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he'd<00:11:38.720><c> know</c><00:11:38.980><c> that</c><00:11:39.240><c> come</c><00:11:39.460><c> the</c><00:11:39.639><c> day</c><00:11:39.820><c> of</c>

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atonement,<00:11:40.980><c> his</c><00:11:41.100><c> release</c><00:11:41.460><c> would</c><00:11:41.700><c> be</c><00:11:41.919><c> complete.</c>

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Only<00:11:42.820><c> ten</c><00:11:43.159><c> days</c><00:11:43.519><c> to</c><00:11:43.779><c> go.</c>

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That's<00:11:45.820><c> quite</c><00:11:46.019><c> remarkable,</c><00:11:46.700><c> isn't</c><00:11:46.700><c> it,</c><00:11:46.860><c> brethren</c><00:11:47.039><c> and</c><00:11:47.200><c> sisters,</c><00:11:47.519><c> really,</c><00:11:47.820><c> because</c><00:11:48.299><c> he</c>

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really<00:11:49.080><c> must</c>

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have<00:11:49.399><c> looked</c><00:11:49.700><c> forward</c><00:11:50.179><c> to</c><00:11:50.440><c> that,</c><00:11:50.720><c> and</c><00:11:50.919><c> yet,</c><00:11:51.440><c> when</c><00:11:51.639><c> it</c><00:11:51.919><c> came</c><00:11:52.279><c> to</c>

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it,<00:11:54.179><c> it</c><00:11:54.360><c> wasn't</c><00:11:54.659><c> a</c><00:11:54.820><c> day</c><00:11:54.940><c> of</c><00:11:55.159><c> rejoicing</c>

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at<00:11:55.860><c> all.</c>

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that<00:11:59.460><c> anticipation,</c><00:12:00.759><c> the</c><00:12:00.940><c> slave</c><00:12:01.139><c> would</c>

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walk<00:12:01.720><c> out</c><00:12:01.940><c> of</c><00:12:02.059><c> the</c><00:12:02.240><c> door</c><00:12:02.480><c> at</c><00:12:02.960><c> the</c><00:12:03.320><c> start</c><00:12:03.539><c> of</c><00:12:04.139><c> the</c><00:12:04.299><c> tenth</c><00:12:04.639><c> day</c><00:12:05.000><c> of</c>

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I'm<00:12:06.960><c> free!</c>

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It<00:12:14.419><c> was</c><00:12:14.639><c> a</c><00:12:14.820><c> day</c><00:12:14.940><c> of</c><00:12:15.279><c> fasting.</c>

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It<00:12:18.200><c> was</c><00:12:18.419><c> a</c><00:12:18.620><c> day</c><00:12:18.799><c> to</c><00:12:19.080><c> afflict</c><00:12:19.559><c> the</c><00:12:20.000><c> soul.</c>

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Wasn't<00:12:22.220><c> a</c><00:12:22.379><c> day</c><00:12:22.580><c> of</c><00:12:22.700><c> rejoicing</c><00:12:23.100><c> at</c><00:12:23.299><c> all.</c>

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The<00:12:24.019><c> rejoicing</c><00:12:24.480><c> started</c><00:12:24.820><c> on</c><00:12:25.019><c> the</c><00:12:25.259><c> following</c><00:12:25.600><c> day,</c><00:12:26.039><c> didn't</c>

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it,<00:12:26.500><c> and</c><00:12:26.700><c> then</c><00:12:26.919><c> there</c><00:12:27.080><c> was</c><00:12:27.299><c> the</c><00:12:27.500><c> week</c><00:12:27.720><c>-long</c>

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rejoicing<00:12:28.480><c> of</c><00:12:28.659><c> the</c><00:12:28.759><c> Feast</c><00:12:29.000><c> of</c><00:12:29.179><c> Tabernacles,</c><00:12:29.980><c> as</c><00:12:30.120><c> we</c><00:12:30.259><c> have</c><00:12:30.519><c> said.</c>

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But<00:12:32.500><c> isn't</c><00:12:32.679><c> that</c><00:12:32.960><c> lovely,</c><00:12:33.419><c> really,</c><00:12:33.779><c> that</c><00:12:34.240><c> the</c><00:12:34.519><c> slave</c><00:12:34.759><c> looked</c>

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forward<00:12:35.379><c> to</c><00:12:35.519><c> it</c><00:12:35.720><c> so</c><00:12:36.039><c> much,</c><00:12:36.460><c> brethren</c><00:12:36.620><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:12:37.100><c> and</c><00:12:37.340><c> the</c><00:12:37.659><c> first</c><00:12:38.019><c> day</c><00:12:38.519><c> wasn't</c><00:12:39.120><c> a</c><00:12:39.299><c> day</c><00:12:39.500><c> to</c><00:12:39.779><c> celebrate</c>

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his<00:12:40.779><c> release,</c><00:12:41.419><c> the</c><00:12:41.600><c> fact</c><00:12:41.779><c> that</c><00:12:41.960><c> he</c><00:12:42.240><c> was</c>

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free,<00:12:43.460><c> it</c><00:12:43.740><c> was</c><00:12:43.960><c> the</c><00:12:44.179><c> day</c><00:12:44.399><c> to</c><00:12:44.639><c> remember</c><00:12:45.100><c> iniquity.</c>

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It<00:12:47.620><c> just</c><00:12:48.019><c> drove</c><00:12:48.600><c> home,</c><00:12:49.460><c> didn't</c><00:12:49.679><c> it,</c><00:12:50.019><c> very</c><00:12:50.539><c> forcibly,</c><00:12:52.019><c> that</c><00:12:52.159><c> it</c>

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was<00:12:52.580><c> God</c><00:12:53.399><c> who'd</c><00:12:54.220><c> brought</c><00:12:54.379><c> about</c><00:12:54.720><c> his</c><00:12:55.000><c> release.</c>

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He<00:12:56.539><c> owed</c><00:12:56.940><c> everything,</c><00:12:58.279><c> everything</c><00:12:59.039><c> to</c><00:12:59.419><c> God.</c>

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The<00:13:00.899><c> very</c><00:13:01.360><c> first</c><00:13:01.720><c> day</c><00:13:01.919><c> of</c><00:13:02.059><c> his</c><00:13:02.340><c> freedom</c><00:13:02.620><c> was</c><00:13:02.940><c> not</c><00:13:03.240><c> a</c><00:13:03.379><c> day</c><00:13:03.539><c> of</c><00:13:03.759><c> rejoicing</c><00:13:04.179><c> at</c><00:13:04.419><c> all.</c>

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It<00:13:05.080><c> was</c><00:13:05.279><c> a</c><00:13:05.399><c> day</c><00:13:05.580><c> of</c><00:13:05.940><c> national</c><00:13:06.620><c> mourning,</c><00:13:08.080><c> of</c><00:13:08.299><c> sorrow,</c><00:13:09.399><c> of</c><00:13:09.500><c> confession</c><00:13:10.120><c> of</c>

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sin,<00:13:11.200><c> and</c><00:13:11.480><c> of</c><00:13:11.820><c> seeking</c><00:13:12.120><c> earnestly</c>

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the<00:13:13.200><c> forgiveness</c><00:13:13.580><c> of</c><00:13:13.840><c> God</c><00:13:14.179><c> through</c><00:13:14.600><c> prayer</c><00:13:15.100><c> and</c><00:13:15.620><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:13:17.000><c> so</c><00:13:17.139><c> it</c><00:13:17.379><c> was</c><00:13:17.679><c> that</c><00:13:18.259><c> the</c><00:13:18.879><c> released</c><00:13:19.340><c> slave</c><00:13:20.120><c> was</c><00:13:20.580><c> not</c><00:13:20.799><c> in</c><00:13:21.019><c> a</c><00:13:21.139><c> position</c><00:13:21.519><c> to</c>

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rejoice<00:13:22.320><c> that</c><00:13:22.879><c> day.</c>

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But<00:13:26.320><c> first</c><00:13:26.820><c> he</c><00:13:26.980><c> must</c><00:13:27.220><c> remember</c><00:13:27.879><c> where</c><00:13:28.460><c> his</c><00:13:28.779><c> release</c><00:13:29.120><c> had</c><00:13:29.340><c> come</c>

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from,<00:13:30.299><c> and</c><00:13:30.500><c> in</c><00:13:30.820><c> thankfulness</c><00:13:31.480><c> and</c><00:13:31.720><c> confession</c>

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of<00:13:32.600><c> his</c><00:13:32.899><c> sin</c><00:13:33.159><c> and</c><00:13:33.480><c> his</c><00:13:33.820><c> unworthiness</c><00:13:34.759><c> to</c><00:13:34.980><c> be</c><00:13:35.340><c> free,</c><00:13:36.480><c> along</c><00:13:36.720><c> with</c><00:13:36.940><c> all</c>

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in<00:13:39.360><c> the</c><00:13:39.500><c> day</c><00:13:40.100><c> of</c><00:13:40.399><c> atonement.</c>

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Let's<00:13:46.480><c> come</c><00:13:46.679><c> then</c><00:13:46.879><c> to</c><00:13:47.039><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:13:47.559><c> chapter</c><00:13:48.059><c> 15,</c><00:13:48.759><c> a</c><00:13:48.960><c> portion</c>

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of<00:13:49.440><c> which</c><00:13:49.580><c> we've</c><00:13:49.820><c> read</c><00:13:50.059><c> together,</c><00:13:51.320><c> and</c>

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have<00:13:51.720><c> a</c><00:13:51.759><c> look</c><00:13:51.960><c> at</c><00:13:52.159><c> some</c><00:13:52.360><c> of</c><00:13:52.580><c> the</c><00:13:52.759><c> details</c><00:13:53.320><c> of</c><00:13:53.679><c> this</c><00:13:54.340><c> year</c><00:13:54.740><c> of</c>

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release,<00:13:55.919><c> this</c><00:13:56.360><c> seventh</c><00:13:56.820><c> year.</c>

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Let's<00:13:58.259><c> go</c><00:13:58.419><c> in</c><00:13:58.639><c> first</c><00:13:58.879><c> at</c><00:13:59.120><c> verse</c><00:13:59.559><c> 12,</c><00:14:01.019><c> which,</c><00:14:02.639><c> because</c><00:14:02.960><c> we've</c>

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talked<00:14:03.539><c> about</c><00:14:03.899><c> the</c><00:14:04.259><c> mercy</c><00:14:04.639><c> of</c><00:14:04.960><c> God</c><00:14:05.379><c> and</c><00:14:05.580><c> the</c>

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remembrance<00:14:06.340><c> of</c><00:14:06.580><c> his</c><00:14:06.840><c> mercy</c><00:14:07.220><c> in</c><00:14:07.500><c> providing</c><00:14:07.879><c> the</c><00:14:08.240><c> release,</c><00:14:09.539><c> reminds</c><00:14:09.799><c> us</c>

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that<00:14:10.159><c> Israel</c><00:14:10.639><c> too</c><00:14:11.080><c> had</c><00:14:11.360><c> to</c>

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show<00:14:12.019><c> mercy,</c><00:14:12.840><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:13.299><c> 15</c><00:14:13.840><c> and</c><00:14:14.039><c> 12,</c><00:14:15.559><c> and</c><00:14:15.799><c> if</c><00:14:15.980><c> thy</c><00:14:16.179><c> brother,</c><00:14:17.019><c> an</c><00:14:17.179><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:17.480><c> man</c>

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or<00:14:18.240><c> an</c><00:14:18.360><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:18.779><c> woman,</c>

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be<00:14:19.659><c> sold</c><00:14:20.139><c> unto</c><00:14:20.419><c> thee</c><00:14:20.720><c> and</c><00:14:21.000><c> serve</c><00:14:21.299><c> thee</c><00:14:21.559><c> six</c><00:14:21.860><c> years,</c><00:14:22.539><c> then</c><00:14:22.659><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:23.139><c> seventh</c><00:14:23.419><c> year</c><00:14:24.080><c> thou</c><00:14:24.299><c> shalt</c><00:14:24.500><c> let</c><00:14:24.720><c> him</c>

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go<00:14:25.259><c> free</c><00:14:25.639><c> from</c><00:14:25.940><c> thee.</c>

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When<00:14:27.419><c> thou</c><00:14:27.720><c> sendest</c><00:14:28.039><c> him</c><00:14:28.240><c> out</c><00:14:28.600><c> free</c><00:14:28.960><c> from</c><00:14:29.259><c> thee,</c><00:14:29.759><c> thou</c><00:14:29.940><c> shalt</c>

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not<00:14:30.440><c> let</c><00:14:30.580><c> him</c><00:14:30.759><c> go</c><00:14:31.139><c> away</c><00:14:31.559><c> empty.</c>

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Thou<00:14:33.340><c> shalt</c><00:14:33.679><c> furnish</c><00:14:34.159><c> him</c><00:14:34.600><c> liberally</c><00:14:35.320><c> out</c><00:14:35.639><c> of</c><00:14:35.799><c> thy</c><00:14:36.019><c> flock,</c><00:14:36.840><c> and</c><00:14:36.960><c> out</c><00:14:37.100><c> of</c>

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thy<00:14:37.539><c> floor,</c><00:14:38.299><c> and</c><00:14:38.460><c> out</c><00:14:38.659><c> of</c><00:14:38.820><c> thy</c>

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winepress,<00:14:40.179><c> of</c><00:14:40.360><c> that</c><00:14:40.580><c> wherewith</c><00:14:41.100><c> the</c><00:14:41.399><c> Lord</c><00:14:41.879><c> thy</c><00:14:42.159><c> God</c><00:14:42.720><c> hath</c>

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blessed<00:14:43.340><c> thee,</c><00:14:44.220><c> thou</c><00:14:44.440><c> shalt</c><00:14:44.899><c> give</c><00:14:45.500><c> unto</c><00:14:46.019><c> him.</c>

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So,<00:14:49.500><c> the</c><00:14:49.700><c> servant,</c><00:14:50.500><c> brethren</c><00:14:50.500><c> and</c><00:14:50.779><c> sisters,</c><00:14:51.899><c> was</c><00:14:52.059><c> being</c><00:14:52.419><c> rehabilitated,</c><00:14:53.440><c> wasn't</c><00:14:53.620><c> he?</c>

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He<00:14:54.740><c> wasn't</c><00:14:54.960><c> just</c><00:14:55.259><c> being</c><00:14:55.480><c> given</c><00:14:55.700><c> his</c><00:14:56.080><c> freedom,</c><00:14:56.480><c> it</c><00:14:56.580><c> wasn't</c><00:14:56.860><c> a</c>

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case<00:14:57.279><c> of</c><00:14:57.720><c> opening</c><00:14:58.039><c> the</c><00:14:58.259><c> door</c><00:14:58.419><c> and</c><00:14:58.639><c> saying</c>

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off<00:14:59.179><c> you</c><00:14:59.360><c> go</c><00:14:59.639><c> then,</c><00:15:00.639><c> oh</c><00:15:00.860><c> no,</c><00:15:02.480><c> no,</c><00:15:02.720><c> no,</c><00:15:02.740><c> you</c><00:15:02.879><c> had</c><00:15:03.120><c> to</c><00:15:03.440><c> load</c><00:15:03.639><c> him</c>

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up<00:15:04.120><c> with</c><00:15:04.279><c> as</c><00:15:04.600><c> many</c><00:15:04.899><c> benefits</c><00:15:05.419><c> as</c><00:15:05.580><c> he</c><00:15:05.720><c> could</c>

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carry,<00:15:07.539><c> sheep</c><00:15:07.720><c> from</c><00:15:07.940><c> the</c><00:15:08.179><c> herd,</c><00:15:09.139><c> grain</c><00:15:09.539><c> from</c><00:15:09.820><c> the</c><00:15:10.000><c> threshing</c>

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floor,<00:15:11.980><c> grapes</c><00:15:12.259><c> from</c><00:15:12.500><c> the</c><00:15:12.759><c> winepress.</c>

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in<00:15:18.980><c> life.</c>

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You<00:15:20.980><c> had</c><00:15:21.220><c> to</c><00:15:21.399><c> be</c><00:15:21.740><c> merciful</c><00:15:22.139><c> to</c><00:15:22.419><c> him,</c><00:15:22.799><c> because</c><00:15:23.200><c> you</c><00:15:23.480><c> were</c><00:15:23.639><c> God's</c>

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representative,<00:15:25.980><c> you</c><00:15:26.039><c> were</c><00:15:26.299><c> representing</c>

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bondman<00:15:30.740><c> in</c><00:15:30.960><c> Egypt,</c><00:15:31.480><c> and</c><00:15:31.740><c> now</c><00:15:32.100><c> you</c><00:15:32.299><c> are</c><00:15:32.360><c> being</c>

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obliged<00:15:33.259><c> in</c><00:15:33.519><c> your</c><00:15:33.779><c> life</c><00:15:34.039><c> to</c><00:15:34.200><c> do</c><00:15:34.379><c> a</c><00:15:34.580><c> retake</c><00:15:34.919><c> of</c><00:15:35.159><c> that,</c><00:15:35.759><c> to</c><00:15:35.919><c> remember</c><00:15:36.460><c> that</c>

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forcibly,<00:15:37.740><c> and</c><00:15:37.980><c> to</c><00:15:38.200><c> show</c><00:15:38.320><c> the</c>

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servant.

