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difficulty<00:11:55.200><c> finding</c><00:11:55.899><c> this</c><00:11:56.419><c> particular</c><00:11:56.840><c> prophet.</c>

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can<00:12:01.220><c> help</c><00:12:01.419><c> you</c><00:12:01.639><c> to</c><00:12:01.860><c> find</c><00:12:02.080><c> it.</c><00:12:03.240><c> The</c><00:12:03.559><c> last</c>

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five<00:12:04.100><c> books</c><00:12:04.419><c> of</c><00:12:04.620><c> the</c><00:12:04.740><c> Old</c><00:12:04.919><c> Testament</c><00:12:05.399><c> are</c><00:12:06.139><c> H,</c><00:12:06.779><c> Z,</c><00:12:07.960><c> H,</c><00:12:08.659><c> Z,</c><00:12:09.840><c> M.</c>

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Habakkuk,<00:12:13.220><c> Zephaniah,</c><00:12:14.460><c> Haggai,</c><00:12:15.500><c> Zechariah</c><00:12:16.500><c> and</c><00:12:17.100><c> Malachi.</c>

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H,<00:12:20.159><c> Z,</c><00:12:21.700><c> H,</c><00:12:22.600><c> Z,</c><00:12:23.960><c> M.</c><00:12:24.600><c> Excuse</c><00:12:24.679><c> me,</c><00:12:25.139><c> I</c><00:12:25.159><c> got</c><00:12:25.299><c> it</c><00:12:25.460><c> wrong,</c><00:12:25.700><c> didn't</c><00:12:25.860><c> I?</c><00:12:31.200><c> Habakkuk</c><00:12:31.600><c> prophesied</c><00:12:32.200><c> during</c><00:12:32.639><c> the</c><00:12:33.080><c> latter</c><00:12:33.299><c> part</c><00:12:33.600><c> of</c><00:12:33.759><c> the</c><00:12:33.879><c> 7th</c><00:12:34.259><c> century</c><00:12:34.799><c> B</c><00:12:35.259><c>.C.</c>

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in<00:12:35.980><c> the</c><00:12:36.059><c> days</c><00:12:36.360><c> of</c><00:12:36.840><c> Jehoiakim.</c><00:12:38.440><c> He</c><00:12:38.539><c> was</c><00:12:38.720><c> therefore</c><00:12:39.080><c> contemporary</c><00:12:39.820><c> with</c><00:12:40.259><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:12:41.299><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:41.799><c> and</c><00:12:42.059><c> Daniel,</c>

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although<00:12:43.419><c> unlike</c><00:12:43.919><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:44.399><c> and</c><00:12:44.539><c> Daniel,</c><00:12:45.399><c> he</c><00:12:45.600><c> remained</c><00:12:45.940><c> in</c><00:12:46.240><c> Judah.</c><00:12:47.000><c> The</c><00:12:47.179><c> time,</c><00:12:47.539><c> of</c>

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course,<00:12:48.059><c> is</c><00:12:48.120><c> just</c><00:12:48.379><c> before</c>

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the<00:12:49.559><c> Babylonian</c><00:12:50.159><c> invasion</c><00:12:50.580><c> of</c><00:12:50.840><c> Judah.</c><00:12:51.799><c> Corruption</c><00:12:52.340><c> and</c><00:12:53.120><c> wickedness</c><00:12:54.059><c> are</c>

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on<00:12:54.779><c> every</c><00:12:55.059><c> hand</c><00:12:55.559><c> amongst</c><00:12:56.019><c> God's</c><00:12:56.519><c> people.</c>

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So<00:12:58.580><c> this</c><00:12:59.039><c> precious</c><00:12:59.399><c> nation</c><00:13:00.080><c> was</c><00:13:00.919><c> rapidly</c><00:13:01.419><c> sliding</c><00:13:01.860><c> to</c><00:13:02.159><c> destruction,</c><00:13:03.740><c> hastened</c><00:13:04.080><c> on</c><00:13:04.279><c> by</c>

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the<00:13:04.799><c> priests</c>

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and<00:13:05.840><c> the</c><00:13:06.080><c> false</c><00:13:06.320><c> prophets.</c><00:13:06.740><c> It</c><00:13:06.799><c> was</c><00:13:07.000><c> like</c><00:13:07.340><c> a</c><00:13:07.620><c> runaway</c><00:13:08.039><c> truck</c>

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coming<00:13:09.259><c> down</c><00:13:09.600><c> the</c><00:13:09.799><c> hill,</c><00:13:10.740><c> completely</c><00:13:11.179><c> out</c><00:13:11.460><c> of</c>

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control,<00:13:13.259><c> driven</c><00:13:13.659><c> to</c><00:13:13.899><c> destruction</c><00:13:14.580><c> by</c><00:13:15.399><c> the</c><00:13:15.620><c> forces</c><00:13:15.940><c> and</c><00:13:16.200><c> the</c>

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momentum<00:13:16.960><c> that</c><00:13:17.720><c> were</c><00:13:17.919><c> within</c><00:13:18.179><c> it.</c><00:13:18.899><c> What</c><00:13:19.120><c> a</c><00:13:19.360><c> tragedy</c>

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that<00:13:20.700><c> the</c><00:13:20.840><c> nation</c><00:13:21.240><c> with</c><00:13:21.539><c> so</c><00:13:21.840><c> great</c><00:13:22.200><c> and</c><00:13:22.480><c> higher</c><00:13:22.720><c> calling</c><00:13:23.279><c> had</c>

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slid<00:13:25.100><c> to</c><00:13:25.340><c> such</c><00:13:25.559><c> depths</c><00:13:25.980><c> of</c><00:13:26.240><c> despair</c><00:13:26.820><c> and</c><00:13:27.679><c> degradation.</c>

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I<00:13:29.919><c> don't</c><00:13:30.019><c> want</c><00:13:30.120><c> to</c><00:13:30.179><c> go</c><00:13:30.279><c> into</c><00:13:30.440><c> those</c><00:13:30.799><c> forces</c><00:13:31.480><c> and</c><00:13:32.059><c> the</c><00:13:32.279><c> dark</c><00:13:32.559><c> side,</c><00:13:33.519><c> particularly</c><00:13:33.519><c> this</c><00:13:34.120><c> morning,</c><00:13:34.539><c> except</c><00:13:34.759><c> just</c><00:13:35.000><c> to</c>

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summarise.<00:13:36.480><c> The</c><00:13:36.740><c> early</c><00:13:36.960><c> chapters</c><00:13:37.240><c> of</c><00:13:37.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:13:37.899><c> give</c><00:13:38.200><c> you</c>

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all<00:13:38.620><c> the</c><00:13:38.919><c> characteristics</c><00:13:39.580><c> that</c><00:13:40.240><c> permeated</c><00:13:41.100><c> the</c><00:13:41.360><c> nation.</c>

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Number<00:13:42.279><c> one,</c><00:13:43.320><c> superficiality</c><00:13:44.340><c> in</c><00:13:44.659><c> spiritual</c><00:13:45.159><c> things.</c><00:13:46.580><c> Number</c><00:13:46.879><c> two,</c>

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mixing<00:13:48.139><c> the</c><00:13:48.399><c> worship</c><00:13:48.720><c> of</c><00:13:48.919><c> God</c><00:13:49.460><c> with</c><00:13:49.919><c> the</c>

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worship<00:13:50.399><c> of</c><00:13:50.779><c> Baal.</c><00:13:51.820><c> That</c><00:13:52.019><c> was</c><00:13:52.340><c> the</c><00:13:52.519><c> road</c><00:13:52.759><c> to</c><00:13:53.019><c> apostasy,</c><00:13:54.480><c> combining</c><00:13:55.320><c> true</c>

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things<00:13:56.539><c> with</c><00:13:57.299><c> false</c><00:13:57.779><c> things</c><00:13:58.440><c> in</c><00:13:59.059><c> the</c>

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hope<00:13:59.259><c> that</c><00:13:59.500><c> somehow</c><00:14:00.320><c> there'd</c><00:14:00.940><c> be</c><00:14:01.059><c> a</c><00:14:01.240><c> balancing</c><00:14:01.740><c> and</c><00:14:02.279><c> if</c><00:14:02.419><c> there</c>

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was<00:14:02.740><c> in</c><00:14:02.860><c> the</c><00:14:03.000><c> end</c><00:14:03.120><c> more</c><00:14:03.419><c> of</c><00:14:03.539><c> the</c><00:14:03.720><c> true</c><00:14:03.899><c> things,</c>

