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has</c><00:23:44.440><c> a</c><00:23:44.619><c> further</c><00:23:44.880><c> installment,</c><00:23:46.319><c> didn't</c><00:23:46.480><c> necessarily</c><00:23:46.819><c> only</c> 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.019 do<00:23:47.220><c> this</c><00:23:47.420><c> once,</c> 00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:51.059 and<00:23:48.539><c> this</c><00:23:48.680><c> is</c><00:23:48.819><c> at</c><00:23:48.920><c> the</c><00:23:49.119><c> beginning</c><00:23:49.420><c> of</c><00:23:49.599><c> the</c><00:23:49.740><c> time</c><00:23:49.960><c> of</c><00:23:50.099><c> Jehoiakim.</c> 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:55.279 Once<00:23:52.000><c> again</c><00:23:52.519><c> give</c><00:23:52.779><c> them</c><00:23:52.920><c> this</c><00:23:53.119><c> message</c><00:23:53.480><c> from</c><00:23:53.660><c> the</c><00:23:53.839><c> Lord,</c><00:23:54.240><c> says</c><00:23:54.279><c> God.</c> 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.779 Verse<00:23:55.640><c> five</c><00:23:56.339><c> of</c><00:23:57.099><c> chapter</c><00:23:57.380><c> eight,</c><00:23:57.839><c> verses</c><00:23:57.940><c> four</c><00:23:58.220><c> and</c><00:23:58.380><c> five.</c> 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:02.180 When<00:23:59.519><c> a</c><00:23:59.740><c> person</c><00:24:00.000><c> falls</c><00:24:00.539><c> he</c><00:24:00.740><c> jumps</c><00:24:00.980><c> up</c><00:24:01.259><c> again.</c> 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:05.000 When<00:24:02.799><c> he's</c><00:24:02.940><c> on</c><00:24:03.099><c> the</c><00:24:03.259><c> wrong</c><00:24:03.460><c> road</c><00:24:03.779><c> and</c><00:24:04.059><c> discovers</c><00:24:04.359><c> his</c><00:24:04.599><c> mistake</c> 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:08.000 he<00:24:05.119><c> goes</c><00:24:05.339><c> back</c><00:24:05.559><c> to</c><00:24:05.720><c> the</c><00:24:05.940><c> fork</c><00:24:06.140><c> where</c><00:24:06.359><c> he</c><00:24:06.480><c> made</c><00:24:06.619><c> the</c><00:24:06.819><c> wrong</c><00:24:07.059><c> turn.</c> 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:13.220 But<00:24:09.299><c> these</c><00:24:09.859><c> people</c><00:24:10.319><c> keep</c><00:24:10.740><c> along</c><00:24:11.119><c> on</c><00:24:11.359><c> their</c><00:24:11.579><c> evil</c><00:24:11.980><c> path</c><00:24:12.460><c> even</c><00:24:12.740><c> though</c><00:24:12.980><c> I</c> 00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.940 warn<00:24:13.400><c> them.</c> 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:17.279 I<00:24:14.599><c> listen</c><00:24:14.819><c> to</c><00:24:15.000><c> their</c><00:24:15.160><c> conversation</c><00:24:15.920><c> and</c><00:24:16.480><c> what</c><00:24:16.660><c> do</c><00:24:16.799><c> I</c><00:24:17.000><c> hear?</c> 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:19.579 He<00:24:17.559><c> listens</c><00:24:17.799><c> to</c><00:24:18.000><c> our</c><00:24:18.220><c> conversation,</c><00:24:18.980><c> brethren</c><00:24:19.119><c> and</c><00:24:19.339><c> sisters,</c> 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:21.180 and<00:24:19.759><c> what</c><00:24:19.900><c> does</c><00:24:20.059><c> he</c><00:24:20.319><c> hear?</c> 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:25.039 Is<00:24:22.859><c> anyone</c><00:24:23.180><c> sorry</c><00:24:23.759><c> for</c><00:24:24.279><c> sin?</c> 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:30.279 Does<00:24:25.839><c> anyone</c><00:24:26.259><c> say,</c><00:24:26.859><c> what</c><00:24:27.940><c> a</c><00:24:28.339><c> terrible</c><00:24:28.640><c> thing</c><00:24:28.980><c> I've</c><00:24:29.400><c> done?</c> 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:35.119 No,<00:24:31.720><c> all</c><00:24:32.259><c> are</c><00:24:32.539><c> rushing</c><00:24:32.960><c> pell</c><00:24:33.380><c>-mell</c><00:24:33.599><c> down</c><00:24:33.960><c> the</c><00:24:34.220><c> path</c><00:24:34.500><c> of</c><00:24:34.839><c> sin</c> 00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:38.619 as<00:24:35.880><c> swiftly</c><00:24:36.240><c> as</c><00:24:36.480><c> a</c><00:24:36.660><c> horse</c><00:24:36.960><c> rushing</c><00:24:37.339><c> to</c><00:24:37.660><c> battle.</c> 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:41.240 This<00:24:39.079><c> is</c><00:24:39.220><c> vivid</c><00:24:39.400><c> language,</c><00:24:39.880><c> isn't</c><00:24:39.960><c> it,</c><00:24:40.059><c> brethren</c><00:24:40.259><c> and</c><00:24:40.400><c> sisters?