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he<00:10:59.700><c> walked</c><00:10:59.980><c> into</c><00:11:00.240><c> the</c><00:11:00.340><c> house</c><00:11:00.580><c> of</c><00:11:00.740><c> God</c>

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a<00:11:03.100><c> house</c><00:11:03.399><c> of</c><00:11:03.779><c> prayer</c><00:11:04.200><c> for</c><00:11:05.100><c> all</c><00:11:05.399><c> nations</c>

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and<00:11:12.080><c> caused</c><00:11:12.340><c> him</c><00:11:12.519><c> to</c><00:11:12.759><c> act.</c>

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That<00:11:13.120><c> doesn't</c><00:11:13.440><c> mean</c><00:11:13.679><c> we</c><00:11:13.820><c> go</c><00:11:14.059><c> around</c><00:11:14.360><c> turning</c><00:11:14.659><c> tables</c><00:11:15.039><c> over</c>

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We're<00:11:19.440><c> not</c><00:11:19.639><c> talking</c><00:11:19.919><c> about</c><00:11:20.259><c> extreme</c><00:11:20.779><c> behavior</c><00:11:21.379><c> in</c><00:11:21.659><c> the</c><00:11:21.820><c> Ecclesia</c>

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but<00:11:23.559><c> we're</c><00:11:23.820><c> talking</c><00:11:24.139><c> about</c><00:11:24.559><c> carrying</c><00:11:25.139><c> a</c><00:11:25.759><c> fire</c><00:11:26.100><c> in</c><00:11:26.379><c> our</c><00:11:26.659><c> heart</c>

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that<00:11:28.159><c> consumes</c><00:11:28.919><c> us</c><00:11:29.360><c> because</c><00:11:29.700><c> of</c><00:11:29.899><c> our</c><00:11:30.200><c> love</c><00:11:30.659><c> for</c><00:11:31.080><c> righteousness.</c>

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That's<00:11:33.000><c> what's</c><00:11:33.340><c> needed</c><00:11:33.639><c> in</c><00:11:33.820><c> this</c><00:11:34.039><c> day</c><00:11:34.259><c> and</c><00:11:34.340><c> age</c>

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young<00:11:35.019><c> brother</c><00:11:35.659><c> and</c><00:11:35.899><c> sisters</c>

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will<00:11:40.419><c> help</c><00:11:40.720><c> build</c><00:11:41.120><c> a</c><00:11:41.519><c> wall</c><00:11:41.799><c> of</c><00:11:42.220><c> separation.</c>

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An<00:11:44.259><c> older</c><00:11:44.559><c> member,</c><00:11:45.240><c> a</c><00:11:45.379><c> middle</c><00:11:45.639><c>-aged</c><00:11:45.899><c> member,</c>

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a<00:11:46.720><c> younger</c><00:11:47.019><c> member,</c><00:11:47.559><c> a</c><00:11:47.759><c> young</c><00:11:48.000><c> person</c>

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who<00:11:48.879><c> is</c><00:11:49.059><c> not</c><00:11:49.279><c> yet</c><00:11:49.539><c> baptized</c><00:11:50.139><c> who</c><00:11:50.740><c> learns</c><00:11:51.039><c> to</c><00:11:51.320><c> be</c><00:11:51.600><c> zealous</c><00:11:52.059><c> for</c><00:11:52.419><c> Yahweh</c>

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will<00:11:54.000><c> build</c><00:11:54.320><c> a</c><00:11:54.740><c> wall</c><00:11:54.940><c> of</c><00:11:55.279><c> separation</c>

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between<00:11:56.159><c> themselves</c><00:11:56.940><c> and</c><00:11:57.240><c> the</c><00:11:57.399><c> evil</c><00:11:57.659><c> that</c><00:11:57.840><c> exists</c><00:11:58.200><c> in</c><00:11:58.360><c> this</c><00:11:58.580><c> day</c>

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and<00:11:59.899><c> that</c><00:12:00.139><c> wall</c><00:12:00.340><c> of</c><00:12:00.639><c> separation</c><00:12:01.100><c> will</c><00:12:01.320><c> be</c><00:12:01.480><c> very</c><00:12:01.820><c> helpful</c>

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So<00:12:08.759><c> Elijah</c><00:12:09.179><c> flees</c><00:12:09.860><c> to</c><00:12:10.139><c> the</c><00:12:10.200><c> Brook</c><00:12:10.679><c> Cherith</c>

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following<00:12:11.519><c> his</c><00:12:11.840><c> visit</c><00:12:12.120><c> to</c><00:12:12.779><c> Ahab's</c><00:12:13.279><c> court.</c>

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It's<00:12:14.080><c> going</c><00:12:14.179><c> to</c><00:12:14.299><c> become</c><00:12:14.460><c> a</c><00:12:14.679><c> dangerous</c><00:12:15.019><c> time</c><00:12:15.340><c> for</c><00:12:15.580><c> Yahweh's</c><00:12:16.059><c> prophets</c>

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we<00:12:16.580><c> know</c><00:12:17.039><c> because</c><00:12:17.639><c> of</c><00:12:17.840><c> Jezebel's</c><00:12:18.500><c> reaction.</c>

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You<00:12:20.700><c> can</c><00:12:20.940><c> see</c><00:12:21.179><c> the</c><00:12:22.399><c> various</c><00:12:22.740><c> areas</c><00:12:23.159><c> on</c><00:12:23.399><c> the</c><00:12:23.539><c> map.</c>

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We<00:12:24.299><c> probably</c><00:12:24.820><c> are</c><00:12:25.100><c> all</c><00:12:25.340><c> familiar</c><00:12:25.700><c> with</c><00:12:25.879><c> them.</c>

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You<00:12:27.299><c> can't</c><00:12:27.679><c> read</c><00:12:27.840><c> it,</c><00:12:28.100><c> we've</c><00:12:28.279><c> got</c><00:12:29.399><c> Tishbi</c><00:12:29.860><c> is</c><00:12:30.000><c> located</c><00:12:30.460><c> here</c>

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who<00:12:35.940><c> put</c><00:12:36.039><c> this</c><00:12:36.340><c> map</c><00:12:36.500><c> together.</c>

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Samaria<00:12:38.080><c> is</c><00:12:38.179><c> over</c><00:12:38.440><c> here</c><00:12:38.639><c> where</c><00:12:38.820><c> the</c><00:12:38.960><c> king</c><00:12:39.100><c> and</c><00:12:39.279><c> queen</c><00:12:39.419><c> are</c><00:12:39.679><c> reigning</c>

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and<00:12:40.279><c> in</c><00:12:40.419><c> chapter</c><00:12:40.679><c> 17</c><00:12:41.740><c> Elijah</c><00:12:42.440><c> will</c><00:12:42.659><c> end</c><00:12:42.779><c> up</c><00:12:42.960><c> here</c><00:12:43.159><c> up</c><00:12:43.340><c> in</c><00:12:43.700><c> Zarephath.</c>

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it's<00:12:54.059><c> about</c><00:12:54.259><c> the</c><00:12:54.460><c> widow</c><00:12:54.799><c> but</c><00:12:55.860><c> it</c><00:12:56.059><c> begins</c><00:12:56.419><c> with</c><00:12:56.679><c> the</c><00:12:56.899><c> ravens.</c>

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Job<00:12:58.759><c> 38</c><00:12:59.899><c> if</c><00:13:00.820><c> you</c><00:13:01.000><c> took</c><00:13:01.120><c> a</c><00:13:01.220><c> look</c><00:13:01.320><c> at</c><00:13:01.519><c> that</c><00:13:01.700><c> in</c><00:13:01.879><c> your</c><00:13:02.379><c> pre</c><00:13:02.639><c>-camp</c><00:13:02.840><c> studies</c>

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we<00:13:03.960><c> find</c><00:13:04.200><c> that</c><00:13:04.399><c> the</c><00:13:04.580><c> ravens</c><00:13:04.840><c> are</c><00:13:05.159><c> notoriously</c><00:13:06.120><c> poor</c>

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at<00:13:07.279><c> feeding</c><00:13:07.519><c> their</c><00:13:07.740><c> young.</c>

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Who<00:13:09.000><c> provided</c><00:13:09.320><c> for</c><00:13:09.539><c> the</c><00:13:09.740><c> raven</c><00:13:10.000><c> his</c><00:13:10.320><c> food</c>

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they<00:13:12.740><c> wander</c><00:13:13.100><c> for</c><00:13:13.320><c> lack</c><00:13:13.559><c> of</c><00:13:13.820><c> meat.</c>

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You<00:13:14.899><c> couple</c><00:13:15.179><c> that</c><00:13:15.960><c> with</c><00:13:16.320><c> the</c><00:13:16.580><c> reference</c><00:13:16.840><c> to</c><00:13:17.100><c> ravens</c><00:13:17.379><c> in</c><00:13:17.539><c> Luke</c>

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and<00:13:22.399><c> the</c><00:13:22.580><c> picture</c><00:13:22.860><c> we</c><00:13:23.220><c> have</c><00:13:23.519><c> is</c><00:13:23.740><c> that</c><00:13:23.960><c> God</c><00:13:24.179><c> in</c><00:13:24.299><c> this</c><00:13:24.559><c> chapter</c>

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can<00:13:27.919><c> then</c><00:13:28.139><c> provide</c><00:13:28.480><c> for</c><00:13:28.740><c> Elijah</c><00:13:29.179><c> in</c><00:13:30.500><c> the</c><00:13:30.799><c> same</c><00:13:31.000><c> way</c>

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that<00:13:31.379><c> God</c><00:13:31.659><c> will</c><00:13:32.019><c> provide</c><00:13:32.360><c> for</c><00:13:32.600><c> the</c><00:13:32.759><c> widow</c>

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who<00:13:33.659><c> can</c><00:13:33.899><c> then</c><00:13:34.100><c> turn</c><00:13:34.299><c> around</c><00:13:34.659><c> and</c><00:13:34.899><c> provide</c><00:13:35.240><c> for</c><00:13:35.500><c> Elijah.</c>

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So<00:13:36.159><c> the</c><00:13:36.320><c> widow</c><00:13:36.779><c> and</c><00:13:37.440><c> the</c><00:13:37.659><c> ravens</c><00:13:37.980><c> need</c><00:13:38.259><c> to</c><00:13:38.480><c> be</c><00:13:38.720><c> seen</c>

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in<00:13:39.340><c> the</c><00:13:39.580><c> same</c><00:13:39.860><c> context.</c>

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Twice<00:13:49.320><c> a</c><00:13:49.559><c> day</c><00:13:49.679><c> they</c><00:13:49.919><c> come.</c>

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It<00:13:59.440><c> wasn't</c><00:13:59.759><c> there</c><00:14:00.200><c> until</c><00:14:00.519><c> the</c><00:14:00.779><c> ravens</c><00:14:01.000><c> brought</c><00:14:01.299><c> it.</c>

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These<00:14:02.899><c> ravens</c><00:14:03.240><c> who</c><00:14:03.460><c> are</c><00:14:03.759><c> unclean</c><00:14:04.360><c> under</c><00:14:04.600><c> the</c><00:14:04.700><c> law</c><00:14:04.899><c> of</c><00:14:05.139><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:14:05.820><c> with</c><00:14:06.039><c> whom</c><00:14:06.419><c> Elijah</c><00:14:07.000><c> would</c><00:14:07.200><c> normally</c><00:14:07.539><c> have</c><00:14:07.799><c> nothing</c><00:14:08.220><c> to</c><00:14:08.460><c> do.</c>

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How<00:14:11.000><c> long</c><00:14:11.200><c> do</c><00:14:11.340><c> you</c><00:14:11.440><c> think</c><00:14:11.580><c> it</c><00:14:11.840><c> took?</c>

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Put<00:14:12.379><c> yourself</c><00:14:12.759><c> there</c><00:14:13.039><c> brother</c><00:14:13.259><c> and</c><00:14:13.440><c> sisters</c><00:14:13.740><c> in</c><00:14:13.960><c> the</c><00:14:14.220><c> story.</c>

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How<00:14:15.120><c> long</c><00:14:15.320><c> do</c><00:14:15.440><c> you</c><00:14:15.539><c> think</c><00:14:15.659><c> it</c><00:14:15.940><c> took</c><00:14:16.159><c> before</c><00:14:16.559><c> Elijah</c><00:14:17.000><c> gave</c><00:14:17.279><c> them</c><00:14:17.519><c> names?</c>

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There's<00:14:20.600><c> speckles,</c><00:14:21.600><c> there's</c><00:14:21.759><c> big</c><00:14:21.960><c> beak,</c>

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there's<00:14:23.360><c> little</c><00:14:23.580><c> wing,</c><00:14:24.340><c> whatever</c><00:14:24.600><c> it</c><00:14:24.820><c> was.</c>

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Because<00:14:27.000><c> it</c><00:14:27.100><c> was</c><00:14:27.320><c> probably</c><00:14:27.720><c> the</c><00:14:27.940><c> same</c><00:14:28.159><c> birds</c><00:14:28.679><c> bringing</c><00:14:29.120><c> him</c>

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the<00:14:29.500><c> food.</c>

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We<00:14:29.759><c> don't</c><00:14:30.059><c> know.</c>

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But<00:14:31.620><c> remember</c><00:14:31.980><c> in</c><00:14:32.120><c> this</c><00:14:32.399><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.759><c> God</c><00:14:33.059><c> is</c><00:14:33.299><c> looking</c>

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to<00:14:33.919><c> change</c><00:14:34.379><c> Elijah's</c><00:14:35.220><c> mind</c><00:14:35.519><c> and</c><00:14:35.679><c> his</c><00:14:35.940><c> heart</c>

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on<00:14:37.440><c> a</c><00:14:37.620><c> matter</c><00:14:37.799><c> that</c><00:14:37.980><c> is</c><00:14:38.139><c> much</c><00:14:38.379><c> bigger</c><00:14:38.639><c> than</c><00:14:38.879><c> ravens.</c>

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He<00:14:40.980><c> probably</c><00:14:41.200><c> noticed</c><00:14:41.620><c> when</c><00:14:41.840><c> one</c><00:14:42.019><c> or</c><00:14:42.100><c> two</c><00:14:42.299><c> were</c><00:14:42.500><c> missing</c><00:14:43.139><c> each</c><00:14:43.639><c> day.</c>

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He<00:14:43.980><c> would</c><00:14:44.139><c> look</c><00:14:44.440><c> forward</c><00:14:44.779><c> to</c><00:14:44.919><c> them</c><00:14:45.159><c> coming</c>

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in<00:14:46.360><c> the</c><00:14:46.559><c> morning</c><00:14:46.840><c> and</c><00:14:47.100><c> the</c><00:14:47.320><c> evening.</c>

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They<00:14:48.720><c> probably</c><00:14:49.100><c> came</c><00:14:49.360><c> about</c><00:14:49.559><c> the</c><00:14:49.799><c> same</c><00:14:50.039><c> time.</c>

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So<00:14:51.500><c> that</c><00:14:51.639><c> there</c><00:14:51.799><c> is</c><00:14:51.940><c> a</c><00:14:52.159><c> relationship</c><00:14:52.679><c> of</c><00:14:53.039><c> sorts</c><00:14:53.279><c> being</c><00:14:53.580><c> developed.</c>

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That's<00:14:54.620><c> all</c><00:14:54.820><c> he</c><00:14:55.039><c> has.</c>

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The<00:14:56.720><c> ravens,</c><00:14:57.620><c> their</c><00:14:57.840><c> food</c><00:14:58.220><c> and</c><00:14:58.460><c> the</c><00:14:58.659><c> brook.</c>

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I<00:15:00.360><c> think</c><00:15:00.500><c> he</c><00:15:00.600><c> would</c><00:15:00.759><c> have</c><00:15:00.860><c> used</c><00:15:01.080><c> that</c><00:15:01.460><c> time</c>

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to<00:15:02.360><c> strengthen</c><00:15:02.639><c> himself</c><00:15:03.200><c> in</c><00:15:03.500><c> the</c><00:15:03.779><c> word</c><00:15:04.039><c> and</c><00:15:04.259><c> in</c><00:15:04.360><c> his</c><00:15:04.559><c> convictions.</c>

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So<00:15:05.360><c> I</c><00:15:05.360><c> don't</c><00:15:05.500><c> wanna</c><00:15:05.639><c> leave</c><00:15:05.820><c> you</c><00:15:05.980><c> with</c><00:15:06.080><c> the</c><00:15:06.340><c> impression</c>

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that<00:15:07.580><c> he</c><00:15:07.740><c> was</c><00:15:08.179><c> a</c><00:15:08.399><c> man</c><00:15:08.580><c> who</c><00:15:08.759><c> just</c><00:15:09.039><c> twiddled</c><00:15:09.279><c> his</c><00:15:09.559><c> thumbs</c><00:15:09.820><c> by</c><00:15:10.059><c> a</c><00:15:10.240><c> brook.</c>

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Godly<00:15:10.820><c> men</c><00:15:10.960><c> and</c><00:15:11.100><c> women</c><00:15:11.299><c> don't</c><00:15:11.659><c> twiddle</c><00:15:11.960><c> their</c><00:15:12.179><c> thumbs.</c>

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They<00:15:13.759><c> take</c><00:15:14.000><c> advantage</c><00:15:14.500><c> of</c><00:15:14.840><c> times</c><00:15:15.080><c> such</c><00:15:15.379><c> as</c><00:15:15.620><c> that.</c>

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But<00:15:17.039><c> clearly</c><00:15:17.519><c> there</c><00:15:17.720><c> is</c><00:15:18.700><c> a</c><00:15:18.980><c> different</c><00:15:19.600><c> view</c><00:15:19.980><c> of</c><00:15:20.299><c> the</c><00:15:20.519><c> ravens</c>

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at<00:15:22.240><c> the</c><00:15:22.519><c> end</c><00:15:23.100><c> of</c><00:15:23.379><c> Elijah's</c><00:15:24.360><c> time</c><00:15:24.679><c> with</c><00:15:25.000><c> them</c>

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than<00:15:25.840><c> he</c><00:15:26.000><c> had</c><00:15:26.179><c> at</c><00:15:26.399><c> the</c><00:15:26.460><c> beginning.</c>

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We<00:15:28.559><c> don't</c><00:15:28.820><c> know</c><00:15:29.019><c> how</c><00:15:29.259><c> long</c><00:15:29.419><c> he</c><00:15:29.559><c> was</c><00:15:29.779><c> at</c><00:15:29.919><c> the</c><00:15:30.080><c> brook</c><00:15:30.320><c> charith.</c>

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You<00:15:30.700><c> can</c><00:15:30.940><c> trace</c><00:15:31.159><c> through</c><00:15:31.399><c> a</c><00:15:31.480><c> couple</c><00:15:31.700><c> of</c><00:15:31.799><c> the</c><00:15:31.980><c> words</c>

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and<00:15:32.580><c> where</c><00:15:32.720><c> they're</c><00:15:32.860><c> used</c><00:15:33.120><c> elsewhere</c><00:15:33.759><c> in</c><00:15:34.360><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:15:35.500><c> it</c><00:15:35.600><c> looks</c><00:15:35.799><c> like</c><00:15:36.039><c> he</c><00:15:36.220><c> may</c><00:15:36.419><c> have</c><00:15:36.580><c> been</c><00:15:36.720><c> there</c>

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probably<00:15:37.480><c> for</c><00:15:37.799><c> a</c><00:15:37.960><c> year.</c>

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We<00:15:38.340><c> do</c><00:15:38.639><c> know</c><00:15:38.899><c> the</c><00:15:39.059><c> events</c><00:15:39.320><c> of</c><00:15:39.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:39.799><c> 17</c>

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all<00:15:41.299><c> take</c><00:15:41.539><c> place</c><00:15:41.899><c> over</c><00:15:42.179><c> three</c><00:15:42.399><c> and</c><00:15:42.539><c> a</c><00:15:42.580><c> half</c><00:15:42.720><c> years.</c>

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He<00:15:44.360><c> may</c><00:15:44.580><c> have</c><00:15:44.759><c> been</c><00:15:44.860><c> at</c><00:15:44.940><c> the</c><00:15:45.159><c> brook</c><00:15:45.399><c> charith</c><00:15:45.840><c> longer</c><00:15:46.220><c> than</c><00:15:46.440><c> a</c><00:15:46.580><c> year.</c>

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We<00:15:46.940><c> just</c><00:15:47.259><c> don't</c><00:15:47.559><c> know.</c>

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But<00:15:49.080><c> we</c><00:15:49.220><c> see</c><00:15:49.480><c> too</c><00:15:49.799><c> in</c><00:15:49.940><c> this</c><00:15:50.179><c> example</c><00:15:50.559><c> with</c><00:15:50.779><c> the</c><00:15:51.000><c> ravens</c>

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that<00:15:51.600><c> God</c><00:15:51.820><c> will</c><00:15:52.159><c> purposely</c><00:15:52.580><c> introduce</c><00:15:53.320><c> events</c><00:15:53.720><c> in</c><00:15:53.940><c> our</c><00:15:54.179><c> life</c>

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that<00:15:54.639><c> encourage</c><00:15:55.200><c> us</c><00:15:56.000><c> to</c><00:15:56.460><c> change</c><00:15:57.000><c> our</c><00:15:57.460><c> thinking.</c>

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We're<00:15:59.519><c> not</c><00:15:59.679><c> talking</c><00:15:59.919><c> about</c><00:16:00.159><c> moving</c><00:16:00.500><c> ancient</c><00:16:01.000><c> landmarks.</c>

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We're<00:16:02.480><c> talking</c><00:16:02.799><c> about</c><00:16:03.080><c> accepting</c><00:16:03.700><c> a</c><00:16:04.200><c> widow</c>

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who<00:16:04.840><c> has</c><00:16:05.120><c> the</c><00:16:05.379><c> identical</c><00:16:06.000><c> faith</c><00:16:06.460><c> as</c><00:16:06.960><c> yourself</c>

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even<00:16:08.460><c> though</c><00:16:08.759><c> she's</c><00:16:09.039><c> a</c><00:16:09.159><c> Gentile.</c>

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And<00:16:12.299><c> you</c><00:16:12.460><c> have</c><00:16:12.679><c> been</c><00:16:12.879><c> brought</c><00:16:13.139><c> up</c><00:16:13.460><c> to</c><00:16:13.700><c> think</c>

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that<00:16:14.379><c> Gentiles</c><00:16:14.980><c> are</c><00:16:15.240><c> outside</c><00:16:15.960><c> the</c><00:16:16.279><c> scope</c><00:16:16.600><c> of</c><00:16:16.919><c> salvation.</c>

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When<00:16:19.600><c> God</c><00:16:19.860><c> works</c><00:16:20.139><c> in</c><00:16:20.279><c> our</c><00:16:20.480><c> life,</c><00:16:20.799><c> it's</c><00:16:20.840><c> not</c><00:16:21.139><c> usually</c><00:16:21.500><c> so</c><00:16:21.860><c> obvious</c>

