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He<00:12:50.000><c> was</c><00:12:50.279><c> not</c><00:12:50.519><c> double</c><00:12:50.840><c>-minded</c><00:12:51.000><c> to</c><00:12:51.200><c> begin</c><00:12:51.480><c> with.</c>

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It<00:12:52.220><c> was</c><00:12:52.320><c> when</c><00:12:52.559><c> the</c><00:12:52.799><c> circumstances</c><00:12:53.460><c> would</c><00:12:54.159><c> swirl</c><00:12:54.460><c> around</c><00:12:54.799><c> him,</c>

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distracted<00:12:56.059><c> his</c><00:12:56.340><c> attention</c><00:12:56.879><c> that</c><00:12:57.240><c> the</c><00:12:57.440><c> double</c><00:12:57.679><c>-minded</c><00:12:57.899><c> defended</c><00:12:58.299><c> him,</c>

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Lift<00:13:04.539><c> up</c><00:13:04.679><c> that</c><00:13:04.899><c> man,</c><00:13:05.159><c> he</c><00:13:05.399><c> says,</c><00:13:06.279><c> think</c><00:13:06.480><c> that</c><00:13:06.620><c> he</c><00:13:06.759><c> shall</c><00:13:06.919><c> receive</c><00:13:07.620><c> anything</c><00:13:08.200><c> of</c><00:13:08.559><c> the</c><00:13:08.759><c> Lord.</c>

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it<00:13:16.820><c> also</c><00:13:17.179><c> has</c><00:13:17.500><c> the</c><00:13:17.799><c> basic</c><00:13:18.139><c> idea</c><00:13:18.539><c> that</c><00:13:18.679><c> he</c><00:13:18.740><c> will</c><00:13:19.000><c> give</c><00:13:19.220><c> in</c><00:13:19.679><c> singleness.</c>

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If<00:13:22.299><c> a</c><00:13:22.440><c> man</c><00:13:22.580><c> is</c><00:13:22.899><c> single</c><00:13:23.220><c>-minded</c><00:13:23.480><c> towards</c><00:13:23.899><c> God,</c><00:13:24.220><c> he</c><00:13:24.320><c> will</c><00:13:24.600><c> find</c><00:13:24.759><c> a</c>

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If<00:13:31.000><c> there's</c><00:13:31.159><c> any</c><00:13:31.340><c> distractions</c><00:13:31.820><c> at</c><00:13:32.100><c> all,</c><00:13:32.340><c> it</c><00:13:32.340><c> will</c><00:13:32.559><c> come</c><00:13:32.779><c> from</c><00:13:33.000><c> man</c>

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who<00:13:33.720><c> will</c><00:13:33.940><c> be</c><00:13:34.299><c> distracted</c><00:13:34.659><c> from</c><00:13:35.080><c> his</c><00:13:35.360><c> connection</c><00:13:35.679><c> with</c><00:13:35.860><c> the</c>

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single<00:13:36.279><c>-minded</c><00:13:36.519><c> God.</c>

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If<00:13:38.080><c> we</c><00:13:38.299><c> therefore</c><00:13:38.539><c> have</c><00:13:38.759><c> a</c><00:13:39.000><c> single</c><00:13:39.220><c> mind,</c><00:13:39.639><c> brethren</c><00:13:39.720><c> and</c><00:13:39.980><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:13:40.559><c> will</c><00:13:40.860><c> find</c><00:13:41.120><c> what</c><00:13:41.299><c> we're</c><00:13:41.600><c> asking</c><00:13:41.860><c> for</c><00:13:42.279><c> and</c><00:13:42.500><c> we</c><00:13:42.620><c> will</c><00:13:42.940><c> learn</c>

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But<00:13:49.159><c> a</c><00:13:49.299><c> double</c><00:13:49.500><c>-minded</c><00:13:49.779><c> man</c><00:13:50.059><c> is</c><00:13:50.299><c> unstable</c><00:13:50.960><c> in</c><00:13:51.179><c> all</c><00:13:51.299><c> his</c><00:13:51.519><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:13:54.039><c> you</c><00:13:54.120><c> know,</c><00:13:54.240><c> this</c><00:13:54.440><c> is</c><00:13:54.639><c> the</c><00:13:54.759><c> point</c><00:13:54.919><c> that</c><00:13:55.139><c> James</c><00:13:55.320><c> is</c><00:13:55.480><c> now</c><00:13:55.700><c> going</c><00:13:55.840><c> to</c><00:13:56.059><c> make.</c>

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If<00:13:57.539><c> a</c><00:13:57.620><c> double</c><00:13:57.840><c>-minded</c><00:13:58.120><c> man,</c><00:13:58.399><c> if</c><00:13:58.580><c> double</c><00:13:58.820><c>-mindedness</c><00:13:59.159><c> enters</c>

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he<00:14:00.299><c> won't</c><00:14:00.600><c> find</c><00:14:00.940><c> from</c><00:14:01.139><c> God</c><00:14:01.360><c> what</c><00:14:01.480><c> he's</c><00:14:01.659><c> looking</c><00:14:01.960><c> for.</c>

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And<00:14:02.759><c> now</c><00:14:02.940><c> James,</c><00:14:03.740><c> as</c><00:14:03.940><c> characteristic</c><00:14:04.360><c> of</c><00:14:04.639><c> him,</c><00:14:05.080><c> is</c><00:14:05.279><c> going</c><00:14:05.440><c> to</c>

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give<00:14:05.659><c> us</c><00:14:05.799><c> an</c><00:14:05.940><c> illustration</c><00:14:06.600><c> of</c><00:14:06.840><c> double</c><00:14:07.100><c>-mindedness.</c>

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And<00:14:09.159><c> he</c><00:14:09.320><c> couldn't</c><00:14:09.480><c> have</c><00:14:09.799><c> picked</c><00:14:09.919><c> a</c><00:14:10.159><c> better</c><00:14:10.379><c> one,</c><00:14:10.700><c> as</c><00:14:10.899><c> far</c><00:14:11.059><c> as</c>

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world<00:14:20.240><c> today,</c><00:14:21.360><c> bar</c><00:14:21.360><c> none.</c>

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Brethren<00:14:28.480><c> and</c><00:14:28.799><c> sisters,</c><00:14:29.100><c> we're</c><00:14:29.379><c> now</c><00:14:29.539><c> touching</c><00:14:29.799><c> a</c><00:14:30.360><c> very</c><00:14:31.000><c> vital</c>

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You<00:15:00.220><c> know,</c><00:15:00.340><c> in</c><00:15:00.500><c> the</c><00:15:00.620><c> thirtieth</c><00:15:01.000><c> Proverb,</c><00:15:01.360><c> we</c><00:15:01.500><c> want</c><00:15:01.679><c> to</c><00:15:01.940><c> turn</c>

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Remove<00:15:32.360><c> far</c><00:15:32.740><c> from</c><00:15:33.039><c> me</c><00:15:33.419><c> vanity</c><00:15:34.039><c> and</c><00:15:34.500><c> lies.</c>

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Give<00:15:36.799><c> me</c><00:15:37.080><c> neither</c><00:15:37.519><c> poverty</c><00:15:38.080><c> nor</c><00:15:38.639><c> wisdom.</c>

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Feed<00:15:40.639><c> me</c><00:15:41.000><c> with</c><00:15:41.360><c> food,</c><00:15:42.159><c> as</c><00:15:42.419><c> the</c><00:15:42.600><c> margin</c><00:15:42.919><c> says,</c><00:15:43.899><c> of</c><00:15:44.220><c> my</c><00:15:44.580><c> allowance.</c>

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Lest<00:15:48.179><c> I</c><00:15:48.440><c> be</c><00:15:48.779><c> poor</c><00:15:48.960><c> and</c><00:15:49.120><c> deny</c><00:15:49.440><c> thee</c><00:15:49.559><c> and</c><00:15:49.840><c> say,</c><00:15:50.240><c> Who</c><00:15:50.600><c> is</c><00:15:50.860><c> your</c><00:15:51.019><c> way?</c>

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Or,<00:15:52.840><c> Lest</c><00:15:53.000><c> I</c><00:15:53.279><c> be</c><00:15:53.600><c> poor</c><00:15:53.740><c> and</c><00:15:54.159><c> steal</c><00:15:54.600><c> and</c><00:15:55.539><c> take</c><00:15:55.899><c> the</c><00:15:56.120><c> name</c><00:15:56.320><c> of</c><00:15:56.539><c> my</c>

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Now,<00:16:00.019><c> the</c><00:16:00.500><c> wise</c><00:16:00.919><c> man</c><00:16:01.059><c> is</c><00:16:01.320><c> not</c><00:16:01.600><c> saying,</c><00:16:02.059><c> brothers</c><00:16:02.259><c> and</c><00:16:02.460><c> sisters,</c><00:16:02.720><c> that</c><00:16:02.960><c> the</c><00:16:03.080><c> rich</c><00:16:03.279><c> man's</c><00:16:03.639><c> got</c><00:16:03.759><c> a</c><00:16:03.899><c> problem.</c>

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He's<00:16:05.440><c> saying</c><00:16:05.519><c> that</c><00:16:05.759><c> rich</c><00:16:06.039><c> and</c><00:16:06.519><c> poor</c><00:16:06.840><c> have</c><00:16:07.220><c> both</c><00:16:07.379><c> got</c><00:16:07.600><c> a</c><00:16:07.799><c> problem</c><00:16:07.919><c> when</c>

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it<00:16:08.220><c> comes</c><00:16:08.440><c> to</c><00:16:08.620><c> money.</c>

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And<00:16:09.659><c> the</c><00:16:10.200><c> principle</c><00:16:10.539><c> of</c><00:16:10.759><c> the</c><00:16:10.919><c> Proverb</c><00:16:11.139><c> is</c><00:16:11.639><c> that</c><00:16:11.879><c> we</c><00:16:12.000><c> should</c><00:16:12.240><c> pray</c><00:16:12.419><c> to</c><00:16:12.620><c> God</c>

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that<00:16:13.700><c> he</c><00:16:13.860><c> give</c><00:16:13.960><c> us</c><00:16:14.419><c> food</c><00:16:14.799><c> that</c><00:16:15.080><c> is</c><00:16:15.419><c> our</c><00:16:15.720><c> allowance.</c>

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And<00:16:17.000><c> he</c><00:16:17.700><c> will</c><00:16:18.419><c> determine</c><00:16:19.399><c> what</c><00:16:20.139><c> that</c><00:16:20.440><c> allowance</c><00:16:20.820><c> is.</c>

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And<00:16:23.120><c> therefore,</c><00:16:23.419><c> in</c><00:16:23.600><c> whatever</c><00:16:23.860><c> circumstances</c><00:16:24.519><c> we</c><00:16:24.799><c> find</c><00:16:25.059><c> ourselves,</c><00:16:25.519><c> we</c>

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should<00:16:25.879><c> be</c><00:16:26.120><c> content.</c>

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For<00:16:27.019><c> that</c><00:16:27.299><c> is</c><00:16:27.559><c> God's</c><00:16:28.039><c> estimation</c><00:16:28.600><c> of</c><00:16:29.159><c> our</c><00:16:29.759><c> allowance.</c>

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Now,<00:16:32.240><c> James,</c><00:16:32.980><c> in</c><00:16:32.980><c> his</c><00:16:33.460><c> illustration</c><00:16:34.100><c> of</c><00:16:34.440><c> double</c><00:16:34.740><c>-mindedness,</c>

