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who<00:11:12.879><c> are</c><00:11:13.179><c> responsible</c><00:11:13.700><c> for</c><00:11:14.440><c> discipline,</c>

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If<00:11:46.960><c> we</c><00:11:47.240><c> have</c><00:11:47.500><c> selected</c><00:11:47.960><c> the</c><00:11:48.240><c> kind</c><00:11:48.460><c> of</c><00:11:48.659><c> arranging</c><00:11:49.100><c> brethren</c><00:11:49.379><c> that</c><00:11:49.600><c> we</c><00:11:49.879><c> want,</c>

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If<00:11:55.659><c> we</c><00:11:55.899><c> have</c><00:11:56.080><c> selected</c><00:11:56.440><c> the</c><00:11:56.720><c> kind</c><00:11:56.919><c> of</c><00:11:57.100><c> arranging</c><00:11:57.460><c> brethren</c><00:11:57.779><c> we</c>

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then<00:11:59.500><c> we</c><00:11:59.620><c> shall</c><00:11:59.740><c> be</c><00:11:59.980><c> guided</c><00:12:00.539><c> properly</c><00:12:01.220><c> by</c><00:12:01.700><c> the</c><00:12:01.820><c> spirit</c><00:12:02.059><c> of</c><00:12:02.259><c> the</c>

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These<00:12:04.679><c> people</c><00:12:05.120><c> here</c><00:12:05.740><c> had</c><00:12:06.460><c> turned</c><00:12:07.019><c> their</c><00:12:07.419><c> priests</c><00:12:07.740><c> until</c><00:12:08.039><c> their</c><00:12:08.340><c> priests</c><00:12:08.679><c> became</c><00:12:09.080><c> like</c><00:12:09.320><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:12:10.600><c> it</c><00:12:10.679><c> is</c><00:12:10.940><c> possible</c><00:12:11.279><c> for</c><00:12:11.580><c> us</c><00:12:12.379><c> to</c><00:12:12.799><c> produce</c><00:12:13.360><c> arranging</c><00:12:13.879><c> brethren</c><00:12:14.279><c> in</c><00:12:14.840><c> our</c>

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Tabor<00:12:23.279><c> means</c><00:12:23.580><c> high</c><00:12:23.919><c> place.</c>

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A<00:12:26.379><c> snare</c><00:12:26.539><c> in</c><00:12:26.700><c> the</c><00:12:26.879><c> watchtower.</c>

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They<00:12:30.019><c> are</c><00:12:30.139><c> being</c><00:12:30.500><c> tripped</c><00:12:30.759><c> up</c><00:12:30.899><c> in</c><00:12:31.080><c> the</c><00:12:31.220><c> very</c><00:12:31.460><c> places</c><00:12:31.960><c> where</c><00:12:32.159><c> they</c><00:12:32.340><c> ought</c><00:12:32.659><c> to</c>

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You<00:12:44.159><c> notice</c><00:12:44.360><c> how</c><00:12:44.740><c> here</c><00:12:45.080><c> in</c><00:12:45.279><c> this</c><00:12:45.519><c> verse</c><00:12:46.100><c> the</c><00:12:46.919><c> prophet</c><00:12:47.860><c> summarizes</c><00:12:49.159><c> the</c><00:12:49.440><c> whole</c><00:12:49.799><c> character</c><00:12:50.259><c> of</c>

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Verse<00:14:26.799><c> four,</c><00:14:30.539><c> the</c><00:14:30.620><c> middle</c><00:14:30.779><c> of</c><00:14:30.940><c> the</c><00:14:31.039><c> verse</c><00:14:31.320><c> they</c><00:14:31.519><c> are</c><00:14:31.700><c> described</c><00:14:32.019><c> as</c><00:14:32.200><c> having</c><00:14:32.419><c> the</c>

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We<00:14:50.799><c> find</c><00:14:51.159><c> that</c><00:14:51.379><c> the</c><00:14:51.519><c> word</c><00:14:51.720><c> spirit</c><00:14:52.480><c> really</c><00:14:53.299><c> means</c><00:14:53.659><c> the</c><00:14:53.940><c> essence</c>

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of<00:14:54.779><c> life.</c>

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When<00:14:59.399><c> therefore</c><00:14:59.779><c> we</c><00:14:59.980><c> are</c><00:15:00.059><c> reading</c><00:15:00.360><c> of</c><00:15:00.539><c> the</c><00:15:00.720><c> spirit</c><00:15:00.919><c> of</c><00:15:01.159><c> man,</c>

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we<00:15:03.240><c> read</c><00:15:03.419><c> of</c><00:15:03.539><c> the</c><00:15:03.679><c> spirit</c><00:15:03.840><c> of</c><00:15:04.019><c> man</c><00:15:04.259><c> as</c><00:15:04.460><c> being</c><00:15:04.679><c> the</c><00:15:04.759><c> spirit</c><00:15:04.980><c> of</c><00:15:05.259><c> greed,</c>

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the<00:15:06.860><c> spirit</c><00:15:07.100><c> of</c><00:15:07.299><c> jealousy,</c><00:15:08.799><c> the</c><00:15:08.899><c> spirit</c><00:15:09.200><c> of</c><00:15:09.480><c> whoredoms</c><00:15:09.860><c> as</c><00:15:10.179><c> here.</c>

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In<00:15:11.360><c> other</c><00:15:11.500><c> words,</c><00:15:11.740><c> the</c><00:15:11.820><c> very</c><00:15:12.159><c> essence</c><00:15:12.559><c> of</c><00:15:12.960><c> human</c><00:15:13.279><c> life</c><00:15:13.899><c> is</c><00:15:14.940><c> human,</c><00:15:15.820><c> it</c>

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is<00:15:16.120><c> mortal,</c><00:15:16.559><c> it</c><00:15:16.559><c> is</c><00:15:16.799><c> corrupt.</c>

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And<00:15:18.500><c> all</c><00:15:18.740><c> these</c><00:15:18.940><c> things</c><00:15:19.139><c> are</c><00:15:19.460><c> revealed</c><00:15:19.840><c> as</c><00:15:20.120><c> being</c><00:15:20.340><c> the</c><00:15:20.639><c> essence</c><00:15:20.899><c> of</c>

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human<00:15:21.419><c> life.</c>

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When<00:15:23.179><c> we</c><00:15:23.679><c> speak</c><00:15:23.960><c> of</c><00:15:24.259><c> the</c><00:15:25.159><c> life</c><00:15:25.379><c> of</c><00:15:25.679><c> God,</c><00:15:26.539><c> the</c><00:15:26.779><c> spirit</c><00:15:27.120><c> of</c><00:15:27.399><c> God,</c>

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we<00:15:28.460><c> read</c><00:15:29.019><c> of</c><00:15:29.279><c> a</c><00:15:29.519><c> Holy</c><00:15:30.000><c> Spirit,</c><00:15:31.600><c> the</c><00:15:31.740><c> spirit</c><00:15:32.000><c> of</c><00:15:32.259><c> grace,</c>

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the<00:15:34.080><c> spirit</c><00:15:34.360><c> of</c><00:15:34.620><c> love,</c><00:15:36.240><c> the</c><00:15:36.440><c> spirit</c><00:15:36.639><c> of</c><00:15:36.879><c> unity.</c>

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All<00:15:38.019><c> these</c><00:15:38.259><c> things</c><00:15:38.480><c> reveal</c><00:15:39.059><c> what</c><00:15:39.440><c> is</c><00:15:39.720><c> the</c><00:15:40.059><c> character</c><00:15:40.620><c> of</c><00:15:40.919><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:42.460><c> so</c><00:15:42.600><c> again</c><00:15:42.899><c> the</c><00:15:43.179><c> word</c><00:15:43.399><c> spirit</c><00:15:43.740><c> reveals</c><00:15:44.100><c> the</c><00:15:44.440><c> essence</c><00:15:44.820><c> of</c>

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God's<00:15:45.519><c> way</c><00:15:45.639><c> of</c><00:15:45.919><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:47.080><c> the</c><00:15:47.220><c> whole</c><00:15:47.419><c> purpose</c><00:15:47.799><c> of</c><00:15:47.980><c> the</c><00:15:48.120><c> Gospel</c><00:15:48.440><c> is</c><00:15:48.779><c> to</c><00:15:48.960><c> lift</c><00:15:49.179><c> a</c><00:15:49.379><c> man</c>

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from<00:15:50.360><c> the</c><00:15:50.659><c> spirit</c><00:15:50.899><c> of</c><00:15:51.259><c> mortality</c>

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into<00:15:52.639><c> the</c><00:15:53.039><c> spirit</c><00:15:53.460><c> of</c><00:15:53.679><c> God,</c><00:15:54.440><c> to</c><00:15:54.639><c> make</c><00:15:54.899><c> man</c><00:15:55.220><c> holy</c><00:15:55.620><c> like</c><00:15:55.879><c> himself</c>

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so<00:15:56.399><c> that</c><00:15:56.779><c> we</c><00:15:56.919><c> might</c><00:15:57.159><c> become</c><00:15:57.460><c> partakers</c><00:15:57.980><c> of</c><00:15:58.340><c> his</c><00:15:58.580><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:16:00.399><c> all</c><00:16:00.539><c> the</c><00:16:00.779><c> arguments</c><00:16:01.179><c> about</c><00:16:01.559><c> the</c><00:16:01.799><c> Holy</c><00:16:02.059><c> Spirit</c><00:16:02.299><c> gifts</c><00:16:02.600><c> are</c>

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really<00:16:03.080><c> quite</c><00:16:03.379><c> irrelevant.</c>

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The<00:16:04.740><c> most</c><00:16:04.940><c> important</c><00:16:05.580><c> thing</c><00:16:05.779><c> is</c><00:16:06.399><c> the</c><00:16:06.779><c> nature</c><00:16:07.240><c> and</c><00:16:07.720><c> quality</c><00:16:08.139><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:08.779><c> character</c><00:16:09.100><c> of</c><00:16:09.360><c> God</c>

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and<00:16:10.120><c> that</c><00:16:10.279><c> we</c><00:16:10.500><c> shall</c><00:16:10.720><c> be</c><00:16:11.059><c> transformed</c><00:16:11.759><c> into</c><00:16:12.340><c> that</c><00:16:12.679><c> image,</c><00:16:13.059><c> into</c><00:16:13.320><c> that</c><00:16:13.659><c> likeness</c><00:16:14.080><c> ultimately</c><00:16:14.759><c> by</c>

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his<00:16:15.639><c> mercy.</c>

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Verse<00:16:18.840><c> seven,</c><00:16:21.299><c> they</c><00:16:21.440><c> are</c><00:16:21.960><c> treacherous.</c>

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They<00:16:24.539><c> have</c><00:16:24.799><c> dealt</c><00:16:25.019><c> treacherously</c><00:16:25.799><c> against</c><00:16:26.139><c> the</c><00:16:26.320><c> Lord,</c>

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for<00:16:27.500><c> they</c><00:16:27.580><c> have</c><00:16:27.840><c> begotten</c><00:16:28.419><c> strange</c><00:16:28.940><c> children.</c>

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Although<00:16:32.600><c> Goma</c><00:16:32.879><c> is</c><00:16:33.059><c> not</c><00:16:33.259><c> mentioned</c><00:16:33.519><c> here,</c><00:16:34.580><c> we</c><00:16:34.740><c> have</c><00:16:34.960><c> to</c><00:16:35.100><c> take</c>

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this<00:16:35.879><c> as</c><00:16:36.179><c> being</c><00:16:37.080><c> read,</c>

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we<00:16:37.600><c> have</c><00:16:37.799><c> to</c><00:16:37.980><c> remember</c><00:16:38.340><c> that</c><00:16:39.159><c> the</c><00:16:40.220><c> real</c><00:16:40.580><c> life</c><00:16:40.980><c> acted</c><00:16:41.299><c> parable</c>

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of<00:16:42.559><c> Hosea</c><00:16:42.980><c> and</c><00:16:43.279><c> Goma</c>

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is<00:16:44.120><c> the</c><00:16:44.299><c> basis</c><00:16:44.740><c> of</c><00:16:45.080><c> what</c><00:16:45.379><c> the</c><00:16:45.580><c> prophet</c><00:16:45.740><c> is</c><00:16:46.000><c> telling</c><00:16:46.179><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:47.500><c> here</c><00:16:47.720><c> we</c><00:16:47.960><c> see</c><00:16:48.179><c> the</c><00:16:48.500><c> strange</c><00:16:49.019><c> children</c><00:16:49.500><c> begotten,</c>

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the<00:16:50.740><c> two</c><00:16:51.019><c> children</c><00:16:51.759><c> begotten,</c><00:16:52.480><c> Amai</c><00:16:53.220><c> and</c><00:16:54.419><c> Lodruama,</c>

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begotten<00:16:56.460><c> out</c><00:16:56.840><c> of</c><00:16:57.159><c> adultery,</c><00:16:58.600><c> being</c><00:16:58.899><c> used</c><00:16:59.240><c> now</c><00:16:59.559><c> of</c><00:16:59.700><c> Israel,</c>

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begetting<00:17:01.039><c> themselves</c><00:17:01.720><c> strange</c><00:17:02.580><c> children.</c>

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In<00:17:04.619><c> other</c><00:17:04.799><c> words,</c><00:17:05.079><c> bringing</c><00:17:05.400><c> up</c><00:17:05.680><c> another</c><00:17:06.000><c> generation</c><00:17:06.640><c> which</c>

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knoweth<00:17:07.200><c> not</c><00:17:07.400><c> the</c><00:17:07.599><c> Lord,</c>

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the<00:17:08.819><c> generation</c><00:17:09.319><c> which</c><00:17:09.619><c> will</c><00:17:10.099><c> have</c><00:17:10.380><c> to</c><00:17:10.599><c> be</c><00:17:10.799><c> destroyed</c><00:17:11.359><c> by</c><00:17:11.720><c> God</c>

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and<00:17:12.819><c> which</c><00:17:13.019><c> will</c><00:17:13.220><c> perish</c><00:17:13.480><c> in</c><00:17:13.700><c> its</c><00:17:13.900><c> wickedness.</c>

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They<00:17:15.599><c> have</c><00:17:15.880><c> dealt</c><00:17:16.160><c> treacherously.</c>

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They<00:17:17.900><c> should</c><00:17:18.180><c> have</c><00:17:18.380><c> been</c><00:17:18.640><c> married</c><00:17:18.920><c> to</c><00:17:19.220><c> God,</c><00:17:19.779><c> they</c><00:17:20.000><c> were</c><00:17:20.240><c> not.</c>

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They<00:17:21.160><c> sought</c><00:17:21.400><c> associations</c><00:17:22.299><c> with</c><00:17:23.339><c> other</c><00:17:23.799><c> husbands.</c>

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They<00:17:25.460><c> should</c><00:17:25.700><c> have</c><00:17:25.859><c> been</c><00:17:26.039><c> members</c><00:17:26.460><c> of</c><00:17:26.720><c> the</c><00:17:26.880><c> body</c><00:17:27.099><c> of</c><00:17:27.359><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:17:28.319><c> bring</c><00:17:28.500><c> the</c><00:17:28.740><c> exaltation</c><00:17:29.240><c> home,</c>

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but<00:17:30.200><c> instead</c><00:17:30.539><c> they</c><00:17:30.740><c> were</c><00:17:30.940><c> not.</c>

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They<00:17:31.660><c> had</c><00:17:31.940><c> joined</c><00:17:32.220><c> themselves</c><00:17:32.859><c> unto</c><00:17:33.380><c> idols.</c>

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Verse<00:17:36.380><c> ten,</c><00:17:38.240><c> the</c><00:17:38.380><c> rebellion</c><00:17:38.799><c> also</c><00:17:39.400><c> led</c><00:17:39.599><c> them</c><00:17:39.859><c> into</c><00:17:40.339><c> removing</c>

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the<00:17:41.619><c> bound,</c><00:17:42.859><c> removing</c><00:17:43.299><c> the</c><00:17:43.779><c> bound.</c>

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Turn<00:17:44.740><c> with</c><00:17:44.920><c> me</c><00:17:45.220><c> to</c><00:17:45.740><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:17:46.599><c> chapter</c><00:17:47.059><c> ten.</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:17:58.619><c> chapter</c><00:17:58.980><c> ten,</c><00:18:02.460><c> where</c><00:18:02.740><c> we</c><00:18:02.799><c> read</c><00:18:03.140><c> in</c><00:18:03.579><c> verse</c><00:18:04.220><c> eight,</c>

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He<00:18:06.700><c> that</c><00:18:07.019><c> diggeth</c><00:18:07.319><c> a</c><00:18:07.579><c> pit</c><00:18:07.900><c> shall</c><00:18:08.279><c> fall</c><00:18:08.539><c> into</c><00:18:08.880><c> it,</c>

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Whoso<00:18:11.380><c> breaketh</c><00:18:11.920><c> an</c><00:18:12.140><c> hedge,</c><00:18:13.660><c> a</c><00:18:13.839><c> serpent</c><00:18:14.140><c> shall</c><00:18:14.359><c> bite</c><00:18:14.559><c> him.</c>

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In<00:18:16.859><c> other</c><00:18:17.000><c> words,</c><00:18:17.140><c> if</c><00:18:17.279><c> we</c><00:18:17.519><c> go</c><00:18:17.779><c> to</c><00:18:18.019><c> break</c><00:18:18.259><c> down</c><00:18:18.559><c> the</c><00:18:18.819><c> bounds,</c>

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go<00:18:20.339><c> to</c><00:18:20.559><c> break</c><00:18:20.799><c> down</c><00:18:21.000><c> the</c><00:18:21.200><c> hedges</c><00:18:21.660><c> which</c><00:18:22.220><c> not</c><00:18:23.900><c> only</c><00:18:24.140><c> are</c><00:18:24.420><c> a</c><00:18:24.460><c> division</c><00:18:24.799><c> of</c>

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our<00:18:25.220><c> own</c><00:18:25.460><c> land</c>

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but<00:18:25.920><c> are</c><00:18:26.519><c> also</c><00:18:26.819><c> a</c><00:18:27.039><c> division</c><00:18:27.180><c> of</c><00:18:27.400><c> someone</c><00:18:27.599><c> else's,</c>

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we<00:18:29.039><c> shall</c><00:18:29.220><c> be</c><00:18:29.460><c> bitten</c><00:18:29.720><c> by</c><00:18:30.240><c> a</c><00:18:30.460><c> serpent.</c>

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But<00:18:32.960><c> apply</c><00:18:33.160><c> this</c><00:18:33.299><c> in</c><00:18:33.420><c> a</c><00:18:33.559><c> scriptural</c><00:18:33.920><c> sense,</c><00:18:34.240><c> in</c><00:18:34.460><c> a</c><00:18:34.619><c> spiritual</c><00:18:34.980><c> sense,</c>

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that<00:18:36.960><c> where</c><00:18:37.180><c> we</c><00:18:37.619><c> tamper</c><00:18:38.180><c> with</c><00:18:38.380><c> the</c><00:18:38.680><c> parameters</c><00:18:39.039><c> of</c><00:18:39.339><c> our</c><00:18:39.640><c> faith,</c>

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where<00:18:42.220><c> we</c><00:18:42.519><c> tamper</c><00:18:42.900><c> with</c><00:18:43.119><c> the</c><00:18:43.380><c> essentials</c><00:18:43.960><c> of</c><00:18:44.319><c> the</c><00:18:44.539><c> truth,</c>

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where<00:18:47.799><c> we</c><00:18:47.839><c> are</c><00:18:48.019><c> not</c><00:18:48.200><c> just</c><00:18:48.480><c> and</c><00:18:48.759><c> true</c><00:18:48.880><c> with</c><00:18:49.079><c> the</c><00:18:49.380><c> fundamentals</c>

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of<00:18:50.099><c> our</c><00:18:50.359><c> faith,</c>

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we<00:18:53.200><c> take</c><00:18:53.500><c> away</c><00:18:54.259><c> the</c><00:18:54.920><c> essence</c><00:18:55.160><c> of</c><00:18:55.420><c> salvation.</c>

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We<00:18:57.279><c> shall</c><00:18:57.460><c> be</c><00:18:57.720><c> bitten</c><00:18:58.000><c> by</c><00:18:58.259><c> the</c><00:18:58.480><c> serpent</c><00:18:58.940><c> of</c><00:18:59.339><c> sin</c><00:18:59.539><c> and</c><00:18:59.720><c> we</c><00:18:59.940><c> shall</c><00:19:00.039><c> die.</c>

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Whoso<00:19:03.240><c> removeeth</c><00:19:03.960><c> a</c><00:19:04.079><c> hedge</c><00:19:04.420><c> shall</c><00:19:04.920><c> be</c><00:19:05.099><c> bitten</c><00:19:05.440><c> by</c><00:19:05.920><c> a</c><00:19:06.059><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:19:07.759><c> so</c><00:19:08.160><c> tampering</c><00:19:08.400><c> with</c><00:19:09.980><c> the</c><00:19:10.079><c> fundamentals</c><00:19:10.640><c> of</c><00:19:10.940><c> our</c><00:19:11.200><c> faith</c><00:19:11.559><c> is</c><00:19:12.259><c> a</c>

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most<00:19:12.579><c> dangerous</c><00:19:13.019><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:19:14.299><c> here</c><00:19:14.460><c> the</c><00:19:14.619><c> children</c><00:19:14.799><c> of</c><00:19:14.920><c> Israel</c><00:19:15.539><c> had</c><00:19:15.960><c> removed</c><00:19:16.859><c> their</c><00:19:17.480><c> landmarks,</c>

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they<00:19:18.079><c> had</c><00:19:18.400><c> removed</c><00:19:19.039><c> their</c><00:19:19.579><c> bounds,</c><00:19:20.000><c> their</c><00:19:20.220><c> priests</c><00:19:20.599><c> were</c>

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like<00:19:20.960><c> unto</c><00:19:21.140><c> themselves,</c>

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their<00:19:22.480><c> kings</c><00:19:22.859><c> they</c><00:19:23.240><c> murdered,</c>

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and<00:19:24.559><c> of</c><00:19:24.779><c> course</c><00:19:24.920><c> they</c><00:19:25.140><c> were</c><00:19:25.559><c> committing</c><00:19:25.920><c> adultery</c><00:19:26.740><c> and</c>

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lewdness<00:19:27.579><c> amongst</c><00:19:27.880><c> themselves.</c>

