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Yeah?

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Okay.

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it<00:13:37.759><c> was</c><00:13:38.039><c> this</c><00:13:38.360><c> place</c><00:13:38.779><c> that</c><00:13:39.179><c> was,</c><00:13:39.679><c> in</c><00:13:39.980><c> the</c><00:13:40.259><c> mind</c><00:13:40.519><c> of</c><00:13:40.720><c> the</c>

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ancients,<00:13:42.299><c> chaotic.</c>

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It<00:13:44.240><c> was</c><00:13:44.659><c> wild</c><00:13:45.379><c> and</c><00:13:45.960><c> waste.</c>

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It<00:13:46.440><c> was</c><00:13:46.899><c> formless</c><00:13:47.779><c> and</c><00:13:48.500><c> empty.</c>

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And<00:13:55.019><c> the</c><00:13:55.399><c> Spirit</c><00:13:56.220><c> of</c><00:13:57.080><c> God</c><00:13:57.820><c> was</c><00:13:59.340><c> hovering</c><00:14:00.320><c> over</c><00:14:02.240><c> the</c><00:14:02.840><c> waters.</c>

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What<00:14:09.720><c> you</c><00:14:09.960><c> see</c><00:14:10.120><c> on</c><00:14:10.340><c> the</c><00:14:10.519><c> slide</c><00:14:10.840><c> here</c><00:14:11.320><c> is</c><00:14:11.639><c> that</c><00:14:12.539><c> this</c><00:14:13.500><c> movement,</c>

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this<00:14:15.519><c> hovering,</c><00:14:17.000><c> is</c><00:14:17.240><c> God's</c><00:14:18.100><c> first</c><00:14:18.659><c> action</c><00:14:19.440><c> in</c><00:14:20.299><c> the</c><00:14:20.500><c> Bible.</c>

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Before<00:14:22.899><c> He</c><00:14:23.320><c> spoke,</c><00:14:24.620><c> before</c><00:14:25.100><c> He</c><00:14:25.340><c> did</c><00:14:25.740><c> anything,</c>

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His<00:14:27.879><c> Spirit,</c><00:14:28.720><c> His</c><00:14:29.100><c> power,</c><00:14:30.240><c> was</c><00:14:30.580><c> hovering.</c>

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It<00:14:31.659><c> was</c><00:14:32.179><c> waiting</c><00:14:32.820><c> to</c><00:14:33.919><c> act.</c>

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And<00:14:38.039><c> whenever</c><00:14:38.440><c> the</c><00:14:38.980><c> Spirit</c><00:14:39.379><c> moves,</c>

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chaos<00:14:43.779><c> becomes</c><00:14:44.980><c> order.</c>

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So<00:14:46.879><c> think</c><00:14:47.159><c> about</c><00:14:47.940><c> the</c><00:14:48.519><c> ancients,</c>

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who<00:14:50.200><c> are</c><00:14:50.919><c> reading</c><00:14:51.559><c> the</c><00:14:52.059><c> story</c><00:14:52.440><c> of</c><00:14:52.799><c> creation,</c>

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and<00:14:55.179><c> from</c><00:14:55.480><c> their</c><00:14:55.860><c> perspective,</c><00:14:56.980><c> the</c><00:14:57.360><c> scariest</c><00:14:58.120><c> places</c><00:14:58.879><c> in</c>

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These<00:15:11.399><c> were</c><00:15:11.620><c> things</c><00:15:11.919><c> that</c><00:15:12.100><c> they</c><00:15:12.440><c> couldn't</c><00:15:12.779><c> control.</c>

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you<00:15:20.860><c> know,</c><00:15:20.860><c> you</c><00:15:21.059><c> come</c><00:15:21.259><c> to</c><00:15:21.519><c> that</c><00:15:22.080><c> huge</c><00:15:22.879><c> expanse</c><00:15:23.600><c> of</c><00:15:23.879><c> desert,</c>

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and<00:15:24.559><c> if</c><00:15:24.860><c> people</c><00:15:25.179><c> got</c><00:15:25.480><c> into</c><00:15:25.820><c> that</c><00:15:26.200><c> desert,</c>

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There<00:15:31.259><c> was</c><00:15:31.600><c> nothing</c><00:15:31.960><c> that</c><00:15:32.179><c> would</c><00:15:32.419><c> give</c><00:15:32.600><c> them</c><00:15:32.840><c> a</c><00:15:33.100><c> point</c><00:15:33.299><c> of</c><00:15:33.639><c> reference.</c>

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It<00:15:34.279><c> wasn't</c><00:15:34.559><c> like</c><00:15:34.820><c> they</c><00:15:34.940><c> could</c><00:15:35.220><c> see</c><00:15:35.500><c> a</c><00:15:35.740><c> tree</c><00:15:35.919><c> and</c><00:15:36.159><c> walk</c><00:15:36.460><c> towards</c>

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They<00:15:37.500><c> would</c><00:15:37.820><c> just</c><00:15:38.179><c> wander.</c>

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And<00:15:40.139><c> so</c><00:15:40.320><c> for</c><00:15:40.519><c> them,</c><00:15:40.940><c> this</c><00:15:41.159><c> idea</c><00:15:41.840><c> of</c><00:15:42.440><c> a</c><00:15:42.899><c> created</c><00:15:43.259><c> world</c>

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described<00:15:49.480><c> their</c><00:15:49.899><c> greatest</c><00:15:50.299><c> fears.</c>

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You<00:16:01.580><c> know,</c><00:16:01.679><c> just</c><00:16:01.899><c> imagine</c><00:16:02.539><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:16:15.820><c> how</c><00:16:16.120><c> God</c><00:16:16.600><c> turned</c><00:16:17.240><c> chaos</c><00:16:17.980><c> into</c><00:16:18.379><c> order,</c>

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how<00:16:19.419><c> God</c><00:16:19.779><c> turned</c><00:16:20.179><c> darkness</c><00:16:20.820><c> into</c><00:16:21.320><c> light,</c>

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and<00:16:23.000><c> how</c><00:16:23.220><c> God</c><00:16:23.580><c> turned</c><00:16:24.679><c> nothingness</c><00:16:26.120><c> or</c><00:16:27.220><c> death</c><00:16:27.799><c> into</c><00:16:28.500><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:30.559><c> so</c><00:16:30.659><c> for</c><00:16:30.879><c> the</c><00:16:31.159><c> ancients,</c><00:16:32.220><c> the</c><00:16:32.460><c> desert</c><00:16:32.960><c> and</c><00:16:33.879><c> the</c><00:16:34.200><c> stormy</c><00:16:34.759><c> seas</c>

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But<00:16:41.240><c> for</c><00:16:41.480><c> the</c><00:16:41.840><c> Spirit,</c><00:16:43.600><c> chaos</c><00:16:43.960><c> was</c><00:16:44.539><c> not</c><00:16:44.799><c> a</c><00:16:45.059><c> threat.</c>

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And<00:16:50.700><c> it</c><00:16:50.779><c> was</c><00:16:51.080><c> through</c><00:16:51.519><c> this</c><00:16:52.759><c> word,</c><00:16:53.480><c> through</c><00:16:53.740><c> this</c><00:16:54.200><c> Spirit,</c>

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that<00:16:54.820><c> God</c><00:16:55.100><c> was</c><00:16:55.399><c> able</c><00:16:55.639><c> to</c><00:16:56.100><c> create</c><00:16:56.539><c> a</c><00:16:56.919><c> beautiful</c><00:16:57.399><c> world</c>

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It's<00:17:02.340><c> how</c><00:17:02.559><c> He</c><00:17:02.740><c> did</c><00:17:02.919><c> it.</c>

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Thoughts,<00:17:05.099><c> comments,</c><00:17:05.539><c> anything</c><00:17:05.900><c> on</c><00:17:06.339><c> the</c><00:17:06.599><c> first</c><00:17:06.819><c> few</c><00:17:07.140><c> passages</c>

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in<00:17:08.559><c> Genesis</c><00:17:09.140><c> chapter</c><00:17:09.599><c> 1?</c>

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Yeah.

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Rich.

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No.

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There's<00:17:27.680><c> a</c><00:17:27.819><c> button</c><00:17:27.960><c> that</c><00:17:28.160><c> you</c><00:17:28.220><c> can</c><00:17:28.440><c> push</c><00:17:28.720><c> up.</c>

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What's<00:17:29.640><c> up</c><00:17:29.799><c> now?</c>

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There<00:17:30.380><c> we</c><00:17:30.640><c> go.</c>

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Thanks,<00:17:32.619><c> Steve.</c>

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I<00:17:33.039><c> was</c><00:17:33.160><c> just</c><00:17:33.319><c> wondering</c><00:17:33.579><c> if</c><00:17:33.819><c> you</c><00:17:34.579><c> had</c><00:17:35.339><c> thought</c><00:17:36.000><c> of</c><00:17:36.200><c> any</c><00:17:36.440><c> other</c><00:17:36.819><c> meanings</c>

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that<00:17:38.339><c> hovering</c><00:17:38.660><c> could</c><00:17:39.059><c> have?</c>

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Because<00:17:42.319><c> I</c><00:17:42.799><c> agree</c><00:17:43.039><c> with</c><00:17:43.180><c> what</c><00:17:43.319><c> you're</c><00:17:43.500><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:17:43.880><c> I've</c><00:17:44.440><c> heard</c><00:17:44.579><c> a</c><00:17:44.920><c> nice</c><00:17:45.319><c> thought</c><00:17:45.579><c> from</c><00:17:45.819><c> someone</c><00:17:46.039><c> in</c><00:17:46.200><c> the</c><00:17:46.359><c> past.</c>

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I<00:17:46.680><c> wonder</c><00:17:46.839><c> if</c><00:17:47.019><c> you</c><00:17:47.279><c> think</c><00:17:47.400><c> there's</c><00:17:47.579><c> any</c><00:17:47.839><c> truth</c><00:17:48.039><c> in</c><00:17:48.240><c> this</c>

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that<00:17:49.079><c> another</c><00:17:49.500><c> possible</c><00:17:49.960><c> meaning</c><00:17:50.240><c> is</c><00:17:50.599><c> trembling.</c>

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Trembling,<00:17:52.119><c> yeah.</c>

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And<00:17:52.319><c> it's</c><00:17:52.539><c> almost</c><00:17:52.799><c> like</c><00:17:53.900><c> this</c><00:17:54.279><c> could</c><00:17:54.460><c> be</c><00:17:54.700><c> showing</c><00:17:54.900><c> us</c>

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the<00:17:55.519><c> emotional</c><00:17:56.059><c> side</c><00:17:56.339><c> of</c><00:17:56.599><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:17:58.180><c> like</c><00:17:58.460><c> a</c><00:17:58.960><c> father</c><00:17:59.279><c> with</c><00:17:59.559><c> a</c><00:18:00.059><c> newborn</c>

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And<00:18:06.880><c> it</c><00:18:06.880><c> only</c><00:18:07.079><c> comes</c><00:18:07.299><c> up</c><00:18:07.500><c> a</c><00:18:07.619><c> couple</c><00:18:07.799><c> of</c><00:18:07.980><c> other</c><00:18:08.180><c> times</c><00:18:08.380><c> in</c><00:18:08.619><c> Scripture,</c>

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I<00:18:09.119><c> think,</c><00:18:09.279><c> and</c><00:18:09.380><c> that</c><00:18:09.519><c> is</c><00:18:09.660><c> one</c><00:18:09.920><c> possible</c><00:18:10.299><c> thing.</c>