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uses<00:16:36.220><c> that</c><00:16:36.500><c> illustration</c><00:16:37.039><c> of</c><00:16:37.460><c> money.</c>

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Let<00:16:38.779><c> the</c><00:16:39.139><c> brother</c><00:16:39.419><c> of</c><00:16:39.779><c> low</c><00:16:39.940><c> degree</c><00:16:40.559><c> rejoice</c><00:16:41.399><c> in</c><00:16:41.879><c> that</c><00:16:42.019><c> he</c><00:16:42.220><c> is</c><00:16:42.460><c> exalted.</c>

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So<00:16:45.080><c> you</c><00:16:45.299><c> see,</c><00:16:45.620><c> brothers</c><00:16:45.740><c> and</c><00:16:45.919><c> sisters,</c><00:16:46.100><c> if</c><00:16:46.220><c> we</c><00:16:46.500><c> haven't</c><00:16:46.759><c> got</c>

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money,<00:16:48.279><c> don't</c><00:16:48.539><c> be</c><00:16:48.779><c> preoccupied</c><00:16:49.559><c> with</c><00:16:49.740><c> that</c><00:16:50.000><c> fact.</c>

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Rejoice<00:16:52.379><c> that</c><00:16:52.539><c> we</c><00:16:52.679><c> haven't</c><00:16:52.919><c> got</c><00:16:53.159><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:16:54.799><c> if</c><00:16:54.960><c> we</c><00:16:55.220><c> haven't</c><00:16:55.460><c> got</c><00:16:55.720><c> money,</c><00:16:56.659><c> then,</c><00:16:56.840><c> of</c><00:16:57.080><c> course,</c><00:16:57.340><c> we</c>

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will<00:16:57.659><c> appreciate</c><00:16:58.279><c> the</c><00:16:58.700><c> true</c><00:16:59.019><c> riches</c><00:16:59.399><c> in</c><00:16:59.720><c> Christ</c><00:17:00.000><c> Jesus</c><00:17:00.419><c> our</c><00:17:00.820><c> Lord.</c>

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Don't<00:17:01.860><c> be</c><00:17:02.200><c> preoccupied</c><00:17:02.919><c> with</c><00:17:03.080><c> the</c><00:17:03.259><c> fact</c><00:17:03.360><c> we</c><00:17:03.539><c> haven't</c><00:17:03.700><c> got</c><00:17:03.960><c> money.</c>

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And<00:17:05.720><c> the</c><00:17:05.839><c> rich</c><00:17:06.039><c> man,</c><00:17:06.319><c> in</c><00:17:06.420><c> that</c><00:17:06.460><c> he</c><00:17:06.559><c> is</c><00:17:06.759><c> made</c><00:17:07.059><c> low,</c><00:17:07.319><c> let</c><00:17:07.420><c> him</c><00:17:07.599><c> rejoice</c><00:17:07.980><c> in</c><00:17:08.259><c> that.</c>

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So<00:17:09.559><c> having</c><00:17:09.799><c> come</c><00:17:10.059><c> into</c><00:17:10.220><c> the</c><00:17:10.480><c> truth,</c><00:17:10.740><c> the</c><00:17:10.799><c> rich</c><00:17:11.019><c> man,</c><00:17:11.380><c> they</c><00:17:11.539><c> may</c>

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have<00:17:12.319><c> lands</c><00:17:12.740><c> and</c><00:17:12.960><c> houses</c><00:17:13.400><c> and</c><00:17:13.740><c> a</c><00:17:13.859><c> big</c><00:17:14.119><c> bank</c><00:17:14.359><c> balance.</c>

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If<00:17:15.000><c> he</c><00:17:15.099><c> comes</c><00:17:15.339><c> into</c><00:17:15.519><c> the</c><00:17:15.779><c> truth,</c><00:17:16.019><c> he's</c><00:17:16.220><c> on</c><00:17:16.380><c> a</c><00:17:16.640><c> common</c><00:17:16.819><c> level</c>

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with<00:17:17.339><c> all</c><00:17:17.519><c> the</c><00:17:17.720><c> other</c><00:17:17.920><c> brothers</c><00:17:18.079><c> and</c><00:17:18.279><c> sisters.</c>

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He's<00:17:18.839><c> no</c><00:17:19.099><c> better</c><00:17:19.299><c> than</c><00:17:19.559><c> them.</c><00:17:19.920><c> He's</c><00:17:20.339><c> blessed</c><00:17:20.500><c> just</c><00:17:20.779><c> the</c><00:17:20.960><c> same.</c>

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Let<00:17:21.539><c> him</c><00:17:21.740><c> rejoice</c><00:17:22.359><c> in</c><00:17:22.579><c> the</c><00:17:22.720><c> fact</c><00:17:22.900><c> that</c><00:17:23.059><c> he's</c><00:17:23.400><c> saved.</c>

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Because<00:17:24.880><c> a</c><00:17:25.079><c> man</c><00:17:25.259><c> who</c><00:17:25.420><c> has</c><00:17:25.579><c> had</c><00:17:25.680><c> everything</c><00:17:25.980><c> in</c><00:17:26.319><c> life,</c><00:17:27.319><c> now</c><00:17:27.519><c> may</c>

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learn<00:17:27.980><c> to</c><00:17:28.299><c> appreciate</c><00:17:28.720><c> the</c><00:17:28.920><c> meaning</c><00:17:29.140><c> of</c><00:17:29.440><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:17:30.039><c> the</c><00:17:30.259><c> true</c><00:17:30.440><c> happiness</c><00:17:30.839><c> that</c><00:17:31.160><c> comes</c><00:17:31.480><c> from</c><00:17:32.099><c> those</c><00:17:32.400><c> who</c><00:17:32.660><c> spend</c><00:17:32.900><c> and</c>

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ask<00:17:33.420><c> for</c><00:17:33.559><c> the</c><00:17:33.740><c> service</c><00:17:34.099><c> of</c><00:17:34.259><c> their</c><00:17:34.400><c> Master.</c>

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It's<00:17:35.240><c> a</c><00:17:35.319><c> question</c><00:17:35.579><c> of</c><00:17:35.920><c> balance.</c>

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And<00:17:36.759><c> quite</c><00:17:37.000><c> often</c><00:17:37.240><c> in</c><00:17:37.420><c> an</c><00:17:37.579><c> accretial</c><00:17:38.019><c> life,</c><00:17:38.359><c> we</c><00:17:38.440><c> point</c><00:17:38.579><c> to</c><00:17:38.720><c> the</c>

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rich<00:17:38.960><c> man</c><00:17:39.140><c> and</c><00:17:39.339><c> say,</c><00:17:39.779><c> he's</c><00:17:40.059><c> got</c><00:17:40.180><c> a</c><00:17:40.400><c> problem.</c>

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The<00:17:41.079><c> poor</c><00:17:41.299><c> man's</c><00:17:41.640><c> got</c><00:17:41.779><c> a</c><00:17:42.000><c> problem.</c>

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Not<00:17:44.299><c> rich</c><00:17:44.539><c> or</c><00:17:44.799><c> poor</c><00:17:44.920><c> have</c><00:17:45.079><c> got</c><00:17:45.279><c> the</c><00:17:45.480><c> problem.</c><00:17:45.819><c> Money's</c><00:17:46.259><c> the</c><00:17:46.380><c> problem,</c><00:17:46.700><c> whether</c><00:17:46.779><c> we're</c><00:17:47.059><c> rich</c><00:17:47.200><c> or</c>

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whether<00:17:47.500><c> we're</c><00:17:47.680><c> not.</c>

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And<00:17:48.740><c> that's</c><00:17:49.059><c> the</c><00:17:49.180><c> point</c><00:17:49.339><c> that</c><00:17:49.539><c> James</c><00:17:49.759><c> is</c><00:17:49.960><c> making,</c><00:17:50.339><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:50.779><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:17:51.420><c> know,</c><00:17:51.539><c> there</c><00:17:51.759><c> are</c><00:17:51.920><c> people</c><00:17:52.240><c> who</c><00:17:52.460><c> live</c><00:17:52.599><c> from</c><00:17:52.839><c> one</c><00:17:53.200><c> purchase</c>

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to<00:17:53.700><c> another</c><00:17:53.960><c> purchase.</c>

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They<00:17:56.000><c> haven't</c><00:17:56.160><c> got</c><00:17:56.319><c> much</c><00:17:56.500><c> money,</c><00:17:58.279><c> but</c><00:17:58.519><c> they</c><00:17:58.799><c> live</c><00:17:59.200><c> from</c><00:17:59.900><c> one</c>

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purchase<00:18:00.779><c> to</c><00:18:01.059><c> another</c><00:18:01.380><c> purchase.</c>

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And<00:18:03.119><c> in</c><00:18:03.359><c> between</c><00:18:03.779><c> the</c><00:18:04.099><c> times,</c><00:18:04.420><c> they</c><00:18:04.559><c> are</c><00:18:04.660><c> thinking</c><00:18:05.059><c> about</c><00:18:05.460><c> that</c><00:18:05.799><c> purchase</c><00:18:06.220><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:07.259><c> acquisition</c><00:18:07.700><c> of</c><00:18:08.000><c> it.</c>

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When<00:18:08.259><c> they've</c><00:18:08.640><c> got</c><00:18:08.720><c> it,</c><00:18:09.180><c> they're</c><00:18:09.339><c> on</c><00:18:09.619><c> their</c><00:18:09.900><c> way</c><00:18:10.099><c> to</c><00:18:10.259><c> the</c><00:18:10.359><c> next</c>

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one,<00:18:11.000><c> and</c><00:18:11.220><c> the</c><00:18:11.339><c> next</c><00:18:11.660><c> one,</c><00:18:11.880><c> and</c><00:18:12.019><c> the</c><00:18:12.160><c> next</c><00:18:12.500><c> one.</c>

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And<00:18:14.400><c> that's</c><00:18:14.740><c> the</c><00:18:14.819><c> Bible</c><00:18:15.099><c> study.</c><00:18:15.559><c> There's</c><00:18:15.700><c> no</c><00:18:16.019><c> time.</c>

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For<00:18:17.359><c> we've</c><00:18:17.559><c> either</c><00:18:17.660><c> got</c><00:18:17.819><c> to</c><00:18:17.980><c> work</c><00:18:18.099><c> to</c><00:18:18.259><c> get</c><00:18:18.380><c> the</c><00:18:18.519><c> money</c><00:18:18.700><c> for</c>

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that<00:18:19.059><c> purchase,</c>

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or<00:18:20.140><c> make</c><00:18:20.420><c> room</c><00:18:20.700><c> for</c><00:18:20.940><c> it</c><00:18:21.140><c> when</c><00:18:21.279><c> it</c><00:18:21.380><c> comes</c><00:18:21.720><c> home,</c><00:18:22.099><c> when</c><00:18:22.299><c> it</c><00:18:22.420><c> comes</c>

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to<00:18:22.880><c> rest,</c>

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or<00:18:23.980><c> worrying</c><00:18:24.180><c> about</c><00:18:24.480><c> how</c><00:18:24.660><c> we're</c><00:18:24.779><c> going</c><00:18:24.859><c> to</c><00:18:24.980><c> go</c><00:18:25.140><c> and</c><00:18:25.259><c> get</c><00:18:25.319><c> it,</c>

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or<00:18:25.599><c> thinking</c><00:18:25.900><c> about</c><00:18:26.200><c> it,</c>