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It<00:15:46.419><c> had</c><00:15:46.639><c> to</c><00:15:46.820><c> be</c><00:15:46.980><c> done</c><00:15:47.740><c> liberally,</c><00:15:48.899><c> he</c><00:15:49.080><c> had</c><00:15:49.320><c> to</c><00:15:49.480><c> go</c><00:15:49.659><c> out</c><00:15:50.379><c> laden,</c>

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you<00:15:51.539><c> were</c><00:15:51.759><c> not</c><00:15:51.960><c> just</c><00:15:52.320><c> sending</c><00:15:52.539><c> him</c><00:15:52.860><c> away,</c>

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you<00:15:54.039><c> were</c><00:15:54.279><c> sending</c><00:15:54.519><c> him</c><00:15:54.820><c> away</c><00:15:55.159><c> rich,</c><00:15:56.179><c> setting</c><00:15:56.299><c> him</c><00:15:56.539><c> up,</c><00:15:57.220><c> rehabilitating</c><00:15:57.899><c> him.</c>

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It<00:15:58.840><c> was</c><00:15:59.159><c> clear,</c><00:15:59.559><c> brethren</c><00:15:59.700><c> and</c><00:15:59.879><c> sisters,</c><00:16:00.120><c> wasn't</c><00:16:00.340><c> it,</c><00:16:00.820><c> from</c>

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that<00:16:03.120><c> you</c><00:16:03.379><c> were</c><00:16:03.679><c> giving</c><00:16:03.980><c> back</c><00:16:04.419><c> the</c><00:16:04.659><c> slave</c><00:16:04.960><c> his</c><00:16:05.320><c> life,</c><00:16:06.879><c> not</c><00:16:07.039><c> just</c><00:16:07.240><c> his</c>

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freedom<00:16:07.820><c> you</c><00:16:08.000><c> understand,</c><00:16:08.720><c> his</c><00:16:08.919><c> life,</c>

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you<00:16:09.779><c> were</c><00:16:10.000><c> giving</c><00:16:10.240><c> him</c><00:16:10.559><c> life,</c><00:16:11.759><c> you</c><00:16:11.899><c> were</c><00:16:12.179><c> setting</c><00:16:12.419><c> him</c><00:16:12.679><c> up,</c><00:16:14.059><c> you</c><00:16:14.179><c> were</c><00:16:14.519><c> inviting</c><00:16:14.799><c> him</c><00:16:15.259><c> to</c>

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go<00:16:15.799><c> and</c><00:16:16.279><c> live</c>

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was<00:16:21.019><c> allowed</c><00:16:21.340><c> to</c><00:16:21.659><c> take</c><00:16:22.000><c> from</c><00:16:22.480><c> your</c><00:16:22.779><c> house,</c>

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from<00:16:23.860><c> your</c><00:16:24.159><c> home.</c>

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And<00:16:25.720><c> so</c><00:16:25.919><c> verse</c><00:16:26.139><c> 15</c><00:16:26.620><c> of</c><00:16:26.820><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:27.360><c> 15,</c><00:16:29.740><c> you</c><00:16:29.860><c> will</c><00:16:30.059><c> send</c><00:16:30.179><c> him</c>

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away<00:16:30.720><c> liberally,</c><00:16:31.279><c> he</c><00:16:31.379><c> will</c><00:16:31.620><c> not</c><00:16:31.779><c> go</c><00:16:31.980><c> away</c>

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empty,<00:16:33.200><c> thou</c><00:16:33.299><c> shalt</c><00:16:33.539><c> furnish</c><00:16:34.059><c> him,</c><00:16:34.559><c> and</c><00:16:34.759><c> so</c><00:16:35.019><c> on,</c><00:16:35.340><c> as</c><00:16:35.500><c> we've</c><00:16:35.740><c> read</c><00:16:35.919><c> in</c>

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thou<00:16:38.519><c> shalt</c><00:16:38.879><c> remember</c><00:16:39.700><c> that</c><00:16:40.360><c> thou</c><00:16:40.700><c> wast</c><00:16:40.919><c> a</c><00:16:41.220><c> bondman</c><00:16:41.559><c> in</c><00:16:41.720><c> the</c>

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Always<00:16:50.580><c> you</c><00:16:50.840><c> see</c><00:16:51.059><c> it</c><00:16:51.320><c> came</c><00:16:51.700><c> back</c><00:16:52.399><c> to</c><00:16:52.919><c> Israel's</c><00:16:53.720><c> circumstances</c>

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to<00:16:57.080><c> them.</c>

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Just<00:16:58.259><c> keep</c><00:16:58.399><c> a</c><00:16:58.559><c> finger</c><00:16:58.740><c> in</c><00:16:58.899><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:59.299><c> 15</c><00:16:59.779><c> for</c><00:16:59.980><c> a</c><00:17:00.120><c> moment,</c><00:17:00.620><c> or</c>

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and<00:17:11.700><c> 9.</c>

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thing<00:17:21.539><c> today.</c>

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Verse<00:17:22.640><c> 8</c><00:17:22.880><c> of</c><00:17:23.059><c> Exodus</c><00:17:23.279><c> 23</c><00:17:23.740><c> for</c><00:17:23.960><c> Connexion,</c><00:17:24.400><c> thou</c><00:17:24.519><c> shalt</c><00:17:24.720><c> take</c>

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and<00:17:27.480><c> perverted</c><00:17:27.779><c> the</c><00:17:27.960><c> words</c><00:17:28.160><c> of</c><00:17:28.319><c> the</c><00:17:28.480><c> righteous,</c><00:17:29.240><c> also</c><00:17:29.920><c> thou</c><00:17:30.380><c> shalt</c><00:17:30.720><c> not</c><00:17:31.039><c> oppress</c><00:17:31.420><c> a</c>

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stranger,<00:17:32.859><c> for</c>

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ye<00:17:33.920><c> know</c><00:17:34.180><c> the</c><00:17:34.680><c> heart</c><00:17:35.259><c> of</c><00:17:35.740><c> a</c><00:17:36.119><c> stranger,</c><00:17:37.400><c> seeing</c><00:17:37.700><c> ye</c><00:17:38.059><c> were</c><00:17:38.259><c> strangers</c><00:17:38.660><c> in</c><00:17:38.859><c> the</c><00:17:38.960><c> land</c><00:17:39.119><c> of</c><00:17:39.299><c> Egypt.</c>

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That's<00:17:40.079><c> a</c><00:17:40.259><c> very</c><00:17:40.519><c> telling</c><00:17:40.960><c> phrase,</c><00:17:41.460><c> I</c><00:17:41.619><c> think,</c><00:17:41.900><c> isn't</c><00:17:42.079><c> it?</c>

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You<00:17:43.000><c> know</c><00:17:43.359><c> the</c><00:17:43.839><c> heart</c><00:17:44.299><c> of</c><00:17:44.579><c> a</c><00:17:44.799><c> stranger.</c>

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You<00:17:46.400><c> think</c><00:17:46.680><c> about</c><00:17:46.980><c> it,</c><00:17:47.140><c> and</c><00:17:47.319><c> you</c><00:17:47.680><c> know</c><00:17:47.920><c> what</c><00:17:48.160><c> it</c><00:17:48.319><c> was</c><00:17:48.660><c> like.</c>

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You<00:17:50.019><c> went</c><00:17:50.319><c> through</c><00:17:50.579><c> it,</c><00:17:50.759><c> just</c><00:17:51.000><c> remember</c><00:17:51.539><c> that.</c>

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You<00:17:52.539><c> know</c><00:17:52.819><c> the</c><00:17:53.160><c> heart</c><00:17:53.440><c> of</c><00:17:53.660><c> a</c><00:17:53.759><c> stranger,</c><00:17:53.920><c> you</c><00:17:54.099><c> understand</c><00:17:54.859><c> what</c>

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it's<00:17:55.400><c> like,</c><00:17:55.859><c> you</c><00:17:56.220><c> know</c><00:17:56.480><c> how</c><00:17:56.759><c> it</c><00:17:57.180><c> feels,</c><00:17:58.579><c> and</c>

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you<00:17:59.019><c> will</c><00:17:59.180><c> have</c><00:17:59.440><c> that</c><00:17:59.839><c> empathy,</c><00:18:00.500><c> that</c><00:18:00.880><c> sympathy</c><00:18:01.559><c> with</c><00:18:02.099><c> your</c>

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slave,<00:18:03.220><c> and</c><00:18:03.480><c> you'll</c><00:18:03.880><c> know</c><00:18:04.099><c> how</c><00:18:04.319><c> it</c><00:18:04.539><c> feels,</c>

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and<00:18:04.960><c> you'll</c><00:18:05.200><c> know</c><00:18:05.359><c> his</c><00:18:05.720><c> heart,</c><00:18:06.299><c> and</c><00:18:06.460><c> you'll</c><00:18:06.759><c> know</c><00:18:06.880><c> what</c><00:18:07.019><c> he</c><00:18:07.339><c> longs</c><00:18:07.759><c> for,</c><00:18:08.440><c> and</c><00:18:08.859><c> what</c><00:18:09.180><c> is</c>

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his<00:18:09.740><c> anticipation,</c>

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and<00:18:11.000><c> his</c><00:18:11.359><c> joy,</c><00:18:12.339><c> and</c><00:18:12.700><c> you'll</c><00:18:12.940><c> enter</c><00:18:13.059><c> into</c><00:18:13.259><c> the</c><00:18:13.619><c> spirit</c><00:18:13.839><c> of</c><00:18:14.079><c> that,</c><00:18:14.700><c> and</c>

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you<00:18:15.039><c> will</c><00:18:15.180><c> send</c><00:18:15.380><c> him</c><00:18:15.619><c> away</c><00:18:15.920><c> fully</c>

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laden<00:18:17.099><c> and</c><00:18:17.660><c> glad</c><00:18:18.099><c> to</c><00:18:18.480><c> do</c><00:18:18.700><c> so,</c><00:18:19.920><c> because</c><00:18:20.500><c> you</c><00:18:21.140><c> know,</c><00:18:22.200><c> you've</c><00:18:22.680><c> felt</c><00:18:22.920><c> it</c>

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yourself,<00:18:24.339><c> you</c><00:18:24.640><c> know</c><00:18:24.940><c> the</c><00:18:25.220><c> heart</c>

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of<00:18:26.059><c> a</c><00:18:26.319><c> stranger.</c>

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please,<00:18:30.460><c> and</c><00:18:30.859><c> the</c><00:18:31.000><c> first</c><00:18:31.160><c> two</c><00:18:31.359><c> verses</c>

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that<00:18:35.700><c> Israel</c><00:18:36.160><c> were</c><00:18:36.720><c> to</c><00:18:37.519><c> demonstrate.</c>

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release.

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he<00:19:14.500><c> has</c><00:19:14.880><c> proclaimed</c><00:19:15.319><c> it,</c><00:19:16.079><c> therefore</c><00:19:16.759><c> you</c><00:19:17.440><c> will</c><00:19:17.759><c> show</c><00:19:18.059><c> kindness,</c><00:19:19.640><c> you</c>

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And<00:19:25.220><c> every</c><00:19:25.740><c> debt</c><00:19:26.180><c> was</c><00:19:26.819><c> to</c><00:19:26.960><c> be</c><00:19:27.140><c> released</c><00:19:27.420><c> as</c><00:19:27.700><c> well.</c>

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Not<00:19:28.839><c> just</c><00:19:29.220><c> the</c><00:19:29.539><c> slave,</c><00:19:30.000><c> then,</c><00:19:30.599><c> but</c><00:19:30.980><c> debt,</c><00:19:31.819><c> too,</c><00:19:32.720><c> were</c><00:19:33.000><c> to</c><00:19:33.240><c> be</c>

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surely<00:20:01.400><c> lend</c><00:20:01.900><c> him</c><00:20:02.200><c> sufficient</c><00:20:02.680><c> for</c><00:20:02.900><c> his</c><00:20:03.200><c> need</c><00:20:03.619><c> in</c><00:20:04.099><c> that</c><00:20:04.319><c> which</c>

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he<00:20:04.799><c> wanteth.</c>

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let<00:21:42.440><c> be</c><00:21:42.799><c> sin</c><00:21:43.059><c> unto</c><00:21:43.339><c> thee,</c><00:21:44.480><c> thou</c><00:21:44.660><c> shalt</c><00:21:44.940><c> surely</c><00:21:45.380><c> give</c><00:21:45.740><c> him,</c><00:21:46.180><c> and</c>

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thine<00:21:46.440><c> heart</c><00:21:46.619><c> shall</c><00:21:46.839><c> not</c><00:21:47.000><c> be</c><00:21:47.299><c> grieved</c>

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Lord<00:21:51.160><c> thy</c><00:21:51.420><c> God</c><00:21:51.660><c> shall</c><00:21:51.900><c> bless</c><00:21:52.279><c> thee</c>

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Yes,<00:21:58.980><c> it</c><00:21:59.140><c> was</c><00:22:00.160><c> wickedness,</c><00:22:01.779><c> to</c><00:22:01.960><c> reason,</c><00:22:03.680><c> I'm</c><00:22:03.839><c> not</c><00:22:04.000><c> going</c><00:22:04.200><c> to</c><00:22:04.220><c> lend</c><00:22:04.359><c> my</c><00:22:05.059><c> mower</c><00:22:05.339><c> this</c><00:22:05.519><c> month,</c><00:22:05.740><c> I</c><00:22:05.859><c> might</c>

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not<00:22:06.160><c> get</c><00:22:06.299><c> it</c><00:22:06.500><c> back,</c><00:22:06.759><c> you</c><00:22:06.839><c> know,</c><00:22:07.140><c> it's</c><00:22:07.519><c> the</c><00:22:07.640><c> year</c><00:22:07.819><c> of</c><00:22:07.940><c> release</c><00:22:08.180><c> coming</c><00:22:08.440><c> up,</c><00:22:09.019><c> and</c><00:22:09.099><c> you</c><00:22:09.160><c> know,</c><00:22:09.339><c> if</c><00:22:09.500><c> I</c><00:22:09.660><c> lend</c>

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him<00:22:10.200><c> the</c><00:22:10.460><c> tractor</c><00:22:10.720><c> mower,</c><00:22:11.019><c> you</c><00:22:11.240><c> know,</c><00:22:11.400><c> he</c><00:22:11.559><c> might</c><00:22:11.819><c> hang</c><00:22:12.039><c> on</c><00:22:12.240><c> to</c>

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it<00:22:12.480><c> and</c><00:22:12.599><c> I</c><00:22:12.680><c> shall</c><00:22:12.799><c> have</c><00:22:12.900><c> to</c><00:22:13.019><c> let</c><00:22:13.099><c> it</c><00:22:13.299><c> go.</c>

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It<00:22:15.579><c> would</c><00:22:15.660><c> be</c><00:22:15.819><c> a</c><00:22:16.000><c> great</c><00:22:16.200><c> tendency</c><00:22:16.799><c> towards</c><00:22:17.180><c> that</c><00:22:17.460><c> sort</c><00:22:17.700><c> of</c><00:22:17.839><c> thing,</c><00:22:18.299><c> brethren</c><00:22:18.420><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:18.960><c> wouldn't</c>

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it?

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Whatever<00:22:20.180><c> it</c><00:22:20.400><c> was,</c><00:22:20.819><c> you</c><00:22:20.819><c> know,</c><00:22:21.079><c> Joe</c><00:22:21.180><c> comes</c><00:22:21.440><c> along</c><00:22:21.680><c> and</c><00:22:21.819><c> he</c><00:22:21.859><c> wants</c><00:22:22.079><c> to</c>

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borrow<00:22:22.400><c> it,</c><00:22:22.640><c> and</c><00:22:22.700><c> well,</c><00:22:23.140><c> hang</c>

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on<00:22:23.400><c> a</c><00:22:23.420><c> minute,</c><00:22:23.640><c> we've</c><00:22:23.720><c> only</c><00:22:23.799><c> got</c><00:22:23.960><c> a</c><00:22:24.039><c> few</c><00:22:24.180><c> weeks</c><00:22:24.420><c> to</c><00:22:24.640><c> go,</c><00:22:25.140><c> and</c><00:22:25.259><c> well,</c><00:22:25.380><c> I</c>

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want<00:22:25.539><c> it</c><00:22:25.680><c> back</c><00:22:25.859><c> tomorrow</c><00:22:26.200><c> then,</c>

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alright?

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Once<00:22:29.119><c> you</c><00:22:29.220><c> get</c><00:22:29.420><c> to</c><00:22:29.579><c> the</c><00:22:29.700><c> year</c><00:22:29.880><c> of</c><00:22:30.140><c> release,</c><00:22:30.500><c> you</c><00:22:30.680><c> can't</c><00:22:31.180><c> demand</c><00:22:31.660><c> it.</c>

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It<00:22:34.660><c> goes</c><00:22:34.900><c> against</c><00:22:35.319><c> the</c><00:22:35.559><c> grain,</c><00:22:35.940><c> doesn't</c><00:22:36.220><c> it?</c><00:22:37.240><c> It</c><00:22:37.240><c> goes</c><00:22:37.539><c> against</c><00:22:38.019><c> our</c>

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human<00:22:38.619><c> nature</c><00:22:39.220><c> and</c><00:22:39.559><c> the</c><00:22:39.680><c> way</c>

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we<00:22:40.039><c> are,</c><00:22:40.440><c> brethren</c><00:22:40.579><c> and</c><00:22:40.779><c> sisters,</c><00:22:41.099><c> and</c><00:22:41.400><c> of</c><00:22:42.019><c> course</c><00:22:42.259><c> it</c><00:22:42.460><c> does,</c>

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deliberately<00:22:43.559><c> so,</c><00:22:44.500><c> that's</c><00:22:44.799><c> the</c><00:22:44.920><c> whole</c>

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point<00:22:45.519><c> about</c><00:22:45.839><c> it,</c><00:22:46.039><c> isn't</c><00:22:46.220><c> it?</c>

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And<00:22:47.319><c> surely</c><00:22:47.500><c> that's</c><00:22:47.839><c> the</c><00:22:47.940><c> whole</c><00:22:48.180><c> point</c><00:22:48.460><c> about</c><00:22:48.759><c> this</c><00:22:49.279><c> year</c><00:22:49.640><c> of</c>

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release,<00:22:50.339><c> not</c><00:22:50.559><c> just</c><00:22:50.880><c> were</c><00:22:51.019><c> they</c><00:22:51.180><c> to</c><00:22:51.380><c> show</c>

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kindness,<00:22:52.539><c> not</c><00:22:52.740><c> just</c><00:22:53.059><c> were</c><00:22:53.220><c> they</c><00:22:53.400><c> to</c><00:22:53.559><c> be</c><00:22:53.700><c> willing</c><00:22:53.980><c> to</c><00:22:54.200><c> lend</c><00:22:54.359><c> without</c><00:22:54.740><c> any</c><00:22:55.019><c> grudging,</c><00:22:55.640><c> but</c><00:22:55.819><c> by</c><00:22:56.119><c> this</c>

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very<00:22:56.660><c> act,</c><00:22:56.980><c> brethren</c><00:22:57.119><c> and</c><00:22:57.359><c> sisters,</c><00:22:57.819><c> they</c><00:22:58.000><c> were</c><00:22:58.200><c> becoming</c><00:22:58.579><c> involved</c><00:22:59.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:00.000><c> freedom</c><00:23:00.240><c> of</c><00:23:00.500><c> the</c><00:23:00.700><c> slave,</c>

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weren't<00:23:01.220><c> they?</c>

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They<00:23:03.299><c> weren't</c><00:23:03.519><c> just</c><00:23:03.839><c> setting</c><00:23:04.079><c> the</c><00:23:04.279><c> man</c><00:23:04.559><c> free,</c><00:23:05.599><c> as</c><00:23:05.640><c> we</c><00:23:05.839><c> said,</c>

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opening<00:23:06.319><c> the</c><00:23:06.480><c> door</c><00:23:06.660><c> and</c><00:23:06.859><c> saying,</c><00:23:07.140><c> okay,</c>

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off<00:23:07.460><c> you</c><00:23:07.660><c> go.</c>

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They<00:23:08.660><c> weren't</c><00:23:08.839><c> even</c><00:23:09.140><c> just</c><00:23:09.480><c> loading</c><00:23:09.700><c> him</c><00:23:09.880><c> up</c><00:23:09.980><c> with</c><00:23:10.220><c> benefits.</c>

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They<00:23:11.920><c> weren't</c><00:23:12.140><c> even</c><00:23:12.660><c> being</c><00:23:13.200><c> not</c><00:23:13.519><c> grudging</c><00:23:14.039><c> and</c><00:23:14.440><c> liberal</c><00:23:14.759><c> and</c>

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generous<00:23:15.299><c> in</c><00:23:15.539><c> this.</c>

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It<00:23:17.900><c> was</c><00:23:18.039><c> more</c><00:23:18.259><c> than</c><00:23:18.400><c> all</c><00:23:18.619><c> of</c><00:23:18.759><c> those</c><00:23:18.960><c> things.</c>

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God<00:23:21.019><c> was</c><00:23:21.359><c> inviting</c><00:23:21.779><c> Israel,</c><00:23:22.259><c> if</c><00:23:22.400><c> they</c><00:23:22.680><c> would,</c><00:23:24.019><c> to</c><00:23:24.339><c> share</c><00:23:24.859><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:25.259><c> freedom</c><00:23:25.440><c> of</c><00:23:25.680><c> the</c><00:23:25.839><c> slave,</c><00:23:26.779><c> to</c><00:23:26.940><c> be</c><00:23:27.200><c> partakers</c>

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of<00:23:28.039><c> it,</c><00:23:29.259><c> to</c><00:23:29.460><c> load</c><00:23:29.599><c> him</c><00:23:29.720><c> up</c><00:23:29.819><c> with</c><00:23:30.039><c> benefits</c><00:23:30.480><c> and</c><00:23:30.920><c> share</c><00:23:31.400><c> his</c><00:23:31.740><c> joy.</c>

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You<00:23:32.619><c> know</c><00:23:32.900><c> the</c><00:23:33.220><c> heart</c><00:23:33.559><c> of</c><00:23:33.799><c> a</c><00:23:34.000><c> stranger,</c><00:23:35.039><c> then</c><00:23:35.339><c> share</c><00:23:35.700><c> in</c><00:23:35.859><c> his</c>

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freedom,<00:23:37.000><c> to</c><00:23:37.000><c> rejoice</c><00:23:37.380><c> with</c><00:23:37.619><c> him</c><00:23:37.799><c> in</c><00:23:38.059><c> his</c>

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rejoicing,<00:23:41.059><c> and</c><00:23:41.460><c> you</c><00:23:41.599><c> could</c><00:23:41.740><c> do</c><00:23:41.920><c> that</c><00:23:42.119><c> by</c><00:23:42.319><c> being</c><00:23:42.599><c> involved</c><00:23:42.980><c> in</c><00:23:43.099><c> it.</c>

