c>

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But<00:13:43.620><c> have</c><00:13:43.799><c> a</c><00:13:43.860><c> look</c><00:13:43.980><c> at</c><00:13:44.100><c> the</c><00:13:44.279><c> end</c><00:13:44.620><c> of</c><00:13:45.000><c> the</c><00:13:45.500><c> question,</c><00:13:45.919><c> should</c><00:13:46.039><c> I</c>

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weep<00:13:46.480><c> and</c><00:13:46.600><c> abstain</c><00:13:46.919><c> in</c><00:13:47.080><c> the</c><00:13:47.179><c> fifth</c><00:13:47.340><c> month</c>

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In<00:13:58.860><c> fact,</c><00:13:59.179><c> it</c><00:14:00.740><c> can</c><00:14:01.159><c> be</c><00:14:01.419><c> translated</c><00:14:01.960><c> as</c><00:14:02.299><c> a</c><00:14:02.419><c> question,</c><00:14:03.879><c> a</c><00:14:04.179><c> question</c><00:14:04.539><c> within</c>

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a<00:14:04.960><c> question.</c>

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Should<00:14:06.039><c> I</c><00:14:06.320><c> weep</c><00:14:06.639><c> and</c><00:14:06.799><c> abstain</c><00:14:07.159><c> in</c><00:14:07.340><c> the</c><00:14:07.440><c> fifth</c><00:14:07.639><c> month</c><00:14:07.899><c> as</c><00:14:08.100><c> I</c><00:14:08.279><c> have</c><00:14:08.399><c> done</c><00:14:08.600><c> for</c>

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these<00:14:10.399><c> how</c><00:14:11.399><c> many</c><00:14:11.700><c> years,</c><00:14:12.419><c> which</c>

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is<00:14:12.779><c> how</c><00:14:12.940><c> one</c><00:14:13.139><c> of</c><00:14:13.240><c> the</c><00:14:13.460><c> commentators</c><00:14:13.899><c> translates</c><00:14:14.419><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:14:15.460><c> almost</c><00:14:15.779><c> not</c><00:14:16.679><c> just</c><00:14:17.100><c> weariness</c><00:14:17.799><c> that</c><00:14:18.279><c> these</c><00:14:18.559><c> people</c><00:14:18.820><c> are</c>

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experiencing<00:14:20.100><c> with</c><00:14:20.500><c> these</c><00:14:21.039><c> fasts</c><00:14:21.460><c> happening</c>

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month<00:14:22.139><c> after</c><00:14:22.539><c> month,</c><00:14:23.019><c> all</c><00:14:23.379><c> through</c><00:14:23.639><c> the</c><00:14:23.820><c> year.</c>

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But<00:14:25.360><c> it's</c><00:14:25.639><c> almost</c><00:14:26.059><c> exasperation,</c><00:14:28.179><c> they're</c><00:14:28.720><c> tired,</c><00:14:29.639><c> they're</c>

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sick<00:14:30.179><c> and</c><00:14:30.500><c> tired</c><00:14:30.779><c> of</c><00:14:31.159><c> having</c><00:14:31.399><c> to</c><00:14:31.960><c> keep</c><00:14:32.259><c> these</c>

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fasts<00:14:33.019><c> year</c><00:14:33.279><c> after</c><00:14:33.600><c> year</c><00:14:33.799><c> and</c><00:14:34.080><c> go</c><00:14:34.340><c> without</c><00:14:34.639><c> food</c><00:14:34.960><c> for</c><00:14:35.559><c> one</c><00:14:35.820><c> day</c>

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or<00:14:36.340><c> perhaps</c><00:14:36.659><c> longer</c><00:14:37.019><c> as</c><00:14:37.620><c> some</c><00:14:38.120><c> people</c>

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believe.

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There's<00:14:40.120><c> a</c><00:14:40.259><c> note</c><00:14:40.360><c> of</c><00:14:40.679><c> weariness</c><00:14:41.460><c> about</c><00:14:42.820><c> it,</c><00:14:42.980><c> a</c><00:14:43.100><c> note</c><00:14:43.320><c> of</c><00:14:43.679><c> exasperation</c><00:14:44.460><c> at</c><00:14:44.779><c> having</c><00:14:45.039><c> to</c>

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perform<00:14:46.279><c> these</c>

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religious<00:14:47.779><c> duties</c><00:14:48.399><c> as</c><00:14:49.279><c> they</c><00:14:49.879><c> saw</c><00:14:50.259><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:14:55.259><c> they</c><00:14:55.919><c> didn't</c><00:14:56.220><c> have</c><00:14:56.559><c> to</c><00:14:56.759><c> perform</c><00:14:57.059><c> them.</c>

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They<00:14:58.980><c> had</c><00:14:59.299><c> chosen</c><00:14:59.779><c> to</c><00:15:00.580><c> adopt</c><00:15:00.919><c> these</c><00:15:01.279><c> things</c><00:15:01.519><c> for</c><00:15:01.779><c> themselves.</c>

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It<00:15:03.240><c> wasn't</c><00:15:03.580><c> wrong</c><00:15:03.899><c> that</c><00:15:04.259><c> they</c><00:15:05.000><c> keep</c><00:15:05.259><c> these</c><00:15:06.259><c> fasts</c><00:15:06.899><c> and</c><00:15:06.919><c> I</c><00:15:07.039><c> think</c><00:15:07.159><c> it</c>

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becomes<00:15:07.600><c> evident</c><00:15:07.980><c> from</c><00:15:08.179><c> what</c><00:15:08.340><c> Zechariah</c>

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says<00:15:08.940><c> that</c><00:15:09.279><c> he</c><00:15:09.500><c> thinks</c><00:15:09.779><c> there's</c><00:15:10.320><c> some</c><00:15:10.620><c> positive</c><00:15:11.080><c> benefit</c><00:15:11.700><c> if</c>

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they<00:15:12.799><c> are</c><00:15:13.120><c> celebrated</c><00:15:13.500><c> wholeheartedly</c>

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from<00:15:15.220><c> keeping</c><00:15:15.580><c> these</c><00:15:15.940><c> feasts.</c>

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Before<00:15:26.500><c> they</c><00:15:27.259><c> went</c><00:15:27.620><c> into</c><00:15:28.019><c> exile,</c><00:15:29.200><c> there</c><00:15:29.200><c> had</c><00:15:29.399><c> been</c><00:15:29.620><c> this</c><00:15:29.960><c> continual</c><00:15:31.779><c> falling</c><00:15:32.519><c> back</c>

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into<00:15:33.899><c> idolatry</c>

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That<00:15:36.759><c> was</c><00:15:37.019><c> the</c><00:15:37.120><c> big</c><00:15:37.320><c> problem</c><00:15:37.639><c> they</c><00:15:37.879><c> faced.</c>

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The<00:15:38.320><c> big</c><00:15:38.639><c> religious</c><00:15:39.059><c> problem</c><00:15:39.519><c> was</c><00:15:40.299><c> they</c><00:15:41.179><c> turned</c><00:15:41.700><c> to</c><00:15:41.899><c> other</c>

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gods<00:15:42.320><c> and</c><00:15:42.480><c> worshipped</c><00:15:42.820><c> other</c><00:15:43.019><c> gods</c><00:15:43.279><c> and</c>

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turned<00:15:44.379><c> to</c><00:15:44.620><c> practising</c><00:15:45.340><c> these</c><00:15:46.059><c> false</c><00:15:46.399><c> religious</c><00:15:46.860><c> rituals</c>

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rather<00:15:47.620><c> than</c><00:15:47.779><c> the</c><00:15:48.820><c> rituals</c><00:15:49.019><c> that</c><00:15:49.220><c> had</c><00:15:49.399><c> been</c>

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set<00:15:49.779><c> down</c><00:15:49.960><c> in</c><00:15:50.100><c> the</c><00:15:50.220><c> law</c><00:15:50.320><c> of</c><00:15:50.460><c> Moses</c><00:15:50.779><c> by</c><00:15:51.059><c> God</c><00:15:51.340><c> and</c><00:15:51.899><c> through</c><00:15:52.539><c> the</c><00:15:52.779><c> prophets.</c>

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After<00:15:54.340><c> they'd</c><00:15:54.639><c> come</c><00:15:54.759><c> back</c><00:15:54.940><c> from</c><00:15:55.159><c> exile,</c><00:15:56.759><c> that</c><00:15:56.919><c> was</c><00:15:57.120><c> never</c><00:15:57.399><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:57.740><c> a</c><00:15:57.879><c> problem</c><00:15:58.080><c> again.</c>

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The<00:16:00.320><c> exile</c><00:16:01.000><c> had</c><00:16:01.720><c> extinguished</c><00:16:02.860><c> any</c><00:16:03.340><c> thought</c><00:16:03.679><c> of</c><00:16:03.899><c> turning</c><00:16:04.179><c> back</c><00:16:04.460><c> to</c><00:16:04.679><c> idolatry.</c>

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But<00:16:05.820><c> the</c><00:16:06.100><c> problem</c><00:16:06.519><c> for</c><00:16:06.799><c> the</c><00:16:07.039><c> people</c><00:16:07.240><c> who</c><00:16:07.500><c> came</c><00:16:07.700><c> back</c><00:16:07.960><c> from</c><00:16:08.200><c> exile</c><00:16:08.700><c> was</c>

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not<00:16:09.559><c> idolatry.</c>

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It<00:16:11.200><c> was</c><00:16:11.659><c> weariness</c><00:16:12.500><c> with</c><00:16:13.259><c> the</c><00:16:13.580><c> good</c><00:16:13.779><c> things</c><00:16:14.139><c> that</c><00:16:14.379><c> God</c><00:16:14.620><c> had</c><00:16:14.899><c> commanded</c><00:16:15.299><c> them</c><00:16:15.539><c> to</c><00:16:15.779><c> do.</c>

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Weariness<00:16:17.860><c> even</c><00:16:18.139><c> with</c><00:16:18.559><c> the</c><00:16:18.899><c> voluntary</c><00:16:19.279><c> things</c><00:16:19.720><c> that</c><00:16:19.919><c> they</c>

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had<00:16:20.480><c> taken</c><00:16:20.879><c> upon</c><00:16:21.200><c> themselves.</c>

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They<00:16:23.120><c> were</c><00:16:23.500><c> bored</c><00:16:24.139><c> with</c><00:16:25.019><c> the</c><00:16:25.259><c> worship</c><00:16:25.559><c> of</c><00:16:25.740><c> God.</c>

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Come<00:16:27.299><c> across</c><00:16:27.580><c> to</c><00:16:27.799><c> Malachi</c><00:16:28.039><c> 1</c><00:16:28.480><c> verse</c><00:16:28.820><c> 13.</c>

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Malachi<00:16:32.340><c> is</c><00:16:32.559><c> writing</c><00:16:32.840><c> much</c><00:16:33.360><c> later,</c><00:16:34.360><c> many,</c><00:16:34.740><c> many</c><00:16:35.000><c> years</c><00:16:35.320><c> after</c>

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No<00:16:39.700><c> problem</c><00:16:40.019><c> with</c><00:16:40.259><c> idolatry,</c><00:16:41.700><c> but</c><00:16:41.840><c> a</c><00:16:42.059><c> problem</c><00:16:42.360><c> with</c><00:16:42.600><c> being</c>

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bored<00:16:43.559><c> with</c><00:16:43.840><c> the</c><00:16:44.080><c> truth.</c>

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Malachi<00:16:45.440><c> 1</c><00:16:46.019><c> and</c><00:16:47.100><c> verse</c><00:16:49.200><c> 12</c><00:16:49.860><c>-13.</c>

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Can<00:16:50.440><c> we</c><00:16:50.519><c> have</c><00:16:50.679><c> someone</c><00:16:50.879><c> read</c><00:16:51.139><c> those</c><00:16:51.419><c> verses</c><00:16:51.700><c> for</c><00:16:51.899><c> us?</c>

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Malachi<00:16:52.620><c> 1</c><00:16:52.879><c> verse</c><00:16:53.120><c> 12</c><00:16:53.399><c>-13.</c>

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So<00:17:17.220><c> God</c><00:17:17.779><c> had</c><00:17:17.980><c> required</c><00:17:18.420><c> under</c><00:17:18.700><c> the</c><00:17:18.799><c> law</c><00:17:18.900><c> of</c><00:17:19.059><c> Moses</c><00:17:19.359><c> that</c><00:17:19.599><c> his</c>

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people<00:17:20.200><c> worship</c><00:17:20.599><c> him</c><00:17:20.819><c> by</c><00:17:21.359><c> the</c><00:17:21.619><c> offering</c>

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of<00:17:22.740><c> sacrifices</c><00:17:22.799><c> on</c><00:17:23.539><c> certain</c><00:17:23.940><c> occasions</c><00:17:24.480><c> and</c><00:17:25.279><c> in</c><00:17:25.579><c> certain</c><00:17:25.779><c> situations.</c>

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But<00:17:27.460><c> these</c><00:17:27.759><c> people,</c><00:17:29.119><c> they'd</c><00:17:29.619><c> become</c><00:17:29.940><c> tired</c><00:17:30.339><c> of</c><00:17:30.480><c> it.</c>

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It<00:17:31.680><c> cost</c><00:17:31.940><c> too</c><00:17:32.240><c> much.</c>

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It<00:17:33.700><c> took</c><00:17:33.859><c> too</c><00:17:34.119><c> much</c><00:17:34.400><c> time.</c>

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They<00:17:35.359><c> got</c><00:17:35.640><c> sick</c><00:17:35.960><c> and</c><00:17:36.200><c> tired</c><00:17:36.339><c> of</c><00:17:36.519><c> doing</c><00:17:36.759><c> it</c><00:17:37.000><c> and</c><00:17:37.180><c> it</c><00:17:37.359><c> became</c><00:17:37.640><c> a</c>

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weariness<00:17:38.420><c> for</c><00:17:38.680><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:39.839><c> so</c><00:17:39.920><c> they</c><00:17:40.039><c> were</c><00:17:40.339><c> half</c><00:17:40.700><c>-hearted</c><00:17:40.900><c> in</c><00:17:41.079><c> their</c><00:17:41.240><c> worship.</c>

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If<00:17:41.960><c> they</c><00:17:42.140><c> were</c><00:17:42.259><c> going</c><00:17:42.380><c> to</c><00:17:42.519><c> offer</c><00:17:42.680><c> an</c><00:17:42.859><c> offering,</c><00:17:43.380><c> they'd</c><00:17:43.619><c> get</c><00:17:43.680><c> the</c><00:17:43.859><c> one</c><00:17:43.980><c> which</c><00:17:44.240><c> had</c><00:17:44.519><c> a</c>

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dodgy<00:17:45.019><c> leg</c><00:17:45.359><c> or</c><00:17:45.859><c> was</c><00:17:46.039><c> blind</c>

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in<00:17:46.480><c> one</c><00:17:46.660><c> eye</c><00:17:46.799><c> and</c><00:17:46.859><c> they'd</c><00:17:47.200><c> give</c><00:17:47.259><c> that</c><00:17:48.000><c> to</c><00:17:48.839><c> the</c><00:17:49.039><c> priest</c><00:17:49.279><c> to</c><00:17:49.500><c> throw</c><00:17:49.660><c> up</c>

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on<00:17:49.940><c> the</c><00:17:50.140><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:17:51.599><c> here</c><00:17:52.000><c> in</c><00:17:52.819><c> many,</c><00:17:53.319><c> many</c><00:17:53.660><c> years</c><00:17:53.920><c> earlier,</c><00:17:54.819><c> in</c><00:17:54.960><c> Zechariah's</c>

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time,<00:17:56.039><c> the</c><00:17:56.220><c> same</c><00:17:56.579><c> problem</c><00:17:56.900><c> was</c><00:17:57.160><c> in</c><00:17:57.700><c> evidence</c><00:17:58.000><c> amongst</c>

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They<00:17:59.960><c> were</c><00:18:00.339><c> weary</c><00:18:00.859><c> with</c><00:18:02.619><c> their</c><00:18:03.420><c> worship</c><00:18:03.859><c> of</c><00:18:05.880><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:06.700><c> this</c><00:18:06.880><c> is</c><00:18:07.119><c> the</c><00:18:07.279><c> danger.</c>

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I<00:18:08.619><c> think</c><00:18:08.920><c> this</c><00:18:09.180><c> is</c><00:18:09.440><c> the</c><00:18:09.579><c> danger</c><00:18:09.819><c> that</c><00:18:10.039><c> we</c><00:18:10.279><c> face.</c>

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It's<00:18:11.859><c> not</c><00:18:12.079><c> so</c><00:18:12.299><c> much</c><00:18:12.500><c> that</c><00:18:12.619><c> we're</c><00:18:12.920><c> likely</c><00:18:13.119><c> to</c><00:18:14.099><c> be</c><00:18:14.700><c> drawn</c><00:18:15.500><c> to</c><00:18:17.660><c> worshipping</c><00:18:18.880><c> at</c>