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and<00:18:26.440><c> what</c><00:18:26.539><c> I</c><00:18:26.640><c> can</c><00:18:26.779><c> do</c><00:18:26.859><c> to</c><00:18:27.059><c> improve</c><00:18:27.359><c> it,</c><00:18:27.960><c> and</c><00:18:28.259><c> we</c><00:18:28.420><c> are</c><00:18:28.819><c> totally</c><00:18:29.279><c> distracted.</c>

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And<00:18:31.240><c> there's</c><00:18:31.579><c> no</c><00:18:31.819><c> way</c><00:18:32.259><c> that</c><00:18:32.500><c> we're</c><00:18:32.640><c> ever</c><00:18:32.779><c> going</c><00:18:32.960><c> to</c><00:18:33.079><c> reach</c><00:18:33.299><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:34.440><c> to</c><00:18:34.640><c> find</c><00:18:34.759><c> the</c><00:18:35.079><c> answer</c><00:18:35.240><c> to</c><00:18:35.480><c> life's</c><00:18:35.880><c> problems</c><00:18:35.980><c> like</c><00:18:36.279><c> that.</c>

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The<00:18:37.460><c> other</c><00:18:37.579><c>-minded</c><00:18:37.779><c> man</c><00:18:38.039><c> is</c><00:18:38.240><c> unstable</c><00:18:38.599><c> in</c><00:18:38.779><c> all</c><00:18:38.920><c> his</c><00:18:39.119><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:18:39.779><c> I,</c><00:18:39.960><c> brethren</c><00:18:40.279><c> and</c><00:18:40.599><c> sisters,</c><00:18:40.900><c> with</c><00:18:41.039><c> all</c><00:18:41.299><c> my</c><00:18:41.559><c> heart</c><00:18:41.779><c> appeal</c>

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to<00:18:42.240><c> you</c><00:18:42.500><c> all</c>

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to<00:18:43.279><c> realize</c><00:18:43.700><c> the</c><00:18:44.059><c> importance</c><00:18:44.440><c> of</c><00:18:44.799><c> that</c><00:18:45.079><c> problem,</c>

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because<00:18:46.460><c> I</c><00:18:46.900><c> am</c><00:18:47.339><c> certain</c><00:18:47.599><c> that</c><00:18:47.799><c> that</c><00:18:48.039><c> problem</c><00:18:48.180><c> is</c><00:18:48.500><c> not</c><00:18:48.720><c> realized.</c>

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In<00:18:49.839><c> speaking</c><00:18:50.019><c> to</c><00:18:50.220><c> people,</c><00:18:51.059><c> and</c><00:18:51.240><c> I'm</c><00:18:51.559><c> not</c><00:18:51.779><c> exempt</c><00:18:52.119><c> from</c><00:18:52.259><c> it</c><00:18:52.420><c> myself,</c><00:18:52.779><c> but</c>

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in<00:18:53.220><c> speaking</c><00:18:53.440><c> to</c><00:18:53.640><c> others,</c>

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it<00:18:54.359><c> is</c><00:18:54.819><c> palpably</c><00:18:55.240><c> obvious</c><00:18:55.700><c> to</c><00:18:55.980><c> me</c><00:18:56.079><c> that</c><00:18:56.259><c> we</c><00:18:56.319><c> have</c><00:18:56.519><c> people</c><00:18:56.819><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:57.180><c> meeting</c>

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totally<00:18:58.559><c> in</c><00:18:58.859><c> the</c><00:18:59.059><c> grip</c><00:18:59.220><c> of</c><00:18:59.420><c> that</c><00:18:59.599><c> problem,</c><00:18:59.940><c> and</c><00:19:00.079><c> they</c><00:19:00.279><c> do</c><00:19:00.619><c> not</c>

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know<00:19:01.019><c> it.</c>

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We<00:19:03.220><c> do</c><00:19:03.519><c> not</c><00:19:03.720><c> know</c><00:19:03.819><c> it,</c><00:19:03.940><c> and</c><00:19:04.059><c> we</c><00:19:04.359><c> constantly</c><00:19:04.880><c> get</c><00:19:05.099><c> it</c><00:19:05.240><c> appear</c><00:19:05.539><c> in</c>

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this<00:19:05.880><c> ekklesia</c><00:19:06.299><c> for</c><00:19:06.599><c> simplicity.</c>

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Simplicity<00:19:08.359><c> in</c><00:19:08.660><c> foundationalism,</c><00:19:10.000><c> simplicity</c><00:19:10.380><c> in</c><00:19:10.640><c> exhortation,</c><00:19:11.740><c> simplicity</c><00:19:12.160><c> in</c><00:19:12.380><c> our</c><00:19:12.579><c> studies,</c>

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simplicity<00:19:13.819><c> in</c><00:19:14.039><c> our</c><00:19:14.160><c> lectures.</c><00:19:14.759><c> It's</c><00:19:15.240><c> time,</c><00:19:15.460><c> brethren</c><00:19:15.740><c> and</c><00:19:15.980><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:19:16.359><c> are</c><00:19:16.440><c> eating</c><00:19:16.799><c> meat</c><00:19:17.140><c> and</c><00:19:17.579><c> not</c><00:19:17.799><c> milk</c><00:19:18.000><c> and</c><00:19:18.140><c> a</c><00:19:18.259><c> word.</c><00:19:18.579><c> These</c><00:19:18.720><c> are</c>

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the<00:19:19.099><c> end</c><00:19:19.339><c> of</c><00:19:19.539><c> the</c><00:19:19.700><c> day.</c>

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The<00:19:21.519><c> time</c><00:19:21.720><c> has</c><00:19:21.960><c> come</c><00:19:22.099><c> when</c><00:19:22.240><c> we</c><00:19:22.339><c> ought</c><00:19:22.619><c> to</c><00:19:22.740><c> be</c><00:19:23.039><c> teachers.</c>

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Why<00:19:25.079><c> do</c><00:19:25.259><c> we</c><00:19:25.380><c> constantly</c><00:19:25.900><c> get</c><00:19:26.200><c> appealed</c><00:19:26.660><c> for</c><00:19:27.000><c> simplicity?</c>

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I<00:19:28.380><c> know</c><00:19:28.500><c> why</c><00:19:28.759><c> it</c><00:19:28.880><c> is,</c><00:19:29.240><c> because</c><00:19:29.539><c> there</c><00:19:29.759><c> are</c><00:19:29.980><c> distractions,</c>

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and<00:19:31.819><c> because</c><00:19:32.220><c> people's</c><00:19:32.779><c> mind</c><00:19:32.960><c> is</c><00:19:33.259><c> not</c><00:19:33.460><c> in</c><00:19:33.839><c> that</c><00:19:34.180><c> book.</c>

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We<00:19:35.859><c> ought</c><00:19:36.059><c> to</c><00:19:36.220><c> be</c><00:19:36.460><c> talking</c><00:19:36.640><c> to</c><00:19:36.839><c> each</c><00:19:37.039><c> other</c><00:19:37.220><c> about</c><00:19:37.460><c> the</c><00:19:37.720><c> deep</c>

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things<00:19:38.160><c> of</c><00:19:38.440><c> God.</c>

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We<00:19:39.039><c> aren't</c><00:19:39.220><c> in</c><00:19:39.400><c> the</c><00:19:39.480><c> stage</c><00:19:39.660><c> of</c><00:19:39.799><c> our</c><00:19:40.000><c> ekklesia</c><00:19:40.240><c> development,</c>

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brethren<00:19:41.000><c> and</c><00:19:41.240><c> sisters,</c>

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where<00:19:41.799><c> we're</c><00:19:42.039><c> feeding</c><00:19:42.160><c> on</c><00:19:42.359><c> the</c><00:19:42.500><c> milk</c><00:19:42.660><c> of</c><00:19:42.799><c> the</c><00:19:42.980><c> word.</c><00:19:43.099><c> We</c><00:19:43.200><c> ought</c>

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to<00:19:43.480><c> be</c><00:19:43.660><c> grown</c><00:19:43.880><c> up</c><00:19:44.079><c> in</c><00:19:44.339><c> Christ.</c>

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We,<00:19:45.240><c> tomorrow,</c><00:19:46.180><c> are</c><00:19:46.460><c> going</c><00:19:46.660><c> to</c><00:19:46.859><c> rule</c><00:19:47.119><c> the</c><00:19:47.480><c> world.</c>

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Think<00:19:49.500><c> of</c><00:19:49.740><c> that.</c><00:19:50.640><c> Jesus</c><00:19:51.119><c> Christ</c><00:19:51.500><c> will</c><00:19:51.720><c> not</c><00:19:51.920><c> go</c><00:19:52.079><c> out</c><00:19:52.299><c> to</c><00:19:52.519><c> conquer</c><00:19:52.779><c> the</c><00:19:52.920><c> nations</c>

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and<00:19:53.680><c> to</c><00:19:53.859><c> rule</c><00:19:54.039><c> the</c><00:19:54.220><c> world,</c><00:19:54.400><c> brethren</c><00:19:54.619><c> and</c><00:19:54.880><c> sisters,</c><00:19:55.039><c> with</c><00:19:55.279><c> a</c><00:19:55.440><c> kindergarten.</c>

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He<00:19:57.119><c> will</c><00:19:57.480><c> not</c><00:19:57.700><c> do</c><00:19:57.920><c> it.</c><00:19:59.279><c> He</c><00:19:59.380><c> will</c><00:19:59.559><c> bring</c><00:19:59.900><c> to</c><00:20:00.359><c> His</c><00:20:00.779><c> side</c><00:20:01.019><c> mature</c>

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men<00:20:01.700><c> and</c><00:20:01.839><c> women</c>

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who<00:20:02.920><c> know</c><00:20:03.200><c> the</c><00:20:03.359><c> principles</c><00:20:03.700><c> of</c><00:20:03.960><c> God's</c><00:20:04.259><c> word,</c><00:20:04.839><c> are</c><00:20:05.019><c> not</c><00:20:05.200><c> distracted</c><00:20:05.720><c> from</c><00:20:06.039><c> them,</c>

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and<00:20:06.740><c> know</c><00:20:06.960><c> how</c><00:20:07.119><c> to</c><00:20:07.339><c> apply</c><00:20:07.480><c> them</c><00:20:07.640><c> in</c><00:20:07.700><c> their</c><00:20:07.960><c> lives.</c>

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Let<00:20:09.240><c> us</c><00:20:09.380><c> get</c><00:20:09.640><c> rid</c><00:20:09.920><c> of</c><00:20:10.099><c> distractions,</c><00:20:10.940><c> and</c><00:20:11.079><c> let</c><00:20:11.180><c> us</c><00:20:11.420><c> be</c><00:20:11.700><c> single</c>

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in<00:20:12.140><c> our</c><00:20:12.359><c> approach</c><00:20:12.519><c> to</c><00:20:12.700><c> that</c><00:20:12.940><c> word.</c>

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Now,<00:20:14.519><c> you</c><00:20:14.759><c> take</c><00:20:14.920><c> this</c><00:20:15.160><c> rich</c><00:20:15.460><c> man.</c><00:20:16.759><c> In</c><00:20:16.859><c> verse</c><00:20:17.119><c> 11,</c><00:20:17.640><c> James</c><00:20:17.900><c> says</c>

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concerning<00:20:18.599><c> him,</c>

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he<00:20:20.799><c> is,</c><00:20:20.839><c> well,</c><00:20:21.099><c> verse</c><00:20:21.240><c> 10,</c><00:20:22.000><c> he</c><00:20:22.200><c> is</c><00:20:22.319><c> as</c><00:20:22.519><c> the</c><00:20:22.799><c> flower</c><00:20:23.019><c> of</c><00:20:23.279><c> the</c><00:20:23.539><c> grass.</c>

