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that.<00:11:59.759><c> When</c><00:11:59.899><c> a</c><00:12:00.059><c> husband</c><00:12:00.240><c> and</c><00:12:00.379><c> wife</c><00:12:00.559><c> comes</c><00:12:00.820><c> together,</c><00:12:01.240><c> you</c><00:12:01.440><c> love</c><00:12:01.679><c> that</c><00:12:01.919><c> person.</c><00:12:02.740><c> And</c>

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will<00:12:22.740><c> you</c><00:12:22.879><c> go</c><00:12:23.080><c> with</c><00:12:23.320><c> me?</c><00:12:24.019><c> And</c><00:12:24.279><c> where</c>

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yet<00:12:24.720><c> are</c><00:12:24.940><c> there</c><00:12:25.100><c> any</c><00:12:25.320><c> more</c><00:12:25.720><c> sons</c><00:12:26.039><c> in</c><00:12:26.220><c> my</c><00:12:26.519><c> wombs</c><00:12:26.840><c> that</c><00:12:26.960><c> they</c><00:12:27.139><c> may</c>

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be<00:12:27.360><c> your</c><00:12:27.539><c> husbands?</c><00:12:27.759><c> She</c><00:12:27.879><c> says,</c><00:12:28.080><c> look,</c>

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there's<00:12:29.000><c> no</c><00:12:29.240><c> point</c><00:12:29.379><c> in</c><00:12:29.480><c> you</c><00:12:29.580><c> coming</c><00:12:29.679><c> with</c><00:12:29.799><c> me.</c><00:12:29.820><c> I</c><00:12:29.899><c> can't</c><00:12:30.120><c> give</c>

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I'm<00:12:32.279><c> too</c><00:12:32.580><c> old</c><00:12:32.779><c> and</c><00:12:32.980><c> even</c><00:12:33.240><c> if</c><00:12:33.419><c> I</c><00:12:33.559><c> had</c><00:12:33.759><c> children,</c><00:12:34.080><c> by</c><00:12:34.259><c> the</c><00:12:34.419><c> time</c>

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they're<00:12:34.820><c> grown</c><00:12:35.019><c> up,</c><00:12:35.259><c> you</c><00:12:35.399><c> know,</c><00:12:35.740><c> you'll</c>

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be<00:12:36.000><c> old.</c><00:12:38.879><c> There's</c><00:12:39.279><c> no</c><00:12:39.539><c> point</c><00:12:39.860><c> to</c><00:12:40.120><c> it</c><00:12:40.240><c> in</c><00:12:40.399><c> that</c><00:12:40.679><c> sense.</c><00:12:40.960><c> She</c><00:12:41.139><c> says,</c><00:12:41.460><c> go</c>

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goes<00:12:45.000><c> on</c><00:12:45.279><c> and</c><00:12:45.399><c> she</c><00:12:45.620><c> says</c><00:12:46.159><c> in</c><00:12:47.720><c> verse</c><00:12:48.000><c> 13,</c><00:12:48.539><c> would</c><00:12:48.700><c> you</c><00:12:48.860><c> tarry</c><00:12:49.259><c> for</c>

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me.<00:12:57.820><c> So</c><00:12:58.019><c> they</c><00:12:58.179><c> lift</c><00:12:58.299><c> up</c><00:12:58.440><c> their</c><00:12:58.620><c> voice</c><00:12:58.860><c> and</c>

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parents,<00:13:52.700><c> but</c><00:13:52.860><c> more</c><00:13:53.059><c> especially</c><00:13:53.559><c> with</c>

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continue,<00:14:07.519><c> dwell</c><00:14:07.820><c> and</c><00:14:08.259><c> die</c><00:14:08.580><c> there?</c><00:14:09.320><c> What</c><00:14:09.460><c> are</c><00:14:09.580><c> we</c><00:14:09.659><c> going</c><00:14:09.799><c> to</c>

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sense.<00:14:21.840><c> So</c><00:14:22.320><c> here's</c><00:14:23.480><c> the</c><00:14:23.700><c> decision</c><00:14:23.960><c> in</c><00:14:24.179><c> front</c><00:14:24.299><c> of</c><00:14:24.419><c> them.</c><00:14:24.879><c> You</c>

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outsider.<00:14:42.039><c> Your</c><00:14:42.419><c> career</c><00:14:42.879><c> and</c><00:14:43.200><c> family</c>

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prospects<00:14:44.259><c> are</c><00:14:44.480><c> going</c><00:14:44.600><c> to</c><00:14:44.720><c> be</c><00:14:45.039><c> fairly</c><00:14:45.440><c> grim.</c><00:14:46.120><c> You're</c><00:14:46.279><c> not</c><00:14:46.360><c> much</c><00:14:46.639><c> luck</c><00:14:46.940><c> of</c>

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marrying<00:14:47.419><c> off</c><00:14:47.639><c> to</c><00:14:47.759><c> one</c><00:14:47.879><c> of</c><00:14:47.960><c> these</c>

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Israelite<00:14:48.639><c> guys</c><00:14:48.879><c> if</c><00:14:49.039><c> you're</c><00:14:49.200><c> a</c><00:14:49.360><c> Moabitess</c><00:14:49.799><c> woman</c><00:14:50.019><c> because</c><00:14:50.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:50.700><c> law.</c><00:14:51.279><c> And</c><00:14:51.580><c> Ruth</c><00:14:51.879><c> would</c><00:14:52.179><c> have</c><00:14:52.460><c> known</c>

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that<00:14:52.940><c> because</c><00:14:53.259><c> Naomi</c><00:14:53.559><c> would</c><00:14:53.720><c> have</c><00:14:53.899><c> told</c><00:14:54.120><c> her</c><00:14:54.279><c> that.</c><00:14:55.059><c> A</c><00:14:55.480><c> strange</c><00:14:55.919><c> religion</c><00:14:56.500><c> that</c>

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would<00:14:57.200><c> have</c><00:14:57.419><c> seemed</c>

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to<00:14:57.960><c> be</c><00:14:58.100><c> to</c><00:14:58.200><c> them</c><00:14:58.460><c> very</c><00:14:58.980><c> restrictive.</c><00:15:00.259><c> There's</c><00:15:00.519><c> a</c><00:15:00.659><c> lot</c><00:15:00.799><c> of</c><00:15:00.980><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:15:01.460><c> nots</c><00:15:01.740><c> in</c><00:15:01.820><c> the</c><00:15:01.940><c> law</c><00:15:02.080><c> of</c><00:15:02.279><c> Moses.</c>

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There's<00:15:03.000><c> a</c><00:15:03.059><c> lot</c><00:15:03.240><c> of</c><00:15:03.419><c> thou</c><00:15:03.539><c> shalts</c><00:15:03.940><c> too,</c><00:15:04.559><c> but</c><00:15:04.559><c> what</c><00:15:04.899><c> people</c><00:15:05.200><c> tend</c><00:15:05.440><c> to</c>

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look<00:15:05.799><c> at</c><00:15:05.960><c> is,</c><00:15:06.240><c> I</c><00:15:06.360><c> don't</c><00:15:06.779><c> have</c><00:15:06.980><c> to</c>

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do<00:15:07.220><c> this,</c><00:15:07.480><c> don't</c><00:15:07.580><c> have</c><00:15:07.679><c> to</c><00:15:07.759><c> do</c><00:15:07.919><c> that,</c><00:15:08.059><c> whatever.</c><00:15:08.399><c> Like,</c><00:15:08.519><c> what</c>

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are<00:15:08.659><c> you</c><00:15:08.860><c> joking?</c><00:15:09.159><c> Like,</c><00:15:09.299><c> let's</c><00:15:09.440><c> go</c>

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out<00:15:09.720><c> and</c><00:15:09.840><c> have</c><00:15:09.980><c> fun.</c><00:15:10.720><c> That's</c><00:15:11.159><c> the</c><00:15:11.379><c> one</c><00:15:11.600><c> thing</c><00:15:11.759><c> that</c><00:15:11.879><c> would</c><00:15:12.000><c> have</c><00:15:12.159><c> faced</c><00:15:12.379><c> Ruth</c><00:15:12.639><c> from</c><00:15:12.860><c> a</c>

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fleshly<00:15:13.740><c> point</c>

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of<00:15:14.279><c> view.</c><00:15:15.759><c> Also,</c><00:15:16.500><c> there</c><00:15:16.600><c> would</c><00:15:16.759><c> have</c><00:15:16.879><c> been</c><00:15:17.000><c> the</c><00:15:17.279><c> promises</c><00:15:17.559><c> to</c>

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Abraham.<00:15:18.740><c> The</c><00:15:19.039><c> promises</c><00:15:19.320><c> of</c><00:15:19.539><c> eternal</c><00:15:19.879><c> life.</c>

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Looking<00:15:20.879><c> past</c><00:15:21.360><c> the</c><00:15:21.980><c> here</c><00:15:22.340><c> and</c><00:15:22.620><c> now</c><00:15:22.840><c> and</c><00:15:23.000><c> maybe</c><00:15:23.240><c> the</c><00:15:23.519><c> restrictions,</c><00:15:24.700><c> they</c><00:15:24.919><c> would</c><00:15:25.080><c> have</c>

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been<00:15:25.259><c> able</c><00:15:25.399><c> to</c>

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say,<00:15:25.860><c> look,</c><00:15:25.940><c> there's</c><00:15:26.200><c> the</c><00:15:26.360><c> kingdom</c><00:15:26.500><c> of</c><00:15:26.759><c> God.</c><00:15:27.740><c> There</c><00:15:27.940><c> is</c><00:15:28.179><c> eternal</c><00:15:28.519><c> life</c>

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forever.<00:15:29.080><c> There</c><00:15:29.240><c> is</c><00:15:29.480><c> possession</c>

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in<00:15:30.240><c> his</c><00:15:30.500><c> land</c><00:15:30.779><c> in</c><00:15:30.960><c> that</c><00:15:31.139><c> sense.</c><00:15:31.940><c> There</c><00:15:32.080><c> is</c><00:15:32.360><c> the</c><00:15:32.799><c> hope</c><00:15:33.059><c> of</c><00:15:33.320><c> these</c>

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things.<00:15:35.240><c> Or,</c><00:15:36.100><c> on</c><00:15:36.440><c> the</c><00:15:36.500><c> other</c><00:15:36.720><c> hand,</c><00:15:38.019><c> they</c>

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could<00:15:38.980><c> stay</c><00:15:39.500><c> in</c><00:15:39.639><c> their</c><00:15:39.860><c> own</c><00:15:40.080><c> city</c><00:15:40.500><c> and</c><00:15:41.039><c> their</c><00:15:41.240><c> own</c><00:15:41.460><c> country</c><00:15:41.980><c> and</c><00:15:42.500><c> do</c>

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their<00:15:42.879><c> own</c><00:15:43.139><c> thing</c><00:15:43.539><c> with</c><00:15:44.340><c> all</c><00:15:44.620><c> its</c>

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luxuries<00:15:45.519><c> and</c><00:15:45.919><c> conveniences</c><00:15:46.460><c> and</c><00:15:46.740><c> opportunities.</c><00:15:47.879><c> The</c><00:15:48.159><c> culture</c><00:15:48.740><c> and</c>

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the<00:15:49.519><c> surrounding</c><00:15:50.019><c> worldly</c><00:15:50.480><c> lifestyle</c>

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that<00:15:51.159><c> would</c><00:15:51.279><c> have</c><00:15:51.379><c> been</c><00:15:51.580><c> very</c><00:15:52.139><c> appealing</c><00:15:52.600><c> to</c><00:15:52.860><c> them.</c><00:15:53.340><c> There</c><00:15:53.620><c> would</c><00:15:53.860><c> have</c><00:15:54.059><c> been</c><00:15:54.259><c> plenty</c><00:15:54.740><c> of</c>

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movie<00:15:55.220><c> theaters</c>

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to<00:15:55.720><c> go</c><00:15:55.899><c> to.</c><00:15:56.399><c> There</c><00:15:56.620><c> would</c><00:15:56.840><c> have</c><00:15:57.000><c> been</c><00:15:57.139><c> plenty</c><00:15:57.559><c> of</c><00:15:57.879><c> concerts</c><00:15:58.320><c> to</c>

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attend.<00:15:59.639><c> There</c><00:15:59.799><c> would</c><00:16:00.000><c> have</c><00:16:00.139><c> been</c>

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some<00:16:00.539><c> great</c><00:16:00.860><c> colleges,</c><00:16:01.440><c> some</c><00:16:01.620><c> great</c><00:16:01.860><c> universities,</c><00:16:02.720><c> some</c>

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great<00:16:03.299><c> sports</c><00:16:03.740><c> games</c><00:16:04.100><c> going</c><00:16:04.399><c> on,</c><00:16:04.659><c> some</c><00:16:04.840><c> great</c>

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shopping<00:16:05.460><c> malls</c><00:16:05.820><c> to</c><00:16:05.960><c> go</c><00:16:06.080><c> and</c><00:16:06.259><c> shop</c><00:16:06.500><c> at.</c><00:16:06.960><c> There</c><00:16:07.200><c> would</c><00:16:07.399><c> have</c><00:16:07.580><c> been</c><00:16:07.759><c> all</c><00:16:08.179><c> the</c><00:16:08.440><c> world</c><00:16:08.720><c> had</c><00:16:08.980><c> to</c>

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offer<00:16:09.460><c> in</c><00:16:09.700><c> Moab.</c>

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It<00:16:10.620><c> was</c><00:16:11.080><c> the</c><00:16:11.460><c> world.</c><00:16:12.539><c> That's</c><00:16:12.759><c> where</c><00:16:12.879><c> they'd</c><00:16:13.179><c> gone</c><00:16:13.279><c> in</c><00:16:13.480><c> the</c>

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first<00:16:13.820><c> place.</c><00:16:14.080><c> They'd</c><00:16:14.399><c> left</c><00:16:14.600><c> Israel</c><00:16:15.019><c> because</c>

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they<00:16:15.340><c> wanted</c><00:16:15.500><c> to</c><00:16:15.700><c> go</c><00:16:15.860><c> somewhere</c><00:16:16.159><c> that</c><00:16:16.500><c> seemed</c><00:16:16.759><c> to</c><00:16:16.899><c> be</c><00:16:16.980><c> a</c><00:16:17.059><c> little</c><00:16:17.220><c> bit</c>

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better<00:16:17.659><c> to</c><00:16:17.940><c> them.</c><00:16:18.720><c> And</c><00:16:18.840><c> so</c><00:16:18.940><c> they</c>

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up.<00:16:20.960><c> And</c><00:16:21.480><c> that's</c><00:16:21.879><c> what</c><00:16:22.179><c> tries</c><00:16:22.580><c> all</c><00:16:22.960><c> of</c><00:16:22.960><c> us.</c><00:16:24.220><c> Well,</c><00:16:24.679><c> so</c><00:16:24.860><c> do</c><00:16:25.019><c> we.</c>

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We<00:16:26.679><c> have</c><00:16:26.879><c> to</c><00:16:27.039><c> weigh</c><00:16:27.120><c> it</c><00:16:27.240><c> up,</c><00:16:27.600><c> too.</c><00:16:27.799><c> What</c>

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do<00:16:28.080><c> we</c><00:16:28.200><c> want?</c><00:16:29.100><c> Moab?</c><00:16:29.779><c> The</c><00:16:29.980><c> world?</c><00:16:31.200><c> Or</c><00:16:31.320><c> the</c><00:16:31.460><c> kingdom</c><00:16:31.620><c> of</c><00:16:31.820><c> God?</c>

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And<00:16:33.220><c> that's</c><00:16:33.440><c> what</c><00:16:33.700><c> Ruth</c><00:16:34.039><c> and</c><00:16:34.460><c> Naomi</c><00:16:34.779><c> had</c>

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to<00:16:35.340><c> decide.</c><00:16:37.220><c> Ruth</c><00:16:37.460><c> and</c><00:16:37.659><c> Orpah,</c><00:16:38.120><c> sorry.</c><00:16:39.539><c> Well,</c><00:16:40.919><c> Orpah</c><00:16:41.759><c> decides</c>

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that<00:16:42.559><c> she's</c><00:16:42.759><c> going</c><00:16:42.980><c> back.</c><00:16:43.399><c> Yes?</c>

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Because<00:16:43.919><c> she</c><00:16:47.600><c> recognized</c><00:16:49.019><c> that</c><00:16:49.200><c> they</c><00:16:49.320><c> were</c><00:16:49.539><c> Moabites.</c><00:16:51.080><c> They</c>

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were<00:16:51.559><c> women</c><00:16:51.899><c> from</c><00:16:52.139><c> that</c><00:16:52.639><c> country.</c><00:16:53.600><c> They</c><00:16:53.740><c> had</c>

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their<00:16:54.240><c> own</c><00:16:54.419><c> gods,</c><00:16:54.759><c> even</c><00:16:54.899><c> though</c><00:16:55.100><c> she</c><00:16:55.259><c> had</c><00:16:55.460><c> taught</c><00:16:55.559><c> them</c><00:16:55.759><c> the</c>

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truth.<00:16:56.779><c> And</c><00:16:56.980><c> their</c><00:16:57.240><c> prospects</c><00:16:57.960><c> of</c><00:16:58.840><c> becoming</c>

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part<00:17:00.539><c> of</c><00:17:00.799><c> the</c><00:17:01.080><c> Israelite</c><00:17:01.500><c> society</c><00:17:02.000><c> would</c><00:17:02.179><c> have</c><00:17:02.299><c> been</c><00:17:02.419><c> very</c><00:17:02.840><c> slim.</c><00:17:03.379><c> Because</c><00:17:03.899><c> it</c>

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says<00:17:04.640><c> in</c><00:17:04.819><c> the</c><00:17:04.960><c> law</c><00:17:05.160><c> that</c>

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if<00:17:05.480><c> anybody</c><00:17:05.819><c> marries</c><00:17:06.140><c> a</c><00:17:06.359><c> Moabite,</c><00:17:07.059><c> that</c><00:17:07.119><c> basically</c><00:17:07.660><c> their</c><00:17:08.400><c> inheritance</c><00:17:09.079><c> is</c>

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marred<00:17:09.980><c> in</c><00:17:10.099><c> that</c><00:17:10.359><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:17:10.619><c> that</c><00:17:10.759><c> comes</c><00:17:11.019><c> up</c><00:17:11.240><c> later</c><00:17:11.460><c> on</c><00:17:11.599><c> in</c><00:17:11.720><c> the</c><00:17:11.839><c> narrative.</c><00:17:12.200><c> She</c><00:17:12.299><c> was</c>