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as<00:16:22.379><c> it</c><00:16:22.559><c> was</c><00:16:22.700><c> in</c><00:16:22.899><c> Elijah's</c><00:16:23.360><c> case</c>

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where<00:16:23.879><c> he</c><00:16:24.039><c> was</c><00:16:24.259><c> living</c><00:16:24.460><c> in</c><00:16:24.700><c> the</c><00:16:24.860><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:16:25.600><c> having</c><00:16:25.820><c> unclean</c><00:16:26.399><c> birds</c><00:16:26.799><c> bring</c><00:16:27.120><c> him</c><00:16:27.360><c> food.</c>

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But<00:16:29.700><c> it</c><00:16:29.720><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:29.899><c> have</c><00:16:30.080><c> taken</c><00:16:30.259><c> too</c><00:16:30.539><c> long</c>

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before<00:16:31.019><c> he</c><00:16:31.259><c> changed</c><00:16:31.639><c> his</c><00:16:31.940><c> view</c><00:16:32.200><c> of</c><00:16:32.419><c> those</c><00:16:32.759><c> ravens.</c>

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God<00:16:35.080><c> was</c><00:16:35.320><c> attempting</c><00:16:35.919><c> to</c><00:16:36.399><c> transform</c><00:16:37.120><c> Elijah's</c><00:16:37.919><c> thinking.</c>

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And,<00:16:38.419><c> brethren</c><00:16:38.580><c> and</c><00:16:38.840><c> sisters,</c><00:16:39.220><c> God</c><00:16:39.480><c> works</c><00:16:39.799><c> with</c><00:16:40.000><c> us</c>

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in<00:16:40.100><c> the</c><00:16:40.379><c> same</c><00:16:40.700><c> way</c><00:16:41.200><c> if</c><00:16:41.440><c> we</c><00:16:41.559><c> can</c><00:16:41.820><c> see</c><00:16:42.019><c> it.</c>

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If<00:16:43.879><c> we</c><00:16:44.059><c> can</c><00:16:44.279><c> see</c><00:16:44.440><c> that</c><00:16:44.580><c> he</c><00:16:44.659><c> brings</c><00:16:45.000><c> events</c><00:16:45.500><c> into</c><00:16:45.919><c> our</c><00:16:46.159><c> life,</c>

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he<00:16:46.600><c> brings</c><00:16:46.840><c> studies</c><00:16:47.299><c> into</c><00:16:47.600><c> our</c><00:16:47.759><c> life,</c>

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he<00:16:48.080><c> brings</c><00:16:48.379><c> classes</c><00:16:48.860><c> into</c><00:16:49.220><c> our</c><00:16:49.419><c> life,</c>

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he<00:16:49.980><c> brings</c><00:16:50.299><c> people</c><00:16:50.700><c> into</c><00:16:51.019><c> our</c><00:16:51.240><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:53.580><c> what</c><00:16:53.700><c> he</c><00:16:53.799><c> is</c><00:16:53.960><c> trying</c><00:16:54.139><c> to</c><00:16:54.460><c> reach</c><00:16:54.700><c> us</c><00:16:55.100><c> to</c><00:16:55.419><c> see</c>

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that<00:16:56.799><c> we</c><00:16:56.980><c> may</c><00:16:57.159><c> need</c><00:16:57.320><c> to</c><00:16:57.519><c> take</c><00:16:57.700><c> a</c><00:16:58.059><c> different</c><00:16:58.460><c> perspective</c><00:16:59.179><c> on</c><00:16:59.519><c> things.</c>

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Again,<00:17:01.899><c> we're</c><00:17:02.039><c> not</c><00:17:02.320><c> talking</c><00:17:02.600><c> about</c><00:17:02.940><c> moving</c><00:17:03.379><c> ancient</c><00:17:03.879><c> landmarks.</c>

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We're<00:17:05.019><c> talking</c><00:17:05.339><c> about</c><00:17:05.619><c> issues</c><00:17:06.000><c> such</c><00:17:06.259><c> as</c><00:17:06.420><c> we</c><00:17:06.579><c> see</c><00:17:06.720><c> in</c><00:17:06.880><c> chapter</c><00:17:07.220><c> 17.</c>

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Elijah<00:17:08.660><c> is</c><00:17:09.059><c> not</c><00:17:09.299><c> prepared</c><00:17:09.799><c> to</c><00:17:10.059><c> accept</c><00:17:10.380><c> the</c><00:17:10.599><c> ravens</c><00:17:11.220><c> in</c><00:17:11.799><c> verse</c><00:17:12.099><c> five,</c>

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and<00:17:12.839><c> he</c><00:17:12.960><c> is</c><00:17:13.180><c> in</c><00:17:13.200><c> verse</c><00:17:13.500><c> nine.</c>

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He's<00:17:15.619><c> not</c><00:17:15.799><c> prepared</c><00:17:16.119><c> to</c><00:17:16.279><c> accept</c><00:17:16.539><c> the</c><00:17:16.759><c> widow</c>

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at<00:17:17.140><c> the</c><00:17:17.279><c> beginning</c><00:17:17.579><c> of</c><00:17:17.759><c> the</c><00:17:17.920><c> chapter,</c>

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but<00:17:18.319><c> he</c><00:17:18.440><c> is</c><00:17:18.619><c> by</c><00:17:18.799><c> the</c><00:17:18.839><c> end</c><00:17:19.000><c> of</c><00:17:19.140><c> the</c><00:17:19.319><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:17:19.839><c> it's</c><00:17:19.940><c> a</c><00:17:20.019><c> good</c><00:17:20.160><c> thing</c><00:17:20.359><c> that</c><00:17:20.500><c> he</c><00:17:20.619><c> did.</c>

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But<00:17:22.220><c> it's</c><00:17:22.440><c> God's</c><00:17:23.019><c> hand</c><00:17:23.319><c> at</c><00:17:23.700><c> work</c><00:17:23.960><c> in</c><00:17:24.279><c> these</c><00:17:24.680><c> events.</c>

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The<00:17:27.359><c> comparison</c><00:17:27.839><c> between</c><00:17:28.240><c> the</c><00:17:28.420><c> two,</c>

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if<00:17:28.640><c> you</c><00:17:28.799><c> haven't</c><00:17:28.980><c> seen</c><00:17:29.220><c> the</c><00:17:29.460><c> connection</c><00:17:29.819><c> in</c><00:17:30.000><c> verse</c><00:17:30.279><c> four,</c>

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between<00:17:31.700><c> the</c><00:17:31.859><c> two</c><00:17:32.000><c> being</c><00:17:32.180><c> the</c><00:17:32.440><c> ravens</c><00:17:32.759><c> and</c><00:17:33.039><c> the</c><00:17:33.240><c> widow.</c>

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In<00:17:34.220><c> verse</c><00:17:34.500><c> four,</c><00:17:34.900><c> God</c><00:17:35.019><c> commanded</c><00:17:35.599><c> the</c><00:17:35.859><c> ravens.</c>

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In<00:17:36.400><c> verse</c><00:17:36.579><c> nine,</c><00:17:37.099><c> God</c><00:17:37.160><c> commanded</c><00:17:37.759><c> the</c><00:17:37.980><c> widow.</c>

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In<00:17:39.680><c> verse</c><00:17:39.960><c> four,</c><00:17:40.279><c> the</c><00:17:40.400><c> ravens</c><00:17:40.660><c> would</c><00:17:41.039><c> feed</c><00:17:41.460><c> Elijah.</c>

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Same<00:17:42.359><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:42.680><c> word,</c><00:17:43.099><c> commanded.</c>

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In<00:17:43.700><c> verse</c><00:17:43.940><c> four,</c><00:17:44.539><c> the</c><00:17:44.700><c> ravens</c><00:17:44.880><c> would</c><00:17:45.200><c> feed</c><00:17:45.400><c> Elijah.</c>

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In<00:17:45.880><c> verse</c><00:17:46.160><c> nine,</c><00:17:46.579><c> the</c><00:17:46.720><c> widow</c><00:17:46.819><c> would</c><00:17:47.220><c> sustain</c><00:17:47.759><c> Elijah.</c>

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Same<00:17:48.799><c> word.</c>

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Why<00:17:50.319><c> they</c><00:17:50.579><c> translated</c><00:17:50.960><c> one</c><00:17:51.400><c> feed</c><00:17:51.640><c> and</c><00:17:51.799><c> the</c><00:17:51.900><c> other</c><00:17:52.079><c> sustained,</c>

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don't<00:17:52.799><c> know,</c><00:17:53.079><c> but</c><00:17:53.220><c> it's</c><00:17:53.480><c> the</c><00:17:53.599><c> same</c><00:17:53.779><c> word.</c>

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So<00:17:54.220><c> God</c><00:17:54.339><c> is</c><00:17:54.599><c> drawing</c><00:17:54.819><c> our</c><00:17:55.240><c> attention</c><00:17:55.660><c> to</c><00:17:55.880><c> this</c><00:17:56.079><c> comparison.</c>

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God<00:17:59.200><c> was</c><00:17:59.400><c> at</c><00:17:59.579><c> work</c><00:17:59.779><c> in</c><00:18:00.119><c> both</c><00:18:00.539><c> cases,</c>

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in<00:18:01.920><c> feeding</c><00:18:02.079><c> the</c><00:18:02.339><c> ravens</c><00:18:02.660><c> who</c><00:18:02.880><c> then</c><00:18:03.079><c> fed</c><00:18:03.220><c> Elijah,</c>

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and<00:18:03.880><c> in</c><00:18:04.059><c> feeding</c><00:18:04.180><c> the</c><00:18:04.460><c> woman</c><00:18:04.980><c> who</c><00:18:05.259><c> then</c><00:18:05.539><c> fed</c><00:18:05.660><c> Elijah,</c>

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so<00:18:07.160><c> that</c><00:18:07.299><c> the</c><00:18:07.460><c> woman</c><00:18:07.700><c> became</c><00:18:08.160><c> to</c><00:18:08.519><c> symbolize</c>

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God's<00:18:10.319><c> care</c><00:18:10.480><c> for</c><00:18:10.660><c> the</c><00:18:10.839><c> prophet.</c>

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We<00:18:13.119><c> can't</c><00:18:13.400><c> be</c><00:18:13.740><c> certain</c><00:18:14.059><c> what</c><00:18:14.279><c> God</c><00:18:14.559><c> was</c><00:18:14.799><c> teaching</c><00:18:15.140><c> Elijah,</c>

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but<00:18:17.259><c> it's</c><00:18:17.519><c> very</c><00:18:17.900><c> unlikely</c><00:18:18.279><c> on</c><00:18:18.480><c> his</c><00:18:18.759><c> own</c>

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that<00:18:19.240><c> he</c><00:18:19.420><c> would</c><00:18:19.660><c> ever</c><00:18:19.920><c> have</c><00:18:20.140><c> gone</c><00:18:20.420><c> to</c><00:18:20.640><c> Zarephath,</c>

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to<00:18:21.400><c> this</c><00:18:21.579><c> widow's</c><00:18:21.920><c> house.</c>

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And<00:18:23.579><c> I</c><00:18:23.640><c> think</c><00:18:23.759><c> Brother</c><00:18:23.960><c> David</c><00:18:24.299><c> yesterday</c>

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drew<00:18:25.019><c> the</c><00:18:25.279><c> connection</c><00:18:25.519><c> with</c><00:18:25.740><c> Acts</c><00:18:26.039><c> 10</c>

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and<00:18:26.559><c> the</c><00:18:26.700><c> lesson</c><00:18:26.900><c> to</c><00:18:27.140><c> Cornelius</c><00:18:27.640><c> and</c><00:18:27.819><c> other</c><00:18:28.000><c> brethren</c><00:18:28.259><c> have,</c>

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and<00:18:28.599><c> I</c><00:18:28.700><c> think</c><00:18:28.799><c> it's</c><00:18:29.039><c> the</c><00:18:29.160><c> right</c><00:18:29.339><c> connection.</c>

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God<00:18:31.019><c> is</c><00:18:31.259><c> trying</c><00:18:31.400><c> to</c><00:18:31.779><c> broaden</c><00:18:32.180><c> Elijah's</c><00:18:32.940><c> perspective.</c>

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And<00:18:34.900><c> you</c><00:18:34.980><c> notice</c><00:18:35.259><c> it's</c><00:18:35.660><c> God</c><00:18:36.220><c> who</c><00:18:36.599><c> directs</c><00:18:37.220><c> Elijah</c><00:18:37.640><c> to</c><00:18:38.039><c> her.</c>

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And<00:18:40.339><c> she</c><00:18:40.839><c> possesses</c><00:18:41.779><c> a</c><00:18:42.079><c> divine</c><00:18:42.500><c> letter</c><00:18:42.900><c> of</c><00:18:43.319><c> introduction</c>

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before<00:18:44.480><c> Elijah</c><00:18:44.940><c> even</c><00:18:45.240><c> arrives.</c>

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She's<00:18:47.279><c> already</c><00:18:47.519><c> been</c><00:18:47.859><c> picked</c><00:18:48.119><c> out</c><00:18:48.420><c> by</c><00:18:48.700><c> God</c><00:18:49.119><c> to</c><00:18:49.660><c> sustain</c><00:18:50.319><c> Elijah.</c>

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So<00:18:51.880><c> before</c><00:18:52.079><c> he</c><00:18:52.380><c> ever</c><00:18:52.660><c> arrives</c><00:18:52.980><c> at</c><00:18:53.259><c> Zarephath,</c>

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she<00:18:53.920><c> doesn't</c><00:18:54.160><c> know</c><00:18:54.359><c> it,</c><00:18:54.740><c> but</c><00:18:54.920><c> she's</c><00:18:55.220><c> holding</c><00:18:55.440><c> in</c><00:18:55.619><c> her</c><00:18:55.900><c> pocket</c>

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this<00:18:57.140><c> letter</c><00:18:57.440><c> that</c><00:18:57.779><c> says</c><00:18:58.039><c> God</c><00:18:58.380><c> has</c><00:18:58.740><c> designated</c><00:18:59.220><c> you</c>

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to<00:19:00.779><c> be</c><00:19:00.880><c> the</c><00:19:01.119><c> one</c><00:19:01.519><c> to</c><00:19:01.839><c> sustain</c><00:19:02.319><c> Elijah,</c>

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establishing<00:19:05.259><c> her</c><00:19:05.700><c> faithful</c><00:19:06.279><c> credentials.</c>

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She's<00:19:09.519><c> a</c><00:19:09.599><c> woman</c><00:19:09.880><c> of</c><00:19:10.180><c> remarkable</c><00:19:10.759><c> faith,</c>

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as<00:19:12.339><c> hopefully</c><00:19:12.680><c> we're</c><00:19:12.880><c> going</c><00:19:13.059><c> to</c><00:19:13.359><c> see</c><00:19:13.559><c> this</c><00:19:13.940><c> morning.</c>

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It's<00:19:15.579><c> not</c><00:19:15.740><c> by</c><00:19:15.980><c> accident</c><00:19:16.480><c> that</c><00:19:16.740><c> the</c><00:19:16.920><c> Lord</c><00:19:17.119><c> recounts</c><00:19:17.700><c> her</c><00:19:17.980><c> faith</c>

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in<00:19:18.400><c> Luke</c><00:19:18.619><c> chapter</c><00:19:19.019><c> four.</c>

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She<00:19:19.920><c> was</c><00:19:20.359><c> specially</c><00:19:20.940><c> selected</c><00:19:21.759><c> by</c><00:19:22.140><c> God</c>

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because<00:19:24.119><c> of</c><00:19:24.519><c> her</c><00:19:24.819><c> special</c><00:19:25.119><c> faith.</c>

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Just<00:19:26.619><c> as</c><00:19:26.839><c> Naaman</c><00:19:27.099><c> was.</c>

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And<00:19:28.900><c> it's</c><00:19:29.099><c> interesting</c><00:19:29.480><c> to</c><00:19:29.720><c> note</c><00:19:29.960><c> as</c><00:19:30.279><c> we</c><00:19:30.500><c> observe</c>

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that<00:19:31.140><c> she's</c><00:19:31.839><c> living</c><00:19:32.180><c> right</c><00:19:32.640><c> in</c><00:19:32.940><c> Jezebel's</c><00:19:33.579><c> home</c><00:19:33.779><c> territory.</c>

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And<00:19:34.480><c> I</c><00:19:34.559><c> don't</c><00:19:34.720><c> think</c><00:19:34.799><c> it's</c><00:19:35.019><c> just</c><00:19:35.259><c> to</c><00:19:35.519><c> protect</c><00:19:36.000><c> Elijah</c>

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from<00:19:37.559><c> Ahab</c><00:19:37.980><c> and</c><00:19:38.180><c> Jezebel</c><00:19:38.640><c> searching</c><00:19:39.019><c> him</c><00:19:39.319><c> out.</c>

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God<00:19:40.960><c> is</c><00:19:41.220><c> bringing</c><00:19:41.500><c> Elijah's</c><00:19:42.319><c> attention</c><00:19:42.640><c> to</c><00:19:42.859><c> the</c><00:19:43.039><c> fact</c>

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that<00:19:43.339><c> there</c><00:19:43.539><c> is</c><00:19:43.799><c> a</c><00:19:44.160><c> very,</c><00:19:44.519><c> very,</c><00:19:45.619><c> very</c><00:19:47.019><c> special</c><00:19:48.000><c> woman</c>

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who<00:19:49.559><c> lives</c><00:19:49.940><c> in</c><00:19:50.240><c> Zarephath.</c>

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And<00:19:52.539><c> the</c><00:19:52.700><c> events</c><00:19:53.440><c> provide</c><00:19:54.259><c> a</c><00:19:54.539><c> remarkable</c><00:19:55.019><c> insight</c>

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into<00:19:55.680><c> her</c><00:19:55.880><c> character.</c>

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No<00:19:57.799><c> sooner</c><00:19:58.299><c> does</c><00:19:58.599><c> Elijah</c><00:19:58.960><c> arrive</c><00:19:59.380><c> at</c><00:19:59.539><c> the</c><00:19:59.720><c> gate</c>

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that<00:20:00.799><c> he</c><00:20:00.960><c> begins</c><00:20:01.319><c> to</c><00:20:01.619><c> test</c><00:20:01.839><c> her.</c>

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He<00:20:03.319><c> knows</c><00:20:04.019><c> what</c><00:20:04.319><c> she</c><00:20:04.519><c> will</c><00:20:04.740><c> ultimately</c><00:20:05.240><c> do.</c>

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If<00:20:06.140><c> she</c><00:20:06.420><c> decides</c><00:20:06.900><c> to</c><00:20:07.099><c> do</c><00:20:07.259><c> it,</c><00:20:08.400><c> she</c><00:20:08.640><c> doesn't.</c>

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So<00:20:11.180><c> he</c><00:20:11.319><c> makes</c><00:20:11.539><c> demands</c><00:20:11.900><c> on</c><00:20:12.140><c> her</c><00:20:12.380><c> and</c><00:20:12.660><c> note</c><00:20:12.880><c> how</c><00:20:13.059><c> she</c><00:20:13.319><c> responds.</c>

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How<00:20:14.099><c> many</c><00:20:14.319><c> of</c><00:20:14.480><c> us</c><00:20:15.180><c> out</c><00:20:15.519><c> collecting</c><00:20:15.960><c> sticks</c>

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for<00:20:17.420><c> what</c><00:20:17.599><c> will</c><00:20:17.779><c> be</c><00:20:18.000><c> our</c><00:20:18.400><c> final</c><00:20:18.700><c> meal</c>

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would<00:20:20.180><c> stop</c><00:20:20.619><c> what</c><00:20:20.819><c> we</c><00:20:21.039><c> are</c><00:20:21.220><c> doing</c>

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and<00:20:22.799><c> attend</c><00:20:23.200><c> to</c><00:20:23.440><c> the</c><00:20:23.640><c> needs</c><00:20:23.900><c> of</c><00:20:24.200><c> a</c><00:20:24.480><c> stranger</c>

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who<00:20:25.019><c> has</c><00:20:25.460><c> asked</c><00:20:25.720><c> for</c><00:20:25.920><c> a</c><00:20:26.079><c> drink</c><00:20:26.299><c> of</c><00:20:26.619><c> water?</c>

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Put<00:20:28.579><c> yourself</c><00:20:29.099><c> in</c><00:20:29.220><c> her</c><00:20:29.480><c> position.</c>

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This<00:20:31.660><c> is</c><00:20:31.940><c> it.</c>

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We<00:20:34.140><c> have</c><00:20:34.359><c> nothing</c><00:20:34.559><c> more.</c>

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Last<00:20:37.440><c> meal,</c><00:20:38.539><c> we'll</c><00:20:38.700><c> eat</c><00:20:38.859><c> it</c><00:20:39.460><c> and</c><00:20:39.720><c> then</c><00:20:39.960><c> we</c><00:20:40.859><c> will</c><00:20:40.980><c> expire.</c>

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And<00:20:42.480><c> along</c><00:20:42.660><c> comes</c><00:20:42.940><c> a</c><00:20:43.279><c> stranger</c><00:20:43.720><c> who</c><00:20:44.420><c> asks</c><00:20:44.599><c> her</c><00:20:44.799><c> for</c><00:20:44.920><c> a</c><00:20:45.019><c> drink</c>

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of<00:20:45.400><c> water.</c>

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What<00:20:47.299><c> would</c><00:20:47.480><c> you</c><00:20:47.660><c> do</c><00:20:47.759><c> in</c><00:20:47.920><c> that</c><00:20:48.059><c> circumstance?</c>

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I<00:20:49.119><c> can</c><00:20:49.299><c> think</c><00:20:49.460><c> of</c><00:20:49.619><c> about</c><00:20:49.960><c> five</c><00:20:50.240><c> good</c><00:20:50.519><c> reasons</c><00:20:50.940><c> to</c><00:20:51.180><c> tell</c><00:20:51.359><c> the</c><00:20:51.660><c> stranger,</c>

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I've<00:20:52.819><c> got</c><00:20:52.920><c> other</c><00:20:53.140><c> issues</c><00:20:53.460><c> going</c><00:20:53.759><c> on</c><00:20:54.000><c> right</c><00:20:54.240><c> now.</c>

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Can<00:20:54.500><c> you</c><00:20:54.640><c> see</c><00:20:54.819><c> somebody</c><00:20:55.200><c> else?</c>

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But<00:20:57.740><c> not</c><00:20:57.940><c> this</c><00:20:58.160><c> woman.</c>

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This<00:20:59.759><c> is</c><00:20:59.940><c> who</c><00:21:00.140><c> she</c><00:21:00.380><c> is.</c>

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Last<00:21:01.559><c> day,</c><00:21:02.039><c> last</c><00:21:02.400><c> meal.</c>

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And<00:21:03.380><c> somebody</c><00:21:03.519><c> comes</c><00:21:03.740><c> up</c><00:21:03.920><c> and</c><00:21:04.019><c> asks</c><00:21:04.180><c> for</c><00:21:04.319><c> a</c><00:21:04.400><c> drink</c><00:21:04.519><c> of</c><00:21:04.720><c> water.</c>

