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got<00:13:44.700><c> to</c><00:13:44.899><c> think.</c><00:13:45.720><c> So</c><00:13:46.059><c> please</c>

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do<00:13:46.559><c> that,</c><00:13:46.720><c> because</c><00:13:47.179><c> it</c><00:13:47.559><c> would</c><00:13:47.700><c> be</c><00:13:47.940><c> a</c><00:13:48.100><c> tragedy</c><00:13:48.399><c> indeed</c><00:13:48.840><c> if</c><00:13:49.080><c> our</c>

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arranging<00:13:49.700><c> brethren,</c><00:13:50.019><c> having</c>

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considered<00:13:50.620><c> this</c><00:13:50.899><c> subject,</c><00:13:51.899><c> that</c><00:13:51.980><c> we</c><00:13:52.200><c> should</c><00:13:52.340><c> come</c><00:13:52.600><c> to</c><00:13:52.759><c> this</c>

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evening<00:13:53.200><c> and</c><00:13:53.559><c> create</c><00:13:53.940><c> the</c>

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problem<00:13:54.440><c> that</c><00:13:54.580><c> we're</c><00:13:54.860><c> desperately</c><00:13:55.360><c> trying</c><00:13:55.720><c> to</c><00:13:56.000><c> avoid.</c><00:13:57.159><c> That</c>

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would<00:13:57.580><c> be</c><00:13:57.779><c> a</c><00:13:57.940><c> tragedy</c><00:13:58.240><c> indeed.</c>

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Well,<00:13:59.980><c> where</c><00:14:00.200><c> do</c><00:14:00.320><c> we</c><00:14:00.539><c> start?</c><00:14:01.080><c> Well,</c><00:14:01.200><c> we</c><00:14:01.340><c> start</c><00:14:01.600><c> with</c><00:14:01.840><c> God.</c><00:14:05.059><c> You</c>

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see,<00:14:05.379><c> what</c><00:14:05.580><c> is</c><00:14:05.759><c> God's</c><00:14:06.139><c> attitude</c>

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to<00:14:06.679><c> marriage?</c><00:14:07.039><c> You</c><00:14:07.279><c> know</c><00:14:07.580><c> what</c><00:14:07.720><c> his</c><00:14:07.960><c> attitude</c><00:14:08.279><c> to</c><00:14:08.519><c> marriage</c>

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is,<00:14:09.059><c> or</c><00:14:09.259><c> do</c><00:14:09.460><c> you?</c><00:14:10.700><c> In</c><00:14:10.879><c> the</c><00:14:11.080><c> 19th</c>

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chapter<00:14:11.679><c> of</c><00:14:11.820><c> Matthew,</c><00:14:12.500><c> brothers</c><00:14:12.600><c> and</c><00:14:12.779><c> sisters,</c><00:14:13.240><c> I</c><00:14:13.379><c> want</c><00:14:13.539><c> to</c>

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just<00:14:14.039><c> bring</c><00:14:14.220><c> out</c><00:14:14.440><c> one</c><00:14:14.840><c> fact</c><00:14:15.139><c> about</c>

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God's<00:14:15.919><c> attitude</c><00:14:16.120><c> to</c><00:14:16.360><c> marriage,</c><00:14:16.679><c> which</c><00:14:16.840><c> I</c><00:14:17.139><c> find</c><00:14:17.820><c> utterly</c><00:14:18.340><c> incredible.</c><00:14:20.320><c> In</c>

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the<00:14:20.620><c> 19th</c>

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chapter<00:14:21.220><c> of</c><00:14:21.399><c> Matthew,</c><00:14:21.940><c> from</c><00:14:22.120><c> verse</c><00:14:22.399><c> 3,</c><00:14:25.139><c> the</c><00:14:25.320><c> Pharisees</c><00:14:25.919><c> also</c>

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came<00:14:26.679><c> under</c><00:14:26.899><c> him,</c><00:14:27.299><c> tempting</c>

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him<00:14:27.840><c> and</c><00:14:27.899><c> saying</c><00:14:28.220><c> unto</c><00:14:28.419><c> him,</c><00:14:29.019><c> is</c><00:14:29.220><c> it</c><00:14:29.419><c> lawful</c><00:14:29.860><c> for</c><00:14:30.059><c> a</c><00:14:30.240><c> man</c><00:14:30.440><c> to</c>

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put<00:14:30.779><c> away</c><00:14:31.019><c> his</c><00:14:31.320><c> wife</c><00:14:31.539><c> for</c><00:14:31.799><c> every</c>

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cause?<00:14:34.360><c> And</c><00:14:34.659><c> he</c><00:14:34.860><c> answered</c><00:14:35.120><c> and</c><00:14:35.360><c> said</c><00:14:35.500><c> unto</c><00:14:35.679><c> them,</c><00:14:36.620><c> have</c><00:14:36.860><c> ye</c><00:14:37.080><c> not</c><00:14:37.399><c> read</c><00:14:37.700><c> that</c><00:14:37.899><c> he</c>

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which<00:14:38.460><c> made</c><00:14:38.740><c> them</c>

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at<00:14:39.100><c> the</c><00:14:39.320><c> beginning</c><00:14:39.679><c> made</c><00:14:40.059><c> them</c><00:14:40.240><c> male</c><00:14:40.480><c> and</c><00:14:40.679><c> female?</c><00:14:42.139><c> And</c><00:14:42.460><c> said,</c>

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for<00:14:42.840><c> this</c><00:14:43.080><c> cause</c><00:14:43.320><c> shall</c><00:14:43.519><c> a</c>

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man<00:14:43.799><c> leave</c><00:14:44.080><c> his</c><00:14:44.299><c> father</c><00:14:44.639><c> and</c><00:14:44.840><c> mother,</c><00:14:45.179><c> and</c><00:14:45.279><c> shall</c><00:14:45.480><c> cleave</c><00:14:45.720><c> to</c>

