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It<00:16:17.940><c> would</c><00:16:18.220><c> seem</c><00:16:18.419><c> then</c><00:16:18.960><c> that</c><00:16:19.539><c> in</c><00:16:19.700><c> this</c><00:16:19.940><c> case</c><00:16:20.200><c> with</c><00:16:20.460><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:16:21.539><c> he</c>

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is<00:16:22.259><c> dropping</c><00:16:22.820><c> God's</c><00:16:23.600><c> words,</c><00:16:24.120><c> as</c><00:16:24.480><c> it</c><00:16:24.720><c> were,</c>

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to<00:16:25.620><c> all</c><00:16:26.059><c> of</c><00:16:26.360><c> Israel,</c><00:16:26.860><c> and</c><00:16:27.000><c> they're</c><00:16:27.340><c> expected</c><00:16:27.779><c> to</c><00:16:28.100><c> respond.</c><00:16:29.519><c> Is</c>

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it<00:16:30.019><c> that</c><00:16:30.259><c> then,</c><00:16:30.639><c> working</c><00:16:31.100><c> backwards</c><00:16:31.740><c> in</c><00:16:31.980><c> the</c><00:16:32.220><c> Samuel</c>

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3<00:16:33.019><c> context,</c><00:16:34.299><c> that</c><00:16:34.379><c> what's</c><00:16:34.720><c> first</c><00:16:34.960><c> being</c><00:16:35.399><c> said</c><00:16:36.059><c> before</c><00:16:36.600><c> Samuel</c>

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is<00:16:37.700><c> associated</c><00:16:38.299><c> as</c><00:16:38.580><c> a</c><00:16:38.860><c> prophet,</c><00:16:40.120><c> that</c><00:16:40.740><c> Samuel</c>

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does<00:16:41.620><c> what</c><00:16:42.179><c> God</c><00:16:42.480><c> expects</c><00:16:42.960><c> the</c><00:16:43.259><c> people</c><00:16:43.559><c> to</c><00:16:43.820><c> do</c><00:16:44.139><c> in</c><00:16:44.539><c> response</c><00:16:45.019><c> to</c>

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Samuel.<00:16:46.740><c> First,</c><00:16:47.159><c> Samuel</c><00:16:47.740><c> is</c><00:16:48.059><c> described</c>

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in<00:16:48.639><c> his</c><00:16:48.879><c> growth</c><00:16:49.419><c> as</c><00:16:50.299><c> receiving</c><00:16:50.779><c> and</c><00:16:51.039><c> taking</c><00:16:51.419><c> in,</c><00:16:52.240><c> and</c><00:16:52.460><c> honoring</c><00:16:52.779><c> and</c>

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respecting<00:16:53.639><c> God's</c><00:16:54.200><c> word,</c>

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and<00:16:54.899><c> letting</c><00:16:55.139><c> none</c><00:16:55.440><c> of</c><00:16:55.620><c> those</c><00:16:55.879><c> words</c><00:16:56.200><c> fall</c><00:16:56.580><c> to</c><00:16:56.779><c> the</c><00:16:56.960><c> ground.</c><00:16:58.559><c> And</c><00:16:58.779><c> in</c><00:16:59.080><c> turn,</c><00:16:59.840><c> he's</c><00:17:00.100><c> then</c><00:17:00.320><c> mentioned</c><00:17:00.620><c> as</c><00:17:00.840><c> a</c><00:17:01.100><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:17:02.279><c> in</c><00:17:02.639><c> turn,</c><00:17:03.500><c> he</c><00:17:03.639><c> then</c><00:17:03.980><c> speaks</c><00:17:04.299><c> the</c><00:17:04.599><c> word,</c><00:17:05.140><c> chapter</c><00:17:05.380><c> four,</c>

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verse<00:17:06.039><c> one,</c><00:17:06.380><c> to</c><00:17:06.599><c> all</c><00:17:06.980><c> Israel.</c><00:17:07.960><c> And</c><00:17:08.299><c> as</c><00:17:08.640><c> such,</c>

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he<00:17:09.039><c> speaks</c><00:17:09.420><c> there</c><00:17:09.839><c> as</c><00:17:10.079><c> a</c><00:17:10.319><c> prophet,</c><00:17:11.420><c> like</c><00:17:11.640><c> Ezekiel</c><00:17:12.279><c> many</c><00:17:12.579><c> years</c>

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later.<00:17:13.700><c> And</c><00:17:13.880><c> like</c><00:17:14.119><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:17:14.960><c> he</c><00:17:15.119><c> now,</c><00:17:15.539><c> as</c><00:17:15.900><c> the</c>

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prophet,<00:17:16.900><c> drops</c><00:17:17.299><c> the</c><00:17:17.700><c> word,</c><00:17:18.359><c> as</c><00:17:18.660><c> it</c><00:17:18.900><c> were,</c><00:17:19.519><c> like</c><00:17:19.779><c> the</c><00:17:19.960><c> drippings</c><00:17:20.259><c> of</c><00:17:20.500><c> the</c>

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honeycomb,<00:17:21.900><c> to</c><00:17:22.019><c> the</c><00:17:22.180><c> rest</c><00:17:22.440><c> of</c><00:17:22.720><c> Israel,</c>

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to<00:17:23.559><c> be</c><00:17:23.819><c> taken</c><00:17:24.019><c> up</c><00:17:24.359><c> and</c><00:17:25.059><c> ingested.</c><00:17:26.119><c> So</c><00:17:26.579><c> could</c><00:17:26.779><c> it</c><00:17:26.880><c> be</c><00:17:27.099><c> that</c><00:17:27.380><c> Samuel</c><00:17:27.680><c> learns</c><00:17:28.039><c> that</c>

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first?<00:17:29.140><c> And</c><00:17:29.380><c> then</c><00:17:29.539><c> the</c><00:17:29.759><c> point</c><00:17:30.000><c> is,</c>

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he<00:17:31.299><c> applies</c><00:17:31.680><c> it</c><00:17:32.059><c> prophetically</c><00:17:32.779><c> to</c><00:17:32.980><c> the</c><00:17:33.119><c> rest</c><00:17:33.339><c> of</c><00:17:33.640><c> Israel,</c><00:17:34.220><c> who</c><00:17:34.440><c> are</c><00:17:34.720><c> intended</c><00:17:35.160><c> to</c>

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respond<00:17:35.880><c> to</c><00:17:36.119><c> it,</c>

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just<00:17:36.740><c> as</c><00:17:37.160><c> Samuel</c><00:17:37.359><c> did</c><00:17:37.619><c> himself</c><00:17:38.299><c> in</c><00:17:38.700><c> his</c><00:17:39.000><c> development.</c><00:17:40.640><c> What</c>

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is<00:17:40.920><c> being</c><00:17:41.259><c> stressed</c><00:17:41.640><c> then,</c><00:17:42.039><c> brothers</c><00:17:42.160><c> and</c><00:17:42.460><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:17:43.900><c> the</c><00:17:44.140><c> surpassing</c><00:17:45.000><c> importance</c><00:17:45.779><c> of</c><00:17:47.480><c> Samuel's</c><00:17:48.279><c> growth</c><00:17:48.759><c> being</c>

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related<00:17:49.700><c> to</c><00:17:49.960><c> the</c><00:17:50.220><c> word.</c><00:17:51.059><c> That's</c><00:17:51.400><c> the</c><00:17:51.539><c> bottom</c><00:17:51.880><c> line.</c>

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No<00:17:52.640><c> matter</c><00:17:52.799><c> how</c><00:17:53.019><c> we</c><00:17:53.200><c> take</c><00:17:53.700><c> the</c><00:17:54.039><c> inflection</c><00:17:54.380><c> of</c><00:17:54.599><c> that</c><00:17:54.859><c> verse,</c>

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the<00:17:56.200><c> stress</c><00:17:56.500><c> is</c><00:17:56.759><c> the</c><00:17:57.019><c> power</c><00:17:57.380><c> of</c><00:17:57.599><c> the</c><00:17:57.779><c> word,</c>

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the<00:17:58.740><c> secret</c><00:17:59.200><c> for</c><00:17:59.539><c> growth,</c><00:18:00.839><c> Samuel's</c><00:18:01.460><c> secret,</c><00:18:02.619><c> the</c><00:18:02.779><c> reason</c>

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why<00:18:03.460><c> Eli</c><00:18:03.880><c> failed,</c><00:18:04.779><c> the</c><00:18:04.980><c> reason</c><00:18:05.279><c> why</c><00:18:05.519><c> his</c><00:18:05.819><c> sons</c><00:18:06.339><c> failed,</c>

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the<00:18:07.700><c> reason</c><00:18:08.119><c> why</c><00:18:08.539><c> Hannah</c><00:18:08.799><c> succeeded.</c><00:18:11.059><c> Point</c><00:18:11.140><c> number</c><00:18:11.579><c> two,</c><00:18:12.740><c> he</c>

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is<00:18:13.200><c> described</c><00:18:13.759><c> in</c><00:18:14.019><c> 1</c><00:18:14.259><c> Samuel</c><00:18:14.839><c> chapter</c><00:18:15.420><c> three,</c>

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if<00:18:16.359><c> we</c><00:18:16.559><c> back</c><00:18:16.839><c> up,</c><00:18:18.960><c> as</c><00:18:19.160><c> being</c><00:18:19.660><c> a</c><00:18:20.400><c> minister,</c><00:18:22.400><c> one</c><00:18:22.599><c> who</c><00:18:23.019><c> serves.</c>

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We're<00:18:24.579><c> looking</c><00:18:24.799><c> for</c><00:18:25.200><c> first</c><00:18:25.460><c> impressions.</c>

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We<00:18:26.259><c> focus,</c><00:18:27.819><c> first</c><00:18:28.180><c> and</c><00:18:28.460><c> foremost,</c><00:18:29.160><c> on</c><00:18:29.400><c> Samuel</c><00:18:29.940><c> and</c><00:18:30.500><c> the</c><00:18:30.819><c> word</c>

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in<00:18:31.819><c> his</c><00:18:32.200><c> life.</c><00:18:32.940><c> That's</c><00:18:33.279><c> where</c><00:18:33.460><c> we</c><00:18:33.680><c> should</c><00:18:33.880><c> start,</c>

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and<00:18:34.900><c> that's</c><00:18:35.200><c> what's</c><00:18:35.579><c> stressed</c><00:18:35.819><c> clearly</c><00:18:36.299><c> in</c><00:18:36.619><c> this</c><00:18:36.859><c> context.</c>

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But<00:18:38.299><c> besides</c><00:18:39.099><c> that,</c><00:18:40.140><c> part</c><00:18:40.440><c> of</c><00:18:40.640><c> this</c><00:18:41.099><c> growth</c>

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is<00:18:43.619><c> related</c><00:18:44.039><c> to</c><00:18:44.319><c> his</c><00:18:44.700><c> attitude</c><00:18:45.480><c> as</c><00:18:46.059><c> a</c><00:18:46.299><c> servant.</c><00:18:47.819><c> Young</c><00:18:48.099><c> as</c><00:18:48.319><c> he</c>

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was,<00:18:50.059><c> 1</c><00:18:50.279><c> Samuel</c><00:18:50.759><c> 3</c><00:18:51.180><c> verse</c><00:18:51.480><c> 1,</c>

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and<00:18:52.680><c> the</c><00:18:53.039><c> child,</c><00:18:54.019><c> Samuel,</c><00:18:55.960><c> ministered</c><00:18:56.559><c> unto</c><00:18:57.019><c> the</c><00:18:57.299><c> Lord</c><00:18:57.660><c> before</c><00:18:58.339><c> Eli,</c>

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and<00:18:59.819><c> here's</c><00:19:00.099><c> that</c><00:19:00.460><c> word,</c>

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and<00:19:01.700><c> the</c><00:19:01.920><c> word</c><00:19:02.259><c> of</c><00:19:02.480><c> the</c><00:19:02.720><c> Lord</c><00:19:02.940><c> was</c><00:19:03.319><c> precious</c><00:19:03.759><c> in</c><00:19:03.960><c> those</c><00:19:04.339><c> days,</c>

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and<00:19:05.279><c> there</c><00:19:05.440><c> was</c><00:19:05.680><c> no</c><00:19:06.099><c> open</c><00:19:06.619><c> vision.</c>

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Point<00:19:08.640><c> to</c><00:19:08.900><c> stress</c><00:19:09.140><c> here,</c><00:19:09.920><c> in</c><00:19:10.079><c> looking</c><00:19:10.339><c> at</c><00:19:10.519><c> his</c><00:19:10.819><c> early</c><00:19:11.299><c> development,</c><00:19:12.480><c> is</c>

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Samuel's<00:19:14.240><c> ministering</c><00:19:15.039><c> attitude.</c>

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Do<00:19:16.359><c> we</c><00:19:16.660><c> have</c><00:19:16.880><c> that</c><00:19:17.200><c> attitude,</c><00:19:17.779><c> first</c><00:19:18.160><c> and</c><00:19:18.380><c> foremost?</c><00:19:19.500><c> Did</c><00:19:19.640><c> we</c>

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have<00:19:20.019><c> it</c><00:19:20.140><c> as</c><00:19:20.339><c> a</c><00:19:20.500><c> child?</c><00:19:22.119><c> It's</c><00:19:22.460><c> striking</c><00:19:22.839><c> when</c><00:19:23.039><c> you</c><00:19:23.279><c> see</c>

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this,<00:19:24.079><c> being</c><00:19:24.319><c> a</c><00:19:24.619><c> descriptor</c><00:19:25.059><c> of</c><00:19:25.299><c> the</c><00:19:25.640><c> child,</c><00:19:26.619><c> Samuel.</c><00:19:27.380><c> We</c><00:19:27.559><c> all</c>

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know<00:19:28.119><c> how</c><00:19:28.579><c> egocentric</c><00:19:29.440><c> children</c><00:19:29.880><c> are.</c><00:19:30.839><c> Well,</c>

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we<00:19:31.099><c> all</c><00:19:31.359><c> are,</c><00:19:32.339><c> but</c><00:19:32.599><c> especially</c><00:19:33.059><c> we</c><00:19:33.319><c> see</c><00:19:33.460><c> it</c><00:19:33.579><c> in</c><00:19:33.680><c> a</c><00:19:33.880><c> child</c><00:19:34.119><c> from</c>