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very<00:17:12.740><c> realistic.</c><00:17:13.740><c> And</c><00:17:13.880><c> she</c><00:17:14.019><c> did</c><00:17:14.200><c> look</c><00:17:14.400><c> at</c>

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this<00:17:14.740><c> and</c><00:17:14.960><c> say,</c><00:17:15.440><c> look,</c><00:17:15.859><c> she</c><00:17:16.000><c> didn't</c><00:17:16.180><c> want</c><00:17:16.259><c> them</c><00:17:16.460><c> coming</c><00:17:16.759><c> along</c>

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out<00:17:17.579><c> of</c><00:17:17.779><c> sort</c><00:17:18.019><c> of</c><00:17:18.279><c> a,</c><00:17:18.779><c> what</c><00:17:18.920><c> would</c><00:17:19.039><c> you</c><00:17:19.240><c> call</c>

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it?<00:17:20.980><c> Pardon</c><00:17:21.079><c> me?</c><00:17:22.420><c> Obligation</c><00:17:22.819><c> to</c><00:17:22.960><c> her,</c><00:17:23.799><c> like</c><00:17:23.799><c> a</c><00:17:24.059><c> fraternal</c><00:17:24.519><c> kind</c><00:17:24.720><c> of</c>

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law.<00:17:25.200><c> You</c><00:17:25.259><c> know,</c><00:17:25.440><c> we</c><00:17:25.640><c> don't</c><00:17:25.819><c> want</c><00:17:25.960><c> to</c><00:17:25.960><c> leave</c>

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mother<00:17:26.519><c>-in</c><00:17:26.660><c>-law</c><00:17:26.759><c> alone,</c><00:17:27.559><c> so</c><00:17:27.759><c> we'll</c><00:17:27.900><c> go</c><00:17:28.079><c> with</c><00:17:28.240><c> her</c><00:17:28.380><c> just</c><00:17:28.619><c> to</c><00:17:28.759><c> support</c><00:17:29.019><c> her,</c><00:17:29.140><c> that</c><00:17:29.259><c> type</c><00:17:29.460><c> of</c>

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thing.<00:17:30.180><c> These</c>

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kids<00:17:30.839><c> had</c><00:17:31.059><c> to</c><00:17:31.220><c> make</c><00:17:31.299><c> their</c><00:17:31.519><c> own</c><00:17:31.720><c> minds</c><00:17:31.920><c> up.</c><00:17:32.180><c> And</c><00:17:32.359><c> that's</c><00:17:32.559><c> what</c>

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she<00:17:32.900><c> was</c><00:17:33.039><c> saying</c><00:17:33.279><c> to</c><00:17:33.400><c> them.</c><00:17:33.539><c> Look,</c><00:17:33.720><c> don't</c><00:17:34.079><c> come</c>

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because<00:17:34.519><c> of</c><00:17:34.759><c> me,</c><00:17:34.880><c> basically.</c><00:17:36.380><c> Well</c><00:17:36.519><c> Ruth,</c><00:17:38.220><c> or</c><00:17:38.460><c> actually</c><00:17:38.740><c> Orpah,</c><00:17:39.059><c> let's</c><00:17:39.240><c> just</c>

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face.<00:18:34.960><c> And</c><00:18:35.059><c> this</c><00:18:35.259><c> is</c><00:18:35.440><c> one</c><00:18:35.579><c> of</c><00:18:35.700><c> them.</c><00:18:37.359><c> After</c>

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realistic<00:18:48.920><c> fact,</c>

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it,<00:18:56.220><c> the</c><00:18:56.500><c> theaters,</c><00:18:57.519><c> the</c>

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and<00:19:06.619><c> time</c><00:19:06.799><c> that</c><00:19:07.019><c> God</c><00:19:07.279><c> has</c><00:19:07.559><c> given</c>

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us<00:19:08.000><c> before.</c><00:19:08.779><c> And</c><00:19:08.960><c> that's</c><00:19:09.200><c> what</c><00:19:09.660><c> Naomi</c><00:19:10.059><c> and</c><00:19:10.240><c> Ruth</c><00:19:10.440><c> were</c><00:19:10.640><c> faced</c>

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with.<00:19:11.259><c> Do</c><00:19:11.259><c> I,</c><00:19:11.980><c> the</c><00:19:12.259><c> world</c><00:19:12.559><c> of</c><00:19:12.859><c> entertainment</c>

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it's,<00:19:19.619><c> I</c><00:19:19.700><c> find</c><00:19:19.839><c> it</c><00:19:20.000><c> very</c><00:19:20.200><c> amusing</c><00:19:20.519><c> that</c><00:19:20.799><c> this</c><00:19:21.079><c> man</c><00:19:21.420><c> depicts</c><00:19:21.819><c> it</c>

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we<00:19:24.140><c> can,</c><00:19:24.380><c> we</c><00:19:24.460><c> can</c><00:19:24.680><c> poke</c><00:19:24.880><c> fun</c><00:19:25.039><c> at</c><00:19:25.220><c> that</c><00:19:25.380><c> and</c><00:19:25.519><c> whatever</c><00:19:25.740><c> else,</c><00:19:25.980><c> but</c><00:19:26.140><c> that's</c><00:19:26.420><c> the</c><00:19:26.599><c> truth</c><00:19:26.779><c> of</c>

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it.<00:19:27.519><c> We've</c><00:19:27.740><c> got</c>

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to<00:19:28.099><c> look</c><00:19:28.099><c> at</c><00:19:28.240><c> the</c><00:19:28.380><c> choices</c><00:19:28.779><c> facing</c><00:19:29.200><c> Ruth</c><00:19:29.519><c> and</c><00:19:29.700><c> Naomi</c><00:19:29.960><c> as</c><00:19:30.119><c> the</c>

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we<00:19:32.859><c> live</c><00:19:32.980><c> in,</c><00:19:33.160><c> what</c><00:19:33.380><c> are</c><00:19:33.640><c> the</c><00:19:33.819><c> gods</c><00:19:34.079><c> that</c><00:19:34.279><c> we</c><00:19:34.500><c> have?</c><00:19:34.839><c> Well,</c><00:19:35.099><c> there</c><00:19:35.299><c> is</c>

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I<00:19:41.940><c> don't</c><00:19:42.140><c> know</c><00:19:42.279><c> him,</c><00:19:42.559><c> but</c><00:19:42.619><c> you</c><00:19:42.740><c> know,</c><00:19:43.339><c> he</c><00:19:43.519><c> was</c><00:19:43.680><c> from</c><00:19:43.880><c> Branford</c>

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area.<00:19:45.039><c> And</c><00:19:45.440><c> these</c><00:19:46.000><c> type</c><00:19:46.240><c> of</c><00:19:46.500><c> people</c><00:19:46.740><c> that</c>

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are.<00:19:53.680><c> But</c><00:19:53.900><c> they're</c><00:19:54.140><c> set</c><00:19:54.420><c> up,</c><00:19:54.599><c> the</c><00:19:54.799><c> Magic</c><00:19:55.099><c> Johnson,</c><00:19:55.859><c> Shaquille</c>

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hold<00:20:05.019><c> in</c><00:20:05.220><c> our</c><00:20:05.420><c> hearts?</c><00:20:06.579><c> They</c><00:20:06.779><c> are</c><00:20:06.960><c> the</c><00:20:07.099><c> gods</c><00:20:07.359><c> of</c><00:20:07.700><c> school.</c><00:20:08.460><c> I</c><00:20:08.579><c> can</c><00:20:08.779><c> get</c><00:20:08.920><c> myself</c><00:20:09.339><c> all</c><00:20:09.660><c> kinds</c><00:20:09.960><c> of</c><00:20:10.259><c> designations</c>

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it.<00:20:36.059><c> We</c><00:20:36.180><c> go</c><00:20:36.299><c> get</c><00:20:36.420><c> a</c><00:20:36.640><c> job.</c><00:20:37.700><c> Well,</c><00:20:38.059><c> this</c><00:20:38.279><c> is</c><00:20:38.440><c> the</c><00:20:38.480><c> way</c><00:20:38.579><c> it</c><00:20:38.700><c> works</c><00:20:38.880><c> actually.</c><00:20:39.339><c> You</c><00:20:39.380><c> say,</c><00:20:39.759><c> well,</c><00:20:39.920><c> I</c>

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car,<00:20:43.380><c> then</c><00:20:43.519><c> we</c><00:20:43.640><c> go</c><00:20:43.700><c> get</c><00:20:43.799><c> the</c><00:20:44.039><c> job</c><00:20:44.200><c> so</c><00:20:44.319><c> we</c><00:20:44.380><c> can</c>

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put<00:20:44.660><c> gas</c><00:20:44.880><c> in</c><00:20:45.019><c> the</c><00:20:45.180><c> tank</c><00:20:45.279><c> to</c><00:20:45.440><c> go</c><00:20:45.559><c> to</c><00:20:45.680><c> the</c><00:20:45.819><c> job.</c><00:20:46.440><c> And</c><00:20:46.640><c> then</c><00:20:46.740><c> we</c><00:20:46.859><c> have</c><00:20:46.980><c> to</c>

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job.<00:20:51.599><c> And</c><00:20:51.599><c> it</c><00:20:51.960><c> just</c><00:20:52.119><c> kind</c><00:20:52.380><c> of</c><00:20:52.380><c> builds</c><00:20:52.559><c> and</c><00:20:52.740><c> builds</c><00:20:52.900><c> and</c><00:20:53.079><c> builds</c>

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efforts<00:20:54.559><c> into</c><00:20:55.299><c> the</c><00:20:55.700><c> things,</c><00:20:56.200><c> the</c><00:20:56.259><c> material</c><00:20:56.839><c> stuff</c><00:20:57.259><c> of</c><00:20:57.599><c> this</c>

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life.<00:20:58.619><c> These</c><00:20:58.960><c> are</c><00:20:59.480><c> realistic</c><00:21:00.039><c> gods</c><00:21:00.400><c> that</c>

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face<00:21:00.980><c> us.</c><00:21:01.779><c> What</c><00:21:02.000><c> do</c><00:21:02.160><c> we</c><00:21:02.319><c> hold</c><00:21:02.559><c> in</c><00:21:02.700><c> our</c><00:21:02.920><c> heart</c><00:21:03.079><c> is</c><00:21:03.299><c> most</c><00:21:03.579><c> important?</c><00:21:04.039><c> What</c><00:21:04.220><c> do</c>

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we<00:21:04.500><c> spend?</c><00:21:04.980><c> If</c><00:21:05.220><c> you</c><00:21:05.440><c> were</c><00:21:05.500><c> to</c>

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take<00:21:05.839><c> your</c><00:21:06.039><c> week</c><00:21:06.319><c> and</c><00:21:06.599><c> say,</c><00:21:06.920><c> okay,</c><00:21:06.980><c> what</c><00:21:07.099><c> have</c><00:21:07.200><c> I</c><00:21:07.400><c> spent</c><00:21:07.720><c> the</c>

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last<00:21:08.259><c> week</c><00:21:08.440><c> doing?</c><00:21:08.859><c> What</c><00:21:09.119><c> has</c><00:21:09.440><c> consumed</c>

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my<00:21:10.420><c> time</c><00:21:10.839><c> the</c><00:21:11.400><c> most?</c><00:21:12.380><c> And</c><00:21:12.539><c> in</c><00:21:12.720><c> my</c><00:21:13.000><c> free</c><00:21:13.279><c> time,</c><00:21:13.480><c> when</c><00:21:13.619><c> I</c><00:21:13.759><c> don't</c><00:21:13.920><c> have</c><00:21:14.180><c> to</c><00:21:14.319><c> work</c><00:21:14.460><c> or</c><00:21:14.559><c> I</c>

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don't<00:21:14.819><c> have</c><00:21:15.000><c> to</c><00:21:15.099><c> go</c>

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to<00:21:15.359><c> school,</c><00:21:15.859><c> what</c><00:21:16.059><c> do</c><00:21:16.200><c> I</c><00:21:16.339><c> do?</c><00:21:17.140><c> Those</c><00:21:17.359><c> are</c><00:21:17.539><c> my</c><00:21:17.680><c> gods</c><00:21:17.900><c> then</c><00:21:18.200><c> because</c><00:21:18.579><c> that's</c><00:21:18.839><c> what</c>

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I<00:21:19.180><c> serve</c><00:21:19.319><c> and</c><00:21:19.420><c> that's</c>

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what<00:21:19.700><c> I</c><00:21:19.819><c> worship.</c><00:21:20.960><c> That's</c><00:21:21.200><c> what</c><00:21:21.359><c> Orpah</c><00:21:21.839><c> and</c><00:21:22.140><c> Ruth</c><00:21:22.500><c> were</c><00:21:22.799><c> faced</c>

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with.<00:21:24.920><c> Orpah</c><00:21:25.539><c> decided</c><00:21:26.200><c> that</c><00:21:26.359><c> she</c><00:21:26.539><c> would</c>

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go<00:21:26.940><c> back</c><00:21:27.140><c> to</c><00:21:27.240><c> the</c><00:21:27.400><c> things</c><00:21:27.539><c> she</c><00:21:27.740><c> valued</c><00:21:28.079><c> the</c><00:21:28.279><c> most.</c><00:21:29.200><c> She</c><00:21:29.299><c> went</c>

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back<00:21:29.759><c> to</c><00:21:29.920><c> her</c><00:21:30.180><c> old</c><00:21:30.440><c> life,</c><00:21:31.279><c> her</c><00:21:31.579><c> gods,</c><00:21:32.500><c> just</c>

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like<00:21:33.779><c> Lot's</c><00:21:34.420><c> wife.</c><00:21:35.579><c> She</c><00:21:35.740><c> looked</c><00:21:36.119><c> back</c><00:21:37.200><c> and</c><00:21:37.759><c> she</c><00:21:38.079><c> returned</c><00:21:38.480><c> to</c>

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it.<00:21:39.759><c> Now,</c><00:21:40.019><c> Ruth</c><00:21:40.380><c> is</c><00:21:40.660><c> left</c><00:21:40.859><c> with</c><00:21:41.059><c> a</c><00:21:41.200><c> decision.</c>

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Your<00:21:42.319><c> sister</c><00:21:42.640><c>-in</c><00:21:42.839><c>-law</c><00:21:43.220><c> has</c><00:21:43.640><c> gone</c><00:21:43.859><c> back.</c><00:21:44.859><c> What</c><00:21:45.000><c> are</c><00:21:45.099><c> you</c><00:21:45.259><c> going</c>

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to<00:21:45.440><c> do</c><00:21:45.519><c> about</c><00:21:45.700><c> it?</c><00:21:47.559><c> Verses</c><00:21:48.000><c> 16</c><00:21:48.500><c> to</c><00:21:48.599><c> 18</c>

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who<00:21:54.460><c> is</c><00:21:54.799><c> an</c><00:21:55.599><c> outsider</c><00:21:56.059><c> to</c><00:21:56.539><c> the</c><00:21:56.680><c> faith</c><00:21:56.839><c> of</c><00:21:57.019><c> Israel,</c><00:21:58.319><c> a</c><00:21:58.460><c> stranger</c>

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that's<00:21:58.920><c> been</c><00:21:59.140><c> brought</c><00:21:59.420><c> in.</c><00:21:59.640><c> And</c><00:21:59.700><c> this</c>

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you<00:22:10.079><c> lodge,</c><00:22:10.339><c> where</c><00:22:10.559><c> you</c><00:22:10.859><c> live,</c><00:22:11.440><c> that's</c>

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where<00:22:11.920><c> I</c><00:22:12.059><c> want</c><00:22:12.299><c> to</c><00:22:12.460><c> live.</c><00:22:13.980><c> Where</c><00:22:14.220><c> are</c><00:22:14.480><c> thy</c><00:22:14.700><c> people</c><00:22:15.099><c> shall</c><00:22:15.299><c> be</c>

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my<00:22:15.759><c> people.</c><00:22:16.920><c> Thy</c><00:22:17.380><c> God</c><00:22:18.339><c> shall</c><00:22:19.039><c> be</c><00:22:19.619><c> my</c><00:22:20.059><c> God.</c>

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be<00:22:27.339><c> buried.</c><00:22:27.559><c> And</c><00:22:27.680><c> that's</c><00:22:27.940><c> important</c><00:22:28.579><c> because</c><00:22:29.299><c> where</c><00:22:29.619><c> were</c>

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Malan,<00:22:30.460><c> Chilean</c><00:22:30.900><c> and</c><00:22:31.180><c> Elimelech</c><00:22:31.579><c> buried?</c>

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They<00:22:32.819><c> were</c><00:22:33.079><c> all</c><00:22:33.319><c> buried</c><00:22:33.819><c> in</c><00:22:34.160><c> Moab.</c><00:22:34.740><c> That's</c><00:22:35.180><c> the</c><00:22:35.359><c> lot</c><00:22:35.539><c> of</c><00:22:35.799><c> their</c>

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inheritance.<00:22:37.680><c> Where</c><00:22:37.920><c> was</c><00:22:38.519><c> Jacob</c><00:22:38.980><c> buried?</c>

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Well,<00:22:40.299><c> they</c><00:22:40.440><c> took</c><00:22:40.579><c> him</c><00:22:40.759><c> back</c><00:22:40.960><c> to</c><00:22:41.160><c> Israel.</c><00:22:41.319><c> He</c><00:22:41.420><c> died</c><00:22:41.680><c> in</c><00:22:41.799><c> Egypt.</c>

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buried<00:22:43.480><c> him</c><00:22:43.640><c> there.</c><00:22:44.279><c> Where</c><00:22:44.400><c> was</c><00:22:44.579><c> Joseph</c><00:22:44.920><c> buried?</c><00:22:45.700><c> Well,</c><00:22:45.880><c> he</c>

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him<00:22:48.339><c> back</c><00:22:48.579><c> to</c><00:22:48.839><c> Israel</c><00:22:49.079><c> and</c><00:22:49.279><c> they</c><00:22:49.640><c> buried</c><00:22:49.839><c> him</c><00:22:50.059><c> there.</c><00:22:50.720><c> There</c>

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And<00:22:52.599><c> Ruth</c><00:22:52.740><c> says,</c><00:22:53.460><c> I</c><00:22:53.460><c> want</c><00:22:53.680><c> to</c><00:22:53.859><c> be</c><00:22:54.039><c> an</c><00:22:54.400><c> Israelite.</c><00:22:55.019><c> I</c><00:22:55.059><c> want</c><00:22:55.240><c> the</c>