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his<00:14:46.080><c> wife,</c><00:14:47.100><c> and</c><00:14:47.360><c> they</c><00:14:47.700><c> twain</c>

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shall<00:14:48.299><c> be</c><00:14:48.480><c> one</c><00:14:48.779><c> flesh.</c><00:14:50.360><c> Wherefore,</c><00:14:50.899><c> they</c><00:14:51.120><c> are</c><00:14:51.279><c> no</c><00:14:51.480><c> more</c><00:14:51.759><c> twain</c>

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but<00:14:52.879><c> one</c><00:14:53.240><c> flesh.</c><00:14:54.620><c> What,</c>

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therefore,<00:14:55.519><c> God</c><00:14:55.820><c> hath</c><00:14:56.100><c> joined</c><00:14:56.460><c> together,</c><00:14:57.840><c> let</c><00:14:58.059><c> not</c><00:14:58.460><c> man</c><00:14:59.100><c> put</c>

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asunder.<00:15:01.659><c> Now,</c><00:15:02.120><c> brothers</c><00:15:02.220><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:15:02.879><c> I</c><00:15:02.940><c> want</c><00:15:03.139><c> you</c><00:15:03.320><c> to</c><00:15:03.440><c> listen</c><00:15:03.759><c> carefully</c><00:15:04.399><c> to</c><00:15:04.639><c> what</c><00:15:04.820><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:15:05.159><c> is</c><00:15:05.600><c> saying,</c><00:15:07.679><c> because</c><00:15:07.879><c> if</c>

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you<00:15:08.500><c> think</c><00:15:08.940><c> or</c><00:15:09.519><c> thought</c><00:15:09.860><c> before</c><00:15:10.519><c> that</c><00:15:10.740><c> God's</c><00:15:11.200><c> attitude</c><00:15:11.639><c> is</c>

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very<00:15:12.539><c> strong</c><00:15:13.080><c> about</c><00:15:13.679><c> the</c>

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relationship<00:15:14.379><c> with</c><00:15:14.600><c> men</c><00:15:14.820><c> and</c><00:15:14.960><c> women,</c><00:15:15.279><c> you</c><00:15:15.539><c> just</c><00:15:16.000><c> listen</c><00:15:16.340><c> to</c>

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what<00:15:16.679><c> the</c><00:15:16.919><c> Lord</c><00:15:17.100><c> is</c><00:15:17.519><c> saying.</c><00:15:18.860><c> When</c>

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woman<00:15:24.200><c> as</c>

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sisters<00:15:43.159><c> of</c><00:15:44.360><c> one</c><00:15:44.779><c> man,</c><00:15:45.580><c> one</c><00:15:45.879><c> woman,</c><00:15:46.840><c> is</c><00:15:47.259><c> a</c><00:15:47.899><c> creative</c><00:15:48.740><c> act.</c><00:15:50.799><c> I</c>

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want<00:15:51.580><c> you</c><00:15:51.779><c> to</c><00:15:51.960><c> dwell</c><00:15:52.100><c> upon</c>

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that.<00:15:53.620><c> It</c><00:15:53.940><c> is</c><00:15:54.259><c> a</c><00:15:54.639><c> creative</c><00:15:55.379><c> act.</c><00:15:57.960><c> The</c><00:15:58.120><c> Lord</c><00:15:58.460><c> never</c><00:15:59.019><c> said,</c><00:15:59.940><c> firstly,</c><00:16:00.480><c> what</c>

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God<00:16:01.120><c> said.</c><00:16:02.000><c> He</c><00:16:02.340><c> said</c><00:16:02.639><c> what</c>

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he<00:16:03.440><c> did.</c><00:16:05.000><c> He</c><00:16:05.500><c> made</c><00:16:06.000><c> one</c><00:16:06.500><c> woman</c><00:16:06.879><c> for</c><00:16:07.519><c> one</c><00:16:07.919><c> man,</c><00:16:08.419><c> and</c><00:16:08.759><c> that</c><00:16:08.960><c> was</c><00:16:09.259><c> a</c>

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creative<00:16:10.100><c> act.</c><00:16:10.620><c> Now,</c><00:16:10.840><c> you</c><00:16:11.000><c> listen</c>

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carefully.<00:16:13.799><c> All</c><00:16:14.259><c> the</c><00:16:14.460><c> laws</c><00:16:14.720><c> of</c><00:16:15.019><c> creation</c><00:16:15.759><c> govern</c><00:16:17.080><c> our</c><00:16:17.559><c> existence</c><00:16:18.039><c> upon</c>

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stretched,<00:16:30.399><c> you</c><00:16:30.500><c> listen.</c><00:16:32.340><c> If</c><00:16:32.620><c> I</c><00:16:32.860><c> was</c><00:16:33.000><c> to</c><00:16:33.139><c> get</c><00:16:33.220><c> on</c><00:16:33.419><c> that</c><00:16:33.740><c> roof</c><00:16:34.139><c> and</c><00:16:35.600><c> jump</c><00:16:35.919><c> off</c><00:16:36.139><c> that</c><00:16:36.419><c> roof,</c><00:16:37.399><c> I</c><00:16:37.620><c> would</c>

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have<00:16:43.500><c> defied</c><00:16:44.440><c> a</c><00:16:44.679><c> law</c><00:16:44.860><c> of</c>

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nature,<00:16:45.559><c> of</c><00:16:45.820><c> creation.</c><00:16:48.519><c> The</c><00:16:48.820><c> law</c><00:16:49.080><c> of</c><00:16:49.320><c> nature</c><00:16:49.580><c> says</c><00:16:49.940><c> that</c><00:16:50.159><c> I</c><00:16:50.200><c> cannot</c><00:16:50.559><c> hold</c><00:16:50.899><c> my</c><00:16:51.299><c> breath</c>