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That<00:20:25.259><c> phrase</c><00:20:25.579><c> is</c><00:20:25.799><c> taken</c><00:20:25.920><c> from</c><00:20:26.140><c> our</c><00:20:26.380><c> daily</c><00:20:26.599><c> readings</c><00:20:26.960><c> today,</c>

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Psalm<00:20:27.720><c> 104.</c>

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He's<00:20:29.539><c> like</c><00:20:29.660><c> the</c><00:20:29.859><c> flower</c><00:20:30.119><c> of</c><00:20:30.299><c> the</c><00:20:30.539><c> grass.</c><00:20:31.579><c> He's</c><00:20:31.859><c> not</c><00:20:32.039><c> just</c><00:20:32.220><c> simply</c><00:20:32.420><c> all</c>

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flesh<00:20:32.940><c> as</c><00:20:33.160><c> grass.</c>

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He's<00:20:34.200><c> the</c><00:20:34.579><c> full</c><00:20:35.039><c> bloom</c><00:20:35.599><c> of</c><00:20:35.880><c> flesh.</c><00:20:37.240><c> He's</c><00:20:37.759><c> flourishing.</c>

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And<00:20:39.480><c> in</c><00:20:39.619><c> the</c><00:20:39.819><c> full</c><00:20:40.140><c> bloom</c><00:20:40.519><c> of</c><00:20:40.839><c> life,</c><00:20:42.119><c> he</c><00:20:42.259><c> feels</c><00:20:42.660><c> he's</c><00:20:43.019><c> secure,</c>

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for<00:20:44.539><c> the</c><00:20:44.740><c> sun</c><00:20:44.920><c> is</c><00:20:45.119><c> no</c><00:20:45.279><c> sooner</c><00:20:45.579><c> risen</c><00:20:45.900><c> with</c><00:20:46.279><c> burning</c><00:20:46.680><c> heat.</c>

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And<00:20:48.480><c> the</c><00:20:48.660><c> word</c><00:20:48.839><c> really</c><00:20:49.059><c> means</c><00:20:49.380><c> a</c><00:20:49.619><c> scorching</c><00:20:50.119><c> wind.</c>

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But<00:20:51.880><c> it</c><00:20:52.059><c> withers</c><00:20:52.359><c> the</c><00:20:52.619><c> grass,</c><00:20:52.980><c> and</c><00:20:53.039><c> the</c><00:20:53.279><c> flower</c><00:20:53.480><c> thereof</c><00:20:54.000><c> falls,</c>

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and<00:20:54.359><c> the</c><00:20:54.539><c> grace</c><00:20:54.720><c> of</c><00:20:54.880><c> the</c><00:20:55.059><c> fashion</c><00:20:55.259><c> of</c><00:20:55.440><c> it</c><00:20:55.640><c> perishes.</c>

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So<00:20:56.880><c> also</c><00:20:57.259><c> shall</c><00:20:57.519><c> the</c><00:20:57.599><c> rich</c><00:20:57.839><c> man</c><00:20:58.180><c> fade</c><00:20:58.539><c> away</c><00:20:59.039><c> in</c><00:20:59.259><c> his</c><00:20:59.640><c> way.</c>

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And<00:21:01.779><c> there's</c><00:21:01.900><c> one</c><00:21:02.119><c> of</c><00:21:02.380><c> James's</c><00:21:02.960><c> classic</c><00:21:03.380><c> illustrations</c><00:21:03.980><c> of</c>

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his<00:21:04.420><c> point.</c>

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You<00:21:05.740><c> see,</c><00:21:05.900><c> when</c><00:21:06.119><c> you</c><00:21:06.859><c> come</c><00:21:07.160><c> to</c><00:21:07.380><c> grips</c><00:21:07.519><c> with</c><00:21:07.720><c> the</c><00:21:07.900><c> Greek</c><00:21:08.039><c> language</c><00:21:08.420><c> here</c>

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and<00:21:08.680><c> what</c><00:21:08.799><c> he's</c><00:21:08.960><c> actually</c><00:21:09.339><c> saying,</c><00:21:09.759><c> brethren</c><00:21:09.900><c> and</c><00:21:10.220><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:21:10.900><c> word</c><00:21:11.140><c> wise</c><00:21:11.440><c> is</c><00:21:11.720><c> used</c><00:21:11.940><c> of</c><00:21:12.160><c> journey.</c>

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And<00:21:14.019><c> the</c><00:21:14.180><c> picture</c><00:21:14.359><c> is</c><00:21:14.500><c> of</c><00:21:14.599><c> a</c><00:21:14.720><c> rich</c><00:21:14.920><c> man,</c><00:21:15.720><c> on</c><00:21:15.880><c> the</c><00:21:16.059><c> top</c><00:21:16.180><c> of</c><00:21:16.460><c> Judea,</c><00:21:17.059><c> perhaps,</c><00:21:17.220><c> the</c>

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figure<00:21:17.559><c> is,</c>

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because<00:21:18.240><c> the</c><00:21:18.460><c> east</c><00:21:18.640><c> wind</c><00:21:18.859><c> was</c><00:21:19.180><c> blue</c><00:21:19.400><c> from</c><00:21:19.559><c> the</c><00:21:19.980><c> Arabian</c><00:21:20.519><c> desert.</c>

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It<00:21:20.920><c> came</c><00:21:21.119><c> from</c><00:21:21.319><c> the</c><00:21:21.480><c> east,</c><00:21:22.140><c> it</c><00:21:22.279><c> blew</c><00:21:22.380><c> across</c><00:21:22.660><c> the</c><00:21:22.880><c> Arabian</c><00:21:23.380><c> plateau,</c>

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where<00:21:23.960><c> the</c><00:21:24.140><c> heat,</c><00:21:24.299><c> of</c><00:21:24.539><c> course,</c><00:21:25.019><c> was</c><00:21:25.380><c> shimmering</c><00:21:25.720><c> up</c><00:21:25.880><c> from</c><00:21:26.059><c> the</c><00:21:26.279><c> sand,</c>

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picked<00:21:27.380><c> up</c><00:21:27.500><c> by</c><00:21:27.740><c> that</c><00:21:28.059><c> scorching</c><00:21:28.460><c> wind.</c>

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It<00:21:29.359><c> went</c><00:21:29.440><c> across</c><00:21:29.759><c> the</c><00:21:30.019><c> Jordan</c><00:21:30.359><c> Valley,</c><00:21:30.880><c> and</c><00:21:31.000><c> across</c><00:21:31.259><c> the</c>

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Jordan<00:21:31.839><c> Valley,</c>

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the<00:21:32.500><c> heat</c><00:21:32.660><c> would</c><00:21:32.859><c> be</c><00:21:33.119><c> intense</c><00:21:33.400><c> coming</c><00:21:33.660><c> up</c><00:21:33.880><c> from</c><00:21:34.000><c> the</c><00:21:34.180><c> Jordan</c><00:21:34.460><c> Valley,</c>

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would<00:21:34.980><c> add</c><00:21:35.180><c> to</c><00:21:35.279><c> the</c><00:21:35.559><c> intensity</c><00:21:35.960><c> of</c><00:21:36.160><c> that</c><00:21:36.359><c> wind,</c>

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and<00:21:37.059><c> it</c><00:21:37.059><c> would</c><00:21:37.380><c> blow</c><00:21:37.480><c> all</c><00:21:37.720><c> that</c><00:21:37.839><c> hot</c><00:21:38.079><c> air,</c>

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and<00:21:38.819><c> absolutely</c><00:21:39.460><c> blow</c><00:21:40.019><c> off</c><00:21:40.200><c> the</c><00:21:40.299><c> top</c><00:21:40.440><c> of</c><00:21:40.599><c> the</c><00:21:40.759><c> Judean</c><00:21:41.059><c> hill.</c>

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And<00:21:44.519><c> the</c><00:21:44.960><c> image</c><00:21:45.180><c> which</c><00:21:45.359><c> he</c><00:21:45.579><c> saw</c><00:21:45.779><c> there</c><00:21:46.240><c> will</c><00:21:46.740><c> be</c><00:21:46.940><c> the</c><00:21:47.099><c> image</c><00:21:47.240><c> that</c><00:21:47.480><c> finds</c><00:21:47.720><c> him</c><00:21:47.859><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:48.180><c> judgment</c><00:21:48.460><c> seat,</c>

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and<00:21:48.759><c> he</c><00:21:48.839><c> will</c><00:21:49.079><c> still</c><00:21:49.380><c> mirror</c><00:21:49.599><c> that</c><00:21:49.839><c> image.</c>

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But<00:21:52.079><c> there's</c><00:21:52.220><c> another</c><00:21:52.500><c> man,</c><00:21:52.819><c> brethren</c><00:21:53.000><c> and</c><00:21:53.220><c> sisters,</c><00:21:53.660><c> who's</c>

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a<00:21:54.019><c> doer</c><00:21:54.339><c> of</c><00:21:54.619><c> the</c><00:21:54.859><c> word.</c>

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He<00:21:56.759><c> doesn't</c><00:21:56.940><c> come</c><00:21:57.140><c> along</c><00:21:57.359><c> and</c><00:21:57.500><c> look</c><00:21:57.660><c> into</c><00:21:57.759><c> that</c><00:21:57.880><c> mirror.</c>

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The<00:21:58.940><c> word</c><00:21:59.200><c> that</c><00:21:59.460><c> James</c><00:21:59.700><c> uses</c><00:21:59.960><c> is</c><00:22:00.359><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:22:05.519><c> he</c><00:22:05.660><c> keeps</c><00:22:05.859><c> looking</c><00:22:06.259><c> into</c><00:22:06.539><c> that</c><00:22:06.619><c> mirror.</c>

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And<00:22:08.299><c> you</c><00:22:08.339><c> know,</c><00:22:08.480><c> the</c><00:22:08.539><c> mirror</c><00:22:08.799><c> is</c><00:22:09.079><c> different.</c>

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It's<00:22:10.720><c> not</c><00:22:10.940><c> something</c><00:22:11.200><c> that</c><00:22:11.420><c> reveals</c><00:22:11.900><c> what</c><00:22:12.299><c> he</c><00:22:12.440><c> is</c><00:22:12.579><c> by</c><00:22:12.880><c> nature</c><00:22:13.180><c> only,</c>

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but<00:22:14.900><c> it</c><00:22:15.059><c> changes</c><00:22:15.480><c> for</c><00:22:15.740><c> him,</c><00:22:16.059><c> because</c><00:22:16.279><c> he</c><00:22:16.420><c> sees</c><00:22:16.720><c> in</c><00:22:16.839><c> that</c><00:22:17.059><c> mirror</c><00:22:17.640><c> something</c><00:22:18.119><c> else.</c>

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He<00:22:19.420><c> sees</c><00:22:19.640><c> it</c><00:22:19.779><c> as</c><00:22:19.920><c> the</c><00:22:20.079><c> perfect</c><00:22:20.700><c> law</c><00:22:21.339><c> of</c><00:22:21.740><c> liberty.</c>

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He<00:22:23.599><c> sees</c><00:22:23.920><c> not</c><00:22:24.079><c> only</c><00:22:24.420><c> that</c><00:22:24.619><c> he</c><00:22:24.619><c> is</c><00:22:24.799><c> by</c><00:22:25.039><c> nature</c><00:22:25.460><c> a</c><00:22:25.700><c> man</c><00:22:26.140><c> prone</c><00:22:26.500><c> to</c>

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sin<00:22:26.779><c> and</c><00:22:27.019><c> vulnerable,</c>

