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basic<00:12:25.940><c> problem</c><00:12:26.379><c> with</c><00:12:26.620><c> human</c><00:12:26.860><c> nature,</c>

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both<00:12:29.039><c> then</c><00:12:29.740><c> and</c><00:12:30.139><c> now.</c><00:12:31.720><c> We</c><00:12:32.320><c> want</c><00:12:32.759><c> the</c><00:12:33.019><c> things</c><00:12:33.340><c> that</c><00:12:33.639><c> pander</c><00:12:34.000><c> to</c>

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our<00:12:34.440><c> natural</c><00:12:34.899><c> instincts</c><00:12:35.639><c> and</c><00:12:36.100><c> desires,</c>

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and<00:12:38.379><c> we</c><00:12:38.539><c> fail</c><00:12:38.700><c> to</c><00:12:38.960><c> recognize</c><00:12:39.399><c> how</c><00:12:39.720><c> desperately</c><00:12:40.220><c> we</c><00:12:40.360><c> need</c><00:12:40.639><c> to</c>

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be<00:12:40.899><c> saved</c><00:12:41.159><c> from</c><00:12:41.419><c> ourselves.</c>

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sit<00:12:47.460><c> upon</c><00:12:47.740><c> the</c><00:12:47.899><c> throne</c><00:12:48.139><c> of</c><00:12:48.279><c> David</c>

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and<00:12:50.159><c> fail</c><00:12:50.460><c> to</c><00:12:50.639><c> recognize</c><00:12:51.120><c> that</c><00:12:51.259><c> we</c><00:12:51.399><c> won't</c><00:12:51.620><c> be</c><00:12:51.820><c> there</c><00:12:52.039><c> to</c><00:12:52.139><c> see</c>

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it<00:12:53.220><c> unless</c><00:12:53.779><c> we</c><00:12:54.019><c> develop</c><00:12:54.379><c> the</c><00:12:54.600><c> right</c><00:12:54.980><c> frame</c><00:12:55.259><c> of</c><00:12:55.539><c> mind</c>

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now<00:12:56.600><c> in</c><00:12:57.019><c> the</c><00:12:57.139><c> day</c><00:12:57.320><c> of</c><00:12:57.500><c> opportunity.</c><00:12:59.940><c> The</c><00:13:00.080><c> children</c><00:13:00.480><c> of</c><00:13:00.580><c> Israel</c>

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understood<00:13:02.059><c> not</c><00:13:02.779><c> the</c><00:13:03.000><c> works</c><00:13:03.299><c> of</c><00:13:03.539><c> the</c><00:13:03.700><c> Lord.</c>

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see,<00:13:10.620><c> brethren</c><00:13:10.779><c> and</c><00:13:11.059><c> sisters,</c><00:13:12.440><c> all</c><00:13:12.740><c> the</c><00:13:12.860><c> great</c>

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things<00:13:13.379><c> that</c><00:13:13.539><c> God</c><00:13:13.799><c> had</c><00:13:14.059><c> done</c><00:13:14.240><c> had</c><00:13:14.460><c> a</c><00:13:14.559><c> double</c><00:13:14.840><c> meaning.</c><00:13:16.720><c> They</c>

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were<00:13:17.120><c> great</c><00:13:17.419><c> in</c><00:13:17.600><c> themselves,</c><00:13:18.360><c> certainly</c><00:13:18.980><c> they</c><00:13:19.259><c> were,</c>

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but<00:13:21.179><c> they</c><00:13:21.379><c> pointed</c><00:13:21.679><c> forward</c><00:13:22.100><c> to</c><00:13:22.279><c> something</c><00:13:22.679><c> greater.</c><00:13:24.399><c> The</c><00:13:24.679><c> plagues,</c><00:13:25.679><c> the</c><00:13:25.940><c> Passover,</c><00:13:27.460><c> the</c><00:13:27.700><c> dividing</c><00:13:28.019><c> of</c><00:13:28.200><c> the</c>

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earnest<00:13:32.799><c> of</c><00:13:33.279><c> his</c><00:13:33.500><c> great</c><00:13:33.840><c> plan</c><00:13:34.080><c> of</c><00:13:34.299><c> salvation.</c>

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they'd<00:13:40.679><c> only</c><00:13:40.980><c> meditated</c><00:13:41.399><c> upon</c><00:13:41.659><c> what</c><00:13:41.840><c> was</c><00:13:42.039><c> happening,</c>

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they<00:13:42.539><c> would</c><00:13:42.720><c> have</c><00:13:42.919><c> recognized</c><00:13:43.419><c> his</c><00:13:43.659><c> purpose.</c><00:13:44.100><c> They</c><00:13:44.159><c> would</c><00:13:44.360><c> have</c><00:13:44.480><c> seen</c><00:13:44.759><c> the</c><00:13:44.919><c> hand</c><00:13:45.179><c> of</c><00:13:45.340><c> God</c>

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guiding<00:13:46.799><c> them,</c><00:13:47.259><c> surely,</c><00:13:48.220><c> to</c><00:13:48.259><c> their</c><00:13:48.460><c> appointed</c><00:13:48.799><c> destiny.</c><00:13:50.320><c> When</c><00:13:50.419><c> they</c><00:13:50.519><c> came</c><00:13:50.779><c> to</c>

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have<00:13:52.419><c> said,</c><00:13:53.679><c> God</c><00:13:53.899><c> who</c><00:13:54.120><c> divided</c><00:13:54.399><c> the</c><00:13:54.580><c> Red</c><00:13:54.919><c> Sea</c><00:13:55.299><c> can</c><00:13:55.740><c> divide</c><00:13:56.080><c> these</c><00:13:56.379><c> Philistines</c><00:13:56.960><c> and</c>

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scatter<00:13:57.480><c> them</c><00:13:57.659><c> to</c><00:13:57.799><c> the</c><00:13:57.980><c> four</c>

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winds.<00:14:00.100><c> When</c><00:14:00.259><c> they</c><00:14:00.440><c> saw</c><00:14:00.700><c> the</c><00:14:00.879><c> giants</c><00:14:01.139><c> in</c><00:14:01.360><c> the</c><00:14:01.539><c> land</c><00:14:01.720><c> that</c><00:14:01.899><c> Brother</c><00:14:02.059><c> Peter</c><00:14:02.340><c> spoke</c><00:14:02.600><c> about</c><00:14:02.840><c> this</c><00:14:03.080><c> morning,</c>

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they<00:14:03.940><c> would</c><00:14:04.159><c> have</c><00:14:04.279><c> said,</c><00:14:04.740><c> Our</c><00:14:04.840><c> God</c><00:14:05.120><c> is</c><00:14:05.360><c> greater</c><00:14:05.700><c> than</c><00:14:05.960><c> giants.</c>

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He<00:14:07.039><c> slain</c><00:14:07.419><c> the</c><00:14:07.620><c> gods</c><00:14:07.820><c> of</c><00:14:08.039><c> Egypt.</c><00:14:08.779><c> He</c><00:14:08.960><c> can</c><00:14:09.279><c> deal</c>

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with<00:14:10.279><c> giants</c><00:14:10.659><c> in</c><00:14:10.899><c> the</c><00:14:11.080><c> land.</c><00:14:11.379><c> He</c><00:14:11.539><c> brought</c><00:14:11.860><c> us</c><00:14:12.120><c> out</c><00:14:12.480><c> that</c><00:14:12.620><c> he</c><00:14:12.759><c> might</c><00:14:13.100><c> bring</c><00:14:13.360><c> us</c>

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in.<00:14:14.139><c> He'll</c><00:14:14.500><c> surely</c><00:14:14.879><c> deal</c><00:14:15.179><c> with</c><00:14:15.379><c> the</c>

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giants.<00:14:17.480><c> But</c><00:14:17.720><c> they</c><00:14:17.860><c> didn't</c><00:14:18.179><c> meditate</c><00:14:18.720><c> and</c><00:14:19.000><c> muse</c><00:14:19.200><c> upon</c><00:14:19.539><c> the</c><00:14:19.720><c> things</c><00:14:19.919><c> of</c>

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God.<00:14:21.759><c> The</c><00:14:21.980><c> meaning</c><00:14:22.399><c> of</c><00:14:22.620><c> his</c><00:14:22.940><c> works</c><00:14:23.399><c> never</c>

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reached<00:14:24.200><c> their</c><00:14:24.600><c> hearts.</c><00:14:26.440><c> And</c><00:14:26.480><c> so</c><00:14:26.659><c> the</c><00:14:26.860><c> psalmist</c><00:14:27.120><c> goes</c><00:14:27.360><c> on</c><00:14:27.620><c> to</c>

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tell<00:14:27.879><c> us</c><00:14:28.039><c> what</c><00:14:28.240><c> happened</c><00:14:28.480><c> as</c><00:14:28.779><c> a</c><00:14:28.919><c> result.</c>

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their<00:14:38.799><c> decline</c>

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and<00:14:39.659><c> fall</c><00:14:40.019><c> in</c><00:14:40.279><c> this</c><00:14:40.580><c> psalm,</c><00:14:42.720><c> but</c><00:14:42.879><c> written</c><00:14:43.240><c> for</c><00:14:43.580><c> our</c><00:14:43.860><c> learning,</c>

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because<00:14:45.639><c> this</c><00:14:46.259><c> is</c><00:14:46.679><c> what</c><00:14:47.059><c> happens,</c>

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brethren<00:14:48.080><c> and</c><00:14:48.399><c> sisters,</c><00:14:48.879><c> when</c><00:14:49.059><c> we</c><00:14:49.320><c> set</c><00:14:49.600><c> our</c><00:14:49.919><c> affections</c><00:14:50.740><c> on</c>

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things<00:14:51.620><c> other</c><00:14:52.139><c> than</c><00:14:52.299><c> God</c><00:14:52.659><c> himself.</c><00:14:54.460><c> When</c><00:14:54.620><c> we</c><00:14:54.879><c> focus</c>

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on<00:14:55.500><c> the</c><00:14:55.700><c> things</c><00:14:55.899><c> of</c><00:14:56.120><c> the</c><00:14:56.320><c> world,</c><00:14:57.320><c> the</c><00:14:57.480><c> same</c><00:14:57.879><c> thing</c><00:14:58.120><c> will</c><00:14:58.299><c> happen</c><00:14:58.539><c> to</c><00:14:58.740><c> us</c>

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that<00:14:59.740><c> happened</c><00:14:59.919><c> to</c><00:15:00.120><c> the</c><00:15:00.279><c> children</c><00:15:00.639><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:15:01.220><c> in</c><00:15:01.440><c> Psalm</c><00:15:01.700><c> 106.</c><00:15:04.120><c> The</c><00:15:04.379><c> first</c><00:15:04.720><c> step</c><00:15:04.960><c> in</c><00:15:05.139><c> the</c><00:15:05.299><c> process,</c>

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as<00:15:05.919><c> we</c><00:15:06.179><c> noted,</c><00:15:06.500><c> this</c><00:15:06.720><c> process</c><00:15:07.220><c> of</c><00:15:07.460><c> decline</c>

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was<00:15:08.759><c> in</c><00:15:08.960><c> verse</c><00:15:09.240><c> 13,</c><00:15:10.019><c> that</c><00:15:10.200><c> they</c><00:15:10.480><c> soon</c><00:15:10.879><c> forget</c><00:15:11.279><c> his</c><00:15:11.559><c> works.</c><00:15:13.379><c> They</c><00:15:13.620><c> waited</c><00:15:13.940><c> not</c>

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for<00:15:14.440><c> his</c><00:15:14.720><c> counsel.</c>

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they<00:15:18.820><c> had</c><00:15:19.000><c> a</c><00:15:19.179><c> problem,</c>

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they<00:15:19.980><c> didn't</c><00:15:20.399><c> immediately</c><00:15:21.100><c> take</c><00:15:21.399><c> it</c><00:15:21.539><c> to</c><00:15:21.700><c> God.</c><00:15:23.220><c> They</c><00:15:23.460><c> simply</c>

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wondered<00:15:24.019><c> how</c><00:15:24.220><c> they</c><00:15:24.360><c> were</c><00:15:24.500><c> going</c><00:15:24.620><c> to</c><00:15:24.860><c> resolve</c>

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this<00:15:25.480><c> difficulty,</c><00:15:27.840><c> how</c><00:15:28.220><c> they</c><00:15:28.360><c> would</c><00:15:28.580><c> resolve</c><00:15:28.860><c> it</c><00:15:29.019><c> by</c><00:15:29.200><c> themselves</c><00:15:29.639><c> and</c><00:15:29.820><c> in</c>

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their<00:15:30.159><c> own</c><00:15:30.460><c> strength.</c><00:15:30.799><c> And</c><00:15:30.899><c> of</c>

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course,<00:15:31.320><c> they</c><00:15:31.320><c> didn't</c><00:15:31.600><c> resolve</c><00:15:32.019><c> their</c><00:15:32.279><c> difficulties.</c><00:15:36.340><c> Then</c>

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the<00:15:37.519><c> psalmist</c><00:15:38.200><c> lists</c><00:15:38.820><c> seven</c><00:15:39.480><c> things</c><00:15:39.960><c> which</c><00:15:40.279><c> they</c>

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did<00:15:41.080><c> in</c><00:15:42.120><c> their</c><00:15:42.440><c> weakness</c><00:15:42.820><c> and</c><00:15:43.159><c> in</c><00:15:43.179><c> their</c><00:15:43.500><c> folly,</c><00:15:45.240><c> things</c><00:15:45.740><c> which</c><00:15:46.159><c> kept</c>

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them<00:15:46.740><c> out</c><00:15:47.120><c> of</c><00:15:47.259><c> the</c><00:15:47.539><c> promised</c><00:15:47.860><c> land.</c>

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sisters,<00:15:52.559><c> all</c><00:15:52.860><c> seven,</c>

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and<00:15:54.440><c> then</c><00:15:54.559><c> we'll</c><00:15:54.759><c> review</c><00:15:55.139><c> the</c><00:15:55.340><c> situation</c><00:15:55.940><c> at</c><00:15:56.200><c> the</c><00:15:56.340><c> end.</c><00:15:57.539><c> So</c><00:15:57.600><c> let's</c><00:15:57.779><c> go</c>

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works,<00:16:05.580><c> is</c><00:16:05.720><c> in</c><00:16:05.840><c> verse</c><00:16:06.120><c> 14.</c>

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They<00:16:09.200><c> lusted</c><00:16:09.659><c> exceedingly</c><00:16:10.559><c> in</c><00:16:10.779><c> the</c><00:16:10.940><c> wilderness</c><00:16:11.460><c> and</c><00:16:11.799><c> tempted</c>

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God<00:16:12.700><c> in</c><00:16:12.960><c> the</c><00:16:13.080><c> desert.</c>

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We've<00:16:15.820><c> had</c><00:16:16.019><c> the</c><00:16:16.220><c> details</c><00:16:16.700><c> in</c><00:16:16.899><c> the</c><00:16:17.039><c> first</c><00:16:17.320><c> session</c><00:16:17.659><c> this</c><00:16:17.940><c> morning.</c>

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Now,<00:16:22.399><c> hunger</c><00:16:22.659><c> can</c><00:16:22.940><c> be</c><00:16:23.240><c> satisfied,</c><00:16:24.259><c> but</c><00:16:24.700><c> lust</c><00:16:25.240><c> cannot.</c><00:16:26.860><c> Have</c>

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you<00:16:27.399><c> noticed</c><00:16:27.679><c> that</c><00:16:27.899><c> as</c><00:16:28.059><c> you've</c><00:16:28.179><c> gone</c><00:16:28.419><c> through</c><00:16:28.679><c> the</c>

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daily<00:16:29.799><c> readings</c><00:16:30.460><c> that</c><00:16:30.860><c> hunger</c><00:16:31.139><c> can</c><00:16:31.379><c> be</c><00:16:31.639><c> satisfied,</c><00:16:32.659><c> but</c><00:16:32.779><c> lust</c>

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never?<00:16:34.960><c> Blessed</c><00:16:35.299><c> are</c><00:16:35.519><c> they</c><00:16:35.679><c> that</c><00:16:35.840><c> do</c><00:16:36.039><c> hunger</c><00:16:36.399><c> and</c>

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thirst<00:16:37.000><c> after</c><00:16:37.399><c> righteousness,</c><00:16:38.080><c> for</c><00:16:38.220><c> they</c><00:16:38.500><c> shall</c><00:16:38.840><c> be</c><00:16:39.139><c> filled.</c>

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They'll<00:16:40.299><c> be</c><00:16:40.440><c> satisfied.</c><00:16:42.039><c> But</c><00:16:42.220><c> the</c><00:16:42.360><c> man</c><00:16:42.559><c> who</c>

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lusts<00:16:43.200><c> after</c><00:16:43.440><c> the</c><00:16:43.620><c> things</c><00:16:43.799><c> of</c><00:16:44.000><c> this</c><00:16:44.259><c> life</c><00:16:44.539><c> enters</c><00:16:44.840><c> into</c><00:16:45.179><c> that</c>

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restless<00:16:46.120><c> phase</c><00:16:46.700><c> that</c><00:16:47.159><c> we</c><00:16:47.340><c> mentioned</c><00:16:47.659><c> in</c><00:16:47.799><c> the</c><00:16:47.980><c> first</c>

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session,<00:16:50.139><c> the</c><00:16:50.299><c> next</c><00:16:50.720><c> stage</c><00:16:51.080><c> in</c><00:16:51.259><c> the</c><00:16:51.539><c> expansion</c><00:16:51.879><c> of</c><00:16:52.139><c> our</c><00:16:52.299><c> business,</c><00:16:53.620><c> the</c><00:16:53.759><c> more</c><00:16:54.019><c> advanced</c><00:16:54.600><c> form</c><00:16:54.980><c> of</c><00:16:55.220><c> a</c><00:16:55.340><c> particular</c>

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hobby,<00:16:58.039><c> the</c><00:16:58.379><c> latest</c><00:16:58.860><c> model,</c><00:16:59.340><c> we've</c><00:16:59.500><c> got</c><00:16:59.720><c> to</c><00:16:59.799><c> purchase</c><00:17:00.259><c> it,</c><00:17:02.019><c> another</c><00:17:02.500><c> course</c><00:17:02.820><c> at</c>

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the<00:17:03.179><c> university.</c>

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We<00:17:05.339><c> never</c><00:17:05.759><c> get</c><00:17:06.119><c> to</c><00:17:06.299><c> the</c><00:17:06.460><c> end</c><00:17:06.660><c> of</c><00:17:06.900><c> the</c><00:17:07.000><c> road,</c><00:17:07.339><c> do</c><00:17:07.539><c> we?</c><00:17:08.859><c> There</c><00:17:09.039><c> is</c>

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no<00:17:09.440><c> peace</c><00:17:09.700><c> of</c><00:17:09.960><c> mind,</c><00:17:10.259><c> there</c><00:17:10.259><c> is</c><00:17:10.539><c> no</c><00:17:10.660><c> lasting</c>

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satisfaction<00:17:11.980><c> in</c><00:17:12.819><c> the</c><00:17:12.980><c> pursuit</c><00:17:13.220><c> of</c><00:17:13.480><c> worldly</c><00:17:13.779><c> ambitions.</c><00:17:15.180><c> We</c>

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are<00:17:15.640><c> merely</c><00:17:16.000><c> giving</c><00:17:16.339><c> expression</c><00:17:17.119><c> to</c><00:17:17.500><c> our</c><00:17:17.819><c> lusts,</c>

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the<00:17:19.279><c> craving</c><00:17:19.759><c> remains</c><00:17:20.519><c> and</c><00:17:20.700><c> continues.</c><00:17:23.140><c> Oh,</c><00:17:23.420><c> it</c><00:17:23.420><c> may</c><00:17:23.720><c> well</c><00:17:23.980><c> be</c>

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a<00:17:24.180><c> very</c><00:17:24.559><c> sophisticated</c><00:17:25.240><c> form</c><00:17:25.660><c> of</c>

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lust.<00:17:26.839><c> I'll</c><00:17:27.059><c> grant</c><00:17:27.319><c> you</c><00:17:27.480><c> that,</c><00:17:27.980><c> brethren</c><00:17:28.099><c> and</c><00:17:28.319><c> sisters.</c><00:17:29.660><c> We</c>

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want<00:17:30.220><c> to</c><00:17:30.339><c> develop</c><00:17:30.740><c> our</c><00:17:31.079><c> minds,</c><00:17:31.579><c> we</c><00:17:31.819><c> say,</c>

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so<00:17:32.539><c> we'll</c><00:17:32.720><c> take</c><00:17:33.000><c> this</c><00:17:33.299><c> course.</c><00:17:33.960><c> We</c><00:17:34.140><c> want</c><00:17:34.400><c> to</c><00:17:34.579><c> gain</c><00:17:34.779><c> more</c><00:17:35.180><c> experience,</c><00:17:36.059><c> we</c><00:17:36.259><c> say,</c><00:17:36.779><c> so</c>

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we'll<00:17:37.180><c> follow</c><00:17:37.460><c> this</c>

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particular<00:17:38.220><c> course</c><00:17:38.460><c> of</c><00:17:38.720><c> action.</c><00:17:41.380><c> The</c><00:17:41.680><c> thing</c><00:17:42.039><c> that</c><00:17:42.240><c> we're</c><00:17:42.500><c> proposing</c><00:17:43.160><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:43.799><c> has</c><00:17:44.079><c> got</c><00:17:44.640><c> nothing</c><00:17:45.180><c> whatever</c><00:17:45.799><c> to</c><00:17:46.099><c> do</c>

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with<00:17:46.440><c> God.</c><00:17:48.480><c> And</c><00:17:48.519><c> although</c><00:17:48.900><c> quite</c><00:17:49.339><c> fascinating,</c><00:17:51.359><c> it's</c><00:17:51.400><c> a</c><00:17:51.500><c> mere</c>

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expression<00:17:52.220><c> of</c><00:17:52.519><c> self.</c><00:17:54.799><c> And</c><00:17:54.819><c> if</c><00:17:54.940><c> we're</c><00:17:55.140><c> honest,</c>

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we<00:17:55.539><c> shall</c><00:17:55.740><c> admit</c><00:17:56.000><c> that</c><00:17:56.200><c> that</c><00:17:56.380><c> is</c><00:17:56.519><c> true.</c><00:17:58.319><c> Does</c><00:17:58.740><c> the</c><00:17:59.160><c> information</c><00:17:59.799><c> we</c><00:18:00.119><c> acquire</c>

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on<00:18:00.980><c> that</c><00:18:01.380><c> course</c><00:18:01.700><c> make</c>

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us<00:18:02.559><c> realize</c><00:18:03.220><c> how</c><00:18:03.799><c> great</c><00:18:04.279><c> God</c><00:18:04.619><c> is?</c><00:18:06.920><c> Will</c><00:18:07.259><c> the</c><00:18:07.819><c> experience</c><00:18:08.460><c> help</c>

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transform<00:18:09.660><c> us</c><00:18:09.960><c> into</c><00:18:10.299><c> his</c><00:18:10.680><c> image?</c>

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Does<00:18:14.660><c> it</c><00:18:15.160><c> further</c><00:18:15.740><c> and</c><00:18:16.099><c> promote</c><00:18:16.640><c> the</c><00:18:16.900><c> Master's</c><00:18:17.660><c> cause?</c><00:18:20.279><c> Or</c><00:18:20.279><c> are</c><00:18:20.980><c> we</c>

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merely<00:18:21.440><c> meditating</c><00:18:22.000><c> upon</c><00:18:22.420><c> the</c><00:18:22.599><c> great</c><00:18:22.920><c> and</c>

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interesting<00:18:23.599><c> things</c><00:18:23.960><c> of</c><00:18:24.119><c> this</c><00:18:24.400><c> life</c><00:18:24.880><c> and</c><00:18:25.859><c> growing</c><00:18:26.200><c> in</c><00:18:26.400><c> the</c><00:18:26.599><c> image</c><00:18:26.759><c> and</c><00:18:26.960><c> the</c><00:18:27.099><c> likeness</c><00:18:27.480><c> of</c>