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indefinitely,<00:16:52.500><c> otherwise</c><00:16:52.820><c> I</c><00:16:53.019><c> will</c><00:16:53.340><c> die.</c><00:16:55.960><c> And</c><00:16:56.200><c> there</c><00:16:56.379><c> are</c><00:16:56.820><c> a</c>

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multitude<00:16:57.419><c> of</c><00:16:57.659><c> other</c><00:16:57.879><c> examples,</c>

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know<00:17:00.980><c> that</c><00:17:02.179><c> people</c><00:17:02.600><c> suffer</c><00:17:03.080><c> the</c>

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consequences<00:17:04.140><c> when</c><00:17:04.740><c> they</c><00:17:05.140><c> fly</c><00:17:05.559><c> in</c><00:17:05.839><c> the</c><00:17:06.079><c> face</c><00:17:06.460><c> of</c><00:17:06.960><c> creation.</c><00:17:08.680><c> And</c><00:17:09.059><c> marriage</c><00:17:09.599><c> was</c><00:17:10.079><c> a</c><00:17:10.559><c> creative</c>

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act.<00:17:13.980><c> Do</c><00:17:14.200><c> you</c><00:17:14.380><c> understand</c><00:17:15.019><c> now</c><00:17:15.220><c> what</c><00:17:15.480><c> the</c><00:17:15.579><c> Lord's</c><00:17:16.019><c> saying?</c><00:17:17.720><c> That's</c><00:17:18.160><c> how</c><00:17:18.299><c> God</c><00:17:18.720><c> made</c><00:17:19.460><c> it.</c><00:17:19.819><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:17:20.259><c> say</c><00:17:20.539><c> it.</c><00:17:21.059><c> He</c><00:17:21.619><c> made</c><00:17:21.960><c> it</c><00:17:22.180><c> that</c><00:17:22.440><c> way.</c><00:17:25.160><c> Anyone</c><00:17:25.539><c> who</c><00:17:26.099><c> defies</c>

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that<00:17:27.019><c> law</c><00:17:27.759><c> cannot</c><00:17:28.539><c> escape</c><00:17:29.339><c> the</c>

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consequences.<00:17:31.220><c> There's</c><00:17:31.759><c> no</c><00:17:32.079><c> way</c><00:17:32.220><c> out</c><00:17:32.380><c> of</c><00:17:32.519><c> it.</c><00:17:33.799><c> That's</c><00:17:34.339><c> the</c><00:17:34.480><c> Lord's</c><00:17:34.900><c> teaching.</c><00:17:35.900><c> I</c>

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question<00:17:46.299><c> is,</c><00:17:48.440><c> does</c><00:17:48.779><c> divine</c><00:17:49.259><c> principles</c><00:17:49.740><c> of</c><00:17:50.019><c> marriage</c><00:17:50.859><c> apply</c>

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to<00:17:53.279><c> those</c><00:17:53.700><c> outside</c><00:17:54.160><c> of</c><00:17:56.400><c> the</c>

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The<00:17:58.700><c> biblical</c><00:17:59.200><c> answer</c><00:17:59.599><c> to</c><00:17:59.740><c> that</c><00:17:59.900><c> question</c><00:18:00.319><c> is</c><00:18:00.640><c> it</c><00:18:01.019><c> decidedly</c>

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does.<00:18:03.980><c> Why?</c><00:18:07.039><c> If</c><00:18:07.680><c> this</c><00:18:07.920><c> was</c><00:18:08.200><c> a</c>

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mere<00:18:08.660><c> moral</c><00:18:09.339><c> principle,</c><00:18:10.019><c> brethren</c><00:18:10.200><c> and</c><00:18:10.440><c> sisters,</c><00:18:10.819><c> based</c><00:18:11.180><c> upon</c><00:18:11.500><c> the</c>

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understanding<00:18:12.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:12.599><c> truth,</c><00:18:13.180><c> then</c><00:18:13.380><c> it</c><00:18:13.640><c> would</c><00:18:14.059><c> not</c><00:18:14.359><c> apply</c><00:18:14.779><c> to</c><00:18:14.980><c> people</c><00:18:15.240><c> in</c><00:18:15.500><c> ignorance.</c><00:18:19.259><c> But</c><00:18:19.559><c> it's</c><00:18:19.839><c> a</c><00:18:20.039><c> creative</c>

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act.<00:18:24.059><c> And</c><00:18:24.400><c> every</c><00:18:25.279><c> man</c><00:18:25.680><c> and</c><00:18:25.900><c> woman</c><00:18:26.200><c> on</c><00:18:26.380><c> the</c><00:18:26.640><c> face</c><00:18:26.880><c> of</c><00:18:27.000><c> this</c><00:18:27.220><c> world</c><00:18:27.519><c> has</c>

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been<00:18:28.019><c> created</c><00:18:28.359><c> by</c><00:18:28.619><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:29.460><c> so</c><00:18:29.700><c> Paul</c><00:18:29.859><c> says</c><00:18:30.180><c> marriage</c><00:18:30.720><c> is</c><00:18:31.140><c> honorable</c><00:18:31.940><c> among</c><00:18:32.720><c> all.</c><00:18:35.460><c> And</c>

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there's<00:18:35.880><c> your</c><00:18:36.039><c> reason.</c>

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Because<00:18:38.339><c> it</c><00:18:38.579><c> isn't</c><00:18:38.880><c> just</c><00:18:39.240><c> simply</c><00:18:39.500><c> a</c><00:18:39.900><c> verbal</c><00:18:40.519><c> moral</c><00:18:41.160><c> principle.</c><00:18:42.380><c> It</c><00:18:42.519><c> is</c><00:18:42.759><c> a</c>

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divine<00:18:43.539><c> creative</c>