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Verse<00:19:31.319><c> 11,</c><00:19:31.960><c> Ephraim</c><00:19:35.680><c> is</c><00:19:35.880><c> oppressed</c><00:19:36.500><c> and</c><00:19:36.980><c> broken</c><00:19:37.380><c> in</c><00:19:37.680><c> judgment</c>

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because<00:19:39.200><c> he</c><00:19:39.819><c> willingly</c><00:19:40.519><c> walked</c><00:19:41.079><c> after</c><00:19:41.500><c> the</c><00:19:41.740><c> commandment.</c>

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Remember,<00:19:44.140><c> Jeroboam</c><00:19:44.460><c> said,</c><00:19:44.980><c> These</c><00:19:45.079><c> be</c><00:19:45.299><c> thy</c><00:19:45.539><c> gods,</c><00:19:45.980><c> O</c><00:19:46.019><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:19:47.099><c> they</c><00:19:47.460><c> willingly</c><00:19:48.000><c> walked</c><00:19:48.539><c> after</c><00:19:48.920><c> the</c><00:19:49.200><c> commandment</c><00:19:49.779><c> and</c>

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served<00:19:50.779><c> those</c><00:19:51.140><c> gods.</c>

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There<00:19:52.759><c> is</c><00:19:52.940><c> a</c><00:19:53.039><c> point</c><00:19:53.160><c> here</c><00:19:53.380><c> we</c><00:19:53.460><c> must</c><00:19:53.779><c> bear</c><00:19:54.000><c> in</c><00:19:54.220><c> mind</c><00:19:54.440><c> and</c><00:19:54.539><c> that</c><00:19:54.720><c> is,</c>

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there<00:19:55.359><c> is</c><00:19:55.559><c> a</c><00:19:55.640><c> very</c><00:19:56.279><c> real</c><00:19:56.680><c> difference</c><00:19:57.079><c> between</c><00:19:57.640><c> sins</c><00:19:58.099><c> which</c>

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are<00:19:58.579><c> committed</c><00:19:58.859><c> through</c><00:19:59.140><c> weakness</c>

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and<00:20:00.440><c> sins</c><00:20:00.859><c> which</c><00:20:01.119><c> are</c><00:20:01.339><c> committed</c><00:20:02.059><c> willingly</c><00:20:02.799><c> or</c><00:20:03.579><c> willfully.</c>

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For<00:20:06.160><c> willful</c><00:20:06.839><c> persistence</c><00:20:07.599><c> in</c><00:20:08.000><c> wrongdoing</c><00:20:08.640><c> there</c><00:20:09.200><c> is</c><00:20:09.640><c> no</c><00:20:09.940><c> forgiveness.</c>

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They<00:20:12.420><c> that</c><00:20:12.740><c> tread</c><00:20:13.059><c> the</c><00:20:13.579><c> blood</c><00:20:13.740><c> of</c><00:20:13.960><c> Christ</c><00:20:14.559><c> wherewith</c><00:20:15.000><c> they</c>

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were<00:20:15.359><c> sanctified</c><00:20:15.940><c> beneath</c><00:20:16.279><c> their</c><00:20:16.599><c> feet</c>

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will<00:20:17.819><c> find</c><00:20:18.039><c> there</c><00:20:18.200><c> is</c><00:20:18.460><c> no</c><00:20:18.720><c> further</c><00:20:19.240><c> forgiveness.</c>

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But<00:20:22.079><c> there</c><00:20:22.319><c> is</c><00:20:22.700><c> always</c><00:20:23.220><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:24.059><c> for</c><00:20:24.700><c> transgression</c><00:20:25.440><c> which</c><00:20:25.960><c> is</c>

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committed<00:20:26.640><c> through</c><00:20:27.059><c> weakness.</c>

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And<00:20:28.500><c> this</c><00:20:28.779><c> is</c><00:20:28.960><c> something</c><00:20:29.500><c> we</c><00:20:29.799><c> must</c><00:20:30.059><c> remember.</c>

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Particularly<00:20:32.019><c> as</c><00:20:32.220><c> we</c><00:20:32.339><c> are</c><00:20:32.359><c> covering</c><00:20:33.079><c> Hosea</c><00:20:33.599><c> which</c><00:20:33.859><c> talks</c><00:20:34.140><c> about</c><00:20:34.660><c> the</c>

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problems<00:20:35.339><c> of</c><00:20:35.599><c> marriage</c>

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and<00:20:36.099><c> marriage</c><00:20:36.400><c> relationships,</c>

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there<00:20:38.059><c> is</c><00:20:38.579><c> no</c><00:20:39.039><c> sin</c><00:20:39.640><c> beyond</c><00:20:40.819><c> the</c><00:20:41.240><c> power</c><00:20:41.480><c> of</c><00:20:41.779><c> God</c><00:20:42.039><c> to</c><00:20:42.339><c> forgive</c><00:20:42.619><c> it.</c>

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Unless<00:20:44.559><c> there</c><00:20:44.880><c> is</c><00:20:45.440><c> a</c><00:20:45.720><c> willful</c><00:20:46.279><c> persistence</c><00:20:47.079><c> in</c><00:20:47.880><c> wrongdoing</c>

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and<00:20:49.180><c> then</c><00:20:49.380><c> there</c><00:20:49.720><c> can</c><00:20:50.099><c> be</c><00:20:50.299><c> no</c><00:20:50.539><c> forgiveness</c>

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because<00:20:51.660><c> we</c><00:20:51.859><c> put</c><00:20:52.000><c> ourselves</c><00:20:52.640><c> outside</c><00:20:53.700><c> the</c><00:20:54.079><c> realm</c><00:20:54.380><c> of</c><00:20:54.660><c> God's</c><00:20:54.980><c> salvation.</c>

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Now<00:20:58.180><c> let's</c><00:20:58.299><c> look</c><00:20:58.440><c> at</c><00:20:58.539><c> the</c><00:20:58.640><c> chapter</c><00:20:58.900><c> and</c><00:20:59.079><c> see</c><00:20:59.319><c> what</c><00:20:59.519><c> is</c><00:20:59.700><c> God's</c>

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remedial<00:21:00.680><c> action</c><00:21:01.400><c> with</c><00:21:02.640><c> Israel.</c>

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Verse<00:21:05.400><c> 9,</c><00:21:08.059><c> the</c><00:21:08.059><c> end</c><00:21:08.220><c> of</c><00:21:08.359><c> the</c><00:21:08.440><c> verse</c><00:21:08.599><c> says,</c>

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I<00:21:11.359><c> made</c><00:21:11.940><c> known</c><00:21:12.440><c> that</c><00:21:13.059><c> which</c><00:21:13.579><c> shall</c><00:21:14.039><c> surely</c><00:21:14.880><c> be.</c>

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God<00:21:17.779><c> had</c><00:21:18.339><c> revealed</c><00:21:19.000><c> his</c><00:21:19.380><c> way</c><00:21:19.720><c> to</c><00:21:19.900><c> the</c><00:21:20.099><c> children</c><00:21:20.339><c> of</c><00:21:20.500><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:21:21.900><c> they</c><00:21:22.259><c> were</c><00:21:22.920><c> absolutely</c><00:21:23.859><c> without</c><00:21:24.539><c> excuse.</c>

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Romans<00:21:26.339><c> chapter</c><00:21:26.640><c> 1,</c><00:21:26.900><c> since</c><00:21:27.059><c> we</c><00:21:27.240><c> are</c><00:21:27.240><c> reading,</c>

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since<00:21:29.220><c> we</c><00:21:29.400><c> were</c><00:21:29.559><c> looking</c><00:21:29.779><c> at</c><00:21:29.960><c> this</c><00:21:30.099><c> a</c><00:21:30.119><c> little</c><00:21:30.339><c> earlier</c><00:21:30.680><c> rather,</c>

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Romans<00:21:31.519><c> chapter</c><00:21:31.859><c> 1,</c>

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notice<00:21:38.680><c> what</c><00:21:39.240><c> the</c><00:21:39.380><c> apostle</c><00:21:39.619><c> Paul</c><00:21:39.900><c> has</c><00:21:40.140><c> to</c><00:21:40.299><c> say</c><00:21:40.420><c> to</c><00:21:40.640><c> us</c><00:21:40.839><c> here</c><00:21:41.799><c> in</c>

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verse<00:21:43.019><c> 20.</c>

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The<00:21:46.779><c> invisible</c><00:21:47.420><c> things</c><00:21:47.960><c> of</c><00:21:48.240><c> him</c><00:21:48.579><c> from</c><00:21:48.960><c> the</c><00:21:49.180><c> creation</c><00:21:49.559><c> of</c><00:21:49.759><c> the</c><00:21:50.000><c> world</c>

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are<00:21:50.960><c> clearly</c><00:21:51.380><c> seen</c><00:21:51.940><c> being</c><00:21:53.099><c> understood</c><00:21:53.900><c> by</c><00:21:54.220><c> the</c><00:21:54.420><c> things</c><00:21:54.579><c> that</c>

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are<00:21:54.980><c> made</c>

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even<00:21:56.039><c> his</c><00:21:56.519><c> eternal</c><00:21:57.460><c> power</c><00:21:58.079><c> and</c><00:21:58.480><c> Godhead</c><00:21:59.160><c> so</c><00:21:59.400><c> that</c><00:21:59.579><c> they</c><00:22:00.119><c> were</c>

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without<00:22:01.039><c> excuse.</c>

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They<00:22:01.599><c> are</c><00:22:01.880><c> without</c><00:22:02.140><c> excuse.</c>

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Then<00:22:03.819><c> he</c><00:22:03.980><c> says</c><00:22:04.220><c> when</c><00:22:04.420><c> they</c><00:22:04.660><c> knew</c><00:22:04.859><c> God</c><00:22:05.079><c> they</c><00:22:05.299><c> glorified</c><00:22:05.799><c> him</c><00:22:05.980><c> not</c><00:22:06.160><c> as</c><00:22:06.480><c> God.</c>

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Having<00:22:09.559><c> laid</c><00:22:09.819><c> this</c><00:22:10.059><c> foundation</c><00:22:10.559><c> in</c><00:22:10.740><c> Romans</c><00:22:11.000><c> chapter</c><00:22:11.359><c> 1</c>

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that<00:22:11.779><c> they</c><00:22:12.079><c> knew</c><00:22:12.400><c> God,</c><00:22:13.099><c> that</c><00:22:13.259><c> they</c><00:22:13.480><c> were</c><00:22:13.759><c> without</c><00:22:14.079><c> excuse,</c>

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he<00:22:15.059><c> then</c><00:22:15.319><c> goes</c><00:22:15.500><c> on</c><00:22:15.700><c> to</c><00:22:15.880><c> point</c><00:22:16.099><c> out</c><00:22:16.660><c> the</c><00:22:17.480><c> extremity</c><00:22:18.279><c> of</c><00:22:18.700><c> his</c><00:22:19.019><c> judgment</c>

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poured<00:22:19.779><c> out</c><00:22:20.039><c> upon</c><00:22:20.220><c> them</c><00:22:20.619><c> as</c><00:22:20.839><c> you</c><00:22:21.000><c> remember</c><00:22:21.440><c> in</c><00:22:22.420><c> the</c><00:22:22.660><c> three</c>

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times<00:22:23.359><c> usage</c>

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of<00:22:24.359><c> the</c><00:22:24.660><c> expression</c><00:22:25.019><c> God</c><00:22:25.559><c> also</c><00:22:26.319><c> gave</c><00:22:26.640><c> them</c><00:22:26.839><c> up.</c>

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It<00:22:28.000><c> is</c><00:22:28.200><c> in</c><00:22:28.319><c> that</c><00:22:28.539><c> sense</c><00:22:28.799><c> then</c><00:22:28.920><c> that</c><00:22:29.039><c> we</c><00:22:29.180><c> come</c><00:22:29.400><c> back</c><00:22:29.640><c> into</c><00:22:29.980><c> Hosea</c>

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that<00:22:31.660><c> God</c><00:22:32.279><c> made</c><00:22:32.839><c> his</c><00:22:33.259><c> principles</c><00:22:33.839><c> clearly</c><00:22:34.720><c> known</c><00:22:35.180><c> unto</c><00:22:35.480><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:22:36.880><c> they</c><00:22:37.380><c> were</c><00:22:37.779><c> without</c><00:22:38.160><c> excuse.</c>

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I<00:22:41.900><c> want</c><00:22:41.980><c> you</c><00:22:42.039><c> for</c><00:22:42.160><c> a</c><00:22:42.279><c> moment</c><00:22:42.420><c> to</c><00:22:42.599><c> see</c><00:22:42.700><c> the</c><00:22:42.900><c> impact</c><00:22:43.140><c> of</c><00:22:43.380><c> this</c>

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to<00:22:44.000><c> think</c><00:22:44.619><c> in</c><00:22:46.720><c> terms</c><00:22:47.039><c> of</c><00:22:47.119><c> business.</c>

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The<00:22:52.819><c> board</c><00:22:53.039><c> of</c><00:22:53.240><c> directors</c><00:22:53.579><c> will</c><00:22:53.779><c> meet</c><00:22:53.960><c> together</c><00:22:54.319><c> at</c><00:22:54.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.599><c> beginning</c><00:22:54.839><c> of</c>

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and<00:22:55.519><c> they</c><00:22:55.539><c> will</c><00:22:55.799><c> consider</c><00:22:56.200><c> the</c><00:22:56.500><c> coming</c><00:22:56.779><c> financial</c><00:22:57.299><c> year</c>

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and<00:22:59.839><c> they</c><00:23:00.000><c> will</c><00:23:00.240><c> produce</c><00:23:00.619><c> a</c><00:23:00.859><c> budget.</c>

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They<00:23:03.819><c> do</c><00:23:04.180><c> not</c><00:23:04.440><c> know</c><00:23:04.700><c> what</c><00:23:04.940><c> is</c><00:23:05.279><c> going</c><00:23:05.420><c> to</c><00:23:05.599><c> happen</c><00:23:05.859><c> in</c><00:23:06.039><c> that</c><00:23:06.240><c> coming</c><00:23:06.519><c> year</c>

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but<00:23:06.819><c> they</c><00:23:07.000><c> must</c><00:23:07.220><c> make</c><00:23:07.940><c> what</c><00:23:08.240><c> they</c><00:23:08.480><c> think</c><00:23:08.599><c> is</c><00:23:08.779><c> an</c><00:23:08.940><c> educated</c><00:23:09.359><c> guess.</c>

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They<00:23:11.880><c> must</c><00:23:12.079><c> allow</c><00:23:12.420><c> for</c><00:23:12.799><c> contingencies.</c>

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They<00:23:14.940><c> don't</c><00:23:15.299><c> know</c><00:23:15.619><c> but</c><00:23:15.740><c> they</c><00:23:15.900><c> are</c><00:23:15.980><c> going</c><00:23:16.140><c> to</c><00:23:16.279><c> make</c><00:23:16.440><c> decisions</c>

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and<00:23:18.000><c> they</c><00:23:18.119><c> will</c><00:23:18.339><c> say</c><00:23:18.579><c> if</c><00:23:19.220><c> this</c><00:23:19.579><c> happens,</c><00:23:20.000><c> if</c><00:23:20.220><c> this</c><00:23:20.400><c> happens,</c>

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if<00:23:21.259><c> that</c><00:23:21.480><c> happens</c><00:23:21.700><c> in</c><00:23:21.920><c> accordance</c><00:23:22.299><c> with</c><00:23:22.559><c> this,</c>

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then<00:23:23.440><c> these</c><00:23:23.779><c> will</c><00:23:23.960><c> be</c><00:23:24.119><c> the</c><00:23:24.279><c> results</c><00:23:24.640><c> and</c><00:23:25.059><c> this</c><00:23:25.380><c> is</c><00:23:25.579><c> going</c><00:23:25.680><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:26.099><c> our</c><00:23:26.319><c> future.</c>

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This<00:23:26.740><c> is</c><00:23:26.859><c> going</c><00:23:26.960><c> to</c><00:23:27.099><c> be</c><00:23:27.299><c> our</c><00:23:27.539><c> profit.</c>

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And<00:23:29.180><c> they</c><00:23:29.339><c> make</c><00:23:29.519><c> their</c><00:23:29.799><c> decisions</c><00:23:30.160><c> on</c><00:23:30.440><c> very</c><00:23:31.099><c> scanty</c><00:23:31.740><c> information.</c>

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If<00:23:33.819><c> there</c><00:23:34.000><c> is</c><00:23:34.200><c> a</c><00:23:34.299><c> prolonged</c><00:23:34.640><c> strike</c><00:23:35.099><c> in</c><00:23:35.299><c> the</c><00:23:35.519><c> industry</c>

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then<00:23:36.400><c> all</c><00:23:36.660><c> those</c><00:23:36.980><c> calculations</c><00:23:37.500><c> are</c><00:23:37.880><c> wrong.</c>

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A<00:23:39.259><c> recalculation</c><00:23:40.019><c> has</c><00:23:40.140><c> to</c><00:23:40.299><c> be</c><00:23:40.460><c> formed.</c>

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A<00:23:41.019><c> new</c><00:23:41.220><c> budget</c><00:23:41.500><c> has</c><00:23:41.680><c> to</c><00:23:41.819><c> be</c><00:23:41.980><c> made.</c>

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An<00:23:42.400><c> emergency</c><00:23:42.839><c> one</c><00:23:43.140><c> during</c><00:23:43.579><c> the</c><00:23:43.859><c> year.</c>

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But<00:23:44.880><c> they</c><00:23:45.359><c> work</c><00:23:45.779><c> upon</c><00:23:46.160><c> such</c><00:23:46.519><c> scanty</c><00:23:47.180><c> information.</c>

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We,<00:23:50.519><c> so</c><00:23:50.640><c> far</c><00:23:50.759><c> as</c><00:23:50.900><c> the</c><00:23:51.079><c> truth</c><00:23:51.240><c> is</c><00:23:51.500><c> concerned,</c>

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have<00:23:52.799><c> been</c><00:23:53.240><c> told</c><00:23:53.640><c> by</c><00:23:53.980><c> God</c><00:23:54.559><c> precisely</c><00:23:55.599><c> what</c><00:23:56.240><c> will</c><00:23:56.619><c> happen.</c>

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God<00:23:58.640><c> has</c><00:23:58.920><c> said</c><00:23:59.119><c> to</c><00:23:59.259><c> us</c><00:23:59.680><c> precisely</c><00:24:00.640><c> if</c><00:24:01.140><c> we</c><00:24:01.440><c> are</c><00:24:01.779><c> obedient</c><00:24:02.240><c> to</c><00:24:02.440><c> him,</c>

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what<00:24:03.500><c> we</c><00:24:03.839><c> shall</c><00:24:04.059><c> enjoy.</c>

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And<00:24:04.880><c> the</c><00:24:05.339><c> picture</c><00:24:05.740><c> of</c><00:24:05.900><c> the</c><00:24:06.000><c> kingdom</c><00:24:06.279><c> of</c><00:24:06.500><c> God</c>

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is<00:24:06.859><c> painted</c><00:24:07.180><c> in</c><00:24:07.539><c> full</c><00:24:08.079><c> glowing</c><00:24:08.700><c> colors.</c>

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He<00:24:10.099><c> has</c><00:24:10.299><c> also</c><00:24:10.619><c> told</c><00:24:10.839><c> us</c><00:24:11.279><c> precisely</c><00:24:12.059><c> what</c><00:24:12.700><c> will</c><00:24:12.940><c> happen</c>

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if<00:24:13.599><c> we</c><00:24:13.819><c> don't</c><00:24:14.079><c> follow</c><00:24:14.359><c> him.</c>

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If<00:24:16.019><c> we</c><00:24:16.279><c> take</c><00:24:16.519><c> ourselves</c><00:24:16.920><c> from</c><00:24:17.200><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:24:17.779><c> become</c><00:24:18.039><c> members</c><00:24:18.440><c> of</c><00:24:18.880><c> an</c><00:24:19.140><c> idol</c><00:24:19.519><c> or</c><00:24:20.079><c> a</c><00:24:20.319><c> harlot,</c>

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he<00:24:21.099><c> has</c><00:24:21.339><c> told</c><00:24:21.460><c> us</c><00:24:21.599><c> what</c><00:24:21.799><c> will</c><00:24:22.059><c> happen</c><00:24:22.420><c> in</c><00:24:23.359><c> frightful</c><00:24:24.180><c> terms.</c>

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The<00:24:25.759><c> judgments</c><00:24:26.140><c> of</c><00:24:26.420><c> God</c><00:24:26.619><c> will</c><00:24:26.859><c> be</c><00:24:27.119><c> poured</c><00:24:27.279><c> out</c><00:24:27.559><c> upon</c>

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all<00:24:28.519><c> those</c><00:24:28.720><c> who</c><00:24:28.940><c> are</c><00:24:29.299><c> ungodly</c>

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and<00:24:30.359><c> the</c><00:24:30.700><c> descriptions</c><00:24:31.160><c> in</c><00:24:31.359><c> the</c><00:24:31.519><c> Bible</c><00:24:31.740><c> are</c><00:24:32.140><c> frightful.</c>

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We<00:24:34.200><c> are</c><00:24:34.700><c> without</c><00:24:35.099><c> excuse.</c>

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And<00:24:37.000><c> the</c><00:24:37.119><c> remarkable</c><00:24:37.599><c> thing</c><00:24:37.920><c> is</c><00:24:38.240><c> that</c><00:24:38.519><c> men</c><00:24:38.859><c> in</c><00:24:39.180><c> business</c>

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will<00:24:39.799><c> work</c><00:24:40.200><c> with</c><00:24:40.779><c> their</c><00:24:41.200><c> flimsy</c><00:24:41.839><c> information</c>

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and<00:24:43.099><c> they</c><00:24:43.220><c> will</c><00:24:43.420><c> make</c><00:24:43.619><c> the</c><00:24:43.799><c> decisions</c><00:24:44.180><c> to</c><00:24:44.480><c> try</c><00:24:44.839><c> to</c><00:24:45.099><c> achieve</c><00:24:45.400><c> a</c><00:24:45.640><c> profit.</c>

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But<00:24:47.140><c> we</c><00:24:47.460><c> who</c><00:24:47.619><c> have</c><00:24:47.799><c> been</c><00:24:48.019><c> given</c><00:24:48.319><c> all</c><00:24:48.779><c> the</c><00:24:49.019><c> information</c>