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they<00:14:04.779><c> would</c><00:14:05.039><c> outweigh</c><00:14:05.419><c> the</c><00:14:05.720><c> evil</c><00:14:05.919><c> things.</c><00:14:07.059><c> Not</c><00:14:07.059><c> so.</c><00:14:08.279><c> Compromise</c><00:14:09.059><c> is</c><00:14:09.639><c> always</c><00:14:09.879><c> the</c>

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road<00:14:10.240><c> to</c><00:14:10.480><c> ruin.</c>

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Thirdly,<00:14:13.220><c> they</c><00:14:13.399><c> were</c><00:14:13.639><c> inclined</c><00:14:14.120><c> towards</c><00:14:14.860><c> self</c><00:14:15.379><c>-interest</c><00:14:16.179><c> rather</c><00:14:16.940><c> than</c><00:14:17.139><c> the</c>

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interests<00:14:17.659><c> of</c><00:14:17.899><c> God</c><00:14:18.320><c> and</c><00:14:18.840><c> his</c><00:14:19.080><c> purpose.</c>

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Fourthly,<00:14:21.399><c> they</c><00:14:21.620><c> practised</c><00:14:22.200><c> evil</c><00:14:22.759><c> and</c><00:14:23.659><c> wickedness.</c><00:14:25.179><c> That</c><00:14:25.340><c> was</c><00:14:25.559><c> the</c><00:14:25.740><c> essence</c><00:14:26.000><c> of</c>

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their<00:14:26.440><c> moral</c><00:14:26.720><c> decline.</c>

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Fifthly,<00:14:30.659><c> they</c><00:14:30.720><c> trusted</c><00:14:31.059><c> in</c><00:14:31.399><c> external</c><00:14:32.179><c> visible</c><00:14:32.899><c> things</c><00:14:33.639><c> rather</c><00:14:34.419><c> than</c>

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the<00:14:35.179><c> eternal</c><00:14:35.659><c> invisible</c><00:14:36.399><c> things</c><00:14:37.059><c> of</c><00:14:37.419><c> God's</c>

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word<00:14:38.200><c> and</c><00:14:38.840><c> God's</c><00:14:39.240><c> purpose.</c><00:14:40.500><c> The</c><00:14:40.620><c> first</c><00:14:40.860><c> four</c><00:14:41.100><c> verses</c><00:14:41.460><c> of</c><00:14:41.659><c> chapter</c><00:14:41.960><c> one</c>

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of<00:14:42.820><c> this</c><00:14:43.139><c> prophecy</c><00:14:43.700><c> commence</c><00:14:44.720><c> with</c><00:14:45.460><c> the</c>

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prophet's<00:14:46.039><c> lamentation</c><00:14:46.659><c> over</c><00:14:46.899><c> the</c><00:14:47.080><c> sin</c><00:14:47.200><c> of</c><00:14:47.480><c> Judah.</c><00:14:48.600><c> I'm</c><00:14:48.620><c> not</c>

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going<00:14:48.960><c> to</c><00:14:49.039><c> read</c><00:14:49.259><c> the</c><00:14:49.460><c> verses,</c><00:14:50.159><c> there's</c><00:14:50.360><c> really</c><00:14:50.600><c> no</c>

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time.<00:14:51.559><c> I'll</c><00:14:51.700><c> just</c><00:14:51.840><c> give</c><00:14:51.980><c> you</c><00:14:52.179><c> the</c><00:14:52.340><c> summary</c><00:14:52.639><c> as</c><00:14:52.799><c> we</c><00:14:52.919><c> go</c><00:14:53.120><c> along.</c>

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Habakkuk's<00:14:54.940><c> question,</c><00:14:55.259><c> I</c><00:14:55.460><c> think,</c><00:14:55.740><c> is</c><00:14:55.840><c> as</c><00:14:56.019><c> follows.</c>

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Why<00:14:57.279><c> does</c><00:14:57.600><c> wickedness</c><00:14:58.100><c> abound</c><00:14:59.100><c> in</c><00:14:59.460><c> the</c><00:14:59.580><c> nation</c><00:14:59.820><c> of</c><00:15:00.080><c> God?</c><00:15:01.039><c> Why</c>

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doesn't<00:15:01.500><c> God</c><00:15:01.759><c> put</c><00:15:02.039><c> a</c><00:15:02.179><c> stop</c><00:15:02.340><c> to</c><00:15:02.559><c> it?</c><00:15:03.460><c> Why</c><00:15:03.679><c> is</c><00:15:03.940><c> God</c><00:15:04.220><c> so</c>

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apparently<00:15:05.080><c> indifferent?</c><00:15:06.419><c> Why</c><00:15:06.580><c> is</c><00:15:07.340><c> he</c><00:15:07.639><c> silent</c><00:15:08.340><c> in</c><00:15:08.919><c> the</c><00:15:09.059><c> face</c>

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of<00:15:09.500><c> these</c><00:15:09.700><c> atrocities?</c><00:15:11.379><c> Surely</c><00:15:11.720><c> a</c><00:15:11.899><c> God</c><00:15:12.120><c> who</c><00:15:12.480><c> created</c>

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and<00:15:13.879><c> is</c><00:15:14.179><c> continually</c><00:15:14.740><c> concerned</c><00:15:15.779><c> for</c><00:15:16.340><c> his</c><00:15:16.620><c> creation</c><00:15:17.220><c> and</c><00:15:17.740><c> for</c>

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his<00:15:18.139><c> purpose,</c><00:15:19.519><c> he</c><00:15:19.720><c> would</c><00:15:19.919><c> never</c><00:15:20.299><c> stand</c><00:15:20.679><c> by</c>

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and<00:15:21.779><c> see</c><00:15:22.179><c> such</c><00:15:22.460><c> things</c><00:15:22.820><c> continue.</c><00:15:24.759><c> Violence,</c><00:15:25.659><c> wickedness,</c>

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lawlessness,<00:15:27.480><c> oppression,</c>

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strife,<00:15:29.379><c> contention,</c><00:15:30.460><c> despoiling,</c><00:15:31.639><c> injustice,</c><00:15:32.840><c> the</c><00:15:32.960><c> wicked</c>

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destroying<00:15:33.759><c> the</c><00:15:34.019><c> righteous</c><00:15:34.539><c> on</c><00:15:35.159><c> every</c><00:15:35.460><c> hand.</c>

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God's<00:15:37.379><c> answer</c><00:15:37.919><c> is</c><00:15:38.740><c> in</c><00:15:38.899><c> verse</c><00:15:39.120><c> five.</c><00:15:41.000><c> Behold</c><00:15:41.480><c> ye</c><00:15:41.659><c> among</c><00:15:41.879><c> the</c>

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heathen<00:15:42.860><c> and</c><00:15:43.259><c> regard</c><00:15:43.679><c> and</c><00:15:43.919><c> wonder</c><00:15:44.120><c> marvelously,</c>

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for<00:15:45.860><c> I</c><00:15:46.019><c> will</c><00:15:46.179><c> work</c><00:15:46.399><c> a</c><00:15:46.539><c> work</c><00:15:46.679><c> in</c><00:15:46.879><c> your</c><00:15:47.179><c> days</c><00:15:47.600><c> which</c><00:15:47.820><c> ye</c><00:15:48.019><c> will</c><00:15:48.159><c> not</c>

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believe,<00:15:49.440><c> though</c><00:15:49.519><c> it</c><00:15:49.679><c> be</c><00:15:49.860><c> told</c><00:15:50.139><c> you.</c>

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For<00:15:51.840><c> lo,</c><00:15:52.179><c> I</c><00:15:52.340><c> raise</c><00:15:52.500><c> up</c><00:15:52.700><c> the</c><00:15:52.940><c> Chaldeans,</c><00:15:53.460><c> that</c><00:15:53.700><c> bitter</c><00:15:54.019><c> and</c><00:15:54.259><c> hasty</c><00:15:54.659><c> nation</c><00:15:55.139><c> which</c><00:15:55.840><c> shall</c><00:15:56.059><c> march</c><00:15:56.379><c> through</c><00:15:56.639><c> the</c><00:15:56.799><c> breadth</c>

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of<00:15:57.200><c> the</c><00:15:57.360><c> land</c><00:15:57.820><c> to</c><00:15:59.159><c> possess</c><00:15:59.519><c> the</c><00:15:59.759><c> dwelling</c><00:15:59.980><c> places</c><00:16:00.620><c> that</c><00:16:01.039><c> are</c>

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not<00:16:01.559><c> theirs.</c><00:16:01.860><c> They</c><00:16:02.039><c> are</c><00:16:02.340><c> terrible</c><00:16:02.720><c> and</c><00:16:02.980><c> dreadful.</c>

