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Now<00:11:03.360><c> notice</c><00:11:03.620><c> how</c><00:11:03.799><c> he</c><00:11:03.960><c> sets</c><00:11:04.259><c> the</c><00:11:04.460><c> stage</c><00:11:04.679><c> for</c><00:11:04.879><c> this</c><00:11:05.840><c> lesson.</c>

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There<00:11:07.700><c> is</c><00:11:07.820><c> a</c><00:11:07.940><c> judge,</c><00:11:09.000><c> verse</c><00:11:09.159><c> 2.</c>

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He<00:11:12.179><c> fears</c><00:11:12.460><c> not</c><00:11:12.759><c> God</c><00:11:13.059><c> and</c><00:11:13.299><c> he</c><00:11:13.460><c> does</c><00:11:13.720><c> not</c><00:11:14.019><c> regard</c><00:11:14.700><c> man.</c>

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She<00:13:07.940><c> can't</c><00:13:08.259><c> appeal</c><00:13:08.480><c> to</c><00:13:08.659><c> his</c><00:13:08.860><c> sense</c><00:13:09.019><c> of</c><00:13:09.279><c> justice</c>

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It's<00:14:02.320><c> true</c><00:14:02.480><c> to</c><00:14:02.700><c> character.</c>

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He<00:14:04.679><c> thinks</c><00:14:04.899><c> he</c><00:14:05.039><c> is</c><00:14:05.220><c> a</c><00:14:05.440><c> strong</c><00:14:05.700><c> man.</c>

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I'm<00:14:07.500><c> not</c><00:14:07.639><c> afraid</c><00:14:07.919><c> of</c><00:14:08.120><c> God,</c><00:14:08.559><c> I'm</c><00:14:08.700><c> not</c><00:14:08.840><c> afraid</c><00:14:09.019><c> of</c><00:14:09.240><c> men.</c>

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I<00:14:10.320><c> do</c><00:14:10.440><c> what</c><00:14:10.639><c> I</c><00:14:10.940><c> please</c><00:14:11.159><c> and</c><00:14:11.340><c> yet</c><00:14:11.519><c> this</c><00:14:11.860><c> poor</c><00:14:12.139><c> widow</c><00:14:12.379><c> woman</c>

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twists<00:14:13.419><c> him</c><00:14:13.759><c> round</c><00:14:14.100><c> her</c><00:14:14.379><c> little</c><00:14:14.620><c> finger.</c>

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He<00:14:16.679><c> has</c><00:14:16.840><c> no</c><00:14:17.039><c> strength,</c><00:14:17.980><c> no</c><00:14:18.179><c> personality,</c><00:14:18.840><c> no</c><00:14:19.019><c> character.</c>

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And<00:14:20.919><c> now</c><00:14:21.080><c> look</c><00:14:21.259><c> how</c><00:14:21.480><c> this</c><00:14:21.679><c> woman</c><00:14:22.000><c> deals</c><00:14:22.600><c> with</c><00:14:22.799><c> the</c><00:14:22.940><c> situation</c>

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and<00:14:23.940><c> how</c><00:14:24.480><c> Jesus</c><00:14:25.000><c> proves</c><00:14:25.460><c> from</c><00:14:25.740><c> this</c><00:14:26.279><c> the</c><00:14:26.759><c> validity</c>

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and<00:14:27.879><c> the</c><00:14:28.039><c> logic</c><00:14:28.360><c> of</c><00:14:28.700><c> prayer.</c>

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Verse<00:14:33.419><c> 4,</c><00:14:34.860><c> verse</c><00:14:34.980><c> 5</c><00:14:35.299><c> rather.</c>

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Yet<00:14:37.399><c> because</c><00:14:38.299><c> this</c><00:14:39.500><c> widow</c><00:14:39.879><c> troubleth</c><00:14:40.519><c> me</c>

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I<00:14:41.799><c> will</c><00:14:42.159><c> avenge</c><00:14:42.700><c> her</c><00:14:43.779><c> lest</c><00:14:44.120><c> by</c><00:14:44.460><c> her</c><00:14:44.919><c> continual</c><00:14:45.419><c> coming</c>

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she<00:14:46.779><c> weary</c><00:14:47.120><c> me.</c>

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There<00:14:50.600><c> is</c><00:14:50.740><c> a</c><00:14:50.860><c> pugilistic</c><00:14:51.360><c> figure</c><00:14:51.639><c> of</c><00:14:51.840><c> speech</c><00:14:52.039><c> here.</c>

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It<00:14:52.399><c> really</c><00:14:52.759><c> means</c><00:14:53.379><c> lest</c><00:14:53.940><c> she</c><00:14:54.220><c> bruise</c><00:14:54.700><c> me</c><00:14:54.899><c> beneath</c><00:14:55.179><c> the</c><00:14:55.460><c> eye.</c>

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In<00:14:57.659><c> other</c><00:14:57.860><c> words,</c><00:14:57.960><c> she</c><00:14:58.139><c> is</c><00:14:58.340><c> so</c><00:14:58.539><c> persistent</c>

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in<00:14:59.799><c> seeking</c><00:15:00.200><c> to</c><00:15:00.480><c> be</c><00:15:00.820><c> avenged.</c>

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Fitting<00:15:03.940><c> in</c><00:15:04.179><c> with</c><00:15:04.460><c> the</c><00:15:05.080><c> urgency</c><00:15:05.700><c> of</c><00:15:06.019><c> this</c><00:15:06.240><c> message</c><00:15:06.480><c> of</c><00:15:06.779><c> prayer</c>

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all<00:15:07.379><c> the</c><00:15:07.519><c> way</c><00:15:07.639><c> through</c><00:15:07.879><c> the</c><00:15:08.039><c> chapter.</c>

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Men<00:15:09.240><c> ought</c><00:15:09.480><c> always</c><00:15:10.039><c> to</c><00:15:10.340><c> pray.</c>

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Continually,<00:15:13.139><c> day</c><00:15:13.419><c> and</c><00:15:13.759><c> night.</c>

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That<00:15:14.559><c> is</c><00:15:14.740><c> the</c><00:15:14.820><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:15:16.019><c> because</c><00:15:16.279><c> she</c><00:15:16.519><c> goes</c><00:15:16.820><c> to</c><00:15:17.000><c> the</c><00:15:17.159><c> judge</c><00:15:17.340><c> in</c><00:15:17.580><c> this</c><00:15:17.799><c> way</c>

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he<00:15:19.019><c> avenges,</c><00:15:19.559><c> he</c><00:15:19.679><c> listens</c><00:15:20.059><c> to</c><00:15:20.320><c> her.</c>

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Verse<00:15:28.559><c> 6.</c>

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The<00:15:31.679><c> Lord</c><00:15:31.899><c> said,</c>

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Hear<00:15:33.620><c> what</c><00:15:34.080><c> the</c><00:15:34.580><c> unjust</c><00:15:34.940><c> judge</c><00:15:36.059><c> saith.</c>

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Now<00:15:41.360><c> pause</c><00:15:41.580><c> for</c><00:15:41.759><c> a</c><00:15:41.840><c> moment</c><00:15:42.059><c> here</c><00:15:42.379><c> and</c><00:15:43.340><c> let</c><00:15:43.519><c> us</c><00:15:43.779><c> listen</c>

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to<00:15:44.440><c> what</c><00:15:44.620><c> the</c><00:15:45.080><c> unjust</c><00:15:45.379><c> judge</c><00:15:45.980><c> said.</c>

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He<00:15:51.000><c> had</c><00:15:51.360><c> the</c><00:15:51.659><c> upper</c><00:15:51.879><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:15:55.139><c> was</c><00:15:55.440><c> the</c><00:15:55.940><c> strong</c><00:15:56.340><c> character,</c><00:15:56.980><c> the</c><00:15:57.259><c> strong</c><00:15:57.580><c> personality</c>

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and<00:15:59.100><c> she</c><00:15:59.440><c> was</c><00:15:59.799><c> the</c><00:16:00.059><c> widow</c><00:16:00.360><c> woman.</c>

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He<00:16:04.080><c> said,</c><00:16:04.419><c> I</c><00:16:04.580><c> will</c><00:16:04.919><c> avenge</c><00:16:05.399><c> the</c><00:16:05.580><c> woman</c><00:16:05.840><c> because</c><00:16:06.320><c> she</c><00:16:07.279><c> persists.</c>

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Because<00:16:10.139><c> she</c><00:16:10.399><c> troubles</c><00:16:10.720><c> me</c><00:16:11.080><c> continually.</c>

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Because<00:16:13.419><c> she</c><00:16:13.639><c> is</c><00:16:13.799><c> always</c><00:16:14.240><c> asking.</c>

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And<00:16:18.039><c> so</c><00:16:18.240><c> Jesus</c><00:16:18.480><c> goes</c><00:16:18.679><c> on</c><00:16:18.940><c> to</c><00:16:19.120><c> say,</c><00:16:19.399><c> verse</c><00:16:19.519><c> 7,</c>

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Shall<00:16:21.899><c> not</c><00:16:22.100><c> God</c><00:16:22.419><c> avenge</c><00:16:22.919><c> his</c><00:16:23.179><c> own</c><00:16:23.440><c> elect</c>

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which<00:16:25.019><c> cry</c><00:16:25.740><c> day</c><00:16:26.779><c> and</c><00:16:27.200><c> night</c><00:16:27.659><c> unto</c><00:16:28.039><c> him</c>

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though<00:16:30.179><c> he</c><00:16:30.820><c> bear</c><00:16:31.179><c> long</c><00:16:31.559><c> with</c><00:16:31.940><c> them?</c>

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Now<00:16:34.379><c> take</c><00:16:34.559><c> the</c><00:16:34.759><c> contrast</c><00:16:35.139><c> and</c><00:16:35.379><c> see</c><00:16:35.559><c> what</c><00:16:35.740><c> Jesus</c><00:16:36.059><c> is</c><00:16:36.279><c> actually</c><00:16:36.580><c> saying.</c>

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The<00:16:39.379><c> judge</c><00:16:39.659><c> had</c><00:16:39.980><c> no</c><00:16:40.320><c> standards.</c>

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He<00:16:42.419><c> had</c><00:16:42.659><c> no</c><00:16:42.980><c> compassion.</c>

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And<00:16:45.399><c> yet</c><00:16:45.580><c> he</c><00:16:45.779><c> answered</c><00:16:46.360><c> the</c><00:16:46.779><c> request</c><00:16:47.179><c> of</c><00:16:47.460><c> the</c><00:16:47.559><c> widow.</c>

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For<00:16:48.899><c> the</c><00:16:49.080><c> wrong</c><00:16:49.220><c> reasons</c><00:16:49.500><c> it's</c><00:16:49.740><c> true,</c><00:16:49.919><c> but</c><00:16:50.059><c> he</c><00:16:50.279><c> did.</c>

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God<00:16:52.840><c> is</c><00:16:53.120><c> a</c><00:16:53.279><c> God</c><00:16:53.480><c> who</c><00:16:53.679><c> is</c><00:16:53.899><c> not</c><00:16:54.120><c> willing</c><00:16:54.340><c> that</c><00:16:54.639><c> any</c><00:16:54.820><c> should</c><00:16:55.059><c> perish.</c>

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He<00:16:57.059><c> is</c><00:16:57.259><c> one</c><00:16:57.519><c> who</c><00:16:57.679><c> will</c><00:16:57.860><c> be</c><00:16:58.059><c> called</c><00:16:58.379><c> by</c><00:16:58.700><c> us</c><00:16:59.240><c> Father.</c>

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He<00:17:01.440><c> is</c><00:17:01.559><c> one</c><00:17:01.720><c> who</c><00:17:02.000><c> seeks</c><00:17:02.360><c> our</c><00:17:02.740><c> good.</c>

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How<00:17:05.099><c> much</c><00:17:05.359><c> more</c><00:17:05.680><c> logical</c><00:17:06.200><c> is</c><00:17:06.480><c> it</c><00:17:06.720><c> therefore</c>

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that<00:17:07.880><c> when</c><00:17:08.119><c> we</c><00:17:08.900><c> pray</c><00:17:09.279><c> to</c><00:17:09.559><c> God</c><00:17:09.880><c> who</c><00:17:10.119><c> is</c><00:17:10.400><c> compassionate,</c>

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who<00:17:11.779><c> is</c><00:17:12.180><c> a</c><00:17:12.420><c> Father,</c><00:17:13.019><c> who</c><00:17:13.259><c> does</c><00:17:13.559><c> have</c><00:17:13.819><c> standards,</c>