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and<00:24:50.259><c> know</c><00:24:50.480><c> precisely</c><00:24:51.140><c> what</c><00:24:51.440><c> will</c><00:24:51.640><c> happen</c>

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will<00:24:52.460><c> so</c><00:24:52.700><c> often</c><00:24:53.059><c> choose</c><00:24:53.440><c> to</c><00:24:53.660><c> go</c><00:24:53.799><c> in</c><00:24:53.980><c> the</c><00:24:54.119><c> wrong</c><00:24:54.299><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:24:56.579><c> that</c><00:24:56.619><c> is</c><00:24:56.799><c> the</c><00:24:56.839><c> most</c><00:24:57.079><c> remarkable</c><00:24:57.599><c> thing</c><00:24:57.880><c> about</c><00:24:58.160><c> human</c><00:24:58.460><c> nature.</c>

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We<00:25:00.039><c> are</c><00:25:00.480><c> absolutely</c><00:25:01.160><c> without</c><00:25:01.640><c> excuse.</c>

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And<00:25:03.200><c> so</c><00:25:03.460><c> God</c><00:25:03.759><c> in</c><00:25:04.079><c> his</c><00:25:04.460><c> first</c><00:25:05.000><c> stage</c><00:25:05.500><c> of</c><00:25:05.759><c> his</c><00:25:05.940><c> remedial</c><00:25:06.359><c> action</c>

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makes<00:25:07.680><c> absolutely</c><00:25:08.500><c> certain</c><00:25:09.180><c> that</c><00:25:09.740><c> we</c><00:25:10.180><c> know</c><00:25:10.539><c> all</c><00:25:10.960><c> the</c><00:25:11.140><c> conditions.</c>

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I<00:25:12.880><c> made</c><00:25:13.579><c> known</c><00:25:14.059><c> that</c><00:25:14.799><c> which</c><00:25:15.240><c> shall</c><00:25:15.700><c> surely</c><00:25:16.259><c> be.</c>

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And<00:25:17.480><c> there's</c><00:25:17.640><c> no</c><00:25:17.839><c> doubt</c><00:25:18.019><c> about</c><00:25:18.299><c> it.</c>

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The<00:25:19.279><c> decision</c><00:25:19.619><c> we</c><00:25:19.940><c> make</c><00:25:20.119><c> is</c><00:25:20.460><c> entirely</c><00:25:21.019><c> of</c><00:25:21.500><c> our</c><00:25:21.660><c> own</c><00:25:21.859><c> responsibility.</c>

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The<00:25:25.839><c> next</c><00:25:26.059><c> stage</c><00:25:26.299><c> was</c><00:25:26.519><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:25:28.559><c> princes</c><00:25:28.859><c> of</c><00:25:29.099><c> Judah</c><00:25:29.259><c> were</c><00:25:29.460><c> like</c><00:25:29.640><c> them</c><00:25:29.819><c> that</c><00:25:30.019><c> removed</c><00:25:30.359><c> the</c><00:25:30.660><c> band.</c>

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Therefore<00:25:31.880><c> will</c><00:25:32.420><c> I</c><00:25:32.660><c> pour</c><00:25:32.960><c> out</c><00:25:33.359><c> my</c><00:25:33.759><c> wrath</c><00:25:34.039><c> upon</c><00:25:34.460><c> them</c><00:25:34.920><c> like</c><00:25:35.440><c> water</c><00:25:35.980><c> or</c>

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like<00:25:36.660><c> a</c><00:25:36.880><c> flood.</c>

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We<00:25:39.400><c> may</c><00:25:39.619><c> think</c><00:25:40.019><c> for</c><00:25:40.259><c> a</c><00:25:40.380><c> moment</c><00:25:40.539><c> that</c><00:25:40.740><c> this</c><00:25:40.900><c> is</c><00:25:41.079><c> just</c><00:25:42.240><c> pure</c>

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retributive<00:25:44.059><c> judgment.</c>

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In<00:25:46.099><c> actual</c><00:25:46.380><c> fact</c><00:25:46.579><c> it</c><00:25:46.680><c> is</c><00:25:46.940><c> not</c>

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because<00:25:47.680><c> you</c><00:25:47.960><c> will</c><00:25:48.119><c> think</c><00:25:48.259><c> of</c><00:25:48.460><c> the</c><00:25:48.700><c> flood</c><00:25:48.859><c> in</c><00:25:49.099><c> the</c><00:25:49.200><c> days</c><00:25:49.359><c> of</c><00:25:49.700><c> Noah</c>

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and<00:25:51.579><c> the</c><00:25:51.740><c> flood</c><00:25:51.839><c> did</c><00:25:52.019><c> two</c><00:25:52.240><c> things.</c>

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It<00:25:54.599><c> represented</c><00:25:55.079><c> the</c><00:25:55.420><c> day</c><00:25:55.640><c> of</c><00:25:55.839><c> vengeance.</c>

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It<00:25:56.839><c> represented</c><00:25:57.220><c> the</c><00:25:57.500><c> day</c><00:25:57.799><c> of</c><00:25:58.019><c> the</c><00:25:58.200><c> Lord</c><00:25:58.660><c> our</c><00:25:59.079><c> God.</c>

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It<00:26:00.440><c> destroyed</c><00:26:00.900><c> the</c><00:26:01.180><c> wicked</c><00:26:01.420><c> but</c><00:26:01.599><c> it</c><00:26:01.960><c> saved</c><00:26:02.180><c> the</c><00:26:02.420><c> righteous.</c>

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It<00:26:04.420><c> selected</c><00:26:04.980><c> from</c><00:26:05.400><c> the</c><00:26:05.740><c> world</c><00:26:06.000><c> of</c><00:26:06.259><c> that</c><00:26:06.559><c> day</c>

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a<00:26:07.619><c> new</c><00:26:08.119><c> family</c><00:26:08.880><c> to</c><00:26:09.220><c> produce</c><00:26:09.599><c> a</c><00:26:10.019><c> new</c><00:26:10.299><c> generation.</c>

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And<00:26:12.019><c> so</c><00:26:12.259><c> God</c><00:26:12.500><c> would</c><00:26:12.940><c> pour</c><00:26:13.259><c> out</c><00:26:13.559><c> his</c><00:26:13.900><c> wrath</c><00:26:14.160><c> upon</c><00:26:14.480><c> them</c><00:26:14.940><c> like</c><00:26:15.440><c> a</c><00:26:15.700><c> flood</c>

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which<00:26:16.819><c> would</c><00:26:17.180><c> in</c><00:26:17.319><c> itself</c><00:26:17.920><c> purge</c><00:26:18.579><c> the</c><00:26:18.839><c> children</c><00:26:19.039><c> of</c><00:26:19.259><c> Israel</c>

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would<00:26:20.200><c> itself</c><00:26:20.660><c> produce</c><00:26:21.359><c> a</c><00:26:21.660><c> remnant</c>

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which<00:26:22.519><c> would</c><00:26:22.859><c> be</c><00:26:23.180><c> responsible</c><00:26:23.819><c> for</c><00:26:24.220><c> a</c><00:26:24.420><c> new</c><00:26:24.559><c> generation.</c>

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Now<00:26:25.980><c> the</c><00:26:26.160><c> pouring</c><00:26:26.380><c> out</c><00:26:26.619><c> of</c><00:26:26.779><c> that</c><00:26:27.000><c> wrath</c><00:26:27.279><c> is</c><00:26:28.039><c> explained</c><00:26:28.480><c> to</c><00:26:28.740><c> us</c>

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in<00:26:29.420><c> two</c><00:26:29.960><c> further</c><00:26:30.359><c> stages</c><00:26:30.799><c> which</c><00:26:31.160><c> follow.</c>

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Verse<00:26:32.740><c> 12.</c>

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Therefore<00:26:36.240><c> will</c><00:26:36.500><c> I</c><00:26:36.640><c> be</c><00:26:36.859><c> unto</c><00:26:37.140><c> Ephraim</c><00:26:37.700><c> as</c><00:26:37.960><c> a</c><00:26:38.200><c> moth</c>

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and<00:26:39.980><c> unto</c><00:26:40.180><c> the</c><00:26:40.380><c> house</c><00:26:40.539><c> of</c><00:26:40.859><c> Judah</c><00:26:41.079><c> as</c><00:26:41.380><c> rottenness.</c>

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And<00:26:43.660><c> later,</c><00:26:44.079><c> verse</c><00:26:44.460><c> 14,</c><00:26:45.480><c> I</c><00:26:45.720><c> will</c><00:26:45.880><c> be</c><00:26:45.980><c> unto</c><00:26:46.240><c> Ephraim</c><00:26:46.759><c> as</c><00:26:47.000><c> a</c><00:26:47.220><c> lion.</c>

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Two<00:26:49.480><c> stages</c><00:26:49.880><c> because</c><00:26:50.319><c> first</c><00:26:50.720><c> of</c><00:26:50.900><c> all</c><00:26:51.000><c> there</c><00:26:51.220><c> is</c><00:26:51.460><c> the</c><00:26:52.319><c> gentle</c>

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erosion<00:26:53.700><c> of</c><00:26:54.200><c> the</c><00:26:54.380><c> nation</c><00:26:54.640><c> of</c><00:26:54.880><c> Israel.</c>

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The<00:26:56.339><c> silent</c><00:26:57.000><c> decay</c><00:26:57.559><c> which</c><00:26:57.819><c> is</c><00:26:58.059><c> represented</c><00:26:58.640><c> by</c><00:26:59.119><c> the</c><00:26:59.400><c> damage</c><00:26:59.680><c> caused</c><00:27:00.160><c> by</c><00:27:00.559><c> a</c><00:27:00.740><c> moth.</c>

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If<00:27:02.740><c> they</c><00:27:02.960><c> were</c><00:27:03.220><c> to</c><00:27:03.519><c> heed</c><00:27:03.920><c> this</c><00:27:04.299><c> and</c><00:27:04.619><c> see</c><00:27:04.859><c> that</c><00:27:05.079><c> their</c><00:27:05.259><c> nation</c>

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was<00:27:05.980><c> shrinking</c>

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that<00:27:07.299><c> they</c><00:27:07.579><c> were</c><00:27:07.839><c> being</c><00:27:08.359><c> consumed</c><00:27:09.200><c> as</c><00:27:09.720><c> by</c><00:27:10.079><c> a</c><00:27:10.259><c> moth</c>

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:13.220
then<00:27:11.500><c> that</c><00:27:11.799><c> in</c><00:27:11.960><c> itself</c><00:27:12.180><c> would</c><00:27:12.400><c> be</c><00:27:12.640><c> remedial.</c>

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:16.720
They<00:27:13.740><c> would</c><00:27:13.960><c> repent</c><00:27:14.400><c> and</c><00:27:15.299><c> God</c><00:27:15.500><c> would</c><00:27:15.720><c> heal</c><00:27:15.880><c> them.</c>

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:21.259
But<00:27:17.140><c> because</c><00:27:17.480><c> they</c><00:27:17.759><c> didn't</c><00:27:18.099><c> heed</c><00:27:18.500><c> the</c><00:27:18.880><c> signs</c><00:27:19.160><c> of</c><00:27:19.460><c> this</c><00:27:20.160><c> silent</c><00:27:20.779><c> decay</c>

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.799
this<00:27:21.579><c> shrinking</c><00:27:21.940><c> of</c><00:27:22.220><c> the</c><00:27:22.400><c> nation</c>

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:26.619
then<00:27:23.460><c> there</c><00:27:23.660><c> had</c><00:27:23.920><c> to</c><00:27:24.059><c> come</c><00:27:24.220><c> this</c><00:27:24.420><c> more</c><00:27:25.019><c> vigorous</c><00:27:25.980><c> discipline</c>

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.880
which<00:27:27.220><c> was</c><00:27:27.680><c> as</c><00:27:28.200><c> of</c><00:27:28.460><c> a</c><00:27:28.599><c> lion.</c>

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I<00:27:29.460><c> will</c><00:27:29.779><c> tear</c><00:27:30.099><c> and</c><00:27:30.359><c> go</c><00:27:30.599><c> away.</c>

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.420
I<00:27:31.380><c> will</c><00:27:31.619><c> take</c><00:27:31.859><c> away</c><00:27:32.160><c> and</c><00:27:32.359><c> none</c><00:27:32.519><c> shall</c><00:27:32.680><c> rescue</c><00:27:33.079><c> him.</c>

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.940
And<00:27:33.940><c> so</c><00:27:34.140><c> we</c><00:27:34.299><c> had</c><00:27:34.559><c> the</c><00:27:35.180><c> people,</c><00:27:35.480><c> the</c><00:27:35.599><c> nation</c><00:27:35.799><c> of</c><00:27:35.940><c> Israel</c><00:27:36.420><c> being</c>

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.500
taken<00:27:37.319><c> into</c><00:27:37.700><c> captivity.</c>

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Their<00:27:39.420><c> ferocious</c><00:27:40.000><c> enemies</c><00:27:40.619><c> here</c><00:27:41.019><c> being</c><00:27:41.440><c> likened</c><00:27:41.839><c> unto</c><00:27:42.200><c> the</c><00:27:42.680><c> lion</c>

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which<00:27:43.079><c> would</c><00:27:43.359><c> tear</c><00:27:43.660><c> and</c><00:27:44.119><c> which</c><00:27:44.279><c> would</c><00:27:44.579><c> take</c><00:27:44.839><c> them.</c>

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:49.519
And<00:27:46.559><c> notice</c><00:27:46.819><c> now,</c><00:27:47.559><c> God</c><00:27:47.900><c> says</c><00:27:48.279><c> I</c><00:27:48.519><c> will</c><00:27:48.779><c> go</c><00:27:49.099><c> away</c>

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.299
and<00:27:50.220><c> I</c><00:27:50.400><c> will</c><00:27:50.559><c> return</c><00:27:50.859><c> unto</c><00:27:51.119><c> my</c><00:27:51.440><c> place.</c>

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Before<00:27:54.240><c> we</c><00:27:54.380><c> look</c><00:27:54.519><c> in</c><00:27:54.640><c> that</c><00:27:54.839><c> last</c><00:27:55.019><c> verse</c>

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:59.720
can<00:27:56.980><c> we</c><00:27:57.160><c> just</c><00:27:57.420><c> examine</c><00:27:57.819><c> Israel's</c><00:27:59.079><c> reaction</c>

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:04.599
to<00:28:00.680><c> God's</c><00:28:01.559><c> remedial</c><00:28:02.319><c> action</c><00:28:02.799><c> amongst</c><00:28:03.240><c> them?</c>

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Verse<00:28:07.420><c> 13</c>

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Ephraim<00:28:13.799><c> as</c><00:28:14.019><c> a</c><00:28:14.180><c> moth</c>

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.960
that<00:28:15.599><c> has</c><00:28:15.759><c> of</c><00:28:15.880><c> Judah</c><00:28:16.059><c> as</c><00:28:16.319><c> rottenness</c>

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.319
the<00:28:17.259><c> decay</c><00:28:17.539><c> has</c><00:28:17.799><c> started</c>

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:22.000
they<00:28:19.160><c> ought</c><00:28:19.440><c> to</c><00:28:19.660><c> have</c><00:28:19.859><c> turned</c><00:28:20.079><c> to</c><00:28:20.339><c> God</c><00:28:20.579><c> but</c><00:28:20.740><c> what</c><00:28:21.000><c> did</c><00:28:21.160><c> they</c><00:28:21.420><c> do?</c>

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When<00:28:22.660><c> Ephraim</c><00:28:23.319><c> saw</c><00:28:23.759><c> his</c><00:28:24.220><c> sickness</c><00:28:24.779><c> and</c><00:28:25.180><c> Judah</c><00:28:25.500><c> saw</c><00:28:25.819><c> his</c><00:28:26.180><c> wound</c>

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:29.200
then<00:28:27.440><c> went</c><00:28:27.799><c> Ephraim</c><00:28:28.299><c> to</c><00:28:28.519><c> the</c><00:28:28.720><c> Assyrian</c>

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:32.819
and<00:28:30.319><c> sent</c><00:28:30.579><c> to</c><00:28:30.859><c> King</c><00:28:31.220><c> Jareb.</c>

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:36.440
They<00:28:33.960><c> did</c><00:28:34.319><c> not</c><00:28:34.640><c> go</c><00:28:34.960><c> to</c><00:28:35.220><c> God</c><00:28:35.480><c> to</c><00:28:35.819><c> seek</c><00:28:36.039><c> help</c>

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:41.500
they<00:28:37.240><c> went</c><00:28:37.660><c> back</c><00:28:38.279><c> into</c><00:28:38.500><c> the</c><00:28:38.859><c> world</c><00:28:39.200><c> to</c><00:28:39.539><c> seek</c><00:28:39.740><c> help</c><00:28:40.000><c> from</c><00:28:40.200><c> the</c><00:28:40.400><c> world.</c>

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:44.839
They<00:28:42.559><c> paid</c><00:28:42.880><c> money</c><00:28:43.359><c> to</c><00:28:43.799><c> the</c><00:28:43.960><c> king</c>

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and<00:28:45.680><c> he</c><00:28:45.819><c> didn't</c><00:28:46.039><c> help</c><00:28:46.259><c> them.</c>

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In<00:28:47.019><c> fact</c><00:28:47.099><c> he</c><00:28:47.299><c> robbed</c><00:28:47.480><c> them</c><00:28:47.700><c> even</c><00:28:48.059><c> further</c>

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and<00:28:48.599><c> ultimately</c><00:28:49.200><c> took</c><00:28:49.519><c> them</c><00:28:49.680><c> into</c><00:28:49.880><c> captivity.</c>

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The<00:28:53.000><c> story</c><00:28:53.279><c> here</c><00:28:53.779><c> in</c><00:28:53.980><c> fact</c><00:28:54.180><c> might</c><00:28:54.380><c> very</c><00:28:54.680><c> well</c><00:28:54.839><c> be</c><00:28:55.079><c> the</c><00:28:55.240><c> basis</c>

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:58.980
of<00:28:55.740><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:56.779><c> parable</c><00:28:56.980><c> of</c><00:28:57.380><c> the</c><00:28:57.539><c> prodigal</c><00:28:57.880><c> son.</c>

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When<00:29:00.660><c> he</c><00:29:01.059><c> began</c><00:29:01.599><c> to</c><00:29:01.880><c> be</c><00:29:02.180><c> in</c><00:29:02.380><c> want</c>

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:06.480
he<00:29:04.180><c> ought</c><00:29:04.599><c> at</c><00:29:04.920><c> that</c><00:29:05.220><c> time</c><00:29:05.480><c> to</c><00:29:05.660><c> have</c><00:29:05.779><c> said</c><00:29:05.900><c> to</c><00:29:06.079><c> himself</c>

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I've<00:29:07.180><c> done</c><00:29:07.380><c> the</c><00:29:07.599><c> wrong</c><00:29:07.779><c> thing</c><00:29:08.059><c> I'll</c><00:29:08.339><c> go</c><00:29:08.480><c> back</c><00:29:08.779><c> home.</c>

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But<00:29:09.960><c> he</c><00:29:10.099><c> didn't.</c>

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:13.900
He<00:29:11.660><c> joined</c><00:29:11.880><c> himself</c><00:29:12.420><c> unto</c><00:29:12.740><c> a</c><00:29:12.980><c> citizen</c>

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:17.180
and<00:29:14.799><c> that</c><00:29:15.039><c> citizen</c><00:29:15.339><c> didn't</c><00:29:15.660><c> help</c><00:29:15.940><c> him</c><00:29:16.259><c> either.</c>

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In<00:29:17.680><c> fact</c><00:29:17.880><c> that</c><00:29:18.140><c> citizen</c><00:29:18.539><c> didn't</c><00:29:18.920><c> even</c><00:29:19.299><c> give</c><00:29:19.500><c> to</c><00:29:19.680><c> him</c>

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:22.640
the<00:29:20.359><c> husk</c><00:29:20.819><c> which</c><00:29:21.019><c> the</c><00:29:21.299><c> swine</c><00:29:21.740><c> ate.</c>

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.559
A<00:29:25.420><c> very</c><00:29:25.619><c> powerful</c><00:29:25.900><c> lesson</c><00:29:26.180><c> comes</c><00:29:26.460><c> out</c><00:29:26.640><c> to</c><00:29:26.779><c> us</c><00:29:26.960><c> here</c><00:29:27.200><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:29:27.720><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:29:30.000><c> when</c><00:29:30.140><c> we</c><00:29:30.359><c> find</c><00:29:30.619><c> ourselves</c><00:29:31.039><c> in</c><00:29:31.799><c> trouble</c>

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:34.900
in<00:29:32.339><c> adversity</c><00:29:32.880><c> of</c><00:29:33.099><c> one</c><00:29:33.420><c> kind</c><00:29:33.660><c> or</c><00:29:33.900><c> another</c>

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:37.599
what<00:29:35.819><c> is</c><00:29:36.039><c> our</c><00:29:36.299><c> first</c><00:29:36.579><c> reaction?</c>

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Is<00:29:40.079><c> it</c><00:29:40.200><c> the</c><00:29:40.420><c> insurance</c><00:29:40.799><c> policy?</c>

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:46.440
Is<00:29:44.099><c> it</c><00:29:44.259><c> making</c><00:29:44.519><c> sure</c><00:29:44.880><c> we're</c><00:29:45.039><c> in</c><00:29:45.220><c> the</c><00:29:45.400><c> boss's</c><00:29:45.700><c> good</c><00:29:46.019><c> terms</c>

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:49.680
that<00:29:46.640><c> we</c><00:29:46.880><c> might</c><00:29:47.240><c> retain</c><00:29:47.740><c> and</c><00:29:48.059><c> keep</c><00:29:48.299><c> our</c><00:29:48.660><c> job?</c>

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:53.779
Do<00:29:51.220><c> we</c><00:29:51.500><c> compromise</c><00:29:52.339><c> our</c><00:29:52.839><c> standing</c><00:29:53.119><c> in</c><00:29:53.339><c> the</c><00:29:53.599><c> truth</c>

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:56.059
to<00:29:54.079><c> maintain</c><00:29:54.779><c> our</c><00:29:55.119><c> jobs?</c>

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Because<00:29:56.920><c> there</c><00:29:57.079><c> are</c><00:29:57.279><c> bad</c><00:29:57.460><c> times</c><00:29:57.740><c> coming</c>