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Just<00:18:10.779><c> another</c><00:18:11.259><c> thought,</c><00:18:11.779><c> perhaps.</c>

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Yeah,<00:18:12.420><c> I</c><00:18:12.519><c> like</c><00:18:12.700><c> that</c><00:18:12.940><c> a</c><00:18:13.059><c> lot.</c>

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I<00:18:14.000><c> think</c><00:18:14.220><c> you</c><00:18:14.400><c> do</c><00:18:14.660><c> see</c><00:18:14.900><c> that</c><00:18:15.299><c> movement,</c>

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but<00:18:16.259><c> I</c><00:18:16.500><c> think</c><00:18:16.660><c> what</c><00:18:16.819><c> I</c><00:18:17.059><c> hear</c><00:18:17.180><c> you</c><00:18:17.460><c> saying</c><00:18:17.799><c> is</c>

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what<00:18:19.980><c> really</c><00:18:20.380><c> resonates</c><00:18:20.759><c> with</c><00:18:21.079><c> your</c><00:18:21.359><c> comment</c>

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is<00:18:21.940><c> this</c><00:18:22.180><c> idea</c><00:18:22.500><c> of</c><00:18:22.700><c> the</c><00:18:22.940><c> emotion</c><00:18:23.500><c> that</c><00:18:23.819><c> you</c><00:18:24.000><c> see</c><00:18:24.200><c> behind</c><00:18:24.559><c> the</c><00:18:24.819><c> word.</c>

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That's<00:18:27.319><c> a</c><00:18:27.359><c> good</c><00:18:27.559><c> analogy</c><00:18:27.960><c> with</c><00:18:28.240><c> the</c><00:18:28.680><c> young</c><00:18:28.900><c> dad</c>

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spoken<00:18:30.700><c> as</c><00:18:31.220><c> a</c><00:18:31.400><c> soon</c><00:18:31.599><c>-to</c><00:18:31.799><c>-be</c><00:18:31.900><c> dad.</c>

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You<00:18:32.980><c> want</c><00:18:33.059><c> to</c><00:18:33.160><c> pass</c><00:18:33.339><c> that</c><00:18:33.480><c> back</c><00:18:33.619><c> to</c><00:18:33.819><c> Chris?</c>

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One<00:18:39.059><c> of</c><00:18:39.220><c> the</c><00:18:39.359><c> verses</c><00:18:39.579><c> that</c><00:18:39.819><c> Joel</c><00:18:39.980><c> was</c><00:18:40.160><c> thinking</c><00:18:40.420><c> of</c>

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is,<00:18:41.319><c> I</c><00:18:41.799><c> believe,</c><00:18:42.099><c> in</c><00:18:42.160><c> Matthew</c><00:18:42.539><c> 23</c>

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where<00:18:44.079><c> Jesus</c><00:18:44.500><c> says</c><00:18:44.920><c> unto</c><00:18:45.180><c> Israel,</c>

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How<00:18:45.700><c> often</c><00:18:46.019><c> I</c><00:18:46.319><c> would</c><00:18:46.519><c> have</c><00:18:46.640><c> gathered</c><00:18:46.980><c> you</c>

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like<00:18:48.119><c> a</c><00:18:48.460><c> hen</c><00:18:49.140><c> gathers</c><00:18:50.140><c> her</c><00:18:50.480><c> chicks.</c>

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And<00:18:51.200><c> it's</c><00:18:51.420><c> the</c><00:18:51.539><c> same</c><00:18:51.799><c> idea</c><00:18:52.119><c> of</c><00:18:52.420><c> brooding</c><00:18:52.940><c> or</c><00:18:53.660><c> sitting</c><00:18:53.960><c> upon,</c>

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very<00:18:55.759><c> much</c><00:18:56.160><c> like</c><00:18:56.579><c> hovering</c><00:18:56.799><c> over,</c>

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how<00:18:58.240><c> God</c><00:18:58.539><c> hovered</c><00:18:58.880><c> over</c><00:18:59.160><c> Israel,</c>

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trying<00:18:59.819><c> to</c><00:19:00.119><c> gather</c><00:19:00.380><c> them,</c><00:19:00.619><c> but</c><00:19:00.779><c> they</c><00:19:01.019><c> would</c><00:19:01.240><c> not.</c>

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Yeah.

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Thanks<00:19:05.460><c> for</c><00:19:05.680><c> that.</c>

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So,<00:19:08.420><c> I</c><00:19:08.519><c> think</c><00:19:08.779><c> that</c><00:19:09.059><c> when</c><00:19:09.859><c> we</c><00:19:10.039><c> look</c><00:19:10.200><c> at</c><00:19:10.299><c> Genesis</c><00:19:10.740><c> 1,</c>

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one<00:19:13.000><c> of</c><00:19:13.119><c> the</c><00:19:13.259><c> things</c><00:19:13.460><c> that</c><00:19:14.119><c> stood</c><00:19:14.380><c> out</c><00:19:14.660><c> to</c><00:19:14.799><c> me</c>

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was<00:19:16.480><c> that</c><00:19:16.720><c> this</c><00:19:17.059><c> hovering</c><00:19:18.160><c> or</c><00:19:18.819><c> trembling</c>

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was<00:19:20.559><c> the</c><00:19:20.859><c> first</c><00:19:21.220><c> action</c><00:19:21.740><c> in</c><00:19:22.039><c> Scripture.</c>

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And<00:19:23.539><c> I</c><00:19:23.619><c> just</c><00:19:23.819><c> think</c><00:19:23.940><c> that's</c><00:19:24.200><c> really</c><00:19:24.480><c> kind</c><00:19:24.640><c> of</c><00:19:24.799><c> interesting.</c>

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This<00:19:26.420><c> is</c><00:19:26.660><c> the</c><00:19:26.900><c> first</c><00:19:27.380><c> action</c><00:19:27.859><c> that</c><00:19:28.039><c> we</c><00:19:28.259><c> read</c><00:19:28.420><c> about</c><00:19:28.680><c> in</c><00:19:28.940><c> Scripture.</c>

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And<00:19:30.420><c> so</c><00:19:30.619><c> as</c><00:19:30.819><c> we</c><00:19:31.039><c> continue</c><00:19:31.519><c> this</c><00:19:31.960><c> thought</c><00:19:32.279><c> about</c><00:19:32.880><c> the</c><00:19:33.480><c> Spirit,</c>

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we<00:19:34.420><c> might</c><00:19:34.599><c> ask</c><00:19:34.859><c> the</c><00:19:35.019><c> question,</c><00:19:35.380><c> what</c><00:19:35.559><c> does</c><00:19:35.839><c> the</c><00:19:36.200><c> Spirit</c><00:19:36.500><c> mean?</c>

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And<00:19:37.220><c> in</c><00:19:37.380><c> the</c><00:19:37.599><c> Jewish</c><00:19:37.920><c> Scriptures</c>

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and<00:19:39.619><c> in</c><00:19:40.000><c> the</c><00:19:40.660><c> Greek</c><00:19:40.940><c> Scriptures,</c>

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the<00:19:41.680><c> New</c><00:19:41.960><c> Testament</c><00:19:42.480><c> Scriptures,</c>

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there<00:19:43.259><c> are</c><00:19:43.500><c> really</c><00:19:43.859><c> two</c><00:19:44.200><c> words</c>

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that<00:19:45.279><c> are</c><00:19:45.779><c> often</c><00:19:46.359><c> used</c><00:19:48.559><c> to</c><00:19:50.619><c> describe</c><00:19:51.319><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:19:52.660><c> those</c><00:19:52.960><c> words</c><00:19:53.319><c> are</c><00:19:53.700><c> breath.</c>

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Breath<00:19:57.360><c> or</c><00:19:58.160><c> wind.</c>

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So<00:20:10.140><c> in</c><00:20:10.940><c> the</c><00:20:11.220><c> Jewish</c><00:20:11.500><c> Scripture,</c>

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the<00:20:12.380><c> Hebrew</c><00:20:12.759><c> word</c><00:20:13.160><c> is</c><00:20:13.519><c> ruach.</c>

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Like<00:20:15.819><c> that</c><00:20:16.200><c> guttural</c><00:20:16.599><c> sound,</c><00:20:17.279><c> ruach.</c>

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And<00:20:19.559><c> it</c><00:20:19.680><c> means</c><00:20:20.059><c> breath.</c>

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In<00:20:21.640><c> the</c><00:20:21.759><c> New</c><00:20:22.000><c> Testament,</c>

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it's<00:20:23.019><c> the</c><00:20:23.380><c> Greek</c><00:20:23.660><c> word</c><00:20:24.119><c> nouma.</c>

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And<00:20:27.460><c> if</c><00:20:28.019><c> you</c><00:20:28.319><c> think</c><00:20:28.539><c> about</c><00:20:29.680><c> the</c><00:20:31.619><c> ancients</c>

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who<00:20:33.759><c> are</c><00:20:34.039><c> reading</c><00:20:34.380><c> the</c><00:20:34.740><c> creation</c><00:20:35.240><c> story</c>

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and<00:20:37.440><c> they're</c><00:20:37.700><c> reading</c><00:20:38.119><c> about</c><00:20:38.480><c> this</c><00:20:39.039><c> Spirit</c>

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or<00:20:40.099><c> this</c><00:20:40.500><c> breath</c><00:20:41.279><c> that's</c><00:20:42.079><c> hovering</c>

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or<00:20:43.420><c> trembling</c><00:20:44.140><c> over</c><00:20:44.579><c> the</c><00:20:44.859><c> waters,</c>

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you<00:20:46.599><c> can</c><00:20:46.839><c> imagine</c><00:20:47.220><c> them</c><00:20:47.480><c> trying</c><00:20:47.779><c> to</c><00:20:48.180><c> understand</c><00:20:48.779><c> it</c>

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by<00:20:49.339><c> perhaps</c><00:20:50.220><c> just</c><00:20:50.839><c> putting</c><00:20:51.059><c> their</c><00:20:51.460><c> hand</c><00:20:51.839><c> up</c>

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over<00:20:53.519><c> their</c><00:20:53.839><c> mouth.</c>

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And<00:20:55.819><c> if</c><00:20:55.940><c> you</c><00:20:56.119><c> just</c><00:20:56.400><c> say</c><00:20:57.059><c> breath</c>

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or<00:20:59.400><c> hello</c><00:21:00.079><c> or</c><00:21:01.420><c> ruach,</c>

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you<00:21:03.279><c> can</c><00:21:03.779><c> feel</c><00:21:04.240><c> something.</c>

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There's<00:21:06.359><c> something</c><00:21:06.660><c> that's</c><00:21:07.079><c> coming</c><00:21:07.240><c> out</c><00:21:07.579><c> of</c><00:21:07.759><c> you,</c><00:21:07.940><c> right?</c>

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You<00:21:08.500><c> can</c><00:21:09.440><c> feel</c><00:21:09.920><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:21:10.819><c> this</c><00:21:11.160><c> invisible</c><00:21:11.779><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:21:12.559><c> there's</c><00:21:13.019><c> some</c><00:21:13.400><c> movement</c><00:21:13.960><c> to</c><00:21:14.259><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:21:14.680><c> some</c><00:21:15.000><c> power</c><00:21:15.539><c> to</c><00:21:15.819><c> it.</c>