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action.<00:18:46.339><c> Now</c><00:18:46.599><c> when</c><00:18:46.779><c> a</c><00:18:46.940><c> man</c><00:18:47.079><c> or</c><00:18:47.299><c> a</c><00:18:47.440><c> woman</c><00:18:47.900><c> gets</c><00:18:48.559><c> married,</c><00:18:50.079><c> they</c>

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do<00:18:50.680><c> so</c><00:18:51.000><c> on</c><00:18:51.220><c> the</c><00:18:51.420><c> basis</c><00:18:51.859><c> of</c><00:18:52.359><c> what</c>

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God<00:18:53.160><c> did.</c><00:18:56.220><c> That's</c><00:18:56.680><c> absolutely</c><00:18:56.900><c> incredible.</c><00:18:59.599><c> It</c><00:18:59.700><c> is</c><00:19:00.000><c> incredible.</c><00:19:02.019><c> Therefore,</c><00:19:02.640><c> brethren</c><00:19:02.759><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:03.339><c> if</c><00:19:03.559><c> we</c><00:19:03.779><c> allow</c><00:19:04.059><c> anything</c><00:19:04.500><c> to</c><00:19:04.799><c> enter</c><00:19:04.960><c> into</c><00:19:05.220><c> our</c><00:19:05.400><c> married</c><00:19:05.680><c> life</c>

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that<00:19:07.400><c> would</c>

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disrupt<00:19:08.039><c> that</c><00:19:08.299><c> married</c><00:19:08.559><c> life,</c><00:19:10.359><c> it</c><00:19:10.539><c> is</c><00:19:10.819><c> equivalent</c><00:19:11.380><c> to</c><00:19:12.559><c> flying</c>

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in<00:19:13.099><c> the</c><00:19:13.319><c> face</c><00:19:14.099><c> of</c><00:19:15.200><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:19:18.339><c> none</c><00:19:18.519><c> of</c><00:19:18.619><c> us</c><00:19:18.740><c> can</c><00:19:18.940><c> escape</c><00:19:19.220><c> the</c><00:19:19.500><c> consequences</c><00:19:19.900><c> of</c><00:19:20.200><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:19:20.960><c> the</c><00:19:21.180><c> strength</c>

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of<00:19:21.779><c> the</c><00:19:21.880><c> Lord's</c><00:19:22.299><c> teaching.</c><00:19:23.880><c> That</c><00:19:23.980><c> is</c><00:19:24.220><c> the</c><00:19:24.519><c> strength</c><00:19:24.960><c> and</c><00:19:25.240><c> power</c><00:19:25.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:25.740><c> Lord's</c>

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teaching.<00:19:27.299><c> And</c><00:19:27.559><c> Malachi</c><00:19:28.119><c> said</c><00:19:28.420><c> exactly</c><00:19:28.920><c> the</c><00:19:29.099><c> same</c><00:19:29.339><c> thing.</c><00:19:30.359><c> And</c><00:19:30.460><c> in</c>

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that<00:19:30.720><c> reading</c><00:19:30.920><c> that</c><00:19:31.059><c> we</c>

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had,<00:19:32.900><c> Malachi</c><00:19:33.579><c> had</c><00:19:33.779><c> this</c><00:19:34.099><c> to</c><00:19:34.259><c> say.</c><00:19:36.160><c> And</c><00:19:36.359><c> he</c><00:19:36.460><c> said</c><00:19:36.640><c> exactly</c><00:19:37.160><c> the</c>

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same<00:19:37.640><c> thing.</c><00:19:39.619><c> As</c><00:19:39.819><c> a</c><00:19:39.940><c> matter</c><00:19:40.160><c> of</c>

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fact,<00:19:40.640><c> brethren</c><00:19:40.819><c> and</c><00:19:41.099><c> sisters,</c><00:19:41.900><c> Malachi</c><00:19:42.359><c> goes</c><00:19:42.720><c> one</c><00:19:42.980><c> step</c><00:19:43.220><c> further,</c><00:19:43.819><c> really,</c><00:19:44.099><c> if</c>

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we<00:19:44.440><c> could</c><00:19:44.660><c> say</c>

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that<00:19:45.380><c> and</c><00:19:45.700><c> add</c><00:19:45.960><c> something</c><00:19:46.359><c> here,</c><00:19:47.119><c> which</c><00:19:47.339><c> of</c><00:19:47.480><c> course</c><00:19:47.700><c> our</c><00:19:47.940><c> Lord</c>

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would<00:19:48.259><c> have</c><00:19:48.460><c> alluded</c><00:19:48.799><c> to.</c>

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He<00:19:52.960><c> said</c><00:19:53.140><c> this</c><00:19:53.759><c> in</c><00:19:56.200><c> verse</c><00:19:56.519><c> 14.</c><00:19:57.400><c> They</c><00:19:57.660><c> said,</c><00:19:57.900><c> why</c><00:19:58.200><c> have</c><00:19:58.380><c> we</c><00:19:58.500><c> gone</c>

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astray?<00:19:59.119><c> Because</c><00:19:59.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:59.880><c> has</c>

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been<00:20:00.200><c> witnessed</c><00:20:00.599><c> between</c><00:20:01.059><c> thee</c><00:20:01.400><c> and</c><00:20:01.559><c> the</c><00:20:01.779><c> wife</c><00:20:02.059><c> of</c><00:20:02.259><c> thy</c><00:20:02.539><c> youth,</c><00:20:03.779><c> against</c><00:20:04.039><c> whom</c>

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thou<00:20:04.500><c> hast</c>

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dealt<00:20:04.980><c> treacherously.</c><00:20:06.380><c> Yet</c><00:20:06.619><c> she</c><00:20:06.839><c> is</c><00:20:07.059><c> thy</c><00:20:07.279><c> companion</c><00:20:07.839><c> and</c><00:20:08.079><c> the</c>