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Their<00:16:04.220><c> judgment</c><00:16:04.539><c> and</c><00:16:04.820><c> their</c><00:16:05.039><c> dignity</c><00:16:05.580><c> shall</c><00:16:06.139><c> proceed</c><00:16:06.659><c> of</c><00:16:06.860><c> themselves.</c><00:16:07.700><c> And</c>

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so<00:16:08.440><c> continuing</c><00:16:08.820><c> up</c><00:16:09.019><c> to</c><00:16:09.159><c> verse</c><00:16:09.399><c> 11,</c>

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we<00:16:10.419><c> have</c><00:16:10.600><c> the</c><00:16:10.779><c> answer</c><00:16:11.059><c> of</c><00:16:11.320><c> God,</c><00:16:12.320><c> the</c><00:16:12.580><c> judgments</c><00:16:13.080><c> that</c><00:16:13.779><c> he</c><00:16:13.960><c> is</c>

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to<00:16:14.320><c> visit</c><00:16:14.899><c> upon</c><00:16:15.559><c> his</c><00:16:15.840><c> chosen</c><00:16:16.200><c> people.</c>

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Of<00:16:17.559><c> course,</c><00:16:18.600><c> this</c><00:16:18.639><c> immediately</c><00:16:19.559><c> poses</c><00:16:20.080><c> the</c><00:16:20.360><c> second</c><00:16:20.759><c> question.</c><00:16:22.159><c> Why</c><00:16:22.360><c> should</c><00:16:22.659><c> a</c><00:16:22.899><c> heathen</c><00:16:23.259><c> nation</c><00:16:23.840><c> be</c><00:16:24.500><c> permitted</c>

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to<00:16:25.860><c> triumph</c><00:16:26.419><c> over</c><00:16:27.379><c> God's</c><00:16:28.000><c> chosen</c><00:16:28.179><c> people,</c><00:16:29.139><c> like</c><00:16:29.360><c> a</c><00:16:29.539><c> fisherman</c>

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gathering<00:16:30.759><c> up</c><00:16:31.019><c> the</c><00:16:31.220><c> nations</c><00:16:31.899><c> in</c><00:16:32.299><c> a</c><00:16:32.419><c> net</c>

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and<00:16:33.559><c> taking</c><00:16:33.799><c> them</c><00:16:34.000><c> away</c><00:16:34.580><c> for</c><00:16:35.279><c> destruction?</c><00:16:37.679><c> And</c><00:16:37.759><c> the</c><00:16:37.820><c> word</c><00:16:37.960><c> of</c>

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God<00:16:38.360><c> gives</c><00:16:38.639><c> two</c><00:16:38.840><c> answers</c><00:16:39.340><c> to</c><00:16:39.600><c> this</c><00:16:39.860><c> question.</c>

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Judgment<00:16:41.940><c> is</c><00:16:42.440><c> always</c><00:16:43.059><c> a</c><00:16:43.460><c> corrective</c><00:16:44.039><c> to</c><00:16:44.559><c> God's</c><00:16:44.980><c> people.</c><00:16:46.460><c> Whatever</c><00:16:46.779><c> agent</c><00:16:47.399><c> is</c>

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chosen<00:16:48.360><c> for</c><00:16:49.019><c> that</c><00:16:49.500><c> correction,</c>

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that's<00:16:50.240><c> the</c><00:16:50.440><c> primary</c><00:16:50.759><c> point.</c><00:16:52.419><c> The</c><00:16:52.620><c> judgment</c><00:16:52.980><c> that</c><00:16:53.159><c> is</c><00:16:53.299><c> to</c><00:16:53.440><c> be</c>

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visited<00:16:53.779><c> upon</c><00:16:54.100><c> the</c><00:16:54.299><c> people,</c>

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not<00:16:55.779><c> the</c><00:16:56.200><c> moral</c><00:16:56.559><c> character</c><00:16:57.220><c> or</c><00:16:57.799><c> attitude</c><00:16:58.220><c> or</c><00:16:58.480><c> history</c><00:16:59.139><c> or</c><00:16:59.700><c> prospect</c><00:17:00.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:00.860><c> nation</c><00:17:01.139><c> that</c><00:17:01.299><c> is</c><00:17:01.559><c> used</c><00:17:02.080><c> for</c><00:17:02.659><c> that</c>

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judgment.<00:17:04.759><c> Secondly,</c><00:17:06.519><c> there</c><00:17:06.599><c> is</c><00:17:06.740><c> the</c><00:17:06.920><c> reminder</c><00:17:07.240><c> that</c><00:17:07.460><c> the</c><00:17:07.680><c> Babylonians</c><00:17:08.480><c> themselves</c><00:17:09.460><c> will</c><00:17:10.000><c> only</c><00:17:10.339><c> prosper</c><00:17:10.660><c> for</c><00:17:10.940><c> a</c>

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time.<00:17:12.539><c> When</c><00:17:12.680><c> they</c><00:17:12.960><c> begin</c><00:17:13.240><c> to</c><00:17:13.599><c> impute</c><00:17:14.539><c> their</c><00:17:15.380><c> success</c><00:17:16.220><c> to</c><00:17:16.619><c> their</c><00:17:16.900><c> own</c>

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gods,<00:17:18.359><c> they</c><00:17:18.680><c> too</c><00:17:19.279><c> will</c><00:17:19.920><c> be</c><00:17:20.180><c> judged.</c><00:17:20.859><c> Verse</c><00:17:21.140><c> 11,</c>

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then<00:17:22.359><c> shall</c><00:17:22.619><c> his</c><00:17:22.859><c> mind</c><00:17:23.200><c> change</c><00:17:24.000><c> and</c><00:17:24.579><c> he</c><00:17:24.759><c> shall</c><00:17:24.900><c> pass</c><00:17:25.279><c> over</c><00:17:25.599><c> and</c>

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offend<00:17:26.980><c> imputing</c><00:17:28.059><c> this</c><00:17:28.859><c> his</c><00:17:29.259><c> power</c><00:17:30.339><c> unto</c><00:17:31.079><c> his</c><00:17:32.099><c> God.</c>

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So<00:17:34.559><c> they</c><00:17:34.859><c> too</c><00:17:35.619><c> will</c><00:17:35.960><c> receive</c><00:17:36.259><c> the</c><00:17:36.460><c> judgments</c><00:17:36.740><c> of</c><00:17:37.079><c> God</c><00:17:37.500><c> in</c><00:17:38.059><c> due</c>

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course.<00:17:39.579><c> I</c><00:17:39.720><c> think</c><00:17:39.839><c> there's</c><00:17:39.960><c> a</c><00:17:40.059><c> very</c><00:17:40.259><c> interesting</c>

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set<00:17:41.420><c> of</c><00:17:41.680><c> questions</c><00:17:42.160><c> that</c><00:17:42.380><c> comes</c><00:17:42.599><c> out</c><00:17:42.859><c> of</c><00:17:43.019><c> this</c><00:17:43.619><c> historical</c>

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incident<00:17:44.579><c> here.</c><00:17:45.039><c> There</c><00:17:45.200><c> are</c><00:17:45.420><c> two</c>

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general<00:17:46.839><c> questions</c><00:17:47.319><c> which</c><00:17:47.559><c> in</c><00:17:47.740><c> a</c><00:17:47.839><c> sense</c><00:17:48.059><c> are</c><00:17:48.440><c> perpetual</c><00:17:49.059><c> and</c>

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always<00:17:50.000><c> relevant</c><00:17:50.440><c> for</c><00:17:50.680><c> our</c><00:17:50.940><c> consideration.</c>

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The<00:17:52.339><c> first</c><00:17:52.619><c> question</c><00:17:53.039><c> is,</c><00:17:54.019><c> why</c><00:17:54.279><c> is</c><00:17:54.700><c> God</c><00:17:55.400><c> sometimes</c><00:17:56.799><c> apparently</c><00:17:57.420><c> silent</c><00:17:58.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:59.000><c> face</c><00:17:59.200><c> of</c><00:17:59.519><c> gross</c><00:17:59.759><c> evil?</c>

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The<00:18:02.440><c> evil</c><00:18:02.539><c> and</c><00:18:02.700><c> wickedness</c><00:18:03.019><c> in</c><00:18:03.200><c> our</c><00:18:03.460><c> world,</c><00:18:05.160><c> God</c><00:18:05.400><c> does</c><00:18:05.660><c> not</c><00:18:05.839><c> speak,</c><00:18:06.980><c> God</c><00:18:07.180><c> does</c><00:18:07.460><c> not</c><00:18:07.640><c> judge</c><00:18:08.299><c> except</c><00:18:09.319><c> as</c>

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it<00:18:09.660><c> were</c>