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our<00:18:27.859><c> idols?</c>

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Now<00:18:29.359><c> that's</c><00:18:29.720><c> the</c><00:18:29.859><c> test.</c><00:18:30.619><c> Does</c><00:18:30.880><c> it</c><00:18:31.119><c> promote</c><00:18:31.660><c> the</c><00:18:32.039><c> cause</c><00:18:32.400><c> of</c><00:18:32.680><c> Christ?</c><00:18:34.920><c> Or</c>

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does<00:18:35.220><c> it</c><00:18:35.380><c> pander</c><00:18:35.779><c> to</c><00:18:36.000><c> our</c><00:18:36.180><c> own</c><00:18:36.480><c> whims</c><00:18:36.819><c> and</c>

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tendencies,<00:18:38.670><c> to</c><00:18:38.849><c> lust,</c><00:18:40.309><c> to</c><00:18:40.529><c> want</c><00:18:40.829><c> things</c><00:18:41.210><c> intensely?</c><00:18:43.349><c> We</c><00:18:43.569><c> absolutely</c><00:18:44.210><c> have</c><00:18:44.569><c> to</c>

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have<00:18:45.089><c> them.</c><00:18:46.150><c> It</c><00:18:46.190><c> can</c><00:18:46.369><c> have</c><00:18:46.589><c> the</c>

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most<00:18:47.089><c> grateful</c><00:18:47.430><c> consequences.</c><00:18:48.670><c> Verse</c><00:18:48.910><c> 15,</c><00:18:50.650><c> and</c><00:18:51.490><c> he</c><00:18:51.829><c> gave</c><00:18:52.329><c> them</c><00:18:52.769><c> their</c><00:18:53.109><c> request.</c><00:18:54.990><c> Remember</c><00:18:55.269><c> the</c>

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point<00:18:55.769><c> that</c>

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Brother<00:18:56.170><c> Peter</c><00:18:56.410><c> made</c><00:18:56.750><c> again</c><00:18:57.309><c> and</c><00:18:57.430><c> again</c><00:18:57.910><c> this</c><00:18:58.210><c> morning?</c><00:18:59.069><c> You've</c><00:18:59.430><c> asked</c><00:18:59.750><c> for</c>

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it,<00:19:00.509><c> you've</c><00:19:01.150><c> got</c><00:19:01.369><c> it,</c><00:19:02.210><c> it's</c><00:19:02.529><c> yours.</c>

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But<00:19:04.049><c> be</c><00:19:04.970><c> careful</c><00:19:05.430><c> what</c><00:19:05.710><c> you</c><00:19:05.990><c> ask</c><00:19:06.410><c> for,</c><00:19:06.910><c> brethren</c><00:19:07.069><c> and</c><00:19:07.349><c> sisters.</c><00:19:08.349><c> You</c><00:19:08.549><c> may</c>

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just<00:19:09.309><c> get</c><00:19:09.589><c> it.</c>

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He<00:19:13.910><c> gave</c><00:19:14.289><c> them</c><00:19:14.549><c> their</c><00:19:14.789><c> request</c><00:19:15.430><c> but</c><00:19:15.829><c> sent</c><00:19:16.710><c> leanness</c><00:19:17.869><c> into</c>

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their<00:19:18.769><c> soul.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:21.869><c> said,</c><00:19:22.930><c> ye</c><00:19:23.210><c> cannot</c><00:19:23.970><c> serve</c><00:19:24.829><c> God</c><00:19:25.410><c> and</c><00:19:25.809><c> mammon.</c><00:19:26.630><c> We've</c><00:19:27.049><c> traversed</c><00:19:27.410><c> that</c><00:19:27.609><c> point</c><00:19:27.890><c> as</c>

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well<00:19:28.269><c> this</c><00:19:28.509><c> week.</c>

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He<00:19:29.690><c> didn't</c><00:19:29.950><c> say</c><00:19:30.190><c> you</c><00:19:30.329><c> must</c><00:19:30.670><c> not</c><00:19:30.970><c> try.</c><00:19:31.390><c> He</c><00:19:31.609><c> said</c><00:19:31.930><c> you</c><00:19:32.230><c> cannot</c><00:19:32.769><c> do</c>

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it<00:19:34.369><c> because</c><00:19:34.990><c> it</c><00:19:35.130><c> will</c><00:19:35.329><c> either</c><00:19:35.549><c> be</c><00:19:35.730><c> the</c><00:19:35.930><c> one</c>

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thing<00:19:36.509><c> or</c><00:19:36.849><c> the</c><00:19:37.109><c> other.</c><00:19:39.309><c> There's</c><00:19:39.529><c> no</c><00:19:39.829><c> middle</c><00:19:40.089><c> position.</c><00:19:42.670><c> We're</c>

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great<00:19:43.589><c> fence</c><00:19:43.990><c>-sitters.</c><00:19:45.130><c> We</c><00:19:45.569><c> try</c><00:19:45.950><c> to</c><00:19:46.230><c> adopt</c><00:19:46.490><c> the</c>

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middle<00:19:46.910><c> position.</c><00:19:47.430><c> There</c><00:19:47.789><c> is</c><00:19:48.430><c> no</c><00:19:48.809><c> middle</c><00:19:49.150><c> position</c><00:19:49.670><c> in</c><00:19:49.950><c> God's</c>

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book.<00:19:52.589><c> There's</c><00:19:52.950><c> a</c><00:19:53.130><c> very</c><00:19:53.630><c> telling</c><00:19:53.930><c> illustration</c>

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which<00:19:55.049><c> demonstrates</c><00:19:55.809><c> this</c><00:19:56.170><c> in</c><00:19:56.230><c> the</c><00:19:56.349><c> writings</c><00:19:56.750><c> of</c><00:19:56.910><c> Paul.</c><00:19:57.269><c> Let</c>

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me<00:19:57.549><c> just</c><00:19:57.750><c> remind</c><00:19:58.089><c> you</c><00:19:58.309><c> of</c><00:19:58.450><c> it.</c><00:20:00.750><c> He</c><00:20:00.910><c> says,</c>

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he<00:20:02.750><c> which</c><00:20:03.069><c> is</c><00:20:03.450><c> joined</c><00:20:03.789><c> to</c><00:20:04.069><c> an</c><00:20:04.349><c> harlot</c><00:20:04.829><c> is</c><00:20:05.269><c> one</c><00:20:05.609><c> body.</c><00:20:06.910><c> And</c><00:20:07.089><c> we</c><00:20:07.170><c> say,</c><00:20:07.490><c> yes,</c><00:20:07.730><c> I</c>

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can<00:20:08.130><c> understand</c><00:20:08.650><c> that.</c>

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That<00:20:09.950><c> makes</c><00:20:10.170><c> sense.</c><00:20:12.210><c> He</c><00:20:12.349><c> goes</c><00:20:12.670><c> on</c><00:20:12.910><c> to</c><00:20:13.130><c> say,</c><00:20:13.549><c> and</c><00:20:13.769><c> he</c><00:20:14.029><c> which</c><00:20:14.349><c> is</c>

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joined<00:20:14.990><c> to</c><00:20:15.230><c> the</c><00:20:15.490><c> Lord</c><00:20:16.009><c> is</c><00:20:16.650><c> one</c><00:20:16.990><c> spirit.</c>

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That's<00:20:18.809><c> logical</c><00:20:19.309><c> too.</c><00:20:21.630><c> And</c><00:20:21.789><c> there's</c><00:20:22.150><c> no</c><00:20:22.630><c> common</c><00:20:23.009><c> ground.</c><00:20:23.710><c> There's</c><00:20:23.930><c> no</c>

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meeting<00:20:24.630><c> point</c><00:20:24.990><c> between</c><00:20:25.430><c> the</c><00:20:25.710><c> two</c>

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because<00:20:27.450><c> it</c><00:20:27.670><c> would</c><00:20:27.869><c> be</c><00:20:28.089><c> like</c><00:20:28.369><c> trying</c><00:20:28.769><c> to</c><00:20:29.069><c> join</c><00:20:29.450><c> God</c><00:20:29.930><c> to</c><00:20:30.190><c> a</c><00:20:30.430><c> harlot</c><00:20:30.710><c> or</c>

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an<00:20:31.250><c> idol</c><00:20:31.529><c> which</c><00:20:31.990><c> can</c><00:20:32.390><c> never</c><00:20:32.690><c> be.</c>

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We<00:20:36.069><c> cannot</c><00:20:36.589><c> therefore</c><00:20:37.210><c> be</c><00:20:37.549><c> joined</c><00:20:37.809><c> to</c><00:20:38.069><c> God</c><00:20:38.470><c> and</c><00:20:38.869><c> at</c><00:20:38.910><c> the</c><00:20:39.130><c> same</c>

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time<00:20:39.650><c> be</c><00:20:39.910><c> joined</c><00:20:40.130><c> to</c><00:20:40.309><c> an</c><00:20:40.509><c> idol</c><00:20:40.769><c> because</c><00:20:41.089><c> Paul</c><00:20:41.369><c> says</c>

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it's<00:20:41.869><c> a</c><00:20:41.890><c> spiritual</c><00:20:42.630><c> impossibility.</c><00:20:45.170><c> So</c><00:20:45.829><c> when</c><00:20:46.849><c> we</c><00:20:47.170><c> reach</c><00:20:47.609><c> out</c>

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to<00:20:48.369><c> our</c><00:20:48.789><c> idol,</c><00:20:49.490><c> brethren</c><00:20:49.589><c> and</c><00:20:49.829><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:20:50.450><c> are</c><00:20:51.109><c> severing</c><00:20:51.609><c> our</c><00:20:51.849><c> relationship</c><00:20:52.450><c> with</c><00:20:52.710><c> God.</c><00:20:56.109><c> That's</c><00:20:56.750><c> the</c>

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seriousness<00:20:57.470><c> of</c><00:20:57.829><c> the</c><00:20:57.970><c> situation.</c>

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That's<00:20:59.569><c> the</c><00:20:59.750><c> point</c><00:21:00.029><c> that</c><00:21:00.329><c> Paul</c><00:21:00.549><c> is</c><00:21:00.849><c> making.</c><00:21:04.009><c> So</c><00:21:04.289><c> we</c><00:21:04.369><c> need</c><00:21:04.589><c> to</c>

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think<00:21:04.910><c> about</c><00:21:05.230><c> this</c><00:21:05.490><c> very</c><00:21:06.029><c> carefully</c>

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as<00:21:07.089><c> we</c><00:21:07.269><c> leave</c><00:21:07.549><c> Bible</c><00:21:08.029><c> school.</c><00:21:10.309><c> We</c><00:21:10.329><c> need</c><00:21:10.609><c> to</c><00:21:10.769><c> take</c><00:21:10.990><c> a</c><00:21:11.210><c> very</c><00:21:11.769><c> careful</c><00:21:12.230><c> look</c>

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at<00:21:12.630><c> whatever</c><00:21:12.990><c> it</c><00:21:13.190><c> is</c><00:21:13.349><c> that</c><00:21:13.589><c> occupies</c><00:21:14.049><c> our</c>

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waking<00:21:14.630><c> moments</c><00:21:15.150><c> or</c><00:21:15.490><c> causes</c><00:21:15.849><c> our</c><00:21:16.170><c> sleepless</c><00:21:16.509><c> nights.</c><00:21:18.269><c> It</c><00:21:18.470><c> takes</c><00:21:18.730><c> time,</c><00:21:20.710><c> money,</c><00:21:22.029><c> energy,</c><00:21:23.109><c> attention.</c><00:21:24.990><c> Are</c><00:21:25.430><c> we</c>

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joining<00:21:26.190><c> ourselves</c><00:21:26.950><c> to</c><00:21:27.250><c> an</c><00:21:27.630><c> idol?</c><00:21:29.410><c> Because</c><00:21:29.730><c> if</c><00:21:29.930><c> we</c><00:21:30.109><c> are,</c><00:21:30.390><c> it's</c>

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severing<00:21:31.150><c> our</c><00:21:31.349><c> relationship</c><00:21:31.950><c> with</c><00:21:32.210><c> God.</c>

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Is<00:21:34.569><c> it</c><00:21:35.029><c> perhaps</c><00:21:36.029><c> the</c><00:21:36.769><c> channel</c><00:21:37.289><c> through</c><00:21:37.690><c> which</c><00:21:38.150><c> leanness</c><00:21:39.109><c> will</c>

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come<00:21:39.710><c> into</c><00:21:40.009><c> our</c><00:21:40.369><c> souls?</c>

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And<00:21:43.609><c> you</c><00:21:43.710><c> can</c><00:21:43.910><c> tell,</c><00:21:44.210><c> brethren</c><00:21:44.490><c> and</c><00:21:44.730><c> sisters,</c><00:21:45.009><c> when</c><00:21:45.210><c> people</c>

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are<00:21:45.730><c> joining</c><00:21:45.910><c> themselves</c><00:21:46.410><c> to</c><00:21:46.609><c> an</c><00:21:46.809><c> idol</c>

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because<00:21:47.849><c> they</c><00:21:48.049><c> immediately</c><00:21:48.490><c> lose</c><00:21:48.769><c> interest</c><00:21:49.130><c> in</c><00:21:49.309><c> their</c><00:21:49.490><c> pleasure.</c>

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And<00:21:51.349><c> their</c><00:21:51.509><c> service</c><00:21:51.769><c> to</c><00:21:51.990><c> their</c><00:21:52.130><c> brethren</c><00:21:52.390><c> and</c><00:21:52.690><c> sisters</c><00:21:52.829><c> becomes</c><00:21:53.210><c> a</c><00:21:53.430><c> source</c><00:21:53.630><c> of</c><00:21:53.890><c> irritation.</c>

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And<00:21:56.869><c> until</c><00:21:57.170><c> we</c><00:21:57.509><c> have</c><00:21:58.410><c> rejoined</c><00:21:59.029><c> our</c><00:21:59.289><c> God,</c><00:22:00.890><c> leanness</c><00:22:01.369><c> comes</c>

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into<00:22:01.990><c> the</c><00:22:02.250><c> soul.</c>

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We've<00:22:04.349><c> been</c><00:22:04.670><c> warned.</c><00:22:07.289><c> We've</c><00:22:07.670><c> got</c><00:22:07.829><c> a</c><00:22:07.950><c> decision</c><00:22:08.369><c> to</c><00:22:08.650><c> make,</c><00:22:08.930><c> brethren</c><00:22:09.190><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:22:10.910><c> God</c><00:22:11.410><c> or</c><00:22:12.049><c> mammon.</c>

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As<00:22:14.089><c> the</c><00:22:14.170><c> brother</c><00:22:14.369><c> once</c><00:22:14.630><c> said,</c><00:22:15.089><c> there</c><00:22:15.109><c> will</c><00:22:15.450><c> be</c><00:22:15.970><c> no</c><00:22:16.470><c> driftwood</c>

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in<00:22:17.170><c> the</c><00:22:17.349><c> kingdom</c><00:22:17.630><c> of</c><00:22:17.769><c> God.</c>

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We<00:22:19.529><c> will</c><00:22:19.750><c> not</c><00:22:19.890><c> wake</c><00:22:20.170><c> up</c><00:22:20.349><c> suddenly</c><00:22:20.690><c> one</c><00:22:20.910><c> morning</c><00:22:21.150><c> and</c><00:22:21.289><c> find</c><00:22:21.569><c> that</c><00:22:21.730><c> we</c>

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are<00:22:21.990><c> there.</c>

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Miracle<00:22:23.549><c> of</c><00:22:23.730><c> miracles.</c><00:22:24.970><c> We're</c><00:22:25.049><c> in</c><00:22:25.210><c> the</c><00:22:25.390><c> kingdom</c><00:22:25.710><c> of</c><00:22:26.009><c> God.</c><00:22:27.430><c> It</c>

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won't<00:22:27.890><c> happen</c><00:22:28.230><c> that</c><00:22:28.549><c> way,</c><00:22:28.769><c> as</c><00:22:28.910><c> our</c><00:22:29.029><c> brother</c><00:22:29.210><c> Peter</c>

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told<00:22:29.930><c> us.</c><00:22:31.410><c> It</c><00:22:31.549><c> is</c><00:22:31.750><c> to</c><00:22:31.869><c> those</c><00:22:32.269><c> who</c><00:22:32.430><c> have</c><00:22:32.690><c> been</c><00:22:32.910><c> transformed</c><00:22:33.730><c> by</c>

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those<00:22:36.410><c> who</c><00:22:36.529><c> have</c><00:22:36.769><c> thought</c><00:22:36.970><c> upon</c><00:22:37.269><c> his</c><00:22:37.509><c> mighty</c><00:22:37.930><c> works,</c><00:22:38.269><c> those</c>

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who<00:22:38.910><c> really</c><00:22:39.490><c> want</c><00:22:39.769><c> to</c><00:22:39.990><c> be</c><00:22:40.190><c> in</c><00:22:40.329><c> his</c><00:22:40.630><c> kingdom,</c>

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it<00:22:43.349><c> is</c><00:22:43.589><c> to</c><00:22:43.769><c> such</c><00:22:44.009><c> that</c><00:22:44.250><c> the</c><00:22:44.410><c> kingdom</c><00:22:44.690><c> will</c><00:22:44.990><c> come</c><00:22:45.390><c> in</c><00:22:45.650><c> the</c><00:22:45.750><c> great</c><00:22:46.029><c> day.</c>

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And<00:22:49.470><c> that</c><00:22:49.609><c> old</c><00:22:49.849><c> brother</c><00:22:50.109><c> who</c><00:22:50.250><c> said</c><00:22:50.529><c> those</c><00:22:50.809><c> things</c><00:22:51.049><c> was</c><00:22:51.230><c> right,</c>

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wasn't<00:22:51.809><c> he,</c><00:22:52.130><c> brethren</c><00:22:52.369><c> and</c><00:22:52.589><c> sisters?</c><00:22:52.769><c> He</c><00:22:52.950><c> was</c>

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right.<00:22:54.930><c> We</c><00:22:55.150><c> know</c><00:22:55.410><c> he</c><00:22:55.609><c> was.</c>

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The<00:22:59.069><c> next</c><00:22:59.430><c> thing</c><00:22:59.630><c> that</c><00:22:59.829><c> Israel</c><00:23:00.170><c> did</c><00:23:00.349><c> in</c><00:23:00.470><c> their</c><00:23:00.769><c> folly</c><00:23:01.069><c> is</c><00:23:01.230><c> revealed</c><00:23:01.529><c> in</c>

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verse<00:23:01.910><c> 16.</c>

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We've<00:23:03.950><c> also</c><00:23:04.230><c> had</c><00:23:04.390><c> a</c><00:23:04.470><c> look</c><00:23:04.630><c> at</c><00:23:04.769><c> this</c><00:23:04.970><c> this</c><00:23:05.230><c> morning.</c>

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They<00:23:08.230><c> envied</c><00:23:08.990><c> Moses</c><00:23:09.630><c> also</c><00:23:10.349><c> in</c><00:23:10.710><c> the</c><00:23:10.970><c> camp</c><00:23:11.309><c> and</c><00:23:11.690><c> Aaron,</c><00:23:12.210><c> the</c><00:23:12.450><c> saint</c><00:23:12.730><c> of</c><00:23:13.029><c> God.</c>

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Remember<00:23:15.089><c> what</c><00:23:15.329><c> the</c><00:23:15.549><c> historical</c><00:23:15.869><c> record</c><00:23:16.250><c> in</c><00:23:16.410><c> Numbers</c><00:23:16.710><c> said,</c>

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ye<00:23:17.269><c> take</c><00:23:17.630><c> too</c><00:23:17.910><c> much</c><00:23:18.130><c> upon</c><00:23:18.430><c> you,</c><00:23:18.650><c> Moses</c><00:23:19.049><c> and</c><00:23:19.349><c> Aaron.</c>

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All<00:23:20.069><c> the</c><00:23:20.210><c> people</c><00:23:20.509><c> are</c><00:23:20.710><c> holy.</c><00:23:21.569><c> We're</c><00:23:21.710><c> all</c><00:23:22.009><c> equal,</c><00:23:22.490><c> so</c><00:23:22.549><c> there</c><00:23:22.650><c> shouldn't</c><00:23:22.890><c> be</c>

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any<00:23:23.390><c> leaders</c><00:23:23.730><c> such</c><00:23:24.089><c> as</c><00:23:24.529><c> you</c><00:23:25.329><c> and</c><00:23:25.609><c> Aaron.</c>

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The<00:23:28.309><c> psalmist</c><00:23:28.990><c> reveals</c><00:23:30.069><c> the</c><00:23:30.490><c> real</c><00:23:30.890><c> reason</c><00:23:31.230><c> for</c><00:23:31.470><c> that</c><00:23:31.730><c> rebellion.</c><00:23:32.849><c> They</c>

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envied<00:23:35.049><c> Moses</c><00:23:35.849><c> and</c><00:23:36.269><c> Aaron.</c>

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Just<00:23:38.269><c> as</c><00:23:38.509><c> in</c><00:23:38.549><c> the</c><00:23:38.650><c> days</c><00:23:38.809><c> of</c><00:23:38.990><c> the</c><00:23:39.069><c> Lord</c><00:23:39.269><c> Jesus</c><00:23:39.650><c> Christ,</c><00:23:40.150><c> Pilate</c>

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perceived<00:23:41.690><c> that</c><00:23:42.049><c> it</c><00:23:42.170><c> was</c><00:23:42.549><c> for</c><00:23:43.029><c> envy</c><00:23:43.630><c> that</c><00:23:44.109><c> they</c>

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had<00:23:44.430><c> delivered</c><00:23:44.829><c> him.</c><00:23:47.450><c> They</c><00:23:47.670><c> had</c><00:23:47.829><c> lost</c><00:23:48.009><c> their</c><00:23:48.269><c> vision</c><00:23:48.430><c> of</c><00:23:48.609><c> God</c>

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and<00:23:49.089><c> his</c><00:23:49.269><c> greatness</c><00:23:49.890><c> and</c><00:23:51.049><c> of</c><00:23:51.190><c> his</c><00:23:51.450><c> holiness,</c>

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and<00:23:52.430><c> so,</c><00:23:54.190><c> verse</c><00:23:54.349><c> 17,</c><00:23:55.750><c> the</c><00:23:55.950><c> earth</c><00:23:56.210><c> opened</c><00:23:56.410><c> and</c><00:23:56.670><c> swallowed</c><00:23:56.950><c> up</c>

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Dathan<00:23:57.549><c> and</c><00:23:57.789><c> covered</c><00:23:58.029><c> the</c><00:23:58.230><c> company</c><00:23:58.549><c> of</c><00:23:58.750><c> Abiram,</c>

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and<00:24:00.109><c> a</c><00:24:00.250><c> fire</c><00:24:00.450><c> was</c><00:24:00.730><c> kindled</c><00:24:00.990><c> in</c><00:24:01.190><c> their</c><00:24:01.410><c> company</c><00:24:01.869><c> and</c><00:24:02.069><c> a</c><00:24:02.349><c> flame</c>

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burned<00:24:03.089><c> up</c><00:24:03.369><c> the</c><00:24:03.569><c> wicked.</c>

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Another<00:24:06.029><c> total</c><00:24:06.529><c> disaster</c><00:24:07.390><c> because</c><00:24:09.109><c> they</c><00:24:09.269><c> hadn't</c><00:24:09.549><c> thought</c><00:24:09.829><c> upon</c><00:24:10.170><c> God</c><00:24:10.690><c> and</c><00:24:11.569><c> the</c><00:24:11.789><c> significance</c><00:24:12.250><c> of</c><00:24:12.430><c> his</c>

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mighty<00:24:13.009><c> works</c><00:24:13.589><c> and</c><00:24:14.549><c> the</c><00:24:14.829><c> appointments</c><00:24:15.329><c> he</c><00:24:15.490><c> had</c><00:24:15.750><c> made</c><00:24:16.009><c> in</c><00:24:16.190><c> the</c>