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its<00:19:34.559><c> early</c><00:19:34.920><c> years,</c><00:19:35.880><c> where</c><00:19:36.319><c> feed</c><00:19:36.799><c> me,</c><00:19:38.500><c> attend</c><00:19:38.859><c> to</c><00:19:39.140><c> me,</c>

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wipe<00:19:39.960><c> my</c><00:19:40.400><c> tears,</c><00:19:41.079><c> listen</c><00:19:41.339><c> to</c><00:19:41.579><c> my</c><00:19:41.839><c> concerns.</c><00:19:43.119><c> What</c><00:19:43.319><c> I</c><00:19:43.640><c> need</c><00:19:43.900><c> is</c>

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comfort,<00:19:44.700><c> what</c><00:19:44.859><c> I</c><00:19:45.099><c> need</c><00:19:45.319><c> in</c><00:19:45.519><c> terms</c><00:19:45.799><c> of</c>

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pampering<00:19:46.480><c> and</c><00:19:46.720><c> looking</c><00:19:46.960><c> after.</c><00:19:47.779><c> Of</c><00:19:48.000><c> course,</c><00:19:48.200><c> it's</c><00:19:48.420><c> very</c><00:19:48.759><c> natural,</c><00:19:49.259><c> but</c>

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we<00:19:49.940><c> begin</c><00:19:50.339><c> as</c><00:19:50.599><c> very</c><00:19:50.900><c> demanding</c><00:19:51.519><c> individuals,</c>

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and<00:19:53.480><c> some</c><00:19:53.700><c> of</c><00:19:53.819><c> us</c><00:19:55.099><c> struggle</c><00:19:55.500><c> with</c><00:19:55.819><c> that.</c><00:19:56.240><c> All</c><00:19:56.480><c> of</c><00:19:56.599><c> us,</c><00:19:56.779><c> I'm</c><00:19:56.900><c> sure,</c><00:19:57.279><c> struggle</c><00:19:57.559><c> with</c><00:19:57.819><c> that.</c><00:19:58.039><c> In</c><00:19:58.200><c> fact,</c>

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all<00:19:58.819><c> during</c><00:19:59.039><c> the</c><00:19:59.140><c> rest</c><00:19:59.319><c> of</c><00:19:59.519><c> our</c><00:19:59.700><c> lives,</c><00:20:00.380><c> trying</c><00:20:00.619><c> to</c><00:20:00.859><c> put</c><00:20:01.059><c> off</c>

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what<00:20:01.980><c> was</c><00:20:02.279><c> natural</c><00:20:02.759><c> from</c><00:20:03.160><c> infancy,</c>

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self<00:20:05.099><c>-centeredness,</c><00:20:06.440><c> self</c><00:20:06.759><c>-sustaining,</c><00:20:08.039><c> self</c><00:20:08.359><c>-concern,</c><00:20:09.559><c> egotistical</c><00:20:10.380><c> orbits,</c><00:20:11.799><c> but</c>

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not<00:20:12.660><c> Samuel.</c>

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messianic<00:24:50.940><c> context,</c>

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we<00:24:52.859><c> have</c><00:24:53.279><c> Messiah's</c><00:24:54.460><c> ear</c><00:24:55.059><c> being</c><00:24:55.619><c> specifically</c><00:24:56.440><c> mentioned.</c>

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Remember<00:24:58.119><c> how</c><00:24:58.380><c> Duncan</c><00:24:58.799><c> said</c><00:24:59.779><c> earlier</c><00:25:00.359><c> in</c><00:25:00.539><c> the</c><00:25:00.700><c> week</c>

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in<00:25:02.230><c> one</c><00:25:02.329><c> of</c><00:25:02.430><c> his</c><00:25:02.549><c> opening</c><00:25:02.910><c> addresses</c><00:25:03.450><c> that</c><00:25:03.750><c> in</c><00:25:03.950><c> the</c><00:25:04.210><c> prophets</c>

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and<00:25:04.809><c> in</c><00:25:04.970><c> the</c><00:25:05.069><c> Old</c><00:25:05.269><c> Testament,</c>

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we<00:25:06.230><c> get</c><00:25:06.430><c> some</c><00:25:06.650><c> of</c><00:25:06.750><c> the</c><00:25:06.849><c> more</c><00:25:07.230><c> specific</c><00:25:07.869><c> details</c><00:25:08.630><c> of</c><00:25:09.529><c> the</c><00:25:09.910><c> intimacy</c><00:25:10.369><c> of</c>

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father<00:25:10.990><c> and</c><00:25:11.329><c> son</c><00:25:11.529><c> that</c><00:25:11.730><c> are</c><00:25:11.930><c> not</c><00:25:12.190><c> always</c>

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disclosed<00:25:13.250><c> in</c><00:25:13.470><c> such</c><00:25:13.690><c> detail</c><00:25:14.269><c> in</c><00:25:14.789><c> the</c><00:25:15.009><c> gospels</c><00:25:15.450><c> themselves.</c>

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Well,<00:25:16.890><c> that's</c><00:25:17.190><c> true</c><00:25:17.470><c> here.</c><00:25:18.430><c> In</c><00:25:18.490><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:18.970><c> chapter</c><00:25:19.509><c> 50,</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:19.910><c> 50.</c><00:25:22.009><c> Messiah</c><00:25:22.670><c> is</c><00:25:23.990><c> speaking</c><00:25:24.589><c> verse</c><00:25:26.589><c> 4.</c><00:25:30.109><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:30.130><c> 50</c><00:25:30.609><c> verse</c><00:25:30.910><c> 4.</c>

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The<00:25:33.130><c> Lord</c><00:25:33.609><c> God</c><00:25:34.250><c> hath</c><00:25:34.690><c> given</c><00:25:34.910><c> me</c><00:25:35.349><c> the</c><00:25:35.670><c> tongue</c><00:25:36.130><c> of</c><00:25:36.490><c> the</c><00:25:36.710><c> learned,</c>

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that<00:25:37.869><c> I</c><00:25:38.109><c> should</c><00:25:38.329><c> know</c><00:25:38.750><c> how</c><00:25:38.970><c> to</c><00:25:39.210><c> speak</c><00:25:39.430><c> a</c><00:25:39.609><c> word</c>

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in<00:25:40.190><c> season</c><00:25:40.509><c> to</c><00:25:40.730><c> him</c><00:25:40.970><c> that</c><00:25:41.130><c> is</c><00:25:41.410><c> weary.</c><00:25:42.589><c> Now</c><00:25:43.250><c> think</c><00:25:43.690><c> of</c><00:25:44.009><c> Samuel,</c>

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think<00:25:45.589><c> of</c><00:25:46.150><c> Samuel</c><00:25:46.789><c> as</c><00:25:47.309><c> this</c><00:25:47.730><c> relates</c><00:25:48.150><c> to</c><00:25:48.450><c> Messiah.</c>

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He,<00:25:51.950><c> God,</c><00:25:53.190><c> wakeneth,</c><00:25:54.430><c> wakeneth,</c><00:25:55.849><c> morning</c><00:25:56.329><c> by</c><00:25:56.789><c> morning.</c><00:25:58.309><c> He</c>

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wakeneth<00:25:59.349><c> mine</c><00:25:59.750><c> ear</c><00:26:00.490><c> to</c><00:26:01.210><c> hear</c><00:26:01.849><c> as</c><00:26:02.390><c> the</c><00:26:02.710><c> learned.</c>

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The<00:26:04.210><c> Lord</c><00:26:04.529><c> God,</c><00:26:04.829><c> verse</c><00:26:05.170><c> 5,</c><00:26:06.049><c> hath</c><00:26:06.329><c> opened</c><00:26:07.230><c> mine</c><00:26:08.069><c> ear,</c><00:26:09.029><c> says</c><00:26:09.250><c> Messiah,</c><00:26:10.230><c> and</c>

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I<00:26:10.650><c> was</c><00:26:10.869><c> not</c><00:26:11.210><c> rebellious,</c>

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neither<00:26:12.849><c> turned</c><00:26:13.390><c> away</c><00:26:13.809><c> back.</c><00:26:14.369><c> I</c><00:26:14.690><c> gave</c><00:26:14.990><c> my</c><00:26:15.390><c> back</c><00:26:15.710><c> to</c><00:26:15.930><c> the</c><00:26:16.170><c> smiters</c><00:26:16.609><c> and</c>

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my<00:26:17.109><c> cheeks</c><00:26:17.430><c> to</c><00:26:17.690><c> them</c><00:26:17.970><c> that</c><00:26:18.450><c> plucked</c><00:26:18.769><c> off</c>

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a<00:26:19.069><c> hair.</c><00:26:20.289><c> I</c><00:26:20.289><c> hid</c><00:26:20.490><c> not</c><00:26:20.849><c> my</c><00:26:21.210><c> face</c><00:26:21.569><c> from</c><00:26:21.890><c> shame</c><00:26:22.430><c> and</c><00:26:22.890><c> spitting.</c><00:26:24.950><c> Brothers</c><00:26:25.049><c> and</c><00:26:25.390><c> sisters,</c><00:26:25.829><c> this</c><00:26:26.109><c> is</c>

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the<00:26:26.890><c> Lord</c><00:26:27.210><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:26:29.190><c> And</c><00:26:29.349><c> brothers</c><00:26:29.529><c> and</c><00:26:29.829><c> sisters,</c><00:26:30.109><c> you</c><00:26:30.329><c> couldn't</c><00:26:30.690><c> pick</c>

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phrases<00:26:32.410><c> more</c><00:26:33.069><c> appropriate</c><00:26:33.869><c> to</c><00:26:34.150><c> apply</c><00:26:34.650><c> to</c><00:26:35.069><c> both</c>

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the<00:26:35.549><c> Lord</c><00:26:35.789><c> Jesus</c><00:26:36.289><c> Christ</c><00:26:36.769><c> and</c><00:26:37.190><c> to</c><00:26:37.410><c> the</c><00:26:37.569><c> growing</c><00:26:37.930><c> Samuel</c><00:26:38.710><c> when</c>

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the<00:26:39.890><c> father</c><00:26:40.190><c> spoke</c><00:26:40.589><c> to</c><00:26:40.829><c> him</c><00:26:41.190><c> in</c><00:26:41.750><c> the</c><00:26:42.029><c> tabernacle</c>

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at<00:26:43.049><c> night,</c><00:26:44.809><c> in</c><00:26:44.869><c> the</c><00:26:45.190><c> early</c><00:26:45.549><c> hours</c><00:26:45.950><c> of</c><00:26:46.190><c> the</c><00:26:46.390><c> morning,</c><00:26:47.869><c> and</c><00:26:48.109><c> opened</c><00:26:48.529><c> Samuel's</c><00:26:49.430><c> ear,</c>

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and<00:26:50.750><c> Samuel</c><00:26:51.230><c> did</c><00:26:51.589><c> not</c><00:26:51.930><c> close</c><00:26:52.250><c> it</c>

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but<00:26:52.849><c> responded.</c><00:26:54.089><c> Significantly</c><00:26:54.809><c> in</c><00:26:55.009><c> verse</c><00:26:55.309><c> 10,</c><00:26:56.450><c> Messiah</c><00:26:56.569><c> is</c>

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associated<00:26:57.490><c> here</c><00:26:57.890><c> with</c><00:26:58.170><c> the</c><00:26:58.509><c> servant,</c>

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verse<00:26:59.789><c> 10</c><00:27:00.509><c> of</c><00:27:00.890><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:01.390><c> 50.</c><00:27:03.170><c> So</c><00:27:03.450><c> then</c><00:27:03.730><c> in</c><00:27:04.170><c> summary</c><00:27:04.710><c> here,</c><00:27:05.990><c> first</c>

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impressions<00:27:06.829><c> in</c><00:27:07.130><c> the</c><00:27:07.230><c> book</c><00:27:07.390><c> of</c><00:27:07.710><c> Samuel</c><00:27:07.990><c> qualify</c>

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this<00:27:09.130><c> man,</c><00:27:10.150><c> this</c><00:27:10.470><c> servant,</c><00:27:10.809><c> to</c><00:27:10.990><c> be</c><00:27:11.109><c> a</c><00:27:11.369><c> priest.</c><00:27:12.970><c> Let's</c><00:27:13.309><c> focus</c><00:27:13.690><c> on</c><00:27:13.930><c> the</c><00:27:14.190><c> specifics</c><00:27:14.569><c> of</c><00:27:14.769><c> that</c><00:27:15.029><c> just</c><00:27:15.289><c> a</c><00:27:15.430><c> little</c>

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bit<00:27:15.789><c> more.</c><00:27:17.890><c> In</c><00:27:17.990><c> what</c><00:27:18.269><c> way,</c><00:27:19.289><c> in</c><00:27:19.529><c> what</c><00:27:19.849><c> way</c><00:27:20.089><c> would</c><00:27:20.250><c> we</c><00:27:20.569><c> say</c><00:27:21.009><c> these</c>

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qualities<00:27:22.170><c> that</c><00:27:22.569><c> are</c><00:27:22.910><c> developing</c><00:27:23.450><c> in</c><00:27:23.710><c> young</c><00:27:23.950><c> Samuel</c>

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qualify<00:27:26.349><c> him</c><00:27:26.789><c> especially</c><00:27:27.430><c> to</c><00:27:27.730><c> be</c><00:27:27.990><c> a</c><00:27:28.369><c> priest?</c><00:27:30.690><c> In</c><00:27:30.950><c> the</c><00:27:31.150><c> days</c><00:27:31.329><c> of</c>

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Samuel,<00:27:32.089><c> you</c><00:27:32.269><c> know</c><00:27:32.490><c> the</c><00:27:32.730><c> details.</c>

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The<00:27:34.349><c> sacrificial</c><00:27:35.150><c> system</c><00:27:35.630><c> was</c><00:27:35.869><c> being</c><00:27:36.470><c> corrupted.</c><00:27:38.049><c> Eli</c><00:27:38.230><c> and</c>

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his<00:27:38.730><c> sons</c><00:27:39.089><c> were</c><00:27:39.430><c> adulterating</c><00:27:40.309><c> the</c><00:27:40.690><c> principles</c><00:27:41.170><c> of</c>

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sacrifice.<00:27:42.869><c> For</c><00:27:43.029><c> Eli's</c><00:27:43.670><c> sons</c><00:27:43.930><c> were</c><00:27:44.269><c> using</c><00:27:44.589><c> a</c><00:27:44.890><c> three</c><00:27:45.150><c>-pronged</c>