</c> 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:45.619 We<00:24:42.480><c> know</c><00:24:42.720><c> the</c><00:24:42.900><c> answer,</c><00:24:43.380><c> as</c><00:24:43.640><c> hymn</c><00:24:43.940><c> 308</c><00:24:44.579><c> says,</c><00:24:44.960><c> we</c><00:24:45.200><c> make</c><00:24:45.400><c> the</c> 00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.359 answer<00:24:45.980><c> now.</c> 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:51.140 We<00:24:46.880><c> know</c><00:24:47.059><c> the</c><00:24:47.240><c> answer</c><00:24:47.720><c> when</c><00:24:48.400><c> God</c><00:24:48.779><c> listens</c><00:24:49.160><c> to</c><00:24:49.559><c> our</c><00:24:49.859><c> conversation,</c> 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:55.200 whether<00:24:51.980><c> we</c><00:24:52.559><c> are</c><00:24:52.859><c> conscious</c><00:24:53.240><c> of</c><00:24:53.480><c> our</c><00:24:53.700><c> sins</c><00:24:54.079><c> or</c><00:24:54.299><c> whether</c><00:24:54.500><c> we</c><00:24:54.779><c> go</c> 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:57.299 pell<00:24:55.579><c>-mell</c><00:24:55.980><c> downhill,</c> 00:24:58.099 --> 00:25:03.299 so<00:24:58.519><c> real</c><00:24:59.019><c> and</c><00:24:59.339><c> so</c><00:24:59.980><c> related</c><00:25:00.559><c> to</c><00:25:00.819><c> the</c><00:25:01.099><c> great</c><00:25:01.480><c> puzzle</c><00:25:02.059><c> of</c><00:25:02.480><c> Christian</c><00:25:02.900><c> living,</c> 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:08.160 whether<00:25:03.980><c> it's</c><00:25:04.839><c> church</c><00:25:05.519><c> or</c><00:25:06.019><c> personal</c><00:25:06.480><c> relationship</c><00:25:07.019><c> with</c><00:25:07.259><c> God,</c> 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:11.500 or<00:25:08.680><c> church</c><00:25:09.299><c> and</c><00:25:09.799><c> personal</c><00:25:10.259><c> relationship</c><00:25:10.880><c> with</c><00:25:11.079><c> God,</c> 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:13.480 with<00:25:11.900><c> the</c><00:25:12.119><c> 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8,</c><00:25:50.039><c> verse</c><00:25:50.200><c> 18,</c> 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:53.720 and<00:25:50.740><c> you</c><00:25:50.900><c> know,</c><00:25:52.019><c> when</c><00:25:52.220><c> I</c><00:25:52.400><c> was</c><00:25:52.500><c> very</c><00:25:52.799><c> young,</c> 00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:57.119 and<00:25:54.140><c> I</c><00:25:54.480><c> was</c><00:25:54.660><c> in</c><00:25:54.799><c> one</c><00:25:54.900><c> of</c><00:25:55.059><c> these</c><00:25:55.599><c> small</c><00:25:56.440><c> Christadelphian</c> 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.779 splinter<00:25:57.480><c> groups,</c> 00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:59.359 one<00:25:57.960><c> of</c><00:25:58.039><c> these</c><00:25:58.259><c> small</c><00:25:58.559><c> fellowships,</c> 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:01.460 there<00:25:59.779><c> were</c><00:26:00.299><c> only</c><00:26:00.440><c> a</c><00:26:00.619><c> few</c><00:26:00.720><c> of</c><00:26:00.880><c> us,</c> 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:03.640 we<00:26:01.779><c> looked</c><00:26:02.000><c> 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material,</c> 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.940 I<00:26:41.380><c> know</c><00:26:41.500><c> that</c><00:26:41.720><c> now,</c> 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:50.160 but<00:26:45.119><c> after</c><00:26:45.640><c> I'd</c><00:26:45.960><c> been</c><00:26:46.720><c> insulted</c><00:26:47.400><c> and</c><00:26:48.400><c> one</c><00:26:48.859><c> thing</c><00:26:49.019><c> and</c><00:26:49.180><c> another,</c> 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:54.099 understandably,<00:26:51.900><c> I</c><00:26:52.099><c> went</c><00:26:52.240><c> back</c><00:26:52.559><c> home</c><00:26:52.819><c> and</c><00:26:52.980><c> I</c><00:26:53.160><c> felt</c><00:26:53.240><c> that</c><00:26:53.680><c> good,</c> 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:57.539 you<00:26:54.680><c> know,</c><00:26:55.640><c> I'd</c><00:26:56.400><c> done</c><00:26:56.599><c> duty</c><00:26:56.920><c> for</c><00:26:57.099><c> the</c><00:26:57.279><c> Lord,</c> 00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:00.900 giving<00:26:57.799><c> out</c><00:26:58.039><c> these</c><00:26:58.339><c> leaflets</c><00:26:58.700><c> in</c><00:26:58.880><c> that</c><00:26:59.160><c> corrupt</c><00:26:59.579><c> Christadelphian</c><00:27:00.339><c> community</c> 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:02.660 that<00:27:01.200><c> met</c><00:27:01.359><c> there</c><00:27:01.559><c> in</c><00:27:01.720><c> London.