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a<00:18:19.460><c> Pentecostal</c><00:18:20.240><c> church</c><00:18:20.500><c> or</c>

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worshipping<00:18:21.180><c> at</c><00:18:21.380><c> a</c><00:18:21.440><c> Roman</c><00:18:21.759><c> Catholic</c><00:18:22.119><c> church</c><00:18:22.420><c> or</c><00:18:22.579><c> a</c><00:18:22.720><c> Buddhist</c>

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temple<00:18:23.299><c> or</c><00:18:23.500><c> whatever.</c>

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It's<00:18:24.740><c> not</c><00:18:24.980><c> likely</c><00:18:25.359><c> to</c><00:18:25.519><c> be</c><00:18:25.680><c> that</c><00:18:25.859><c> that</c><00:18:25.960><c> we're</c><00:18:26.240><c> drawn</c><00:18:26.400><c> after.</c>

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I<00:18:27.519><c> think</c><00:18:27.660><c> for</c><00:18:27.940><c> most</c><00:18:28.220><c> of</c><00:18:28.400><c> us,</c><00:18:28.900><c> we</c><00:18:29.000><c> are</c><00:18:29.240><c> too</c><00:18:29.859><c> deeply</c><00:18:30.299><c> convinced</c>

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to<00:18:34.940><c> be</c><00:18:35.099><c> a</c><00:18:35.220><c> problem.</c>

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But<00:18:36.660><c> while</c><00:18:36.940><c> we</c><00:18:37.079><c> might</c><00:18:37.319><c> not</c><00:18:37.500><c> do</c><00:18:37.700><c> that,</c><00:18:38.900><c> we</c><00:18:39.119><c> sometimes,</c><00:18:39.660><c> I</c><00:18:39.880><c> think,</c><00:18:40.559><c> come</c>

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along<00:18:41.059><c> here</c><00:18:41.740><c> when</c><00:18:42.240><c> we're</c><00:18:42.619><c> worshipping</c>

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together<00:18:43.759><c> as</c><00:18:44.220><c> an</c><00:18:44.400><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:45.420><c> and</c><00:18:47.079><c> we're</c><00:18:47.400><c> bored</c><00:18:47.660><c> with</c><00:18:47.859><c> what</c><00:18:48.059><c> is</c>

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happening<00:18:49.119><c> and</c><00:18:51.359><c> we</c><00:18:51.660><c> worship</c><00:18:52.039><c> in</c><00:18:52.240><c> a</c><00:18:52.500><c> half</c><00:18:52.759><c>-hearted</c>

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sort<00:18:53.279><c> of</c><00:18:53.440><c> way.</c>

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We're<00:18:55.940><c> tired</c><00:18:56.400><c> of</c><00:18:56.599><c> singing</c><00:18:56.859><c> the</c><00:18:57.140><c> hymns.</c>

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We're<00:18:58.920><c> tired</c><00:18:59.299><c> of</c><00:18:59.519><c> reading</c><00:18:59.740><c> the</c><00:18:59.960><c> same</c><00:19:00.220><c> chapters</c><00:19:00.660><c> from</c><00:19:00.960><c> the</c><00:19:01.140><c> Bible.</c>

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The<00:19:02.940><c> exhorting</c><00:19:03.480><c> brother</c><00:19:03.900><c> is</c><00:19:04.500><c> not</c><00:19:04.720><c> really</c><00:19:05.019><c> interesting.</c>

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I<00:19:05.599><c> don't</c><00:19:05.779><c> get</c><00:19:06.019><c> anything</c><00:19:06.380><c> out</c><00:19:06.619><c> of</c><00:19:06.700><c> the</c><00:19:06.920><c> talk.</c>

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And<00:19:08.759><c> what</c><00:19:08.940><c> we</c><00:19:09.319><c> are</c><00:19:10.259><c> forgetting</c><00:19:10.740><c> is</c><00:19:11.420><c> that</c><00:19:11.839><c> worship</c><00:19:12.279><c> of</c><00:19:12.559><c> God</c><00:19:13.039><c> is</c>

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not<00:19:14.279><c> about</c><00:19:14.980><c> what</c><00:19:15.319><c> we</c><00:19:15.660><c> feel</c><00:19:16.119><c> we</c><00:19:16.400><c> need.</c>

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It's<00:19:17.779><c> about</c><00:19:18.279><c> what</c><00:19:18.640><c> we</c><00:19:19.059><c> are</c><00:19:19.059><c> giving</c><00:19:19.359><c> to</c><00:19:19.660><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:19:22.240><c> about</c><00:19:23.019><c> giving</c><00:19:23.480><c> glory</c><00:19:23.980><c> to</c><00:19:24.180><c> God</c><00:19:24.519><c> and</c><00:19:24.799><c> not</c><00:19:25.039><c> about</c><00:19:25.619><c> making</c>

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ourselves<00:19:27.900><c> feel</c><00:19:28.200><c> better</c><00:19:28.579><c> about</c><00:19:28.859><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:19:30.940><c> it's</c><00:19:31.240><c> because</c><00:19:31.740><c> we're</c><00:19:32.079><c> not</c><00:19:32.380><c> focused</c><00:19:32.839><c> on</c><00:19:33.140><c> God</c><00:19:33.779><c> and</c><00:19:34.859><c> we're</c>

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not<00:19:35.460><c> contemplating</c><00:19:36.160><c> the</c><00:19:36.740><c> glory</c><00:19:37.180><c> and</c>

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holiness<00:19:37.960><c> and</c><00:19:38.400><c> greatness</c><00:19:38.720><c> of</c><00:19:38.980><c> God</c><00:19:39.759><c> that</c><00:19:40.880><c> we</c><00:19:41.119><c> get</c><00:19:41.380><c> bored</c><00:19:41.599><c> with</c><00:19:41.819><c> it.</c>

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If<00:19:43.339><c> for</c><00:19:43.480><c> just</c><00:19:43.880><c> one</c><00:19:44.200><c> moment,</c><00:19:45.500><c> for</c><00:19:45.839><c> some</c><00:19:46.160><c> minutes</c><00:19:46.480><c> we</c><00:19:46.680><c> might</c><00:19:46.960><c> sit</c>

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and<00:19:47.779><c> contemplate</c><00:19:48.619><c> the</c><00:19:49.119><c> wonder</c><00:19:49.500><c> of</c><00:19:49.720><c> being</c>

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allowed<00:19:50.480><c> to</c><00:19:50.799><c> enter</c><00:19:51.079><c> into</c><00:19:51.380><c> the</c><00:19:51.720><c> presence</c><00:19:52.000><c> of</c><00:19:52.200><c> the</c><00:19:52.339><c> Creator</c><00:19:52.720><c> of</c>

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heaven<00:19:53.279><c> and</c><00:19:53.519><c> earth,</c><00:19:54.740><c> to</c><00:19:55.160><c> enter</c><00:19:55.480><c> into</c>

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the<00:19:56.180><c> presence</c><00:19:56.299><c> of</c><00:19:56.519><c> the</c><00:19:56.640><c> King</c><00:19:56.859><c> of</c><00:19:57.079><c> the</c><00:19:57.259><c> universe</c><00:19:57.640><c> and</c><00:19:57.839><c> worship</c>

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Him,<00:20:00.640><c> then</c><00:20:00.839><c> maybe</c><00:20:01.119><c> we</c><00:20:01.279><c> might</c><00:20:01.539><c> sing</c>

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with<00:20:02.059><c> a</c><00:20:02.160><c> bit</c><00:20:02.339><c> more</c><00:20:02.640><c> fervour.</c>

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Maybe<00:20:04.519><c> we</c><00:20:04.720><c> might</c><00:20:04.940><c> read</c><00:20:05.339><c> the</c><00:20:05.539><c> Bible</c><00:20:05.920><c> with</c><00:20:06.519><c> a</c><00:20:06.619><c> bit</c><00:20:06.779><c> more</c><00:20:07.099><c> care.</c>

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Maybe<00:20:08.119><c> in</c><00:20:08.319><c> our</c><00:20:08.599><c> personal</c><00:20:09.240><c> worship</c><00:20:09.759><c> at</c><00:20:10.039><c> home,</c><00:20:11.039><c> we</c><00:20:11.119><c> might</c><00:20:11.279><c> be</c><00:20:11.480><c> a</c>

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bit<00:20:11.700><c> more</c><00:20:12.079><c> diligent</c><00:20:12.599><c> about</c><00:20:13.160><c> the</c><00:20:13.440><c> readings,</c>

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whether<00:20:14.980><c> it</c><00:20:15.180><c> be</c><00:20:16.380><c> Robert</c><00:20:16.700><c> Roberts'</c><00:20:17.299><c> daily</c><00:20:17.440><c> readings</c><00:20:17.720><c> or</c><00:20:18.200><c> some</c>

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other<00:20:18.920><c> regular</c><00:20:19.539><c> reading</c><00:20:19.880><c> that</c><00:20:20.099><c> we</c><00:20:20.279><c> might</c>

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do.

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And<00:20:22.640><c> maybe</c><00:20:23.240><c> we'd</c><00:20:23.660><c> get</c><00:20:23.900><c> a</c><00:20:24.000><c> lot</c><00:20:24.180><c> more</c><00:20:24.400><c> out</c><00:20:24.599><c> of</c><00:20:24.720><c> it</c><00:20:24.880><c> as</c><00:20:25.079><c> well.</c>

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But<00:20:26.140><c> these</c><00:20:26.460><c> people</c><00:20:27.059><c> were</c><00:20:27.579><c> bored</c><00:20:27.880><c> with</c><00:20:28.119><c> the</c><00:20:28.359><c> truth</c><00:20:28.740><c> because</c>

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And<00:20:50.480><c> you</c><00:20:50.880><c> notice</c><00:20:51.240><c> in</c><00:20:51.640><c> verse</c><00:20:51.920><c> 4</c><00:20:52.200><c> it</c><00:20:52.339><c> says,</c><00:20:52.700><c> the</c><00:20:52.700><c> word</c><00:20:52.920><c> of</c><00:20:53.099><c> the</c><00:20:53.240><c> Lord</c><00:20:53.400><c> of</c>

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And<00:21:07.000><c> that,</c><00:21:07.539><c> to</c><00:21:08.819><c> a</c><00:21:09.000><c> large</c><00:21:09.160><c> extent,</c><00:21:09.619><c> breaks</c><00:21:09.980><c> up</c><00:21:10.299><c> these</c><00:21:11.119><c> two</c><00:21:12.480><c> chapters</c><00:21:12.859><c> into</c>

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four<00:21:13.599><c> sections,</c><00:21:13.980><c> and</c><00:21:14.299><c> there's</c>

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I<00:21:20.859><c> read</c><00:21:21.079><c> it</c><00:21:21.319><c> anyway,</c><00:21:22.059><c> that</c><00:21:22.319><c> starts</c><00:21:22.759><c> in</c><00:21:24.380><c> chapter</c>

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So<00:21:25.859><c> five</c><00:21:26.220><c> sections,</c><00:21:26.740><c> but</c><00:21:26.880><c> four</c><00:21:27.099><c> of</c><00:21:27.240><c> them</c><00:21:27.539><c> are</c><00:21:27.880><c> marked</c><00:21:28.079><c> off</c><00:21:28.299><c> by</c>

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So,<00:21:42.859><c> after</c><00:21:43.200><c> receiving</c><00:21:43.720><c> this</c><00:21:44.019><c> question</c><00:21:44.339><c> from</c><00:21:44.619><c> this</c><00:21:44.839><c> delegation</c><00:21:45.359><c> from</c><00:21:45.940><c> the</c>

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men<00:21:46.819><c> of</c><00:21:47.480><c> Bethel,</c><00:21:48.759><c> Zechariah</c>

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receives<00:21:50.000><c> a</c><00:21:50.299><c> revelation,</c><00:21:50.980><c> a</c><00:21:51.079><c> word</c><00:21:51.380><c> from</c><00:21:51.619><c> God,</c><00:21:52.319><c> to</c><00:21:52.460><c> give</c><00:21:52.799><c> to</c><00:21:54.099><c> the</c><00:21:54.960><c> people</c><00:21:55.279><c> in</c>

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answer<00:21:55.799><c> to</c><00:21:55.980><c> their</c><00:21:56.160><c> question.</c>

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And<00:21:59.920><c> he</c><00:22:00.519><c> answers</c><00:22:00.980><c> their</c><00:22:01.299><c> question</c><00:22:01.819><c> by</c><00:22:02.420><c> asking</c><00:22:02.819><c> a</c><00:22:03.000><c> question</c><00:22:03.319><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:03.700><c> own,</c><00:22:03.980><c> in</c><00:22:04.160><c> verse</c><00:22:04.380><c> 5.</c>

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Say<00:22:05.000><c> to</c><00:22:05.279><c> all</c><00:22:05.660><c> the</c><00:22:05.799><c> people</c><00:22:06.039><c> of</c><00:22:06.220><c> the</c><00:22:06.359><c> land</c><00:22:06.500><c> and</c><00:22:06.640><c> the</c><00:22:06.839><c> priest,</c><00:22:07.559><c> when</c><00:22:07.740><c> you</c>

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fasted<00:22:08.619><c> and</c><00:22:08.819><c> mourned</c><00:22:09.039><c> in</c><00:22:09.200><c> the</c>

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fifth<00:22:09.660><c> month</c><00:22:09.980><c> and</c><00:22:10.180><c> in</c><00:22:10.380><c> the</c><00:22:10.539><c> seventh</c><00:22:10.880><c> for</c><00:22:11.440><c> these</c><00:22:11.700><c> seventy</c><00:22:12.039><c> years,</c><00:22:13.599><c> was</c>

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it<00:22:13.960><c> for</c><00:22:14.160><c> me</c><00:22:14.339><c> that</c><00:22:14.480><c> you</c><00:22:14.680><c> fasted?</c>

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And<00:22:18.460><c> when</c><00:22:18.599><c> you</c><00:22:18.799><c> eat</c><00:22:19.019><c> and</c><00:22:19.160><c> when</c><00:22:19.319><c> you</c><00:22:19.539><c> drink,</c><00:22:19.740><c> do</c><00:22:19.920><c> you</c><00:22:20.059><c> not</c><00:22:20.200><c> eat</c>

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So<00:22:26.160><c> these</c><00:22:26.420><c> people,</c><00:22:27.559><c> whether</c><00:22:27.819><c> they</c><00:22:28.099><c> were</c><00:22:28.900><c> fasting</c><00:22:29.420><c> or</c><00:22:29.920><c> whether</c>

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was<00:22:32.259><c> not</c><00:22:32.440><c> about</c><00:22:32.700><c> God,</c><00:22:33.599><c> and</c><00:22:33.700><c> it</c><00:22:33.759><c> was</c><00:22:34.039><c> all</c><00:22:34.539><c> about</c><00:22:34.980><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:22:35.960><c> it</c><00:22:36.059><c> wasn't</c><00:22:36.319><c> just</c><00:22:36.799><c> the</c><00:22:37.019><c> people</c><00:22:37.299><c> from</c><00:22:37.579><c> Bethel.</c>

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Look<00:22:48.839><c> at</c><00:22:49.039><c> verse</c><00:22:49.259><c> 5,</c><00:22:49.680><c> at</c><00:22:49.680><c> the</c><00:22:49.900><c> commencement</c><00:22:50.180><c> of</c><00:22:50.400><c> the</c><00:22:50.500><c> verse.</c>

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Say<00:22:50.859><c> to</c><00:22:51.160><c> all</c><00:22:51.720><c> the</c><00:22:51.819><c> people</c><00:22:52.059><c> of</c><00:22:52.240><c> the</c><00:22:52.400><c> land</c><00:22:52.900><c> and</c><00:22:53.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.059><c> priests,</c><00:22:54.599><c> even</c><00:22:54.880><c> the</c><00:22:55.160><c> priests</c><00:22:55.460><c> were</c><00:22:55.720><c> affected</c><00:22:56.059><c> by</c>

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But<00:23:03.119><c> this</c><00:23:03.319><c> is</c><00:23:03.700><c> a</c><00:23:04.180><c> question</c><00:23:04.599><c> that</c><00:23:04.779><c> was</c><00:23:04.940><c> in</c><00:23:05.079><c> the</c><00:23:05.380><c> mind</c><00:23:05.740><c> of</c><00:23:06.079><c> not</c><00:23:06.279><c> only</c><00:23:06.680><c> the</c><00:23:07.059><c> people</c><00:23:07.259><c> of</c>

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And<00:23:12.599><c> their</c><00:23:12.880><c> worship</c><00:23:13.519><c> was</c><00:23:14.480><c> no</c><00:23:14.859><c> longer,</c><00:23:15.740><c> the</c><00:23:16.000><c> focus</c><00:23:16.380><c> of</c><00:23:16.539><c> their</c>