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Hang<00:23:44.359><c> on,</c><00:23:44.940><c> have</c><00:23:45.039><c> one</c><00:23:45.220><c> of</c><00:23:45.319><c> these,</c><00:23:45.640><c> look,</c><00:23:45.819><c> I</c><00:23:45.900><c> know</c><00:23:46.019><c> you</c><00:23:46.180><c> haven't</c>

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got,<00:23:46.599><c> let</c><00:23:46.900><c> me</c><00:23:46.980><c> give</c><00:23:47.119><c> you</c><00:23:47.240><c> one</c><00:23:47.400><c> of</c><00:23:47.559><c> these.</c>

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Have<00:23:48.160><c> this,</c><00:23:48.680><c> do,</c><00:23:49.140><c> you</c><00:23:49.299><c> know,</c><00:23:49.460><c> it's</c><00:23:49.619><c> all</c><00:23:49.779><c> right,</c><00:23:50.059><c> I've</c><00:23:50.480><c> got</c><00:23:50.700><c> others,</c><00:23:50.960><c> you</c>

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have<00:23:51.440><c> that</c><00:23:51.720><c> one,</c><00:23:51.859><c> you</c><00:23:51.980><c> know.</c>

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You<00:23:52.519><c> could</c><00:23:52.759><c> share</c><00:23:53.160><c> in</c><00:23:53.319><c> his</c><00:23:53.559><c> joy,</c><00:23:53.779><c> you</c><00:23:53.819><c> could</c><00:23:54.039><c> be</c><00:23:54.279><c> partaker</c><00:23:54.700><c> with</c><00:23:54.920><c> him</c>

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of<00:23:55.700><c> it.</c>

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That<00:23:57.180><c> was</c><00:23:57.400><c> the</c><00:23:57.579><c> opportunity,</c><00:23:58.400><c> brethren</c><00:23:58.519><c> and</c><00:23:58.779><c> sisters,</c><00:23:59.000><c> that</c>

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this<00:23:59.519><c> seventh</c><00:23:59.779><c> year</c><00:24:00.299><c> afforded</c><00:24:01.119><c> to</c><00:24:01.299><c> those</c><00:24:01.519><c> who</c>

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entered<00:24:01.799><c> into</c><00:24:02.039><c> the</c><00:24:02.339><c> spirit</c><00:24:02.619><c> of</c><00:24:02.799><c> it</c><00:24:02.900><c> and</c><00:24:03.079><c> were</c><00:24:03.359><c> generous,</c><00:24:04.339><c> not</c>

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just<00:24:04.799><c> giving</c><00:24:05.000><c> because</c><00:24:05.319><c> they</c><00:24:05.500><c> were</c><00:24:05.720><c> obliged</c>

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to<00:24:06.299><c> give,</c><00:24:06.420><c> well,</c><00:24:06.539><c> we've</c><00:24:06.680><c> got</c><00:24:06.759><c> to</c><00:24:06.880><c> give</c><00:24:06.980><c> you</c><00:24:07.119><c> this,</c><00:24:07.259><c> so</c><00:24:07.400><c> we'd</c>

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better<00:24:07.660><c> let</c><00:24:07.799><c> you</c><00:24:07.960><c> have</c><00:24:08.079><c> that,</c><00:24:08.480><c> we're</c><00:24:08.660><c> not</c>

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having<00:24:08.960><c> that</c><00:24:09.160><c> because</c><00:24:09.240><c> that's</c><00:24:09.440><c> the</c><00:24:09.579><c> best</c><00:24:09.759><c> one.</c>

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You<00:24:09.940><c> can</c><00:24:10.059><c> have</c><00:24:10.200><c> that</c><00:24:10.380><c> one,</c><00:24:10.480><c> it's</c><00:24:10.819><c> scratched</c><00:24:11.000><c> and</c><00:24:11.119><c> it's</c><00:24:11.279><c> a</c><00:24:11.359><c> bit</c>

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damaged,<00:24:11.740><c> you</c><00:24:11.900><c> know.</c>

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It's<00:24:13.480><c> not</c><00:24:13.700><c> that,</c><00:24:14.019><c> is</c><00:24:14.039><c> it,</c><00:24:14.160><c> brethren</c><00:24:14.339><c> and</c><00:24:14.519><c> sisters,</c><00:24:14.700><c> here's</c><00:24:15.000><c> an</c>

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opportunity<00:24:15.640><c> really</c><00:24:15.980><c> to</c><00:24:16.220><c> enter</c><00:24:16.460><c> into</c>

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it,<00:24:17.819><c> to</c><00:24:18.059><c> be</c><00:24:18.339><c> partaker</c><00:24:18.859><c> with</c><00:24:19.140><c> him.</c>

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That,<00:24:22.019><c> brethren</c><00:24:22.140><c> and</c><00:24:22.380><c> sisters,</c><00:24:22.740><c> is</c><00:24:22.839><c> what</c><00:24:23.119><c> fellowship</c><00:24:23.660><c> is.</c>

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Some<00:24:27.579><c> of</c><00:24:27.680><c> us</c><00:24:27.799><c> have</c><00:24:27.940><c> been</c><00:24:28.140><c> saying</c><00:24:28.319><c> at</c><00:24:28.480><c> the</c><00:24:28.619><c> meal</c><00:24:28.819><c> table</c><00:24:29.039><c> earlier</c>

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this<00:24:29.579><c> week,</c><00:24:31.299><c> sadly,</c><00:24:32.019><c> we</c><00:24:32.200><c> as</c><00:24:32.339><c> a</c><00:24:32.579><c> community</c>

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have<00:24:33.859><c> begun</c><00:24:34.299><c> to</c><00:24:34.660><c> fall</c><00:24:34.839><c> into</c><00:24:35.119><c> the</c><00:24:35.359><c> error</c><00:24:35.539><c> of</c><00:24:35.740><c> some</c><00:24:35.920><c> of</c><00:24:36.059><c> the</c><00:24:36.200><c> churches</c><00:24:36.480><c> about</c><00:24:36.819><c> us</c>

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and<00:24:37.779><c> to</c><00:24:38.079><c> devalue</c><00:24:38.940><c> that</c>

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word<00:24:39.480><c> fellowship</c><00:24:39.980><c> quite</c><00:24:40.339><c> dramatically,</c><00:24:41.359><c> and</c><00:24:41.740><c> that's</c><00:24:41.960><c> very</c><00:24:42.259><c> sad.</c>

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You<00:24:44.240><c> hear</c><00:24:44.380><c> brethren</c><00:24:44.660><c> and</c><00:24:44.839><c> sisters</c><00:24:45.059><c> say,</c><00:24:45.319><c> very</c><00:24:45.559><c> well</c><00:24:45.779><c> meaning,</c>

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from<00:24:46.720><c> the</c><00:24:46.819><c> very</c><00:24:47.039><c> best</c><00:24:47.240><c> of</c><00:24:47.420><c> motives,</c><00:24:47.859><c> well,</c>

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we've<00:24:48.380><c> had</c><00:24:48.619><c> a</c><00:24:48.859><c> lovely</c><00:24:49.140><c> time</c><00:24:49.420><c> of</c><00:24:49.619><c> fellowship</c><00:24:49.920><c> here</c><00:24:50.180><c> at</c><00:24:50.380><c> Bible</c>

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School,<00:24:51.000><c> haven't</c><00:24:51.140><c> we,</c><00:24:53.039><c> when</c><00:24:53.180><c> all</c><00:24:53.400><c> we</c><00:24:53.599><c> really</c>

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mean<00:24:54.319><c> is</c><00:24:54.839><c> we've</c><00:24:55.160><c> had</c><00:24:55.279><c> a</c><00:24:55.420><c> nice</c><00:24:55.619><c> time</c><00:24:55.859><c> together,</c><00:24:56.339><c> we've</c><00:24:56.799><c> felt</c>

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good<00:24:57.619><c> about</c><00:24:58.099><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:24:59.240><c> not</c><00:24:59.559><c> fellowship,</c><00:25:00.299><c> brethren</c><00:25:00.460><c> and</c><00:25:00.640><c> sisters,</c><00:25:00.859><c> I'm</c><00:25:01.160><c> sorry,</c><00:25:01.720><c> that</c>

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is<00:25:02.259><c> not</c><00:25:02.579><c> fellowship.</c>

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You<00:25:04.200><c> can</c><00:25:04.380><c> have</c><00:25:04.519><c> the</c><00:25:04.759><c> same</c><00:25:05.039><c> feeling</c><00:25:05.359><c> in</c><00:25:05.539><c> a</c><00:25:05.799><c> stamp</c><00:25:06.059><c> club</c><00:25:06.559><c> or</c><00:25:07.799><c> a</c>

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photographic<00:25:08.920><c> society.</c>

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Fellowship<00:25:10.759><c> is</c><00:25:11.059><c> not</c><00:25:11.480><c> an</c><00:25:11.880><c> association</c><00:25:12.500><c> of</c><00:25:12.720><c> people</c><00:25:12.980><c> with</c><00:25:13.200><c> the</c>

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same<00:25:13.619><c> interests,</c><00:25:14.339><c> and</c><00:25:14.579><c> I'm</c><00:25:14.680><c> sure</c><00:25:14.839><c> that</c>

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some<00:25:15.099><c> of</c><00:25:15.240><c> you</c><00:25:15.319><c> will</c><00:25:15.480><c> have</c><00:25:15.539><c> heard</c><00:25:15.660><c> me</c><00:25:15.839><c> say</c><00:25:15.980><c> that</c><00:25:16.220><c> before.</c>

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Fellowship<00:25:19.359><c> is</c><00:25:19.880><c> an</c><00:25:20.160><c> interdependence</c><00:25:21.259><c> with</c><00:25:21.460><c> one</c><00:25:21.640><c> another,</c><00:25:22.240><c> it's</c><00:25:22.380><c> an</c>

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interrelation<00:25:23.359><c> of</c><00:25:23.579><c> our</c><00:25:23.839><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:25:25.460><c> not</c><00:25:25.579><c> just</c><00:25:25.900><c> associating</c><00:25:26.519><c> with</c><00:25:26.740><c> people,</c><00:25:27.519><c> it's</c><00:25:28.099><c> participating</c><00:25:28.960><c> in</c><00:25:29.559><c> their</c>

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lives<00:25:30.619><c> as</c><00:25:31.460><c> Israel</c><00:25:31.779><c> were</c>

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being<00:25:32.140><c> invited</c><00:25:32.440><c> to</c><00:25:32.619><c> do</c><00:25:32.720><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:25:34.900><c> involvement,</c><00:25:35.619><c> brethren</c><00:25:35.740><c> and</c><00:25:35.980><c> sisters,</c><00:25:36.460><c> in</c><00:25:36.680><c> the</c><00:25:37.000><c> sorrows</c><00:25:37.539><c> and</c><00:25:37.740><c> the</c><00:25:38.119><c> sadnesses</c><00:25:38.779><c> of</c>

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one<00:25:39.119><c> another</c>

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and<00:25:39.740><c> in</c><00:25:39.940><c> the</c><00:25:40.220><c> rejoicing</c><00:25:40.880><c> of</c><00:25:41.039><c> one</c><00:25:41.220><c> another</c><00:25:41.559><c> too,</c><00:25:42.420><c> the</c><00:25:42.660><c> gladness</c>

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that<00:25:44.240><c> here</c><00:25:44.599><c> Israel</c><00:25:45.099><c> were</c><00:25:45.359><c> invited</c><00:25:45.759><c> to</c>

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share<00:25:46.240><c> with</c><00:25:46.480><c> their</c><00:25:46.740><c> slaves.</c>

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That's<00:25:48.299><c> fellowship,</c><00:25:49.299><c> it's</c><00:25:49.400><c> not</c><00:25:49.660><c> feeling</c><00:25:50.000><c> good,</c><00:25:50.559><c> it's</c><00:25:50.660><c> not</c>

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rubbing<00:25:51.359><c> shoulders</c><00:25:51.819><c> with</c><00:25:52.079><c> people</c><00:25:52.400><c> with</c>

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:55.099
the<00:25:52.799><c> same</c><00:25:53.000><c> interests</c><00:25:53.380><c> or</c><00:25:53.579><c> the</c><00:25:53.740><c> same</c><00:25:54.019><c> beliefs.</c>

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Fellowship<00:25:57.220><c> is</c><00:25:57.420><c> not</c><00:25:57.660><c> an</c><00:25:57.920><c> association</c><00:25:58.519><c> with,</c><00:25:59.480><c> it's</c><00:25:59.940><c> a</c><00:26:00.119><c> participation</c><00:26:01.059><c> in,</c><00:26:02.380><c> and</c>

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we<00:26:02.759><c> need</c><00:26:02.960><c> to</c><00:26:03.119><c> get</c><00:26:03.359><c> back</c>

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much<00:26:03.880><c> more,</c><00:26:04.259><c> I</c><00:26:04.380><c> would</c><00:26:04.579><c> suggest,</c><00:26:05.779><c> to</c><00:26:06.019><c> participating</c><00:26:06.680><c> in</c><00:26:06.859><c> the</c>

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lives<00:26:07.240><c> of</c><00:26:07.380><c> one</c><00:26:07.539><c> another,</c><00:26:07.819><c> to</c><00:26:07.960><c> becoming</c><00:26:08.279><c> much</c>

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more<00:26:08.920><c> closely</c><00:26:09.380><c> involved,</c><00:26:10.059><c> even</c><00:26:10.460><c> to</c><00:26:10.680><c> the</c><00:26:10.740><c> extent</c><00:26:11.059><c> of</c><00:26:11.380><c> intrusion.</c>

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It's<00:26:12.279><c> sad,</c><00:26:12.619><c> isn't</c><00:26:12.779><c> it,</c><00:26:12.900><c> that</c><00:26:13.039><c> we</c><00:26:13.259><c> now</c><00:26:13.500><c> regard</c><00:26:13.900><c> it</c><00:26:14.059><c> as</c><00:26:14.400><c> intrusion</c><00:26:15.000><c> into</c><00:26:15.200><c> the</c>

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lives<00:26:15.559><c> of</c><00:26:15.740><c> one</c><00:26:15.880><c> another.</c>

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But<00:26:16.660><c> brethren</c><00:26:16.859><c> and</c><00:26:17.099><c> sisters,</c><00:26:17.619><c> the</c><00:26:17.700><c> life</c><00:26:17.920><c> of</c><00:26:18.140><c> the</c><00:26:18.380><c> church</c><00:26:18.700><c> of</c>

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God,<00:26:19.119><c> the</c><00:26:19.339><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:19.740><c> of</c><00:26:19.920><c> God,</c><00:26:20.380><c> is</c><00:26:20.619><c> intrusive.</c>

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Inevitably<00:26:22.759><c> so,</c><00:26:23.240><c> God</c><00:26:23.539><c> always</c><00:26:23.819><c> intended</c><00:26:24.279><c> that</c><00:26:24.460><c> it</c><00:26:24.559><c> would</c><00:26:24.759><c> be.</c>

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We<00:26:28.440><c> should</c><00:26:28.700><c> not</c><00:26:28.960><c> resent</c><00:26:29.359><c> the</c><00:26:29.720><c> intrusion</c><00:26:30.019><c> of</c><00:26:30.160><c> one</c><00:26:30.339><c> another</c><00:26:30.759><c> into</c><00:26:31.539><c> our</c><00:26:31.819><c> lives.</c>

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Our<00:26:33.160><c> lives</c><00:26:33.359><c> are</c><00:26:33.720><c> wrapped</c><00:26:34.000><c> up</c><00:26:34.240><c> with</c><00:26:34.380><c> one</c><00:26:34.599><c> another,</c><00:26:34.880><c> we</c><00:26:35.059><c> are</c><00:26:35.500><c> interdependent,</c><00:26:36.319><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:36.839><c> interrelated,</c>

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we<00:26:37.839><c> are</c><00:26:38.140><c> built</c><00:26:38.420><c> up</c><00:26:38.700><c> as</c><00:26:39.039><c> living</c><00:26:39.440><c> stones</c><00:26:40.180><c> into</c><00:26:40.640><c> the</c><00:26:41.000><c> same</c><00:26:41.359><c> building,</c><00:26:41.940><c> into</c>

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the<00:26:42.319><c> same</c><00:26:42.619><c> body</c><00:26:43.000><c> of</c><00:26:43.220><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:26:44.259><c> are</c><00:26:44.279><c> members</c><00:26:44.599><c> of</c><00:26:44.920><c> one</c><00:26:45.180><c> body,</c><00:26:46.460><c> and</c><00:26:47.660><c> we</c><00:26:47.839><c> can't</c><00:26:48.180><c> be</c><00:26:48.500><c> that</c><00:26:49.019><c> without</c><00:26:49.759><c> some</c>

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degree<00:26:50.480><c> of</c><00:26:50.779><c> intrusion</c><00:26:51.299><c> into</c>

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one<00:26:52.019><c> another's</c><00:26:52.440><c> lives,</c><00:26:53.200><c> if</c><00:26:53.440><c> intrusion</c><00:26:53.859><c> is</c><00:26:54.000><c> what</c><00:26:54.119><c> you</c><00:26:54.299><c> want</c><00:26:54.460><c> to</c>

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call<00:26:54.759><c> it.</c>

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We<00:26:56.099><c> can't</c><00:26:56.519><c> do</c><00:26:56.700><c> it</c><00:26:56.960><c> without</c><00:26:57.680><c> fellowship.</c>

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So<00:27:01.380><c> that's</c><00:27:01.700><c> what</c><00:27:01.839><c> was</c><00:27:02.079><c> involved</c><00:27:02.440><c> in</c><00:27:02.599><c> the</c><00:27:02.759><c> life</c><00:27:02.900><c> of</c><00:27:03.140><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:27:04.519><c> exactly</c><00:27:05.240><c> how</c><00:27:05.940><c> this</c><00:27:06.259><c> matter</c><00:27:06.539><c> was</c><00:27:07.099><c> for</c><00:27:07.980><c> the</c><00:27:08.539><c> slave</c><00:27:08.920><c> and</c>

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those<00:27:09.839><c> who</c><00:27:10.140><c> released</c><00:27:10.680><c> slaves.</c>

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Now<00:27:12.480><c> very</c><00:27:12.779><c> clearly,</c><00:27:13.160><c> brethren</c><00:27:13.299><c> and</c><00:27:13.539><c> sisters,</c><00:27:14.299><c> that</c><00:27:14.539><c> didn't</c>

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always<00:27:15.019><c> happen,</c><00:27:15.460><c> did</c><00:27:15.539><c> it?</c>

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In<00:27:17.200><c> Israel,</c><00:27:18.279><c> for</c><00:27:18.539><c> a</c><00:27:18.720><c> variety</c><00:27:19.059><c> of</c><00:27:19.359><c> reasons,</c><00:27:20.380><c> that</c><00:27:20.539><c> year</c><00:27:20.799><c> of</c><00:27:21.079><c> release</c><00:27:21.319><c> was</c>

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not<00:27:22.220><c> practised.</c>

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We<00:27:23.259><c> have</c><00:27:23.519><c> very</c><00:27:23.839><c> little,</c><00:27:24.019><c> if</c><00:27:24.200><c> any,</c><00:27:24.759><c> evidence</c><00:27:25.019><c> of</c><00:27:25.539><c> a</c><00:27:25.720><c> year</c><00:27:25.880><c> of</c><00:27:26.099><c> release</c><00:27:26.420><c> at</c><00:27:26.720><c> all.</c>

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We'll<00:27:27.759><c> perhaps</c><00:27:28.079><c> look</c><00:27:28.319><c> at</c><00:27:28.440><c> just</c><00:27:28.759><c> one</c><00:27:28.940><c> example</c><00:27:29.480><c> tomorrow,</c><00:27:30.160><c> if</c>

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the<00:27:30.539><c> Lord</c><00:27:30.700><c> will.</c>

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Of<00:27:32.059><c> course,</c><00:27:33.079><c> one</c><00:27:33.180><c> reason</c><00:27:33.480><c> was</c><00:27:33.720><c> that</c><00:27:33.940><c> the</c><00:27:34.160><c> servant</c><00:27:34.420><c> loved</c><00:27:34.680><c> his</c>