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that<00:17:14.720><c> he</c><00:17:14.779><c> will</c><00:17:14.980><c> listen,</c><00:17:15.440><c> he</c><00:17:15.579><c> will</c><00:17:15.799><c> hear.</c>

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Secondly,<00:17:20.599><c> the</c><00:17:20.720><c> widow</c><00:17:20.980><c> woman</c><00:17:21.279><c> was</c><00:17:21.640><c> defenseless.</c>

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Absolutely<00:17:25.420><c> defenseless.</c>

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We<00:17:28.779><c> are</c><00:17:29.400><c> the</c><00:17:29.700><c> saints</c><00:17:30.579><c> called</c><00:17:32.380><c> by</c><00:17:32.720><c> God</c><00:17:33.119><c> to</c><00:17:33.319><c> be</c><00:17:33.460><c> his</c><00:17:33.700><c> children,</c>

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called<00:17:35.859><c> by</c><00:17:36.200><c> God</c><00:17:36.460><c> to</c><00:17:36.740><c> be</c><00:17:37.240><c> heirs</c><00:17:38.579><c> of</c><00:17:39.099><c> great</c><00:17:39.319><c> promises.</c>

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How<00:17:41.420><c> much</c><00:17:41.680><c> more</c><00:17:41.940><c> likely</c><00:17:42.279><c> is</c><00:17:42.539><c> it</c><00:17:42.720><c> therefore</c>

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that<00:17:44.160><c> our</c><00:17:44.579><c> prayers</c><00:17:44.779><c> should</c><00:17:45.019><c> be</c><00:17:45.240><c> answered?</c>

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And<00:17:47.500><c> so</c><00:17:47.619><c> in</c><00:17:47.759><c> this</c><00:17:47.960><c> first</c><00:17:48.200><c> parable</c><00:17:48.599><c> Jesus</c><00:17:48.920><c> shows</c><00:17:49.220><c> to</c><00:17:49.440><c> us</c><00:17:49.619><c> the</c><00:17:50.140><c> logic</c><00:17:50.720><c> of</c><00:17:51.240><c> prayer.</c>

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It<00:17:53.079><c> is</c><00:17:53.380><c> reasonable</c><00:17:53.920><c> that</c><00:17:54.119><c> we</c><00:17:54.339><c> should</c><00:17:54.740><c> pray</c><00:17:55.279><c> and</c><00:17:55.559><c> be</c><00:17:55.799><c> heard</c>

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because<00:17:57.299><c> even</c><00:17:57.819><c> on</c><00:17:58.279><c> human</c><00:17:58.559><c> lines</c><00:17:58.880><c> with</c><00:17:59.140><c> all</c><00:17:59.440><c> human</c><00:17:59.740><c> weaknesses,</c>

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men<00:18:01.660><c> do</c><00:18:02.000><c> answer</c><00:18:02.660><c> the</c><00:18:03.019><c> requests</c><00:18:03.380><c> of</c><00:18:03.579><c> their</c><00:18:03.720><c> fellow</c><00:18:03.960><c> men</c>

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for<00:18:04.400><c> all</c><00:18:04.700><c> kinds</c><00:18:04.980><c> of</c><00:18:05.200><c> reasons.</c>

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Very<00:18:06.160><c> often,</c><00:18:06.500><c> as</c><00:18:06.700><c> in</c><00:18:06.859><c> this</c><00:18:07.039><c> case,</c><00:18:07.259><c> the</c><00:18:07.440><c> wrong</c><00:18:07.660><c> reasons,</c>

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but<00:18:08.440><c> they</c><00:18:08.599><c> do</c><00:18:08.859><c> answer</c><00:18:09.180><c> them.</c>

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It<00:18:11.000><c> is</c><00:18:11.240><c> logical</c><00:18:11.700><c> that</c><00:18:11.900><c> we</c><00:18:12.299><c> should</c><00:18:12.700><c> pray</c><00:18:12.980><c> to</c><00:18:13.240><c> God</c><00:18:13.519><c> and</c><00:18:14.140><c> it</c><00:18:14.240><c> should</c><00:18:14.380><c> be</c><00:18:14.619><c> heard.</c>

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Verse<00:18:21.559><c> 7</c><00:18:21.799><c> we</c><00:18:22.039><c> read</c><00:18:22.240><c> again.</c>

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Shall<00:18:24.920><c> not</c><00:18:25.180><c> God</c><00:18:25.420><c> avenge</c><00:18:26.140><c> his</c><00:18:26.480><c> own</c><00:18:26.839><c> elect,</c>

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which<00:18:29.680><c> cry</c><00:18:30.240><c> unto</c><00:18:30.740><c> him</c><00:18:31.279><c> day</c><00:18:31.920><c> and</c><00:18:32.420><c> night?</c>

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Let<00:18:36.500><c> us</c><00:18:36.599><c> take</c><00:18:36.900><c> first</c><00:18:37.119><c> of</c><00:18:37.279><c> all</c><00:18:37.380><c> the</c><00:18:37.619><c> expression</c><00:18:38.119><c> which</c><00:18:40.160><c> cry.</c>

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The<00:18:46.359><c> other</c><00:18:46.539><c> night</c><00:18:46.720><c> we</c><00:18:46.880><c> looked</c><00:18:47.500><c> briefly</c><00:18:48.019><c> at</c><00:18:48.460><c> the</c><00:18:48.579><c> book</c><00:18:48.799><c> of</c><00:18:49.099><c> Hosea.</c>

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That<00:18:53.660><c> book</c><00:18:53.839><c> tells</c><00:18:54.160><c> us</c><00:18:54.359><c> about</c><00:18:54.539><c> the</c><00:18:54.700><c> children</c><00:18:54.880><c> of</c><00:18:55.019><c> Israel</c><00:18:55.299><c> who</c><00:18:55.640><c> cried.</c>

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They<00:18:56.799><c> howled</c><00:18:57.240><c> upon</c><00:18:57.519><c> their</c><00:18:57.779><c> beds.</c>

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But<00:19:00.279><c> God</c><00:19:00.420><c> says</c><00:19:00.700><c> they</c><00:19:01.079><c> cried</c><00:19:01.420><c> not</c><00:19:01.720><c> unto</c><00:19:02.019><c> me</c><00:19:02.920><c> when</c><00:19:03.519><c> they</c><00:19:03.900><c> howled</c>

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upon<00:19:04.579><c> their</c><00:19:04.859><c> beds.</c>

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The<00:19:07.740><c> whole</c><00:19:08.119><c> long</c><00:19:08.579><c> sad</c><00:19:09.160><c> history</c><00:19:09.559><c> of</c><00:19:09.740><c> the</c><00:19:09.839><c> children</c><00:19:10.039><c> of</c><00:19:10.220><c> Israel</c><00:19:10.500><c> is</c>

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that<00:19:11.440><c> they</c><00:19:11.640><c> have</c><00:19:11.920><c> wept,</c><00:19:13.420><c> that</c><00:19:13.480><c> they</c><00:19:13.660><c> have</c><00:19:13.839><c> been</c><00:19:14.099><c> persecuted,</c>

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that<00:19:15.839><c> they</c><00:19:16.039><c> have</c><00:19:16.359><c> cried</c><00:19:16.680><c> but</c><00:19:16.839><c> they</c><00:19:17.099><c> have</c><00:19:17.359><c> not</c><00:19:17.640><c> cried</c><00:19:18.059><c> unto</c><00:19:18.519><c> God.</c>

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There<00:19:21.700><c> is</c><00:19:21.940><c> here</c><00:19:22.299><c> an</c><00:19:22.740><c> extremely</c><00:19:23.079><c> important</c><00:19:23.599><c> principle.</c>

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Man<00:19:26.920><c> will</c><00:19:27.319><c> cry</c><00:19:27.720><c> when</c><00:19:27.920><c> he</c><00:19:28.200><c> is</c><00:19:28.500><c> hurt,</c>

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but<00:19:31.420><c> only</c><00:19:31.640><c> men</c><00:19:31.799><c> of</c><00:19:32.019><c> God</c><00:19:32.200><c> will</c><00:19:32.460><c> cry</c><00:19:32.759><c> unto</c><00:19:33.160><c> God</c><00:19:33.640><c> in</c><00:19:34.140><c> their</c><00:19:34.339><c> distress.</c>

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And<00:19:36.759><c> the</c><00:19:36.880><c> Psalmist</c><00:19:37.180><c> makes</c><00:19:37.480><c> a</c><00:19:37.660><c> great</c><00:19:37.819><c> point</c><00:19:38.099><c> of</c><00:19:38.299><c> this.</c>

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It<00:19:40.740><c> is</c><00:19:41.039><c> therefore</c><00:19:41.460><c> brethren</c><00:19:41.819><c> and</c><00:19:42.099><c> sisters</c><00:19:42.279><c> absolutely</c><00:19:43.119><c> essential</c>

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that<00:19:44.799><c> when</c><00:19:44.960><c> we</c><00:19:45.180><c> are</c><00:19:45.440><c> troubled</c><00:19:45.859><c> in</c><00:19:46.200><c> life</c><00:19:46.900><c> by</c><00:19:48.099><c> whatever</c><00:19:48.380><c> cause,</c>

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maybe<00:19:50.880><c> because</c><00:19:51.299><c> the</c><00:19:53.680><c> life</c><00:19:54.339><c> which</c><00:19:54.519><c> we</c><00:19:54.779><c> live</c><00:19:54.940><c> is</c><00:19:55.180><c> catching</c><00:19:55.460><c> up</c>

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with<00:19:55.839><c> us</c><00:19:56.019><c> one</c><00:19:56.259><c> way</c><00:19:56.400><c> or</c><00:19:56.619><c> another,</c>

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maybe<00:19:59.200><c> simply</c><00:19:59.599><c> the</c><00:19:59.819><c> problems</c><00:20:00.259><c> of</c><00:20:00.559><c> old</c><00:20:00.759><c> age,</c>

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maybe<00:20:03.920><c> that</c><00:20:04.160><c> we</c><00:20:04.400><c> have</c><00:20:04.599><c> discovered</c><00:20:05.019><c> we</c><00:20:05.259><c> have</c><00:20:05.440><c> some</c><00:20:05.819><c> terminal</c><00:20:06.220><c> illness,</c>

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maybe<00:20:09.279><c> we</c><00:20:09.539><c> have</c><00:20:09.759><c> some</c><00:20:10.099><c> domestic</c><00:20:10.619><c> problems</c><00:20:11.059><c> which</c><00:20:11.359><c> we</c><00:20:11.680><c> cannot</c><00:20:11.920><c> solve,</c>

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maybe<00:20:15.099><c> that</c><00:20:15.299><c> we</c><00:20:15.420><c> feel</c><00:20:15.619><c> ourselves</c><00:20:16.099><c> powerless</c><00:20:16.619><c> to</c><00:20:16.819><c> do</c><00:20:17.019><c> anything</c>

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about<00:20:17.680><c> it,</c><00:20:19.180><c> whatever</c><00:20:19.500><c> it</c><00:20:19.720><c> is.</c>

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That<00:20:21.759><c> is</c><00:20:22.059><c> the</c><00:20:22.279><c> time</c><00:20:22.539><c> not</c><00:20:22.900><c> just</c><00:20:23.240><c> to</c><00:20:23.420><c> sit</c><00:20:23.619><c> down</c><00:20:24.000><c> and</c><00:20:24.359><c> cry,</c>

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but<00:20:28.079><c> to</c><00:20:28.380><c> kneel</c><00:20:28.680><c> down</c><00:20:28.980><c> and</c><00:20:29.259><c> cry</c><00:20:29.579><c> unto</c><00:20:29.980><c> God</c><00:20:30.400><c> in</c><00:20:30.700><c> our</c><00:20:30.980><c> distress,</c>

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because<00:20:33.920><c> it</c><00:20:34.119><c> is</c><00:20:34.299><c> in</c><00:20:34.619><c> our</c><00:20:34.859><c> distress</c><00:20:35.460><c> that</c><00:20:35.859><c> God</c><00:20:36.240><c> will</c><00:20:36.599><c> listen.</c>

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There<00:20:38.380><c> is</c><00:20:38.480><c> a</c><00:20:38.579><c> very</c><00:20:38.779><c> beautiful</c><00:20:39.079><c> verse</c><00:20:39.420><c> in</c><00:20:39.740><c> Psalm</c><00:20:40.019><c> 34</c>

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which<00:20:40.799><c> I</c><00:20:41.180><c> think</c><00:20:41.380><c> we</c><00:20:41.559><c> might</c><00:20:41.759><c> just</c><00:20:41.940><c> look</c><00:20:42.099><c> at</c><00:20:42.220><c> in</c><00:20:42.380><c> this</c><00:20:42.559><c> connection.</c>