</c> 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.839 How<00:27:03.700><c> did</c><00:27:03.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:04.279><c> feel</c><00:27:04.579><c> when</c><00:27:04.720><c> he</c><00:27:04.900><c> went</c><00:27:05.019><c> home?</c> 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:09.640 Chapter<00:27:08.000><c> 8,</c><00:27:08.619><c> verse</c><00:27:08.799><c> 18,</c> 00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:15.519 my<00:27:12.819><c> grief</c><00:27:13.359><c> is</c><00:27:13.799><c> beyond</c><00:27:14.339><c> healing,</c> 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.900 my<00:27:17.039><c> heart</c><00:27:17.500><c> is</c><00:27:17.880><c> broken.</c> 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.799 In<00:27:19.539><c> fact,</c><00:27:19.799><c> aren't</c><00:27:19.880><c> we</c><00:27:20.000><c> on</c><00:27:20.180><c> yesterday's</c><00:27:20.700><c> theme,</c> 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:23.079 you<00:27:20.920><c> can't</c><00:27:21.279><c> escape</c><00:27:21.660><c> it</c><00:27:21.859><c> in</c><00:27:22.079><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:26.339 This<00:27:23.940><c> is</c><00:27:24.160><c> the</c><00:27:24.279><c> point</c><00:27:24.539><c> of</c><00:27:24.799><c> it,</c> 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.579 never<00:27:27.240><c> rejoicing</c><00:27:27.920><c> in</c><00:27:28.140><c> inequity,</c> 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:31.160 my<00:27:29.039><c> heart,</c><00:27:29.500><c> my</c><00:27:29.839><c> grief</c><00:27:30.019><c> is</c><00:27:30.319><c> beyond</c><00:27:30.680><c> healing,</c> 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:33.599 my<00:27:31.920><c> heart</c><00:27:32.299><c> is</c><00:27:32.660><c> broken.</c> 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.700 Then<00:27:34.039><c> he</c><00:27:34.099><c> goes</c><00:27:34.279><c> on,</c><00:27:34.980><c> verse</c><00:27:35.099><c> 21,</c> 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:38.279 I<00:27:36.240><c> weep</c><00:27:36.799><c> for</c><00:27:37.000><c> the</c><00:27:37.240><c> hurt</c><00:27:37.440><c> of</c><00:27:37.680><c> my</c><00:27:37.940><c> people,</c> 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:43.319 I<00:27:39.000><c> stand</c><00:27:39.339><c> amazed,</c><00:27:40.660><c> silent,</c><00:27:41.799><c> dumb</c><00:27:42.039><c> with</c><00:27:42.359><c> grief.</c> 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:45.160 Then<00:27:43.619><c> again,</c><00:27:44.400><c> chapter</c><00:27:44.519><c> 9,</c> 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:49.319 oh<00:27:45.940><c> that</c><00:27:46.119><c> my</c><00:27:46.420><c> eyes</c><00:27:46.819><c> were</c><00:27:47.140><c> a</c><00:27:47.380><c> fountain</c><00:27:47.680><c> of</c><00:27:48.079><c> tears,</c> 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.619 I<00:27:49.700><c> would</c><00:27:49.960><c> weep</c><00:27:50.220><c> forever,</c> 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:52.279 if<00:27:50.880><c> I</c><00:27:51.000><c> got</c><00:27:51.140><c> enough</c><00:27:51.400><c> tears</c><00:27:51.720><c> in</c><00:27:51.900><c> my</c><00:27:52.079><c> eyes,</c> 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.859 I'd<00:27:52.519><c> never</c><00:27:52.720><c> stop</c><00:27:53.019><c> crying,</c><00:27:53.420><c> he</c><00:27:53.619><c> says,</c> 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:58.460 I<00:27:54.460><c> would</c><00:27:54.859><c> sob</c><00:27:55.259><c> day</c><00:27:55.720><c> and</c><00:27:55.880><c> night</c><00:27:56.160><c> for</c><00:27:56.420><c> the</c><00:27:56.740><c> slain</c><00:27:57.119><c> of</c><00:27:57.299><c> my</c><00:27:57.539><c> people.