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master<00:27:35.160><c> and</c><00:27:35.339><c> wanted</c><00:27:35.579><c> to</c><00:27:35.920><c> stay,</c><00:27:36.460><c> and</c><00:27:36.579><c> he</c>

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had<00:27:36.980><c> that</c><00:27:37.180><c> option,</c><00:27:37.880><c> so</c><00:27:38.039><c> the</c><00:27:38.279><c> servant</c><00:27:38.519><c> might</c><00:27:38.819><c> elect</c><00:27:39.279><c> not</c><00:27:39.859><c> to</c><00:27:40.079><c> be</c>

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released,<00:27:40.960><c> not</c><00:27:41.339><c> to</c><00:27:41.539><c> go</c><00:27:41.740><c> free.</c>

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But<00:27:43.619><c> there</c><00:27:43.779><c> were</c><00:27:44.000><c> other</c><00:27:44.359><c> less</c><00:27:44.900><c> noble</c><00:27:45.259><c> reasons.</c>

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For<00:27:46.559><c> example,</c><00:27:47.059><c> the</c><00:27:47.160><c> master</c><00:27:47.440><c> might</c><00:27:47.680><c> have</c><00:27:47.819><c> been</c><00:27:48.059><c> cruel</c><00:27:48.299><c> and</c><00:27:48.500><c> refused</c><00:27:48.859><c> to</c>

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.519
let<00:27:49.220><c> the</c><00:27:49.500><c> servant</c><00:27:49.700><c> go,</c><00:27:50.160><c> and</c><00:27:50.299><c> what</c>

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could<00:27:50.700><c> the</c><00:27:50.920><c> slave</c><00:27:51.099><c> do</c><00:27:51.339><c> about</c><00:27:51.599><c> it</c><00:27:51.740><c> if</c><00:27:51.819><c> that</c><00:27:52.039><c> were</c><00:27:52.220><c> the</c><00:27:52.359><c> case?</c>

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If<00:27:53.940><c> the</c><00:27:54.160><c> master</c><00:27:54.359><c> was</c><00:27:54.680><c> cruel</c><00:27:54.980><c> and</c><00:27:55.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:55.460><c> release</c><00:27:55.779><c> him,</c><00:27:57.160><c> the</c>

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slave<00:27:57.559><c> could</c><00:27:57.799><c> hardly</c><00:27:58.099><c> run</c><00:27:58.400><c> away,</c><00:27:59.740><c> he'd</c>

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have<00:28:00.240><c> no</c><00:28:00.640><c> means</c><00:28:01.160><c> of</c><00:28:01.480><c> support</c><00:28:01.859><c> if</c><00:28:02.000><c> he</c><00:28:02.180><c> did.</c>

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If<00:28:04.140><c> his</c><00:28:04.299><c> master</c><00:28:04.579><c> wasn't</c><00:28:04.900><c> prepared</c><00:28:05.440><c> to</c><00:28:05.680><c> release</c><00:28:05.940><c> him,</c><00:28:07.099><c> if</c><00:28:07.220><c> there</c><00:28:07.400><c> were</c>

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any<00:28:07.740><c> hint</c><00:28:08.000><c> of</c><00:28:08.359><c> intimidation</c>

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if<00:28:09.079><c> he</c><00:28:09.259><c> wanted</c><00:28:09.660><c> release,</c><00:28:11.099><c> then</c><00:28:11.279><c> the</c><00:28:11.500><c> slave</c><00:28:11.740><c> would</c><00:28:11.980><c> feel</c><00:28:12.240><c> obliged</c><00:28:12.980><c> to</c><00:28:13.640><c> stay.</c>

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Perhaps<00:28:16.380><c> sometimes,</c><00:28:17.039><c> brethren</c><00:28:17.180><c> and</c><00:28:17.380><c> sisters,</c><00:28:17.660><c> it</c><00:28:17.819><c> might</c><00:28:18.079><c> even</c><00:28:18.299><c> have</c><00:28:18.480><c> been</c><00:28:18.640><c> the</c>

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case<00:28:19.259><c> that</c><00:28:19.799><c> the</c><00:28:20.019><c> servant</c>

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was<00:28:20.539><c> afraid</c><00:28:21.099><c> of</c><00:28:21.240><c> being</c><00:28:21.559><c> released.</c>

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:26.660
Perhaps<00:28:23.460><c> he</c><00:28:23.619><c> was</c><00:28:23.839><c> afraid</c><00:28:24.339><c> of</c><00:28:24.539><c> the</c><00:28:24.720><c> unknown,</c><00:28:25.839><c> afraid</c><00:28:26.119><c> to</c><00:28:26.400><c> go,</c>

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:28.579
he<00:28:26.819><c> was</c><00:28:27.099><c> comfortable</c><00:28:27.559><c> where</c><00:28:27.759><c> he</c><00:28:28.019><c> was,</c><00:28:28.460><c> and</c>

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:31.480
he<00:28:28.680><c> liked</c><00:28:29.000><c> it</c><00:28:29.259><c> there,</c><00:28:30.000><c> and</c><00:28:30.059><c> though</c><00:28:30.200><c> he</c><00:28:30.299><c> didn't</c><00:28:30.579><c> like</c><00:28:30.900><c> being</c><00:28:31.200><c> a</c>

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.200
slave,<00:28:31.880><c> and</c><00:28:32.019><c> didn't</c><00:28:32.279><c> particularly</c><00:28:32.859><c> want</c>

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:38.460
to<00:28:33.440><c> elect</c><00:28:33.640><c> to</c><00:28:33.880><c> stay</c><00:28:34.099><c> forever,</c><00:28:36.319><c> he</c><00:28:36.480><c> just</c><00:28:36.680><c> didn't</c><00:28:36.880><c> want</c><00:28:37.059><c> to</c><00:28:37.200><c> go</c><00:28:37.420><c> either.</c>

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:42.619
He<00:28:39.059><c> couldn't</c><00:28:39.319><c> face</c><00:28:40.180><c> what</c><00:28:41.359><c> the</c><00:28:41.579><c> world</c><00:28:41.779><c> might</c><00:28:42.039><c> have</c><00:28:42.259><c> in</c><00:28:42.500><c> store</c>

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.039
for<00:28:42.799><c> him.</c>

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:49.380
I<00:28:45.680><c> want</c><00:28:45.759><c> us</c><00:28:45.880><c> to</c><00:28:46.019><c> spend</c><00:28:46.220><c> our</c><00:28:46.400><c> remaining</c><00:28:46.680><c> few</c><00:28:46.880><c> moments</c><00:28:47.180><c> this</c><00:28:47.440><c> morning</c><00:28:47.640><c> just</c><00:28:47.940><c> looking</c><00:28:48.200><c> very</c><00:28:48.680><c> briefly</c><00:28:49.099><c> at</c>

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.019
those<00:28:49.579><c> things.</c>

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:53.819
Deuteronomy<00:28:50.700><c> 15</c><00:28:51.200><c> still,</c><00:28:51.599><c> first</c><00:28:51.880><c> of</c><00:28:52.099><c> all,</c><00:28:52.859><c> here</c><00:28:53.059><c> is</c><00:28:53.319><c> the</c><00:28:53.539><c> first</c>

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:55.700
of<00:28:54.059><c> those</c><00:28:54.380><c> where</c><00:28:54.799><c> the</c><00:28:55.039><c> servant</c><00:28:55.319><c> loved</c>

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:59.420
his<00:28:55.980><c> master</c><00:28:56.440><c> and</c><00:28:56.920><c> the</c><00:28:57.099><c> law</c><00:28:57.299><c> prescribed</c><00:28:58.039><c> for</c><00:28:58.359><c> that.</c>

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:02.799
And<00:28:59.779><c> of</c><00:28:59.960><c> course,</c><00:29:00.099><c> as</c><00:29:00.279><c> we</c><00:29:00.440><c> read</c><00:29:00.640><c> these</c><00:29:00.880><c> verses,</c><00:29:01.579><c> we're</c><00:29:01.740><c> to</c><00:29:01.940><c> recognise</c><00:29:02.420><c> that</c>

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:05.059
God<00:29:03.220><c> is</c><00:29:03.420><c> the</c><00:29:03.779><c> perfect</c><00:29:04.259><c> master.</c>

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:08.400
Deuteronomy<00:29:05.880><c> 15</c><00:29:06.500><c> and</c><00:29:06.900><c> verse</c><00:29:07.119><c> 16.</c>

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:13.359
It<00:29:09.059><c> shall</c><00:29:09.380><c> be,</c><00:29:10.660><c> if</c><00:29:10.799><c> he,</c><00:29:11.279><c> the</c><00:29:11.420><c> servant,</c><00:29:11.779><c> say</c><00:29:11.960><c> unto</c><00:29:12.180><c> thee,</c><00:29:12.599><c> I</c><00:29:12.900><c> will</c><00:29:13.140><c> not</c>

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.680
go<00:29:13.660><c> away</c><00:29:14.019><c> from</c><00:29:14.299><c> thee,</c><00:29:15.240><c> because</c>

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:22.140
he<00:29:16.059><c> loveth</c><00:29:16.359><c> thee</c><00:29:16.720><c> in</c><00:29:17.000><c> thine</c><00:29:17.259><c> house,</c><00:29:18.259><c> because</c><00:29:18.680><c> he</c><00:29:18.940><c> is</c><00:29:19.160><c> well</c><00:29:19.539><c> with</c><00:29:19.839><c> thee,</c><00:29:20.960><c> then</c><00:29:21.259><c> thou</c><00:29:21.440><c> shalt</c><00:29:21.619><c> take</c><00:29:21.880><c> an</c>

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:26.200
hall,<00:29:22.799><c> and</c><00:29:22.980><c> thrust</c><00:29:23.240><c> it</c><00:29:23.599><c> through</c><00:29:23.880><c> his</c><00:29:24.160><c> ear</c><00:29:24.660><c> unto</c><00:29:24.940><c> the</c><00:29:25.140><c> door,</c><00:29:25.920><c> and</c><00:29:26.039><c> he</c>

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:28.319
shall<00:29:26.359><c> be</c><00:29:26.640><c> thy</c><00:29:26.859><c> servant</c><00:29:27.240><c> forever,</c>

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:32.880
and<00:29:28.779><c> also</c><00:29:29.240><c> unto</c><00:29:29.619><c> thy</c><00:29:29.859><c> maidservant</c><00:29:30.720><c> thou</c><00:29:31.000><c> shalt</c><00:29:31.259><c> do</c><00:29:31.480><c> likewise.</c>

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:38.160
So<00:29:35.880><c> there</c><00:29:36.059><c> was</c><00:29:36.160><c> the</c><00:29:36.259><c> opportunity</c><00:29:36.740><c> for</c><00:29:36.940><c> the</c><00:29:37.119><c> servant</c><00:29:37.380><c> to</c><00:29:37.759><c> elect</c>

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:40.539
to<00:29:38.579><c> stay,</c><00:29:39.039><c> because</c><00:29:39.400><c> he</c><00:29:39.579><c> loves</c><00:29:39.900><c> you,</c><00:29:40.400><c> and</c>

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:44.119
he<00:29:40.680><c> loves</c><00:29:40.900><c> your</c><00:29:41.160><c> house,</c><00:29:42.019><c> he's</c><00:29:42.420><c> happy</c><00:29:42.819><c> there,</c><00:29:43.420><c> you've</c><00:29:43.859><c> treated</c>

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:47.200
him<00:29:44.420><c> well,</c><00:29:45.059><c> and</c><00:29:45.200><c> he's</c><00:29:45.359><c> going</c><00:29:45.519><c> to</c><00:29:45.819><c> stay</c><00:29:46.299><c> forever.</c>

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:52.660
Six<00:29:48.740><c> years</c><00:29:49.180><c> was</c><00:29:49.640><c> sufficient</c><00:29:50.259><c> to</c><00:29:50.700><c> make</c><00:29:50.920><c> that</c><00:29:51.339><c> decision.</c>

00:29:56.980 --> 00:30:02.220
It<00:29:57.759><c> is</c><00:29:58.539><c> clear,</c><00:29:58.960><c> isn't</c><00:29:59.119><c> it,</c><00:29:59.420><c> brethren</c><00:29:59.539><c> and</c><00:29:59.759><c> sisters,</c><00:30:00.359><c> that</c><00:30:01.359><c> although</c><00:30:01.960><c> our</c>

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.819
Lord<00:30:02.420><c> Jesus</c><00:30:02.819><c> Christ</c><00:30:03.299><c> was</c><00:30:03.539><c> not</c>

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:09.240
a<00:30:04.160><c> bond</c><00:30:04.539><c> slave</c><00:30:05.000><c> in</c><00:30:05.220><c> any</c><00:30:05.480><c> way,</c><00:30:05.920><c> his</c><00:30:06.119><c> service</c><00:30:06.519><c> was</c><00:30:06.940><c> entirely</c><00:30:07.640><c> willing</c><00:30:08.299><c> and</c>

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.599
freely<00:30:09.640><c> given.</c>

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:14.279
His<00:30:11.299><c> devotion</c><00:30:11.859><c> to</c><00:30:12.099><c> his</c><00:30:12.319><c> heavenly</c><00:30:12.720><c> Father</c><00:30:13.259><c> fulfilled</c><00:30:13.819><c> this</c><00:30:14.099><c> to</c>

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.460
the<00:30:14.460><c> letter.</c>

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He<00:30:16.500><c> might</c><00:30:16.779><c> have</c><00:30:16.960><c> gone</c><00:30:17.259><c> free,</c><00:30:18.619><c> he</c><00:30:20.359><c> might</c><00:30:20.599><c> have</c><00:30:20.839><c> called</c><00:30:21.059><c> twelve</c>

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:24.279
legions<00:30:22.000><c> of</c><00:30:22.339><c> angels</c><00:30:22.640><c> to</c><00:30:22.900><c> his</c><00:30:23.140><c> assistance,</c>

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:27.500
who<00:30:24.539><c> would</c><00:30:24.740><c> have</c><00:30:25.000><c> rescued</c><00:30:25.339><c> him</c><00:30:25.720><c> had</c><00:30:25.940><c> he</c><00:30:26.240><c> so</c><00:30:26.519><c> wished.</c>

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:36.640
But<00:30:28.640><c> our</c><00:30:28.799><c> Lord</c><00:30:28.980><c> Jesus</c><00:30:29.420><c> Christ</c><00:30:30.559><c> loved</c><00:30:31.519><c> his</c><00:30:32.480><c> Master,</c><00:30:33.940><c> his</c><00:30:34.299><c> Father,</c><00:30:36.380><c> and</c>

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:39.200
elected<00:30:37.039><c> to</c><00:30:37.339><c> be</c><00:30:37.579><c> obedient</c><00:30:38.420><c> unto</c>

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death.

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That's<00:30:40.859><c> really</c><00:30:41.099><c> what's</c><00:30:41.519><c> involved</c><00:30:41.980><c> here,</c><00:30:42.259><c> isn't</c><00:30:42.380><c> it,</c><00:30:42.539><c> in</c><00:30:42.720><c> he</c>

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:44.859
shall<00:30:43.180><c> serve</c><00:30:43.599><c> thee</c><00:30:43.819><c> forever.</c>

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:49.359
The<00:30:45.640><c> servant</c><00:30:45.859><c> was</c><00:30:46.140><c> electing</c><00:30:46.700><c> to</c><00:30:46.880><c> be</c><00:30:47.160><c> obedient</c><00:30:47.619><c> unto</c><00:30:48.019><c> death,</c>

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:51.640
just<00:30:49.680><c> as</c><00:30:49.880><c> our</c><00:30:50.039><c> Lord</c><00:30:50.240><c> Jesus</c><00:30:50.640><c> Christ</c><00:30:51.160><c> humbled</c>

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:57.420
himself<00:30:52.299><c> and</c><00:30:52.900><c> became</c><00:30:53.180><c> obedient</c><00:30:53.720><c> unto</c><00:30:54.059><c> death,</c><00:30:54.740><c> even</c><00:30:54.740><c> the</c><00:30:55.140><c> death</c><00:30:55.339><c> of</c><00:30:55.539><c> the</c><00:30:55.759><c> cross,</c><00:30:56.400><c> as</c><00:30:56.640><c> Philippians</c><00:30:57.140><c> 2</c>

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:59.160
tells<00:30:57.759><c> us.</c>

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But<00:31:01.059><c> then,</c><00:31:01.359><c> as</c><00:31:01.359><c> we've</c><00:31:01.619><c> said,</c><00:31:01.900><c> brethren</c><00:31:02.059><c> and</c><00:31:02.299><c> sisters,</c><00:31:02.579><c> there</c>

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.180
were<00:31:03.039><c> those</c><00:31:03.359><c> other</c><00:31:03.819><c> less</c><00:31:04.240><c> noble</c><00:31:04.619><c> reasons</c>

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:07.619
why<00:31:05.859><c> a</c><00:31:06.259><c> servant</c><00:31:06.480><c> might</c><00:31:06.779><c> not</c><00:31:07.079><c> be</c><00:31:07.380><c> freed.</c>

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:14.900
Just<00:31:07.980><c> come</c><00:31:08.180><c> for</c><00:31:08.299><c> a</c><00:31:08.380><c> moment</c><00:31:08.539><c> to</c><00:31:08.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:09.180><c> 34,</c><00:31:11.019><c> one</c><00:31:13.359><c> illustration</c><00:31:14.140><c> of</c><00:31:14.460><c> the</c><00:31:14.619><c> way</c>

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.500
in<00:31:15.119><c> which</c><00:31:15.539><c> Israel</c><00:31:16.019><c> certainly</c>

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in<00:31:16.819><c> later</c><00:31:17.079><c> years</c><00:31:17.880><c> ignored</c><00:31:19.220><c> the</c><00:31:19.519><c> law,</c><00:31:21.880><c> refused</c><00:31:22.279><c> the</c><00:31:22.559><c> provisions</c><00:31:22.940><c> that</c><00:31:23.220><c> God</c>

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.420
made,<00:31:24.619><c> and</c><00:31:24.799><c> treated</c><00:31:25.039><c> their</c>

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servants<00:31:25.880><c> cruelly</c><00:31:26.799><c> and</c><00:31:27.400><c> wickedly.</c>

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:36.039
Jeremiah<00:31:29.319><c> 34,</c><00:31:32.539><c> verse</c><00:31:32.980><c> 8,</c><00:31:34.740><c> this</c><00:31:34.960><c> is</c><00:31:35.160><c> the</c><00:31:35.299><c> word</c><00:31:35.539><c> that</c><00:31:35.700><c> came</c><00:31:35.900><c> unto</c>

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.599
Jeremiah<00:31:36.519><c> from</c><00:31:36.720><c> the</c><00:31:36.940><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.200><c> after</c><00:31:37.599><c> the</c>

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:40.799
kings<00:31:38.160><c> of</c><00:31:38.339><c> the</c><00:31:38.480><c> Kaia</c><00:31:38.740><c> had</c><00:31:38.920><c> made</c><00:31:39.059><c> a</c><00:31:39.259><c> covenant</c><00:31:39.460><c> with</c><00:31:39.680><c> all</c><00:31:39.900><c> the</c><00:31:40.079><c> people</c><00:31:40.279><c> which</c><00:31:40.460><c> were</c><00:31:40.640><c> at</c>

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Jerusalem<00:31:41.180><c> to</c>

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proclaim<00:31:42.180><c> liberty</c><00:31:43.099><c> unto</c><00:31:43.559><c> them,</c><00:31:44.539><c> that</c><00:31:44.819><c> every</c><00:31:45.140><c> man</c><00:31:45.440><c> should</c><00:31:45.619><c> let</c>

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:48.000
his<00:31:46.079><c> manservant</c><00:31:46.940><c> and</c><00:31:47.240><c> every</c><00:31:47.460><c> man</c><00:31:47.660><c> his</c>

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.660
maidservant,<00:31:48.720><c> being</c><00:31:48.980><c> in</c><00:31:49.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:49.400><c> or</c><00:31:49.640><c> in</c><00:31:49.759><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:50.019><c>-esque,</c><00:31:50.460><c> go</c>