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camp<00:24:16.690><c> which</c><00:24:16.910><c> were</c><00:24:17.190><c> God</c><00:24:17.470><c>-given.</c>

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Next,<00:24:20.890><c> verse</c><00:24:21.029><c> 19,</c><00:24:23.269><c> they</c><00:24:23.369><c> made</c><00:24:23.650><c> a</c><00:24:23.910><c> calf</c><00:24:24.109><c> in</c><00:24:24.390><c> Horeb</c><00:24:24.750><c> and</c><00:24:24.910><c> worshipped</c><00:24:25.329><c> the</c><00:24:26.269><c> golden,</c><00:24:26.269><c> the</c>

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molten<00:24:26.829><c> image.</c>

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Thus<00:24:29.109><c> they</c><00:24:29.509><c> changed</c><00:24:30.089><c> their</c><00:24:30.569><c> glory</c><00:24:31.009><c> into</c><00:24:31.309><c> the</c><00:24:31.569><c> similitude</c><00:24:32.309><c> of</c>

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an<00:24:32.930><c> ox</c><00:24:33.829><c> that</c><00:24:34.650><c> eateth</c><00:24:35.069><c> grass.</c>

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Brethren<00:24:37.490><c> and</c><00:24:37.670><c> sisters,</c><00:24:38.269><c> it</c><00:24:38.269><c> seems</c><00:24:38.750><c> scarcely</c><00:24:39.730><c> credible,</c><00:24:40.369><c> doesn't</c><00:24:40.529><c> it?</c>

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They<00:24:41.910><c> had</c><00:24:42.109><c> seen</c><00:24:42.450><c> the</c><00:24:42.710><c> glory</c><00:24:43.130><c> of</c><00:24:43.450><c> God</c><00:24:43.829><c> in</c><00:24:44.089><c> the</c>

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plagues<00:24:44.670><c> on</c><00:24:44.930><c> Egypt,</c><00:24:46.049><c> in</c><00:24:46.150><c> the</c><00:24:46.410><c> parting</c><00:24:46.670><c> of</c><00:24:46.890><c> the</c><00:24:46.990><c> Red</c><00:24:47.410><c> Sea.</c><00:24:48.509><c> They</c>

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had<00:24:48.789><c> seen</c><00:24:49.029><c> the</c><00:24:49.269><c> glory</c><00:24:49.670><c> of</c><00:24:49.809><c> God</c><00:24:50.170><c> come</c><00:24:50.490><c> down</c><00:24:50.809><c> upon</c><00:24:51.130><c> Mount</c>

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Sinai,<00:24:52.210><c> making</c><00:24:52.470><c> the</c><00:24:52.670><c> earth</c><00:24:52.890><c> tremble</c><00:24:53.369><c> and</c><00:24:53.690><c> smoke.</c><00:24:54.990><c> They</c><00:24:55.269><c> had</c>

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even<00:24:55.890><c> seen</c><00:24:56.230><c> the</c><00:24:56.670><c> afterglow</c><00:24:57.390><c> of</c><00:24:57.569><c> God's</c><00:24:58.150><c> glory</c><00:24:58.529><c> in</c>

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Moses'<00:24:59.910><c> face,</c><00:25:00.170><c> and</c><00:25:00.210><c> they</c><00:25:00.329><c> were</c><00:25:00.490><c> afraid</c><00:25:00.789><c> to</c><00:25:00.890><c> look</c><00:25:01.109><c> upon</c><00:25:01.289><c> his</c>

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countenance.<00:25:04.009><c> And</c><00:25:04.329><c> yet</c><00:25:05.049><c> they</c><00:25:06.069><c> changed</c><00:25:06.769><c> that</c><00:25:07.190><c> glory</c>

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into<00:25:07.890><c> the</c><00:25:08.089><c> similitude</c><00:25:08.750><c> of</c><00:25:08.950><c> an</c><00:25:09.269><c> ox</c><00:25:10.069><c> that</c><00:25:11.130><c> eateth</c><00:25:11.430><c> grass.</c><00:25:13.509><c> They</c>

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fashioned<00:25:14.230><c> a</c><00:25:14.470><c> God</c><00:25:14.670><c> in</c><00:25:14.890><c> the</c><00:25:15.049><c> likeness</c><00:25:15.490><c> of</c><00:25:15.750><c> those</c>

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they<00:25:16.809><c> had</c><00:25:17.009><c> left</c><00:25:17.269><c> behind</c><00:25:17.829><c> in</c><00:25:17.990><c> the</c><00:25:18.170><c> land</c><00:25:18.430><c> of</c><00:25:18.650><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:19.910><c> the</c><00:25:20.150><c> very</c>

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gods<00:25:21.450><c> over</c><00:25:21.990><c> whom</c><00:25:22.289><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:22.890><c> had</c><00:25:23.349><c> triumphed</c><00:25:23.930><c> in</c><00:25:24.089><c> Egypt,</c>

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the<00:25:25.009><c> very</c><00:25:25.329><c> gods</c><00:25:25.750><c> whom</c><00:25:26.049><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:26.549><c> had</c><00:25:26.890><c> slain</c><00:25:27.390><c> in</c><00:25:27.569><c> Egypt</c><00:25:28.170><c> in</c><00:25:28.789><c> the</c>

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plagues<00:25:29.289><c> that</c><00:25:29.450><c> he</c><00:25:29.569><c> brought</c><00:25:29.829><c> upon</c><00:25:30.130><c> the</c><00:25:30.329><c> people.</c>

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They<00:25:33.190><c> discarded</c><00:25:33.730><c> the</c><00:25:33.970><c> living</c><00:25:34.269><c> God</c><00:25:34.990><c> and</c><00:25:36.710><c> made</c><00:25:36.910><c> a</c><00:25:37.049><c> God</c><00:25:37.170><c> in</c><00:25:37.369><c> the</c>

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likeness<00:25:37.869><c> of</c><00:25:37.970><c> those</c><00:25:38.250><c> that</c><00:25:38.349><c> had</c><00:25:38.569><c> been</c><00:25:38.789><c> destroyed.</c>

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Don't<00:25:41.970><c> be</c><00:25:42.130><c> too</c><00:25:42.410><c> hard</c><00:25:42.589><c> on</c><00:25:42.730><c> Israel,</c><00:25:43.190><c> brethren</c><00:25:43.490><c> and</c><00:25:43.750><c> sisters.</c><00:25:44.150><c> Don't</c><00:25:44.509><c> be</c>

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too<00:25:45.230><c> hard</c><00:25:45.529><c> on</c><00:25:45.789><c> Israel.</c>

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Just<00:25:47.710><c> think</c><00:25:48.150><c> of</c><00:25:48.349><c> yourselves,</c><00:25:51.190><c> please.</c><00:25:52.450><c> Think</c><00:25:52.650><c> of</c><00:25:52.789><c> all</c><00:25:52.950><c> the</c><00:25:53.009><c> great</c><00:25:53.309><c> things</c><00:25:53.609><c> that</c><00:25:53.809><c> God</c><00:25:54.150><c> has</c><00:25:54.410><c> done</c><00:25:54.750><c> for</c><00:25:55.029><c> us</c>

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and<00:25:56.730><c> has</c><00:25:57.009><c> promised</c><00:25:57.210><c> that</c><00:25:57.369><c> he</c><00:25:57.509><c> will</c><00:25:57.809><c> yet</c><00:25:58.069><c> do</c><00:25:58.369><c> for</c><00:25:58.450><c> us,</c><00:25:58.789><c> greater</c><00:25:59.150><c> things.</c>

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Think<00:26:03.049><c> of</c><00:26:03.210><c> the</c><00:26:03.450><c> corruption</c><00:26:04.009><c> of</c><00:26:04.730><c> the</c><00:26:04.930><c> world</c><00:26:05.230><c> from</c><00:26:05.490><c> which</c><00:26:05.690><c> we</c>

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have<00:26:06.049><c> been</c><00:26:06.450><c> redeemed.</c><00:26:08.329><c> And</c><00:26:08.509><c> just</c><00:26:08.849><c> think</c><00:26:09.190><c> then</c><00:26:09.609><c> how</c>

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often<00:26:10.390><c> we</c><00:26:10.730><c> have</c><00:26:11.009><c> returned</c><00:26:11.849><c> like</c><00:26:13.269><c> a</c><00:26:13.609><c> dog</c><00:26:13.789><c> to</c><00:26:14.029><c> its</c><00:26:14.309><c> vomit</c><00:26:14.609><c> or</c><00:26:14.890><c> a</c>

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sow<00:26:15.430><c> to</c><00:26:15.650><c> its</c><00:26:16.009><c> wallowing</c><00:26:16.369><c> in</c><00:26:16.549><c> the</c><00:26:16.769><c> mire.</c>

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And<00:26:18.150><c> they're</c><00:26:18.410><c> disgusting</c><00:26:19.029><c> similes,</c><00:26:19.589><c> aren't</c><00:26:19.789><c> they,</c><00:26:20.029><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:26:20.650><c> sisters?</c><00:26:21.529><c> They're</c><00:26:22.130><c> meant</c><00:26:22.450><c> to</c><00:26:22.730><c> be.</c>

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That's<00:26:24.490><c> how</c><00:26:24.789><c> God</c><00:26:25.170><c> sees</c><00:26:25.609><c> us</c><00:26:26.430><c> when</c><00:26:28.150><c> we</c><00:26:28.450><c> return</c><00:26:29.009><c> to</c><00:26:29.509><c> the</c><00:26:29.750><c> things</c>

00:26:30.009 --> 00:26:32.430
of<00:26:30.210><c> this</c><00:26:30.509><c> world</c><00:26:30.789><c> from</c><00:26:31.029><c> which</c><00:26:31.210><c> we've</c><00:26:31.390><c> been</c><00:26:31.730><c> redeemed.</c>

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We've<00:26:32.970><c> got</c><00:26:33.130><c> nothing</c><00:26:33.369><c> to</c><00:26:33.529><c> be</c><00:26:33.789><c> proud</c><00:26:34.049><c> of,</c><00:26:35.049><c> no</c><00:26:35.349><c> reason</c><00:26:35.670><c> to</c>

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congratulate<00:26:36.569><c> ourselves,</c>

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no<00:26:37.970><c> cause</c><00:26:38.170><c> for</c><00:26:38.410><c> back</c><00:26:38.710><c> slapping</c><00:26:39.130><c> in</c><00:26:39.630><c> this</c><00:26:39.970><c> house.</c><00:26:42.250><c> Paul</c><00:26:42.390><c> says,</c>

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do<00:26:42.789><c> you</c><00:26:42.950><c> desire</c><00:26:43.250><c> to</c><00:26:43.410><c> be</c><00:26:43.549><c> in</c><00:26:43.690><c> bondage</c>

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again<00:26:44.289><c> to</c><00:26:44.450><c> the</c><00:26:44.650><c> weak</c><00:26:44.829><c> and</c><00:26:45.109><c> beggarly</c><00:26:45.509><c> elements?</c><00:26:47.009><c> Are</c><00:26:47.109><c> you</c><00:26:47.349><c> mad,</c>

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brethren,<00:26:48.089><c> he</c><00:26:48.349><c> says,</c>

00:26:49.049 --> 00:26:52.109
to<00:26:49.230><c> return</c><00:26:49.569><c> to</c><00:26:49.750><c> those</c><00:26:50.029><c> things</c><00:26:50.250><c> from</c><00:26:50.450><c> which</c><00:26:50.589><c> you</c><00:26:50.730><c> have</c><00:26:50.890><c> come</c><00:26:51.089><c> out?</c>

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Just<00:26:54.230><c> think</c><00:26:54.549><c> how</c><00:26:54.950><c> often</c><00:26:55.309><c> we</c><00:26:55.730><c> have</c><00:26:56.109><c> been</c><00:26:56.470><c> and</c><00:26:56.970><c> are</c><00:26:57.549><c> tempted</c><00:26:58.089><c> to</c>

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make<00:26:59.150><c> a</c><00:26:59.309><c> name</c><00:26:59.450><c> for</c><00:26:59.769><c> ourselves,</c>

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to<00:27:02.750><c> promote</c><00:27:03.069><c> our</c><00:27:03.289><c> own</c><00:27:03.490><c> image</c><00:27:03.690><c> in</c><00:27:03.890><c> this</c><00:27:04.130><c> world,</c><00:27:04.910><c> to</c><00:27:04.990><c> be</c><00:27:05.369><c> somebody</c><00:27:05.930><c> in</c><00:27:06.190><c> our</c>

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own<00:27:06.650><c> right.</c>

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And<00:27:09.210><c> then</c><00:27:09.390><c> perhaps</c><00:27:09.630><c> we</c><00:27:09.769><c> shall</c><00:27:09.930><c> see</c><00:27:10.109><c> ourselves</c><00:27:10.589><c> in</c><00:27:10.829><c> verse</c><00:27:11.109><c> 20.</c>

00:27:13.190 --> 00:27:17.210
They<00:27:13.329><c> changed</c><00:27:13.890><c> their</c><00:27:14.289><c> glory</c><00:27:14.769><c> into</c><00:27:15.029><c> the</c><00:27:15.269><c> similitude</c><00:27:15.890><c> of</c><00:27:16.089><c> an</c><00:27:16.369><c> ox</c>

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that<00:27:17.670><c> eateth</c><00:27:18.069><c> grass,</c>

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substituting<00:27:21.250><c> for</c><00:27:21.430><c> God's</c><00:27:21.869><c> glory</c><00:27:22.430><c> that</c><00:27:23.049><c> which</c><00:27:23.269><c> we</c><00:27:23.529><c> ourselves</c>

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have<00:27:24.289><c> made.</c>

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In<00:27:26.710><c> verse</c><00:27:26.789><c> 21,</c><00:27:27.769><c> and</c><00:27:27.970><c> this</c><00:27:28.049><c> is</c><00:27:28.190><c> surely</c><00:27:28.490><c> the</c><00:27:28.630><c> nub</c><00:27:28.769><c> of</c><00:27:28.970><c> the</c><00:27:29.109><c> matter,</c>

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they<00:27:31.309><c> forgot</c><00:27:31.910><c> God,</c><00:27:32.930><c> their</c><00:27:33.130><c> savior,</c><00:27:34.210><c> which</c><00:27:34.430><c> had</c><00:27:34.650><c> done</c><00:27:34.890><c> great</c>

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things<00:27:35.789><c> in</c><00:27:36.049><c> Egypt,</c>

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wondrous<00:27:38.029><c> works</c><00:27:38.369><c> in</c><00:27:38.589><c> the</c><00:27:38.750><c> land</c><00:27:38.990><c> of</c><00:27:39.309><c> Ham</c><00:27:39.509><c> and</c><00:27:39.789><c> terrible</c><00:27:40.289><c> things</c>

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by<00:27:41.210><c> the</c><00:27:41.369><c> Red</c><00:27:41.769><c> Sea.</c>

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They<00:27:45.349><c> forgot</c><00:27:45.730><c> the</c><00:27:45.910><c> very</c><00:27:46.329><c> source</c><00:27:46.670><c> of</c><00:27:46.970><c> hope</c><00:27:47.190><c> and</c><00:27:47.450><c> salvation.</c><00:27:49.670><c> Have</c><00:27:49.869><c> we</c>

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perhaps<00:27:50.329><c> done</c><00:27:50.529><c> the</c><00:27:50.730><c> same</c><00:27:50.990><c> thing?</c>

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The<00:27:54.910><c> next</c><00:27:55.230><c> thing</c><00:27:55.450><c> is</c><00:27:55.549><c> in</c><00:27:55.650><c> verse</c><00:27:55.869><c> 24.</c>

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Yea,<00:27:58.990><c> they</c><00:27:59.230><c> despised</c><00:27:59.890><c> the</c><00:28:00.089><c> pleasant</c><00:28:00.430><c> land,</c><00:28:01.130><c> they</c><00:28:01.410><c> believed</c>

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not<00:28:02.089><c> his</c><00:28:02.430><c> word,</c><00:28:02.930><c> but</c><00:28:03.210><c> murmured</c><00:28:03.630><c> in</c><00:28:03.829><c> their</c>

00:28:04.170 --> 00:28:07.470
tents,<00:28:04.789><c> and</c><00:28:04.990><c> hearkened</c><00:28:05.309><c> not</c><00:28:05.569><c> unto</c><00:28:05.769><c> the</c><00:28:05.890><c> voice</c><00:28:06.150><c> of</c><00:28:06.349><c> the</c><00:28:06.470><c> Lord.</c>

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They<00:28:08.230><c> hadn't</c><00:28:09.130><c> even</c><00:28:09.670><c> got</c><00:28:10.089><c> there</c><00:28:10.390><c> yet,</c>

00:28:10.730 --> 00:28:14.269
they<00:28:10.950><c> hadn't</c><00:28:11.509><c> seen</c><00:28:11.930><c> the</c><00:28:12.250><c> promised</c><00:28:12.589><c> land,</c><00:28:13.750><c> and</c><00:28:14.069><c> they</c><00:28:14.250><c> are</c>

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despising<00:28:14.690><c> their</c><00:28:14.950><c> inheritance</c><00:28:15.369><c> already.</c>

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Truly<00:28:17.349><c> it</c><00:28:17.450><c> is</c><00:28:17.670><c> written,</c><00:28:18.109><c> brethren</c><00:28:18.309><c> and</c><00:28:18.549><c> sisters,</c><00:28:18.869><c> and</c><00:28:18.930><c> our</c><00:28:19.029><c> brother</c><00:28:19.250><c> Matthew</c><00:28:19.609><c> mentioned</c><00:28:19.990><c> it</c>

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last<00:28:20.490><c> night,</c>

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where<00:28:21.109><c> there</c><00:28:21.309><c> is</c><00:28:21.509><c> no</c><00:28:21.789><c> vision,</c><00:28:22.410><c> the</c><00:28:22.670><c> people</c><00:28:23.069><c> perish.</c><00:28:25.250><c> There</c><00:28:25.589><c> will</c><00:28:25.930><c> be</c>

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no<00:28:26.349><c> vision</c><00:28:26.650><c> if</c><00:28:26.829><c> we</c><00:28:27.009><c> do</c><00:28:27.250><c> not</c><00:28:27.490><c> meditate</c>

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regularly<00:28:28.710><c> upon</c><00:28:29.049><c> the</c><00:28:29.190><c> great</c><00:28:29.529><c> works</c><00:28:29.869><c> of</c><00:28:30.089><c> God.</c><00:28:31.890><c> Verse</c><00:28:32.150><c> 26,</c><00:28:34.049><c> Therefore</c><00:28:35.190><c> he</c>

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lifted<00:28:35.630><c> up</c><00:28:35.849><c> his</c><00:28:35.970><c> hand</c><00:28:36.250><c> against</c><00:28:36.630><c> them</c><00:28:36.809><c> to</c>

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overthrow<00:28:37.509><c> them</c><00:28:37.710><c> in</c><00:28:37.849><c> the</c><00:28:37.990><c> wilderness,</c><00:28:38.670><c> to</c><00:28:38.869><c> overthrow</c><00:28:39.369><c> their</c>

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seed<00:28:40.049><c> also</c><00:28:40.569><c> among</c><00:28:41.009><c> the</c><00:28:41.230><c> nations,</c><00:28:41.769><c> and</c><00:28:41.869><c> to</c><00:28:42.210><c> scatter</c>

00:28:42.490 --> 00:28:48.650
them<00:28:42.710><c> in</c><00:28:42.809><c> the</c><00:28:43.049><c> land.</c><00:28:45.670><c> We</c><00:28:45.970><c> have</c><00:28:46.230><c> been</c><00:28:46.349><c> warned,</c><00:28:46.690><c> brethren,</c><00:28:48.450><c> we</c>

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have<00:28:48.829><c> been</c><00:28:49.170><c> warned.</c>

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The<00:28:52.150><c> next</c><00:28:52.470><c> thing,</c><00:28:54.049><c> verse</c><00:28:54.170><c> 28,</c><00:28:56.230><c> They</c><00:28:56.569><c> joined</c><00:28:57.130><c> themselves</c><00:28:58.009><c> unto</c>

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Baal<00:28:59.269><c>-Peel,</c><00:29:00.609><c> and</c><00:29:00.730><c> ate</c><00:29:01.230><c> the</c><00:29:01.849><c> sacrifices</c><00:29:02.690><c> of</c><00:29:03.150><c> the</c><00:29:03.369><c> dead.</c>

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That<00:29:05.869><c> last</c><00:29:06.289><c> phrase</c><00:29:06.549><c> is</c><00:29:06.769><c> ambiguous,</c><00:29:07.450><c> and</c><00:29:07.589><c> perhaps</c><00:29:07.990><c> deliberately</c><00:29:08.609><c> so.</c><00:29:10.109><c> It</c><00:29:10.329><c> could</c><00:29:10.670><c> mean</c><00:29:11.509><c> that</c><00:29:11.829><c> they</c><00:29:11.930><c> ate</c>

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the<00:29:13.029><c> sacrifices</c><00:29:13.029><c> of</c><00:29:13.289><c> dead</c><00:29:13.609><c> gods</c><00:29:14.009><c> or</c><00:29:14.250><c> idols.</c><00:29:14.890><c> In</c><00:29:14.930><c> other</c><00:29:15.170><c> words,</c>

00:29:15.569 --> 00:29:17.450
they<00:29:15.730><c> ate</c><00:29:15.890><c> sacrifices</c><00:29:16.630><c> to</c><00:29:16.849><c> gods</c><00:29:17.150><c> that</c><00:29:17.309><c> were</c>

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nothing.<00:29:19.109><c> Or</c><00:29:19.630><c> it</c><00:29:19.869><c> could</c><00:29:20.150><c> mean</c><00:29:21.009><c> that</c><00:29:21.349><c> they</c><00:29:21.410><c> were</c><00:29:21.569><c> as</c><00:29:21.710><c> good</c><00:29:21.829><c> as</c>

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dead<00:29:22.230><c> while</c><00:29:22.490><c> they</c><00:29:22.769><c> engaged</c><00:29:23.049><c> in</c><00:29:23.309><c> such</c><00:29:23.529><c> practices.</c>

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They<00:29:25.569><c> ate</c><00:29:25.569><c> the</c><00:29:25.890><c> sacrifices</c><00:29:26.589><c> of</c><00:29:27.150><c> the</c><00:29:27.309><c> dead.</c><00:29:28.309><c> They</c><00:29:28.589><c> were</c><00:29:28.789><c> the</c><00:29:28.950><c> dead.</c><00:29:30.630><c> I</c>

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think<00:29:30.930><c> both</c><00:29:31.250><c> those</c><00:29:31.509><c> readings</c><00:29:31.750><c> are</c><00:29:32.009><c> helpful</c>

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because<00:29:32.670><c> they</c><00:29:33.509><c> open</c><00:29:33.769><c> up</c><00:29:34.029><c> the</c><00:29:34.190><c> meaning</c><00:29:34.509><c> of</c><00:29:35.269><c> that</c><00:29:35.589><c> terrible</c><00:29:36.269><c> incident</c><00:29:36.970><c> when</c><00:29:37.210><c> they</c><00:29:37.369><c> went</c><00:29:37.609><c> over</c><00:29:37.869><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:38.130><c> children</c><00:29:38.450><c> of</c>

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Noah<00:29:39.509><c> and</c><00:29:40.970><c> joined</c><00:29:41.210><c> themselves</c><00:29:41.730><c> unto</c><00:29:42.009><c> Baal</c><00:29:42.430><c>-Peel.</c><00:29:44.230><c> We</c><00:29:44.710><c> have</c><00:29:45.349><c> a</c>

00:29:45.710 --> 00:29:48.950
living<00:29:46.109><c> God,</c><00:29:47.849><c> and</c><00:29:47.849><c> when</c><00:29:48.049><c> we</c><00:29:48.250><c> break</c><00:29:48.529><c> bread</c><00:29:48.789><c> and</c>