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The<00:21:02.240><c> verse</c><00:21:02.519><c> is</c><00:21:03.000><c> 18.</c>

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The<00:21:07.019><c> Lord</c><00:21:07.400><c> is</c><00:21:07.859><c> nigh</c><00:21:08.299><c> unto</c><00:21:08.579><c> them</c><00:21:09.000><c> that</c><00:21:09.240><c> are</c><00:21:09.539><c> of</c><00:21:09.740><c> a</c><00:21:09.920><c> broken</c><00:21:10.200><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:21:13.539><c> saveth</c><00:21:13.960><c> such</c><00:21:14.519><c> as</c><00:21:14.880><c> be</c><00:21:15.160><c> of</c><00:21:15.480><c> a</c><00:21:15.599><c> contrite</c><00:21:16.259><c> spirit.</c>

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Don't<00:21:19.799><c> miss</c><00:21:20.119><c> the</c><00:21:20.319><c> point.</c>

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When<00:21:23.940><c> our</c><00:21:24.460><c> hearts</c><00:21:24.759><c> are</c><00:21:25.140><c> broken,</c>

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God<00:21:26.259><c> is</c><00:21:28.980><c> very</c><00:21:29.259><c> near,</c>

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but<00:21:33.359><c> He</c><00:21:33.640><c> does</c><00:21:33.880><c> nothing</c><00:21:34.440><c> at</c><00:21:34.759><c> all</c><00:21:35.079><c> until</c><00:21:35.660><c> there</c><00:21:36.099><c> is</c><00:21:36.579><c> a</c><00:21:36.940><c> spirit</c><00:21:37.240><c> of</c><00:21:37.799><c> contrition.</c>

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He<00:21:41.019><c> is</c><00:21:41.400><c> near</c><00:21:41.640><c> the</c><00:21:41.940><c> broken</c><00:21:42.359><c> hearted,</c>

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but<00:21:44.599><c> He</c><00:21:44.859><c> delivers,</c><00:21:45.339><c> He</c><00:21:45.539><c> saves,</c><00:21:46.819><c> those</c><00:21:47.140><c> who</c><00:21:47.400><c> are</c><00:21:47.640><c> of</c><00:21:47.980><c> a</c><00:21:48.380><c> contrite</c><00:21:48.839><c> spirit.</c>

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Tribulation<00:21:52.299><c> therefore</c><00:21:52.799><c> is</c><00:21:53.859><c> one</c><00:21:54.200><c> of</c><00:21:54.339><c> the</c><00:21:54.519><c> means</c>

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which<00:21:54.980><c> God</c><00:21:55.380><c> employs</c><00:21:56.039><c> to</c><00:21:57.099><c> bring</c><00:21:57.460><c> us</c><00:21:57.660><c> to</c><00:21:57.819><c> a</c><00:21:57.980><c> state</c><00:21:58.140><c> of</c><00:21:58.460><c> contrition,</c>

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but<00:21:59.240><c> in</c><00:21:59.640><c> that</c><00:21:59.900><c> state</c><00:22:00.099><c> of</c><00:22:00.359><c> contrition</c><00:22:00.799><c> He</c><00:22:01.259><c> will</c><00:22:01.740><c> hear,</c><00:22:02.240><c> He</c><00:22:02.400><c> will</c><00:22:02.660><c> answer.</c>

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The<00:22:04.359><c> problem</c><00:22:04.579><c> is</c><00:22:04.819><c> that</c><00:22:05.019><c> we</c><00:22:05.640><c> feel</c><00:22:05.920><c> so</c><00:22:06.339><c> overwhelmed</c><00:22:06.880><c> by</c><00:22:07.200><c> our</c><00:22:07.440><c> difficulties.</c>

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We,<00:22:09.500><c> humanly</c><00:22:09.839><c> speaking,</c><00:22:10.240><c> do</c><00:22:10.380><c> not</c><00:22:10.680><c> see</c><00:22:11.059><c> a</c><00:22:11.240><c> way</c><00:22:11.380><c> out</c>

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and<00:22:12.180><c> therefore</c><00:22:12.519><c> may</c><00:22:12.779><c> feel</c><00:22:13.019><c> that</c><00:22:13.259><c> prayer</c><00:22:13.680><c> is</c><00:22:14.500><c> useless.</c>

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There<00:22:15.799><c> is</c><00:22:16.099><c> no</c><00:22:16.279><c> way</c><00:22:16.500><c> out.</c>

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My<00:22:17.000><c> problems</c><00:22:17.339><c> are</c><00:22:17.619><c> greater</c><00:22:17.900><c> than</c><00:22:18.099><c> everybody</c><00:22:18.619><c> else's.</c>

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There<00:22:19.380><c> is</c><00:22:19.700><c> no</c><00:22:19.859><c> way</c><00:22:20.099><c> out.</c>

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That<00:22:25.299><c> is</c><00:22:25.500><c> the</c><00:22:25.640><c> time</c><00:22:25.859><c> when</c><00:22:26.339><c> God</c><00:22:26.700><c> will</c><00:22:27.039><c> listen</c><00:22:27.720><c> if</c><00:22:29.099><c> we</c><00:22:29.279><c> go</c><00:22:29.480><c> to</c><00:22:29.640><c> Him,</c>

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and<00:22:31.319><c> where</c><00:22:31.480><c> we</c><00:22:31.799><c> do</c><00:22:32.059><c> not</c><00:22:32.279><c> see</c><00:22:32.519><c> the</c><00:22:32.740><c> way,</c>

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He<00:22:34.039><c> can</c><00:22:34.380><c> quite</c><00:22:34.880><c> clearly</c><00:22:35.339><c> and</c><00:22:35.720><c> easily</c><00:22:36.339><c> see</c><00:22:36.900><c> or</c><00:22:37.299><c> create</c><00:22:37.940><c> a</c><00:22:38.319><c> way,</c>

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and<00:22:39.339><c> there</c><00:22:39.480><c> will</c><00:22:39.660><c> be</c><00:22:39.839><c> deliverance.</c>

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Looking<00:22:43.940><c> again</c><00:22:44.220><c> at</c><00:22:44.400><c> verse</c><00:22:44.539><c> 7,</c>

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the<00:22:47.579><c> conditions</c><00:22:47.960><c> of</c><00:22:48.220><c> prayer</c><00:22:48.440><c> are</c><00:22:48.740><c> that</c><00:22:48.880><c> we</c><00:22:49.140><c> cry</c><00:22:49.420><c> unto</c><00:22:49.740><c> Him,</c>

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and<00:22:50.599><c> that</c><00:22:50.779><c> we</c><00:22:50.960><c> cry</c><00:22:51.259><c> unto</c><00:22:51.619><c> Him</c><00:22:52.180><c> day</c><00:22:52.720><c> and</c><00:22:53.299><c> night,</c>

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that<00:22:57.839><c> we</c><00:22:58.099><c> sincerely</c><00:22:58.539><c> believe</c><00:22:59.000><c> what</c><00:22:59.160><c> we</c><00:22:59.400><c> are</c><00:22:59.400><c> asking</c><00:22:59.740><c> for.</c>

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There<00:23:02.579><c> is</c><00:23:02.940><c> no</c><00:23:03.240><c> virtue,</c><00:23:03.819><c> brethren</c><00:23:03.980><c> and</c><00:23:04.259><c> sisters,</c><00:23:04.740><c> in</c><00:23:04.880><c> praying</c>

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for<00:23:05.440><c> the</c><00:23:05.660><c> poor</c>

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if<00:23:07.740><c> we</c><00:23:08.019><c> are</c><00:23:08.279><c> not</c><00:23:08.519><c> so</c><00:23:08.859><c> moved</c><00:23:09.559><c> by</c><00:23:10.619><c> the</c><00:23:10.880><c> poor</c><00:23:11.059><c> and</c><00:23:11.319><c> their</c><00:23:11.500><c> condition</c>

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to<00:23:12.039><c> put</c><00:23:12.160><c> our</c><00:23:12.400><c> hands</c><00:23:12.579><c> in</c><00:23:12.779><c> our</c><00:23:12.960><c> own</c><00:23:13.160><c> pockets</c><00:23:13.420><c> and</c><00:23:13.619><c> help</c><00:23:13.779><c> them.</c>

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There<00:23:17.339><c> is</c><00:23:17.599><c> no</c><00:23:17.859><c> virtue</c><00:23:18.180><c> in</c><00:23:18.519><c> praying</c><00:23:18.660><c> for</c><00:23:18.880><c> those</c><00:23:19.160><c> who</c><00:23:19.359><c> live</c><00:23:19.500><c> in</c><00:23:19.740><c> darkness</c>

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if<00:23:21.099><c> we</c><00:23:21.400><c> ourselves</c><00:23:21.819><c> are</c><00:23:22.039><c> not</c><00:23:22.240><c> prepared</c><00:23:22.579><c> to</c><00:23:22.880><c> take</c><00:23:23.059><c> the</c><00:23:23.339><c> word</c><00:23:23.480><c> of</c>

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life<00:23:24.099><c> and</c><00:23:24.500><c> light</c>

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to<00:23:25.440><c> those</c><00:23:25.720><c> who</c><00:23:26.000><c> are</c><00:23:26.200><c> in</c><00:23:26.380><c> darkness.</c>

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They<00:23:29.500><c> are</c><00:23:29.720><c> the</c><00:23:29.980><c> opposites,</c><00:23:30.359><c> the</c><00:23:30.539><c> contrasts,</c><00:23:31.119><c> which</c><00:23:31.339><c> show</c>

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whether<00:23:32.259><c> or</c><00:23:32.539><c> not</c><00:23:32.720><c> we</c><00:23:33.019><c> are</c><00:23:33.359><c> really</c><00:23:33.740><c> men</c><00:23:34.059><c> and</c><00:23:34.359><c> women</c><00:23:34.559><c> of</c><00:23:34.859><c> prayer.</c>

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Men<00:23:36.779><c> and</c><00:23:37.019><c> women</c><00:23:37.240><c> of</c><00:23:37.559><c> prayer</c><00:23:37.859><c> are</c><00:23:38.460><c> men</c><00:23:38.759><c> and</c><00:23:39.019><c> women</c><00:23:39.259><c> of</c><00:23:39.559><c> action,</c>

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not<00:23:40.660><c> just</c><00:23:41.119><c> words.</c>

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With<00:23:47.400><c> regard</c><00:23:47.700><c> to</c><00:23:47.839><c> the</c><00:23:47.980><c> fervour</c><00:23:48.240><c> of</c><00:23:48.400><c> prayer,</c>

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you<00:23:49.859><c> come</c><00:23:50.019><c> back</c><00:23:50.220><c> with</c><00:23:50.319><c> me</c><00:23:50.440><c> to</c><00:23:50.579><c> the</c><00:23:50.619><c> book</c><00:23:50.779><c> of</c><00:23:50.960><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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You<00:24:06.099><c> know</c><00:24:06.240><c> the</c><00:24:06.420><c> story</c><00:24:06.619><c> here</c><00:24:07.000><c> how</c><00:24:07.240><c> that</c>

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:14.400
Nehemiah<00:24:09.740><c> might</c><00:24:09.960><c> very</c><00:24:10.259><c> well</c><00:24:10.420><c> have</c><00:24:10.640><c> expected</c><00:24:11.160><c> that</c><00:24:11.400><c> things</c><00:24:11.680><c> were</c><00:24:11.880><c> going</c><00:24:12.220><c> right</c><00:24:12.960><c> in</c><00:24:13.220><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Had<00:24:15.000><c> not</c><00:24:15.119><c> the</c><00:24:15.279><c> king</c><00:24:15.500><c> sent</c><00:24:15.799><c> Ezra</c><00:24:16.140><c> back</c>

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:21.079
with<00:24:18.259><c> men,</c><00:24:18.519><c> money</c><00:24:18.759><c> and</c><00:24:18.980><c> materials</c><00:24:19.420><c> to</c><00:24:19.619><c> build</c><00:24:19.799><c> the</c><00:24:19.960><c> temple?</c>

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:27.900
Had<00:24:22.579><c> not</c><00:24:22.740><c> there</c><00:24:22.920><c> been</c><00:24:23.119><c> about</c><00:24:23.460><c> five</c><00:24:23.859><c> tonnes</c><00:24:24.220><c> of</c><00:24:24.539><c> gold</c><00:24:24.900><c> alone</c><00:24:25.400><c> taken</c><00:24:25.880><c> back</c><00:24:26.319><c> by</c><00:24:26.720><c> Ezra?</c>