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wife<00:20:08.559><c> of</c><00:20:08.759><c> thy</c><00:20:08.980><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:20:10.339><c> did</c><00:20:10.759><c> not</c><00:20:11.119><c> he</c><00:20:11.680><c> make</c><00:20:12.539><c> one?</c><00:20:15.259><c> He</c><00:20:15.859><c> made</c><00:20:16.559><c> one.</c><00:20:18.640><c> Now</c><00:20:19.240><c> what's</c><00:20:19.559><c> the</c>

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point?<00:20:20.119><c> The</c><00:20:20.400><c> same</c><00:20:20.720><c> point</c><00:20:20.880><c> as</c><00:20:21.039><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:20:21.339><c> is</c><00:20:21.519><c> making.</c><00:20:22.680><c> But</c><00:20:23.279><c> Malachi</c><00:20:23.759><c> adds</c><00:20:24.119><c> this</c><00:20:24.420><c> explanation.</c><00:20:25.900><c> Yet</c><00:20:26.279><c> he</c>

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had<00:20:26.900><c> the</c><00:20:27.200><c> residue</c><00:20:27.579><c> of</c>

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spirit.<00:20:29.779><c> In</c><00:20:29.940><c> other</c><00:20:30.180><c> words,</c><00:20:30.660><c> brethren</c><00:20:30.799><c> and</c><00:20:31.119><c> sisters,</c><00:20:31.900><c> God</c><00:20:32.220><c> made</c><00:20:32.660><c> one</c>

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woman<00:20:33.759><c> for</c><00:20:34.599><c> one</c><00:20:34.920><c> man.</c>

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Did<00:20:36.380><c> he</c><00:20:36.539><c> do</c><00:20:36.759><c> that,</c><00:20:37.319><c> therefore,</c><00:20:37.460><c> because</c><00:20:37.779><c> he</c><00:20:37.940><c> had</c><00:20:38.279><c> exhausted</c>

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his<00:20:39.220><c> power?</c><00:20:41.359><c> Malachi</c><00:20:41.740><c> makes</c><00:20:42.039><c> the</c>

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point<00:20:42.500><c> which</c><00:20:42.660><c> the</c><00:20:42.880><c> Lord</c><00:20:43.019><c> would</c><00:20:43.160><c> only</c><00:20:43.380><c> allude</c><00:20:43.680><c> to.</c><00:20:44.500><c> That</c><00:20:44.579><c> it</c><00:20:44.640><c> wasn't,</c><00:20:45.200><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:20:45.859><c> exhaust</c><00:20:46.299><c> his</c>

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power.<00:20:47.059><c> There</c><00:20:47.279><c> was</c><00:20:47.799><c> inimitable</c><00:20:48.619><c> power</c><00:20:49.019><c> to</c><00:20:49.259><c> make</c><00:20:49.500><c> Adam</c><00:20:49.839><c> a</c><00:20:50.220><c> million</c><00:20:50.599><c> wives.</c><00:20:52.019><c> But</c>

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he<00:20:52.460><c> stopped</c><00:20:52.720><c> at</c>

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It<00:20:54.420><c> wasn't</c><00:20:54.900><c> for</c><00:20:55.140><c> the</c><00:20:55.279><c> lack</c><00:20:55.420><c> of</c><00:20:55.740><c> power.</c><00:20:57.680><c> It</c><00:20:57.779><c> was</c><00:20:58.039><c> the</c><00:20:58.299><c> establishment</c><00:20:58.720><c> of</c><00:20:59.059><c> principle.</c><00:21:01.339><c> And</c><00:21:01.420><c> what</c>

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God<00:21:01.960><c> made</c><00:21:02.880><c> is</c><00:21:04.359><c> what</c><00:21:04.579><c> the</c><00:21:04.839><c> Lord</c><00:21:05.059><c> referred</c><00:21:05.519><c> to</c><00:21:05.779><c> and</c><00:21:05.940><c> is</c><00:21:06.019><c> what</c><00:21:06.200><c> Malachi</c><00:21:06.640><c> is</c>

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referring<00:21:07.220><c> to.</c><00:21:08.279><c> Now</c>

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could<00:21:08.640><c> we</c><00:21:08.980><c> have</c><00:21:09.240><c> any</c><00:21:09.859><c> stronger</c><00:21:10.460><c> attitude</c><00:21:11.079><c> expressed</c><00:21:11.880><c> as</c><00:21:12.940><c> far</c>

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as<00:21:13.380><c> God</c><00:21:13.579><c> is</c><00:21:13.880><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:21:15.059><c> husband</c><00:21:15.440><c> and</c><00:21:15.619><c> wife</c><00:21:15.859><c> relationships</c><00:21:16.519><c> than</c><00:21:16.960><c> that?</c><00:21:18.640><c> And</c>

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if<00:21:18.940><c> you</c><00:21:19.119><c> haven't</c><00:21:19.359><c> got</c><00:21:19.640><c> the</c>

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yet<00:21:20.240><c> I</c><00:21:20.579><c> seriously</c><00:21:21.019><c> suggest</c><00:21:21.779><c> that</c><00:21:22.119><c> you</c><00:21:22.220><c> go</c><00:21:22.440><c> home</c><00:21:22.640><c> tonight</c><00:21:23.079><c> and</c>

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think<00:21:23.740><c> very</c><00:21:24.180><c> quietly</c><00:21:24.640><c> about</c>

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that<00:21:25.599><c> fact.</c><00:21:26.839><c> That</c><00:21:26.980><c> it's</c><00:21:27.259><c> a</c><00:21:27.519><c> creative</c><00:21:28.180><c> act.</c><00:21:30.420><c> And</c><00:21:30.700><c> whether</c><00:21:30.839><c> we</c>

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think<00:21:31.240><c> or</c><00:21:31.500><c> not</c><00:21:31.700><c> that</c><00:21:31.920><c> well</c><00:21:32.039><c> we</c><00:21:32.140><c> were</c>