00:29:48.950 --> 00:29:53.630
drink<00:29:49.289><c> wine</c><00:29:49.809><c> each</c><00:29:50.750><c> first</c><00:29:51.150><c> day</c><00:29:51.349><c> of</c><00:29:51.450><c> a</c><00:29:51.569><c> new</c><00:29:51.750><c> week,</c><00:29:53.009><c> we</c><00:29:53.170><c> do</c><00:29:53.329><c> it</c><00:29:53.410><c> in</c>

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memory<00:29:54.130><c> of</c><00:29:54.349><c> a</c><00:29:54.630><c> living</c><00:29:55.130><c> Savior,</c><00:29:56.410><c> the</c><00:29:56.549><c> Christ</c><00:29:56.970><c> who</c><00:29:57.190><c> died</c>

00:29:57.529 --> 00:30:02.750
for<00:29:57.690><c> us,</c><00:29:58.049><c> that</c><00:29:58.089><c> we</c><00:29:58.309><c> might</c><00:29:58.690><c> live</c><00:29:59.170><c> in</c><00:29:59.490><c> him.</c><00:30:01.650><c> And</c><00:30:01.930><c> all</c><00:30:02.170><c> the</c><00:30:02.369><c> things</c>

00:30:02.750 --> 00:30:06.009
that<00:30:02.990><c> the</c><00:30:03.190><c> world</c><00:30:03.569><c> has</c><00:30:03.869><c> to</c><00:30:04.190><c> offer</c><00:30:04.609><c> are</c><00:30:05.170><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:30:07.190><c> once</c><00:30:07.490><c> again,</c><00:30:07.869><c> the</c><00:30:07.869><c> image</c><00:30:08.089><c> of</c><00:30:08.289><c> leprosy</c><00:30:08.789><c> springs</c><00:30:09.130><c> to</c><00:30:09.390><c> mind,</c>

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brethren<00:30:10.009><c> and</c><00:30:10.250><c> sisters.</c><00:30:10.710><c> The</c><00:30:10.970><c> world</c><00:30:11.289><c> outside</c>

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is<00:30:12.450><c> a</c><00:30:12.609><c> gigantic</c><00:30:13.910><c> leper</c><00:30:14.529><c> colony.</c><00:30:17.829><c> In</c><00:30:18.109><c> the</c><00:30:20.410><c> imagery</c><00:30:20.809><c> of</c><00:30:21.089><c> the</c><00:30:21.269><c> Scriptures,</c><00:30:22.450><c> the</c>

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world<00:30:22.990><c> is</c><00:30:23.269><c> a</c><00:30:23.470><c> leper</c><00:30:23.809><c> colony</c>

00:30:25.349 --> 00:30:29.630
from<00:30:25.950><c> which</c><00:30:26.130><c> we</c><00:30:26.329><c> have</c><00:30:26.549><c> been</c><00:30:27.089><c> redeemed</c><00:30:27.750><c> by</c><00:30:28.049><c> the</c><00:30:28.210><c> grace</c><00:30:28.450><c> of</c><00:30:28.670><c> God.</c>

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Let's<00:30:30.829><c> not</c><00:30:31.089><c> go</c><00:30:31.470><c> back</c><00:30:31.730><c> to</c><00:30:31.930><c> the</c><00:30:32.089><c> leper</c><00:30:32.430><c> colony</c>

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voluntarily,<00:30:33.789><c> brethren</c><00:30:34.049><c> and</c><00:30:34.349><c> sisters.</c><00:30:36.009><c> Let's</c><00:30:36.289><c> not</c><00:30:36.470><c> delude</c>

00:30:36.789 --> 00:30:38.349
ourselves<00:30:37.369><c> into</c><00:30:37.609><c> thinking</c><00:30:37.910><c> that</c><00:30:38.069><c> there</c><00:30:38.190><c> are</c>

00:30:38.349 --> 00:30:43.569
great<00:30:38.730><c> things</c><00:30:39.089><c> to</c><00:30:39.329><c> be</c><00:30:39.529><c> had</c><00:30:39.789><c> out</c><00:30:40.089><c> there.</c><00:30:41.710><c> Worse</c><00:30:42.109><c> still,</c><00:30:43.470><c> that</c>

00:30:43.569 --> 00:30:45.890
we<00:30:43.670><c> can</c><00:30:43.829><c> have</c><00:30:44.029><c> both</c><00:30:44.369><c> the</c><00:30:44.549><c> world</c><00:30:44.809><c> and</c><00:30:45.150><c> the</c><00:30:45.329><c> kingdom</c>

00:30:45.890 --> 00:30:50.069
because<00:30:46.569><c> the</c><00:30:46.809><c> man</c><00:30:47.069><c> who</c><00:30:47.269><c> tries</c><00:30:47.549><c> to</c><00:30:47.730><c> get</c><00:30:47.910><c> both</c><00:30:48.529><c> is</c><00:30:49.549><c> the</c><00:30:49.710><c> man</c><00:30:49.930><c> who</c>

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ends<00:30:50.289><c> up</c><00:30:50.549><c> with</c><00:30:50.750><c> nothing.</c>

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The<00:30:53.730><c> basis</c><00:30:54.069><c> of</c><00:30:54.250><c> Israel's</c><00:30:54.829><c> existence</c><00:30:55.309><c> was</c><00:30:55.650><c> that</c><00:30:55.809><c> they</c><00:30:56.109><c> should</c>

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dwell<00:30:56.970><c> alone.</c><00:30:58.009><c> Remember</c><00:30:58.309><c> the</c><00:30:58.589><c> prophecy,</c>

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they<00:30:59.230><c> shall</c><00:30:59.490><c> dwell</c><00:30:59.930><c> alone.</c><00:31:02.349><c> And</c><00:31:02.509><c> that</c><00:31:02.690><c> principle</c><00:31:03.069><c> is</c><00:31:03.289><c> still</c>

00:31:03.569 --> 00:31:05.390
operative<00:31:03.990><c> in</c><00:31:04.190><c> God's</c><00:31:04.589><c> people.</c><00:31:05.049><c> It</c><00:31:05.089><c> hasn't</c>

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changed.<00:31:06.849><c> Nothing</c><00:31:07.150><c> has</c><00:31:07.490><c> changed.</c><00:31:09.750><c> Come</c><00:31:10.029><c> out</c><00:31:10.309><c> from</c><00:31:10.490><c> among</c><00:31:10.750><c> them</c><00:31:10.890><c> and</c>

00:31:10.990 --> 00:31:15.690
be<00:31:11.450><c> separate.</c><00:31:14.190><c> There</c><00:31:14.549><c> are</c><00:31:15.289><c> no</c>

00:31:15.690 --> 00:31:19.769
harmless<00:31:16.670><c> alliances</c><00:31:17.369><c> with</c><00:31:17.710><c> the</c><00:31:17.910><c> world.</c><00:31:19.009><c> Now,</c><00:31:19.250><c> you</c><00:31:19.329><c> may</c><00:31:19.569><c> not</c>

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believe<00:31:20.069><c> that,</c><00:31:20.470><c> brethren</c><00:31:20.630><c> and</c><00:31:20.849><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:21.109 --> 00:31:27.410
but<00:31:21.250><c> it's</c><00:31:21.529><c> true.</c><00:31:21.910><c> There</c><00:31:22.089><c> are</c><00:31:22.470><c> no</c><00:31:22.950><c> harmless</c><00:31:23.910><c> alliances</c><00:31:24.630><c> with</c><00:31:25.009><c> the</c><00:31:25.210><c> world.</c><00:31:27.109><c> In</c><00:31:27.269><c> a</c>

00:31:27.410 --> 00:31:28.549
moment's<00:31:27.809><c> honest</c><00:31:28.049><c> reflection,</c>

00:31:28.549 --> 00:31:33.690
to<00:31:28.789><c> convince</c><00:31:29.089><c> us</c><00:31:29.369><c> that</c><00:31:29.509><c> that</c><00:31:29.670><c> is</c><00:31:29.789><c> true,</c><00:31:30.990><c> we</c><00:31:31.130><c> either</c><00:31:31.529><c> perish</c><00:31:31.890><c> with</c><00:31:32.230><c> Balaam</c><00:31:33.369><c> or</c>

00:31:33.690 --> 00:31:34.970
we<00:31:33.890><c> are</c><00:31:34.170><c> counted</c><00:31:34.430><c> righteous</c>

00:31:34.970 --> 00:31:40.049
with<00:31:35.230><c> Phineas</c><00:31:36.670><c> who</c><00:31:37.289><c> stayed</c><00:31:37.589><c> the</c><00:31:37.849><c> plague</c><00:31:38.170><c> in</c><00:31:38.349><c> verse</c><00:31:38.630><c> 30.</c><00:31:39.809><c> Ask</c>

00:31:40.049 --> 00:31:42.640
one<00:31:40.309><c> or</c><00:31:40.390><c> other</c><00:31:40.769><c> of</c><00:31:40.829><c> those,</c><00:31:41.390><c> which</c><00:31:41.529><c> will</c><00:31:41.730><c> it</c><00:31:41.849><c> be?</c>

00:31:44.289 --> 00:31:48.670
The<00:31:44.430><c> next</c><00:31:44.730><c> thing</c><00:31:44.930><c> they</c><00:31:45.069><c> did,</c><00:31:45.349><c> verse</c><00:31:45.549><c> 32,</c><00:31:47.529><c> they</c><00:31:47.849><c> angered</c><00:31:48.369><c> God</c>

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also<00:31:49.069><c> at</c><00:31:49.210><c> the</c><00:31:49.349><c> waters</c><00:31:49.549><c> of</c><00:31:49.930><c> strife</c><00:31:50.269><c> so</c><00:31:50.470><c> that</c><00:31:50.549><c> it</c><00:31:50.690><c> went</c>

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ill<00:31:51.250><c> with</c><00:31:51.450><c> Moses</c><00:31:51.869><c> for</c><00:31:52.089><c> their</c><00:31:52.529><c> sakes</c><00:31:53.289><c> because</c><00:31:54.049><c> they</c><00:31:54.509><c> provoked</c>

00:31:55.089 --> 00:31:58.049
his<00:31:55.390><c> spirit</c><00:31:56.289><c> so</c><00:31:56.809><c> that</c><00:31:56.849><c> he</c><00:31:57.029><c> spoke</c><00:31:57.289><c> unadvisably</c>

00:31:58.049 --> 00:32:01.690
with<00:31:58.250><c> his</c><00:31:58.430><c> lips.</c><00:32:00.089><c> Another</c><00:32:00.390><c> of</c><00:32:00.589><c> the</c><00:32:00.750><c> incidents</c><00:32:01.069><c> we</c><00:32:01.309><c> covered</c><00:32:01.490><c> in</c>

00:32:01.690 --> 00:32:04.750
the<00:32:01.750><c> first</c><00:32:02.089><c> session.</c><00:32:03.950><c> They</c><00:32:04.190><c> rebelled</c>

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and<00:32:04.869><c> led</c><00:32:05.109><c> Moses</c><00:32:05.470><c> into</c><00:32:05.869><c> transgression.</c><00:32:08.130><c> Momentarily</c><00:32:08.730><c> he</c>

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shared<00:32:09.349><c> their</c><00:32:09.710><c> unbelief.</c>

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Ho<00:32:11.950><c> ye</c><00:32:12.130><c> rebels,</c><00:32:12.710><c> must</c><00:32:12.930><c> we</c><00:32:13.329><c> fetch</c><00:32:13.670><c> you</c><00:32:13.970><c> water</c><00:32:14.289><c> out</c><00:32:14.569><c> of</c><00:32:14.690><c> this</c><00:32:14.930><c> rock?</c><00:32:16.809><c> And</c>

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he<00:32:17.029><c> was</c><00:32:17.210><c> numbered</c><00:32:17.430><c> with</c><00:32:17.630><c> the</c><00:32:17.930><c> transgressors.</c>

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Brethren<00:32:20.329><c> and</c><00:32:20.509><c> sisters,</c><00:32:21.109><c> we</c><00:32:21.289><c> bear</c><00:32:21.750><c> a</c><00:32:22.089><c> heavy</c><00:32:22.430><c> responsibility</c>

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when<00:32:24.390><c> we</c><00:32:24.630><c> cause</c><00:32:24.809><c> other</c><00:32:25.089><c> people</c>

00:32:25.329 --> 00:32:30.549
to<00:32:25.609><c> stumble.</c><00:32:26.890><c> It</c><00:32:27.029><c> says</c><00:32:27.390><c> there</c><00:32:27.789><c> it</c><00:32:28.029><c> went</c><00:32:28.410><c> ill</c><00:32:29.009><c> with</c><00:32:29.309><c> Moses</c><00:32:29.970><c> for</c>

00:32:30.549 --> 00:32:32.230
their<00:32:31.309><c> sakes.</c>

00:32:34.569 --> 00:32:37.109
They<00:32:34.829><c> kept</c><00:32:35.069><c> that</c><00:32:35.329><c> man</c><00:32:35.529><c> out</c><00:32:35.730><c> of</c><00:32:35.829><c> the</c><00:32:36.009><c> promised</c><00:32:36.250><c> land.</c>

00:32:39.670 --> 00:32:42.210
Pray<00:32:39.910><c> God</c><00:32:40.150><c> we</c><00:32:40.309><c> don't</c><00:32:40.549><c> do</c><00:32:40.730><c> the</c><00:32:40.990><c> same</c><00:32:41.190><c> to</c><00:32:41.369><c> any</c><00:32:41.609><c> of</c><00:32:41.730><c> our</c><00:32:41.910><c> brethren</c>

00:32:42.210 --> 00:32:43.349
and<00:32:42.470><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:45.150 --> 00:32:47.829
I<00:32:45.369><c> think</c><00:32:45.589><c> the</c><00:32:45.750><c> most</c><00:32:46.150><c> dreadful</c><00:32:46.589><c> thing</c><00:32:46.809><c> they</c><00:32:47.069><c> did</c><00:32:47.210><c> comes</c><00:32:47.470><c> out</c><00:32:47.730><c> in</c>

00:32:47.829 --> 00:32:50.069
the<00:32:47.869><c> next</c><00:32:48.230><c> passage,</c><00:32:48.710><c> verse</c><00:32:48.890><c> 34.</c>

00:32:51.269 --> 00:32:53.970
They<00:32:51.509><c> did</c><00:32:51.829><c> not</c><00:32:52.089><c> destroy</c><00:32:52.529><c> the</c><00:32:52.750><c> nations</c><00:32:53.049><c> concerning</c><00:32:53.529><c> whom</c><00:32:53.809><c> the</c>

00:32:53.970 --> 00:32:55.309
Lord<00:32:54.109><c> had</c><00:32:54.369><c> commanded</c><00:32:54.690><c> them.</c>

00:32:55.329 --> 00:33:01.170
But<00:32:55.970><c> were</c><00:32:56.450><c> mingled</c><00:32:57.069><c> among</c><00:32:57.529><c> the</c><00:32:57.910><c> heathen</c><00:32:58.490><c> and</c><00:32:58.990><c> learned</c><00:32:59.430><c> their</c><00:32:59.950><c> works.</c>

00:33:01.890 --> 00:33:04.890
You<00:33:02.190><c> cannot</c><00:33:02.829><c> mix</c><00:33:03.230><c> with</c><00:33:03.390><c> the</c><00:33:03.609><c> world</c><00:33:03.809><c> without</c><00:33:04.150><c> learning</c><00:33:04.549><c> their</c>

00:33:04.890 --> 00:33:08.329
works.<00:33:05.690><c> It</c><00:33:06.029><c> just</c><00:33:06.569><c> can't</c><00:33:07.109><c> be</c><00:33:07.369><c> done.</c>

00:33:09.450 --> 00:33:11.809
You<00:33:09.670><c> can't</c><00:33:09.990><c> get</c><00:33:10.250><c> involved</c><00:33:10.589><c> with</c><00:33:10.769><c> the</c><00:33:10.930><c> world</c><00:33:11.109><c> without</c><00:33:11.450><c> being</c>

00:33:11.809 --> 00:33:14.130
beguiled<00:33:12.289><c> by</c><00:33:12.650><c> it</c>

00:33:14.130 --> 00:33:19.230
in<00:33:14.630><c> some</c><00:33:14.910><c> shape</c><00:33:15.150><c> or</c><00:33:15.390><c> form.</c><00:33:17.029><c> And</c><00:33:17.289><c> what</c><00:33:17.509><c> did</c><00:33:17.670><c> they</c><00:33:18.009><c> learn?</c><00:33:19.109><c> And</c>

00:33:19.230 --> 00:33:21.509
this<00:33:19.390><c> is</c><00:33:19.569><c> the</c><00:33:19.630><c> most</c><00:33:19.930><c> amazing</c><00:33:20.650><c> thing.</c>

00:33:21.829 --> 00:33:26.950
Verse<00:33:22.549><c> 36.</c><00:33:23.650><c> They</c><00:33:24.369><c> served</c><00:33:25.049><c> their</c><00:33:25.509><c> idols,</c><00:33:26.029><c> which</c><00:33:26.210><c> were</c><00:33:26.470><c> a</c><00:33:26.710><c> snare</c>

00:33:26.950 --> 00:33:28.670
unto<00:33:27.190><c> them.</c><00:33:28.170><c> Right.</c>

00:33:29.170 --> 00:33:33.910
But<00:33:29.430><c> worse,</c><00:33:30.630><c> yea,</c><00:33:30.890><c> they</c><00:33:31.289><c> sacrificed</c><00:33:32.029><c> their</c><00:33:32.430><c> sons</c><00:33:32.849><c> and</c><00:33:33.109><c> daughters</c><00:33:33.549><c> unto</c>

00:33:33.910 --> 00:33:36.289
devils,<00:33:35.109><c> and</c><00:33:35.269><c> shed</c><00:33:35.430><c> innocent</c><00:33:35.930><c> blood,</c>

00:33:36.329 --> 00:33:42.029
even<00:33:36.630><c> the</c><00:33:36.829><c> blood</c><00:33:37.130><c> of</c><00:33:37.509><c> their</c><00:33:38.089><c> sons</c><00:33:38.549><c> and</c><00:33:38.950><c> their</c><00:33:39.390><c> daughters,</c><00:33:40.970><c> whom</c><00:33:41.049><c> they</c><00:33:41.369><c> sacrificed</c><00:33:41.849><c> to</c>

00:33:42.029 --> 00:33:42.970
the<00:33:42.109><c> idols</c><00:33:42.369><c> of</c><00:33:42.630><c> Canaan.</c>

00:33:43.230 --> 00:33:47.490
And<00:33:43.349><c> the</c><00:33:43.549><c> land</c><00:33:43.789><c> was</c><00:33:44.089><c> polluted</c><00:33:44.650><c> with</c><00:33:44.890><c> blood.</c><00:33:46.029><c> Now</c><00:33:46.470><c> don't</c><00:33:47.029><c> pass</c>

00:33:47.490 --> 00:33:48.710
over<00:33:47.690><c> that</c><00:33:47.930><c> passage</c><00:33:48.289><c> lightly,</c>

00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:52.490
brethren<00:33:49.089><c> and</c><00:33:49.329><c> sisters.</c><00:33:51.049><c> The</c><00:33:51.150><c> children</c><00:33:51.430><c> of</c><00:33:51.549><c> Israel</c><00:33:51.990><c> were</c><00:33:52.390><c> a</c>

00:33:52.490 --> 00:33:55.650
very<00:33:53.349><c> family</c><00:33:53.849><c> conscious</c><00:33:54.390><c> nation.</c><00:33:55.289><c> They</c><00:33:55.410><c> were</c>

00:33:55.650 --> 00:33:59.569
a<00:33:55.869><c> family</c><00:33:56.190><c> loving</c><00:33:56.490><c> people.</c><00:33:56.829><c> They</c><00:33:57.089><c> still</c><00:33:57.430><c> are.</c><00:33:58.970><c> The</c><00:33:59.309><c> strength</c>

00:33:59.569 --> 00:34:02.109
of<00:33:59.789><c> the</c><00:33:59.990><c> family</c><00:34:00.390><c> unit</c><00:34:00.970><c> was</c><00:34:01.470><c> one</c><00:34:01.769><c> of</c><00:34:01.930><c> the</c>

00:34:02.109 --> 00:34:06.089
things<00:34:02.390><c> that</c><00:34:02.630><c> ensured</c><00:34:03.190><c> their</c><00:34:03.589><c> survival</c><00:34:04.130><c> during</c><00:34:04.630><c> all</c><00:34:05.069><c> the</c><00:34:05.369><c> centuries</c><00:34:05.809><c> of</c>

00:34:06.089 --> 00:34:10.050
the<00:34:06.369><c> diaspora.</c><00:34:08.650><c> And</c><00:34:09.030><c> it</c><00:34:09.230><c> facilitated</c><00:34:09.889><c> the</c>

00:34:10.050 --> 00:34:13.630
return<00:34:10.409><c> of</c><00:34:10.610><c> the</c><00:34:10.730><c> Jews</c><00:34:10.889><c> to</c><00:34:11.090><c> the</c><00:34:11.269><c> land</c><00:34:11.429><c> in</c><00:34:11.630><c> the</c><00:34:11.769><c> twentieth</c><00:34:12.250><c> century.</c><00:34:13.329><c> The</c>

00:34:13.630 --> 00:34:17.750
bond<00:34:14.369><c> of</c><00:34:14.889><c> the</c><00:34:15.150><c> family</c><00:34:15.730><c> was</c><00:34:16.150><c> their</c><00:34:16.510><c> strength.</c>

00:34:18.210 --> 00:34:24.230
And<00:34:18.730><c> yet</c><00:34:19.389><c> we</c><00:34:19.789><c> read</c><00:34:20.550><c> that</c><00:34:21.010><c> they</c><00:34:21.349><c> sacrificed</c><00:34:22.329><c> their</c><00:34:22.869><c> sons</c><00:34:23.409><c> and</c>

00:34:24.230 --> 00:34:25.750
their<00:34:24.590><c> daughters,</c>

00:34:25.869 --> 00:34:31.030
their<00:34:26.150><c> most</c><00:34:26.809><c> precious</c><00:34:27.369><c> possessions,</c><00:34:28.809><c> the</c><00:34:29.070><c> heritage</c><00:34:29.590><c> of</c><00:34:29.829><c> the</c><00:34:29.989><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:32.590 --> 00:34:38.190
This<00:34:33.130><c> shows</c><00:34:33.610><c> us</c><00:34:34.570><c> the</c><00:34:34.929><c> extent</c><00:34:35.630><c> to</c><00:34:36.190><c> which</c><00:34:36.510><c> they</c><00:34:36.769><c> were</c><00:34:37.070><c> deluded.</c>

00:34:39.070 --> 00:34:40.610
They<00:34:39.309><c> had</c><00:34:39.510><c> learned</c><00:34:39.809><c> the</c><00:34:39.989><c> works</c><00:34:40.269><c> of</c><00:34:40.469><c> the</c>

00:34:40.610 --> 00:34:44.769
people<00:34:40.829><c> amongst</c><00:34:41.150><c> whom</c><00:34:41.349><c> they</c><00:34:41.630><c> mingled.</c><00:34:42.730><c> They</c><00:34:43.230><c> sincerely</c><00:34:44.090><c> believed</c><00:34:44.610><c> they</c>

00:34:44.769 --> 00:34:46.670
were<00:34:44.969><c> doing</c><00:34:45.190><c> the</c><00:34:45.369><c> right</c><00:34:45.710><c> thing.</c>

00:34:47.250 --> 00:34:52.010
They<00:34:47.730><c> were</c><00:34:47.969><c> beguiled</c><00:34:48.590><c> into</c><00:34:48.889><c> making</c><00:34:49.349><c> the</c><00:34:49.630><c> supreme</c><00:34:50.489><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:34:52.489 --> 00:34:54.849
They<00:34:52.769><c> gave</c><00:34:53.110><c> the</c><00:34:53.329><c> lives</c><00:34:53.769><c> of</c><00:34:54.010><c> their</c><00:34:54.309><c> beloved</c>

00:34:54.849 --> 00:34:59.309
sons<00:34:55.250><c> and</c><00:34:55.550><c> daughters.</c><00:34:58.190><c> And</c><00:34:58.349><c> really,</c><00:34:58.690><c> you</c><00:34:58.690><c> know,</c><00:34:59.110><c> brethren</c>