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:32.460
And<00:24:30.160><c> so</c><00:24:30.339><c> when</c><00:24:30.640><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:31.099><c> had</c><00:24:31.259><c> the</c><00:24:31.420><c> opportunity</c><00:24:31.859><c> to</c><00:24:32.160><c> enquire</c>

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.440
how<00:24:33.140><c> things</c><00:24:33.420><c> were</c><00:24:33.619><c> in</c><00:24:33.839><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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verse<00:24:35.019><c> 2</c><00:24:35.440><c> of</c><00:24:35.740><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.039><c> 1</c><00:24:36.700><c> of</c><00:24:37.279><c> this</c><00:24:37.619><c> man</c><00:24:37.920><c> Hanani</c><00:24:38.599><c> who</c><00:24:39.420><c> had</c><00:24:39.700><c> come</c>

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:47.279
and<00:24:42.039><c> when</c><00:24:42.200><c> he</c><00:24:42.380><c> was</c><00:24:42.599><c> told</c><00:24:42.900><c> that</c><00:24:43.619><c> the</c><00:24:43.960><c> city</c><00:24:44.299><c> was</c><00:24:45.279><c> still</c><00:24:45.799><c> desolate,</c>

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the<00:24:48.599><c> remnant</c><00:24:48.920><c> that</c><00:24:49.119><c> are</c><00:24:49.279><c> left</c><00:24:49.680><c> of</c><00:24:50.339><c> the</c><00:24:50.579><c> captivity</c><00:24:51.000><c> there</c><00:24:51.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:51.720><c> province</c>

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are<00:24:52.880><c> in</c><00:24:53.299><c> great</c><00:24:53.480><c> affliction</c><00:24:54.539><c> and</c><00:24:55.140><c> reproach.</c>

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The<00:24:56.859><c> wall</c><00:24:57.160><c> also</c><00:24:57.660><c> is</c><00:24:57.880><c> broken</c><00:24:58.160><c> down</c><00:24:58.660><c> and</c><00:24:59.099><c> the</c><00:24:59.259><c> gates</c><00:24:59.400><c> thereof</c>

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are<00:24:59.960><c> burned</c><00:25:00.279><c> with</c><00:25:00.579><c> fire.</c>

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Notice<00:25:03.720><c> Nehemiah</c><00:25:04.480><c> slumped</c><00:25:05.180><c> down</c><00:25:05.519><c> in</c><00:25:05.940><c> a</c><00:25:06.319><c> chair</c>

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and<00:25:09.059><c> he</c><00:25:09.339><c> wept</c><00:25:09.960><c> and</c><00:25:11.279><c> he</c><00:25:11.599><c> mourned</c><00:25:12.720><c> and</c><00:25:13.579><c> he</c><00:25:13.839><c> fasted</c><00:25:15.019><c> and</c><00:25:15.779><c> he</c><00:25:16.039><c> prayed.</c>

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:22.480
Underline<00:25:18.519><c> those</c><00:25:18.900><c> key</c><00:25:19.099><c> words,</c><00:25:19.579><c> wept,</c><00:25:20.319><c> mourned,</c><00:25:21.019><c> fasted,</c><00:25:21.740><c> prayed,</c>

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:26.920
because<00:25:23.640><c> they</c><00:25:24.000><c> marked</c><00:25:24.339><c> to</c><00:25:24.640><c> us</c><00:25:24.920><c> the</c><00:25:25.299><c> transition</c><00:25:26.039><c> through</c><00:25:26.400><c> which</c><00:25:26.640><c> his</c>

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mind<00:25:27.200><c> went.</c>

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To<00:25:32.339><c> weep</c><00:25:32.779><c> is</c><00:25:33.259><c> a</c><00:25:33.720><c> human</c><00:25:34.000><c> condition.</c>

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We<00:25:35.599><c> can't</c><00:25:35.940><c> help</c><00:25:36.200><c> our</c><00:25:36.480><c> souls,</c><00:25:36.980><c> we</c><00:25:37.160><c> involuntarily,</c><00:25:38.480><c> if</c><00:25:38.740><c> we</c><00:25:38.880><c> are</c>

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hurt<00:25:39.180><c> enough,</c>

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burst<00:25:40.559><c> forth</c><00:25:41.019><c> into</c><00:25:41.440><c> tears.</c>

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To<00:25:46.039><c> mourn</c><00:25:46.339><c> is</c><00:25:46.680><c> a</c><00:25:46.900><c> condition</c><00:25:47.339><c> which</c><00:25:47.660><c> is</c><00:25:47.960><c> disciplined.</c>

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:55.279
We<00:25:52.000><c> think</c><00:25:52.460><c> about</c><00:25:52.920><c> our</c><00:25:53.220><c> loss,</c><00:25:53.619><c> we</c><00:25:53.799><c> think</c><00:25:54.160><c> about</c><00:25:54.440><c> the</c><00:25:54.559><c> situation</c>

00:25:55.279 --> 00:26:00.920
and<00:25:55.960><c> we</c><00:25:56.480><c> purposely</c><00:25:57.279><c> mourn.</c>

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When<00:26:01.460><c> we</c><00:26:01.740><c> fast,</c><00:26:03.880><c> we</c><00:26:04.220><c> discipline</c><00:26:04.579><c> ourselves</c><00:26:05.059><c> even</c><00:26:05.480><c> further</c>

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:10.140
and<00:26:06.299><c> involve</c><00:26:06.700><c> ourselves</c><00:26:07.299><c> even</c><00:26:07.799><c> more</c><00:26:08.240><c> in</c><00:26:08.799><c> that</c><00:26:09.019><c> for</c><00:26:09.220><c> which</c><00:26:09.359><c> we</c><00:26:09.640><c> grieve</c>

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:14.619
and<00:26:10.759><c> in</c><00:26:11.059><c> that</c><00:26:11.240><c> for</c><00:26:11.440><c> which</c><00:26:11.579><c> we</c><00:26:11.880><c> had</c><00:26:12.180><c> involuntarily</c><00:26:13.019><c> wept.</c>

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:23.640
And<00:26:19.220><c> that</c><00:26:19.579><c> leads</c><00:26:20.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:21.859><c> to</c><00:26:22.420><c> pray.</c>

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:31.089
From<00:26:26.940><c> slumping</c><00:26:27.440><c> upon</c><00:26:27.799><c> his</c><00:26:28.140><c> chair</c><00:26:28.500><c> in</c><00:26:29.299><c> involuntary</c><00:26:30.099><c> weeping,</c>

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:37.700
he<00:26:32.519><c> passes</c><00:26:33.079><c> through</c><00:26:33.660><c> mourning</c><00:26:34.140><c> and</c><00:26:34.599><c> fasting</c><00:26:35.059><c> to</c><00:26:36.160><c> the</c><00:26:36.400><c> strength</c><00:26:36.759><c> of</c><00:26:37.160><c> prayer</c>

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:40.819
direct<00:26:38.819><c> with</c><00:26:39.200><c> the</c><00:26:39.420><c> God</c><00:26:39.700><c> of</c><00:26:39.940><c> heaven.</c>

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:44.700
You<00:26:42.559><c> will</c><00:26:42.759><c> notice</c><00:26:42.940><c> also</c><00:26:43.319><c> it</c><00:26:43.519><c> says</c><00:26:43.680><c> that</c><00:26:43.900><c> he</c><00:26:44.019><c> mourned</c><00:26:44.319><c> for</c>

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.440
certain<00:26:45.059><c> days.</c>

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This<00:26:50.099><c> happened,</c><00:26:50.500><c> we</c><00:26:50.700><c> are</c><00:26:50.779><c> told,</c><00:26:51.119><c> in</c><00:26:51.480><c> the</c><00:26:51.599><c> month</c><00:26:51.799><c> Chislew,</c><00:26:52.299><c> verse</c><00:26:52.519><c> 1,</c>

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:57.039
when<00:26:54.039><c> he</c><00:26:54.200><c> went</c><00:26:54.440><c> before</c><00:26:54.720><c> the</c><00:26:54.960><c> king,</c><00:26:55.259><c> it</c><00:26:55.319><c> was</c><00:26:55.519><c> the</c><00:26:55.619><c> month</c><00:26:55.819><c> Nisan,</c>

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three<00:26:58.099><c> months</c><00:26:58.559><c> later.</c>

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For<00:27:01.319><c> three</c><00:27:01.799><c> months</c><00:27:02.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:03.880><c> had</c><00:27:04.420><c> involved</c><00:27:05.059><c> himself</c><00:27:05.759><c> in</c><00:27:06.980><c> mourning,</c>

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:13.519
in<00:27:09.779><c> fasting</c><00:27:10.519><c> and</c><00:27:12.160><c> in</c><00:27:12.519><c> prayer.</c>

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:19.299
That<00:27:15.259><c> is</c><00:27:15.640><c> what</c><00:27:15.799><c> is</c><00:27:16.039><c> meant</c><00:27:16.319><c> by</c><00:27:17.019><c> praying</c><00:27:17.420><c> day</c><00:27:17.940><c> and</c><00:27:18.339><c> night.</c>

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:22.619
That<00:27:20.339><c> is</c><00:27:20.579><c> what</c><00:27:20.740><c> is</c><00:27:20.900><c> meant</c><00:27:21.119><c> by</c><00:27:21.559><c> prayer.</c>

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:27.279
Not<00:27:24.079><c> just</c><00:27:24.559><c> standing</c><00:27:24.880><c> up</c><00:27:25.180><c> on</c><00:27:25.339><c> a</c><00:27:25.480><c> Sunday</c><00:27:25.700><c> evening</c><00:27:26.099><c> or</c><00:27:26.299><c> a</c><00:27:26.339><c> Sunday</c><00:27:26.640><c> morning</c>

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:29.599
praying<00:27:27.740><c> for</c><00:27:28.019><c> the</c><00:27:28.200><c> peace</c><00:27:28.380><c> of</c><00:27:28.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:34.420
The<00:27:32.720><c> sentiment</c><00:27:33.079><c> is</c><00:27:33.319><c> good.</c>

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:39.339
But<00:27:35.400><c> we</c><00:27:35.680><c> must</c><00:27:36.059><c> personally,</c><00:27:37.079><c> individually</c><00:27:37.599><c> be</c><00:27:38.039><c> involved</c><00:27:38.700><c> day</c>

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by<00:27:39.680><c> day</c>

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:43.240
in<00:27:40.420><c> our</c><00:27:40.680><c> desire</c><00:27:41.140><c> for</c><00:27:41.599><c> the</c><00:27:41.819><c> peace</c><00:27:41.980><c> of</c><00:27:42.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:47.920
Where<00:27:45.880><c> is</c><00:27:46.140><c> our</c><00:27:46.359><c> desire</c><00:27:46.700><c> for</c><00:27:46.900><c> the</c><00:27:47.059><c> peace</c><00:27:47.220><c> of</c><00:27:47.440><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:52.059
when<00:27:48.480><c> we</c><00:27:48.859><c> slump</c><00:27:49.160><c> down</c><00:27:49.460><c> into</c><00:27:49.759><c> a</c><00:27:49.980><c> chair</c><00:27:50.200><c> and</c><00:27:50.660><c> switch</c><00:27:50.920><c> on</c><00:27:51.140><c> the</c><00:27:51.319><c> television</c><00:27:51.700><c> set</c>

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:55.420
and<00:27:52.559><c> join</c><00:27:52.880><c> with</c><00:27:53.119><c> the</c><00:27:53.359><c> world</c><00:27:53.599><c> in</c><00:27:53.799><c> its</c><00:27:54.059><c> filth?</c>

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:59.660
I<00:27:56.759><c> haven't</c><00:27:57.019><c> seen</c><00:27:57.240><c> your</c><00:27:57.480><c> programs</c><00:27:57.859><c> over</c><00:27:58.220><c> here</c><00:27:58.400><c> in</c><00:27:58.579><c> this</c><00:27:58.720><c> country,</c>

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:01.740
but<00:27:59.839><c> I</c><00:27:59.980><c> think</c><00:28:00.099><c> we</c><00:28:00.259><c> get</c><00:28:00.420><c> enough</c><00:28:00.640><c> of</c><00:28:00.819><c> them</c><00:28:00.940><c> back</c><00:28:01.119><c> in</c><00:28:01.299><c> our</c><00:28:01.500><c> country</c>

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.960
to<00:28:01.980><c> know</c><00:28:02.319><c> what</c><00:28:02.680><c> it's</c><00:28:02.940><c> like.</c>

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:09.900
If<00:28:06.140><c> we</c><00:28:06.400><c> are</c><00:28:06.599><c> people</c><00:28:06.900><c> of</c><00:28:07.119><c> God,</c><00:28:07.799><c> we</c><00:28:07.920><c> must</c><00:28:08.140><c> be</c><00:28:08.420><c> people</c><00:28:08.720><c> of</c><00:28:08.940><c> God.</c>