</c> 00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.799 And<00:27:58.759><c> then</c><00:27:58.880><c> in</c><00:27:59.000><c> the</c><00:27:59.059><c> next</c><00:27:59.319><c> breath,</c><00:27:59.500><c> he</c><00:27:59.619><c> says,</c> 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:02.339 oh<00:28:00.220><c> that</c><00:28:00.319><c> I</c><00:28:00.500><c> could</c><00:28:00.599><c> go</c><00:28:00.880><c> away</c><00:28:01.039><c> and</c><00:28:01.259><c> forget</c><00:28:01.599><c> them.</c> 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:05.660 You<00:28:03.500><c> see,</c><00:28:03.740><c> it's</c><00:28:03.900><c> so</c><00:28:04.259><c> human</c><00:28:04.720><c> and</c><00:28:05.039><c> real,</c><00:28:05.339><c> isn't</c><00:28:05.480><c> it?</c> 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:10.160 The<00:28:05.759><c> way</c><00:28:05.920><c> these</c><00:28:06.259><c> conflicting</c><00:28:06.740><c> emotions</c><00:28:07.460><c> jockey</c><00:28:08.339><c> for</c><00:28:08.579><c> position</c><00:28:09.019><c> in</c><00:28:09.460><c> his</c><00:28:09.720><c> mind</c> 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:12.799 and<00:28:10.680><c> live</c><00:28:10.880><c> in</c><00:28:11.140><c> some</c><00:28:11.359><c> wayside</c><00:28:11.900><c> shack</c><00:28:12.119><c> in</c><00:28:12.319><c> the</c><00:28:12.539><c> desert,</c> 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.779 for<00:28:12.960><c> they're</c><00:28:13.200><c> all</c><00:28:13.460><c> adulterous,</c><00:28:14.119><c> treacherous</c><00:28:14.480><c> men.</c> 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:18.500 So<00:28:15.059><c> there</c><00:28:15.339><c> are</c><00:28:15.460><c> these</c><00:28:15.759><c> two</c><00:28:16.180><c> emotions</c><00:28:16.799><c> going</c><00:28:17.660><c> between</c><00:28:18.180><c> them,</c> 00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.160 one<00:28:18.640><c> and</c><00:28:18.779><c> the</c><00:28:18.960><c> other.</c> 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:21.220 Then<00:28:19.460><c> verse</c><00:28:19.680><c> 10,</c><00:28:20.019><c> he's</c><00:28:20.119><c> back</c><00:28:20.319><c> on</c><00:28:20.500><c> it,</c> 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:23.200 sobbing<00:28:22.559><c> and</c><00:28:22.759><c> weeping,</c> 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:26.059 I<00:28:23.440><c> point</c><00:28:23.799><c> to</c><00:28:24.039><c> their</c><00:28:24.220><c> mountains</c><00:28:24.779><c> and</c><00:28:25.160><c> pastures,</c> 00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:29.500 for<00:28:26.480><c> now</c><00:28:26.920><c> 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Jehoiakim</c> 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:43.619 showed<00:28:41.480><c> what</c><00:28:41.740><c> kind</c><00:28:41.980><c> of</c><00:28:42.140><c> a</c><00:28:42.319><c> king</c><00:28:42.500><c> he</c><00:28:42.680><c> was</c><00:28:42.880><c> going</c><00:28:43.019><c> to</c><00:28:43.259><c> be.</c> 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:45.259 And<00:28:44.220><c> as</c><00:28:44.299><c> I</c><00:28:44.460><c> told</c><00:28:44.579><c> you</c><00:28:44.720><c> the</c><00:28:44.839><c> other</c><00:28:45.019><c> day,</c> 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.259 and<00:28:45.380><c> as</c><00:28:45.480><c> you</c><00:28:45.640><c> no</c><00:28:45.759><c> doubt</c><00:28:45.960><c> know,</c> 00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:51.460 he<00:28:46.460><c> began</c><00:28:46.859><c> to</c><00:28:47.819><c> build</c><00:28:48.299><c> up</c><00:28:48.980><c> his</c><00:28:49.539><c> expensive</c><00:28:50.400><c> palace.</c> 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.380 You<00:28:52.059><c> know,</c><00:28:52.359><c> let</c><00:28:52.480><c> us</c><00:28:52.660><c> eat,</c><00:28:52.880><c> drink</c><00:28:53.180><c> and</c><00:28:53.359><c> be</c><00:28:53.539><c> merry</c><00:28:53.819><c> for</c><00:28:54.039><c> tomorrow</c> 00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.539 we<00:28:54.640><c> die.</c> 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:58.039 So<00:28:55.980><c> he</c><00:28:56.140><c> builds</c><00:28:56.339><c> up</c><00:28:56.619><c> this</c><00:28:56.920><c> expensive</c><00:28:57.539><c> palace</c> 00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:00.880 and<00:28:58.819><c> that's</c><00:28:59.259><c> where</c><00:28:59.420><c> the</c><00:28:59.619><c> passage</c><00:28:59.880><c> that</c><00:29:00.059><c> I</c><00:29:00.200><c> read</c><00:29:00.319><c> you</c><00:29:00.480><c> the</c><00:29:00.579><c> other</c><00:29:00.720><c> day,</c> 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.740 and<00:29:00.980><c> I'm</c><00:29:01.019><c> not</c><00:29:01.140><c> going</c><00:29:01.240><c> to</c><00:29:01.319><c> read</c><00:29:01.420><c> it</c><00:29:01.599><c> again,</c> 00:29:01.759 --> 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saying</c><00:36:02.239><c> up</c><00:36:02.500><c> till</c><00:36:02.719><c> then.