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:53.220
free,<00:31:51.259><c> that</c><00:31:51.579><c> none</c><00:31:51.940><c> should</c><00:31:52.259><c> serve</c><00:31:52.559><c> himself</c><00:31:52.980><c> of</c>

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:55.640
them<00:31:53.480><c> to</c><00:31:53.740><c> wit</c><00:31:53.839><c> of</c><00:31:54.019><c> a</c><00:31:54.160><c> Jew,</c><00:31:54.519><c> his</c><00:31:54.640><c> brother.</c>

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:58.460
Now<00:31:56.559><c> when</c><00:31:56.660><c> all</c><00:31:56.859><c> the</c><00:31:57.000><c> princes</c><00:31:57.299><c> and</c><00:31:57.500><c> all</c><00:31:57.660><c> the</c><00:31:57.839><c> people</c><00:31:58.059><c> which</c><00:31:58.279><c> had</c>

00:31:58.460 --> 00:32:00.359
entered<00:31:58.559><c> into</c><00:31:58.779><c> the</c><00:31:59.039><c> covenant</c><00:31:59.559><c> heard</c>

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.559
that<00:32:00.559><c> everyone</c><00:32:00.940><c> should</c><00:32:01.140><c> let</c><00:32:01.299><c> his</c><00:32:01.500><c> manservant</c><00:32:02.099><c> and</c><00:32:02.319><c> everyone</c>

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.920
his<00:32:02.819><c> maidservant</c><00:32:03.299><c> go</c><00:32:03.579><c> free,</c><00:32:04.319><c> that</c><00:32:04.599><c> none</c>

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:07.559
should<00:32:05.359><c> serve</c><00:32:05.519><c> themselves</c><00:32:05.960><c> of</c><00:32:06.160><c> them</c><00:32:06.299><c> any</c><00:32:06.660><c> more,</c><00:32:07.220><c> then</c><00:32:07.299><c> they</c>

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.380
obeyed<00:32:08.420><c> and</c><00:32:08.460><c> let</c><00:32:08.680><c> them</c><00:32:08.920><c> go.</c>

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:11.960
And<00:32:09.839><c> they</c><00:32:09.980><c> did</c><00:32:10.160><c> so</c><00:32:10.319><c> with</c><00:32:10.480><c> a</c><00:32:10.759><c> solemn</c><00:32:11.000><c> covenant,</c><00:32:11.599><c> brethren</c><00:32:11.759><c> and</c>

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.619
sisters,<00:32:12.500><c> rather</c><00:32:12.720><c> like</c><00:32:12.960><c> the</c><00:32:13.160><c> covenant</c><00:32:13.460><c> that</c>

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:16.539
God<00:32:13.779><c> made</c><00:32:14.000><c> with</c><00:32:14.180><c> Abraham</c><00:32:14.480><c> in</c><00:32:14.640><c> Genesis</c><00:32:14.980><c> 15,</c><00:32:15.660><c> with</c><00:32:15.819><c> a</c><00:32:16.079><c> sacrifice</c>

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.440
divided<00:32:17.039><c> in</c><00:32:17.220><c> the</c><00:32:17.339><c> middle</c><00:32:17.559><c> and</c><00:32:17.900><c> a</c><00:32:18.180><c> solemn</c>

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.960
procession<00:32:19.079><c> between</c><00:32:19.480><c> the</c><00:32:19.759><c> parts</c><00:32:20.000><c> of</c><00:32:20.180><c> the</c><00:32:20.400><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:24.039
Later<00:32:21.640><c> verses</c><00:32:21.940><c> of</c><00:32:22.119><c> this</c><00:32:22.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:22.559><c> tell</c><00:32:22.799><c> us</c><00:32:23.220><c> there</c><00:32:23.480><c> was</c><00:32:23.680><c> that</c>

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:26.279
solemn<00:32:24.380><c> oath</c><00:32:24.740><c> as</c><00:32:25.099><c> they</c><00:32:25.359><c> made</c><00:32:25.660><c> the</c><00:32:25.900><c> covenant</c>

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.900
to<00:32:26.619><c> release</c><00:32:27.140><c> their</c><00:32:27.440><c> servants.</c>

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:31.680
Clearly<00:32:28.500><c> they</c><00:32:28.640><c> had</c><00:32:28.880><c> not</c><00:32:29.079><c> done</c><00:32:29.240><c> it</c><00:32:29.740><c> in</c><00:32:29.980><c> a</c><00:32:29.980><c> long</c><00:32:30.359><c> time.</c>

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:36.680
And<00:32:33.960><c> God</c><00:32:34.220><c> responded</c><00:32:34.880><c> to</c><00:32:35.440><c> that</c><00:32:35.680><c> covenant.</c>

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:42.779
The<00:32:37.980><c> Babylonians</c><00:32:39.059><c> departed</c><00:32:39.759><c> from</c><00:32:40.160><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:40.680><c> for</c><00:32:41.019><c> a</c><00:32:41.160><c> short</c><00:32:41.359><c> time.</c>

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:49.240
And<00:32:43.660><c> verse</c><00:32:43.819><c> 11</c><00:32:44.160><c> here</c><00:32:44.519><c> tells</c><00:32:44.799><c> us,</c><00:32:46.880><c> But</c><00:32:47.160><c> afterward</c><00:32:47.880><c> they</c><00:32:48.640><c> turned</c>

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:51.240
and<00:32:49.920><c> caused</c><00:32:50.240><c> the</c><00:32:50.519><c> servants</c><00:32:50.819><c> and</c><00:32:51.000><c> the</c>

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:53.960
handmaids<00:32:51.759><c> whom</c><00:32:51.960><c> they</c><00:32:52.180><c> had</c><00:32:52.279><c> let</c><00:32:52.460><c> go</c><00:32:52.680><c> free</c><00:32:52.859><c> to</c><00:32:53.119><c> return,</c><00:32:53.819><c> and</c>

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:56.019
brought<00:32:54.200><c> them</c><00:32:54.359><c> into</c><00:32:54.559><c> subjection</c><00:32:55.299><c> for</c><00:32:55.579><c> servants</c>

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.460
and<00:32:56.220><c> for</c><00:32:56.539><c> handmaids.</c>

00:32:57.460 --> 00:33:01.240
Therefore<00:32:58.380><c> the</c><00:32:59.000><c> word</c><00:32:59.240><c> of</c><00:32:59.400><c> the</c><00:32:59.519><c> Lord</c><00:32:59.700><c> came</c><00:32:59.980><c> to</c><00:33:00.180><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:33:01.079><c> and</c>

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.799
the<00:33:01.400><c> wrath</c><00:33:01.559><c> of</c><00:33:01.680><c> God</c><00:33:01.920><c> was</c><00:33:02.140><c> against</c><00:33:02.420><c> them,</c><00:33:02.640><c> brethren</c>

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:05.720
and<00:33:03.019><c> sisters,</c><00:33:03.539><c> for</c><00:33:03.680><c> having</c><00:33:03.920><c> committed</c><00:33:04.259><c> two</c><00:33:04.599><c> evils,</c><00:33:05.259><c> one</c><00:33:05.559><c> for</c>

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:07.440
having<00:33:06.059><c> denied</c><00:33:06.460><c> the</c><00:33:06.779><c> covenant</c><00:33:07.119><c> that</c><00:33:07.319><c> they</c>

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:11.140
had<00:33:07.640><c> so</c><00:33:07.859><c> recently</c><00:33:08.259><c> made,</c><00:33:09.180><c> and</c><00:33:09.319><c> proving</c><00:33:09.680><c> unfaithful</c><00:33:10.700><c> to</c><00:33:10.859><c> that</c>

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:14.359
covenant,<00:33:12.059><c> that</c><00:33:12.420><c> vow,</c><00:33:13.240><c> that</c><00:33:13.599><c> solemn</c><00:33:13.960><c> oath,</c>

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:18.839
and<00:33:15.240><c> secondly</c><00:33:15.660><c> for</c><00:33:16.319><c> taking</c><00:33:16.619><c> again</c><00:33:17.059><c> the</c><00:33:17.359><c> servants</c><00:33:18.119><c> whom</c><00:33:18.640><c> they</c>

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:20.759
had<00:33:19.079><c> no</c><00:33:19.319><c> right</c><00:33:19.539><c> to</c><00:33:19.819><c> take.</c>

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:24.160
Now<00:33:21.500><c> this</c><00:33:21.640><c> is</c><00:33:21.819><c> a</c><00:33:21.920><c> little</c><00:33:22.079><c> different</c><00:33:22.579><c> from</c><00:33:23.059><c> the</c><00:33:23.359><c> law</c><00:33:23.740><c> because</c>

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:26.079
these<00:33:24.480><c> are</c><00:33:24.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:25.200><c> servants</c><00:33:25.660><c> who</c><00:33:25.859><c> should</c>

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:28.319
never<00:33:26.259><c> have</c><00:33:26.380><c> been</c><00:33:26.660><c> bond</c><00:33:26.980><c> servants</c><00:33:27.380><c> in</c><00:33:27.619><c> any</c><00:33:27.940><c> case.</c>

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:33.940
Hebrews<00:33:29.339><c> might</c><00:33:29.960><c> be</c><00:33:30.500><c> hired</c><00:33:31.039><c> as</c><00:33:31.680><c> paid</c><00:33:32.259><c> servants</c><00:33:32.779><c> under</c><00:33:33.039><c> the</c><00:33:33.259><c> law,</c><00:33:33.759><c> but</c>

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:35.940
could<00:33:34.220><c> never</c><00:33:34.519><c> be</c><00:33:34.740><c> slaves.</c>

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.579
And<00:33:36.539><c> here</c><00:33:36.880><c> there</c><00:33:37.400><c> is</c><00:33:37.660><c> again</c><00:33:37.920><c> a</c><00:33:38.160><c> double</c><00:33:38.380><c> wickedness</c><00:33:38.880><c> in</c><00:33:39.039><c> as</c><00:33:39.180><c> much</c><00:33:39.400><c> as</c>

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.900
Israel<00:33:39.839><c> have</c><00:33:40.039><c> made</c><00:33:40.259><c> slaves</c><00:33:40.619><c> out</c>

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.099
of<00:33:41.039><c> Hebrews.</c>

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:44.220
They're<00:33:42.559><c> not</c><00:33:42.839><c> hired</c><00:33:43.319><c> servants</c><00:33:43.759><c> these.</c>

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.500
They're<00:33:44.779><c> not</c><00:33:45.039><c> paid.</c>

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.579
These<00:33:46.039><c> are</c><00:33:46.380><c> bond</c><00:33:46.920><c> servants.</c>

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:50.960
But<00:33:48.319><c> you</c><00:33:48.519><c> see</c><00:33:48.700><c> again</c><00:33:48.980><c> the</c><00:33:49.299><c> principle,</c><00:33:49.980><c> the</c><00:33:50.160><c> idea</c><00:33:50.440><c> of</c><00:33:50.700><c> release,</c>

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.759
and<00:33:51.359><c> the</c><00:33:51.579><c> cruelty</c><00:33:51.920><c> and</c><00:33:52.140><c> wickedness</c>

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:55.240
in<00:33:52.920><c> which</c><00:33:53.099><c> Israel</c><00:33:53.440><c> indulged</c><00:33:53.900><c> by</c><00:33:54.180><c> not</c><00:33:54.519><c> releasing</c><00:33:54.920><c> them.</c>

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:58.200
And<00:33:55.519><c> even</c><00:33:55.740><c> on</c><00:33:55.960><c> that</c><00:33:56.099><c> occasion</c><00:33:56.500><c> when</c><00:33:56.660><c> they</c><00:33:56.839><c> had</c><00:33:57.079><c> released</c><00:33:57.420><c> them,</c><00:33:57.900><c> by</c>

00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.519
re<00:33:58.480><c>-engaging</c><00:33:59.039><c> them</c><00:33:59.440><c> and</c><00:33:59.880><c> forcing</c><00:34:00.279><c> them</c>

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.900
again<00:34:00.920><c> to</c><00:34:01.359><c> serve.</c>

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:04.559
And<00:34:02.160><c> you</c><00:34:02.259><c> can</c><00:34:02.420><c> imagine</c><00:34:02.839><c> that</c><00:34:03.079><c> the</c><00:34:03.279><c> slave</c><00:34:03.440><c> had</c><00:34:03.880><c> little</c><00:34:04.220><c> option,</c>

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:08.539
brethren<00:34:04.900><c> and</c><00:34:05.140><c> sisters,</c><00:34:05.740><c> but</c><00:34:06.400><c> to</c><00:34:07.960><c> go</c><00:34:08.219><c> and</c>

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.840
serve<00:34:08.760><c> again.</c>

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:15.559
So<00:34:11.440><c> there's</c><00:34:11.739><c> the</c><00:34:12.159><c> second</c><00:34:12.559><c> example</c><00:34:13.059><c> of</c><00:34:13.239><c> how</c><00:34:13.480><c> the</c><00:34:13.760><c> greed</c><00:34:14.119><c> of</c><00:34:14.639><c> Israel</c><00:34:15.159><c> was</c>

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:19.079
not<00:34:15.820><c> prepared</c><00:34:16.199><c> to</c><00:34:16.400><c> give</c><00:34:16.599><c> up</c><00:34:17.380><c> a</c><00:34:18.059><c> slave.</c>

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.300
And<00:34:19.559><c> you</c><00:34:19.679><c> can</c><00:34:19.840><c> well</c><00:34:20.039><c> understand,</c><00:34:20.579><c> can't</c><00:34:20.760><c> you,</c><00:34:21.000><c> how</c><00:34:21.340><c> that</c><00:34:21.579><c> would</c><00:34:21.860><c> be.</c>

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:24.820
Again<00:34:22.880><c> it</c><00:34:22.980><c> would</c><00:34:23.139><c> be</c><00:34:23.280><c> most</c><00:34:23.559><c> inconvenient,</c><00:34:24.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:24.559><c> it?</c>

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:28.519
You've<00:34:25.280><c> just</c><00:34:25.460><c> got</c><00:34:25.619><c> a</c><00:34:25.780><c> good</c><00:34:25.980><c> slave</c><00:34:26.440><c> and</c><00:34:26.599><c> then</c><00:34:26.739><c> he</c><00:34:26.880><c> goes,</c><00:34:27.320><c> you</c><00:34:27.480><c> know,</c><00:34:28.079><c> you've</c><00:34:28.320><c> got</c><00:34:28.340><c> to</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.960
find<00:34:28.659><c> another</c>

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.519
one<00:34:29.159><c> now.</c>

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:32.119
And<00:34:30.000><c> they're</c><00:34:30.159><c> hard</c><00:34:30.280><c> to</c><00:34:30.480><c> come</c><00:34:30.659><c> by</c><00:34:30.880><c> good</c><00:34:31.199><c> servants,</c><00:34:31.739><c> aren't</c><00:34:31.820><c> they,</c><00:34:32.119><c> you</c>

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.820
know,<00:34:32.460><c> trustworthy</c><00:34:32.900><c> ones.</c>

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:37.159
It's<00:34:34.260><c> a</c><00:34:34.260><c> jolly</c><00:34:34.980><c> side</c><00:34:35.260><c> inconvenient</c><00:34:36.039><c> this,</c><00:34:36.360><c> isn't</c><00:34:36.559><c> it?</c>

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.079
That's<00:34:38.059><c> how</c><00:34:38.320><c> the</c><00:34:38.539><c> law</c><00:34:38.679><c> was.</c>

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:47.099
And<00:34:41.880><c> so</c><00:34:42.199><c> often</c><00:34:42.440><c> we</c><00:34:42.699><c> suspect</c><00:34:43.380><c> greed</c><00:34:44.199><c> and</c><00:34:44.780><c> selfishness</c><00:34:45.500><c> and</c><00:34:45.800><c> self</c><00:34:46.000><c>-interest</c><00:34:46.679><c> led</c>

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.320
Israel<00:34:47.519><c> to</c><00:34:47.760><c> be</c><00:34:48.239><c> disobedient</c>

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:52.340
to<00:34:49.679><c> make</c><00:34:50.179><c> capital</c><00:34:50.639><c> out</c><00:34:50.980><c> of</c><00:34:51.179><c> others.</c>

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:55.679
And<00:34:53.500><c> we</c><00:34:53.780><c> can</c><00:34:54.000><c> so</c><00:34:54.159><c> easily</c><00:34:54.480><c> fall</c><00:34:54.719><c> into</c><00:34:54.960><c> the</c><00:34:55.159><c> same</c><00:34:55.420><c> trap.</c>

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:57.119
Well,<00:34:55.880><c> you</c><00:34:56.039><c> know,</c><00:34:56.199><c> it's</c><00:34:56.360><c> only</c><00:34:56.500><c> the</c><00:34:56.739><c> world.</c>

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:59.139
I<00:34:57.239><c> mean,</c><00:34:57.480><c> these</c><00:34:57.579><c> were,</c><00:34:57.860><c> these</c><00:34:58.099><c> were</c><00:34:58.320><c> foreigners</c><00:34:58.719><c> that</c><00:34:59.000><c> were</c>

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.940
to<00:34:59.260><c> be</c><00:34:59.380><c> the</c><00:34:59.619><c> slaves.</c>

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.980
It's<00:35:00.139><c> only</c><00:35:00.219><c> the</c><00:35:00.480><c> world,</c><00:35:00.780><c> isn't</c><00:35:00.860><c> it?</c>

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.719
It<00:35:01.119><c> doesn't</c><00:35:01.179><c> matter</c><00:35:01.360><c> how</c><00:35:01.500><c> we</c><00:35:01.760><c> treat</c><00:35:01.900><c> them,</c><00:35:02.179><c> does</c><00:35:02.239><c> it</c><00:35:02.420><c> really?</c>

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:08.719
As<00:35:03.099><c> long</c><00:35:03.199><c> as</c><00:35:03.300><c> we</c><00:35:03.400><c> don't</c><00:35:03.519><c> do</c><00:35:03.659><c> that</c><00:35:03.840><c> to</c><00:35:04.000><c> our</c><00:35:04.219><c> brethren,</c><00:35:05.800><c> the</c><00:35:05.980><c> world</c><00:35:06.159><c> doesn't</c><00:35:06.440><c> count,</c><00:35:08.559><c> but</c>

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.079
brethren<00:35:08.880><c> and</c>

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.539
sisters,<00:35:09.199><c> it</c><00:35:09.400><c> does.</c>

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:16.460
All<00:35:11.960><c> that</c><00:35:12.179><c> we</c><00:35:12.380><c> do</c><00:35:12.519><c> is</c><00:35:12.699><c> a</c><00:35:12.920><c> witness</c><00:35:13.800><c> in</c><00:35:14.940><c> all</c><00:35:15.400><c> our</c><00:35:15.719><c> behaviour,</c><00:35:16.199><c> in</c>

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.239
every<00:35:16.760><c> action</c><00:35:17.199><c> of</c><00:35:17.460><c> our</c><00:35:17.699><c> lives.</c>

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:24.800
We<00:35:18.920><c> are</c><00:35:19.219><c> preaching,</c><00:35:20.719><c> or</c><00:35:20.960><c> not</c><00:35:21.239><c> preaching,</c><00:35:22.460><c> as</c><00:35:22.659><c> the</c><00:35:22.900><c> case</c><00:35:23.119><c> may</c><00:35:23.420><c> be.</c>

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.639
Like<00:35:25.599><c> Israel</c><00:35:26.059><c> in</c><00:35:26.260><c> this</c><00:35:26.559><c> matter,</c><00:35:26.880><c> as</c><00:35:27.039><c> we</c><00:35:27.159><c> have</c><00:35:27.380><c> seen</c><00:35:27.599><c> so</c><00:35:28.059><c> clearly</c><00:35:28.300><c> there</c>

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:30.719
in<00:35:28.840><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:35:29.739><c> we</c><00:35:29.980><c> also</c><00:35:30.480><c> are</c>

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:33.440
the<00:35:31.039><c> representatives</c><00:35:31.719><c> of</c><00:35:32.079><c> our</c><00:35:32.340><c> God.</c>