00:29:57.980 --> 00:30:00.339
and<00:29:58.140><c> we</c><00:29:58.359><c> must</c><00:29:58.619><c> have</c><00:29:58.839><c> money</c><00:29:59.079><c> for</c><00:29:59.240><c> the</c><00:29:59.420><c> family.</c>

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:03.740
Do<00:30:00.799><c> we</c><00:30:01.119><c> turn</c><00:30:01.440><c> to</c><00:30:01.619><c> King</c><00:30:01.940><c> Jared</c><00:30:02.279><c> in</c><00:30:02.500><c> this</c><00:30:02.759><c> way?</c>

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Because<00:30:04.500><c> if</c><00:30:04.700><c> we</c><00:30:04.940><c> do</c><00:30:05.119><c> we</c><00:30:05.339><c> shall</c><00:30:05.579><c> surely</c><00:30:05.880><c> perish</c><00:30:06.359><c> with</c><00:30:06.619><c> these</c><00:30:06.880><c> things.</c>

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And<00:30:07.980><c> yet</c><00:30:08.099><c> this</c><00:30:08.299><c> is</c><00:30:08.500><c> natural.</c>

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So<00:30:10.039><c> natural</c><00:30:10.420><c> that</c><00:30:10.619><c> when</c><00:30:10.799><c> we're</c><00:30:11.019><c> in</c><00:30:11.319><c> trouble</c>

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:16.079
we<00:30:11.859><c> turn</c><00:30:12.259><c> automatically</c><00:30:13.079><c> to</c><00:30:13.759><c> some</c><00:30:14.059><c> human</c><00:30:14.599><c> form</c><00:30:14.900><c> of</c><00:30:15.119><c> help.</c>

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:18.339
Only<00:30:16.700><c> to</c><00:30:16.940><c> find</c><00:30:17.119><c> a</c><00:30:17.359><c> broken</c><00:30:17.680><c> reed</c>

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:20.839
or<00:30:18.339><c> crumbles</c><00:30:18.740><c> and</c><00:30:19.059><c> breaks</c><00:30:19.279><c> in</c><00:30:19.500><c> our</c><00:30:19.660><c> hands.</c>

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:25.420
The<00:30:22.779><c> prodigal</c><00:30:23.079><c> son</c><00:30:23.420><c> in</c><00:30:23.700><c> the</c><00:30:23.980><c> parable</c><00:30:24.220><c> which</c><00:30:24.420><c> Jesus</c><00:30:24.680><c> taught</c>

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learned<00:30:26.140><c> his</c><00:30:26.380><c> lesson</c><00:30:26.579><c> ultimately.</c>

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Because<00:30:33.160><c> the</c><00:30:33.660><c> man</c><00:30:34.019><c> to</c><00:30:34.259><c> whom</c><00:30:34.400><c> he</c><00:30:34.599><c> had</c><00:30:34.859><c> gone</c>

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and<00:30:35.559><c> whom</c><00:30:35.759><c> he</c><00:30:35.980><c> trusted</c><00:30:36.400><c> didn't</c><00:30:37.000><c> help</c><00:30:37.259><c> him</c>

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because<00:30:38.819><c> the</c><00:30:39.019><c> famine</c><00:30:39.180><c> became</c><00:30:39.539><c> very</c><00:30:39.920><c> fierce</c><00:30:40.119><c> in</c><00:30:40.299><c> the</c><00:30:40.440><c> land</c>

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:44.539
we<00:30:42.660><c> are</c><00:30:42.740><c> told</c><00:30:42.859><c> he</c><00:30:43.000><c> came</c><00:30:43.220><c> to</c><00:30:43.380><c> his</c><00:30:43.559><c> senses.</c>

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:47.420
He<00:30:45.440><c> came</c><00:30:45.619><c> to</c><00:30:45.799><c> his</c><00:30:46.000><c> senses</c><00:30:46.200><c> and</c><00:30:46.400><c> went</c><00:30:46.599><c> home</c><00:30:46.940><c> to</c><00:30:47.180><c> God</c>

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and<00:30:47.539><c> repented</c><00:30:48.079><c> fully</c>

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and<00:30:49.539><c> was</c><00:30:49.799><c> received</c><00:30:50.160><c> and</c><00:30:50.359><c> forgiven</c><00:30:50.619><c> by</c><00:30:50.880><c> his</c><00:30:51.059><c> father.</c>

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That<00:30:53.299><c> is</c><00:30:53.480><c> something</c><00:30:53.740><c> which</c><00:30:53.980><c> Israel</c><00:30:54.279><c> did</c><00:30:54.559><c> not</c><00:30:54.859><c> do</c>

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:59.759
and<00:30:56.400><c> therefore</c><00:30:56.740><c> could</c><00:30:56.980><c> not</c><00:30:57.160><c> be</c><00:30:57.319><c> helped</c><00:30:57.559><c> by</c><00:30:57.819><c> God</c><00:30:58.180><c> at</c><00:30:58.480><c> this</c><00:30:58.700><c> stage.</c>

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:04.480
God<00:31:02.640><c> and</c><00:31:02.839><c> God</c><00:31:03.019><c> alone</c><00:31:03.480><c> was</c><00:31:03.779><c> their</c><00:31:04.059><c> healer</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:06.480
as<00:31:04.720><c> is</c><00:31:04.920><c> revealed</c><00:31:05.279><c> time</c><00:31:05.700><c> and</c><00:31:05.859><c> time</c><00:31:06.079><c> again</c>

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:09.920
throughout<00:31:06.960><c> the</c><00:31:07.140><c> book</c><00:31:07.500><c> of</c><00:31:07.779><c> Hosea</c><00:31:08.200><c> chapter</c><00:31:08.500><c> 6</c><00:31:08.839><c> verse</c><00:31:09.079><c> 1.</c>

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.420
He<00:31:10.500><c> will</c><00:31:10.839><c> heal</c><00:31:11.140><c> us.</c>

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.940
He<00:31:11.599><c> hath</c><00:31:11.839><c> smitten</c><00:31:12.099><c> and</c><00:31:12.299><c> he</c><00:31:12.559><c> will</c><00:31:12.799><c> heal</c><00:31:13.000><c> us.</c>

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.880
All<00:31:15.640><c> the</c><00:31:15.759><c> way</c><00:31:15.920><c> through</c><00:31:16.079><c> we</c><00:31:16.140><c> shall</c><00:31:16.339><c> pick</c><00:31:16.480><c> up</c><00:31:16.680><c> these</c>

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:19.079
chapter<00:31:17.579><c> 7</c><00:31:18.019><c> verse</c><00:31:18.299><c> 1.</c>

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.940
When<00:31:19.319><c> I</c><00:31:19.599><c> would</c><00:31:19.740><c> have</c><00:31:19.900><c> healed</c><00:31:20.299><c> Israel</c>

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:23.579
then<00:31:21.559><c> the</c><00:31:21.740><c> iniquity</c><00:31:22.099><c> of</c><00:31:22.220><c> Ephraim</c><00:31:22.500><c> was</c><00:31:22.740><c> discovered.</c>

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:26.319
It<00:31:23.980><c> goes</c><00:31:24.180><c> all</c><00:31:24.519><c> the</c><00:31:24.640><c> way</c><00:31:24.819><c> through</c><00:31:25.819><c> Hosea</c>

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.579
that<00:31:26.519><c> God</c><00:31:26.940><c> was</c><00:31:27.400><c> the</c><00:31:27.700><c> healer</c>

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:30.460
the<00:31:28.880><c> savior</c><00:31:29.400><c> of</c><00:31:29.819><c> the</c><00:31:30.039><c> people</c>

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:33.579
and<00:31:30.880><c> he</c><00:31:31.140><c> was</c><00:31:31.380><c> the</c><00:31:31.519><c> one</c><00:31:31.720><c> who</c><00:31:31.940><c> was</c><00:31:32.299><c> ignored.</c>

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:37.339
Suffering<00:31:34.660><c> from</c><00:31:35.000><c> some</c><00:31:35.880><c> fatal</c><00:31:36.440><c> disease</c>

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:40.140
the<00:31:38.240><c> remedy</c><00:31:38.619><c> was</c><00:31:38.980><c> there</c><00:31:39.200><c> at</c><00:31:39.420><c> their</c><00:31:39.599><c> right</c><00:31:39.920><c> hand</c>

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:41.740
and<00:31:40.240><c> they</c><00:31:40.440><c> did</c><00:31:40.700><c> not</c><00:31:40.960><c> take</c><00:31:41.240><c> it.</c>

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:44.539
Instead<00:31:42.319><c> they</c><00:31:42.579><c> went</c><00:31:42.839><c> in</c><00:31:43.039><c> the</c><00:31:43.200><c> wrong</c><00:31:43.660><c> direction.</c>

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:54.380
Verse<00:31:52.500><c> 7,</c><00:31:53.279><c> is</c><00:31:53.500><c> it?</c>

00:31:56.779 --> 00:32:00.519
No,<00:31:57.380><c> we're</c><00:31:57.500><c> looking</c><00:31:57.720><c> at</c><00:31:57.960><c> verse</c><00:31:59.200><c> 6.</c>

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:05.579
Then<00:32:02.980><c> they</c><00:32:03.519><c> shall</c><00:32:03.799><c> go</c><00:32:04.319><c> with</c><00:32:04.640><c> their</c><00:32:04.980><c> flocks</c>

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:08.000
and<00:32:05.960><c> with</c><00:32:06.200><c> their</c><00:32:06.559><c> herds</c><00:32:06.960><c> to</c><00:32:07.200><c> seek</c><00:32:07.380><c> the</c><00:32:07.619><c> Lord</c>

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.220
but<00:32:08.920><c> they</c><00:32:09.160><c> shall</c><00:32:09.380><c> not</c><00:32:09.799><c> find</c><00:32:10.160><c> him.</c>

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:15.240
He<00:32:12.380><c> hath</c><00:32:12.619><c> withdrawn</c><00:32:13.099><c> himself</c><00:32:13.660><c> from</c><00:32:14.059><c> them.</c>

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:18.160
This<00:32:15.920><c> reference</c><00:32:16.299><c> of</c><00:32:16.539><c> going</c><00:32:16.859><c> with</c><00:32:17.180><c> flocks</c><00:32:17.579><c> and</c><00:32:17.880><c> herds</c>

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:20.700
to<00:32:18.380><c> seek</c><00:32:18.539><c> the</c><00:32:18.759><c> Lord,</c><00:32:19.460><c> rather</c><00:32:19.660><c> interesting.</c>

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:24.200
You<00:32:21.319><c> turn</c><00:32:21.599><c> with</c><00:32:21.819><c> me</c><00:32:22.519><c> into</c><00:32:23.180><c> the</c><00:32:23.359><c> Song</c><00:32:23.519><c> of</c><00:32:23.680><c> Solomon.</c>

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:27.720
Song<00:32:24.819><c> of</c><00:32:25.019><c> Solomon,</c><00:32:25.819><c> the</c><00:32:25.859><c> very</c><00:32:26.099><c> first</c><00:32:26.359><c> chapter.</c>

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:47.240
You<00:32:44.960><c> know</c><00:32:45.420><c> the</c><00:32:45.519><c> situation</c><00:32:46.059><c> throughout</c><00:32:46.359><c> this</c>

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.500
very<00:32:49.680><c> lovely</c><00:32:50.279><c> story</c>

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.819
of<00:32:52.839><c> the</c><00:32:53.059><c> love</c><00:32:53.279><c> making</c>

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:56.480
of<00:32:54.839><c> the</c><00:32:54.980><c> couple</c><00:32:55.200><c> throughout</c><00:32:55.539><c> the</c><00:32:55.700><c> Song</c><00:32:55.880><c> of</c><00:32:56.039><c> Solomon</c>

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.819
and<00:32:57.539><c> how</c><00:32:57.839><c> true</c><00:32:58.019><c> to</c><00:32:58.240><c> life</c>

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:01.220
they<00:32:59.359><c> seem</c><00:32:59.519><c> to</c><00:32:59.740><c> keep</c><00:32:59.880><c> missing</c><00:33:00.220><c> each</c><00:33:00.480><c> other</c>

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.759
and<00:33:01.680><c> longing</c><00:33:01.859><c> to</c><00:33:02.099><c> find</c><00:33:02.299><c> each</c><00:33:02.579><c> other</c>

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:04.079
and<00:33:02.859><c> to</c><00:33:02.980><c> be</c><00:33:03.079><c> with</c><00:33:03.279><c> each</c><00:33:03.539><c> other.</c>

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.619
And<00:33:04.460><c> we</c><00:33:04.579><c> have</c><00:33:04.700><c> in</c><00:33:04.839><c> verse</c><00:33:05.019><c> 7</c>

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:09.000
Tell<00:33:06.299><c> me,</c><00:33:07.119><c> O</c><00:33:07.119><c> thou</c><00:33:07.519><c> whom</c><00:33:07.859><c> I</c><00:33:08.200><c> so</c><00:33:08.480><c> loveth</c>

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.200
where<00:33:09.839><c> thou</c><00:33:10.220><c> feedest</c>

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:14.779
where<00:33:11.799><c> thou</c><00:33:12.119><c> makest</c><00:33:12.539><c> thy</c><00:33:12.940><c> flock</c><00:33:13.279><c> to</c><00:33:13.779><c> rest</c><00:33:14.039><c> at</c><00:33:14.400><c> noon</c>

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:17.599
for<00:33:15.819><c> why</c><00:33:16.019><c> should</c><00:33:16.160><c> I</c><00:33:16.299><c> be</c><00:33:16.400><c> as</c><00:33:16.579><c> one</c><00:33:16.700><c> that</c><00:33:16.940><c> turneth</c><00:33:17.220><c> aside</c>

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:19.059
by<00:33:17.819><c> the</c><00:33:18.019><c> flock</c><00:33:18.180><c> to</c><00:33:18.359><c> thy</c><00:33:18.539><c> companions?</c>

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.319
In<00:33:19.579><c> other</c><00:33:19.740><c> words,</c><00:33:19.880><c> he's</c><00:33:20.039><c> saying,</c>

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:22.259
where<00:33:20.660><c> can</c><00:33:20.819><c> I</c><00:33:20.980><c> find</c><00:33:21.259><c> you?</c>

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:25.700
And<00:33:22.940><c> in</c><00:33:23.079><c> this</c><00:33:23.420><c> we</c><00:33:23.660><c> have</c><00:33:23.960><c> the</c><00:33:24.839><c> exhortation</c>

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.799
where<00:33:26.319><c> can</c><00:33:26.559><c> we</c><00:33:26.819><c> find</c><00:33:27.339><c> Christ?</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:30.140
Where<00:33:28.000><c> can</c><00:33:28.140><c> we</c><00:33:28.380><c> find</c><00:33:28.640><c> God</c><00:33:28.980><c> in</c><00:33:29.339><c> our</c><00:33:29.539><c> own</c><00:33:29.779><c> lives?</c>

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:34.559
The<00:33:30.839><c> answer,</c><00:33:32.440><c> if</c><00:33:32.799><c> thou</c><00:33:33.339><c> knowest</c><00:33:33.839><c> not</c>

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.700
O<00:33:34.960><c> thou</c><00:33:35.319><c> fairest</c><00:33:35.740><c> among</c><00:33:36.000><c> women</c>

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:40.660
go<00:33:37.680><c> thy</c><00:33:38.119><c> way</c><00:33:38.519><c> forth</c><00:33:38.880><c> by</c><00:33:39.200><c> the</c><00:33:39.440><c> footsteps</c><00:33:39.839><c> of</c><00:33:40.079><c> the</c><00:33:40.359><c> flock</c>

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:45.539
and<00:33:41.559><c> feed</c><00:33:42.160><c> thy</c><00:33:42.700><c> kids</c><00:33:43.279><c> beside</c><00:33:43.960><c> the</c><00:33:44.240><c> shepherd's</c><00:33:44.799><c> tent.</c>

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:50.119
You<00:33:47.759><c> have</c><00:33:47.920><c> to</c><00:33:48.019><c> think</c><00:33:48.200><c> about</c><00:33:48.460><c> this</c><00:33:48.619><c> to</c><00:33:48.779><c> see</c><00:33:48.859><c> what</c><00:33:49.000><c> he's</c><00:33:49.200><c> saying.</c>

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.640
If<00:33:51.579><c> you</c><00:33:51.900><c> want</c><00:33:52.220><c> to</c><00:33:52.599><c> find</c><00:33:52.859><c> the</c><00:33:53.160><c> shepherd</c>

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:56.839
then<00:33:54.920><c> go</c><00:33:55.380><c> and</c><00:33:55.880><c> feed</c><00:33:56.099><c> your</c><00:33:56.519><c> sheep</c>

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:59.339
where<00:33:57.099><c> he</c><00:33:57.420><c> feeds</c><00:33:57.759><c> his</c><00:33:58.119><c> sheep.</c>

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.900
Now<00:34:01.880><c> think</c><00:34:01.960><c> of</c><00:34:02.079><c> the</c><00:34:02.359><c> importance</c><00:34:02.700><c> of</c><00:34:02.940><c> that.</c>

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:06.500
If<00:34:04.940><c> we</c><00:34:05.240><c> want</c><00:34:05.500><c> to</c><00:34:05.799><c> find</c><00:34:06.039><c> Christ</c>

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:08.699
we<00:34:06.740><c> do</c><00:34:07.039><c> not</c><00:34:07.279><c> do</c><00:34:07.480><c> it</c><00:34:07.880><c> intellectually</c>

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:10.679
by<00:34:09.320><c> reading</c><00:34:09.820><c> the</c><00:34:10.059><c> word</c><00:34:10.260><c> of</c><00:34:10.400><c> God</c>

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:13.579
and<00:34:10.860><c> by</c><00:34:11.199><c> studying</c><00:34:11.500><c> the</c><00:34:11.699><c> word</c><00:34:11.940><c> of</c><00:34:12.079><c> God</c><00:34:12.420><c> alone.</c>

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.840
We<00:34:15.980><c> must</c><00:34:16.320><c> do</c><00:34:16.559><c> that.</c>

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:19.019
This<00:34:17.059><c> is</c><00:34:17.280><c> our</c><00:34:17.500><c> handbook,</c><00:34:18.079><c> our</c><00:34:18.119><c> textbook.</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:21.139
But<00:34:19.599><c> this</c><00:34:19.760><c> is</c><00:34:19.900><c> only</c><00:34:20.079><c> the</c><00:34:20.280><c> beginning.</c>

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:23.679
If<00:34:21.760><c> we</c><00:34:22.019><c> really</c><00:34:22.440><c> want</c><00:34:22.679><c> to</c><00:34:22.920><c> find</c><00:34:23.139><c> Christ</c>

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:27.760
we<00:34:24.159><c> must</c><00:34:24.480><c> go</c><00:34:24.860><c> and</c><00:34:25.380><c> labor</c><00:34:25.920><c> where</c><00:34:26.380><c> Christ</c><00:34:26.760><c> labors.</c>

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:30.719
We<00:34:28.019><c> must</c><00:34:28.239><c> go</c><00:34:28.460><c> and</c><00:34:28.820><c> work</c><00:34:29.079><c> where</c><00:34:29.340><c> Christ</c><00:34:29.679><c> works.</c>

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:33.380
And<00:34:31.039><c> it</c><00:34:31.159><c> is</c><00:34:31.460><c> in</c><00:34:31.840><c> service</c><00:34:32.179><c> to</c><00:34:32.380><c> him</c><00:34:32.599><c> and</c><00:34:32.760><c> with</c><00:34:33.000><c> him</c>

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:35.079
that<00:34:33.639><c> we</c><00:34:33.820><c> shall</c><00:34:34.019><c> ultimately</c><00:34:34.519><c> find</c><00:34:34.820><c> him.</c>

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:38.519
We<00:34:35.559><c> turn</c><00:34:35.800><c> through</c><00:34:36.019><c> now</c><00:34:36.840><c> to</c><00:34:37.059><c> the</c><00:34:37.139><c> Gospel</c><00:34:37.440><c> of</c><00:34:38.059><c> John,</c>

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.699
John<00:34:38.699><c> chapter</c><00:34:38.920><c> 12</c>

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:43.199
where<00:34:40.079><c> this</c><00:34:40.300><c> very</c><00:34:40.500><c> point</c><00:34:40.780><c> is</c><00:34:41.039><c> made</c><00:34:41.239><c> by</c><00:34:41.539><c> Jesus</c><00:34:41.900><c> himself.</c>

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:46.679
John<00:34:44.239><c> chapter</c><00:34:44.619><c> 12</c>

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:52.480
and<00:34:50.340><c> verse</c><00:34:50.519><c> 26</c>

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:55.579
or<00:34:53.280><c> starting</c><00:34:53.480><c> earlier,</c><00:34:53.820><c> verse</c><00:34:53.960><c> 21.</c>

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:02.059
The<00:35:00.579><c> same</c><00:35:00.820><c> came</c><00:35:01.079><c> therefore</c><00:35:01.440><c> to</c><00:35:01.659><c> Philip</c>

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:04.340
which<00:35:02.619><c> was</c><00:35:02.960><c> of</c><00:35:03.239><c> Bethsaida</c><00:35:03.679><c> of</c><00:35:03.900><c> Galilee</c>

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:06.199
and<00:35:04.719><c> desired</c><00:35:05.340><c> him</c><00:35:05.679><c> saying,</c>

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:09.420
Sir,<00:35:07.380><c> we</c><00:35:07.760><c> would</c><00:35:08.019><c> see</c><00:35:08.280><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:12.000
And<00:35:09.860><c> so</c><00:35:09.940><c> we</c><00:35:10.079><c> have</c><00:35:10.280><c> certain</c><00:35:10.539><c> people</c><00:35:11.079><c> of</c><00:35:11.400><c> the</c><00:35:11.559><c> Greeks</c>

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:14.539
who<00:35:12.739><c> want</c><00:35:12.920><c> to</c><00:35:13.179><c> see</c><00:35:13.360><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:17.940
And<00:35:15.400><c> they</c><00:35:15.659><c> go</c><00:35:15.940><c> to</c><00:35:16.139><c> Jesus</c><00:35:16.380><c> and</c><00:35:16.579><c> tell</c><00:35:16.760><c> him</c><00:35:16.980><c> this.</c>

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:20.019
And<00:35:18.199><c> what</c><00:35:18.360><c> does</c><00:35:18.480><c> Jesus</c><00:35:18.760><c> say?</c>