00:34:59.309 --> 00:35:01.650
and<00:34:59.510><c> sisters,</c><00:34:59.929><c> it's</c><00:35:00.130><c> ironical</c><00:35:00.670><c> when</c><00:35:00.889><c> you</c><00:35:01.070><c> think</c><00:35:01.289><c> about</c>

00:35:01.650 --> 00:35:07.909
this.<00:35:02.550><c> It</c><00:35:02.750><c> really</c><00:35:03.289><c> is</c><00:35:03.710><c> ironical.</c><00:35:05.789><c> God</c><00:35:06.170><c> had</c><00:35:06.550><c> asked</c><00:35:07.010><c> so</c><00:35:07.590><c> little</c>

00:35:07.909 --> 00:35:10.050
from<00:35:08.190><c> them</c><00:35:08.389><c> for</c><00:35:08.590><c> their</c><00:35:08.849><c> salvation.</c>

00:35:10.309 --> 00:35:13.289
He<00:35:10.590><c> had</c><00:35:10.769><c> granted</c><00:35:11.150><c> the</c><00:35:11.349><c> blood</c><00:35:11.530><c> of</c><00:35:11.809><c> bulls</c><00:35:12.269><c> and</c><00:35:12.429><c> goats</c><00:35:12.750><c> to</c><00:35:13.050><c> make</c>

00:35:13.289 --> 00:35:15.289
atonement<00:35:13.829><c> for</c><00:35:14.070><c> their</c><00:35:14.329><c> sins.</c>

00:35:16.309 --> 00:35:20.849
They<00:35:16.949><c> couldn't</c><00:35:17.349><c> even</c><00:35:17.769><c> accept</c><00:35:18.210><c> that</c><00:35:18.630><c> without</c><00:35:19.070><c> complaint,</c><00:35:20.710><c> but</c>

00:35:20.849 --> 00:35:23.250
gave<00:35:21.090><c> the</c><00:35:21.409><c> lame</c><00:35:21.610><c> and</c><00:35:21.809><c> the</c><00:35:22.050><c> sick</c><00:35:22.230><c> and</c><00:35:22.389><c> the</c><00:35:22.650><c> blind</c><00:35:23.030><c> and</c>

00:35:23.250 --> 00:35:30.590
things<00:35:23.429><c> for</c><00:35:23.630><c> which</c><00:35:23.789><c> they</c><00:35:23.969><c> had</c><00:35:24.210><c> no</c><00:35:24.530><c> use,</c><00:35:25.030><c> things</c><00:35:25.309><c> which</c><00:35:25.510><c> were</c><00:35:25.929><c> worthless</c><00:35:26.329><c> to</c><00:35:26.590><c> them.</c><00:35:28.010><c> But</c><00:35:28.210><c> when</c><00:35:28.730><c> Baal,</c><00:35:30.150><c> a</c>

00:35:30.590 --> 00:35:31.909
dumb<00:35:30.829><c> idol,</c>

00:35:32.670 --> 00:35:35.869
demanded<00:35:33.050><c> the</c><00:35:33.329><c> lives</c><00:35:33.630><c> of</c><00:35:33.789><c> their</c><00:35:34.070><c> children,</c><00:35:35.090><c> they</c><00:35:35.369><c> willingly</c>

00:35:35.869 --> 00:35:37.329
paid<00:35:36.230><c> the</c><00:35:36.510><c> price.</c>

00:35:39.610 --> 00:35:44.630
Oh,<00:35:40.489><c> it's</c><00:35:40.630><c> easy</c><00:35:40.949><c> to</c><00:35:41.269><c> condemn</c><00:35:41.550><c> these</c><00:35:41.949><c> barbaric</c><00:35:42.710><c> practices</c><00:35:43.289><c> with</c><00:35:43.610><c> hindsight,</c><00:35:44.289><c> isn't</c><00:35:44.469><c> it,</c>

00:35:44.690 --> 00:35:46.050
brethren<00:35:44.929><c> and</c><00:35:45.190><c> sisters?</c>

00:35:48.170 --> 00:35:51.409
These<00:35:48.889><c> barbarous</c><00:35:49.469><c> people</c><00:35:49.829><c> in</c><00:35:50.030><c> the</c><00:35:50.190><c> wilderness.</c>

00:35:53.329 --> 00:35:58.190
And<00:35:53.690><c> yet,</c><00:35:54.449><c> be</c><00:35:54.710><c> guilty</c><00:35:55.170><c> of</c><00:35:55.489><c> precisely</c><00:35:56.329><c> the</c><00:35:56.769><c> same</c><00:35:57.150><c> offence</c><00:35:57.670><c> in</c><00:35:57.909><c> a</c>

00:35:58.190 --> 00:35:59.489
different<00:35:58.570><c> form.</c>

00:36:00.150 --> 00:36:05.989
For,<00:36:01.150><c> say</c><00:36:01.150><c> so,</c><00:36:02.829><c> thou</c><00:36:03.030><c> art</c><00:36:03.269><c> inexcusable,</c><00:36:04.329><c> O</c><00:36:04.469><c> man,</c><00:36:05.610><c> whosoever</c>

00:36:05.989 --> 00:36:07.809
thou<00:36:06.210><c> art</c><00:36:06.389><c> that</c><00:36:06.650><c> judgest.</c><00:36:07.030><c> For</c><00:36:07.190><c> wherein</c><00:36:07.510><c> thou</c>

00:36:07.809 --> 00:36:11.409
judgest<00:36:08.170><c> another,</c><00:36:08.849><c> thou</c><00:36:09.070><c> condemnest</c><00:36:09.789><c> thyself.</c><00:36:10.989><c> For</c><00:36:11.110><c> that</c>

00:36:11.409 --> 00:36:15.289
thou<00:36:11.730><c> that</c><00:36:12.010><c> judgest</c><00:36:12.510><c> doest</c><00:36:12.989><c> the</c><00:36:13.489><c> same</c><00:36:14.010><c> things.</c>

00:36:15.989 --> 00:36:19.010
And<00:36:16.289><c> it's</c><00:36:16.530><c> true,</c><00:36:16.869><c> brethren,</c><00:36:17.409><c> we</c><00:36:17.469><c> do</c><00:36:17.690><c> the</c><00:36:18.030><c> same</c><00:36:18.349><c> things</c><00:36:18.630><c> in</c><00:36:18.789><c> a</c>

00:36:19.010 --> 00:36:22.949
different<00:36:19.230><c> form.</c><00:36:20.849><c> When</c><00:36:21.090><c> we're</c><00:36:21.469><c> asked</c><00:36:21.730><c> to</c><00:36:22.130><c> give</c>

00:36:23.309 --> 00:36:29.170
to<00:36:23.949><c> God</c><00:36:24.570><c> the</c><00:36:25.449><c> small</c><00:36:25.929><c> things</c><00:36:26.230><c> that</c><00:36:26.389><c> he</c><00:36:26.590><c> requires</c><00:36:27.130><c> of</c><00:36:27.289><c> us</c><00:36:27.949><c> in</c><00:36:28.210><c> return</c><00:36:28.809><c> for</c>

00:36:29.170 --> 00:36:31.510
the<00:36:30.269><c> righteousness</c><00:36:30.809><c> of</c><00:36:31.190><c> Christ</c>

00:36:31.789 --> 00:36:36.710
and<00:36:32.050><c> an</c><00:36:32.389><c> inheritance</c><00:36:32.929><c> in</c><00:36:33.190><c> the</c><00:36:33.349><c> kingdom,</c><00:36:33.989><c> what</c><00:36:34.170><c> do</c><00:36:34.469><c> we</c><00:36:34.469><c> do?</c><00:36:36.409><c> We</c>

00:36:36.710 --> 00:36:40.449
criticize<00:36:37.429><c> and</c><00:36:37.929><c> we</c><00:36:38.210><c> grumble</c><00:36:38.750><c> and</c><00:36:38.989><c> we</c><00:36:39.210><c> don't</c><00:36:39.489><c> pay.</c>

00:36:40.849 --> 00:36:45.610
But<00:36:41.030><c> when</c><00:36:41.309><c> the</c><00:36:41.650><c> world</c><00:36:41.949><c> asks</c><00:36:42.369><c> us</c><00:36:42.630><c> to</c><00:36:42.889><c> pay,</c><00:36:44.610><c> we'll</c><00:36:44.829><c> pay</c><00:36:45.090><c> to</c><00:36:45.329><c> the</c>

00:36:45.610 --> 00:36:48.469
last<00:36:45.949><c> penny</c><00:36:46.289><c> or</c><00:36:46.590><c> the</c><00:36:46.730><c> last</c><00:36:47.190><c> cent</c><00:36:47.449><c> and</c><00:36:47.630><c> we</c><00:36:47.829><c> will</c><00:36:48.150><c> pursue</c>

00:36:48.469 --> 00:36:53.989
that<00:36:48.969><c> thing</c><00:36:49.389><c> until</c><00:36:49.809><c> we've</c><00:36:50.190><c> got</c><00:36:50.389><c> it</c><00:36:50.710><c> right.</c><00:36:52.030><c> If</c><00:36:52.329><c> right</c><00:36:52.650><c> can</c><00:36:52.889><c> ever</c><00:36:53.190><c> be</c>

00:36:53.989 --> 00:36:57.090
a<00:36:55.570><c> description</c><00:36:56.090><c> of</c><00:36:56.329><c> the</c><00:36:56.510><c> things</c><00:36:56.710><c> of</c><00:36:56.929><c> the</c>

00:36:57.090 --> 00:37:01.190
world.<00:36:57.349><c> But</c><00:36:57.489><c> you</c><00:36:57.750><c> know</c><00:36:57.929><c> what</c><00:36:58.170><c> I</c><00:36:58.389><c> mean.</c><00:37:00.369><c> How</c><00:37:00.530><c> many</c><00:37:00.769><c> marriages</c>

00:37:01.190 --> 00:37:03.110
have<00:37:01.449><c> been</c><00:37:01.610><c> ruined</c><00:37:01.889><c> by</c><00:37:02.210><c> selfish</c><00:37:02.510><c> ambition,</c>

00:37:03.250 --> 00:37:10.070
getting<00:37:03.530><c> so</c><00:37:03.949><c> involved</c><00:37:04.449><c> in</c><00:37:04.630><c> the</c><00:37:04.789><c> business</c><00:37:05.269><c> that</c><00:37:05.909><c> the</c><00:37:06.130><c> relationship</c><00:37:06.610><c> just</c><00:37:07.050><c> falls</c><00:37:07.309><c> apart.</c><00:37:08.849><c> How</c><00:37:09.150><c> many?</c>

00:37:10.710 --> 00:37:14.909
How<00:37:11.309><c> many</c><00:37:11.670><c> children's</c><00:37:12.389><c> lives</c><00:37:12.630><c> have</c><00:37:12.889><c> been</c><00:37:13.110><c> ruined</c><00:37:13.630><c> because</c><00:37:14.730><c> of</c>

00:37:14.909 --> 00:37:17.090
the<00:37:15.170><c> intrusion</c><00:37:15.489><c> of</c><00:37:15.789><c> worldly</c><00:37:16.050><c> pursuits</c>

00:37:17.190 --> 00:37:20.710
but<00:37:17.510><c> approved</c><00:37:18.150><c> by</c><00:37:18.469><c> the</c><00:37:18.670><c> parents.</c><00:37:19.309><c> Oh,</c><00:37:19.530><c> we've</c><00:37:19.690><c> got</c><00:37:19.889><c> to</c><00:37:20.030><c> let</c><00:37:20.250><c> them</c><00:37:20.489><c> do</c>

00:37:20.710 --> 00:37:23.210
this.<00:37:21.150><c> They're</c><00:37:21.230><c> just</c><00:37:21.530><c> finding</c><00:37:21.949><c> themselves.</c>

00:37:23.469 --> 00:37:28.210
Finding<00:37:24.050><c> themselves,</c><00:37:24.929><c> brethren</c><00:37:25.150><c> and</c><00:37:25.449><c> sisters.</c><00:37:27.789><c> If</c><00:37:27.889><c> you</c><00:37:28.010><c> want</c>

00:37:28.210 --> 00:37:29.989
to<00:37:28.329><c> rush</c><00:37:28.550><c> them</c><00:37:28.889><c> to</c><00:37:29.110><c> Stellawood</c><00:37:29.489><c> Cemetery,</c>

00:37:30.070 --> 00:37:37.030
just<00:37:30.690><c> help</c><00:37:30.989><c> them</c><00:37:31.250><c> find</c><00:37:31.590><c> themselves</c><00:37:32.210><c> in</c><00:37:32.449><c> that</c><00:37:32.730><c> way</c><00:37:33.389><c> with</c><00:37:34.190><c> worldly</c><00:37:34.550><c> pursuits.</c><00:37:36.769><c> How</c>

00:37:37.030 --> 00:37:38.170
often<00:37:37.230><c> does</c><00:37:37.449><c> the</c><00:37:37.610><c> Lord's</c><00:37:37.989><c> work</c>

00:37:38.170 --> 00:37:45.789
become<00:37:38.550><c> a</c><00:37:38.869><c> weariness</c><00:37:39.429><c> whilst</c><00:37:40.230><c> long</c><00:37:40.949><c> hours</c><00:37:41.429><c> and</c><00:37:41.909><c> untold</c><00:37:42.809><c> personal</c><00:37:43.369><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:44.030><c> is</c><00:37:44.269><c> gladly</c><00:37:44.630><c> given</c><00:37:45.130><c> to</c>

00:37:45.789 --> 00:37:46.210
that<00:37:46.010><c> which</c>

00:37:46.210 --> 00:37:53.369
is<00:37:46.650><c> passing</c><00:37:46.829><c> away.</c><00:37:49.969><c> We</c><00:37:50.250><c> will</c><00:37:50.630><c> not</c><00:37:50.909><c> give</c><00:37:51.230><c> to</c><00:37:51.469><c> God</c><00:37:51.789><c> the</c><00:37:52.090><c> small</c><00:37:52.650><c> price</c><00:37:53.010><c> that</c><00:37:53.150><c> he</c>

00:37:53.369 --> 00:37:56.349
asks<00:37:53.829><c> of</c><00:37:54.050><c> us.</c><00:37:55.409><c> But</c><00:37:55.530><c> when</c><00:37:55.809><c> the</c><00:37:56.010><c> world</c>

00:37:56.349 --> 00:38:00.530
beckons,<00:37:57.070><c> we</c><00:37:57.130><c> will</c><00:37:57.409><c> give</c><00:37:57.789><c> everything.</c><00:37:59.690><c> Not</c><00:37:59.869><c> just</c><00:38:00.170><c> the</c><00:38:00.250><c> small</c>

00:38:00.530 --> 00:38:03.210
change<00:38:00.789><c> in</c><00:38:00.969><c> the</c><00:38:01.130><c> back</c><00:38:01.349><c> pocket,</c><00:38:01.809><c> everything.</c>

00:38:05.010 --> 00:38:11.170
Are<00:38:05.409><c> you</c><00:38:05.690><c> mad,</c><00:38:06.349><c> brethren?</c><00:38:07.829><c> says</c><00:38:07.969><c> Paul.</c><00:38:10.510><c> This</c><00:38:10.769><c> is</c><00:38:10.889><c> something</c>

00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:14.989
we've<00:38:11.409><c> got</c><00:38:11.570><c> to</c><00:38:11.789><c> fight</c><00:38:12.110><c> every</c><00:38:12.869><c> day</c><00:38:13.530><c> of</c><00:38:14.090><c> our</c><00:38:14.409><c> lives</c><00:38:14.750><c> until</c>

00:38:14.989 --> 00:38:20.250
by<00:38:15.250><c> God's</c><00:38:15.750><c> mercy</c><00:38:16.070><c> we</c><00:38:16.309><c> are</c><00:38:16.449><c> changed</c><00:38:17.150><c> and</c><00:38:18.210><c> share</c><00:38:18.369><c> his</c><00:38:18.590><c> matchless</c><00:38:19.130><c> nature.</c>

00:38:23.329 --> 00:38:26.929
Just<00:38:23.449><c> looking</c><00:38:23.710><c> back</c><00:38:24.030><c> over</c><00:38:24.309><c> the</c><00:38:24.590><c> Psalm,</c><00:38:26.170><c> I</c><00:38:26.250><c> hope</c><00:38:26.369><c> we</c><00:38:26.489><c> can</c><00:38:26.750><c> see</c>

00:38:26.929 --> 00:38:29.250
clearly<00:38:27.289><c> the</c><00:38:27.469><c> seven</c><00:38:27.789><c> things</c><00:38:28.090><c> which</c><00:38:28.369><c> kept</c><00:38:28.570><c> Israel</c><00:38:28.989><c> out</c>

00:38:29.250 --> 00:38:32.789
of<00:38:29.329><c> their</c><00:38:29.630><c> inheritance</c><00:38:30.250><c> because</c><00:38:31.510><c> they</c><00:38:31.690><c> had</c><00:38:32.010><c> forgotten</c><00:38:32.389><c> God</c>

00:38:32.789 --> 00:38:36.730
their<00:38:33.110><c> savior.</c><00:38:35.090><c> Let's</c><00:38:35.369><c> just</c><00:38:35.530><c> run</c><00:38:35.670><c> through</c><00:38:35.869><c> them</c><00:38:36.030><c> again</c>

00:38:36.730 --> 00:38:44.610
in<00:38:37.210><c> summary.</c><00:38:39.630><c> They</c><00:38:39.849><c> lusted</c><00:38:40.409><c> exceedingly,</c><00:38:41.369><c> verse</c><00:38:41.670><c> 14.</c><00:38:44.130><c> They</c>

00:38:44.610 --> 00:38:47.510
envied,<00:38:45.670><c> verse</c><00:38:46.050><c> 16.</c>

00:38:48.110 --> 00:38:53.710
They<00:38:48.449><c> changed</c><00:38:48.949><c> their</c><00:38:49.389><c> glory</c><00:38:49.809><c> into</c><00:38:50.170><c> an</c><00:38:50.510><c> idol,</c><00:38:51.349><c> verse</c><00:38:51.610><c> 20.</c><00:38:53.349><c> They</c>

00:38:53.710 --> 00:38:55.789
despised<00:38:54.550><c> their</c><00:38:55.030><c> inheritance,</c>

00:38:56.050 --> 00:39:02.989
verse<00:38:56.389><c> 24.</c><00:38:58.050><c> They</c><00:38:58.389><c> joined</c><00:38:58.730><c> themselves</c><00:38:59.449><c> unto</c><00:38:59.869><c> Baal</c><00:39:00.389><c>-theor,</c><00:39:01.510><c> verse</c><00:39:01.789><c> 28.</c>

00:39:03.449 --> 00:39:07.550
They<00:39:03.809><c> rebelled</c><00:39:04.409><c> and</c><00:39:04.530><c> led</c><00:39:04.750><c> Moses</c><00:39:05.170><c> into</c><00:39:05.570><c> transgression,</c><00:39:07.230><c> verse</c>

00:39:07.550 --> 00:39:12.250
32.<00:39:09.510><c> They</c><00:39:09.769><c> sacrificed</c><00:39:10.730><c> their</c><00:39:11.210><c> sons</c><00:39:11.630><c> and</c><00:39:11.869><c> their</c>

00:39:12.250 --> 00:39:18.469
daughters,<00:39:13.690><c> verse</c><00:39:13.949><c> 37.</c><00:39:17.030><c> Sadly,</c><00:39:17.510><c> brethren</c><00:39:17.889><c> and</c><00:39:18.090><c> sisters,</c><00:39:18.329><c> we</c>

00:39:18.469 --> 00:39:20.349
shall<00:39:18.670><c> have</c><00:39:18.869><c> to</c><00:39:19.050><c> confess</c><00:39:19.429><c> that</c><00:39:19.650><c> most</c><00:39:19.949><c> of</c><00:39:20.150><c> these</c>

00:39:20.349 --> 00:39:23.369
weaknesses<00:39:20.789><c> find</c><00:39:21.190><c> their</c><00:39:21.530><c> counterpart</c><00:39:22.030><c> in</c><00:39:22.250><c> our</c><00:39:22.469><c> own</c><00:39:22.789><c> lives</c><00:39:23.070><c> as</c>

00:39:23.369 --> 00:39:28.969
well.<00:39:25.170><c> We</c><00:39:25.429><c> have</c><00:39:25.650><c> been</c><00:39:26.110><c> warned.</c><00:39:27.670><c> These</c><00:39:27.929><c> are</c><00:39:28.110><c> the</c><00:39:28.289><c> things</c>

00:39:28.969 --> 00:39:35.309
that<00:39:29.690><c> keep</c><00:39:30.010><c> us</c><00:39:30.909><c> from</c><00:39:31.150><c> the</c><00:39:31.369><c> promised</c><00:39:31.650><c> inheritance.</c><00:39:34.829><c> Back</c><00:39:35.090><c> to</c>

00:39:35.309 --> 00:39:37.469
Psalm<00:39:35.469><c> 111</c><00:39:36.190><c> for</c><00:39:36.329><c> the</c><00:39:36.570><c> antidote.</c>

00:39:42.110 --> 00:39:47.849
Psalm<00:39:42.510><c> 111</c><00:39:43.329><c> for</c><00:39:43.510><c> the</c><00:39:43.730><c> antidote.</c><00:39:46.170><c> We've</c><00:39:46.389><c> really</c><00:39:46.630><c> looked</c><00:39:46.869><c> at</c><00:39:47.010><c> it</c>

00:39:47.849 --> 00:39:49.769
and<00:39:48.289><c> we</c><00:39:48.489><c> remind</c><00:39:48.809><c> ourselves</c><00:39:49.329><c> again,</c>

00:39:49.829 --> 00:39:54.809
verse<00:39:50.130><c> 2.</c><00:39:51.250><c> The</c><00:39:51.449><c> works</c><00:39:51.909><c> of</c><00:39:52.150><c> the</c><00:39:52.329><c> Lord</c><00:39:52.510><c> are</c><00:39:52.909><c> great,</c><00:39:54.230><c> sought</c><00:39:54.409><c> out</c>

00:39:54.809 --> 00:39:57.789
of<00:39:55.070><c> all</c><00:39:55.570><c> them</c><00:39:55.909><c> that</c><00:39:56.150><c> have</c><00:39:56.429><c> pleasure</c><00:39:56.869><c> therein.</c>

00:39:58.449 --> 00:40:03.449
His<00:39:59.050><c> work</c><00:39:59.349><c> is</c><00:39:59.650><c> honorable</c><00:40:00.150><c> and</c><00:40:00.550><c> glorious,</c><00:40:01.909><c> and</c><00:40:01.969><c> his</c><00:40:02.230><c> righteousness</c><00:40:02.769><c> endureth</c>

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forever.<00:40:04.750><c> He</c><00:40:04.989><c> hath</c><00:40:05.329><c> made</c>

00:40:05.849 --> 00:40:12.010
his<00:40:06.269><c> wonderful</c><00:40:07.030><c> works</c><00:40:07.570><c> to</c><00:40:08.130><c> be</c><00:40:09.070><c> remembered.</c><00:40:11.250><c> All</c><00:40:11.610><c> the</c><00:40:11.750><c> great</c>

00:40:12.010 --> 00:40:14.530
things<00:40:12.309><c> God</c><00:40:12.550><c> has</c><00:40:12.809><c> done</c><00:40:13.230><c> from</c><00:40:13.530><c> creation</c><00:40:14.090><c> onwards</c>

00:40:14.530 --> 00:40:19.070
are<00:40:14.750><c> to</c><00:40:14.909><c> be</c><00:40:15.250><c> specially</c><00:40:15.929><c> remembered.</c><00:40:17.969><c> Even</c><00:40:18.250><c> the</c><00:40:18.489><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:18.690><c> day</c>

00:40:19.070 --> 00:40:20.570
which<00:40:19.230><c> we've</c><00:40:19.570><c> discussed</c><00:40:19.869><c> this</c><00:40:20.110><c> week,</c><00:40:20.449><c> brethren</c>

