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Daniel.<00:14:27.399><c> But</c><00:14:27.580><c> just</c><00:14:27.840><c> notice</c><00:14:28.159><c> what</c><00:14:28.360><c> is</c><00:14:28.679><c> said.</c><00:14:29.759><c> Verse</c><00:14:29.940><c> 21,</c><00:14:31.279><c> O</c><00:14:31.559><c> king,</c><00:14:32.000><c> live</c><00:14:32.139><c> forever.</c><00:14:32.659><c> My</c>

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he<00:14:43.720><c> that</c><00:14:43.899><c> will</c><00:14:44.159><c> harm</c><00:14:44.460><c> you</c><00:14:44.940><c> if</c><00:14:45.259><c> you</c><00:14:45.440><c> be</c><00:14:45.639><c> followers</c><00:14:45.879><c> of</c><00:14:46.059><c> that</c><00:14:46.259><c> which</c><00:14:46.399><c> is</c>

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good?<00:14:46.740><c> They</c><00:14:46.940><c> have</c><00:14:47.159><c> not</c><00:14:47.460><c> hurt</c><00:14:47.740><c> me,</c><00:14:48.539><c> for</c><00:14:48.659><c> as</c><00:14:48.779><c> much</c>

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thee,<00:14:52.340><c> O</c><00:14:52.600><c> king,</c><00:14:52.899><c> have</c><00:14:53.039><c> I</c><00:14:53.220><c> done</c><00:14:53.659><c> no</c><00:14:55.059><c> hurt.</c>

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God<00:15:09.000><c> delivered</c><00:15:09.419><c> his</c><00:15:09.740><c> servants.</c><00:15:11.519><c> But</c><00:15:11.700><c> we</c><00:15:11.799><c> have</c><00:15:11.940><c> to</c><00:15:12.039><c> be</c><00:15:12.279><c> careful,</c><00:15:12.740><c> brethren</c><00:15:12.899><c> and</c><00:15:13.100><c> sisters,</c><00:15:13.600><c> of</c>

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going<00:15:20.360><c> to</c><00:15:20.820><c> deliver</c><00:15:21.019><c> us</c><00:15:21.220><c> from</c><00:15:21.460><c> every</c><00:15:21.799><c> danger</c><00:15:22.200><c> we</c>

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but<00:15:29.179><c> we</c><00:15:29.379><c> can</c><00:15:29.600><c> never</c><00:15:29.879><c> presume</c><00:15:30.559><c> on</c><00:15:31.019><c> the</c><00:15:31.220><c> mercy</c><00:15:31.480><c> of</c><00:15:31.740><c> God.</c><00:15:33.100><c> And</c><00:15:33.419><c> Daniel's</c><00:15:33.960><c> three</c><00:15:34.159><c> friends</c><00:15:34.759><c> did</c>

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not<00:15:35.899><c> make</c><00:15:36.059><c> that</c><00:15:36.340><c> mistake.</c>

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Come<00:15:37.179><c> back</c><00:15:37.360><c> to</c><00:15:37.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:37.799><c> three.</c><00:15:38.620><c> It's</c><00:15:38.840><c> just</c><00:15:39.019><c> worth</c><00:15:39.240><c> noting</c><00:15:39.720><c> what</c><00:15:40.000><c> they</c><00:15:40.440><c> say</c><00:15:40.860><c> to</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar.<00:15:42.200><c> These</c><00:15:42.679><c> were</c><00:15:43.000><c> men</c><00:15:43.220><c> of</c>

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faith<00:15:44.220><c> and</c><00:15:44.720><c> courage.</c><00:15:45.879><c> They</c><00:15:46.120><c> did</c><00:15:46.440><c> not</c><00:15:46.740><c> know</c><00:15:47.019><c> in</c><00:15:47.340><c> advance</c><00:15:47.840><c> what</c>

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God<00:15:48.460><c> was</c><00:15:48.720><c> going</c><00:15:48.899><c> to</c><00:15:49.159><c> do</c><00:15:49.279><c> for</c><00:15:49.460><c> them,</c>

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but<00:15:51.480><c> they</c><00:15:51.620><c> would</c><00:15:51.820><c> not</c><00:15:52.039><c> compromise</c><00:15:52.500><c> their</c><00:15:52.799><c> faith.</c><00:15:53.779><c> When</c><00:15:53.919><c> you</c>

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come<00:15:54.279><c> to</c><00:15:54.399><c> verse</c><00:15:54.620><c> 18</c><00:15:55.399><c> of</c><00:15:55.700><c> Daniel</c><00:15:56.039><c> three,</c>

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Shadrach,<00:15:58.059><c> Meshach,</c><00:15:58.559><c> and</c><00:15:58.720><c> Abednego</c><00:15:59.259><c> answered</c><00:15:59.879><c> and</c><00:16:00.100><c> said</c><00:16:00.279><c> to</c>