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but<00:22:28.700><c> he</c><00:22:28.779><c> sees</c><00:22:29.059><c> that</c><00:22:29.240><c> God</c><00:22:29.420><c> has</c><00:22:29.640><c> forgiven</c><00:22:29.900><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:30.339><c> because</c><00:22:30.640><c> he</c><00:22:30.779><c> keeps</c><00:22:31.079><c> looking</c><00:22:31.380><c> into</c><00:22:31.539><c> that</c><00:22:31.680><c> mirror,</c>

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he<00:22:32.559><c> sees</c><00:22:32.779><c> that</c><00:22:33.019><c> that</c><00:22:33.259><c> man</c><00:22:33.500><c> there</c><00:22:33.740><c> is</c><00:22:34.019><c> cared</c><00:22:34.259><c> for</c><00:22:34.440><c> by</c><00:22:34.680><c> God.</c>

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He<00:22:36.259><c> sees</c><00:22:36.480><c> that</c><00:22:36.740><c> that</c><00:22:36.900><c> man</c><00:22:37.019><c> has</c><00:22:37.220><c> been</c><00:22:37.420><c> forgiven</c><00:22:37.759><c> of</c><00:22:37.900><c> his</c><00:22:38.140><c> sins.</c>

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He<00:22:39.640><c> is</c><00:22:39.880><c> forgiven</c><00:22:40.160><c> by</c><00:22:40.420><c> the</c><00:22:40.640><c> perfect</c><00:22:41.039><c> law</c><00:22:41.279><c> of</c><00:22:41.519><c> liberty.</c>

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And<00:22:41.859><c> in</c><00:22:42.000><c> the</c><00:22:42.119><c> second</c><00:22:42.359><c> chapter,</c><00:22:42.859><c> James</c><00:22:43.039><c> points</c><00:22:43.480><c> out</c><00:22:43.680><c> that</c><00:22:43.819><c> that</c>

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man<00:22:44.180><c> will</c><00:22:44.420><c> apply</c><00:22:44.680><c> that</c><00:22:44.980><c> law</c><00:22:45.099><c> to</c><00:22:45.259><c> others,</c>

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because<00:22:45.660><c> it's</c><00:22:45.799><c> been</c><00:22:46.059><c> applied</c><00:22:46.319><c> to</c><00:22:46.519><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:48.099><c> because</c><00:22:48.380><c> he's</c><00:22:48.539><c> been</c><00:22:48.799><c> forgiven</c><00:22:49.079><c> by</c><00:22:49.279><c> the</c><00:22:49.420><c> perfect</c><00:22:49.700><c> law</c><00:22:49.859><c> of</c><00:22:50.059><c> liberty,</c>

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he<00:22:50.799><c> suddenly</c><00:22:51.259><c> sees</c><00:22:51.519><c> in</c><00:22:51.660><c> that</c><00:22:51.819><c> mirror,</c><00:22:52.400><c> not</c><00:22:52.619><c> himself,</c><00:22:53.480><c> but</c><00:22:53.619><c> the</c>

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one<00:22:54.099><c> through</c><00:22:54.480><c> whom</c><00:22:54.660><c> he's</c><00:22:54.940><c> forgiven.</c>

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I'm<00:22:55.859><c> using</c><00:22:56.119><c> Paul's</c><00:22:56.680><c> figure</c><00:22:56.759><c> now</c><00:22:57.299><c> in</c><00:22:57.640><c> 2</c><00:22:57.779><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:58.079><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:22:59.039><c> he</c><00:22:59.140><c> sees</c><00:22:59.359><c> another</c><00:22:59.720><c> image</c><00:22:59.980><c> in</c><00:23:00.119><c> that</c><00:23:00.259><c> mirror,</c><00:23:00.539><c> and</c><00:23:00.640><c> the</c><00:23:00.779><c> image</c><00:23:00.980><c> is</c>

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that<00:23:01.279><c> of</c><00:23:01.420><c> Christ</c><00:23:01.759><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:03.019><c> he</c><00:23:03.099><c> sees</c><00:23:03.299><c> the</c><00:23:03.519><c> one</c><00:23:03.640><c> in</c><00:23:03.779><c> that</c><00:23:03.920><c> mirror</c><00:23:04.099><c> who</c><00:23:04.319><c> represents</c><00:23:04.839><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:05.960><c> as</c><00:23:06.059><c> he</c><00:23:06.119><c> looks</c><00:23:06.299><c> at</c><00:23:06.480><c> that</c><00:23:06.599><c> one</c><00:23:06.720><c> in</c><00:23:06.880><c> the</c><00:23:06.960><c> mirror</c><00:23:07.140><c> who</c><00:23:07.460><c> represents</c><00:23:07.880><c> him</c><00:23:08.140><c> and</c>

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keeps<00:23:08.680><c> looking</c><00:23:08.980><c> at</c><00:23:09.180><c> him,</c>

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he<00:23:10.339><c> changes</c><00:23:10.779><c> into</c><00:23:11.019><c> the</c><00:23:11.240><c> same</c><00:23:11.460><c> image.</c>

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Why?<00:23:13.559><c> Because</c><00:23:13.900><c> he's</c><00:23:14.119><c> a</c><00:23:14.200><c> man</c><00:23:14.380><c> of</c><00:23:14.619><c> a</c><00:23:14.819><c> practical</c><00:23:15.160><c> religion.</c>

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He<00:23:16.240><c> stood</c><00:23:16.579><c> down.</c><00:23:17.559><c> He</c><00:23:17.779><c> did</c><00:23:18.039><c> something.</c>

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He<00:23:18.420><c> got</c><00:23:18.660><c> down</c><00:23:18.980><c> to</c><00:23:19.140><c> have</c><00:23:19.299><c> a</c><00:23:19.400><c> look,</c><00:23:19.640><c> and</c><00:23:19.640><c> he</c><00:23:19.799><c> kept</c><00:23:20.039><c> on</c><00:23:20.400><c> looking.</c>

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And<00:23:21.559><c> the</c><00:23:21.700><c> very</c><00:23:22.039><c> practice</c><00:23:22.500><c> of</c><00:23:22.720><c> his</c><00:23:22.980><c> deeds</c><00:23:23.200><c> or</c><00:23:23.400><c> his</c><00:23:23.680><c> doing,</c>

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practicing<00:23:25.160><c> in</c><00:23:25.400><c> his</c><00:23:25.680><c> life</c><00:23:25.859><c> the</c><00:23:26.059><c> things</c><00:23:26.240><c> that</c><00:23:26.440><c> Jesus</c><00:23:26.920><c> Christ</c>

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would<00:23:27.500><c> do,</c>

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changed<00:23:28.720><c> him</c><00:23:28.920><c> into</c><00:23:29.079><c> the</c><00:23:29.259><c> same</c><00:23:29.500><c> man</c><00:23:29.720><c> that</c><00:23:29.839><c> he</c><00:23:29.940><c> saw</c><00:23:30.079><c> in</c><00:23:30.220><c> that</c><00:23:30.380><c> mirror.</c>

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And<00:23:31.940><c> in</c><00:23:32.059><c> the</c><00:23:32.220><c> judgment</c><00:23:32.539><c> seat,</c><00:23:33.420><c> he</c><00:23:33.599><c> won't</c><00:23:33.940><c> mirror</c><00:23:34.240><c> the</c><00:23:34.579><c> genesis</c>

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of<00:23:35.299><c> his</c><00:23:35.559><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:23:36.220><c> will</c><00:23:36.460><c> mirror</c><00:23:36.700><c> the</c><00:23:36.920><c> one</c><00:23:37.019><c> on</c><00:23:37.180><c> the</c><00:23:37.380><c> judgment</c><00:23:37.660><c> seat,</c><00:23:38.299><c> the</c><00:23:38.460><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:23:39.099><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:23:39.920><c> he</c><00:23:39.980><c> will</c><00:23:40.140><c> enter</c><00:23:40.299><c> into</c><00:23:40.440><c> the</c><00:23:40.660><c> kingdom.</c>

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He<00:23:42.279><c> was</c><00:23:42.460><c> a</c><00:23:42.579><c> man</c><00:23:42.759><c> with</c><00:23:42.960><c> a</c><00:23:43.200><c> practical</c><00:23:43.640><c> religion.</c>

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But<00:23:46.160><c> of</c><00:23:46.240><c> course,</c><00:23:47.259><c> James</c><00:23:47.420><c> is</c><00:23:47.640><c> writing</c><00:23:47.779><c> to</c><00:23:48.039><c> Jews,</c><00:23:48.359><c> isn't</c><00:23:48.460><c> it?</c>

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And<00:23:50.059><c> his</c><00:23:50.220><c> final</c><00:23:50.539><c> point</c><00:23:50.779><c> is</c><00:23:51.000><c> this.</c>

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Jews<00:23:52.579><c> would</c><00:23:52.779><c> immediately</c><00:23:53.079><c> think,</c><00:23:53.440><c> oh,</c><00:23:53.759><c> practical</c><00:23:54.000><c> religion.</c>

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I<00:23:54.619><c> know</c><00:23:54.740><c> what</c><00:23:54.839><c> he's</c><00:23:54.980><c> talking</c><00:23:55.220><c> about.</c>

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He's<00:23:56.140><c> talking</c><00:23:56.279><c> about</c><00:23:56.539><c> washing</c><00:23:56.819><c> before</c><00:23:57.200><c> dinner,</c><00:23:58.180><c> going</c><00:23:58.460><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:58.799><c> temple</c><00:23:59.000><c> and</c><00:23:59.259><c> washing</c><00:23:59.539><c> here</c><00:23:59.859><c> and</c><00:24:00.099><c> washing</c><00:24:00.380><c> there,</c>

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making<00:24:01.339><c> the</c><00:24:01.579><c> sacrifice,</c><00:24:02.460><c> drinking</c><00:24:02.779><c> the</c><00:24:02.980><c> right</c><00:24:03.240><c> things,</c><00:24:03.460><c> eating</c><00:24:03.740><c> the</c>

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right<00:24:04.200><c> things,</c>

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making<00:24:05.039><c> sure</c><00:24:05.279><c> our</c><00:24:05.500><c> cups</c><00:24:05.640><c> and</c><00:24:05.839><c> our</c><00:24:06.119><c> platters</c><00:24:06.240><c> are</c><00:24:06.440><c> all</c><00:24:06.740><c> clean.</c>

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Oh,<00:24:07.559><c> he's</c><00:24:07.799><c> not</c><00:24:08.099><c> talking</c><00:24:08.299><c> about</c><00:24:08.460><c> anything</c><00:24:08.720><c> of</c><00:24:08.940><c> the</c><00:24:09.119><c> sort.</c>

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And<00:24:10.819><c> because</c><00:24:11.259><c> the</c><00:24:11.500><c> Jews</c><00:24:11.720><c> were</c><00:24:12.039><c> preoccupied</c><00:24:12.799><c> with</c><00:24:13.200><c> ceremonial</c><00:24:14.079><c> things,</c>

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James<00:24:16.119><c> finally</c><00:24:16.599><c> gives</c><00:24:16.859><c> them</c><00:24:17.119><c> an</c><00:24:17.240><c> illustration.</c>

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All<00:24:18.839><c> those</c><00:24:19.079><c> brethren</c><00:24:19.240><c> and</c><00:24:19.559><c> sisters</c><00:24:19.900><c> are</c><00:24:20.559><c> needful</c><00:24:20.900><c> for</c><00:24:21.119><c> us,</c>