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She<00:21:07.960><c> says,</c><00:21:08.299><c> yes.</c>

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I<00:21:10.319><c> will</c><00:21:10.680><c> suspend</c><00:21:11.299><c> what</c><00:21:11.500><c> I'm</c><00:21:11.700><c> doing</c><00:21:12.119><c> and</c><00:21:12.819><c> get</c><00:21:12.980><c> you</c><00:21:13.160><c> a</c><00:21:13.259><c> drink</c><00:21:13.359><c> of</c><00:21:13.640><c> water.</c>

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She's<00:21:16.460><c> not</c><00:21:16.619><c> preoccupied</c><00:21:17.299><c> with</c><00:21:17.460><c> herself.</c>

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She's<00:21:18.299><c> not</c><00:21:18.440><c> preoccupied</c><00:21:19.019><c> with</c><00:21:19.180><c> her</c><00:21:19.319><c> own</c><00:21:19.559><c> trials.</c>

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And<00:21:20.420><c> how</c><00:21:20.519><c> many</c><00:21:20.660><c> of</c><00:21:20.839><c> us,</c><00:21:22.200><c> when</c><00:21:22.319><c> we</c><00:21:22.460><c> have</c><00:21:22.640><c> trials</c>

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that<00:21:23.000><c> are</c><00:21:23.059><c> much,</c><00:21:23.680><c> much</c><00:21:24.500><c> less</c><00:21:25.299><c> serious</c><00:21:25.779><c> than</c><00:21:26.019><c> hers,</c>

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are<00:21:29.240><c> preoccupied</c><00:21:29.839><c> with</c><00:21:30.119><c> those</c><00:21:30.440><c> trials</c>

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and<00:21:31.559><c> can't</c><00:21:32.079><c> see</c><00:21:32.480><c> to</c><00:21:32.700><c> help</c><00:21:32.900><c> anyone</c><00:21:33.220><c> else</c>

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because<00:21:35.039><c> of</c><00:21:35.220><c> the</c><00:21:35.440><c> situation</c><00:21:35.859><c> we</c><00:21:36.039><c> find</c><00:21:36.299><c> ourselves</c><00:21:36.680><c> in?</c>

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A<00:21:38.700><c> person</c><00:21:39.019><c> in</c><00:21:39.259><c> her</c><00:21:39.460><c> severe</c><00:21:39.779><c> situation</c>

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doesn't<00:21:40.819><c> all</c><00:21:41.140><c> of</c><00:21:41.380><c> a</c><00:21:41.420><c> sudden</c><00:21:41.640><c> change</c><00:21:42.079><c> her</c><00:21:42.400><c> character.</c>

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She<00:21:42.960><c> didn't</c><00:21:43.160><c> become</c><00:21:43.400><c> a</c><00:21:43.539><c> new</c><00:21:43.740><c> woman</c><00:21:44.079><c> that</c><00:21:44.460><c> morning</c><00:21:44.940><c> of</c><00:21:45.240><c> her</c>

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last<00:21:45.660><c> day,</c>

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or<00:21:46.859><c> at</c><00:21:46.940><c> least</c><00:21:47.099><c> the</c><00:21:47.220><c> day</c><00:21:47.339><c> of</c><00:21:47.460><c> her</c><00:21:47.599><c> last</c><00:21:47.839><c> meal.</c>

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Elijah's<00:21:49.640><c> initial</c><00:21:49.900><c> request</c><00:21:50.259><c> for</c><00:21:50.559><c> water</c>

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was<00:21:51.000><c> not</c><00:21:51.380><c> that</c><00:21:51.619><c> unreasonable.</c>

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There's<00:21:53.160><c> likely</c><00:21:53.480><c> a</c><00:21:53.859><c> well</c><00:21:54.039><c> nearby.</c>

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We're<00:21:54.880><c> not</c><00:21:55.119><c> told</c><00:21:55.359><c> that</c><00:21:55.579><c> the</c><00:21:55.859><c> water</c><00:21:56.319><c> for</c><00:21:56.880><c> people</c><00:21:57.220><c> to</c><00:21:57.579><c> drink</c>

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was<00:21:58.660><c> at</c><00:21:59.200><c> stake.</c>

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Remember,<00:22:00.000><c> Ahab</c><00:22:00.220><c> goes</c><00:22:00.420><c> out</c><00:22:00.660><c> looking</c><00:22:00.880><c> for</c><00:22:01.099><c> water</c><00:22:01.359><c> for</c><00:22:01.539><c> the</c><00:22:01.759><c> animals.</c>

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So<00:22:03.140><c> there's</c><00:22:03.779><c> no</c><00:22:04.039><c> doubt</c><00:22:04.279><c> a</c><00:22:04.720><c> drought</c><00:22:04.980><c> taking</c><00:22:05.359><c> place.</c>

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But<00:22:06.960><c> would</c><00:22:07.140><c> appear</c><00:22:07.460><c> the</c><00:22:07.759><c> request</c><00:22:08.059><c> for</c><00:22:08.359><c> water</c>

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was<00:22:08.940><c> more</c><00:22:09.220><c> based</c><00:22:09.559><c> out</c><00:22:09.799><c> of</c><00:22:10.119><c> hospitality.</c>

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And<00:22:12.759><c> she</c><00:22:12.940><c> agrees.</c>

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She<00:22:15.319><c> doesn't</c><00:22:15.599><c> hesitate</c><00:22:16.059><c> at</c><00:22:16.339><c> all.</c>

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But<00:22:17.680><c> then</c><00:22:17.960><c> on</c><00:22:18.140><c> her</c><00:22:18.339><c> way</c><00:22:18.519><c> to</c><00:22:18.700><c> get</c><00:22:18.839><c> the</c><00:22:19.079><c> water,</c>

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as<00:22:19.500><c> we</c><00:22:19.660><c> know</c><00:22:19.859><c> from</c><00:22:20.079><c> the</c><00:22:20.319><c> story,</c>

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Elijah<00:22:21.359><c> introduces</c><00:22:22.000><c> a</c><00:22:22.299><c> second</c><00:22:22.599><c> test.</c>

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And<00:22:24.579><c> this</c><00:22:24.799><c> second</c><00:22:25.200><c> test</c><00:22:25.920><c> will</c><00:22:26.220><c> be</c><00:22:26.420><c> a</c><00:22:26.500><c> test</c><00:22:26.740><c> of</c><00:22:26.900><c> her</c><00:22:27.140><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:22:27.900><c> the</c><00:22:28.119><c> first</c><00:22:28.400><c> test,</c><00:22:28.799><c> the</c><00:22:28.960><c> first</c><00:22:29.119><c> request</c><00:22:29.519><c> for</c><00:22:29.700><c> the</c><00:22:29.900><c> water</c>

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was<00:22:30.859><c> really</c><00:22:31.220><c> questioning</c><00:22:31.599><c> her</c><00:22:31.880><c> hospitality.</c>

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The<00:22:33.619><c> second</c><00:22:34.000><c> test,</c><00:22:34.819><c> the</c><00:22:35.059><c> second</c><00:22:35.299><c> request</c>

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in<00:22:36.299><c> which</c><00:22:36.380><c> he's</c><00:22:36.599><c> asking</c><00:22:36.900><c> for</c><00:22:37.099><c> the</c><00:22:37.339><c> food,</c>

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now<00:22:38.680><c> that's</c><00:22:39.200><c> going</c><00:22:39.319><c> to</c><00:22:39.519><c> be</c><00:22:39.740><c> a</c><00:22:39.980><c> test</c><00:22:40.160><c> of</c><00:22:40.339><c> her</c><00:22:40.559><c> faith.</c>

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Will<00:22:41.240><c> she</c><00:22:41.559><c> respond</c><00:22:42.460><c> to</c><00:22:43.220><c> the</c><00:22:43.359><c> word</c><00:22:43.480><c> of</c><00:22:43.680><c> God?</c>

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And<00:22:45.039><c> it's</c><00:22:45.359><c> worth</c><00:22:45.660><c> pointing</c><00:22:46.019><c> out</c><00:22:46.940><c> that</c><00:22:47.319><c> that</c><00:22:47.700><c> phrase,</c>

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a<00:22:48.160><c> morsel</c><00:22:48.640><c> of</c><00:22:48.920><c> bread</c><00:22:49.200><c> in</c><00:22:49.420><c> verse</c><00:22:49.740><c> 11</c>

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is<00:22:52.400><c> also</c><00:22:52.960><c> found</c><00:22:53.259><c> back</c><00:22:53.579><c> in</c><00:22:53.759><c> Genesis</c><00:22:54.099><c> 18</c><00:22:54.740><c> at</c><00:22:54.960><c> verse</c><00:22:55.279><c> five,</c>

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where<00:22:56.779><c> there</c><00:22:57.059><c> it's</c><00:22:57.339><c> used</c><00:22:57.680><c> of</c><00:22:57.880><c> a</c><00:22:58.119><c> full</c><00:22:58.339><c> meal.</c>

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When<00:22:59.740><c> Elijah</c><00:23:00.099><c> set</c><00:23:00.339><c> about</c><00:23:00.700><c> to</c><00:23:00.960><c> make</c><00:23:01.140><c> a</c><00:23:01.460><c> full</c><00:23:01.740><c> meal</c>

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for<00:23:02.299><c> the</c><00:23:02.440><c> three</c><00:23:02.700><c> angels</c><00:23:03.039><c> that</c><00:23:03.240><c> had</c><00:23:03.420><c> visited</c><00:23:03.720><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:23:05.019><c> used</c><00:23:05.140><c> again</c><00:23:05.460><c> in</c><00:23:05.640><c> Judges</c><00:23:05.940><c> 19</c><00:23:06.359><c> verse</c><00:23:06.660><c> five</c>

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in<00:23:07.180><c> the</c><00:23:07.339><c> same</c><00:23:07.579><c> context.</c>

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So<00:23:08.539><c> Elijah</c><00:23:08.819><c> is</c><00:23:09.079><c> not</c><00:23:09.279><c> asking</c><00:23:09.720><c> for</c><00:23:10.299><c> a</c><00:23:10.640><c> snack</c>

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as<00:23:12.440><c> she's</c><00:23:12.819><c> pursuing</c><00:23:13.299><c> her</c><00:23:14.160><c> efforts</c>

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to<00:23:14.660><c> get</c><00:23:14.759><c> him</c><00:23:14.940><c> a</c><00:23:15.079><c> drink</c><00:23:15.200><c> of</c><00:23:15.480><c> water.</c>

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He's<00:23:16.059><c> asking</c><00:23:16.240><c> for</c><00:23:16.480><c> a</c><00:23:16.599><c> meal.</c>

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And<00:23:17.680><c> note</c><00:23:18.019><c> the</c><00:23:18.339><c> exchange</c><00:23:18.779><c> that</c><00:23:18.980><c> takes</c><00:23:19.240><c> place.</c>

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In<00:23:20.640><c> verse</c><00:23:20.900><c> 11,</c><00:23:21.740><c> Elijah</c><00:23:22.000><c> asked</c><00:23:22.380><c> for</c><00:23:22.640><c> food</c>

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and<00:23:24.000><c> she</c><00:23:24.220><c> explained</c><00:23:24.720><c> she's</c><00:23:25.019><c> in</c><00:23:25.099><c> a</c><00:23:25.299><c> dire</c><00:23:25.559><c> situation</c><00:23:26.319><c> in</c><00:23:26.480><c> verse</c><00:23:26.740><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:23:28.599><c> then</c><00:23:28.720><c> he</c><00:23:28.799><c> makes</c><00:23:29.019><c> his</c><00:23:29.299><c> request</c><00:23:29.700><c> again</c><00:23:30.099><c> in</c><00:23:30.299><c> verse</c><00:23:30.539><c> 13.</c>

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Only<00:23:32.319><c> this</c><00:23:32.599><c> time</c><00:23:32.740><c> he</c><00:23:32.940><c> says,</c>

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and<00:23:33.460><c> by</c><00:23:33.680><c> the</c><00:23:33.839><c> way,</c><00:23:34.319><c> make</c><00:23:34.460><c> the</c><00:23:34.759><c> food</c><00:23:34.960><c> for</c><00:23:35.180><c> me</c><00:23:35.680><c> first</c>

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and<00:23:38.039><c> then</c><00:23:38.519><c> provide</c><00:23:39.140><c> for</c><00:23:39.380><c> yourself</c><00:23:40.000><c> and</c><00:23:40.259><c> your</c><00:23:40.480><c> son.</c>

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But<00:23:42.839><c> then</c><00:23:42.960><c> he</c><00:23:43.140><c> adds</c><00:23:43.299><c> the</c><00:23:43.559><c> divine</c><00:23:43.880><c> promise</c><00:23:44.740><c> in</c><00:23:45.140><c> verse</c><00:23:45.380><c> 14.</c>

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The<00:23:47.140><c> divine</c><00:23:47.779><c> promise</c><00:23:48.319><c> is,</c>

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for<00:23:48.700><c> thus</c><00:23:48.980><c> saith</c><00:23:49.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:49.859><c> God</c><00:23:50.059><c> of</c><00:23:50.160><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:23:50.740><c> barrel</c><00:23:51.059><c> of</c><00:23:51.279><c> meal</c><00:23:51.440><c> shall</c><00:23:51.720><c> not</c><00:23:52.059><c> waste.</c>

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Neither<00:23:53.180><c> shall</c><00:23:53.400><c> the</c><00:23:53.599><c> cruise</c><00:23:53.740><c> of</c><00:23:53.960><c> oil</c><00:23:54.119><c> fail</c>

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until<00:23:54.900><c> the</c><00:23:55.059><c> day</c><00:23:55.180><c> that</c><00:23:55.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:55.700><c> sendeth</c><00:23:56.099><c> rain</c><00:23:56.460><c> upon</c><00:23:57.019><c> the</c><00:23:57.240><c> earth.</c>

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So<00:24:00.200><c> Elijah</c><00:24:00.579><c> makes</c><00:24:00.980><c> this</c><00:24:01.359><c> request</c><00:24:01.940><c> for</c><00:24:02.279><c> the</c><00:24:02.579><c> food</c><00:24:02.960><c> a</c><00:24:03.380><c> matter</c><00:24:03.799><c> of</c><00:24:04.420><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:24:06.880><c> an</c><00:24:07.140><c> incredible</c><00:24:07.640><c> request</c><00:24:08.339><c> that</c><00:24:08.819><c> he</c><00:24:09.000><c> makes</c><00:24:09.220><c> of</c><00:24:09.460><c> her</c>

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given<00:24:09.920><c> the</c><00:24:10.180><c> situation</c><00:24:10.700><c> that</c><00:24:11.339><c> she's</c><00:24:11.680><c> in.</c>

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You<00:24:12.680><c> see,</c><00:24:12.799><c> in</c><00:24:13.039><c> that</c><00:24:13.240><c> exchange,</c>

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when<00:24:13.880><c> he</c><00:24:14.119><c> first</c><00:24:14.480><c> asked</c><00:24:14.799><c> for</c><00:24:14.980><c> the</c><00:24:15.180><c> food,</c>

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she<00:24:16.500><c> says,</c><00:24:16.839><c> I</c><00:24:16.839><c> can't</c><00:24:17.180><c> do</c><00:24:17.400><c> that</c><00:24:17.619><c> in</c><00:24:17.740><c> verse</c><00:24:17.960><c> 12.</c>

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I<00:24:18.420><c> cannot</c><00:24:18.759><c> give</c><00:24:18.960><c> you</c><00:24:19.160><c> a</c><00:24:19.279><c> meal.</c>

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I<00:24:20.200><c> don't</c><00:24:20.359><c> have</c><00:24:20.480><c> enough</c><00:24:20.720><c> meal</c><00:24:20.960><c> left.</c>

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I<00:24:21.480><c> don't</c><00:24:21.539><c> have</c><00:24:21.660><c> enough</c><00:24:21.859><c> food</c><00:24:22.140><c> left</c>

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to<00:24:22.880><c> give</c><00:24:23.019><c> you</c><00:24:23.160><c> the</c><00:24:23.299><c> full</c><00:24:23.480><c> meal</c><00:24:23.660><c> you're</c><00:24:23.880><c> asking</c><00:24:24.180><c> for.</c>

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All<00:24:25.200><c> we</c><00:24:25.420><c> have</c><00:24:25.559><c> is</c><00:24:25.720><c> this</c><00:24:25.960><c> little</c><00:24:26.140><c> bit</c><00:24:26.299><c> of</c><00:24:26.460><c> meal.</c>

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I<00:24:26.680><c> mean,</c><00:24:27.160><c> put</c><00:24:27.299><c> out</c><00:24:27.420><c> your</c><00:24:27.700><c> hand.</c>

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:31.859
That's<00:24:29.880><c> how</c><00:24:30.059><c> much</c><00:24:30.359><c> meal</c><00:24:30.599><c> was</c><00:24:30.900><c> left</c><00:24:31.160><c> in</c><00:24:31.319><c> the</c><00:24:31.519><c> barrel,</c>

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according<00:24:32.420><c> to</c><00:24:32.619><c> the</c><00:24:32.759><c> Hebrew,</c><00:24:32.960><c> just</c><00:24:33.200><c> this</c><00:24:33.400><c> little</c><00:24:33.619><c> bit.</c>

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All<00:24:34.779><c> you</c><00:24:34.920><c> need</c><00:24:35.019><c> is</c><00:24:35.220><c> two</c><00:24:35.460><c> sticks.</c>

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That's<00:24:36.119><c> all</c><00:24:36.279><c> we've</c><00:24:36.539><c> got</c><00:24:36.660><c> left.</c>

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So<00:24:37.000><c> I</c><00:24:37.839><c> cannot</c><00:24:38.180><c> honor</c><00:24:38.460><c> your</c><00:24:38.720><c> request,</c>

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.240
not<00:24:39.299><c> because</c><00:24:39.519><c> I</c><00:24:39.660><c> don't</c><00:24:39.900><c> want</c><00:24:40.079><c> to,</c>

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:42.099
but<00:24:40.400><c> I</c><00:24:40.500><c> don't</c><00:24:40.680><c> have</c><00:24:40.799><c> the</c><00:24:40.940><c> means</c><00:24:41.119><c> to</c><00:24:41.319><c> do</c><00:24:41.420><c> it.</c>

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All<00:24:42.480><c> I</c><00:24:43.740><c> have</c><00:24:43.900><c> left</c><00:24:44.119><c> is</c><00:24:44.319><c> this</c><00:24:44.680><c> little</c><00:24:44.900><c> bit.</c>

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:47.119
So<00:24:45.420><c> Elijah</c><00:24:45.599><c> says,</c><00:24:45.960><c> well,</c><00:24:46.019><c> take</c><00:24:46.140><c> that</c><00:24:46.400><c> little</c><00:24:46.579><c> bit</c><00:24:46.759><c> and</c><00:24:46.960><c> make</c>

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for<00:24:47.279><c> me</c>

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and<00:24:48.220><c> then</c><00:24:48.460><c> take</c><00:24:48.660><c> care</c><00:24:48.779><c> of</c><00:24:48.940><c> yourself</c><00:24:49.279><c> and</c><00:24:49.440><c> your</c><00:24:49.640><c> son.</c>

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:56.220
So<00:24:52.000><c> when</c><00:24:52.200><c> she</c><00:24:52.660><c> hears</c><00:24:53.279><c> the</c><00:24:53.880><c> request</c><00:24:54.599><c> for</c><00:24:54.940><c> the</c><00:24:55.180><c> food</c>

00:24:57.640 --> 00:25:02.859
and<00:24:58.119><c> how</c><00:24:58.339><c> it's</c><00:24:58.720><c> couched</c><00:24:59.759><c> in</c><00:24:59.940><c> the</c><00:25:00.480><c> context</c><00:25:01.099><c> of</c><00:25:01.619><c> faith,</c>

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:07.039
recognize<00:25:04.579><c> that</c><00:25:04.839><c> she</c><00:25:05.039><c> has</c><00:25:05.339><c> heard</c><00:25:05.619><c> the</c><00:25:05.819><c> word</c><00:25:05.920><c> of</c><00:25:06.160><c> God.</c>

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:10.220
She<00:25:07.839><c> needs</c><00:25:08.059><c> to</c><00:25:08.319><c> either</c><00:25:08.599><c> believe</c><00:25:08.920><c> it</c><00:25:09.119><c> or</c><00:25:09.279><c> not</c><00:25:09.599><c> believe</c><00:25:09.819><c> it.</c>

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.880
The<00:25:10.539><c> word</c><00:25:10.799><c> being</c><00:25:11.099><c> in</c><00:25:11.180><c> verse</c><00:25:11.420><c> 14,</c>

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:14.039
that<00:25:12.160><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:12.420><c> will</c><00:25:12.720><c> provide</c><00:25:13.079><c> for</c><00:25:13.420><c> you.</c>

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She<00:25:14.359><c> needs</c><00:25:14.599><c> to</c><00:25:14.819><c> decide</c><00:25:15.079><c> if</c><00:25:15.180><c> she</c><00:25:15.359><c> will</c><00:25:15.579><c> believe</c><00:25:15.779><c> it</c><00:25:15.960><c> or</c><00:25:16.079><c> not</c><00:25:16.440><c> believe</c><00:25:16.660><c> it</c>

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:19.819
and<00:25:16.940><c> then</c><00:25:17.099><c> she</c><00:25:17.259><c> has</c><00:25:17.500><c> to</c><00:25:17.680><c> act</c><00:25:18.259><c> consistent</c>

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with<00:25:20.380><c> what</c><00:25:20.660><c> her</c><00:25:20.880><c> decision</c><00:25:21.319><c> was.</c>

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And<00:25:21.680><c> that's</c><00:25:21.920><c> exactly</c><00:25:22.279><c> what</c><00:25:22.460><c> we</c><00:25:22.680><c> see</c><00:25:22.799><c> in</c><00:25:22.960><c> the</c><00:25:23.039><c> case</c><00:25:23.240><c> of</c><00:25:23.440><c> this</c><00:25:23.579><c> woman.</c>

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Again,<00:25:24.859><c> it</c><00:25:24.980><c> would</c><00:25:25.119><c> be</c><00:25:25.400><c> easier</c><00:25:26.000><c> if</c><00:25:27.039><c> the</c><00:25:27.240><c> scriptures</c><00:25:27.559><c> were</c><00:25:27.839><c> written.</c>

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Now<00:25:28.420><c> here's</c><00:25:28.740><c> where</c><00:25:28.940><c> she</c><00:25:29.180><c> hears</c><00:25:29.400><c> the</c><00:25:29.660><c> word</c>

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and<00:25:30.660><c> now</c><00:25:30.960><c> here's</c><00:25:31.319><c> where</c><00:25:31.400><c> she</c><00:25:31.599><c> has</c><00:25:31.819><c> her</c><00:25:32.099><c> belief</c>

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and<00:25:33.019><c> now</c><00:25:33.259><c> here's</c><00:25:33.500><c> where</c><00:25:33.619><c> she</c><00:25:33.759><c> goes</c><00:25:33.980><c> out</c><00:25:34.259><c> and</c><00:25:34.400><c> acts</c><00:25:34.619><c> immediately.</c>