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:22.699
Verse<00:35:21.519><c> 26</c>

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:27.099
If<00:35:24.079><c> any</c><00:35:24.480><c> man</c><00:35:25.500><c> serve</c><00:35:26.360><c> me</c>

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:29.800
let<00:35:28.380><c> him</c><00:35:28.579><c> follow</c><00:35:28.840><c> me.</c>

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.519
And<00:35:30.420><c> where</c><00:35:30.780><c> I</c><00:35:31.179><c> am</c>

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:34.880
there<00:35:32.280><c> shall</c><00:35:32.559><c> also</c><00:35:32.920><c> my</c><00:35:33.280><c> servant</c><00:35:33.659><c> be.</c>

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.800
If<00:35:35.099><c> any</c><00:35:35.380><c> man</c><00:35:35.559><c> serve</c><00:35:35.900><c> me</c>

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:39.340
him<00:35:37.420><c> will</c><00:35:37.659><c> my</c><00:35:37.920><c> father</c><00:35:38.239><c> honor.</c>

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:43.659
We<00:35:40.920><c> do</c><00:35:41.340><c> not</c><00:35:41.860><c> find</c><00:35:42.440><c> Christ</c>

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:46.800
by<00:35:44.860><c> attending</c><00:35:45.460><c> meetings.</c>

00:35:48.230 --> 00:35:52.039
We<00:35:48.619><c> do</c><00:35:48.940><c> not</c><00:35:49.300><c> find</c><00:35:49.659><c> Christ</c><00:35:50.219><c> at</c><00:35:50.559><c> Bible</c><00:35:50.960><c> camps.</c>

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:55.719
Here<00:35:53.340><c> we</c><00:35:53.639><c> share</c><00:35:53.960><c> our</c><00:35:54.500><c> experiences.</c>

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:59.639
Here<00:35:56.639><c> we</c><00:35:57.059><c> teach</c><00:35:57.460><c> each</c><00:35:57.800><c> other</c><00:35:57.960><c> to</c><00:35:58.199><c> look</c><00:35:58.340><c> in</c><00:35:58.480><c> the</c><00:35:58.659><c> right</c><00:35:58.880><c> direction.</c>

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.400
But<00:36:00.659><c> we</c><00:36:00.900><c> shall</c><00:36:01.139><c> only</c><00:36:01.619><c> find</c><00:36:01.940><c> Christ</c>

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.400
if<00:36:02.679><c> when</c><00:36:02.880><c> we</c><00:36:03.139><c> go</c><00:36:03.360><c> from</c><00:36:03.699><c> this</c><00:36:04.019><c> place</c>

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:07.860
we<00:36:05.320><c> involve</c><00:36:05.880><c> ourselves</c><00:36:06.559><c> in</c><00:36:07.019><c> his</c><00:36:07.300><c> service</c>

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.920
and<00:36:08.519><c> we</c><00:36:08.840><c> become</c><00:36:09.139><c> involved</c>

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:12.219
in<00:36:10.360><c> doing</c><00:36:10.559><c> what</c><00:36:10.840><c> he</c><00:36:11.119><c> does,</c><00:36:11.579><c> he</c><00:36:11.780><c> did</c>

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:13.880
when<00:36:12.780><c> he</c><00:36:12.920><c> was</c><00:36:13.079><c> here</c><00:36:13.300><c> amongst</c><00:36:13.559><c> men</c>

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:16.539
and<00:36:14.280><c> is</c><00:36:14.480><c> still</c><00:36:14.699><c> doing</c><00:36:15.139><c> through</c><00:36:15.480><c> his</c><00:36:15.719><c> children.</c>

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:18.460
It<00:36:16.820><c> is</c><00:36:17.079><c> only</c><00:36:17.440><c> in</c><00:36:17.900><c> service</c>

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:20.059
that<00:36:18.900><c> we</c><00:36:19.079><c> shall</c><00:36:19.260><c> find</c><00:36:19.599><c> God</c>

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.760
and<00:36:20.599><c> be</c><00:36:20.860><c> known</c><00:36:21.119><c> of</c><00:36:21.300><c> God.</c>

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:25.440
Back<00:36:22.340><c> into</c><00:36:22.579><c> Hosea,</c><00:36:23.619><c> chapter</c><00:36:23.900><c> 5.</c>

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:36.619
And<00:36:34.219><c> what</c><00:36:34.400><c> do</c><00:36:34.519><c> we</c><00:36:34.599><c> read</c><00:36:34.800><c> in</c><00:36:34.940><c> that</c><00:36:35.099><c> verse</c><00:36:35.280><c> 6?</c>

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:41.699
But<00:36:38.900><c> they</c><00:36:39.420><c> shall</c><00:36:39.739><c> not</c><00:36:40.119><c> find</c><00:36:40.420><c> him.</c>

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:44.539
They<00:36:42.900><c> have</c><00:36:43.219><c> come</c><00:36:43.460><c> now</c><00:36:43.800><c> in</c><00:36:44.059><c> verse</c><00:36:44.320><c> 6</c>

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.679
to<00:36:44.739><c> do</c><00:36:45.019><c> the</c><00:36:45.239><c> very</c><00:36:45.480><c> thing</c>

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.519
which<00:36:45.840><c> they</c><00:36:46.039><c> were</c><00:36:46.199><c> commanded</c><00:36:46.579><c> to</c><00:36:46.780><c> do</c><00:36:46.940><c> earlier</c>

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:49.760
to<00:36:48.119><c> go</c><00:36:48.480><c> with</c><00:36:48.820><c> their</c><00:36:49.139><c> flocks</c>

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:52.139
and<00:36:50.440><c> to</c><00:36:50.719><c> feed</c><00:36:50.920><c> them</c><00:36:51.239><c> with</c><00:36:51.679><c> the</c><00:36:51.860><c> shepherd,</c>

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.579
the<00:36:52.340><c> true</c><00:36:52.559><c> shepherd.</c>

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:55.460
But<00:36:53.900><c> it's</c><00:36:54.059><c> now</c><00:36:54.219><c> too</c><00:36:54.460><c> late.</c>

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.739
This<00:36:56.780><c> is</c><00:36:57.000><c> the</c><00:36:57.099><c> very</c><00:36:57.320><c> basis</c><00:36:57.699><c> of</c><00:36:57.920><c> the</c><00:36:58.139><c> story</c>

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.619
of<00:36:59.219><c> the</c><00:36:59.619><c> first</c><00:36:59.619><c> chapter</c>

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:02.139
with<00:36:59.940><c> five</c><00:37:00.239><c> foolish</c><00:37:00.739><c> virgins</c>

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:04.039
who<00:37:02.659><c> when</c><00:37:02.820><c> they</c><00:37:03.019><c> wanted</c><00:37:03.320><c> to</c><00:37:03.519><c> get</c><00:37:03.780><c> oil</c>

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:05.920
it<00:37:04.159><c> was</c><00:37:04.360><c> too</c><00:37:04.659><c> late.</c>

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:08.760
And,<00:37:07.360><c> brethren</c><00:37:07.579><c> and</c><00:37:07.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:11.579
it<00:37:09.480><c> is</c><00:37:09.780><c> a</c><00:37:09.980><c> fallacy</c><00:37:10.360><c> to</c><00:37:10.780><c> think</c>

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:15.400
that<00:37:12.000><c> we</c><00:37:12.159><c> can</c><00:37:12.460><c> always</c><00:37:13.119><c> turn</c><00:37:13.619><c> back</c><00:37:14.079><c> to</c><00:37:14.340><c> God.</c>

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:18.400
That<00:37:16.500><c> we</c><00:37:16.599><c> can</c><00:37:16.820><c> do</c><00:37:17.019><c> what</c><00:37:17.199><c> we</c><00:37:17.380><c> want</c><00:37:17.619><c> to</c><00:37:17.800><c> do</c><00:37:17.960><c> now</c>

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:21.139
and<00:37:19.059><c> come</c><00:37:19.840><c> a</c><00:37:20.260><c> week</c><00:37:20.400><c> or</c><00:37:20.599><c> so</c><00:37:20.739><c> later,</c>

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.420
a<00:37:21.519><c> year</c><00:37:21.699><c> or</c><00:37:21.860><c> so</c><00:37:22.019><c> later,</c>

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.880
we<00:37:22.739><c> will</c><00:37:22.940><c> then</c><00:37:23.219><c> settle</c><00:37:23.440><c> down</c>

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:25.099
and<00:37:24.019><c> we</c><00:37:24.099><c> will</c><00:37:24.340><c> then</c><00:37:24.559><c> serve</c><00:37:24.860><c> God.</c>

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.820
It<00:37:25.340><c> is</c><00:37:25.599><c> a</c><00:37:25.780><c> fallacy</c><00:37:26.159><c> to</c><00:37:26.480><c> think</c>

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:29.679
that<00:37:27.059><c> we</c><00:37:27.199><c> can</c><00:37:27.380><c> do</c><00:37:27.599><c> that</c><00:37:28.000><c> for</c><00:37:28.159><c> two</c><00:37:28.380><c> reasons.</c>

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.860
Firstly,<00:37:30.940><c> because</c><00:37:31.199><c> the</c><00:37:31.340><c> day</c><00:37:31.480><c> of</c><00:37:31.599><c> the</c><00:37:31.739><c> Lord</c>

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.980
will<00:37:32.079><c> come</c><00:37:32.280><c> as</c><00:37:32.440><c> a</c><00:37:32.619><c> thief</c>

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:35.480
and<00:37:33.739><c> it</c><00:37:33.860><c> will</c><00:37:34.000><c> then</c><00:37:34.119><c> be</c><00:37:34.260><c> too</c><00:37:34.480><c> late.</c>

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.639
But<00:37:36.340><c> secondly,</c>

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:39.119
and<00:37:36.940><c> this</c><00:37:37.159><c> perhaps</c><00:37:37.460><c> is</c><00:37:37.659><c> more</c><00:37:37.920><c> important,</c>

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:41.860
it<00:37:39.559><c> is</c><00:37:39.860><c> possible</c><00:37:40.320><c> to</c><00:37:40.579><c> go</c><00:37:40.880><c> so</c><00:37:41.500><c> far</c>

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:43.179
down<00:37:42.179><c> the</c><00:37:42.360><c> wrong</c><00:37:42.659><c> road</c>

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:46.639
that<00:37:43.739><c> there</c><00:37:44.059><c> is</c><00:37:44.440><c> no</c><00:37:44.840><c> way</c><00:37:45.300><c> of</c><00:37:45.619><c> return.</c>

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:49.400
It<00:37:47.860><c> is</c><00:37:48.099><c> possible</c><00:37:48.480><c> for</c><00:37:48.760><c> us</c>

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.800
to<00:37:49.739><c> go</c><00:37:49.980><c> so</c><00:37:50.480><c> far</c><00:37:50.679><c> down</c><00:37:50.920><c> the</c><00:37:51.099><c> wrong</c><00:37:51.360><c> road</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.559
that<00:37:52.079><c> we</c><00:37:52.260><c> cannot</c><00:37:52.860><c> redress</c><00:37:53.360><c> our</c><00:37:53.599><c> steps.</c>

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:57.340
It<00:37:55.760><c> is</c><00:37:56.199><c> possible</c><00:37:56.599><c> to</c><00:37:56.820><c> break</c><00:37:57.039><c> away</c>

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.420
from<00:37:57.500><c> the</c><00:37:57.619><c> body</c><00:37:57.880><c> of</c><00:37:58.059><c> Christ</c>

00:37:58.420 --> 00:38:00.920
and<00:37:58.539><c> be</c><00:37:58.920><c> joined</c><00:37:59.360><c> unto</c><00:37:59.659><c> an</c><00:37:59.960><c> idol</c>

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:03.739
and<00:38:01.780><c> there</c><00:38:01.940><c> is</c><00:38:02.099><c> no</c><00:38:02.239><c> coming</c><00:38:02.500><c> back.</c>

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.980
If<00:38:04.679><c> we</c><00:38:05.079><c> meddle</c><00:38:05.400><c> with</c><00:38:05.659><c> the</c><00:38:05.820><c> hedge,</c>

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:07.639
if<00:38:06.179><c> we</c><00:38:06.460><c> meddle</c><00:38:06.780><c> with</c><00:38:07.019><c> the</c><00:38:07.260><c> boundary,</c>

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.599
the<00:38:08.360><c> bounds</c><00:38:08.599><c> of</c><00:38:08.800><c> our</c><00:38:09.019><c> salvation,</c>

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:12.159
we<00:38:10.239><c> shall</c><00:38:10.400><c> be</c><00:38:10.619><c> bitten</c><00:38:10.840><c> by</c><00:38:11.119><c> a</c><00:38:11.280><c> serpent.</c>

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.559
In<00:38:12.980><c> other</c><00:38:13.239><c> words,</c>

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.920
we<00:38:13.679><c> are</c><00:38:13.820><c> being</c><00:38:14.179><c> told</c><00:38:14.539><c> here</c>

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.500
that<00:38:15.059><c> there</c><00:38:15.300><c> must</c><00:38:15.659><c> be</c><00:38:16.239><c> dedication.</c>

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:20.840
We<00:38:18.159><c> must</c><00:38:18.460><c> really</c><00:38:18.980><c> want</c><00:38:19.260><c> the</c><00:38:19.460><c> Kingdom</c><00:38:19.760><c> of</c><00:38:19.940><c> God.</c>

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:23.340
We<00:38:21.579><c> must</c><00:38:21.800><c> regard</c><00:38:22.300><c> the</c><00:38:22.519><c> things</c><00:38:22.679><c> of</c><00:38:22.880><c> this</c><00:38:23.139><c> world</c>

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:25.139
as<00:38:23.559><c> being</c><00:38:24.019><c> transient.</c>

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:28.500
We<00:38:26.219><c> must</c><00:38:26.420><c> see</c><00:38:26.619><c> the</c><00:38:26.860><c> glitter</c><00:38:27.059><c> and</c><00:38:27.480><c> sparkle</c><00:38:27.780><c> of</c><00:38:27.960><c> this</c><00:38:28.219><c> world</c>

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:30.659
as<00:38:28.960><c> being</c><00:38:29.139><c> nothing</c><00:38:29.420><c> more</c><00:38:29.739><c> than</c><00:38:29.900><c> a</c><00:38:30.039><c> mere</c><00:38:30.199><c> bubble</c>

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:32.380
which<00:38:31.340><c> when</c><00:38:31.480><c> we</c><00:38:31.739><c> take</c><00:38:31.940><c> hold</c><00:38:32.159><c> of</c><00:38:32.260><c> it,</c>

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.760
it<00:38:32.559><c> bursts</c><00:38:32.920><c> and</c><00:38:33.340><c> leaves</c>

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:36.840
just<00:38:34.260><c> damp</c><00:38:34.519><c> clammy</c><00:38:35.000><c> despair</c><00:38:35.420><c> in</c><00:38:35.659><c> our</c><00:38:35.820><c> hands.</c>

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.960
That<00:38:37.340><c> is</c><00:38:37.619><c> what</c><00:38:37.800><c> the</c><00:38:38.079><c> world</c><00:38:38.300><c> is</c>

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:41.579
and<00:38:39.380><c> we</c><00:38:39.559><c> must</c><00:38:39.840><c> see</c><00:38:40.179><c> this</c><00:38:40.400><c> for</c><00:38:40.559><c> ourselves.</c>

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:45.880
It<00:38:43.480><c> will</c><00:38:43.619><c> be</c><00:38:43.719><c> too</c><00:38:43.980><c> late</c><00:38:44.099><c> if</c><00:38:44.260><c> we</c><00:38:44.480><c> don't.</c>

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:48.980
And<00:38:46.300><c> in</c><00:38:46.420><c> the</c><00:38:46.500><c> end</c><00:38:46.659><c> of</c><00:38:46.820><c> the</c><00:38:46.940><c> chapter,</c><00:38:47.179><c> verse</c><00:38:47.420><c> 15,</c>

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:55.360
God<00:38:51.579><c> says,</c><00:38:51.940><c> I</c><00:38:51.940><c> will</c><00:38:52.199><c> go</c><00:38:53.159><c> and</c><00:38:54.099><c> return</c><00:38:54.480><c> unto</c><00:38:54.719><c> my</c><00:38:55.000><c> place</c>

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:57.199
until<00:38:55.800><c> they</c><00:38:56.039><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:56.500><c> their</c><00:38:56.739><c> offence</c>

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:59.219
and<00:38:57.460><c> seek</c><00:38:57.820><c> my</c><00:38:58.179><c> face.</c>

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.000
In<00:39:00.400><c> their</c><00:39:00.619><c> affliction,</c>

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:02.880
they<00:39:01.159><c> will</c><00:39:01.400><c> seek</c><00:39:01.559><c> me</c><00:39:01.820><c> early.</c>

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:06.260
But<00:39:04.460><c> it</c><00:39:04.699><c> was</c><00:39:04.980><c> not</c><00:39:05.320><c> that</c><00:39:05.639><c> generation</c>

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:07.860
which<00:39:06.559><c> sought</c><00:39:06.739><c> the</c><00:39:06.980><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:12.460
That<00:39:08.860><c> generation</c><00:39:09.639><c> perished</c><00:39:10.539><c> in</c><00:39:11.400><c> captivity.</c>

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.360
It<00:39:13.039><c> was</c><00:39:13.340><c> a</c><00:39:13.559><c> new</c><00:39:13.780><c> generation</c>

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.940
which<00:39:14.599><c> came</c><00:39:14.860><c> out</c><00:39:15.199><c> of</c><00:39:15.340><c> captivity</c>

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:18.219
and<00:39:16.460><c> that</c><00:39:16.739><c> generation</c><00:39:17.280><c> also</c><00:39:17.820><c> perished</c>

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.300
and<00:39:18.460><c> so</c><00:39:18.539><c> did</c><00:39:18.780><c> subsequent</c><00:39:19.219><c> ones.</c>

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:23.219
The<00:39:21.400><c> generation</c><00:39:21.960><c> which</c><00:39:22.159><c> will</c><00:39:22.420><c> seek</c><00:39:22.599><c> the</c><00:39:22.800><c> Lord</c>

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.920
will<00:39:23.539><c> be</c><00:39:23.699><c> the</c><00:39:23.920><c> remnants</c>

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.980
out<00:39:25.659><c> of</c><00:39:25.800><c> all</c><00:39:26.139><c> twelve</c><00:39:26.400><c> tribes</c>

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:28.320
and<00:39:27.420><c> which</c><00:39:27.619><c> will</c><00:39:27.880><c> include,</c>

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:30.719
as<00:39:28.480><c> the</c><00:39:28.619><c> Apostle</c><00:39:28.940><c> Paul</c><00:39:29.099><c> says,</c><00:39:29.460><c> the</c><00:39:29.500><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:32.559
born<00:39:31.360><c> out</c><00:39:31.679><c> of</c><00:39:31.860><c> tribulation,</c>

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:35.320
a<00:39:33.219><c> new</c><00:39:33.480><c> nation</c><00:39:34.059><c> which</c><00:39:34.519><c> has</c><00:39:34.800><c> desired</c>

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:37.920
to<00:39:35.800><c> be</c><00:39:36.000><c> like</c><00:39:36.360><c> God,</c><00:39:36.619><c> like</c><00:39:36.900><c> their</c><00:39:37.039><c> shepherd,</c>

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:41.300
who<00:39:38.360><c> has</c><00:39:39.519><c> fed</c><00:39:40.079><c> their</c><00:39:40.599><c> own</c><00:39:40.940><c> flocks</c>

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:43.179
where<00:39:41.539><c> he</c><00:39:41.800><c> feeds</c><00:39:42.059><c> his,</c>

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.420
where<00:39:43.360><c> they</c><00:39:43.500><c> have</c><00:39:43.659><c> come</c><00:39:43.880><c> to</c><00:39:44.039><c> know</c><00:39:44.179><c> him</c>

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.699
and<00:39:44.539><c> be</c><00:39:44.760><c> known</c><00:39:45.059><c> of</c><00:39:45.300><c> him.</c>

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:47.460
In<00:39:46.619><c> their</c><00:39:46.980><c> affliction,</c>

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:49.079
they<00:39:47.699><c> will</c><00:39:47.960><c> seek</c><00:39:48.199><c> me</c><00:39:48.480><c> early.</c>

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:51.139
There<00:39:49.699><c> is</c><00:39:49.920><c> a</c><00:39:50.079><c> reference</c><00:39:50.320><c> we</c><00:39:50.480><c> ought</c><00:39:50.699><c> to</c><00:39:50.780><c> look</c><00:39:50.940><c> at,</c>

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:55.219
I<00:39:51.179><c> think,</c><00:39:52.159><c> in</c><00:39:52.440><c> Ezekiel</c><00:39:54.159><c> chapter</c><00:39:54.360><c> 20,</c>

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.159
which<00:39:59.440><c> paints</c><00:40:00.239><c> this</c><00:40:00.659><c> dreadful</c><00:40:01.119><c> picture</c>

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:04.400
of<00:40:03.440><c> the</c><00:40:03.639><c> children</c><00:40:03.840><c> of</c><00:40:03.960><c> Israel</c>

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:06.579
being<00:40:04.920><c> left</c><00:40:05.440><c> dreadfully</c><00:40:06.079><c> alone</c>

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:09.519
without<00:40:07.420><c> God</c><00:40:07.840><c> in</c><00:40:08.059><c> the</c><00:40:08.280><c> world.</c>

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:16.440
As<00:40:14.159><c> I</c><00:40:14.500><c> live,</c><00:40:14.920><c> saith</c><00:40:14.980><c> the</c><00:40:15.179><c> Lord</c><00:40:15.400><c> God,</c>

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.900
surely<00:40:17.000><c> with</c><00:40:17.239><c> a</c><00:40:17.360><c> mighty</c><00:40:17.599><c> hand</c>

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:19.179
and<00:40:18.059><c> with</c><00:40:18.280><c> a</c><00:40:18.400><c> stretched</c><00:40:18.579><c> out</c><00:40:18.960><c> arm</c>

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.599
and<00:40:19.360><c> with</c><00:40:19.719><c> fury</c><00:40:20.059><c> poured</c><00:40:20.340><c> out</c>

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:22.519
will<00:40:20.760><c> I</c><00:40:20.900><c> rule</c><00:40:21.119><c> over</c><00:40:21.360><c> you.</c>