</c> 00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:06.579 This<00:36:04.340><c> is</c><00:36:04.480><c> 25th</c><00:36:05.000><c> chapter</c><00:36:05.219><c> actually</c><00:36:05.639><c> as</c><00:36:05.800><c> well</c><00:36:05.940><c> as</c><00:36:06.099><c> 36th,</c> 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:08.239 keep<00:36:06.739><c> your</c><00:36:06.920><c> finger</c><00:36:07.159><c> in</c><00:36:07.320><c> both.</c> 00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:11.019 You<00:36:09.519><c> were</c><00:36:09.679><c> well</c><00:36:09.880><c> ahead</c><00:36:10.059><c> of</c><00:36:10.139><c> me</c><00:36:10.300><c> there,</c> 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.559 you'd<00:36:11.639><c> gone</c><00:36:11.840><c> on</c><00:36:11.960><c> to</c><00:36:12.159><c> 36th,</c> 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:14.360 which<00:36:12.679><c> is</c><00:36:12.840><c> where</c><00:36:12.940><c> the</c><00:36:13.139><c> penknife</c><00:36:13.539><c> episode</c><00:36:13.920><c> is,</c> 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he</c><00:36:28.079><c> stood</c><00:36:28.239><c> by</c><00:36:28.460><c> the</c><00:36:28.679><c> temple,</c> 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:32.019 that<00:36:29.699><c> links</c><00:36:30.019><c> in</c><00:36:30.239><c> with</c><00:36:30.400><c> chapter</c><00:36:30.679><c> 26.</c> 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.820 Can't<00:36:32.519><c> go</c><00:36:32.739><c> back</c><00:36:32.880><c> on</c><00:36:32.980><c> that</c><00:36:33.219><c> and</c><00:36:33.380><c> prove</c><00:36:33.519><c> it,</c> 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:36.079 but<00:36:34.239><c> if</c><00:36:34.699><c> you</c><00:36:34.800><c> look</c><00:36:35.059><c> at</c><00:36:35.300><c> the</c><00:36:35.659><c> material</c> 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:38.440 in<00:36:36.320><c> chapter</c><00:36:36.579><c> 26</c><00:36:37.239><c> of</c><00:36:37.440><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.820 where<00:36:39.139><c> verse</c><00:36:39.440><c> 2</c><00:36:39.639><c> says,</c> 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.400 stand<00:36:40.260><c> 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going</c><00:38:54.940><c> to</c><00:38:55.059><c> be</c><00:38:55.199><c> the</c><00:38:55.360><c> Scythians.</c> 00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.599 I<00:38:56.179><c> did</c><00:38:56.380><c> too,</c> 00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.619 but<00:38:56.739><c> it</c><00:38:56.940><c> wasn't.</c> 00:38:57.739 --> 00:39:00.039 Now<00:38:57.960><c> I</c><00:38:58.039><c> can</c><00:38:58.360><c> tell</c><00:38:58.559><c> you</c><00:38:58.739><c> who</c><00:38:58.920><c> it's</c><00:38:59.159><c> really</c><00:38:59.440><c> going</c><00:38:59.619><c> to</c><00:38:59.800><c> be.</c> 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:02.159 And<00:39:00.500><c> so</c><00:39:00.619><c> 23</c><00:39:01.019><c> years</c><00:39:01.320><c> after</c><00:39:01.519><c> he</c><00:39:01.699><c> first</c><00:39:01.900><c> started</c> 00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:03.019 giving<00:39:02.400><c> these</c><00:39:02.699><c> prophecies,</c> 00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:05.320 he<00:39:03.139><c> tells</c><00:39:03.380><c> them</c><00:39:03.699><c> 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my</c><00:42:12.179><c> messages</c> 00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:14.480 against<00:42:13.500><c> Israel,</c> 00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:16.500 Judah<00:42:15.019><c> and</c><00:42:15.599><c> the</c><00:42:15.820><c> other</c><00:42:16.000><c> nations.