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:36.579
And<00:35:34.300><c> we</c><00:35:34.440><c> are</c><00:35:34.659><c> never</c><00:35:34.900><c> off</c><00:35:35.239><c> duty,</c><00:35:35.619><c> brethren</c><00:35:35.840><c> and</c><00:35:36.099><c> sisters,</c><00:35:36.440><c> we</c>

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:38.900
are<00:35:36.880><c> never</c><00:35:37.159><c> off</c><00:35:37.500><c> duty</c><00:35:37.800><c> as</c><00:35:38.019><c> the</c><00:35:38.300><c> representatives</c>

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.559
of<00:35:39.219><c> God.</c>

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:43.880
Why,<00:35:39.960><c> always</c><00:35:40.440><c> there</c><00:35:40.719><c> is</c><00:35:41.000><c> someone</c><00:35:41.360><c> watching</c><00:35:41.860><c> us,</c><00:35:43.199><c> for</c><00:35:43.420><c> whom</c><00:35:43.659><c> we</c>

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:47.300
are<00:35:44.059><c> a</c><00:35:44.260><c> good</c><00:35:44.440><c> witness</c><00:35:45.019><c> or</c><00:35:45.840><c> a</c><00:35:46.079><c> bad</c><00:35:46.280><c> one.</c>

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.280
Well,<00:35:49.559><c> finally,</c><00:35:49.920><c> I'd</c><00:35:50.159><c> like</c><00:35:50.300><c> you</c><00:35:50.460><c> to</c><00:35:50.579><c> step</c><00:35:50.800><c> outside</c><00:35:51.420><c> the</c><00:35:51.719><c> law</c><00:35:51.840><c> for</c><00:35:52.079><c> a</c>

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.179
moment,<00:35:52.699><c> because</c><00:35:53.199><c> so</c><00:35:53.599><c> far</c><00:35:53.780><c> as</c><00:35:54.000><c> I</c>

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:57.619
know<00:35:54.440><c> there's</c><00:35:54.780><c> no</c><00:35:55.260><c> historical</c><00:35:55.960><c> example</c><00:35:56.679><c> of</c><00:35:56.840><c> what</c><00:35:57.019><c> we</c><00:35:57.260><c> have</c><00:35:57.380><c> in</c>

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:59.480
mind<00:35:57.900><c> here,</c><00:35:58.239><c> but</c><00:35:58.420><c> it</c><00:35:58.840><c> does</c><00:35:59.039><c> seem</c><00:35:59.340><c> to</c>

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:04.380
me<00:35:59.659><c> that</c><00:35:59.800><c> there</c><00:36:00.019><c> is</c><00:36:00.300><c> a</c><00:36:00.659><c> powerful</c><00:36:01.440><c> exhortation</c><00:36:02.420><c> in</c><00:36:02.760><c> the</c><00:36:03.099><c> law</c><00:36:03.300><c> that</c><00:36:03.519><c> we've</c><00:36:03.800><c> looked</c><00:36:04.059><c> at</c>

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.800
and<00:36:04.659><c> in</c><00:36:04.860><c> the</c><00:36:05.159><c> disobedience</c>

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:08.739
that<00:36:06.019><c> Israel</c><00:36:06.380><c> clearly</c><00:36:06.760><c> did</c><00:36:07.019><c> show</c><00:36:07.360><c> towards</c><00:36:07.800><c> it.</c>

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:12.840
So,<00:36:09.460><c> I</c><00:36:09.599><c> want</c><00:36:09.760><c> to</c><00:36:09.940><c> take</c><00:36:10.119><c> a</c><00:36:10.420><c> different</c><00:36:10.800><c> example,</c><00:36:11.500><c> it's</c><00:36:11.679><c> not</c><00:36:11.820><c> an</c><00:36:12.119><c> example</c><00:36:12.460><c> of</c><00:36:12.659><c> a</c>

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:14.739
bondservant<00:36:13.500><c> at</c><00:36:13.719><c> all,</c><00:36:14.519><c> but</c>

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:18.820
it<00:36:14.920><c> is</c><00:36:15.139><c> an</c><00:36:15.380><c> example,</c><00:36:15.940><c> a</c><00:36:16.039><c> scriptural</c><00:36:16.420><c> example,</c><00:36:17.380><c> that</c><00:36:17.519><c> illustrates</c><00:36:18.079><c> the</c><00:36:18.480><c> same</c>

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:20.139
lessons<00:36:19.320><c> and</c><00:36:19.699><c> the</c><00:36:19.880><c> same</c>

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.579
exhortation.

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:24.000
Now,<00:36:22.239><c> I</c><00:36:22.280><c> want</c><00:36:22.400><c> you</c><00:36:22.519><c> to</c><00:36:22.639><c> come</c><00:36:22.800><c> just</c><00:36:22.980><c> for</c><00:36:23.139><c> a</c><00:36:23.239><c> moment</c><00:36:23.440><c> to</c><00:36:23.599><c> Genesis</c>

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:27.219
19<00:36:24.840><c> and</c><00:36:25.440><c> the</c><00:36:25.659><c> story</c><00:36:25.920><c> of</c><00:36:26.719><c> Lot.</c>

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:36.400
Here,<00:36:33.059><c> if</c><00:36:33.320><c> ever</c><00:36:33.559><c> there</c><00:36:33.840><c> was,</c><00:36:34.500><c> was</c><00:36:34.679><c> a</c><00:36:34.880><c> man</c><00:36:35.199><c> in</c><00:36:35.619><c> a</c><00:36:35.739><c> very</c><00:36:36.079><c> similar</c>

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:38.380
position<00:36:36.900><c> to</c><00:36:37.119><c> us,</c><00:36:37.619><c> brethren</c><00:36:37.820><c> and</c><00:36:38.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:40.659
and<00:36:38.599><c> that's</c><00:36:38.900><c> why</c><00:36:39.079><c> we're</c><00:36:39.260><c> looking</c><00:36:39.559><c> at</c><00:36:39.860><c> Lot.</c>

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:46.159
A<00:36:41.920><c> man</c><00:36:42.039><c> in</c><00:36:42.219><c> a</c><00:36:42.420><c> similar</c><00:36:42.659><c> position</c><00:36:43.059><c> to</c><00:36:43.280><c> us,</c><00:36:43.900><c> in</c><00:36:44.159><c> bondage,</c><00:36:45.760><c> in</c><00:36:45.960><c> a</c>

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:48.300
sense,<00:36:46.940><c> in</c><00:36:47.059><c> the</c><00:36:47.280><c> world</c><00:36:47.519><c> in</c><00:36:47.679><c> which</c><00:36:47.860><c> he</c><00:36:48.119><c> lived.</c>

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:52.179
He<00:36:48.440><c> was</c><00:36:48.699><c> a</c><00:36:48.900><c> free</c><00:36:49.079><c> man,</c><00:36:49.480><c> as</c><00:36:49.699><c> we</c><00:36:49.900><c> are</c><00:36:50.119><c> free</c><00:36:50.320><c> men</c><00:36:50.500><c> and</c><00:36:50.679><c> women,</c><00:36:51.820><c> but</c>

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:57.199
he<00:36:52.420><c> lived</c><00:36:52.659><c> in</c><00:36:52.820><c> a</c><00:36:53.039><c> world</c><00:36:53.340><c> that</c><00:36:53.579><c> was,</c><00:36:56.699><c> we</c>

00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:01.500
And<00:36:58.599><c> the</c><00:36:58.820><c> sad</c><00:36:59.139><c> thing</c><00:36:59.440><c> is,</c><00:36:59.780><c> brethren</c><00:36:59.940><c> and</c><00:37:00.199><c> sisters,</c><00:37:00.599><c> that</c><00:37:00.820><c> rather</c><00:37:01.179><c> like</c>

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:03.340
Israel<00:37:01.880><c> in</c><00:37:02.119><c> Egypt,</c><00:37:03.019><c> whom</c><00:37:03.119><c> we</c>

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:07.099
saw<00:37:03.539><c> on</c><00:37:03.800><c> Tuesday</c><00:37:04.199><c> who</c><00:37:04.519><c> didn't</c><00:37:04.900><c> want</c><00:37:05.219><c> to</c><00:37:05.500><c> leave</c><00:37:05.659><c> it,</c><00:37:06.739><c> Lot,</c><00:37:06.880><c> it</c>

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:12.000
appears,<00:37:08.059><c> did</c><00:37:08.280><c> not</c><00:37:08.659><c> want</c><00:37:09.039><c> to</c><00:37:09.400><c> leave</c><00:37:10.039><c> Sodom.</c>

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:17.039
Some<00:37:14.119><c> suggest</c><00:37:14.559><c> that</c><00:37:14.699><c> he</c><00:37:14.840><c> was</c><00:37:15.019><c> enjoying</c><00:37:15.480><c> it,</c><00:37:16.480><c> and</c><00:37:16.699><c> I</c><00:37:16.800><c> don't</c>

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:18.119
think<00:37:17.260><c> that's</c><00:37:17.679><c> right.</c>

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:21.860
I<00:37:18.760><c> think</c><00:37:18.980><c> that</c><00:37:19.260><c> Lot</c><00:37:19.400><c> has</c><00:37:19.579><c> had</c><00:37:19.760><c> a</c><00:37:19.980><c> bad</c><00:37:20.239><c> press,</c><00:37:20.960><c> as</c><00:37:21.239><c> far</c><00:37:21.440><c> as</c><00:37:21.639><c> that</c>

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:24.440
goes,<00:37:22.420><c> and</c><00:37:23.000><c> I</c><00:37:23.239><c> have</c><00:37:23.420><c> some</c><00:37:23.719><c> sympathy</c><00:37:24.179><c> with</c>

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.480
the<00:37:24.639><c> man.</c>

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:27.860
You<00:37:25.940><c> will</c><00:37:26.139><c> be</c><00:37:26.260><c> well</c><00:37:26.460><c> acquainted,</c><00:37:26.780><c> I'm</c><00:37:27.039><c> sure,</c><00:37:27.400><c> with</c><00:37:27.519><c> the</c><00:37:27.639><c> way</c>

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:30.260
in<00:37:28.000><c> which</c><00:37:28.219><c> in</c><00:37:28.380><c> chapter</c><00:37:28.719><c> 13,</c><00:37:29.980><c> Lot</c><00:37:30.000><c> lifts</c>

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:34.619
up<00:37:30.519><c> his</c><00:37:30.739><c> eyes</c><00:37:31.079><c> and</c><00:37:31.300><c> chooses</c><00:37:31.800><c> the</c><00:37:32.239><c> plain</c><00:37:32.880><c> of</c><00:37:33.820><c> Jordan,</c><00:37:34.219><c> which</c><00:37:34.400><c> is</c>

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:36.280
well<00:37:34.960><c> watered</c><00:37:35.420><c> and</c><00:37:35.559><c> where</c><00:37:35.820><c> Sodom</c><00:37:36.099><c> and</c>

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:40.980
Gomorrah<00:37:36.659><c> are</c><00:37:37.079><c> situated,</c><00:37:37.980><c> and</c><00:37:38.260><c> he</c><00:37:38.500><c> pictures</c><00:37:38.760><c> his</c><00:37:39.179><c> tent</c><00:37:39.500><c> towards</c><00:37:40.039><c> them.</c>

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:44.519
And<00:37:41.420><c> then</c><00:37:41.539><c> how</c><00:37:41.719><c> in</c><00:37:41.920><c> chapter</c><00:37:42.239><c> 14,</c><00:37:42.719><c> we</c><00:37:42.940><c> learn</c><00:37:43.099><c> that</c><00:37:43.260><c> he</c><00:37:43.400><c> was</c><00:37:43.599><c> living</c><00:37:43.880><c> in</c>

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:46.840
Sodom<00:37:45.320><c> when</c><00:37:45.960><c> that</c><00:37:46.340><c> city</c><00:37:46.539><c> was</c>

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:48.280
taken<00:37:47.159><c> captive.</c>

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:51.980
And<00:37:48.800><c> then</c><00:37:49.000><c> in</c><00:37:49.219><c> chapter</c><00:37:49.519><c> 19,</c><00:37:50.119><c> when</c><00:37:50.300><c> the</c><00:37:50.599><c> angels</c><00:37:50.860><c> visit</c><00:37:51.260><c> Sodom,</c>

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:54.760
Lot<00:37:52.519><c> is</c><00:37:52.960><c> sitting</c><00:37:53.179><c> in</c><00:37:53.480><c> the</c><00:37:53.739><c> gate,</c><00:37:54.420><c> not</c><00:37:54.579><c> in</c>

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:57.679
his<00:37:55.019><c> deck</c><00:37:55.139><c> chair</c><00:37:55.400><c> there</c><00:37:55.659><c> in</c><00:37:55.820><c> the</c><00:37:56.000><c> sunshine,</c><00:37:56.760><c> but</c><00:37:56.960><c> as</c><00:37:57.239><c> a</c><00:37:57.420><c> ruler</c>

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:59.659
or<00:37:58.000><c> a</c><00:37:58.360><c> judge</c><00:37:58.440><c> of</c><00:37:58.659><c> the</c><00:37:58.800><c> city,</c><00:37:59.260><c> of</c><00:37:59.260><c> course,</c>

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:04.780
a<00:38:00.239><c> magistrate</c><00:38:01.039><c> to</c><00:38:01.539><c> some</c><00:38:01.820><c> extent</c><00:38:02.519><c> responsible</c><00:38:03.559><c> for</c><00:38:04.159><c> the</c><00:38:04.440><c> works</c>

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:06.199
of<00:38:05.000><c> that</c><00:38:05.300><c> city.</c>

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:13.059
Now,<00:38:08.280><c> you</c><00:38:08.760><c> may</c><00:38:08.940><c> be</c><00:38:09.199><c> right,</c><00:38:09.619><c> those</c><00:38:09.920><c> of</c><00:38:10.119><c> you</c><00:38:10.239><c> who</c><00:38:10.460><c> think</c><00:38:10.659><c> that</c><00:38:10.880><c> that</c><00:38:11.019><c> was</c><00:38:11.199><c> his</c><00:38:11.539><c> fault,</c><00:38:11.920><c> that</c><00:38:12.079><c> there</c><00:38:12.260><c> was</c><00:38:12.780><c> a</c>

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:16.500
downward<00:38:13.559><c> progression</c><00:38:14.179><c> there,</c><00:38:15.440><c> that</c><00:38:15.780><c> Lot</c><00:38:15.780><c> had</c><00:38:15.940><c> put</c><00:38:16.119><c> his</c><00:38:16.360><c> feet</c>

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:18.340
on<00:38:16.699><c> the</c><00:38:16.880><c> slippery</c><00:38:17.219><c> slope</c><00:38:17.639><c> and</c><00:38:17.900><c> down</c><00:38:18.079><c> into</c>

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.860
Sodom<00:38:18.579><c> he</c><00:38:18.699><c> went.</c>

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.719
You<00:38:19.019><c> may</c><00:38:19.219><c> be</c><00:38:19.460><c> right.</c>

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.519
I<00:38:20.300><c> suspect,</c><00:38:20.960><c> brethren</c><00:38:21.139><c> and</c><00:38:21.340><c> sisters,</c><00:38:21.539><c> that</c><00:38:21.699><c> it</c><00:38:21.920><c> wasn't</c><00:38:22.199><c> quite</c>

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.940
like<00:38:22.940><c> that.</c>

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:27.280
Lot<00:38:24.460><c> was</c><00:38:24.679><c> a</c><00:38:24.900><c> very</c><00:38:25.219><c> righteous</c><00:38:25.639><c> man,</c><00:38:26.219><c> our</c><00:38:26.239><c> New</c><00:38:26.420><c> Testament</c><00:38:26.920><c> tells</c>

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.880
us<00:38:27.559><c> that.</c>

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:31.420
He<00:38:28.239><c> was</c><00:38:28.440><c> a</c><00:38:28.619><c> man</c><00:38:28.800><c> who</c><00:38:29.139><c> vexed</c><00:38:29.500><c> his</c><00:38:29.739><c> righteous</c><00:38:30.159><c> soul</c><00:38:30.460><c> from</c><00:38:30.739><c> day</c><00:38:30.920><c> to</c><00:38:31.119><c> day.</c>

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:33.639
He<00:38:31.780><c> didn't</c><00:38:32.119><c> like</c><00:38:32.460><c> what</c><00:38:32.659><c> he</c><00:38:32.940><c> saw</c><00:38:33.039><c> in</c><00:38:33.380><c> Sodom.</c>

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:39.519
It<00:38:34.320><c> distressed</c><00:38:34.900><c> him</c><00:38:35.159><c> and</c><00:38:35.300><c> it</c><00:38:35.780><c> distressed</c><00:38:36.099><c> him</c><00:38:36.559><c> daily,</c><00:38:39.280><c> but</c><00:38:39.380><c> he</c>

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.980
didn't<00:38:39.800><c> move</c><00:38:40.099><c> out.</c>

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:43.119
That<00:38:41.739><c> was</c><00:38:41.960><c> his</c><00:38:42.119><c> mistake.</c>

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:47.079
Quite<00:38:43.980><c> sure</c><00:38:44.239><c> that</c><00:38:44.500><c> Lot</c><00:38:44.639><c> was</c><00:38:44.820><c> a</c><00:38:45.019><c> very</c><00:38:45.320><c> righteous</c><00:38:45.719><c> man,</c><00:38:46.300><c> Scripture</c><00:38:46.619><c> itself</c>

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.420
tells<00:38:47.340><c> us</c><00:38:47.599><c> so,</c><00:38:47.699><c> we</c><00:38:47.820><c> can't</c><00:38:48.099><c> argue</c>

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.960
with<00:38:48.679><c> that.</c>

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:53.159
And<00:38:49.300><c> I</c><00:38:49.460><c> suspect</c><00:38:49.820><c> that</c><00:38:50.000><c> he</c><00:38:50.059><c> was</c><00:38:50.280><c> in</c><00:38:50.539><c> Sodom</c><00:38:50.940><c> despite</c><00:38:51.639><c> himself.</c>

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:56.340
He<00:38:54.039><c> pitched</c><00:38:54.300><c> his</c><00:38:54.599><c> tent</c><00:38:54.739><c> towards</c><00:38:55.179><c> it.</c>

00:38:56.820 --> 00:39:00.199
And<00:38:56.960><c> then,</c><00:38:57.639><c> well,</c><00:38:57.940><c> you</c><00:38:57.940><c> know,</c><00:38:58.559><c> tents</c><00:38:58.659><c> are</c><00:38:58.860><c> very</c><00:38:59.159><c> inconvenient,</c><00:38:59.880><c> aren't</c><00:38:59.980><c> they,</c>

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:02.300
and<00:39:00.880><c> Mrs.</c><00:39:01.300><c> Lot</c><00:39:01.380><c> had</c><00:39:01.559><c> seen</c><00:39:01.820><c> this</c><00:39:02.039><c> nice</c>

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:04.599
little<00:39:02.539><c> house</c><00:39:02.860><c> and</c><00:39:03.000><c> it</c><00:39:03.079><c> was</c><00:39:03.179><c> only</c><00:39:03.440><c> just</c><00:39:03.699><c> inside</c><00:39:04.059><c> the</c><00:39:04.260><c> gate</c><00:39:04.400><c> of</c>

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:06.619
Sodom,<00:39:04.860><c> you</c><00:39:04.960><c> understand,</c><00:39:05.579><c> and</c><00:39:05.960><c> it</c><00:39:06.440><c> would</c>

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:10.079
just<00:39:06.800><c> be</c><00:39:06.940><c> so</c><00:39:07.159><c> much</c><00:39:07.340><c> more</c><00:39:07.639><c> convenient</c><00:39:08.119><c> than</c><00:39:08.320><c> the</c><00:39:08.619><c> tent,</c><00:39:08.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:09.159><c> it?</c>

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:17.119
So<00:39:10.659><c> they</c><00:39:10.780><c> put</c><00:39:10.940><c> the</c><00:39:11.159><c> tent</c><00:39:11.280><c> in</c><00:39:11.460><c> the</c><00:39:11.599><c> loft,</c><00:39:12.760><c> or</c><00:39:12.880><c> the</c><00:39:13.019><c> basement,</c><00:39:14.639><c> with</c><00:39:14.780><c> the</c><00:39:14.980><c> junk,</c><00:39:16.079><c> and</c><00:39:16.420><c> they</c><00:39:16.780><c> took</c><00:39:16.940><c> up</c>

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.699
a<00:39:17.199><c> more</c><00:39:17.480><c> settled</c>

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existence.