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we<00:16:02.740><c> are</c><00:16:02.960><c> not</c><00:16:03.200><c> careful</c><00:16:03.519><c> to</c><00:16:03.740><c> answer</c><00:16:03.980><c> thee</c><00:16:04.100><c> in</c><00:16:04.220><c> this</c><00:16:04.480><c> matter.</c><00:16:05.460><c> If</c>

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it<00:16:06.100><c> be</c><00:16:06.360><c> so,</c><00:16:06.879><c> our</c><00:16:06.960><c> God</c><00:16:07.259><c> whom</c><00:16:07.419><c> we</c><00:16:07.799><c> serve</c><00:16:08.019><c> is</c><00:16:08.399><c> able</c><00:16:08.779><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:16:09.220><c> us</c><00:16:09.559><c> from</c><00:16:09.679><c> the</c><00:16:09.840><c> burning</c><00:16:10.200><c> fiery</c><00:16:10.539><c> furnace,</c><00:16:11.799><c> and</c><00:16:11.860><c> he</c><00:16:11.980><c> will</c><00:16:12.200><c> deliver</c><00:16:12.500><c> us</c>

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out<00:16:12.879><c> of</c><00:16:13.039><c> thine</c><00:16:13.179><c> hand,</c><00:16:13.480><c> O</c><00:16:13.679><c> king.</c>

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will<00:16:18.860><c> not</c><00:16:19.139><c> serve</c><00:16:19.419><c> thy</c><00:16:19.720><c> gods,</c><00:16:20.500><c> nor</c><00:16:20.620><c> worship</c><00:16:21.179><c> the</c><00:16:21.559><c> golden</c>

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image<00:16:22.080><c> which</c><00:16:22.320><c> thou</c><00:16:22.440><c> hast</c><00:16:22.659><c> set</c><00:16:22.960><c> up.</c><00:16:23.799><c> So</c><00:16:24.240><c> they</c><00:16:24.419><c> answer</c><00:16:24.720><c> and</c><00:16:24.820><c> they</c>

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us<00:16:27.620><c> from</c><00:16:27.779><c> this</c><00:16:28.080><c> trial.</c><00:16:29.120><c> And</c><00:16:29.379><c> he</c><00:16:29.559><c> will</c><00:16:29.700><c> if</c><00:16:29.840><c> that</c><00:16:30.019><c> is</c><00:16:30.200><c> his</c><00:16:30.419><c> wish.</c>

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him<00:16:47.899><c> as</c><00:16:48.139><c> these</c><00:16:48.419><c> men</c><00:16:48.679><c> did</c><00:16:48.779><c> in</c><00:16:49.000><c> the</c><00:16:49.200><c> past,</c><00:16:50.100><c> we</c><00:16:50.340><c> have</c><00:16:50.539><c> the</c><00:16:50.820><c> assurance</c><00:16:51.220><c> that</c><00:16:51.460><c> God</c><00:16:51.679><c> will</c><00:16:52.000><c> care</c><00:16:52.320><c> for</c><00:16:52.500><c> us</c>

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heaven.<00:17:04.180><c> And</c><00:17:04.359><c> just</c><00:17:04.500><c> coming</c><00:17:04.700><c> back</c><00:17:04.980><c> to</c><00:17:05.119><c> 1</c><00:17:05.359><c> Peter</c><00:17:05.640><c> now,</c><00:17:06.140><c> keep</c><00:17:06.299><c> your</c><00:17:06.480><c> finger</c><00:17:06.640><c> in</c>

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Daniel<00:17:07.099><c> please,</c><00:17:07.900><c> come</c><00:17:08.079><c> back</c><00:17:08.259><c> to</c><00:17:08.440><c> 1</c><00:17:08.700><c> Peter.</c>

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that,<00:17:15.900><c> is</c><00:17:16.039><c> another</c><00:17:16.319><c> significant</c><00:17:16.940><c> connection</c><00:17:17.599><c> with</c><00:17:18.140><c> the</c><00:17:18.319><c> book</c>

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of<00:17:18.700><c> Daniel.</c><00:17:20.579><c> But</c><00:17:20.779><c> if</c><00:17:20.859><c> you</c><00:17:21.000><c> just</c><00:17:21.339><c> look</c><00:17:21.539><c> back</c><00:17:21.799><c> again</c><00:17:22.119><c> at</c>

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those<00:17:27.619><c> verses</c><00:17:28.019><c> that</c><00:17:28.200><c> we're</c><00:17:28.539><c> told</c><00:17:28.680><c> that</c><00:17:28.920><c> the</c><00:17:29.140><c> prophets</c>

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searched<00:17:30.000><c> diligently</c><00:17:31.039><c> the</c><00:17:31.900><c> prophecies</c><00:17:32.440><c> concerning</c><00:17:33.079><c> Christ.</c>