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:12.920
If<00:28:10.420><c> we</c><00:28:10.640><c> want</c><00:28:10.819><c> to</c><00:28:11.000><c> be</c><00:28:11.099><c> of</c><00:28:11.200><c> the</c><00:28:11.440><c> world,</c><00:28:11.700><c> we</c><00:28:11.859><c> can</c><00:28:12.200><c> be.</c>

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:15.480
But<00:28:13.319><c> let</c><00:28:13.400><c> us</c><00:28:13.559><c> not</c><00:28:13.740><c> pretend</c><00:28:14.200><c> that</c><00:28:14.400><c> we</c><00:28:14.539><c> are</c><00:28:14.680><c> people</c><00:28:14.960><c> of</c><00:28:15.200><c> God</c>

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:17.940
when<00:28:15.759><c> we</c><00:28:16.039><c> join</c><00:28:16.200><c> our</c><00:28:16.460><c> hands</c><00:28:16.799><c> and</c><00:28:17.279><c> our</c><00:28:17.500><c> minds</c>

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:21.019
with<00:28:18.440><c> what</c><00:28:18.619><c> this</c><00:28:18.920><c> world</c><00:28:19.160><c> has</c><00:28:19.380><c> to</c><00:28:19.599><c> feed</c><00:28:19.779><c> us</c><00:28:20.000><c> upon</c><00:28:20.299><c> and</c><00:28:20.720><c> to</c><00:28:20.880><c> give</c>

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to<00:28:21.200><c> us.</c>

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Such<00:28:23.759><c> was</c><00:28:24.039><c> not</c><00:28:24.279><c> for</c><00:28:24.559><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.920
Although<00:28:26.480><c> he</c><00:28:26.700><c> was</c><00:28:26.900><c> living</c><00:28:27.119><c> in</c><00:28:27.319><c> a</c><00:28:27.480><c> strange</c><00:28:27.720><c> country,</c>

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.859
although<00:28:29.619><c> the</c><00:28:29.819><c> situation</c><00:28:30.339><c> for</c><00:28:30.539><c> him</c><00:28:30.799><c> was</c><00:28:31.119><c> also</c><00:28:31.680><c> impossible,</c>

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.920
he<00:28:33.279><c> was</c><00:28:33.519><c> only</c><00:28:33.740><c> the</c><00:28:33.960><c> king's</c><00:28:34.279><c> cup</c><00:28:34.480><c> bearer.</c>

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.640
And<00:28:35.480><c> to</c><00:28:35.660><c> speak</c><00:28:35.839><c> out</c><00:28:36.059><c> against</c><00:28:36.319><c> the</c><00:28:36.519><c> king</c><00:28:36.680><c> in</c><00:28:36.880><c> those</c><00:28:37.099><c> days</c><00:28:37.279><c> meant</c>

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:39.539
that<00:28:37.960><c> you</c><00:28:38.039><c> would</c><00:28:38.220><c> lose</c><00:28:38.420><c> your</c><00:28:38.680><c> head</c>

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:42.299
in<00:28:40.099><c> a</c><00:28:40.259><c> very</c><00:28:40.440><c> real</c><00:28:40.880><c> and</c><00:28:41.079><c> literal</c><00:28:41.299><c> sense.</c>

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:46.579
And<00:28:43.519><c> so</c><00:28:43.740><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:44.279><c> in</c><00:28:44.440><c> this</c><00:28:44.680><c> impossible</c><00:28:45.200><c> situation</c>

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:49.440
goes<00:28:47.380><c> to</c><00:28:47.700><c> God</c><00:28:47.920><c> in</c><00:28:48.480><c> real</c><00:28:48.920><c> prayer.</c>

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.200
And<00:28:50.480><c> we</c><00:28:50.720><c> are</c><00:28:50.799><c> told</c><00:28:51.079><c> in</c><00:28:51.640><c> the</c><00:28:51.859><c> second</c><00:28:52.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.460><c> how</c><00:28:52.700><c> that</c><00:28:52.960><c> prayer</c>

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.940
is<00:28:53.539><c> answered,</c>

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.980
how<00:28:54.480><c> it</c><00:28:54.640><c> is</c><00:28:54.839><c> met.</c>

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.799
The<00:28:57.279><c> king</c><00:28:57.579><c> actually</c><00:28:58.039><c> asks</c><00:28:58.420><c> him,</c>

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.519
for<00:28:59.200><c> what</c><00:28:59.460><c> would</c><00:28:59.640><c> you</c><00:28:59.880><c> make</c><00:29:00.099><c> request?</c>

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:04.400
He<00:29:01.039><c> doesn't</c><00:29:01.299><c> have</c><00:29:01.619><c> to</c><00:29:01.799><c> make</c><00:29:02.839><c> the</c><00:29:03.259><c> decision</c><00:29:03.559><c> himself</c><00:29:03.980><c> to</c><00:29:04.200><c> ask</c>

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.740
the<00:29:04.579><c> king.</c>

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.480
The<00:29:04.900><c> king</c><00:29:05.180><c> asks</c><00:29:05.559><c> him.</c>

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.420
And<00:29:06.839><c> again</c><00:29:07.039><c> he</c><00:29:07.299><c> involves</c><00:29:07.640><c> God</c><00:29:07.960><c> in</c><00:29:08.259><c> prayer.</c>

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:12.900
He<00:29:08.740><c> prays</c><00:29:09.059><c> to</c><00:29:09.259><c> God</c><00:29:09.779><c> immediately,</c><00:29:11.000><c> instantaneously</c><00:29:11.619><c> in</c><00:29:11.839><c> his</c><00:29:12.039><c> mind.</c>

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:15.559
And<00:29:13.599><c> there</c><00:29:13.779><c> is</c><00:29:14.039><c> the</c><00:29:14.279><c> answer</c><00:29:14.579><c> which</c><00:29:14.759><c> comes</c><00:29:15.000><c> to</c><00:29:15.220><c> him.</c>

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.779
But<00:29:15.940><c> back</c><00:29:16.079><c> into</c><00:29:16.259><c> Luke</c><00:29:16.440><c> chapter</c><00:29:16.700><c> 18</c><00:29:17.079><c> before</c><00:29:17.380><c> we</c><00:29:17.680><c> stray</c><00:29:17.859><c> too</c><00:29:18.180><c> far</c>

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:20.019
in<00:29:19.599><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:22.900
which<00:29:20.160><c> is</c><00:29:20.339><c> the</c><00:29:20.359><c> most</c><00:29:20.640><c> thrilling</c><00:29:20.900><c> book.</c>

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.539
Verse<00:29:30.039><c> 8</c><00:29:30.200><c> says,</c>

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:34.400
I<00:29:30.700><c> tell</c><00:29:30.960><c> you</c><00:29:31.259><c> that</c><00:29:31.720><c> he</c><00:29:32.059><c> will</c><00:29:32.380><c> avenge</c><00:29:32.740><c> them</c><00:29:33.039><c> speedily.</c>

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.799
Nevertheless,<00:29:35.299><c> when</c><00:29:35.599><c> the</c><00:29:35.799><c> Son</c><00:29:35.960><c> of</c><00:29:36.099><c> Man</c><00:29:36.359><c> cometh,</c>

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:39.480
shall<00:29:37.319><c> he</c><00:29:37.579><c> find</c><00:29:37.859><c> faith</c><00:29:38.180><c> on</c><00:29:38.440><c> the</c><00:29:38.619><c> earth?</c>

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.900
And<00:29:40.420><c> that</c><00:29:40.599><c> doesn't</c><00:29:40.839><c> mean</c><00:29:41.059><c> will</c><00:29:41.200><c> he</c><00:29:41.359><c> find</c><00:29:41.579><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:46.900
It<00:29:43.960><c> doesn't</c><00:29:44.240><c> mean</c><00:29:44.480><c> will</c><00:29:44.640><c> he</c><00:29:44.819><c> find</c><00:29:44.980><c> the</c><00:29:45.180><c> right</c><00:29:45.400><c> statement</c><00:29:45.759><c> of</c><00:29:46.019><c> faith.</c>

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:50.599
What<00:29:47.700><c> it</c><00:29:47.900><c> does</c><00:29:48.099><c> mean</c><00:29:48.339><c> is</c><00:29:48.640><c> will</c><00:29:48.819><c> he</c><00:29:49.039><c> find</c><00:29:49.259><c> men</c><00:29:49.539><c> and</c><00:29:49.819><c> women</c><00:29:50.180><c> with</c>

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:52.339
that<00:29:50.940><c> kind</c><00:29:51.200><c> of</c><00:29:51.460><c> faith,</c>

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:57.460
the<00:29:53.079><c> kind</c><00:29:53.299><c> of</c><00:29:53.519><c> faith</c><00:29:53.680><c> which</c><00:29:54.859><c> behaves</c><00:29:55.660><c> in</c><00:29:56.980><c> accordance</c><00:29:57.259><c> with</c>

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.539
its<00:29:57.599><c> beliefs,</c>

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:01.480
which<00:29:59.240><c> does</c><00:29:59.539><c> in</c><00:29:59.720><c> fact</c><00:29:59.859><c> have</c><00:30:00.160><c> a</c><00:30:00.380><c> constitution,</c>

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:04.000
which<00:30:01.900><c> does</c><00:30:02.240><c> honor</c><00:30:02.460><c> its</c><00:30:02.740><c> constitution,</c>

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:07.220
but<00:30:04.339><c> which</c><00:30:04.559><c> honors</c><00:30:04.799><c> it</c><00:30:05.140><c> every</c><00:30:05.440><c> day,</c><00:30:06.319><c> every</c><00:30:06.759><c> day,</c>

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.859
in<00:30:07.420><c> the</c><00:30:07.500><c> way</c><00:30:07.619><c> that</c><00:30:07.779><c> it</c><00:30:07.880><c> lives</c><00:30:08.119><c> and</c><00:30:08.460><c> behaves.</c>

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:12.420
Not<00:30:09.460><c> just</c><00:30:09.859><c> when</c><00:30:10.000><c> we</c><00:30:10.140><c> are</c><00:30:10.200><c> talking</c><00:30:10.500><c> about</c><00:30:10.759><c> matters</c><00:30:11.019><c> of</c><00:30:11.240><c> fellowship.</c>

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:15.859
See<00:30:13.680><c> how</c><00:30:13.880><c> important</c><00:30:14.220><c> this</c><00:30:14.440><c> is.</c>

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:19.140
Just<00:30:16.920><c> as</c><00:30:17.140><c> the</c><00:30:17.380><c> word</c><00:30:17.559><c> was</c><00:30:17.740><c> made</c><00:30:18.059><c> flesh</c><00:30:18.299><c> in</c><00:30:18.539><c> the</c><00:30:18.700><c> person</c><00:30:18.859><c> of</c><00:30:19.059><c> the</c>

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.940
Lord<00:30:19.319><c> Jesus</c><00:30:19.660><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:25.579
so<00:30:21.660><c> in</c><00:30:21.940><c> a</c><00:30:22.039><c> lesser,</c><00:30:22.460><c> but</c><00:30:23.000><c> nevertheless</c><00:30:23.519><c> as</c><00:30:24.180><c> real</c><00:30:24.400><c> as</c><00:30:24.539><c> sense,</c>

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:30.359
we<00:30:26.039><c> ourselves</c><00:30:26.680><c> must</c><00:30:27.480><c> become</c><00:30:28.180><c> the</c><00:30:28.599><c> word</c><00:30:29.079><c> made</c><00:30:29.460><c> flesh.</c>

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:34.740
He<00:30:31.200><c> must</c><00:30:31.680><c> confer</c><00:30:32.240><c> and</c><00:30:32.720><c> be</c><00:30:33.019><c> allowed</c><00:30:33.380><c> to</c><00:30:33.640><c> confer</c><00:30:33.980><c> upon</c><00:30:34.240><c> us</c>

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:38.779
the<00:30:35.059><c> blessings</c><00:30:35.500><c> which</c><00:30:35.720><c> he</c><00:30:35.900><c> has</c><00:30:36.140><c> received</c><00:30:36.880><c> from</c><00:30:37.359><c> his</c><00:30:37.660><c> Father.</c>

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:43.440
We<00:30:41.140><c> move</c><00:30:41.220><c> into</c><00:30:41.400><c> the</c><00:30:41.599><c> second</c><00:30:41.819><c> parable.</c>