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through<00:18:10.119><c> his</c><00:18:10.420><c> word.</c><00:18:12.220><c> Why</c><00:18:12.440><c> does</c><00:18:13.400><c> this</c><00:18:13.680><c> evil</c><00:18:14.119><c> and</c><00:18:14.519><c> wickedness</c>

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continue<00:18:15.960><c> day</c><00:18:16.220><c> by</c><00:18:16.519><c> day</c><00:18:17.299><c> getting</c><00:18:17.960><c> worse</c><00:18:18.559><c> and</c><00:18:19.400><c> worse?</c>

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The<00:18:21.019><c> second</c><00:18:21.420><c> general</c><00:18:21.799><c> question,</c><00:18:22.819><c> why</c><00:18:23.039><c> is</c><00:18:23.299><c> judgment</c><00:18:23.599><c> sometimes</c><00:18:24.140><c> at</c><00:18:24.319><c> the</c>

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hands<00:18:25.019><c> of</c><00:18:25.519><c> someone</c><00:18:25.839><c> more</c><00:18:26.220><c> wicked</c>

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than<00:18:27.400><c> the</c><00:18:27.599><c> one</c><00:18:27.880><c> who</c><00:18:28.059><c> is</c><00:18:28.259><c> being</c><00:18:28.599><c> judged?</c><00:18:31.380><c> Chapter</c><00:18:31.619><c> two</c><00:18:32.799><c> gives</c>

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us<00:18:34.019><c> the</c><00:18:34.200><c> two</c><00:18:34.420><c>-fold</c><00:18:34.640><c> answer.</c><00:18:35.980><c> I'm</c><00:18:36.019><c> not</c><00:18:36.200><c> going</c><00:18:36.299><c> to</c>

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go<00:18:36.500><c> through</c><00:18:36.640><c> the</c><00:18:36.799><c> verses,</c><00:18:37.240><c> I'll</c><00:18:37.400><c> just</c><00:18:37.599><c> summarize</c><00:18:38.119><c> the</c><00:18:38.400><c> answer.</c><00:18:40.839><c> Answer</c>

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number<00:18:41.559><c> one</c><00:18:41.799><c> is</c><00:18:42.039><c> that</c><00:18:42.299><c> time</c>

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settles<00:18:43.859><c> the</c><00:18:44.140><c> issue</c><00:18:44.779><c> of</c><00:18:45.619><c> acceptability</c><00:18:46.440><c> before</c><00:18:46.960><c> God</c><00:18:47.440><c> or</c><00:18:47.819><c> not.</c>

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reveals<00:18:52.579><c> the</c><00:18:52.920><c> quality</c><00:18:53.480><c> of</c><00:18:54.140><c> a</c><00:18:54.259><c> man's</c><00:18:54.759><c> trust</c><00:18:55.160><c> and</c><00:18:55.660><c> obedience</c><00:18:56.339><c> before</c><00:18:57.160><c> God</c><00:18:57.720><c> and</c><00:18:58.279><c> in</c>

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a<00:18:58.559><c> sense</c><00:18:58.819><c> that's</c><00:18:59.200><c> where</c>

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our<00:19:00.460><c> verse,</c><00:19:01.420><c> our</c><00:19:01.680><c> golden</c><00:19:02.140><c> principle,</c><00:19:03.240><c> our</c><00:19:03.400><c> golden</c><00:19:03.880><c> thread</c>

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connects<00:19:05.140><c> with</c><00:19:05.400><c> this</c><00:19:05.640><c> historical</c><00:19:06.039><c> situation.</c>

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The<00:19:07.460><c> just</c><00:19:07.980><c> shall</c><00:19:08.819><c> live</c><00:19:09.140><c> by</c><00:19:09.480><c> faith,</c><00:19:10.700><c> the</c><00:19:10.900><c> just</c><00:19:11.480><c> shall</c><00:19:12.200><c> live</c><00:19:12.480><c> by</c>

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his<00:19:13.240><c> faith.</c>

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There's<00:19:15.559><c> an</c><00:19:15.700><c> element</c><00:19:15.880><c> of</c><00:19:16.160><c> time</c><00:19:16.640><c> in</c><00:19:17.279><c> that</c><00:19:17.539><c> verse.</c><00:19:18.819><c> A</c><00:19:18.920><c> man</c><00:19:19.039><c> is</c><00:19:19.259><c> not</c><00:19:19.480><c> justified</c><00:19:20.000><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:20.299><c> moment</c><00:19:20.579><c> of</c><00:19:20.900><c> time</c><00:19:21.460><c> by</c><00:19:22.299><c> some</c><00:19:22.539><c> magical</c>

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commitment<00:19:23.740><c> or</c><00:19:24.240><c> some</c><00:19:24.500><c> mysterious</c><00:19:25.140><c> deed,</c><00:19:26.299><c> he</c><00:19:26.539><c> is</c><00:19:26.759><c> justified</c>

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by<00:19:28.019><c> revealing</c><00:19:28.539><c> in</c><00:19:29.279><c> time</c><00:19:30.039><c> the</c><00:19:30.400><c> true</c><00:19:30.660><c> character</c><00:19:31.319><c> and</c>

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quality<00:19:32.339><c> of</c><00:19:33.059><c> his</c><00:19:33.400><c> faith.</c><00:19:34.140><c> As</c><00:19:34.279><c> one</c><00:19:34.460><c> brother</c><00:19:34.680><c> as</c><00:19:34.839><c> well</c><00:19:35.019><c> said,</c><00:19:35.880><c> a</c>

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crisis<00:19:36.660><c> doesn't</c><00:19:37.279><c> make</c><00:19:37.619><c> a</c><00:19:37.799><c> man,</c><00:19:38.599><c> it</c><00:19:38.779><c> reveals</c><00:19:39.220><c> a</c><00:19:39.480><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:19:40.180><c> the</c><00:19:40.319><c> point,</c><00:19:40.640><c> isn't</c><00:19:40.779><c> it?</c><00:19:41.640><c> The</c><00:19:41.900><c> inner</c><00:19:42.140><c> state</c><00:19:42.359><c> of</c><00:19:42.640><c> mind</c>

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and<00:19:43.220><c> heart</c><00:19:43.799><c> that</c><00:19:44.279><c> is</c><00:19:44.460><c> as</c><00:19:44.519><c> it</c><00:19:44.779><c> were</c><00:19:45.259><c> committed</c><00:19:45.839><c> or</c>

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not<00:19:47.440><c> committed</c><00:19:47.799><c> to</c><00:19:48.019><c> God</c><00:19:48.259><c> over</c><00:19:48.680><c> the</c><00:19:48.859><c> process</c><00:19:49.160><c> of</c><00:19:49.420><c> time</c><00:19:49.960><c> is</c><00:19:51.559><c> here</c>

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and<00:19:52.240><c> there</c><00:19:52.460><c> truly</c><00:19:52.839><c> revealed</c><00:19:53.400><c> for</c><00:19:53.579><c> what</c><00:19:53.740><c> it</c><00:19:54.039><c> is</c>

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in<00:19:55.019><c> the</c><00:19:55.259><c> circumstances</c><00:19:55.920><c> in</c><00:19:56.200><c> our</c><00:19:56.380><c> lives,</c><00:19:57.220><c> whether</c><00:19:57.460><c> they</c><00:19:57.680><c> be</c><00:19:57.920><c> great</c><00:19:58.339><c> or</c>

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whether<00:19:59.039><c> they</c><00:19:59.279><c> be</c><00:19:59.559><c> small.</c><00:20:00.180><c> So</c><00:20:00.460><c> time</c>

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settles<00:20:02.180><c> the</c><00:20:02.460><c> issue</c><00:20:02.920><c> of</c><00:20:03.880><c> acceptability</c><00:20:04.619><c> or</c><00:20:05.119><c> not</c><00:20:05.420><c> before</c><00:20:05.880><c> God.</c>

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is<00:20:10.160><c> that</c><00:20:10.720><c> the</c><00:20:10.960><c> promise</c><00:20:11.220><c> of</c><00:20:11.480><c> God</c><00:20:11.880><c> is</c><00:20:12.299><c> that</c><00:20:12.500><c> ultimately</c><00:20:13.319><c> the</c><00:20:13.920><c> forces</c><00:20:14.240><c> of</c>

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wickedness<00:20:14.920><c> will</c><00:20:15.099><c> be</c><00:20:15.339><c> destroyed</c>

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good<00:21:17.000><c> through</c><00:21:17.240><c> the</c><00:21:17.380><c> Lord</c><00:21:17.559><c> Jesus</c><00:21:17.960><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:23:26.339><c> God.</c><00:23:27.059><c> The</c><00:23:27.160><c> one</c><00:23:27.299><c> is</c><00:23:27.500><c> darkness</c><00:23:28.099><c> and</c><00:23:28.420><c> degradation</c>