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hope<00:22:55.720><c> of</c><00:22:56.039><c> Israel.</c><00:22:56.559><c> I</c><00:22:56.720><c> want</c><00:22:56.920><c> to</c><00:22:57.259><c> live.</c>

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I<00:22:57.680><c> want</c><00:22:57.859><c> to</c><00:22:58.079><c> worship</c><00:22:58.359><c> that</c><00:22:58.619><c> God.</c><00:22:59.140><c> That's</c><00:22:59.460><c> where</c><00:22:59.619><c> I</c><00:22:59.779><c> want</c><00:22:59.920><c> to</c>

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been<00:23:01.799><c> promised</c><00:23:02.119><c> and</c><00:23:02.319><c> that's</c><00:23:02.640><c> what</c><00:23:02.759><c> I</c><00:23:03.039><c> want.</c><00:23:04.140><c> And</c><00:23:04.380><c> so</c><00:23:05.039><c> she</c><00:23:05.880><c> says,</c><00:23:06.180><c> where</c><00:23:06.279><c> thy</c>

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diast,<00:23:06.839><c> I</c><00:23:06.960><c> will</c><00:23:07.119><c> die,</c>

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more<00:23:10.960><c> also,</c><00:23:11.559><c> if</c><00:23:11.660><c> ought</c><00:23:11.880><c> of</c><00:23:12.180><c> anything</c>

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we<00:23:27.839><c> find</c><00:23:28.180><c> there</c><00:23:28.880><c> that</c><00:23:29.960><c> verse</c><00:23:30.400><c> 18,</c><00:23:31.200><c> when</c><00:23:31.480><c> Naomi</c><00:23:31.859><c> saw</c><00:23:32.400><c> that</c><00:23:32.900><c> she</c>

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her,<00:23:37.819><c> then</c><00:23:38.240><c> she</c><00:23:38.500><c> left</c><00:23:38.819><c> off</c><00:23:39.220><c> speaking</c><00:23:39.640><c> with</c><00:23:39.839><c> her.</c><00:23:41.039><c> She</c><00:23:41.220><c> is</c><00:23:41.819><c> steadfastly</c><00:23:42.559><c> minded.</c><00:23:43.279><c> Now</c>

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what<00:23:47.660><c> I'm</c><00:23:47.900><c> going</c><00:23:48.200><c> to</c><00:23:48.420><c> do</c><00:23:48.579><c> and</c><00:23:48.720><c> there's</c>

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no<00:23:49.339><c> ifs,</c><00:23:49.700><c> ands,</c><00:23:50.039><c> or</c><00:23:50.220><c> buts</c><00:23:50.460><c> about</c><00:23:50.680><c> it.</c><00:23:52.059><c> Steadfastly</c><00:23:52.539><c> minded.</c>

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Steadfastly<00:23:57.140><c> minded.</c><00:23:58.000><c> Determine</c><00:23:58.480><c> in</c><00:23:58.660><c> our</c><00:23:58.900><c> minds,</c><00:23:59.180><c> in</c><00:23:59.299><c> our</c><00:23:59.440><c> hearts,</c><00:24:00.220><c> what</c><00:24:00.460><c> we're</c><00:24:00.660><c> going</c><00:24:00.779><c> to</c>

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do.<00:24:01.319><c> And</c>

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we're<00:24:09.099><c> going</c><00:24:09.299><c> to</c><00:24:09.579><c> serve.</c><00:24:10.079><c> The</c><00:24:10.180><c> Bible</c>

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tells<00:24:10.779><c> us</c><00:24:10.920><c> in</c><00:24:11.000><c> a</c><00:24:11.099><c> verse</c><00:24:11.279><c> you</c><00:24:11.440><c> probably</c><00:24:11.779><c> all</c><00:24:12.000><c> had</c><00:24:12.279><c> thrown</c><00:24:12.539><c> at</c><00:24:12.740><c> you</c><00:24:12.900><c> a</c>

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hundred<00:24:13.079><c> times,</c><00:24:13.819><c> remember</c><00:24:14.140><c> now</c><00:24:14.359><c> thy</c>

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creator<00:24:14.960><c> in</c><00:24:15.180><c> the</c><00:24:15.440><c> days</c><00:24:15.720><c> of</c><00:24:15.960><c> thy</c><00:24:16.140><c> youth.</c><00:24:16.380><c> Well</c><00:24:16.559><c> it's</c><00:24:16.779><c> true.</c><00:24:18.000><c> That's</c><00:24:18.319><c> what</c><00:24:18.500><c> Ruth</c><00:24:18.759><c> did.</c><00:24:19.279><c> She</c>

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made<00:24:20.019><c> up</c><00:24:20.299><c> her</c>

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mind<00:24:21.160><c> steadfastly</c><00:24:22.200><c> minded</c><00:24:22.400><c> to</c><00:24:22.599><c> go</c><00:24:22.799><c> with</c><00:24:23.420><c> Naomi</c><00:24:23.720><c> to</c><00:24:23.980><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:24:25.420><c> or</c><00:24:25.519><c> to</c><00:24:25.680><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:24:26.779><c> So</c>

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when<00:24:27.839><c> we</c><00:24:27.980><c> come</c>

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over<00:24:28.359><c> the</c><00:24:28.559><c> page</c><00:24:28.819><c> to</c><00:24:29.259><c> Ruth</c><00:24:29.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:29.920><c> 2</c><00:24:30.839><c> and</c><00:24:31.420><c> verse</c><00:24:31.799><c> 11,</c><00:24:32.680><c> Boaz,</c>

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who<00:24:33.119><c> runs</c><00:24:33.380><c> into</c><00:24:33.640><c> her</c><00:24:33.799><c> later</c><00:24:33.980><c> on,</c><00:24:34.140><c> we're</c>

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going<00:24:34.400><c> to</c><00:24:34.400><c> look</c><00:24:34.460><c> at</c><00:24:34.579><c> the</c><00:24:34.640><c> whole</c><00:24:35.000><c> story</c><00:24:35.240><c> of</c><00:24:35.460><c> Ruth.</c><00:24:35.680><c> We</c><00:24:35.680><c> just</c><00:24:35.859><c> want</c><00:24:35.980><c> to</c>

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pick<00:24:36.220><c> up</c><00:24:36.380><c> some</c><00:24:36.519><c> of</c><00:24:36.740><c> the</c><00:24:36.740><c> key</c><00:24:36.960><c> points.</c>

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Boaz<00:24:38.299><c> says,</c><00:24:38.799><c> he</c><00:24:38.819><c> notices</c><00:24:39.400><c> what</c><00:24:39.799><c> this</c><00:24:40.099><c> young</c><00:24:40.400><c> sister,</c><00:24:41.380><c> who</c><00:24:41.559><c> is</c>

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a<00:24:42.220><c> stranger</c><00:24:42.559><c> brought</c><00:24:42.920><c> in,</c><00:24:43.099><c> it's</c><00:24:43.279><c> not</c><00:24:43.500><c> easy</c>

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for<00:24:44.140><c> her,</c><00:24:44.579><c> but</c><00:24:44.720><c> he</c><00:24:44.960><c> notices</c><00:24:45.339><c> the</c><00:24:45.740><c> faith</c><00:24:46.000><c> that</c><00:24:46.180><c> this</c><00:24:46.319><c> woman</c><00:24:46.539><c> has.</c><00:24:47.579><c> He</c>

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says<00:24:47.920><c> in</c><00:24:48.039><c> verse</c><00:24:48.299><c> 11,</c><00:24:48.720><c> it</c><00:24:48.799><c> hath</c><00:24:49.039><c> been</c>

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fully<00:24:49.779><c> shown</c><00:24:50.079><c> me</c><00:24:50.299><c> all</c><00:24:50.619><c> that</c><00:24:50.740><c> you</c><00:24:50.880><c> have</c><00:24:51.059><c> done</c><00:24:51.299><c> unto</c><00:24:51.559><c> your</c><00:24:51.759><c> mother</c><00:24:52.019><c>-in</c><00:24:52.200><c>-law</c><00:24:52.299><c> since</c><00:24:52.579><c> the</c><00:24:52.880><c> death</c><00:24:53.099><c> of</c><00:24:53.259><c> your</c>

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husband,<00:24:54.140><c> and</c><00:24:54.440><c> how</c><00:24:54.680><c> you</c><00:24:54.859><c> have</c><00:24:55.019><c> left</c><00:24:55.299><c> your</c><00:24:55.720><c> father,</c><00:24:56.759><c> your</c><00:24:57.119><c> mother,</c><00:24:57.819><c> the</c>

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land<00:24:58.220><c> of</c><00:24:58.500><c> your</c><00:24:58.759><c> nativity,</c><00:24:59.539><c> and</c>

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are<00:24:59.759><c> come</c><00:25:00.140><c> unto</c><00:25:00.859><c> a</c><00:25:01.079><c> people</c><00:25:01.380><c> who</c><00:25:01.539><c> you</c><00:25:01.779><c> didn't</c><00:25:02.059><c> know</c><00:25:02.359><c> before</c><00:25:02.700><c> this.</c><00:25:03.839><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:25:04.220><c> recompense</c><00:25:04.779><c> thy</c><00:25:05.039><c> work,</c>

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and<00:25:05.660><c> a</c><00:25:05.960><c> full</c><00:25:06.119><c> reward</c><00:25:06.559><c> be</c><00:25:06.799><c> given</c><00:25:07.019><c> thee</c><00:25:07.380><c> of</c><00:25:07.559><c> the</c><00:25:07.779><c> Lord</c><00:25:08.180><c> God</c><00:25:08.400><c> of</c><00:25:08.559><c> Israel,</c><00:25:09.819><c> he</c>

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who<00:25:10.359><c> will</c><00:25:10.579><c> be</c><00:25:10.839><c> mighty</c><00:25:11.160><c> ones</c>

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of<00:25:11.539><c> Israel</c><00:25:12.119><c> under</c><00:25:12.720><c> whose</c><00:25:12.940><c> wings</c><00:25:13.259><c> thou</c><00:25:13.480><c> art</c><00:25:13.559><c> come</c><00:25:13.799><c> to</c><00:25:14.039><c> trust.</c>

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left<00:25:17.799><c> father</c><00:25:18.480><c> and</c><00:25:19.279><c> mother</c><00:25:19.799><c> and</c><00:25:20.599><c> land.</c><00:25:21.140><c> What</c><00:25:21.259><c> does</c><00:25:21.319><c> that</c><00:25:21.480><c> remind</c><00:25:21.779><c> you</c>

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of?<00:25:22.640><c> That's</c><00:25:22.799><c> what</c><00:25:22.839><c> the</c><00:25:22.960><c> Lord</c><00:25:23.119><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:25:23.700><c> says,</c><00:25:23.920><c> doesn't</c><00:25:24.180><c> it?</c><00:25:25.339><c> When</c><00:25:25.559><c> Peter</c><00:25:25.859><c> asks</c><00:25:26.299><c> him,</c><00:25:27.059><c> Lord,</c>

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we<00:25:28.079><c> have</c><00:25:28.259><c> forsaken</c><00:25:28.720><c> all</c><00:25:28.960><c> and</c><00:25:29.299><c> followed</c><00:25:29.500><c> the</c>

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way<00:25:29.640><c> in</c><00:25:29.740><c> Matthew</c><00:25:30.059><c> chapter</c><00:25:30.359><c> 19,</c><00:25:31.619><c> what's</c><00:25:32.160><c> in</c><00:25:32.319><c> it</c><00:25:32.500><c> for</c><00:25:32.579><c> us?</c><00:25:33.859><c> What</c>

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do<00:25:34.900><c> we</c><00:25:34.980><c> get</c><00:25:35.180><c> out</c><00:25:35.339><c> of</c><00:25:35.359><c> this?</c><00:25:35.660><c> He</c><00:25:35.660><c> says,</c><00:25:36.160><c> look,</c>

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you<00:25:36.759><c> who</c><00:25:37.019><c> have</c><00:25:37.299><c> followed</c><00:25:37.579><c> me</c><00:25:37.920><c> in</c><00:25:38.079><c> the</c><00:25:38.339><c> resurrection,</c><00:25:38.900><c> the</c><00:25:39.079><c> regeneration,</c><00:25:40.279><c> when</c><00:25:40.380><c> the</c>

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son<00:25:40.839><c> of</c><00:25:41.000><c> man</c><00:25:41.240><c> sits</c>

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on<00:25:41.660><c> the</c><00:25:41.920><c> throne</c><00:25:42.099><c> of</c><00:25:42.259><c> his</c><00:25:42.440><c> glory,</c><00:25:43.099><c> you'll</c><00:25:43.400><c> be</c><00:25:43.559><c> sitting</c><00:25:43.700><c> on</c><00:25:43.920><c> twelve</c><00:25:44.319><c> thrones</c><00:25:44.759><c> judging</c><00:25:45.119><c> the</c>

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twelve<00:25:45.700><c> tribes</c>

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of<00:25:46.220><c> Israel.</c><00:25:47.019><c> And</c><00:25:47.119><c> whoever</c><00:25:47.519><c> has</c><00:25:47.859><c> left</c><00:25:48.220><c> father,</c><00:25:49.299><c> mother,</c><00:25:50.119><c> lands,</c><00:25:50.900><c> whatever</c><00:25:51.279><c> of</c>

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this<00:25:51.799><c> life</c><00:25:52.059><c> and</c><00:25:52.220><c> has</c><00:25:52.359><c> forsaken</c>

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them<00:25:53.079><c> and</c><00:25:53.400><c> followed</c><00:25:53.619><c> me</c><00:25:53.839><c> will</c><00:25:54.000><c> be</c><00:25:54.140><c> given</c><00:25:54.339><c> a</c><00:25:54.700><c> hundred</c><00:25:55.019><c> fold</c><00:25:55.279><c> in</c>

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that's<00:25:57.740><c> before</c><00:25:58.140><c> us.</c><00:25:59.039><c> That's</c><00:25:59.180><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> same</c><00:25:59.559><c> thing</c><00:25:59.779><c> that</c><00:25:59.980><c> faced</c>

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Ruth,<00:26:00.579><c> that's</c><00:26:00.799><c> the</c><00:26:00.880><c> same</c><00:26:01.079><c> thing</c><00:26:01.220><c> the</c><00:26:01.319><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:26:01.799><c> Christ</c><00:26:02.039><c> said</c><00:26:02.140><c> to</c><00:26:02.299><c> his</c><00:26:02.460><c> disciples.</c><00:26:03.720><c> Now,</c><00:26:05.380><c> it's</c><00:26:05.700><c> that</c><00:26:06.200><c> vision</c><00:26:06.660><c> that</c><00:26:07.740><c> Ruth</c><00:26:08.059><c> had</c><00:26:08.440><c> of</c>

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looking<00:26:09.059><c> past</c>

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characteristic<00:26:15.019><c> of</c><00:26:15.420><c> faith.</c><00:26:15.619><c> Let's</c>

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turn<00:26:15.980><c> over</c><00:26:16.140><c> to</c><00:26:16.319><c> Hebrews</c><00:26:16.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:17.000><c> 11.</c><00:26:19.779><c> The</c><00:26:19.920><c> whole</c><00:26:20.220><c> book</c><00:26:20.480><c> of,</c>

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verse<00:29:17.940><c> 6.</c><00:29:18.680><c> Without</c><00:29:19.039><c> faith,</c><00:29:19.799><c> it's</c><00:29:20.140><c> impossible</c><00:29:20.839><c> to</c><00:29:21.160><c> please</c><00:29:21.339><c> God</c>

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because<00:29:22.660><c> he</c><00:29:22.940><c> that</c><00:29:23.119><c> cometh</c><00:29:23.359><c> to</c><00:29:23.559><c> God</c><00:29:23.859><c> must</c>

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:27.420
believe<00:29:24.700><c> that</c><00:29:24.859><c> he</c><00:29:25.039><c> is</c><00:29:25.359><c> and</c><00:29:25.740><c> that</c><00:29:25.920><c> he</c><00:29:26.039><c> is</c><00:29:26.279><c> a</c><00:29:26.640><c> rewarder</c><00:29:27.099><c> of</c><00:29:27.259><c> them</c>

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:30.039
that<00:29:27.779><c> diligently</c><00:29:28.200><c> seek</c><00:29:28.539><c> him.</c><00:29:29.200><c> If</c><00:29:29.480><c> we</c><00:29:29.779><c> don't</c>

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.900
have<00:29:30.319><c> it,</c><00:29:30.740><c> there</c><00:29:31.000><c> is</c><00:29:31.359><c> no</c><00:29:32.000><c> way</c><00:29:32.420><c> that</c><00:29:33.099><c> we</c><00:29:33.240><c> are</c><00:29:33.380><c> going</c><00:29:33.579><c> to</c><00:29:33.680><c> be</c><00:29:33.759><c> able</c>

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:35.339
to<00:29:33.940><c> please</c><00:29:34.240><c> God.</c><00:29:34.720><c> Orpah</c><00:29:34.920><c> didn't</c><00:29:35.180><c> have</c>

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:37.960
it.<00:29:36.160><c> If</c><00:29:36.220><c> she'd</c><00:29:36.519><c> had</c><00:29:36.700><c> faith,</c><00:29:37.079><c> she</c><00:29:37.160><c> would</c><00:29:37.299><c> have</c><00:29:37.359><c> kept</c><00:29:37.519><c> going.</c>

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:40.579
But<00:29:38.519><c> she</c><00:29:38.660><c> didn't</c><00:29:38.920><c> have</c><00:29:39.240><c> that</c><00:29:39.519><c> faith</c><00:29:40.019><c> because</c>

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:43.220
she<00:29:40.799><c> did</c><00:29:41.039><c> not</c><00:29:41.319><c> value</c><00:29:41.720><c> the</c><00:29:41.880><c> things</c><00:29:42.200><c> of</c><00:29:42.359><c> the</c><00:29:42.500><c> kingdom</c><00:29:42.740><c> of</c><00:29:42.880><c> God</c>

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:47.720
over<00:29:44.259><c> what</c><00:29:44.799><c> she</c><00:29:46.119><c> valued</c><00:29:46.559><c> the</c><00:29:46.799><c> world</c><00:29:47.279><c> more</c>

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:51.180
than<00:29:47.880><c> those</c><00:29:48.079><c> things.</c><00:29:49.059><c> And</c><00:29:49.059><c> so</c><00:29:49.359><c> she</c><00:29:49.539><c> returned</c><00:29:49.880><c> and</c><00:29:50.000><c> went</c><00:29:50.119><c> back.</c>