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:46.359
The<00:30:44.859><c> parable</c><00:30:45.019><c> which</c><00:30:45.299><c> explains,</c><00:30:45.700><c> I</c><00:30:45.920><c> think,</c>

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:50.619
what<00:30:46.799><c> is</c><00:30:47.019><c> meant</c><00:30:47.259><c> by,</c><00:30:48.000><c> shall</c><00:30:48.299><c> he</c><00:30:48.539><c> find</c><00:30:48.759><c> faith</c><00:30:49.180><c> in</c><00:30:49.559><c> the</c><00:30:49.720><c> earth?</c>

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:54.200
Will<00:30:51.200><c> he</c><00:30:51.400><c> find</c><00:30:51.700><c> this</c><00:30:52.000><c> same</c><00:30:53.039><c> persistence?</c>

00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:00.920
It's<00:30:58.920><c> a</c><00:30:58.920><c> very</c><00:30:59.180><c> interesting</c><00:30:59.460><c> parable</c><00:30:59.819><c> in</c><00:31:00.000><c> the</c><00:31:00.119><c> sense</c><00:31:00.299><c> that,</c><00:31:00.599><c> again,</c>

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:04.079
when<00:31:00.920><c> we</c><00:31:01.140><c> have</c><00:31:02.240><c> a</c><00:31:02.880><c> contrast</c><00:31:03.319><c> of</c><00:31:03.539><c> two</c><00:31:03.759><c> pairs,</c>

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:07.099
and<00:31:04.420><c> humanly</c><00:31:04.799><c> speaking,</c><00:31:05.099><c> we</c><00:31:05.119><c> would</c><00:31:05.319><c> take</c><00:31:05.519><c> the</c><00:31:05.680><c> wrong</c><00:31:05.839><c> one.</c>

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.460
Why,<00:31:07.359><c> no,</c><00:31:07.460><c> you</c><00:31:07.559><c> would</c><00:31:07.759><c> say</c><00:31:07.859><c> to</c><00:31:08.019><c> yourself,</c>

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.740
we<00:31:08.940><c> would</c><00:31:09.180><c> not</c><00:31:09.460><c> follow</c><00:31:10.480><c> the</c><00:31:10.740><c> Pharisee.</c>

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:16.819
We<00:31:12.220><c> would</c><00:31:12.440><c> follow</c><00:31:12.819><c> and</c><00:31:13.220><c> favor</c><00:31:13.500><c> the</c><00:31:13.799><c> publican</c><00:31:14.180><c> because</c><00:31:14.460><c> he</c><00:31:14.640><c> is</c><00:31:14.799><c> penitent.</c>

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:20.200
But<00:31:18.119><c> I</c><00:31:18.279><c> would</c><00:31:18.440><c> suggest</c><00:31:18.680><c> to</c><00:31:18.859><c> you</c><00:31:19.059><c> that</c><00:31:19.299><c> were</c><00:31:19.440><c> it</c><00:31:19.619><c> not</c><00:31:19.839><c> for</c><00:31:20.039><c> the</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.960
fact<00:31:20.359><c> that</c><00:31:20.579><c> Jesus,</c>

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:29.599
with<00:31:23.160><c> his</c><00:31:23.460><c> keen</c><00:31:24.039><c> perception,</c><00:31:27.019><c> saw</c><00:31:27.160><c> through</c><00:31:28.140><c> the</c><00:31:28.640><c> veneer</c><00:31:29.240><c> of</c>

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.400
those<00:31:29.880><c> men</c>

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:36.380
and<00:31:31.019><c> exposed</c><00:31:31.660><c> them,</c><00:31:32.380><c> we</c><00:31:33.099><c> would</c><00:31:33.400><c> not</c><00:31:33.640><c> have</c><00:31:33.920><c> recognized</c><00:31:34.480><c> the</c><00:31:34.759><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:41.039
And<00:31:37.019><c> I</c><00:31:37.240><c> suggest</c><00:31:37.680><c> to</c><00:31:37.980><c> you</c><00:31:38.220><c> that</c><00:31:38.579><c> there</c><00:31:38.960><c> are</c><00:31:40.359><c> possibilities</c>

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:45.140
that<00:31:42.200><c> we</c><00:31:42.579><c> can</c><00:31:42.940><c> be</c><00:31:43.259><c> Pharisees</c><00:31:43.940><c> ourselves</c>

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:48.559
and<00:31:46.039><c> our</c><00:31:46.299><c> guise</c><00:31:46.599><c> is</c><00:31:46.880><c> not</c><00:31:47.079><c> penetrated.</c>

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.559
Look<00:31:51.019><c> carefully,</c><00:31:52.940><c> verse</c><00:31:53.079><c> 9.</c>

00:31:56.539 --> 00:32:02.400
He<00:31:57.099><c> spake</c><00:31:57.599><c> this</c><00:31:57.960><c> parable</c><00:31:58.420><c> unto</c><00:31:58.960><c> certain</c><00:31:59.440><c> which</c><00:32:00.220><c> trusted</c><00:32:00.799><c> in</c><00:32:01.240><c> themselves.</c>

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:09.220
The<00:32:05.460><c> very</c><00:32:05.720><c> essence</c><00:32:06.019><c> of</c><00:32:06.319><c> prayer</c><00:32:06.480><c> is</c><00:32:06.680><c> that</c><00:32:06.859><c> we</c><00:32:07.019><c> do</c><00:32:07.319><c> not</c><00:32:07.539><c> trust</c><00:32:07.819><c> in</c><00:32:08.079><c> ourselves.</c>

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:14.079
The<00:32:11.720><c> very</c><00:32:12.019><c> essence</c><00:32:12.339><c> of</c><00:32:12.599><c> prayer</c><00:32:12.759><c> is</c><00:32:13.019><c> that</c><00:32:13.279><c> we</c><00:32:13.680><c> know</c>

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.000
that<00:32:14.559><c> we</c><00:32:14.740><c> do</c><00:32:15.000><c> not</c><00:32:15.220><c> live</c><00:32:15.440><c> by</c><00:32:15.700><c> bread</c><00:32:15.880><c> alone,</c>

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:20.240
but<00:32:17.599><c> by</c><00:32:17.880><c> every</c><00:32:18.319><c> word</c><00:32:18.579><c> which</c><00:32:18.779><c> comes</c><00:32:19.039><c> from</c><00:32:19.259><c> God.</c>

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:23.180
We<00:32:21.079><c> need</c><00:32:21.279><c> to</c><00:32:21.480><c> eat</c><00:32:21.700><c> bread,</c><00:32:21.940><c> of</c><00:32:22.180><c> course.</c>

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:27.579
But<00:32:24.480><c> that</c><00:32:24.759><c> bread</c><00:32:24.960><c> will</c><00:32:25.240><c> come</c><00:32:25.660><c> by</c><00:32:26.099><c> God's</c><00:32:26.700><c> providing.</c>

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.099
We<00:32:29.000><c> do</c><00:32:29.299><c> not</c><00:32:29.500><c> have</c><00:32:29.759><c> to</c><00:32:29.960><c> compromise</c><00:32:30.519><c> the</c><00:32:30.859><c> truth</c>

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:33.339
in<00:32:31.339><c> order</c><00:32:31.579><c> to</c><00:32:32.039><c> hold</c><00:32:32.400><c> fast</c><00:32:32.660><c> our</c><00:32:33.000><c> job,</c>

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:37.359
in<00:32:33.740><c> order</c><00:32:34.019><c> to</c><00:32:34.460><c> earn</c><00:32:34.720><c> money</c><00:32:35.119><c> to</c><00:32:35.420><c> make</c><00:32:35.720><c> bread,</c><00:32:36.220><c> to</c><00:32:36.380><c> eat.</c>

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:40.140
We<00:32:37.960><c> do</c><00:32:38.279><c> not</c><00:32:38.480><c> have</c><00:32:38.720><c> to</c><00:32:39.000><c> compromise</c><00:32:39.500><c> ourselves</c>

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:44.420
to<00:32:40.680><c> keep</c><00:32:40.839><c> in</c><00:32:40.980><c> the</c><00:32:41.099><c> good</c><00:32:41.259><c> books</c><00:32:41.680><c> of</c><00:32:42.480><c> those</c><00:32:42.740><c> who</c><00:32:42.980><c> pay</c><00:32:43.160><c> our</c><00:32:43.440><c> salaries.</c>

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:47.920
It<00:32:45.240><c> is</c><00:32:45.480><c> God</c><00:32:45.759><c> who</c><00:32:46.180><c> really</c><00:32:46.599><c> controls</c><00:32:47.079><c> the</c><00:32:47.240><c> situation</c>

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:50.339
and<00:32:48.519><c> from</c><00:32:48.759><c> Him</c><00:32:49.259><c> come</c><00:32:49.599><c> our</c><00:32:49.900><c> blessings.</c>

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:55.299
And<00:32:51.460><c> therefore,</c><00:32:52.539><c> however</c><00:32:52.880><c> unjust</c><00:32:53.359><c> a</c><00:32:53.579><c> judge</c><00:32:53.759><c> may</c><00:32:54.059><c> be,</c>

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.920
however<00:32:55.680><c> difficult</c><00:32:56.259><c> and</c><00:32:56.640><c> without</c><00:32:56.900><c> standard</c><00:32:57.259><c> an</c><00:32:57.500><c> employer</c>

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.640
may<00:32:58.200><c> be,</c>

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:01.500
we<00:32:59.380><c> are</c><00:32:59.960><c> strong</c><00:33:00.420><c> in</c><00:33:00.980><c> Christ</c>

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:03.740
and<00:33:02.440><c> we</c><00:33:02.680><c> do</c><00:33:02.920><c> the</c><00:33:03.099><c> right</c><00:33:03.299><c> things</c>

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:08.160
and<00:33:04.220><c> we</c><00:33:04.500><c> know</c><00:33:04.740><c> that</c><00:33:04.980><c> God</c><00:33:05.240><c> will</c><00:33:05.579><c> bless</c><00:33:05.819><c> us</c><00:33:06.339><c> with</c><00:33:06.539><c> all</c><00:33:06.740><c> that</c><00:33:06.880><c> is</c><00:33:07.019><c> necessary.</c>

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:11.059
A<00:33:09.480><c> wonderful</c><00:33:09.819><c> feeling</c><00:33:10.140><c> of</c><00:33:10.400><c> peace</c>

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:14.240
when<00:33:11.799><c> one</c><00:33:12.000><c> can</c><00:33:12.259><c> stand</c><00:33:12.579><c> in</c><00:33:12.839><c> an</c><00:33:13.079><c> impossible</c><00:33:13.480><c> situation</c>

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.480
and<00:33:14.819><c> be</c><00:33:15.119><c> calm</c><00:33:15.480><c> and</c><00:33:15.920><c> know</c><00:33:16.240><c> that</c><00:33:16.539><c> God</c><00:33:16.859><c> is</c><00:33:17.180><c> in</c><00:33:17.460><c> control.</c>

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.740
Verse<00:33:21.140><c> 9</c><00:33:21.420><c> says,</c>

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:23.640
They<00:33:21.940><c> trusted</c><00:33:22.259><c> in</c><00:33:22.460><c> themselves</c>

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:28.519
that<00:33:26.880><c> they</c><00:33:27.019><c> were</c><00:33:27.220><c> righteous</c>

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:33.619
and<00:33:31.640><c> they</c><00:33:31.880><c> despised</c><00:33:32.220><c> others.</c>

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:37.920
In<00:33:36.519><c> other</c><00:33:36.700><c> words,</c><00:33:36.859><c> they</c><00:33:37.039><c> trusted</c><00:33:37.299><c> in</c><00:33:37.519><c> themselves</c>

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:40.579
that<00:33:38.119><c> they</c><00:33:38.319><c> had</c><00:33:38.599><c> the</c><00:33:38.819><c> right</c><00:33:39.019><c> doctrine.</c>

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:47.700
They<00:33:45.319><c> associated</c><00:33:45.859><c> with</c><00:33:46.059><c> the</c><00:33:46.200><c> right</c><00:33:46.380><c> people.</c>

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.700
They<00:33:49.480><c> went</c><00:33:49.700><c> into</c><00:33:49.900><c> the</c><00:33:50.079><c> temple</c><00:33:50.319><c> and</c><00:33:50.480><c> they</c><00:33:50.700><c> worshipped.</c>

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:56.839
They<00:33:53.500><c> did</c><00:33:53.619><c> all</c><00:33:53.900><c> the</c><00:33:54.059><c> things</c><00:33:54.299><c> which</c><00:33:54.559><c> are</c><00:33:54.900><c> associated</c><00:33:55.400><c> with</c><00:33:55.700><c> righteousness</c>