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flesh<00:27:46.029><c> hook</c><00:27:46.390><c> and</c><00:27:47.029><c> taking</c><00:27:47.309><c> out</c><00:27:47.549><c> what</c><00:27:47.690><c> they</c><00:27:48.069><c> wanted,</c>

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gorging<00:27:49.130><c> themselves,</c><00:27:50.589><c> and</c><00:27:50.809><c> then</c><00:27:51.250><c> taking</c><00:27:51.569><c> their</c><00:27:51.890><c> time</c><00:27:52.289><c> to</c><00:27:52.529><c> give</c><00:27:52.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:53.210><c> his</c>

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portion.<00:27:55.329><c> And</c><00:27:55.690><c> then</c><00:27:55.869><c> at</c><00:27:56.089><c> that,</c>

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taking<00:27:56.910><c> their</c><00:27:57.230><c> time</c><00:27:57.490><c> to</c><00:27:57.730><c> deal</c><00:27:57.890><c> with</c><00:27:58.089><c> the</c><00:27:58.309><c> fat</c><00:27:58.549><c> of</c><00:27:58.750><c> the</c><00:27:59.130><c> offering,</c><00:27:59.369><c> which</c>

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was<00:27:59.809><c> God's</c><00:28:00.329><c> bread</c><00:28:00.650><c> and</c><00:28:01.089><c> his</c><00:28:01.430><c> portion</c>

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secondarily.<00:28:04.369><c> Self</c><00:28:04.869><c>-serving,</c><00:28:06.029><c> adulterating</c><00:28:06.710><c> the</c><00:28:06.970><c> principles</c><00:28:07.549><c> of</c><00:28:08.309><c> sacrifice.</c><00:28:09.750><c> Sacrifice</c><00:28:10.450><c> spoke</c><00:28:10.769><c> of</c>

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putting<00:28:11.269><c> first</c><00:28:11.829><c> last.</c><00:28:14.670><c> Samuel</c><00:28:15.109><c> is</c><00:28:15.369><c> going</c><00:28:15.569><c> to</c><00:28:15.849><c> minister</c><00:28:16.289><c> in</c><00:28:16.589><c> this</c><00:28:16.890><c> tabernacle</c><00:28:17.809><c> and</c><00:28:18.490><c> Samuel</c><00:28:18.950><c> is</c>

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going<00:28:19.230><c> to</c><00:28:19.490><c> become</c><00:28:19.750><c> a</c>

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living<00:28:20.269><c> example</c><00:28:21.009><c> of</c><00:28:21.509><c> the</c><00:28:21.750><c> principle</c><00:28:22.450><c> of</c><00:28:24.569><c> putting</c><00:28:24.950><c> down</c><00:28:25.609><c> oneself</c><00:28:26.269><c> for</c>

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the<00:28:27.029><c> sake</c><00:28:27.210><c> of</c><00:28:27.410><c> one's</c><00:28:27.750><c> brethren.</c><00:28:28.869><c> Observing,</c>

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as<00:28:30.150><c> the</c><00:28:30.710><c> word</c><00:28:31.049><c> stressed,</c><00:28:32.190><c> serving</c><00:28:32.549><c> and</c><00:28:33.150><c> ministering</c><00:28:33.849><c> as</c><00:28:34.109><c> a</c>

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young<00:28:34.509><c> child</c><00:28:35.049><c> and</c><00:28:35.670><c> growing</c><00:28:36.150><c> and</c><00:28:36.529><c> growing</c><00:28:36.789><c> into</c><00:28:37.130><c> that</c><00:28:37.490><c> role</c>

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as<00:28:38.430><c> he</c><00:28:38.690><c> becomes</c><00:28:39.190><c> a</c><00:28:39.630><c> priest,</c><00:28:40.170><c> a</c><00:28:40.309><c> judge,</c><00:28:40.990><c> a</c><00:28:41.069><c> shepherd,</c><00:28:41.970><c> and</c><00:28:42.210><c> a</c><00:28:42.569><c> prophet</c><00:28:43.009><c> to</c>

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all<00:28:43.970><c> of</c><00:28:44.250><c> Israel.</c><00:28:45.130><c> To</c><00:28:45.410><c> turn</c><00:28:45.750><c> around</c><00:28:46.029><c> the</c>

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nation<00:28:46.650><c> from</c><00:28:46.910><c> its</c><00:28:47.190><c> apostasy</c><00:28:48.089><c> as</c><00:28:48.809><c> much</c><00:28:49.009><c> as</c><00:28:49.130><c> they</c><00:28:49.329><c> were</c><00:28:49.509><c> willing</c>

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and<00:28:50.109><c> able</c><00:28:50.430><c> to</c><00:28:50.710><c> do.</c><00:28:51.329><c> To</c><00:28:51.670><c> set</c><00:28:51.930><c> the</c><00:28:52.289><c> stage</c><00:28:52.829><c> for</c><00:28:53.690><c> David,</c>

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to<00:28:54.990><c> set</c><00:28:55.250><c> the</c><00:28:55.589><c> stage</c><00:28:55.890><c> for</c><00:28:56.190><c> a</c><00:28:56.410><c> transition,</c><00:28:58.029><c> to</c><00:28:58.210><c> pave</c><00:28:58.490><c> the</c><00:28:58.750><c> way</c><00:28:59.250><c> for</c><00:28:59.890><c> being</c><00:29:00.349><c> an</c>

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example<00:29:01.109><c> of</c><00:29:01.430><c> a</c><00:29:01.670><c> kind</c><00:29:01.930><c> of</c>

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faithful<00:29:02.589><c> priest</c><00:29:03.170><c> that</c><00:29:03.630><c> was</c><00:29:03.930><c> promised,</c><00:29:04.609><c> although</c><00:29:04.869><c> not</c><00:29:05.250><c> obviously</c><00:29:05.750><c> fulfilled</c><00:29:06.190><c> in</c>

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Samuel<00:29:06.789><c> totally.</c>

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So<00:29:08.809><c> then</c><00:29:09.130><c> his</c><00:29:09.690><c> ear</c><00:29:10.230><c> and</c><00:29:10.809><c> his</c><00:29:11.109><c> respect</c><00:29:11.630><c> for</c><00:29:11.869><c> the</c><00:29:12.089><c> word</c><00:29:12.289><c> of</c><00:29:12.569><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:13.710><c> qualifies</c><00:29:14.869><c> Samuel</c><00:29:15.650><c> to</c><00:29:16.069><c> be</c>

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a<00:29:16.509><c> reformer,</c>

00:29:17.670 --> 00:29:21.750
to<00:29:18.390><c> help</c><00:29:18.750><c> change</c><00:29:19.230><c> the</c><00:29:19.549><c> priesthood.</c><00:29:20.529><c> And</c><00:29:20.730><c> inasmuch</c><00:29:21.289><c> as</c><00:29:21.490><c> those</c>

00:29:21.750 --> 00:29:23.670
sacrifices<00:29:22.450><c> had</c><00:29:22.670><c> been</c><00:29:22.930><c> adulterated,</c>

00:29:23.670 --> 00:29:27.950
Samuel<00:29:24.430><c> by</c><00:29:24.769><c> personal</c><00:29:25.430><c> experience</c><00:29:26.289><c> and</c><00:29:26.829><c> character</c><00:29:27.269><c> is</c><00:29:27.769><c> going</c>

00:29:27.950 --> 00:29:31.069
to<00:29:28.150><c> show</c><00:29:28.250><c> what</c><00:29:28.470><c> the</c><00:29:28.750><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:29.450><c> really</c><00:29:30.130><c> meant.</c>

00:29:34.430 --> 00:29:44.089
But<00:29:34.569><c> the</c><00:29:35.049><c> sustaining</c><00:29:36.349><c> principle</c><00:29:37.609><c> of</c><00:29:38.029><c> success</c><00:29:39.089><c> had</c><00:29:40.710><c> to</c><00:29:41.029><c> be</c><00:29:42.369><c> Samuel's</c><00:29:43.309><c> respect</c><00:29:43.849><c> for</c>

00:29:44.089 --> 00:29:44.829
that<00:29:44.390><c> word</c>

00:29:44.829 --> 00:29:49.890
to<00:29:45.490><c> reiterate.</c><00:29:46.849><c> Can</c><00:29:47.009><c> we</c><00:29:47.130><c> just</c><00:29:47.329><c> come</c><00:29:47.549><c> back</c><00:29:47.809><c> again</c><00:29:48.230><c> to</c><00:29:48.450><c> that</c><00:29:48.690><c> context?</c>

00:29:51.069 --> 00:29:54.569
It<00:29:51.670><c> just</c><00:29:51.930><c> can't</c><00:29:52.309><c> help</c><00:29:52.549><c> but</c><00:29:52.750><c> be</c><00:29:53.049><c> repeated</c><00:29:53.390><c> because</c><00:29:53.750><c> it's</c><00:29:54.089><c> repeated</c><00:29:54.390><c> in</c>

00:29:54.569 --> 00:29:55.769
the<00:29:54.710><c> word.</c>

00:29:56.210 --> 00:29:59.589
It's<00:29:56.549><c> said</c><00:29:56.650><c> more</c><00:29:56.930><c> than</c><00:29:57.130><c> once.</c><00:29:57.490><c> It</c><00:29:57.710><c> bears</c><00:29:58.089><c> repetition,</c><00:29:58.869><c> the</c><00:29:59.049><c> Father</c><00:29:59.329><c> is</c>

00:29:59.589 --> 00:30:00.910
telling<00:29:59.809><c> us.</c>

00:30:01.210 --> 00:30:05.630
So<00:30:01.410><c> let's</c><00:30:01.670><c> not</c><00:30:01.990><c> miss</c><00:30:02.190><c> it.</c><00:30:02.549><c> In</c><00:30:02.710><c> 1st</c><00:30:03.230><c> Samuel</c><00:30:03.410><c> chapter</c><00:30:04.049><c> 3</c>

00:30:08.589 --> 00:30:11.630
and<00:30:09.190><c> verse</c><00:30:09.549><c> 1</c><00:30:09.789><c> again,</c>

00:30:14.730 --> 00:30:19.470
The<00:30:15.490><c> child</c><00:30:16.130><c> Samuel</c><00:30:16.690><c> ministered</c><00:30:17.250><c> unto</c><00:30:17.430><c> the</c><00:30:17.670><c> Lord</c><00:30:17.950><c> before</c><00:30:18.410><c> Eli,</c>

00:30:19.670 --> 00:30:22.390
and<00:30:19.809><c> the</c><00:30:19.990><c> word</c><00:30:20.190><c> of</c><00:30:20.369><c> the</c><00:30:20.549><c> Lord</c><00:30:20.809><c> was</c><00:30:21.390><c> precious.</c><00:30:22.029><c> Now</c><00:30:22.230><c> on</c>

00:30:22.390 --> 00:30:27.410
the<00:30:22.650><c> overhead,</c><00:30:23.829><c> we</c><00:30:23.930><c> have</c><00:30:24.470><c> shown</c><00:30:24.849><c> that</c><00:30:25.170><c> the</c><00:30:25.430><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:25.809><c> word</c><00:30:26.569><c> can</c>

00:30:27.410 --> 00:30:32.990
mean<00:30:27.910><c> rare.</c><00:30:30.210><c> The</c><00:30:30.430><c> word</c><00:30:30.750><c> of</c><00:30:30.930><c> the</c><00:30:31.170><c> Lord</c><00:30:31.450><c> was</c><00:30:31.849><c> rare</c><00:30:32.490><c> in</c>

00:30:32.990 --> 00:30:36.809
those<00:30:33.369><c> days,</c><00:30:34.250><c> and</c><00:30:34.470><c> probably</c><00:30:34.890><c> the</c><00:30:35.089><c> next</c><00:30:35.390><c> phrase</c><00:30:35.930><c> is</c><00:30:36.509><c> intended</c>

00:30:36.809 --> 00:30:41.109
to<00:30:37.190><c> explain</c><00:30:37.549><c> the</c><00:30:37.890><c> sense.</c><00:30:38.970><c> Because,</c><00:30:39.910><c> or</c><00:30:40.309><c> there</c><00:30:40.650><c> was,</c>

00:30:41.109 --> 00:30:46.609
no<00:30:41.630><c> open</c><00:30:42.490><c> vision.</c><00:30:43.450><c> The</c><00:30:43.470><c> record</c><00:30:43.789><c> of</c><00:30:44.009><c> Scripture</c><00:30:44.289><c> was</c><00:30:44.529><c> there,</c><00:30:46.289><c> although</c><00:30:46.529><c> it</c>

00:30:46.609 --> 00:30:48.289
wasn't<00:30:46.829><c> being</c><00:30:47.130><c> adhered</c><00:30:47.529><c> to</c><00:30:47.710><c> by</c><00:30:47.950><c> many.</c>

00:30:48.650 --> 00:30:51.269
It<00:30:48.829><c> was</c><00:30:49.069><c> there</c><00:30:49.309><c> on</c><00:30:49.589><c> record.</c><00:30:49.910><c> The</c><00:30:50.049><c> law</c><00:30:50.210><c> of</c><00:30:50.390><c> Moses</c><00:30:50.670><c> was</c><00:30:50.910><c> there.</c>

00:30:51.630 --> 00:30:54.410
The<00:30:51.809><c> words</c><00:30:52.049><c> of</c><00:30:52.250><c> God</c><00:30:52.569><c> previously</c><00:30:53.130><c> recorded</c><00:30:53.710><c> were</c><00:30:53.910><c> there,</c>

00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:57.990
but<00:30:54.950><c> there</c><00:30:55.109><c> was</c><00:30:55.289><c> no</c><00:30:55.690><c> open</c><00:30:56.329><c> vision.</c><00:30:56.849><c> And</c><00:30:56.990><c> in</c><00:30:57.109><c> that</c><00:30:57.349><c> sense,</c><00:30:57.869><c> the</c>

00:30:57.990 --> 00:31:00.309
word<00:30:58.349><c> of</c><00:30:58.650><c> the</c><00:30:58.890><c> Lord</c><00:30:59.230><c> was</c><00:30:59.769><c> rare.</c>