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:25.619
I<00:40:23.400><c> will</c><00:40:23.539><c> bring</c><00:40:23.719><c> you</c><00:40:23.980><c> out</c><00:40:24.119><c> from</c><00:40:24.280><c> the</c><00:40:24.480><c> people</c>

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.000
and<00:40:26.139><c> will</c><00:40:26.400><c> gather</c><00:40:26.539><c> you</c><00:40:26.820><c> out</c>

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.980
from<00:40:27.179><c> the</c><00:40:27.360><c> countries</c><00:40:27.659><c> wherein</c>

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:29.219
ye<00:40:28.539><c> are</c><00:40:28.659><c> scattered.</c>

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.619
With<00:40:29.880><c> a</c><00:40:30.119><c> mighty</c><00:40:30.340><c> hand</c>

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.900
and<00:40:30.760><c> with</c><00:40:30.900><c> a</c><00:40:31.119><c> stretched</c><00:40:31.340><c> out</c><00:40:31.679><c> arm</c>

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:33.699
and<00:40:32.079><c> with</c><00:40:32.380><c> fury</c><00:40:32.679><c> poured</c><00:40:32.960><c> out</c>

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:35.599
and<00:40:34.340><c> I</c><00:40:34.559><c> will</c><00:40:34.800><c> bring</c><00:40:35.059><c> you</c><00:40:35.320><c> into</c>

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.940
the<00:40:35.840><c> wilderness</c><00:40:36.139><c> of</c><00:40:36.360><c> the</c><00:40:36.559><c> people</c>

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:39.000
and<00:40:37.539><c> there</c><00:40:37.760><c> will</c><00:40:37.920><c> I</c><00:40:38.260><c> plead</c><00:40:38.480><c> with</c><00:40:38.739><c> you,</c>

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.000
face<00:40:39.239><c> to</c><00:40:39.420><c> face,</c>

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:41.780
like<00:40:40.360><c> as</c><00:40:40.579><c> I</c><00:40:40.840><c> pleaded</c><00:40:41.079><c> with</c><00:40:41.280><c> your</c><00:40:41.500><c> fathers</c>

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.460
in<00:40:41.980><c> the</c><00:40:42.119><c> wilderness</c>

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:43.659
in<00:40:42.719><c> the</c><00:40:42.840><c> land</c><00:40:43.039><c> of</c><00:40:43.179><c> Egypt.</c>

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.480
Remember<00:40:44.679><c> chapter</c><00:40:45.139><c> 2,</c>

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:50.780
how<00:40:46.980><c> it</c><00:40:47.119><c> was</c><00:40:48.559><c> the</c><00:40:48.900><c> door</c><00:40:49.179><c> of</c><00:40:49.639><c> hope,</c>

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:52.940
Acre,<00:40:51.699><c> the</c><00:40:51.920><c> valley</c><00:40:52.159><c> of</c><00:40:52.519><c> trouble,</c>

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:55.760
which<00:40:53.340><c> would</c><00:40:53.559><c> open</c><00:40:53.940><c> as</c><00:40:54.179><c> a</c><00:40:54.380><c> door</c><00:40:54.619><c> of</c><00:40:54.860><c> hope.</c>

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:59.019
Here<00:40:56.059><c> we</c><00:40:56.219><c> have</c><00:40:56.860><c> some</c><00:40:57.179><c> of</c><00:40:57.280><c> the</c><00:40:57.500><c> detail</c><00:40:57.739><c> filled</c><00:40:58.000><c> in.</c>

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.440
This<00:40:59.599><c> is</c><00:40:59.920><c> the</c><00:41:00.139><c> wilderness</c>

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.880
into<00:41:00.800><c> which</c><00:41:01.099><c> Israel</c><00:41:01.519><c> was</c><00:41:01.760><c> to</c><00:41:01.920><c> be</c><00:41:02.059><c> driven.</c>

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:04.239
This<00:41:03.380><c> is</c><00:41:03.659><c> the</c><00:41:03.840><c> wilderness</c>

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:06.480
where<00:41:04.760><c> God</c><00:41:05.039><c> would</c><00:41:05.340><c> speak</c><00:41:05.619><c> face</c><00:41:06.039><c> to</c><00:41:06.239><c> face</c>

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.420
with<00:41:06.679><c> his</c><00:41:06.880><c> people,</c>

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:09.019
would<00:41:07.880><c> reach</c><00:41:08.300><c> their</c><00:41:08.599><c> heart,</c>

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.360
and<00:41:09.619><c> where</c><00:41:09.739><c> ultimately</c>

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:11.900
they<00:41:10.739><c> would</c><00:41:10.920><c> listen</c><00:41:11.179><c> to</c><00:41:11.380><c> him.</c>

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:14.679
But<00:41:12.480><c> this</c><00:41:12.780><c> is</c><00:41:13.480><c> a</c><00:41:13.579><c> dreadful</c><00:41:14.119><c> picture</c>

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:17.380
of<00:41:15.559><c> tribulation</c><00:41:16.380><c> to</c><00:41:16.760><c> be</c><00:41:17.059><c> suffered</c>

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:19.280
by<00:41:17.820><c> the</c><00:41:17.980><c> children</c><00:41:18.179><c> of</c><00:41:18.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:23.920
And<00:41:21.039><c> so</c><00:41:21.239><c> verse</c><00:41:21.420><c> 15</c><00:41:21.840><c> of</c><00:41:22.159><c> Hosea</c><00:41:22.480><c> chapter</c><00:41:22.860><c> 5</c>

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.800
takes<00:41:24.380><c> us</c><00:41:24.579><c> right</c><00:41:24.800><c> into</c><00:41:25.039><c> that</c><00:41:25.340><c> time</c>

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:28.639
of<00:41:26.199><c> the</c><00:41:26.420><c> final</c><00:41:26.719><c> sufferings</c><00:41:27.320><c> of</c><00:41:27.699><c> his</c><00:41:27.900><c> people</c>

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:31.380
when<00:41:29.159><c> ultimately</c><00:41:29.900><c> they</c><00:41:30.619><c> will</c><00:41:31.019><c> see</c>

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:32.840
the<00:41:31.659><c> wounds</c><00:41:31.920><c> in</c><00:41:32.079><c> his</c><00:41:32.300><c> hands</c>

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:34.079
and<00:41:33.300><c> they</c><00:41:33.480><c> will</c><00:41:33.679><c> repent</c>

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:36.840
for<00:41:34.519><c> what</c><00:41:34.679><c> has</c><00:41:34.880><c> been</c><00:41:35.159><c> done.</c>

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.900
Now<00:41:41.340><c> chapter</c><00:41:41.599><c> 6</c>

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:46.320
is<00:41:44.599><c> a</c><00:41:44.679><c> most</c><00:41:44.940><c> refreshing</c><00:41:45.320><c> chapter.</c>

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:50.159
It<00:41:47.960><c> comes</c><00:41:48.260><c> in</c><00:41:48.480><c> after</c><00:41:48.699><c> that</c><00:41:49.019><c> distressing</c><00:41:49.679><c> picture</c>

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:51.199
of<00:41:50.440><c> the</c><00:41:50.579><c> children</c><00:41:50.739><c> of</c><00:41:50.860><c> Israel</c>

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:52.659
in<00:41:51.360><c> their</c><00:41:51.480><c> affliction,</c>

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:55.260
where<00:41:53.260><c> it</c><00:41:53.380><c> has</c><00:41:53.599><c> been</c><00:41:53.940><c> too</c><00:41:54.380><c> late</c><00:41:54.699><c> for</c><00:41:54.920><c> them</c>

00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:57.659
to<00:41:55.480><c> do</c><00:41:55.679><c> anything</c><00:41:55.960><c> about</c><00:41:56.340><c> it.</c>

00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:01.139
But<00:41:58.539><c> chapter</c><00:41:58.760><c> 6</c><00:41:59.139><c> is</c><00:41:59.420><c> really</c><00:41:59.820><c> a</c><00:41:59.980><c> word</c><00:42:00.159><c> of</c><00:42:00.360><c> exhortation</c>

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:03.900
which<00:42:01.659><c> Hosea</c><00:42:02.099><c> is</c><00:42:02.320><c> giving</c><00:42:02.539><c> to</c><00:42:02.719><c> the</c><00:42:02.880><c> people.</c>

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:05.599
What<00:42:04.380><c> he's</c><00:42:04.679><c> saying</c><00:42:04.800><c> in</c><00:42:05.039><c> effect</c><00:42:05.219><c> is</c>

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:08.340
you<00:42:05.820><c> have</c><00:42:06.239><c> seen</c><00:42:06.639><c> what</c><00:42:06.840><c> happened</c><00:42:07.139><c> to</c><00:42:07.460><c> Gomer.</c>

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:10.920
You<00:42:08.599><c> have</c><00:42:08.659><c> seen</c><00:42:08.960><c> how</c><00:42:09.219><c> I</c><00:42:09.639><c> brought</c><00:42:09.960><c> Gomer</c><00:42:10.440><c> back,</c>

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.659
how<00:42:11.619><c> she</c><00:42:11.840><c> is</c><00:42:12.000><c> now</c><00:42:12.380><c> reinstated.</c>

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:17.079
He<00:42:14.559><c> is</c><00:42:14.760><c> now</c><00:42:15.119><c> exhorting</c><00:42:15.840><c> the</c><00:42:16.059><c> nation</c><00:42:16.320><c> of</c><00:42:16.519><c> Israel</c>

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:19.099
to<00:42:17.579><c> come</c><00:42:17.960><c> back</c><00:42:18.280><c> unto</c><00:42:18.519><c> the</c><00:42:18.760><c> Lord</c>

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:21.280
before<00:42:19.699><c> it</c><00:42:19.920><c> is</c><00:42:20.059><c> too</c><00:42:20.380><c> late.</c>

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:24.400
And<00:42:21.599><c> so</c><00:42:21.900><c> warnings,</c><00:42:23.000><c> words</c><00:42:23.159><c> of</c><00:42:23.480><c> warning,</c>

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:27.300
dreadful<00:42:25.900><c> words</c><00:42:26.159><c> of</c><00:42:26.440><c> warning,</c>

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:29.420
are<00:42:27.940><c> always</c><00:42:28.440><c> words</c><00:42:28.840><c> of</c><00:42:29.079><c> hope</c>

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:33.880
because<00:42:30.539><c> they</c><00:42:30.760><c> do</c><00:42:31.059><c> give</c><00:42:31.219><c> to</c><00:42:31.440><c> us</c><00:42:31.539><c> the</c><00:42:31.699><c> opportunity</c><00:42:32.440><c> to</c><00:42:32.900><c> repent.</c>

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:36.820
But<00:42:35.340><c> I'm</c><00:42:35.420><c> not</c><00:42:35.639><c> thinking</c><00:42:35.940><c> in</c><00:42:36.119><c> chapter</c><00:42:36.360><c> 6</c>

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:39.639
now<00:42:37.139><c> of</c><00:42:37.420><c> God</c><00:42:37.840><c> speaking</c><00:42:38.300><c> to</c><00:42:38.500><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.739
I'm<00:42:40.079><c> thinking</c><00:42:40.300><c> in</c><00:42:40.539><c> chapter</c><00:42:40.820><c> 6</c>

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:44.280
of<00:42:42.300><c> God</c><00:42:42.860><c> speaking</c><00:42:43.440><c> to</c><00:42:43.780><c> us</c>

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:46.659
through<00:42:44.539><c> the</c><00:42:44.699><c> Lord</c><00:42:45.000><c> Jesus</c><00:42:45.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:49.519
Because<00:42:47.559><c> here</c><00:42:48.099><c> in</c><00:42:48.539><c> verse</c><00:42:48.820><c> 1</c>

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:53.619
we<00:42:50.219><c> see</c><00:42:50.579><c> as</c><00:42:50.760><c> it</c><00:42:51.019><c> were</c><00:42:51.280><c> all</c><00:42:51.800><c> the</c><00:42:52.000><c> troubles</c><00:42:52.340><c> of</c><00:42:52.619><c> Israel,</c>

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:56.199
all<00:42:54.000><c> the</c><00:42:54.239><c> problems</c><00:42:54.719><c> of</c><00:42:55.059><c> wayward</c><00:42:55.360><c> Israel,</c>

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:57.800
all<00:42:56.820><c> gathered</c><00:42:57.119><c> together</c>

00:42:57.800 --> 00:43:01.619
and<00:42:58.320><c> we</c><00:42:58.619><c> hear</c><00:42:59.079><c> not</c><00:42:59.619><c> the</c><00:42:59.840><c> voice</c><00:43:00.320><c> of</c><00:43:00.940><c> Hosea</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:04.820
but<00:43:02.059><c> the</c><00:43:02.340><c> voice</c><00:43:02.639><c> of</c><00:43:02.860><c> the</c><00:43:03.019><c> Lord</c><00:43:03.280><c> Jesus</c><00:43:03.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:07.920
Come<00:43:05.139><c> and</c><00:43:05.380><c> let</c><00:43:05.500><c> us</c><00:43:06.260><c> return</c><00:43:06.800><c> unto</c><00:43:07.059><c> the</c><00:43:07.340><c> Lord</c>

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:11.179
for<00:43:08.739><c> he</c><00:43:09.139><c> hath</c><00:43:09.460><c> torn</c><00:43:09.840><c> and</c><00:43:10.039><c> he</c><00:43:10.260><c> will</c><00:43:10.500><c> heal</c><00:43:10.739><c> us.</c>

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:14.320
He<00:43:11.780><c> hath</c><00:43:12.179><c> smitten</c><00:43:12.659><c> and</c><00:43:13.119><c> he</c><00:43:13.340><c> will</c><00:43:13.639><c> bind</c><00:43:13.920><c> us</c><00:43:14.159><c> up</c>

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:17.519
when<00:43:14.460><c> we</c><00:43:14.599><c> are</c><00:43:14.699><c> taken</c><00:43:14.940><c> immediately</c><00:43:15.539><c> into</c><00:43:15.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:16.320><c> 53.</c>

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.659
He<00:43:18.119><c> was</c><00:43:18.480><c> bruised</c><00:43:18.880><c> for</c><00:43:19.159><c> our</c><00:43:19.559><c> transgressions.</c>

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:24.579
The<00:43:21.480><c> chastisement</c><00:43:22.159><c> of</c><00:43:22.380><c> our</c><00:43:22.659><c> peace</c><00:43:22.840><c> was</c><00:43:23.099><c> upon</c><00:43:23.420><c> him.</c>

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:28.860
By<00:43:26.039><c> his</c><00:43:26.480><c> stripes</c><00:43:27.019><c> we</c><00:43:27.500><c> are</c><00:43:27.880><c> healed.</c>

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:31.639
A<00:43:29.239><c> most</c><00:43:29.739><c> searching</c><00:43:30.579><c> chapter</c><00:43:31.039><c> to</c><00:43:31.300><c> read,</c>

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:35.800
a<00:43:32.059><c> wonderful</c><00:43:32.380><c> exercise</c><00:43:33.000><c> in</c><00:43:33.400><c> Bible</c><00:43:33.739><c> reading</c><00:43:34.260><c> and</c><00:43:34.659><c> in</c><00:43:34.960><c> exhortation.</c>

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:39.659
He<00:43:36.360><c> hath</c><00:43:36.860><c> smitten</c><00:43:37.440><c> and</c><00:43:38.019><c> he</c><00:43:38.300><c> will</c><00:43:38.659><c> bind</c><00:43:38.980><c> us</c><00:43:39.239><c> up.</c>

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:42.579
And<00:43:40.119><c> in</c><00:43:40.219><c> this</c><00:43:40.460><c> first</c><00:43:40.780><c> verse</c><00:43:41.019><c> we</c><00:43:41.199><c> are</c><00:43:41.360><c> being</c>

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:45.900
appealed<00:43:44.219><c> to</c><00:43:44.380><c> by</c><00:43:44.599><c> the</c><00:43:44.760><c> Lord</c><00:43:44.960><c> Jesus</c><00:43:45.320><c> Christ</c>

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:47.460
to<00:43:46.500><c> come</c><00:43:46.719><c> unto</c><00:43:46.920><c> him,</c>

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:49.559
to<00:43:47.980><c> be</c><00:43:48.239><c> joined</c><00:43:48.559><c> in</c><00:43:48.840><c> with</c><00:43:49.059><c> him</c>

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:52.360
that<00:43:49.880><c> we</c><00:43:50.039><c> might</c><00:43:50.340><c> find</c><00:43:51.059><c> that</c><00:43:51.340><c> all</c><00:43:51.619><c> our</c><00:43:52.039><c> sins,</c>

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:55.059
all<00:43:52.699><c> our</c><00:43:53.059><c> iniquities</c><00:43:53.519><c> are</c><00:43:53.840><c> placed</c><00:43:54.099><c> upon</c><00:43:54.360><c> his</c><00:43:54.659><c> shoulders</c>

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:56.880
and<00:43:55.420><c> nailed</c><00:43:55.599><c> to</c><00:43:55.780><c> his</c><00:43:56.079><c> cross,</c>

00:43:56.980 --> 00:44:01.420
that<00:43:57.360><c> in</c><00:43:57.880><c> his</c><00:43:58.380><c> smiting</c><00:43:59.099><c> we</c><00:43:59.699><c> might</c><00:44:00.099><c> be</c><00:44:00.420><c> healed.</c>

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:03.539
After<00:44:02.059><c> two</c><00:44:02.320><c> days,</c><00:44:02.760><c> the</c><00:44:02.940><c> third</c><00:44:03.199><c> day,</c>

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:05.000
he<00:44:03.679><c> will</c><00:44:04.099><c> raise</c><00:44:04.340><c> us</c><00:44:04.539><c> up</c>

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:06.940
and<00:44:05.400><c> we</c><00:44:05.619><c> shall</c><00:44:05.860><c> live</c><00:44:06.159><c> in</c><00:44:06.340><c> his</c><00:44:06.599><c> sight.</c>

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:12.119
This<00:44:07.719><c> is</c><00:44:08.039><c> a</c><00:44:08.099><c> prophecy</c><00:44:08.719><c> of</c><00:44:09.280><c> our</c><00:44:09.599><c> resurrection</c><00:44:10.179><c> with</c><00:44:10.800><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:16.199
Showing<00:44:13.860><c> us,</c><00:44:14.260><c> in</c><00:44:14.260><c> fact,</c><00:44:15.059><c> the</c><00:44:15.119><c> Apostle</c><00:44:15.420><c> Paul</c><00:44:15.579><c> says</c>

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:19.159
that<00:44:16.860><c> as</c><00:44:16.980><c> we</c><00:44:17.019><c> go</c><00:44:17.219><c> down</c><00:44:17.460><c> into</c><00:44:17.659><c> the</c><00:44:17.820><c> waters</c><00:44:18.019><c> of</c><00:44:18.239><c> baptism</c>

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:21.780
all<00:44:19.639><c> our</c><00:44:19.920><c> sins</c><00:44:20.079><c> are</c><00:44:20.480><c> nailed</c><00:44:20.800><c> to</c><00:44:20.980><c> his</c><00:44:21.280><c> cross.</c>

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:24.119
As<00:44:22.440><c> we</c><00:44:22.639><c> come</c><00:44:22.820><c> out</c><00:44:23.079><c> of</c><00:44:23.219><c> the</c><00:44:23.380><c> waters</c><00:44:23.599><c> of</c><00:44:23.800><c> baptism</c>

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:26.579
we<00:44:24.599><c> are</c><00:44:24.880><c> raised</c><00:44:25.260><c> with</c><00:44:25.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:29.179
And<00:44:26.780><c> so</c><00:44:26.980><c> this</c><00:44:27.280><c> reference</c><00:44:27.659><c> here</c><00:44:27.900><c> to</c><00:44:28.079><c> the</c><00:44:28.239><c> third</c><00:44:28.420><c> day,</c>

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:31.460
the<00:44:29.679><c> resurrection</c><00:44:30.119><c> of</c><00:44:30.320><c> the</c><00:44:30.420><c> Lord</c><00:44:30.599><c> Jesus</c><00:44:31.000><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:34.239
is<00:44:32.079><c> a</c><00:44:32.420><c> reference</c><00:44:32.559><c> to</c><00:44:32.840><c> our</c><00:44:33.139><c> being</c><00:44:33.480><c> raised</c><00:44:33.780><c> again</c>

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:37.679
in<00:44:34.699><c> the</c><00:44:34.920><c> person</c><00:44:35.340><c> of</c><00:44:35.739><c> the</c><00:44:35.900><c> Lord</c><00:44:36.139><c> Jesus</c><00:44:36.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:42.000
Then<00:44:38.460><c> shall</c><00:44:38.820><c> we</c><00:44:39.119><c> know</c><00:44:39.380><c> if</c><00:44:39.659><c> we</c><00:44:39.960><c> follow</c><00:44:40.199><c> on</c><00:44:40.500><c> to</c><00:44:40.679><c> know</c><00:44:40.840><c> the</c><00:44:41.059><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:46.039
Notice<00:44:43.000><c> the</c><00:44:43.179><c> Lord</c><00:44:43.380><c> is</c><00:44:43.559><c> in</c><00:44:43.760><c> large</c><00:44:43.980><c> capitals</c><00:44:44.440><c> here</c><00:44:44.719><c> in</c><00:44:44.920><c> verse</c><00:44:45.099><c> one.</c>

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:48.159
So<00:44:46.380><c> we</c><00:44:46.500><c> have</c><00:44:46.679><c> Jesus</c><00:44:47.159><c> saying</c><00:44:47.739><c> to</c><00:44:47.920><c> us,</c>

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:50.539
Come,<00:44:48.619><c> let</c><00:44:48.739><c> us</c><00:44:48.920><c> return</c><00:44:49.400><c> unto</c><00:44:49.719><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:53.539
unto<00:44:51.039><c> God</c><00:44:51.420><c> who</c><00:44:51.679><c> is</c><00:44:52.059><c> our</c><00:44:52.380><c> Savior,</c>

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:57.300
God<00:44:54.920><c> out</c><00:44:55.139><c> of</c><00:44:55.320><c> whom</c><00:44:55.519><c> springs</c><00:44:55.800><c> all</c><00:44:56.260><c> our</c><00:44:56.480><c> hope</c>