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.700
Alimelot<00:29:51.619><c> never</c><00:29:51.920><c> had</c><00:29:52.099><c> it</c><00:29:52.200><c> or</c><00:29:52.339><c> he</c><00:29:52.480><c> never</c>

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:55.759
would<00:29:52.839><c> have</c><00:29:52.880><c> left</c><00:29:53.099><c> in</c><00:29:53.240><c> the</c><00:29:53.380><c> first</c><00:29:53.579><c> place.</c><00:29:54.940><c> Malan</c><00:29:55.279><c> and</c><00:29:55.519><c> Chilian</c>

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.140
never<00:29:56.059><c> had</c><00:29:56.279><c> it</c><00:29:56.400><c> or</c><00:29:56.539><c> they</c><00:29:56.740><c> would</c><00:29:56.900><c> have</c>

00:29:57.140 --> 00:30:00.220
gone<00:29:57.200><c> back</c><00:29:57.460><c> as</c><00:29:57.599><c> soon</c><00:29:57.740><c> as</c><00:29:57.859><c> their</c><00:29:57.980><c> father</c><00:29:58.259><c> had</c><00:29:58.519><c> died.</c><00:29:59.640><c> Naomi</c><00:29:59.940><c> had</c>

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:02.259
it<00:30:00.660><c> and</c><00:30:01.220><c> Ruth</c><00:30:01.480><c> had</c><00:30:01.720><c> it.</c><00:30:01.880><c> And</c><00:30:01.920><c> we</c><00:30:02.059><c> want</c>

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:05.440
to<00:30:02.359><c> develop</c><00:30:02.720><c> that</c><00:30:02.900><c> same</c><00:30:03.200><c> thing</c><00:30:03.380><c> within</c><00:30:03.579><c> ourselves.</c><00:30:05.079><c> We</c><00:30:05.079><c> find,</c>

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.819
remember<00:30:05.799><c> what</c><00:30:05.880><c> it</c><00:30:06.059><c> said</c><00:30:06.240><c> about</c><00:30:06.480><c> Ruth</c>

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:10.400
that<00:30:06.960><c> she</c><00:30:07.460><c> clave</c><00:30:08.119><c> unto</c><00:30:08.519><c> her</c><00:30:08.799><c> mother</c><00:30:09.039><c>-in</c><00:30:09.259><c>-law.</c><00:30:09.740><c> That</c><00:30:09.880><c> means</c><00:30:10.160><c> she</c>

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.119
held<00:30:10.640><c> onto</c><00:30:10.960><c> her.</c><00:30:11.079><c> She</c><00:30:11.180><c> is</c><00:30:11.519><c> not</c><00:30:11.839><c> letting</c>

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:16.440
go.<00:30:13.359><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:13.579><c> chapter</c><00:30:14.000><c> 11</c><00:30:14.380><c> and</c><00:30:14.539><c> verse</c><00:30:14.799><c> 13,</c><00:30:15.480><c> we</c><00:30:15.480><c> read</c><00:30:15.660><c> that</c><00:30:15.819><c> these</c><00:30:16.140><c> all</c>

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died<00:30:16.599><c> in</c><00:30:16.900><c> faith,</c><00:30:18.220><c> not</c><00:30:18.359><c> having</c><00:30:18.740><c> received</c>

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:23.039
the<00:30:19.640><c> promises,</c><00:30:20.799><c> but</c><00:30:20.980><c> having</c><00:30:21.440><c> seen</c><00:30:21.839><c> them</c><00:30:22.079><c> afar</c><00:30:22.420><c> off.</c><00:30:22.819><c> They</c><00:30:22.839><c> had</c>

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:25.259
a<00:30:23.160><c> vision.</c><00:30:24.099><c> They</c><00:30:24.420><c> knew</c><00:30:24.799><c> that</c><00:30:24.960><c> they</c><00:30:25.079><c> were</c>

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:29.220
coming<00:30:25.480><c> afar</c><00:30:25.900><c> off</c><00:30:26.059><c> in</c><00:30:26.180><c> the</c><00:30:26.299><c> kingdom</c><00:30:26.519><c> age.</c><00:30:27.259><c> And</c><00:30:27.500><c> they</c><00:30:27.759><c> were</c><00:30:28.119><c> persuaded</c><00:30:29.000><c> of</c>

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.079
them.<00:30:29.500><c> And</c><00:30:29.619><c> notice</c><00:30:29.779><c> what</c><00:30:29.940><c> it</c>

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.579
says<00:30:30.240><c> now,</c><00:30:31.019><c> they</c><00:30:31.359><c> embraced</c><00:30:32.220><c> them.</c><00:30:32.759><c> That's</c><00:30:32.920><c> what</c><00:30:33.119><c> Ruth</c><00:30:33.400><c> did.</c>

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.980
She<00:30:33.940><c> claved</c><00:30:34.539><c> unto</c><00:30:34.880><c> the</c><00:30:35.200><c> promises</c><00:30:35.599><c> that</c>

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:39.180
were<00:30:36.240><c> given</c><00:30:36.559><c> and</c><00:30:37.480><c> confessed</c><00:30:38.160><c> that</c><00:30:38.299><c> they</c><00:30:38.440><c> were</c><00:30:38.660><c> strangers</c><00:30:38.960><c> and</c>

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:41.380
pilgrims<00:30:39.500><c> on</c><00:30:39.680><c> the</c><00:30:39.839><c> earth.</c><00:30:40.640><c> And</c><00:30:40.720><c> they</c><00:30:40.940><c> left</c><00:30:41.160><c> their</c>

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:44.480
countries<00:30:41.880><c> just</c><00:30:42.400><c> like</c><00:30:42.619><c> Abraham</c><00:30:43.019><c> and</c><00:30:43.599><c> moved</c><00:30:43.799><c> on</c><00:30:44.019><c> from</c><00:30:44.220><c> there.</c>

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.720
The<00:30:45.279><c> kingdom</c><00:30:45.660><c> has</c><00:30:46.180><c> to</c><00:30:46.359><c> be</c><00:30:46.519><c> real</c><00:30:46.680><c> to</c><00:30:46.900><c> us.</c><00:30:47.579><c> It</c>

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.539
has<00:30:48.000><c> to</c><00:30:48.160><c> be</c><00:30:48.460><c> tangible</c><00:30:48.920><c> so</c><00:30:49.579><c> that</c><00:30:49.680><c> we</c><00:30:49.740><c> can</c><00:30:49.900><c> look</c><00:30:50.079><c> at</c><00:30:50.200><c> it</c><00:30:50.339><c> and</c><00:30:50.339><c> say,</c>

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:52.099
yes,<00:30:51.000><c> I</c><00:30:51.140><c> want</c><00:30:51.299><c> to</c><00:30:51.460><c> be</c><00:30:51.680><c> involved</c><00:30:51.880><c> in</c>

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:58.579
those<00:30:52.160><c> things.</c><00:30:54.200><c> Well,</c><00:30:55.799><c> here</c><00:30:55.920><c> we</c><00:30:56.119><c> are</c><00:30:56.720><c> standing</c><00:30:57.319><c> on</c><00:30:58.019><c> the</c><00:30:58.220><c> road</c>

00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:01.380
that<00:30:58.779><c> leads</c><00:30:59.000><c> from</c><00:30:59.259><c> Moab</c><00:30:59.640><c> into</c><00:31:00.359><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:06.799
And<00:31:02.019><c> all</c><00:31:02.220><c> of</c><00:31:02.339><c> us</c><00:31:02.539><c> are</c><00:31:02.700><c> at</c><00:31:02.759><c> that</c><00:31:02.940><c> little</c><00:31:03.220><c> sign</c><00:31:03.460><c> that</c><00:31:03.660><c> says,</c><00:31:04.160><c> Moab,</c><00:31:05.440><c> Israel.</c><00:31:06.700><c> And</c>

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.440
which<00:31:06.980><c> way</c><00:31:07.140><c> are</c><00:31:07.259><c> we</c><00:31:07.339><c> going</c>

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:14.039
to<00:31:07.579><c> go?</c><00:31:08.599><c> What</c><00:31:08.940><c> decision</c><00:31:09.720><c> are</c><00:31:10.539><c> we</c><00:31:10.720><c> going</c><00:31:10.839><c> to</c><00:31:11.000><c> make?</c><00:31:12.420><c> When</c><00:31:12.640><c> we</c><00:31:12.880><c> reach</c><00:31:13.160><c> the</c><00:31:13.359><c> age</c><00:31:13.579><c> that</c><00:31:13.720><c> we're</c><00:31:13.859><c> at</c>

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.299
now,<00:31:14.980><c> we</c>

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.579
begin<00:31:15.539><c> to</c><00:31:15.740><c> get</c><00:31:15.960><c> responsibilities.</c><00:31:17.160><c> We</c><00:31:17.259><c> get</c><00:31:17.339><c> a</c><00:31:17.400><c> job,</c><00:31:18.400><c> probably</c>

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.160
a<00:31:18.779><c> driver's</c><00:31:19.279><c> license</c><00:31:19.579><c> at</c><00:31:19.759><c> some</c><00:31:19.960><c> point</c>

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:24.079
in<00:31:20.559><c> time.</c><00:31:21.519><c> And</c><00:31:21.519><c> the</c><00:31:21.980><c> responsibilities</c><00:31:22.660><c> are</c><00:31:23.259><c> given</c><00:31:23.480><c> to</c><00:31:23.759><c> us.</c>

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.000
And<00:31:24.460><c> with</c><00:31:24.680><c> those</c><00:31:24.980><c> responsibilities,</c><00:31:25.859><c> with</c>

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.599
those<00:31:26.259><c> choices,</c><00:31:27.339><c> comes</c><00:31:27.619><c> accountability.</c><00:31:29.460><c> And</c><00:31:29.640><c> that</c><00:31:29.799><c> was</c><00:31:29.940><c> where</c><00:31:30.140><c> Ruth</c><00:31:30.380><c> was</c>

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:32.380
at.<00:31:31.359><c> She</c><00:31:31.559><c> was</c><00:31:31.839><c> standing</c><00:31:32.160><c> at</c>

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:35.960
the<00:31:32.579><c> crossroads,</c><00:31:34.180><c> challenged</c><00:31:34.619><c> with</c><00:31:35.079><c> which</c><00:31:35.319><c> direction</c><00:31:35.799><c> she</c>

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:40.859
was<00:31:36.160><c> going</c><00:31:36.279><c> to</c><00:31:36.400><c> go</c><00:31:36.539><c> in.</c><00:31:38.240><c> So</c><00:31:38.460><c> are</c><00:31:38.599><c> we.</c><00:31:40.339><c> Are</c><00:31:40.700><c> we</c>

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:44.759
going<00:31:40.960><c> to</c><00:31:40.980><c> go</c><00:31:41.220><c> back</c><00:31:41.579><c> to</c><00:31:41.940><c> the</c><00:31:42.099><c> human</c><00:31:42.299><c> race,</c><00:31:43.519><c> to</c><00:31:43.660><c> Moab</c><00:31:44.160><c> and</c><00:31:44.599><c> all</c>

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:46.940
it<00:31:44.940><c> presents</c><00:31:45.220><c> to</c><00:31:45.460><c> us?</c><00:31:46.279><c> Or</c><00:31:46.480><c> are</c><00:31:46.660><c> we</c><00:31:46.799><c> going</c>

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:51.819
to<00:31:47.180><c> go</c><00:31:47.180><c> on</c><00:31:47.900><c> to</c><00:31:48.319><c> Israel,</c><00:31:49.420><c> to</c><00:31:49.539><c> the</c><00:31:49.660><c> kingdom</c><00:31:49.920><c> of</c><00:31:50.160><c> God,</c><00:31:50.900><c> to</c><00:31:51.000><c> the</c><00:31:51.180><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:51.599><c> of</c>

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.500
the<00:31:52.019><c> living</c><00:31:52.259><c> God</c><00:31:52.680><c> that</c><00:31:53.160><c> will</c>

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:56.700
live<00:31:53.759><c> and</c><00:31:54.099><c> reign</c><00:31:54.259><c> with</c><00:31:54.500><c> Christ</c><00:31:54.819><c> for</c><00:31:55.079><c> a</c><00:31:55.200><c> thousand</c><00:31:55.440><c> years?</c><00:31:56.440><c> What</c>

00:31:56.700 --> 00:32:00.799
are<00:31:56.920><c> we</c><00:31:57.099><c> going</c><00:31:57.279><c> to</c><00:31:57.539><c> choose?</c><00:32:00.380><c> Well,</c>

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:03.680
it's<00:32:01.220><c> up</c><00:32:01.359><c> to</c><00:32:01.500><c> us</c><00:32:01.759><c> to</c><00:32:02.000><c> choose.</c><00:32:02.619><c> I</c><00:32:02.819><c> can't</c><00:32:03.079><c> make</c><00:32:03.160><c> that</c><00:32:03.380><c> decision</c>

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:05.940
for<00:32:03.960><c> you.</c><00:32:04.799><c> You</c><00:32:05.019><c> can't</c><00:32:05.319><c> make</c><00:32:05.400><c> that</c><00:32:05.619><c> decision</c>

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:11.500
for<00:32:06.140><c> me.</c><00:32:07.480><c> Well,</c><00:32:07.579><c> we</c><00:32:07.700><c> all</c><00:32:07.880><c> have</c><00:32:08.059><c> to</c><00:32:08.220><c> make</c><00:32:08.400><c> it.</c><00:32:09.819><c> And</c><00:32:10.339><c> not</c><00:32:10.700><c> everybody</c><00:32:11.099><c> in</c><00:32:11.259><c> this</c>

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.940
room<00:32:11.839><c> is</c><00:32:12.359><c> going</c><00:32:12.500><c> to</c><00:32:12.700><c> choose</c>

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:16.240
to<00:32:13.099><c> be</c><00:32:13.180><c> part</c><00:32:13.480><c> of</c><00:32:13.980><c> the</c><00:32:14.059><c> purpose</c><00:32:14.420><c> of</c><00:32:14.680><c> God.</c><00:32:15.720><c> There's</c><00:32:15.900><c> going</c><00:32:16.019><c> to</c><00:32:16.099><c> be</c>

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:18.400
some<00:32:16.480><c> people</c><00:32:17.200><c> who</c><00:32:17.400><c> are</c><00:32:17.480><c> going</c><00:32:17.599><c> to</c><00:32:17.700><c> be</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.700
Ruth's,<00:32:19.059><c> and</c><00:32:19.220><c> there's</c><00:32:19.339><c> going</c><00:32:19.460><c> to</c><00:32:19.539><c> be</c><00:32:19.680><c> some</c><00:32:19.880><c> people</c><00:32:20.380><c> who</c><00:32:20.640><c> are</c>

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:22.559
going<00:32:20.799><c> to</c><00:32:20.880><c> be</c><00:32:21.079><c> Orpah's.</c><00:32:21.940><c> And</c><00:32:22.200><c> it's</c><00:32:22.380><c> the</c>

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:25.880
same<00:32:22.680><c> in</c><00:32:22.900><c> every</c><00:32:23.119><c> ecclesia.</c><00:32:24.460><c> Some</c><00:32:24.740><c> will</c><00:32:25.000><c> choose</c><00:32:25.299><c> to</c><00:32:25.480><c> go</c><00:32:25.599><c> on</c><00:32:25.700><c> to</c>

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:28.299
Israel,<00:32:26.839><c> and</c><00:32:27.160><c> some</c><00:32:27.359><c> will</c><00:32:27.660><c> choose</c><00:32:27.839><c> to</c><00:32:28.019><c> go</c>

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:33.220
back.<00:32:29.339><c> Unlike</c><00:32:29.599><c> Malan,</c><00:32:30.480><c> Chilian,</c><00:32:31.259><c> and</c><00:32:31.319><c> Elimelech,</c><00:32:32.299><c> if</c><00:32:32.480><c> we</c><00:32:32.740><c> choose</c><00:32:33.079><c> to</c>

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:35.380
go<00:32:33.420><c> back,</c><00:32:34.359><c> we</c><00:32:34.519><c> may</c><00:32:34.779><c> die</c><00:32:35.059><c> before</c>

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:40.579
they<00:32:35.619><c> have</c><00:32:35.740><c> the</c><00:32:35.980><c> opportunity</c><00:32:36.359><c> to</c><00:32:36.920><c> turn</c><00:32:37.180><c> around</c><00:32:37.539><c> and</c><00:32:37.940><c> pick</c><00:32:38.160><c> what's</c><00:32:38.559><c> right.</c><00:32:39.380><c> Just</c><00:32:39.599><c> turn</c><00:32:39.819><c> over</c><00:32:40.039><c> to</c><00:32:40.240><c> Second</c>

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:42.940
Timothy.<00:32:40.960><c> It's</c><00:32:41.119><c> a</c><00:32:41.160><c> very</c><00:32:41.519><c> sobering</c><00:32:42.059><c> thing</c><00:32:42.160><c> to</c><00:32:42.299><c> think</c><00:32:42.559><c> about,</c>

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:46.140
but<00:32:43.440><c> it</c><00:32:43.559><c> is</c><00:32:43.839><c> the</c><00:32:44.039><c> truth.</c><00:32:45.460><c> Second</c><00:32:45.759><c> Timothy,</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:51.859
chapter<00:32:46.539><c> 2,</c><00:32:47.460><c> and</c><00:32:47.599><c> in</c><00:32:47.759><c> verse</c><00:32:48.019><c> 20,</c><00:32:48.539><c> we</c><00:32:48.700><c> read</c><00:32:48.900><c> that</c><00:32:49.240><c> in</c><00:32:49.500><c> every</c><00:32:50.019><c> great</c><00:32:50.359><c> house,</c><00:32:51.539><c> which</c><00:32:51.640><c> is</c>

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.079
the<00:32:52.059><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:57.140
there<00:32:53.400><c> are</c><00:32:53.740><c> not</c><00:32:53.960><c> only</c><00:32:54.200><c> vessels</c><00:32:54.480><c> of</c><00:32:54.680><c> gold</c><00:32:54.940><c> and</c><00:32:55.180><c> silver,</c><00:32:56.039><c> but</c><00:32:56.160><c> also</c><00:32:56.740><c> of</c>

00:32:57.140 --> 00:33:00.980
wood<00:32:57.519><c> and</c><00:32:58.740><c> of</c><00:32:59.220><c> earth,</c><00:33:00.220><c> some</c><00:33:00.420><c> to</c><00:33:00.680><c> honor,</c>