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worship<00:23:17.019><c> was</c><00:23:17.220><c> not</c><00:23:17.440><c> so</c><00:23:17.720><c> much</c><00:23:18.000><c> about</c><00:23:18.380><c> God,</c>

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it<00:23:19.180><c> was</c><00:23:19.359><c> about</c><00:23:19.599><c> themselves.</c>

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month<00:23:25.460><c> and</c><00:23:25.640><c> on</c><00:23:25.839><c> the</c><00:23:26.039><c> seventh</c><00:23:26.299><c> month</c><00:23:26.579><c> and</c>

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matter<00:23:31.759><c> of</c><00:23:32.880><c> thinking</c><00:23:33.339><c> about</c>

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God<00:23:34.200><c> and</c><00:23:35.019><c> taking</c><00:23:35.420><c> time</c><00:23:35.740><c> out</c><00:23:35.920><c> for</c><00:23:36.099><c> God</c><00:23:36.720><c> as</c><00:23:37.359><c> it</c><00:23:37.480><c> was</c><00:23:37.700><c> about</c><00:23:39.039><c> doing</c>

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something<00:23:40.460><c> for</c><00:23:40.779><c> themselves.</c>

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Notice<00:23:43.819><c> too</c><00:23:44.079><c> in</c><00:23:44.259><c> verse</c><00:23:44.480><c> 7,</c><00:23:47.539><c> after</c><00:23:47.720><c> talking</c><00:23:48.099><c> about</c><00:23:48.380><c> their</c><00:23:48.680><c> fasting</c><00:23:49.299><c> not</c>

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for<00:23:50.220><c> God</c><00:23:50.460><c> but</c><00:23:50.680><c> for</c><00:23:50.839><c> themselves</c>

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and<00:23:51.720><c> eating</c><00:23:52.099><c> not</c><00:23:52.500><c> and</c><00:23:52.619><c> drinking</c><00:23:52.940><c> not</c><00:23:53.160><c> for</c><00:23:53.279><c> God</c><00:23:53.480><c> but</c><00:23:53.680><c> for</c><00:23:53.859><c> themselves,</c><00:23:56.880><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:57.380><c> says,</c>

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Were<00:23:58.420><c> not</c><00:23:58.619><c> these</c><00:23:58.859><c> the</c><00:23:59.119><c> words</c><00:23:59.420><c> that</c><00:23:59.720><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:00.019><c> proclaimed</c><00:24:00.460><c> by</c>

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inhabited<00:24:03.279><c> and</c><00:24:03.559><c> prosperous</c><00:24:03.940><c> with</c><00:24:04.359><c> the</c><00:24:04.539><c> cities</c><00:24:04.779><c> around</c><00:24:05.160><c> her</c>

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and<00:24:05.799><c> the</c><00:24:06.079><c> south</c><00:24:06.279><c> and</c><00:24:06.480><c> the</c><00:24:06.599><c> lowland</c><00:24:06.920><c> were</c><00:24:07.160><c> inhabited?</c>

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So<00:24:07.720><c> he's</c><00:24:07.900><c> taking</c><00:24:08.180><c> their</c><00:24:08.440><c> mind</c><00:24:08.599><c> back</c><00:24:09.799><c> before</c><00:24:11.299><c> the</c><00:24:11.599><c> exile,</c><00:24:13.460><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:13.819><c> time</c><00:24:14.180><c> before</c><00:24:14.700><c> the</c><00:24:14.960><c> exile</c><00:24:15.279><c> when</c><00:24:16.099><c> everybody</c>

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was<00:24:17.740><c> there</c><00:24:17.960><c> in</c><00:24:18.099><c> the</c><00:24:18.299><c> land.</c>

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The<00:24:19.500><c> land</c><00:24:19.980><c> was</c><00:24:20.440><c> populated,</c><00:24:21.359><c> it</c><00:24:21.380><c> was</c><00:24:21.700><c> prosperous</c><00:24:22.140><c> and</c><00:24:22.400><c> life</c><00:24:22.660><c> was,</c><00:24:24.000><c> materially</c><00:24:24.500><c> at</c>

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least,<00:24:25.880><c> life</c><00:24:26.019><c> was</c>

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going<00:24:26.519><c> well</c><00:24:26.859><c> for</c><00:24:27.160><c> everybody.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:24:29.279><c> was</c><00:24:29.559><c> inhabited</c><00:24:29.980><c> and</c><00:24:30.460><c> prosperous</c><00:24:30.980><c> and</c><00:24:31.480><c> even</c><00:24:31.779><c> the</c>

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outlying<00:24:32.480><c> areas,</c><00:24:32.980><c> places</c><00:24:33.299><c> that</c><00:24:33.460><c> had</c><00:24:33.680><c> been</c>

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previously<00:24:34.819><c> uninhabited</c><00:24:35.500><c> were</c><00:24:35.900><c> at</c><00:24:36.099><c> this</c><00:24:36.299><c> point</c><00:24:36.519><c> in</c><00:24:36.779><c> time</c>

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filled<00:24:37.799><c> with</c><00:24:38.039><c> people</c><00:24:38.359><c> because</c><00:24:38.680><c> there</c><00:24:39.019><c> were</c>

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so<00:24:39.519><c> many</c><00:24:39.740><c> people</c><00:24:40.279><c> living</c><00:24:40.680><c> in</c><00:24:40.880><c> the</c><00:24:41.039><c> land</c><00:24:41.480><c> of</c><00:24:42.240><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:24:44.200><c> during</c><00:24:44.759><c> this</c><00:24:44.980><c> period</c><00:24:45.299><c> of</c><00:24:45.579><c> time</c><00:24:46.099><c> there</c><00:24:46.579><c> were</c><00:24:46.960><c> prophets</c><00:24:47.279><c> that</c><00:24:47.440><c> had</c><00:24:47.599><c> been</c><00:24:47.740><c> raised</c><00:24:48.019><c> up</c>

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by<00:24:48.380><c> God</c><00:24:48.720><c> that</c>

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were<00:24:49.319><c> saying</c><00:24:49.619><c> essentially</c><00:24:50.359><c> the</c><00:24:50.619><c> same</c><00:24:50.880><c> thing</c><00:24:51.140><c> as</c><00:24:51.400><c> Zechariah</c>

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was<00:24:51.980><c> telling</c><00:24:52.200><c> the</c><00:24:52.400><c> people</c><00:24:52.599><c> now.</c>

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You're<00:24:54.480><c> fasting,</c><00:24:55.180><c> you're</c><00:24:55.420><c> feasting,</c><00:24:56.680><c> it's</c><00:24:57.039><c> not</c><00:24:57.279><c> being</c><00:24:57.579><c> done</c>

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for<00:24:58.039><c> God,</c><00:24:58.720><c> it's</c><00:24:58.880><c> being</c><00:24:59.180><c> done</c><00:24:59.359><c> for</c><00:24:59.579><c> yourself.</c>

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Now<00:25:02.500><c> there's</c><00:25:03.059><c> little</c><00:25:03.460><c> said</c><00:25:03.759><c> about</c><00:25:04.519><c> fasting</c><00:25:05.240><c> in</c><00:25:06.200><c> any</c><00:25:06.480><c> of</c><00:25:06.619><c> the</c>

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books<00:25:06.960><c> of</c><00:25:07.140><c> the</c><00:25:07.339><c> prophets,</c><00:25:07.960><c> very</c><00:25:08.259><c> little</c>

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that<00:25:08.660><c> is</c><00:25:08.799><c> said</c><00:25:08.960><c> about</c><00:25:09.220><c> it</c><00:25:09.579><c> except</c><00:25:10.059><c> for</c><00:25:10.339><c> one</c><00:25:10.579><c> chapter</c><00:25:10.980><c> in</c><00:25:11.440><c> one</c>

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of<00:25:11.779><c> the</c><00:25:11.940><c> prophets.</c>

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Come<00:25:12.440><c> back</c><00:25:12.700><c> to</c><00:25:12.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:13.319><c> 58.</c>

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In<00:25:16.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:16.960><c> 58,</c><00:25:18.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:19.240><c> being</c><00:25:19.660><c> one</c><00:25:19.980><c> of</c><00:25:20.160><c> the</c><00:25:20.500><c> former</c><00:25:20.799><c> prophets,</c><00:25:21.240><c> one</c><00:25:21.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:21.700><c> prophets</c><00:25:21.920><c> who</c><00:25:22.200><c> had</c><00:25:22.299><c> prophesied</c>

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before<00:25:23.119><c> the</c><00:25:23.359><c> exile,</c><00:25:25.700><c> had</c><00:25:26.579><c> spoken</c><00:25:27.579><c> about</c><00:25:28.539><c> fasting.</c>

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He<00:25:33.200><c> says</c><00:25:33.480><c> in</c><00:25:34.000><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.500><c> 58</c><00:25:34.960><c> and</c><00:25:35.180><c> verse</c><00:25:35.460><c> 2,</c>

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They<00:25:39.859><c> seek</c><00:25:40.160><c> me</c><00:25:40.440><c> daily</c><00:25:41.019><c> and</c><00:25:41.900><c> delight</c><00:25:42.619><c> to</c><00:25:42.960><c> know</c><00:25:43.160><c> my</c><00:25:43.380><c> ways.</c>

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These<00:25:44.700><c> people</c><00:25:45.160><c> that</c><00:25:45.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:45.819><c> was</c><00:25:46.079><c> speaking</c><00:25:47.119><c> to,</c><00:25:47.779><c> like</c><00:25:48.039><c> the</c>

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people<00:25:48.440><c> Zechariah</c><00:25:49.019><c> was</c><00:25:49.200><c> speaking</c><00:25:49.539><c> to,</c>

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they're<00:25:50.420><c> very</c><00:25:50.880><c> religious</c><00:25:51.299><c> people.</c>

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They<00:25:52.799><c> seek</c><00:25:53.099><c> him</c><00:25:53.339><c> daily,</c><00:25:53.779><c> they</c><00:25:54.019><c> delight</c><00:25:54.480><c> to</c><00:25:54.700><c> know</c><00:25:54.839><c> God's</c><00:25:55.259><c> ways.</c>

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As<00:25:56.720><c> if</c><00:25:57.339><c> they</c><00:25:58.019><c> were</c><00:25:58.319><c> a</c><00:25:58.500><c> nation</c><00:25:58.880><c> that</c><00:25:59.200><c> did</c><00:25:59.480><c> righteousness</c><00:26:00.039><c> and</c>

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did<00:26:01.220><c> not</c><00:26:01.519><c> forsake</c><00:26:02.240><c> the</c><00:26:02.480><c> judgment</c><00:26:02.839><c> of</c><00:26:03.079><c> their</c>

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God,<00:26:03.640><c> as</c><00:26:03.980><c> if</c><00:26:04.660><c> they</c><00:26:05.519><c> were</c><00:26:05.700><c> a</c><00:26:05.799><c> nation</c><00:26:06.059><c> that</c><00:26:06.240><c> did</c><00:26:06.440><c> righteousness,</c>

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but<00:26:07.339><c> they</c><00:26:07.539><c> were</c><00:26:07.839><c> not.</c>

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Their<00:26:10.039><c> religion,</c><00:26:11.059><c> their</c><00:26:11.380><c> worship</c><00:26:11.779><c> was</c><00:26:12.059><c> superficial.</c>

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They<00:26:13.759><c> didn't</c><00:26:14.079><c> really</c><00:26:14.480><c> delight</c><00:26:14.900><c> in</c><00:26:15.180><c> God,</c><00:26:15.519><c> they</c><00:26:15.720><c> didn't</c><00:26:16.039><c> really</c>

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seek<00:26:16.819><c> the</c><00:26:17.079><c> truth</c><00:26:17.400><c> of</c><00:26:17.619><c> God's</c><00:26:18.039><c> ways.</c>

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Instead,<00:26:21.259><c> they</c><00:26:21.460><c> forsook</c><00:26:21.980><c> the</c><00:26:22.220><c> judgment</c><00:26:22.519><c> of</c><00:26:22.740><c> their</c><00:26:22.960><c> God.</c>

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Sorry,<00:26:28.599><c> I</c><00:26:28.640><c> dropped</c><00:26:29.019><c> that.</c>

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Verse<00:26:29.880><c> 3.</c>

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Here's<00:26:30.759><c> one</c><00:26:30.940><c> of</c><00:26:31.319><c> the</c><00:26:32.200><c> ways</c><00:26:32.559><c> in</c><00:26:32.700><c> which</c><00:26:33.119><c> they</c><00:26:34.279><c> sought</c><00:26:34.579><c> God</c><00:26:34.880><c> and</c>

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expressed<00:26:36.400><c> supposedly</c><00:26:37.259><c> their</c><00:26:37.859><c> delight</c>

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in<00:26:38.400><c> God's</c><00:26:38.740><c> way.</c>

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Why<00:26:39.500><c> have</c><00:26:39.759><c> we</c><00:26:40.019><c> fasted</c><00:26:40.619><c> and</c><00:26:40.839><c> you</c><00:26:41.079><c> see</c><00:26:41.220><c> it</c><00:26:41.420><c> not?</c>

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Why<00:26:42.299><c> have</c><00:26:42.559><c> we</c><00:26:42.839><c> humbled</c><00:26:43.140><c> ourselves</c><00:26:43.599><c> and</c><00:26:43.799><c> you</c><00:26:44.019><c> take</c><00:26:44.180><c> no</c><00:26:44.420><c> knowledge</c><00:26:44.700><c> of</c><00:26:44.859><c> it?</c>

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Here<00:26:45.900><c> were</c><00:26:46.059><c> these</c><00:26:46.299><c> people</c><00:26:46.740><c> fasting</c><00:26:47.359><c> as</c><00:26:48.420><c> an</c><00:26:48.539><c> act</c><00:26:48.700><c> of</c><00:26:48.960><c> worship</c>

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to<00:26:49.500><c> God.</c>

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There<00:26:49.980><c> was</c><00:26:50.660><c> only</c><00:26:50.960><c> one</c><00:26:51.480><c> fast</c><00:26:52.079><c> that</c><00:26:53.579><c> had</c><00:26:53.779><c> been</c><00:26:54.059><c> commanded</c><00:26:54.480><c> by</c><00:26:54.779><c> God</c><00:26:55.140><c> for</c><00:26:55.539><c> the</c><00:26:55.779><c> Israelites</c><00:26:56.119><c> to</c><00:26:56.460><c> observe.</c>

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Does<00:26:57.599><c> anybody</c><00:26:57.900><c> know</c><00:26:58.339><c> which</c><00:26:58.799><c> fast</c><00:26:59.059><c> that</c><00:26:59.299><c> was?</c>

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A<00:27:03.440><c> special</c><00:27:03.700><c> day,</c><00:27:05.200><c> under</c><00:27:05.400><c> the</c><00:27:05.579><c> law</c><00:27:05.680><c> of</c><00:27:05.859><c> Moses,</c><00:27:06.559><c> that</c><00:27:06.680><c> was</c><00:27:06.859><c> to</c><00:27:07.000><c> be</c>

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a<00:27:07.619><c> day</c><00:27:07.900><c> of</c><00:27:08.180><c> fasting,</c><00:27:09.140><c> amongst</c><00:27:09.400><c> other</c>

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things.

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Sorry?

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Day<00:27:16.500><c> of</c><00:27:17.180><c> Atonement.</c>

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Leviticus<00:27:18.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:18.480><c> 16</c><00:27:18.940><c> verse</c><00:27:19.240><c> 29.</c>

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Let's<00:27:20.240><c> go</c><00:27:20.460><c> back</c><00:27:20.700><c> there</c><00:27:21.059><c> and</c><00:27:21.359><c> find</c><00:27:21.680><c> out</c><00:27:21.960><c> from</c><00:27:22.799><c> what</c><00:27:23.240><c> Moses</c><00:27:23.599><c> tells</c><00:27:23.920><c> us</c>

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in<00:27:24.819><c> Leviticus</c><00:27:25.240><c> chapter</c><00:27:25.500><c> 16</c><00:27:25.920><c> verse</c>

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29<00:27:26.599><c> what</c><00:27:27.019><c> fasting</c><00:27:27.519><c> was</c><00:27:27.720><c> all</c><00:27:27.960><c> about.</c>

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Leviticus<00:27:34.299><c> chapter</c><00:27:34.539><c> 16</c><00:27:35.019><c> verse</c><00:27:35.299><c> 29.</c>

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Can<00:27:35.920><c> we</c><00:27:36.000><c> have</c><00:27:36.200><c> someone</c><00:27:36.380><c> read</c><00:27:36.660><c> that?</c>

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This<00:27:39.500><c> shall</c><00:27:39.680><c> be</c><00:27:39.980><c> a</c><00:27:40.160><c> statute</c><00:27:40.640><c> forever</c><00:27:41.140><c> for</c><00:27:41.440><c> you.</c>

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In<00:27:42.920><c> the</c><00:27:43.039><c> seventh</c><00:27:43.279><c> month,</c><00:27:43.619><c> on</c><00:27:43.819><c> the</c><00:27:43.920><c> tenth</c><00:27:44.140><c> day</c><00:27:44.380><c> of</c><00:27:44.480><c> the</c><00:27:44.599><c> month,</c>

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you<00:27:45.460><c> shall</c><00:27:45.799><c> afflict</c><00:27:46.140><c> your</c><00:27:46.460><c> souls</c><00:27:46.940><c> and</c>

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do<00:27:47.640><c> no</c><00:27:47.859><c> work</c><00:27:48.079><c> at</c><00:27:48.299><c> all,</c><00:27:48.920><c> whether</c><00:27:49.140><c> a</c><00:27:49.400><c> native</c><00:27:49.559><c> of</c><00:27:49.740><c> your</c><00:27:49.900><c> own</c><00:27:50.099><c> country</c><00:27:50.400><c> or</c><00:27:50.559><c> a</c>

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stranger<00:27:51.019><c> who</c><00:27:51.299><c> dwells</c><00:27:51.539><c> among</c>

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you.