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:22.260
And<00:39:19.659><c> they</c><00:39:19.739><c> hadn't</c><00:39:19.960><c> been</c><00:39:20.199><c> there</c><00:39:20.420><c> more</c><00:39:20.619><c> than</c><00:39:20.760><c> a</c><00:39:20.900><c> few</c><00:39:21.019><c> weeks</c><00:39:21.500><c> when</c>

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:24.119
Sodom<00:39:22.559><c> was</c><00:39:22.800><c> invaded</c><00:39:23.219><c> and</c><00:39:23.480><c> Lot</c><00:39:23.619><c> was</c><00:39:23.860><c> carried</c>

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:27.380
off<00:39:24.460><c> and</c><00:39:24.820><c> by</c><00:39:25.079><c> the</c><00:39:25.280><c> grace</c><00:39:25.460><c> of</c><00:39:25.639><c> God</c><00:39:25.820><c> Abraham</c><00:39:26.199><c> rescued</c><00:39:26.800><c> Lot</c><00:39:27.139><c> and</c>

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.500
all<00:39:27.840><c> Sodom.</c>

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:31.639
And<00:39:29.159><c> Abraham</c><00:39:29.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:29.760><c> take</c><00:39:30.059><c> anything</c><00:39:30.460><c> for</c><00:39:30.780><c> that,</c><00:39:31.119><c> you</c><00:39:31.119><c> know,</c><00:39:31.460><c> not</c>

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.920
from<00:39:31.880><c> a</c><00:39:32.019><c> thread</c><00:39:32.139><c> to</c><00:39:32.380><c> a</c><00:39:32.480><c> shoe</c><00:39:32.639><c> latchet,</c>

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:34.679
he<00:39:33.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:33.199><c> have</c><00:39:33.360><c> anything</c><00:39:33.840><c> that</c><00:39:34.099><c> belonged</c><00:39:34.280><c> to</c><00:39:34.460><c> the</c><00:39:34.539><c> king</c>

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.860
of<00:39:34.900><c> Sodom.</c>

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:39.960
But<00:39:37.280><c> they</c><00:39:37.420><c> wanted</c><00:39:37.599><c> to</c><00:39:37.800><c> do</c><00:39:37.960><c> something</c><00:39:38.360><c> for</c><00:39:38.599><c> him,</c><00:39:38.820><c> I</c><00:39:38.820><c> mean,</c><00:39:39.519><c> goodness</c><00:39:39.699><c> me,</c>

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:41.099
you<00:39:40.119><c> know,</c><00:39:40.260><c> he'd</c><00:39:40.519><c> been</c><00:39:40.739><c> so</c>

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:44.000
marvellous<00:39:41.639><c> in</c><00:39:41.860><c> fetching</c><00:39:42.159><c> them</c><00:39:42.400><c> back,</c><00:39:42.800><c> and</c><00:39:43.039><c> then</c><00:39:43.179><c> they</c><00:39:43.380><c> discovered</c><00:39:43.760><c> that</c>

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:45.780
Lot<00:39:44.139><c> was</c><00:39:44.420><c> related</c><00:39:44.739><c> to</c><00:39:45.000><c> him.</c>

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:47.940
Well,<00:39:46.619><c> we'd</c><00:39:46.820><c> better</c><00:39:46.960><c> honour</c><00:39:47.300><c> Lot</c><00:39:47.460><c> then,</c><00:39:47.760><c> hadn't</c><00:39:47.900><c> we?</c>

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:50.219
We<00:39:48.159><c> could</c><00:39:48.320><c> make</c><00:39:48.539><c> Lot</c><00:39:48.739><c> a</c><00:39:48.940><c> free</c><00:39:49.119><c> man</c><00:39:49.260><c> of</c><00:39:49.420><c> the</c><00:39:49.599><c> city,</c><00:39:49.860><c> couldn't</c><00:39:50.079><c> we?</c>

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:53.239
We'll<00:39:50.559><c> make</c><00:39:50.699><c> him</c><00:39:50.860><c> an</c><00:39:51.079><c> alderman</c><00:39:51.400><c> or</c><00:39:51.840><c> whatever</c><00:39:52.159><c> it</c><00:39:52.420><c> is</c><00:39:52.619><c> here</c><00:39:53.059><c> in</c>

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.340
the<00:39:53.440><c> States.</c>

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:57.699
So<00:39:54.579><c> that's</c><00:39:54.739><c> what</c><00:39:54.840><c> they</c><00:39:55.000><c> did,</c><00:39:55.159><c> they</c><00:39:55.320><c> made</c><00:39:55.440><c> him</c><00:39:55.599><c> a</c><00:39:55.739><c> free</c><00:39:56.000><c> man,</c><00:39:56.320><c> they</c><00:39:56.440><c> made</c><00:39:56.599><c> him</c><00:39:56.800><c> a</c><00:39:56.980><c> magistrate.</c>

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:59.940
It<00:39:58.039><c> wasn't</c><00:39:58.239><c> that</c><00:39:58.420><c> he</c><00:39:58.659><c> sought</c><00:39:58.940><c> it,</c><00:39:59.159><c> it</c><00:39:59.179><c> wasn't</c><00:39:59.380><c> that</c><00:39:59.539><c> he</c><00:39:59.619><c> wanted</c>

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:01.679
it,<00:40:00.179><c> brethren</c><00:40:00.360><c> and</c><00:40:00.579><c> sisters,</c><00:40:01.360><c> it</c><00:40:01.559><c> was</c>

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:04.019
that<00:40:01.800><c> he</c><00:40:01.900><c> was</c><00:40:02.260><c> pressed</c><00:40:02.480><c> into</c><00:40:02.800><c> it,</c><00:40:03.000><c> you</c><00:40:03.119><c> know,</c><00:40:03.460><c> you</c><00:40:03.679><c> couldn't</c>

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:05.579
throw<00:40:04.340><c> their</c><00:40:04.619><c> kindness</c><00:40:04.900><c> in</c><00:40:05.099><c> their</c><00:40:05.360><c> face</c>

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.719
and<00:40:05.780><c> say</c><00:40:05.940><c> no,</c><00:40:06.460><c> could</c><00:40:06.579><c> you?</c>

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:08.320
I<00:40:06.940><c> mean,</c><00:40:06.940><c> you</c><00:40:06.960><c> couldn't</c><00:40:07.159><c> say,</c><00:40:07.599><c> no,</c><00:40:07.780><c> thanks,</c><00:40:07.920><c> I</c><00:40:08.019><c> don't</c><00:40:08.179><c> want</c><00:40:08.239><c> to</c>

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:09.760
be<00:40:08.400><c> an</c><00:40:08.539><c> alderman,</c><00:40:08.800><c> you</c><00:40:08.940><c> know.</c>

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:12.260
When<00:40:10.420><c> they</c><00:40:10.579><c> were</c><00:40:10.780><c> offering</c><00:40:11.000><c> you</c><00:40:11.219><c> that,</c><00:40:11.440><c> it</c><00:40:11.460><c> was</c><00:40:11.679><c> so</c><00:40:11.940><c> kind</c><00:40:12.159><c> of</c>

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:13.679
them,<00:40:12.500><c> wasn't</c><00:40:12.639><c> it,</c><00:40:12.800><c> and</c><00:40:13.119><c> well,</c><00:40:13.380><c> perhaps</c>

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:16.360
if<00:40:13.800><c> he</c><00:40:13.900><c> was</c><00:40:14.139><c> there,</c><00:40:14.500><c> he</c><00:40:14.500><c> could</c><00:40:14.699><c> have</c><00:40:14.900><c> some</c><00:40:15.139><c> influence</c><00:40:15.699><c> in</c><00:40:16.219><c> the</c>

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:18.079
running<00:40:16.539><c> of</c><00:40:16.780><c> the</c><00:40:16.900><c> city</c><00:40:17.119><c> and</c><00:40:17.380><c> make</c><00:40:17.579><c> it</c><00:40:17.739><c> a</c><00:40:17.880><c> better</c>

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.940
place,<00:40:18.480><c> and</c><00:40:19.260><c> he</c><00:40:19.400><c> was</c><00:40:19.739><c> pressed</c><00:40:19.960><c> into</c><00:40:20.300><c> it</c><00:40:20.739><c> almost</c><00:40:21.099><c> despite</c><00:40:21.659><c> himself.</c>

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:24.059
Now,<00:40:22.199><c> I</c><00:40:22.280><c> don't</c><00:40:22.559><c> know</c><00:40:22.880><c> that</c><00:40:23.059><c> that's</c><00:40:23.320><c> what</c><00:40:23.440><c> it</c><00:40:23.559><c> was</c><00:40:23.719><c> like,</c><00:40:24.000><c> but</c>

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:25.679
none<00:40:24.219><c> of</c><00:40:24.360><c> us</c><00:40:24.579><c> do,</c><00:40:25.260><c> do</c><00:40:25.420><c> we?</c>

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:28.019
But<00:40:26.340><c> it</c><00:40:26.539><c> might</c><00:40:26.699><c> have</c><00:40:26.880><c> been</c><00:40:26.980><c> like</c><00:40:27.260><c> that,</c><00:40:27.420><c> might</c><00:40:27.599><c> and</c><00:40:27.719><c> didn't,</c>

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:30.079
and<00:40:28.219><c> that's</c><00:40:28.619><c> so</c><00:40:28.760><c> much</c><00:40:28.960><c> more</c><00:40:29.219><c> like</c><00:40:29.440><c> our</c><00:40:29.780><c> lives,</c>

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.340
isn't<00:40:30.260><c> it?</c>

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:33.320
It<00:40:30.539><c> isn't</c><00:40:30.760><c> necessarily</c><00:40:31.320><c> that</c><00:40:31.519><c> we</c><00:40:32.019><c> deliberately</c><00:40:32.500><c> set</c><00:40:32.780><c> out</c><00:40:33.039><c> to</c>

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.579
seek<00:40:33.559><c> sod</c><00:40:33.760><c> and</c><00:40:33.940><c> brethren</c><00:40:34.139><c> and</c><00:40:34.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:37.960
but<00:40:35.019><c> so</c><00:40:35.260><c> often</c><00:40:35.400><c> it</c><00:40:35.559><c> comes</c><00:40:35.820><c> our</c><00:40:36.059><c> way</c><00:40:36.219><c> despite</c><00:40:36.679><c> ourselves,</c><00:40:37.159><c> we're</c><00:40:37.420><c> pressed</c><00:40:37.739><c> into</c>

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.820
the<00:40:38.179><c> mould,</c><00:40:38.440><c> aren't</c><00:40:38.619><c> we?</c>

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:41.760
The<00:40:39.159><c> world</c><00:40:39.519><c> pressures</c><00:40:40.019><c> us,</c><00:40:40.739><c> and</c><00:40:40.780><c> we're</c><00:40:40.920><c> not</c><00:40:41.219><c> strong</c><00:40:41.500><c> enough</c>

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:43.920
always<00:40:42.039><c> to</c><00:40:42.219><c> resist,</c><00:40:42.800><c> or</c><00:40:42.820><c> it's</c><00:40:43.139><c> not</c><00:40:43.340><c> convenient,</c>

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:49.940
or<00:40:44.539><c> it</c><00:40:44.760><c> doesn't</c><00:40:45.000><c> seem</c><00:40:46.000><c> fair</c><00:40:46.519><c> and</c><00:40:47.340><c> thankful</c><00:40:47.800><c> to</c><00:40:48.059><c> resist,</c><00:40:48.539><c> does</c><00:40:48.679><c> it?</c>

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:53.940
So<00:40:51.000><c> often</c><00:40:51.239><c> that's</c><00:40:51.639><c> exactly</c><00:40:52.079><c> how</c><00:40:52.280><c> it</c><00:40:52.480><c> happens</c><00:40:52.699><c> with</c><00:40:53.619><c> our</c><00:40:53.739><c> young</c>

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.320
people,<00:40:54.239><c> isn't</c><00:40:54.380><c> it,</c><00:40:54.460><c> in</c><00:40:54.619><c> their</c><00:40:54.900><c> work?</c>

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:59.119
They're<00:40:55.880><c> pressed</c><00:40:56.239><c> to</c><00:40:56.400><c> go</c><00:40:56.539><c> up</c><00:40:56.699><c> the</c><00:40:56.820><c> ladder,</c><00:40:57.059><c> they're</c><00:40:57.659><c> not</c><00:40:57.800><c> particularly</c><00:40:58.380><c> ambitious,</c><00:40:59.000><c> they</c>

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.880
don't<00:40:59.360><c> especially</c>

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.380
want<00:41:00.139><c> to</c><00:41:00.300><c> get</c><00:41:00.440><c> on,</c><00:41:00.840><c> but</c><00:41:00.980><c> the</c><00:41:01.179><c> company</c><00:41:01.519><c> forces</c><00:41:01.900><c> it</c><00:41:02.119><c> on</c><00:41:02.280><c> them,</c>

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:04.159
and<00:41:02.579><c> you</c><00:41:02.780><c> can</c><00:41:03.019><c> hardly</c><00:41:03.219><c> say</c><00:41:03.500><c> no,</c><00:41:03.920><c> can</c><00:41:04.019><c> you,</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:08.619
unless<00:41:04.300><c> you</c><00:41:04.400><c> want</c><00:41:04.579><c> to</c><00:41:04.679><c> be</c><00:41:04.800><c> out</c><00:41:04.940><c> on</c><00:41:05.059><c> your</c><00:41:05.300><c> ear,</c><00:41:06.739><c> that's</c><00:41:07.619><c> the</c><00:41:08.099><c> kind</c><00:41:08.420><c> of</c>

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:10.139
world<00:41:08.800><c> in</c><00:41:08.940><c> which</c><00:41:09.079><c> we</c><00:41:09.300><c> live.</c>

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:13.320
And<00:41:11.159><c> I</c><00:41:11.300><c> suspect,</c><00:41:11.840><c> brethren</c><00:41:12.000><c> and</c><00:41:12.239><c> sisters,</c><00:41:12.500><c> that's</c><00:41:12.880><c> probably</c>

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.920
how<00:41:13.559><c> it</c><00:41:13.659><c> was</c><00:41:13.880><c> with</c><00:41:14.159><c> Lot.</c>

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:17.539
He<00:41:15.340><c> just</c><00:41:15.639><c> wasn't</c><00:41:16.079><c> strong</c><00:41:16.360><c> enough</c><00:41:16.739><c> to</c><00:41:17.019><c> get</c><00:41:17.239><c> out.</c>

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:24.579
He<00:41:17.699><c> was</c><00:41:17.920><c> a</c><00:41:18.099><c> righteous</c><00:41:18.420><c> man,</c><00:41:19.119><c> and</c><00:41:19.280><c> he</c><00:41:19.500><c> hated</c><00:41:19.780><c> Sodom,</c><00:41:21.199><c> and</c><00:41:21.320><c> it</c><00:41:21.579><c> distressed</c><00:41:21.920><c> him</c><00:41:22.539><c> much,</c><00:41:23.780><c> but</c><00:41:24.019><c> he</c><00:41:24.219><c> didn't</c>

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.000
move<00:41:24.920><c> out.</c>

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:31.139
And<00:41:27.659><c> so,</c><00:41:27.880><c> brethren</c><00:41:28.019><c> and</c><00:41:28.300><c> sisters,</c><00:41:28.800><c> it</c><00:41:29.059><c> seems</c><00:41:29.340><c> to</c><00:41:29.500><c> me</c><00:41:29.739><c> that</c><00:41:29.880><c> that's</c><00:41:30.300><c> very</c><00:41:30.619><c> much</c><00:41:30.840><c> a</c>

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:32.219
parallel<00:41:31.420><c> with</c><00:41:31.980><c> our</c>

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:35.980
own<00:41:32.380><c> lives,</c><00:41:33.239><c> and</c><00:41:33.320><c> perhaps</c><00:41:33.840><c> Lot</c><00:41:34.019><c> didn't</c><00:41:34.280><c> move</c><00:41:34.519><c> out</c><00:41:34.760><c> because</c>

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:39.039
Sodom<00:41:36.579><c> provided</c><00:41:37.380><c> him</c><00:41:37.559><c> with</c><00:41:37.719><c> some</c><00:41:37.940><c> security.</c>

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:41.820
And<00:41:39.579><c> there's</c><00:41:39.800><c> an</c><00:41:39.980><c> element</c><00:41:40.199><c> of</c><00:41:40.440><c> that</c><00:41:40.719><c> in</c><00:41:40.840><c> all</c><00:41:41.059><c> of</c><00:41:41.179><c> us,</c><00:41:41.519><c> which</c><00:41:41.539><c> is</c>

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:43.579
a<00:41:41.960><c> grave</c><00:41:42.280><c> danger.</c>

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:46.380
If<00:41:44.179><c> he</c><00:41:44.340><c> left</c><00:41:44.559><c> Sodom,</c><00:41:44.900><c> where</c><00:41:45.039><c> would</c><00:41:45.199><c> he</c><00:41:45.360><c> go?</c>

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:49.320
Back<00:41:48.300><c> to</c><00:41:48.480><c> the</c><00:41:48.679><c> tent</c><00:41:48.880><c> life?</c>

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:51.079
Well,<00:41:49.880><c> it</c><00:41:49.920><c> was</c><00:41:50.199><c> so</c><00:41:50.420><c> irksome,</c><00:41:50.840><c> wasn't</c><00:41:50.960><c> it?</c>

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:54.780
I<00:41:51.179><c> know</c><00:41:51.340><c> we</c><00:41:51.619><c> managed,</c><00:41:52.139><c> but,</c><00:41:52.440><c> you</c><00:41:52.440><c> know,</c><00:41:53.599><c> I</c><00:41:54.079><c> don't</c><00:41:54.559><c> think</c><00:41:54.699><c> I</c>

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:56.440
could<00:41:54.960><c> face</c><00:41:55.199><c> that</c><00:41:55.460><c> again.</c>

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:59.699
Once<00:41:57.320><c> you've</c><00:41:57.519><c> had</c><00:41:57.619><c> the</c><00:41:57.820><c> settled</c><00:41:58.059><c> existence,</c><00:41:59.219><c> it's</c><00:41:59.320><c> not</c><00:41:59.480><c> easy</c>

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:01.280
going<00:41:59.920><c> back</c><00:42:00.219><c> to</c><00:42:00.380><c> the</c><00:42:00.519><c> nomadic</c><00:42:00.880><c> way</c><00:42:01.059><c> of</c>

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:03.320
life,<00:42:01.539><c> brethren</c><00:42:01.719><c> and</c><00:42:01.920><c> sisters,</c><00:42:02.219><c> is</c><00:42:02.380><c> it?</c>

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:05.639
And<00:42:04.480><c> there</c><00:42:04.579><c> was</c><00:42:04.699><c> a</c><00:42:04.960><c> security</c><00:42:05.280><c> there.</c>

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:08.400
He<00:42:05.880><c> didn't</c><00:42:06.099><c> want</c><00:42:06.260><c> the</c><00:42:06.519><c> unknown,</c><00:42:07.599><c> and</c><00:42:07.699><c> none</c><00:42:07.880><c> of</c><00:42:08.019><c> us</c><00:42:08.219><c> do.</c>

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:11.380
We<00:42:08.840><c> like</c><00:42:09.159><c> what</c><00:42:09.320><c> we're</c><00:42:09.599><c> familiar</c><00:42:10.139><c> with.</c>

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:15.800
Most<00:42:12.260><c> of</c><00:42:12.400><c> you</c><00:42:12.480><c> know</c><00:42:12.659><c> that</c><00:42:12.800><c> I'm</c><00:42:12.900><c> not</c><00:42:13.059><c> an</c><00:42:13.280><c> Englishman,</c><00:42:13.519><c> I'm</c><00:42:13.719><c> a</c><00:42:13.860><c> Yorkshireman,</c><00:42:15.360><c> and</c><00:42:15.679><c> I</c>