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:07.140
some<00:33:01.460><c> to</c><00:33:01.720><c> dishonor.</c><00:33:02.859><c> So</c><00:33:02.900><c> what</c><00:33:03.059><c> he's</c><00:33:03.380><c> saying</c><00:33:03.480><c> is,</c><00:33:03.859><c> look,</c><00:33:04.039><c> in</c><00:33:04.299><c> the</c><00:33:04.559><c> ecclesia,</c><00:33:05.779><c> not</c><00:33:06.099><c> every</c><00:33:06.519><c> vessel</c><00:33:06.900><c> is</c>

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:11.480
a<00:33:07.859><c> faithful,</c><00:33:08.259><c> gold,</c><00:33:09.059><c> righteous,</c><00:33:10.099><c> silver</c><00:33:10.519><c> vessel.</c><00:33:10.980><c> Not</c><00:33:11.160><c> every</c>

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.940
person<00:33:11.880><c> is</c><00:33:12.079><c> going</c><00:33:12.240><c> to</c><00:33:12.339><c> be</c><00:33:12.460><c> that</c><00:33:12.700><c> way.</c>

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:16.299
There<00:33:13.539><c> will</c><00:33:13.740><c> be</c><00:33:13.880><c> some</c><00:33:14.119><c> people</c><00:33:14.500><c> who</c><00:33:14.700><c> are</c><00:33:14.920><c> made</c><00:33:15.140><c> out</c><00:33:15.299><c> of</c><00:33:15.440><c> clay.</c>

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.440
They're<00:33:16.519><c> earthy.</c><00:33:17.059><c> They're</c><00:33:17.180><c> made</c><00:33:17.259><c> out</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:21.880
of<00:33:17.599><c> wood.</c><00:33:17.940><c> They</c><00:33:17.960><c> corrupt.</c><00:33:18.819><c> Their</c><00:33:19.160><c> faith</c><00:33:19.559><c> is</c><00:33:20.319><c> earthy</c><00:33:20.980><c> and</c><00:33:21.319><c> corruptible,</c><00:33:21.779><c> and</c>

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:23.619
it's<00:33:22.259><c> not</c><00:33:22.839><c> refined</c><00:33:23.359><c> like</c>

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:27.039
gold<00:33:23.859><c> in</c><00:33:24.039><c> the</c><00:33:24.180><c> fire.</c><00:33:25.519><c> If</c><00:33:25.640><c> a</c><00:33:25.819><c> man,</c><00:33:26.000><c> therefore,</c><00:33:26.440><c> purged</c><00:33:26.640><c> himself</c>

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:29.420
from<00:33:27.279><c> these,</c><00:33:28.140><c> he</c><00:33:28.359><c> shall</c><00:33:28.519><c> be</c><00:33:28.700><c> a</c><00:33:28.819><c> vessel</c><00:33:29.059><c> unto</c>

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:32.420
honor,<00:33:29.900><c> sanctified</c><00:33:30.400><c> and</c><00:33:30.740><c> fit</c><00:33:30.900><c> for</c><00:33:31.059><c> the</c><00:33:31.220><c> master's</c><00:33:31.640><c> use,</c><00:33:31.839><c> prepared</c><00:33:32.220><c> for</c>

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:36.440
every<00:33:32.599><c> good</c><00:33:32.859><c> work.</c><00:33:35.619><c> He's</c><00:33:36.099><c> talking</c>

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:39.279
about<00:33:36.839><c> the</c><00:33:37.240><c> youthful</c><00:33:37.680><c> lusts</c><00:33:38.160><c> that</c><00:33:38.259><c> are</c><00:33:38.359><c> identified</c><00:33:38.940><c> for</c><00:33:39.160><c> us</c>

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:43.039
in<00:33:39.400><c> verse</c><00:33:39.619><c> 22.</c><00:33:40.980><c> Flee</c><00:33:41.079><c> also</c><00:33:42.140><c> youthful</c><00:33:42.619><c> lusts</c>

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:45.740
which<00:33:43.079><c> follow,</c><00:33:43.779><c> but</c><00:33:44.259><c> follow</c><00:33:44.579><c> after</c><00:33:44.880><c> righteousness,</c><00:33:45.480><c> faith,</c>

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.099
and<00:33:46.000><c> love</c><00:33:46.140><c> and</c><00:33:46.319><c> peace,</c><00:33:46.599><c> which</c><00:33:46.720><c> we'll</c><00:33:46.900><c> come</c>

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:50.619
to<00:33:47.180><c> in</c><00:33:47.339><c> a</c><00:33:47.400><c> later</c><00:33:47.559><c> class.</c><00:33:48.680><c> So</c><00:33:48.799><c> in</c><00:33:48.940><c> this</c><00:33:49.259><c> room,</c><00:33:50.220><c> there's</c><00:33:50.500><c> going</c>

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:52.920
to<00:33:50.720><c> be</c><00:33:50.839><c> some</c><00:33:51.039><c> vessels</c><00:33:51.299><c> to</c><00:33:51.579><c> honor,</c><00:33:52.660><c> and</c><00:33:52.799><c> there's</c>

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:55.420
going<00:33:53.039><c> to</c><00:33:53.140><c> be</c><00:33:53.259><c> some</c><00:33:53.400><c> vessels</c><00:33:53.640><c> to</c><00:33:53.880><c> dishonor.</c><00:33:55.119><c> There's</c><00:33:55.299><c> going</c>

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:57.140
to<00:33:55.480><c> be</c><00:33:55.660><c> some</c><00:33:55.900><c> roots,</c><00:33:56.799><c> and</c><00:33:56.940><c> there's</c><00:33:57.019><c> going</c>

00:33:57.140 --> 00:34:01.220
to<00:33:57.240><c> be</c><00:33:57.420><c> some</c><00:33:57.700><c> orpas.</c><00:33:59.319><c> And</c><00:33:59.539><c> I</c><00:33:59.660><c> don't</c><00:33:59.779><c> know</c><00:33:59.859><c> who</c><00:34:00.000><c> they</c><00:34:00.220><c> are.</c><00:34:00.940><c> You</c>

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:03.019
don't<00:34:01.420><c> know</c><00:34:01.539><c> who</c><00:34:01.700><c> they</c><00:34:01.940><c> are,</c><00:34:02.440><c> but</c><00:34:02.759><c> you</c>

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:07.359
decide<00:34:03.339><c> who</c><00:34:03.480><c> they</c><00:34:03.640><c> are.</c><00:34:04.880><c> You</c><00:34:04.960><c> decide</c><00:34:05.339><c> if</c><00:34:05.539><c> you're</c><00:34:05.819><c> one</c><00:34:06.000><c> of</c><00:34:06.140><c> them,</c><00:34:06.779><c> if</c><00:34:06.940><c> you're</c><00:34:07.180><c> a</c>

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.059
Ruth<00:34:07.579><c> or</c><00:34:07.779><c> if</c><00:34:07.859><c> you're</c>

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:11.059
an<00:34:08.199><c> orpa,</c><00:34:08.900><c> if</c><00:34:09.059><c> you're</c><00:34:09.260><c> going</c><00:34:09.360><c> to</c><00:34:09.480><c> go</c><00:34:09.679><c> back</c><00:34:09.920><c> to</c><00:34:10.179><c> Moab</c><00:34:10.539><c> and</c><00:34:10.780><c> die</c>

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.960
there<00:34:11.420><c> like</c><00:34:11.619><c> the</c><00:34:11.739><c> rest</c><00:34:12.000><c> of</c><00:34:12.119><c> them,</c><00:34:12.639><c> or</c><00:34:12.800><c> go</c>

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:17.340
on<00:34:13.199><c> to</c><00:34:13.400><c> Israel</c><00:34:13.840><c> and</c><00:34:14.260><c> make</c><00:34:14.800><c> the</c><00:34:15.239><c> God</c><00:34:15.420><c> of</c><00:34:15.539><c> Israel</c><00:34:15.860><c> our</c><00:34:16.099><c> God.</c><00:34:17.099><c> And</c>

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:19.760
that's<00:34:17.559><c> a</c><00:34:17.800><c> lifelong</c><00:34:18.199><c> decision</c><00:34:18.840><c> that</c><00:34:19.500><c> faces</c>

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:23.300
us.<00:34:20.739><c> When</c><00:34:20.920><c> we</c><00:34:21.119><c> leave</c><00:34:21.280><c> this</c><00:34:21.500><c> Bible</c><00:34:21.860><c> school,</c><00:34:22.380><c> we</c><00:34:22.619><c> all</c><00:34:22.820><c> go</c><00:34:23.039><c> back</c>

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:25.280
to<00:34:23.460><c> the</c><00:34:23.659><c> world,</c><00:34:24.019><c> wherever</c><00:34:24.260><c> we</c><00:34:24.579><c> live,</c><00:34:25.099><c> in</c>

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:28.780
our<00:34:25.480><c> ecclesias,</c><00:34:26.000><c> in</c><00:34:26.179><c> our</c><00:34:26.360><c> homes,</c><00:34:27.159><c> and</c><00:34:27.420><c> we</c><00:34:27.619><c> have</c><00:34:27.840><c> to</c><00:34:28.139><c> face</c><00:34:28.420><c> it.</c>

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:31.039
There<00:34:29.400><c> is</c><00:34:29.619><c> the</c><00:34:29.840><c> family</c><00:34:30.099><c> of</c><00:34:30.360><c> mankind</c><00:34:30.780><c> and</c>

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:33.800
the<00:34:31.360><c> gods</c><00:34:31.360><c> that</c><00:34:31.539><c> they</c><00:34:31.739><c> serve,</c><00:34:32.239><c> the</c><00:34:32.320><c> gods</c><00:34:32.500><c> of</c><00:34:33.039><c> silver,</c><00:34:33.500><c> gold,</c>

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:36.699
money,<00:34:34.400><c> material</c><00:34:34.820><c> possessions,</c><00:34:35.699><c> cars,</c>

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:40.179
computers,<00:34:37.559><c> houses,</c><00:34:38.360><c> whatever</c><00:34:38.639><c> it</c><00:34:38.840><c> might</c><00:34:39.079><c> be.</c><00:34:39.699><c> Those</c><00:34:39.980><c> are</c>

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:41.579
all<00:34:40.360><c> the</c><00:34:40.519><c> things</c><00:34:40.659><c> that</c><00:34:40.860><c> people</c><00:34:41.000><c> put</c><00:34:41.219><c> all</c><00:34:41.420><c> their</c>

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:48.280
effort<00:34:41.800><c> into.</c><00:34:42.800><c> The</c><00:34:43.000><c> gods</c><00:34:43.219><c> of</c><00:34:43.500><c> lust,</c><00:34:44.519><c> of</c><00:34:44.699><c> vice,</c><00:34:45.559><c> of</c><00:34:45.900><c> sex</c><00:34:46.219><c> and</c><00:34:46.539><c> violence</c><00:34:46.880><c> and</c><00:34:47.099><c> rock</c><00:34:47.320><c> and</c><00:34:47.539><c> roll,</c><00:34:47.940><c> of</c><00:34:48.059><c> drugs</c>

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:51.119
and<00:34:48.480><c> movies</c><00:34:48.780><c> and</c><00:34:48.980><c> all</c><00:34:49.139><c> those</c><00:34:49.280><c> types</c><00:34:49.539><c> of</c><00:34:49.739><c> things</c><00:34:49.920><c> that</c><00:34:50.360><c> can</c><00:34:50.679><c> fill</c><00:34:50.840><c> our</c>

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:53.599
heads<00:34:51.340><c> with</c><00:34:51.820><c> worldliness.</c><00:34:53.119><c> That's</c>

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:56.300
one<00:34:53.800><c> of</c><00:34:53.960><c> the</c><00:34:54.159><c> things</c><00:34:54.360><c> that</c><00:34:54.519><c> are</c><00:34:54.599><c> an</c><00:34:54.699><c> option</c><00:34:54.940><c> to</c><00:34:55.219><c> us.</c><00:34:55.900><c> The</c><00:34:56.079><c> gods</c>

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:58.579
of<00:34:56.679><c> sports,</c><00:34:57.300><c> of</c><00:34:57.420><c> football,</c><00:34:58.039><c> of</c><00:34:58.099><c> baseball,</c>

00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:01.880
of<00:34:58.820><c> basketball,</c><00:34:59.880><c> of</c><00:34:59.920><c> looking</c><00:35:00.320><c> to</c><00:35:00.500><c> be</c><00:35:00.639><c> a</c><00:35:00.699><c> great</c><00:35:01.119><c> icon</c><00:35:01.539><c> in</c><00:35:01.719><c> the</c>

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:05.739
world<00:35:02.079><c> around</c><00:35:02.420><c> us,</c><00:35:03.840><c> human</c><00:35:04.320><c> pride</c><00:35:05.079><c> and</c><00:35:05.360><c> achievement</c>

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:09.440
and<00:35:05.920><c> those</c><00:35:06.119><c> types</c><00:35:06.380><c> of</c><00:35:06.519><c> things.</c><00:35:07.219><c> And</c><00:35:07.460><c> we've</c><00:35:07.679><c> got</c><00:35:07.780><c> to</c><00:35:08.059><c> pick,</c><00:35:09.159><c> do</c>

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:11.619
we<00:35:09.659><c> want</c><00:35:09.840><c> to</c><00:35:09.980><c> go</c><00:35:10.219><c> back</c><00:35:10.639><c> and</c><00:35:11.199><c> make</c><00:35:11.340><c> that</c>

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:15.280
our<00:35:11.820><c> choice</c><00:35:12.239><c> or</c><00:35:13.119><c> are</c><00:35:13.699><c> we</c><00:35:13.840><c> going</c><00:35:14.039><c> to</c><00:35:14.179><c> go</c><00:35:14.400><c> on</c><00:35:14.619><c> to</c><00:35:14.780><c> the</c><00:35:14.960><c> kingdom</c>

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:18.099
being<00:35:15.880><c> steadfastly</c><00:35:16.860><c> minded,</c><00:35:17.559><c> determined</c>

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:21.599
to<00:35:18.360><c> set</c><00:35:18.460><c> our</c><00:35:18.679><c> faces</c><00:35:18.960><c> towards</c><00:35:19.380><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:20.539><c> determined</c><00:35:21.059><c> to</c><00:35:21.280><c> make</c><00:35:21.380><c> the</c>

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:25.340
God<00:35:21.760><c> of</c><00:35:22.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:23.519><c> the</c><00:35:23.719><c> God</c><00:35:23.880><c> of</c><00:35:24.139><c> Ruth</c>

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:29.420
our<00:35:25.639><c> God,</c><00:35:26.679><c> determined</c><00:35:27.159><c> that</c><00:35:27.340><c> we</c><00:35:27.559><c> want</c><00:35:27.820><c> to</c><00:35:27.980><c> be</c><00:35:28.079><c> in</c><00:35:28.179><c> the</c><00:35:28.320><c> kingdom,</c><00:35:28.900><c> we</c><00:35:29.139><c> want</c>

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:31.820
to<00:35:29.559><c> live</c><00:35:29.679><c> forever,</c><00:35:31.340><c> convicted</c>

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:35.179
that<00:35:32.059><c> we</c><00:35:32.300><c> live</c><00:35:32.539><c> on</c><00:35:32.739><c> the</c><00:35:33.019><c> climax</c><00:35:33.480><c> of</c><00:35:33.760><c> human</c><00:35:34.019><c> destiny</c><00:35:34.519><c> and</c><00:35:35.039><c> the</c>

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.880
Lord<00:35:35.360><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.719><c> Christ</c><00:35:36.019><c> will</c><00:35:36.239><c> return</c><00:35:36.519><c> to</c><00:35:36.719><c> this</c>

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:42.059
earth<00:35:37.139><c> to</c><00:35:37.599><c> establish</c><00:35:38.000><c> his</c><00:35:38.280><c> kingdom</c><00:35:38.579><c> and</c><00:35:38.780><c> righteousness.</c><00:35:40.340><c> Now,</c><00:35:41.380><c> that's</c><00:35:41.840><c> the</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.320
choice<00:35:42.280><c> that's</c><00:35:42.599><c> before</c><00:35:42.860><c> us.</c>

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:47.659
The<00:35:43.960><c> same</c><00:35:44.239><c> choice</c><00:35:44.539><c> comes</c><00:35:44.820><c> up</c><00:35:45.300><c> in</c><00:35:46.000><c> the</c><00:35:46.159><c> life</c><00:35:46.300><c> of</c><00:35:46.559><c> Elijah.</c><00:35:47.400><c> Let's</c>

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:51.079
just<00:35:47.940><c> turn</c><00:35:48.139><c> over</c><00:35:48.380><c> to</c><00:35:48.619><c> 1</c><00:35:48.880><c> Kings</c><00:35:49.260><c> chapter</c><00:35:49.659><c> 18.</c>

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:58.179
This<00:35:54.800><c> is</c><00:35:55.139><c> Israel</c><00:35:55.719><c> at</c><00:35:56.320><c> a</c><00:35:56.460><c> point</c><00:35:56.699><c> in</c><00:35:56.940><c> time</c><00:35:57.219><c> in</c><00:35:57.519><c> their</c><00:35:57.760><c> national</c>

00:35:58.179 --> 00:36:03.500
history<00:35:58.699><c> that's</c><00:35:59.159><c> pretty</c><00:35:59.500><c> low.</c><00:36:03.099><c> Jezebel</c>

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:07.280
has<00:36:03.780><c> married</c><00:36:04.159><c> Ahab</c><00:36:04.880><c> and</c><00:36:05.760><c> she</c><00:36:05.940><c> has</c><00:36:06.159><c> corrupted</c><00:36:06.559><c> much</c><00:36:06.940><c> of</c><00:36:07.139><c> the</c>

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.760
Ecclesia.<00:36:08.420><c> She</c><00:36:08.579><c> has</c><00:36:08.800><c> basically</c><00:36:09.440><c> brought</c>

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:13.739
them<00:36:09.980><c> into</c><00:36:10.320><c> disrepute.</c><00:36:11.539><c> They</c><00:36:11.679><c> are</c><00:36:11.940><c> serving</c><00:36:12.280><c> the</c><00:36:12.519><c> gods</c><00:36:12.739><c> of</c><00:36:13.079><c> Baal</c><00:36:13.500><c> and</c>

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:15.420
all<00:36:13.960><c> that</c><00:36:14.239><c> stood</c><00:36:14.539><c> for</c><00:36:14.860><c> sexual</c>