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So<00:27:53.380><c> this</c><00:27:53.940><c> was</c><00:27:54.359><c> the</c><00:27:54.539><c> day</c><00:27:54.740><c> of</c><00:27:54.980><c> Atonement</c><00:27:55.339><c> when</c><00:27:55.799><c> a</c><00:27:56.500><c> special</c><00:27:56.839><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:57.380><c> was</c>

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made<00:27:57.880><c> for</c><00:27:58.079><c> the</c><00:27:58.240><c> sins</c><00:27:58.500><c> of</c><00:27:58.700><c> the</c><00:27:58.819><c> whole</c>

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nation<00:27:59.579><c> and</c><00:28:00.599><c> this</c><00:28:01.279><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:01.940><c> was</c><00:28:02.619><c> effective,</c><00:28:03.380><c> if</c><00:28:03.619><c> it</c><00:28:03.740><c> was</c><00:28:04.000><c> believed</c><00:28:04.299><c> in,</c><00:28:05.119><c> it</c>

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was<00:28:05.380><c> effective</c><00:28:05.799><c> in</c><00:28:06.119><c> providing</c>

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forgiveness<00:28:07.819><c> for</c><00:28:08.160><c> all</c><00:28:08.380><c> the</c><00:28:08.559><c> people's</c><00:28:09.579><c> sins.</c>

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But<00:28:10.079><c> the</c><00:28:10.299><c> people,</c><00:28:11.059><c> we</c><00:28:11.119><c> are</c><00:28:11.339><c> told</c><00:28:11.579><c> in</c><00:28:11.799><c> verse</c><00:28:12.000><c> 29,</c><00:28:12.539><c> it</c><00:28:12.559><c> wasn't</c><00:28:12.779><c> just</c><00:28:13.019><c> a</c>

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matter<00:28:13.240><c> of</c><00:28:13.660><c> this</c><00:28:13.880><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:14.339><c> being</c>

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offered<00:28:14.859><c> by</c><00:28:15.079><c> the</c><00:28:15.200><c> high</c><00:28:15.380><c> priest,</c><00:28:16.579><c> but</c><00:28:16.720><c> the</c><00:28:16.940><c> people,</c><00:28:17.440><c> it</c><00:28:17.440><c> says</c>

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in<00:28:17.819><c> verse</c><00:28:18.140><c> 29,</c><00:28:19.220><c> were</c><00:28:19.460><c> to</c><00:28:19.700><c> afflict</c><00:28:20.279><c> their</c>

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souls<00:28:21.440><c> and</c><00:28:22.759><c> to</c><00:28:23.059><c> do</c><00:28:23.259><c> no</c><00:28:23.519><c> work.</c>

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:28.500
In<00:28:26.200><c> order,</c><00:28:26.660><c> verse</c><00:28:26.920><c> 30,</c><00:28:27.299><c> for</c><00:28:27.460><c> on</c><00:28:27.579><c> this</c><00:28:27.759><c> day</c><00:28:27.920><c> shall</c><00:28:28.140><c> Atonement</c>

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.819
be<00:28:28.720><c> made</c><00:28:28.920><c> for</c><00:28:29.039><c> you</c><00:28:29.240><c> to</c><00:28:29.460><c> cleanse</c><00:28:29.859><c> you</c><00:28:30.500><c> from</c>

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.359
your<00:28:31.119><c> sins.</c>

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:34.920
So<00:28:31.619><c> it</c><00:28:31.640><c> was</c><00:28:31.880><c> a</c><00:28:31.980><c> day</c><00:28:32.140><c> when</c><00:28:32.319><c> they</c><00:28:32.480><c> were</c><00:28:32.660><c> to</c><00:28:33.240><c> afflict</c><00:28:33.920><c> their</c><00:28:34.359><c> souls.</c>

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It<00:28:35.920><c> doesn't</c><00:28:36.039><c> sound</c><00:28:36.259><c> very</c><00:28:36.559><c> comfortable.</c>

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:40.259
It<00:28:38.359><c> wasn't</c><00:28:38.660><c> intended</c><00:28:39.059><c> to</c><00:28:39.359><c> be</c><00:28:39.559><c> very</c><00:28:39.880><c> comfortable.</c>

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:43.819
It<00:28:40.640><c> wasn't</c><00:28:40.960><c> that</c><00:28:41.160><c> they</c><00:28:41.339><c> were</c><00:28:41.539><c> to</c><00:28:41.839><c> afflict</c><00:28:42.079><c> their</c><00:28:42.440><c> bodies,</c><00:28:43.700><c> it</c>

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:45.500
was<00:28:44.019><c> that</c><00:28:44.160><c> they</c><00:28:44.339><c> were</c><00:28:44.539><c> to</c><00:28:44.740><c> afflict</c><00:28:45.140><c> their</c>

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.700
souls.

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It<00:28:45.859><c> was</c><00:28:46.140><c> a</c><00:28:46.279><c> day</c><00:28:46.500><c> when</c><00:28:46.660><c> they</c><00:28:46.839><c> were</c><00:28:46.940><c> to</c><00:28:47.299><c> sit</c><00:28:47.759><c> and</c><00:28:48.759><c> contemplate</c><00:28:49.839><c> the</c><00:28:50.559><c> holiness</c><00:28:51.039><c> of</c>

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:54.220
God,<00:28:52.779><c> the</c><00:28:53.119><c> righteousness</c><00:28:53.660><c> and</c>

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:58.539
holiness<00:28:54.619><c> of</c><00:28:54.960><c> God,</c><00:28:56.099><c> and</c><00:28:56.400><c> the</c><00:28:56.640><c> laws</c><00:28:56.920><c> that</c><00:28:57.140><c> He</c><00:28:57.339><c> had</c><00:28:57.460><c> given</c><00:28:57.640><c> them,</c>

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:04.380
and<00:28:59.220><c> contrast</c><00:29:00.059><c> that</c><00:29:00.980><c> holiness</c><00:29:01.480><c> and</c>

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:08.019
sins,<00:29:05.339><c> and</c><00:29:05.539><c> the</c><00:29:05.859><c> seriousness</c><00:29:06.380><c> of</c><00:29:06.700><c> their</c><00:29:06.920><c> sins.</c>

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:13.539
And<00:29:09.000><c> when</c><00:29:09.160><c> they</c><00:29:09.400><c> did</c><00:29:09.660><c> that,</c><00:29:10.359><c> if</c><00:29:10.579><c> they</c><00:29:10.779><c> did</c><00:29:10.960><c> that</c><00:29:11.279><c> properly,</c><00:29:12.339><c> they</c><00:29:12.559><c> would</c><00:29:12.880><c> come</c><00:29:13.200><c> to</c>

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:16.099
understand<00:29:14.539><c> the</c><00:29:15.440><c> need</c><00:29:15.779><c> for</c>

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:20.819
them<00:29:16.380><c> to</c><00:29:16.720><c> repent</c><00:29:17.200><c> of</c><00:29:17.539><c> their</c><00:29:17.779><c> sins,</c><00:29:19.539><c> to</c><00:29:19.779><c> confess</c><00:29:20.299><c> their</c><00:29:20.640><c> sins</c>

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.900
and<00:29:21.019><c> repent</c><00:29:21.440><c> of</c><00:29:21.599><c> them,</c><00:29:21.920><c> to</c><00:29:22.140><c> change</c><00:29:22.619><c> their</c>

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ways.

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And<00:29:23.799><c> also,</c><00:29:24.660><c> it</c><00:29:24.779><c> would</c><00:29:25.339><c> make</c><00:29:25.599><c> them</c><00:29:25.940><c> realize</c><00:29:27.180><c> the</c><00:29:28.259><c> graciousness</c>

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:32.799
of<00:29:29.259><c> God</c><00:29:29.640><c> in</c><00:29:30.240><c> providing</c><00:29:31.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:29:32.220><c> for</c><00:29:32.599><c> their</c>

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:38.220
sins<00:29:33.380><c> by</c><00:29:33.579><c> faith</c><00:29:34.039><c> in</c><00:29:34.500><c> the</c><00:29:34.759><c> sacrifices</c><00:29:35.259><c> that</c><00:29:35.599><c> He</c><00:29:35.759><c> had</c><00:29:37.059><c> ordained.</c>

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:41.140
But<00:29:38.519><c> it</c><00:29:38.599><c> was</c><00:29:38.839><c> a</c><00:29:39.000><c> time</c><00:29:39.220><c> when</c><00:29:39.420><c> they</c><00:29:39.519><c> were</c><00:29:39.740><c> to</c><00:29:40.140><c> contemplate</c><00:29:40.839><c> the</c>

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:44.160
holiness<00:29:41.480><c> of</c><00:29:41.799><c> God,</c><00:29:42.539><c> the</c><00:29:42.819><c> seriousness</c><00:29:43.240><c> of</c><00:29:43.920><c> their</c>

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:47.240
sins,<00:29:44.740><c> so</c><00:29:44.980><c> that</c><00:29:45.099><c> they</c><00:29:45.259><c> might</c><00:29:45.519><c> appreciate</c><00:29:46.359><c> the</c><00:29:46.660><c> graciousness</c>

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:52.200
of<00:29:47.380><c> God</c><00:29:47.740><c> and</c><00:29:48.460><c> be</c><00:29:48.779><c> brought</c><00:29:49.079><c> to</c><00:29:49.339><c> repentance</c><00:29:49.859><c> for</c><00:29:50.980><c> their</c>

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sins.

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And<00:29:53.839><c> this</c><00:29:54.039><c> is</c><00:29:54.259><c> why,</c><00:29:54.519><c> this</c><00:29:54.680><c> is</c><00:29:54.880><c> what</c><00:29:55.099><c> afflicting</c><00:29:55.519><c> their</c><00:29:55.880><c> souls</c>

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:58.019
was<00:29:56.900><c> meant</c><00:29:57.319><c> to</c><00:29:57.759><c> mean.</c>

00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:01.700
And<00:29:58.660><c> this</c><00:29:58.819><c> is</c><00:29:58.980><c> what</c><00:29:59.079><c> they</c><00:29:59.259><c> were</c><00:29:59.420><c> meant</c><00:29:59.599><c> to</c><00:29:59.880><c> do</c><00:30:00.259><c> on</c><00:30:01.160><c> these</c><00:30:01.420><c> days.</c>

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:04.160
And<00:30:02.019><c> there</c><00:30:02.119><c> were</c><00:30:02.380><c> other</c><00:30:02.660><c> fasts</c><00:30:03.039><c> that</c><00:30:03.160><c> came</c><00:30:03.380><c> to</c><00:30:03.539><c> be</c><00:30:03.799><c> celebrated</c>

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.140
by<00:30:04.480><c> the</c><00:30:04.759><c> Israelites</c><00:30:05.079><c> after</c><00:30:05.500><c> that</c><00:30:05.799><c> time.</c>

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:10.720
And<00:30:06.579><c> this</c><00:30:06.740><c> idea</c><00:30:07.099><c> of</c><00:30:07.680><c> afflicting</c><00:30:07.980><c> their</c><00:30:08.319><c> souls,</c><00:30:10.299><c> afflicting</c>

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:14.460
themselves,<00:30:11.900><c> was</c><00:30:12.079><c> part</c><00:30:12.579><c> of</c><00:30:12.759><c> all</c><00:30:13.079><c> these</c><00:30:13.819><c> fasts</c><00:30:14.380><c> that</c>

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.500
they<00:30:15.079><c> adopted.</c>

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:19.759
It<00:30:15.799><c> was</c><00:30:16.019><c> a</c><00:30:16.240><c> time</c><00:30:16.460><c> for</c><00:30:17.200><c> meditating</c><00:30:17.700><c> upon</c><00:30:18.079><c> the</c><00:30:18.319><c> holiness</c><00:30:18.619><c> of</c><00:30:18.940><c> God,</c><00:30:19.460><c> the</c>

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.980
seriousness<00:30:20.180><c> of</c><00:30:20.799><c> their</c><00:30:21.019><c> sins,</c><00:30:21.960><c> and</c>

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:27.279
coming<00:30:22.440><c> to</c><00:30:23.559><c> repentance</c><00:30:24.220><c> and</c><00:30:24.759><c> to</c><00:30:25.059><c> appreciate</c><00:30:25.500><c> the</c><00:30:25.779><c> graciousness</c><00:30:26.299><c> of</c><00:30:26.480><c> God</c><00:30:26.779><c> in</c>

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.019
forgiving<00:30:27.579><c> them.</c>

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:34.279
But<00:30:28.920><c> these</c><00:30:29.240><c> people,</c><00:30:30.180><c> for</c><00:30:30.400><c> them,</c><00:30:33.460><c> it's</c><00:30:33.599><c> not</c><00:30:33.799><c> something</c><00:30:34.099><c> that</c>

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.859
you<00:30:34.400><c> really</c><00:30:34.640><c> think</c><00:30:34.859><c> about.</c>

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.880
It's<00:30:36.819><c> just</c><00:30:37.079><c> a</c><00:30:37.279><c> ritual</c><00:30:37.539><c> that</c><00:30:37.740><c> you</c><00:30:37.920><c> perform.</c>

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:44.339
So<00:30:40.039><c> they</c><00:30:40.200><c> come</c><00:30:40.420><c> to</c><00:30:40.599><c> God</c><00:30:40.980><c> in</c><00:30:41.359><c> verse</c><00:30:41.660><c> 3</c><00:30:42.579><c> and</c><00:30:43.359><c> they've</c><00:30:43.700><c> got</c><00:30:43.819><c> a</c><00:30:43.940><c> complaint.</c>

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:48.559
Why<00:30:45.140><c> have</c><00:30:45.339><c> we</c><00:30:45.619><c> fasted</c><00:30:46.579><c> and</c><00:30:47.079><c> you</c><00:30:47.359><c> see</c><00:30:47.539><c> it</c><00:30:47.759><c> not?</c>

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:52.920
Why<00:30:49.220><c> have</c><00:30:49.440><c> we</c><00:30:49.680><c> humbled</c><00:30:50.000><c> ourselves</c><00:30:50.539><c> and</c><00:30:50.880><c> you</c><00:30:51.119><c> take</c><00:30:51.299><c> no</c><00:30:51.559><c> knowledge</c><00:30:51.819><c> of</c><00:30:51.960><c> it?</c>

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:55.519
They<00:30:54.440><c> feel</c><00:30:54.759><c> let</c><00:30:55.039><c> down.</c>

00:30:55.519 --> 00:31:00.599
They<00:30:56.319><c> performed</c><00:30:56.960><c> the</c><00:30:57.160><c> ritual</c><00:30:57.480><c> and</c><00:30:58.160><c> they</c><00:30:58.420><c> expected</c><00:30:58.839><c> that</c><00:30:59.000><c> there</c><00:30:59.160><c> would</c><00:30:59.400><c> be</c><00:30:59.559><c> a</c><00:30:59.619><c> reward.</c>

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.059
They<00:31:01.180><c> wanted</c><00:31:01.519><c> results.</c>

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:05.579
This<00:31:02.640><c> was</c><00:31:02.900><c> part</c><00:31:03.160><c> of</c><00:31:03.339><c> the</c><00:31:03.440><c> deal</c><00:31:03.700><c> as</c><00:31:03.900><c> they</c><00:31:04.119><c> saw</c><00:31:04.339><c> it.</c>

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:14.380
But<00:31:06.319><c> God</c><00:31:06.539><c> says,</c><00:31:10.180><c> what</c><00:31:10.240><c> you</c><00:31:10.420><c> have</c><00:31:10.500><c> been</c><00:31:10.799><c> doing,</c><00:31:12.539><c> verse</c><00:31:12.700><c> 3,</c><00:31:14.240><c> in</c>