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So<00:21:17.680><c> just</c><00:21:18.019><c> like</c><00:21:18.259><c> the</c><00:21:18.579><c> wind</c><00:21:18.819><c> is</c><00:21:19.140><c> invisible,</c>

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just<00:21:21.940><c> like</c><00:21:22.240><c> breath</c><00:21:22.559><c> is</c><00:21:22.920><c> invisible,</c>

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God's<00:21:25.539><c> Spirit</c><00:21:26.019><c> works</c><00:21:27.000><c> unseen.</c>

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But<00:21:30.619><c> it's</c><00:21:30.880><c> powerful.</c>

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The<00:21:32.980><c> ancients</c><00:21:33.380><c> could</c><00:21:33.799><c> sit</c>

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and<00:21:36.940><c> look</c><00:21:37.180><c> up</c><00:21:37.440><c> at</c><00:21:37.599><c> the</c><00:21:37.880><c> sky</c>

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and<00:21:39.880><c> they</c><00:21:40.039><c> could</c><00:21:40.460><c> see</c><00:21:41.220><c> somehow</c>

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the<00:21:43.279><c> clouds</c><00:21:43.799><c> moving.</c>

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They<00:21:46.059><c> didn't</c><00:21:46.319><c> know</c><00:21:46.640><c> how,</c>

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but<00:21:48.519><c> there</c><00:21:49.279><c> was</c><00:21:49.660><c> something</c><00:21:50.259><c> in</c><00:21:50.539><c> their</c><00:21:50.880><c> mind</c>

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that<00:21:52.019><c> was</c><00:21:52.380><c> causing</c><00:21:53.000><c> these</c><00:21:53.460><c> clouds</c>

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to<00:21:55.019><c> come</c><00:21:55.220><c> across</c><00:21:56.079><c> the</c><00:21:56.619><c> sky.</c>

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What<00:21:58.819><c> was</c><00:21:59.160><c> it?</c>

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It<00:22:00.920><c> was</c><00:22:01.200><c> the</c><00:22:01.500><c> breath</c><00:22:02.380><c> of</c><00:22:02.980><c> God.</c>

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Unseen,<00:22:07.359><c> but</c><00:22:07.680><c> there</c><00:22:07.880><c> was</c><00:22:08.180><c> power</c><00:22:08.759><c> to</c><00:22:09.079><c> it.</c>

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The<00:22:11.400><c> ancients</c><00:22:11.779><c> could</c><00:22:12.140><c> sit</c>

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and<00:22:12.599><c> they</c><00:22:12.819><c> could</c><00:22:13.220><c> look</c><00:22:13.500><c> up</c><00:22:13.720><c> at</c><00:22:13.880><c> a</c><00:22:14.160><c> tree</c>

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and<00:22:14.720><c> they</c><00:22:14.839><c> could</c><00:22:15.200><c> see</c><00:22:16.119><c> the</c><00:22:16.579><c> leaves</c><00:22:16.920><c> flutter.</c>

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They<00:22:18.640><c> didn't</c><00:22:18.819><c> know</c><00:22:19.000><c> how</c><00:22:19.339><c> it</c><00:22:19.619><c> worked,</c>

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but<00:22:22.019><c> they</c><00:22:22.339><c> understood</c><00:22:23.160><c> that</c><00:22:24.299><c> it</c><00:22:24.460><c> was</c><00:22:24.779><c> moving</c>

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because<00:22:25.859><c> of</c><00:22:26.140><c> the</c><00:22:26.660><c> Spirit</c>

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or<00:22:27.980><c> the</c><00:22:28.259><c> breath</c><00:22:28.740><c> of</c><00:22:29.000><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:31.000><c> at</c><00:22:31.140><c> times,</c><00:22:31.680><c> this</c><00:22:31.980><c> breath</c><00:22:32.339><c> was</c><00:22:32.599><c> so</c><00:22:33.140><c> powerful</c>

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So<00:23:17.759><c> I</c><00:23:17.859><c> think</c><00:23:18.039><c> it's</c><00:23:18.220><c> really</c><00:23:18.480><c> helpful</c><00:23:18.759><c> for</c><00:23:19.019><c> me</c>

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who's<00:23:29.240><c> understanding</c><00:23:30.059><c> that</c><00:23:30.519><c> the</c><00:23:31.039><c> wind</c>

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is<00:23:31.680><c> caused</c><00:23:31.960><c> by</c><00:23:32.319><c> pressure</c><00:23:32.740><c> changes</c>

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or<00:23:33.779><c> whatever</c><00:23:34.400><c> it</c><00:23:34.700><c> is,</c>

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who's<00:23:39.019><c> trying</c><00:23:39.359><c> to</c><00:23:39.660><c> make</c><00:23:39.980><c> sense</c><00:23:40.359><c> of</c><00:23:40.579><c> this</c><00:23:40.859><c> world</c>

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that<00:23:41.519><c> he's</c><00:23:41.799><c> living</c><00:23:42.039><c> in.</c>

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And<00:23:44.539><c> for</c><00:23:44.740><c> them,</c><00:23:46.319><c> the</c><00:23:46.579><c> breath</c><00:23:46.920><c> of</c><00:23:47.119><c> God</c>

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demonstrated<00:23:49.339><c> how</c><00:23:50.359><c> God</c><00:23:52.240><c> acted</c><00:23:52.839><c> in</c><00:23:53.079><c> His</c><00:23:53.400><c> creation.</c>

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So<00:23:56.339><c> let's</c><00:23:57.059><c> continue</c><00:23:57.619><c> this</c><00:23:58.039><c> thought,</c>

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and<00:23:58.559><c> we'll</c><00:23:58.779><c> do</c><00:23:58.980><c> it</c><00:23:59.180><c> by</c><00:23:59.539><c> looking</c><00:24:00.000><c> at</c><00:24:00.819><c> the</c><00:24:01.200><c> Spirit</c><00:24:01.480><c> of</c><00:24:01.700><c> God</c>

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in<00:24:02.539><c> creation</c><00:24:03.079><c> itself.</c>

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are<00:24:06.480><c> several</c><00:24:07.019><c> passages</c>

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where<00:24:09.339><c> the</c><00:24:10.180><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:10.740><c> word</c>

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that<00:24:12.259><c> has</c><00:24:12.500><c> been</c><00:24:12.859><c> translated</c><00:24:13.559><c> as</c><00:24:14.140><c> breath</c><00:24:14.700><c> in</c><00:24:14.980><c> English</c>

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or<00:24:15.940><c> spirit</c><00:24:16.720><c> in</c><00:24:17.099><c> English</c>

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is<00:24:18.099><c> actually</c><00:24:18.579><c> that</c><00:24:19.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:19.440><c> word</c><00:24:19.980><c> ruach.</c>

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Again,<00:24:22.740><c> it's</c><00:24:23.099><c> this</c><00:24:23.319><c> idea</c><00:24:23.980><c> of</c><00:24:24.319><c> God</c><00:24:24.680><c> breathing.</c>

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So<00:24:26.380><c> let's</c><00:24:26.660><c> turn</c><00:24:26.980><c> to</c><00:24:27.200><c> Genesis</c><00:24:27.700><c> 2,</c><00:24:29.660><c> verse</c><00:24:30.039><c> 7.</c>

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It<00:24:33.000><c> says,</c>

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And<00:24:40.440><c> so,</c><00:24:40.799><c> again,</c><00:24:41.480><c> picture</c><00:24:41.799><c> yourself</c><00:24:42.299><c> as</c><00:24:42.539><c> an</c><00:24:42.779><c> ancient</c>

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who<00:24:43.319><c> is</c><00:24:43.599><c> seeing</c><00:24:43.900><c> this</c><00:24:44.420><c> clay</c><00:24:44.799><c> man,</c>

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this<00:24:46.279><c> atom,</c><00:24:46.900><c> dirt,</c>

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this<00:24:49.539><c> inanimate</c><00:24:50.180><c> thing</c>

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all<00:24:52.500><c> of</c><00:24:52.720><c> a</c><00:24:52.819><c> sudden</c><00:24:53.079><c> come</c><00:24:53.440><c> to</c><00:24:53.779><c> life.</c>

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Genesis<00:24:59.359><c> 2,</c><00:24:59.880><c> verse</c><00:25:00.119><c> 7,</c>

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and<00:25:05.740><c> breathed</c><00:25:07.519><c> into</c><00:25:07.920><c> his</c><00:25:08.279><c> nostrils</c>

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the<00:25:10.119><c> breath,</c><00:25:11.839><c> the</c><00:25:12.259><c> ruach</c><00:25:12.940><c> of</c><00:25:13.519><c> life.</c>

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that<00:25:23.400><c> things</c><00:25:23.920><c> come</c><00:25:24.319><c> to</c><00:25:24.599><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:26.380><c> this</c><00:25:26.539><c> is</c><00:25:26.799><c> one</c><00:25:27.000><c> of</c><00:25:27.140><c> the</c><00:25:27.380><c> things</c>

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that<00:25:27.920><c> the</c><00:25:28.240><c> ancients</c><00:25:28.539><c> believed</c>

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and<00:25:29.299><c> we</c><00:25:29.599><c> see</c><00:25:29.779><c> it</c><00:25:30.019><c> today</c>

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throughout<00:25:30.779><c> the</c><00:25:31.079><c> Scriptures.</c>

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Turn<00:25:34.000><c> to</c><00:25:34.240><c> Job.</c>

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We'll<00:25:34.980><c> look</c><00:25:35.180><c> at</c><00:25:35.319><c> two</c><00:25:35.539><c> passages,</c>

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a<00:25:36.359><c> couple</c><00:25:36.539><c> of</c><00:25:36.839><c> passages</c><00:25:37.200><c> from</c><00:25:37.559><c> Job.</c>

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We'll<00:25:38.180><c> start</c><00:25:38.500><c> in</c><00:25:38.920><c> chapter</c><00:25:39.740><c> 27.</c>

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Again,<00:25:44.599><c> Job</c><00:25:44.799><c> is</c><00:25:44.980><c> one</c><00:25:45.180><c> of</c><00:25:45.299><c> those</c>

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very<00:25:46.180><c> early</c><00:25:46.720><c> books</c><00:25:47.079><c> in</c><00:25:47.299><c> the</c><00:25:47.559><c> Scriptures,</c>

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one<00:25:48.220><c> of</c><00:25:48.339><c> the</c><00:25:48.579><c> oldest</c><00:25:49.039><c> books</c><00:25:49.380><c> in</c><00:25:49.579><c> the</c><00:25:49.779><c> Scriptures.</c>

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Job,<00:25:53.599><c> chapter</c><00:25:53.940><c> 27,</c><00:25:54.700><c> verse</c><00:25:55.039><c> 3.</c>

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What's<00:25:58.920><c> happening</c><00:25:59.160><c> here</c><00:25:59.700><c> is</c><00:26:00.000><c> Job</c>

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is<00:26:00.680><c> sort</c><00:26:00.799><c> of</c><00:26:01.160><c> complaining.</c>

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He's<00:26:03.339><c> complaining</c><00:26:03.859><c> that</c><00:26:04.240><c> God</c><00:26:04.759><c> has</c><00:26:05.279><c> denied</c><00:26:05.740><c> him</c><00:26:06.099><c> justice,</c>

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that<00:26:06.940><c> he</c><00:26:07.259><c> is</c><00:26:08.279><c> experiencing</c><00:26:09.339><c> the</c><00:26:09.779><c> trouble</c>