</c> 00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:18.199 Begin<00:42:17.179><c> with</c><00:42:17.380><c> the</c><00:42:17.579><c> first</c><00:42:17.840><c> message,</c> 00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.739 God<00:42:18.480><c> says,</c> 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:20.579 back<00:42:19.039><c> in</c><00:42:19.199><c> the</c><00:42:19.300><c> days</c><00:42:19.460><c> of</c><00:42:19.679><c> Josiah</c> 00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:22.619 and<00:42:21.019><c> write</c><00:42:21.239><c> down</c><00:42:21.480><c> every</c><00:42:21.780><c> one</c><00:42:21.940><c> of</c><00:42:22.119><c> them,</c> 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:24.519 giving<00:42:23.139><c> them</c><00:42:23.320><c> his</c><00:42:23.460><c> instructions.</c> 00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.340 Why? 00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:27.159 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it</c><00:42:48.420><c> used</c><00:42:48.579><c> to</c><00:42:48.699><c> be</c> 00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.920 before<00:42:48.940><c> they</c><00:42:49.059><c> had</c><00:42:49.239><c> tape</c><00:42:49.500><c> recorders</c> 00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:51.440 and<00:42:50.039><c> things</c><00:42:50.179><c> like</c><00:42:50.480><c> that.</c> 00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.860 Even<00:42:51.920><c> then</c><00:42:52.179><c> you've</c><00:42:52.559><c> got</c><00:42:52.639><c> to</c> 00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:54.500 turn<00:42:53.019><c> the</c><00:42:53.219><c> tape</c><00:42:53.400><c> recorder</c><00:42:53.739><c> on</c><00:42:54.000><c> and</c><00:42:54.139><c> so</c><00:42:54.320><c> on.</c> 00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:56.099 You've<00:42:55.079><c> got</c><00:42:55.159><c> a</c><00:42:55.239><c> little</c><00:42:55.380><c> book</c><00:42:55.519><c> in</c><00:42:55.679><c> your</c><00:42:55.860><c> pocket.</c> 00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.920 You<00:42:56.260><c> can</c><00:42:56.500><c> read</c><00:42:56.679><c> it.</c> 00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.780 You<00:42:57.000><c> can</c><00:42:57.260><c> see</c><00:42:57.519><c> it</c> 00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:59.199 and<00:42:57.920><c> the</c><00:42:58.300><c> words</c><00:42:58.559><c> stand</c><00:42:58.940><c> out.</c> 00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:01.000 There's<00:42:59.400><c> power</c><00:42:59.760><c> in</c><00:42:59.940><c> the</c><00:43:00.199><c> written</c><00:43:00.480><c> word.</c> 00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.739 Perhaps<00:43:01.659><c> when</c><00:43:01.760><c> they</c><00:43:01.960><c> see</c><00:43:02.099><c> it</c><00:43:02.280><c> in</c><00:43:02.440><c> writing,</c> 00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:04.880 and<00:43:03.079><c> if</c><00:43:03.199><c> you</c><00:43:03.960><c> have</c><00:43:04.099><c> a</c><00:43:04.360><c> discussion</c> 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.500 with<00:43:05.199><c> somebody</c> 00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:07.159 or<00:43:05.699><c> you're</c><00:43:05.940><c> making</c><00:43:06.559><c> a</c><00:43:06.840><c> contract,</c> 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.579 let's<00:43:07.380><c> have</c><00:43:07.440><c> it</c><00:43:07.599><c> in</c><00:43:07.739><c> writing,</c><00:43:08.079><c> you</c><00:43:08.260><c> say.</c> 00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:10.219 When<00:43:09.280><c> they</c><00:43:09.480><c> see</c><00:43:09.619><c> it</c><00:43:09.760><c> in</c><00:43:09.940><c> writing,</c> 00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.400 all<00:43:10.619><c> the</c><00:43:10.860><c> terrible</c><00:43:11.139><c> things</c> 00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.400 I<00:43:11.599><c> will</c><00:43:11.760><c> do</c><00:43:11.900><c> to</c><00:43:12.079><c> them,</c> 00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:14.619 they<00:43:12.960><c> will</c><00:43:13.340><c> repent.</c> 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:18.659 Then<00:43:16.179><c> I</c><00:43:16.739><c> can</c><00:43:17.239><c> forgive</c><00:43:17.699><c> them.</c> 00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:21.059 Something<00:43:19.219><c> God</c><00:43:19.480><c> can't</c><00:43:19.980><c> do.</c> 00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:23.820 He<00:43:21.280><c> can't</c><00:43:23.139><c> forgive</c><00:43:23.440><c> people</c> 00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.940 who<00:43:24.059><c> don't</c><00:43:24.340><c> repent.