00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:02.039
and<00:44:58.059><c> of</c><00:44:58.420><c> whom</c><00:44:58.659><c> the</c><00:44:58.780><c> Lord</c><00:44:59.059><c> Jesus</c><00:44:59.539><c> Christ</c><00:45:00.260><c> is</c><00:45:00.900><c> the</c><00:45:01.320><c> representative.</c>

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:05.599
He<00:45:02.440><c> is</c><00:45:02.639><c> the</c><00:45:02.820><c> one</c><00:45:03.000><c> who</c><00:45:03.500><c> reveals</c><00:45:03.960><c> to</c><00:45:04.159><c> us</c><00:45:04.380><c> what</c><00:45:04.579><c> God</c><00:45:04.900><c> is</c><00:45:05.219><c> like</c>

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:08.300
and<00:45:05.880><c> he</c><00:45:06.000><c> is</c><00:45:06.139><c> the</c><00:45:06.300><c> one</c><00:45:06.460><c> who</c><00:45:06.639><c> brings</c><00:45:06.960><c> to</c><00:45:07.119><c> us</c><00:45:07.340><c> that</c><00:45:07.639><c> salvation</c>

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:11.059
of<00:45:08.739><c> which</c><00:45:08.960><c> God,</c><00:45:09.480><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:10.260><c> spoke.</c>

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:13.159
And<00:45:11.400><c> so</c><00:45:11.619><c> Jesus</c><00:45:12.659><c> is</c><00:45:12.880><c> saying,</c>

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:15.599
Come,<00:45:13.519><c> let</c><00:45:13.659><c> us</c><00:45:13.840><c> return</c><00:45:14.199><c> unto</c><00:45:14.440><c> him.</c>

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:17.480
Verse<00:45:16.880><c> three,</c>

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Then<00:45:17.820><c> shall</c><00:45:18.300><c> we</c><00:45:18.599><c> know</c><00:45:18.860><c> if</c><00:45:19.239><c> we</c><00:45:19.619><c> follow</c><00:45:19.880><c> on</c><00:45:20.340><c> to</c><00:45:20.619><c> know</c><00:45:20.940><c> the</c><00:45:21.340><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:25.320
We<00:45:22.239><c> shall</c><00:45:22.500><c> know</c><00:45:22.739><c> God</c><00:45:23.159><c> in</c><00:45:23.619><c> a</c><00:45:23.880><c> real</c><00:45:24.099><c> and</c><00:45:24.340><c> in</c><00:45:24.619><c> a</c><00:45:24.699><c> true</c><00:45:24.860><c> sense</c>

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:29.719
if<00:45:25.679><c> we</c><00:45:25.920><c> join</c><00:45:26.139><c> ourselves</c><00:45:26.800><c> unto</c><00:45:27.480><c> the</c><00:45:27.860><c> Lord</c><00:45:28.199><c> Jesus</c><00:45:28.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:32.900
This<00:45:30.659><c> of</c><00:45:30.860><c> course</c><00:45:31.019><c> is</c><00:45:31.260><c> the</c><00:45:31.460><c> spirit</c><00:45:31.619><c> of</c><00:45:31.820><c> Christ</c><00:45:32.179><c> in</c><00:45:32.380><c> the</c><00:45:32.579><c> prophets</c>

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:35.760
which<00:45:33.480><c> is</c><00:45:33.760><c> referred</c><00:45:34.099><c> to</c><00:45:34.519><c> by</c><00:45:34.860><c> the</c><00:45:35.000><c> Apostle</c><00:45:35.360><c> Peter.</c>

00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:38.019
We<00:45:36.179><c> shall</c><00:45:36.320><c> have</c><00:45:36.400><c> something</c><00:45:36.599><c> else</c><00:45:36.780><c> to</c><00:45:36.980><c> say</c><00:45:37.099><c> about</c><00:45:37.320><c> that</c>

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:42.099
at<00:45:38.820><c> a</c><00:45:38.940><c> more</c><00:45:39.139><c> appropriate</c><00:45:39.579><c> time</c><00:45:39.980><c> in</c><00:45:40.360><c> the</c><00:45:40.500><c> message</c><00:45:40.840><c> of</c><00:45:41.239><c> Osir.</c>

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:44.900
All<00:45:42.860><c> the</c><00:45:43.260><c> experiences</c><00:45:43.719><c> of</c><00:45:44.000><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:46.719
all<00:45:45.239><c> the</c><00:45:45.500><c> experiences</c><00:45:46.059><c> of</c><00:45:46.320><c> Gentiles</c>

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:50.579
gathered<00:45:47.539><c> together</c><00:45:48.000><c> in</c><00:45:48.280><c> Christ</c><00:45:48.579><c> here</c><00:45:49.079><c> and</c><00:45:49.460><c> in</c><00:45:49.619><c> his</c><00:45:49.820><c> crucifixion</c>

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:54.739
and<00:45:51.000><c> there</c><00:45:51.119><c> is</c><00:45:51.340><c> this</c><00:45:51.719><c> wonderful</c><00:45:52.159><c> hope</c><00:45:52.559><c> for</c><00:45:53.260><c> those</c><00:45:53.719><c> who</c><00:45:54.199><c> return</c>

00:45:54.739 --> 00:46:00.179
and<00:45:55.360><c> for</c><00:45:55.579><c> those</c><00:45:55.820><c> who</c><00:45:56.139><c> seek</c><00:45:56.440><c> to</c><00:45:56.719><c> know</c><00:45:57.059><c> and</c><00:45:57.719><c> who</c><00:45:58.199><c> follow</c><00:45:58.460><c> on</c><00:45:58.880><c> to</c><00:45:59.139><c> know.</c>

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:03.860
Verse<00:46:00.960><c> three</c><00:46:01.380><c> is</c><00:46:02.159><c> a</c><00:46:02.219><c> verse</c><00:46:02.480><c> of</c><00:46:02.840><c> certainty.</c>

00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:07.800
Then<00:46:04.300><c> shall</c><00:46:04.880><c> we</c><00:46:05.239><c> know</c><00:46:05.760><c> if</c><00:46:06.199><c> we</c><00:46:06.480><c> follow</c><00:46:06.699><c> on</c><00:46:06.960><c> to</c><00:46:07.099><c> know</c><00:46:07.260><c> the</c><00:46:07.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:11.300
His<00:46:08.519><c> going</c><00:46:08.880><c> forth</c><00:46:09.300><c> is</c><00:46:09.780><c> prepared</c><00:46:10.360><c> as</c><00:46:10.619><c> the</c><00:46:10.860><c> morning.</c>

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:15.059
He<00:46:12.139><c> shall</c><00:46:12.579><c> come</c><00:46:12.980><c> down</c><00:46:13.599><c> unto</c><00:46:13.900><c> us</c><00:46:14.219><c> as</c><00:46:14.539><c> the</c><00:46:14.780><c> rain,</c>

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as<00:46:15.559><c> the</c><00:46:15.760><c> latter</c><00:46:16.119><c> and</c><00:46:16.639><c> as</c><00:46:16.920><c> the</c><00:46:17.199><c> former</c><00:46:17.440><c> rain</c><00:46:17.860><c> unto</c><00:46:18.280><c> the</c><00:46:18.519><c> earth.</c>

00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:22.679
And<00:46:19.980><c> how</c><00:46:20.139><c> dearly</c><00:46:20.440><c> I</c><00:46:20.460><c> would</c><00:46:20.659><c> love</c><00:46:20.780><c> to</c><00:46:21.000><c> go</c><00:46:21.139><c> into</c><00:46:21.940><c> the</c><00:46:22.119><c> book</c><00:46:22.280><c> of</c><00:46:22.480><c> Joy</c>

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:26.539
at<00:46:23.019><c> this</c><00:46:23.260><c> moment</c><00:46:23.619><c> to</c><00:46:24.360><c> expand</c><00:46:24.719><c> a</c><00:46:24.880><c> little</c><00:46:25.340><c> on</c><00:46:25.840><c> verse</c><00:46:26.119><c> three</c>

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:28.260
about<00:46:26.920><c> the</c><00:46:27.179><c> former</c><00:46:27.380><c> and</c><00:46:27.579><c> the</c><00:46:27.739><c> latter</c><00:46:27.900><c> rain</c>

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:31.340
but<00:46:28.760><c> we</c><00:46:28.980><c> haven't</c><00:46:29.139><c> really</c><00:46:29.420><c> got</c><00:46:29.639><c> time</c><00:46:29.880><c> to</c><00:46:30.119><c> do</c><00:46:30.320><c> that.</c>

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:40.139
We<00:46:35.559><c> have</c><00:46:35.860><c> also</c><00:46:36.139><c> in</c><00:46:36.380><c> chapter</c><00:46:36.659><c> six</c><00:46:37.320><c> a</c><00:46:38.099><c> further</c><00:46:38.579><c> analysis</c><00:46:39.300><c> of</c>

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:41.699
Israel's<00:46:41.199><c> sins.</c>

00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:43.039
Now<00:46:42.420><c> these</c><00:46:42.579><c> keep</c><00:46:42.800><c> coming.</c>

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:47.300
Every<00:46:43.460><c> section</c><00:46:44.119><c> deals</c><00:46:44.800><c> with</c><00:46:45.159><c> some</c><00:46:45.400><c> particular</c><00:46:46.280><c> detail</c>

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:49.079
in<00:46:47.579><c> the</c><00:46:47.780><c> life</c><00:46:47.940><c> of</c><00:46:48.139><c> the</c><00:46:48.199><c> nation</c><00:46:48.440><c> of</c><00:46:48.659><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:52.480
Some<00:46:49.760><c> particular</c><00:46:50.300><c> sins</c><00:46:50.800><c> are</c><00:46:51.260><c> brought</c><00:46:51.679><c> to</c><00:46:52.139><c> light</c>

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:56.420
and<00:46:53.099><c> some</c><00:46:53.300><c> particular</c><00:46:53.760><c> sins</c><00:46:54.119><c> are</c><00:46:54.500><c> analyzed</c><00:46:55.059><c> before</c><00:46:55.559><c> us.</c>

00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:58.159
Verse<00:46:57.019><c> four,</c>

00:46:58.780 --> 00:47:02.079
O<00:46:59.460><c> Ephraim,</c><00:47:00.599><c> what</c><00:47:00.719><c> shall</c><00:47:00.940><c> I</c><00:47:01.139><c> do</c><00:47:01.360><c> unto</c><00:47:01.539><c> thee,</c>

00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:04.219
O<00:47:02.719><c> Judah,</c><00:47:03.059><c> what</c><00:47:03.239><c> shall</c><00:47:03.400><c> I</c><00:47:03.559><c> do</c><00:47:03.659><c> unto</c><00:47:03.880><c> thee,</c>

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:07.400
for<00:47:04.420><c> your</c><00:47:04.780><c> goodness</c><00:47:05.320><c> is</c><00:47:06.099><c> as</c><00:47:06.380><c> a</c><00:47:06.539><c> morning</c><00:47:06.920><c> cloud</c>

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:10.860
as<00:47:07.900><c> the</c><00:47:08.179><c> early</c><00:47:08.539><c> dew</c><00:47:08.840><c> it</c><00:47:09.159><c> goeth</c><00:47:09.500><c> away.</c>

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:15.960
There<00:47:13.420><c> is</c><00:47:13.539><c> nothing</c><00:47:13.719><c> more</c><00:47:14.099><c> lovely</c><00:47:14.920><c> to</c><00:47:15.460><c> see</c>

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:18.360
than<00:47:16.320><c> the</c><00:47:16.559><c> early</c><00:47:16.960><c> morning</c><00:47:17.519><c> dew</c>

00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:22.260
sparkling<00:47:19.400><c> in</c><00:47:19.679><c> the</c><00:47:19.920><c> bright</c><00:47:20.260><c> early</c><00:47:20.800><c> morning</c><00:47:21.300><c> sunlight.</c>

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:26.000
But<00:47:23.800><c> how</c><00:47:24.039><c> transient</c><00:47:24.360><c> it</c><00:47:24.539><c> is.</c>

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:30.199
No<00:47:26.699><c> sooner</c><00:47:26.900><c> has</c><00:47:27.099><c> the</c><00:47:27.239><c> sun</c><00:47:27.380><c> risen</c><00:47:27.699><c> than</c><00:47:28.380><c> the</c><00:47:28.539><c> dew</c><00:47:28.619><c> itself</c><00:47:29.019><c> disappears.</c>

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:32.239
All<00:47:31.400><c> its</c><00:47:31.559><c> beauty</c><00:47:31.800><c> has</c><00:47:32.079><c> gone.</c>

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:35.579
All<00:47:32.579><c> those</c><00:47:34.000><c> wonderful</c><00:47:34.659><c> shades</c><00:47:35.039><c> of</c><00:47:35.380><c> color</c>

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:38.800
as<00:47:35.780><c> the</c><00:47:36.000><c> light</c><00:47:36.219><c> is</c><00:47:36.639><c> split</c><00:47:36.760><c> up</c><00:47:36.980><c> by</c><00:47:37.239><c> the</c><00:47:37.860><c> prismatic</c><00:47:38.360><c> effect</c>

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:41.599
of<00:47:39.019><c> the</c><00:47:39.239><c> dew</c><00:47:39.599><c> upon</c><00:47:40.360><c> the</c><00:47:41.139><c> leaves.</c>

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:44.480
All<00:47:42.340><c> disappears</c><00:47:42.940><c> and</c><00:47:43.139><c> we</c><00:47:43.300><c> are</c><00:47:43.380><c> left</c><00:47:43.500><c> with</c><00:47:43.739><c> nothing.</c>

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:47.260
The<00:47:45.280><c> brilliance</c><00:47:45.559><c> of</c><00:47:45.699><c> the</c><00:47:45.880><c> light</c><00:47:46.059><c> has</c><00:47:46.320><c> gone.</c>

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:51.699
And<00:47:48.179><c> here</c><00:47:48.679><c> Israel,</c><00:47:50.119><c> Ephraim,</c><00:47:50.820><c> the</c><00:47:51.019><c> ten</c><00:47:51.159><c> tribes,</c>

00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:54.739
is<00:47:52.579><c> likened</c><00:47:53.179><c> unto</c><00:47:53.719><c> dew.</c>

00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:57.539
All<00:47:55.860><c> the</c><00:47:56.179><c> early</c><00:47:56.420><c> promise,</c>

00:47:58.260 --> 00:47:59.400
the<00:47:58.400><c> nation</c><00:47:58.739><c> of</c><00:47:58.940><c> Israel,</c>

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:02.019
and<00:47:59.539><c> notice</c><00:47:59.880><c> we</c><00:48:00.019><c> have</c><00:48:00.340><c> here</c><00:48:00.679><c> Ephraim</c><00:48:01.139><c> and</c><00:48:01.619><c> Judah,</c>

00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:05.119
we<00:48:02.539><c> have</c><00:48:02.719><c> the</c><00:48:02.960><c> twelve</c><00:48:03.199><c> tribes</c><00:48:03.539><c> joined</c><00:48:03.900><c> together,</c>

00:48:05.380 --> 00:48:08.380
all<00:48:05.679><c> the</c><00:48:06.000><c> early</c><00:48:06.300><c> promise</c><00:48:06.579><c> of</c><00:48:06.760><c> the</c><00:48:06.980><c> twelve</c><00:48:07.360><c> tribe</c><00:48:07.800><c> kingdom</c>

00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:11.699
which<00:48:09.500><c> shone</c><00:48:09.920><c> with</c><00:48:10.280><c> the</c><00:48:10.519><c> brightness</c><00:48:10.840><c> and</c><00:48:11.099><c> the</c><00:48:11.340><c> glory</c>

00:48:11.699 --> 00:48:13.280
of<00:48:12.059><c> the</c><00:48:12.199><c> early</c><00:48:12.480><c> morning</c><00:48:12.900><c> dew</c>

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:15.679
was<00:48:14.000><c> like</c><00:48:14.480><c> the</c><00:48:14.860><c> early</c><00:48:15.039><c> morning</c><00:48:15.440><c> dew</c>

00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:19.239
which<00:48:15.920><c> was</c><00:48:16.179><c> in</c><00:48:16.380><c> fact</c><00:48:16.579><c> too</c><00:48:17.320><c> transient</c><00:48:17.780><c> and</c><00:48:18.099><c> disappeared.</c>

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:20.500
It<00:48:19.739><c> didn't</c><00:48:20.119><c> last.</c>

00:48:20.500 --> 00:48:23.360
And<00:48:21.519><c> how</c><00:48:21.760><c> we</c><00:48:21.880><c> must</c><00:48:22.599><c> contrast</c><00:48:23.079><c> that</c>

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:25.300
and<00:48:23.460><c> will</c><00:48:23.780><c> contrast</c><00:48:24.179><c> it</c><00:48:24.380><c> a</c><00:48:24.460><c> little</c><00:48:24.619><c> later</c>

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:27.719
in<00:48:26.239><c> chapter</c><00:48:26.500><c> 14</c><00:48:26.960><c> where</c><00:48:27.199><c> God</c><00:48:27.440><c> says</c>

00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:30.719
I<00:48:28.179><c> will</c><00:48:28.440><c> be</c><00:48:28.780><c> as</c><00:48:29.019><c> the</c><00:48:29.239><c> dew</c><00:48:29.380><c> to</c><00:48:29.639><c> Israel.</c>

00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:32.380
And<00:48:31.320><c> there</c><00:48:31.500><c> is</c><00:48:31.619><c> something</c><00:48:31.820><c> very</c><00:48:32.079><c> different</c>

00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:34.699
which<00:48:32.599><c> comes</c><00:48:33.179><c> out</c><00:48:33.480><c> of</c><00:48:33.699><c> that.</c>

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:37.760
Verse<00:48:36.739><c> 6.</c>

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:40.079
Another<00:48:38.440><c> part</c><00:48:38.760><c> of</c><00:48:38.980><c> their</c><00:48:39.099><c> sins.</c>

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:43.320
I<00:48:40.840><c> desired</c><00:48:41.280><c> mercy</c><00:48:41.760><c> and</c><00:48:41.960><c> not</c><00:48:42.119><c> sacrifice</c>

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:46.599
and<00:48:43.980><c> the</c><00:48:44.179><c> knowledge</c><00:48:44.360><c> of</c><00:48:44.579><c> God</c><00:48:44.840><c> more</c><00:48:45.219><c> than</c><00:48:45.400><c> burnt</c><00:48:45.599><c> offerings.</c>

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:52.199
Now<00:48:48.599><c> Jesus</c><00:48:49.280><c> is</c><00:48:49.639><c> not,</c><00:48:49.900><c> rather</c><00:48:50.260><c> God</c><00:48:50.599><c> is</c><00:48:50.880><c> not</c><00:48:51.260><c> saying</c><00:48:51.579><c> here</c>

00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:55.800
I<00:48:53.139><c> didn't</c><00:48:53.619><c> want</c><00:48:53.880><c> you</c><00:48:54.059><c> to</c><00:48:54.260><c> offer</c><00:48:54.480><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:59.079
He<00:48:56.360><c> is</c><00:48:56.599><c> not</c><00:48:56.940><c> setting</c><00:48:57.380><c> mercy</c><00:48:57.900><c> and</c><00:48:58.340><c> sacrifices</c>

00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:02.000
in<00:49:00.179><c> opposition</c><00:49:00.619><c> to</c><00:49:00.800><c> each</c><00:49:01.039><c> other.</c>

00:49:02.460 --> 00:49:05.800
What<00:49:02.619><c> he's</c><00:49:02.840><c> saying</c><00:49:03.119><c> is</c><00:49:03.380><c> that</c><00:49:03.539><c> he</c><00:49:03.719><c> wanted</c><00:49:04.179><c> there</c><00:49:04.539><c> to</c><00:49:04.860><c> be</c><00:49:05.199><c> mercy</c>

00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:08.639
in<00:49:06.420><c> the</c><00:49:06.760><c> offering</c><00:49:06.980><c> of</c><00:49:07.239><c> their</c><00:49:07.480><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:12.679
If<00:49:09.460><c> we</c><00:49:09.619><c> go</c><00:49:09.900><c> to</c><00:49:10.360><c> Malachi,</c><00:49:10.840><c> which</c><00:49:11.000><c> we</c><00:49:11.239><c> won't</c><00:49:12.119><c> physically,</c>

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:14.099
we<00:49:13.260><c> will</c><00:49:13.559><c> mentally,</c>

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:18.300
if<00:49:14.980><c> we</c><00:49:15.119><c> go</c><00:49:15.320><c> to</c><00:49:15.500><c> Malachi</c><00:49:15.980><c> we</c><00:49:16.260><c> read</c><00:49:16.679><c> that</c><00:49:16.980><c> they</c><00:49:17.440><c> robbed</c><00:49:17.820><c> God</c>

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:20.599
in<00:49:18.579><c> the</c><00:49:18.820><c> offering</c><00:49:19.019><c> of</c><00:49:19.239><c> their</c><00:49:19.519><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:49:21.980 --> 00:49:23.659
And<00:49:22.119><c> that</c><00:49:22.199><c> is</c><00:49:22.380><c> a</c><00:49:22.519><c> very</c><00:49:22.820><c> frightening</c><00:49:23.159><c> thought</c>

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:26.139
that<00:49:24.539><c> as</c><00:49:24.780><c> they</c><00:49:25.000><c> went</c><00:49:25.239><c> to</c><00:49:25.539><c> worship</c><00:49:25.820><c> God</c>

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:27.699
and<00:49:26.320><c> to</c><00:49:26.579><c> take</c><00:49:26.760><c> their</c><00:49:27.099><c> sacrifices</c>

00:49:27.699 --> 00:49:29.940
they<00:49:28.199><c> were</c><00:49:28.380><c> actually</c><00:49:28.940><c> robbing</c><00:49:29.480><c> God.</c>

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:33.159
And<00:49:30.539><c> that</c><00:49:30.739><c> means</c><00:49:30.940><c> that</c><00:49:31.239><c> we,</c><00:49:31.559><c> as</c><00:49:31.820><c> we</c><00:49:32.059><c> come</c><00:49:32.280><c> to</c><00:49:32.559><c> worship</c><00:49:32.880><c> God</c>

00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:35.179
at<00:49:33.340><c> the</c><00:49:33.480><c> breaking</c><00:49:33.719><c> of</c><00:49:33.960><c> bread's</c><00:49:34.320><c> surface,</c>