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that<00:26:10.380><c> he's</c><00:26:10.599><c> been</c><00:26:10.920><c> going</c><00:26:11.140><c> through</c>

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without<00:26:12.480><c> cause,</c><00:26:14.019><c> without</c><00:26:14.519><c> reason.</c>

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He<00:26:16.480><c> says</c><00:26:16.880><c> in</c><00:26:17.319><c> verse</c><00:26:17.680><c> 2,</c>

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As<00:26:18.220><c> surely</c><00:26:18.640><c> as</c><00:26:18.859><c> God</c><00:26:19.119><c> lived,</c>

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who's<00:26:19.960><c> denied</c><00:26:20.380><c> me</c><00:26:20.759><c> justice,</c>

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the<00:26:21.500><c> Almighty</c><00:26:21.960><c> who's</c><00:26:22.359><c> made</c><00:26:22.559><c> me</c><00:26:22.819><c> taste</c>

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bitterness<00:26:23.579><c> of</c><00:26:23.839><c> the</c><00:26:24.119><c> soul,</c>

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he's<00:26:25.420><c> complaining</c><00:26:25.920><c> here.</c>

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And<00:26:27.240><c> he's</c><00:26:27.579><c> so</c><00:26:28.119><c> emphatic</c><00:26:28.859><c> about</c><00:26:29.180><c> his</c><00:26:29.420><c> complaint</c>

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that<00:26:30.099><c> God</c><00:26:30.519><c> is</c><00:26:31.099><c> denying</c><00:26:31.539><c> him</c><00:26:31.900><c> justice.</c>

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He<00:26:33.559><c> says,</c><00:26:33.980><c> as</c><00:26:34.420><c> long</c><00:26:34.900><c> as</c><00:26:35.200><c> I</c><00:26:35.559><c> live,</c>

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as<00:26:37.960><c> long</c><00:26:38.299><c> as</c><00:26:38.519><c> I</c><00:26:38.660><c> have</c><00:26:38.819><c> life</c><00:26:39.160><c> within</c><00:26:39.519><c> me,</c>

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the<00:26:40.900><c> breath</c><00:26:41.359><c> of</c><00:26:41.740><c> God</c><00:26:42.119><c> in</c><00:26:42.480><c> my</c><00:26:42.859><c> nostrils,</c>

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my<00:26:45.220><c> lips</c><00:26:45.579><c> will</c><00:26:45.960><c> not</c><00:26:46.339><c> speak</c><00:26:46.900><c> wickedness,</c>

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and<00:26:48.559><c> my</c><00:26:48.859><c> tongue</c><00:26:49.480><c> will</c><00:26:49.900><c> it</c><00:26:50.160><c> utter</c><00:26:50.579><c> no</c><00:26:51.700><c> deceit.</c>

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Think<00:26:53.500><c> that</c><00:26:53.660><c> what</c><00:26:53.819><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.140><c> getting</c><00:26:54.380><c> from</c><00:26:54.640><c> this</c><00:26:54.880><c> particular</c><00:26:55.599><c> passage</c>

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is<00:26:56.460><c> the</c><00:26:56.680><c> idea</c><00:26:57.160><c> that</c><00:26:57.660><c> Job</c><00:26:58.119><c> recognizes</c>

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that<00:27:00.500><c> his</c><00:27:01.000><c> life</c><00:27:01.660><c> is</c><00:27:03.039><c> sustained</c><00:27:03.940><c> by</c><00:27:05.240><c> God's</c><00:27:06.000><c> Spirit,</c>

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by<00:27:07.500><c> God's</c><00:27:08.099><c> breath.</c>

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the<00:27:12.920><c> breath</c><00:27:13.400><c> of</c><00:27:13.720><c> God</c><00:27:13.960><c> in</c><00:27:14.220><c> my</c><00:27:14.460><c> nostrils,</c>

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as<00:27:15.319><c> long</c><00:27:15.680><c> as</c><00:27:15.880><c> I'm</c><00:27:16.119><c> alive,</c>

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I'm<00:27:17.960><c> never</c><00:27:18.200><c> going</c><00:27:18.400><c> to</c><00:27:18.660><c> speak</c><00:27:18.839><c> an</c><00:27:19.119><c> ill</c><00:27:19.400><c> word,</c>

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is<00:27:20.079><c> what</c><00:27:20.220><c> he's</c><00:27:20.619><c> saying.</c>

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Job<00:27:21.900><c> recognizes</c><00:27:22.920><c> that</c><00:27:23.559><c> not</c><00:27:23.940><c> only</c><00:27:24.220><c> did</c><00:27:24.500><c> God</c>

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create<00:27:25.859><c> Adam</c><00:27:26.279><c> through</c><00:27:26.619><c> his</c><00:27:26.940><c> breath,</c>

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but<00:27:28.599><c> God</c><00:27:28.960><c> sustains</c><00:27:29.799><c> life</c><00:27:30.579><c> through</c><00:27:31.400><c> the</c><00:27:31.759><c> breath</c>

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that<00:27:32.359><c> he</c><00:27:32.640><c> gives</c><00:27:33.000><c> each</c><00:27:33.519><c> one</c><00:27:33.759><c> of</c><00:27:33.980><c> us.</c>

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Any<00:27:36.339><c> comments</c><00:27:36.779><c> about</c><00:27:37.140><c> that?</c>

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Anybody<00:27:37.740><c> want</c><00:27:38.019><c> to</c><00:27:38.220><c> add</c><00:27:38.420><c> anything?</c>

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Yeah,<00:27:39.480><c> Gordon.</c>

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Let<00:27:42.720><c> me</c><00:27:42.819><c> get</c><00:27:43.039><c> our</c><00:27:43.480><c> runners</c><00:27:43.759><c> coming</c><00:27:44.039><c> up</c><00:27:44.220><c> the</c><00:27:44.460><c> aisle</c><00:27:44.640><c> with</c><00:27:44.900><c> the...</c>

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I'm<00:27:45.680><c> not</c><00:27:46.220><c> impressed.</c>

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I<00:27:51.000><c> think</c><00:27:52.079><c> what</c><00:27:55.119><c> Genesis</c><00:27:55.680><c> reveals</c>

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is<00:27:57.980><c> God's</c><00:27:59.059><c> absolute</c><00:27:59.640><c> authority,</c><00:28:02.079><c> majesty,</c><00:28:03.299><c> and</c><00:28:03.680><c> power.</c>

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And<00:28:05.440><c> while</c><00:28:05.619><c> he</c><00:28:05.819><c> doesn't</c><00:28:06.180><c> go</c><00:28:06.460><c> into</c><00:28:06.779><c> detail</c>

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on<00:28:08.339><c> how</c><00:28:09.220><c> he</c><00:28:09.640><c> created</c><00:28:10.079><c> everything,</c>

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he<00:28:12.259><c> does</c><00:28:12.940><c> tell</c><00:28:13.960><c> us</c><00:28:14.359><c> about</c><00:28:14.779><c> his</c><00:28:15.400><c> plan</c><00:28:15.839><c> and</c><00:28:16.420><c> purpose.</c>

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So<00:28:20.580><c> that's</c><00:28:21.400><c> speculation</c><00:28:22.079><c> about</c><00:28:23.640><c> how</c><00:28:24.299><c> things</c><00:28:24.660><c> are,</c>

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how<00:28:25.759><c> about</c><00:28:26.019><c> dinosaurs</c><00:28:26.619><c> and</c><00:28:26.900><c> all</c><00:28:27.079><c> that</c><00:28:27.200><c> sort</c><00:28:27.380><c> of</c><00:28:27.519><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:28:30.000><c> just</c><00:28:30.240><c> speculation.</c>

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That's<00:28:31.559><c> right.</c><00:28:32.160><c> Think</c><00:28:32.579><c> about</c><00:28:32.940><c> it,</c><00:28:33.099><c> Gordon.</c>

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He<00:28:33.200><c> told</c><00:28:33.460><c> us</c><00:28:33.960><c> everything</c><00:28:34.579><c> we</c><00:28:34.980><c> need</c><00:28:35.279><c> to</c><00:28:35.539><c> know.</c>

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Yeah,<00:28:36.119><c> I</c><00:28:36.339><c> think</c><00:28:36.559><c> you're</c><00:28:36.779><c> right.</c>

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And<00:28:37.480><c> the</c><00:28:37.519><c> way</c><00:28:37.660><c> I</c><00:28:37.920><c> think</c><00:28:38.079><c> of</c><00:28:38.200><c> it</c><00:28:38.339><c> is</c><00:28:38.599><c> the</c><00:28:38.980><c> ancients</c>

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had<00:28:39.579><c> no</c><00:28:39.859><c> idea</c><00:28:40.339><c> of</c><00:28:40.579><c> what</c><00:28:40.880><c> science</c><00:28:41.259><c> was.</c>

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They<00:28:42.460><c> had</c><00:28:42.680><c> no</c><00:28:42.980><c> idea</c><00:28:43.319><c> of</c><00:28:43.619><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:28:45.680><c> so</c><00:28:46.099><c> the</c><00:28:46.519><c> Bible</c><00:28:46.839><c> is</c><00:28:47.119><c> not</c><00:28:47.319><c> a</c><00:28:47.579><c> science</c><00:28:47.900><c> book.</c>

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It's<00:28:49.500><c> a</c><00:28:49.660><c> book</c><00:28:49.819><c> that</c><00:28:50.140><c> teaches</c><00:28:50.440><c> us</c><00:28:50.819><c> why</c><00:28:51.579><c> God</c><00:28:52.059><c> created.</c>

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And<00:28:53.599><c> what's</c><00:28:53.940><c> important</c><00:28:54.319><c> for</c><00:28:54.579><c> us</c><00:28:54.839><c> is</c><00:28:54.980><c> not</c><00:28:55.319><c> how,</c><00:28:55.880><c> in</c><00:28:56.059><c> my</c><00:28:56.359><c> view,</c>

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it's<00:28:56.740><c> not</c><00:28:57.000><c> how</c><00:28:57.400><c> he</c><00:28:57.640><c> created,</c><00:28:58.960><c> but</c><00:28:59.339><c> why,</c>

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and<00:29:00.740><c> the</c><00:29:00.940><c> fact</c><00:29:01.119><c> that</c><00:29:01.359><c> he</c><00:29:01.700><c> is</c><00:29:02.279><c> the</c><00:29:02.619><c> creator,</c>

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and<00:29:03.980><c> that</c><00:29:04.160><c> it</c><00:29:04.279><c> is</c><00:29:04.579><c> God</c><00:29:04.980><c> who</c><00:29:05.279><c> created,</c>

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and<00:29:05.839><c> it's</c><00:29:06.079><c> God's</c><00:29:06.579><c> power</c><00:29:07.339><c> that</c><00:29:08.740><c> creates</c><00:29:09.400><c> and</c><00:29:10.000><c> sustains</c><00:29:10.539><c> life.</c>

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Let's<00:29:13.579><c> go</c><00:29:13.900><c> on,</c><00:29:14.339><c> and</c><00:29:14.460><c> we'll</c><00:29:14.619><c> look</c><00:29:14.880><c> at</c><00:29:15.099><c> Job</c><00:29:15.339><c> chapter...</c>

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we<00:29:15.940><c> just</c><00:29:16.180><c> looked</c><00:29:16.359><c> at</c><00:29:16.500><c> Job</c><00:29:16.759><c> chapter</c><00:29:17.200><c> 27,</c>