</c> 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.820 He<00:43:25.699><c> can't</c><00:43:26.139><c> forgive</c><00:43:26.420><c> people</c> 00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:28.059 who<00:43:26.980><c> don't</c><00:43:27.219><c> want</c><00:43:27.480><c> His</c><00:43:27.699><c> forgiveness</c> 00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:29.340 and<00:43:28.260><c> His</c><00:43:28.480><c> whole</c><00:43:28.800><c> activity</c> 00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:31.039 from<00:43:29.880><c> Genesis</c><00:43:30.300><c> to</c><00:43:30.500><c> Revelation,</c> 00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:33.440 from<00:43:31.659><c> the</c><00:43:32.000><c> time</c><00:43:32.219><c> of</c><00:43:32.480><c> Adam,</c> 00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.480 right<00:43:33.699><c> through</c> 00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.760 through<00:43:34.940><c> the</c><00:43:35.039><c> Lord</c><00:43:35.179><c> Jesus</c><00:43:35.500><c> Christ</c> 00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.460 to<00:43:35.900><c> our</c><00:43:35.980><c> own</c><00:43:36.280><c> time,</c> 00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:38.139 the<00:43:36.760><c> whole</c><00:43:37.119><c> activity</c><00:43:37.579><c> of</c><00:43:37.860><c> God</c> 00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:41.320 is<00:43:39.099><c> bent</c><00:43:39.360><c> to</c><00:43:39.719><c> getting</c><00:43:40.039><c> people</c><00:43:40.480><c> to</c><00:43:40.860><c> repent</c> 00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:44.059 so<00:43:42.159><c> that</c><00:43:42.360><c> He</c><00:43:42.440><c> can</c><00:43:42.760><c> forgive</c><00:43:43.119><c> them.</c> 00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:46.739 So<00:43:44.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:43:45.380><c> sent</c><00:43:45.860><c> for</c><00:43:46.239><c> Baruch.</c> 00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:48.019 Nowadays,<00:43:47.179><c> he'd</c><00:43:47.420><c> have</c><00:43:47.480><c> got</c><00:43:47.539><c> on</c><00:43:47.699><c> the</c><00:43:47.840><c> phone</c> 00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.300 and<00:43:48.039><c> say,</c> 00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.340 Baruch,<00:43:48.820><c> could</c><00:43:48.980><c> you</c><00:43:49.139><c> come</c> 00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:50.599 and<00:43:49.539><c> stay</c><00:43:49.679><c> with</c><00:43:49.860><c> me</c><00:43:50.000><c> a</c><00:43:50.099><c> week</c><00:43:50.260><c> or</c><00:43:50.420><c> two?</c> 00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:53.280 I've<00:43:51.340><c> got</c><00:43:51.380><c> a</c><00:43:51.480><c> lot</c><00:43:51.579><c> of</c><00:43:51.739><c> writing</c><00:43:52.000><c> for</c><00:43:52.239><c> you</c><00:43:52.360><c> to</c><00:43:52.539><c> do.</c> 00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:55.179 And<00:43:53.559><c> as</c><00:43:53.840><c> Jeremiah</c><00:43:54.380><c> dictated,</c> 00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:58.320 Baruch<00:43:55.980><c> wrote</c><00:43:56.420><c> down</c><00:43:56.880><c> all</c><00:43:57.260><c> the</c><00:43:57.500><c> prophecies.</c> 00:43:58.539 --> 00:44:01.039 And<00:43:58.699><c> when</c><00:43:58.840><c> all</c><00:43:59.119><c> of</c><00:43:59.780><c> it</c><00:43:59.840><c> was</c><00:44:00.099><c> finished,</c> 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.300 Jeremiah<00:44:01.519><c> appears</c><00:44:01.920><c> to</c><00:44:02.079><c> have</c><00:44:02.159><c> been</c> 00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:04.260 a<00:44:02.440><c> kind</c><00:44:02.659><c> of</c><00:44:03.559><c> a,</c> 00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.960 not<00:44:04.820><c> necessarily</c><00:44:05.280><c> in</c><00:44:05.579><c> custody,</c> 00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:07.099 but<00:44:06.139><c> he</c><00:44:06.219><c> was</c><00:44:06.320><c> having</c><00:44:06.420><c> to</c><00:44:06.699><c> hide</c> 00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:08.659 after<00:44:07.360><c> the</c><00:44:07.579><c> things</c><00:44:07.739><c> he'd</c><00:44:07.940><c> done</c><00:44:08.119><c> recently</c> 00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:10.760 in<00:44:08.860><c> this</c><00:44:09.059><c> temple</c><00:44:09.519><c> preaching.