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all<00:21:32.539><c> created</c><00:21:32.819><c> we</c><00:21:33.059><c> meet</c><00:21:33.660><c> by</c><00:21:34.079><c> circumstances</c><00:21:34.640><c> of</c><00:21:34.940><c> life.</c><00:21:35.460><c> When</c><00:21:35.680><c> we</c>

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choose<00:21:36.480><c> our</c><00:21:36.900><c> partner</c><00:21:37.279><c> we</c><00:21:38.059><c> are</c>

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agreeing<00:21:38.720><c> with</c><00:21:38.960><c> a</c><00:21:39.259><c> creative</c><00:21:39.700><c> act.</c><00:21:40.440><c> And</c><00:21:40.680><c> the</c><00:21:40.900><c> principle</c><00:21:41.180><c> of</c><00:21:41.359><c> that</c><00:21:41.539><c> creative</c><00:21:41.980><c> act</c><00:21:42.220><c> we</c><00:21:42.440><c> take</c>

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into<00:21:42.880><c> our</c><00:21:43.200><c> house</c><00:21:43.500><c> and</c><00:21:43.740><c> we</c><00:21:44.079><c> fly</c><00:21:44.279><c> in</c><00:21:44.480><c> the</c><00:21:44.660><c> face</c><00:21:44.859><c> of</c><00:21:45.059><c> that</c><00:21:45.259><c> brethren</c><00:21:45.539><c> and</c><00:21:45.819><c> sisters</c><00:21:46.099><c> at</c>

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our<00:21:46.759><c> own</c>

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been<00:21:52.420><c> set</c><00:21:52.640><c> before</c><00:21:53.059><c> us</c>

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so<00:21:54.039><c> clearly</c><00:21:54.559><c> by</c><00:21:55.160><c> the</c><00:21:55.799><c> way</c><00:21:56.079><c> in</c><00:21:56.180><c> which</c><00:21:56.319><c> God</c><00:21:56.559><c> what</c><00:21:56.779><c> he</c><00:21:57.180><c> did.</c><00:21:57.859><c> And</c>

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say,<00:22:07.140><c> all</c><00:22:07.380><c> of</c><00:22:07.539><c> us</c><00:22:07.740><c> say,</c>

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concerned.<00:23:20.099><c> And</c>

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Ephesians.<00:24:58.359><c> I'll</c><00:24:58.599><c> tell</c><00:24:58.660><c> you</c><00:24:58.740><c> what</c><00:24:58.880><c> I</c><00:24:59.220><c> read</c><00:24:59.319><c> in</c><00:24:59.500><c> Ephesians</c><00:25:00.299><c> and</c>

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as<00:26:03.799><c> Christ</c><00:26:04.259><c> also</c><00:26:05.039><c> loved</c><00:26:05.359><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:26:06.279><c> and</c><00:26:07.759><c> gave</c><00:26:08.099><c> himself</c><00:26:08.640><c> for</c><00:26:09.039><c> it</c><00:26:09.640><c> that</c><00:26:10.680><c> he</c><00:26:10.880><c> might</c><00:26:11.140><c> sanctify</c><00:26:11.960><c> and</c><00:26:12.299><c> cleanse</c><00:26:12.519><c> it</c>

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with<00:26:13.019><c> the</c>

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marriage<00:26:21.500><c> is</c><00:26:21.940><c> based</c><00:26:22.319><c> upon</c><00:26:22.579><c> the</c><00:26:22.940><c> ideal</c><00:26:23.539><c> of</c><00:26:23.920><c> the</c><00:26:24.099><c> marriage</c><00:26:24.359><c> of</c><00:26:24.539><c> Christ</c><00:26:24.859><c> with</c><00:26:25.099><c> his</c><00:26:25.359><c> bride.</c><00:26:26.940><c> I</c>

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learned<00:26:27.660><c> that</c><00:26:27.859><c> our</c><00:26:28.140><c> affinity</c><00:26:28.480><c> our</c><00:26:28.960><c> love</c><00:26:29.319><c> and</c><00:26:29.599><c> affection</c><00:26:30.019><c> for</c>

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our<00:26:30.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:30.980><c> was</c><00:26:31.900><c> based</c><00:26:32.319><c> upon</c>

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the<00:26:48.119><c> word.</c><00:26:51.440><c> The</c><00:26:51.819><c> prime</c><00:26:52.880><c> first</c>

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marriage<00:26:58.759><c> life</c><00:26:59.740><c> settles</c><00:27:00.380><c> down</c>

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squarely<00:27:03.039><c> on</c><00:27:03.480><c> the</c><00:27:03.740><c> shoulders</c><00:27:03.980><c> of</c><00:27:04.200><c> the</c><00:27:04.319><c> husband.</c><00:27:05.759><c> Of</c><00:27:06.119><c> that</c><00:27:06.579><c> there</c><00:27:07.339><c> cannot</c><00:27:07.779><c> be</c>

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a<00:27:09.420><c> shadow</c><00:27:09.700><c> of</c><00:27:09.940><c> a</c>

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shadow.<00:27:10.480><c> If</c><00:27:10.859><c> that</c><00:27:11.140><c> is</c><00:27:11.559><c> not</c><00:27:12.119><c> true</c><00:27:13.019><c> then</c><00:27:14.519><c> the</c><00:27:14.799><c> marriage</c><00:27:15.099><c> of</c><00:27:15.339><c> Christ</c><00:27:15.740><c> and</c>

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his<00:27:16.240><c> bride</c><00:27:16.900><c> needed</c><00:27:17.880><c> a</c>

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what<00:27:24.440><c> I</c><00:27:24.720><c> learned</c><00:27:24.839><c> when</c><00:27:25.000><c> I</c><00:27:25.200><c> come</c>