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but<00:24:21.700><c> it</c><00:24:21.759><c> was</c><00:24:21.940><c> very</c><00:24:22.240><c> needful</c><00:24:22.579><c> for</c><00:24:22.779><c> them</c><00:24:23.140><c> because</c><00:24:23.519><c> they</c><00:24:23.720><c> were</c>

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preoccupied<00:24:24.799><c> with</c><00:24:25.059><c> ceremonial</c><00:24:25.880><c> things,</c>

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like<00:24:27.259><c> the</c><00:24:27.500><c> washing</c><00:24:27.740><c> of</c><00:24:28.019><c> cups</c><00:24:28.240><c> and</c><00:24:28.579><c> plates</c><00:24:28.759><c> and</c><00:24:28.900><c> the</c><00:24:29.099><c> making</c><00:24:29.319><c> of</c><00:24:29.640><c> sacrifices.</c>

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He's<00:24:30.519><c> not</c><00:24:30.880><c> talking</c><00:24:31.160><c> about</c><00:24:31.480><c> that.</c>

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If<00:24:32.059><c> any</c><00:24:32.319><c> man</c><00:24:32.579><c> among</c><00:24:32.859><c> you,</c><00:24:33.160><c> he</c><00:24:33.160><c> says,</c><00:24:33.500><c> seemed</c><00:24:33.640><c> to</c><00:24:33.859><c> be</c><00:24:34.119><c> religious,</c>

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and<00:24:35.200><c> the</c><00:24:35.279><c> word</c><00:24:35.539><c> religious</c><00:24:35.960><c> in</c><00:24:36.140><c> the</c><00:24:36.319><c> Greek</c><00:24:36.460><c> means</c><00:24:36.740><c> external</c><00:24:37.579><c> acts</c><00:24:37.900><c> of</c><00:24:40.200><c> worship.</c>

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Immediately,<00:24:41.420><c> James</c><00:24:41.460><c> used</c><00:24:41.680><c> that</c><00:24:41.900><c> word,</c><00:24:42.200><c> external</c><00:24:42.539><c> acts</c><00:24:42.819><c> of</c><00:24:43.039><c> worship.</c>

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Their<00:24:43.660><c> mind</c><00:24:43.880><c> ran</c><00:24:44.200><c> straight</c><00:24:44.640><c> to</c><00:24:44.799><c> the</c><00:24:44.940><c> law.</c>

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And<00:24:45.500><c> so</c><00:24:45.619><c> he</c><00:24:45.720><c> says,</c><00:24:46.279><c> pure</c><00:24:46.640><c> religion</c><00:24:47.019><c> and</c><00:24:47.259><c> undefiled.</c>

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And<00:24:48.000><c> he</c><00:24:48.160><c> chooses</c><00:24:48.440><c> two</c><00:24:49.359><c> Jewish</c><00:24:49.720><c> words,</c><00:24:50.940><c> pure</c><00:24:51.119><c> and</c><00:24:51.859><c> undefiled.</c>

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And<00:24:54.019><c> those</c><00:24:54.259><c> two</c><00:24:54.519><c> words,</c><00:24:54.799><c> again,</c><00:24:55.299><c> would</c><00:24:55.500><c> immediately</c><00:24:55.960><c> conjure</c>

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up<00:24:56.480><c> in</c><00:24:56.599><c> their</c><00:24:56.900><c> minds,</c>

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ceremonial<00:24:58.440><c> pureness,</c><00:25:00.319><c> ceremonial</c><00:25:01.019><c> defilement.</c>

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He<00:25:01.880><c> says,</c><00:25:02.180><c> I'm</c><00:25:02.200><c> not</c><00:25:02.680><c> talking</c><00:25:03.059><c> about</c><00:25:03.480><c> that.</c>

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Pure<00:25:05.960><c> religion</c><00:25:06.500><c> and</c><00:25:06.720><c> undefiled</c><00:25:07.140><c> before</c><00:25:07.559><c> God</c><00:25:07.839><c> is</c><00:25:08.160><c> to</c><00:25:09.039><c> visit</c>

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the<00:25:09.740><c> phallus</c><00:25:10.140><c> and</c><00:25:10.400><c> widows</c>

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in<00:25:10.880><c> their</c><00:25:11.079><c> affliction</c><00:25:11.519><c> and</c><00:25:11.740><c> to</c><00:25:11.940><c> keep</c><00:25:12.099><c> yourselves</c><00:25:12.500><c> unspotted</c>

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from<00:25:13.240><c> the</c><00:25:13.460><c> world.</c>

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Now,<00:25:14.839><c> there</c><00:25:15.000><c> are</c><00:25:15.240><c> some</c><00:25:15.519><c> people</c><00:25:16.039><c> who</c><00:25:16.619><c> believe</c><00:25:16.980><c> that's</c><00:25:17.339><c> the</c><00:25:17.440><c> summary</c><00:25:17.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:17.960><c> whole</c><00:25:18.140><c> Christian</c><00:25:18.559><c> faith.</c>

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That<00:25:20.000><c> is</c><00:25:20.339><c> utter</c><00:25:20.700><c> nonsense.</c>

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The<00:25:22.759><c> truth</c><00:25:22.880><c> doesn't</c><00:25:23.480><c> consist</c><00:25:23.980><c> only</c><00:25:24.380><c> of</c><00:25:24.599><c> those</c><00:25:24.839><c> moral</c><00:25:25.059><c> principles,</c><00:25:25.839><c> brethren</c><00:25:25.839><c> and</c><00:25:26.059><c> sisters.</c>

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:29.480
That's<00:25:26.859><c> not</c><00:25:27.039><c> a</c><00:25:27.299><c> summary,</c><00:25:27.779><c> that's</c><00:25:28.200><c> an</c><00:25:28.339><c> illustration</c><00:25:29.140><c> of</c><00:25:29.319><c> what</c>

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he<00:25:29.640><c> meant.</c>

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He's<00:25:31.079><c> talking</c><00:25:31.420><c> about</c><00:25:31.839><c> moral</c><00:25:32.700><c> principles,</c><00:25:33.259><c> not</c><00:25:33.680><c> ceremonial</c><00:25:34.380><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:25:35.240><c> therefore</c><00:25:35.500><c> he</c><00:25:35.680><c> chooses</c><00:25:36.079><c> a</c><00:25:36.299><c> couple</c><00:25:36.579><c> of</c><00:25:37.079><c> moral</c><00:25:37.200><c> principles</c>

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to<00:25:37.819><c> illustrate</c><00:25:38.279><c> his</c><00:25:38.559><c> point.</c>

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But<00:25:39.200><c> they</c><00:25:39.440><c> are</c><00:25:39.720><c> very</c><00:25:40.200><c> carefully</c><00:25:40.619><c> chosen.</c>

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They<00:25:43.599><c> are</c><00:25:43.859><c> beautifully</c><00:25:44.380><c> chosen</c><00:25:45.059><c> because</c><00:25:45.779><c> there's</c><00:25:46.119><c> more</c><00:25:46.539><c> in</c>

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that<00:25:47.359><c> than</c><00:25:47.559><c> meets</c><00:25:47.819><c> the</c><00:25:48.079><c> eye.</c>

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What<00:25:49.940><c> then,</c><00:25:50.359><c> brethren</c><00:25:50.500><c> and</c><00:25:50.720><c> sisters,</c><00:25:52.200><c> are</c><00:25:52.480><c> the</c><00:25:52.680><c> real</c><00:25:53.140><c> moral</c>

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principles<00:25:53.859><c> of</c><00:25:54.019><c> the</c><00:25:54.220><c> truth?</c>

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They<00:25:55.119><c> are</c><00:25:55.299><c> certainly</c><00:25:55.579><c> more</c><00:25:55.940><c> than</c><00:25:56.019><c> what's</c><00:25:56.299><c> been</c><00:25:56.480><c> elucidated</c><00:25:56.940><c> there.</c>

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And<00:25:57.859><c> yet,</c><00:25:58.960><c> in</c><00:25:59.059><c> those</c><00:25:59.480><c> things</c><00:25:59.680><c> that</c><00:25:59.819><c> have</c><00:25:59.980><c> been</c><00:26:00.140><c> said</c><00:26:00.400><c> there,</c>

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:04.660
the<00:26:01.099><c> key</c><00:26:01.500><c> to</c><00:26:01.680><c> what</c><00:26:01.880><c> James</c><00:26:02.119><c> is</c><00:26:02.319><c> talking</c><00:26:02.579><c> about</c><00:26:02.940><c> is</c><00:26:03.200><c> for</c><00:26:03.339><c> us</c><00:26:03.559><c> to</c><00:26:03.799><c> see.</c>

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:08.259
Our<00:26:05.160><c> brother</c><00:26:05.400><c> Ray</c><00:26:05.680><c> Edgegame</c><00:26:06.099><c> this</c><00:26:06.279><c> morning</c><00:26:06.720><c> opened</c><00:26:07.380><c> with</c><00:26:07.619><c> that</c><00:26:07.900><c> key</c>

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because<00:26:09.000><c> that's</c><00:26:09.380><c> the</c><00:26:09.480><c> quotation</c><00:26:09.839><c> from</c><00:26:10.180><c> Psalm</c><00:26:10.400><c> 68.</c>

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Have<00:26:12.279><c> a</c><00:26:12.299><c> look</c><00:26:12.460><c> at</c><00:26:12.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:26:15.079><c> we</c><00:26:15.220><c> want</c><00:26:15.319><c> to</c><00:26:15.440><c> finish</c><00:26:15.619><c> on</c><00:26:15.779><c> this</c><00:26:15.980><c> note,</c><00:26:16.259><c> brethren</c><00:26:16.359><c> and</c><00:26:16.559><c> sisters,</c><00:26:16.700><c> on</c><00:26:16.859><c> a</c>

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very<00:26:17.319><c> positive</c><00:26:17.720><c> note,</c>

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in<00:26:19.960><c> the</c><00:26:20.160><c> outworking</c><00:26:20.539><c> of</c><00:26:20.720><c> the</c><00:26:20.940><c> truth</c><00:26:21.099><c> in</c><00:26:21.319><c> our</c><00:26:21.539><c> lives.</c>

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Well,<00:26:24.299><c> here</c><00:26:24.440><c> is</c><00:26:24.559><c> a</c><00:26:24.700><c> quotation</c><00:26:25.059><c> from</c><00:26:25.339><c> Psalm</c><00:26:25.579><c> 68.</c>

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:30.480
Ray<00:26:28.480><c> opened</c><00:26:28.740><c> with</c><00:26:28.920><c> it,</c><00:26:29.099><c> we</c><00:26:29.359><c> will</c><00:26:29.519><c> finish</c><00:26:29.779><c> with</c><00:26:29.960><c> it.</c>

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:33.319
God<00:26:31.059><c> will</c><00:26:31.240><c> be</c><00:26:31.420><c> all</c><00:26:31.619><c> and</c><00:26:31.779><c> in</c><00:26:31.980><c> all</c><00:26:32.119><c> as</c><00:26:32.319><c> far</c><00:26:32.480><c> as</c><00:26:32.599><c> this</c><00:26:32.799><c> exhortation</c>

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is<00:26:33.539><c> concerned.</c>

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And<00:26:35.539><c> so</c><00:26:35.720><c> Psalm</c><00:26:36.000><c> 68</c><00:26:36.599><c> says</c><00:26:36.839><c> in</c><00:26:36.980><c> verse</c><00:26:37.240><c> 4,</c>