00:31:00.309 --> 00:31:01.809
The<00:31:00.309><c> word</c><00:31:00.309><c> of</c><00:31:01.049><c> the</c><00:31:01.049><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:02.089 --> 00:31:08.529
Spiritually,<00:31:03.029><c> however,</c><00:31:03.250><c> in</c><00:31:03.390><c> verse</c><00:31:03.670><c> 2,</c><00:31:05.109><c> Eli,</c><00:31:05.569><c> the</c><00:31:05.710><c> high</c><00:31:06.089><c> priest,</c><00:31:07.789><c> as</c><00:31:08.170><c> a</c>

00:31:08.529 --> 00:31:10.470
poor<00:31:09.190><c> priestly</c><00:31:09.690><c> example,</c>

00:31:10.690 --> 00:31:16.670
has<00:31:11.049><c> his</c><00:31:11.450><c> eyes</c><00:31:12.029><c> dim,</c><00:31:12.849><c> not</c><00:31:13.069><c> only</c><00:31:13.369><c> physically,</c><00:31:14.009><c> but</c><00:31:14.250><c> spiritually.</c><00:31:15.470><c> We</c><00:31:15.650><c> know</c><00:31:15.890><c> that</c><00:31:16.170><c> because</c><00:31:16.470><c> of</c>

00:31:16.670 --> 00:31:16.910
the<00:31:16.769><c> way</c>

00:31:16.910 --> 00:31:21.670
he<00:31:17.210><c> indulged</c><00:31:17.609><c> in</c><00:31:17.789><c> his</c><00:31:18.009><c> sons</c><00:31:18.390><c> and</c><00:31:18.869><c> tolerated</c><00:31:19.490><c> their</c><00:31:19.730><c> misbehavior.</c><00:31:21.109><c> He</c><00:31:21.329><c> could</c>

00:31:21.670 --> 00:31:25.450
not<00:31:22.029><c> see</c><00:31:22.589><c> verse</c><00:31:23.109><c> 2.</c><00:31:24.849><c> His</c><00:31:25.089><c> sons</c>

00:31:25.450 --> 00:31:31.910
in<00:31:25.589><c> verse</c><00:31:25.930><c> 13</c><00:31:26.630><c> had</c><00:31:27.029><c> made</c><00:31:27.289><c> themselves</c><00:31:28.130><c> vile.</c><00:31:29.769><c> And</c><00:31:29.890><c> when</c><00:31:30.089><c> God</c><00:31:30.490><c> puts</c><00:31:30.789><c> the</c><00:31:31.029><c> finger</c><00:31:31.390><c> on</c>

00:31:31.910 --> 00:31:34.109
Eli,<00:31:32.690><c> he</c><00:31:32.950><c> criticizes</c><00:31:33.670><c> him</c>

00:31:34.109 --> 00:31:39.890
for<00:31:34.529><c> not</c><00:31:35.029><c> having</c><00:31:35.609><c> responded</c><00:31:36.410><c> accordingly.</c><00:31:39.349><c> Now,</c><00:31:39.789><c> brothers</c>

00:31:39.890 --> 00:31:42.750
and<00:31:40.170><c> sisters,</c><00:31:41.069><c> in</c><00:31:41.349><c> contrast,</c><00:31:41.930><c> we</c><00:31:42.049><c> have</c><00:31:42.250><c> Samuel,</c>

00:31:42.750 --> 00:31:48.329
the<00:31:43.009><c> growing</c><00:31:43.390><c> priest,</c><00:31:45.210><c> who</c><00:31:45.890><c> sees</c><00:31:46.490><c> that</c><00:31:47.009><c> word,</c><00:31:47.450><c> precious</c><00:31:48.009><c> as</c>

00:31:48.329 --> 00:31:52.829
it<00:31:48.589><c> was,</c><00:31:49.849><c> and</c><00:31:50.289><c> takes</c><00:31:50.750><c> it</c><00:31:51.130><c> into</c><00:31:51.390><c> himself,</c>

00:31:53.210 --> 00:31:57.150
who<00:31:53.670><c> responds</c><00:31:54.410><c> to</c><00:31:54.710><c> that</c><00:31:54.990><c> light,</c><00:31:55.549><c> and</c><00:31:55.670><c> therefore</c><00:31:56.069><c> who</c><00:31:56.509><c> walks</c>

00:31:57.150 --> 00:32:02.910
in<00:31:57.970><c> that</c><00:31:58.650><c> light.</c><00:31:59.950><c> And</c><00:32:00.109><c> insofar</c><00:32:00.849><c> as</c><00:32:01.269><c> Samuel</c><00:32:01.569><c> does</c><00:32:01.950><c> that,</c>

00:32:05.710 --> 00:32:11.710
Samuel<00:32:06.630><c> exemplifies</c><00:32:07.549><c> discipleship</c><00:32:08.990><c> in</c><00:32:09.970><c> the</c><00:32:10.210><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:10.730><c> in</c><00:32:11.410><c> a</c>

00:32:11.710 --> 00:32:13.190
priestly<00:32:12.089><c> way.</c>

00:32:14.210 --> 00:32:18.029
What's<00:32:14.569><c> being</c><00:32:14.990><c> exemplified</c><00:32:15.809><c> now</c><00:32:16.329><c> in</c><00:32:16.650><c> the</c><00:32:16.869><c> person</c><00:32:17.170><c> of</c><00:32:17.569><c> Samuel</c>

00:32:18.029 --> 00:32:22.809
as<00:32:18.990><c> a</c><00:32:19.349><c> growing</c><00:32:19.750><c> little</c><00:32:20.390><c> priest,</c><00:32:20.990><c> in</c><00:32:21.549><c> that</c><00:32:21.849><c> sense?</c>

00:32:23.130 --> 00:32:27.869
Is,<00:32:23.730><c> of</c><00:32:23.730><c> course,</c><00:32:23.950><c> something</c><00:32:24.369><c> that</c><00:32:24.549><c> was,</c><00:32:24.750><c> as</c><00:32:25.009><c> a</c><00:32:25.170><c> principle,</c><00:32:26.430><c> applicable</c><00:32:26.789><c> not</c><00:32:27.130><c> only</c><00:32:27.490><c> to</c>

00:32:27.869 --> 00:32:30.450
the<00:32:28.150><c> Levites</c><00:32:28.849><c> as</c><00:32:29.250><c> a</c><00:32:29.549><c> tribe,</c>

00:32:30.529 --> 00:32:34.210
but<00:32:30.670><c> it</c><00:32:30.789><c> was</c><00:32:31.029><c> intended,</c><00:32:31.670><c> the</c><00:32:31.950><c> priesthood,</c><00:32:33.069><c> as</c><00:32:33.269><c> to</c><00:32:33.410><c> be</c><00:32:33.730><c> walking</c>

00:32:34.210 --> 00:32:38.130
parables<00:32:34.930><c> spiritually</c><00:32:35.670><c> for</c><00:32:36.690><c> all</c><00:32:36.990><c> the</c><00:32:37.190><c> nation.</c>

00:32:38.809 --> 00:32:44.029
We<00:32:39.089><c> reflect</c><00:32:39.650><c> on</c><00:32:39.930><c> that</c><00:32:40.109><c> well</c><00:32:40.410><c>-known</c><00:32:40.609><c> passage</c><00:32:41.109><c> in</c><00:32:41.369><c> Exodus</c><00:32:41.710><c> 19</c><00:32:42.569><c> and</c><00:32:43.150><c> verse</c><00:32:43.430><c> 6,</c>

00:32:44.369 --> 00:32:45.569
where<00:32:44.549><c> to</c><00:32:44.710><c> the</c><00:32:44.970><c> whole</c>

00:32:45.569 --> 00:32:49.490
nation,<00:32:46.509><c> God</c><00:32:46.950><c> said,</c><00:32:47.490><c> not</c><00:32:47.710><c> just</c><00:32:47.869><c> to</c><00:32:48.089><c> the</c><00:32:48.230><c> tribe</c><00:32:48.390><c> of</c><00:32:48.670><c> Levi,</c>

00:32:53.549 --> 00:33:02.390
Now,<00:32:58.549><c> we</c><00:32:58.769><c> have</c><00:32:59.089><c> said</c><00:32:59.329><c> this</c><00:32:59.630><c> week,</c><00:33:00.569><c> and</c><00:33:00.990><c> we</c><00:33:01.309><c> stressed</c><00:33:01.549><c> it</c><00:33:01.869><c> a</c><00:33:01.930><c> little</c><00:33:02.170><c> bit</c>

00:33:02.390 --> 00:33:04.730
yesterday,<00:33:03.089><c> if</c><00:33:03.250><c> you</c><00:33:03.430><c> recall,</c>

00:33:05.190 --> 00:33:11.650
that<00:33:05.289><c> our</c><00:33:05.609><c> attention</c><00:33:06.029><c> to</c><00:33:06.390><c> Hannah's</c><00:33:06.970><c> prayer</c><00:33:07.609><c> was</c><00:33:08.950><c> intended</c><00:33:09.829><c> to</c>

00:33:11.650 --> 00:33:13.589
be<00:33:11.890><c> given</c><00:33:12.150><c> attention</c><00:33:12.789><c> because</c><00:33:13.250><c> we</c>

00:33:13.589 --> 00:33:18.430
suggest<00:33:14.130><c> it</c><00:33:14.450><c> provides</c><00:33:14.910><c> a</c><00:33:15.309><c> master</c><00:33:15.970><c> interpretive</c><00:33:16.990><c> key</c><00:33:17.390><c> for</c><00:33:18.210><c> the</c>

00:33:18.430 --> 00:33:20.690
meaning<00:33:18.750><c> of</c><00:33:19.109><c> Samuel's</c><00:33:19.730><c> ministry.</c>

00:33:20.789 --> 00:33:27.109
And<00:33:21.009><c> in</c><00:33:21.210><c> that</c><00:33:21.450><c> prayer</c><00:33:21.809><c> that</c><00:33:22.029><c> we</c><00:33:22.210><c> looked</c><00:33:22.410><c> at</c><00:33:22.630><c> yesterday,</c><00:33:23.730><c> we</c><00:33:23.950><c> noticed</c><00:33:24.390><c> that</c><00:33:24.529><c> there</c><00:33:24.690><c> were</c><00:33:24.930><c> certain</c><00:33:25.230><c> points</c><00:33:25.650><c> of</c><00:33:25.990><c> stress.</c>

00:33:27.390 --> 00:33:32.750
One,<00:33:28.769><c> the</c><00:33:29.450><c> debasement</c><00:33:30.210><c> of</c><00:33:30.750><c> the</c><00:33:31.029><c> proud</c><00:33:31.309><c> and</c><00:33:31.730><c> arrogant,</c><00:33:32.549><c> the</c>

00:33:32.750 --> 00:33:35.890
wicked<00:33:33.009><c> and</c><00:33:33.309><c> perverse,</c><00:33:34.230><c> and</c><00:33:34.410><c> the</c><00:33:34.650><c> elevation,</c>

00:33:36.150 --> 00:33:42.730
the<00:33:36.390><c> raising</c><00:33:36.769><c> up</c><00:33:37.349><c> of</c><00:33:37.750><c> the</c><00:33:38.250><c> poor</c><00:33:38.589><c> and</c><00:33:39.150><c> the</c><00:33:39.430><c> humble,</c><00:33:40.369><c> as</c><00:33:40.609><c> Mary</c><00:33:41.009><c> quotes</c><00:33:41.430><c> and</c><00:33:41.829><c> stresses</c><00:33:42.130><c> the</c><00:33:42.430><c> same</c><00:33:42.589><c> in</c>

00:33:42.730 --> 00:33:43.410
her<00:33:43.009><c> prayer.</c>

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The<00:33:43.849><c> exultation</c><00:33:44.609><c> of</c><00:33:44.789><c> the</c><00:33:44.950><c> lowly.</c><00:33:46.289><c> We</c><00:33:46.369><c> also</c><00:33:46.750><c> noticed</c><00:33:47.089><c> yesterday</c><00:33:47.589><c> a</c><00:33:47.849><c> second</c>

00:33:48.130 --> 00:33:49.569
point<00:33:48.450><c> of</c><00:33:48.710><c> stress,</c>

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that<00:33:49.869><c> all</c><00:33:50.349><c> through</c><00:33:50.630><c> Mary's</c><00:33:52.029><c> prayer,</c><00:33:52.569><c> as</c><00:33:52.930><c> with</c><00:33:53.329><c> Hannah's</c><00:33:54.170><c> prayer,</c><00:33:54.750><c> on</c>

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which<00:33:55.150><c> it</c><00:33:55.369><c> is</c><00:33:55.589><c> partly</c><00:33:55.890><c> modeled,</c>

00:33:56.930 --> 00:34:00.690
there<00:33:57.089><c> is</c><00:33:57.369><c> stress</c><00:33:57.710><c> on</c><00:33:58.049><c> the</c><00:33:58.390><c> king,</c><00:33:59.069><c> the</c><00:33:59.309><c> judge,</c><00:34:00.009><c> the</c><00:34:00.190><c> need</c><00:34:00.390><c> for</c>

00:34:00.690 --> 00:34:03.849
government,<00:34:01.509><c> the</c><00:34:01.690><c> need</c><00:34:01.930><c> for</c><00:34:02.210><c> an</c><00:34:02.470><c> anointed</c><00:34:02.829><c> one,</c>

00:34:03.970 --> 00:34:08.690
first<00:34:04.230><c> use</c><00:34:04.509><c> of</c><00:34:04.730><c> the</c><00:34:04.869><c> word</c><00:34:05.089><c> Messiah,</c><00:34:06.549><c> stress</c><00:34:06.930><c> on</c><00:34:07.430><c> salvation,</c>

00:34:08.769 --> 00:34:11.469
coming<00:34:09.170><c> with</c><00:34:09.949><c> the</c><00:34:10.469><c> king,</c>

00:34:11.829 --> 00:34:16.010
who<00:34:12.150><c> will</c><00:34:12.349><c> be</c><00:34:12.489><c> the</c><00:34:12.750><c> judge</c><00:34:12.989><c> and</c><00:34:13.170><c> the</c><00:34:13.369><c> ruler,</c><00:34:14.269><c> who</c><00:34:14.510><c> will</c><00:34:14.710><c> set</c><00:34:14.969><c> things</c><00:34:15.349><c> straight</c><00:34:15.690><c> and</c>

00:34:16.010 --> 00:34:17.530
deal<00:34:16.309><c> with</c><00:34:16.550><c> the</c><00:34:16.730><c> wicked.</c>