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here<00:27:25.839><c> every</c><00:27:26.180><c> Sunday</c><00:27:26.480><c> morning.</c><00:27:29.519><c> Brethren</c><00:27:29.720><c> I</c><00:27:30.019><c> believe</c><00:27:30.700><c> can</c>

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reasonably<00:27:32.200><c> expect</c><00:27:32.799><c> from</c><00:27:37.079><c> their</c>

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two<00:27:37.759><c> things</c><00:27:38.180><c> that</c><00:27:38.440><c> Christ</c><00:27:38.720><c> did</c><00:27:38.920><c> for</c><00:27:39.140><c> his</c><00:27:39.380><c> bride.</c><00:27:40.740><c> Sacrifice</c>

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word.<00:27:49.200><c> When</c><00:27:49.400><c> that's</c><00:27:49.819><c> done</c><00:27:50.599><c> to</c><00:27:51.119><c> the</c><00:27:51.220><c> best</c><00:27:51.440><c> of</c><00:27:51.640><c> our</c><00:27:51.779><c> ability</c><00:27:52.319><c> then</c><00:27:53.400><c> we</c>

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can<00:27:53.960><c> reasonably</c><00:27:54.539><c> expect</c><00:27:55.480><c> a</c>

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response.<00:27:59.279><c> Now</c><00:27:59.400><c> let</c><00:27:59.500><c> me</c><00:27:59.660><c> tell</c><00:27:59.819><c> you</c><00:27:59.940><c> something</c><00:28:00.119><c> about</c><00:28:00.460><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:01.279><c> and</c><00:28:03.220><c> this</c><00:28:03.400><c> is</c><00:28:03.579><c> an</c>

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observation<00:28:05.279><c> of</c><00:28:05.680><c> life.</c><00:28:07.500><c> If</c><00:28:07.680><c> there's</c><00:28:07.920><c> one</c><00:28:08.299><c> thing</c><00:28:08.920><c> that</c><00:28:10.279><c> a</c><00:28:10.420><c> male</c>

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finds<00:28:11.000><c> very</c><00:28:11.339><c> difficult</c><00:28:11.640><c> to</c><00:28:11.900><c> do</c>

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and<00:28:13.640><c> that</c><00:28:13.779><c> is</c><00:28:13.900><c> sacrifice.</c><00:28:16.819><c> On</c><00:28:16.980><c> the</c><00:28:17.180><c> other</c><00:28:17.359><c> hand</c><00:28:18.640><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:20.240><c> is</c>

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something<00:28:21.200><c> which</c><00:28:22.859><c> is</c><00:28:23.259><c> wonderful</c>

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to<00:28:23.900><c> behold</c><00:28:24.160><c> in</c><00:28:24.319><c> a</c><00:28:24.440><c> woman.</c><00:28:28.000><c> We</c><00:28:28.099><c> all</c><00:28:28.299><c> know</c><00:28:28.519><c> don't</c><00:28:28.720><c> we</c><00:28:28.859><c> that</c><00:28:29.400><c> Mother's</c><00:28:29.839><c> Day</c>

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and<00:28:30.400><c> those</c><00:28:30.680><c> sort</c><00:28:30.900><c> of</c><00:28:31.059><c> days</c>

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that<00:28:31.480><c> come</c><00:28:31.599><c> around</c><00:28:31.740><c> in</c><00:28:31.880><c> the</c><00:28:32.019><c> world</c><00:28:32.200><c> we</c><00:28:32.339><c> don't</c><00:28:32.559><c> need</c><00:28:32.740><c> a</c><00:28:32.960><c> Mother's</c><00:28:33.319><c> Day</c><00:28:33.460><c> to</c>

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observe<00:28:33.920><c> those</c>

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principles<00:28:34.579><c> but</c><00:28:34.960><c> even</c><00:28:35.359><c> the</c><00:28:35.599><c> world</c><00:28:35.960><c> recognizes</c><00:28:36.720><c> brethren</c><00:28:37.059><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:28:37.559><c> that</c><00:28:37.799><c> there</c><00:28:38.059><c> is</c><00:28:38.319><c> in</c>

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womankind<00:28:39.200><c> an</c><00:28:40.859><c> incredible</c><00:28:41.420><c> ability</c><00:28:41.980><c> to</c><00:28:42.279><c> sacrifice.</c><00:28:44.720><c> But</c><00:28:44.920><c> it's</c><00:28:45.420><c> rare</c><00:28:46.119><c> in</c>

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a<00:28:46.660><c> man.</c><00:28:49.900><c> He</c><00:28:50.140><c> is</c>

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very<00:28:50.980><c> very</c><00:28:51.680><c> self</c><00:28:52.019><c>-centered</c><00:28:52.299><c> and</c><00:28:52.700><c> selfish.</c><00:28:55.160><c> I'm</c><00:28:55.420><c> a</c><00:28:55.559><c> man</c><00:28:55.700><c> I</c><00:28:55.960><c> speak</c><00:28:56.180><c> about</c><00:28:56.440><c> myself.</c><00:28:58.079><c> Men</c>

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do<00:28:58.880><c> not</c>

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understand<00:29:00.059><c> the</c><00:29:00.319><c> principle</c><00:29:00.839><c> of</c><00:29:01.180><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:01.839><c> when</c><00:29:02.940><c> it</c><00:29:03.140><c> comes</c>

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to<00:29:03.599><c> themselves.</c><00:29:05.740><c> They</c><00:29:06.000><c> can</c><00:29:06.240><c> see</c>

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the<00:29:06.660><c> need</c><00:29:06.839><c> for</c><00:29:07.119><c> it.</c><00:29:07.980><c> They</c><00:29:08.220><c> can</c><00:29:08.480><c> expound</c><00:29:08.900><c> it</c><00:29:09.119><c> in</c><00:29:09.559><c> academic</c><00:29:09.920><c> way.</c>