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But<00:25:37.259><c> we</c><00:25:37.359><c> have</c><00:25:37.500><c> to</c><00:25:37.700><c> see</c><00:25:37.900><c> what's</c><00:25:38.359><c> happening</c><00:25:38.680><c> under</c><00:25:39.059><c> the</c><00:25:39.279><c> surface.</c>

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And<00:25:39.799><c> that's</c><00:25:40.220><c> the</c><00:25:40.519><c> exact</c><00:25:40.799><c> pattern,</c><00:25:41.279><c> brothers</c><00:25:41.440><c> and</c><00:25:41.619><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:25:42.759><c> a</c><00:25:42.980><c> faithful</c><00:25:43.339><c> person</c><00:25:43.799><c> who</c><00:25:44.059><c> walks</c><00:25:44.339><c> in</c><00:25:44.500><c> obedience.</c>

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They<00:25:45.740><c> hear</c><00:25:46.000><c> the</c><00:25:46.220><c> word,</c><00:25:46.640><c> they</c><00:25:46.960><c> respond</c><00:25:47.279><c> faithfully</c><00:25:47.759><c> to</c><00:25:47.960><c> it</c>

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and<00:25:48.259><c> they</c><00:25:48.440><c> act</c><00:25:48.680><c> accordingly.</c>

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When<00:25:51.799><c> she</c><00:25:52.119><c> says</c><00:25:52.380><c> in</c><00:25:52.539><c> verse</c><00:25:52.819><c> 12,</c><00:25:53.539><c> as</c><00:25:53.579><c> thy</c><00:25:53.900><c> God</c><00:25:54.180><c> liveth,</c>

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:59.799
this<00:25:56.799><c> is</c><00:25:57.079><c> not</c><00:25:57.380><c> a</c><00:25:57.559><c> woman</c><00:25:57.880><c> who</c><00:25:58.200><c> worships</c><00:25:58.819><c> Baal</c>

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and<00:26:01.140><c> is</c><00:26:01.339><c> saying,</c><00:26:01.619><c> well,</c><00:26:01.740><c> my</c><00:26:01.920><c> God</c><00:26:02.099><c> is</c><00:26:02.339><c> Baal,</c><00:26:02.619><c> but</c><00:26:02.759><c> your</c><00:26:02.960><c> God</c><00:26:03.140><c> is</c><00:26:03.400><c> Yahweh.</c>

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It<00:26:05.759><c> could</c><00:26:06.019><c> be,</c><00:26:06.539><c> except.</c>

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When<00:26:08.880><c> she</c><00:26:09.079><c> makes</c><00:26:09.380><c> that</c><00:26:09.660><c> statement,</c>

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that's<00:26:10.420><c> the</c><00:26:10.460><c> exact</c><00:26:10.819><c> same</c><00:26:11.180><c> statement</c><00:26:12.480><c> paraphrased</c>

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as<00:26:13.940><c> Elijah</c><00:26:14.299><c> makes</c><00:26:14.619><c> in</c><00:26:14.759><c> verse</c><00:26:15.019><c> one.</c>

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When<00:26:15.720><c> he</c><00:26:15.940><c> stood</c><00:26:16.160><c> before</c><00:26:16.619><c> Ahab</c><00:26:17.220><c> and</c><00:26:17.640><c> said,</c>

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:21.039
as<00:26:18.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:18.680><c> the</c><00:26:18.880><c> God</c><00:26:19.099><c> of</c><00:26:19.220><c> Israel</c><00:26:19.720><c> liveth.</c>

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:24.700
So<00:26:22.380><c> you</c><00:26:22.519><c> see,</c><00:26:22.660><c> she's</c><00:26:22.960><c> on</c><00:26:23.099><c> the</c><00:26:23.339><c> same</c><00:26:23.599><c> page</c><00:26:24.079><c> as</c><00:26:24.380><c> Elijah.</c>

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Remember<00:26:25.039><c> the</c><00:26:25.240><c> question</c><00:26:25.619><c> in</c><00:26:25.819><c> that</c><00:26:26.140><c> day</c>

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was<00:26:28.740><c> is</c><00:26:29.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:29.799><c> God</c><00:26:30.140><c> or</c><00:26:30.480><c> is</c><00:26:30.779><c> Baal</c><00:26:31.079><c> God?</c>

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And<00:26:32.119><c> this</c><00:26:32.380><c> stranger</c><00:26:32.779><c> walks</c><00:26:33.140><c> up</c><00:26:33.440><c> and</c><00:26:33.660><c> makes</c><00:26:33.859><c> this</c><00:26:34.180><c> request</c>

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:38.359
and<00:26:35.380><c> she</c><00:26:35.619><c> says,</c><00:26:36.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:37.059><c> is</c><00:26:37.380><c> God.</c>

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If<00:26:38.960><c> you're</c><00:26:39.160><c> still</c><00:26:39.380><c> not</c><00:26:39.640><c> convinced,</c>

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:44.859
look<00:26:40.500><c> it</c><00:26:40.720><c> over</c><00:26:41.059><c> in</c><00:26:41.299><c> chapter</c><00:26:41.640><c> 18,</c><00:26:42.319><c> sorry,</c><00:26:43.640><c> at</c><00:26:43.880><c> verse</c><00:26:44.220><c> 10.</c>

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Remember<00:26:45.420><c> that</c><00:26:45.579><c> was</c><00:26:45.740><c> in</c><00:26:45.880><c> the</c><00:26:46.019><c> readings.</c>

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:50.319
Obadiah<00:26:47.920><c> uses</c><00:26:48.259><c> the</c><00:26:48.680><c> exact</c><00:26:49.059><c> same</c><00:26:49.380><c> phrase</c><00:26:49.680><c> as</c><00:26:49.900><c> this</c><00:26:50.079><c> woman</c>

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when<00:26:50.519><c> he</c><00:26:50.660><c> meets</c><00:26:50.880><c> Elijah.</c>

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As<00:26:53.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:53.759><c> thy</c><00:26:54.039><c> God</c><00:26:54.420><c> liveth.</c>

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Wasn't<00:26:56.119><c> a</c><00:26:56.319><c> case</c><00:26:56.460><c> of</c><00:26:56.680><c> Obadiah</c><00:26:57.099><c> worshiping</c><00:26:57.819><c> Baal</c>

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and<00:26:58.319><c> saying,</c><00:26:58.500><c> well,</c><00:26:58.700><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:58.960><c> is</c><00:26:59.119><c> your</c><00:26:59.319><c> God,</c><00:26:59.519><c> but</c><00:26:59.619><c> he's</c><00:26:59.859><c> not</c><00:27:00.019><c> my</c><00:27:00.279><c> God.</c>

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:04.779
That<00:27:02.579><c> was</c><00:27:02.799><c> an</c><00:27:03.059><c> exclamation</c><00:27:03.839><c> of</c><00:27:04.180><c> her</c><00:27:04.539><c> faith,</c>

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a<00:27:05.119><c> declaration</c><00:27:05.819><c> of</c><00:27:06.119><c> her</c><00:27:06.359><c> faith.</c>

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I<00:27:06.960><c> believe</c><00:27:07.660><c> that</c><00:27:08.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:08.480><c> liveth.</c>

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She<00:27:10.160><c> knows</c><00:27:10.480><c> he's</c><00:27:10.779><c> a</c><00:27:10.960><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:14.680
She<00:27:12.180><c> may</c><00:27:12.440><c> know</c><00:27:12.680><c> he's</c><00:27:13.240><c> Elijah</c><00:27:13.660><c> based</c><00:27:14.000><c> on</c><00:27:14.180><c> his</c><00:27:14.420><c> dress</c>

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and<00:27:14.839><c> his</c><00:27:15.059><c> appearance,</c><00:27:15.339><c> we</c><00:27:15.500><c> don't</c><00:27:15.779><c> know.</c>

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:20.660
We<00:27:17.839><c> certainly</c><00:27:18.240><c> know</c><00:27:18.539><c> she</c><00:27:18.759><c> didn't</c><00:27:19.079><c> know</c><00:27:19.359><c> he</c><00:27:19.539><c> was</c><00:27:19.799><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:27:22.299><c> again,</c><00:27:22.500><c> you</c><00:27:22.539><c> say,</c><00:27:22.740><c> well,</c><00:27:22.799><c> wait</c><00:27:22.980><c> a</c><00:27:23.059><c> minute,</c>

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.660
didn't<00:27:23.460><c> God</c><00:27:23.759><c> command</c><00:27:24.180><c> in</c><00:27:24.359><c> verse</c><00:27:24.640><c> nine</c>

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:28.579
for<00:27:26.619><c> the</c><00:27:26.779><c> woman</c><00:27:26.960><c> to</c><00:27:27.339><c> sustain</c><00:27:27.619><c> you?</c>

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:30.660
So<00:27:28.920><c> did</c><00:27:29.039><c> an</c><00:27:29.319><c> angel</c><00:27:29.480><c> then</c><00:27:29.759><c> go</c><00:27:29.960><c> to</c><00:27:30.119><c> the</c><00:27:30.279><c> woman</c><00:27:30.500><c> in</c><00:27:30.660><c> 10</c><00:27:30.660><c> years</c>

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:32.880
and<00:27:30.660><c> tell</c><00:27:30.880><c> her,</c><00:27:31.220><c> now</c><00:27:31.400><c> in</c><00:27:31.579><c> a</c><00:27:31.720><c> few</c><00:27:31.819><c> days</c><00:27:32.119><c> or</c><00:27:32.339><c> a</c><00:27:32.460><c> few</c><00:27:32.519><c> weeks,</c>

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:35.039
a<00:27:33.019><c> man</c><00:27:33.220><c> called</c><00:27:33.539><c> Elijah</c><00:27:33.900><c> is</c><00:27:34.180><c> coming,</c>

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:38.339
and<00:27:35.599><c> when</c><00:27:35.740><c> he</c><00:27:35.980><c> comes,</c><00:27:36.460><c> you</c><00:27:37.039><c> will</c><00:27:37.220><c> be</c><00:27:37.380><c> sustained</c><00:27:37.779><c> by</c><00:27:38.039><c> God</c>

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and<00:27:38.559><c> you</c><00:27:38.700><c> should</c><00:27:38.940><c> sustain</c><00:27:39.279><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:27:41.599><c> a</c><00:27:41.779><c> possibility,</c>

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except<00:27:43.200><c> the</c><00:27:43.440><c> events</c><00:27:43.680><c> don't</c><00:27:43.980><c> bear</c><00:27:44.200><c> that</c><00:27:44.519><c> out.</c>

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If<00:27:45.980><c> you</c><00:27:46.200><c> were</c><00:27:46.359><c> that</c><00:27:46.579><c> woman</c><00:27:47.079><c> and</c><00:27:47.519><c> an</c><00:27:47.740><c> angel</c><00:27:47.920><c> had</c><00:27:48.180><c> told</c><00:27:48.359><c> you</c>

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two<00:27:48.759><c> months</c><00:27:49.059><c> ago</c><00:27:49.319><c> that</c><00:27:49.460><c> a</c><00:27:49.599><c> man</c><00:27:49.700><c> will</c><00:27:49.859><c> come</c><00:27:50.059><c> and</c><00:27:50.299><c> visit</c><00:27:50.460><c> you</c>

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and<00:27:51.700><c> you</c><00:27:51.859><c> will</c><00:27:52.079><c> take</c><00:27:52.319><c> care</c><00:27:52.539><c> of</c><00:27:52.700><c> him</c><00:27:52.900><c> because</c><00:27:53.180><c> God</c><00:27:53.480><c> has</c><00:27:53.759><c> commanded</c><00:27:54.099><c> it,</c>

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wouldn't<00:27:56.099><c> you</c><00:27:56.279><c> be</c><00:27:56.519><c> looking</c><00:27:56.720><c> for</c><00:27:56.920><c> the</c><00:27:57.140><c> prophet</c><00:27:57.400><c> to</c><00:27:57.720><c> come?</c>

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.700
Would<00:27:59.500><c> you</c><00:27:59.660><c> be</c><00:27:59.859><c> getting</c><00:27:59.980><c> up</c><00:28:00.180><c> that</c><00:28:00.420><c> morning</c>

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:03.140
and<00:28:00.920><c> gathering</c><00:28:01.220><c> sticks</c><00:28:01.500><c> for</c><00:28:01.700><c> your</c><00:28:01.859><c> last</c><00:28:02.160><c> meal?</c>

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:07.599
She<00:28:04.799><c> doesn't</c><00:28:05.160><c> know</c><00:28:05.559><c> Elijah</c><00:28:06.099><c> is</c><00:28:06.519><c> coming,</c>

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:10.920
even<00:28:08.759><c> though</c><00:28:09.000><c> God</c><00:28:09.279><c> has</c><00:28:09.619><c> commanded</c><00:28:10.099><c> that</c><00:28:10.440><c> the</c><00:28:10.660><c> woman,</c>

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the<00:28:11.259><c> widow,</c><00:28:11.559><c> will</c><00:28:11.759><c> sustain</c><00:28:12.119><c> Elijah</c>

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:15.099
just<00:28:12.839><c> like</c><00:28:12.980><c> he</c><00:28:13.119><c> had</c><00:28:13.299><c> commanded</c><00:28:13.539><c> that</c><00:28:13.779><c> the</c><00:28:13.980><c> ravens</c><00:28:14.240><c> were.</c>

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.980
That's<00:28:16.359><c> not</c><00:28:16.660><c> part</c><00:28:16.859><c> of</c><00:28:16.980><c> what</c><00:28:17.140><c> she's</c><00:28:17.660><c> aware</c><00:28:17.960><c> of.</c>

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:22.759
So<00:28:20.539><c> the</c><00:28:20.599><c> very</c><00:28:20.940><c> first</c><00:28:21.200><c> words</c><00:28:21.599><c> recorded</c><00:28:22.119><c> of</c><00:28:22.420><c> her,</c>

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:27.599
the<00:28:23.119><c> first</c><00:28:23.299><c> words</c><00:28:23.599><c> out</c><00:28:23.839><c> of</c><00:28:23.960><c> her</c><00:28:24.140><c> mouth,</c><00:28:25.259><c> are</c><00:28:25.420><c> her</c><00:28:25.759><c> faith</c><00:28:26.220><c> in</c><00:28:26.599><c> God.</c>

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:31.119
She<00:28:28.400><c> may</c><00:28:28.619><c> not</c><00:28:28.799><c> have</c><00:28:29.059><c> had</c><00:28:29.480><c> any</c><00:28:29.859><c> food</c><00:28:30.099><c> left,</c>

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:34.720
but<00:28:31.819><c> she</c><00:28:32.119><c> still</c><00:28:32.500><c> had</c><00:28:32.880><c> her</c><00:28:33.259><c> faith</c><00:28:33.640><c> left.</c>

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:38.099
She<00:28:35.039><c> doesn't</c><00:28:35.319><c> need</c><00:28:35.859><c> Carmel</c><00:28:36.380><c> to</c><00:28:36.680><c> believe</c><00:28:36.940><c> in</c><00:28:37.200><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:40.359
She<00:28:38.619><c> already</c><00:28:39.140><c> does.</c>

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And<00:28:41.200><c> you</c><00:28:41.299><c> notice</c><00:28:41.640><c> she's</c><00:28:42.039><c> holding</c><00:28:42.380><c> no</c><00:28:42.859><c> grudges</c>

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:46.799
about<00:28:44.960><c> what's</c><00:28:45.359><c> happened</c><00:28:45.480><c> in</c><00:28:45.619><c> her</c><00:28:45.799><c> life.</c>

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No<00:28:47.920><c> grudges.</c>

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:52.539
Terrible<00:28:51.380><c> situation</c><00:28:51.980><c> that</c><00:28:52.200><c> she's</c><00:28:52.460><c> in.</c>

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.299
You<00:28:52.619><c> know,</c><00:28:52.839><c> when</c><00:28:52.920><c> we're,</c>

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:58.619
we<00:28:55.539><c> need</c><00:28:55.740><c> to</c><00:28:55.940><c> put</c><00:28:56.059><c> ourselves</c><00:28:57.039><c> in</c><00:28:57.680><c> her</c><00:28:57.960><c> position</c>

00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:03.200
and<00:28:59.720><c> you</c><00:28:59.920><c> see</c><00:29:00.119><c> the</c><00:29:00.500><c> food</c><00:29:01.119><c> in</c><00:29:01.599><c> the</c><00:29:01.819><c> barrel</c><00:29:02.220><c> going</c><00:29:02.680><c> down,</c>

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day<00:29:03.839><c> after</c><00:29:04.339><c> day</c><00:29:04.819><c> after</c><00:29:05.200><c> day.</c>

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.779
What<00:29:06.140><c> would</c><00:29:06.339><c> you</c><00:29:06.619><c> eventually</c><00:29:07.019><c> begin</c><00:29:07.359><c> to</c><00:29:07.640><c> do</c>

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.740
if<00:29:07.980><c> you</c><00:29:08.140><c> were</c><00:29:08.259><c> in</c><00:29:08.339><c> that</c><00:29:08.539><c> situation?</c>

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:13.839
Wouldn't<00:29:10.859><c> you</c><00:29:11.259><c> ration</c><00:29:11.599><c> the</c><00:29:11.799><c> amount</c><00:29:12.079><c> of</c><00:29:12.400><c> food</c><00:29:12.660><c> that</c><00:29:12.859><c> you're</c><00:29:13.019><c> eating?</c>

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.400
And<00:29:15.160><c> then</c><00:29:15.259><c> as</c><00:29:15.420><c> conditions</c><00:29:15.799><c> got</c><00:29:16.099><c> worse,</c>

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wouldn't<00:29:16.599><c> you</c><00:29:16.799><c> begin</c><00:29:17.000><c> to</c><00:29:17.279><c> ration</c><00:29:17.599><c> the</c><00:29:17.859><c> rations?</c>

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.460
And<00:29:21.579><c> then</c><00:29:21.680><c> you</c><00:29:21.839><c> begin</c><00:29:21.980><c> to</c><00:29:22.279><c> calculate,</c><00:29:22.720><c> boy,</c><00:29:22.940><c> you</c><00:29:23.180><c> know,</c>

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we've<00:29:23.460><c> only</c><00:29:23.559><c> got</c><00:29:23.680><c> weeks</c><00:29:24.079><c> left.</c>

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And<00:29:26.680><c> then</c><00:29:26.779><c> we've</c><00:29:26.920><c> only</c><00:29:27.039><c> got</c><00:29:27.259><c> days</c><00:29:27.640><c> left.</c>

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And<00:29:30.440><c> it</c><00:29:30.519><c> goes</c><00:29:30.779><c> down</c><00:29:31.200><c> and</c><00:29:31.380><c> down</c><00:29:31.740><c> and</c><00:29:31.900><c> down.</c>

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:34.359
They<00:29:32.599><c> probably</c><00:29:32.819><c> didn't</c><00:29:33.019><c> eat</c><00:29:33.259><c> a</c><00:29:33.420><c> meal</c><00:29:33.660><c> the</c><00:29:33.839><c> day</c><00:29:34.000><c> before,</c>

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maybe<00:29:34.660><c> two</c><00:29:34.880><c> days</c><00:29:35.079><c> before.</c>

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:39.880
But<00:29:36.539><c> it's</c><00:29:36.880><c> the</c><00:29:37.279><c> final</c><00:29:37.779><c> day,</c><00:29:38.440><c> the</c><00:29:38.640><c> last</c><00:29:38.980><c> meal.</c>

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I'm<00:29:40.640><c> not</c><00:29:40.839><c> saying</c><00:29:40.980><c> she's</c><00:29:41.240><c> gonna</c><00:29:41.400><c> die</c><00:29:41.680><c> that</c><00:29:42.000><c> day,</c>

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:44.680
but<00:29:42.500><c> they</c><00:29:42.839><c> probably</c><00:29:43.220><c> don't</c><00:29:43.480><c> have</c><00:29:43.640><c> a</c><00:29:43.700><c> lot</c><00:29:43.900><c> of</c><00:29:44.180><c> sustenance</c>

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.559
in<00:29:44.859><c> their</c><00:29:45.059><c> body</c><00:29:45.279><c> at</c><00:29:45.460><c> this</c><00:29:45.680><c> point.</c>

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:49.400
And<00:29:47.000><c> this</c><00:29:47.200><c> is</c><00:29:47.359><c> it,</c><00:29:47.500><c> this</c><00:29:47.799><c> is</c><00:29:48.079><c> the</c><00:29:48.299><c> end.</c>

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:53.099
But<00:29:50.619><c> there's</c><00:29:50.900><c> no</c><00:29:51.099><c> bitterness</c><00:29:51.519><c> in</c><00:29:51.799><c> her</c><00:29:52.019><c> heart.</c>

00:29:53.890 --> 00:29:56.700
How<00:29:54.240><c> many</c><00:29:54.480><c> of</c><00:29:54.640><c> us</c><00:29:55.319><c> faced</c><00:29:55.700><c> with</c><00:29:55.920><c> a</c><00:29:56.119><c> situation</c>

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.319
where<00:29:56.880><c> we're</c><00:29:57.059><c> coming</c><00:29:57.339><c> to</c><00:29:57.539><c> the</c><00:29:57.759><c> end</c>

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:02.140
would<00:29:58.880><c> respond</c><00:29:59.960><c> in</c><00:30:00.960><c> faithful</c><00:30:01.359><c> obedience</c>

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and<00:30:02.480><c> the</c><00:30:02.779><c> first</c><00:30:03.059><c> words</c><00:30:03.380><c> out</c><00:30:03.680><c> of</c><00:30:03.819><c> our</c><00:30:04.019><c> mouth</c>

00:30:05.549 --> 00:30:09.880
would<00:30:05.900><c> be</c><00:30:06.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:07.039><c> is</c><00:30:07.480><c> gone</c><00:30:08.039><c> and</c><00:30:08.579><c> he</c><00:30:08.859><c> liveth</c>

00:30:09.670 --> 00:30:12.240
in<00:30:10.019><c> the</c><00:30:10.259><c> situation</c><00:30:10.700><c> that</c><00:30:10.940><c> she's</c><00:30:11.220><c> in?</c>

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:15.460
You<00:30:12.359><c> see</c><00:30:12.440><c> why</c><00:30:12.680><c> Jesus</c><00:30:13.519><c> reaches</c><00:30:13.960><c> back</c><00:30:14.339><c> into</c><00:30:14.539><c> the</c><00:30:14.680><c> Old</c><00:30:14.900><c> Testament</c>

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.180
and<00:30:15.980><c> tells</c><00:30:16.160><c> the</c><00:30:16.420><c> men</c><00:30:16.539><c> of</c><00:30:16.779><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:20.740
get<00:30:17.480><c> a</c><00:30:17.759><c> hold</c><00:30:18.140><c> of</c><00:30:18.779><c> the</c><00:30:19.140><c> faith</c><00:30:19.559><c> of</c><00:30:19.940><c> that</c><00:30:20.259><c> woman</c>