00:34:18.190 --> 00:34:23.210
Now,<00:34:18.449><c> as</c><00:34:18.849><c> such,</c><00:34:19.269><c> we</c><00:34:19.389><c> noticed</c><00:34:19.710><c> yesterday</c><00:34:20.230><c> that</c><00:34:20.510><c> in</c><00:34:20.730><c> one</c><00:34:20.869><c> of</c><00:34:21.010><c> those</c><00:34:21.230><c> verses,</c><00:34:22.329><c> combined</c><00:34:22.789><c> with</c><00:34:22.989><c> one</c>

00:34:23.210 --> 00:34:25.050
other<00:34:23.570><c> in</c><00:34:24.469><c> Hannah's</c>

00:34:25.050 --> 00:34:30.150
prayer,<00:34:25.929><c> there</c><00:34:26.250><c> was</c><00:34:26.610><c> in</c><00:34:26.730><c> that</c><00:34:27.090><c> small</c><00:34:27.489><c> context</c><00:34:28.429><c> reference</c><00:34:29.449><c> to</c>

00:34:30.150 --> 00:34:34.030
salvation<00:34:30.889><c> or</c><00:34:31.650><c> a</c><00:34:31.829><c> coming</c><00:34:32.150><c> Savior,</c><00:34:33.309><c> reference</c><00:34:33.710><c> to</c>

00:34:34.030 --> 00:34:37.630
resurrection<00:34:34.530><c> from</c><00:34:34.909><c> the</c><00:34:35.170><c> grave,</c><00:34:36.170><c> thirdly,</c><00:34:36.829><c> reference</c><00:34:37.329><c> to</c>

00:34:37.630 --> 00:34:41.190
the<00:34:37.989><c> kingdom,</c><00:34:39.250><c> the</c><00:34:39.449><c> coming</c><00:34:39.809><c> kingdom.</c>

00:34:41.769 --> 00:34:45.150
Lo<00:34:41.909><c> and</c><00:34:42.070><c> behold,</c><00:34:42.849><c> then,</c><00:34:43.389><c> when</c><00:34:43.530><c> you</c><00:34:43.690><c> look</c><00:34:43.929><c> at</c><00:34:44.210><c> Hannah's</c><00:34:44.610><c> prayer</c>

00:34:45.150 --> 00:34:49.190
and<00:34:46.050><c> the</c><00:34:46.489><c> context</c><00:34:46.909><c> of</c><00:34:47.269><c> the</c><00:34:47.489><c> need</c><00:34:47.650><c> of</c><00:34:47.889><c> the</c><00:34:48.150><c> times,</c>

00:34:49.590 --> 00:34:53.050
and<00:34:49.789><c> now</c><00:34:50.070><c> look</c><00:34:50.329><c> at</c><00:34:50.489><c> it</c><00:34:50.610><c> from</c><00:34:50.829><c> the</c><00:34:51.030><c> point</c><00:34:51.230><c> of</c><00:34:51.409><c> view</c><00:34:52.050><c> of</c><00:34:52.570><c> Exodus</c>

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19<00:34:53.730><c> and</c><00:34:53.949><c> verse</c><00:34:54.230><c> 6,</c><00:34:55.090><c> do</c><00:34:55.250><c> you</c><00:34:55.389><c> see</c><00:34:55.590><c> the</c><00:34:55.849><c> point?</c>

00:34:57.190 --> 00:35:01.869
Hannah's<00:34:57.750><c> prayer</c><00:34:58.210><c> in</c><00:34:59.090><c> stressing</c><00:34:59.489><c> the</c><00:34:59.750><c> need</c><00:34:59.889><c> for</c><00:35:00.150><c> a</c><00:35:00.369><c> coming</c><00:35:00.650><c> anointed</c><00:35:01.150><c> one,</c><00:35:01.630><c> a</c>

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Messiah,<00:35:02.909><c> who</c><00:35:03.150><c> would</c><00:35:03.369><c> rise</c>

00:35:03.789 --> 00:35:10.510
above<00:35:04.230><c> mankind,</c><00:35:05.929><c> the</c><00:35:06.190><c> coming</c><00:35:06.650><c> king</c><00:35:07.289><c> and</c><00:35:08.869><c> the</c><00:35:09.090><c> one</c><00:35:09.530><c> who</c><00:35:10.190><c> would</c>

00:35:10.510 --> 00:35:13.590
come<00:35:10.769><c> to</c><00:35:11.150><c> show</c><00:35:11.469><c> that</c><00:35:11.849><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:12.269><c> was</c><00:35:12.610><c> one</c><00:35:12.869><c> who</c><00:35:13.230><c> weighed</c>

00:35:13.590 --> 00:35:18.889
the<00:35:14.010><c> actions</c><00:35:14.469><c> of</c><00:35:14.829><c> men</c><00:35:15.130><c> and</c><00:35:15.630><c> was</c><00:35:16.250><c> a</c><00:35:16.690><c> God</c><00:35:16.849><c> of</c><00:35:17.190><c> knowledge,</c><00:35:18.110><c> and</c><00:35:18.570><c> by</c>

00:35:18.889 --> 00:35:22.510
him<00:35:19.170><c> actions</c><00:35:19.750><c> are</c><00:35:20.190><c> weighed</c><00:35:20.570><c> in</c><00:35:21.170><c> praying</c><00:35:21.650><c> for</c><00:35:22.050><c> that</c>

00:35:22.510 --> 00:35:29.329
through<00:35:23.010><c> the</c><00:35:23.289><c> coming</c><00:35:23.489><c> of</c><00:35:23.750><c> the</c><00:35:23.909><c> anointed</c><00:35:24.309><c> one,</c><00:35:25.150><c> through</c><00:35:25.389><c> the</c><00:35:25.670><c> coming</c><00:35:25.929><c> of</c><00:35:26.349><c> the</c><00:35:26.590><c> king,</c><00:35:27.889><c> Hannah's</c><00:35:28.409><c> prayer</c><00:35:28.730><c> puts</c><00:35:29.010><c> a</c>

00:35:29.329 --> 00:35:36.329
focus<00:35:29.710><c> on</c><00:35:30.250><c> the</c><00:35:30.570><c> real</c><00:35:31.030><c> meaning</c><00:35:31.690><c> of</c><00:35:32.329><c> priesthood,</c><00:35:34.130><c> a</c><00:35:34.329><c> king</c><00:35:34.929><c> and</c><00:35:36.050><c> a</c>

00:35:36.329 --> 00:35:41.210
priest,<00:35:37.570><c> a</c><00:35:37.889><c> servant,</c><00:35:38.869><c> a</c><00:35:39.190><c> Savior,</c><00:35:40.110><c> and</c><00:35:40.289><c> yet</c><00:35:40.510><c> one</c><00:35:40.889><c> who</c>

00:35:41.210 --> 00:35:48.809
would<00:35:41.610><c> set</c><00:35:41.869><c> God's</c><00:35:42.789><c> justice</c><00:35:43.010><c> right</c><00:35:43.469><c> as</c><00:35:43.989><c> an</c><00:35:44.309><c> administrator.</c><00:35:45.210><c> Two</c><00:35:45.710><c> key</c><00:35:46.110><c> ingredients</c><00:35:46.869><c> intertwined</c><00:35:48.230><c> in</c>

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Hannah's<00:35:49.349><c> prayer,</c>

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in<00:35:50.289><c> Mary's</c><00:35:51.150><c> prayer</c><00:35:51.530><c> when</c><00:35:51.929><c> Jesus</c><00:35:52.389><c> is</c><00:35:52.690><c> born,</c><00:35:53.570><c> and</c><00:35:53.650><c> it</c><00:35:54.050><c> sits</c><00:35:54.489><c> four</c>

00:35:55.170 --> 00:35:58.510
square<00:35:55.650><c> on</c><00:35:56.250><c> Exodus</c><00:35:56.750><c> 19</c><00:35:57.550><c> verse</c><00:35:57.889><c> 6,</c>

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because<00:35:59.250><c> that</c><00:35:59.570><c> was</c><00:35:59.809><c> a</c><00:36:00.010><c> principle</c><00:36:00.530><c> not</c><00:36:01.150><c> only</c><00:36:01.429><c> to</c><00:36:01.630><c> be</c><00:36:01.949><c> ideally</c>

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fulfilled<00:36:02.989><c> in</c><00:36:03.210><c> Messiah,</c><00:36:04.730><c> partly</c><00:36:05.050><c> in</c><00:36:05.369><c> someone</c>

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like<00:36:05.949><c> Samuel,</c><00:36:07.090><c> but</c><00:36:07.349><c> it's</c><00:36:07.690><c> applicable</c><00:36:08.110><c> to</c><00:36:08.489><c> us</c><00:36:08.909><c> brothers</c><00:36:09.269><c> and</c>

00:36:09.570 --> 00:36:13.449
sisters.<00:36:11.010><c> The</c><00:36:11.409><c> ingredients</c><00:36:11.949><c> of</c><00:36:12.349><c> stress</c><00:36:12.730><c> in</c><00:36:13.050><c> Hannah's</c>

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prayer<00:36:13.730><c> have</c><00:36:14.030><c> personal</c><00:36:14.610><c> meaning,</c><00:36:16.070><c> yes</c><00:36:16.289><c> there's</c><00:36:16.590><c> a</c><00:36:16.809><c> king</c><00:36:17.030><c> to</c>

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come,<00:36:17.829><c> yes</c><00:36:18.070><c> there</c><00:36:18.230><c> will</c><00:36:18.389><c> be</c><00:36:18.550><c> an</c><00:36:18.769><c> anointed</c><00:36:19.090><c> one,</c>

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he<00:36:19.869><c> will</c><00:36:20.070><c> be</c><00:36:20.250><c> the</c><00:36:20.449><c> arm</c><00:36:20.570><c> of</c><00:36:20.730><c> the</c><00:36:20.869><c> Lord</c><00:36:21.090><c> made</c><00:36:21.510><c> strong,</c><00:36:22.170><c> but</c><00:36:22.329><c> as</c><00:36:22.610><c> a</c>

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king<00:36:23.050><c> and</c><00:36:23.369><c> as</c><00:36:23.610><c> a</c><00:36:23.849><c> priest</c><00:36:24.230><c> he</c><00:36:25.030><c> is</c><00:36:25.389><c> exemplifying</c><00:36:26.050><c> the</c>

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principles<00:36:26.889><c> that</c><00:36:27.389><c> were</c><00:36:27.570><c> put</c><00:36:27.809><c> to</c><00:36:27.989><c> the</c><00:36:28.210><c> whole</c><00:36:28.449><c> nation.</c><00:36:29.769><c> In</c><00:36:30.030><c> Exodus</c><00:36:30.369><c> 19</c>

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you<00:36:31.769><c> are</c><00:36:32.010><c> to</c><00:36:32.250><c> be</c><00:36:32.590><c> kings</c><00:36:32.949><c> and</c><00:36:33.309><c> priests,</c>

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and<00:36:34.909><c> that's</c><00:36:35.250><c> Revelation</c><00:36:35.769><c> chapter</c><00:36:36.210><c> 5,</c><00:36:37.150><c> is</c><00:36:37.309><c> it</c><00:36:37.489><c> not?</c><00:36:37.889><c> We</c><00:36:38.130><c> shall</c>

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be<00:36:38.710><c> kings</c><00:36:39.030><c> and</c><00:36:39.349><c> priests</c><00:36:39.630><c> and</c><00:36:39.989><c> we</c><00:36:40.150><c> shall</c><00:36:40.309><c> reign</c><00:36:40.530><c> on</c>

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earth.<00:36:42.550><c> Of</c><00:36:42.809><c> course,</c><00:36:44.150><c> Samuel</c><00:36:44.369><c> then</c><00:36:44.670><c> is</c><00:36:45.050><c> embodying</c><00:36:45.929><c> as</c><00:36:46.309><c> a</c><00:36:46.690><c> priest,</c><00:36:47.530><c> not</c><00:36:47.650><c> only</c><00:36:47.909><c> a</c>

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priestly<00:36:48.489><c> role,</c><00:36:48.789><c> but</c><00:36:49.010><c> a</c><00:36:49.250><c> kingly</c>

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role<00:36:49.869><c> in</c><00:36:50.090><c> that</c><00:36:50.369><c> sense,</c><00:36:51.349><c> insofar</c><00:36:51.789><c> as</c><00:36:51.929><c> it</c><00:36:52.150><c> applies</c><00:36:52.349><c> to</c><00:36:52.650><c> us</c><00:36:52.869><c> as</c><00:36:53.110><c> kings</c><00:36:53.309><c> and</c><00:36:53.590><c> priests</c><00:36:53.829><c> as</c>

00:36:54.110 --> 00:36:57.610
well.<00:36:56.530><c> Or</c><00:36:56.889><c> in</c><00:36:57.110><c> the</c><00:36:57.250><c> language</c>

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of<00:36:57.829><c> Peter,</c><00:36:58.710><c> New</c><00:36:58.929><c> Testament,</c><00:36:59.969><c> 1st</c><00:37:00.289><c> to</c><00:37:00.389><c> Peter</c><00:37:00.610><c> 2</c><00:37:00.929><c> verse</c><00:37:01.170><c> 9</c><00:37:01.489><c> he</c><00:37:01.690><c> says</c><00:37:01.909><c> to</c>

00:37:02.130 --> 00:37:05.750
us,<00:37:03.150><c> you</c><00:37:03.309><c> are</c><00:37:03.630><c> a</c><00:37:03.869><c> chosen</c><00:37:04.250><c> generation,</c>

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here<00:37:06.309><c> it</c><00:37:06.530><c> is,</c><00:37:07.789><c> a</c><00:37:08.030><c> royal</c><00:37:08.429><c> or</c><00:37:08.909><c> a</c><00:37:09.389><c> kingly</c><00:37:10.289><c> priesthood,</c><00:37:12.570><c> and</c><00:37:12.750><c> in</c><00:37:13.269><c> Samuel</c><00:37:13.949><c> you</c><00:37:14.389><c> see,</c><00:37:15.409><c> in</c>

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Samuel<00:37:16.570><c> by</c><00:37:17.269><c> his</c><00:37:17.630><c> collective</c><00:37:18.289><c> roles</c>

00:37:19.869 --> 00:37:25.690
you<00:37:20.389><c> have</c><00:37:20.730><c> the</c><00:37:21.050><c> balance</c><00:37:21.650><c> uniquely</c><00:37:22.369><c> of</c><00:37:23.150><c> those</c><00:37:23.469><c> principles.</c><00:37:25.369><c> In</c>