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.400
come<00:42:15.940><c> from</c><00:42:16.079><c> a</c><00:42:16.260><c> town</c>

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.519
called<00:42:16.679><c> Huddersfield,</c><00:42:17.659><c> and</c><00:42:17.820><c> I</c><00:42:17.980><c> have</c><00:42:18.079><c> been</c><00:42:18.280><c> heard</c><00:42:18.400><c> to</c><00:42:18.659><c> say</c><00:42:18.820><c> that</c><00:42:18.980><c> Huddersfield</c><00:42:19.400><c> is</c>

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.139
the<00:42:19.679><c> best</c><00:42:19.900><c> place</c>

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:21.300
on<00:42:20.340><c> earth.</c>

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.420
And<00:42:21.940><c> it</c><00:42:22.099><c> is.</c>

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:24.760
You<00:42:22.920><c> should</c><00:42:23.460><c> go</c><00:42:23.639><c> and</c><00:42:23.880><c> see.</c>

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.980
Actually,<00:42:25.840><c> brethren</c><00:42:26.000><c> and</c><00:42:26.179><c> sisters,</c><00:42:26.340><c> if</c><00:42:26.480><c> you</c><00:42:26.619><c> were</c><00:42:26.719><c> to</c><00:42:26.880><c> back</c>

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:28.599
me<00:42:27.179><c> against</c><00:42:27.420><c> the</c><00:42:27.599><c> wall</c><00:42:27.719><c> and</c><00:42:27.980><c> interrogate</c>

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:31.840
I<00:42:28.900><c> would</c><00:42:29.119><c> have</c><00:42:29.380><c> to</c><00:42:29.559><c> admit</c><00:42:30.179><c> that</c><00:42:30.639><c> Huddersfield</c><00:42:31.119><c> is</c><00:42:31.300><c> actually</c><00:42:31.619><c> a</c>

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:33.780
dreadful<00:42:32.239><c> place</c><00:42:32.500><c> these</c><00:42:32.780><c> days.</c>

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:36.480
It's<00:42:34.300><c> a</c><00:42:34.460><c> concrete</c><00:42:34.840><c> jungle,</c><00:42:35.380><c> and</c><00:42:35.460><c> it's</c><00:42:35.659><c> got</c><00:42:35.760><c> all</c><00:42:35.980><c> the</c><00:42:36.099><c> problems</c>

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:38.199
of<00:42:36.659><c> any</c><00:42:36.860><c> other</c><00:42:37.159><c> modern</c><00:42:37.400><c> town</c><00:42:37.679><c> or</c><00:42:37.940><c> city,</c>

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:41.179
social,<00:42:39.119><c> housing,</c><00:42:39.679><c> and</c><00:42:39.940><c> so</c><00:42:40.179><c> on.</c>

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:44.760
But<00:42:41.900><c> you</c><00:42:42.059><c> see,</c><00:42:42.280><c> to</c><00:42:42.440><c> me,</c><00:42:43.659><c> it's</c><00:42:43.880><c> home.</c>

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:46.179
I<00:42:45.599><c> know</c><00:42:45.760><c> it.</c>

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:47.300
I<00:42:46.440><c> know</c><00:42:46.599><c> my</c><00:42:46.780><c> way</c><00:42:46.960><c> around.</c>

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.039
I<00:42:47.440><c> know</c><00:42:47.579><c> the</c><00:42:47.780><c> people.</c>

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:52.480
I<00:42:48.639><c> know</c><00:42:48.840><c> the</c><00:42:49.139><c> dialect</c><00:42:49.539><c> and</c><00:42:49.699><c> the</c><00:42:50.000><c> accents,</c><00:42:50.440><c> and</c><00:42:50.679><c> I'm</c><00:42:50.960><c> at</c><00:42:51.139><c> home</c><00:42:51.400><c> there.</c>

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:54.659
And<00:42:52.980><c> there's</c><00:42:53.139><c> a</c><00:42:53.239><c> little</c><00:42:53.340><c> bit</c><00:42:53.500><c> of</c><00:42:53.559><c> that</c><00:42:53.699><c> in</c><00:42:53.820><c> all</c><00:42:54.000><c> of</c><00:42:54.099><c> us,</c><00:42:54.199><c> isn't</c><00:42:54.360><c> there?</c>

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.739
We<00:42:55.179><c> forget,</c><00:42:55.659><c> don't</c><00:42:55.679><c> we?</c>

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:58.880
We<00:42:55.860><c> have</c><00:42:56.039><c> here</c><00:42:56.400><c> no</c><00:42:56.659><c> continuing</c><00:42:57.199><c> city</c><00:42:57.519><c> at</c><00:42:57.800><c> all.</c>

00:42:58.900 --> 00:43:01.619
We're<00:42:59.039><c> not</c><00:42:59.300><c> Yorkshire</c><00:42:59.780><c> or</c><00:42:59.920><c> British</c><00:43:00.239><c> or</c><00:43:00.420><c> American</c><00:43:00.800><c> or</c><00:43:00.960><c> anything</c><00:43:01.260><c> else,</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:02.719
are<00:43:01.860><c> we?</c>

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:05.480
We're<00:43:03.519><c> citizens</c><00:43:03.840><c> of</c><00:43:04.000><c> the</c><00:43:04.119><c> kingdom</c><00:43:04.340><c> of</c><00:43:04.559><c> God.</c>

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:09.659
But<00:43:07.179><c> we</c><00:43:07.360><c> like</c><00:43:08.000><c> what</c><00:43:08.739><c> we're</c><00:43:08.980><c> familiar</c><00:43:09.340><c> with.</c>

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:11.840
There's<00:43:10.000><c> a</c><00:43:10.159><c> certain</c><00:43:10.400><c> security</c><00:43:11.000><c> in</c><00:43:11.119><c> it</c><00:43:11.280><c> that</c><00:43:11.380><c> we</c><00:43:11.500><c> don't</c><00:43:11.699><c> want</c>

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:14.659
to<00:43:12.000><c> give</c><00:43:12.159><c> up</c><00:43:12.860><c> for</c><00:43:13.260><c> the</c><00:43:13.480><c> unknown.</c>

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:19.480
And<00:43:16.500><c> so,</c><00:43:16.679><c> brethren</c><00:43:16.860><c> and</c><00:43:17.079><c> sisters,</c><00:43:17.360><c> we</c><00:43:17.659><c> find</c><00:43:18.119><c> that</c><00:43:18.360><c> even</c><00:43:18.719><c> when</c>

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:23.960
the<00:43:19.900><c> angels</c><00:43:20.320><c> brought</c><00:43:20.739><c> Lot</c><00:43:21.019><c> out</c><00:43:21.920><c> of</c><00:43:22.400><c> Sodom,</c>

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:27.420
in<00:43:24.320><c> the</c><00:43:24.500><c> mercy</c><00:43:24.739><c> of</c><00:43:24.960><c> God,</c><00:43:25.179><c> they</c><00:43:25.320><c> took</c><00:43:25.500><c> hold</c><00:43:25.760><c> of</c><00:43:26.380><c> his</c><00:43:26.619><c> hands</c><00:43:27.099><c> and</c>

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:29.320
the<00:43:27.519><c> hands</c><00:43:27.679><c> of</c><00:43:27.800><c> his</c><00:43:27.940><c> wife</c><00:43:28.300><c> and</c><00:43:28.679><c> his</c><00:43:28.860><c> two</c><00:43:29.079><c> daughters,</c>

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:33.039
and<00:43:29.460><c> they</c><00:43:29.760><c> brought</c><00:43:30.000><c> them</c><00:43:30.179><c> out</c><00:43:30.460><c> of</c><00:43:30.699><c> Sodom,</c><00:43:32.460><c> and</c><00:43:32.699><c> they</c><00:43:32.940><c> say,</c>

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:34.820
escape<00:43:33.460><c> to</c><00:43:33.599><c> the</c><00:43:33.739><c> mountain.</c>

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:37.320
Verse<00:43:35.460><c> 19</c><00:43:35.840><c> of</c><00:43:35.960><c> Genesis</c><00:43:36.280><c> 19,</c><00:43:36.880><c> Lot</c><00:43:37.000><c> says,</c>

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:40.599
Behold<00:43:37.739><c> now,</c><00:43:38.679><c> thy</c><00:43:38.820><c> servant</c><00:43:39.119><c> hath</c><00:43:39.340><c> found</c><00:43:39.619><c> grace</c><00:43:39.860><c> in</c><00:43:40.039><c> thy</c><00:43:40.260><c> sight,</c>

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:43.940
and<00:43:40.940><c> thou</c><00:43:41.079><c> hast</c><00:43:41.840><c> magnified</c><00:43:42.519><c> thy</c><00:43:42.920><c> mercy,</c><00:43:43.320><c> which</c><00:43:43.480><c> thou</c><00:43:43.659><c> hast</c>

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.500
shewed<00:43:44.119><c> unto</c><00:43:44.320><c> me,</c>

00:43:44.699 --> 00:43:45.599
and<00:43:44.880><c> hast</c><00:43:44.880><c> saved</c><00:43:45.059><c> my</c><00:43:45.300><c> life.</c>

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:48.679
I<00:43:46.280><c> can't</c><00:43:46.539><c> escape</c><00:43:46.900><c> to</c><00:43:47.059><c> the</c><00:43:47.199><c> mountain,</c><00:43:47.639><c> lest</c><00:43:47.739><c> some</c><00:43:47.900><c> evil</c><00:43:48.079><c> overtake</c><00:43:48.500><c> me</c><00:43:48.659><c> and</c>

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:50.059
I<00:43:48.920><c> die.</c>

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:54.440
That's<00:43:52.320><c> how</c><00:43:52.559><c> illogical</c><00:43:53.139><c> we</c><00:43:53.380><c> are,</c><00:43:53.719><c> brethren</c><00:43:53.860><c> and</c><00:43:54.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:55.480
how<00:43:54.900><c> inconsistent.</c>

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:57.579
It's<00:43:55.639><c> no</c><00:43:55.739><c> good</c><00:43:55.880><c> pointing</c><00:43:56.139><c> the</c><00:43:56.340><c> finger</c><00:43:56.539><c> at</c><00:43:56.760><c> Lot</c><00:43:56.760><c> before</c><00:43:57.019><c> we</c><00:43:57.260><c> point</c><00:43:57.440><c> it</c>

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.940
here,<00:43:57.820><c> is</c><00:43:57.980><c> it?</c>

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:01.199
That's<00:43:59.940><c> just</c><00:44:00.239><c> how</c><00:44:00.460><c> we</c><00:44:00.679><c> are.</c>

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.579
Stupid,<00:44:02.139><c> isn't</c><00:44:02.320><c> it?</c>

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:04.980
Lot's<00:44:02.980><c> saying,</c><00:44:03.460><c> well,</c><00:44:03.639><c> thank</c><00:44:03.940><c> you</c><00:44:04.099><c> ever</c><00:44:04.300><c> so</c><00:44:04.440><c> much</c><00:44:04.559><c> for</c><00:44:04.800><c> saving</c>

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.380
my<00:44:05.239><c> life.</c>

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:08.320
I'm<00:44:05.739><c> so</c><00:44:06.099><c> grateful</c><00:44:06.380><c> for</c><00:44:06.599><c> your</c><00:44:06.800><c> great</c><00:44:07.079><c> mercy</c><00:44:07.440><c> in</c><00:44:07.760><c> saving</c><00:44:07.900><c> my</c><00:44:08.159><c> life.</c>

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:10.920
I<00:44:08.519><c> can't</c><00:44:08.800><c> do</c><00:44:08.940><c> what</c><00:44:09.099><c> you</c><00:44:09.360><c> say,</c><00:44:09.480><c> I</c><00:44:09.599><c> might</c><00:44:09.860><c> die.</c>

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:13.219
That's<00:44:11.539><c> what</c><00:44:11.619><c> he</c><00:44:11.820><c> says,</c><00:44:12.460><c> isn't</c><00:44:12.619><c> it?</c>

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:15.539
You've<00:44:13.940><c> shown</c><00:44:14.019><c> great</c><00:44:14.320><c> mercy</c><00:44:14.579><c> in</c><00:44:14.820><c> saving</c><00:44:14.980><c> my</c><00:44:15.300><c> life,</c>

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:18.400
but<00:44:15.739><c> I</c><00:44:15.800><c> can't</c><00:44:16.079><c> do</c><00:44:16.179><c> what</c><00:44:16.320><c> you</c><00:44:16.639><c> suggest</c><00:44:16.820><c> and</c><00:44:16.940><c> go</c><00:44:17.059><c> to</c><00:44:17.199><c> the</c><00:44:17.340><c> mountain,</c><00:44:17.619><c> I</c><00:44:17.719><c> might</c><00:44:18.000><c> die.</c>

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So<00:44:19.420><c> he</c><00:44:19.480><c> goes</c><00:44:19.699><c> to</c><00:44:19.980><c> Zor</c><00:44:20.179><c> instead.</c>

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And<00:44:21.880><c> he's</c><00:44:22.039><c> so</c><00:44:22.219><c> afraid</c><00:44:22.460><c> in</c><00:44:22.659><c> Zor</c><00:44:22.980><c> that</c><00:44:23.099><c> he</c><00:44:23.199><c> has</c><00:44:23.420><c> to</c><00:44:23.559><c> leave</c><00:44:23.719><c> Zor</c><00:44:24.019><c> and</c><00:44:24.199><c> go</c>

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to<00:44:24.760><c> live</c><00:44:24.840><c> on</c><00:44:24.980><c> the</c><00:44:25.099><c> mountain.</c>

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:28.480
And<00:44:26.579><c> he's</c><00:44:26.739><c> taken</c><00:44:26.960><c> all</c><00:44:27.320><c> that</c><00:44:27.579><c> mercy,</c><00:44:28.079><c> brethren</c><00:44:28.199><c> and</c><00:44:28.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:33.079
God<00:44:28.820><c> has</c><00:44:29.219><c> expended</c><00:44:29.880><c> all</c><00:44:30.539><c> that</c><00:44:30.840><c> effort</c><00:44:31.320><c> to</c><00:44:31.639><c> get</c><00:44:31.960><c> Lot</c><00:44:32.260><c> back</c><00:44:32.860><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:33.280><c> mountain</c>

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from<00:44:34.519><c> where</c><00:44:34.699><c> he</c><00:44:34.980><c> started</c><00:44:35.239><c> when</c><00:44:35.420><c> he</c><00:44:35.559><c> first</c><00:44:35.780><c> left</c><00:44:35.980><c> Abraham.</c>

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Isn't<00:44:38.500><c> that</c><00:44:38.739><c> a</c><00:44:38.980><c> salutary</c><00:44:39.400><c> lesson?</c>

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And<00:44:42.420><c> aren't</c><00:44:42.579><c> we</c><00:44:42.800><c> sometimes</c><00:44:43.360><c> just</c><00:44:43.699><c> as</c><00:44:43.980><c> foolish</c><00:44:44.320><c> and</c><00:44:44.639><c> just</c><00:44:44.940><c> as</c><00:44:45.159><c> illogical</c>

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and<00:44:45.980><c> just</c><00:44:46.320><c> as</c><00:44:46.639><c> inconsistent?</c>

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Here,<00:44:48.519><c> brethren</c><00:44:48.739><c> and</c><00:44:49.000><c> sisters,</c><00:44:49.340><c> God</c><00:44:49.659><c> has</c><00:44:49.980><c> given</c><00:44:50.199><c> us</c><00:44:50.500><c> release.</c>

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:53.019
He's<00:44:52.199><c> given</c><00:44:52.340><c> us</c><00:44:52.659><c> freedom.</c>

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:54.099
He's<00:44:53.420><c> given</c><00:44:53.559><c> us</c><00:44:53.760><c> more</c><00:44:53.840><c> than</c><00:44:54.000><c> that.</c>

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He's<00:44:54.300><c> given</c><00:44:54.420><c> us</c><00:44:54.699><c> life.</c>

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And<00:44:58.500><c> we</c><00:44:58.739><c> turn</c><00:44:58.940><c> again</c><00:44:59.239><c> to</c><00:44:59.500><c> Sodom,</c>

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:04.619
the<00:45:01.500><c> weak</c><00:45:01.719><c> and</c><00:45:02.139><c> beggarly</c><00:45:02.519><c> elements</c><00:45:02.840><c> of</c><00:45:03.059><c> the</c><00:45:03.239><c> world,</c>

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because<00:45:06.000><c> there's</c><00:45:06.300><c> a</c><00:45:06.519><c> security</c><00:45:06.800><c> there</c><00:45:07.039><c> that</c><00:45:07.139><c> we</c><00:45:07.340><c> rather</c><00:45:07.599><c> like.</c>

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:15.940
We've<00:45:09.300><c> got</c><00:45:09.420><c> jobs</c><00:45:10.179><c> and</c><00:45:11.059><c> houses</c><00:45:11.679><c> and</c><00:45:12.599><c> cars</c><00:45:13.280><c> and</c><00:45:14.260><c> material</c><00:45:14.659><c> possessions.</c>

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The<00:45:17.920><c> unknown</c><00:45:18.539><c> holds</c><00:45:19.239><c> no</c><00:45:19.500><c> attractions,</c><00:45:20.199><c> does</c><00:45:20.280><c> it?</c>

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But<00:45:23.159><c> it's</c><00:45:23.360><c> that</c><00:45:23.579><c> unknown</c><00:45:23.940><c> that</c><00:45:24.179><c> God</c><00:45:24.380><c> demands</c><00:45:24.760><c> that</c><00:45:24.980><c> we</c><00:45:25.179><c> seek</c>

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with<00:45:26.920><c> our</c><00:45:27.159><c> trust</c><00:45:27.340><c> and</c><00:45:27.679><c> confidence</c><00:45:28.559><c> firmly</c><00:45:29.960><c> in</c><00:45:31.199><c> him.</c>

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:44.079
Our<00:45:36.920><c> Father,</c><00:45:40.340><c> forgive</c><00:45:40.840><c> we</c><00:45:41.119><c> beseech</c><00:45:41.739><c> Thee</c><00:45:41.960><c> our</c><00:45:42.280><c> foolish</c><00:45:42.639><c> ways,</c>

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and<00:45:46.219><c> strengthen</c><00:45:46.659><c> us</c><00:45:47.000><c> and</c><00:45:47.320><c> bless</c><00:45:47.559><c> us,</c><00:45:48.000><c> we</c><00:45:48.000><c> pray</c><00:45:48.300><c> Thee</c><00:45:48.739><c> earnestly,</c>

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that<00:45:49.340><c> we</c><00:45:49.659><c> may</c><00:45:50.019><c> lead</c><00:45:50.320><c> lives</c><00:45:51.260><c> that</c><00:45:52.300><c> are</c><00:45:52.579><c> a</c><00:45:52.679><c> delight</c><00:45:53.119><c> unto</c><00:45:53.440><c> Thee,</c>

00:45:56.280 --> 00:46:02.019
that<00:45:56.519><c> we</c><00:45:56.679><c> may</c><00:45:56.940><c> so</c><00:45:57.260><c> live</c><00:45:58.059><c> that</c><00:45:59.199><c> Thou</c><00:45:59.400><c> wilt</c><00:45:59.619><c> take</c><00:45:59.980><c> pleasure</c><00:46:00.380><c> in</c><00:46:00.579><c> us,</c>

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that<00:46:02.699><c> we</c><00:46:02.980><c> may</c><00:46:03.159><c> be</c><00:46:03.360><c> a</c><00:46:03.559><c> cause</c><00:46:03.739><c> of</c><00:46:04.059><c> rejoicing</c><00:46:05.360><c> unto</c><00:46:06.300><c> Thee</c><00:46:07.860><c> and</c><00:46:08.159><c> unto</c><00:46:08.400><c> one</c><00:46:08.599><c> another,</c>

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through<00:46:10.900><c> Jesus</c><00:46:11.280><c> Christ</c><00:46:11.679><c> our</c><00:46:11.860><c> Lord.</c><00:46:13.480><c> Amen.</c>