00:33:58.660 --> 00:34:01.900
and<00:33:59.220><c> they</c><00:33:59.539><c> despised</c><00:33:59.960><c> those</c><00:34:00.220><c> who</c><00:34:00.380><c> did</c><00:34:00.559><c> not.</c>

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:05.680
It's<00:34:03.400><c> a</c><00:34:03.420><c> very</c><00:34:03.839><c> easy</c><00:34:04.140><c> attitude</c><00:34:04.579><c> to</c><00:34:04.799><c> fall</c><00:34:04.920><c> into,</c><00:34:05.299><c> you</c><00:34:05.440><c> know,</c>

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.720
that<00:34:05.880><c> we</c><00:34:06.099><c> have</c><00:34:06.299><c> the</c><00:34:06.559><c> truth</c>

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:12.699
and<00:34:09.699><c> to</c><00:34:09.880><c> see</c><00:34:10.000><c> people</c><00:34:11.000><c> staggering</c><00:34:11.579><c> along</c><00:34:11.900><c> the</c><00:34:12.260><c> street</c>

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:15.260
under<00:34:13.159><c> the</c><00:34:13.480><c> influence</c><00:34:13.920><c> of</c><00:34:14.280><c> drugs.</c>

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:21.139
Not<00:34:17.579><c> knowing</c><00:34:17.920><c> God</c><00:34:18.320><c> and</c><00:34:18.519><c> to</c><00:34:18.719><c> despise</c><00:34:19.260><c> them.</c>

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:26.280
A<00:34:24.699><c> true</c><00:34:24.860><c> appreciation</c><00:34:25.440><c> of</c><00:34:25.739><c> righteousness</c>

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:29.420
will<00:34:26.699><c> make</c><00:34:26.880><c> us</c><00:34:27.179><c> feel</c><00:34:28.079><c> intensely</c><00:34:28.840><c> sorry</c>

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:32.440
for<00:34:29.679><c> those</c><00:34:30.360><c> who</c><00:34:30.820><c> know</c><00:34:31.019><c> not</c><00:34:31.280><c> God</c>

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:36.360
and<00:34:33.639><c> should</c><00:34:33.880><c> make</c><00:34:34.019><c> us</c><00:34:34.239><c> want</c><00:34:34.500><c> to</c><00:34:34.800><c> seek</c><00:34:34.960><c> their</c><00:34:35.159><c> salvation.</c>

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:42.440
Now<00:34:39.960><c> Jesus</c><00:34:40.480><c> exposes</c><00:34:41.579><c> the</c><00:34:41.840><c> Pharisees</c>

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:45.059
so<00:34:42.800><c> well</c><00:34:42.940><c> in</c><00:34:43.159><c> fact</c><00:34:43.280><c> that</c><00:34:43.500><c> we</c><00:34:43.679><c> now</c><00:34:43.880><c> think</c><00:34:44.079><c> of</c><00:34:44.320><c> Pharisees</c>

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.880
as<00:34:45.179><c> being</c><00:34:45.380><c> beyond</c><00:34:45.679><c> the</c><00:34:45.900><c> pale.</c>

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:49.760
But<00:34:47.539><c> look</c><00:34:47.699><c> at</c><00:34:47.800><c> the</c><00:34:47.980><c> Pharisee.</c>

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.360
The<00:34:50.539><c> two</c><00:34:50.739><c> men</c><00:34:50.940><c> went</c><00:34:51.179><c> into</c><00:34:51.420><c> the</c><00:34:51.599><c> temple</c><00:34:51.820><c> to</c><00:34:52.119><c> pray,</c>

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.559
the<00:34:52.579><c> one</c><00:34:52.780><c> the</c><00:34:52.960><c> Pharisee,</c><00:34:53.340><c> the</c><00:34:53.440><c> other</c><00:34:53.699><c> a</c><00:34:53.780><c> publican.</c>

00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:00.900
And<00:34:58.460><c> the</c><00:34:58.579><c> Pharisee</c><00:34:58.980><c> stood</c><00:34:59.199><c> and</c><00:34:59.340><c> prayed</c><00:34:59.539><c> thus</c><00:34:59.719><c> with</c><00:34:59.860><c> himself.</c>

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.739
Now<00:35:04.099><c> let's</c><00:35:04.179><c> take</c><00:35:04.380><c> his</c><00:35:04.579><c> character.</c>

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:10.380
He<00:35:07.659><c> is</c><00:35:07.820><c> not</c><00:35:08.079><c> visibly</c><00:35:08.519><c> a</c><00:35:08.699><c> wicked</c><00:35:08.920><c> man.</c>

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.940
He<00:35:13.480><c> is</c><00:35:13.699><c> not</c><00:35:13.860><c> spoiled</c><00:35:14.300><c> by</c><00:35:14.639><c> commerce.</c>

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:20.920
He<00:35:19.159><c> is</c><00:35:19.380><c> not</c><00:35:19.679><c> immoral.</c>

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:26.619
He<00:35:24.380><c> gives</c><00:35:24.659><c> his</c><00:35:24.840><c> money</c><00:35:25.179><c> to</c><00:35:25.380><c> the</c><00:35:25.500><c> temple.</c>

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:31.920
He<00:35:29.000><c> practices</c><00:35:29.599><c> self</c><00:35:29.980><c>-discipline.</c>

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:36.719
Could<00:35:33.599><c> you</c><00:35:33.780><c> have</c><00:35:34.000><c> seen</c><00:35:34.239><c> through</c><00:35:34.480><c> the</c><00:35:34.639><c> veneer</c><00:35:35.039><c> of</c><00:35:35.219><c> this</c><00:35:35.420><c> man?</c>

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:42.079
Jesus<00:35:39.760><c> did</c><00:35:40.079><c> and</c><00:35:40.420><c> why?</c>

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:46.840
Look<00:35:43.719><c> again</c><00:35:44.139><c> at</c><00:35:44.719><c> this</c><00:35:44.960><c> man.</c>

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.880
Verse<00:35:47.320><c> 11.</c>

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:57.079
He<00:35:50.860><c> stood</c><00:35:51.280><c> and</c><00:35:51.860><c> prayed</c><00:35:52.320><c> thus</c><00:35:53.059><c> with</c><00:35:55.860><c> himself.</c>

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:03.019
He<00:36:00.500><c> is</c><00:36:00.659><c> not</c><00:36:00.820><c> praying</c><00:36:01.059><c> to</c><00:36:01.260><c> God</c><00:36:01.440><c> at</c><00:36:01.719><c> all.</c>

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:06.199
He<00:36:05.139><c> is</c><00:36:05.280><c> merely</c><00:36:05.539><c> parading</c><00:36:06.000><c> his</c><00:36:06.199><c> way</c>

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.559
with<00:36:06.199><c> his</c><00:36:06.280><c> virtues.</c>

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.739
He<00:36:09.920><c> is</c><00:36:10.019><c> merely</c><00:36:10.239><c> telling</c><00:36:10.639><c> God</c><00:36:11.039><c> that</c><00:36:11.260><c> he</c><00:36:11.500><c> has</c><00:36:11.840><c> all</c><00:36:12.239><c> these</c><00:36:12.480><c> things</c>

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:16.360
and<00:36:12.880><c> has</c><00:36:13.139><c> done</c><00:36:13.360><c> all</c><00:36:13.719><c> the</c><00:36:13.840><c> things</c><00:36:14.000><c> that</c><00:36:14.179><c> God</c><00:36:14.400><c> has</c><00:36:14.699><c> requested</c><00:36:15.059><c> of</c><00:36:15.400><c> him.</c>

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:20.940
There<00:36:17.619><c> is</c><00:36:18.039><c> in</c><00:36:18.300><c> this</c><00:36:18.559><c> prayer</c><00:36:18.800><c> not</c><00:36:19.179><c> a</c><00:36:19.519><c> single</c><00:36:19.800><c> petition.</c>

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:25.619
No<00:36:23.239><c> recognition</c><00:36:23.800><c> of</c><00:36:23.940><c> what</c><00:36:24.079><c> he</c><00:36:24.239><c> really</c><00:36:24.579><c> is.</c>

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.800
He<00:36:26.340><c> needs</c><00:36:26.639><c> nothing</c><00:36:26.900><c> from</c><00:36:27.099><c> God</c><00:36:27.360><c> and</c><00:36:27.579><c> therefore</c>

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:29.960
receives<00:36:28.219><c> nothing</c><00:36:28.500><c> from</c><00:36:28.719><c> God.</c>

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:33.000
He<00:36:31.260><c> is</c><00:36:31.320><c> merely</c><00:36:31.579><c> reciting</c>

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:36.739
a<00:36:33.860><c> string</c><00:36:34.119><c> of</c><00:36:34.360><c> things</c><00:36:34.619><c> which</c><00:36:34.860><c> really</c><00:36:35.139><c> belong</c><00:36:35.659><c> to</c><00:36:36.360><c> God</c>

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:40.000
and<00:36:37.659><c> which</c><00:36:37.940><c> should</c><00:36:38.139><c> belong</c><00:36:38.460><c> to</c><00:36:38.699><c> our</c><00:36:38.860><c> lives</c><00:36:39.119><c> too.</c>

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:44.000
There<00:36:41.780><c> should</c><00:36:41.980><c> be</c><00:36:42.260><c> further</c><00:36:42.559><c> insight</c><00:36:43.019><c> in</c><00:36:43.179><c> this.</c>

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:49.199
And<00:36:46.460><c> so</c><00:36:46.599><c> because</c><00:36:47.000><c> he</c><00:36:47.219><c> is</c><00:36:47.440><c> praying</c><00:36:47.719><c> with</c><00:36:47.940><c> himself,</c>

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:52.340
because<00:36:50.619><c> there</c><00:36:50.860><c> is</c><00:36:51.079><c> no</c><00:36:51.239><c> confession,</c>

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.260
because<00:36:53.599><c> there</c><00:36:53.800><c> is</c><00:36:54.019><c> no</c><00:36:54.219><c> petition,</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:58.539
there<00:36:56.519><c> is</c><00:36:56.679><c> no</c><00:36:56.900><c> prayer</c><00:36:57.119><c> and</c><00:36:57.280><c> there</c><00:36:57.380><c> is</c><00:36:57.460><c> no</c><00:36:57.559><c> answer.</c>

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:05.719
But<00:37:01.800><c> we</c><00:37:01.960><c> turn</c><00:37:02.159><c> now</c><00:37:02.320><c> to</c><00:37:02.460><c> the</c><00:37:02.639><c> publican.</c>

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:11.159
First<00:37:07.440><c> of</c><00:37:07.619><c> all</c><00:37:07.760><c> he</c><00:37:07.980><c> is</c><00:37:08.340><c> seen</c><00:37:08.559><c> to</c><00:37:08.780><c> be</c>

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:13.739
standing<00:37:11.880><c> afar</c><00:37:12.340><c> off.</c>

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:19.760
The<00:37:16.940><c> two</c><00:37:17.079><c> went</c><00:37:17.320><c> into</c><00:37:17.539><c> the</c><00:37:17.719><c> temple</c><00:37:18.000><c> together</c>

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:25.460
and<00:37:23.519><c> were</c><00:37:23.699><c> in</c><00:37:23.920><c> close</c><00:37:24.139><c> proximity.</c>

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:32.039
One<00:37:28.360><c> in</c><00:37:28.760><c> his</c><00:37:29.179><c> arrogance</c><00:37:29.639><c> draws</c><00:37:30.079><c> nigh</c><00:37:30.460><c> unto</c><00:37:30.760><c> God.</c>

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:36.679
The<00:37:33.360><c> other</c><00:37:33.559><c> in</c><00:37:33.900><c> mind</c><00:37:34.239><c> is</c><00:37:34.920><c> afar</c><00:37:35.440><c> away.</c>

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:44.980
This<00:37:39.480><c> man</c><00:37:40.500><c> feels</c><00:37:41.280><c> the</c><00:37:42.739><c> burden</c><00:37:43.099><c> of</c><00:37:43.460><c> his</c><00:37:43.699><c> transgressions.</c>

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:49.039
He<00:37:46.179><c> knows</c><00:37:46.519><c> the</c><00:37:46.800><c> barrier</c><00:37:47.139><c> which</c><00:37:47.500><c> sin</c><00:37:47.800><c> can</c><00:37:48.380><c> bring</c><00:37:48.699><c> up</c>

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:52.219
between<00:37:49.420><c> oneself</c><00:37:49.960><c> and</c><00:37:51.119><c> one's</c><00:37:51.460><c> God.</c>