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:23.680
because<00:30:21.299><c> it</c><00:30:21.440><c> is</c><00:30:21.700><c> a</c><00:30:21.940><c> special</c><00:30:22.460><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:30:25.880><c> helpful</c><00:30:26.339><c> for</c><00:30:26.619><c> us</c><00:30:27.700><c> to</c><00:30:28.019><c> recognize</c><00:30:28.599><c> before</c><00:30:29.160><c> Elijah</c><00:30:29.680><c> arrives,</c>

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:33.200
she<00:30:30.640><c> is</c><00:30:30.980><c> already</c><00:30:31.579><c> a</c><00:30:31.960><c> faithful</c><00:30:32.299><c> woman.</c>

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:38.019
The<00:30:33.400><c> tendency</c><00:30:33.740><c> is</c><00:30:34.000><c> we</c><00:30:34.180><c> only</c><00:30:34.559><c> enter</c><00:30:34.819><c> her</c><00:30:35.140><c> life</c><00:30:35.460><c> when</c><00:30:36.000><c> Elijah</c><00:30:36.660><c> arrives,</c>

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.420
enter<00:30:38.359><c> her</c><00:30:38.599><c> life</c><00:30:38.900><c> much</c><00:30:39.220><c> earlier</c>

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:44.799
because<00:30:41.319><c> God</c><00:30:41.619><c> has</c><00:30:41.940><c> been</c><00:30:42.119><c> at</c><00:30:42.559><c> work</c><00:30:42.859><c> in</c><00:30:43.079><c> her</c><00:30:43.380><c> life</c><00:30:43.880><c> much</c><00:30:44.380><c> earlier.</c>

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:49.900
It's<00:30:45.599><c> the</c><00:30:45.880><c> timing</c><00:30:46.220><c> of</c><00:30:46.539><c> these</c><00:30:46.759><c> events</c><00:30:47.660><c> that</c><00:30:48.920><c> demonstrate</c><00:30:49.440><c> that.</c>

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:51.599
She<00:30:50.420><c> didn't</c><00:30:50.640><c> become</c><00:30:51.140><c> faithful</c>

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:54.319
the<00:30:51.880><c> first</c><00:30:52.259><c> day</c><00:30:52.619><c> Elijah</c><00:30:53.140><c> walked</c><00:30:53.460><c> into</c><00:30:53.720><c> her</c><00:30:54.000><c> life.</c>

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:56.339
She<00:30:54.559><c> has</c><00:30:54.900><c> been</c><00:30:55.180><c> faithful.</c>

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:58.319
Yes,<00:30:56.740><c> she</c><00:30:57.000><c> has</c><00:30:57.359><c> sinned</c><00:30:57.680><c> in</c><00:30:57.859><c> her</c><00:30:58.000><c> past.</c>

00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:01.099
We<00:30:58.500><c> know</c><00:30:58.799><c> that</c><00:30:59.180><c> because</c><00:30:59.420><c> she</c><00:30:59.619><c> tells</c><00:30:59.859><c> us</c><00:31:00.160><c> that.</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.859
But<00:31:02.200><c> she</c><00:31:02.400><c> didn't</c><00:31:02.579><c> become</c><00:31:02.900><c> a</c><00:31:03.160><c> faithful</c><00:31:03.539><c> woman</c>

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:05.259
the<00:31:04.119><c> day</c><00:31:04.319><c> she</c><00:31:04.539><c> met</c><00:31:04.759><c> Elijah.</c>

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:08.559
God<00:31:05.559><c> has</c><00:31:05.900><c> already</c><00:31:06.299><c> been</c><00:31:06.559><c> at</c><00:31:06.880><c> work</c><00:31:07.140><c> in</c><00:31:07.339><c> her</c><00:31:07.619><c> life.</c>

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:13.299
The<00:31:09.480><c> story</c><00:31:10.000><c> picks</c><00:31:10.400><c> up</c><00:31:10.859><c> when</c><00:31:11.059><c> Elijah</c><00:31:11.519><c> walks</c><00:31:11.859><c> into</c><00:31:12.140><c> her</c><00:31:12.420><c> life,</c>

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:16.680
but<00:31:13.900><c> we</c><00:31:14.079><c> need</c><00:31:14.279><c> to</c><00:31:14.619><c> recognize</c><00:31:15.200><c> that</c><00:31:15.599><c> God</c><00:31:15.839><c> has</c><00:31:16.079><c> been</c><00:31:16.220><c> at</c><00:31:16.460><c> work</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.940
in<00:31:16.920><c> her</c><00:31:17.200><c> life</c><00:31:17.460><c> just</c><00:31:17.720><c> as</c><00:31:17.900><c> he</c><00:31:17.980><c> has</c><00:31:18.119><c> been</c><00:31:18.279><c> at</c><00:31:18.539><c> work</c>

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:21.819
in<00:31:19.200><c> the</c><00:31:19.400><c> life</c><00:31:19.779><c> of</c><00:31:20.819><c> Elijah.</c>

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.779
Wake<00:31:24.119><c> up</c><00:31:24.380><c> with</c><00:31:24.539><c> her</c><00:31:24.839><c> that</c><00:31:25.079><c> last</c><00:31:25.480><c> morning.</c>

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.279
It's<00:31:26.039><c> something</c><00:31:26.279><c> we</c><00:31:26.519><c> stress</c><00:31:26.759><c> to</c><00:31:26.940><c> the</c><00:31:27.119><c> kids.</c>

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:31.480
When<00:31:27.480><c> we</c><00:31:27.720><c> read</c><00:31:27.940><c> these</c><00:31:28.240><c> stories,</c><00:31:28.759><c> put</c><00:31:29.059><c> yourself</c><00:31:29.740><c> right</c><00:31:30.319><c> there.</c>

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:33.380
Wake<00:31:32.160><c> up</c><00:31:32.359><c> with</c><00:31:32.519><c> her</c><00:31:32.779><c> in</c><00:31:32.980><c> the</c><00:31:33.119><c> morning.</c>

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.740
You're<00:31:33.740><c> going</c><00:31:33.920><c> out</c><00:31:34.200><c> to</c><00:31:34.599><c> collect</c><00:31:35.240><c> the</c><00:31:35.779><c> sticks</c><00:31:36.160><c> with</c><00:31:36.640><c> her.</c>

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.420
The<00:31:39.720><c> difficulty</c><00:31:40.240><c> is</c><00:31:40.539><c> we</c><00:31:40.680><c> turn</c><00:31:40.960><c> the</c><00:31:41.180><c> page,</c>

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:44.599
we<00:31:41.660><c> see</c><00:31:41.859><c> the</c><00:31:42.019><c> end</c><00:31:42.140><c> of</c><00:31:42.400><c> the</c><00:31:42.519><c> story</c><00:31:42.839><c> and</c><00:31:43.160><c> it</c><00:31:43.420><c> all</c><00:31:43.599><c> works</c><00:31:43.859><c> out</c><00:31:44.180><c> well</c>

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:50.579
and<00:31:45.119><c> we</c><00:31:45.480><c> fail</c><00:31:45.819><c> to</c><00:31:46.140><c> see</c><00:31:46.480><c> the</c><00:31:46.880><c> enormity</c><00:31:47.799><c> of</c><00:31:48.039><c> the</c><00:31:48.400><c> trial</c><00:31:48.839><c> that</c><00:31:49.400><c> she</c><00:31:49.599><c> faced.</c>

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:55.500
Do<00:31:52.140><c> you</c><00:31:52.200><c> think</c><00:31:52.400><c> this</c><00:31:52.759><c> faithful</c><00:31:53.160><c> woman</c><00:31:53.599><c> hasn't</c><00:31:54.019><c> been</c><00:31:54.380><c> praying</c>

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:57.680
that<00:31:55.779><c> God</c><00:31:56.079><c> would</c><00:31:56.420><c> intervene</c><00:31:56.799><c> to</c><00:31:57.119><c> save</c><00:31:57.400><c> them</c>

00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:01.759
as<00:31:57.940><c> she</c><00:31:58.299><c> sees</c><00:31:58.539><c> the</c><00:31:58.839><c> level</c><00:31:59.119><c> of</c><00:31:59.440><c> food</c><00:31:59.799><c> go</c><00:32:00.319><c> down</c><00:32:00.619><c> in</c><00:32:00.799><c> the</c><00:32:00.980><c> barrel?</c>

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:05.960
It<00:32:03.319><c> may</c><00:32:03.599><c> well</c><00:32:03.859><c> be</c><00:32:04.079><c> that</c><00:32:04.240><c> God</c><00:32:04.579><c> sent</c><00:32:04.859><c> Elijah</c><00:32:05.339><c> to</c><00:32:05.740><c> her</c>

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.220
as<00:32:06.180><c> a</c><00:32:06.339><c> result</c><00:32:06.559><c> of</c><00:32:06.740><c> her</c><00:32:06.960><c> prayers.</c>

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.759
We<00:32:07.440><c> don't</c><00:32:07.740><c> know.</c>

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:12.119
But<00:32:09.519><c> I</c><00:32:09.640><c> don't</c><00:32:09.839><c> think</c><00:32:10.000><c> it's</c><00:32:10.299><c> much</c><00:32:10.660><c> conjecture</c><00:32:11.319><c> to</c><00:32:11.559><c> recognize</c>

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.819
that<00:32:12.299><c> she</c><00:32:12.480><c> would</c><00:32:12.640><c> have</c><00:32:12.779><c> been</c><00:32:13.059><c> asking</c><00:32:13.420><c> God</c>

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:19.319
to<00:32:14.140><c> intervene</c><00:32:14.640><c> to</c><00:32:14.900><c> save</c><00:32:15.220><c> them</c><00:32:16.200><c> because</c><00:32:17.680><c> of</c><00:32:17.859><c> their</c><00:32:18.019><c> situation.</c>

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:23.420
On<00:32:21.180><c> this</c><00:32:21.480><c> final</c><00:32:21.779><c> day,</c><00:32:22.119><c> you're</c><00:32:22.279><c> out</c><00:32:22.539><c> collecting</c><00:32:22.880><c> sticks</c>

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.859
and<00:32:23.660><c> up</c><00:32:23.920><c> walks</c><00:32:24.140><c> this</c><00:32:24.480><c> stranger.</c>

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.599
He<00:32:25.119><c> asked</c><00:32:25.279><c> for</c><00:32:25.539><c> a</c><00:32:25.700><c> drink,</c><00:32:25.980><c> then</c><00:32:26.119><c> asked</c><00:32:26.319><c> for</c><00:32:26.539><c> a</c><00:32:26.680><c> meal.</c>

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.180
You<00:32:28.539><c> know,</c><00:32:28.539><c> what</c><00:32:28.619><c> are</c><00:32:28.720><c> you</c><00:32:28.779><c> gonna</c><00:32:28.900><c> do?</c>

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:34.059
In<00:32:31.200><c> a</c><00:32:31.359><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:31.680><c> life,</c><00:32:32.759><c> somebody</c><00:32:32.940><c> comes</c><00:32:33.180><c> up</c><00:32:33.400><c> and</c><00:32:33.599><c> asks</c><00:32:33.839><c> you</c>

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.319
for<00:32:34.259><c> help.</c>

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:38.079
And<00:32:35.660><c> I've</c><00:32:35.779><c> got</c><00:32:35.940><c> all</c><00:32:36.200><c> these</c><00:32:36.359><c> other</c><00:32:36.579><c> things</c><00:32:36.839><c> going</c><00:32:37.079><c> on</c><00:32:37.259><c> in</c><00:32:37.400><c> my</c><00:32:37.660><c> life.</c>

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:40.859
I've<00:32:38.640><c> got</c><00:32:38.720><c> all</c><00:32:38.880><c> these</c><00:32:39.059><c> other</c><00:32:39.240><c> responsibilities</c><00:32:40.039><c> and</c><00:32:40.380><c> commitments</c>

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:44.460
and<00:32:41.160><c> maybe</c><00:32:42.319><c> sometime</c><00:32:42.759><c> next</c><00:32:43.119><c> month,</c><00:32:43.359><c> I</c><00:32:43.480><c> can</c><00:32:43.640><c> help</c><00:32:43.839><c> you</c><00:32:44.079><c> out.</c>

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.740
That's<00:32:45.200><c> not</c><00:32:45.420><c> what</c><00:32:45.559><c> the</c><00:32:45.720><c> widow</c><00:32:45.839><c> did.</c>

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:51.519
She<00:32:48.059><c> took</c><00:32:48.339><c> all</c><00:32:48.920><c> of</c><00:32:49.200><c> her</c><00:32:49.599><c> trials</c><00:32:50.119><c> and</c><00:32:50.420><c> all</c><00:32:50.640><c> of</c><00:32:50.779><c> the</c><00:32:51.039><c> agony</c>

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:57.460
and<00:32:51.839><c> put</c><00:32:51.960><c> it</c><00:32:52.220><c> aside</c><00:32:52.900><c> and</c><00:32:54.640><c> tended</c><00:32:54.920><c> to</c><00:32:55.180><c> the</c><00:32:55.380><c> needs</c><00:32:55.859><c> of</c><00:32:56.319><c> this</c><00:32:56.539><c> man.</c>

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:03.460
It's<00:32:59.200><c> what</c><00:32:59.460><c> godly</c><00:32:59.839><c> love</c><00:33:00.039><c> does</c><00:33:00.640><c> in</c><00:33:01.299><c> situations</c><00:33:01.880><c> such</c><00:33:02.140><c> as</c><00:33:02.359><c> this.</c>

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.960
She<00:33:04.599><c> didn't</c><00:33:04.799><c> take</c><00:33:05.059><c> care</c><00:33:05.180><c> of</c><00:33:05.279><c> her</c><00:33:05.460><c> own</c><00:33:05.619><c> needs</c>

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.759
before<00:33:06.299><c> the</c><00:33:06.500><c> needs</c><00:33:06.660><c> of</c><00:33:06.900><c> others.</c>

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:10.039
And<00:33:08.420><c> you</c><00:33:08.579><c> see,</c><00:33:08.700><c> she's</c><00:33:08.980><c> been</c><00:33:09.279><c> purposely</c><00:33:09.660><c> brought</c>

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.420
to<00:33:10.240><c> a</c><00:33:10.259><c> decision</c><00:33:10.799><c> point</c><00:33:11.160><c> by</c><00:33:11.440><c> Elijah.</c>

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:14.640
And<00:33:12.619><c> that's</c><00:33:12.779><c> why</c><00:33:13.019><c> it's</c><00:33:13.220><c> her</c><00:33:13.539><c> faith</c><00:33:13.819><c> that</c><00:33:13.980><c> is</c><00:33:14.200><c> highlighted</c>

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:19.319
for<00:33:14.920><c> us</c><00:33:15.059><c> to</c><00:33:15.240><c> recognize</c><00:33:15.940><c> and</c><00:33:16.740><c> to</c><00:33:16.980><c> embrace</c><00:33:17.640><c> and</c><00:33:18.299><c> to</c><00:33:18.579><c> model.</c>

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:23.160
She<00:33:20.019><c> goes</c><00:33:20.319><c> to</c><00:33:20.559><c> her</c><00:33:20.720><c> home,</c><00:33:21.460><c> she</c><00:33:21.779><c> makes</c><00:33:22.019><c> the</c><00:33:22.299><c> food</c><00:33:22.480><c> for</c><00:33:22.740><c> Elijah</c>

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.400
and<00:33:23.400><c> she</c><00:33:23.579><c> comes</c><00:33:23.819><c> back</c><00:33:24.119><c> and</c><00:33:24.319><c> she</c><00:33:24.539><c> feeds</c><00:33:24.740><c> him</c><00:33:25.019><c> first</c>

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:30.720
in<00:33:26.259><c> full</c><00:33:26.779><c> assurance</c><00:33:27.740><c> that</c><00:33:29.240><c> God</c><00:33:29.559><c> will</c><00:33:29.839><c> provide</c><00:33:30.160><c> for</c><00:33:30.339><c> her</c>

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:32.460
because<00:33:31.119><c> when</c><00:33:31.319><c> she</c><00:33:31.579><c> serves</c><00:33:31.880><c> Elijah,</c>

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:38.619
that<00:33:32.779><c> little</c><00:33:33.059><c> cake,</c><00:33:34.880><c> that</c><00:33:35.059><c> is</c><00:33:35.480><c> obedience</c><00:33:36.440><c> springing</c><00:33:37.440><c> from</c><00:33:37.700><c> faith.</c>

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:41.700
She<00:33:39.299><c> didn't</c><00:33:39.480><c> go</c><00:33:39.680><c> home</c><00:33:39.920><c> and</c><00:33:40.079><c> find</c><00:33:40.279><c> a</c><00:33:40.500><c> full</c><00:33:40.759><c> barrel.</c>

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:44.720
She<00:33:42.779><c> went</c><00:33:42.920><c> home</c><00:33:43.119><c> and</c><00:33:43.279><c> she</c><00:33:43.519><c> made</c><00:33:43.680><c> the</c><00:33:43.880><c> meal.</c>

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:47.640
And<00:33:45.440><c> then</c><00:33:45.500><c> it</c><00:33:45.759><c> says</c><00:33:46.059><c> that</c><00:33:46.279><c> God</c><00:33:46.519><c> provided</c><00:33:46.980><c> for</c><00:33:47.240><c> her</c>

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.039
and<00:33:47.819><c> her</c><00:33:48.019><c> household.</c>

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:53.500
And<00:33:51.400><c> recognize</c><00:33:51.880><c> too</c><00:33:52.140><c> that</c><00:33:52.299><c> one</c><00:33:53.000><c> of</c><00:33:53.099><c> the</c><00:33:53.140><c> reasons</c>

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:56.400
I<00:33:53.640><c> think</c><00:33:53.799><c> this</c><00:33:54.079><c> event</c><00:33:54.400><c> happens</c><00:33:55.019><c> as</c><00:33:55.559><c> it's</c><00:33:55.799><c> recorded</c>

00:33:56.400 --> 00:34:00.299
is<00:33:57.019><c> because</c><00:33:57.400><c> if</c><00:33:57.839><c> Israel</c><00:33:58.700><c> could</c><00:33:59.200><c> have</c><00:33:59.380><c> gotten</c><00:33:59.640><c> a</c><00:33:59.980><c> hold</c>

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:03.400
of<00:34:00.579><c> the</c><00:34:00.819><c> faith</c><00:34:01.019><c> of</c><00:34:01.240><c> this</c><00:34:01.440><c> woman</c><00:34:01.839><c> and</c><00:34:02.500><c> responded</c>

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:07.259
to<00:34:03.799><c> the</c><00:34:04.140><c> trials</c><00:34:04.480><c> in</c><00:34:04.859><c> their</c><00:34:05.140><c> life</c><00:34:05.500><c> at</c><00:34:05.819><c> that</c><00:34:06.140><c> time,</c>

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:10.320
there<00:34:07.819><c> would</c><00:34:08.000><c> have</c><00:34:08.199><c> been</c><00:34:08.440><c> many,</c><00:34:08.800><c> many</c><00:34:09.000><c> more</c><00:34:09.260><c> than</c><00:34:09.500><c> 7</c><00:34:09.840><c>,000</c>

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.480
that<00:34:10.400><c> God</c><00:34:10.679><c> could</c><00:34:10.880><c> have</c><00:34:11.099><c> saved.</c>

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:17.840
So<00:34:12.139><c> she</c><00:34:12.420><c> is</c><00:34:12.860><c> modeling</c><00:34:13.320><c> for</c><00:34:14.039><c> Israel</c><00:34:14.619><c> the</c><00:34:15.619><c> exact</c><00:34:16.340><c> mind</c><00:34:16.920><c> frame,</c>

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:22.880
the<00:34:18.019><c> exact</c><00:34:18.460><c> outlook</c><00:34:19.019><c> that</c><00:34:19.260><c> God</c><00:34:19.519><c> was</c><00:34:19.800><c> looking</c><00:34:20.139><c> to</c><00:34:20.739><c> instill</c><00:34:21.260><c> in</c><00:34:21.480><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.400
Contextually,<00:34:24.039><c> there</c><00:34:24.059><c> are</c><00:34:24.440><c> several</c><00:34:24.840><c> connections</c>

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:28.280
between<00:34:25.880><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.239><c> 17</c><00:34:26.760><c> and</c><00:34:26.940><c> chapter</c><00:34:27.280><c> 18.</c>

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:30.539
If<00:34:28.980><c> you</c><00:34:29.099><c> haven't</c><00:34:29.539><c> seen</c><00:34:29.840><c> these</c><00:34:30.079><c> before,</c>

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:33.300
there's<00:34:30.860><c> the</c><00:34:31.159><c> element</c><00:34:31.420><c> of</c><00:34:31.699><c> the</c><00:34:31.960><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:36.079
Only<00:34:34.059><c> she's</c><00:34:34.360><c> not</c><00:34:34.639><c> wealthy</c><00:34:34.960><c> enough</c><00:34:35.219><c> to</c><00:34:35.360><c> have</c><00:34:35.539><c> a</c><00:34:35.780><c> bullet</c>

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.579
like<00:34:36.320><c> we</c><00:34:36.519><c> have</c><00:34:36.719><c> in</c><00:34:36.900><c> chapter</c><00:34:37.179><c> 18.</c>

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:40.639
All<00:34:37.900><c> she</c><00:34:38.159><c> can</c><00:34:38.380><c> have</c><00:34:38.860><c> is</c><00:34:39.179><c> a</c><00:34:39.340><c> handful</c><00:34:39.599><c> of</c><00:34:39.880><c> meal.</c>

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:43.460
There's<00:34:41.320><c> the</c><00:34:41.639><c> barrel</c><00:34:42.119><c> in</c><00:34:42.500><c> chapter</c><00:34:42.900><c> 18.</c>

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:46.860
It's<00:34:43.820><c> the</c><00:34:44.039><c> same</c><00:34:44.260><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:44.619><c> word</c><00:34:44.880><c> back</c><00:34:45.139><c> in</c><00:34:45.380><c> chapter</c><00:34:45.679><c> 17.</c>

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:51.260
The<00:34:47.940><c> wood</c><00:34:48.300><c> or</c><00:34:48.659><c> the</c><00:34:48.940><c> sticks</c><00:34:49.300><c> that</c><00:34:49.579><c> she</c><00:34:49.840><c> uses</c><00:34:50.099><c> in</c><00:34:50.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:50.679><c> 17,</c>

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:53.739
you<00:34:51.460><c> see</c><00:34:51.619><c> the</c><00:34:51.860><c> same</c><00:34:52.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:52.420><c> words</c><00:34:53.039><c> shows</c><00:34:53.480><c> up</c>

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:56.780
in<00:34:53.900><c> the</c><00:34:54.079><c> altar</c><00:34:54.300><c> to</c><00:34:54.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:54.960><c> in</c><00:34:55.199><c> chapter</c><00:34:55.519><c> 18.</c>