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Sing<00:26:37.759><c> unto</c><00:26:38.019><c> God,</c><00:26:38.519><c> sing</c><00:26:38.619><c> praises</c><00:26:39.019><c> to</c><00:26:39.279><c> his</c><00:26:39.519><c> name,</c>

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:44.039
extol<00:26:41.140><c> him</c><00:26:41.380><c> that</c><00:26:41.680><c> ride</c><00:26:41.880><c> us</c><00:26:42.279><c> through</c><00:26:42.799><c> the</c><00:26:43.099><c> desert.</c>

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So<00:26:45.059><c> that</c><00:26:45.240><c> should</c><00:26:45.420><c> be</c><00:26:45.599><c> rendered.</c>

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.559
He<00:26:47.099><c> ride</c><00:26:47.259><c> us</c><00:26:47.480><c> through</c><00:26:47.680><c> the</c><00:26:47.900><c> desert,</c>

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.279
extol<00:26:49.299><c> him</c><00:26:49.440><c> by</c><00:26:49.680><c> his</c><00:26:49.859><c> name,</c><00:26:50.480><c> Yah,</c><00:26:50.839><c> and</c><00:26:51.000><c> rejoice</c><00:26:51.400><c> before</c><00:26:51.880><c> him.</c>

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:56.380
A<00:26:52.920><c> father</c><00:26:53.440><c> of</c><00:26:53.940><c> the</c><00:26:54.279><c> fatherless</c><00:26:54.819><c> and</c><00:26:55.119><c> a</c><00:26:55.359><c> judge</c><00:26:55.579><c> of</c><00:26:55.839><c> widows</c><00:26:56.160><c> is</c>

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God<00:26:56.700><c> in</c><00:26:56.859><c> his</c><00:26:57.059><c> holy</c><00:26:57.259><c> habitation.</c>

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Now<00:26:59.319><c> what's</c><00:26:59.680><c> the</c><00:26:59.779><c> point</c><00:26:59.940><c> that</c><00:27:00.119><c> James</c><00:27:00.400><c> is</c><00:27:00.579><c> making?</c>

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That<00:27:02.180><c> the</c><00:27:02.599><c> truth</c><00:27:02.779><c> of</c><00:27:03.019><c> religion,</c><00:27:03.720><c> the</c><00:27:03.940><c> pure</c><00:27:04.259><c> and</c><00:27:04.440><c> undefiled</c><00:27:04.799><c> religion,</c>

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is<00:27:05.519><c> moral,</c><00:27:06.059><c> brethren</c><00:27:06.200><c> and</c><00:27:06.440><c> sisters,</c><00:27:06.599><c> and</c><00:27:06.799><c> is</c><00:27:07.000><c> not</c><00:27:07.259><c> ceremonial.</c>

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And<00:27:09.400><c> it's</c><00:27:09.579><c> not</c><00:27:09.740><c> only</c><00:27:10.059><c> moral,</c><00:27:10.619><c> but</c><00:27:10.819><c> it's</c><00:27:11.079><c> the</c><00:27:11.259><c> morality</c><00:27:11.640><c> that</c>

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God<00:27:12.579><c> himself</c><00:27:13.339><c> practices.</c>

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That's<00:27:15.519><c> the</c><00:27:15.599><c> point</c><00:27:15.759><c> that</c><00:27:15.900><c> he's</c><00:27:16.119><c> making.</c>

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It's<00:27:17.220><c> the</c><00:27:17.359><c> morality</c><00:27:17.680><c> that</c><00:27:18.180><c> God</c><00:27:18.440><c> would</c><00:27:18.640><c> have</c><00:27:18.759><c> us</c><00:27:18.980><c> practice.</c>

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:22.099
There<00:27:19.740><c> is</c><00:27:20.039><c> a</c><00:27:20.279><c> morality</c><00:27:20.579><c> in</c><00:27:20.759><c> the</c><00:27:21.000><c> world</c><00:27:21.200><c> that</c><00:27:21.339><c> is</c><00:27:21.480><c> not</c><00:27:21.640><c> of</c><00:27:21.819><c> God.</c>

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It<00:27:22.740><c> has</c><00:27:23.059><c> a</c><00:27:23.240><c> credibility</c><00:27:23.640><c> about</c><00:27:24.019><c> it,</c><00:27:24.259><c> brethren</c><00:27:24.380><c> and</c><00:27:24.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:28.160
There<00:27:25.319><c> are</c><00:27:25.900><c> certain</c><00:27:26.160><c> principles</c><00:27:26.619><c> which</c><00:27:26.920><c> on</c><00:27:27.619><c> the</c><00:27:27.779><c> surface</c><00:27:28.039><c> of</c>

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it<00:27:28.539><c> seem</c><00:27:28.759><c> to</c><00:27:28.960><c> be</c><00:27:29.220><c> decent,</c>

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but<00:27:30.619><c> they're</c><00:27:30.940><c> not</c><00:27:31.359><c> God's</c><00:27:31.819><c> morality.</c>

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They're<00:27:33.039><c> not</c><00:27:33.339><c> the</c><00:27:33.519><c> things</c><00:27:33.660><c> that</c><00:27:33.799><c> he</c><00:27:34.079><c> practices.</c>

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And<00:27:34.980><c> that's</c><00:27:35.279><c> the</c><00:27:35.420><c> point</c><00:27:35.559><c> that</c><00:27:35.799><c> James</c><00:27:36.059><c> is</c><00:27:36.279><c> making.</c>

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.900
And<00:27:37.420><c> there's</c><00:27:37.619><c> an</c><00:27:37.759><c> even</c><00:27:38.039><c> point,</c><00:27:38.420><c> brethren</c><00:27:38.539><c> and</c><00:27:38.759><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.660
a<00:27:39.200><c> little</c><00:27:39.380><c> bit</c><00:27:39.579><c> more</c><00:27:39.819><c> subtle</c><00:27:40.019><c> than</c><00:27:40.279><c> that,</c>

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.980
that<00:27:40.920><c> goes</c><00:27:41.119><c> a</c><00:27:41.180><c> little</c><00:27:41.400><c> bit</c><00:27:41.619><c> beneath</c><00:27:41.900><c> the</c><00:27:42.160><c> surface.</c>

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And<00:27:43.799><c> we</c><00:27:43.920><c> want</c><00:27:44.039><c> to</c><00:27:44.180><c> think</c><00:27:44.319><c> about</c><00:27:44.579><c> that.</c>

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:51.359
That<00:27:47.680><c> psalm</c><00:27:48.240><c> is</c><00:27:48.619><c> a</c><00:27:48.799><c> psalm</c><00:27:49.200><c> which</c><00:27:49.440><c> speaks</c><00:27:49.759><c> of</c><00:27:50.039><c> the</c><00:27:50.319><c> judgment</c><00:27:50.640><c> seat</c><00:27:50.859><c> of</c><00:27:51.079><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.880
which<00:27:51.599><c> we</c><00:27:51.900><c> believe</c><00:27:52.180><c> will</c><00:27:52.319><c> be</c><00:27:52.480><c> set</c><00:27:52.579><c> up</c><00:27:52.720><c> at</c><00:27:52.880><c> Mount</c><00:27:53.099><c> Sinai,</c>

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.380
following<00:27:54.640><c> the</c><00:27:54.859><c> great</c><00:27:55.299><c> type</c><00:27:55.680><c> of</c><00:27:56.420><c> Moses</c><00:27:56.680><c> when</c><00:27:56.839><c> he</c><00:27:56.980><c> brought</c><00:27:57.140><c> the</c>

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people<00:27:57.559><c> there.</c>

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The<00:27:58.559><c> psalm</c><00:27:58.940><c> is</c><00:27:59.119><c> based</c><00:27:59.400><c> upon</c><00:27:59.619><c> the</c><00:28:00.019><c> opening</c><00:28:00.240><c> and</c><00:28:00.579><c> closing</c><00:28:01.039><c> prayer</c><00:28:01.400><c> of</c><00:28:01.579><c> Moses</c>

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as<00:28:02.440><c> he</c><00:28:02.660><c> opened</c><00:28:02.940><c> the</c><00:28:03.180><c> morning</c><00:28:03.460><c> mark</c><00:28:03.980><c> to</c><00:28:04.200><c> the</c><00:28:04.359><c> promised</c><00:28:04.539><c> land</c>

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.980
and<00:28:05.160><c> closed</c><00:28:05.420><c> in</c><00:28:05.519><c> the</c><00:28:05.660><c> evening</c><00:28:05.799><c> that</c><00:28:06.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:06.279><c> might</c><00:28:06.460><c> return</c><00:28:06.839><c> to</c>

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that<00:28:07.220><c> camp.</c>

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The<00:28:08.339><c> psalm</c><00:28:08.700><c> therefore</c><00:28:09.099><c> deals</c><00:28:09.640><c> with</c><00:28:10.140><c> our</c><00:28:10.440><c> journey</c><00:28:11.039><c> from</c><00:28:11.480><c> Mount</c>

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Sinai<00:28:12.420><c> to</c><00:28:12.920><c> the</c><00:28:13.160><c> Holy</c><00:28:13.400><c> Land,</c>

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as<00:28:13.819><c> verse</c><00:28:14.079><c> 17</c><00:28:14.480><c> says,</c><00:28:16.599><c> from</c><00:28:16.779><c> Sinai</c><00:28:17.180><c> to</c><00:28:17.380><c> the</c><00:28:17.559><c> Holy</c><00:28:17.799><c> Place,</c>

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from<00:28:20.180><c> Sinai</c><00:28:20.740><c> to</c><00:28:20.920><c> the</c><00:28:21.140><c> Holy</c><00:28:21.380><c> Land.</c>

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It<00:28:21.880><c> deals</c><00:28:22.119><c> with</c><00:28:22.279><c> our</c><00:28:22.559><c> march.</c>

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That<00:28:23.420><c> psalm,</c><00:28:23.740><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.960><c> and</c><00:28:24.200><c> sisters,</c><00:28:24.500><c> is</c><00:28:24.720><c> speaking</c><00:28:24.960><c> of</c><00:28:25.180><c> what</c>

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we're<00:28:25.680><c> going</c><00:28:25.839><c> to</c><00:28:26.099><c> sing</c><00:28:26.259><c> to</c><00:28:26.519><c> Yahweh</c>

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as<00:28:27.140><c> we</c><00:28:27.380><c> make</c><00:28:27.559><c> our</c><00:28:27.759><c> way</c><00:28:27.920><c> up,</c><00:28:28.519><c> as</c><00:28:28.599><c> the</c><00:28:28.799><c> whirlwind</c><00:28:29.099><c> to</c><00:28:29.279><c> the</c><00:28:29.440><c> south,</c>

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up<00:28:30.619><c> through</c><00:28:30.819><c> the</c><00:28:31.000><c> Sinai</c><00:28:31.339><c> desert,</c><00:28:32.119><c> riding</c><00:28:32.319><c> upon</c><00:28:32.700><c> the</c><00:28:32.920><c> desert,</c>

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through<00:28:33.799><c> the</c><00:28:33.960><c> desert</c><00:28:34.119><c> in</c><00:28:34.299><c> the</c><00:28:34.400><c> name</c><00:28:34.619><c> of</c><00:28:34.819><c> Yahweh.</c>

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That<00:28:35.579><c> psalm</c><00:28:35.940><c> speaks</c><00:28:36.220><c> of</c><00:28:36.319><c> the</c><00:28:36.619><c> glory</c><00:28:36.880><c> of</c><00:28:37.039><c> that</c><00:28:37.220><c> day</c><00:28:37.579><c> and</c><00:28:37.759><c> of</c><00:28:37.900><c> what</c><00:28:38.079><c> we</c>