00:49:35.199 --> 00:49:38.159
can<00:49:35.400><c> also</c><00:49:35.900><c> be</c><00:49:36.219><c> guilty</c><00:49:36.579><c> of</c><00:49:36.840><c> robbing</c><00:49:37.179><c> God.</c>

00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:39.780
And<00:49:38.800><c> how</c><00:49:38.980><c> can</c><00:49:39.119><c> that</c><00:49:39.360><c> be?</c>

00:49:39.780 --> 00:49:45.019
It<00:49:40.599><c> can</c><00:49:40.920><c> be</c><00:49:41.199><c> because</c><00:49:41.519><c> we</c><00:49:42.900><c> do</c><00:49:43.400><c> not</c><00:49:43.619><c> see</c><00:49:43.820><c> the</c><00:49:44.039><c> mercy</c>

00:49:46.179 --> 00:49:47.960
behind<00:49:46.739><c> the</c><00:49:47.039><c> ritual,</c>

00:49:49.059 --> 00:49:51.880
because<00:49:49.380><c> we</c><00:49:49.539><c> do</c><00:49:49.739><c> not</c><00:49:49.900><c> see</c><00:49:50.119><c> the</c><00:49:50.420><c> life</c>

00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:54.500
behind<00:49:52.880><c> the</c><00:49:53.099><c> things</c><00:49:53.440><c> which</c><00:49:53.699><c> we</c><00:49:53.900><c> are</c><00:49:54.139><c> doing</c>

00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:56.599
and<00:49:54.780><c> have</c><00:49:55.000><c> been</c><00:49:55.239><c> commanded</c><00:49:55.619><c> to</c><00:49:55.900><c> do.</c>

00:49:56.900 --> 00:49:58.639
When<00:49:57.139><c> they</c><00:49:57.380><c> offered</c><00:49:57.739><c> a</c><00:49:58.059><c> sacrifice</c>

00:49:58.639 --> 00:50:01.320
they<00:49:58.860><c> were</c><00:49:59.139><c> not</c><00:49:59.320><c> just</c><00:49:59.820><c> to</c><00:50:00.019><c> slay</c><00:50:00.219><c> an</c><00:50:00.460><c> animal.</c>

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:04.960
In<00:50:02.519><c> effect</c><00:50:02.719><c> they</c><00:50:02.940><c> were</c><00:50:03.219><c> slaying,</c><00:50:03.559><c> they</c><00:50:03.679><c> were</c><00:50:03.840><c> murdering</c><00:50:04.380><c> the</c><00:50:04.579><c> beasts</c>

00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:07.219
and<00:50:05.440><c> if</c><00:50:05.599><c> the</c><00:50:05.780><c> blood</c><00:50:05.940><c> flowed</c><00:50:06.380><c> they</c><00:50:06.480><c> were</c><00:50:06.719><c> delighting</c>

00:50:07.219 --> 00:50:08.500
in<00:50:07.380><c> making</c><00:50:07.619><c> their</c><00:50:07.940><c> sacrifices</c>

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and<00:50:08.980><c> they</c><00:50:09.079><c> would</c><00:50:09.300><c> make</c><00:50:09.559><c> more</c><00:50:09.960><c> and</c><00:50:10.059><c> more</c><00:50:10.380><c> animals</c>

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to<00:50:11.400><c> offer</c><00:50:11.539><c> to</c><00:50:11.800><c> sacrifice.</c>

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But<00:50:12.980><c> there</c><00:50:13.159><c> was</c><00:50:13.320><c> no</c><00:50:13.659><c> thought</c><00:50:14.119><c> that</c><00:50:14.840><c> God</c><00:50:15.139><c> had</c><00:50:15.440><c> given</c><00:50:15.639><c> to</c><00:50:15.880><c> them</c>

00:50:16.260 --> 00:50:17.579
the<00:50:16.659><c> blood</c><00:50:16.860><c> of</c><00:50:17.059><c> the</c><00:50:17.280><c> animal</c>

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to<00:50:17.760><c> make</c><00:50:17.960><c> an</c><00:50:18.239><c> atonement</c><00:50:18.760><c> for</c><00:50:19.059><c> their</c><00:50:19.300><c> sins.</c>

00:50:19.699 --> 00:50:22.260
There<00:50:19.780><c> was</c><00:50:20.000><c> no</c><00:50:20.320><c> thought</c><00:50:20.659><c> of</c><00:50:21.059><c> the</c><00:50:21.320><c> mercy</c><00:50:21.699><c> of</c><00:50:21.980><c> God</c>

00:50:22.260 --> 00:50:25.199
in<00:50:22.780><c> the</c><00:50:23.079><c> sacrifice</c><00:50:23.559><c> which</c><00:50:23.940><c> they</c><00:50:24.159><c> were</c><00:50:24.380><c> offering.</c>

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:28.500
God<00:50:25.619><c> says,</c><00:50:26.019><c> I</c><00:50:26.019><c> desired</c><00:50:26.460><c> mercy,</c><00:50:27.320><c> not</c><00:50:27.460><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:32.300
I<00:50:29.099><c> wanted</c><00:50:29.300><c> you</c><00:50:29.460><c> to</c><00:50:29.699><c> understand</c><00:50:30.239><c> my</c><00:50:31.480><c> own</c><00:50:31.900><c> life,</c>

00:50:32.539 --> 00:50:34.139
my<00:50:32.760><c> own</c><00:50:33.079><c> character,</c>

00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:36.659
and<00:50:34.460><c> exhibit</c><00:50:34.940><c> that</c><00:50:35.280><c> same</c><00:50:35.659><c> life</c><00:50:35.900><c> and</c><00:50:36.280><c> character</c>

00:50:36.659 --> 00:50:38.539
yourselves<00:50:37.460><c> in</c><00:50:37.619><c> your</c><00:50:37.880><c> own</c><00:50:38.199><c> lives</c>

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:40.360
in<00:50:38.820><c> the</c><00:50:38.980><c> way</c><00:50:39.139><c> that</c><00:50:39.320><c> you</c><00:50:39.480><c> live.</c>

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:41.460
And<00:50:40.400><c> you</c><00:50:40.519><c> didn't</c><00:50:40.780><c> do</c><00:50:40.980><c> it.</c>

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:44.800
Instead<00:50:42.000><c> you</c><00:50:43.480><c> carried</c><00:50:43.840><c> out</c><00:50:44.119><c> the</c><00:50:44.380><c> ritual</c>

00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:47.519
but<00:50:45.440><c> you</c><00:50:45.599><c> lived</c><00:50:45.760><c> the</c><00:50:45.960><c> life</c><00:50:46.159><c> of</c><00:50:46.460><c> Baal</c><00:50:46.739><c> instead.</c>

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:51.619
What<00:50:48.139><c> a</c><00:50:48.440><c> condemnation</c><00:50:48.980><c> that</c><00:50:49.139><c> is</c><00:50:49.380><c> in</c><00:50:49.559><c> verse</c><00:50:49.739><c> 6.</c>

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:54.880
Gilead,<00:50:52.900><c> verse</c><00:50:53.340><c> 8,</c>

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:58.539
the<00:50:55.739><c> city</c><00:50:56.139><c> of</c><00:50:56.440><c> them</c><00:50:56.599><c> that</c><00:50:56.900><c> work</c><00:50:57.099><c> iniquity,</c>

00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:01.840
Gilead<00:50:59.719><c> was</c><00:51:00.019><c> the</c><00:51:00.320><c> city</c><00:51:00.659><c> of</c><00:51:01.000><c> balm,</c>

00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:04.000
the<00:51:02.619><c> city</c><00:51:02.860><c> of</c><00:51:03.079><c> healing.</c>

00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:07.480
What<00:51:05.099><c> we're</c><00:51:05.340><c> being</c><00:51:05.599><c> told</c><00:51:05.920><c> in</c><00:51:06.099><c> verse</c><00:51:06.980><c> 8</c>

00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:10.679
is<00:51:07.940><c> that</c><00:51:08.159><c> Gilead,</c><00:51:08.820><c> the</c><00:51:08.920><c> city</c><00:51:09.219><c> of</c><00:51:09.619><c> healing,</c>

00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:13.019
has<00:51:11.159><c> become</c><00:51:11.480><c> a</c><00:51:11.559><c> city</c><00:51:11.980><c> of</c><00:51:12.260><c> iniquity</c>

00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:16.659
and<00:51:13.519><c> all</c><00:51:13.760><c> the</c><00:51:14.000><c> healing</c><00:51:14.280><c> has</c><00:51:14.579><c> become</c><00:51:14.880><c> polluted</c><00:51:15.420><c> with</c><00:51:15.699><c> blood.</c>

00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:19.579
Can<00:51:17.900><c> you</c><00:51:18.039><c> imagine</c><00:51:18.380><c> all</c><00:51:18.619><c> the</c><00:51:18.820><c> antiseptics</c>

00:51:19.579 --> 00:51:21.239
and<00:51:19.760><c> the</c><00:51:20.019><c> antibodies</c><00:51:20.320><c> in</c><00:51:20.579><c> the</c><00:51:20.719><c> hospital</c>

00:51:21.239 --> 00:51:23.639
which<00:51:21.659><c> are</c><00:51:21.940><c> used</c><00:51:22.159><c> for</c><00:51:22.340><c> the</c><00:51:22.539><c> healing</c><00:51:22.780><c> of</c><00:51:23.079><c> people</c>

00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:26.400
themselves<00:51:24.400><c> being</c><00:51:25.300><c> corrupted</c>

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:29.099
so<00:51:27.059><c> that</c><00:51:27.159><c> they</c><00:51:27.219><c> can</c><00:51:27.400><c> no</c><00:51:27.559><c> longer</c><00:51:27.719><c> be</c><00:51:28.000><c> used?</c>

00:51:29.320 --> 00:51:31.079
That<00:51:29.500><c> is</c><00:51:29.659><c> the</c><00:51:29.760><c> sort</c><00:51:29.840><c> of</c><00:51:30.019><c> figure</c><00:51:30.139><c> we've</c><00:51:30.420><c> got</c><00:51:30.519><c> here.</c>

00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:33.320
All<00:51:31.980><c> the</c><00:51:32.300><c> healing</c><00:51:32.719><c> processes</c>

00:51:33.320 --> 00:51:35.380
that<00:51:33.659><c> God</c><00:51:33.900><c> had</c><00:51:34.239><c> given</c><00:51:34.460><c> to</c><00:51:34.780><c> Israel</c>

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:38.159
have<00:51:36.179><c> been</c><00:51:36.559><c> polluted,</c><00:51:37.199><c> have</c><00:51:37.260><c> been</c><00:51:37.599><c> corrupted</c>

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:41.219
and<00:51:38.719><c> therefore</c><00:51:39.099><c> they</c><00:51:39.559><c> cannot</c><00:51:39.900><c> be</c><00:51:40.280><c> healed.</c>

00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:43.619
And<00:51:42.159><c> you</c><00:51:42.320><c> see</c><00:51:42.500><c> how</c><00:51:42.820><c> important</c><00:51:43.280><c> it</c><00:51:43.500><c> is</c>

00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:47.280
that<00:51:43.840><c> we</c><00:51:44.039><c> retain</c><00:51:44.780><c> the</c><00:51:45.420><c> first</c><00:51:45.719><c> principles</c><00:51:46.320><c> of</c><00:51:46.639><c> our</c><00:51:46.980><c> faith</c>

00:51:47.280 --> 00:51:49.119
and<00:51:47.760><c> we</c><00:51:48.000><c> understand</c><00:51:48.500><c> the</c><00:51:48.860><c> truth</c>

00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:50.719
that<00:51:49.460><c> it</c><00:51:49.619><c> has</c><00:51:49.760><c> been</c><00:51:50.059><c> given</c><00:51:50.260><c> to</c><00:51:50.539><c> us</c>

00:51:50.719 --> 00:51:54.340
and<00:51:51.199><c> we</c><00:51:51.440><c> do</c><00:51:51.739><c> not</c><00:51:51.960><c> allow</c><00:51:52.539><c> any</c><00:51:53.179><c> rising</c><00:51:53.659><c> generation</c>

00:51:54.340 --> 00:51:56.900
to<00:51:54.719><c> tamper</c><00:51:54.980><c> with</c><00:51:55.199><c> it</c><00:51:55.519><c> and</c><00:51:55.800><c> to</c><00:51:56.059><c> change</c><00:51:56.300><c> it.</c>

00:51:57.380 --> 00:52:00.159
Because<00:51:57.719><c> as</c><00:51:58.019><c> we</c><00:51:58.400><c> change</c><00:51:58.719><c> the</c><00:51:58.960><c> principles</c><00:51:59.380><c> of</c><00:51:59.599><c> the</c><00:51:59.840><c> truth</c>

00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:03.280
so<00:52:00.619><c> we</c><00:52:00.920><c> destroy</c><00:52:01.599><c> the</c><00:52:02.199><c> healing</c><00:52:02.719><c> properties</c>

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:06.760
of<00:52:03.559><c> the</c><00:52:03.800><c> truth</c><00:52:04.139><c> that</c><00:52:04.480><c> God</c><00:52:04.739><c> has</c><00:52:05.000><c> given</c><00:52:05.199><c> to</c><00:52:05.440><c> us.</c>

00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:09.119
Gilead<00:52:07.880><c> is</c><00:52:08.119><c> a</c><00:52:08.280><c> city</c><00:52:08.500><c> of</c><00:52:08.739><c> them</c>

00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:13.000
that<00:52:09.519><c> work</c><00:52:09.699><c> iniquity</c><00:52:10.440><c> and</c><00:52:10.780><c> is</c><00:52:11.059><c> polluted</c><00:52:11.639><c> with</c><00:52:12.059><c> blood.</c>

00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:14.900
Verse<00:52:13.579><c> 9,</c>

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:18.400
There<00:52:15.500><c> are</c><00:52:15.659><c> priests</c><00:52:16.019><c> who</c><00:52:16.980><c> are</c><00:52:17.199><c> deprived</c><00:52:17.679><c> of</c><00:52:17.880><c> their</c><00:52:18.099><c> living</c>

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:20.940
because<00:52:18.840><c> they</c><00:52:19.079><c> are</c><00:52:19.199><c> no</c><00:52:19.320><c> longer</c><00:52:19.739><c> given</c><00:52:20.199><c> the</c><00:52:20.480><c> portion</c>

00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:23.260
that<00:52:21.539><c> is</c><00:52:21.780><c> the</c><00:52:21.960><c> food</c><00:52:22.119><c> of</c><00:52:22.320><c> God.</c>

00:52:23.300 --> 00:52:27.019
They<00:52:23.559><c> themselves</c><00:52:24.119><c> have</c><00:52:24.400><c> to</c><00:52:25.099><c> use</c><00:52:25.500><c> violence</c><00:52:26.159><c> to</c><00:52:26.599><c> live.</c>

00:52:27.019 --> 00:52:30.400
As<00:52:27.719><c> troops</c><00:52:28.059><c> of</c><00:52:28.400><c> robbers</c><00:52:28.739><c> they</c><00:52:29.079><c> wait</c><00:52:29.280><c> for</c><00:52:29.500><c> a</c><00:52:29.599><c> man.</c>

00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:33.739
So<00:52:30.880><c> company</c><00:52:31.199><c> of</c><00:52:31.539><c> priests</c><00:52:31.800><c> murder</c><00:52:32.360><c> in</c><00:52:32.579><c> the</c><00:52:32.739><c> way</c><00:52:32.900><c> by</c><00:52:33.199><c> consent</c>

00:52:33.739 --> 00:52:36.079
for<00:52:34.420><c> they</c><00:52:34.699><c> commit</c><00:52:34.940><c> lewdness.</c>

00:52:36.260 --> 00:52:38.179
The<00:52:36.519><c> priests</c><00:52:36.739><c> have</c><00:52:37.019><c> become</c><00:52:37.300><c> corrupted</c><00:52:37.699><c> themselves</c>

00:52:38.179 --> 00:52:40.199
in<00:52:38.420><c> order</c><00:52:38.579><c> to</c><00:52:38.840><c> live</c><00:52:39.239><c> because</c><00:52:39.900><c> Israel</c>

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:42.519
have<00:52:41.000><c> made</c><00:52:41.159><c> it</c><00:52:41.340><c> that</c><00:52:41.559><c> way.</c>

00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:46.719
And<00:52:43.179><c> we</c><00:52:43.380><c> have</c><00:52:43.500><c> this</c><00:52:44.500><c> dreadful</c><00:52:45.260><c> verse,</c><00:52:45.579><c> verse</c><00:52:45.739><c> 10.</c>

00:52:47.340 --> 00:52:48.860
I<00:52:47.480><c> have</c><00:52:47.719><c> seen</c><00:52:47.840><c> a</c><00:52:47.980><c> horrible</c><00:52:48.320><c> thing</c>

00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:51.039
in<00:52:49.539><c> the</c><00:52:49.679><c> house</c><00:52:49.780><c> of</c><00:52:50.059><c> Israel.</c>

00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:54.840
There<00:52:52.420><c> is</c><00:52:52.719><c> the</c><00:52:52.980><c> whoredom</c><00:52:53.300><c> of</c><00:52:53.559><c> Ephraim.</c>

00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:58.639
Israel<00:52:56.179><c> is</c><00:52:56.559><c> defiled.</c>

00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:02.920
A<00:53:00.400><c> people</c><00:53:00.960><c> called</c><00:53:01.480><c> to</c><00:53:01.739><c> be</c><00:53:02.019><c> the</c><00:53:02.300><c> custodians</c>

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:04.820
of<00:53:03.139><c> the</c><00:53:03.300><c> word</c><00:53:03.480><c> of</c><00:53:03.699><c> God.</c>

00:53:06.300 --> 00:53:10.139
A<00:53:06.440><c> people</c><00:53:06.739><c> called</c><00:53:07.300><c> by</c><00:53:07.619><c> God</c><00:53:08.099><c> to</c><00:53:08.340><c> be</c><00:53:08.480><c> a</c><00:53:08.659><c> kingdom</c><00:53:08.920><c> of</c><00:53:09.179><c> priests.</c>

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:14.940
A<00:53:12.159><c> people</c><00:53:12.440><c> called</c><00:53:12.940><c> in</c><00:53:13.400><c> figure</c><00:53:13.659><c> throughout</c><00:53:14.119><c> Hosea</c>

00:53:14.940 --> 00:53:18.480
to<00:53:15.400><c> be</c><00:53:15.639><c> the</c><00:53:15.960><c> wife</c><00:53:16.739><c> of</c><00:53:17.420><c> God.</c>

00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:21.780
They<00:53:19.960><c> have</c><00:53:20.380><c> become</c><00:53:21.119><c> corrupted.</c>

00:53:21.780 --> 00:53:25.599
It<00:53:22.800><c> is</c><00:53:23.139><c> a</c><00:53:23.280><c> horrible</c><00:53:23.679><c> thing</c><00:53:24.119><c> in</c><00:53:24.380><c> the</c><00:53:24.480><c> house</c><00:53:24.699><c> of</c><00:53:24.880><c> Israel</c>

00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:28.159
that<00:53:26.239><c> Israel</c><00:53:26.739><c> is</c><00:53:27.159><c> defiled.</c>

00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:32.900
The<00:53:29.039><c> very</c><00:53:29.500><c> fountain</c><00:53:30.019><c> and</c><00:53:30.619><c> source</c><00:53:31.019><c> of</c><00:53:31.280><c> God's</c><00:53:31.739><c> grace</c><00:53:32.039><c> and</c><00:53:32.360><c> goodness</c>

00:53:32.900 --> 00:53:37.059
not<00:53:34.079><c> just</c><00:53:34.400><c> to</c><00:53:34.599><c> Israel</c><00:53:35.099><c> but</c><00:53:35.360><c> could</c><00:53:35.619><c> have</c><00:53:35.820><c> been</c><00:53:35.980><c> to</c><00:53:36.179><c> the</c><00:53:36.420><c> world</c>

00:53:37.059 --> 00:53:39.480
because<00:53:37.559><c> they</c><00:53:37.800><c> would</c><00:53:37.960><c> have</c><00:53:38.099><c> been</c><00:53:38.219><c> a</c><00:53:38.400><c> kingdom</c><00:53:38.639><c> of</c><00:53:38.900><c> priests</c>

00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:42.920
was<00:53:40.019><c> corrupted</c><00:53:40.579><c> and</c><00:53:41.400><c> made</c><00:53:41.780><c> useless.</c>

00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:47.679
Brethren<00:53:44.880><c> and</c><00:53:45.159><c> sisters,</c><00:53:45.579><c> we</c><00:53:45.960><c> have</c>

00:53:47.679 --> 00:53:51.179
a<00:53:48.199><c> most</c><00:53:48.539><c> precious</c><00:53:49.880><c> inheritance.</c>

00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:54.960
The<00:53:52.960><c> truth</c><00:53:53.119><c> that</c><00:53:53.280><c> it</c><00:53:53.420><c> has</c><00:53:53.500><c> been</c><00:53:53.719><c> delivered</c><00:53:54.000><c> to</c><00:53:54.219><c> us</c>

00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:58.719
is<00:53:55.619><c> a</c><00:53:55.699><c> most</c><00:53:56.119><c> precious</c><00:53:56.400><c> thing</c><00:53:56.699><c> which</c><00:53:56.940><c> brings</c><00:53:57.219><c> to</c><00:53:57.360><c> us</c><00:53:57.579><c> salvation.</c>

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But<00:53:59.280><c> we</c><00:53:59.420><c> are</c><00:53:59.780><c> also</c><00:54:00.139><c> custodians</c><00:54:00.739><c> of</c><00:54:00.960><c> the</c><00:54:01.099><c> word</c><00:54:01.239><c> of</c><00:54:01.480><c> God.</c>

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And<00:54:02.900><c> it</c><00:54:03.000><c> is</c><00:54:03.199><c> a</c><00:54:03.380><c> horrible</c><00:54:03.699><c> thing</c><00:54:04.039><c> to</c><00:54:04.340><c> see</c>

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that<00:54:05.920><c> our</c><00:54:06.239><c> custodianship</c><00:54:07.380><c> turns</c><00:54:07.800><c> into</c><00:54:08.179><c> a</c><00:54:08.500><c> corruption</c>

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of<00:54:09.780><c> that</c><00:54:10.079><c> which</c><00:54:10.400><c> ought</c><00:54:10.639><c> to</c><00:54:10.860><c> be</c><00:54:11.000><c> our</c><00:54:11.179><c> salvation.</c>