00:37:25.690 --> 00:37:28.110
Samuel<00:37:26.250><c> we</c><00:37:26.690><c> find</c><00:37:26.949><c> a</c><00:37:27.250><c> shepherd,</c>

00:37:28.269 --> 00:37:33.010
in<00:37:28.650><c> Samuel</c><00:37:29.110><c> we</c><00:37:29.449><c> find</c><00:37:29.809><c> a</c><00:37:30.150><c> prophet,</c><00:37:31.130><c> but</c><00:37:31.190><c> now</c><00:37:31.489><c> these</c><00:37:31.750><c> two,</c><00:37:32.530><c> sorry</c>

00:37:33.010 --> 00:37:36.710
these<00:37:33.349><c> two</c><00:37:33.590><c> across,</c><00:37:34.650><c> in</c><00:37:34.829><c> Samuel</c><00:37:35.329><c> we</c><00:37:35.730><c> find</c><00:37:36.030><c> embodied</c>

00:37:36.710 --> 00:37:42.449
principles<00:37:37.349><c> of</c><00:37:37.809><c> priesthood</c><00:37:38.389><c> and</c><00:37:39.150><c> he's</c><00:37:39.550><c> a</c><00:37:39.869><c> judge,</c><00:37:41.130><c> in</c><00:37:41.389><c> that</c><00:37:41.710><c> sense</c><00:37:42.010><c> as</c>

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priest<00:37:42.809><c> and</c><00:37:43.190><c> judge</c><00:37:43.590><c> he</c><00:37:45.150><c> embodies</c><00:37:45.570><c> the</c>

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principles<00:37:46.289><c> of</c><00:37:46.590><c> a</c><00:37:46.809><c> king</c><00:37:47.150><c>-priest,</c><00:37:48.210><c> and</c><00:37:48.690><c> as</c><00:37:48.929><c> he</c><00:37:49.050><c> is</c><00:37:49.210><c> an</c><00:37:49.409><c> individual</c><00:37:49.949><c> other</c><00:37:50.309><c> than</c><00:37:50.550><c> messiah</c><00:37:51.349><c> the</c><00:37:51.710><c> principle</c><00:37:52.110><c> of</c>

00:37:52.489 --> 00:37:58.869
is<00:37:53.050><c> along</c><00:37:53.429><c> the</c><00:37:53.710><c> same</c><00:37:53.929><c> lines</c><00:37:54.429><c> as</c><00:37:54.889><c> the</c><00:37:55.050><c> way</c><00:37:55.510><c> it</c><00:37:55.889><c> applies</c><00:37:56.269><c> to</c><00:37:56.630><c> ourselves.</c><00:37:58.750><c> Now</c>

00:37:58.869 --> 00:38:01.090
brothers<00:37:59.070><c> and</c><00:37:59.389><c> sisters,</c><00:38:00.309><c> reflect</c><00:38:00.610><c> on</c>

00:38:01.090 --> 00:38:07.690
the<00:38:01.349><c> principles</c><00:38:01.710><c> of</c><00:38:02.070><c> priesthood</c><00:38:02.550><c> with</c><00:38:02.809><c> me</c><00:38:03.530><c> just</c><00:38:03.909><c> a</c><00:38:04.070><c> little</c><00:38:04.210><c> more.</c><00:38:06.289><c> Let's</c><00:38:06.550><c> just</c><00:38:06.969><c> look</c><00:38:07.190><c> at</c>

00:38:07.690 --> 00:38:09.090
and<00:38:08.070><c> reflect</c><00:38:08.429><c> on</c><00:38:08.730><c> these</c>

00:38:09.090 --> 00:38:13.570
principles<00:38:09.650><c> of</c><00:38:09.969><c> priesthood</c><00:38:10.730><c> as</c><00:38:12.110><c> they</c><00:38:12.309><c> would</c><00:38:12.530><c> pertain</c><00:38:13.210><c> first</c>

00:38:13.570 --> 00:38:17.230
to<00:38:13.909><c> Samuel,</c><00:38:15.449><c> certainly</c><00:38:15.769><c> to</c><00:38:15.989><c> the</c><00:38:16.130><c> Lord</c><00:38:16.309><c> Jesus</c><00:38:16.769><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:17.230 --> 00:38:22.469
and<00:38:17.610><c> of</c><00:38:17.929><c> course</c><00:38:18.150><c> to</c><00:38:18.409><c> ourselves</c><00:38:19.050><c> as</c><00:38:19.650><c> that</c><00:38:19.889><c> Peter</c><00:38:20.210><c> passage</c><00:38:20.730><c> stresses.</c><00:38:22.389><c> In</c>

00:38:22.469 --> 00:38:24.489
Deuteronomy<00:38:23.150><c> chapter</c><00:38:23.670><c> 10,</c>

00:38:25.630 --> 00:38:30.949
the<00:38:25.809><c> law</c><00:38:26.030><c> of</c><00:38:26.289><c> Moses</c><00:38:26.869><c> said</c><00:38:27.809><c> this</c><00:38:28.329><c> concerning</c><00:38:28.889><c> the</c><00:38:29.349><c> call</c><00:38:29.590><c> of</c><00:38:29.869><c> priesthood,</c>

00:38:32.409 --> 00:38:35.389
and<00:38:32.510><c> at</c><00:38:32.670><c> that</c><00:38:33.010><c> time</c><00:38:33.250><c> the</c><00:38:33.449><c> Lord</c><00:38:33.690><c> separated</c><00:38:34.250><c> the</c><00:38:34.550><c> tribe</c><00:38:34.769><c> of</c><00:38:35.050><c> Levi</c>

00:38:35.389 --> 00:38:38.289
to<00:38:35.690><c> bear</c><00:38:35.889><c> the</c><00:38:36.150><c> ark</c><00:38:36.309><c> of</c><00:38:36.550><c> the</c><00:38:36.710><c> covenant</c><00:38:36.949><c> of</c><00:38:37.170><c> the</c><00:38:37.329><c> Lord,</c>

00:38:38.730 --> 00:38:42.789
to<00:38:38.929><c> stand</c><00:38:39.449><c> before</c><00:38:39.909><c> the</c><00:38:40.170><c> Lord,</c><00:38:40.530><c> there's</c><00:38:40.849><c> that</c><00:38:41.190><c> priestly</c><00:38:41.489><c> phrase,</c><00:38:42.670><c> to</c>

00:38:42.789 --> 00:38:45.829
stand<00:38:43.190><c> before</c><00:38:43.650><c> the</c><00:38:43.889><c> Lord,</c><00:38:44.809><c> second</c><00:38:45.309><c> phrase,</c>

00:38:45.829 --> 00:38:50.630
to<00:38:46.250><c> minister,</c><00:38:47.809><c> isn't</c><00:38:47.969><c> that</c><00:38:48.170><c> what</c><00:38:48.269><c> was</c><00:38:48.570><c> stressed</c><00:38:48.789><c> by</c><00:38:49.690><c> the</c><00:38:49.989><c> language</c><00:38:50.289><c> of</c>

00:38:50.630 --> 00:38:52.849
Samuel?<00:38:51.489><c> Do</c><00:38:51.710><c> you</c><00:38:51.710><c> see</c><00:38:51.869><c> that</c><00:38:52.210><c> Samuel</c><00:38:52.550><c> is</c>

00:38:52.849 --> 00:38:56.889
virtually<00:38:53.230><c> quoting</c><00:38:53.650><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:54.329><c> 10</c><00:38:54.869><c> by</c><00:38:55.550><c> saying</c><00:38:55.829><c> that</c><00:38:56.190><c> Samuel</c><00:38:56.489><c> was</c><00:38:56.690><c> a</c>

00:38:56.889 --> 00:38:58.809
young<00:38:57.110><c> child</c><00:38:57.489><c> who</c><00:38:57.750><c> grew</c><00:38:57.929><c> before</c><00:38:58.309><c> the</c><00:38:58.550><c> Lord</c>

00:38:58.809 --> 00:39:03.610
and<00:38:59.190><c> he</c><00:38:59.610><c> ministered</c><00:39:00.030><c> to</c><00:39:00.210><c> the</c><00:39:00.389><c> Lord</c><00:39:00.829><c> and</c><00:39:01.489><c> he</c><00:39:02.610><c> stood</c><00:39:03.030><c> before</c><00:39:03.369><c> the</c>

00:39:03.610 --> 00:39:07.309
Lord<00:39:03.809><c> in</c><00:39:03.989><c> that</c><00:39:04.230><c> sense,</c><00:39:06.150><c> and</c><00:39:06.309><c> he</c><00:39:06.389><c> was</c><00:39:06.570><c> from</c><00:39:06.829><c> the</c><00:39:07.070><c> tribe</c>

00:39:07.309 --> 00:39:14.710
of<00:39:07.449><c> Levi,</c><00:39:09.889><c> and</c><00:39:10.070><c> secondly</c><00:39:10.610><c> to</c><00:39:11.510><c> bless</c><00:39:12.250><c> in</c><00:39:12.909><c> his</c><00:39:13.389><c> name</c><00:39:13.909><c> unto</c><00:39:14.289><c> this</c>

00:39:14.710 --> 00:39:18.210
day.<00:39:15.630><c> That</c><00:39:16.090><c> language</c><00:39:16.710><c> is</c><00:39:17.130><c> very</c><00:39:17.469><c> appropriate</c>

00:39:18.210 --> 00:39:23.349
as<00:39:18.809><c> a</c><00:39:19.030><c> parallel</c><00:39:19.369><c> to</c><00:39:19.610><c> the</c><00:39:19.750><c> language</c><00:39:20.130><c> of</c><00:39:20.969><c> first</c><00:39:21.250><c> to</c><00:39:21.469><c> Samuel</c><00:39:21.789><c> chapter</c><00:39:22.230><c> 2.</c>

00:39:23.469 --> 00:39:26.170
How<00:39:23.650><c> about</c><00:39:23.769><c> this</c><00:39:24.050><c> one,</c><00:39:24.869><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:25.369><c> 17,</c>

00:39:26.630 --> 00:39:29.969
and<00:39:27.170><c> the</c><00:39:27.349><c> man</c><00:39:27.550><c> that</c><00:39:27.730><c> will</c><00:39:27.889><c> do</c><00:39:28.130><c> presumptuously</c><00:39:29.090><c> and</c><00:39:29.429><c> will</c><00:39:29.690><c> not</c>

00:39:29.969 --> 00:39:31.869
hearken<00:39:30.329><c> unto</c><00:39:30.610><c> the</c><00:39:30.909><c> priest,</c>

00:39:32.329 --> 00:39:37.349
that<00:39:32.789><c> standeth</c><00:39:33.650><c> to</c><00:39:33.869><c> minister.</c><00:39:34.829><c> Do</c><00:39:35.210><c> you</c><00:39:35.510><c> see</c><00:39:35.769><c> now</c><00:39:36.250><c> why</c><00:39:36.730><c> that's</c>

00:39:37.349 --> 00:39:41.090
stressed<00:39:37.690><c> in</c><00:39:38.289><c> the</c><00:39:38.550><c> early</c><00:39:38.849><c> chapters</c><00:39:39.289><c> of</c><00:39:39.610><c> Samuel's</c><00:39:40.210><c> life?</c>

00:39:41.130 --> 00:39:47.309
It's<00:39:41.510><c> setting</c><00:39:41.769><c> him</c><00:39:42.130><c> up</c><00:39:42.510><c> as</c><00:39:42.829><c> a</c><00:39:43.130><c> fulfillment</c><00:39:43.590><c> of</c><00:39:44.309><c> the</c><00:39:44.570><c> principles</c><00:39:45.030><c> of</c><00:39:45.409><c> priesthood,</c><00:39:46.730><c> as</c><00:39:46.929><c> Eli</c>

00:39:47.309 --> 00:39:48.190
and<00:39:47.670><c> his</c><00:39:47.949><c> sons</c>

00:39:48.190 --> 00:39:54.110
were<00:39:48.449><c> supposed</c><00:39:48.769><c> to</c><00:39:49.050><c> exhibit,</c><00:39:50.510><c> unto</c><00:39:50.630><c> the</c><00:39:50.969><c> priest</c><00:39:51.190><c> that</c><00:39:51.550><c> standeth</c><00:39:51.969><c> to</c><00:39:52.170><c> minister</c><00:39:52.590><c> there</c><00:39:52.969><c> before</c><00:39:53.369><c> the</c><00:39:53.650><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:54.110 --> 00:40:00.590
thy<00:39:54.409><c> God.</c><00:39:55.929><c> Or,</c><00:39:56.849><c> isn't</c><00:39:57.150><c> this</c><00:39:57.469><c> interesting,</c><00:39:58.730><c> that</c><00:39:58.849><c> in</c><00:39:59.050><c> this</c><00:39:59.349><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:59.949><c> 17</c>

00:40:00.590 --> 00:40:02.070
and<00:40:00.809><c> verse</c><00:40:01.070><c> 12</c><00:40:01.449><c> passage,</c>

00:40:02.389 --> 00:40:05.389
the<00:40:02.570><c> next</c><00:40:02.929><c> thing</c><00:40:03.110><c> that's</c><00:40:03.409><c> referred</c><00:40:03.730><c> to</c><00:40:03.969><c> is</c><00:40:04.269><c> judge.</c>

00:40:07.590 --> 00:40:10.449
The<00:40:07.809><c> priest</c><00:40:08.130><c> that</c><00:40:08.489><c> standeth</c><00:40:08.889><c> to</c><00:40:09.070><c> minister</c><00:40:09.469><c> there</c><00:40:09.809><c> before</c><00:40:10.250><c> the</c>

00:40:10.449 --> 00:40:14.829
Lord,<00:40:10.769><c> thy</c><00:40:10.949><c> God,</c><00:40:11.750><c> or</c><00:40:12.070><c> unto</c><00:40:12.449><c> the</c><00:40:12.869><c> judge,</c><00:40:14.170><c> even</c><00:40:14.489><c> that</c>

00:40:14.829 --> 00:40:18.929
man<00:40:15.170><c> shall</c><00:40:15.429><c> die</c><00:40:15.849><c> and</c><00:40:16.010><c> thou</c><00:40:16.210><c> shalt</c><00:40:16.449><c> put</c><00:40:16.690><c> away</c><00:40:16.909><c> evil</c><00:40:17.269><c> from</c><00:40:17.489><c> Israel.</c><00:40:18.309><c> Priest</c><00:40:18.670><c> and</c>