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and<00:29:18.319><c> if</c><00:29:18.480><c> you</c><00:29:18.579><c> just</c><00:29:18.799><c> turn</c><00:29:19.079><c> a</c><00:29:19.480><c> couple</c><00:29:19.799><c> of</c><00:29:20.039><c> pages,</c>

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we<00:29:20.559><c> come</c><00:29:20.740><c> to</c><00:29:21.059><c> the</c><00:29:21.180><c> 33rd</c><00:29:21.980><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:29:24.039><c> here</c><00:29:24.339><c> we</c><00:29:24.599><c> see</c><00:29:24.880><c> Job</c><00:29:25.240><c> continuing</c><00:29:25.960><c> his</c><00:29:26.359><c> discourse,</c>

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and<00:29:28.220><c> he</c><00:29:28.420><c> says</c><00:29:28.819><c> in</c><00:29:29.559><c> verse</c><00:29:29.980><c> 4,</c>

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the<00:29:31.619><c> Spirit</c><00:29:32.500><c> of</c><00:29:32.960><c> God</c><00:29:33.519><c> has</c><00:29:34.180><c> made</c><00:29:34.599><c> me.</c>

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That<00:29:36.380><c> word</c><00:29:36.859><c> Spirit</c><00:29:37.440><c> that</c><00:29:37.640><c> you</c><00:29:37.859><c> see</c><00:29:38.319><c> highlighted</c><00:29:38.940><c> there</c><00:29:39.299><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:39.759><c> screen</c>

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is<00:29:40.819><c> the</c><00:29:40.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:41.339><c> word</c><00:29:41.920><c> ruach,</c>

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which<00:29:43.539><c> is</c><00:29:43.779><c> often</c><00:29:44.180><c> translated</c><00:29:44.759><c> breath.</c>

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The<00:29:46.400><c> breath</c><00:29:46.740><c> of</c><00:29:46.980><c> God</c><00:29:47.240><c> has</c><00:29:47.559><c> made</c><00:29:47.799><c> me.</c>

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The<00:29:48.859><c> ruach,</c><00:29:49.740><c> the</c><00:29:49.940><c> breath</c><00:29:50.420><c> of</c><00:29:50.680><c> the</c><00:29:50.920><c> Almighty,</c>

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has<00:29:52.519><c> given</c><00:29:52.920><c> me</c><00:29:53.460><c> life.</c>

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Given<00:29:55.380><c> me</c><00:29:55.799><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:29:58.180><c> the</c><00:29:58.319><c> breath</c><00:29:58.619><c> of</c><00:29:58.940><c> God,</c><00:29:59.200><c> the</c><00:29:59.440><c> Spirit</c><00:29:59.740><c> of</c><00:29:59.940><c> God,</c>

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that<00:30:00.299><c> creates</c><00:30:01.059><c> and</c><00:30:01.779><c> sustains</c><00:30:02.220><c> life.</c>

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Look<00:30:03.200><c> at</c><00:30:03.380><c> this</c><00:30:03.579><c> in</c><00:30:03.759><c> the</c><00:30:03.900><c> next</c><00:30:04.180><c> chapter,</c><00:30:04.599><c> chapter</c><00:30:05.000><c> 34,</c>

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and<00:30:05.819><c> I</c><00:30:05.960><c> think</c><00:30:06.099><c> this</c><00:30:06.460><c> shows</c><00:30:06.759><c> us</c>

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the<00:30:08.680><c> sustaining</c><00:30:09.660><c> aspect</c><00:30:10.539><c> of</c><00:30:11.019><c> God's</c><00:30:11.619><c> Spirit.</c>

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Verses<00:30:13.259><c> 14</c><00:30:13.759><c> and</c><00:30:14.019><c> 15.</c>

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If<00:30:16.319><c> it</c><00:30:16.880><c> were</c><00:30:17.220><c> his</c><00:30:17.539><c> intention,</c><00:30:18.299><c> speaking</c><00:30:18.559><c> of</c><00:30:18.900><c> God,</c>

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if<00:30:19.259><c> it</c><00:30:19.420><c> was</c><00:30:19.599><c> God's</c><00:30:20.099><c> intention,</c>

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and<00:30:21.319><c> he</c><00:30:21.619><c> withdrew</c><00:30:22.220><c> his</c><00:30:22.740><c> breath,</c><00:30:23.259><c> his</c><00:30:23.640><c> ruach,</c><00:30:24.380><c> his</c><00:30:24.779><c> spirit,</c>

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all<00:30:26.759><c> mankind</c><00:30:27.440><c> would</c><00:30:28.880><c> perish</c><00:30:29.640><c> together,</c>

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and<00:30:32.839><c> man</c><00:30:33.400><c> would</c><00:30:34.180><c> return</c><00:30:35.039><c> to</c><00:30:35.839><c> the</c><00:30:36.140><c> dust.</c>

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If<00:30:38.079><c> God</c><00:30:38.359><c> decided</c><00:30:38.740><c> to</c><00:30:38.960><c> take</c><00:30:39.220><c> back</c><00:30:39.519><c> his</c><00:30:39.839><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:30:40.960><c> gather</c><00:30:41.240><c> his</c><00:30:41.539><c> breath</c><00:30:41.740><c> back</c><00:30:42.119><c> to</c><00:30:42.279><c> himself,</c>

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all<00:30:44.019><c> mortal</c><00:30:44.660><c> creatures</c><00:30:45.339><c> would</c><00:30:46.640><c> expire.</c>

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We'll<00:30:48.619><c> look</c><00:30:48.819><c> at</c><00:30:49.000><c> one</c><00:30:49.220><c> more</c><00:30:49.640><c> I</c><00:30:50.079><c> don't</c><00:30:50.319><c> have</c><00:30:50.519><c> on</c><00:30:50.740><c> the</c><00:30:51.079><c> screen,</c>

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and<00:30:51.759><c> this</c><00:30:52.019><c> is</c><00:30:52.299><c> from</c><00:30:52.599><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:30:53.660><c> 12,</c>

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so<00:30:54.500><c> turn</c><00:30:54.740><c> that</c><00:30:55.000><c> up</c><00:30:55.180><c> if</c><00:30:55.339><c> you</c><00:31:00.180><c> would.</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:31:04.579><c> chapter</c><00:31:05.140><c> 12,</c>

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and<00:31:05.920><c> we'll</c><00:31:06.119><c> look</c><00:31:06.319><c> at</c><00:31:06.480><c> the</c><00:31:06.759><c> seventh</c><00:31:07.079><c> verse.</c>

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It<00:31:11.779><c> says,</c><00:31:14.200><c> we'll</c><00:31:14.500><c> start</c><00:31:14.660><c> in</c><00:31:14.819><c> verse</c><00:31:14.960><c> 6,</c>

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Remember<00:31:15.740><c> him</c><00:31:16.119><c> before</c><00:31:16.480><c> the</c><00:31:16.720><c> silver</c><00:31:17.119><c> cord</c><00:31:17.380><c> is</c><00:31:17.700><c> severed</c>

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or<00:31:18.119><c> the</c><00:31:18.279><c> golden</c><00:31:18.680><c> bowl</c><00:31:18.940><c> is</c><00:31:19.240><c> broken</c>

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before<00:31:19.900><c> the</c><00:31:20.160><c> pitcher</c><00:31:20.380><c> is</c><00:31:20.839><c> shattered</c><00:31:21.119><c> at</c><00:31:21.539><c> the</c><00:31:21.839><c> spring</c>

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or<00:31:22.900><c> the</c><00:31:23.160><c> wheel</c><00:31:23.599><c> broken</c><00:31:24.220><c> at</c><00:31:24.400><c> the</c><00:31:24.579><c> well,</c>

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and<00:31:25.819><c> dust</c><00:31:26.200><c> returns</c><00:31:27.000><c> to</c><00:31:27.279><c> the</c><00:31:27.519><c> ground</c><00:31:27.839><c> it</c><00:31:28.140><c> came</c><00:31:28.460><c> from.</c>

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He's<00:31:28.980><c> speaking</c><00:31:29.160><c> about</c><00:31:29.500><c> the</c><00:31:29.759><c> death</c><00:31:30.000><c> of</c><00:31:30.299><c> man.</c>

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And<00:31:34.140><c> the</c><00:31:34.579><c> spirit</c><00:31:35.099><c> returns</c><00:31:36.099><c> to</c><00:31:36.480><c> God</c><00:31:37.000><c> who</c><00:31:37.519><c> gave</c><00:31:37.799><c> it.</c>

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The<00:31:38.539><c> breath</c><00:31:39.180><c> returns</c><00:31:39.900><c> to</c><00:31:40.160><c> God</c><00:31:40.539><c> who</c><00:31:40.819><c> gave</c><00:31:41.079><c> it.</c>

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So<00:31:42.599><c> sometimes</c><00:31:43.220><c> people</c><00:31:43.740><c> take</c><00:31:44.079><c> this</c><00:31:44.440><c> Greek</c><00:31:44.859><c> idea</c>

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of<00:31:46.960><c> an</c><00:31:47.279><c> eternal</c><00:31:48.099><c> spirit</c><00:31:48.859><c> that</c><00:31:49.440><c> does</c><00:31:49.839><c> not</c><00:31:50.240><c> die</c>

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ascending<00:31:51.799><c> to</c><00:31:52.099><c> the</c><00:31:52.299><c> heavens,</c>

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and<00:31:53.420><c> they</c><00:31:53.579><c> will</c><00:31:53.779><c> look</c><00:31:54.000><c> at</c><00:31:54.180><c> this</c><00:31:54.480><c> passage</c>

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as<00:31:56.259><c> evidence</c><00:31:56.940><c> of</c><00:31:57.259><c> that</c><00:31:57.599><c> doctrine.</c>

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But<00:31:59.400><c> what</c><00:31:59.619><c> this</c><00:31:59.880><c> doctrine</c><00:32:00.279><c> is</c><00:32:00.660><c> instead</c><00:32:01.200><c> showing</c>

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is<00:32:01.960><c> it's</c><00:32:02.240><c> not</c><00:32:02.460><c> this</c><00:32:02.940><c> spirit</c><00:32:03.279><c> that</c><00:32:03.700><c> ascends</c><00:32:04.220><c> to</c><00:32:04.779><c> the</c><00:32:05.160><c> heavens.</c>

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It's<00:32:06.720><c> the</c><00:32:07.019><c> breath</c><00:32:07.400><c> of</c><00:32:07.640><c> God</c><00:32:08.000><c> that</c><00:32:08.319><c> once</c><00:32:08.640><c> gave</c><00:32:09.039><c> life</c><00:32:09.500><c> to</c><00:32:09.920><c> creation</c>

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is<00:32:11.200><c> now</c><00:32:11.599><c> returning</c><00:32:12.240><c> to</c><00:32:12.579><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:32:13.079><c> this</c><00:32:13.720><c> sustaining</c><00:32:14.440><c> breath,</c>

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the<00:32:15.440><c> sustaining</c><00:32:15.940><c> power</c><00:32:16.559><c> of</c><00:32:16.839><c> life,</c>

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returning<00:32:18.279><c> back</c><00:32:18.839><c> to</c><00:32:19.059><c> God.</c>

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And<00:32:19.900><c> I</c><00:32:19.980><c> think</c><00:32:20.119><c> that's</c><00:32:20.420><c> an</c><00:32:20.720><c> important</c><00:32:20.960><c> thing</c>