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stability<00:23:52.299><c> that</c><00:23:53.759><c> whole</c><00:23:54.259><c>-hearted</c><00:23:54.960><c> commitment</c>

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That<00:24:12.460><c> is</c><00:24:12.740><c> the</c><00:24:13.859><c> issue</c><00:24:14.299><c> that</c><00:24:14.500><c> is</c><00:24:14.700><c> before</c><00:24:15.039><c> us</c><00:24:15.779><c> in</c><00:24:16.119><c> the</c><00:24:16.299><c> life</c><00:24:16.500><c> of</c><00:24:16.799><c> faith.</c><00:24:18.799><c> But</c><00:24:18.920><c> so</c>

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much<00:24:19.319><c> for</c><00:24:19.640><c> the</c><00:24:19.819><c> prophet</c><00:24:20.200><c> on</c><00:24:20.559><c> the</c><00:24:20.819><c> tower.</c>

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That<00:24:22.380><c> prophet</c><00:24:22.599><c> of</c><00:24:22.779><c> course</c><00:24:23.180><c> who</c><00:24:23.380><c> had</c><00:24:23.519><c> as</c><00:24:23.599><c> it</c><00:24:23.839><c> were</c><00:24:24.599><c> that</c><00:24:25.460><c> eye</c><00:24:25.680><c> of</c>

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vision<00:24:26.380><c> that</c><00:24:26.599><c> could</c><00:24:26.759><c> look</c><00:24:27.059><c> forward</c><00:24:27.619><c> and</c><00:24:28.039><c> onward</c>

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to<00:24:28.680><c> the</c><00:24:28.819><c> future</c><00:24:29.279><c> in</c><00:24:30.140><c> faith</c><00:24:30.559><c> to</c><00:24:31.220><c> the</c><00:24:31.440><c> outworking</c><00:24:31.839><c> of</c><00:24:32.039><c> the</c><00:24:32.140><c> purpose</c><00:24:32.440><c> of</c><00:24:32.720><c> God.</c><00:24:33.059><c> It's</c><00:24:33.200><c> almost</c><00:24:33.460><c> as</c>

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if<00:24:34.119><c> he's</c><00:24:34.380><c> looking</c>

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to<00:24:35.019><c> the</c><00:24:35.180><c> horizon.</c><00:24:37.160><c> He's</c><00:24:37.720><c> got</c><00:24:37.859><c> that</c><00:24:38.019><c> element</c><00:24:38.279><c> of</c><00:24:38.599><c> time</c><00:24:38.960><c> in</c><00:24:39.160><c> his</c>

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thinking<00:24:39.859><c> that</c><00:24:40.359><c> time</c><00:24:40.700><c> doesn't</c><00:24:40.960><c> really</c><00:24:41.240><c> matter.</c>

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If<00:24:42.839><c> God</c><00:24:43.019><c> has</c><00:24:43.279><c> given</c><00:24:43.460><c> his</c><00:24:43.759><c> word</c><00:24:44.279><c> it</c><00:24:44.960><c> will</c><00:24:45.240><c> surely</c><00:24:45.539><c> come</c><00:24:45.819><c> to</c><00:24:46.059><c> pass</c>

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and<00:24:47.059><c> that's</c><00:24:47.339><c> an</c><00:24:47.480><c> excitation</c><00:24:47.920><c> for</c><00:24:48.140><c> us</c><00:24:48.380><c> isn't</c><00:24:48.619><c> it.</c>

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Whatever<00:24:50.519><c> circumstances</c><00:24:51.259><c> we</c><00:24:51.539><c> may</c><00:24:51.680><c> find</c><00:24:51.980><c> in</c><00:24:52.220><c> our</c><00:24:52.440><c> lives</c><00:24:53.000><c> whether</c><00:24:53.700><c> they</c>

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be<00:24:54.140><c> hard</c><00:24:54.799><c> or</c><00:24:55.279><c> whether</c><00:24:55.380><c> they</c><00:24:55.599><c> be</c><00:24:55.859><c> easy</c>

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we<00:24:56.920><c> must</c><00:24:57.259><c> hold</c><00:24:57.619><c> fast.</c><00:24:58.720><c> We</c><00:24:58.779><c> must</c><00:24:59.000><c> have</c><00:24:59.220><c> that</c><00:24:59.619><c> steadfastness,</c>

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that<00:25:01.279><c> stability</c><00:25:01.980><c> of</c><00:25:02.819><c> faith</c><00:25:03.279><c> that</c><00:25:04.140><c> wavers</c><00:25:04.480><c> not.</c>

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Let's<00:25:07.579><c> move</c><00:25:07.819><c> on</c><00:25:08.019><c> now</c><00:25:08.200><c> to</c><00:25:08.420><c> the</c><00:25:08.619><c> application</c><00:25:09.279><c> of</c><00:25:09.759><c> this</c><00:25:10.279><c> golden</c>

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principle<00:25:11.779><c> in</c><00:25:12.700><c> the</c><00:25:12.819><c> New</c><00:25:13.000><c> Testament.</c>

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Let's<00:25:15.660><c> go</c><00:25:15.839><c> back</c><00:25:16.019><c> first</c><00:25:16.279><c> of</c><00:25:16.480><c> all</c><00:25:16.660><c> to</c><00:25:17.119><c> Galatians</c><00:25:17.640><c> 3</c><00:25:18.259><c> and</c><00:25:19.079><c> verse</c><00:25:19.359><c> 11.</c>

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In<00:25:37.480><c> a</c><00:25:37.660><c> sense</c><00:25:37.859><c> it</c><00:25:37.960><c> seems</c><00:25:38.240><c> to</c><00:25:38.319><c> me</c><00:25:38.500><c> that</c><00:25:38.759><c> here</c><00:25:39.819><c> the</c><00:25:41.619><c> passage</c><00:25:41.940><c> in</c><00:25:42.240><c> Habakkuk</c><00:25:42.640><c> is</c>

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lifted<00:25:43.859><c> out</c><00:25:44.160><c> of</c><00:25:44.299><c> its</c><00:25:44.460><c> political</c><00:25:44.940><c> context</c>

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and<00:25:46.299><c> used</c><00:25:46.480><c> to</c><00:25:46.839><c> summarize</c><00:25:47.279><c> this</c><00:25:47.599><c> fundamental</c><00:25:48.140><c> principle</c><00:25:48.839><c> of</c>

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faith<00:25:49.819><c> and</c><00:25:50.460><c> trust</c><00:25:50.900><c> in</c><00:25:51.440><c> God.</c><00:25:52.839><c> We</c><00:25:53.019><c> are</c><00:25:53.119><c> to</c><00:25:53.259><c> trust</c>

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not<00:25:54.319><c> in</c><00:25:54.500><c> the</c><00:25:54.720><c> flesh</c><00:25:55.079><c> or</c><00:25:55.700><c> in</c><00:25:55.839><c> the</c><00:25:56.099><c> works</c><00:25:56.240><c> of</c><00:25:56.240><c> God</c><00:25:56.240><c> but</c><00:25:56.240><c> in</c><00:25:56.240><c> the</c><00:25:56.240><c> work</c><00:25:56.240><c> of</c>

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God.<00:25:56.240><c> We</c><00:25:56.240><c> are</c><00:25:56.240><c> to</c><00:25:56.240><c> trust</c><00:25:56.240><c> not</c><00:25:56.240><c> in</c><00:25:56.240><c> the</c><00:25:56.240><c> flesh</c>

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of<00:25:56.420><c> the</c><00:25:56.720><c> flesh</c><00:25:57.240><c> but</c><00:25:57.960><c> in</c><00:25:58.279><c> God</c><00:25:58.940><c> who</c><00:25:59.559><c> faithfully</c><00:26:00.140><c> gives</c><00:26:00.920><c> his</c><00:26:01.460><c> word.</c><00:26:03.319><c> Faith</c><00:26:03.839><c> is</c>

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that<00:26:04.640><c> central</c><00:26:05.000><c> principle</c>

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which<00:26:06.359><c> both</c><00:26:06.779><c> Jew</c><00:26:07.220><c> and</c><00:26:07.920><c> Greek</c><00:26:08.200><c> alike</c><00:26:08.980><c> may</c><00:26:09.539><c> be</c><00:26:09.720><c> able</c><00:26:09.880><c> to</c><00:26:10.119><c> manifest</c><00:26:10.859><c> before</c>

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God.<00:26:12.380><c> Chapter</c><00:26:12.619><c> 3</c>