</c> 00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:12.699 So<00:44:11.039><c> he</c><00:44:11.179><c> stays</c><00:44:11.380><c> out</c><00:44:11.599><c> of</c><00:44:11.699><c> the</c><00:44:11.840><c> way.</c> 00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:14.159 He<00:44:12.920><c> says,</c><00:44:13.099><c> you</c><00:44:13.300><c> read</c><00:44:13.599><c> the</c><00:44:13.920><c> scroll</c> 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.119 in<00:44:14.380><c> the</c><00:44:14.579><c> temple.</c> 00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.920 And<00:44:15.719><c> again,</c><00:44:16.199><c> why?</c> 00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:19.579 Verse<00:44:17.320><c> 7,</c><00:44:18.219><c> perhaps</c><00:44:18.639><c> even</c><00:44:19.320><c> yet</c> 00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:23.340 they<00:44:19.860><c> will</c><00:44:20.179><c> turn</c><00:44:21.300><c> from</c><00:44:22.280><c> their</c><00:44:22.639><c> evil</c><00:44:23.059><c> ways</c> 00:44:23.340 --> 00:44:26.179 and<00:44:23.760><c> ask</c><00:44:24.440><c> the</c><00:44:24.699><c> Lord</c><00:44:25.079><c> to</c><00:44:25.360><c> forgive</c><00:44:25.659><c> them</c> 00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:27.900 before<00:44:26.679><c> it's</c><00:44:27.039><c> too</c><00:44:27.440><c> late,</c> 00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:30.159 even<00:44:28.619><c> though</c><00:44:29.000><c> these</c><00:44:29.360><c> curses</c><00:44:29.739><c> of</c><00:44:29.940><c> God</c> 00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:31.460 have<00:44:30.380><c> been</c><00:44:30.639><c> pronounced</c><00:44:31.059><c> upon</c><00:44:31.320><c> them.</c> 00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:33.059 It's<00:44:31.639><c> never</c><00:44:32.079><c> too</c><00:44:32.599><c> late</c> 00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:34.699 until<00:44:33.500><c> it</c><00:44:33.679><c> is</c><00:44:33.980><c> too</c><00:44:34.280><c> late.</c> 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:36.699 And<00:44:35.500><c> when's</c><00:44:35.840><c> that?</c> 00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:38.639 When<00:44:37.099><c> we've</c><00:44:37.500><c> become</c><00:44:37.780><c> so</c><00:44:38.280><c> hardened</c> 00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:40.860 that<00:44:38.940><c> we</c><00:44:39.199><c> 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week</c> 00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:53.719 how<00:44:52.019><c> full</c><00:44:52.599><c> the</c><00:44:52.840><c> book</c><00:44:53.059><c> of</c><00:44:53.300><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:55.760 is<00:44:53.980><c> of</c><00:44:54.139><c> the</c><00:44:54.360><c> subject</c><00:44:54.599><c> of</c><00:44:54.860><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:57.039 That<00:44:56.380><c> explains,</c><00:44:56.739><c> of</c><00:44:56.920><c> course,</c> 00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:58.739 how<00:44:57.260><c> when</c><00:44:57.360><c> we</c><00:44:57.539><c> come</c><00:44:57.659><c> to</c><00:44:57.820><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:58.139><c> 31</c> 00:44:58.739 --> 00:45:00.320 and<00:44:59.179><c> we</c><00:44:59.380><c> come</c><00:44:59.559><c> to</c><00:44:59.719><c> the</c><00:44:59.780><c> new</c><00:45:00.000><c> covenant,</c> 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:01.239 we're<00:45:00.780><c> going</c><00:45:00.860><c> to</c><00:45:01.039><c> find</c> 00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:02.699 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are</c><00:47:02.659><c> and</c><00:47:03.219><c> mold</c><00:47:03.519><c> us</c> 00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:06.199 by<00:47:04.920><c> the</c><00:47:05.199><c> power</c><00:47:05.480><c> of</c><00:47:05.659><c> Christ</c> 00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:08.420 into<00:47:07.000><c> the</c><00:47:07.239><c> shape</c><00:47:07.480><c> of</c><00:47:07.780><c> Christ</c> 00:47:08.420 --> 00:47:11.099 through<00:47:09.260><c> Jesus</c><00:47:09.679><c> our</c><00:47:09.960><c> Lord.</c> 00:47:11.260 --> 00:47:11.940 Amen.