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for<00:32:21.720><c> us</c><00:32:21.980><c> to</c><00:32:22.339><c> understand.</c>

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Comments?<00:32:25.559><c> Thoughts?</c>

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So<00:32:29.380><c> when</c><00:32:29.619><c> God</c><00:32:30.019><c> breathes,</c><00:32:30.960><c> things</c><00:32:31.279><c> live.</c>

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When<00:32:32.980><c> He</c><00:32:33.180><c> withdraws</c><00:32:33.940><c> that</c><00:32:34.240><c> breath,</c>

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those<00:32:35.559><c> things</c><00:32:35.880><c> die.</c>

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The<00:32:38.579><c> spirit</c><00:32:39.000><c> is</c><00:32:39.279><c> the</c><00:32:39.579><c> power</c><00:32:40.240><c> and</c><00:32:40.579><c> the</c><00:32:40.980><c> energy</c>

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of<00:32:41.960><c> the</c><00:32:42.200><c> living</c><00:32:42.519><c> God</c><00:32:43.000><c> Himself.</c>

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It's<00:32:43.960><c> His</c><00:32:44.259><c> breath.</c><00:32:44.900><c> It's</c><00:32:45.160><c> His</c><00:32:45.480><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:32:46.980><c> His</c><00:32:47.359><c> mind</c><00:32:48.299><c> in</c><00:32:48.819><c> motion.</c>

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When<00:32:50.920><c> God</c><00:32:51.220><c> acts,</c><00:32:51.799><c> brothers</c><00:32:51.960><c> and</c><00:32:52.279><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:32:53.039><c> by</c><00:32:53.400><c> His</c><00:32:53.859><c> spirit.</c>

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x
So<00:32:56.799><c> Genesis</c><00:32:57.400><c> and</c><00:32:58.000><c> Job</c><00:32:58.460><c> and</c><00:32:59.180><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.420
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those<00:33:00.579><c> things</c><00:33:00.819><c> that</c><00:33:01.000><c> we</c><00:33:01.220><c> just</c><00:33:01.559><c> looked</c><00:33:01.839><c> at,</c>

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they<00:33:03.019><c> show</c><00:33:03.279><c> us</c><00:33:03.480><c> how</c><00:33:03.720><c> God's</c><00:33:04.259><c> spirit</c><00:33:04.500><c> acts.</c>

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:08.299
x
And<00:33:06.339><c> in</c><00:33:06.579><c> Genesis,</c><00:33:07.220><c> the</c><00:33:07.539><c> spirit</c><00:33:07.859><c> hovered</c>

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over<00:33:08.599><c> the</c><00:33:08.920><c> dark,</c><00:33:09.440><c> chaotic</c><00:33:09.900><c> waters.</c>

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These<00:33:13.319><c> are</c><00:33:13.579><c> the</c><00:33:13.759><c> things</c><00:33:14.119><c> that</c><00:33:14.640><c> happened.</c>

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The<00:33:16.380><c> creative</c><00:33:16.779><c> work,</c><00:33:17.339><c> though,</c><00:33:17.400><c> brothers</c><00:33:17.640><c> and</c><00:33:17.960><c> sisters,</c>

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x
and<00:33:18.400><c> I</c><00:33:18.819><c> think</c><00:33:18.980><c> this</c><00:33:19.200><c> is</c><00:33:19.359><c> one</c><00:33:19.500><c> of</c><00:33:19.599><c> the</c><00:33:19.700><c> things</c>

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that<00:33:20.000><c> I</c><00:33:20.299><c> really</c><00:33:20.680><c> want</c><00:33:20.920><c> to</c><00:33:21.099><c> emphasize.</c>

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The<00:33:23.299><c> creative</c><00:33:23.779><c> power</c><00:33:24.440><c> of</c><00:33:24.740><c> God</c><00:33:25.240><c> is</c><00:33:26.680><c> still</c><00:33:27.799><c> at</c><00:33:28.579><c> work</c><00:33:29.299><c> today.</c>

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God's<00:33:32.160><c> spirit</c><00:33:32.720><c> still</c><00:33:33.779><c> brings</c><00:33:34.380><c> order</c><00:33:35.180><c> to</c><00:33:36.519><c> chaos,</c>

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both<00:33:38.200><c> in</c><00:33:38.519><c> creation</c><00:33:39.299><c> and</c><00:33:40.339><c> in</c><00:33:40.579><c> our</c><00:33:40.740><c> very</c><00:33:41.460><c> human</c><00:33:41.819><c> lives,</c>

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in<00:33:43.039><c> our</c><00:33:43.259><c> human</c><00:33:43.539><c> existence.</c>

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God's<00:33:45.839><c> spirit</c><00:33:46.500><c> gives</c><00:33:47.519><c> us</c><00:33:48.819><c> the</c><00:33:49.119><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:33:50.940><c> turn</c><00:33:51.160><c> the</c><00:33:51.619><c> chaos</c><00:33:52.039><c> of</c><00:33:52.359><c> our</c><00:33:52.599><c> lives</c><00:33:53.180><c> into</c><00:33:54.299><c> peace,</c>

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just<00:33:56.579><c> as</c><00:33:56.819><c> God's</c><00:33:57.440><c> spirit</c><00:33:57.720><c> turned</c><00:33:58.019><c> the</c><00:33:58.420><c> chaos</c>

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of<00:33:59.079><c> the</c><00:33:59.380><c> waters</c><00:34:00.039><c> into</c><00:34:01.740><c> order.</c>

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We<00:34:03.920><c> are</c><00:34:07.119><c> given</c><00:34:07.420><c> this</c><00:34:07.740><c> great</c><00:34:08.079><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:34:10.099><c> open</c><00:34:10.619><c> God's</c><00:34:11.320><c> Word</c><00:34:11.659><c> of</c><00:34:12.019><c> truth</c>

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:18.099
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and<00:34:14.219><c> let</c><00:34:14.539><c> God's</c><00:34:15.260><c> Word</c><00:34:15.920><c> reshape</c><00:34:16.800><c> our</c><00:34:17.219><c> thinking.</c>

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.300
x
And<00:34:19.260><c> when</c><00:34:19.440><c> we</c><00:34:19.679><c> do</c><00:34:19.940><c> that,</c>

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:24.340
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we<00:34:20.559><c> are</c><00:34:21.039><c> experiencing</c><00:34:21.880><c> the</c><00:34:22.500><c> same</c><00:34:22.980><c> power,</c>

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:27.019
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that<00:34:25.099><c> same</c><00:34:25.559><c> creative</c><00:34:26.179><c> process</c>

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:29.599
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that<00:34:27.820><c> began</c><00:34:28.260><c> in</c><00:34:28.559><c> Genesis.</c>

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x
And<00:34:30.380><c> so</c><00:34:30.820><c> what</c><00:34:31.300><c> I</c><00:34:31.480><c> want</c><00:34:31.619><c> you</c><00:34:31.780><c> to</c><00:34:31.980><c> think</c><00:34:32.139><c> about</c><00:34:32.420><c> now</c>

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is<00:34:33.079><c> this</c><00:34:33.400><c> idea</c><00:34:34.219><c> that</c><00:34:35.920><c> God</c><00:34:36.420><c> not</c><00:34:37.199><c> only</c><00:34:37.539><c> used</c><00:34:37.900><c> his</c><00:34:38.300><c> breath</c><00:34:38.800><c> to</c><00:34:39.320><c> create,</c>

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:43.900
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but<00:34:40.920><c> he</c><00:34:41.219><c> used</c><00:34:41.519><c> this</c><00:34:41.960><c> breath</c><00:34:42.380><c> to</c><00:34:42.900><c> communicate</c>

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his<00:34:45.440><c> thoughts,</c><00:34:46.320><c> his</c><00:34:46.639><c> ideas,</c><00:34:47.760><c> his</c><00:34:48.019><c> purpose</c><00:34:48.719><c> to</c><00:34:49.019><c> mankind.</c>

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He<00:34:51.000><c> did</c><00:34:51.239><c> it</c><00:34:51.599><c> by</c><00:34:52.199><c> speaking,</c><00:34:53.619><c> breathing,</c>

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through<00:34:55.360><c> the</c><00:34:55.860><c> prophets.</c>

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One<00:34:57.199><c> of</c><00:34:57.340><c> the</c><00:34:57.699><c> great</c><00:34:58.039><c> passages</c><00:34:58.659><c> in</c><00:34:59.139><c> Scripture,</c>

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from<00:35:00.059><c> my</c><00:35:00.400><c> perspective,</c><00:35:01.179><c> is</c><00:35:01.360><c> this</c><00:35:01.659><c> passage</c>

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:05.159
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found<00:35:02.480><c> in</c><00:35:02.800><c> 2</c><00:35:03.059><c> Timothy</c><00:35:03.500><c> chapter</c><00:35:04.139><c> 3.</c>

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.579
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And<00:35:06.039><c> I</c><00:35:06.300><c> love</c><00:35:06.480><c> the</c><00:35:06.719><c> way</c><00:35:06.900><c> the</c><00:35:07.199><c> modern</c><00:35:07.760><c> translations</c>

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interpret<00:35:09.380><c> it</c><00:35:09.579><c> or</c><00:35:09.739><c> translate</c><00:35:10.380><c> it.</c>

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It<00:35:11.460><c> says,</c><00:35:12.260><c> all</c><00:35:12.280><c> Scripture</c><00:35:13.000><c> is</c><00:35:14.579><c> inspired</c><00:35:15.460><c> by</c><00:35:15.860><c> God.</c>

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:22.300
x
But<00:35:18.559><c> the</c><00:35:18.820><c> modern</c><00:35:19.199><c> translations</c><00:35:19.980><c> use</c><00:35:20.440><c> this</c><00:35:20.800><c> word,</c><00:35:21.139><c> God</c><00:35:21.619><c> breathe.</c>

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All<00:35:23.280><c> Scripture</c><00:35:24.079><c> is</c><00:35:24.860><c> God</c><00:35:25.340><c> breathe.</c>

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It's<00:35:27.199><c> profitable</c><00:35:27.719><c> for</c><00:35:28.239><c> teaching</c>

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and<00:35:29.099><c> for</c><00:35:29.320><c> instruction</c><00:35:29.920><c> in</c><00:35:30.239><c> righteousness.</c>

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It's<00:35:32.079><c> the</c><00:35:32.340><c> Word</c><00:35:32.599><c> of</c><00:35:32.900><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:35:33.679><c> God's</c><00:35:34.340><c> message.</c>

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It's<00:35:35.039><c> his</c><00:35:35.480><c> thought.</c>

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It's<00:35:36.340><c> his</c><00:35:36.639><c> purpose.</c>

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Breathe<00:35:37.840><c> out</c><00:35:38.440><c> so</c><00:35:39.219><c> that</c><00:35:39.460><c> we</c><00:35:39.579><c> can</c><00:35:40.000><c> feel</c><00:35:40.320><c> it.</c>

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So<00:35:42.079><c> I</c><00:35:42.179><c> want</c><00:35:42.340><c> you</c><00:35:42.480><c> to</c><00:35:42.619><c> think</c><00:35:42.760><c> about</c><00:35:42.980><c> this.</c>

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When<00:35:43.599><c> we</c><00:35:44.019><c> read</c><00:35:44.400><c> the</c><00:35:44.699><c> Word,</c>

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are<00:35:46.159><c> we</c><00:35:46.539><c> reading</c><00:35:46.840><c> it</c><00:35:47.139><c> for</c><00:35:47.480><c> knowledge?</c>