00:40:20.570 --> 00:40:23.630
and<00:40:20.829><c> sisters,</c><00:40:21.090><c> even</c><00:40:21.349><c> the</c><00:40:21.610><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:21.809><c> day</c><00:40:22.369><c> when</c><00:40:22.849><c> God</c><00:40:23.110><c> rested</c><00:40:23.429><c> for</c>

00:40:23.630 --> 00:40:25.969
his<00:40:23.869><c> works</c><00:40:24.210><c> was</c><00:40:24.469><c> designed</c><00:40:24.909><c> to</c><00:40:25.190><c> assist</c><00:40:25.469><c> them</c><00:40:25.670><c> with</c>

00:40:25.969 --> 00:40:29.510
remembrance.<00:40:27.670><c> The</c><00:40:27.829><c> human</c><00:40:28.070><c> mind</c><00:40:28.369><c> would</c><00:40:28.570><c> say,</c><00:40:28.909><c> if</c><00:40:28.969><c> I</c><00:40:29.110><c> want</c><00:40:29.329><c> to</c>

00:40:29.510 --> 00:40:32.809
make<00:40:29.710><c> more</c><00:40:29.989><c> money,</c><00:40:30.329><c> I've</c><00:40:30.570><c> got</c><00:40:30.730><c> to</c><00:40:30.909><c> work</c><00:40:31.210><c> longer</c><00:40:31.630><c> hours.</c>

00:40:32.869 --> 00:40:36.550
That<00:40:33.090><c> means</c><00:40:33.369><c> I</c><00:40:33.469><c> must</c><00:40:33.730><c> work</c><00:40:34.190><c> every</c><00:40:34.610><c> day,</c><00:40:35.530><c> and</c><00:40:35.670><c> I</c><00:40:35.750><c> must</c><00:40:35.929><c> make</c><00:40:36.150><c> my</c>

00:40:36.550 --> 00:40:40.150
servants<00:40:36.889><c> work</c><00:40:37.449><c> every</c><00:40:37.969><c> day,</c><00:40:38.610><c> and</c><00:40:38.789><c> my</c><00:40:39.110><c> oxen</c><00:40:39.630><c> work</c>

00:40:40.150 --> 00:40:46.969
every<00:40:40.750><c> day.</c><00:40:42.469><c> God</c><00:40:42.750><c> said,</c><00:40:43.329><c> no,</c><00:40:45.110><c> rest</c><00:40:45.489><c> on</c><00:40:45.789><c> the</c><00:40:46.010><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:46.329><c> day,</c><00:40:46.769><c> and</c>

00:40:46.969 --> 00:40:50.489
in<00:40:47.150><c> doing</c><00:40:47.449><c> so,</c><00:40:48.070><c> remember</c><00:40:48.630><c> me.</c><00:40:49.889><c> Remember</c><00:40:50.309><c> the</c>

00:40:50.489 --> 00:40:53.289
great<00:40:50.789><c> works</c><00:40:51.090><c> of</c><00:40:51.449><c> creation.</c><00:40:52.050><c> Remember</c><00:40:52.409><c> that</c><00:40:52.610><c> I</c><00:40:52.829><c> brought</c><00:40:53.090><c> you</c>

00:40:53.289 --> 00:40:56.070
from<00:40:53.489><c> the</c><00:40:53.710><c> bondage</c><00:40:54.110><c> of</c><00:40:54.289><c> Egypt</c><00:40:54.610><c> and</c><00:40:54.889><c> delivered</c><00:40:55.269><c> you.</c>

00:40:56.530 --> 00:41:01.670
As<00:40:57.010><c> I</c><00:40:57.369><c> rested</c><00:40:57.670><c> on</c><00:40:57.929><c> the</c><00:40:58.110><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:58.309><c> day,</c><00:40:58.690><c> so</c><00:40:58.949><c> must</c><00:40:59.190><c> you.</c><00:41:00.849><c> And</c><00:41:00.969><c> if</c><00:41:01.010><c> you</c><00:41:01.250><c> do,</c><00:41:01.590><c> I</c>

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will<00:41:01.909><c> bless</c><00:41:02.150><c> you</c><00:41:02.369><c> in</c><00:41:02.449><c> your</c><00:41:02.750><c> storehouses</c>

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and<00:41:03.630><c> in</c><00:41:03.750><c> your</c><00:41:04.050><c> barns</c><00:41:04.510><c> and</c><00:41:04.530><c> in</c><00:41:04.710><c> your</c><00:41:04.949><c> families.</c><00:41:05.489><c> You</c><00:41:05.769><c> won't</c><00:41:06.090><c> lose</c><00:41:06.429><c> out</c>

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by<00:41:06.829><c> not</c><00:41:07.070><c> working</c><00:41:07.389><c> on</c><00:41:07.570><c> the</c><00:41:07.769><c> Sabbath</c><00:41:08.010><c> day.</c><00:41:08.349><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:41:08.809><c> you</c><00:41:08.829><c> will</c><00:41:09.190><c> gain</c><00:41:09.710><c> by</c><00:41:10.289><c> keeping</c><00:41:10.750><c> the</c><00:41:11.010><c> Sabbath.</c><00:41:11.889><c> I</c><00:41:12.070><c> promise</c>

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you.<00:41:15.409><c> And</c><00:41:15.570><c> brethren</c><00:41:15.750><c> and</c><00:41:15.969><c> sisters,</c><00:41:16.230><c> although</c>

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we<00:41:16.610><c> are</c><00:41:16.789><c> not</c><00:41:17.010><c> literal</c><00:41:17.369><c> Sabbath</c><00:41:17.730><c> keepers</c><00:41:18.110><c> because</c><00:41:18.449><c> that</c><00:41:18.789><c> ordinance</c><00:41:19.130><c> was</c>

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passed<00:41:19.670><c> into</c><00:41:19.929><c> antiquity</c><00:41:20.510><c> now,</c>

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it's<00:41:21.889><c> as</c><00:41:21.889><c> we</c><00:41:22.090><c> say,</c><00:41:22.510><c> it's</c><00:41:22.610><c> history.</c><00:41:24.329><c> The</c><00:41:24.610><c> principle</c><00:41:25.269><c> remains.</c>

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Nothing<00:41:27.210><c> has</c><00:41:27.610><c> changed.</c><00:41:29.190><c> And</c><00:41:29.289><c> if</c><00:41:29.389><c> we'll</c><00:41:29.610><c> just</c>

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cultivate<00:41:31.050><c> the</c><00:41:31.409><c> practice</c><00:41:31.889><c> of</c><00:41:32.550><c> learning</c><00:41:32.989><c> to</c><00:41:33.250><c> give</c><00:41:33.550><c> God</c><00:41:34.050><c> service</c><00:41:35.050><c> rather</c>

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than<00:41:36.349><c> working</c><00:41:36.710><c> for</c><00:41:37.050><c> self,</c>

00:41:38.469 --> 00:41:41.510
if<00:41:38.630><c> we</c><00:41:38.849><c> learn</c><00:41:38.969><c> to</c><00:41:39.190><c> trust</c><00:41:39.570><c> God</c><00:41:39.949><c> and</c><00:41:40.130><c> say</c><00:41:40.349><c> with</c><00:41:40.550><c> Joshua,</c><00:41:41.190><c> as</c><00:41:41.230><c> for</c>

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me<00:41:41.730><c> and</c><00:41:41.889><c> my</c><00:41:42.210><c> house,</c><00:41:42.809><c> we</c><00:41:43.110><c> will</c><00:41:43.429><c> serve</c><00:41:43.809><c> the</c><00:41:44.050><c> Lord,</c>

00:41:45.969 --> 00:41:48.670
and<00:41:46.449><c> then</c><00:41:46.449><c> he</c><00:41:46.550><c> will</c><00:41:46.690><c> give</c><00:41:46.829><c> us</c><00:41:47.150><c> the</c><00:41:47.190><c> security</c><00:41:47.730><c> we</c><00:41:47.969><c> need</c><00:41:48.190><c> for</c><00:41:48.469><c> our</c>

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families<00:41:49.190><c> and</c><00:41:49.949><c> the</c><00:41:50.050><c> things</c><00:41:50.250><c> we</c><00:41:50.469><c> require</c><00:41:50.889><c> for</c><00:41:51.090><c> this</c>

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life.<00:41:52.389><c> He</c><00:41:52.389><c> may</c><00:41:52.630><c> not</c><00:41:52.769><c> give</c><00:41:52.929><c> us</c><00:41:53.070><c> lots</c><00:41:53.309><c> of</c><00:41:53.429><c> money,</c><00:41:53.710><c> but</c><00:41:53.829><c> he</c><00:41:53.969><c> will</c>

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give<00:41:54.329><c> us</c><00:41:54.610><c> sufficient</c><00:41:55.170><c> and</c><00:41:55.849><c> more</c><00:41:56.510><c> because</c><00:41:56.849><c> he</c><00:41:57.030><c> is</c>

00:41:57.150 --> 00:42:02.369
a<00:41:57.250><c> God</c><00:41:57.429><c> who</c><00:41:57.550><c> gives</c><00:41:57.789><c> in</c><00:41:58.030><c> abundance.</c><00:41:59.710><c> It</c><00:41:59.849><c> is</c><00:42:00.130><c> his</c><00:42:00.329><c> promise.</c><00:42:02.170><c> Seek</c>

00:42:02.369 --> 00:42:05.110
ye<00:42:02.610><c> first</c><00:42:02.949><c> the</c><00:42:03.210><c> kingdom</c><00:42:03.630><c> of</c><00:42:03.889><c> God</c><00:42:04.110><c> and</c><00:42:04.369><c> his</c><00:42:04.650><c> righteousness</c>

00:42:05.110 --> 00:42:11.269
and<00:42:05.590><c> all</c><00:42:06.090><c> these</c><00:42:06.510><c> things</c><00:42:06.829><c> shall</c><00:42:07.030><c> be</c><00:42:07.250><c> added</c><00:42:07.449><c> unto</c><00:42:07.690><c> you.</c><00:42:08.030><c> You</c><00:42:08.210><c> know</c><00:42:08.429><c> that</c><00:42:08.690><c> scripture.</c><00:42:10.329><c> And</c><00:42:10.530><c> so,</c>

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it's<00:42:12.449><c> wonderful</c><00:42:12.809><c> works</c><00:42:13.250><c> were</c><00:42:13.489><c> made</c><00:42:13.650><c> to</c><00:42:13.849><c> be</c><00:42:14.150><c> remembered,</c><00:42:15.590><c> made</c>

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to<00:42:15.730><c> be</c><00:42:15.929><c> thought</c><00:42:16.110><c> about,</c><00:42:16.570><c> made</c><00:42:16.690><c> to</c><00:42:16.889><c> be</c><00:42:17.090><c> mused</c><00:42:17.570><c> upon,</c>

00:42:18.570 --> 00:42:21.909
turned<00:42:18.769><c> over</c><00:42:19.170><c> in</c><00:42:19.429><c> our</c><00:42:19.690><c> minds</c><00:42:20.269><c> until</c><00:42:20.809><c> they</c><00:42:21.070><c> affect</c><00:42:21.510><c> our</c>

00:42:21.909 --> 00:42:23.489
everyday<00:42:22.449><c> living.</c>

00:42:25.210 --> 00:42:29.329
Second<00:42:25.510><c> half</c><00:42:25.789><c> of</c><00:42:25.969><c> verse</c><00:42:26.230><c> four,</c><00:42:26.690><c> he</c><00:42:26.690><c> says,</c><00:42:27.030><c> the</c><00:42:27.090><c> Lord</c><00:42:27.409><c> is</c><00:42:27.730><c> gracious,</c><00:42:29.190><c> full</c>

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of<00:42:29.590><c> compassion.</c><00:42:31.250><c> Just</c><00:42:31.769><c> store</c><00:42:32.010><c> that</c><00:42:32.250><c> on</c>

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one<00:42:32.750><c> side</c><00:42:33.030><c> on</c><00:42:33.210><c> a</c><00:42:33.369><c> little</c><00:42:33.550><c> shelf</c><00:42:33.789><c> in</c><00:42:33.969><c> your</c><00:42:34.170><c> mind</c><00:42:34.389><c> for</c><00:42:34.570><c> a</c><00:42:34.690><c> moment</c>

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and<00:42:35.090><c> we'll</c><00:42:35.210><c> come</c><00:42:35.449><c> back</c><00:42:35.730><c> to</c><00:42:35.829><c> it.</c><00:42:36.690><c> There's</c><00:42:36.869><c> five.</c>

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And<00:42:38.510><c> this</c><00:42:38.690><c> is</c><00:42:38.789><c> where</c><00:42:39.050><c> the</c><00:42:39.250><c> psalm</c><00:42:39.510><c> begins</c><00:42:39.809><c> to</c><00:42:40.010><c> have</c><00:42:40.170><c> messianic</c><00:42:40.869><c> overtones.</c>

00:42:42.610 --> 00:42:49.050
He<00:42:42.989><c> hath</c><00:42:43.329><c> given</c><00:42:43.789><c> meat</c><00:42:44.489><c> unto</c><00:42:45.050><c> them</c><00:42:45.769><c> that</c><00:42:46.329><c> fear</c><00:42:46.650><c> him.</c><00:42:48.670><c> The</c><00:42:48.809><c> Lord</c>

00:42:49.050 --> 00:42:51.309
Jesus<00:42:49.449><c> Christ</c><00:42:49.750><c> said,</c><00:42:50.030><c> I</c><00:42:50.329><c> am</c><00:42:50.670><c> the</c><00:42:50.869><c> bread</c><00:42:51.070><c> that</c>

00:42:51.309 --> 00:42:56.269
cometh<00:42:51.530><c> down</c><00:42:51.969><c> from</c><00:42:52.250><c> heaven.</c><00:42:54.570><c> And</c><00:42:54.829><c> just</c><00:42:55.110><c> as</c><00:42:55.329><c> in</c><00:42:55.469><c> Old</c><00:42:55.769><c> Testament</c>

00:42:56.269 --> 00:42:58.949
times<00:42:56.769><c> the</c><00:42:57.090><c> animal</c><00:42:57.610><c> provided</c><00:42:58.130><c> both</c><00:42:58.530><c> the</c>

00:42:58.949 --> 00:43:06.250
sacrifice<00:42:59.630><c> and</c><00:43:00.070><c> the</c><00:43:00.389><c> food,</c><00:43:02.889><c> so</c><00:43:03.190><c> Christ</c><00:43:03.730><c> is</c><00:43:04.130><c> our</c><00:43:04.449><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:05.469><c> and</c><00:43:05.849><c> we</c>

00:43:06.250 --> 00:43:11.570
feed<00:43:06.789><c> on</c><00:43:07.530><c> him,</c><00:43:09.210><c> he</c><00:43:09.530><c> who</c><00:43:09.610><c> is</c><00:43:09.829><c> the</c><00:43:10.010><c> bread</c><00:43:10.170><c> from</c><00:43:10.409><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:12.849 --> 00:43:14.989
If<00:43:12.909><c> you</c><00:43:13.090><c> just</c><00:43:13.210><c> look</c><00:43:13.349><c> at</c><00:43:13.429><c> the</c><00:43:13.610><c> marginal</c><00:43:13.969><c> notes,</c><00:43:14.510><c> if</c><00:43:14.510><c> you</c><00:43:14.769><c> have</c>

00:43:14.989 --> 00:43:17.090
them,<00:43:15.530><c> those</c><00:43:15.570><c> center</c><00:43:15.829><c> margins</c><00:43:16.269><c> in</c><00:43:16.469><c> relation</c><00:43:16.889><c> to</c>

00:43:17.090 --> 00:43:21.449
that<00:43:17.289><c> word</c><00:43:17.570><c> meat,</c><00:43:18.110><c> you</c><00:43:18.110><c> will</c><00:43:18.269><c> see</c><00:43:18.510><c> that</c><00:43:18.630><c> it</c><00:43:18.710><c> is</c><00:43:18.909><c> the</c><00:43:19.070><c> Hebrew</c><00:43:19.530><c> word</c><00:43:20.230><c> pray,</c><00:43:21.030><c> P</c>

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-R<00:43:21.630><c>-E</c><00:43:21.969><c>-Y.</c><00:43:23.590><c> It</c><00:43:23.710><c> isn't</c><00:43:27.650><c> a</c><00:43:27.809><c> normal</c>

00:43:28.150 --> 00:43:34.210
word<00:43:28.449><c> for</c><00:43:28.650><c> food</c><00:43:29.230><c> because</c><00:43:29.809><c> the</c><00:43:29.989><c> Lord</c><00:43:30.230><c> Jesus</c><00:43:30.670><c> Christ</c><00:43:31.030><c> is</c><00:43:31.309><c> no</c><00:43:31.690><c> ordinary</c><00:43:32.409><c> food.</c><00:43:34.190><c> He</c>

00:43:34.210 --> 00:43:35.989
was<00:43:34.389><c> given</c><00:43:34.630><c> to</c><00:43:34.789><c> be</c><00:43:35.010><c> a</c><00:43:35.269><c> prey</c><00:43:35.510><c> amongst</c>

00:43:35.989 --> 00:43:41.570
men,<00:43:36.949><c> taken</c><00:43:37.269><c> by</c><00:43:37.610><c> wicked</c><00:43:37.949><c> hands</c><00:43:38.489><c> and</c><00:43:38.909><c> slain.</c><00:43:40.650><c> At</c><00:43:40.789><c> the</c><00:43:40.889><c> same</c><00:43:41.190><c> time</c><00:43:41.469><c> he</c>

00:43:41.570 --> 00:43:45.429
becomes<00:43:41.989><c> our</c><00:43:42.289><c> Passover</c><00:43:42.690><c> meal,</c><00:43:43.590><c> food</c><00:43:43.989><c> unto</c><00:43:44.389><c> everlasting</c><00:43:45.070><c> life.</c>

00:43:45.429 --> 00:43:56.230
He<00:43:46.710><c> hath</c><00:43:51.070><c> given</c><00:43:51.989><c> a</c><00:43:52.730><c> prey</c><00:43:53.150><c> unto</c><00:43:53.590><c> them</c><00:43:53.909><c> that</c><00:43:54.130><c> fear</c><00:43:54.389><c> him.</c><00:43:55.650><c> He</c><00:43:55.809><c> will</c>

00:43:56.230 --> 00:43:59.630
ever<00:43:56.650><c> be</c><00:43:57.110><c> mindful</c><00:43:57.750><c> of</c><00:43:57.989><c> his</c><00:43:58.389><c> covenant.</c>

00:44:01.909 --> 00:44:05.769
What?<00:44:02.730><c> God</c><00:44:03.150><c> mindful,</c><00:44:04.170><c> brethren</c><00:44:04.469><c> and</c><00:44:04.710><c> sisters?</c>

00:44:07.269 --> 00:44:12.989
That<00:44:07.670><c> literally</c><00:44:08.230><c> means</c><00:44:08.730><c> God's</c><00:44:09.309><c> mind</c><00:44:09.750><c> is</c><00:44:10.309><c> full</c><00:44:10.849><c> of</c><00:44:11.070><c> his</c><00:44:11.369><c> covenant.</c><00:44:12.670><c> If</c><00:44:12.909><c> we</c>

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can<00:44:13.150><c> use</c><00:44:13.329><c> a</c><00:44:13.489><c> human</c><00:44:13.670><c> expression,</c>

00:44:14.230 --> 00:44:19.190
God<00:44:14.650><c> is</c><00:44:15.010><c> obsessed</c><00:44:15.949><c> with</c><00:44:16.389><c> our</c><00:44:16.670><c> salvation.</c><00:44:18.170><c> What</c><00:44:18.409><c> a</c><00:44:18.730><c> wonderful</c>

00:44:19.190 --> 00:44:21.010
thing<00:44:19.590><c> that</c><00:44:19.789><c> it</c><00:44:19.949><c> is</c><00:44:20.190><c> so.</c>

00:44:22.210 --> 00:44:25.829
Humanly<00:44:22.769><c> speaking,</c><00:44:23.230><c> he</c><00:44:23.230><c> thinks</c><00:44:23.570><c> of</c><00:44:23.829><c> nothing</c><00:44:24.190><c> else.</c><00:44:25.429><c> He</c><00:44:25.510><c> takes</c>

00:44:25.829 --> 00:44:27.309
no<00:44:26.110><c> pleasure</c><00:44:26.329><c> in</c><00:44:26.510><c> the</c><00:44:26.650><c> death</c><00:44:26.809><c> of</c><00:44:26.969><c> the</c><00:44:27.090><c> wicked.</c>

00:44:27.429 --> 00:44:31.829
He<00:44:27.530><c> desires</c><00:44:28.110><c> that</c><00:44:28.309><c> all</c><00:44:28.630><c> should</c><00:44:28.829><c> come</c><00:44:29.150><c> to</c><00:44:29.329><c> salvation.</c><00:44:30.630><c> His</c><00:44:30.849><c> mind</c><00:44:31.349><c> is</c>

00:44:31.829 --> 00:44:34.510
full<00:44:32.570><c> of</c><00:44:33.150><c> his</c><00:44:33.489><c> covenant.</c>

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Oh,<00:44:36.050><c> that</c><00:44:36.070><c> we</c><00:44:36.349><c> could</c><00:44:36.570><c> be</c><00:44:36.849><c> equally</c><00:44:37.369><c> mindful</c><00:44:38.170><c> as</c><00:44:39.110><c> the</c><00:44:39.309><c> recipients</c><00:44:39.769><c> of</c><00:44:39.909><c> his</c>

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grace<00:44:40.429><c> and</c><00:44:40.670><c> mercy</c><00:44:41.210><c> and</c><00:44:41.590><c> remember</c>

00:44:41.969 --> 00:44:44.789
to<00:44:42.409><c> meditate</c><00:44:42.610><c> on</c><00:44:42.849><c> the</c><00:44:42.929><c> great</c><00:44:43.250><c> things</c><00:44:43.610><c> which</c><00:44:43.869><c> he</c><00:44:43.969><c> has</c><00:44:44.230><c> done</c><00:44:44.489><c> for</c>

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us.<00:44:46.690><c> He</c><00:44:47.210><c> hath</c><00:44:49.050><c> shown</c><00:44:49.309><c> his</c><00:44:49.550><c> people</c><00:44:49.809><c> the</c><00:44:49.989><c> power</c>

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of<00:44:50.510><c> his</c><00:44:50.690><c> works</c><00:44:51.050><c> that</c><00:44:51.210><c> he</c><00:44:51.389><c> may</c><00:44:51.690><c> give</c><00:44:52.010><c> them</c><00:44:52.530><c> the</c><00:44:52.889><c> heritage</c><00:44:53.389><c> of</c>

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the<00:44:53.809><c> heathen.</c><00:44:55.269><c> Through</c><00:44:55.530><c> the</c><00:44:55.650><c> Lord</c><00:44:55.909><c> Jesus</c><00:44:56.329><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:56.809 --> 00:44:59.969
as<00:44:56.869><c> we</c><00:44:56.949><c> know,</c><00:44:57.349><c> all</c><00:44:57.489><c> the</c><00:44:57.650><c> kingdoms</c><00:44:58.010><c> of</c><00:44:58.190><c> this</c><00:44:58.510><c> world</c><00:44:58.769><c> shall</c><00:44:59.010><c> become</c><00:44:59.510><c> ours</c>

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as<00:45:00.309><c> well.</c>

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Thou<00:45:01.909><c> shalt</c><00:45:02.110><c> call</c><00:45:02.389><c> his</c><00:45:02.630><c> name</c><00:45:03.050><c> Jesus,</c><00:45:04.210><c> Saviour,</c><00:45:05.210><c> for</c><00:45:05.329><c> he</c><00:45:05.489><c> shall</c>

00:45:05.730 --> 00:45:07.789
save<00:45:06.050><c> his</c><00:45:06.329><c> people</c><00:45:06.590><c> from</c><00:45:06.849><c> their</c><00:45:07.150><c> sins,</c>