00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:00.960
And<00:34:57.880><c> she</c><00:34:58.119><c> dresses</c><00:34:58.380><c> it,</c><00:34:59.460><c> the</c><00:34:59.719><c> same</c><00:34:59.980><c> word.</c>

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:03.599
The<00:35:01.820><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:02.199><c> in</c><00:35:02.440><c> chapter</c><00:35:02.699><c> 18</c><00:35:03.119><c> happens</c>

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:05.780
at<00:35:03.800><c> the</c><00:35:04.039><c> time</c><00:35:04.260><c> of</c><00:35:04.500><c> the</c><00:35:04.719><c> evening</c><00:35:05.039><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:09.440
It's<00:35:06.099><c> the</c><00:35:06.280><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:06.659><c> minke</c><00:35:07.199><c> when</c><00:35:07.980><c> the</c><00:35:08.260><c> meal</c><00:35:08.519><c> or</c><00:35:08.880><c> the</c><00:35:09.280><c> meat</c>

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:12.019
or<00:35:09.659><c> the</c><00:35:09.900><c> cereal</c><00:35:10.199><c> offering</c><00:35:10.679><c> would</c><00:35:10.860><c> be</c><00:35:11.119><c> offered.</c>

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:17.199
And<00:35:12.420><c> she</c><00:35:12.559><c> is</c><00:35:12.860><c> also</c><00:35:13.380><c> in</c><00:35:13.699><c> her</c><00:35:14.059><c> offering,</c><00:35:15.239><c> offering</c><00:35:15.599><c> a</c><00:35:15.920><c> meal</c><00:35:16.159><c> offering.</c>

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:20.920
So<00:35:17.760><c> all</c><00:35:17.920><c> these</c><00:35:18.159><c> connections</c><00:35:18.679><c> are</c><00:35:18.960><c> bringing</c><00:35:19.139><c> us</c><00:35:19.519><c> to</c><00:35:20.099><c> recognize</c>

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.760
that<00:35:21.420><c> what</c><00:35:21.559><c> God</c><00:35:21.800><c> is</c><00:35:22.019><c> able</c><00:35:22.159><c> to</c><00:35:22.440><c> accomplish</c>

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:25.860
in<00:35:22.940><c> the</c><00:35:23.059><c> life</c><00:35:23.219><c> of</c><00:35:23.420><c> this</c><00:35:23.599><c> widow</c><00:35:23.920><c> is</c><00:35:24.960><c> what</c><00:35:25.119><c> God</c><00:35:25.380><c> was</c><00:35:25.579><c> looking</c>

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:28.260
to<00:35:26.139><c> model</c><00:35:26.360><c> for</c><00:35:26.579><c> the</c><00:35:26.739><c> rest</c><00:35:26.900><c> of</c><00:35:27.099><c> the</c><00:35:27.219><c> nation.</c>

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:32.000
Time<00:35:30.039><c> goes</c><00:35:30.300><c> on</c><00:35:30.559><c> and</c><00:35:30.639><c> then</c><00:35:30.800><c> we</c><00:35:30.980><c> find</c><00:35:31.179><c> the</c><00:35:31.500><c> tragic</c>

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.420
but<00:35:32.480><c> divinely</c><00:35:33.000><c> appointed</c><00:35:33.639><c> death</c><00:35:34.059><c> of</c><00:35:34.260><c> her</c><00:35:34.519><c> son.</c>

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.539
We<00:35:35.960><c> don't</c><00:35:36.219><c> know</c><00:35:36.380><c> how</c><00:35:36.559><c> much</c><00:35:36.760><c> time</c><00:35:37.000><c> elapsed</c>

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:42.179
between<00:35:37.960><c> Elijah's</c><00:35:38.780><c> arrival</c><00:35:39.280><c> and</c><00:35:40.019><c> the</c><00:35:40.219><c> time</c><00:35:40.380><c> when</c><00:35:40.559><c> her</c><00:35:40.800><c> son</c><00:35:40.980><c> died.</c>

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:45.059
But<00:35:42.420><c> we</c><00:35:42.599><c> do</c><00:35:42.940><c> know</c><00:35:43.219><c> it</c><00:35:43.500><c> provides</c><00:35:43.880><c> further</c><00:35:44.440><c> insight</c>

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:47.780
into<00:35:45.320><c> how</c><00:35:45.559><c> God</c><00:35:45.800><c> is</c><00:35:46.079><c> working</c><00:35:46.400><c> in</c><00:35:46.639><c> her</c><00:35:46.860><c> life.</c>

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:51.800
The<00:35:48.760><c> death</c><00:35:48.960><c> of</c><00:35:49.159><c> her</c><00:35:49.340><c> son</c><00:35:49.559><c> would</c><00:35:49.860><c> leave</c><00:35:50.059><c> her</c><00:35:50.519><c> filled</c>

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:55.380
with<00:35:52.340><c> sorrow</c><00:35:53.039><c> and</c><00:35:54.219><c> confusion,</c>

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:57.860
like<00:35:55.900><c> any</c><00:35:56.239><c> mother</c><00:35:56.460><c> would</c><00:35:56.699><c> be</c><00:35:56.860><c> in</c><00:35:57.000><c> that</c><00:35:57.219><c> circumstance.</c>

00:35:58.099 --> 00:36:01.079
She<00:35:58.280><c> had</c><00:35:58.579><c> thought</c><00:35:58.840><c> Elijah</c><00:35:59.500><c> was</c><00:35:59.719><c> a</c><00:35:59.880><c> man</c><00:36:00.019><c> of</c><00:36:00.219><c> God.</c>

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:03.800
How<00:36:01.420><c> could</c><00:36:01.579><c> this</c><00:36:01.940><c> possibly</c><00:36:02.519><c> have</c><00:36:02.880><c> happened?</c>

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:06.800
And<00:36:04.639><c> you</c><00:36:04.920><c> notice</c><00:36:05.219><c> there's</c><00:36:05.480><c> no</c><00:36:05.840><c> time</c><00:36:06.079><c> and</c><00:36:06.380><c> chance</c>

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.920
in<00:36:07.300><c> the</c><00:36:07.559><c> mind</c><00:36:07.719><c> of</c><00:36:07.920><c> this</c><00:36:08.139><c> widow.</c>

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:11.940
Things<00:36:10.159><c> just</c><00:36:10.780><c> happen</c><00:36:11.300><c> and</c><00:36:11.559><c> oh</c><00:36:11.760><c> well,</c>

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:13.619
this<00:36:12.260><c> is</c><00:36:12.559><c> what</c><00:36:12.739><c> happened</c><00:36:12.980><c> to</c><00:36:13.199><c> my</c><00:36:13.460><c> son.</c>

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:17.500
Not<00:36:14.000><c> an</c><00:36:14.360><c> ounce</c><00:36:15.099><c> of</c><00:36:16.300><c> belief</c><00:36:16.559><c> in</c><00:36:16.719><c> her</c><00:36:16.960><c> mind</c>

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:21.679
that<00:36:17.900><c> God</c><00:36:18.260><c> wasn't</c><00:36:18.760><c> involved</c><00:36:19.480><c> in</c><00:36:19.800><c> the</c><00:36:20.019><c> death</c><00:36:20.380><c> of</c><00:36:20.639><c> her</c><00:36:20.860><c> son.</c>

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:24.480
She's<00:36:22.960><c> not</c><00:36:23.280><c> bitter</c><00:36:23.639><c> towards</c><00:36:24.019><c> God,</c>

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.219
but<00:36:25.019><c> there</c><00:36:25.320><c> is</c><00:36:25.760><c> no</c><00:36:26.280><c> doubt</c><00:36:26.460><c> in</c><00:36:26.619><c> her</c><00:36:26.900><c> mind.</c>

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:29.699
You<00:36:27.460><c> see</c><00:36:27.619><c> the</c><00:36:27.900><c> links</c><00:36:28.380><c> in</c><00:36:28.760><c> the</c><00:36:28.920><c> death</c><00:36:29.059><c> of</c><00:36:29.260><c> her</c><00:36:29.400><c> son.</c>

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:32.619
What's<00:36:30.480><c> the</c><00:36:30.739><c> first</c><00:36:31.000><c> link</c><00:36:31.179><c> that</c><00:36:31.380><c> she</c><00:36:31.559><c> makes?</c>

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:35.539
The<00:36:34.079><c> link</c><00:36:34.280><c> to</c><00:36:34.420><c> God.</c>

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.199
What's<00:36:36.239><c> the</c><00:36:36.320><c> second</c><00:36:36.639><c> link</c><00:36:36.860><c> that</c><00:36:37.019><c> she</c><00:36:37.159><c> makes?</c>

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:40.420
The<00:36:38.940><c> link</c><00:36:39.099><c> to</c><00:36:39.280><c> her</c><00:36:39.519><c> sin.</c>

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.820
Again,<00:36:41.820><c> we</c><00:36:41.960><c> don't</c><00:36:42.139><c> know</c><00:36:42.239><c> what</c><00:36:42.380><c> it</c><00:36:42.460><c> was,</c>

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.340
but<00:36:43.059><c> that's</c><00:36:43.300><c> what</c><00:36:43.420><c> she</c><00:36:43.619><c> calls</c><00:36:43.960><c> into</c><00:36:44.239><c> mind.</c>

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:48.980
That's<00:36:45.679><c> what</c><00:36:45.840><c> faithful</c><00:36:46.199><c> men</c><00:36:46.380><c> and</c><00:36:46.579><c> women</c><00:36:46.840><c> call</c><00:36:47.199><c> to</c><00:36:47.480><c> mind,</c>

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:51.980
oftentimes<00:36:49.579><c> when</c><00:36:49.820><c> they're</c><00:36:50.039><c> faced</c><00:36:50.340><c> with</c><00:36:50.679><c> circumstances.</c>

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:57.579
The<00:36:54.099><c> goats</c><00:36:54.579><c> of</c><00:36:54.800><c> Matthew</c><00:36:55.139><c> 25</c><00:36:55.940><c> are</c><00:36:56.380><c> faced</c><00:36:56.699><c> with</c><00:36:57.019><c> situations</c>

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.219
like<00:36:57.940><c> this</c>

00:36:58.219 --> 00:37:03.079
and<00:36:58.460><c> they</c><00:36:58.820><c> resent</c><00:36:59.380><c> God</c><00:37:00.099><c> for</c><00:37:01.199><c> what</c><00:37:01.340><c> he</c><00:37:01.500><c> has</c><00:37:01.639><c> done</c><00:37:01.780><c> in</c><00:37:01.920><c> their</c><00:37:02.119><c> life.</c>

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:06.920
The<00:37:03.980><c> sheep</c><00:37:04.500><c> respond</c><00:37:05.119><c> to</c><00:37:05.360><c> situations</c><00:37:05.920><c> like</c><00:37:06.280><c> this</c>

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:09.280
and<00:37:07.260><c> become</c><00:37:07.699><c> introspective.</c>

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.139
Now<00:37:10.900><c> we</c><00:37:10.960><c> have</c><00:37:11.159><c> to</c><00:37:11.260><c> be</c><00:37:11.500><c> careful</c><00:37:11.800><c> here</c>

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:14.880
because<00:37:12.460><c> in</c><00:37:12.679><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:13.119><c> life</c><00:37:13.440><c> we</c><00:37:13.619><c> know</c>

00:37:14.869 --> 00:37:17.820
that<00:37:15.199><c> God</c><00:37:15.400><c> will</c><00:37:15.679><c> bring</c><00:37:15.920><c> trials</c><00:37:16.460><c> in</c><00:37:16.760><c> the</c><00:37:16.980><c> people's</c><00:37:17.500><c> lives</c>

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:19.920
for<00:37:18.199><c> two</c><00:37:18.519><c> reasons.</c>

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:24.219
And<00:37:20.860><c> we</c><00:37:20.960><c> know</c><00:37:21.179><c> this</c><00:37:21.360><c> from</c><00:37:21.599><c> our</c><00:37:21.920><c> own</c><00:37:22.239><c> personal</c><00:37:22.739><c> experience.</c>

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:27.239
We're<00:37:24.639><c> not</c><00:37:25.019><c> here</c><00:37:25.360><c> suggesting</c><00:37:25.860><c> in</c><00:37:26.139><c> any</c><00:37:26.400><c> way</c>

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:31.659
that<00:37:27.500><c> the</c><00:37:28.559><c> idea</c><00:37:28.960><c> of</c><00:37:29.300><c> exact</c><00:37:29.559><c> retribution</c><00:37:30.199><c> is</c><00:37:30.400><c> being</c><00:37:30.719><c> taught.</c>

00:37:31.730 --> 00:37:34.260
But<00:37:32.039><c> I</c><00:37:32.219><c> can</c><00:37:32.400><c> look</c><00:37:32.639><c> back</c><00:37:32.900><c> in</c><00:37:33.019><c> my</c><00:37:33.280><c> life</c><00:37:33.460><c> because</c><00:37:33.780><c> by</c><00:37:34.000><c> the</c><00:37:34.159><c> way,</c>

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:37.139
if<00:37:34.539><c> exact</c><00:37:34.880><c> retribution</c><00:37:35.860><c> was</c><00:37:36.079><c> a</c><00:37:36.239><c> principle,</c>

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.860
I<00:37:37.480><c> would</c><00:37:37.659><c> have</c><00:37:37.780><c> been</c><00:37:37.940><c> dead</c><00:37:38.179><c> a</c><00:37:38.400><c> long</c><00:37:38.619><c> time</c><00:37:38.860><c> ago.</c>

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:44.460
God<00:37:41.440><c> brings</c><00:37:41.860><c> trials</c><00:37:42.539><c> into</c><00:37:42.940><c> people's</c><00:37:43.519><c> lives,</c>

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:49.179
sometimes<00:37:45.500><c> to</c><00:37:45.980><c> arrest</c><00:37:46.760><c> sins</c><00:37:47.320><c> hold</c><00:37:47.800><c> over</c><00:37:48.239><c> them</c>

00:37:49.570 --> 00:37:52.659
or<00:37:49.880><c> to</c><00:37:50.179><c> prevent</c><00:37:50.699><c> sins</c><00:37:51.280><c> hold</c><00:37:51.719><c> over</c><00:37:52.059><c> them.</c>

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:55.139
And<00:37:53.239><c> sometimes</c><00:37:53.619><c> as</c><00:37:53.840><c> we</c><00:37:53.980><c> know,</c><00:37:54.239><c> he</c><00:37:54.360><c> brings</c><00:37:54.659><c> trials,</c>

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:59.579
severe<00:37:55.599><c> trials</c><00:37:55.940><c> in</c><00:37:56.119><c> people's</c><00:37:56.659><c> lives</c><00:37:56.980><c> to</c><00:37:58.199><c> deepen</c><00:37:58.480><c> their</c><00:37:58.760><c> faith.</c>

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:02.400
It's<00:38:00.400><c> not</c><00:38:00.579><c> anything</c><00:38:01.079><c> that's</c><00:38:01.480><c> happened</c><00:38:01.659><c> in</c><00:38:01.780><c> their</c><00:38:02.059><c> past,</c>

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:04.699
it's<00:38:02.699><c> simply</c><00:38:03.039><c> to</c><00:38:03.340><c> deepen</c><00:38:03.559><c> their</c><00:38:03.900><c> faith.</c>

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.079
And<00:38:05.719><c> we</c><00:38:05.780><c> know</c><00:38:05.940><c> by</c><00:38:06.239><c> personal</c><00:38:06.559><c> experience,</c>

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.860
we've<00:38:07.360><c> had</c><00:38:07.519><c> situations</c><00:38:08.199><c> in</c><00:38:08.519><c> our</c><00:38:08.719><c> own</c><00:38:08.900><c> life</c>

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:13.480
where<00:38:10.519><c> tragedy</c><00:38:11.000><c> has</c><00:38:11.380><c> happened</c><00:38:11.920><c> completely</c><00:38:12.760><c> disconnected</c>

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.940
to<00:38:13.739><c> any</c><00:38:13.980><c> sin.</c>

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.940
And<00:38:16.559><c> depending</c><00:38:16.840><c> on</c><00:38:17.039><c> how</c><00:38:17.219><c> we</c><00:38:17.480><c> respond,</c>

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:20.659
it<00:38:18.079><c> can</c><00:38:18.260><c> either</c><00:38:18.579><c> deepen</c><00:38:18.800><c> our</c><00:38:19.119><c> faith</c><00:38:19.280><c> or</c><00:38:19.539><c> it</c><00:38:19.599><c> can</c><00:38:19.940><c> shatter</c><00:38:20.219><c> our</c><00:38:20.519><c> faith</c>

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:23.519
because<00:38:21.019><c> the</c><00:38:21.320><c> same</c><00:38:21.519><c> events</c><00:38:21.860><c> that</c><00:38:22.059><c> are</c><00:38:22.260><c> intended</c><00:38:22.480><c> to</c><00:38:22.860><c> strengthen</c><00:38:23.079><c> us</c>

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.239
in<00:38:23.860><c> our</c><00:38:24.099><c> faith</c><00:38:24.239><c> can</c><00:38:24.480><c> also</c><00:38:25.000><c> destroy</c><00:38:25.539><c> our</c><00:38:25.860><c> faith</c>

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:29.559
if<00:38:26.400><c> we're</c><00:38:27.380><c> not</c><00:38:27.579><c> careful</c><00:38:27.920><c> in</c><00:38:28.079><c> how</c><00:38:28.219><c> we</c><00:38:28.460><c> respond.</c>

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:33.179
And<00:38:30.360><c> it's</c><00:38:30.559><c> a</c><00:38:30.659><c> subject</c><00:38:30.920><c> worth</c><00:38:31.179><c> talking</c><00:38:31.480><c> to</c><00:38:31.659><c> our</c><00:38:31.800><c> young</c><00:38:31.960><c> people</c><00:38:32.300><c> about</c>

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:35.860
because<00:38:33.639><c> if</c><00:38:33.820><c> we</c><00:38:33.920><c> have</c><00:38:34.099><c> a</c><00:38:34.280><c> misunderstanding</c><00:38:34.800><c> on</c><00:38:35.099><c> how</c><00:38:35.260><c> God</c><00:38:35.480><c> works,</c>

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:37.920
they<00:38:36.000><c> will</c><00:38:36.199><c> see</c><00:38:36.360><c> events</c><00:38:36.639><c> in</c><00:38:36.820><c> their</c><00:38:36.980><c> life</c>

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:40.139
and<00:38:38.179><c> be</c><00:38:38.539><c> extremely</c><00:38:39.039><c> disappointed.</c>

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:43.940
In<00:38:41.280><c> this</c><00:38:41.539><c> case,</c><00:38:41.900><c> the</c><00:38:42.059><c> widow</c><00:38:42.239><c> saw</c><00:38:42.579><c> a</c><00:38:42.900><c> connection</c>

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:47.739
between<00:38:45.199><c> what</c><00:38:45.760><c> happened</c><00:38:46.059><c> in</c><00:38:46.239><c> the</c><00:38:46.380><c> death</c><00:38:46.500><c> of</c><00:38:46.679><c> her</c><00:38:46.880><c> son</c>

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:49.780
and<00:38:47.940><c> her</c><00:38:48.139><c> own</c><00:38:48.420><c> past</c><00:38:48.699><c> behavior.</c>

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:52.860
But<00:38:50.579><c> once</c><00:38:50.940><c> again,</c><00:38:51.579><c> put</c><00:38:51.739><c> yourself</c><00:38:52.239><c> there</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:55.780
and<00:38:53.380><c> picture</c><00:38:53.780><c> the</c><00:38:54.219><c> drama</c><00:38:54.539><c> of</c><00:38:54.880><c> the</c><00:38:55.139><c> scene</c>

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:57.579
that<00:38:56.260><c> is</c><00:38:56.480><c> recorded.</c>

00:38:57.619 --> 00:39:01.900
She<00:38:57.619><c> is</c><00:38:57.900><c> deeply</c><00:38:58.320><c> troubled</c><00:38:59.000><c> and</c><00:38:59.300><c> confused</c><00:38:59.820><c> over</c><00:39:00.139><c> her</c><00:39:00.440><c> son's</c><00:39:00.900><c> death.</c>

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:04.519
And<00:39:02.380><c> what</c><00:39:02.519><c> does</c><00:39:02.659><c> she</c><00:39:02.900><c> do</c><00:39:03.139><c> as</c><00:39:03.460><c> a</c><00:39:03.659><c> result?</c>

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:10.380
She<00:39:06.380><c> believes</c><00:39:07.059><c> that</c><00:39:07.639><c> God</c><00:39:08.019><c> can</c><00:39:08.420><c> raise</c><00:39:08.699><c> him</c><00:39:08.980><c> from</c><00:39:09.219><c> the</c><00:39:09.420><c> dead.</c>

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:14.820
You<00:39:12.599><c> see</c><00:39:12.739><c> that</c><00:39:12.940><c> in</c><00:39:13.079><c> verse</c><00:39:13.260><c> 16</c><00:39:13.619><c> and</c><00:39:13.820><c> 17?</c>

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.940
I<00:39:16.780><c> didn't</c><00:39:17.039><c> either.</c>

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:23.139
So<00:39:18.260><c> we</c><00:39:18.380><c> have</c><00:39:18.579><c> to</c><00:39:18.699><c> go</c><00:39:18.820><c> to</c><00:39:19.000><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:19.280><c> 11</c><00:39:20.119><c> to</c><00:39:21.139><c> find</c><00:39:21.539><c> that</c><00:39:22.099><c> fact,</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:26.739
to<00:39:23.820><c> find</c><00:39:24.059><c> that</c><00:39:24.400><c> aspect</c><00:39:24.900><c> of</c><00:39:25.179><c> the</c><00:39:25.380><c> exposition.</c>

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:30.519
It's<00:39:27.719><c> another</c><00:39:28.000><c> case</c><00:39:28.400><c> of</c><00:39:28.659><c> the</c><00:39:28.940><c> example</c><00:39:29.239><c> of</c><00:39:29.460><c> those</c><00:39:29.679><c> in</c><00:39:29.920><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:30.159><c> 11</c>

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:33.940
where<00:39:30.739><c> if</c><00:39:30.920><c> we</c><00:39:31.039><c> didn't</c><00:39:31.320><c> have</c><00:39:31.840><c> this</c><00:39:32.199><c> divine</c><00:39:32.659><c> commentary,</c>

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.320
we<00:39:34.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:34.780><c> understand</c><00:39:35.559><c> the</c><00:39:35.980><c> faith</c><00:39:36.260><c> behind</c><00:39:36.760><c> the</c><00:39:37.019><c> actions</c>

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:41.320
of<00:39:37.539><c> Moses</c><00:39:38.139><c> and</c><00:39:39.119><c> the</c><00:39:39.320><c> actions</c><00:39:39.679><c> of</c><00:39:39.880><c> his</c><00:39:40.119><c> parents</c>

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:44.159
and<00:39:41.860><c> those</c><00:39:42.139><c> who</c><00:39:42.420><c> crossed</c><00:39:42.639><c> the</c><00:39:42.800><c> Red</c><00:39:43.099><c> Sea.</c>