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:53.739
x
Or<00:35:49.340><c> are</c><00:35:50.400><c> we</c><00:35:50.739><c> reading</c><00:35:51.019><c> it</c><00:35:51.320><c> so</c><00:35:51.599><c> that</c><00:35:51.719><c> it</c><00:35:51.840><c> will</c><00:35:52.300><c> change</c><00:35:52.820><c> us?</c>

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So<00:35:54.300><c> that</c><00:35:54.460><c> it</c><00:35:54.559><c> will</c><00:35:55.239><c> move</c><00:35:55.719><c> us?</c>

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And<00:35:57.480><c> to</c><00:35:57.699><c> me,</c><00:35:58.619><c> there's</c><00:35:59.019><c> a</c><00:35:59.239><c> great</c><00:35:59.519><c> distinction.</c>

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We've<00:36:01.380><c> got</c><00:36:01.480><c> to</c><00:36:01.780><c> learn</c><00:36:02.119><c> through</c><00:36:02.380><c> the</c><00:36:02.699><c> maturity</c>

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:06.099
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of<00:36:03.579><c> life</c><00:36:03.880><c> in</c><00:36:04.139><c> Christ</c><00:36:04.579><c> that</c><00:36:05.019><c> reading</c><00:36:05.539><c> the</c><00:36:05.840><c> Word</c>

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:09.539
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is<00:36:06.539><c> more</c><00:36:07.059><c> than</c><00:36:07.400><c> just</c><00:36:08.099><c> reading</c><00:36:08.559><c> for</c><00:36:08.960><c> understanding.</c>

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Yes,<00:36:10.079><c> it's</c><00:36:10.480><c> critically</c><00:36:10.840><c> important.</c>

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But<00:36:12.679><c> we</c><00:36:12.860><c> need</c><00:36:13.079><c> to</c><00:36:13.480><c> read</c><00:36:14.159><c> so</c><00:36:14.659><c> that</c><00:36:14.880><c> it</c><00:36:15.320><c> changes</c><00:36:15.880><c> who</c><00:36:16.239><c> we</c><00:36:16.480><c> are.</c>

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And<00:36:18.000><c> God</c><00:36:18.679><c> breathe</c><00:36:19.460><c> his</c><00:36:19.860><c> message</c><00:36:20.800><c> to</c><00:36:21.659><c> the</c><00:36:21.980><c> prophets</c>

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so<00:36:23.840><c> that</c><00:36:24.179><c> we</c><00:36:25.039><c> have</c><00:36:25.719><c> the</c><00:36:26.039><c> opportunity</c><00:36:26.840><c> to</c><00:36:27.539><c> read</c><00:36:27.880><c> these</c><00:36:28.360><c> things</c>

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and<00:36:29.699><c> have</c><00:36:29.980><c> God's</c><00:36:30.699><c> power</c><00:36:31.400><c> change</c><00:36:32.000><c> us.</c>

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When<00:36:34.920><c> the</c><00:36:35.360><c> prophets</c><00:36:35.760><c> spoke,</c>

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it<00:36:37.440><c> wasn't</c><00:36:37.860><c> through</c><00:36:38.159><c> their</c><00:36:38.579><c> imagination.</c>

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It<00:36:40.820><c> was</c><00:36:41.099><c> God</c><00:36:41.920><c> breathing</c><00:36:42.639><c> these</c><00:36:43.139><c> things</c>

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into<00:36:43.659><c> their</c><00:36:44.019><c> minds</c><00:36:44.719><c> and</c><00:36:45.360><c> into</c><00:36:45.599><c> their</c><00:36:45.940><c> words.</c>

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2<00:36:47.739><c> Peter</c><00:36:48.079><c> 1</c><00:36:48.940><c> tells</c><00:36:49.679><c> us</c><00:36:49.980><c> that</c>

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holy<00:36:50.639><c> men</c><00:36:50.840><c> of</c><00:36:51.000><c> God</c><00:36:51.360><c> spoke</c><00:36:51.920><c> as</c><00:36:52.340><c> they</c><00:36:52.619><c> were</c>

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moved<00:36:54.159><c> by</c><00:36:54.860><c> the</c><00:36:55.239><c> Spirit.</c>

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It's<00:36:55.800><c> that</c><00:36:56.119><c> same</c><00:36:56.480><c> word,</c><00:36:57.059><c> moved.</c>

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God's<00:36:59.559><c> Spirit</c><00:36:59.820><c> moved</c><00:37:00.400><c> over</c><00:37:00.719><c> the</c><00:37:00.940><c> chaotic</c><00:37:01.400><c> waters.</c>

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God's<00:37:02.539><c> Spirit</c><00:37:03.059><c> moved</c><00:37:03.920><c> the</c><00:37:06.019><c> holy</c><00:37:06.300><c> men</c><00:37:06.539><c> of</c><00:37:06.800><c> God.</c>

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That<00:37:09.780><c> word</c><00:37:10.179><c> moved.</c>

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It's<00:37:12.099><c> like</c><00:37:12.320><c> a</c><00:37:12.599><c> ship</c><00:37:13.340><c> that's</c><00:37:14.420><c> being</c><00:37:14.760><c> carried</c><00:37:15.260><c> along</c><00:37:16.019><c> by</c><00:37:16.539><c> the</c><00:37:16.780><c> wind.</c>

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The<00:37:18.239><c> prophets</c><00:37:18.619><c> were</c><00:37:19.059><c> born</c><00:37:19.619><c> along</c><00:37:20.500><c> by</c><00:37:20.980><c> the</c><00:37:21.320><c> Spirit</c>

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as<00:37:22.059><c> they</c><00:37:22.420><c> spoke</c><00:37:22.760><c> his</c><00:37:23.059><c> words.</c>

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I<00:37:25.059><c> like</c><00:37:25.320><c> what</c><00:37:25.500><c> we</c><00:37:26.380><c> read</c><00:37:26.579><c> in</c><00:37:26.900><c> Samuel.</c>

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The<00:37:27.639><c> Spirit</c><00:37:28.099><c> of</c><00:37:28.280><c> the</c><00:37:28.480><c> Lord</c><00:37:28.860><c> spake</c><00:37:29.500><c> by</c><00:37:29.860><c> me.</c>

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It<00:37:30.960><c> wasn't</c><00:37:31.139><c> his</c><00:37:31.500><c> words.</c>

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It<00:37:32.699><c> was</c><00:37:33.019><c> God's</c><00:37:33.599><c> words</c><00:37:33.980><c> that</c><00:37:34.380><c> spoke</c><00:37:34.760><c> through</c><00:37:35.159><c> him.</c>

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And<00:37:36.400><c> his</c><00:37:36.760><c> word</c><00:37:37.320><c> was</c><00:37:37.699><c> my</c><00:37:38.179><c> tongue.</c>

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These<00:37:39.380><c> were</c><00:37:39.579><c> not</c><00:37:39.780><c> his</c><00:37:40.139><c> thoughts.</c>

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These<00:37:40.800><c> were</c><00:37:41.019><c> not</c><00:37:41.219><c> his</c><00:37:41.699><c> thinking.</c>

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These<00:37:43.039><c> were</c><00:37:43.340><c> God's</c><00:37:43.900><c> words,</c><00:37:44.340><c> God's</c><00:37:44.880><c> thoughts.</c>

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God<00:37:45.500><c> used</c><00:37:46.219><c> his</c><00:37:46.719><c> tongue</c><00:37:47.260><c> as</c><00:37:48.179><c> the</c><00:37:48.480><c> mechanism</c>

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by<00:37:49.159><c> which</c><00:37:49.340><c> he</c><00:37:49.599><c> delivered</c><00:37:49.940><c> that</c><00:37:50.260><c> message.</c>

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The<00:37:57.039><c> Spirit</c><00:37:57.639><c> works</c><00:37:58.199><c> today,</c><00:37:58.699><c> brothers</c><00:37:59.019><c> and</c><00:37:59.360><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:38:01.340><c> Spirit</c><00:38:01.760><c> of</c><00:38:01.940><c> God</c><00:38:02.840><c> and</c><00:38:03.820><c> the</c><00:38:04.079><c> Word</c><00:38:04.380><c> of</c><00:38:04.579><c> God</c><00:38:05.400><c> are</c><00:38:06.119><c> inseparable.</c>

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And<00:38:08.079><c> I</c><00:38:08.239><c> really</c><00:38:08.579><c> think</c><00:38:08.760><c> that's</c><00:38:09.079><c> an</c><00:38:09.559><c> important</c>

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and<00:38:10.400><c> critical</c><00:38:10.800><c> lesson</c><00:38:11.320><c> in</c><00:38:11.840><c> our</c><00:38:12.159><c> study</c><00:38:12.400><c> of</c><00:38:12.639><c> the</c><00:38:12.920><c> Spirit.</c>

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Because<00:38:14.380><c> often</c><00:38:14.920><c> when</c><00:38:15.139><c> we</c><00:38:15.380><c> think</c><00:38:15.559><c> about</c><00:38:15.820><c> the</c><00:38:16.199><c> Spirit,</c>

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we<00:38:16.719><c> think</c><00:38:16.980><c> about</c><00:38:17.239><c> it</c><00:38:17.400><c> as</c><00:38:17.559><c> something</c>

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that<00:38:18.239><c> happened</c><00:38:18.539><c> in</c><00:38:18.760><c> the</c><00:38:18.960><c> past.</c>

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The<00:38:20.940><c> Holy</c><00:38:21.239><c> Spirit</c><00:38:21.539><c> gifts,</c><00:38:21.860><c> they</c><00:38:22.199><c> came,</c>

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they<00:38:22.719><c> were</c><00:38:22.960><c> available</c><00:38:23.420><c> in</c><00:38:23.619><c> the</c><00:38:23.699><c> first</c><00:38:23.960><c> century,</c>

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and<00:38:24.760><c> they</c><00:38:25.159><c> stopped.</c>

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But<00:38:26.639><c> the</c><00:38:27.079><c> Spirit</c><00:38:27.559><c> still</c><00:38:28.280><c> moves.</c>

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The<00:38:30.559><c> Spirit</c><00:38:31.039><c> still</c><00:38:31.739><c> hovers.</c>

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The<00:38:32.739><c> Spirit</c><00:38:33.400><c> still</c><00:38:34.119><c> acts.</c>

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And<00:38:35.960><c> it</c><00:38:36.179><c> acts</c><00:38:36.599><c> in</c><00:38:36.820><c> our</c><00:38:37.079><c> lives</c>

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through<00:38:38.380><c> the</c><00:38:38.659><c> reading</c><00:38:38.920><c> of</c><00:38:39.159><c> the</c><00:38:39.360><c> Word.</c>

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The<00:38:41.260><c> Spirit</c><00:38:41.539><c> and</c><00:38:41.699><c> the</c><00:38:41.940><c> Word</c><00:38:42.219><c> are</c><00:38:42.699><c> never</c>

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independent<00:38:43.940><c> of</c><00:38:44.159><c> each</c><00:38:44.440><c> other.</c>

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I've<00:38:45.239><c> got</c><00:38:45.400><c> two</c><00:38:45.659><c> passages</c><00:38:46.179><c> here</c><00:38:46.639><c> that</c><00:38:46.800><c> we'll</c><00:38:47.019><c> look</c><00:38:47.340><c> at.</c>