00:45:07.789 --> 00:45:10.650
and<00:45:08.130><c> he</c><00:45:08.190><c> shall</c><00:45:08.389><c> be</c><00:45:08.650><c> great.</c><00:45:09.510><c> Thou</c><00:45:09.610><c> shalt</c><00:45:09.789><c> be</c><00:45:09.969><c> called</c><00:45:10.230><c> the</c><00:45:10.429><c> Son</c>

00:45:10.650 --> 00:45:12.409
of<00:45:10.789><c> the</c><00:45:10.949><c> Highest,</c><00:45:11.389><c> and</c><00:45:11.449><c> the</c><00:45:11.570><c> Lord</c><00:45:11.829><c> God</c><00:45:12.070><c> shall</c><00:45:12.230><c> give</c>

00:45:12.409 --> 00:45:16.010
unto<00:45:12.630><c> him</c><00:45:12.789><c> the</c><00:45:13.150><c> throne</c><00:45:13.409><c> of</c><00:45:13.550><c> his</c><00:45:13.750><c> father</c><00:45:14.090><c> David,</c><00:45:15.510><c> and</c><00:45:15.610><c> he</c><00:45:15.730><c> shall</c>

00:45:16.010 --> 00:45:21.130
reign<00:45:16.449><c> for</c><00:45:16.809><c> ever</c><00:45:17.309><c> and</c><00:45:17.610><c> ever.</c><00:45:19.190><c> And</c><00:45:19.449><c> that</c><00:45:19.769><c> inheritance</c>

00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:25.489
he<00:45:21.809><c> will</c><00:45:22.030><c> share</c><00:45:22.309><c> with</c><00:45:22.510><c> his</c><00:45:22.769><c> brethren</c><00:45:23.130><c> the</c><00:45:23.449><c> saints.</c><00:45:24.869><c> We</c><00:45:25.150><c> don't</c>

00:45:25.489 --> 00:45:28.289
want<00:45:25.789><c> greatness</c><00:45:26.230><c> now,</c><00:45:26.710><c> brethren</c><00:45:27.050><c> and</c><00:45:27.309><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:28.690 --> 00:45:32.070
We<00:45:28.949><c> don't</c><00:45:29.250><c> want</c><00:45:29.469><c> the</c><00:45:29.710><c> wealth</c><00:45:29.989><c> of</c><00:45:30.210><c> this</c><00:45:30.530><c> world</c><00:45:30.869><c> now.</c><00:45:31.570><c> We</c><00:45:31.730><c> don't</c>

00:45:32.070 --> 00:45:35.070
need<00:45:32.269><c> to</c><00:45:32.510><c> see</c><00:45:32.610><c> our</c><00:45:32.909><c> name</c><00:45:33.170><c> in</c><00:45:33.469><c> lights</c><00:45:33.809><c> now.</c>

00:45:35.190 --> 00:45:38.269
This<00:45:35.710><c> world</c><00:45:35.989><c> is</c><00:45:36.289><c> passing</c><00:45:36.710><c> and</c><00:45:36.889><c> the</c><00:45:37.050><c> glory</c><00:45:37.329><c> thereof.</c>

00:45:40.110 --> 00:45:43.570
The<00:45:40.230><c> grass</c><00:45:40.429><c> withereth</c><00:45:40.989><c> and</c><00:45:41.070><c> the</c><00:45:41.269><c> flower</c><00:45:41.489><c> fadeth.</c><00:45:43.110><c> The</c><00:45:43.289><c> word</c>

00:45:43.570 --> 00:45:46.989
of<00:45:43.789><c> God</c><00:45:44.110><c> abideth</c><00:45:44.730><c> for</c><00:45:45.050><c> ever,</c><00:45:45.409><c> and</c><00:45:45.469><c> our</c><00:45:45.730><c> day</c><00:45:45.909><c> will</c><00:45:46.230><c> come.</c>

00:45:47.369 --> 00:45:51.210
It<00:45:47.510><c> will</c><00:45:47.710><c> come</c><00:45:47.869><c> when</c><00:45:48.050><c> the</c><00:45:48.170><c> Lord</c><00:45:48.389><c> Jesus</c><00:45:48.829><c> Christ</c><00:45:49.550><c> takes</c><00:45:50.530><c> the</c><00:45:50.769><c> reins</c><00:45:50.989><c> of</c>

00:45:51.210 --> 00:45:53.030
government,<00:45:51.769><c> and</c><00:45:51.849><c> when</c><00:45:52.010><c> in</c><00:45:52.170><c> his</c><00:45:52.409><c> mercy</c>

00:45:53.030 --> 00:45:59.250
we<00:45:53.550><c> shall</c><00:45:53.769><c> assist</c><00:45:54.090><c> in</c><00:45:54.309><c> dispensing</c><00:45:54.829><c> judgment</c><00:45:55.289><c> and</c><00:45:55.650><c> justice,</c><00:45:57.090><c> and</c><00:45:57.190><c> light</c><00:45:57.429><c> and</c><00:45:57.730><c> truth</c><00:45:58.130><c> to</c><00:45:59.090><c> a</c>

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world<00:45:59.489><c> that</c>

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lies<00:46:00.030><c> in</c><00:46:00.190><c> darkness.</c><00:46:02.309><c> Verse</c><00:46:02.530><c> seven,</c><00:46:04.050><c> the</c><00:46:04.190><c> works</c><00:46:04.570><c> of</c><00:46:04.750><c> his</c><00:46:04.949><c> hands</c>

00:46:05.349 --> 00:46:08.170
are<00:46:05.710><c> verity</c><00:46:06.469><c> and</c><00:46:07.030><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:46:09.190><c> now</c><00:46:09.469><c> I'll</c><00:46:09.610><c> just</c><00:46:09.750><c> link</c><00:46:09.909><c> that</c><00:46:10.230><c> phrase</c><00:46:10.550><c> with</c><00:46:10.769><c> a</c><00:46:10.869><c> little</c><00:46:11.030><c> expression</c><00:46:11.530><c> at</c>

00:46:11.769 --> 00:46:13.510
the<00:46:11.809><c> end</c><00:46:12.050><c> of</c><00:46:12.170><c> verse</c><00:46:12.409><c> four.</c>

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The<00:46:13.909><c> Lord</c><00:46:14.170><c> is</c><00:46:14.489><c> gracious</c><00:46:15.030><c> and</c><00:46:15.309><c> full</c><00:46:15.550><c> of</c><00:46:15.750><c> compassion.</c><00:46:17.130><c> The</c><00:46:17.289><c> works</c><00:46:17.590><c> of</c>

00:46:17.789 --> 00:46:21.309
his<00:46:17.969><c> hands</c><00:46:18.449><c> are</c><00:46:18.849><c> verity</c><00:46:20.150><c> or</c><00:46:20.829><c> truth</c>

00:46:21.309 --> 00:46:25.230
and<00:46:21.929><c> judgment.</c><00:46:23.710><c> And</c><00:46:23.929><c> here</c><00:46:24.070><c> we</c><00:46:24.170><c> have</c><00:46:24.349><c> a</c><00:46:24.449><c> picture</c><00:46:24.710><c> of</c><00:46:24.889><c> the</c><00:46:25.030><c> Lord</c>

00:46:25.230 --> 00:46:28.050
Jesus<00:46:25.630><c> Christ,</c><00:46:26.230><c> the</c><00:46:26.489><c> brightness</c><00:46:26.829><c> of</c><00:46:27.070><c> God's</c><00:46:27.610><c> glory,</c>

00:46:28.050 --> 00:46:34.730
the<00:46:28.530><c> express</c><00:46:28.989><c> image</c><00:46:29.329><c> of</c><00:46:29.510><c> his</c><00:46:29.730><c> person,</c><00:46:31.230><c> full</c><00:46:31.230><c> of</c><00:46:31.630><c> grace</c><00:46:32.210><c> and</c><00:46:33.050><c> truth.</c><00:46:34.369><c> You</c><00:46:34.489><c> see,</c><00:46:34.730><c> it</c>

00:46:34.730 --> 00:46:35.690
was<00:46:35.150><c> never</c>

00:46:35.690 --> 00:46:38.929
far<00:46:36.090><c> from</c><00:46:36.289><c> the</c><00:46:36.570><c> psalmist's</c><00:46:37.230><c> mind.</c><00:46:37.670><c> It</c><00:46:37.730><c> keeps</c><00:46:38.150><c> coming</c><00:46:38.510><c> to</c><00:46:38.710><c> the</c>

00:46:38.929 --> 00:46:41.690
surface<00:46:39.389><c> as</c><00:46:39.829><c> we</c><00:46:39.989><c> go</c><00:46:40.269><c> through</c><00:46:40.530><c> this</c><00:46:40.769><c> book.</c>

00:46:42.030 --> 00:46:48.130
He<00:46:42.210><c> can</c><00:46:42.550><c> always</c><00:46:43.289><c> see</c><00:46:43.769><c> God's</c><00:46:44.329><c> grace</c><00:46:44.869><c> and</c><00:46:45.329><c> truth.</c><00:46:47.329><c> And</c><00:46:47.530><c> so</c><00:46:47.670><c> should</c><00:46:47.869><c> we,</c>

00:46:48.250 --> 00:46:50.670
brethren<00:46:48.469><c> and</c><00:46:48.730><c> sisters.</c><00:46:49.090><c> So</c><00:46:49.489><c> should</c><00:46:49.829><c> we.</c>

00:46:51.329 --> 00:46:54.610
There<00:46:51.489><c> was</c><00:46:51.630><c> no</c><00:46:51.869><c> compromise</c><00:46:52.409><c> when</c><00:46:52.630><c> David</c><00:46:52.909><c> was</c><00:46:53.190><c> forgiven.</c><00:46:54.329><c> No</c>

00:46:54.610 --> 00:46:56.150
compromise<00:46:55.250><c> with</c><00:46:55.510><c> iniquity.</c>

00:46:56.150 --> 00:47:01.670
There<00:46:56.610><c> was</c><00:46:56.829><c> just</c><00:46:57.050><c> a</c><00:46:57.349><c> great</c><00:46:57.869><c> revelation</c><00:46:58.570><c> of</c><00:46:58.789><c> the</c><00:46:59.110><c> extent</c><00:46:59.530><c> of</c><00:46:59.769><c> God's</c><00:47:00.250><c> grace</c><00:47:00.929><c> when</c><00:47:01.449><c> he</c>

00:47:01.670 --> 00:47:02.750
encountered<00:47:02.050><c> the</c><00:47:02.250><c> broken</c><00:47:02.510><c> and</c>

00:47:02.750 --> 00:47:06.550
the<00:47:02.869><c> contrite</c><00:47:03.369><c> spirit.</c><00:47:04.809><c> And</c><00:47:05.070><c> so</c><00:47:05.269><c> it</c><00:47:05.409><c> is</c><00:47:05.570><c> when</c><00:47:05.789><c> God</c><00:47:06.110><c> forgives</c>

00:47:06.550 --> 00:47:10.050
our<00:47:06.929><c> iniquity.</c><00:47:08.650><c> We're</c><00:47:08.889><c> covered</c><00:47:09.150><c> by</c><00:47:09.429><c> Christ's</c>

00:47:10.050 --> 00:47:14.250
righteousness.<00:47:11.409><c> There's</c><00:47:11.510><c> no</c><00:47:11.730><c> compromise</c><00:47:12.349><c> with</c><00:47:12.630><c> evil.</c><00:47:13.869><c> It</c><00:47:14.050><c> is</c>

00:47:14.250 --> 00:47:17.690
a<00:47:14.449><c> wonderful</c><00:47:15.050><c> system</c><00:47:15.610><c> of</c><00:47:15.889><c> grace</c><00:47:16.329><c> and</c><00:47:16.809><c> truth</c>

00:47:17.750 --> 00:47:21.929
which<00:47:18.170><c> demonstrates</c><00:47:19.050><c> God's</c><00:47:20.030><c> desire</c><00:47:20.530><c> to</c><00:47:20.889><c> save</c><00:47:21.130><c> us,</c><00:47:21.369><c> for</c><00:47:21.469><c> he</c><00:47:21.590><c> is</c>

00:47:21.929 --> 00:47:23.570
ever<00:47:22.190><c> mindful</c><00:47:22.630><c> of</c><00:47:22.809><c> his</c><00:47:23.050><c> covenant.</c>

00:47:23.570 --> 00:47:32.130
Verse<00:47:23.750><c> 9.</c><00:47:26.650><c> He</c><00:47:26.670><c> sent</c><00:47:26.949><c> redemption</c><00:47:27.530><c> to</c><00:47:27.789><c> his</c><00:47:28.090><c> people.</c><00:47:31.309><c> Holy</c><00:47:31.710><c> and</c>

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reverent<00:47:32.630><c> is</c><00:47:32.889><c> his</c><00:47:33.230><c> name.</c>

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And<00:47:35.130><c> the</c><00:47:35.289><c> psalmist</c><00:47:35.590><c> then</c><00:47:35.909><c> extends</c><00:47:36.389><c> this</c><00:47:36.690><c> thought</c><00:47:36.909><c> in</c><00:47:37.130><c> the</c><00:47:37.150><c> very</c><00:47:37.429><c> next</c><00:47:37.789><c> verse.</c><00:47:38.190><c> He</c><00:47:38.190><c> says,</c>

00:47:38.829 --> 00:47:44.050
the<00:47:38.829><c> fear</c><00:47:39.250><c> of</c><00:47:39.510><c> the</c><00:47:39.769><c> Lord</c><00:47:40.289><c> is</c><00:47:40.969><c> the</c><00:47:41.130><c> beginning</c><00:47:41.570><c> of</c><00:47:41.849><c> wisdom.</c><00:47:43.909><c> And</c>

00:47:44.050 --> 00:47:45.909
I<00:47:44.110><c> just</c><00:47:44.329><c> want</c><00:47:44.469><c> to</c><00:47:44.550><c> take</c><00:47:44.750><c> you</c><00:47:44.949><c> very</c><00:47:45.309><c> quickly</c><00:47:45.610><c> to</c>

00:47:45.909 --> 00:47:48.949
Proverbs<00:47:46.309><c> chapter</c><00:47:46.730><c> 1</c><00:47:47.070><c> for</c><00:47:47.269><c> a</c><00:47:47.469><c> moment</c><00:47:47.750><c> to</c><00:47:48.010><c> pick</c><00:47:48.190><c> out</c><00:47:48.469><c> the</c><00:47:48.690><c> two</c>

00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:51.050
words<00:47:49.289><c> for</c><00:47:49.550><c> fear</c><00:47:49.829><c> which</c><00:47:50.050><c> are</c><00:47:50.250><c> used</c><00:47:50.489><c> in</c><00:47:50.710><c> the</c><00:47:50.829><c> Old</c>

00:47:51.050 --> 00:47:55.130
Testament<00:47:51.670><c> and</c><00:47:52.369><c> then</c><00:47:52.590><c> we'll</c><00:47:52.929><c> conclude</c><00:47:53.329><c> our</c><00:47:53.630><c> meditation</c><00:47:54.409><c> in</c>

00:47:55.130 --> 00:47:59.389
the<00:47:55.409><c> Psalms.</c><00:47:57.969><c> The</c><00:47:57.969><c> fear</c><00:47:58.309><c> of</c><00:47:58.530><c> the</c><00:47:58.750><c> Lord</c><00:47:59.010><c> is</c><00:47:59.210><c> the</c>

00:47:59.389 --> 00:48:06.150
beginning<00:47:59.750><c> of</c><00:47:59.949><c> wisdom.</c><00:48:03.469><c> Now,</c><00:48:03.730><c> Proverbs</c><00:48:03.969><c> chapter</c><00:48:04.309><c> 1</c><00:48:04.570><c> verse</c><00:48:04.849><c> 7,</c>

00:48:06.590 --> 00:48:10.309
he<00:48:06.590><c> says</c><00:48:06.789><c> the</c><00:48:07.090><c> fear</c><00:48:07.690><c> of</c><00:48:08.030><c> the</c><00:48:08.349><c> Lord</c><00:48:08.909><c> is</c><00:48:09.590><c> the</c><00:48:09.929><c> beginning</c>

00:48:10.309 --> 00:48:14.329
of<00:48:10.670><c> knowledge.</c><00:48:11.489><c> And</c><00:48:11.690><c> knowledge</c><00:48:11.909><c> of</c><00:48:12.110><c> course</c><00:48:12.369><c> will</c><00:48:12.650><c> lead</c><00:48:12.929><c> to</c><00:48:13.190><c> wisdom</c><00:48:13.829><c> in</c>

00:48:14.329 --> 00:48:17.210
the<00:48:14.510><c> fullness</c><00:48:14.789><c> of</c><00:48:15.170><c> time.</c><00:48:16.710><c> And</c><00:48:16.949><c> the</c><00:48:17.070><c> word</c>

00:48:17.210 --> 00:48:23.110
for<00:48:17.449><c> fear</c><00:48:17.889><c> in</c><00:48:18.070><c> that</c><00:48:18.389><c> passage</c><00:48:19.010><c> means</c><00:48:20.730><c> a</c><00:48:21.570><c> genuine</c><00:48:22.130><c> and</c><00:48:22.690><c> healthy</c>

00:48:23.110 --> 00:48:26.150
respect<00:48:24.010><c> for</c><00:48:24.389><c> God.</c><00:48:25.449><c> That's</c><00:48:25.789><c> the</c><00:48:25.889><c> beginning</c>

00:48:26.150 --> 00:48:31.269
of<00:48:26.429><c> knowledge.</c><00:48:27.329><c> It</c><00:48:27.530><c> means</c><00:48:27.769><c> putting</c><00:48:28.090><c> God</c><00:48:28.409><c> first</c><00:48:28.789><c> in</c><00:48:29.050><c> our</c><00:48:29.369><c> lives,</c><00:48:30.650><c> respecting</c><00:48:31.050><c> him</c>

00:48:31.269 --> 00:48:32.610
more<00:48:31.590><c> than</c><00:48:31.730><c> anything</c><00:48:32.170><c> else.</c>

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That<00:48:32.809><c> is</c><00:48:33.050><c> the</c><00:48:33.170><c> path</c><00:48:33.469><c> of</c><00:48:33.710><c> wisdom.</c><00:48:35.650><c> Now</c><00:48:36.030><c> contrast</c><00:48:36.449><c> that</c><00:48:36.789><c> with</c><00:48:37.110><c> the</c><00:48:37.449><c> other</c><00:48:37.650><c> word</c><00:48:37.889><c> for</c><00:48:38.130><c> fear</c><00:48:38.289><c> which</c><00:48:38.489><c> is</c>

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used<00:48:38.849><c> in</c>

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the<00:48:39.469><c> very</c><00:48:39.469><c> same</c><00:48:39.829><c> chapter.</c><00:48:40.690><c> Verse</c><00:48:40.889><c> 24.</c><00:48:42.969><c> God</c><00:48:43.349><c> says,</c><00:48:44.070><c> Because</c><00:48:44.170><c> I</c>

00:48:44.469 --> 00:48:47.130
have<00:48:44.730><c> called</c><00:48:45.269><c> and</c><00:48:45.449><c> ye</c><00:48:45.670><c> have</c><00:48:45.849><c> refused,</c>

00:48:47.309 --> 00:48:51.469
I<00:48:47.570><c> have</c><00:48:47.710><c> stretched</c><00:48:47.909><c> out</c><00:48:48.210><c> my</c><00:48:48.429><c> hand,</c><00:48:48.849><c> and</c><00:48:48.989><c> no</c><00:48:49.150><c> man</c><00:48:49.429><c> regarded,</c><00:48:51.130><c> that</c><00:48:51.269><c> ye</c>

00:48:51.469 --> 00:48:53.010
have<00:48:51.650><c> set</c><00:48:51.829><c> at</c><00:48:51.989><c> nought</c><00:48:52.210><c> all</c><00:48:52.409><c> my</c><00:48:52.670><c> counsel,</c>

00:48:53.070 --> 00:48:59.550
and<00:48:53.190><c> would</c><00:48:53.349><c> none</c><00:48:53.570><c> of</c><00:48:53.730><c> my</c><00:48:53.949><c> reproof.</c><00:48:55.710><c> I</c><00:48:56.090><c> will</c><00:48:56.449><c> also</c><00:48:56.949><c> laugh</c><00:48:57.510><c> at</c><00:48:57.789><c> your</c><00:48:58.130><c> calamity.</c><00:48:59.449><c> I</c>

00:48:59.550 --> 00:49:02.090
will<00:48:59.989><c> mock</c><00:49:00.269><c> when</c><00:49:00.889><c> your</c><00:49:01.590><c> fear</c>

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cometh,<00:49:03.170><c> when</c><00:49:03.510><c> your</c><00:49:03.829><c> fear</c><00:49:04.130><c> cometh</c><00:49:04.610><c> as</c><00:49:05.130><c> desolation.</c><00:49:08.630><c> And</c><00:49:08.869><c> this</c>

00:49:09.110 --> 00:49:11.469
time<00:49:09.369><c> the</c><00:49:09.469><c> word</c><00:49:09.710><c> means</c><00:49:10.170><c> abject</c><00:49:10.989><c> terror,</c>

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the<00:49:11.929><c> man</c><00:49:12.170><c> who</c><00:49:12.389><c> is</c><00:49:12.690><c> trembling</c><00:49:13.210><c> and</c><00:49:13.570><c> afraid,</c><00:49:13.929><c> not</c><00:49:14.070><c> knowing</c><00:49:14.329><c> which</c><00:49:14.610><c> way</c>

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to<00:49:15.110><c> turn.</c><00:49:17.070><c> God</c><00:49:17.309><c> is</c><00:49:17.550><c> saying,</c><00:49:17.829><c> If</c><00:49:17.849><c> you</c><00:49:18.050><c> refuse</c>

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to<00:49:18.710><c> honor</c><00:49:18.809><c> me</c><00:49:19.030><c> now,</c><00:49:19.449><c> the</c><00:49:19.550><c> day</c><00:49:19.750><c> will</c><00:49:19.989><c> come</c><00:49:20.150><c> when</c><00:49:20.309><c> you</c><00:49:20.429><c> will</c><00:49:20.610><c> be</c>

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absolutely<00:49:21.670><c> terrified,</c><00:49:23.369><c> and</c><00:49:23.989><c> there</c><00:49:24.070><c> will</c><00:49:24.250><c> be</c><00:49:24.369><c> no</c>

00:49:24.630 --> 00:49:28.590
deliverance.<00:49:26.409><c> I</c><00:49:26.670><c> think</c><00:49:26.789><c> we</c><00:49:26.929><c> all</c><00:49:27.150><c> need</c><00:49:27.349><c> to</c><00:49:27.630><c> remember</c><00:49:27.929><c> that.</c><00:49:28.110><c> I'm</c><00:49:28.250><c> sure</c><00:49:28.409><c> we</c>

00:49:28.590 --> 00:49:30.170
do<00:49:28.809><c> remember</c><00:49:29.170><c> that,</c><00:49:29.429><c> brethren</c><00:49:29.690><c> and</c><00:49:29.949><c> sisters,</c>

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unless<00:49:30.650><c> we</c><00:49:30.849><c> are</c><00:49:31.030><c> prepared</c><00:49:31.289><c> to</c><00:49:31.409><c> take</c><00:49:31.670><c> God</c><00:49:32.010><c> seriously</c><00:49:32.829><c> now,</c><00:49:33.889><c> it</c>

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will<00:49:34.150><c> be</c><00:49:34.230><c> too</c><00:49:34.530><c> late</c><00:49:35.170><c> then.</c>

00:49:37.449 --> 00:49:41.550
The<00:49:37.610><c> beginning</c><00:49:37.909><c> of</c><00:49:38.070><c> verse</c><00:49:38.650><c> chapter</c><00:49:38.949><c> two</c><00:49:39.909><c> explains</c><00:49:40.610><c> what</c><00:49:40.809><c> taking</c><00:49:41.170><c> God</c>

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seriously<00:49:42.130><c> is</c><00:49:42.289><c> all</c><00:49:42.610><c> about.</c>