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:57.519
He<00:37:54.300><c> would</c><00:37:54.599><c> not</c><00:37:54.880><c> lift</c><00:37:55.119><c> up</c><00:37:55.340><c> his</c><00:37:55.579><c> eyes</c><00:37:55.960><c> unto</c><00:37:56.239><c> heaven.</c>

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:01.159
There<00:37:59.159><c> is</c><00:37:59.320><c> in</c><00:37:59.400><c> this</c><00:37:59.619><c> man</c><00:37:59.900><c> a</c><00:38:00.039><c> sense</c><00:38:00.360><c> of</c><00:38:00.619><c> humility</c>

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:04.219
because<00:38:02.280><c> he</c><00:38:02.579><c> understands</c><00:38:03.139><c> his</c><00:38:03.380><c> position.</c>

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:10.039
And<00:38:06.179><c> there</c><00:38:06.340><c> is</c><00:38:06.579><c> also</c><00:38:07.000><c> earnestness</c><00:38:07.659><c> he</c><00:38:08.079><c> smoked</c><00:38:08.360><c> upon</c><00:38:08.840><c> his</c><00:38:09.139><c> breast.</c>

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:12.860
The<00:38:10.920><c> same</c><00:38:11.199><c> kind</c><00:38:11.500><c> of</c><00:38:11.699><c> earnestness</c><00:38:12.199><c> in</c><00:38:12.380><c> the</c><00:38:12.539><c> widow</c>

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:16.539
woman<00:38:13.239><c> who</c><00:38:14.260><c> sought</c><00:38:14.500><c> to</c><00:38:14.659><c> be</c><00:38:14.840><c> avenged</c><00:38:15.159><c> by</c><00:38:15.420><c> the</c><00:38:15.599><c> judge.</c>

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:20.000
The<00:38:17.739><c> same</c><00:38:17.980><c> sort</c><00:38:18.239><c> of</c><00:38:18.460><c> earnestness</c><00:38:19.000><c> seen</c><00:38:19.320><c> in</c><00:38:19.699><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:25.139
in<00:38:21.159><c> David,</c><00:38:21.860><c> in</c><00:38:21.860><c> all</c><00:38:22.239><c> God's</c><00:38:22.840><c> great</c><00:38:23.059><c> men</c><00:38:23.400><c> and</c><00:38:23.639><c> women</c><00:38:23.900><c> of</c><00:38:24.099><c> the</c><00:38:24.260><c> past.</c>

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:29.699
He<00:38:26.219><c> smoked</c><00:38:26.500><c> upon</c><00:38:26.940><c> his</c><00:38:27.300><c> breast</c><00:38:27.599><c> in</c><00:38:28.039><c> anguish</c>

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:39.000
and<00:38:31.559><c> said,</c><00:38:33.360><c> God</c><00:38:33.980><c> be</c><00:38:34.519><c> merciful</c><00:38:35.480><c> unto</c><00:38:36.639><c> me</c><00:38:37.820><c> a</c><00:38:38.139><c> sinner.</c>

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:44.719
There<00:38:41.239><c> is</c><00:38:41.500><c> one</c><00:38:41.739><c> of</c><00:38:41.900><c> the</c><00:38:42.039><c> most</c><00:38:42.300><c> wonderful</c><00:38:42.780><c> prayers</c><00:38:43.199><c> in</c><00:38:43.519><c> Scripture.</c>

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:52.400
Very<00:38:47.619><c> few</c><00:38:47.900><c> words,</c><00:38:50.159><c> seven</c><00:38:50.460><c> words</c><00:38:50.800><c> in</c><00:38:51.039><c> all.</c>

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.739
At<00:38:54.219><c> one</c><00:38:54.380><c> end</c><00:38:54.559><c> of</c><00:38:54.739><c> the</c><00:38:54.880><c> prayer</c><00:38:55.059><c> there</c><00:38:55.260><c> is</c><00:38:55.460><c> God</c>

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:58.500
and<00:38:55.880><c> the</c><00:38:56.019><c> other</c><00:38:56.300><c> end</c><00:38:56.579><c> is</c><00:38:57.179><c> the</c><00:38:57.400><c> sinner</c>

00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:01.619
and<00:38:59.840><c> in</c><00:39:00.039><c> the</c><00:39:00.159><c> middle</c><00:39:00.360><c> is</c><00:39:00.699><c> mercy.</c>

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:07.519
That<00:39:05.800><c> was</c><00:39:06.019><c> his</c><00:39:06.280><c> realization.</c>

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:12.780
God<00:39:09.199><c> be</c><00:39:09.679><c> merciful</c><00:39:10.340><c> unto</c><00:39:10.760><c> me</c><00:39:11.599><c> a</c><00:39:11.980><c> sinner.</c>

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.960
Contrast<00:39:16.599><c> that</c><00:39:17.019><c> simple</c><00:39:17.400><c> prayer</c><00:39:17.679><c> now</c>

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:21.719
with<00:39:18.239><c> the</c><00:39:19.639><c> elaborate</c><00:39:20.079><c> prayer</c><00:39:20.380><c> of</c><00:39:20.579><c> the</c><00:39:20.719><c> Pharisee.</c>

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.579
And<00:39:25.500><c> ask</c><00:39:25.699><c> yourself</c><00:39:25.960><c> the</c><00:39:26.159><c> question,</c>

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:28.579
is<00:39:26.900><c> it</c><00:39:27.039><c> not</c><00:39:27.219><c> possible</c><00:39:27.579><c> that</c><00:39:27.800><c> we</c><00:39:28.039><c> too</c>

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:31.400
sometimes<00:39:29.340><c> miss</c><00:39:29.760><c> the</c><00:39:29.980><c> point</c><00:39:30.199><c> in</c><00:39:30.579><c> prayer?</c>

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.940
Public<00:39:33.599><c> prayer</c><00:39:33.780><c> is</c><00:39:33.940><c> a</c><00:39:34.019><c> very</c><00:39:34.239><c> difficult</c><00:39:34.639><c> thing</c>

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:37.679
and<00:39:35.159><c> I</c><00:39:35.599><c> have</c><00:39:35.820><c> no</c><00:39:36.079><c> desire</c><00:39:36.500><c> to</c><00:39:37.099><c> comment</c><00:39:37.300><c> upon</c><00:39:37.519><c> it</c>

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:40.780
or<00:39:37.840><c> to</c><00:39:38.039><c> criticize</c><00:39:38.519><c> those</c><00:39:39.000><c> who</c><00:39:39.239><c> are</c><00:39:39.280><c> called</c><00:39:39.460><c> upon</c><00:39:39.699><c> to</c><00:39:39.880><c> do</c><00:39:40.019><c> it.</c>

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:47.780
But<00:39:43.679><c> I</c><00:39:43.860><c> would</c><00:39:44.079><c> like</c><00:39:44.239><c> to</c><00:39:44.460><c> say</c><00:39:44.639><c> that</c><00:39:45.280><c> whatever</c><00:39:46.360><c> prayer</c><00:39:46.820><c> we</c><00:39:47.079><c> offer,</c>

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:50.019
wherever<00:39:48.420><c> we</c><00:39:48.860><c> offer</c><00:39:49.059><c> prayers,</c>

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.420
we<00:39:50.360><c> must</c><00:39:50.719><c> have</c><00:39:51.179><c> some</c><00:39:51.800><c> point</c><00:39:52.300><c> in</c><00:39:52.679><c> that</c><00:39:53.000><c> prayer.</c>

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:57.800
We<00:39:54.320><c> must</c><00:39:54.599><c> have</c><00:39:54.900><c> in</c><00:39:55.159><c> mind</c><00:39:55.659><c> something</c><00:39:56.239><c> for</c><00:39:56.460><c> which</c><00:39:56.579><c> we</c><00:39:56.760><c> are</c><00:39:56.840><c> asking.</c>

00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:00.400
We<00:39:58.440><c> must</c><00:39:58.639><c> have</c><00:39:58.860><c> some</c><00:39:59.139><c> sense</c><00:39:59.539><c> of</c><00:39:59.840><c> our</c><00:40:00.119><c> need,</c>

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:02.099
of<00:40:00.840><c> the</c><00:40:01.119><c> community's</c><00:40:01.679><c> need</c>

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:04.239
and<00:40:02.579><c> that</c><00:40:02.760><c> that</c><00:40:02.940><c> need</c><00:40:03.099><c> can</c><00:40:03.360><c> be</c><00:40:03.539><c> met</c><00:40:03.760><c> in</c><00:40:04.099><c> God.</c>

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:08.019
It<00:40:04.400><c> must</c><00:40:04.659><c> not</c><00:40:04.900><c> just</c><00:40:05.099><c> be</c><00:40:05.519><c> a</c><00:40:06.000><c> recital</c><00:40:06.659><c> of</c><00:40:07.539><c> phrases</c>

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:10.000
or<00:40:09.039><c> even</c><00:40:09.300><c> of</c><00:40:09.579><c> Scripture.</c>

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:13.360
It<00:40:10.880><c> must</c><00:40:11.199><c> express</c><00:40:11.860><c> a</c><00:40:12.159><c> very</c><00:40:12.559><c> real</c><00:40:12.860><c> need</c>

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:16.079
and<00:40:14.139><c> in</c><00:40:14.340><c> that</c><00:40:14.599><c> need</c><00:40:15.119><c> a</c><00:40:15.699><c> belief</c>

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:19.639
that<00:40:16.860><c> it</c><00:40:17.039><c> can</c><00:40:17.219><c> be</c><00:40:17.460><c> answered</c><00:40:17.840><c> in</c><00:40:18.340><c> God.</c>

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:22.900
And<00:40:20.900><c> so</c><00:40:21.139><c> Jesus</c><00:40:21.400><c> says,</c><00:40:21.920><c> I</c><00:40:21.920><c> tell</c><00:40:22.119><c> you,</c>

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:25.199
this<00:40:23.440><c> man</c><00:40:23.800><c> went</c><00:40:24.099><c> down</c><00:40:24.440><c> to</c><00:40:24.679><c> his</c><00:40:24.920><c> house</c>

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:28.199
justified<00:40:25.980><c> rather</c><00:40:26.719><c> than</c><00:40:26.920><c> the</c><00:40:27.119><c> other.</c>

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:31.159
Everyone<00:40:29.000><c> that</c><00:40:29.300><c> exalted</c><00:40:29.519><c> himself</c><00:40:29.920><c> should</c><00:40:30.139><c> be</c><00:40:30.360><c> abased</c>

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:35.699
and<00:40:31.599><c> he</c><00:40:31.820><c> that</c><00:40:32.039><c> humbleth</c><00:40:33.179><c> himself</c><00:40:33.179><c> shall</c><00:40:33.980><c> be</c><00:40:34.559><c> exalted.</c>

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:43.320
Prayer<00:40:38.019><c> then</c><00:40:38.400><c> is</c><00:40:38.980><c> that</c><00:40:40.280><c> state</c><00:40:40.920><c> of</c><00:40:41.480><c> continual</c><00:40:42.340><c> contrition</c>

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:49.059
which<00:40:44.639><c> ought</c><00:40:44.900><c> to</c><00:40:45.099><c> be</c><00:40:45.320><c> in</c><00:40:45.519><c> the</c><00:40:45.739><c> heart</c><00:40:46.320><c> of</c><00:40:47.039><c> every</c><00:40:47.320><c> disciple</c><00:40:47.739><c> of</c><00:40:47.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:53.579
It<00:40:50.420><c> ought</c><00:40:50.599><c> to</c><00:40:50.780><c> be</c><00:40:50.920><c> that</c><00:40:51.199><c> continual</c><00:40:52.199><c> state</c><00:40:52.599><c> of</c><00:40:53.079><c> awareness</c>

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:56.179
that<00:40:54.380><c> God</c><00:40:54.760><c> is</c><00:40:55.079><c> present.</c>

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:58.039
Whatever<00:40:56.880><c> our</c><00:40:57.320><c> circumstances,</c>

00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:00.159
however<00:40:58.699><c> difficult</c><00:40:59.239><c> the</c><00:40:59.440><c> situation,</c>

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:04.360
He<00:41:01.000><c> is</c><00:41:01.340><c> in</c><00:41:01.659><c> control</c><00:41:02.280><c> and</c><00:41:02.719><c> He</c><00:41:03.099><c> can</c><00:41:03.440><c> give</c><00:41:03.659><c> the</c><00:41:03.860><c> answer.</c>

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:09.179
Prayer<00:41:04.420><c> is</c><00:41:07.699><c> not</c><00:41:07.940><c> words.</c>

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.960
Prayer<00:41:10.340><c> is</c><00:41:10.639><c> what</c><00:41:10.960><c> we</c><00:41:11.360><c> really</c><00:41:11.840><c> are.</c>