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and<00:26:14.640><c> verse</c><00:26:15.420><c> 28.</c><00:26:16.779><c> There</c><00:26:16.779><c> is</c><00:26:16.960><c> neither</c><00:26:17.200><c> Jew</c><00:26:17.599><c> nor</c><00:26:17.880><c> Greek.</c><00:26:18.720><c> There</c>

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is<00:26:19.039><c> neither</c><00:26:19.299><c> bond</c><00:26:19.579><c> nor</c><00:26:19.940><c> free.</c><00:26:20.759><c> There</c><00:26:20.880><c> is</c><00:26:26.200><c> neither</c>

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this<00:26:27.599><c> righteousness</c><00:26:28.420><c> by</c><00:26:28.920><c> faith,</c><00:26:29.779><c> this</c><00:26:30.000><c> justification</c><00:26:30.640><c> through</c><00:26:30.960><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:26:31.299><c> Jesus</c><00:26:31.660><c> Christ</c><00:26:32.220><c> which</c><00:26:32.619><c> is</c><00:26:32.839><c> able</c><00:26:33.140><c> to</c>

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unite<00:26:34.180><c> both</c><00:26:34.779><c> Jew</c><00:26:35.059><c> and</c><00:26:35.619><c> non</c><00:26:36.019><c>-Jew</c><00:26:36.700><c> on</c><00:26:37.059><c> an</c><00:26:37.339><c> equal</c><00:26:37.740><c> basis</c><00:26:38.380><c> before</c>

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God.<00:26:41.299><c> The</c><00:26:41.440><c> Lord</c><00:26:41.579><c> Jesus</c><00:26:41.980><c> Christ</c><00:26:42.319><c> that</c><00:26:42.460><c> we've</c>

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already<00:26:42.920><c> seen</c><00:26:43.200><c> in</c><00:26:43.400><c> chapter</c><00:26:43.619><c> 3</c><00:26:43.880><c> and</c><00:26:44.039><c> verse</c><00:26:44.319><c> 1</c><00:26:45.099><c> has</c><00:26:45.740><c> been</c><00:26:46.299><c> evidently</c><00:26:47.559><c> set</c>

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forth,<00:26:49.099><c> openly</c><00:26:50.039><c> placarded,</c><00:26:51.779><c> clear</c><00:26:52.000><c> for</c>

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all<00:26:52.359><c> to</c><00:26:52.599><c> see.</c><00:26:52.799><c> Perhaps</c><00:26:53.019><c> there's</c><00:26:53.200><c> an</c><00:26:53.380><c> allusion</c><00:26:53.660><c> there</c><00:26:54.339><c> to</c><00:26:54.559><c> verse</c><00:26:54.839><c> 2</c><00:26:55.099><c> of</c>

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Habakkuk<00:26:55.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:55.839><c> 2.</c><00:26:56.940><c> Make</c><00:26:57.119><c> the</c><00:26:57.359><c> vision</c>

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plain<00:26:58.339><c> that</c><00:26:59.339><c> even</c><00:26:59.759><c> he</c><00:27:00.160><c> that</c><00:27:00.380><c> runneth</c><00:27:00.859><c> may</c><00:27:01.319><c> read</c><00:27:01.619><c> it.</c><00:27:03.180><c> The</c><00:27:03.339><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:27:03.880><c> Christ</c><00:27:04.180><c> similarly</c><00:27:04.920><c> has</c><00:27:05.619><c> been</c><00:27:06.519><c> evidently</c>

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set<00:27:07.400><c> forth,</c><00:27:08.059><c> openly</c><00:27:08.579><c> placarded,</c><00:27:09.980><c> so</c><00:27:10.099><c> that</c><00:27:10.259><c> even</c><00:27:10.460><c> the</c><00:27:10.579><c> man</c><00:27:10.700><c> in</c>

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a<00:27:11.019><c> hurry</c><00:27:11.640><c> cannot</c><00:27:12.400><c> mistake</c><00:27:12.920><c> the</c><00:27:13.119><c> message</c><00:27:13.380><c> of</c><00:27:13.640><c> God</c>

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that<00:27:14.460><c> has</c><00:27:14.759><c> been</c><00:27:15.059><c> given</c><00:27:15.660><c> through</c><00:27:16.279><c> the</c><00:27:16.480><c> Lord</c><00:27:16.680><c> Jesus</c><00:27:17.140><c> Christ.</c><00:27:18.400><c> There</c><00:27:18.460><c> is</c>

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no<00:27:19.380><c> excuse</c><00:27:20.319><c> that</c><00:27:21.380><c> the</c><00:27:21.660><c> message</c><00:27:21.980><c> has</c><00:27:22.279><c> not</c><00:27:22.519><c> been</c>

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made<00:27:23.180><c> plain.</c><00:27:24.779><c> God's</c><00:27:25.180><c> word</c><00:27:25.839><c> is</c><00:27:26.799><c> clearly</c><00:27:27.079><c> revealed.</c><00:27:28.680><c> God</c><00:27:28.920><c> is</c><00:27:29.240><c> his</c><00:27:29.500><c> own</c><00:27:29.880><c> interpreter</c><00:27:30.460><c> and</c><00:27:31.940><c> he</c>

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has<00:27:32.559><c> made</c><00:27:32.799><c> it</c><00:27:33.160><c> plain</c>

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through<00:27:34.660><c> the</c><00:27:34.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:35.019><c> Jesus</c><00:27:35.500><c> Christ.</c><00:27:37.039><c> But</c><00:27:37.220><c> of</c><00:27:37.319><c> course</c><00:27:37.420><c> there</c><00:27:37.599><c> are</c><00:27:37.740><c> other</c><00:27:37.920><c> things</c><00:27:38.240><c> in</c>

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our<00:27:38.720><c> discipleship</c>

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and<00:27:40.579><c> the</c><00:27:40.720><c> reasons</c><00:27:41.160><c> for</c><00:27:41.539><c> them,</c><00:27:42.299><c> the</c><00:27:42.420><c> things</c><00:27:42.599><c> that</c><00:27:42.839><c> come</c><00:27:43.000><c> to</c><00:27:43.180><c> us,</c>

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the<00:27:43.660><c> trials</c><00:27:43.960><c> and</c><00:27:44.140><c> the</c><00:27:44.359><c> tribulations</c><00:27:44.980><c> and</c><00:27:45.240><c> the</c>

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sufferings.<00:27:46.700><c> We</c><00:27:46.819><c> don't</c><00:27:47.039><c> always</c><00:27:47.240><c> know</c><00:27:47.440><c> the</c><00:27:47.599><c> reasons</c><00:27:47.980><c> for</c><00:27:48.299><c> them</c>

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do<00:27:48.660><c> we?</c><00:27:49.579><c> And</c><00:27:49.779><c> we</c><00:27:50.000><c> search</c><00:27:50.259><c> for</c><00:27:50.599><c> them.</c><00:27:51.440><c> We</c><00:27:51.559><c> ask</c><00:27:51.839><c> God</c><00:27:52.119><c> to</c>

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give<00:27:52.380><c> us</c><00:27:52.579><c> a</c><00:27:52.779><c> reason</c><00:27:53.059><c> to</c><00:27:53.640><c> help</c><00:27:53.880><c> us</c><00:27:54.759><c> and</c><00:27:55.119><c> God</c><00:27:55.319><c> is</c><00:27:55.559><c> silent</c><00:27:56.099><c> and</c><00:27:57.299><c> that's</c><00:27:57.579><c> the</c>

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test<00:27:57.859><c> of</c><00:27:58.079><c> our</c><00:27:58.279><c> faith.</c><00:28:00.039><c> And</c><00:28:00.140><c> the</c><00:28:00.220><c> challenge</c>

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for<00:28:00.720><c> us</c><00:28:00.900><c> is</c><00:28:01.039><c> that</c><00:28:01.180><c> we</c><00:28:01.400><c> may</c><00:28:01.619><c> continue</c><00:28:02.180><c> to</c><00:28:02.400><c> trust</c><00:28:02.640><c> in</c><00:28:02.960><c> him</c><00:28:03.480><c> knowing</c><00:28:04.119><c> that</c>

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at<00:28:04.480><c> the</c><00:28:04.660><c> appointed</c><00:28:04.980><c> time,</c><00:28:05.559><c> even</c><00:28:05.700><c> if</c><00:28:05.880><c> that</c>

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is<00:28:06.200><c> at</c><00:28:06.339><c> the</c><00:28:06.460><c> return</c><00:28:06.740><c> of</c><00:28:06.920><c> the</c><00:28:07.000><c> Lord</c><00:28:07.200><c> Jesus</c><00:28:07.599><c> Christ,</c><00:28:08.680><c> the</c><00:28:08.839><c> reasons</c><00:28:09.400><c> will</c>