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:18.880
immorality<00:36:16.139><c> and</c><00:36:16.380><c> gross</c><00:36:16.900><c> vice</c><00:36:17.380><c> in</c><00:36:17.860><c> that</c><00:36:18.059><c> sense.</c><00:36:18.659><c> That's</c><00:36:18.719><c> what</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:22.159
they<00:36:19.039><c> were</c><00:36:19.199><c> looking</c><00:36:19.460><c> for.</c><00:36:20.619><c> That's</c><00:36:21.019><c> what</c><00:36:21.639><c> Israel</c>

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:26.840
had<00:36:22.340><c> been</c><00:36:22.599><c> brought</c><00:36:22.840><c> unto.</c><00:36:23.739><c> Now,</c><00:36:24.940><c> the</c><00:36:25.099><c> problem</c><00:36:25.440><c> is</c><00:36:26.239><c> that</c><00:36:26.579><c> those</c>

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:29.300
types<00:36:27.139><c> of</c><00:36:27.340><c> things,</c><00:36:28.460><c> although</c><00:36:28.679><c> we</c><00:36:28.940><c> know</c>

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:32.760
that<00:36:29.460><c> they</c><00:36:29.679><c> are</c><00:36:30.059><c> wrong,</c><00:36:31.360><c> although</c><00:36:31.599><c> we</c><00:36:31.820><c> know</c><00:36:32.179><c> that</c><00:36:32.320><c> they</c><00:36:32.480><c> are</c>

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:36.900
bad,<00:36:33.659><c> are</c><00:36:33.880><c> also</c><00:36:34.679><c> pleasant</c><00:36:35.460><c> to</c><00:36:35.860><c> the</c><00:36:36.059><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:40.340
Paul<00:36:37.300><c> does</c><00:36:37.599><c> not</c><00:36:37.900><c> call</c><00:36:38.139><c> it</c><00:36:38.320><c> the</c><00:36:38.559><c> pleasure</c><00:36:38.900><c> of</c><00:36:39.260><c> sin</c><00:36:39.440><c> for</c><00:36:39.719><c> a</c><00:36:39.840><c> season</c><00:36:40.079><c> for</c>

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.760
nothing.<00:36:41.260><c> We're</c><00:36:41.480><c> going</c><00:36:41.519><c> to</c><00:36:41.519><c> talk</c>

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:46.300
about<00:36:41.900><c> this</c><00:36:42.059><c> in</c><00:36:42.219><c> our</c><00:36:42.380><c> third</c><00:36:42.619><c> class.</c><00:36:43.440><c> It's</c><00:36:43.639><c> not</c><00:36:43.960><c> called</c><00:36:44.340><c> pleasure</c><00:36:44.900><c> because</c><00:36:45.679><c> it's</c>

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.599
not<00:36:46.519><c> fun,</c><00:36:47.280><c> because</c><00:36:47.519><c> it</c>

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:52.199
doesn't<00:36:48.079><c> taste</c><00:36:48.440><c> good,</c><00:36:48.679><c> because</c><00:36:48.920><c> we</c><00:36:49.039><c> don't</c><00:36:49.360><c> like</c><00:36:49.659><c> it.</c><00:36:50.139><c> It's</c><00:36:50.420><c> called</c><00:36:50.659><c> pleasure</c><00:36:51.039><c> because</c><00:36:51.400><c> it</c><00:36:51.679><c> appeals</c>

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:56.380
to<00:36:52.440><c> the</c><00:36:52.739><c> flesh.</c><00:36:53.679><c> We</c><00:36:53.900><c> have</c><00:36:54.179><c> to</c><00:36:54.400><c> choose.</c><00:36:54.739><c> What</c><00:36:54.920><c> do</c><00:36:55.099><c> we</c><00:36:55.099><c> want</c><00:36:55.260><c> more?</c><00:36:55.940><c> That's</c><00:36:56.280><c> the</c>

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.199
issue<00:36:56.619><c> that</c><00:36:56.739><c> was</c><00:36:56.960><c> placed</c>

00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:02.739
before<00:36:57.519><c> Israel.</c><00:36:59.860><c> Elijah</c><00:37:00.380><c> came</c><00:37:00.860><c> to</c><00:37:01.059><c> all</c><00:37:01.239><c> the</c><00:37:01.440><c> people</c><00:37:01.699><c> in</c><00:37:01.860><c> 1</c><00:37:02.099><c> Kings</c><00:37:02.400><c> 18</c>

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:11.739
verse<00:37:02.920><c> 21</c><00:37:03.380><c> and</c><00:37:03.599><c> said,</c><00:37:05.420><c> how</c><00:37:11.739><c> long</c>

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:16.239
is<00:37:11.739><c> it?</c><00:37:11.739><c> He</c><00:37:11.739><c> says,</c><00:37:12.599><c> if</c><00:37:12.820><c> Yahweh,</c><00:37:14.300><c> the</c><00:37:14.460><c> Lord,</c><00:37:15.079><c> is</c><00:37:15.280><c> the</c><00:37:15.440><c> mighty</c><00:37:15.739><c> one,</c><00:37:16.079><c> is</c>

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:19.360
God,<00:37:17.159><c> then</c><00:37:17.599><c> follow</c><00:37:18.000><c> him.</c><00:37:19.199><c> But</c>

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:23.260
if<00:37:19.519><c> it's</c><00:37:19.900><c> Baal,</c><00:37:21.059><c> if</c><00:37:21.280><c> it's</c><00:37:21.679><c> the</c><00:37:21.900><c> Moabites</c><00:37:22.500><c> and</c><00:37:22.659><c> the</c><00:37:22.800><c> world</c><00:37:23.039><c> that</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.679
that<00:37:23.519><c> represents,</c><00:37:24.119><c> well</c><00:37:24.199><c> then</c><00:37:24.340><c> follow</c>

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:29.800
that.<00:37:25.780><c> He</c><00:37:25.780><c> says,</c><00:37:26.000><c> look,</c><00:37:26.239><c> don't</c><00:37:26.619><c> sit</c><00:37:26.880><c> here</c><00:37:27.159><c> in</c><00:37:27.300><c> both</c><00:37:27.559><c> camps.</c><00:37:28.679><c> Make</c><00:37:29.119><c> your</c><00:37:29.400><c> mind</c><00:37:29.579><c> up</c>

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.380
and<00:37:30.119><c> pick.</c><00:37:30.900><c> And</c><00:37:31.119><c> that's</c>

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:34.780
what<00:37:31.599><c> we're</c><00:37:31.860><c> asked</c><00:37:32.119><c> to</c><00:37:32.320><c> do.</c><00:37:33.880><c> Now,</c><00:37:34.039><c> it's</c><00:37:34.199><c> interesting</c><00:37:34.619><c> that</c>

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:36.159
the<00:37:34.960><c> people</c><00:37:35.119><c> are</c><00:37:35.300><c> kind</c><00:37:35.440><c> of,</c><00:37:35.639><c> oh,</c><00:37:35.880><c> well,</c><00:37:35.980><c> we're</c>

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:39.019
going<00:37:36.280><c> to</c><00:37:36.400><c> reserve</c><00:37:36.639><c> judgment</c><00:37:36.940><c> on</c><00:37:37.139><c> that</c><00:37:37.300><c> one.</c><00:37:37.480><c> Nobody</c><00:37:37.739><c> says</c><00:37:38.019><c> anything.</c><00:37:38.460><c> It's</c><00:37:38.739><c> all</c><00:37:38.900><c> as</c>

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.400
if<00:37:39.119><c> we're</c><00:37:39.239><c> left,</c>

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:42.539
you<00:37:39.599><c> know,</c><00:37:40.559><c> we'll</c><00:37:40.639><c> see</c><00:37:41.059><c> how</c><00:37:41.480><c> this</c><00:37:41.679><c> works</c><00:37:41.960><c> out</c><00:37:42.199><c> because</c><00:37:42.380><c> they</c>

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:45.460
weren't<00:37:42.760><c> quite</c><00:37:43.139><c> faithful.</c><00:37:44.000><c> They</c><00:37:44.039><c> weren't</c>

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:48.099
brave<00:37:45.920><c> enough</c><00:37:46.219><c> or</c><00:37:46.440><c> faithful</c><00:37:46.739><c> enough</c><00:37:46.940><c> to</c><00:37:47.059><c> say,</c><00:37:47.400><c> well,</c><00:37:47.400><c> we</c><00:37:47.599><c> know</c>

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.920
that<00:37:48.599><c> it's</c><00:37:48.780><c> the</c><00:37:48.900><c> God</c><00:37:49.039><c> of</c><00:37:49.179><c> Israel.</c><00:37:49.519><c> So</c><00:37:49.780><c> yes,</c>

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.480
we<00:37:50.119><c> should</c><00:37:50.320><c> go</c><00:37:50.519><c> and</c><00:37:50.739><c> serve</c><00:37:50.880><c> him.</c><00:37:51.400><c> They</c><00:37:51.539><c> wanted</c><00:37:51.780><c> to</c><00:37:51.960><c> see</c><00:37:52.119><c> how</c><00:37:52.320><c> it</c>

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:56.039
was<00:37:52.599><c> going</c><00:37:52.739><c> to</c><00:37:52.940><c> play</c><00:37:53.159><c> out.</c><00:37:54.179><c> Well,</c><00:37:55.300><c> unfortunately,</c>

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:59.320
we<00:37:56.239><c> don't</c><00:37:56.400><c> have</c><00:37:56.619><c> that</c><00:37:56.800><c> luxury,</c><00:37:57.199><c> but</c><00:37:57.460><c> they</c><00:37:57.760><c> did</c><00:37:57.960><c> in</c><00:37:58.159><c> that</c><00:37:58.380><c> sense.</c><00:37:59.179><c> And</c>

00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.159
we<00:37:59.440><c> can</c><00:37:59.599><c> picture</c><00:37:59.960><c> the</c><00:38:00.440><c> contest</c>

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:04.519
that<00:38:01.300><c> was</c><00:38:01.480><c> going</c><00:38:01.800><c> on</c><00:38:02.360><c> on</c><00:38:02.840><c> Mount</c><00:38:03.099><c> Carmel.</c><00:38:03.599><c> And</c><00:38:03.840><c> there</c><00:38:03.960><c> they</c><00:38:04.139><c> have</c><00:38:04.320><c> the</c>

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.039
two<00:38:04.760><c> altars</c><00:38:05.119><c> that</c><00:38:05.300><c> they</c><00:38:05.579><c> set</c><00:38:05.699><c> up</c>

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:09.139
and<00:38:06.559><c> they</c><00:38:06.719><c> send</c><00:38:07.039><c> out</c><00:38:07.340><c> and</c><00:38:07.579><c> they</c><00:38:07.820><c> build</c><00:38:08.139><c> the</c><00:38:08.420><c> altar</c><00:38:08.619><c> for</c><00:38:08.960><c> Baal</c>

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.699
and<00:38:09.360><c> they</c><00:38:09.559><c> put</c><00:38:09.679><c> the</c><00:38:09.940><c> carcass</c><00:38:10.280><c> of</c><00:38:10.420><c> the</c><00:38:10.579><c> bull</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:13.519
on<00:38:10.960><c> it</c><00:38:11.059><c> and</c><00:38:11.179><c> the</c><00:38:11.380><c> wood</c><00:38:11.500><c> and</c><00:38:11.699><c> whatever</c><00:38:12.019><c> else.</c><00:38:12.760><c> And</c><00:38:12.980><c> there's</c><00:38:13.219><c> all</c>

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:15.420
those<00:38:13.800><c> priests</c><00:38:14.099><c> of</c><00:38:14.300><c> Baal</c><00:38:14.940><c> dancing</c>

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:18.599
around<00:38:15.940><c> the</c><00:38:16.380><c> altar</c><00:38:16.760><c> and</c><00:38:17.079><c> there</c><00:38:17.300><c> they</c><00:38:17.579><c> go.</c><00:38:17.840><c> And</c><00:38:17.940><c> they're</c><00:38:18.079><c> just</c>

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:20.340
whipping<00:38:18.800><c> up</c><00:38:19.059><c> a</c><00:38:19.199><c> good</c><00:38:19.360><c> old</c><00:38:19.579><c> ruckus</c><00:38:20.000><c> and</c><00:38:20.159><c> the</c>

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.039
drums<00:38:20.539><c> are</c><00:38:20.780><c> going</c><00:38:20.960><c> and</c><00:38:21.179><c> the</c><00:38:21.400><c> thumping</c><00:38:21.619><c> of</c><00:38:21.840><c> the</c><00:38:22.019><c> drums.</c><00:38:22.239><c> And</c><00:38:22.360><c> you</c><00:38:22.420><c> can</c><00:38:22.619><c> just</c><00:38:22.780><c> sort</c><00:38:22.880><c> of</c>

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.699
picture<00:38:23.199><c> that</c><00:38:23.400><c> in</c><00:38:23.500><c> your</c>

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:31.739
mind.<00:38:25.300><c> But</c><00:38:25.679><c> we've</c><00:38:26.599><c> got</c><00:38:26.679><c> to</c><00:38:26.840><c> kind</c><00:38:27.019><c> of</c><00:38:27.099><c> say,</c><00:38:27.440><c> okay,</c><00:38:28.340><c> that</c><00:38:28.699><c> was</c><00:38:29.039><c> then.</c><00:38:29.800><c> What</c><00:38:30.239><c> about</c><00:38:30.519><c> now?</c><00:38:31.559><c> If</c>

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.260
that<00:38:32.099><c> was</c>

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:35.960
to<00:38:32.559><c> take</c><00:38:32.579><c> place</c><00:38:32.960><c> today,</c><00:38:34.179><c> who</c><00:38:34.440><c> would</c><00:38:34.639><c> be</c><00:38:34.820><c> up</c><00:38:34.960><c> there</c><00:38:35.320><c> going</c><00:38:35.539><c> around</c><00:38:35.760><c> that</c>

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.239
altar?<00:38:36.639><c> What</c><00:38:36.780><c> would</c><00:38:36.940><c> be</c><00:38:37.139><c> on</c>

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:40.380
it<00:38:37.380><c> first</c><00:38:37.659><c> of</c><00:38:37.800><c> all?</c><00:38:38.039><c> What</c><00:38:38.239><c> would</c><00:38:38.420><c> it</c><00:38:38.519><c> be</c><00:38:38.699><c> made</c><00:38:38.960><c> out</c><00:38:39.179><c> of?</c><00:38:39.780><c> And</c><00:38:39.920><c> you</c><00:38:40.000><c> can</c><00:38:40.139><c> sort</c><00:38:40.239><c> of</c>

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picture<00:38:40.599><c> what</c><00:38:40.719><c> it</c><00:38:40.840><c> would</c>

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:45.000
be<00:38:41.059><c> made</c><00:38:41.280><c> out</c><00:38:41.460><c> of.</c><00:38:42.239><c> Well,</c><00:38:42.440><c> who</c><00:38:42.619><c> are</c><00:38:42.739><c> the</c><00:38:43.079><c> priests</c><00:38:43.619><c> of</c><00:38:44.559><c> the</c><00:38:44.760><c> gods</c>

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:47.440
today?<00:38:46.460><c> Well,</c><00:38:46.760><c> it's</c><00:38:46.960><c> the</c><00:38:47.159><c> priests</c>

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:51.519
of<00:38:47.699><c> the</c><00:38:47.940><c> sports</c><00:38:48.199><c> world,</c><00:38:48.900><c> the</c><00:38:49.039><c> Gretzky's,</c><00:38:50.139><c> the</c><00:38:50.400><c> Chiquin,</c><00:38:51.059><c> whatever</c><00:38:51.320><c> his</c>

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:54.780
name<00:38:51.679><c> is,</c><00:38:52.260><c> Magic</c><00:38:52.460><c> Johnson,</c><00:38:53.500><c> the</c><00:38:54.239><c> priests</c>

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:59.340
and<00:38:55.000><c> the</c><00:38:55.260><c> priestesses</c><00:38:55.739><c> of</c><00:38:56.000><c> music,</c><00:38:57.000><c> the</c><00:38:57.179><c> Madonnas,</c><00:38:58.059><c> the</c><00:38:58.260><c> Jezebels,</c><00:38:58.800><c> if</c><00:38:58.920><c> you</c><00:38:59.039><c> want</c><00:38:59.179><c> to</c>

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.780
call<00:38:59.460><c> them</c><00:38:59.599><c> that,</c>

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:03.139
the<00:39:00.199><c> Celine</c><00:39:00.519><c> Dion's,</c><00:39:01.139><c> these</c><00:39:01.360><c> types</c><00:39:01.659><c> of</c><00:39:01.920><c> people,</c><00:39:02.699><c> the</c><00:39:02.880><c> priests</c>

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:05.360
of<00:39:03.539><c> entertainment,</c><00:39:04.340><c> the</c><00:39:04.460><c> Bruce</c><00:39:04.800><c> Willis's,</c>

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:09.260
the<00:39:05.639><c> Schwarzenegger's,</c><00:39:06.500><c> the</c><00:39:06.639><c> armpits</c><00:39:07.159><c> and</c><00:39:07.420><c> the</c><00:39:08.119><c> people</c><00:39:08.460><c> like,</c><00:39:09.000><c> oh,</c>

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:11.300
Brad<00:39:09.500><c> Pitt,</c><00:39:09.739><c> sorry.</c><00:39:10.739><c> People</c>

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:16.400
like<00:39:11.659><c> Spielberg,</c><00:39:12.659><c> all</c><00:39:12.960><c> the</c><00:39:13.219><c> people</c><00:39:13.579><c> who</c><00:39:13.880><c> are</c><00:39:14.139><c> revered</c><00:39:14.800><c> in</c><00:39:15.119><c> this</c><00:39:15.460><c> world</c><00:39:15.900><c> for</c>

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.739
their<00:39:16.780><c> accomplishments</c><00:39:17.480><c> and</c>

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:21.400
the<00:39:17.900><c> things</c><00:39:18.079><c> of</c><00:39:18.420><c> this</c><00:39:18.679><c> life.</c><00:39:19.679><c> And</c><00:39:19.840><c> maybe</c><00:39:20.000><c> it</c><00:39:20.159><c> will</c><00:39:20.159><c> be</c><00:39:20.280><c> the</c><00:39:20.539><c> higher</c><00:39:20.800><c> learning,</c><00:39:21.260><c> the</c>

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.340
great<00:39:21.679><c> professors</c>