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:48.320
But<00:39:45.719><c> recall</c><00:39:45.980><c> how</c><00:39:46.300><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:46.599><c> 11</c><00:39:46.960><c> is</c><00:39:47.239><c> written.</c>

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:57.739
In<00:39:52.880><c> each</c><00:39:53.219><c> case,</c><00:39:54.760><c> the</c><00:39:54.980><c> faith</c><00:39:55.380><c> is</c><00:39:55.920><c> first</c><00:39:56.519><c> declared</c>

00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.699
and<00:39:58.320><c> then</c><00:39:58.480><c> the</c><00:39:58.699><c> faithful</c><00:39:59.099><c> obedience</c><00:40:00.119><c> is</c><00:40:00.559><c> noted,</c>

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:05.880
that<00:40:03.039><c> which</c><00:40:03.599><c> sprung</c><00:40:04.440><c> from</c><00:40:04.679><c> the</c><00:40:04.860><c> faith.</c>

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:11.139
By<00:40:07.619><c> faith,</c><00:40:08.619><c> Noah</c><00:40:09.219><c> built</c><00:40:10.039><c> the</c><00:40:10.320><c> ark.</c>

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:14.800
Because<00:40:11.900><c> he</c><00:40:12.079><c> had</c><00:40:12.519><c> faith,</c><00:40:13.780><c> he</c><00:40:13.920><c> built</c><00:40:14.199><c> the</c><00:40:14.480><c> ark</c>

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:16.619
and<00:40:15.079><c> saved</c><00:40:15.400><c> his</c><00:40:15.639><c> family.</c>

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:20.440
By<00:40:17.460><c> faith,</c><00:40:18.380><c> Abraham</c><00:40:18.880><c> left</c><00:40:19.539><c> Ur.</c>

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:25.059
By<00:40:21.280><c> faith,</c><00:40:21.940><c> Abraham</c><00:40:22.719><c> received</c><00:40:23.699><c> the</c><00:40:24.000><c> promises.</c>

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:31.440
In<00:40:25.420><c> each</c><00:40:25.900><c> case,</c><00:40:27.360><c> faith</c><00:40:27.820><c> preceded</c><00:40:29.619><c> the</c><00:40:29.940><c> faithful</c><00:40:30.400><c> obedience.</c>

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:34.659
It's<00:40:32.039><c> the</c><00:40:32.179><c> same</c><00:40:32.380><c> pattern</c><00:40:32.719><c> throughout</c><00:40:33.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:33.340><c> 11.</c>

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:38.159
Now<00:40:36.159><c> come</c><00:40:36.400><c> to</c><00:40:36.519><c> verse</c><00:40:36.739><c> 33.</c>

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:45.380
Who<00:40:42.119><c> through</c><00:40:42.480><c> faith</c><00:40:43.179><c> conquered</c><00:40:43.920><c> kingdoms,</c>

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:48.579
worked<00:40:45.940><c> righteousness,</c><00:40:47.179><c> received</c><00:40:47.659><c> promises,</c>

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:51.940
stopped<00:40:49.460><c> the</c><00:40:49.760><c> mouths</c><00:40:50.239><c> of</c><00:40:50.579><c> lions.</c>

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:56.159
Again,<00:40:53.519><c> by</c><00:40:53.840><c> faith,</c><00:40:54.940><c> this</c><00:40:54.940><c> is</c><00:40:55.099><c> what</c><00:40:55.340><c> happened.</c>

00:40:57.019 --> 00:41:01.000
And<00:40:57.079><c> now</c><00:40:57.380><c> come</c><00:40:57.840><c> to</c><00:40:58.039><c> the</c><00:40:58.159><c> widow</c><00:40:58.360><c> of</c><00:40:58.619><c> Zarephath</c><00:40:59.380><c> in</c><00:40:59.619><c> verse</c><00:40:59.880><c> 35.</c>

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:07.420
Women<00:41:04.239><c> received</c><00:41:04.840><c> their</c><00:41:05.360><c> dead</c><00:41:05.780><c> by</c><00:41:06.300><c> resurrection.</c>

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.239
So<00:41:09.480><c> if</c><00:41:09.599><c> this</c><00:41:09.820><c> is</c><00:41:10.019><c> following</c><00:41:10.340><c> the</c><00:41:10.639><c> same</c><00:41:10.900><c> pattern</c>

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:12.940
that<00:41:11.380><c> we</c><00:41:11.559><c> see</c><00:41:11.699><c> in</c><00:41:11.840><c> the</c><00:41:11.900><c> rest</c><00:41:12.139><c> of</c><00:41:12.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:12.559><c> 11,</c>

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:17.219
we<00:41:13.119><c> go</c><00:41:13.300><c> back</c><00:41:13.500><c> to</c><00:41:13.679><c> 1st</c><00:41:13.920><c> King</c><00:41:14.079><c> 17</c><00:41:14.880><c> and</c><00:41:16.099><c> we</c><00:41:16.400><c> find</c><00:41:16.699><c> out</c>

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:19.969
that<00:41:17.360><c> the</c><00:41:17.780><c> faith</c><00:41:18.380><c> of</c><00:41:18.840><c> the</c><00:41:19.059><c> woman</c>

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:23.860
preceded<00:41:21.400><c> the</c><00:41:21.679><c> resurrection</c><00:41:22.340><c> of</c><00:41:22.699><c> her</c><00:41:22.900><c> son.</c>

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:29.000
No<00:41:25.099><c> one</c><00:41:25.340><c> had</c><00:41:25.579><c> ever</c><00:41:25.980><c> been</c><00:41:26.219><c> raised</c><00:41:26.519><c> from</c><00:41:26.780><c> the</c><00:41:26.960><c> dead</c><00:41:27.380><c> in</c><00:41:27.960><c> scripture.</c>

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:35.519
She's<00:41:32.019><c> holding</c><00:41:32.440><c> her</c><00:41:32.920><c> dead</c><00:41:33.260><c> son</c><00:41:33.739><c> in</c><00:41:34.059><c> her</c><00:41:34.260><c> arms</c>

00:41:36.230 --> 00:41:41.860
and<00:41:36.639><c> she</c><00:41:37.639><c> believed</c><00:41:38.900><c> that</c><00:41:39.880><c> God</c><00:41:40.199><c> could</c><00:41:40.599><c> raise</c><00:41:40.920><c> her</c><00:41:41.300><c> son</c><00:41:41.579><c> from</c>

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:43.179
the<00:41:42.039><c> dead.</c>

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:46.739
And<00:41:44.719><c> Elijah</c><00:41:45.139><c> can</c><00:41:45.599><c> hear</c><00:41:46.059><c> her</c><00:41:46.460><c> faith.</c>

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:48.579
He<00:41:46.860><c> can</c><00:41:47.219><c> see</c><00:41:47.360><c> it</c><00:41:47.480><c> in</c><00:41:47.639><c> her</c><00:41:47.820><c> eyes.</c>

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:53.000
And<00:41:49.219><c> he</c><00:41:49.400><c> takes</c><00:41:49.880><c> the</c><00:41:50.199><c> son</c><00:41:50.639><c> and</c><00:41:51.820><c> he</c><00:41:51.940><c> goes</c><00:41:52.019><c> up</c><00:41:52.219><c> to</c><00:41:52.360><c> his</c><00:41:52.619><c> loft.</c>

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:56.099
But<00:41:53.500><c> don't</c><00:41:53.760><c> miss</c><00:41:54.000><c> the</c><00:41:54.239><c> point,</c><00:41:54.599><c> brethren</c><00:41:54.739><c> and</c><00:41:54.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:56.300 --> 00:42:00.000
She's<00:41:56.719><c> the</c><00:41:57.119><c> first</c><00:41:57.440><c> one</c><00:41:57.719><c> in</c><00:41:58.199><c> chapter</c><00:41:58.619><c> 17</c>

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:03.639
to<00:42:00.500><c> be</c><00:42:00.820><c> identified</c><00:42:01.400><c> as</c><00:42:01.699><c> having</c><00:42:02.300><c> faith</c>

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:05.139
that<00:42:04.059><c> her</c><00:42:04.360><c> son</c><00:42:04.579><c> could</c><00:42:04.820><c> be</c><00:42:05.000><c> raised.</c>

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:09.599
She<00:42:05.360><c> is</c><00:42:05.699><c> out</c><00:42:05.980><c> in</c><00:42:06.320><c> front</c><00:42:06.539><c> of</c><00:42:06.880><c> Elijah</c><00:42:07.340><c> on</c><00:42:08.340><c> this</c><00:42:08.599><c> issue.</c>

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:13.159
Such<00:42:10.599><c> is</c><00:42:11.000><c> the</c><00:42:11.340><c> faith</c><00:42:11.619><c> of</c><00:42:11.940><c> this</c><00:42:12.199><c> woman.</c>

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:16.500
And<00:42:13.800><c> Elijah</c><00:42:14.139><c> takes</c><00:42:14.619><c> the</c><00:42:14.900><c> son</c><00:42:15.000><c> upstairs</c>

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:20.400
and<00:42:16.739><c> he</c><00:42:17.239><c> stretches</c><00:42:17.519><c> himself</c><00:42:18.159><c> across</c><00:42:18.559><c> the</c><00:42:18.760><c> body</c><00:42:19.000><c> of</c><00:42:19.199><c> that</c><00:42:19.420><c> child.</c>

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:24.539
There's<00:42:21.039><c> never</c><00:42:21.360><c> been</c><00:42:21.840><c> a</c><00:42:22.179><c> resurrection</c><00:42:22.760><c> that's</c><00:42:23.300><c> been</c><00:42:23.500><c> recorded.</c>

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:26.980
That's<00:42:24.920><c> all</c><00:42:25.179><c> about</c><00:42:25.440><c> in</c><00:42:25.659><c> the</c><00:42:25.820><c> future.</c>

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:31.760
In<00:42:28.539><c> this</c><00:42:28.880><c> man</c><00:42:29.159><c> who</c><00:42:29.340><c> at</c><00:42:29.500><c> the</c><00:42:29.739><c> beginning</c><00:42:30.039><c> of</c><00:42:30.340><c> the</c><00:42:30.599><c> chapter</c>

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:34.380
had<00:42:32.619><c> trouble</c><00:42:32.940><c> taking</c><00:42:33.340><c> food</c><00:42:33.639><c> from</c><00:42:34.000><c> ravens</c>

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:37.340
and<00:42:34.619><c> had</c><00:42:34.739><c> to</c><00:42:34.980><c> learn</c><00:42:35.280><c> the</c><00:42:35.780><c> lesson</c><00:42:36.139><c> there</c>

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:39.920
and<00:42:37.880><c> who</c><00:42:38.059><c> would</c><00:42:38.280><c> never</c><00:42:38.500><c> of</c><00:42:38.739><c> his</c><00:42:39.179><c> own</c>

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:42.699
gone<00:42:40.320><c> to</c><00:42:40.599><c> live</c><00:42:40.699><c> with</c><00:42:40.920><c> a</c><00:42:41.059><c> Gentile</c><00:42:41.679><c> widow,</c>

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:45.940
this<00:42:43.320><c> man</c><00:42:43.780><c> is</c><00:42:44.139><c> now</c><00:42:44.519><c> praying</c><00:42:45.059><c> earnestly</c>

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:48.780
for<00:42:46.380><c> the</c><00:42:46.579><c> life</c><00:42:46.900><c> of</c><00:42:47.139><c> this</c><00:42:47.320><c> Gentile</c><00:42:47.840><c> boy.</c>

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:52.380
And<00:42:49.239><c> he</c><00:42:49.539><c> stretches</c><00:42:49.780><c> himself</c><00:42:50.340><c> three</c><00:42:50.699><c> times</c><00:42:51.039><c> over</c><00:42:51.300><c> the</c><00:42:51.500><c> body.</c>

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:55.079
Three<00:42:52.880><c> times</c><00:42:53.219><c> being</c><00:42:53.500><c> the</c><00:42:53.599><c> number</c><00:42:53.880><c> of</c><00:42:54.119><c> resurrection.</c>

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:57.820
And<00:42:55.500><c> he</c><00:42:55.880><c> cries</c><00:42:56.440><c> to</c><00:42:56.699><c> God.</c>

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:02.599
Do<00:42:59.400><c> you</c><00:42:59.420><c> think</c><00:42:59.639><c> if</c><00:42:59.880><c> his</c><00:43:00.639><c> fervent,</c><00:43:01.440><c> effectual</c><00:43:01.900><c> prayers</c>

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:06.039
that<00:43:02.840><c> had</c><00:43:03.099><c> not</c><00:43:03.659><c> reigned</c><00:43:04.059><c> for</c><00:43:04.340><c> three</c><00:43:04.559><c> and</c><00:43:04.760><c> a</c><00:43:04.780><c> half</c><00:43:04.980><c> years,</c>

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:09.420
if<00:43:06.440><c> they</c><00:43:06.780><c> were</c><00:43:07.039><c> powerful</c><00:43:07.579><c> and</c><00:43:07.860><c> not</c><00:43:08.119><c> bringing</c><00:43:08.460><c> rain,</c>

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:13.119
do<00:43:09.800><c> you</c><00:43:09.840><c> think</c><00:43:10.000><c> he</c><00:43:10.159><c> was</c><00:43:10.400><c> also</c><00:43:10.900><c> fervently</c><00:43:11.460><c> and</c><00:43:11.820><c> effectually</c><00:43:12.380><c> praying</c>

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:17.619
while<00:43:13.760><c> he</c><00:43:14.099><c> is</c><00:43:14.519><c> laying</c><00:43:14.960><c> on</c><00:43:15.440><c> the</c><00:43:15.760><c> body</c><00:43:16.139><c> of</c><00:43:16.460><c> the</c><00:43:16.699><c> dead</c><00:43:16.920><c> boy,</c>

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:23.260
pleading<00:43:18.559><c> with</c><00:43:18.840><c> God</c><00:43:19.420><c> to</c><00:43:20.539><c> raise</c><00:43:21.079><c> this</c><00:43:21.440><c> child's</c><00:43:22.119><c> life?</c>

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:28.940
That's<00:43:26.300><c> the</c><00:43:26.559><c> scene</c><00:43:26.820><c> that's</c><00:43:27.159><c> portrayed</c><00:43:27.559><c> for</c><00:43:27.920><c> us.</c>

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:30.719
That's<00:43:29.400><c> the</c><00:43:29.679><c> zeal</c><00:43:30.000><c> that</c><00:43:30.199><c> he</c><00:43:30.420><c> had.</c>

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:33.099
That's<00:43:31.159><c> the</c><00:43:31.400><c> unity</c><00:43:31.719><c> now</c>

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:36.199
that<00:43:33.280><c> he's</c><00:43:33.679><c> had</c><00:43:33.840><c> with</c><00:43:34.079><c> this</c><00:43:34.380><c> woman</c><00:43:34.659><c> and</c><00:43:34.900><c> her</c><00:43:35.139><c> son.</c>

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:40.940
And<00:43:36.519><c> God</c><00:43:36.860><c> raises</c><00:43:37.619><c> the</c><00:43:37.900><c> boy</c><00:43:38.440><c> and</c><00:43:39.559><c> Elijah</c><00:43:40.000><c> picks</c><00:43:40.380><c> him</c><00:43:40.579><c> up</c>

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:42.699
and<00:43:41.079><c> he</c><00:43:41.320><c> carries</c><00:43:41.539><c> him</c><00:43:41.760><c> downstairs.</c>

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:44.639
It<00:43:42.980><c> looks</c><00:43:43.139><c> like</c><00:43:43.340><c> it</c><00:43:43.380><c> was</c><00:43:43.639><c> outside</c><00:43:44.119><c> the</c><00:43:44.340><c> house.</c>

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:46.219
And<00:43:45.099><c> he</c><00:43:45.159><c> goes</c><00:43:45.320><c> into</c><00:43:45.539><c> the</c><00:43:45.760><c> house</c>

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:48.179
and<00:43:46.579><c> he</c><00:43:46.880><c> presents</c><00:43:47.099><c> the</c><00:43:47.360><c> lad</c><00:43:47.500><c> to</c><00:43:47.739><c> his</c><00:43:47.960><c> mother.</c>

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:53.019
And<00:43:48.480><c> what</c><00:43:48.599><c> are</c><00:43:48.840><c> the</c><00:43:48.940><c> very</c><00:43:49.639><c> first</c><00:43:50.300><c> words</c><00:43:51.260><c> recorded</c>

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:56.179
from<00:43:53.320><c> the</c><00:43:53.559><c> mouth</c><00:43:53.900><c> of</c><00:43:54.199><c> this</c><00:43:54.460><c> faithful</c><00:43:55.079><c> woman?</c>

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:59.699
She<00:43:58.159><c> doesn't</c><00:43:58.460><c> jump</c><00:43:58.780><c> up</c><00:43:59.039><c> and</c><00:43:59.320><c> down.</c>

00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:03.400
She<00:43:59.880><c> doesn't</c><00:44:00.079><c> go</c><00:44:00.219><c> into</c><00:44:00.440><c> a</c><00:44:00.699><c> frenzy</c><00:44:01.139><c> that</c><00:44:01.320><c> her</c><00:44:01.559><c> son</c><00:44:01.739><c> has</c><00:44:01.940><c> been</c><00:44:02.199><c> raised.</c>

00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:07.940
She<00:44:05.780><c> acknowledges</c><00:44:06.219><c> that</c><00:44:06.420><c> it</c><00:44:06.480><c> is</c><00:44:06.719><c> all</c><00:44:07.119><c> from</c><00:44:07.400><c> Yahweh</c>

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:11.019
and<00:44:08.679><c> that</c><00:44:09.000><c> Elijah</c><00:44:09.400><c> is</c><00:44:09.719><c> his</c><00:44:10.000><c> prophet.</c>

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:14.159
And<00:44:11.380><c> the</c><00:44:11.519><c> word</c><00:44:11.800><c> out</c><00:44:12.039><c> of</c><00:44:12.079><c> his</c><00:44:12.320><c> mouth</c><00:44:12.599><c> is</c><00:44:13.039><c> truth.</c>

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:18.519
This<00:44:15.000><c> is</c><00:44:15.260><c> why</c><00:44:15.599><c> Jesus,</c><00:44:16.119><c> when</c><00:44:16.280><c> he</c><00:44:16.599><c> spoke</c><00:44:16.860><c> to</c><00:44:17.059><c> the</c><00:44:17.119><c> men</c><00:44:17.340><c> of</c><00:44:17.519><c> Nineveh,</c>

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:20.659
and<00:44:19.280><c> he</c><00:44:19.400><c> said,</c><00:44:19.519><c> I</c><00:44:19.619><c> know</c><00:44:19.780><c> what</c><00:44:19.900><c> you're</c><00:44:20.059><c> going</c><00:44:20.239><c> to</c><00:44:20.480><c> say,</c>

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:23.199
physician,<00:44:21.239><c> heal</c><00:44:21.519><c> thyself,</c><00:44:22.300><c> in</c><00:44:22.480><c> Luke</c><00:44:22.719><c> 4.</c>

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:26.340
You've<00:44:24.000><c> heard</c><00:44:24.199><c> about</c><00:44:24.460><c> the</c><00:44:24.719><c> miracles</c><00:44:25.079><c> outside</c><00:44:25.679><c> of</c><00:44:25.940><c> Nazareth</c>

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:28.679
that<00:44:26.539><c> could</c><00:44:26.760><c> hurt</c><00:44:26.940><c> him</c><00:44:27.079><c> in</c><00:44:27.239><c> the</c><00:44:27.360><c> other</c><00:44:27.579><c> cities.</c>

00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:31.579
And<00:44:28.980><c> now</c><00:44:29.179><c> you</c><00:44:29.280><c> want</c><00:44:29.440><c> to</c><00:44:29.599><c> see</c><00:44:29.699><c> miracles</c><00:44:30.179><c> here</c><00:44:30.539><c> so</c><00:44:30.719><c> you</c><00:44:30.880><c> can</c><00:44:31.059><c> believe.</c>

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:33.380
Well,<00:44:31.880><c> I'm</c><00:44:31.960><c> not</c><00:44:32.159><c> going</c><00:44:32.280><c> to</c><00:44:32.400><c> do</c><00:44:32.519><c> any</c><00:44:32.760><c> miracles.</c>

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:36.300
Instead,<00:44:34.420><c> I'm</c><00:44:34.500><c> going</c><00:44:34.639><c> to</c><00:44:34.719><c> take</c><00:44:34.920><c> you</c><00:44:35.219><c> back</c><00:44:35.500><c> in</c><00:44:35.860><c> time</c>

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:39.380
to<00:44:36.900><c> the</c><00:44:37.059><c> events</c><00:44:37.400><c> of</c><00:44:37.679><c> 1</c><00:44:37.860><c> Kings</c><00:44:38.139><c> 17</c>

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:42.860
and<00:44:40.579><c> remind</c><00:44:40.960><c> you</c><00:44:41.239><c> about</c><00:44:41.440><c> this</c><00:44:41.760><c> Gentile</c><00:44:42.440><c> widow</c>

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:47.039
who<00:44:43.460><c> believed</c><00:44:44.420><c> her</c><00:44:44.860><c> son</c><00:44:45.260><c> could</c><00:44:45.519><c> be</c><00:44:45.820><c> raised.</c>

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:51.260
That,<00:44:48.920><c> he</c><00:44:49.260><c> says,</c><00:44:49.579><c> is</c><00:44:49.900><c> the</c><00:44:50.159><c> faith,</c><00:44:50.400><c> men</c><00:44:50.639><c> of</c><00:44:50.860><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:53.099
that<00:44:51.500><c> you</c><00:44:51.699><c> need</c><00:44:51.940><c> to</c><00:44:52.239><c> have.</c>

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:55.760
And,<00:44:53.519><c> brethren</c><00:44:53.619><c> and</c><00:44:53.800><c> sisters,</c><00:44:54.079><c> that's</c><00:44:54.559><c> the</c><00:44:54.800><c> faith</c><00:44:55.039><c> we</c><00:44:55.400><c> need</c>

00:44:55.760 --> 00:44:56.940
to<00:44:56.099><c> have.</c>

00:44:57.340 --> 00:45:02.159
This<00:44:57.739><c> widow</c><00:44:57.980><c> isn't</c><00:44:58.280><c> just</c><00:44:58.679><c> instructing</c><00:44:59.480><c> Elijah</c><00:45:00.079><c> in</c><00:45:00.400><c> chapter</c><00:45:00.780><c> 17.</c>

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:06.719
She's<00:45:04.320><c> instructing</c><00:45:04.940><c> Ken</c><00:45:05.239><c> Stiles</c>

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:11.119
to<00:45:08.019><c> believe</c><00:45:08.639><c> and</c><00:45:09.159><c> have</c><00:45:09.400><c> that</c><00:45:09.739><c> kind</c><00:45:10.019><c> of</c><00:45:10.260><c> faith</c>

00:45:11.449 --> 00:45:14.340
that<00:45:11.760><c> God</c><00:45:12.039><c> will</c><00:45:12.360><c> provide</c><00:45:12.760><c> for</c><00:45:13.139><c> me</c><00:45:13.579><c> and</c><00:45:13.780><c> my</c><00:45:14.059><c> life</c>