00:40:18.929 --> 00:40:20.590
judge,<00:40:19.550><c> priest</c><00:40:19.889><c> and</c><00:40:20.190><c> judge,</c>

00:40:20.590 --> 00:40:25.809
Samuel<00:40:21.429><c> combines</c><00:40:22.070><c> both.</c><00:40:23.449><c> Interesting</c><00:40:24.170><c> in</c><00:40:24.409><c> view</c><00:40:24.570><c> of</c><00:40:24.789><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:40:27.130 --> 00:40:35.110
Later<00:40:27.269><c> on,</c><00:40:28.650><c> in</c><00:40:28.690><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:40:31.369><c> the</c><00:40:31.469><c> reason</c><00:40:31.809><c> for</c><00:40:32.170><c> Levi's</c><00:40:32.889><c> unique</c><00:40:33.230><c> calling</c><00:40:33.710><c> and</c><00:40:34.130><c> privilege</c>

00:40:35.050 --> 00:40:41.690
is<00:40:35.550><c> stressed</c><00:40:35.849><c> in</c><00:40:36.070><c> this</c><00:40:36.269><c> passage.</c><00:40:37.909><c> This</c><00:40:38.190><c> is</c><00:40:39.349><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:39.869><c> 33</c><00:40:40.670><c> verse</c><00:40:41.409><c> 8</c>

00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:46.730
and<00:40:41.829><c> 9</c><00:40:42.269><c> and</c><00:40:42.469><c> 10.</c><00:40:44.309><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:44.869><c> 33</c><00:40:45.409><c> verse</c><00:40:45.730><c> 8.</c>

00:40:49.429 --> 00:40:55.030
And,<00:40:50.550><c> and</c><00:40:50.829><c> of</c><00:40:51.090><c> Levi,</c><00:40:51.889><c> he</c><00:40:52.210><c> said,</c><00:40:52.969><c> let</c><00:40:53.170><c> thy</c><00:40:53.570><c> thumb</c><00:40:53.829><c> and</c><00:40:54.269><c> thy</c><00:40:54.690><c> urum</c>

00:40:55.030 --> 00:40:57.289
be<00:40:55.289><c> with</c><00:40:55.630><c> thy</c><00:40:55.869><c> holy</c><00:40:56.269><c> one,</c>

00:40:57.590 --> 00:41:01.570
whom<00:40:57.730><c> thou</c><00:40:57.969><c> didst</c><00:40:58.550><c> prove</c><00:40:58.909><c> at</c><00:40:59.409><c> Massah,</c><00:41:00.630><c> and</c><00:41:00.969><c> with</c><00:41:01.230><c> whom</c><00:41:01.349><c> thou</c>

00:41:01.570 --> 00:41:04.050
didst<00:41:02.050><c> strive</c><00:41:02.250><c> at</c><00:41:02.429><c> the</c><00:41:02.610><c> waters</c><00:41:02.949><c> of</c><00:41:03.230><c> Meribah.</c>

00:41:04.429 --> 00:41:08.070
Now,<00:41:05.110><c> the</c><00:41:05.309><c> reason</c><00:41:05.690><c> why</c><00:41:06.010><c> Levi</c><00:41:06.289><c> is</c><00:41:06.650><c> identified</c><00:41:07.309><c> and</c><00:41:07.630><c> given</c><00:41:07.789><c> the</c>

00:41:08.070 --> 00:41:11.650
privileges,<00:41:09.190><c> because</c><00:41:09.630><c> of</c><00:41:09.909><c> Levi's</c><00:41:10.590><c> faithful</c><00:41:10.869><c> response</c>

00:41:11.650 --> 00:41:17.050
initially,<00:41:13.050><c> verse</c><00:41:13.110><c> 9,</c><00:41:14.349><c> who</c><00:41:14.730><c> said,</c><00:41:15.289><c> that's</c><00:41:15.650><c> Levi,</c><00:41:16.449><c> at</c><00:41:16.570><c> the</c><00:41:16.750><c> time</c><00:41:16.909><c> of</c>

00:41:17.050 --> 00:41:19.090
the<00:41:17.170><c> golden</c><00:41:17.489><c> calf,</c><00:41:17.889><c> for</c><00:41:18.190><c> example,</c>

00:41:19.170 --> 00:41:23.190
and<00:41:19.369><c> they</c><00:41:19.550><c> did</c><00:41:19.710><c> it</c><00:41:19.869><c> again</c><00:41:20.090><c> later</c><00:41:20.429><c> on,</c><00:41:21.070><c> who</c><00:41:21.449><c> said</c><00:41:21.690><c> unto</c><00:41:21.969><c> his</c><00:41:22.250><c> father</c><00:41:22.650><c> and</c>

00:41:23.190 --> 00:41:26.969
to<00:41:23.449><c> his</c><00:41:23.690><c> mother,</c><00:41:24.789><c> I</c><00:41:25.050><c> have</c><00:41:25.309><c> not</c><00:41:25.630><c> seen</c><00:41:25.929><c> him.</c>

00:41:27.190 --> 00:41:31.369
Neither<00:41:27.570><c> did</c><00:41:27.889><c> he,</c><00:41:28.670><c> Levi,</c><00:41:29.289><c> acknowledge</c><00:41:29.849><c> his</c><00:41:30.190><c> brethren,</c><00:41:31.150><c> nor</c>

00:41:31.369 --> 00:41:34.570
knew<00:41:31.590><c> his</c><00:41:31.849><c> own</c><00:41:32.070><c> children,</c><00:41:33.429><c> for</c><00:41:33.590><c> they</c><00:41:33.849><c> have</c><00:41:34.030><c> observed</c>

00:41:34.570 --> 00:41:39.889
thy<00:41:34.570><c> word</c><00:41:35.150><c> and</c><00:41:35.469><c> kept</c><00:41:35.650><c> thy</c><00:41:35.969><c> covenant.</c><00:41:36.989><c> They,</c><00:41:37.590><c> Levi,</c><00:41:38.449><c> shall</c><00:41:38.630><c> teach</c><00:41:39.070><c> Jacob</c><00:41:39.570><c> thy</c>

00:41:39.889 --> 00:41:42.409
judgments<00:41:40.409><c> and</c><00:41:41.050><c> Israel</c><00:41:41.510><c> thy</c><00:41:41.809><c> law.</c>

00:41:42.829 --> 00:41:47.570
They<00:41:43.170><c> shall</c><00:41:43.489><c> put</c><00:41:44.170><c> incense,</c><00:41:45.329><c> here</c><00:41:46.010><c> are</c><00:41:46.190><c> the</c><00:41:46.389><c> privileges,</c><00:41:47.269><c> as</c><00:41:47.489><c> a</c>

00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:49.909
result<00:41:47.889><c> of</c><00:41:48.070><c> their</c><00:41:48.309><c> faithfulness.</c><00:41:49.349><c> They</c><00:41:49.670><c> shall</c>

00:41:49.909 --> 00:41:53.090
put<00:41:50.250><c> incense</c><00:41:50.730><c> before</c><00:41:51.269><c> thee</c><00:41:51.530><c> and</c><00:41:51.769><c> a</c><00:41:51.889><c> whole</c><00:41:52.090><c> burnt</c><00:41:52.349><c> sacrifice</c>

00:41:53.090 --> 00:41:56.969
upon<00:41:53.550><c> thine</c><00:41:53.909><c> altar.</c><00:41:56.050><c> Brothers</c><00:41:56.309><c> and</c><00:41:56.590><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:41:57.269><c> you</c><00:41:57.429><c> look</c><00:41:57.590><c> at</c><00:41:57.750><c> those</c><00:41:57.989><c> principles</c><00:41:58.610><c> of</c><00:41:59.570><c> priesthood</c><00:42:00.309><c> identified</c><00:42:01.289><c> here</c><00:42:01.750><c> in</c>

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these<00:42:02.170><c> passages</c><00:42:02.610><c> of</c><00:42:02.829><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

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can't<00:42:04.329><c> help</c><00:42:04.550><c> but</c><00:42:04.769><c> miss</c><00:42:04.989><c> the</c><00:42:05.250><c> fact</c><00:42:05.590><c> that</c><00:42:05.929><c> these</c><00:42:06.190><c> are</c><00:42:06.469><c> principles</c><00:42:07.010><c> that</c><00:42:07.489><c> were</c>

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exemplified<00:42:08.750><c> tremendously</c>

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by<00:42:10.329><c> Samuel.</c><00:42:12.690><c> Later</c><00:42:13.010><c> on,</c><00:42:14.429><c> in</c><00:42:14.489><c> the</c><00:42:14.630><c> book</c><00:42:15.010><c> of</c><00:42:15.510><c> Leviticus,</c><00:42:17.530><c> chapter</c><00:42:17.909><c> 8,</c><00:42:20.489><c> throughout</c><00:42:20.829><c> that</c><00:42:21.250><c> chapter,</c><00:42:22.269><c> Aaron</c><00:42:22.550><c> and</c>

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his<00:42:23.409><c> sons</c><00:42:24.070><c> are</c><00:42:25.230><c> given</c><00:42:25.710><c> a</c><00:42:26.590><c> role</c><00:42:26.949><c> by</c><00:42:27.349><c> which</c><00:42:27.570><c> they</c><00:42:27.829><c> are</c><00:42:28.309><c> consecrated,</c><00:42:29.630><c> they</c><00:42:29.829><c> are</c>

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inaugurated<00:42:30.909><c> into</c><00:42:31.230><c> the</c>

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priesthood.<00:42:33.210><c> And</c><00:42:33.289><c> without</c><00:42:33.510><c> looking</c><00:42:33.750><c> at</c><00:42:33.929><c> the</c><00:42:34.090><c> details</c><00:42:34.489><c> now,</c><00:42:35.329><c> Leviticus</c><00:42:35.769><c> chapter</c><00:42:36.250><c> 8</c>

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goes<00:42:38.170><c> through</c><00:42:38.690><c> and</c>

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shows<00:42:40.210><c> us</c><00:42:40.489><c> the</c><00:42:40.769><c> process</c><00:42:41.309><c> by</c><00:42:41.630><c> which</c><00:42:42.349><c> the</c><00:42:43.050><c> sons</c><00:42:43.289><c> of</c><00:42:43.690><c> Aaron</c><00:42:43.909><c> as</c><00:42:44.190><c> priests</c><00:42:44.510><c> were</c><00:42:44.730><c> to</c>

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be<00:42:45.070><c> inaugurated.</c>

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And<00:42:46.469><c> as</c><00:42:46.730><c> you</c><00:42:46.969><c> travel</c><00:42:47.309><c> down</c><00:42:47.690><c> through</c><00:42:47.949><c> those</c><00:42:48.309><c> descriptions,</c><00:42:50.170><c> lo</c>

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and<00:42:50.469><c> behold,</c><00:42:50.989><c> you</c><00:42:51.190><c> find</c><00:42:51.489><c> this.</c><00:42:52.489><c> This</c><00:42:52.610><c> is</c><00:42:52.829><c> Leviticus</c>

00:42:53.329 --> 00:43:00.929
chapter<00:42:53.849><c> 8</c><00:42:54.869><c> and</c><00:42:55.750><c> verses</c><00:42:56.130><c> 22</c><00:42:56.730><c> to</c><00:42:56.929><c> 4.</c><00:42:58.949><c> Blood</c><00:42:59.389><c> from</c><00:42:59.730><c> the</c><00:43:00.010><c> ram</c><00:43:00.329><c> of</c>

00:43:00.929 --> 00:43:05.010
consecration<00:43:01.889><c> was</c><00:43:02.510><c> to</c><00:43:02.750><c> be</c><00:43:03.090><c> smeared</c><00:43:03.650><c> on</c><00:43:04.150><c> Aaron's</c>

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right<00:43:05.449><c> lobe,</c><00:43:07.010><c> thumb</c><00:43:07.389><c> and</c><00:43:08.269><c> toe.</c><00:43:10.829><c> How's</c><00:43:11.170><c> that?</c><00:43:13.010><c> Blood</c><00:43:13.369><c> was</c><00:43:13.650><c> to</c>

00:43:13.849 --> 00:43:21.449
be<00:43:14.170><c> smeared</c><00:43:14.909><c> on</c><00:43:15.329><c> his</c><00:43:16.070><c> right</c><00:43:16.510><c> lobe,</c><00:43:18.670><c> thumb</c><00:43:19.090><c> and</c><00:43:20.230><c> toe.</c>

00:43:23.329 --> 00:43:28.829
Do<00:43:23.690><c> you</c><00:43:23.909><c> see</c><00:43:24.070><c> the</c><00:43:24.289><c> point?</c><00:43:25.530><c> One</c><00:43:25.769><c> of</c><00:43:25.929><c> those</c><00:43:26.289><c> three</c><00:43:26.929><c> is</c><00:43:27.550><c> the</c><00:43:27.909><c> ear,</c>

00:43:30.989 --> 00:43:37.090
Samuel's<00:43:31.369><c> ear,</c><00:43:32.650><c> the</c><00:43:32.849><c> open</c><00:43:33.230><c> ear,</c><00:43:34.590><c> alive</c><00:43:35.190><c> and</c><00:43:35.989><c> quick</c><00:43:36.269><c> to</c><00:43:36.670><c> hear</c>

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each<00:43:37.829><c> whisper</c><00:43:38.269><c> of</c><00:43:38.670><c> thy</c><00:43:38.969><c> word.</c>

00:43:41.030 --> 00:43:46.190
Samuel's<00:43:41.849><c> ear,</c><00:43:42.750><c> Samuel's</c><00:43:43.590><c> ministering,</c><00:43:44.690><c> Samuel</c><00:43:44.969><c> being</c><00:43:45.309><c> described</c><00:43:45.849><c> as</c><00:43:46.050><c> a</c>

00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:48.969
young<00:43:46.429><c> child</c><00:43:46.929><c> who</c><00:43:47.650><c> stands</c><00:43:48.170><c> and</c><00:43:48.590><c> ministers</c>

00:43:48.969 --> 00:43:53.949
before<00:43:49.409><c> the</c><00:43:49.690><c> Lord</c><00:43:49.869><c> is</c><00:43:50.269><c> exemplifying</c><00:43:51.230><c> the</c><00:43:51.510><c> principles</c><00:43:51.949><c> of</c><00:43:52.309><c> priesthood</c><00:43:53.010><c> right</c><00:43:53.530><c> from</c><00:43:53.789><c> an</c>