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:26.800
or<00:39:22.800><c> maybe</c><00:39:23.239><c> it</c><00:39:23.380><c> will</c><00:39:23.460><c> be</c><00:39:23.639><c> the</c><00:39:23.820><c> great</c><00:39:24.320><c> priests</c><00:39:24.699><c> of</c><00:39:24.980><c> business,</c><00:39:25.559><c> the</c><00:39:25.699><c> Bill</c><00:39:25.980><c> Gates</c><00:39:26.300><c> type</c><00:39:26.599><c> of</c>

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.940
people,<00:39:27.099><c> people</c><00:39:27.360><c> looked</c>

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up<00:39:28.179><c> to</c><00:39:28.360><c> and</c><00:39:28.539><c> they're</c><00:39:28.739><c> revered</c><00:39:29.179><c> as</c><00:39:29.340><c> some</c><00:39:29.639><c> great</c><00:39:30.099><c> thing</c><00:39:30.340><c> in</c><00:39:30.480><c> the</c>

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:32.739
world<00:39:30.739><c> today.</c><00:39:31.639><c> And</c><00:39:31.800><c> you</c><00:39:31.900><c> can</c><00:39:32.119><c> see</c><00:39:32.260><c> all</c><00:39:32.559><c> these</c>

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:35.559
guys<00:39:33.219><c> marching</c><00:39:33.599><c> around</c><00:39:33.860><c> the</c><00:39:34.039><c> altar</c><00:39:34.280><c> and</c><00:39:34.460><c> the</c><00:39:34.599><c> women</c><00:39:34.920><c> as</c><00:39:35.400><c> they</c>

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:37.239
go<00:39:35.800><c> around</c><00:39:36.119><c> and</c><00:39:36.340><c> around</c><00:39:36.639><c> and</c><00:39:36.820><c> around</c><00:39:37.099><c> and</c>

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:43.239
around<00:39:37.539><c> and</c><00:39:37.659><c> around,</c><00:39:39.340><c> hoping</c><00:39:39.820><c> and</c><00:39:40.340><c> believing</c><00:39:41.000><c> that</c><00:39:41.780><c> their</c><00:39:42.199><c> God</c><00:39:42.659><c> can</c><00:39:43.059><c> do</c>

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:46.579
something.<00:39:44.960><c> And</c><00:39:45.360><c> it's</c><00:39:46.139><c> awfully</c>

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:50.699
quiet<00:39:47.280><c> over</c><00:39:47.900><c> on</c><00:39:48.199><c> their</c><00:39:48.420><c> end</c><00:39:48.739><c> of</c><00:39:49.019><c> the</c><00:39:49.179><c> field</c><00:39:49.480><c> and</c><00:39:50.219><c> nothing</c><00:39:50.480><c> is</c>

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:53.179
taking<00:39:50.960><c> place.</c><00:39:51.920><c> And</c><00:39:51.960><c> this</c><00:39:52.199><c> is</c><00:39:52.440><c> becoming</c><00:39:52.719><c> somewhat</c>

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:56.139
embarrassing<00:39:53.760><c> to</c><00:39:53.980><c> the</c><00:39:54.139><c> priests</c><00:39:54.360><c> of</c><00:39:54.559><c> Baal.</c><00:39:55.300><c> So</c><00:39:55.460><c> Elijah</c><00:39:55.800><c> pipes</c>

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:59.119
up<00:39:56.639><c> and</c><00:39:56.960><c> he</c><00:39:57.139><c> says,</c><00:39:57.739><c> well,</c><00:39:57.840><c> call</c><00:39:58.079><c> him</c><00:39:58.260><c> louder.</c>

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:02.559
Maybe<00:40:00.179><c> he's</c><00:40:00.519><c> a</c><00:40:00.579><c> god,</c><00:40:00.739><c> maybe</c><00:40:00.940><c> he's</c><00:40:01.179><c> sleeping</c><00:40:01.579><c> or</c><00:40:01.739><c> he's</c><00:40:01.940><c> gone</c><00:40:02.139><c> for</c><00:40:02.380><c> a</c>

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.679
walk<00:40:02.800><c> or</c><00:40:03.019><c> he's</c><00:40:03.239><c> out</c><00:40:03.480><c> in</c><00:40:03.599><c> the</c><00:40:03.760><c> park</c><00:40:04.079><c> or</c>

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:07.400
he's<00:40:04.900><c> going</c><00:40:05.039><c> to</c><00:40:05.179><c> the</c><00:40:05.360><c> bathroom</c><00:40:05.679><c> or</c><00:40:05.840><c> something</c><00:40:06.000><c> like</c><00:40:06.199><c> that.</c><00:40:06.440><c> And</c><00:40:06.559><c> Elijah's</c><00:40:06.960><c> really</c><00:40:07.219><c> having</c><00:40:07.340><c> a</c>

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.679
lot<00:40:07.619><c> of</c>

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:11.980
fun<00:40:07.840><c> with</c><00:40:08.000><c> him.</c><00:40:08.219><c> He</c><00:40:08.219><c> says,</c><00:40:08.380><c> look,</c><00:40:08.960><c> call</c><00:40:09.400><c> him</c><00:40:09.659><c> louder.</c><00:40:10.960><c> And</c><00:40:11.219><c> they</c><00:40:11.480><c> call</c><00:40:11.739><c> him</c>

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.599
louder<00:40:12.079><c> and</c><00:40:12.179><c> they</c><00:40:12.320><c> get</c><00:40:12.460><c> out</c>

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:15.559
their<00:40:12.760><c> knives</c><00:40:13.099><c> and</c><00:40:13.260><c> they're</c><00:40:13.440><c> cutting</c><00:40:13.739><c> themselves</c><00:40:14.400><c> and</c><00:40:15.000><c> there</c>

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:17.460
is<00:40:15.860><c> this</c><00:40:16.079><c> great</c><00:40:16.480><c> fury</c><00:40:16.900><c> that's</c><00:40:17.260><c> going</c>

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:21.159
on.<00:40:18.139><c> Well,</c><00:40:18.340><c> Elijah</c><00:40:18.739><c> knew</c><00:40:19.000><c> that,</c><00:40:19.420><c> look,</c><00:40:19.920><c> just</c><00:40:20.219><c> keep</c><00:40:20.440><c> your</c><00:40:20.599><c> finger</c><00:40:20.760><c> there,</c><00:40:21.079><c> turn</c>

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.039
back<00:40:21.360><c> to</c><00:40:21.539><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:25.340
He's<00:40:22.559><c> got</c><00:40:22.719><c> the</c><00:40:22.880><c> law</c><00:40:23.079><c> of</c><00:40:23.280><c> Moses</c><00:40:23.619><c> there</c><00:40:24.000><c> for</c><00:40:24.280><c> him.</c><00:40:24.760><c> And</c><00:40:24.980><c> he</c><00:40:25.099><c> knows</c>

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.940
what<00:40:25.539><c> the</c><00:40:25.699><c> Bible</c><00:40:25.940><c> has</c><00:40:26.179><c> to</c><00:40:26.380><c> say</c><00:40:26.519><c> about</c><00:40:26.699><c> the</c>

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:30.340
gods<00:40:27.119><c> of</c><00:40:27.300><c> this</c><00:40:27.539><c> world.</c><00:40:28.300><c> And</c><00:40:28.639><c> we</c><00:40:29.039><c> do</c><00:40:29.280><c> well</c><00:40:29.500><c> to</c><00:40:29.760><c> realize</c><00:40:30.039><c> it's</c>

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:32.719
the<00:40:30.559><c> same</c><00:40:30.760><c> for</c><00:40:30.980><c> us.</c><00:40:31.880><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:32.360><c> chapter</c>

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:37.699
4,<00:40:33.320><c> verse</c><00:40:33.860><c> 28,</c><00:40:34.500><c> he</c><00:40:34.820><c> talks</c><00:40:34.960><c> about</c><00:40:35.199><c> people</c><00:40:35.519><c> who</c><00:40:35.880><c> serve</c><00:40:36.179><c> gods,</c><00:40:37.019><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> work</c><00:40:37.480><c> of</c>

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:39.260
men's<00:40:38.199><c> hands,</c><00:40:38.579><c> wood,</c><00:40:38.980><c> stone.</c>

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They<00:40:39.719><c> don't</c><00:40:40.119><c> see,</c><00:40:41.059><c> they</c><00:40:41.199><c> don't</c><00:40:41.519><c> hear,</c><00:40:42.280><c> they</c><00:40:42.400><c> don't</c><00:40:42.800><c> smell,</c><00:40:43.219><c> they</c><00:40:43.340><c> don't</c><00:40:43.519><c> eat.</c><00:40:44.880><c> But</c><00:40:44.960><c> if</c>

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.679
from<00:40:45.400><c> thence</c>

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thou<00:40:45.780><c> shalt</c><00:40:45.960><c> seek</c><00:40:46.199><c> the</c><00:40:46.360><c> Lord</c><00:40:46.500><c> thy</c><00:40:46.800><c> God,</c><00:40:47.619><c> thou</c><00:40:47.739><c> shalt</c><00:40:48.019><c> find</c><00:40:48.360><c> him.</c><00:40:49.440><c> If</c>

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:51.420
you<00:40:50.139><c> seek</c><00:40:50.340><c> him</c><00:40:50.460><c> with</c><00:40:50.659><c> all</c><00:40:50.820><c> your</c><00:40:51.000><c> heart</c>

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:55.000
and<00:40:51.840><c> with</c><00:40:52.000><c> all</c><00:40:52.179><c> your</c><00:40:52.440><c> soul,</c><00:40:53.860><c> everything</c><00:40:54.079><c> the</c><00:40:54.300><c> world</c><00:40:54.460><c> wants</c><00:40:54.780><c> us</c>

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.719
to<00:40:55.320><c> dedicate</c><00:40:55.920><c> our</c><00:40:56.440><c> time</c><00:40:56.820><c> and</c><00:40:57.159><c> our</c><00:40:57.519><c> effort</c>

00:40:57.719 --> 00:41:01.719
to<00:40:57.980><c> is</c><00:40:58.699><c> nothing.</c><00:41:00.159><c> I</c><00:41:00.300><c> just</c><00:41:00.559><c> take</c><00:41:00.679><c> the</c><00:41:00.860><c> example</c><00:41:01.199><c> of</c><00:41:01.440><c> television</c>

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:03.599
because<00:41:02.059><c> I</c><00:41:02.340><c> love</c><00:41:02.460><c> to</c><00:41:02.639><c> hate</c><00:41:02.780><c> it.</c><00:41:03.500><c> And</c>

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:05.400
the<00:41:03.639><c> reason</c><00:41:03.860><c> I</c><00:41:03.980><c> do</c><00:41:04.119><c> is</c><00:41:04.219><c> because</c><00:41:04.340><c> it's</c><00:41:04.599><c> a</c><00:41:04.699><c> temptation</c><00:41:05.099><c> for</c><00:41:05.300><c> me.</c>

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.480
It's<00:41:05.519><c> not</c><00:41:05.679><c> that</c><00:41:05.820><c> I</c><00:41:05.920><c> sit</c><00:41:06.019><c> here</c><00:41:06.159><c> and</c><00:41:06.280><c> I</c><00:41:06.480><c> have</c>

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.099
television,<00:41:06.739><c> it's</c><00:41:06.900><c> really</c><00:41:07.119><c> bad,</c><00:41:07.480><c> you</c><00:41:07.480><c> know,</c><00:41:07.760><c> nobody</c><00:41:07.880><c> should</c>

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:09.619
watch<00:41:08.280><c> it.</c><00:41:08.579><c> If</c><00:41:08.760><c> I</c><00:41:08.880><c> have</c><00:41:09.000><c> television</c><00:41:09.360><c> in</c><00:41:09.519><c> front</c>

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:12.079
of<00:41:09.719><c> me,</c><00:41:10.219><c> you</c><00:41:10.460><c> know,</c><00:41:10.500><c> you</c><00:41:10.659><c> flick</c><00:41:10.800><c> through</c><00:41:11.059><c> and</c><00:41:11.320><c> a</c><00:41:11.559><c> good</c><00:41:11.699><c> action</c>

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:13.519
flick<00:41:12.260><c> comes</c><00:41:12.519><c> on.</c><00:41:12.679><c> Oh,</c><00:41:12.900><c> it's</c><00:41:13.039><c> great</c><00:41:13.280><c> because</c>

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:17.800
it<00:41:13.820><c> appeals</c><00:41:14.239><c> to</c><00:41:14.500><c> the</c><00:41:14.659><c> lusts.</c><00:41:14.980><c> Let's</c><00:41:15.199><c> be</c><00:41:15.500><c> realistic.</c><00:41:16.320><c> It's</c><00:41:16.760><c> enjoyable,</c><00:41:17.320><c> but</c>

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:21.199
it's<00:41:18.079><c> not</c><00:41:18.340><c> good.</c><00:41:19.900><c> A</c><00:41:20.159><c> television</c>

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:24.599
has<00:41:21.679><c> faces</c><00:41:22.079><c> on</c><00:41:22.320><c> it,</c><00:41:22.500><c> doesn't</c><00:41:22.639><c> it?</c><00:41:23.460><c> Just</c><00:41:23.679><c> like</c><00:41:23.780><c> the</c><00:41:24.039><c> idols</c><00:41:24.380><c> of</c>

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:26.420
the<00:41:24.780><c> world</c><00:41:25.059><c> in</c><00:41:25.219><c> the</c><00:41:25.380><c> time</c><00:41:25.559><c> gone</c><00:41:25.760><c> by.</c><00:41:26.320><c> They're</c>

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cars,<00:41:26.739><c> it's</c><00:41:26.900><c> made</c><00:41:27.139><c> with</c><00:41:27.300><c> man's</c><00:41:27.679><c> hands.</c><00:41:28.619><c> People</c><00:41:28.860><c> have</c><00:41:29.139><c> spent</c>

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:31.280
time<00:41:29.719><c> and</c><00:41:29.960><c> technology</c><00:41:30.579><c> has</c><00:41:30.739><c> been</c><00:41:30.940><c> invested</c>

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:34.139
into<00:41:31.519><c> this</c><00:41:31.699><c> and</c><00:41:31.780><c> they've</c><00:41:32.199><c> built</c><00:41:32.360><c> this</c><00:41:32.639><c> television.</c><00:41:33.760><c> Does</c><00:41:33.920><c> it</c>

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:38.519
see?<00:41:34.920><c> No.</c><00:41:35.940><c> Does</c><00:41:36.119><c> it</c><00:41:36.320><c> think?</c><00:41:37.000><c> No.</c><00:41:38.139><c> Can</c><00:41:38.300><c> it</c>

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:43.599
smell?<00:41:39.119><c> No.</c><00:41:40.059><c> Can</c><00:41:40.219><c> it</c><00:41:40.380><c> eat?</c><00:41:40.679><c> No.</c><00:41:40.920><c> Can</c><00:41:41.059><c> it</c><00:41:41.199><c> do</c><00:41:41.400><c> anything?</c><00:41:42.059><c> No.</c><00:41:43.179><c> It's</c><00:41:43.400><c> an</c>

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:45.719
idol,<00:41:44.579><c> something</c><00:41:44.980><c> that</c><00:41:45.239><c> men</c><00:41:45.460><c> have</c>

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:49.559
created<00:41:46.260><c> and</c><00:41:46.719><c> that</c><00:41:46.940><c> they</c><00:41:47.219><c> worship.</c><00:41:48.199><c> And</c><00:41:48.460><c> so</c><00:41:48.739><c> we</c><00:41:48.920><c> need</c><00:41:49.099><c> to</c><00:41:49.340><c> see</c>

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:51.639
that<00:41:49.820><c> with</c><00:41:50.039><c> all</c><00:41:50.340><c> these</c><00:41:50.599><c> things,</c><00:41:51.280><c> all</c>

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:54.360
the<00:41:51.900><c> things</c><00:41:52.139><c> that</c><00:41:52.360><c> really</c><00:41:52.719><c> are</c><00:41:52.900><c> out</c><00:41:52.980><c> there.</c><00:41:53.219><c> What</c><00:41:53.619><c> really</c><00:41:54.159><c> can</c>

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:56.460
they<00:41:54.579><c> do</c><00:41:54.800><c> for</c><00:41:55.059><c> us</c><00:41:55.340><c> as</c><00:41:55.760><c> far</c><00:41:56.000><c> as</c><00:41:56.179><c> eternal</c>

00:41:56.460 --> 00:42:01.139
life<00:41:56.780><c> goes?</c><00:41:57.699><c> Absolutely</c><00:41:58.199><c> nothing.</c><00:41:59.699><c> So</c><00:41:59.960><c> everything</c><00:42:00.280><c> the</c><00:42:00.500><c> world</c><00:42:00.679><c> wants</c><00:42:00.960><c> us</c>

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:03.340
to<00:42:01.300><c> worship</c><00:42:01.739><c> and</c><00:42:02.619><c> spend</c><00:42:03.039><c> our</c>

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:06.639
time<00:42:03.820><c> and</c><00:42:04.599><c> that</c><00:42:04.699><c> they</c><00:42:04.960><c> worship</c><00:42:05.400><c> and</c><00:42:05.699><c> that</c><00:42:05.820><c> they</c><00:42:06.119><c> create</c><00:42:06.460><c> with</c>

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:09.739
their<00:42:06.940><c> hands,</c><00:42:07.340><c> they</c><00:42:07.860><c> spend</c><00:42:08.639><c> hours</c><00:42:09.260><c> and</c><00:42:09.420><c> hours</c>

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.539
and<00:42:09.920><c> hours</c><00:42:10.559><c> building</c><00:42:11.119><c> themselves,</c><00:42:11.760><c> these</c><00:42:11.860><c> little</c><00:42:12.099><c> empires,</c>

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.619
whatever.<00:42:12.900><c> And</c><00:42:13.039><c> they're</c><00:42:13.159><c> all</c><00:42:13.340><c> different</c>

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:15.780
for<00:42:13.780><c> every</c><00:42:13.960><c> single</c><00:42:14.199><c> one</c><00:42:14.340><c> of</c><00:42:14.440><c> us.</c><00:42:14.639><c> Some</c><00:42:14.739><c> people</c><00:42:15.059><c> sports</c><00:42:15.460><c> is</c><00:42:15.659><c> an</c>

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:17.460
issue.<00:42:16.260><c> I'm</c><00:42:16.440><c> too</c><00:42:16.699><c> fat</c><00:42:16.860><c> for</c><00:42:17.019><c> that</c><00:42:17.139><c> to</c><00:42:17.260><c> be</c><00:42:17.380><c> an</c>