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will<00:28:38.500><c> be</c><00:28:38.759><c> singing.</c>

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And<00:28:39.460><c> we</c><00:28:39.599><c> won't</c><00:28:39.859><c> be</c><00:28:40.160><c> singing</c><00:28:40.400><c> that</c><00:28:40.500><c> we're</c><00:28:40.700><c> better</c><00:28:40.980><c> than</c><00:28:41.119><c> the</c><00:28:41.359><c> Catholics.</c>

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We<00:28:42.000><c> won't</c><00:28:42.259><c> be</c><00:28:42.559><c> singing</c><00:28:42.720><c> that</c><00:28:42.799><c> we're</c><00:28:43.019><c> better</c><00:28:43.319><c> than</c><00:28:43.380><c> the</c><00:28:43.559><c> other</c>

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brethren<00:28:43.960><c> and</c><00:28:44.140><c> sisters</c><00:28:44.240><c> who</c><00:28:44.400><c> have</c><00:28:44.460><c> been</c><00:28:44.599><c> rejected.</c>

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We<00:28:45.339><c> won't</c><00:28:45.559><c> be</c><00:28:45.779><c> singing</c><00:28:46.000><c> of</c><00:28:46.220><c> all</c><00:28:46.359><c> the</c><00:28:46.619><c> bloodshed</c><00:28:46.980><c> that's</c><00:28:47.220><c> going</c>

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to<00:28:47.359><c> be</c><00:28:47.579><c> brought</c><00:28:47.700><c> upon</c><00:28:48.000><c> the</c><00:28:48.180><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:28:48.579><c> won't</c><00:28:48.799><c> be</c><00:28:48.980><c> looking</c><00:28:49.319><c> forward</c><00:28:49.480><c> to</c><00:28:49.640><c> the</c><00:28:49.859><c> downfall</c><00:28:50.279><c> of</c><00:28:50.420><c> this</c><00:28:50.700><c> world.</c>

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We<00:28:51.319><c> will</c><00:28:51.539><c> be</c><00:28:51.759><c> singing</c><00:28:52.119><c> that</c><00:28:52.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:52.859><c> has</c><00:28:53.079><c> been</c><00:28:53.299><c> a</c><00:28:53.599><c> father</c><00:28:53.880><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:54.380><c> fatherless</c>

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and<00:28:56.079><c> a</c><00:28:56.339><c> judge</c><00:28:56.539><c> of</c><00:28:56.799><c> widows.</c>

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And<00:28:58.640><c> he</c><00:28:58.880><c> has</c><00:28:58.980><c> set</c><00:28:59.099><c> us,</c><00:28:59.319><c> who</c><00:28:59.440><c> have</c><00:28:59.559><c> been</c><00:28:59.779><c> lonely</c><00:29:00.079><c> in</c><00:29:00.220><c> this</c><00:29:00.480><c> world,</c><00:29:00.799><c> into</c><00:29:00.960><c> famine.</c>

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We<00:29:02.220><c> will</c><00:29:02.359><c> be</c><00:29:02.579><c> singing,</c><00:29:02.940><c> brethren</c><00:29:03.200><c> and</c><00:29:03.480><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:29:04.599><c> our</c><00:29:04.960><c> appreciation</c><00:29:05.640><c> of</c><00:29:05.819><c> what</c><00:29:05.940><c> God</c><00:29:06.180><c> has</c><00:29:06.440><c> done</c><00:29:06.680><c> for</c><00:29:06.920><c> us</c><00:29:07.240><c> and</c>

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nothing<00:29:07.920><c> else.</c>

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And<00:29:08.660><c> that</c><00:29:08.839><c> psalm</c><00:29:09.140><c> will</c><00:29:09.319><c> prove</c><00:29:09.559><c> it.</c>

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And<00:29:10.400><c> James</c><00:29:10.779><c> finishes</c><00:29:11.200><c> that</c><00:29:11.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:11.759><c> on</c><00:29:12.000><c> that</c><00:29:12.259><c> note</c><00:29:12.400><c> because</c>

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he<00:29:12.799><c> wanted</c><00:29:13.019><c> to</c><00:29:13.220><c> point</c><00:29:13.380><c> out</c><00:29:13.519><c> to</c><00:29:13.640><c> these</c><00:29:13.920><c> Jews</c>

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who<00:29:14.640><c> are</c><00:29:14.819><c> despondent</c><00:29:15.500><c> and</c><00:29:16.059><c> bitter</c><00:29:16.279><c> over</c><00:29:16.519><c> their</c><00:29:16.759><c> own</c><00:29:17.039><c> failings.</c>

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But<00:29:18.579><c> in</c><00:29:18.759><c> the</c><00:29:19.000><c> eternal</c><00:29:19.720><c> outcome</c><00:29:20.279><c> of</c><00:29:20.519><c> things,</c><00:29:20.859><c> if</c><00:29:21.019><c> we</c><00:29:21.279><c> practise</c>

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God's<00:29:22.160><c> religion</c><00:29:22.460><c> and</c><00:29:22.720><c> are</c><00:29:23.119><c> doers</c><00:29:23.539><c> of</c><00:29:23.980><c> the</c><00:29:24.180><c> Word,</c>

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then<00:29:25.380><c> we</c><00:29:25.460><c> will</c><00:29:25.720><c> finish,</c><00:29:26.240><c> brethren</c><00:29:26.240><c> and</c><00:29:26.539><c> sisters.</c>

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Our<00:29:27.119><c> lives</c><00:29:27.380><c> will</c><00:29:27.680><c> finish.</c><00:29:28.220><c> Our</c><00:29:28.440><c> mortal</c><00:29:28.759><c> lives</c><00:29:29.019><c> will</c><00:29:29.259><c> finish.</c>

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And<00:29:30.460><c> if</c><00:29:30.539><c> you</c><00:29:30.740><c> fall</c><00:29:30.859><c> into</c><00:29:31.099><c> eternal</c><00:29:31.660><c> life,</c><00:29:32.400><c> and</c><00:29:32.559><c> there's</c><00:29:32.759><c> no</c><00:29:33.099><c> bitterness</c><00:29:33.420><c> in</c>

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those<00:29:34.079><c> words</c><00:29:34.319><c> in</c><00:29:34.559><c> Psalm</c><00:29:34.779><c> 68,</c>

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there<00:29:35.940><c> is</c><00:29:36.380><c> joy</c><00:29:36.920><c> abundant,</c><00:29:38.000><c> joy</c><00:29:38.339><c> that</c><00:29:38.559><c> knows</c><00:29:38.880><c> no</c><00:29:39.259><c> bounds,</c>

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because<00:29:40.299><c> we</c><00:29:40.599><c> know</c><00:29:41.059><c> the</c><00:29:41.339><c> issues</c><00:29:41.700><c> of</c><00:29:41.960><c> life</c><00:29:42.220><c> because</c><00:29:42.599><c> we've</c>

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practised<00:29:43.440><c> them.</c>

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And<00:29:43.960><c> having</c><00:29:44.339><c> worked</c><00:29:44.799><c> in</c><00:29:45.220><c> this</c><00:29:45.599><c> world</c><00:29:45.779><c> and</c><00:29:45.960><c> lived</c><00:29:46.200><c> like</c><00:29:46.539><c> Yahweh,</c>

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we<00:29:47.059><c> are</c><00:29:47.200><c> now</c><00:29:47.380><c> going</c><00:29:47.640><c> into</c><00:29:47.839><c> the</c><00:29:48.059><c> world</c><00:29:48.240><c> to</c><00:29:48.660><c> practise</c><00:29:48.940><c> the</c><00:29:49.220><c> same</c>

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thing<00:29:49.640><c> in</c><00:29:49.859><c> immortality,</c>

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to<00:29:50.980><c> bring</c><00:29:51.140><c> relief</c><00:29:51.720><c> from</c><00:29:52.680><c> all</c><00:29:53.039><c> the</c><00:29:53.319><c> sweldom</c><00:29:53.599><c> of</c><00:29:53.819><c> sin</c><00:29:53.960><c> and</c><00:29:54.140><c> death</c>

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into<00:29:54.779><c> which</c><00:29:54.940><c> this</c><00:29:55.200><c> world</c><00:29:55.299><c> has</c><00:29:55.519><c> been</c><00:29:55.720><c> gripped.</c>

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And<00:29:56.599><c> as</c><00:29:56.700><c> we</c><00:29:56.880><c> take</c><00:29:57.119><c> at</c><00:29:57.279><c> the</c><00:29:57.440><c> end</c><00:29:57.519><c> of</c><00:29:57.579><c> this</c><00:29:57.799><c> morning,</c><00:29:58.619><c> let</c><00:29:58.700><c> us</c><00:29:58.940><c> determine,</c><00:29:59.400><c> brethren</c><00:29:59.680><c> and</c><00:29:59.940><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:30:00.980><c> we</c><00:30:01.180><c> will</c><00:30:01.519><c> understand</c><00:30:02.200><c> trial</c><00:30:02.559><c> because</c><00:30:03.960><c> we</c><00:30:04.220><c> will</c><00:30:04.480><c> refuse</c>

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to<00:30:05.180><c> be</c><00:30:05.400><c> diverted</c><00:30:05.779><c> in</c><00:30:06.000><c> our</c><00:30:06.220><c> minds</c>

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about<00:30:06.579><c> what</c><00:30:06.700><c> we're</c><00:30:06.859><c> going</c><00:30:06.960><c> to</c><00:30:07.119><c> buy</c><00:30:07.259><c> next.</c>

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That<00:30:08.940><c> if</c><00:30:09.119><c> we</c><00:30:09.440><c> fail</c><00:30:09.640><c> in</c><00:30:09.900><c> trial,</c><00:30:10.119><c> we</c><00:30:10.240><c> will</c><00:30:10.740><c> blame</c><00:30:11.000><c> ourselves,</c>

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we<00:30:12.420><c> will</c><00:30:12.640><c> make</c><00:30:12.759><c> an</c><00:30:12.960><c> endeavor</c><00:30:13.299><c> to</c><00:30:13.579><c> be</c><00:30:13.799><c> like</c><00:30:14.019><c> God</c><00:30:14.299><c> and</c><00:30:14.440><c> His</c><00:30:14.640><c> character,</c>

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and<00:30:15.859><c> we</c><00:30:16.000><c> know</c><00:30:16.180><c> that</c><00:30:16.440><c> God</c><00:30:16.859><c> practises</c><00:30:17.480><c> in</c><00:30:17.700><c> the</c><00:30:17.920><c> earth</c><00:30:18.099><c> His</c><00:30:18.660><c> attributes,</c>

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and<00:30:19.319><c> therefore</c><00:30:19.460><c> we</c><00:30:19.599><c> will</c><00:30:19.940><c> practise</c><00:30:20.220><c> it</c><00:30:20.359><c> with</c><00:30:20.559><c> Him,</c>

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that<00:30:21.440><c> in</c><00:30:21.559><c> the</c><00:30:21.720><c> age</c><00:30:21.920><c> to</c><00:30:22.099><c> come</c><00:30:22.460><c> we</c><00:30:22.779><c> might</c><00:30:23.039><c> learn</c><00:30:23.579><c> with</c><00:30:23.980><c> our</c><00:30:24.140><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:30:24.720><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:30:25.319><c> practise</c><00:30:25.619><c> it</c><00:30:26.059><c> before</c><00:30:26.339><c> the</c><00:30:26.579><c> world</c><00:30:26.819><c> in</c><00:30:27.119><c> immortality.</c>