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Please<00:49:44.570><c> notice</c><00:49:45.110><c> two</c><00:49:45.449><c> things</c><00:49:46.030><c> as</c><00:49:46.210><c> we</c><00:49:46.349><c> just</c><00:49:46.690><c> read</c><00:49:46.869><c> the</c><00:49:47.050><c> opening</c>

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verses<00:49:47.829><c> of</c><00:49:47.989><c> chapter</c><00:49:48.349><c> two.</c><00:49:49.369><c> The</c><00:49:49.550><c> first</c><00:49:49.829><c> is</c><00:49:49.989><c> the</c>

00:49:50.170 --> 00:49:56.530
word<00:49:50.429><c> if,</c><00:49:52.570><c> and</c><00:49:52.710><c> the</c><00:49:52.809><c> second</c><00:49:53.110><c> is</c><00:49:53.230><c> all</c><00:49:53.489><c> the</c><00:49:53.630><c> verbs</c><00:49:53.969><c> that</c><00:49:54.110><c> are</c><00:49:54.329><c> employed.</c><00:49:56.210><c> My</c>

00:49:56.530 --> 00:50:00.650
son,<00:49:57.730><c> if</c><00:49:58.449><c> thou</c><00:49:58.809><c> wilt</c><00:49:59.030><c> receive</c><00:49:59.489><c> my</c><00:49:59.809><c> command</c>

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my<00:50:01.130><c> words</c><00:50:01.489><c> and</c><00:50:01.690><c> hide</c><00:50:01.949><c> my</c><00:50:02.230><c> commandments</c><00:50:02.809><c> with</c><00:50:03.170><c> thee,</c><00:50:03.909><c> so</c><00:50:04.050><c> that</c>

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thou<00:50:04.510><c> incline</c><00:50:05.269><c> thine</c><00:50:05.570><c> ear</c><00:50:05.829><c> to</c><00:50:06.030><c> wisdom</c><00:50:06.409><c> and</c><00:50:06.789><c> apply</c>

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thy<00:50:07.630><c> heart</c><00:50:07.969><c> to</c><00:50:08.269><c> understanding,</c><00:50:09.690><c> yea,</c><00:50:10.369><c> if</c><00:50:11.090><c> thou</c><00:50:11.389><c> cryest</c><00:50:11.929><c> after</c>

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knowledge<00:50:12.610><c> and</c><00:50:12.869><c> liftest</c><00:50:13.329><c> up</c><00:50:13.429><c> thy</c><00:50:13.690><c> voice</c><00:50:13.969><c> for</c>

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understanding,<00:50:15.489><c> if</c><00:50:15.929><c> thou</c><00:50:16.250><c> seekest</c><00:50:16.730><c> her</c><00:50:16.949><c> silver</c><00:50:17.510><c> and</c><00:50:18.070><c> searchest</c><00:50:18.550><c> for</c><00:50:18.789><c> hers</c><00:50:19.110><c> for</c>

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hid<00:50:19.530><c> treasures,</c>

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then<00:50:21.769><c> shalt</c><00:50:22.070><c> thou</c><00:50:22.329><c> understand</c><00:50:23.289><c> the</c><00:50:23.630><c> fear</c><00:50:23.869><c> of</c><00:50:24.050><c> the</c><00:50:24.230><c> Lord.</c><00:50:24.969><c> And</c>

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that<00:50:25.389><c> means</c><00:50:25.650><c> the</c><00:50:25.929><c> healthy</c><00:50:26.289><c> respect</c><00:50:27.090><c> and</c><00:50:27.929><c> find</c><00:50:28.510><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:50:29.409><c> of</c><00:50:29.610><c> God.</c><00:50:31.929><c> Think</c><00:50:32.250><c> of</c><00:50:32.389><c> the</c><00:50:32.530><c> fever</c><00:50:32.769><c> of</c><00:50:32.909><c> a</c><00:50:33.090><c> gold</c><00:50:33.369><c> rush</c><00:50:33.829><c> or</c><00:50:34.730><c> a</c>

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diamond<00:50:35.329><c> strike,</c><00:50:36.929><c> the</c><00:50:37.349><c> agonizing,</c><00:50:38.369><c> back</c>

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breaking<00:50:39.170><c> effort,</c><00:50:39.889><c> men</c><00:50:40.269><c> who</c><00:50:40.469><c> gave</c><00:50:40.710><c> up</c><00:50:41.130><c> everything,</c><00:50:42.309><c> traveled</c>

00:50:42.750 --> 00:50:46.130
vast<00:50:43.269><c> distances</c><00:50:44.190><c> in</c><00:50:45.050><c> pursuit</c><00:50:45.429><c> of</c><00:50:45.630><c> that</c><00:50:45.789><c> hidden</c>

00:50:46.130 --> 00:50:49.570
treasure.<00:50:47.269><c> If</c><00:50:47.409><c> only</c><00:50:47.550><c> you</c><00:50:47.650><c> will</c><00:50:47.849><c> cultivate</c><00:50:48.389><c> that</c><00:50:48.809><c> attitude</c><00:50:49.289><c> of</c>

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mind,<00:50:49.849><c> he</c><00:50:50.010><c> says,</c><00:50:50.809><c> then</c><00:50:51.269><c> shalt</c><00:50:51.530><c> thou</c><00:50:51.769><c> understand</c><00:50:52.489><c> the</c>

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fear<00:50:52.929><c> of</c><00:50:53.170><c> the</c><00:50:53.170><c> Lord</c><00:50:53.789><c> and</c><00:50:54.329><c> find</c><00:50:54.769><c> the</c><00:50:54.949><c> knowledge</c><00:50:55.309><c> of</c><00:50:55.469><c> God.</c><00:51:00.070><c> And</c>

00:51:00.250 --> 00:51:02.190
it<00:51:00.369><c> brings</c><00:51:00.570><c> us</c><00:51:00.789><c> back</c><00:51:00.969><c> to</c><00:51:01.130><c> the</c><00:51:01.230><c> Lord</c><00:51:01.429><c> Jesus</c><00:51:01.809><c> Christ,</c>

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doesn't<00:51:02.449><c> it,</c><00:51:02.809><c> brethren</c><00:51:02.989><c> and</c><00:51:03.250><c> sisters?</c><00:51:05.130><c> Praying</c><00:51:05.530><c> with</c><00:51:05.849><c> strong</c>

00:51:06.349 --> 00:51:08.869
crying<00:51:06.750><c> and</c><00:51:07.110><c> tears</c><00:51:07.349><c> unto</c><00:51:07.650><c> God</c><00:51:08.030><c> who</c><00:51:08.210><c> was</c><00:51:08.369><c> able</c><00:51:08.550><c> to</c>

00:51:08.869 --> 00:51:15.170
save<00:51:09.030><c> him</c><00:51:09.230><c> out</c><00:51:09.469><c> of</c><00:51:09.710><c> death</c><00:51:10.010><c> and</c><00:51:10.369><c> was</c><00:51:10.730><c> heard</c><00:51:11.230><c> in</c><00:51:11.829><c> that</c><00:51:12.050><c> he</c><00:51:12.449><c> feared.</c><00:51:14.449><c> He</c><00:51:14.710><c> took</c><00:51:14.889><c> God</c>

00:51:15.170 --> 00:51:21.269
seriously.<00:51:17.769><c> Brethren</c><00:51:18.090><c> and</c>

00:51:21.269 --> 00:51:27.710
sisters,<00:51:21.469><c> we</c><00:51:21.469><c> have</c><00:51:21.469><c> it.</c><00:51:25.150><c> And</c><00:51:25.449><c> now</c><00:51:25.650><c> we</c><00:51:25.869><c> will</c><00:51:26.250><c> conclude</c><00:51:26.690><c> our</c><00:51:26.909><c> meditation</c><00:51:27.489><c> for</c>

00:51:27.710 --> 00:51:30.670
the<00:51:27.849><c> morning</c><00:51:28.170><c> in</c><00:51:28.489><c> Psalm</c><00:51:29.090><c> 34.</c>

00:51:31.510 --> 00:51:35.030
Just<00:51:31.710><c> back</c><00:51:32.010><c> to</c><00:51:32.190><c> that</c><00:51:32.429><c> place,</c><00:51:33.210><c> please,</c><00:51:33.289><c> just</c><00:51:33.530><c> to</c><00:51:33.710><c> pick</c><00:51:33.889><c> out</c><00:51:34.710><c> one</c>

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or<00:51:35.110><c> two</c><00:51:35.369><c> points.</c>

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Because<00:51:39.309><c> this</c><00:51:39.510><c> is</c><00:51:39.650><c> where</c><00:51:39.869><c> the</c><00:51:40.090><c> reverential</c><00:51:40.710><c> fear</c><00:51:41.110><c> of</c><00:51:41.329><c> the</c><00:51:41.489><c> Lord</c><00:51:41.769><c> is</c>

00:51:41.989 --> 00:51:44.570
leading<00:51:42.349><c> us,</c><00:51:43.289><c> Psalm</c><00:51:43.650><c> 34.</c>

00:51:44.570 --> 00:51:50.989
Now,<00:51:46.469><c> you'll</c><00:51:47.210><c> find</c><00:51:47.429><c> the</c><00:51:47.650><c> same</c><00:51:48.070><c> theme</c><00:51:48.289><c> is</c><00:51:48.610><c> emphasized</c><00:51:49.170><c> very</c><00:51:49.570><c> beautifully</c><00:51:50.050><c> for</c><00:51:50.449><c> us.</c><00:51:50.690><c> Can</c><00:51:50.829><c> I</c>

00:51:50.989 --> 00:51:51.869
just<00:51:51.230><c> pick</c><00:51:51.389><c> out</c><00:51:51.670><c> some</c>

00:51:51.869 --> 00:51:57.010
key<00:51:52.110><c> verses?</c><00:51:52.730><c> Verse</c><00:51:52.929><c> seven,</c><00:51:54.570><c> the</c><00:51:54.750><c> angel</c><00:51:55.329><c> of</c><00:51:55.570><c> the</c><00:51:55.750><c> Lord</c><00:51:56.090><c> encampeth</c><00:51:56.750><c> round</c>

00:51:57.010 --> 00:51:59.429
about<00:51:57.409><c> them</c><00:51:57.710><c> that</c><00:51:58.070><c> fear</c><00:51:58.449><c> him</c><00:51:58.929><c> and</c>

00:51:59.429 --> 00:52:05.050
delivereth<00:52:00.010><c> them.</c><00:52:00.949><c> Verse</c><00:52:01.090><c> nine,</c><00:52:02.409><c> oh,</c><00:52:02.889><c> fear</c><00:52:02.989><c> the</c><00:52:03.250><c> Lord,</c><00:52:03.670><c> ye</c><00:52:03.789><c> his</c><00:52:04.050><c> saints,</c><00:52:04.590><c> for</c><00:52:04.710><c> there</c><00:52:04.929><c> is</c>

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no<00:52:05.349><c> want</c><00:52:05.590><c> to</c><00:52:05.750><c> them</c><00:52:05.949><c> that</c>

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fear<00:52:06.489><c> him.</c><00:52:07.630><c> Verse</c><00:52:07.889><c> 11,</c><00:52:08.949><c> come</c><00:52:09.289><c> ye</c><00:52:09.610><c> children,</c><00:52:10.469><c> hearken</c><00:52:10.730><c> unto</c><00:52:11.090><c> me,</c><00:52:12.070><c> I</c>

00:52:12.250 --> 00:52:16.230
will<00:52:12.590><c> teach</c><00:52:12.989><c> you</c><00:52:13.670><c> the</c><00:52:14.110><c> fear</c><00:52:14.750><c> of</c><00:52:15.090><c> the</c><00:52:15.230><c> Lord.</c>

00:52:16.829 --> 00:52:21.210
Brethren<00:52:17.349><c> and</c><00:52:17.530><c> sisters,</c><00:52:18.250><c> it's</c><00:52:18.349><c> a</c><00:52:18.469><c> wonderful</c><00:52:19.090><c> psalm.</c><00:52:20.489><c> It</c><00:52:20.489><c> shows</c><00:52:20.849><c> our</c>

00:52:21.210 --> 00:52:24.510
total<00:52:21.630><c> dependence</c><00:52:22.250><c> upon</c><00:52:22.690><c> God.</c><00:52:24.070><c> And</c><00:52:24.269><c> having</c>

00:52:24.510 --> 00:52:29.090
given<00:52:24.889><c> the</c><00:52:25.210><c> exhortation</c><00:52:25.909><c> to</c><00:52:26.150><c> seek</c><00:52:26.489><c> God</c><00:52:26.929><c> daily,</c><00:52:28.670><c> the</c><00:52:28.809><c> psalmist</c>

00:52:29.090 --> 00:52:31.869
then<00:52:29.369><c> goes</c><00:52:29.590><c> on</c><00:52:29.949><c> to</c><00:52:30.150><c> speak</c><00:52:30.369><c> of</c><00:52:30.530><c> the</c><00:52:30.610><c> Lord</c><00:52:30.869><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:52:32.349><c> He's</c><00:52:32.489><c> there</c><00:52:32.789><c> in</c><00:52:32.949><c> all</c><00:52:33.230><c> the</c><00:52:33.449><c> Psalms</c><00:52:33.769><c> as</c><00:52:33.929><c> we</c><00:52:34.110><c> said.</c><00:52:35.710><c> Verse</c><00:52:35.849><c> 17,</c>

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the<00:52:38.510><c> righteous</c><00:52:39.110><c> cry</c><00:52:39.750><c> and</c><00:52:40.130><c> the</c><00:52:40.289><c> Lord</c><00:52:40.550><c> heareth</c>

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and<00:52:41.389><c> delivereth</c><00:52:41.829><c> them</c><00:52:42.010><c> out</c><00:52:42.269><c> of</c><00:52:42.409><c> all</c><00:52:42.730><c> their</c><00:52:43.010><c> troubles.</c><00:52:44.250><c> The</c><00:52:44.369><c> Lord</c><00:52:44.650><c> is</c>

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nigh<00:52:45.289><c> unto</c><00:52:45.510><c> them</c><00:52:45.809><c> that</c><00:52:45.989><c> are</c><00:52:46.110><c> of</c><00:52:46.250><c> a</c><00:52:46.369><c> broken</c><00:52:46.670><c> heart</c>

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and<00:52:48.050><c> saveth</c><00:52:48.389><c> such</c><00:52:48.809><c> as</c><00:52:49.030><c> be</c><00:52:49.170><c> of</c><00:52:49.369><c> a</c><00:52:49.489><c> contrite</c><00:52:50.110><c> spirit.</c><00:52:51.130><c> Of</c><00:52:51.389><c> course,</c><00:52:51.590><c> we're</c>

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back<00:52:51.909><c> to</c><00:52:52.090><c> our</c><00:52:52.269><c> salvation</c><00:52:52.889><c> theme,</c>

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aren't<00:52:53.570><c> we?</c><00:52:54.170><c> God</c><00:52:54.369><c> is</c><00:52:54.630><c> very</c><00:52:55.050><c> near</c><00:52:55.250><c> those</c><00:52:55.630><c> who</c><00:52:55.889><c> fear</c><00:52:56.070><c> him</c><00:52:56.329><c> and</c>

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who<00:52:56.949><c> recognize</c><00:52:57.389><c> their</c><00:52:57.610><c> desperate</c><00:52:58.090><c> need.</c>

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He's<00:52:58.969><c> just</c><00:52:59.570><c> waiting</c><00:53:00.130><c> to</c><00:53:00.829><c> save</c><00:53:01.309><c> them.</c><00:53:02.809><c> And</c><00:53:02.869><c> then</c><00:53:03.070><c> we</c><00:53:03.110><c> have</c><00:53:03.309><c> a</c><00:53:03.530><c> change</c><00:53:04.190><c> from</c><00:53:05.449><c> the</c><00:53:05.690><c> plural</c><00:53:05.929><c> to</c>

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the<00:53:06.369><c> singular.</c>

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And<00:53:07.789><c> the</c><00:53:07.969><c> psalmist</c><00:53:08.250><c> focuses</c><00:53:08.769><c> upon</c><00:53:09.210><c> one</c><00:53:09.610><c> man</c><00:53:10.250><c> and</c><00:53:10.630><c> he</c><00:53:10.829><c> brings</c>

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the<00:53:11.449><c> psalm</c><00:53:11.710><c> to</c><00:53:11.889><c> its</c><00:53:12.170><c> climax.</c>

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Many<00:53:14.550><c> are</c><00:53:15.010><c> the</c><00:53:15.309><c> afflictions</c><00:53:15.969><c> of</c><00:53:16.429><c> the</c><00:53:16.829><c> righteous,</c><00:53:18.969><c> but</c><00:53:19.110><c> the</c><00:53:19.389><c> Lord</c><00:53:19.730><c> delivereth</c><00:53:20.530><c> him</c><00:53:21.130><c> out</c><00:53:21.570><c> of</c>

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them<00:53:22.070><c> all.</c>

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He<00:53:23.929><c> keepeth</c><00:53:24.750><c> all</c><00:53:25.309><c> his</c><00:53:25.650><c> bones,</c><00:53:27.449><c> not</c><00:53:27.750><c> one</c><00:53:28.250><c> of</c><00:53:28.409><c> them</c><00:53:28.510><c> is</c><00:53:28.789><c> broken.</c>

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And<00:53:30.889><c> here,</c><00:53:31.170><c> brethren</c><00:53:31.369><c> and</c><00:53:31.630><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:53:32.289><c> psalmist</c><00:53:32.650><c> is</c><00:53:32.909><c> gathering</c><00:53:33.409><c> together</c><00:53:34.130><c> all</c><00:53:34.929><c> the</c><00:53:35.289><c> sorrow</c><00:53:35.849><c> and</c>

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the<00:53:36.789><c> sighing</c><00:53:37.449><c> and</c><00:53:37.650><c> the</c><00:53:37.989><c> tribulation</c>

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and<00:53:39.050><c> the</c><00:53:39.409><c> anguish</c><00:53:39.929><c> of</c><00:53:40.230><c> mankind</c><00:53:41.110><c> and</c><00:53:41.929><c> placing</c><00:53:42.269><c> it</c><00:53:42.530><c> upon</c><00:53:42.809><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:53:43.289><c> Jesus</c><00:53:43.869><c> Christ</c><00:53:44.650><c> who</c><00:53:45.230><c> was</c><00:53:45.590><c> bruised</c><00:53:45.949><c> for</c><00:53:46.269><c> our</c>

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iniquities<00:53:47.530><c> and</c><00:53:48.349><c> by</c><00:53:48.610><c> whose</c><00:53:48.849><c> stripes</c><00:53:49.429><c> we</c><00:53:49.750><c> are</c><00:53:49.969><c> healed.</c><00:53:53.030><c> The</c><00:53:53.389><c> psalmist</c><00:53:53.909><c> sees</c><00:53:54.349><c> here</c><00:53:56.050><c> in</c>

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the<00:53:56.389><c> spirit</c><00:53:56.789><c> of</c><00:53:57.130><c> prophecy</c>

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the<00:53:59.070><c> body</c><00:53:59.409><c> of</c><00:53:59.570><c> Christ,</c><00:54:00.909><c> both</c><00:54:01.329><c> literally</c><00:54:01.769><c> and</c><00:54:02.130><c> figuratively.</c>

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Not<00:54:04.489><c> a</c><00:54:04.670><c> bone</c><00:54:04.849><c> was</c><00:54:05.090><c> broken</c><00:54:05.449><c> on</c>

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the<00:54:05.789><c> day</c><00:54:05.969><c> of</c><00:54:06.250><c> crucifixion</c><00:54:06.789><c> as</c><00:54:06.909><c> you</c><00:54:07.110><c> well</c><00:54:07.510><c> know.</c><00:54:09.530><c> And</c><00:54:09.690><c> Jesus</c><00:54:09.989><c> also</c><00:54:10.670><c> said</c><00:54:10.909><c> in</c>

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his<00:54:11.349><c> prayer</c><00:54:11.590><c> to</c><00:54:11.769><c> the</c><00:54:11.949><c> Father,</c>

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Father,<00:54:14.570><c> those</c><00:54:14.909><c> that</c><00:54:15.090><c> thou</c><00:54:15.349><c> gavest</c><00:54:15.849><c> me</c><00:54:16.170><c> I</c><00:54:16.409><c> have</c><00:54:16.710><c> kept,</c><00:54:17.969><c> and</c><00:54:18.349><c> none</c><00:54:18.650><c> of</c>

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them<00:54:18.869><c> is</c><00:54:19.090><c> lost.</c><00:54:20.829><c> Not</c><00:54:21.210><c> one</c><00:54:21.550><c> of</c><00:54:21.730><c> those</c><00:54:22.050><c> given</c>

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to<00:54:22.650><c> Christ</c><00:54:23.070><c> will</c><00:54:23.369><c> be</c><00:54:23.690><c> lost.</c><00:54:24.269><c> And</c><00:54:24.369><c> that's</c><00:54:24.789><c> the</c><00:54:24.989><c> wonder</c><00:54:25.329><c> of</c><00:54:25.510><c> it,</c>

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brethren<00:54:26.070><c> and</c><00:54:26.389><c> sisters,</c><00:54:27.170><c> the</c><00:54:27.429><c> wonder</c><00:54:27.809><c> of</c><00:54:27.969><c> God's</c><00:54:28.489><c> love</c>

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and<00:54:28.909><c> the</c><00:54:29.329><c> confidence</c><00:54:29.750><c> that</c><00:54:30.010><c> we</c><00:54:30.170><c> can</c><00:54:30.510><c> take</c><00:54:31.050><c> from</c><00:54:31.590><c> this</c><00:54:31.889><c> Bible</c>

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school<00:54:32.710><c> when</c><00:54:32.909><c> we</c><00:54:33.130><c> go</c><00:54:33.349><c> home</c><00:54:33.650><c> tomorrow.</c>

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If<00:54:35.789><c> we</c><00:54:36.130><c> really</c><00:54:36.570><c> want</c><00:54:36.849><c> to</c><00:54:36.969><c> be</c><00:54:37.190><c> Christ's,</c><00:54:37.730><c> we</c><00:54:37.909><c> shall</c><00:54:38.269><c> be.</c><00:54:39.110><c> If</c><00:54:39.349><c> we</c>

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are<00:54:39.670><c> truly</c><00:54:39.969><c> willing</c><00:54:40.230><c> to</c><00:54:40.409><c> forsake</c><00:54:40.869><c> the</c><00:54:41.070><c> world,</c>

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the<00:54:41.789><c> kingdom</c><00:54:41.949><c> will</c><00:54:42.250><c> be</c><00:54:42.489><c> ours.</c><00:54:43.809><c> We</c><00:54:44.030><c> shall</c><00:54:44.289><c> not</c><00:54:44.570><c> be</c><00:54:44.849><c> taken</c><00:54:45.190><c> from</c>

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him<00:54:45.889><c> because</c><00:54:46.389><c> there</c><00:54:46.690><c> will</c><00:54:47.110><c> not</c><00:54:47.489><c> be</c><00:54:47.849><c> a</c><00:54:48.210><c> single</c>

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broken<00:54:49.710><c> bone</c><00:54:50.210><c> on</c><00:54:51.070><c> the</c><00:54:51.190><c> day</c><00:54:51.389><c> of</c><00:54:51.550><c> judgment.</c><00:54:53.250><c> Verse</c><00:54:53.510><c> 22,</c><00:54:55.349><c> The</c><00:54:55.570><c> Lord</c><00:54:56.110><c> redeemeth</c><00:54:56.909><c> the</c>

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soul<00:54:57.409><c> of</c><00:54:57.590><c> his</c><00:54:57.849><c> servants,</c>

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and<00:54:59.449><c> none</c><00:54:59.949><c> of</c><00:55:00.190><c> them</c><00:55:01.389><c> that</c><00:55:01.809><c> trust</c><00:55:02.110><c> in</c><00:55:02.389><c> him</c><00:55:03.489><c> shall</c><00:55:03.989><c> be</c><00:55:04.230><c> desolate.</c><00:55:05.869><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.