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be<00:28:10.359><c> made</c><00:28:10.619><c> clear</c><00:28:11.259><c> to</c><00:28:11.940><c> us.</c><00:28:14.059><c> The</c><00:28:14.200><c> words</c><00:28:14.460><c> of</c>

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hymn<00:28:14.880><c> 92</c><00:28:15.420><c> I</c><00:28:15.640><c> think</c><00:28:16.019><c> capture</c><00:28:17.180><c> some</c><00:28:17.519><c> of</c><00:28:17.779><c> the</c><00:28:18.480><c> elements</c><00:28:18.980><c> of</c><00:28:19.319><c> this</c>

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thinking<00:28:20.279><c> and</c><00:28:21.400><c> the</c><00:28:21.680><c> problems</c><00:28:21.980><c> and</c><00:28:22.279><c> difficulties</c>

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that<00:28:23.319><c> come</c><00:28:23.480><c> to</c><00:28:23.759><c> us.</c><00:28:24.420><c> God</c><00:28:24.660><c> moves</c><00:28:25.059><c> in</c><00:28:25.220><c> a</c><00:28:25.339><c> mysterious</c><00:28:25.900><c> way</c><00:28:26.759><c> his</c><00:28:27.259><c> wonders</c><00:28:27.759><c> to</c>

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perform<00:28:29.000><c> written</c><00:28:29.480><c> by</c><00:28:30.119><c> William</c><00:28:30.539><c> Cowper.</c>

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I<00:28:31.859><c> understand</c><00:28:32.299><c> the</c><00:28:32.440><c> brother</c><00:28:32.980><c> told</c><00:28:33.160><c> me</c><00:28:33.319><c> in</c><00:28:33.400><c> England</c><00:28:33.680><c> that</c><00:28:35.140><c> William</c><00:28:35.480><c> Cowper</c><00:28:35.680><c> was</c>

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a<00:28:36.039><c> completely</c><00:28:36.259><c> different</c>

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person<00:28:37.400><c> to</c><00:28:37.819><c> the</c><00:28:37.960><c> kind</c><00:28:38.119><c> of</c><00:28:38.319><c> person</c><00:28:38.539><c> you</c><00:28:38.640><c> would</c><00:28:38.779><c> have</c><00:28:38.960><c> thought</c>

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who<00:28:40.039><c> would</c><00:28:40.180><c> have</c><00:28:40.319><c> written</c><00:28:40.440><c> those</c><00:28:40.799><c> words,</c>

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someone<00:28:41.519><c> who</c><00:28:41.700><c> would</c><00:28:41.940><c> be</c><00:28:42.640><c> optimistic</c><00:28:43.339><c> and</c><00:28:43.960><c> continually</c><00:28:44.400><c> trusting</c><00:28:44.980><c> in</c><00:28:45.599><c> the</c><00:28:45.759><c> word</c><00:28:45.920><c> of</c>

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God,<00:28:46.660><c> joyfully</c><00:28:47.000><c> looking</c><00:28:47.299><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:47.680><c> future</c><00:28:48.160><c> like</c><00:28:48.819><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:49.319><c> the</c><00:28:49.539><c> prophet</c><00:28:49.720><c> on</c><00:28:49.920><c> the</c><00:28:50.140><c> tower</c><00:28:50.500><c> with</c><00:28:50.940><c> his</c>

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eye<00:28:51.380><c> to</c><00:28:51.599><c> the</c><00:28:51.779><c> far</c><00:28:52.000><c> horizon</c><00:28:52.700><c> knowing</c><00:28:53.339><c> that</c><00:28:53.579><c> come</c>

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what<00:28:54.079><c> may</c><00:28:54.680><c> God's</c><00:28:55.279><c> word</c><00:28:55.539><c> would</c><00:28:55.759><c> be</c><00:28:55.960><c> fulfilled.</c><00:28:57.240><c> His</c><00:28:57.240><c> brother</c><00:28:57.460><c> told</c><00:28:57.640><c> me</c><00:28:57.799><c> that</c><00:28:57.940><c> William</c><00:28:58.259><c> Cowper</c><00:28:59.059><c> was</c><00:28:59.319><c> a</c>

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man<00:28:59.660><c> who</c><00:28:59.880><c> lived</c>

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his<00:29:00.279><c> discipleship</c><00:29:01.319><c> under</c><00:29:01.779><c> a</c><00:29:02.079><c> cloud</c><00:29:02.599><c> for</c><00:29:03.220><c> over</c><00:29:03.460><c> 90</c><00:29:03.740><c> percent</c><00:29:04.039><c> of</c>

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his<00:29:04.380><c> life</c><00:29:04.779><c> in</c><00:29:05.920><c> the</c><00:29:06.140><c> depths</c><00:29:06.599><c> of</c><00:29:06.920><c> dark</c><00:29:07.240><c> despair,</c>

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never<00:29:09.940><c> convinced</c><00:29:10.640><c> that</c><00:29:10.920><c> God</c><00:29:11.480><c> would</c><00:29:11.920><c> save</c><00:29:12.140><c> him,</c><00:29:13.319><c> would</c><00:29:13.460><c> deliver</c><00:29:13.700><c> him</c><00:29:13.940><c> at</c>

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the<00:29:14.279><c> last</c><00:29:14.880><c> even</c><00:29:15.579><c> though</c><00:29:16.720><c> he</c><00:29:17.039><c> endeavored</c>

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to<00:29:17.539><c> have</c><00:29:17.759><c> faith.</c><00:29:19.799><c> There's</c><00:29:19.940><c> a</c><00:29:20.039><c> great</c><00:29:20.160><c> lesson</c><00:29:20.460><c> there</c><00:29:20.660><c> isn't</c><00:29:20.819><c> there</c><00:29:20.980><c> for</c>

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each<00:29:21.299><c> one</c><00:29:21.480><c> of</c><00:29:21.640><c> us</c><00:29:21.980><c> that</c><00:29:23.079><c> sometimes</c><00:29:23.539><c> things</c><00:29:23.839><c> are</c>

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what<00:29:24.160><c> they</c><00:29:24.500><c> seem</c><00:29:25.059><c> and</c><00:29:26.380><c> there</c><00:29:26.519><c> can</c><00:29:26.740><c> be</c><00:29:26.900><c> dark</c><00:29:27.220><c> clouds</c><00:29:27.839><c> of</c><00:29:28.539><c> suffering</c><00:29:28.799><c> and</c><00:29:29.039><c> tribulation</c><00:29:29.759><c> in</c>

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our<00:29:30.759><c> hearts</c><00:29:31.420><c> but</c><00:29:32.039><c> we</c>

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must<00:29:32.420><c> be</c><00:29:32.759><c> like</c><00:29:33.400><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:34.380><c> and</c><00:29:34.680><c> look</c><00:29:34.859><c> to</c><00:29:35.019><c> God's</c><00:29:35.380><c> word</c><00:29:35.900><c> and</c><00:29:36.420><c> look</c>

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to<00:29:36.759><c> God's</c><00:29:37.200><c> purpose.</c>

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The<00:29:41.240><c> mystery</c><00:29:41.539><c> has</c><00:29:41.839><c> been</c><00:29:42.180><c> fully</c><00:29:42.400><c> revealed</c><00:29:43.019><c> in</c><00:29:43.819><c> the</c><00:29:44.019><c> face</c><00:29:44.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:44.619><c> Lord</c><00:29:44.819><c> Jesus</c><00:29:45.240><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:29:48.400><c> think</c><00:29:48.539><c> the</c><00:29:48.859><c> importance</c><00:29:49.259><c> of</c><00:29:49.460><c> this</c><00:29:49.619><c> principle,</c><00:29:51.000><c> justification</c><00:29:51.519><c> by</c><00:29:51.920><c> faith,</c>

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is<00:29:52.980><c> confirmed</c><00:29:53.500><c> by</c><00:29:53.759><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:29:54.200><c> Paul</c><00:29:54.720><c> in</c><00:29:55.200><c> a</c><00:29:55.359><c> passage</c><00:29:55.559><c> in</c><00:29:55.720><c> his</c><00:29:55.880><c> letter</c><00:29:56.079><c> to</c><00:29:56.259><c> the</c><00:29:56.420><c> Romans.</c><00:29:57.099><c> We'd</c>

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like<00:29:57.380><c> to</c><00:29:57.539><c> turn</c><00:29:57.680><c> to</c><00:29:57.859><c> that</c><00:29:58.880><c> because</c><00:29:59.299><c> we'll</c>