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who<00:29:14.960><c> is</c><00:29:15.640><c> equipped</c><00:29:16.099><c> to</c><00:29:17.039><c> go</c><00:29:17.259><c> through</c><00:29:17.559><c> life</c><00:29:17.940><c> making</c><00:29:18.440><c> sacrifice</c>

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on<00:29:19.500><c> behalf</c><00:29:19.900><c> of</c><00:29:20.160><c> others</c>

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especially<00:29:21.720><c> those</c><00:29:22.819><c> he</c><00:29:23.119><c> loves</c><00:29:23.460><c> the</c><00:29:23.759><c> very</c><00:29:24.119><c> best.</c><00:29:25.259><c> It's</c><00:29:25.539><c> an</c><00:29:25.839><c> incredible</c><00:29:26.759><c> fact</c>

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of<00:29:27.660><c> human</c>

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existence<00:29:28.700><c> that</c><00:29:29.460><c> the</c><00:29:29.779><c> last</c><00:29:30.380><c> person</c><00:29:31.140><c> the</c><00:29:31.720><c> husband</c><00:29:32.000><c> will</c><00:29:32.279><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:32.920><c> for</c>

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the<00:29:34.299><c> last</c><00:29:34.700><c> one</c>

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is<00:29:35.319><c> his</c><00:29:35.579><c> wife.</c><00:29:37.960><c> Because</c><00:29:38.299><c> there's</c><00:29:38.599><c> a</c><00:29:38.779><c> certain</c><00:29:39.079><c> pride</c><00:29:39.599><c> to</c><00:29:39.819><c> maintain</c><00:29:40.339><c> there</c>

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above<00:29:41.880><c> everybody</c>

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know<00:29:48.380><c> brothers</c><00:29:48.680><c> that</c><00:29:48.980><c> is</c>

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absolutely<00:29:50.319><c> the</c><00:29:50.980><c> first</c><00:29:51.819><c> fundamental</c><00:29:53.099><c> of</c><00:29:53.619><c> married</c><00:29:53.940><c> life</c><00:29:54.400><c> is</c>

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to<00:29:55.180><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:55.819><c> for</c><00:29:56.160><c> one's</c>

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wife<00:29:56.880><c> and</c><00:29:57.339><c> to</c><00:29:57.779><c> wash</c><00:29:58.019><c> her</c><00:29:58.440><c> with</c><00:29:58.799><c> the</c><00:29:59.099><c> word.</c><00:30:01.099><c> And</c><00:30:01.240><c> as</c><00:30:01.380><c> I</c><00:30:01.640><c> say</c><00:30:01.839><c> these</c><00:30:02.220><c> things</c><00:30:02.619><c> I</c><00:30:03.420><c> spell</c><00:30:03.680><c> out</c><00:30:03.920><c> my</c><00:30:04.220><c> own</c>

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condemnation<00:30:05.539><c> because</c><00:30:07.180><c> I'm</c><00:30:07.539><c> just</c><00:30:07.940><c> as</c><00:30:08.259><c> bad</c><00:30:08.440><c> as</c><00:30:08.839><c> anyone</c><00:30:09.140><c> else</c>

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in<00:30:09.539><c> this</c><00:30:09.779><c> regard</c><00:30:10.160><c> and</c><00:30:10.359><c> it's</c>

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because<00:30:10.880><c> I</c><00:30:11.160><c> am</c><00:30:11.339><c> I</c><00:30:11.619><c> know</c><00:30:11.839><c> it</c><00:30:12.099><c> so</c><00:30:12.380><c> well.</c><00:30:14.339><c> You</c><00:30:14.539><c> take</c><00:30:14.759><c> the</c><00:30:15.059><c> second</c>

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point<00:30:16.640><c> brethren</c><00:30:17.400><c> even</c><00:30:17.799><c> brethren</c>

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with<00:30:18.259><c> ability</c><00:30:18.880><c> to</c><00:30:19.299><c> speak</c><00:30:19.660><c> the</c><00:30:19.920><c> word.</c><00:30:21.220><c> They</c><00:30:21.519><c> will</c><00:30:21.920><c> compass</c><00:30:22.380><c> land</c><00:30:23.200><c> and</c>

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sea<00:30:24.640><c> to</c><00:30:26.519><c> speak</c><00:30:26.859><c> the</c>

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word<00:30:27.420><c> to</c><00:30:27.640><c> brethren</c><00:30:27.960><c> and</c><00:30:28.279><c> sisters</c><00:30:28.460><c> in</c><00:30:28.799><c> big</c><00:30:29.059><c> or</c><00:30:29.400><c> smaller</c><00:30:29.779><c> congregations.</c><00:30:31.420><c> They</c>

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will<00:30:31.900><c> accept</c>

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appointments<00:30:32.759><c> hither</c><00:30:33.220><c> and</c><00:30:33.539><c> thither.</c><00:30:34.200><c> They</c><00:30:34.440><c> will</c><00:30:34.700><c> exhort</c>

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Sunday<00:30:35.480><c> morning</c><00:30:35.819><c> after</c><00:30:36.160><c> Sunday</c>

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morning.<00:30:38.059><c> They</c><00:30:38.359><c> will</c><00:30:38.559><c> do</c><00:30:38.940><c> anything</c><00:30:39.660><c> except</c><00:30:41.019><c> sit</c><00:30:41.680><c> down</c><00:30:42.380><c> and</c><00:30:44.240><c> talk</c><00:30:44.559><c> to</c>

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our<00:31:03.380><c> married</c><00:31:03.599><c> life</c><00:31:03.839><c> many</c><00:31:04.099><c> years</c><00:31:04.380><c> ago</c><00:31:04.619><c> now</c><00:31:06.160><c> Verna</c><00:31:06.759><c> and</c><00:31:07.000><c> I</c><00:31:07.119><c> did</c>

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