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:16.200
the<00:31:14.559><c> day</c><00:31:14.720><c> of</c><00:31:14.880><c> the</c><00:31:15.099><c> fast</c><00:31:15.420><c> you've</c><00:31:15.640><c> been</c><00:31:15.880><c> seeking</c>

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.440
your<00:31:16.440><c> own</c><00:31:16.660><c> pleasure.</c>

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:23.000
It's<00:31:18.519><c> all</c><00:31:18.779><c> about</c><00:31:19.380><c> trying</c><00:31:19.720><c> to</c><00:31:20.119><c> extract</c><00:31:20.660><c> from</c><00:31:20.980><c> God</c><00:31:21.700><c> some</c><00:31:22.380><c> reward</c>

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.980
for<00:31:23.299><c> having</c><00:31:23.579><c> performed</c><00:31:24.039><c> the</c><00:31:24.259><c> ritual</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:28.400
without<00:31:25.720><c> putting</c><00:31:25.980><c> any</c><00:31:26.279><c> real</c><00:31:26.619><c> thought</c><00:31:26.900><c> into</c><00:31:27.160><c> the</c><00:31:27.380><c> ritual</c><00:31:27.579><c> or</c>

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:30.000
the<00:31:28.599><c> meaning</c><00:31:28.759><c> of</c><00:31:28.960><c> it</c><00:31:29.099><c> or</c><00:31:29.400><c> contemplating</c>

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.019
God's<00:31:30.460><c> holiness</c><00:31:30.720><c> or</c><00:31:31.339><c> thinking</c><00:31:31.660><c> about</c><00:31:32.000><c> their</c><00:31:32.259><c> own</c><00:31:32.519><c> sinfulness.</c>

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:36.980
None<00:31:33.500><c> of</c><00:31:33.720><c> that,</c><00:31:33.980><c> no</c><00:31:34.200><c> repentance,</c><00:31:34.960><c> no</c><00:31:35.099><c> remorse,</c><00:31:35.779><c> no</c><00:31:36.000><c> appreciation</c><00:31:36.579><c> for</c><00:31:36.799><c> the</c>

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.359
graciousness<00:31:37.400><c> of</c><00:31:37.579><c> God.</c>

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:41.059
Just<00:31:38.700><c> the</c><00:31:39.099><c> mere</c><00:31:39.299><c> performance</c><00:31:39.799><c> of</c><00:31:40.000><c> a</c><00:31:40.119><c> ritual,</c><00:31:40.400><c> going</c><00:31:40.700><c> without</c>

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:43.880
food<00:31:41.319><c> for</c><00:31:41.519><c> one</c><00:31:41.720><c> day,</c><00:31:42.940><c> sitting</c><00:31:43.240><c> down</c><00:31:43.599><c> doing</c>

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:47.700
nothing,<00:31:45.180><c> but</c><00:31:45.480><c> doing</c><00:31:45.720><c> it</c><00:31:46.000><c> in</c><00:31:46.140><c> order</c><00:31:46.400><c> to</c><00:31:46.779><c> seek</c><00:31:47.019><c> out</c><00:31:47.299><c> their</c><00:31:47.480><c> own</c>

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:49.200
desires,<00:31:48.099><c> this</c><00:31:48.359><c> blessing</c><00:31:48.759><c> that</c><00:31:48.940><c> they</c>

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:52.240
expected<00:31:49.579><c> to</c><00:31:49.880><c> receive</c><00:31:50.160><c> from</c><00:31:50.400><c> God</c><00:31:50.680><c> for</c><00:31:51.180><c> the</c><00:31:51.420><c> mere</c><00:31:51.599><c> performance</c>

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.240
of<00:31:52.700><c> the</c><00:31:52.880><c> ritual.</c>

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:59.380
And<00:31:53.779><c> meanwhile,</c><00:31:56.099><c> their</c><00:31:56.099><c> desire</c><00:31:56.480><c> was,</c><00:31:58.180><c> their</c><00:31:58.500><c> intention</c><00:31:59.000><c> was,</c>

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.460
after<00:31:59.779><c> that</c><00:31:59.980><c> day</c><00:32:00.140><c> was</c><00:32:00.460><c> concluded,</c><00:32:01.299><c> at</c><00:32:01.400><c> the</c>

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:05.680
end<00:32:01.619><c> of</c><00:32:01.740><c> verse</c><00:32:01.880><c> 3,</c><00:32:02.440><c> to</c><00:32:02.579><c> oppress</c><00:32:03.099><c> their</c><00:32:03.400><c> workers,</c><00:32:04.799><c> verse</c><00:32:05.099><c> 4,</c><00:32:05.579><c> to</c>

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.279
quarrel<00:32:06.140><c> and</c><00:32:06.440><c> fight</c><00:32:06.599><c> and</c><00:32:06.819><c> to</c><00:32:07.099><c> hit</c>

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with<00:32:07.460><c> a</c><00:32:07.619><c> wicked</c><00:32:07.880><c> fist.</c>

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Far<00:32:10.140><c> from</c><00:32:10.380><c> being</c><00:32:10.619><c> a</c><00:32:10.880><c> day</c><00:32:11.259><c> when</c><00:32:11.640><c> they</c><00:32:11.880><c> come</c><00:32:12.119><c> to</c><00:32:12.420><c> think</c><00:32:12.660><c> about</c><00:32:13.039><c> God's</c><00:32:13.539><c> call</c><00:32:13.720><c> on</c>

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.380
their<00:32:14.160><c> life,</c><00:32:14.900><c> far</c><00:32:15.160><c> from</c>

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:19.400
being<00:32:15.559><c> a</c><00:32:15.779><c> day</c><00:32:16.099><c> when</c><00:32:16.359><c> they</c><00:32:16.579><c> come</c><00:32:16.859><c> to</c><00:32:17.420><c> consider</c><00:32:18.059><c> the</c><00:32:18.839><c> way</c><00:32:19.160><c> that</c>

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:22.519
they<00:32:19.460><c> had</c><00:32:19.799><c> fallen</c><00:32:20.099><c> short</c><00:32:20.660><c> of</c><00:32:21.200><c> what</c><00:32:22.319><c> they</c>

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.519
had<00:32:22.920><c> been</c><00:32:22.920><c> called</c><00:32:23.160><c> to,</c><00:32:23.299><c> how</c><00:32:23.500><c> they'd</c><00:32:23.700><c> been</c><00:32:23.880><c> called</c><00:32:24.059><c> to</c><00:32:24.259><c> live</c>

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:26.720
and<00:32:25.160><c> repenting</c><00:32:25.779><c> and</c><00:32:25.960><c> reforming</c><00:32:26.519><c> their</c>

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:33.019
life<00:32:27.119><c> in</c><00:32:27.599><c> appreciation</c><00:32:28.279><c> for</c><00:32:28.539><c> the</c><00:32:28.740><c> graciousness</c><00:32:29.240><c> of</c><00:32:29.400><c> God,</c><00:32:31.400><c> they're</c><00:32:31.799><c> plotting</c><00:32:32.119><c> how</c>

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.140
they<00:32:33.220><c> can</c><00:32:33.599><c> extract</c>

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:39.799
more<00:32:34.680><c> work</c><00:32:34.960><c> out</c><00:32:35.160><c> of</c><00:32:35.299><c> their</c><00:32:35.480><c> labours,</c><00:32:36.460><c> out</c><00:32:36.720><c> of</c><00:32:36.839><c> their</c><00:32:37.019><c> labourers,</c><00:32:38.119><c> make</c><00:32:38.339><c> more</c><00:32:38.759><c> profits</c><00:32:39.099><c> for</c><00:32:39.319><c> themselves,</c>

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:43.140
ahead<00:32:40.200><c> in</c><00:32:40.359><c> this</c><00:32:40.599><c> life</c><00:32:40.819><c> and</c><00:32:41.039><c> satisfy</c><00:32:41.519><c> their</c><00:32:41.819><c> own</c><00:32:42.720><c> desires.</c>

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:48.059
That<00:32:43.640><c> was</c><00:32:43.880><c> the</c><00:32:44.099><c> purpose</c><00:32:44.839><c> of</c><00:32:45.559><c> Patisipa</c><00:32:46.019><c> can</c><00:32:46.660><c> push</c><00:32:47.519><c> along</c><00:32:47.779><c> their</c>

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:49.839
profits<00:32:48.319><c> a</c><00:32:48.500><c> bit</c><00:32:48.640><c> further</c><00:32:48.960><c> and</c><00:32:49.380><c> increase</c>

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:51.980
their<00:32:50.380><c> material</c><00:32:51.119><c> well</c><00:32:51.680><c>-being.</c>

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:56.599
And<00:32:52.480><c> it</c><00:32:52.539><c> was</c><00:32:52.740><c> this</c><00:32:53.059><c> sort</c><00:32:53.220><c> of</c><00:32:53.480><c> attitude</c><00:32:54.079><c> that</c><00:32:54.759><c> underlay</c><00:32:55.299><c> the</c><00:32:55.859><c> people</c><00:32:56.259><c> of</c>

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.799
Zechariah's<00:32:57.279><c> time</c><00:32:57.420><c> as</c><00:32:57.680><c> well.</c>

00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:01.400
And<00:32:58.059><c> that</c><00:32:58.240><c> is</c><00:32:58.460><c> why</c><00:32:58.740><c> he</c><00:32:59.000><c> calls</c><00:32:59.220><c> attention</c><00:32:59.839><c> in</c><00:33:00.700><c> those</c><00:33:00.940><c> words</c><00:33:01.200><c> in</c>

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.579
verse<00:33:01.579><c> 7.</c>

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:06.019
They<00:33:02.740><c> were</c><00:33:02.940><c> concerned,</c><00:33:03.519><c> they</c><00:33:03.880><c> thought,</c><00:33:04.339><c> if</c><00:33:04.480><c> they</c><00:33:04.799><c> merely</c><00:33:05.119><c> perform</c><00:33:05.579><c> the</c>

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:08.480
rituals,<00:33:07.880><c> then</c><00:33:08.059><c> they</c><00:33:08.259><c> will</c>

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:10.240
get<00:33:08.680><c> the</c><00:33:08.859><c> blessings</c><00:33:09.140><c> from</c><00:33:09.400><c> God.</c>

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:12.720
And<00:33:10.460><c> we</c><00:33:10.660><c> can</c><00:33:10.839><c> fall</c><00:33:11.039><c> into</c><00:33:11.240><c> the</c><00:33:11.460><c> same</c><00:33:11.660><c> trap</c><00:33:11.839><c> as</c><00:33:12.119><c> them.</c>

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:18.440
We<00:33:13.599><c> can</c><00:33:13.839><c> think,</c><00:33:14.720><c> well,</c><00:33:14.960><c> if</c><00:33:15.059><c> I</c><00:33:15.180><c> go</c><00:33:15.359><c> on</c><00:33:15.500><c> Sunday</c><00:33:15.779><c> morning</c><00:33:16.319><c> and</c><00:33:17.839><c> take</c><00:33:18.200><c> the</c>

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.799
bread<00:33:18.640><c> and</c><00:33:18.900><c> drink</c><00:33:19.119><c> the</c><00:33:19.359><c> wine</c><00:33:19.700><c> and</c>

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:24.059
sit<00:33:21.140><c> through</c><00:33:21.380><c> the</c><00:33:21.579><c> exhortation</c><00:33:22.180><c> and</c><00:33:22.660><c> stand</c><00:33:22.920><c> up</c><00:33:23.220><c> and</c><00:33:23.799><c> mouth</c>

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:26.940
some<00:33:24.299><c> words</c><00:33:24.539><c> through</c><00:33:24.839><c> the</c><00:33:25.019><c> hymns,</c><00:33:26.539><c> well,</c>

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:29.180
God's<00:33:27.359><c> going</c><00:33:27.500><c> to</c><00:33:27.599><c> bless</c><00:33:27.779><c> me.</c>

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:32.599
I'm<00:33:29.700><c> entitled</c><00:33:30.180><c> to</c><00:33:30.440><c> a</c><00:33:30.680><c> reward</c><00:33:30.900><c> for</c><00:33:31.079><c> my</c><00:33:31.680><c> efforts.</c>

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:37.380
If<00:33:34.220><c> I</c><00:33:34.740><c> do</c><00:33:35.220><c> the</c><00:33:35.500><c> readings</c><00:33:35.839><c> during</c><00:33:36.200><c> the</c><00:33:36.400><c> week,</c><00:33:36.759><c> if</c><00:33:36.819><c> I</c><00:33:37.019><c> pray</c><00:33:37.240><c> to</c>

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.980
God<00:33:37.559><c> occasionally</c><00:33:38.079><c> during</c><00:33:38.380><c> the</c><00:33:38.539><c> week,</c>

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:44.079
well,<00:33:40.359><c> I</c><00:33:41.339><c> deserve</c><00:33:41.859><c> a</c><00:33:42.079><c> reward</c><00:33:42.460><c> for</c><00:33:42.740><c> my</c><00:33:43.160><c> efforts.</c>

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:46.940
God<00:33:44.720><c> should</c><00:33:44.960><c> look</c><00:33:45.160><c> after</c><00:33:45.539><c> the</c><00:33:45.759><c> things</c><00:33:45.920><c> in</c><00:33:46.059><c> my</c><00:33:46.319><c> life,</c><00:33:46.599><c> give</c><00:33:46.740><c> me</c>

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.519
better<00:33:47.140><c> health,</c><00:33:47.619><c> give</c><00:33:47.740><c> me</c><00:33:47.920><c> a</c><00:33:48.019><c> better</c><00:33:48.200><c> job</c>

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:50.240
or<00:33:48.799><c> something</c><00:33:49.119><c> like</c><00:33:49.440><c> that.</c>

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:53.960
But<00:33:50.759><c> we</c><00:33:50.940><c> have</c><00:33:51.099><c> these</c><00:33:51.400><c> expectations</c><00:33:52.160><c> of</c><00:33:52.339><c> what</c><00:33:52.579><c> God</c><00:33:52.799><c> will</c><00:33:53.000><c> do</c><00:33:53.200><c> for</c><00:33:53.400><c> us</c>

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.559
and<00:33:54.680><c> we</c><00:33:54.839><c> think</c><00:33:55.019><c> that</c><00:33:55.240><c> God</c><00:33:55.380><c> ought</c>

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:58.319
to<00:33:55.759><c> do</c><00:33:55.920><c> these</c><00:33:56.180><c> things</c><00:33:56.359><c> for</c><00:33:56.539><c> us</c><00:33:56.960><c> merely</c><00:33:57.319><c> because</c><00:33:57.819><c> we're</c><00:33:58.059><c> going</c>

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.960
through<00:33:58.660><c> certain</c><00:33:58.980><c> rituals.</c>

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:04.960
And<00:34:01.220><c> God</c><00:34:01.400><c> isn't</c><00:34:01.720><c> interested</c><00:34:02.539><c> in</c><00:34:02.880><c> us</c><00:34:03.220><c> merely</c><00:34:03.640><c> performing</c><00:34:04.299><c> rituals</c><00:34:04.759><c> for</c>

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:06.539
the<00:34:05.160><c> sake</c><00:34:05.319><c> of</c><00:34:05.480><c> it.</c>

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.739
He's<00:34:08.360><c> not</c><00:34:08.599><c> interested</c><00:34:09.079><c> in</c><00:34:09.360><c> it.</c>

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:13.159
In<00:34:10.179><c> fact,</c><00:34:10.480><c> it's</c><00:34:10.579><c> better</c><00:34:10.820><c> that</c><00:34:11.039><c> we</c><00:34:11.159><c> do</c><00:34:11.400><c> not</c><00:34:12.199><c> because</c><00:34:12.699><c> we</c><00:34:12.900><c> will</c>

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.480
deceive<00:34:13.539><c> ourselves</c><00:34:14.059><c> by</c><00:34:14.460><c> involving</c><00:34:15.000><c> ourselves</c>

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:20.320
in<00:34:15.639><c> rituals</c><00:34:16.280><c> and</c><00:34:17.380><c> thinking</c><00:34:17.719><c> we're</c><00:34:17.980><c> okay</c><00:34:18.320><c> with</c><00:34:18.539><c> God</c><00:34:19.139><c> when</c><00:34:20.119><c> in</c>

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.639
fact<00:34:20.460><c> we're</c><00:34:20.679><c> not.</c>

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:25.639
Because<00:34:22.239><c> what</c><00:34:22.519><c> God</c><00:34:22.719><c> is</c><00:34:22.980><c> interested</c><00:34:23.340><c> in</c><00:34:23.880><c> is</c><00:34:24.480><c> our</c><00:34:24.739><c> hearts.</c>

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:30.079
He<00:34:27.360><c> wants</c><00:34:27.579><c> us</c><00:34:27.840><c> to</c><00:34:28.119><c> love</c><00:34:28.320><c> Him</c><00:34:28.539><c> with</c><00:34:28.860><c> all</c><00:34:29.139><c> our</c><00:34:29.380><c> heart,</c><00:34:29.659><c> with</c><00:34:29.820><c> all</c>