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:22.119
issue<00:42:17.599><c> for</c><00:42:17.800><c> me.</c><00:42:18.360><c> Some</c><00:42:18.539><c> people</c><00:42:18.920><c> it</c><00:42:19.179><c> might</c><00:42:19.320><c> be</c><00:42:20.719><c> movies</c><00:42:21.119><c> and</c><00:42:21.400><c> television.</c><00:42:21.920><c> Some</c>

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:23.019
people<00:42:22.320><c> it</c><00:42:22.480><c> might</c><00:42:22.539><c> be</c><00:42:22.719><c> music.</c>

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:26.320
Some<00:42:23.300><c> people</c><00:42:23.559><c> it</c><00:42:23.719><c> might</c><00:42:23.840><c> be</c><00:42:24.059><c> education.</c><00:42:24.780><c> It</c><00:42:24.800><c> might</c><00:42:24.980><c> be</c><00:42:25.239><c> whatever.</c><00:42:25.940><c> We're</c>

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:29.039
all<00:42:26.599><c> different</c><00:42:27.260><c> and</c><00:42:28.159><c> we</c><00:42:28.739><c> all</c>

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:31.940
have<00:42:29.239><c> different</c><00:42:29.599><c> things</c><00:42:29.920><c> that</c><00:42:30.139><c> affect</c><00:42:30.460><c> us.</c><00:42:31.219><c> But</c><00:42:31.380><c> we</c><00:42:31.480><c> have</c><00:42:31.659><c> to</c>

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:34.920
choose<00:42:32.400><c> if</c><00:42:33.619><c> the</c><00:42:33.880><c> Lord</c><00:42:34.059><c> is</c><00:42:34.300><c> God,</c><00:42:34.820><c> well,</c>

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:39.360
worship<00:42:35.320><c> him.</c><00:42:36.420><c> But</c><00:42:36.539><c> if</c><00:42:36.820><c> Baal</c><00:42:37.059><c> is</c><00:42:37.260><c> God,</c><00:42:37.739><c> worship</c><00:42:38.139><c> him.</c><00:42:39.059><c> And</c><00:42:39.219><c> of</c>

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.659
course<00:42:39.519><c> we</c><00:42:39.619><c> know</c><00:42:39.800><c> what</c><00:42:39.980><c> happens</c><00:42:40.239><c> on</c><00:42:40.460><c> Mount</c>

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:44.820
Carmel.<00:42:41.579><c> These</c><00:42:41.719><c> priests</c><00:42:42.019><c> of</c><00:42:42.199><c> Baal,</c><00:42:42.559><c> well,</c><00:42:43.300><c> after</c><00:42:44.099><c> times</c><00:42:44.519><c> run</c>

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:47.679
out,<00:42:45.119><c> you</c><00:42:45.239><c> know,</c><00:42:45.960><c> they</c><00:42:46.179><c> give</c><00:42:46.380><c> up.</c><00:42:47.579><c> So</c>

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:51.340
there's<00:42:47.960><c> Elijah,</c><00:42:48.739><c> takes</c><00:42:49.059><c> the</c><00:42:49.380><c> bullock.</c><00:42:50.099><c> Well,</c><00:42:50.199><c> he</c><00:42:50.320><c> builds</c><00:42:50.480><c> the</c><00:42:50.679><c> altar</c><00:42:50.980><c> out</c><00:42:51.119><c> of</c>

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:53.320
unhewn<00:42:51.820><c> stone</c><00:42:52.199><c> and</c><00:42:53.039><c> piles</c>

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:57.119
up<00:42:53.559><c> those</c><00:42:53.820><c> stones,</c><00:42:54.320><c> 12</c><00:42:54.539><c> of</c><00:42:54.639><c> them</c><00:42:54.719><c> for</c><00:42:54.880><c> the</c><00:42:55.000><c> 12</c><00:42:55.159><c> tribes</c><00:42:55.440><c> of</c><00:42:55.599><c> Israel,</c><00:42:56.860><c> digs</c>

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:59.340
the<00:42:57.300><c> trench</c><00:42:57.500><c> around</c><00:42:57.820><c> it,</c><00:42:58.960><c> pours</c>

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:03.820
the<00:42:59.519><c> water</c><00:42:59.739><c> in</c><00:43:00.000><c> the</c><00:43:00.219><c> trench,</c><00:43:01.079><c> pours</c><00:43:01.320><c> the</c><00:43:01.460><c> water</c><00:43:01.679><c> over</c><00:43:02.159><c> the</c><00:43:02.639><c> offering,</c><00:43:03.300><c> soaks</c><00:43:03.539><c> the</c>

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.699
offering<00:43:04.119><c> seven</c><00:43:04.500><c> times.</c>

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:05.960
And<00:43:04.900><c> where'd</c><00:43:05.000><c> they</c><00:43:05.099><c> get</c><00:43:05.179><c> the</c><00:43:05.340><c> water</c><00:43:05.539><c> from?</c><00:43:05.659><c> You</c><00:43:05.780><c> know,</c><00:43:05.820><c> think</c>

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.980
about<00:43:06.139><c> this.</c><00:43:06.320><c> There's</c><00:43:06.500><c> a</c><00:43:06.639><c> drought</c><00:43:06.760><c> going</c>

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:09.739
on<00:43:07.139><c> right</c><00:43:07.320><c> now</c><00:43:07.440><c> and</c><00:43:07.500><c> there's</c><00:43:07.760><c> Elijah</c><00:43:08.559><c> dumping</c><00:43:08.840><c> all</c><00:43:09.059><c> this</c><00:43:09.199><c> water</c><00:43:09.519><c> all</c>

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.579
over<00:43:09.880><c> this</c><00:43:10.099><c> offering.</c><00:43:10.380><c> I</c><00:43:10.420><c> mean,</c>

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:12.860
you<00:43:11.000><c> got</c><00:43:11.199><c> to</c><00:43:11.239><c> think</c><00:43:11.340><c> that</c><00:43:11.519><c> this</c><00:43:11.659><c> man</c><00:43:11.820><c> was</c><00:43:12.079><c> pretty</c><00:43:12.320><c> dedicated,</c>

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:15.760
without<00:43:13.400><c> a</c><00:43:13.739><c> hesitation,</c><00:43:15.320><c> not</c><00:43:15.460><c> even</c>

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:19.099
a<00:43:16.260><c> glimmer</c><00:43:16.559><c> of</c><00:43:16.800><c> a,</c><00:43:17.019><c> you</c><00:43:17.059><c> know,</c><00:43:18.119><c> wonder</c><00:43:18.199><c> if</c><00:43:18.260><c> this</c><00:43:18.420><c> is</c><00:43:18.519><c> really</c><00:43:18.739><c> going</c><00:43:18.920><c> to</c>

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.119
work,<00:43:19.260><c> you</c><00:43:19.480><c> know.</c><00:43:19.579><c> And</c><00:43:19.639><c> you</c><00:43:19.940><c> can</c>

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:21.900
imagine<00:43:20.420><c> the</c><00:43:20.599><c> people</c><00:43:20.780><c> helping</c><00:43:21.039><c> him.</c><00:43:21.260><c> Like,</c><00:43:21.360><c> what</c><00:43:21.500><c> is</c><00:43:21.699><c> this</c>

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:23.699
guy<00:43:22.059><c> doing?</c><00:43:22.480><c> Like,</c><00:43:22.820><c> he's</c><00:43:23.059><c> soaking</c><00:43:23.380><c> this</c>

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:26.280
thing.<00:43:24.219><c> Even</c><00:43:24.440><c> if</c><00:43:24.559><c> you</c><00:43:24.699><c> were</c><00:43:24.820><c> going</c><00:43:24.940><c> to</c><00:43:25.099><c> try</c><00:43:25.219><c> and</c><00:43:25.679><c> by</c><00:43:25.840><c> some</c><00:43:26.119><c> kind</c>

00:43:26.280 --> 00:43:28.340
of<00:43:26.480><c> hoax</c><00:43:26.739><c> make</c><00:43:26.960><c> this</c><00:43:27.219><c> happen,</c><00:43:27.699><c> you</c><00:43:27.880><c> totally</c>

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:32.179
cut<00:43:28.579><c> out</c><00:43:28.760><c> your</c><00:43:28.900><c> chances.</c><00:43:29.940><c> But</c><00:43:30.079><c> Elijah</c><00:43:30.440><c> believed</c><00:43:30.900><c> that</c><00:43:31.199><c> God</c><00:43:31.460><c> was</c><00:43:31.739><c> able</c><00:43:31.940><c> to</c>

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:33.579
do<00:43:32.300><c> it.</c><00:43:32.840><c> So</c><00:43:32.980><c> he</c><00:43:33.119><c> builds</c><00:43:33.380><c> this</c>

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:38.039
altar<00:43:33.900><c> and</c><00:43:34.559><c> he</c><00:43:34.920><c> cries</c><00:43:35.179><c> to</c><00:43:35.400><c> God</c><00:43:36.039><c> and</c><00:43:36.840><c> zot.</c><00:43:37.360><c> From</c><00:43:37.619><c> the</c><00:43:37.780><c> heavens</c>

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:41.059
comes<00:43:38.420><c> this</c><00:43:38.679><c> huge</c><00:43:39.019><c> flame</c><00:43:39.440><c> and</c><00:43:40.300><c> completely</c>

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:45.480
and<00:43:41.340><c> absolutely</c><00:43:41.940><c> devours</c><00:43:42.639><c> the</c><00:43:43.280><c> offering,</c><00:43:44.139><c> the</c><00:43:44.460><c> stones,</c><00:43:45.280><c> the</c>

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:48.340
water,<00:43:46.159><c> the</c><00:43:46.360><c> wood,</c><00:43:47.239><c> and</c><00:43:47.440><c> devours</c><00:43:47.800><c> the</c><00:43:48.039><c> whole</c>

00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:53.159
thing.<00:43:48.860><c> And</c><00:43:48.960><c> there's</c><00:43:49.159><c> all</c><00:43:49.420><c> of</c><00:43:49.619><c> Israel</c><00:43:49.860><c> standing</c><00:43:50.219><c> there.</c><00:43:52.519><c> Zot,</c>

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:59.820
lightning,<00:43:53.699><c> you</c><00:43:53.719><c> know,</c><00:43:54.139><c> zot.</c><00:43:59.599><c> And</c>

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:02.599
you<00:43:59.900><c> can</c><00:44:00.139><c> see</c><00:44:00.300><c> that.</c><00:44:00.860><c> And</c><00:44:01.059><c> you</c><00:44:01.099><c> can</c><00:44:01.320><c> imagine</c><00:44:01.739><c> Israel</c><00:44:02.239><c> at</c><00:44:02.420><c> that</c>

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:05.639
point<00:44:02.800><c> in</c><00:44:03.039><c> time.</c><00:44:04.159><c> Well,</c><00:44:05.000><c> there's</c><00:44:05.199><c> a</c><00:44:05.340><c> difference</c>

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:09.119
between<00:44:05.940><c> Israel</c><00:44:06.300><c> and</c><00:44:06.460><c> us.</c><00:44:06.840><c> We</c><00:44:07.219><c> are</c><00:44:07.500><c> not</c><00:44:07.739><c> going</c><00:44:07.940><c> to</c><00:44:08.059><c> get</c><00:44:08.179><c> the</c><00:44:08.320><c> opportunity</c><00:44:08.880><c> to</c>

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:10.260
wait<00:44:09.380><c> for</c><00:44:09.579><c> the</c><00:44:09.679><c> Lord</c><00:44:09.900><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:13.960
Christ<00:44:10.599><c> to</c><00:44:10.860><c> return</c><00:44:11.179><c> from</c><00:44:11.420><c> heaven</c><00:44:11.760><c> and</c><00:44:12.440><c> devour</c><00:44:12.940><c> the</c><00:44:13.159><c> world</c><00:44:13.360><c> around</c><00:44:13.699><c> us</c>

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.599
in<00:44:14.219><c> flames</c><00:44:14.420><c> in</c><00:44:14.619><c> that</c><00:44:14.800><c> sense.</c><00:44:15.440><c> We</c>

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:19.539
have<00:44:15.840><c> to</c><00:44:16.099><c> choose</c><00:44:16.480><c> before</c><00:44:17.280><c> he</c><00:44:17.559><c> comes</c><00:44:18.019><c> which</c><00:44:18.719><c> side</c><00:44:19.019><c> we</c><00:44:19.159><c> want</c><00:44:19.380><c> to</c>

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:21.079
be,<00:44:19.780><c> which</c><00:44:20.079><c> way</c><00:44:20.199><c> we</c><00:44:20.360><c> want</c><00:44:20.519><c> to</c><00:44:20.659><c> go</c><00:44:20.800><c> on.</c>

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:25.079
Just<00:44:21.800><c> to</c><00:44:22.000><c> close</c><00:44:22.239><c> with,</c><00:44:22.360><c> we'd</c><00:44:22.599><c> like</c><00:44:22.679><c> to</c><00:44:22.900><c> turn</c><00:44:23.139><c> to</c><00:44:24.480><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:28.480
chapter<00:44:25.460><c> 30.</c><00:44:26.659><c> It's</c><00:44:26.840><c> the</c><00:44:27.000><c> word</c><00:44:27.199><c> that</c><00:44:27.559><c> Moses</c><00:44:28.019><c> leaves</c>

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laid<00:44:37.559><c> before</c><00:44:37.940><c> us.</c><00:44:38.780><c> There</c><00:44:39.019><c> is</c><00:44:39.360><c> a</c><00:44:39.539><c> crossroads.</c>

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you<00:44:47.780><c> can't</c><00:44:48.139><c> play</c><00:44:48.300><c> a</c><00:44:48.340><c> game</c><00:44:48.500><c> of</c><00:44:48.739><c> baseball</c><00:44:49.119><c> or</c>

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what<00:44:52.860><c> I'm</c><00:44:53.039><c> saying.</c><00:44:53.280><c> I'm</c><00:44:53.440><c> saying</c><00:44:53.559><c> what</c>

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dedicate<00:44:57.599><c> yourself</c><00:44:58.219><c> to</c><00:44:58.519><c> and</c>

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00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:09.519
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00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:23.800
you.<00:45:20.780><c> He</c><00:45:21.219><c> says,</c><00:45:21.519><c> I've</c><00:45:21.699><c> set</c><00:45:21.800><c> before</c><00:45:22.219><c> you</c><00:45:22.699><c> life</c><00:45:22.980><c> and</c><00:45:23.159><c> death.</c><00:45:23.400><c> Well,</c><00:45:23.559><c> that</c><00:45:23.619><c> was</c>

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it<00:45:23.960><c> for</c><00:45:24.119><c> Ruth,</c><00:45:24.420><c> wasn't</c>

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it?<00:45:25.420><c> Israel</c><00:45:25.860><c> and</c><00:45:26.239><c> Moab.</c><00:45:26.840><c> There's</c><00:45:27.039><c> your</c><00:45:27.219><c> choice.</c><00:45:28.019><c> Life</c><00:45:28.239><c> and</c>

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death.<00:45:29.780><c> Blessing</c><00:45:30.219><c> and</c><00:45:30.559><c> cursing.</c><00:45:31.360><c> You</c>

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and<00:45:36.860><c> that's</c><00:45:37.079><c> the</c><00:45:37.340><c> counsel</c>

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00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:49.260
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over.<00:46:22.639><c> We</c><00:46:22.780><c> drop,</c><00:46:23.500><c> breath</c><00:46:23.760><c> expired.</c><00:46:24.440><c> We're</c>

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dead.<00:46:26.000><c> He</c><00:46:26.219><c> is</c><00:46:26.500><c> the</c><00:46:26.719><c> life</c><00:46:26.960><c> and</c><00:46:27.099><c> the</c><00:46:27.300><c> length</c><00:46:27.460><c> of</c><00:46:27.699><c> thy</c><00:46:27.800><c> days</c><00:46:28.380><c> that</c>

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Yahweh<00:46:31.500><c> swore</c><00:46:31.960><c> unto</c><00:46:32.219><c> your</c><00:46:32.480><c> fathers,</c><00:46:33.400><c> to</c><00:46:33.599><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:34.400><c> to</c><00:46:34.599><c> Isaac</c>

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00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:40.619
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00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:52.320
then<00:46:48.320><c> let's</c><00:46:48.820><c> choose</c><00:46:49.019><c> to</c><00:46:49.179><c> be</c><00:46:49.320><c> a</c><00:46:49.420><c> part</c><00:46:49.559><c> of</c><00:46:49.639><c> his</c><00:46:49.840><c> purpose</c><00:46:50.280><c> and</c><00:46:51.000><c> salvation</c><00:46:51.559><c> will</c><00:46:51.860><c> come</c><00:46:52.099><c> as</c>

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a<00:46:52.440><c> byproduct.</c><00:46:53.599><c> Choose</c>

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come.<00:46:59.179><c> And</c><00:46:59.300><c> we're</c><00:46:59.440><c> going</c><00:46:59.579><c> to</c><00:46:59.840><c> spend</c><00:47:00.079><c> the</c>

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our<00:47:15.679><c> way.</c><00:47:16.639><c> We're</c><00:47:16.780><c> going</c><00:47:16.860><c> to</c><00:47:17.119><c> draw</c><00:47:17.260><c> on</c><00:47:17.400><c> the</c><00:47:17.619><c> examples</c><00:47:17.940><c> of</c><00:47:18.139><c> the</c>

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and<00:47:21.239><c> their</c><00:47:21.559><c> faith</c><00:47:21.900><c> and</c><00:47:22.099><c> their</c><00:47:22.360><c> courage</c><00:47:22.619><c> as</c><00:47:22.800><c> a</c><00:47:22.940><c> comparison</c><00:47:23.340><c> to</c>

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us.<00:47:24.659><c> So</c><00:47:24.840><c> we</c><00:47:24.940><c> have</c><00:47:25.099><c> to</c><00:47:25.320><c> choose,</c><00:47:26.239><c> Ruth</c><00:47:26.739><c> or</c><00:47:27.820><c> Orpah?</c>

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What<00:47:29.360><c> are</c><00:47:29.480><c> we</c><00:47:29.559><c> going</c><00:47:29.679><c> to</c><00:47:29.800><c> be?</c><00:47:30.579><c> Thank</c><00:47:30.820><c> you</c><00:47:30.900><c> very</c><00:47:31.119><c> much.</c>