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early<00:43:54.230><c> age.</c><00:43:54.869><c> And</c><00:43:55.050><c> later,</c>

00:43:55.309 --> 00:43:59.230
when<00:43:55.489><c> he</c><00:43:55.769><c> focuses</c><00:43:56.269><c> his</c><00:43:56.630><c> life</c><00:43:56.949><c> on</c><00:43:57.190><c> being</c><00:43:57.369><c> a</c><00:43:57.690><c> judge,</c><00:43:58.489><c> besides</c><00:43:58.909><c> a</c>

00:43:59.230 --> 00:44:02.469
shepherd<00:43:59.630><c> and</c><00:43:59.849><c> a</c><00:44:00.090><c> prophet,</c><00:44:01.170><c> as</c><00:44:01.429><c> a</c><00:44:01.670><c> judge,</c>

00:44:02.650 --> 00:44:08.909
he<00:44:03.090><c> combines</c><00:44:03.789><c> in</c><00:44:04.010><c> himself</c><00:44:04.630><c> those</c><00:44:05.510><c> two</c><00:44:05.809><c> passages</c><00:44:06.329><c> or</c><00:44:06.650><c> those</c><00:44:06.909><c> two</c><00:44:07.190><c> principles</c><00:44:07.630><c> of</c><00:44:07.889><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:44:09.210 --> 00:44:14.730
that<00:44:09.570><c> are</c><00:44:09.769><c> juxtaposed</c><00:44:10.610><c> in</c><00:44:10.889><c> describing</c><00:44:11.329><c> the</c><00:44:11.630><c> privilege</c><00:44:11.889><c> of</c><00:44:12.150><c> priesthood.</c><00:44:13.730><c> And</c><00:44:14.289><c> in</c>

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focusing<00:44:15.110><c> on</c><00:44:15.510><c> Samuel's</c><00:44:16.289><c> ear,</c>

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that<00:44:16.969><c> open</c><00:44:17.449><c> ear,</c><00:44:17.909><c> it's</c><00:44:20.010><c> a</c><00:44:20.170><c> principle</c><00:44:20.570><c> of</c><00:44:20.909><c> priesthood</c><00:44:21.369><c> that</c><00:44:21.570><c> was</c><00:44:21.969><c> highlighted</c><00:44:22.630><c> in</c>

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the<00:44:23.429><c> very</c><00:44:23.710><c> consecration</c>

00:44:24.630 --> 00:44:29.250
of<00:44:25.110><c> Aaron</c><00:44:25.469><c> and</c><00:44:25.829><c> his</c><00:44:26.170><c> sons,</c><00:44:26.670><c> brothers</c><00:44:26.809><c> and</c><00:44:27.090><c> sisters.</c><00:44:28.809><c> In</c><00:44:28.989><c> every</c>

00:44:29.250 --> 00:44:32.809
respect,<00:44:30.349><c> the</c><00:44:30.449><c> life</c><00:44:30.750><c> of</c><00:44:31.110><c> Samuel,</c><00:44:31.610><c> therefore,</c>

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exemplifies<00:44:34.090><c> the</c><00:44:34.389><c> principles</c><00:44:35.090><c> of</c><00:44:36.170><c> what</c><00:44:36.329><c> a</c><00:44:36.610><c> true</c><00:44:36.809><c> spiritual</c><00:44:37.489><c> priest,</c><00:44:38.429><c> let</c><00:44:38.530><c> alone</c><00:44:38.789><c> a</c>

00:44:39.070 --> 00:44:39.849
literal<00:44:39.389><c> priest,</c>

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was<00:44:40.389><c> to</c><00:44:40.769><c> show.</c><00:44:43.230><c> Finally,</c><00:44:45.210><c> in</c><00:44:45.329><c> a</c><00:44:45.630><c> personal</c><00:44:46.110><c> way,</c><00:44:47.329><c> as</c><00:44:47.590><c> a</c><00:44:47.929><c> priest</c>

00:44:48.230 --> 00:44:50.829
and<00:44:48.670><c> as</c><00:44:48.869><c> a</c><00:44:49.150><c> shepherd</c><00:44:49.489><c> and</c><00:44:49.750><c> as</c><00:44:49.969><c> a</c><00:44:50.250><c> prophet</c><00:44:50.610><c> and</c>

00:44:50.829 --> 00:44:55.789
as<00:44:51.090><c> a</c><00:44:51.389><c> judge,</c><00:44:53.570><c> Samuel</c><00:44:53.829><c> exemplified</c><00:44:54.769><c> the</c><00:44:55.090><c> priesthood</c><00:44:55.449><c> in</c><00:44:55.630><c> one</c>

00:44:55.789 --> 00:44:58.090
other<00:44:56.090><c> way</c><00:44:56.550><c> that</c><00:44:56.869><c> we</c><00:44:57.030><c> want</c><00:44:57.150><c> to</c><00:44:57.369><c> highlight</c><00:44:57.690><c> by</c><00:44:57.949><c> way</c>

00:44:58.090 --> 00:45:04.449
of<00:44:58.489><c> conclusion.</c><00:45:00.250><c> His</c><00:45:00.630><c> heart</c><00:45:01.110><c> was</c><00:45:01.489><c> in</c><00:45:01.670><c> tune</c><00:45:01.869><c> with</c><00:45:02.030><c> his</c><00:45:02.329><c> brethren.</c><00:45:03.469><c> That</c><00:45:03.730><c> passage</c><00:45:04.150><c> we</c>

00:45:04.449 --> 00:45:05.789
looked<00:45:04.630><c> at</c><00:45:04.909><c> yesterday</c>

00:45:05.789 --> 00:45:10.989
that<00:45:06.269><c> stresses</c><00:45:06.829><c> that</c><00:45:08.010><c> during</c><00:45:08.489><c> his</c><00:45:08.929><c> life,</c><00:45:09.510><c> if</c><00:45:09.769><c> you</c><00:45:09.929><c> remember,</c>

00:45:11.010 --> 00:45:14.710
he<00:45:11.409><c> circulated,</c><00:45:12.969><c> he</c><00:45:13.369><c> circuited</c><00:45:14.070><c> around</c>

00:45:14.710 --> 00:45:17.929
the<00:45:15.010><c> various</c><00:45:15.409><c> towns</c><00:45:15.829><c> that</c><00:45:16.050><c> he</c><00:45:16.289><c> felt</c><00:45:16.510><c> closest</c><00:45:17.010><c> responsibility</c>

00:45:17.929 --> 00:45:21.909
for<00:45:18.670><c> and</c><00:45:19.630><c> judged</c><00:45:20.289><c> those</c><00:45:20.929><c> areas</c><00:45:21.369><c> on</c><00:45:21.650><c> a</c>

00:45:21.909 --> 00:45:26.469
regular<00:45:22.250><c> basis</c><00:45:22.849><c> and</c><00:45:23.389><c> therefore</c><00:45:23.949><c> knew</c><00:45:24.530><c> his</c><00:45:25.010><c> brethren</c><00:45:25.409><c> and</c><00:45:25.949><c> knew</c><00:45:26.210><c> the</c>

00:45:26.469 --> 00:45:28.989
faces<00:45:26.829><c> of</c><00:45:27.170><c> his</c><00:45:27.449><c> sheep</c><00:45:27.809><c> that</c><00:45:28.210><c> he</c><00:45:28.369><c> was</c><00:45:28.590><c> working</c>

00:45:28.989 --> 00:45:33.769
with.<00:45:30.050><c> Now,</c><00:45:30.570><c> on</c><00:45:31.030><c> the</c><00:45:31.250><c> high</c><00:45:31.610><c> priest's</c><00:45:32.449><c> breastplate</c><00:45:32.809><c> were</c><00:45:33.210><c> 12</c>

00:45:33.769 --> 00:45:38.829
stones,<00:45:34.769><c> and</c><00:45:36.230><c> they</c><00:45:36.510><c> were</c><00:45:37.230><c> put,</c><00:45:38.289><c> according</c><00:45:38.349><c> to</c><00:45:38.650><c> the</c>

00:45:38.829 --> 00:45:48.349
description<00:45:39.250><c> in</c><00:45:39.449><c> the</c><00:45:39.650><c> law,</c><00:45:40.489><c> over</c><00:45:41.010><c> his</c><00:45:41.809><c> heart.</c><00:45:45.190><c> Over</c><00:45:45.550><c> his</c><00:45:46.070><c> heart.</c><00:45:48.110><c> Now,</c>

00:45:48.349 --> 00:45:50.650
bring<00:45:48.630><c> this</c><00:45:48.909><c> around</c><00:45:49.449><c> to</c><00:45:49.710><c> the</c><00:45:49.809><c> way</c><00:45:50.070><c> Samuel</c>

00:45:50.650 --> 00:45:55.929
lives<00:45:51.230><c> and</c><00:45:51.630><c> the</c><00:45:51.769><c> way</c><00:45:52.670><c> Eli</c><00:45:53.150><c> didn't</c><00:45:54.110><c> and</c><00:45:54.449><c> the</c><00:45:54.590><c> way</c><00:45:54.769><c> his</c><00:45:55.010><c> sons</c><00:45:55.250><c> didn't</c><00:45:55.809><c> and</c>

00:45:55.929 --> 00:45:58.449
the<00:45:56.050><c> way</c><00:45:56.230><c> we</c><00:45:56.590><c> are</c><00:45:56.989><c> to</c><00:45:57.309><c> and</c><00:45:57.750><c> especially</c><00:45:58.269><c> the</c>

00:45:58.449 --> 00:46:03.829
way<00:45:58.590><c> the</c><00:45:58.809><c> Lord</c><00:45:59.090><c> Jesus</c><00:45:59.590><c> Christ</c><00:45:59.989><c> did</c><00:46:00.570><c> and</c><00:46:00.989><c> does.</c><00:46:02.769><c> Exodus</c><00:46:02.949><c> 28</c><00:46:03.590><c> and</c>

00:46:03.829 --> 00:46:06.989
verse<00:46:04.150><c> 29</c><00:46:04.710><c> captures</c><00:46:05.250><c> the</c><00:46:05.610><c> exhortation,</c>

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Aaron<00:46:07.309><c> shall</c><00:46:07.670><c> bear</c><00:46:08.010><c> the</c><00:46:08.449><c> names,</c><00:46:09.909><c> brethren</c><00:46:10.110><c> and</c><00:46:10.409><c> sisters,</c><00:46:11.150><c> Aaron</c><00:46:11.489><c> shall</c><00:46:11.789><c> bear</c><00:46:12.050><c> the</c>

00:46:12.369 --> 00:46:13.570
names<00:46:12.730><c> of</c><00:46:12.949><c> the</c><00:46:13.130><c> children</c><00:46:13.389><c> of</c>

00:46:13.570 --> 00:46:19.510
Israel<00:46:13.929><c> in</c><00:46:14.090><c> the</c><00:46:14.329><c> breastplate</c><00:46:15.110><c> upon</c><00:46:16.070><c> his</c><00:46:16.449><c> heart,</c><00:46:18.489><c> when</c><00:46:18.570><c> he</c><00:46:18.809><c> goeth</c><00:46:19.130><c> in</c>

00:46:19.510 --> 00:46:23.909
unto<00:46:19.750><c> the</c><00:46:20.050><c> holy</c><00:46:20.369><c> place.</c><00:46:22.610><c> And</c><00:46:22.809><c> is</c><00:46:22.949><c> that</c><00:46:23.190><c> why</c><00:46:23.429><c> Paul,</c>

00:46:23.909 --> 00:46:28.630
in<00:46:24.130><c> conclusion,</c><00:46:25.550><c> in</c><00:46:25.690><c> Philippians</c><00:46:26.170><c> chapter</c><00:46:26.750><c> 1</c><00:46:27.429><c> and</c><00:46:27.829><c> verse</c><00:46:28.110><c> 7</c>

00:46:28.630 --> 00:46:32.989
says,<00:46:29.989><c> even</c><00:46:30.190><c> as</c><00:46:30.789><c> it</c><00:46:30.929><c> is</c><00:46:31.230><c> meet</c><00:46:31.409><c> for</c><00:46:31.710><c> me</c><00:46:32.030><c> to</c><00:46:32.369><c> think</c><00:46:32.650><c> this</c>

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of<00:46:33.309><c> you</c><00:46:33.610><c> all,</c><00:46:35.869><c> because</c><00:46:36.050><c> I</c><00:46:36.409><c> have</c><00:46:36.610><c> you,</c><00:46:37.289><c> says</c><00:46:37.409><c> Paul,</c><00:46:39.630><c> I</c><00:46:39.949><c> have</c><00:46:40.150><c> you</c>

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in<00:46:40.469><c> my</c><00:46:40.690><c> heart.</c><00:46:42.590><c> Like</c><00:46:43.030><c> the</c><00:46:43.309><c> principle</c><00:46:43.730><c> of</c><00:46:43.989><c> the</c><00:46:44.210><c> priest,</c>

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the<00:46:45.570><c> 12</c><00:46:45.869><c> stones</c><00:46:46.389><c> and</c><00:46:46.650><c> the</c><00:46:46.849><c> names</c><00:46:47.110><c> of</c><00:46:47.329><c> the</c><00:46:47.510><c> children</c><00:46:48.030><c> resting</c>

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over<00:46:49.269><c> his</c><00:46:49.590><c> heart,</c><00:46:50.949><c> he,</c><00:46:51.590><c> Samuel,</c>

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circulated,<00:46:54.530><c> circuited,</c><00:46:55.690><c> fed,</c><00:46:56.309><c> ministered</c><00:46:56.750><c> to</c><00:46:56.909><c> his</c><00:46:57.130><c> people,</c>

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because<00:46:58.530><c> he</c><00:46:58.789><c> truly</c><00:46:59.070><c> cared</c><00:46:59.369><c> for</c><00:46:59.710><c> them.</c>

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And<00:47:00.909><c> as</c><00:47:01.110><c> a</c><00:47:01.250><c> great</c><00:47:01.449><c> priest,</c><00:47:02.309><c> he</c><00:47:02.489><c> had</c><00:47:02.929><c> his</c><00:47:03.349><c> brethren</c><00:47:03.710><c> in</c><00:47:04.590><c> his</c><00:47:04.809><c> heart.</c>