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.460
our<00:34:30.260><c> mind,</c><00:34:30.539><c> with</c><00:34:30.699><c> all</c><00:34:30.920><c> our</c><00:34:31.139><c> soul,</c><00:34:31.340><c> with</c>

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.920
all<00:34:31.679><c> our</c><00:34:31.820><c> strength.</c>

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:40.019
And<00:34:34.300><c> unless</c><00:34:34.940><c> when</c><00:34:36.079><c> we</c><00:34:36.360><c> come</c><00:34:36.639><c> to</c><00:34:36.880><c> the</c><00:34:37.019><c> meeting</c><00:34:37.519><c> on</c><00:34:38.340><c> Sunday,</c><00:34:39.039><c> unless</c><00:34:39.340><c> when</c><00:34:39.659><c> we</c>

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:43.460
sit<00:34:40.420><c> at</c><00:34:40.699><c> home</c><00:34:41.320><c> and</c><00:34:42.920><c> carry</c>

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:49.420
out<00:34:43.940><c> our</c><00:34:44.320><c> personal</c><00:34:44.780><c> worship</c><00:34:45.320><c> in</c><00:34:45.940><c> prayer</c><00:34:46.400><c> and</c><00:34:47.539><c> reading</c><00:34:48.139><c> the</c><00:34:48.380><c> Bible</c><00:34:48.579><c> and</c><00:34:48.760><c> whatever</c><00:34:49.039><c> else</c><00:34:49.280><c> we</c>

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:51.679
might<00:34:49.659><c> do,</c><00:34:51.400><c> unless</c>

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:55.780
we're<00:34:52.000><c> doing</c><00:34:52.260><c> it</c><00:34:52.420><c> with</c><00:34:52.659><c> a</c><00:34:52.800><c> whole</c><00:34:53.079><c> heart</c><00:34:53.579><c> for</c><00:34:54.099><c> God,</c><00:34:55.440><c> then</c><00:34:55.599><c> God</c>

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.280
is<00:34:55.960><c> not</c><00:34:56.139><c> interested</c><00:34:56.519><c> in</c><00:34:56.679><c> it</c><00:34:56.860><c> and</c><00:34:56.960><c> we</c><00:34:57.059><c> are</c>

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:59.199
merely<00:34:57.559><c> deceiving</c><00:34:58.059><c> ourselves.</c>

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:04.139
And<00:35:01.219><c> God</c><00:35:01.519><c> had</c><00:35:02.099><c> warned</c><00:35:02.440><c> the</c><00:35:02.699><c> people</c><00:35:02.980><c> before</c><00:35:03.380><c> the</c><00:35:03.559><c> exile</c><00:35:03.840><c> about</c>

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.639
it<00:35:04.320><c> and</c><00:35:04.519><c> He</c><00:35:04.639><c> was</c><00:35:04.820><c> warning</c><00:35:05.039><c> these</c><00:35:05.360><c> people</c>

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.119
after<00:35:06.019><c> the</c><00:35:06.260><c> exile</c><00:35:06.519><c> about</c><00:35:06.780><c> it.</c>

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:11.820
Instead,<00:35:07.719><c> verse</c><00:35:07.860><c> 9,</c><00:35:08.300><c> He</c><00:35:08.300><c> says,</c><00:35:10.579><c> the</c><00:35:10.579><c> word</c><00:35:10.940><c> of</c><00:35:11.119><c> the</c><00:35:11.280><c> Lord</c><00:35:11.500><c> came</c>

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:13.860
to<00:35:12.039><c> Zechariah</c><00:35:12.500><c> saying,</c><00:35:12.960><c> verse</c><00:35:13.119><c> 8,</c><00:35:13.739><c> thus</c>

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:18.219
says<00:35:14.159><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:14.559><c> of</c><00:35:14.780><c> hosts,</c><00:35:15.199><c> render</c><00:35:15.559><c> true</c><00:35:16.019><c> judgments,</c><00:35:16.960><c> show</c><00:35:17.179><c> kindness</c><00:35:17.800><c> and</c>

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:20.300
mercy<00:35:18.619><c> one</c><00:35:19.119><c> to</c><00:35:19.400><c> another.</c>

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:22.260
Render<00:35:20.800><c> true</c><00:35:21.179><c> judgments.</c>

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:26.300
This<00:35:23.960><c> is</c><00:35:24.159><c> not</c><00:35:24.500><c> spoken</c><00:35:25.079><c> to</c><00:35:25.340><c> the</c><00:35:25.599><c> elders</c><00:35:25.780><c> in</c><00:35:26.000><c> the</c><00:35:26.179><c> gate.</c>

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:30.460
This<00:35:26.460><c> is</c><00:35:26.840><c> spoken</c><00:35:27.219><c> to</c><00:35:27.460><c> all</c><00:35:27.800><c> the</c><00:35:28.000><c> people</c><00:35:29.260><c> there.</c>

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:33.559
It's<00:35:30.719><c> not</c><00:35:31.000><c> judicial</c><00:35:31.500><c> decisions</c><00:35:32.079><c> handed</c><00:35:32.460><c> down</c><00:35:32.780><c> by</c><00:35:33.039><c> the</c><00:35:33.300><c> court</c>

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.239
that<00:35:33.980><c> God</c><00:35:34.139><c> is</c><00:35:34.320><c> talking</c><00:35:34.619><c> about</c><00:35:34.940><c> here.</c>

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:38.539
He's<00:35:35.599><c> talking</c><00:35:35.840><c> about</c><00:35:36.360><c> the</c><00:35:36.719><c> judgments,</c><00:35:37.639><c> the</c><00:35:37.840><c> decisions</c><00:35:38.280><c> that</c>

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:41.300
each<00:35:38.780><c> of</c><00:35:38.920><c> us</c><00:35:39.059><c> must</c><00:35:39.320><c> make</c><00:35:40.099><c> in</c><00:35:40.519><c> life,</c><00:35:40.880><c> especially</c>

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.739
in<00:35:41.500><c> a</c><00:35:41.619><c> collegial</c><00:35:41.900><c> life.</c>

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:45.920
We've<00:35:43.619><c> got</c><00:35:43.719><c> to</c><00:35:43.860><c> decide</c><00:35:44.280><c> between</c><00:35:44.639><c> right</c><00:35:44.880><c> and</c><00:35:45.039><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:50.000
If<00:35:46.559><c> we</c><00:35:46.820><c> see</c><00:35:47.059><c> someone</c><00:35:47.420><c> being</c><00:35:47.820><c> treated</c><00:35:48.159><c> unfairly</c><00:35:49.380><c> by</c><00:35:49.679><c> somebody</c>

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:54.460
else,<00:35:51.300><c> we</c><00:35:51.539><c> have</c><00:35:51.760><c> an</c><00:35:51.940><c> obligation</c><00:35:52.539><c> to</c><00:35:54.079><c> stand</c>

00:35:54.460 --> 00:36:01.440
up<00:35:54.699><c> and</c><00:35:54.840><c> speak</c><00:35:55.139><c> out,</c><00:35:56.139><c> to</c><00:35:56.300><c> ensure</c><00:35:56.719><c> that</c><00:35:57.880><c> fairness,</c><00:35:59.519><c> that</c><00:35:59.760><c> justice</c><00:36:00.159><c> is</c><00:36:00.420><c> done.</c>

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:06.199
When<00:36:02.000><c> we</c><00:36:02.260><c> hear</c><00:36:02.579><c> something</c><00:36:03.400><c> said</c><00:36:04.320><c> that</c><00:36:04.579><c> is</c><00:36:04.880><c> false,</c><00:36:05.320><c> that</c><00:36:05.320><c> is</c><00:36:05.579><c> contrary</c><00:36:06.000><c> to</c>

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.980
the<00:36:06.320><c> word</c><00:36:06.420><c> of</c><00:36:06.619><c> God,</c><00:36:07.539><c> we</c><00:36:07.679><c> have</c>

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:12.019
once<00:36:08.320><c> again</c><00:36:08.659><c> a</c><00:36:08.880><c> responsibility</c><00:36:09.639><c> to</c><00:36:10.099><c> speak</c><00:36:10.400><c> out</c><00:36:10.760><c> against</c><00:36:11.119><c> error.</c>

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:17.260
Not<00:36:12.480><c> to</c><00:36:12.719><c> do</c><00:36:12.860><c> so</c><00:36:13.099><c> in</c><00:36:13.219><c> an</c><00:36:13.480><c> aggressive</c><00:36:13.980><c> or</c><00:36:14.360><c> belligerent</c><00:36:15.980><c> way,</c><00:36:17.059><c> but</c>

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.880
to<00:36:17.519><c> speak</c><00:36:17.800><c> the</c><00:36:18.039><c> truth</c><00:36:18.219><c> in</c><00:36:18.500><c> love.</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:23.440
If<00:36:19.639><c> we</c><00:36:19.820><c> do</c><00:36:20.000><c> it</c><00:36:20.139><c> in</c><00:36:20.280><c> any</c><00:36:20.440><c> other</c><00:36:20.639><c> way,</c><00:36:21.039><c> we</c><00:36:21.159><c> ourselves</c><00:36:21.940><c> need</c><00:36:22.619><c> to</c><00:36:22.820><c> be</c>

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.880
challenged<00:36:23.880><c> because</c><00:36:24.239><c> of</c><00:36:24.420><c> the</c><00:36:24.500><c> way</c><00:36:24.699><c> that</c>

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:29.840
we<00:36:25.440><c> have</c><00:36:25.679><c> performed</c><00:36:26.639><c> that</c><00:36:27.059><c> duty</c><00:36:27.280><c> or</c><00:36:27.599><c> misperformed</c><00:36:28.639><c> that</c><00:36:29.199><c> duty,</c><00:36:29.579><c> but</c>

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:33.559
we<00:36:30.159><c> need</c><00:36:30.639><c> to</c><00:36:31.639><c> render</c><00:36:32.179><c> true</c><00:36:32.500><c> judgments,</c>

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:38.019
to<00:36:34.059><c> be</c><00:36:34.340><c> prepared</c><00:36:34.699><c> to</c><00:36:34.940><c> stand</c><00:36:35.199><c> up</c><00:36:35.380><c> for</c><00:36:35.539><c> the</c><00:36:35.739><c> truth</c><00:36:36.059><c> and</c><00:36:36.900><c> do</c><00:36:37.219><c> so</c><00:36:37.619><c> in</c>

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.980
a<00:36:38.380><c> meek</c><00:36:38.639><c> and</c><00:36:38.880><c> gentle</c><00:36:39.099><c> way,</c><00:36:39.360><c> but</c><00:36:39.579><c> stand</c>

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:44.260
up<00:36:40.539><c> for</c><00:36:40.739><c> the</c><00:36:40.920><c> truth,</c><00:36:41.199><c> to</c><00:36:41.460><c> stand</c><00:36:41.679><c> up</c><00:36:41.880><c> for</c><00:36:42.079><c> justice</c><00:36:42.900><c> amongst</c><00:36:43.980><c> our</c>

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.880
circle<00:36:44.599><c> of</c><00:36:44.820><c> friends</c><00:36:45.000><c> within</c><00:36:45.380><c> the</c><00:36:45.679><c> youth</c>

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:48.840
group<00:36:46.059><c> and</c><00:36:46.320><c> within</c><00:36:46.880><c> the</c><00:36:47.239><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:47.599><c> of</c><00:36:47.900><c> God.</c>

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:54.039
We<00:36:50.159><c> are</c><00:36:50.300><c> also</c><00:36:50.699><c> to</c><00:36:51.000><c> show</c><00:36:51.639><c> kindness</c><00:36:52.480><c> to</c><00:36:53.420><c> one</c><00:36:53.639><c> another.</c>

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:58.039
The<00:36:54.579><c> word</c><00:36:54.800><c> kindness</c><00:36:55.219><c> is</c><00:36:56.059><c> really</c><00:36:56.380><c> not</c><00:36:56.619><c> such</c><00:36:56.820><c> a</c><00:36:56.860><c> good</c><00:36:57.440><c> translation.</c>

00:36:58.219 --> 00:37:02.360
The<00:36:58.300><c> word</c><00:36:58.659><c> is</c><00:36:59.699><c> a</c><00:37:00.079><c> better</c><00:37:00.219><c> rendered,</c><00:37:01.039><c> loyal</c><00:37:01.300><c> love.</c>

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:05.000
It's<00:37:02.739><c> something</c><00:37:03.139><c> that</c><00:37:03.420><c> God</c><00:37:03.599><c> himself</c><00:37:04.079><c> shows.</c>

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:11.079
It's<00:37:05.420><c> the</c><00:37:05.639><c> love</c><00:37:06.019><c> that</c><00:37:06.360><c> a</c><00:37:06.480><c> person</c><00:37:06.780><c> shows</c><00:37:07.179><c> when</c><00:37:07.360><c> they</c><00:37:07.619><c> are</c><00:37:07.780><c> in</c><00:37:07.900><c> some</c><00:37:08.219><c> kind</c><00:37:08.480><c> of,</c><00:37:09.280><c> within</c><00:37:09.820><c> a</c><00:37:10.460><c> relationship</c>

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:14.460
they<00:37:11.860><c> have</c><00:37:12.159><c> with</c><00:37:12.340><c> another</c><00:37:12.619><c> person,</c><00:37:13.159><c> within</c><00:37:13.559><c> a</c><00:37:14.000><c> relationship</c>

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.739
that<00:37:14.679><c> they</c><00:37:14.840><c> might</c><00:37:15.039><c> have</c><00:37:15.519><c> with</c><00:37:15.860><c> God.</c>

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:22.900
When<00:37:18.239><c> you</c><00:37:18.480><c> are</c><00:37:18.639><c> in</c><00:37:18.800><c> a</c><00:37:18.960><c> relationship,</c><00:37:19.860><c> then</c><00:37:20.019><c> there</c><00:37:20.159><c> are</c><00:37:20.360><c> certain</c><00:37:20.619><c> obligations</c><00:37:21.460><c> you</c><00:37:22.119><c> incur.</c>

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:27.300
When<00:37:23.619><c> you</c><00:37:23.840><c> are</c><00:37:23.960><c> in</c><00:37:24.300><c> a</c><00:37:24.340><c> covenant</c><00:37:24.539><c> relationship,</c><00:37:25.519><c> as</c><00:37:25.739><c> we</c><00:37:25.900><c> are</c><00:37:26.099><c> with</c><00:37:26.300><c> one</c><00:37:26.440><c> another,</c><00:37:27.079><c> as</c>

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:28.099
we<00:37:27.500><c> are</c><00:37:27.659><c> with</c><00:37:27.840><c> God,</c>

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:32.320
then<00:37:28.500><c> there</c><00:37:28.719><c> are</c><00:37:28.860><c> very</c><00:37:29.119><c> specific</c><00:37:29.780><c> obligations</c><00:37:30.500><c> that</c><00:37:31.199><c> we</c><00:37:31.480><c> incur.</c>

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:37.599
And<00:37:32.880><c> loving</c><00:37:33.059><c> kindness</c><00:37:33.500><c> is</c><00:37:34.059><c> the</c><00:37:34.480><c> love</c><00:37:34.699><c> that</c><00:37:35.000><c> fulfills</c><00:37:35.500><c> those</c><00:37:35.820><c> obligations</c><00:37:36.559><c> in</c><00:37:37.260><c> a</c>

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:39.199
loving<00:37:37.900><c> and</c><00:37:38.340><c> loyal</c><00:37:38.579><c> way</c>

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.860
to<00:37:39.539><c> each</c><00:37:39.760><c> other.</c>

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:46.780
We<00:37:41.400><c> are</c><00:37:43.079><c> given</c><00:37:43.800><c> the</c><00:37:43.960><c> responsibility</c><00:37:44.679><c> of</c><00:37:44.960><c> caring</c><00:37:45.340><c> for</c><00:37:45.539><c> one</c><00:37:45.739><c> another,</c><00:37:46.599><c> of</c>

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.440
doing<00:37:47.039><c> what</c><00:37:47.219><c> is</c><00:37:47.480><c> right</c><00:37:47.760><c> by</c>

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:50.079
each<00:37:49.119><c> other.</c>

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:52.260
And<00:37:50.340><c> this</c><00:37:50.519><c> is</c><00:37:50.719><c> what</c><00:37:50.980><c> we</c><00:37:51.360><c> are</c><00:37:51.460><c> told</c><00:37:51.659><c> to</c><00:37:51.840><c> do</c><00:37:51.960><c> here.</c>

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:56.880
And<00:37:52.579><c> not</c><00:37:52.719><c> just</c><00:37:52.980><c> in,</c><00:37:53.400><c> well,</c><00:37:54.639><c> I'm</c><00:37:54.820><c> feeling</c><00:37:55.260><c> kindly</c><00:37:56.340><c> disposed</c>