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Babies<00:24:18.700><c> long</c><00:24:19.039><c> for</c><00:24:19.420><c> milk</c><00:24:19.740><c> which</c><00:24:20.000><c> is</c>

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Peter's<00:28:44.019><c> words</c><00:28:44.240><c> here</c><00:28:44.539><c> at</c><00:28:44.759><c> the</c><00:28:44.960><c> beginning</c><00:28:45.420><c> of</c><00:28:45.799><c> 1st</c><00:28:46.059><c> Peter</c><00:28:46.299><c> 2</c><00:28:47.000><c> you</c><00:28:47.640><c> pick</c><00:28:47.920><c> up</c>

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right<00:28:59.619><c> back</c><00:28:59.880><c> to</c><00:29:00.140><c> Psalm</c><00:29:00.440><c> 34.</c><00:29:01.779><c> The</c><00:29:01.839><c> aims</c><00:29:02.059><c> of</c><00:29:02.259><c> the</c><00:29:02.400><c> Lord</c><00:29:02.859><c> encamps</c>

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it.<00:29:14.339><c> But</c><00:29:14.500><c> just</c><00:29:14.619><c> before</c><00:29:14.839><c> we</c><00:29:14.980><c> look</c><00:29:15.119><c> at</c><00:29:15.279><c> that</c><00:29:15.440><c> come</c><00:29:15.640><c> back</c><00:29:15.839><c> to</c><00:29:16.059><c> 1st</c>

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parallels<00:30:34.819><c> so</c><00:30:35.539><c> keep</c><00:30:35.740><c> your</c><00:30:35.940><c> finger</c><00:30:36.180><c> open</c><00:30:36.359><c> at</c><00:30:36.579><c> 1st</c><00:30:36.819><c> Peter</c><00:30:37.019><c> 2</c><00:30:37.759><c> and</c>

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just<00:30:38.500><c> open</c><00:30:38.799><c> up</c><00:30:39.180><c> at</c><00:30:40.319><c> Psalm</c><00:30:40.619><c> 34.</c>

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have<00:31:03.019><c> tasted</c><00:31:03.759><c> that</c><00:31:04.799><c> the</c><00:31:05.000><c> Lord</c><00:31:05.200><c> is</c><00:31:05.539><c> gracious.</c>

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Psalm<00:31:08.140><c> 34</c><00:31:08.660><c> verse</c><00:31:09.079><c> 11</c><00:31:10.339><c> come</c><00:31:10.819><c> ye</c><00:31:11.160><c> children</c><00:31:12.140><c> hearken</c><00:31:12.700><c> unto</c><00:31:13.059><c> me</c><00:31:13.940><c> and</c><00:31:15.059><c> Peter</c><00:31:15.400><c> opens</c><00:31:15.859><c> 1st</c><00:31:16.259><c> Peter</c><00:31:16.460><c> 2</c>

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by<00:31:17.259><c> saying</c>

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of<00:31:22.759><c> the</c><00:31:23.000><c> word.</c>

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tongue<00:31:31.859><c> from</c><00:31:32.200><c> evil</c><00:31:32.640><c> he</c><00:31:33.059><c> says</c><00:31:33.759><c> and</c><00:31:34.559><c> in</c><00:31:34.680><c> verse</c><00:31:34.940><c> 1</c><00:31:35.160><c> of</c>

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1st<00:31:35.599><c> Peter</c><00:31:35.779><c> 2</c><00:31:36.579><c> Peter</c><00:31:36.880><c> says</c><00:31:37.140><c> we've</c><00:31:37.400><c> got</c><00:31:37.480><c> to</c><00:31:37.640><c> put</c><00:31:37.839><c> aside</c><00:31:38.380><c> evil</c><00:31:39.220><c> speaking.</c><00:31:41.759><c> Psalm</c><00:31:42.519><c> 34</c>

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verse<00:31:43.380><c> 13</c><00:31:43.839><c> again</c><00:31:44.759><c> keep</c><00:31:45.420><c> thy</c><00:31:45.799><c> lips</c>

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of<00:31:50.119><c> course</c><00:31:50.279><c> haven't</c><00:31:50.480><c> we</c><00:31:50.640><c> in</c><00:31:50.779><c> 1st</c><00:31:51.079><c> Peter</c><00:31:51.259><c> 2</c><00:31:51.779><c> where</c><00:31:52.220><c> he</c>

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word<00:31:56.240><c> of</c><00:31:56.500><c> God</c><00:31:56.799><c> which</c><00:31:57.059><c> is</c><00:31:57.519><c> without</c><00:31:58.000><c> that</c><00:31:58.599><c> without</c>

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you<00:32:04.680><c> look</c><00:32:04.880><c> at</c><00:32:05.119><c> 1st</c><00:32:05.519><c> Peter</c><00:32:05.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.200><c> 3</c><00:32:07.119><c> verses</c><00:32:07.599><c> 10</c><00:32:08.039><c> to</c>

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