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Psalm<00:38:48.860><c> 33,</c><00:38:49.980><c> and</c><00:38:51.440><c> it</c><00:38:51.639><c> shows</c><00:38:51.900><c> this</c><00:38:52.320><c> interconnection</c>

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between<00:38:53.659><c> them.</c>

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By<00:38:55.260><c> the</c><00:38:55.639><c> Word</c><00:38:55.960><c> of</c><00:38:56.179><c> the</c><00:38:56.460><c> Lord</c><00:38:57.139><c> were</c><00:38:57.519><c> the</c><00:38:57.719><c> heavens</c><00:38:58.019><c> made.</c>

00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.679
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By<00:38:58.579><c> the</c><00:38:58.880><c> breath</c><00:38:59.159><c> of</c><00:38:59.380><c> the</c><00:38:59.599><c> Lord</c><00:38:59.820><c> were</c><00:39:00.019><c> the</c><00:39:00.199><c> heavens</c><00:39:00.420><c> made.</c>

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We<00:39:00.900><c> just</c><00:39:01.219><c> read</c><00:39:01.480><c> that</c><00:39:01.840><c> in</c><00:39:02.239><c> Genesis.</c>

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And<00:39:04.219><c> the</c><00:39:04.400><c> host</c><00:39:04.679><c> of</c><00:39:04.840><c> them</c><00:39:05.039><c> by</c><00:39:05.280><c> the</c><00:39:05.619><c> breath</c><00:39:05.980><c> of</c><00:39:06.239><c> His</c><00:39:06.539><c> mouth.</c>

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So<00:39:07.460><c> it's</c><00:39:07.739><c> the</c><00:39:07.980><c> Word</c><00:39:08.480><c> and</c><00:39:09.840><c> the</c><00:39:10.079><c> breath.</c>

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They're<00:39:11.760><c> together.</c>

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The<00:39:13.199><c> Word</c><00:39:13.539><c> and</c><00:39:13.699><c> the</c><00:39:14.099><c> Spirit,</c><00:39:14.599><c> they're</c><00:39:14.840><c> inseparable.</c>

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Jesus<00:39:17.039><c> Himself</c><00:39:17.579><c> said,</c>

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the<00:39:18.119><c> words</c><00:39:18.619><c> that</c><00:39:18.840><c> I</c><00:39:18.980><c> have</c><00:39:19.260><c> spoken</c><00:39:19.639><c> to</c><00:39:19.960><c> you</c><00:39:20.340><c> are</c><00:39:21.039><c> Spirit.</c>

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Jesus'<00:39:23.480><c> words,</c><00:39:23.920><c> inspired</c><00:39:24.519><c> words</c><00:39:24.940><c> by</c><00:39:25.260><c> God,</c><00:39:26.019><c> were</c><00:39:26.280><c> Spirit.</c>

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:30.380
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And<00:39:27.800><c> just</c><00:39:28.059><c> that</c><00:39:28.360><c> word</c><00:39:28.679><c> that</c><00:39:28.920><c> I</c><00:39:29.099><c> just</c><00:39:29.400><c> referenced,</c>

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inspiration.

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It's<00:39:32.940><c> got</c><00:39:33.159><c> the</c><00:39:33.280><c> word</c><00:39:33.639><c> Spirit</c><00:39:34.280><c> right</c><00:39:34.719><c> in</c><00:39:34.940><c> it.</c>

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So<00:39:37.659><c> the</c><00:39:38.059><c> Spirit</c><00:39:38.480><c> isn't</c><00:39:38.920><c> something</c>

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that<00:39:39.519><c> was</c><00:39:39.760><c> only</c><00:39:40.159><c> revealed</c><00:39:40.659><c> in</c><00:39:40.920><c> the</c><00:39:41.079><c> past.</c>

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Today,<00:39:42.019><c> our</c><00:39:42.239><c> reading</c><00:39:42.739><c> and</c><00:39:43.460><c> meditating</c><00:39:43.880><c> on</c><00:39:44.179><c> the</c><00:39:44.440><c> Scripture</c>

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allows<00:39:45.280><c> God</c><00:39:45.900><c> to</c><00:39:46.599><c> work</c><00:39:47.099><c> in</c><00:39:47.940><c> our</c><00:39:48.260><c> minds,</c>

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to<00:39:49.980><c> enter</c><00:39:50.360><c> our</c><00:39:50.659><c> minds.</c>

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It's<00:39:52.099><c> the</c><00:39:52.219><c> way</c><00:39:52.480><c> that</c><00:39:52.699><c> God</c><00:39:53.059><c> transforms</c><00:39:54.000><c> us.</c>

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And<00:39:55.659><c> brothers</c><00:39:55.880><c> and</c><00:39:56.179><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:39:58.500><c> is</c><00:39:59.820><c> so</c><00:40:00.400><c> critically</c><00:40:00.940><c> important</c>

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because<00:40:03.900><c> each</c><00:40:05.699><c> one</c><00:40:05.960><c> of</c><00:40:06.179><c> us</c>

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has<00:40:09.280><c> a</c><00:40:09.579><c> mind</c><00:40:10.019><c> that's</c><00:40:10.659><c> independent</c><00:40:11.500><c> of</c><00:40:12.159><c> God.</c>

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We<00:40:16.300><c> have</c><00:40:16.840><c> a</c><00:40:17.380><c> carnal</c><00:40:18.000><c> spirit.</c>

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We<00:40:20.260><c> read</c><00:40:20.480><c> about</c><00:40:20.719><c> that</c><00:40:21.000><c> in</c><00:40:21.179><c> Romans</c><00:40:21.539><c> 8.</c>

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We<00:40:24.239><c> read</c><00:40:24.500><c> about</c><00:40:24.800><c> Paul</c><00:40:25.179><c> struggling</c>

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with<00:40:26.019><c> the</c><00:40:26.219><c> things</c><00:40:26.400><c> that</c><00:40:26.579><c> he</c><00:40:26.719><c> knows</c><00:40:27.019><c> he</c><00:40:27.219><c> wants</c><00:40:27.579><c> to</c><00:40:27.800><c> do</c><00:40:27.940><c> but</c><00:40:28.179><c> doesn't</c><00:40:28.739><c> do.</c>

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And<00:40:30.280><c> each</c><00:40:30.579><c> one</c><00:40:30.840><c> of</c><00:40:31.059><c> us</c><00:40:31.500><c> has</c><00:40:32.039><c> that</c><00:40:32.659><c> same</c><00:40:33.119><c> challenge</c><00:40:33.800><c> in</c><00:40:34.079><c> our</c><00:40:34.320><c> lives.</c>

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So<00:40:36.519><c> there</c><00:40:36.840><c> is</c><00:40:37.380><c> a</c><00:40:38.960><c> spirit</c><00:40:39.500><c> of</c><00:40:39.800><c> man,</c>

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and<00:40:41.719><c> there</c><00:40:41.880><c> is</c><00:40:42.139><c> a</c><00:40:42.440><c> spirit</c><00:40:42.739><c> of</c><00:40:43.059><c> God.</c>

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And<00:40:44.960><c> we're</c><00:40:45.139><c> going</c><00:40:45.260><c> to</c><00:40:45.400><c> see</c><00:40:45.599><c> next</c><00:40:46.079><c> week</c>

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how<00:40:47.639><c> the</c><00:40:47.940><c> spirit</c><00:40:48.340><c> of</c><00:40:48.599><c> man</c>

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turns<00:40:50.739><c> the</c><00:40:51.380><c> beauty</c><00:40:51.739><c> of</c><00:40:52.000><c> the</c><00:40:52.219><c> garden</c><00:40:52.579><c> of</c><00:40:52.980><c> perfection</c>

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back<00:40:55.420><c> into</c><00:40:55.840><c> chaos.</c>

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We're<00:40:59.039><c> going</c><00:40:59.139><c> to</c><00:40:59.260><c> see</c><00:40:59.460><c> how</c><00:40:59.900><c> man's</c><00:41:01.159><c> desire</c><00:41:01.760><c> to</c><00:41:02.579><c> please</c><00:41:03.019><c> himself</c>

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caused<00:41:05.960><c> the</c><00:41:07.300><c> perfection</c><00:41:07.960><c> of</c><00:41:08.219><c> the</c><00:41:08.440><c> garden</c><00:41:08.920><c> to</c><00:41:10.440><c> be</c><00:41:10.679><c> destroyed</c>

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and<00:41:13.079><c> caused</c><00:41:13.539><c> life</c><00:41:14.539><c> to</c><00:41:16.760><c> turn</c><00:41:17.079><c> to</c><00:41:17.400><c> death.</c>

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And<00:41:19.480><c> our</c><00:41:19.780><c> goal</c><00:41:20.079><c> in</c><00:41:20.380><c> the</c><00:41:20.500><c> course</c><00:41:20.760><c> of</c><00:41:20.980><c> this</c><00:41:21.239><c> week</c>

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is<00:41:22.860><c> to</c><00:41:23.179><c> understand</c><00:41:23.940><c> how</c><00:41:24.539><c> we</c><00:41:24.820><c> can</c><00:41:25.119><c> allow</c><00:41:25.699><c> God's</c><00:41:26.780><c> Spirit</c>

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into<00:41:28.079><c> our</c><00:41:28.420><c> minds</c><00:41:29.079><c> and</c><00:41:29.920><c> into</c><00:41:30.260><c> our</c><00:41:30.579><c> hearts</c>

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so<00:41:31.960><c> that</c><00:41:32.260><c> we</c><00:41:32.519><c> are</c><00:41:33.019><c> guided</c><00:41:33.840><c> by</c><00:41:34.579><c> the</c><00:41:34.920><c> Spirit.</c>

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So<00:41:36.400><c> that</c><00:41:36.599><c> we</c><00:41:36.699><c> can</c><00:41:36.940><c> have</c><00:41:37.340><c> the</c><00:41:37.920><c> character</c><00:41:38.679><c> of</c><00:41:39.300><c> God</c>

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and<00:41:40.219><c> the</c><00:41:40.579><c> character</c><00:41:41.179><c> of</c><00:41:41.440><c> Jesus</c><00:41:41.880><c> live</c><00:41:42.519><c> in</c><00:41:42.860><c> our</c><00:41:43.179><c> hearts</c>

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and<00:41:45.000><c> overcome</c><00:41:45.920><c> the</c><00:41:46.400><c> default</c><00:41:46.880><c> position</c>

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of<00:41:49.260><c> serving</c><00:41:49.619><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:41:52.519><c> want</c><00:41:52.820><c> the</c><00:41:53.219><c> Spirit</c><00:41:53.619><c> to</c><00:41:54.079><c> live</c><00:41:54.619><c> and</c><00:41:55.340><c> move</c><00:41:56.019><c> within</c><00:41:56.460><c> us.</c>

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So<00:41:58.039><c> that's</c><00:41:58.320><c> our</c><00:41:58.460><c> goal</c><00:41:58.699><c> this</c><00:41:59.000><c> week.</c>

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We'll<00:41:59.539><c> finish</c><00:41:59.780><c> our</c><00:42:00.079><c> class</c><00:42:00.340><c> here.</c>

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Let<00:42:00.920><c> me</c><00:42:01.059><c> open</c><00:42:01.280><c> it</c><00:42:01.400><c> up</c><00:42:01.539><c> to</c><00:42:01.699><c> any</c><00:42:01.940><c> questions</c><00:42:02.380><c> or</c><00:42:02.719><c> comments.</c>