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:18.539
and<00:45:14.599><c> to</c><00:45:14.940><c> trust</c><00:45:15.159><c> him</c><00:45:15.940><c> and</c><00:45:16.739><c> to</c><00:45:16.980><c> trust</c><00:45:17.179><c> his</c><00:45:17.420><c> word.</c>

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:22.519
Marvelous,<00:45:20.179><c> marvelous</c><00:45:20.800><c> that</c><00:45:21.159><c> these</c><00:45:21.420><c> events</c><00:45:21.699><c> are</c><00:45:22.099><c> recorded</c>

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:28.280
so<00:45:22.800><c> that</c><00:45:22.960><c> we</c><00:45:23.099><c> can</c><00:45:23.440><c> see</c><00:45:24.019><c> the</c><00:45:25.139><c> power</c><00:45:25.480><c> of</c><00:45:25.860><c> faith</c><00:45:26.119><c> at</c><00:45:26.500><c> work</c><00:45:26.719><c> in</c><00:45:26.900><c> her</c><00:45:27.119><c> life.</c>

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:32.179
So<00:45:30.880><c> God</c><00:45:31.039><c> has</c><00:45:31.219><c> not</c><00:45:31.400><c> only</c><00:45:31.639><c> been</c><00:45:31.800><c> at</c><00:45:31.980><c> work</c>

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.340
in<00:45:32.360><c> the</c><00:45:32.420><c> life</c><00:45:32.699><c> of</c><00:45:32.960><c> Elijah,</c>

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:36.079
he's<00:45:33.619><c> been</c><00:45:33.840><c> at</c><00:45:34.000><c> work</c><00:45:34.219><c> in</c><00:45:34.420><c> the</c><00:45:34.579><c> life</c><00:45:34.840><c> of</c><00:45:35.059><c> this</c><00:45:35.320><c> widow.</c>

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:40.840
We<00:45:38.500><c> won't</c><00:45:38.639><c> take</c><00:45:38.880><c> the</c><00:45:39.099><c> time,</c><00:45:39.380><c> but</c><00:45:39.480><c> you</c><00:45:39.599><c> can</c><00:45:39.780><c> do</c><00:45:39.900><c> it</c><00:45:40.159><c> afterwards.</c>

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:46.400
Look<00:45:41.360><c> at</c><00:45:41.539><c> the</c><00:45:41.739><c> contrast</c><00:45:42.420><c> between</c><00:45:43.119><c> the</c><00:45:43.900><c> widow</c><00:45:44.760><c> from</c><00:45:45.400><c> Sidon</c>

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:52.360
and<00:45:46.840><c> the</c><00:45:47.079><c> queen</c><00:45:47.659><c> from</c><00:45:48.059><c> Sidon,</c><00:45:49.179><c> two</c><00:45:49.619><c> entirely</c><00:45:50.780><c> different</c><00:45:51.340><c> people.</c>

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:55.739
One<00:45:53.239><c> fears</c><00:45:53.579><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:54.460><c> the</c><00:45:54.619><c> other</c><00:45:54.800><c> one</c><00:45:55.019><c> serves</c><00:45:55.320><c> Baal.</c>

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:57.739
One<00:45:56.099><c> excelled</c><00:45:56.619><c> in</c><00:45:56.739><c> her</c><00:45:56.920><c> faithful</c><00:45:57.179><c> obedience,</c>

00:45:57.739 --> 00:46:01.300
the<00:45:58.059><c> other</c><00:45:58.440><c> under</c><00:45:59.360><c> severe</c><00:45:59.880><c> trial,</c><00:46:00.940><c> sorry,</c>

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:02.900
the<00:46:01.519><c> one</c><00:46:01.639><c> under</c><00:46:01.880><c> severe</c><00:46:02.199><c> trial</c><00:46:02.500><c> excelled</c>

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:04.400
in<00:46:02.960><c> her</c><00:46:03.099><c> faithful</c><00:46:03.380><c> obedience,</c>

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:06.039
the<00:46:04.619><c> other</c><00:46:04.820><c> one</c><00:46:05.079><c> excelled</c><00:46:05.539><c> in</c><00:46:05.619><c> her</c><00:46:05.760><c> wickedness.</c>

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:09.099
Right<00:46:06.300><c> down</c><00:46:06.539><c> the</c><00:46:06.739><c> line,</c><00:46:07.500><c> the</c><00:46:07.719><c> contrast</c><00:46:08.179><c> between</c><00:46:08.500><c> the</c><00:46:08.719><c> two</c><00:46:08.880><c> women</c>

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.719
couldn't<00:46:09.480><c> be</c><00:46:09.820><c> more</c><00:46:10.139><c> pronounced</c>

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:13.739
because<00:46:11.480><c> they</c><00:46:11.780><c> represent</c><00:46:12.420><c> the</c><00:46:12.900><c> seed</c><00:46:13.159><c> of</c><00:46:13.400><c> the</c><00:46:13.539><c> woman</c>

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:16.480
on<00:46:13.920><c> the</c><00:46:14.059><c> one</c><00:46:14.239><c> hand</c><00:46:14.500><c> and</c><00:46:14.940><c> the</c><00:46:15.139><c> seed</c><00:46:15.280><c> of</c><00:46:15.460><c> the</c><00:46:15.639><c> serpent</c><00:46:15.920><c> on</c><00:46:16.139><c> the</c><00:46:16.300><c> other.</c>

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:20.239
And<00:46:16.699><c> the</c><00:46:16.880><c> question</c><00:46:17.219><c> for</c><00:46:17.480><c> us</c><00:46:18.119><c> is</c><00:46:18.800><c> not</c><00:46:19.019><c> just</c><00:46:19.260><c> to</c><00:46:19.480><c> read</c><00:46:19.659><c> these</c><00:46:19.940><c> stories</c>

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:22.420
and<00:46:20.440><c> say,</c><00:46:20.659><c> isn't</c><00:46:20.820><c> that</c><00:46:21.139><c> quite</c><00:46:21.380><c> interesting?</c>

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:26.860
The<00:46:23.119><c> question</c><00:46:23.380><c> to</c><00:46:23.619><c> us</c><00:46:23.820><c> is,</c><00:46:24.059><c> which</c><00:46:24.400><c> seed</c><00:46:24.880><c> are</c><00:46:25.179><c> we</c><00:46:25.400><c> going</c><00:46:25.639><c> to</c><00:46:25.900><c> be?</c>

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:31.719
Which<00:46:29.260><c> example</c><00:46:29.780><c> are</c><00:46:30.059><c> we</c><00:46:30.219><c> going</c><00:46:30.500><c> to</c><00:46:30.780><c> follow?</c>

00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:35.559
Both<00:46:33.079><c> had</c><00:46:33.300><c> opportunity</c><00:46:33.960><c> to</c><00:46:34.300><c> accept</c><00:46:34.679><c> the</c><00:46:34.820><c> ways</c><00:46:35.059><c> of</c><00:46:35.300><c> Yahweh</c>

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:36.280
and<00:46:35.719><c> to</c><00:46:35.940><c> serve</c><00:46:36.079><c> him.</c>

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:38.900
Both<00:46:36.639><c> had</c><00:46:36.940><c> access</c><00:46:37.539><c> to</c><00:46:38.119><c> the</c><00:46:38.260><c> same</c><00:46:38.539><c> prophet.</c>

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:42.159
Both<00:46:39.340><c> saw</c><00:46:39.840><c> the</c><00:46:40.099><c> miraculous</c><00:46:40.679><c> hand</c><00:46:41.179><c> of</c><00:46:41.659><c> the</c><00:46:41.840><c> prophet</c>

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:43.900
at<00:46:42.460><c> work</c><00:46:42.599><c> in</c><00:46:42.760><c> their</c><00:46:42.920><c> life.</c>

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:47.340
One<00:46:44.619><c> responds</c><00:46:45.139><c> by</c><00:46:45.480><c> faith,</c><00:46:45.880><c> the</c><00:46:46.079><c> other</c><00:46:46.260><c> doesn't.</c>

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:51.500
The<00:46:49.460><c> widow's</c><00:46:49.880><c> faith</c><00:46:50.099><c> would</c><00:46:50.340><c> have</c><00:46:50.500><c> grown</c><00:46:50.840><c> immensely</c>

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:54.519
as<00:46:51.940><c> a</c><00:46:52.119><c> result</c><00:46:52.360><c> of</c><00:46:52.559><c> the</c><00:46:52.679><c> events</c><00:46:52.900><c> of</c><00:46:53.059><c> chapter</c><00:46:53.380><c> 17.</c>

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.179
We<00:46:54.900><c> don't</c><00:46:55.079><c> want</c><00:46:55.320><c> to</c><00:46:55.539><c> minimize</c><00:46:55.860><c> that.</c>

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:59.219
To<00:46:56.360><c> see</c><00:46:56.639><c> this</c><00:46:57.079><c> daily</c><00:46:57.579><c> miracle</c><00:46:58.079><c> play</c><00:46:58.460><c> out</c>

00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:02.940
and<00:46:59.539><c> the</c><00:46:59.699><c> replenishment</c><00:47:00.519><c> of</c><00:47:01.239><c> the</c><00:47:01.400><c> barrel</c><00:47:01.760><c> of</c><00:47:02.139><c> meal</c>

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:05.260
and<00:47:03.260><c> the</c><00:47:04.019><c> cruise</c><00:47:04.179><c> of</c><00:47:04.400><c> oil</c><00:47:04.519><c> that</c><00:47:04.619><c> was</c><00:47:04.840><c> provided,</c>

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:10.880
every<00:47:06.139><c> day</c><00:47:06.739><c> it</c><00:47:06.920><c> would</c><00:47:07.099><c> appear,</c><00:47:08.239><c> God</c><00:47:08.579><c> restored</c><00:47:09.400><c> the</c><00:47:10.039><c> amount.</c>

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:12.320
In<00:47:11.199><c> fact,</c><00:47:11.360><c> when</c><00:47:11.519><c> we</c><00:47:11.639><c> were</c><00:47:11.719><c> doing</c><00:47:11.880><c> the</c><00:47:12.059><c> readings</c>

00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:16.019
with<00:47:13.159><c> Sister</c><00:47:13.579><c> Rose</c><00:47:14.119><c> yesterday,</c><00:47:14.760><c> she</c><00:47:14.960><c> pointed</c><00:47:15.260><c> out</c><00:47:15.539><c> how</c>

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:19.500
if<00:47:16.460><c> God</c><00:47:16.800><c> had</c><00:47:18.400><c> filled</c><00:47:18.760><c> the</c><00:47:19.000><c> barrel</c><00:47:19.219><c> up</c>

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:21.940
for<00:47:19.699><c> about</c><00:47:19.980><c> two</c><00:47:20.179><c> months'</c><00:47:20.440><c> worth</c><00:47:20.639><c> of</c><00:47:20.920><c> time,</c>

00:47:22.059 --> 00:47:25.340
the<00:47:22.260><c> tendency</c><00:47:22.619><c> would</c><00:47:22.860><c> be</c><00:47:23.119><c> to,</c><00:47:23.440><c> oh</c><00:47:23.639><c> yeah,</c><00:47:23.900><c> I</c><00:47:24.400><c> forget</c><00:47:24.619><c> about</c><00:47:24.940><c> God.</c>

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:28.000
But<00:47:25.880><c> it's</c><00:47:26.079><c> very</c><00:47:26.380><c> likely</c><00:47:26.679><c> there</c><00:47:26.820><c> was</c><00:47:27.019><c> only</c><00:47:27.239><c> a</c><00:47:27.360><c> little</c><00:47:27.579><c> provided</c>

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:29.659
each<00:47:28.360><c> day</c><00:47:28.519><c> and</c><00:47:28.659><c> each</c><00:47:28.860><c> day</c><00:47:29.000><c> she</c><00:47:29.119><c> would</c><00:47:29.239><c> go</c><00:47:29.460><c> back</c>

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:30.920
and<00:47:29.739><c> there</c><00:47:29.820><c> would</c><00:47:29.940><c> be</c><00:47:30.059><c> a</c><00:47:30.159><c> little</c><00:47:30.320><c> bit</c><00:47:30.480><c> more,</c>

00:47:31.260 --> 00:47:35.480
a<00:47:31.519><c> daily</c><00:47:31.820><c> reminder</c><00:47:32.400><c> of</c><00:47:33.159><c> the</c><00:47:33.360><c> hand</c><00:47:33.500><c> at</c><00:47:33.719><c> God</c><00:47:33.880><c> at</c><00:47:34.059><c> work</c><00:47:34.179><c> in</c><00:47:34.360><c> her</c><00:47:34.519><c> life.</c>

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:38.760
So<00:47:37.079><c> while</c><00:47:37.239><c> she</c><00:47:37.440><c> was</c><00:47:37.659><c> faithful,</c><00:47:38.099><c> we're</c><00:47:38.400><c> suggesting,</c>

00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:42.119
before<00:47:39.239><c> Elijah</c><00:47:39.659><c> arrived,</c><00:47:40.980><c> the</c><00:47:41.159><c> events</c><00:47:41.380><c> of</c><00:47:41.559><c> this</c><00:47:41.780><c> chapter</c>

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:44.139
would<00:47:42.340><c> have</c><00:47:42.599><c> strengthened</c><00:47:43.000><c> her</c><00:47:43.360><c> faith</c><00:47:43.639><c> immensely</c>

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:48.619
exactly<00:47:44.980><c> as</c><00:47:45.440><c> trials</c><00:47:45.800><c> are</c><00:47:46.199><c> intended</c><00:47:46.599><c> to</c><00:47:47.300><c> impact</c><00:47:47.679><c> us.</c>

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:52.260
But<00:47:49.480><c> the</c><00:47:49.739><c> final</c><00:47:49.960><c> beauty</c><00:47:50.480><c> of</c><00:47:50.900><c> these</c><00:47:51.099><c> events</c>

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.599
is<00:47:53.039><c> that</c><00:47:53.199><c> in</c><00:47:53.360><c> the</c><00:47:53.539><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:47:56.280 --> 00:48:02.260
if<00:47:56.800><c> everyone</c><00:47:57.320><c> looked</c><00:47:58.119><c> and</c><00:47:59.300><c> talked</c><00:47:59.719><c> and</c><00:48:00.380><c> thought</c><00:48:00.820><c> like</c><00:48:01.179><c> me,</c>

00:48:02.420 --> 00:48:04.760
we<00:48:02.500><c> would</c><00:48:02.699><c> have</c><00:48:03.039><c> one</c><00:48:03.460><c> fine</c><00:48:03.760><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:06.860
Wouldn't<00:48:05.300><c> have</c><00:48:05.579><c> any</c><00:48:05.880><c> troubles.</c>

00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:09.099
I<00:48:07.159><c> could</c><00:48:07.340><c> get</c><00:48:07.539><c> along</c><00:48:07.780><c> with</c><00:48:08.139><c> everybody.</c>

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:14.079
But<00:48:11.860><c> you</c><00:48:12.019><c> see,</c><00:48:12.179><c> the</c><00:48:12.340><c> same</c><00:48:12.559><c> lesson</c><00:48:12.840><c> that</c><00:48:13.019><c> God</c><00:48:13.159><c> is</c><00:48:13.360><c> teaching</c><00:48:13.619><c> Elijah,</c>

00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:15.360
he's<00:48:14.539><c> teaching</c><00:48:14.820><c> us.</c>

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:17.159
We're<00:48:15.760><c> not</c><00:48:16.039><c> all</c><00:48:16.260><c> going</c><00:48:16.500><c> to</c><00:48:16.719><c> look</c><00:48:16.860><c> alike.</c>

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:19.340
We're<00:48:17.360><c> not</c><00:48:17.539><c> all</c><00:48:17.780><c> going</c><00:48:18.000><c> to</c><00:48:18.239><c> sound</c><00:48:18.420><c> alike.</c>

00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:21.300
We're<00:48:19.880><c> not</c><00:48:20.099><c> talking</c><00:48:20.360><c> about</c><00:48:20.760><c> variances</c>

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:23.639
on<00:48:21.659><c> first</c><00:48:21.900><c> principles,</c><00:48:22.579><c> fundamental</c><00:48:23.119><c> issues.</c>

00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:26.340
We're<00:48:23.940><c> talking</c><00:48:24.320><c> about</c><00:48:24.579><c> differences</c><00:48:24.980><c> in</c><00:48:25.239><c> culture,</c>

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:28.380
differences<00:48:26.840><c> in</c><00:48:27.179><c> perspective.</c>

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:32.059
You<00:48:28.599><c> couldn't</c><00:48:29.000><c> find</c><00:48:29.880><c> two</c><00:48:30.500><c> more</c><00:48:31.019><c> different</c><00:48:31.400><c> people</c>

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:34.639
than<00:48:32.400><c> this</c><00:48:32.760><c> widow</c><00:48:33.119><c> and</c><00:48:33.619><c> Elijah.</c>

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:40.159
But<00:48:36.019><c> because</c><00:48:36.480><c> they</c><00:48:36.800><c> both</c><00:48:37.119><c> shared</c><00:48:37.440><c> a</c><00:48:37.880><c> common</c><00:48:38.300><c> love</c><00:48:38.820><c> of</c><00:48:39.039><c> God,</c>

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:43.219
he<00:48:40.659><c> was</c><00:48:40.900><c> able</c><00:48:41.119><c> to</c><00:48:41.420><c> bring</c><00:48:41.559><c> them</c><00:48:41.860><c> together</c>

00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:48.260
in<00:48:43.559><c> a</c><00:48:44.119><c> relationship</c><00:48:45.000><c> that</c><00:48:45.880><c> was</c><00:48:46.360><c> strengthening</c><00:48:46.880><c> to</c><00:48:47.300><c> both.</c>

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:52.800
You<00:48:49.500><c> contrast</c><00:48:50.099><c> that</c><00:48:50.460><c> with</c><00:48:50.699><c> the</c><00:48:50.960><c> religion</c><00:48:51.340><c> of</c><00:48:51.699><c> Baal</c><00:48:51.980><c> and</c><00:48:52.320><c> Asherah,</c>

00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:56.360
this<00:48:53.219><c> would</c><00:48:53.619><c> never</c><00:48:53.980><c> have</c><00:48:54.260><c> happened</c><00:48:54.840><c> under</c><00:48:55.159><c> that</c><00:48:55.360><c> religion.</c>

00:48:56.539 --> 00:49:01.980
But<00:48:56.739><c> under</c><00:48:57.119><c> the</c><00:48:57.480><c> truth,</c><00:48:59.019><c> God</c><00:48:59.260><c> can</c><00:48:59.519><c> take</c><00:48:59.780><c> this</c><00:49:00.099><c> man</c><00:49:00.460><c> and</c><00:49:00.659><c> this</c><00:49:00.940><c> woman</c>

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:05.179
and<00:49:03.000><c> they</c><00:49:03.099><c> are</c><00:49:03.360><c> allowed</c><00:49:03.599><c> to</c><00:49:04.019><c> encourage</c><00:49:04.619><c> one</c><00:49:04.880><c> another.</c>

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:07.199
They're<00:49:05.519><c> involved</c><00:49:05.840><c> in</c><00:49:06.000><c> the</c><00:49:06.300><c> trials</c><00:49:06.579><c> of</c><00:49:06.780><c> each</c><00:49:07.000><c> other.</c>

00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:09.280
They<00:49:07.360><c> end</c><00:49:07.539><c> up</c><00:49:07.739><c> praying</c><00:49:08.000><c> for</c><00:49:08.260><c> the</c><00:49:08.460><c> same</c><00:49:08.679><c> things.</c>

00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:12.940
And<00:49:09.940><c> because</c><00:49:10.219><c> they</c><00:49:10.539><c> both</c><00:49:10.860><c> shared</c><00:49:11.159><c> a</c><00:49:11.460><c> love</c><00:49:11.579><c> for</c><00:49:11.840><c> God,</c>

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:16.579
he<00:49:13.820><c> was</c><00:49:14.039><c> able</c><00:49:14.199><c> to</c><00:49:14.460><c> work</c><00:49:14.659><c> in</c><00:49:14.840><c> the</c><00:49:15.019><c> life</c><00:49:15.260><c> of</c><00:49:15.579><c> Elijah</c>

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:19.639
to<00:49:16.860><c> both</c><00:49:17.219><c> encourage</c><00:49:17.860><c> and</c><00:49:18.099><c> be</c><00:49:18.380><c> instructed</c><00:49:18.820><c> by</c><00:49:19.099><c> the</c><00:49:19.280><c> widow</c>

00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:22.539
as<00:49:20.280><c> he</c><00:49:20.420><c> was</c><00:49:20.659><c> able</c><00:49:20.840><c> to</c><00:49:21.099><c> work</c><00:49:21.260><c> in</c><00:49:21.460><c> the</c><00:49:21.619><c> life</c><00:49:21.820><c> of</c><00:49:22.079><c> the</c><00:49:22.219><c> widow</c>

00:49:22.539 --> 00:49:24.559
to<00:49:23.099><c> be</c><00:49:23.420><c> instructed</c><00:49:23.760><c> by</c><00:49:24.199><c> Elijah,</c>

00:49:24.639 --> 00:49:27.860
but<00:49:24.800><c> also</c><00:49:25.139><c> to</c><00:49:25.280><c> be</c><00:49:25.500><c> encouraging</c><00:49:25.940><c> to</c><00:49:26.219><c> Elijah</c><00:49:26.500><c> by</c><00:49:26.739><c> her</c><00:49:26.900><c> own</c><00:49:27.159><c> faith.</c>

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:30.320
And<00:49:28.079><c> when</c><00:49:28.179><c> we</c><00:49:28.500><c> adopt</c><00:49:29.119><c> that</c><00:49:29.699><c> spirit</c>

00:49:30.320 --> 00:49:32.820
in<00:49:30.840><c> our</c><00:49:31.059><c> relationship</c><00:49:31.539><c> with</c><00:49:31.780><c> one</c><00:49:31.960><c> another,</c>

00:49:33.300 --> 00:49:34.760
then<00:49:33.400><c> we</c><00:49:33.599><c> begin</c><00:49:33.760><c> to</c><00:49:34.079><c> see</c><00:49:34.260><c> the</c><00:49:34.500><c> marvel</c>

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:37.599
of<00:49:34.940><c> what</c><00:49:35.059><c> God</c><00:49:35.280><c> can</c><00:49:35.559><c> accomplish</c><00:49:35.980><c> in</c><00:49:36.159><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:36.539><c> life</c>

00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:40.559
if<00:49:38.000><c> we</c><00:49:38.139><c> can</c><00:49:38.280><c> take</c><00:49:38.480><c> that</c><00:49:38.800><c> same</c><00:49:39.079><c> spirit</c><00:49:39.360><c> with</c><00:49:39.579><c> us.</c>

00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:42.139
Thank<00:49:41.099><c> you</c><00:49:41.199><c> very</c><00:49:41.360><c> much.</c>