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be<00:29:59.920><c> in</c><00:30:00.119><c> Romans</c><00:30:00.299><c> in</c><00:30:00.480><c> a</c><00:30:00.619><c> moment.</c><00:30:02.740><c> Romans</c><00:30:03.099><c> chapter</c><00:30:03.500><c> 4</c><00:30:04.700><c> and</c><00:30:05.259><c> verse</c>

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1.<00:30:10.960><c> What</c><00:30:11.259><c> shall</c><00:30:11.420><c> we</c><00:30:11.640><c> say</c><00:30:11.859><c> then</c><00:30:12.400><c> that</c><00:30:12.920><c> Abraham</c><00:30:13.339><c> our</c>

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as<00:30:13.940><c> pertaining</c><00:30:14.599><c> to</c><00:30:14.819><c> the</c><00:30:15.039><c> flesh</c><00:30:15.220><c> hath</c><00:30:15.460><c> found</c><00:30:16.099><c> for</c><00:30:16.880><c> if</c><00:30:17.119><c> Abraham</c>

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were<00:30:17.660><c> justified</c><00:30:18.160><c> by</c><00:30:18.559><c> works</c><00:30:18.920><c> he</c><00:30:19.119><c> hath</c><00:30:19.339><c> wear</c>

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off<00:30:19.720><c> to</c><00:30:19.940><c> glory</c><00:30:20.480><c> but</c><00:30:21.440><c> not</c><00:30:21.799><c> before</c><00:30:22.240><c> God.</c><00:30:23.319><c> For</c><00:30:23.420><c> what</c><00:30:23.700><c> set</c><00:30:23.819><c> the</c><00:30:24.019><c> scripture?</c><00:30:25.380><c> Abraham</c><00:30:25.700><c> believed</c><00:30:26.240><c> God</c>

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and<00:30:26.720><c> it</c><00:30:26.839><c> was</c><00:30:27.059><c> counted</c>

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unto<00:30:27.579><c> him</c><00:30:28.359><c> for</c><00:30:28.940><c> righteousness.</c><00:30:29.940><c> In</c><00:30:30.079><c> the</c><00:30:30.200><c> rest</c><00:30:30.339><c> of</c><00:30:30.519><c> the</c><00:30:30.640><c> chapter</c><00:30:31.079><c> the</c><00:30:31.519><c> apostle</c><00:30:31.759><c> goes</c><00:30:32.000><c> on</c>

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idea<00:30:34.700><c> and</c><00:30:34.920><c> principle</c><00:30:35.200><c> of</c><00:30:35.420><c> the</c><00:30:35.619><c> covenant</c><00:30:35.940><c> takes</c><00:30:36.380><c> precedence</c>

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and<00:30:37.539><c> is</c><00:30:37.700><c> greater</c><00:30:38.000><c> than</c><00:30:38.220><c> the</c><00:30:38.420><c> law.</c><00:30:39.480><c> Righteousness</c><00:30:40.039><c> by</c>

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faith<00:30:40.740><c> takes</c><00:30:41.539><c> precedence</c><00:30:42.480><c> over</c><00:30:42.900><c> righteousness</c><00:30:43.460><c> through</c><00:30:44.279><c> the</c>

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law.<00:30:45.039><c> This</c><00:30:45.220><c> rather</c><00:30:45.380><c> difficult</c><00:30:45.779><c> verse,</c><00:30:46.140><c> verse</c><00:30:46.420><c> 11,</c>

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summarizes<00:30:48.019><c> the</c><00:30:48.579><c> essential</c><00:30:49.059><c> principle</c><00:30:49.539><c> of</c><00:30:49.759><c> the</c><00:30:50.000><c> argument.</c><00:30:51.200><c> He</c><00:30:51.240><c> received</c><00:30:51.740><c> the</c><00:30:52.000><c> sign</c><00:30:52.160><c> of</c><00:30:52.519><c> circumcision</c><00:30:53.559><c> a</c>

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seal<00:30:54.059><c> of</c><00:30:54.259><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:30:54.819><c> of</c><00:30:55.039><c> the</c><00:30:55.200><c> faith</c><00:30:55.380><c> which</c><00:30:55.579><c> he</c><00:30:55.799><c> had</c><00:30:55.940><c> yet</c><00:30:56.119><c> being</c><00:30:56.480><c> uncircumcised</c><00:30:57.779><c> that</c><00:30:58.059><c> he</c>

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might<00:30:58.359><c> be</c><00:30:58.539><c> the</c><00:30:58.720><c> father</c><00:30:58.940><c> of</c><00:30:59.119><c> all</c>

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them<00:30:59.460><c> that</c><00:30:59.779><c> believe</c><00:31:00.220><c> though</c><00:31:00.640><c> they</c><00:31:00.900><c> be</c><00:31:01.059><c> not</c><00:31:01.359><c> circumcised</c><00:31:02.440><c> that</c>

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righteousness<00:31:03.319><c> might</c><00:31:03.640><c> be</c><00:31:03.880><c> imputed</c><00:31:04.160><c> unto</c><00:31:04.380><c> them</c>

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Paul<00:31:05.319><c> is</c><00:31:05.460><c> saying</c><00:31:05.720><c> in</c><00:31:05.980><c> effect</c><00:31:06.420><c> if</c><00:31:08.420><c> you</c><00:31:08.539><c> want</c><00:31:08.619><c> to</c><00:31:08.759><c> go</c><00:31:08.940><c> back</c><00:31:09.119><c> in</c>

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history<00:31:09.940><c> and</c><00:31:10.819><c> find</c><00:31:11.059><c> that</c><00:31:11.420><c> supreme</c><00:31:11.940><c> watershed</c>

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the<00:31:13.559><c> dividing</c><00:31:13.819><c> of</c><00:31:14.079><c> the</c><00:31:14.240><c> ages</c><00:31:15.420><c> the</c><00:31:15.900><c> point</c><00:31:16.039><c> at</c><00:31:16.259><c> which</c><00:31:16.460><c> God's</c><00:31:16.880><c> purpose</c><00:31:17.539><c> in</c>

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its<00:31:18.559><c> preeminence</c><00:31:19.500><c> began</c><00:31:20.119><c> he</c><00:31:20.819><c> says</c><00:31:21.059><c> you've</c>

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got<00:31:21.480><c> to</c><00:31:21.599><c> go</c><00:31:21.839><c> further</c><00:31:22.180><c> back</c><00:31:22.980><c> than</c><00:31:24.119><c> God's</c><00:31:24.660><c> word</c><00:31:24.859><c> and</c><00:31:25.059><c> God's</c><00:31:25.400><c> law</c>

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that<00:31:25.700><c> was</c><00:31:25.880><c> revealed</c><00:31:26.200><c> at</c><00:31:26.539><c> Sinai</c><00:31:27.400><c> great</c><00:31:27.960><c> though</c><00:31:28.200><c> that</c>

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you<00:31:29.740><c> have</c><00:31:29.880><c> to</c><00:31:29.960><c> go</c><00:31:30.220><c> further</c><00:31:30.559><c> back</c><00:31:31.059><c> you've</c><00:31:31.779><c> got</c><00:31:31.839><c> to</c><00:31:31.980><c> go</c><00:31:32.220><c> back</c><00:31:32.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:31:32.859><c> promises</c><00:31:33.220><c> that</c><00:31:33.940><c> were</c><00:31:34.180><c> made</c><00:31:34.599><c> to</c><00:31:35.119><c> Abraham</c>

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because<00:31:35.960><c> that</c><00:31:36.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:36.400><c> please</c><00:31:36.660><c> the</c><00:31:36.920><c> Jews</c><00:31:37.140><c> would</c><00:31:37.339><c> it</c><00:31:37.500><c> which</c>

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is<00:31:37.960><c> precisely</c><00:31:38.559><c> why</c><00:31:39.119><c> the</c><00:31:39.279><c> apostle</c><00:31:39.559><c> Paul</c><00:31:39.859><c> is</c>

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bringing<00:31:40.359><c> it</c><00:31:40.619><c> into</c><00:31:40.799><c> his</c><00:31:41.099><c> argument</c><00:31:41.539><c> and</c><00:31:42.160><c> integrating</c><00:31:42.619><c> it</c><00:31:43.279><c> into</c>

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this<00:31:44.099><c> presentation</c><00:31:44.900><c> of</c><00:31:45.680><c> the</c><00:31:45.859><c> theme</c><00:31:45.980><c> of</c>

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justification<00:31:46.859><c> by</c><00:31:47.259><c> faith</c><00:31:47.579><c> because</c><00:31:48.319><c> the</c><00:31:48.619><c> promises</c><00:31:48.960><c> that</c><00:31:49.180><c> were</c>

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