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:59.460
today,<00:37:57.420><c> and</c><00:37:57.440><c> also</c><00:37:57.820><c> I'll</c><00:37:58.840><c> speak</c><00:37:59.099><c> kindly</c>

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:01.420
to<00:37:59.659><c> this</c><00:37:59.920><c> person</c><00:38:00.280><c> or</c><00:38:00.800><c> that</c><00:38:01.119><c> person.</c>

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.280
This<00:38:01.579><c> is</c><00:38:01.960><c> loyal</c><00:38:02.340><c> love.</c>

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.400
And<00:38:03.760><c> it's</c><00:38:03.900><c> not</c><00:38:04.099><c> just</c><00:38:04.260><c> when</c><00:38:04.440><c> things</c><00:38:04.699><c> are</c><00:38:04.940><c> going</c><00:38:05.139><c> well.</c>

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.179
It's<00:38:06.059><c> in</c><00:38:06.119><c> all</c><00:38:06.519><c> circumstances.</c>

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:10.019
Loyal<00:38:07.900><c> love</c><00:38:08.059><c> is</c><00:38:08.260><c> something</c><00:38:08.539><c> that</c><00:38:08.880><c> is</c><00:38:09.059><c> steadfast.</c>

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:13.639
And<00:38:11.559><c> challenges</c><00:38:12.159><c> that</c><00:38:12.420><c> we</c><00:38:12.619><c> might</c><00:38:13.219><c> incur.</c>

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:15.300
Loyal<00:38:14.400><c> love</c><00:38:14.639><c> to</c><00:38:14.800><c> one</c><00:38:15.019><c> another.</c>

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:17.800
And<00:38:15.960><c> mercy</c><00:38:16.440><c> to</c><00:38:16.719><c> one</c><00:38:16.980><c> another.</c>

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.500
Is<00:38:20.039><c> a</c><00:38:20.639><c> care</c><00:38:20.800><c> for</c><00:38:20.980><c> one</c><00:38:21.260><c> another.</c>

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.519
The<00:38:22.019><c> simple</c><00:38:22.360><c> duties.</c>

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:26.059
It's<00:38:24.239><c> the</c><00:38:24.639><c> love</c><00:38:25.280><c> on</c><00:38:25.639><c> child.</c>

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:29.500
It's<00:38:26.539><c> the</c><00:38:26.840><c> love</c><00:38:27.139><c> and</c><00:38:27.380><c> compassion</c><00:38:28.019><c> that</c><00:38:28.480><c> a</c><00:38:29.019><c> father</c><00:38:29.360><c> has.</c>

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:32.960
It's<00:38:30.219><c> the</c><00:38:30.420><c> love</c><00:38:30.639><c> that</c><00:38:30.900><c> God</c><00:38:31.119><c> has</c><00:38:31.440><c> for</c><00:38:31.659><c> us.</c>

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:39.539
A<00:38:33.920><c> deep</c><00:38:34.460><c> and</c><00:38:35.300><c> powerful</c><00:38:36.000><c> emotion</c><00:38:36.599><c> that</c><00:38:36.820><c> we</c><00:38:37.039><c> feel</c><00:38:37.360><c> that</c><00:38:37.980><c> is</c><00:38:38.360><c> expressed</c><00:38:39.099><c> in</c>

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:41.380
answering<00:38:40.059><c> and</c><00:38:40.860><c> responding</c>

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:45.199
with<00:38:41.900><c> whom</c><00:38:42.539><c> we</c><00:38:43.039><c> are</c><00:38:43.320><c> in</c><00:38:43.840><c> relationship</c><00:38:44.440><c> with.</c>

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:47.880
What<00:38:45.480><c> it</c><00:38:45.679><c> means</c><00:38:46.239><c> to</c><00:38:46.780><c> keep</c><00:38:47.019><c> a</c><00:38:47.260><c> fast</c><00:38:47.460><c> for</c><00:38:47.659><c> God.</c>

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:52.239
This<00:38:48.519><c> is</c><00:38:48.800><c> the</c><00:38:48.940><c> result</c><00:38:49.400><c> of</c><00:38:49.880><c> contemplating</c><00:38:50.480><c> the</c><00:38:50.699><c> holiness</c><00:38:51.019><c> of</c><00:38:51.360><c> God.</c>

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:55.440
Of<00:38:53.139><c> considering,</c><00:38:53.519><c> of</c><00:38:53.940><c> appreciating</c><00:38:54.400><c> the</c><00:38:54.679><c> graciousness</c><00:38:55.260><c> of</c>

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.480
God<00:38:55.579><c> in</c><00:38:55.760><c> forgiving</c><00:38:56.039><c> our</c><00:38:56.300><c> sins.</c>

00:38:56.699 --> 00:39:00.199
And<00:38:56.920><c> responding</c><00:38:57.360><c> by</c><00:38:57.760><c> our</c><00:38:58.199><c> love</c><00:38:58.440><c> and</c><00:38:58.780><c> care</c><00:38:59.119><c> for</c><00:38:59.599><c> one</c><00:38:59.840><c> another.</c>

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:03.500
And<00:39:00.800><c> our</c><00:39:01.059><c> love</c><00:39:01.260><c> and</c><00:39:01.619><c> care</c><00:39:01.619><c> even</c><00:39:01.980><c> for</c><00:39:02.400><c> strangers.</c>

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:05.820
And<00:39:04.119><c> people</c><00:39:04.619><c> who</c><00:39:05.079><c> are</c><00:39:05.460><c> fringes.</c>

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:09.280
People<00:39:06.199><c> who</c><00:39:06.500><c> are</c><00:39:07.800><c> vulnerable</c><00:39:08.340><c> and</c><00:39:08.860><c> needy.</c>

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:13.320
And<00:39:09.760><c> regarded</c><00:39:09.760><c> as</c><00:39:10.480><c> being</c><00:39:10.739><c> a</c><00:39:10.980><c> burden</c><00:39:11.340><c> to</c><00:39:12.199><c> society</c><00:39:12.780><c> and</c><00:39:13.019><c> to</c><00:39:13.179><c> others.</c>

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:16.800
Do<00:39:13.539><c> not</c><00:39:13.800><c> oppress</c><00:39:14.059><c> the</c><00:39:14.280><c> widow,</c><00:39:14.800><c> the</c><00:39:15.099><c> fatherless,</c><00:39:15.659><c> the</c><00:39:15.840><c> sojourner</c><00:39:16.280><c> or</c><00:39:16.420><c> the</c><00:39:16.659><c> poor.</c>

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:20.019
And<00:39:17.260><c> let</c><00:39:17.360><c> against</c><00:39:17.940><c> another</c><00:39:18.420><c> in</c><00:39:18.880><c> your</c><00:39:19.219><c> heart.</c>

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:22.679
But<00:39:20.539><c> these</c><00:39:20.860><c> people</c><00:39:21.260><c> were</c><00:39:21.539><c> told</c><00:39:21.780><c> in</c><00:39:21.960><c> verse</c><00:39:22.199><c> 11.</c>

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:25.960
They<00:39:23.219><c> refused</c><00:39:23.840><c> to</c><00:39:24.079><c> pay</c><00:39:24.260><c> attention</c><00:39:24.699><c> and</c><00:39:25.219><c> turned</c><00:39:25.420><c> their</c><00:39:25.679><c> ears</c>

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.000
that<00:39:26.079><c> they</c><00:39:26.300><c> might</c><00:39:26.519><c> not</c><00:39:26.760><c> hear.</c>

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.599
They<00:39:27.500><c> made</c><00:39:27.880><c> their</c><00:39:28.219><c> hearts</c><00:39:28.539><c> diamond</c><00:39:29.199><c> hearted.</c>

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:32.519
And<00:39:30.039><c> the</c><00:39:30.219><c> words</c><00:39:30.579><c> that</c><00:39:30.840><c> the</c><00:39:31.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:31.480><c> of</c><00:39:31.619><c> hosts</c><00:39:31.840><c> had</c><00:39:32.099><c> sent</c><00:39:32.300><c> by</c>

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.019
his<00:39:32.780><c> spirit.</c>

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:35.139
When<00:39:33.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:33.900><c> had</c><00:39:34.239><c> spoken</c><00:39:34.480><c> those</c><00:39:34.820><c> words.</c>

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:37.039
When<00:39:35.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:36.039><c> had</c><00:39:36.380><c> spoken</c><00:39:36.599><c> other</c><00:39:36.840><c> words.</c>

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:39.300
When<00:39:37.340><c> such</c><00:39:37.739><c> things</c><00:39:38.179><c> before</c><00:39:38.719><c> the</c><00:39:38.960><c> exile.</c>

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:41.079
It<00:39:39.900><c> was</c><00:39:40.119><c> ignored.</c>

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:46.260
Here<00:39:44.360><c> are</c><00:39:44.599><c> the</c><00:39:44.820><c> closed</c><00:39:45.159><c> ears.</c>

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:49.480
That<00:39:47.139><c> cause</c><00:39:47.420><c> those</c><00:39:47.800><c> tears</c><00:39:48.119><c> to</c><00:39:48.360><c> be</c><00:39:48.539><c> wasted.</c>

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:52.599
Verse<00:39:50.139><c> 11,</c><00:39:50.719><c> they</c><00:39:50.719><c> refused</c><00:39:51.159><c> to</c><00:39:51.380><c> pay</c><00:39:51.559><c> attention.</c>

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:54.460
They<00:39:53.300><c> refused</c><00:39:53.760><c> to</c><00:39:54.159><c> hearken.</c>

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:59.000
They<00:39:54.920><c> refused</c><00:39:55.380><c> to</c><00:39:55.679><c> respond</c><00:39:56.500><c> to</c><00:39:56.940><c> the</c><00:39:57.159><c> word</c><00:39:57.320><c> that</c><00:39:57.480><c> had</c><00:39:57.659><c> been</c><00:39:57.940><c> spoken.</c>

00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:01.360
And<00:39:59.440><c> he</c><00:39:59.519><c> says</c><00:39:59.699><c> they</c><00:39:59.980><c> turned</c><00:40:00.440><c> a</c><00:40:00.739><c> stubborn</c><00:40:00.900><c> shoulder.</c>

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:04.579
The<00:40:01.860><c> picture</c><00:40:02.360><c> here</c><00:40:03.000><c> is</c><00:40:03.260><c> of</c><00:40:03.440><c> an</c><00:40:03.739><c> ox.</c>

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:06.139
That's<00:40:05.039><c> turning</c><00:40:05.360><c> and</c><00:40:05.780><c> twisting.</c>

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:10.719
To<00:40:06.639><c> avoid</c><00:40:07.099><c> the</c><00:40:07.880><c> masters</c><00:40:08.440><c> putting</c><00:40:09.320><c> the</c><00:40:09.719><c> yoke</c><00:40:09.960><c> on</c><00:40:10.199><c> the</c><00:40:10.440><c> animal.</c>

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:13.860
So<00:40:11.300><c> it</c><00:40:11.480><c> might</c><00:40:11.940><c> bear</c><00:40:12.480><c> the</c><00:40:13.079><c> burden.</c>

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.800
Not<00:40:14.280><c> only</c><00:40:14.519><c> had</c><00:40:14.639><c> they</c><00:40:14.900><c> turned</c><00:40:15.219><c> the</c><00:40:15.500><c> shoulder.</c>

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:19.119
So<00:40:16.260><c> that</c><00:40:16.400><c> they</c><00:40:16.599><c> might</c><00:40:16.840><c> not</c><00:40:17.039><c> be</c><00:40:17.400><c> put</c><00:40:17.719><c> under</c><00:40:18.019><c> this</c><00:40:18.840><c> burden.</c>

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:21.760
But<00:40:19.539><c> they</c><00:40:19.699><c> had</c><00:40:20.079><c> stopped</c><00:40:20.260><c> their</c><00:40:20.559><c> ears</c><00:40:20.800><c> that</c><00:40:20.920><c> they</c><00:40:21.119><c> might</c><00:40:21.320><c> not</c><00:40:21.559><c> hear.</c>

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:24.820
They<00:40:22.400><c> had</c><00:40:22.760><c> made</c><00:40:23.000><c> their</c><00:40:23.300><c> ears</c><00:40:23.539><c> heavy.</c>

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.559
And<00:40:27.039><c> unresponsive.</c>

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:31.659
So<00:40:28.099><c> they</c><00:40:28.679><c> couldn't</c><00:40:28.980><c> even</c><00:40:29.420><c> hear</c><00:40:29.820><c> what</c><00:40:30.280><c> was</c><00:40:30.719><c> spoken</c><00:40:31.219><c> to</c><00:40:31.480><c> them.</c>

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:33.920
They<00:40:31.940><c> had</c><00:40:32.159><c> made</c><00:40:32.320><c> their</c><00:40:32.619><c> hearts</c><00:40:32.920><c> diamond</c><00:40:33.500><c> hard.</c>

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.059
As<00:40:34.480><c> hard</c><00:40:34.800><c> as</c><00:40:35.099><c> flint.</c>

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:39.400
When<00:40:36.820><c> it</c><00:40:36.900><c> was</c><00:40:37.119><c> the</c><00:40:37.320><c> heart</c><00:40:37.559><c> upon</c><00:40:37.880><c> which</c><00:40:38.340><c> the</c><00:40:38.659><c> law</c><00:40:38.900><c> of</c><00:40:39.159><c> God.</c>

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:42.239
We<00:40:39.719><c> are</c><00:40:39.860><c> told</c><00:40:40.059><c> in</c><00:40:40.219><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:40.559><c> 31</c><00:40:41.079><c> verse</c><00:40:41.320><c> 31</c><00:40:41.679><c> to</c><00:40:41.840><c> 33.</c>

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:46.500
It<00:40:42.820><c> was</c><00:40:43.000><c> the</c><00:40:43.300><c> heart</c><00:40:43.579><c> upon</c><00:40:43.900><c> which</c><00:40:44.159><c> the</c><00:40:44.360><c> law</c><00:40:44.519><c> of</c><00:40:44.780><c> God</c><00:40:45.039><c> was</c><00:40:45.360><c> to</c><00:40:45.519><c> be</c><00:40:45.719><c> written.</c>

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:50.579
And<00:40:47.860><c> these</c><00:40:48.099><c> people</c><00:40:48.500><c> had</c><00:40:48.980><c> closed</c><00:40:49.280><c> their</c><00:40:49.539><c> hearts</c><00:40:49.820><c> and</c><00:40:50.059><c> minds</c><00:40:50.320><c> to</c>

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.239
the<00:40:50.659><c> word</c><00:40:50.800><c> of</c><00:40:51.019><c> God.</c>

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:53.880
But<00:40:51.920><c> how</c><00:40:52.119><c> did</c><00:40:52.239><c> they</c><00:40:52.380><c> do</c><00:40:52.579><c> this?</c>

00:40:55.380 --> 00:41:00.420
Was<00:40:55.579><c> it</c><00:40:55.699><c> that</c><00:40:55.860><c> they</c><00:40:56.059><c> had</c><00:40:57.760><c> just</c><00:40:58.360><c> stopped</c><00:40:58.780><c> listening</c><00:40:59.159><c> to</c><00:40:59.360><c> the</c><00:40:59.539><c> prophets?</c>

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:04.159
Just<00:41:01.539><c> stopped</c><00:41:01.840><c> reading</c><00:41:02.340><c> the</c><00:41:02.639><c> word</c><00:41:02.820><c> or</c><00:41:03.000><c> listening</c><00:41:03.400><c> to</c><00:41:03.599><c> the</c><00:41:03.820><c> priests</c><00:41:04.019><c> as</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.219
they<00:41:04.360><c> read</c><00:41:04.559><c> the</c><00:41:04.820><c> law</c><00:41:05.039><c> at</c><00:41:05.280><c> the</c><00:41:05.440><c> temple?</c>

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:10.380
How<00:41:07.239><c> was</c><00:41:07.460><c> it</c><00:41:07.599><c> that</c><00:41:07.719><c> they</c><00:41:07.980><c> had</c><00:41:08.139><c> stopped</c><00:41:08.440><c> listening</c><00:41:09.059><c> and</c><00:41:09.380><c> hearkening</c><00:41:09.960><c> to</c><00:41:10.260><c> the</c>

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.500
word<00:41:10.559><c> of</c><00:41:10.780><c> God?</c>

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:15.760
Well<00:41:12.880><c> I</c><00:41:12.980><c> think</c><00:41:13.360><c> these</c><00:41:13.980><c> were</c><00:41:14.219><c> religious</c><00:41:14.559><c> people.</c>

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:22.320
The<00:41:17.639><c> people</c><00:41:18.099><c> of</c><00:41:18.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:19.400><c> 58</c><00:41:20.360><c> who</c><00:41:21.019><c> fell</c><00:41:21.500><c> into</c><00:41:21.679><c> this</c><00:41:21.920><c> category.</c>

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.320
They<00:41:22.739><c> were</c><00:41:23.019><c> religious</c><00:41:23.360><c> people.</c>

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:27.360
They<00:41:24.579><c> acted</c><00:41:25.139><c> as</c><00:41:25.440><c> if</c><00:41:25.579><c> they</c><00:41:25.980><c> delighted</c><00:41:26.420><c> in</c><00:41:26.699><c> the</c><00:41:26.840><c> ways</c><00:41:27.000><c> of</c><00:41:27.239><c> God.</c>

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:29.659
They<00:41:27.780><c> sought</c><00:41:28.039><c> the</c><00:41:28.260><c> Lord</c><00:41:28.480><c> daily.</c>

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:36.719
It<00:41:33.199><c> wasn't</c><00:41:33.460><c> so</c><00:41:33.780><c> much</c><00:41:34.500><c> that</c><00:41:35.239><c> they</c><00:41:35.460><c> stopped</c><00:41:35.679><c> listening</c><00:41:36.019><c> to</c><00:41:36.300><c> the</c><00:41:36.440><c> prophets.</c>

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:39.880
It<00:41:37.199><c> wasn't</c><00:41:37.440><c> so</c><00:41:37.679><c> much</c><00:41:37.880><c> that</c><00:41:38.019><c> they</c><00:41:38.320><c> closed</c><00:41:38.699><c> their</c><00:41:38.960><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:43.579
It<00:41:41.320><c> was</c><00:41:41.480><c> that</c><00:41:41.639><c> they</c><00:41:41.880><c> refused</c><00:41:42.440><c> to</c><00:41:42.739><c> take</c><00:41:42.960><c> it</c><00:41:43.159><c> to</c><00:41:43.300><c> heart.</c>

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:47.840
Come<00:41:44.179><c> back</c><00:41:44.460><c> to</c><00:41:45.280><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:45.840><c> chapter</c><00:41:46.199><c> 33.</c>

00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:03.980
Another<00:41:58.679><c> of</c><00:41:59.079><c> the</c><00:42:00.719><c> former</c><00:42:01.019><c> prophets,</c><00:42:01.559><c> the</c><00:42:01.739><c> prophets</c><00:42:01.980><c> who</c><00:42:02.280><c> worked</c><00:42:02.480><c> before</c><00:42:02.900><c> the</c><00:42:03.599><c> exile.</c>

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:11.519
Ezekiel<00:42:04.760><c> chapter</c><00:42:05.260><c> 33</c><00:42:06.219><c> and</c><00:42:07.519><c> verse</c><00:42:08.420><c> 30</c><00:42:09.760><c> to</c><00:42:10.380><c> 32.</c>

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:16.260
As<00:42:12.719><c> for</c><00:42:13.000><c> you,</c><00:42:13.460><c> son</c><00:42:13.539><c> of</c><00:42:13.760><c> man,</c><00:42:14.900><c> your</c><00:42:15.059><c> people</c><00:42:15.420><c> who</c><00:42:15.659><c> talk</c><00:42:15.900><c> together</c>

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:18.559
about<00:42:16.539><c> you</c><00:42:16.760><c> by</c><00:42:16.980><c> the</c><00:42:17.179><c> walls</c><00:42:17.420><c> and</c><00:42:17.579><c> at</c><00:42:17.739><c> the</c><00:42:17.840><c> doors</c><00:42:18.000><c> of</c><00:42:18.199><c> the</c><00:42:18.340><c> houses</c>

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:22.099
say<00:42:18.840><c> to</c><00:42:18.960><c> one</c><00:42:19.139><c> another,</c><00:42:19.420><c> each</c><00:42:19.639><c> to</c><00:42:19.820><c> his</c><00:42:20.000><c> brother,</c><00:42:20.659><c> come</c><00:42:20.940><c> and</c><00:42:21.179><c> hear</c><00:42:21.440><c> what</c><00:42:21.860><c> the</c>

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:24.260
word<00:42:22.280><c> is</c><00:42:22.500><c> that</c><00:42:22.619><c> comes</c><00:42:22.900><c> from</c><00:42:23.159><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:26.880
And<00:42:24.559><c> they</c><00:42:24.719><c> come</c><00:42:24.920><c> to</c><00:42:25.079><c> you</c><00:42:25.320><c> as</c><00:42:25.579><c> people</c><00:42:25.920><c> come.</c>

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:29.239
And<00:42:27.119><c> they</c><00:42:27.320><c> sit</c><00:42:27.500><c> before</c><00:42:27.880><c> you</c><00:42:28.079><c> as</c><00:42:28.380><c> my</c><00:42:28.719><c> people.</c>

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:34.420
And<00:42:29.739><c> they</c><00:42:29.980><c> hear</c><00:42:30.219><c> what</c><00:42:30.420><c> you</c><00:42:30.699><c> say,</c><00:42:31.159><c> but</c><00:42:31.360><c> they</c><00:42:31.619><c> will</c><00:42:31.960><c> not</c><00:42:32.159><c> do</c><00:42:32.420><c> it.</c>

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:38.619
For<00:42:34.860><c> with</c><00:42:35.860><c> their</c><00:42:36.920><c> mouths</c><00:42:37.239><c> they</c><00:42:37.619><c> talk</c><00:42:37.800><c> much</c><00:42:38.199><c> love.</c>

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:41.119
But<00:42:39.300><c> their</c><00:42:39.619><c> heart</c><00:42:39.960><c> is</c><00:42:40.300><c> set</c><00:42:40.380><c> on</c><00:42:40.539><c> their</c><00:42:40.820><c> game.</c>

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:44.840
And<00:42:41.719><c> behold,</c><00:42:42.239><c> you</c><00:42:42.360><c> are</c><00:42:42.579><c> to</c><00:42:42.739><c> them</c><00:42:43.000><c> like</c><00:42:43.320><c> one</c><00:42:43.699><c> who</c><00:42:43.940><c> sings</c><00:42:44.239><c> lovely</c>

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:46.599
songs<00:42:45.239><c> with</c><00:42:45.420><c> a</c><00:42:45.619><c> beautiful</c><00:42:46.019><c> voice.</c>

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.519
And<00:42:47.199><c> plays</c><00:42:47.420><c> well</c><00:42:47.780><c> on</c><00:42:47.980><c> an</c><00:42:48.159><c> instrument.</c>

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:52.719
For<00:42:48.719><c> they</c><00:42:49.019><c> hear</c><00:42:49.280><c> what</c><00:42:49.480><c> you</c><00:42:49.780><c> say,</c><00:42:50.460><c> but</c><00:42:50.619><c> they</c><00:42:50.980><c> will</c><00:42:51.320><c> not</c><00:42:51.559><c> do</c><00:42:51.780><c> it.</c>

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:57.400
And<00:42:54.940><c> what</c><00:42:55.059><c> we</c><00:42:55.260><c> have</c><00:42:55.440><c> to</c><00:42:55.559><c> ask</c><00:42:55.780><c> ourselves,</c><00:42:56.739><c> young</c><00:42:56.920><c> people</c><00:42:57.239><c> and</c>

00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.400
brothers<00:42:57.619><c> and</c><00:42:57.780><c> sisters,</c><00:42:58.079><c> and</c><00:42:58.199><c> this</c><00:42:58.400><c> is</c><00:42:58.559><c> where</c><00:42:58.639><c> we'll</c><00:42:59.340><c> finish.</c>

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:04.480
What<00:43:00.980><c> we</c><00:43:01.179><c> have</c><00:43:01.360><c> to</c><00:43:01.519><c> ask</c><00:43:01.760><c> ourselves</c><00:43:02.440><c> is</c><00:43:03.440><c> whether</c><00:43:03.659><c> that</c><00:43:03.880><c> is</c><00:43:04.059><c> us.</c>

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:11.219
You<00:43:05.239><c> know,</c><00:43:06.199><c> we</c><00:43:06.340><c> can</c><00:43:06.579><c> have</c><00:43:07.320><c> almost,</c><00:43:10.000><c> I</c><00:43:10.599><c> don't</c><00:43:10.760><c> know</c><00:43:10.880><c> what</c><00:43:11.059><c> other</c>

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word<00:43:11.360><c> to</c><00:43:11.579><c> use,</c><00:43:11.920><c> an</c><00:43:12.079><c> aesthetic</c><00:43:12.920><c> appreciation</c><00:43:13.860><c> for</c><00:43:14.139><c> the</c><00:43:14.400><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:43:16.619><c> truth</c><00:43:16.780><c> can</c><00:43:17.000><c> be</c><00:43:17.179><c> sort</c><00:43:17.360><c> of</c><00:43:17.519><c> a</c><00:43:17.719><c> beautiful</c><00:43:18.239><c> thing</c><00:43:18.639><c> for</c><00:43:18.860><c> us,</c>

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you<00:43:19.619><c> know.</c>

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Like<00:43:20.559><c> a</c><00:43:20.739><c> beautiful</c><00:43:21.139><c> piece</c><00:43:21.440><c> of</c><00:43:21.679><c> literature.</c>

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Or,<00:43:23.360><c> you</c><00:43:23.679><c> know,</c><00:43:25.800><c> some</c><00:43:26.079><c> other</c><00:43:26.900><c> experience</c><00:43:27.940><c> that</c><00:43:28.159><c> people</c><00:43:28.440><c> might</c>

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have<00:43:28.900><c> in</c><00:43:29.420><c> their</c><00:43:29.659><c> life.</c>

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Maybe<00:43:30.500><c> a</c><00:43:31.099><c> well</c><00:43:31.539><c>-crafted</c><00:43:32.659><c> film</c><00:43:33.079><c> or</c><00:43:33.239><c> something</c><00:43:33.559><c> like</c><00:43:33.800><c> that.</c>

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You<00:43:34.000><c> can</c><00:43:34.219><c> appreciate,</c><00:43:34.940><c> you</c><00:43:35.159><c> know,</c><00:43:35.280><c> how</c><00:43:35.480><c> the</c><00:43:35.719><c> story</c><00:43:36.000><c> is</c><00:43:36.280><c> told.</c>

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You<00:43:37.039><c> can</c><00:43:37.239><c> get</c><00:43:37.440><c> almost</c><00:43:37.840><c> an</c><00:43:38.219><c> emotional</c><00:43:39.119><c> lift</c><00:43:39.880><c> out</c><00:43:40.219><c> of</c><00:43:41.139><c> reading</c>

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the<00:43:41.840><c> book</c><00:43:41.980><c> or</c><00:43:42.179><c> seeing</c><00:43:42.559><c> the</c><00:43:42.800><c> movie</c><00:43:43.039><c> or</c><00:43:43.179><c> whatever</c><00:43:43.500><c> it</c><00:43:43.659><c> might</c><00:43:43.860><c> be.</c>

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And<00:43:45.840><c> that's</c><00:43:45.960><c> what</c><00:43:46.119><c> the</c><00:43:46.340><c> truth</c><00:43:46.460><c> can</c><00:43:46.699><c> be</c><00:43:46.840><c> for</c><00:43:47.019><c> us.</c>

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Unless<00:43:49.519><c> we</c><00:43:49.800><c> determine</c><00:43:50.380><c> to</c><00:43:50.880><c> hear</c><00:43:51.239><c> these</c><00:43:51.659><c> words</c><00:43:52.480><c> as</c><00:43:54.679><c> if</c><00:43:54.880><c> they</c><00:43:55.039><c> were</c><00:43:55.260><c> the</c><00:43:55.380><c> Word</c><00:43:55.559><c> of</c>

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God<00:43:55.980><c> Himself.</c>

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And<00:43:58.559><c> unless</c><00:43:58.920><c> we</c><00:43:59.159><c> are</c><00:43:59.340><c> prepared</c><00:44:00.159><c> when</c><00:44:00.920><c> we</c><00:44:01.239><c> are</c><00:44:01.920><c> practicing</c><00:44:02.480><c> our</c>

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religious<00:44:03.960><c> rituals.</c>

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The<00:44:05.460><c> good</c><00:44:05.780><c> religious</c><00:44:06.239><c> rituals</c><00:44:06.719><c> that</c><00:44:07.260><c> we</c><00:44:07.480><c> might</c><00:44:07.639><c> have</c><00:44:08.139><c> taken</c>

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upon<00:44:08.940><c> ourselves</c><00:44:09.559><c> or</c><00:44:10.000><c> that</c><00:44:10.199><c> have</c><00:44:10.380><c> been</c><00:44:10.940><c> laid</c><00:44:11.260><c> down</c><00:44:11.519><c> for</c><00:44:11.699><c> us</c><00:44:11.940><c> by</c>

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our<00:44:12.400><c> Lord</c><00:44:12.539><c> Jesus</c><00:44:12.940><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:44:15.019><c> we</c><00:44:15.199><c> do</c><00:44:15.440><c> them</c><00:44:15.860><c> with</c><00:44:16.320><c> a</c><00:44:16.460><c> whole</c><00:44:16.699><c> heart.</c>

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It's<00:44:18.579><c> just</c><00:44:18.820><c> as</c><00:44:19.400><c> the</c><00:44:19.659><c> Lord</c><00:44:20.019><c> said</c><00:44:20.679><c> to</c><00:44:21.019><c> the</c><00:44:21.320><c> Samaritan</c><00:44:21.699><c> woman.</c>

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The<00:44:23.900><c> hour</c><00:44:24.119><c> cometh</c><00:44:24.519><c> and</c><00:44:24.820><c> now</c><00:44:25.019><c> is.</c>

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That<00:44:27.000><c> true</c><00:44:27.219><c> worshipers</c><00:44:28.619><c> will</c><00:44:29.079><c> worship</c><00:44:29.280><c> the</c><00:44:29.559><c> Father</c><00:44:29.860><c> in</c><00:44:30.440><c> spirit</c><00:44:30.940><c> and</c>

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in<00:44:31.719><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:44:34.699><c> God</c><00:44:34.860><c> will</c><00:44:35.099><c> not</c><00:44:35.260><c> have</c><00:44:35.340><c> it</c><00:44:35.500><c> no</c><00:44:35.639><c> other</c><00:44:35.880><c> way.</c>

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And<00:44:37.639><c> all</c><00:44:37.900><c> the</c><00:44:38.159><c> time</c><00:44:38.699><c> that</c><00:44:39.179><c> our</c><00:44:39.519><c> focus</c><00:44:39.880><c> is</c><00:44:40.139><c> on</c><00:44:40.420><c> ourselves</c><00:44:41.059><c> and</c>

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what<00:44:41.519><c> we</c><00:44:41.800><c> can</c><00:44:41.960><c> get</c><00:44:42.139><c> out</c><00:44:42.380><c> of</c><00:44:42.500><c> it.</c>

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Instead<00:44:44.079><c> of</c><00:44:44.239><c> our</c><00:44:44.500><c> focus</c><00:44:44.860><c> being</c><00:44:45.139><c> upon</c><00:44:45.500><c> God</c><00:44:45.980><c> and</c><00:44:46.260><c> His</c><00:44:46.539><c> glory</c><00:44:47.000><c> and</c>

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His<00:44:47.440><c> holiness.</c>

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We're<00:44:49.260><c> going</c><00:44:49.260><c> to</c><00:44:49.420><c> end</c><00:44:49.579><c> up</c><00:44:49.860><c> bored.</c>

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We're<00:44:51.139><c> going</c><00:44:51.239><c> to</c><00:44:51.380><c> end</c><00:44:51.619><c> up</c><00:44:51.820><c> dissatisfied.</c>

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But<00:44:54.079><c> we</c><00:44:54.219><c> have</c><00:44:54.400><c> to</c><00:44:54.760><c> awaken</c><00:44:55.179><c> within</c><00:44:55.500><c> ourselves</c><00:44:56.039><c> an</c><00:44:56.420><c> appreciation</c><00:44:57.139><c> for</c><00:44:57.420><c> the</c><00:44:57.699><c> greatness</c><00:44:57.960><c> of</c>

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our<00:44:58.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:44:59.699><c> the</c><00:44:59.940><c> power</c><00:45:00.320><c> of</c><00:45:00.559><c> His</c><00:45:00.800><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:45:01.980><c> the</c><00:45:02.260><c> beauty</c><00:45:02.619><c> of</c><00:45:02.820><c> His</c><00:45:03.059><c> character.</c>

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And<00:45:04.260><c> the</c><00:45:04.480><c> glory</c><00:45:05.199><c> to</c><00:45:05.440><c> which</c><00:45:05.579><c> He</c><00:45:05.780><c> has</c><00:45:05.940><c> called</c><00:45:06.099><c> us.</c>

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So<00:45:07.780><c> that</c><00:45:08.019><c> we</c><00:45:08.280><c> might</c><00:45:08.440><c> worship</c><00:45:08.840><c> God</c><00:45:09.199><c> the</c><00:45:09.400><c> Father</c><00:45:10.099><c> in</c><00:45:10.820><c> spirit</c><00:45:11.239><c> and</c>

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in<00:45:11.820><c> truth.</c>

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Amen.