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Now,<00:15:20.720><c> that's</c><00:15:20.940><c> not</c><00:15:21.220><c> easy</c><00:15:21.779><c> to</c><00:15:22.139><c> do,</c><00:15:22.600><c> brothers</c><00:15:22.720><c> and</c><00:15:22.899><c> sisters.</c><00:15:23.220><c> It's</c><00:15:23.500><c> not</c>

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an<00:15:23.860><c> easy</c><00:15:24.279><c> distinction</c><00:15:24.820><c> to</c><00:15:25.139><c> make.</c>

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there<00:15:37.340><c> has</c><00:15:37.659><c> never</c><00:15:37.919><c> been</c>

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any<00:15:38.919><c> human</c><00:15:39.620><c> factor</c><00:15:40.039><c> in</c><00:15:40.179><c> this</c><00:15:40.440><c> present</c><00:15:40.659><c> world</c><00:15:40.960><c> or</c><00:15:41.159><c> group</c><00:15:41.399><c> of</c><00:15:41.659><c> humans</c><00:15:41.840><c> that</c><00:15:42.039><c> could</c><00:15:42.179><c> ever</c><00:15:42.399><c> say</c><00:15:42.620><c> to</c><00:15:42.799><c> you</c>

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that<00:15:45.039><c> everything</c><00:15:45.559><c> that</c><00:15:45.840><c> happens</c><00:15:46.120><c> in</c><00:15:46.360><c> your</c><00:15:46.580><c> life</c><00:15:46.919><c> will</c><00:15:47.200><c> work</c>

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life,<00:15:54.779><c> no</c><00:15:55.039><c> organization,</c>

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no<00:15:56.340><c> group</c><00:15:56.539><c> of</c><00:15:56.860><c> individuals</c><00:15:57.399><c> backed</c><00:15:57.799><c> by</c><00:15:58.120><c> no</c><00:15:58.419><c> matter</c><00:15:58.659><c> how</c><00:15:58.860><c> many</c>

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dollars<00:15:59.440><c> that</c><00:15:59.600><c> could</c><00:15:59.740><c> ever</c><00:15:59.960><c> say</c><00:16:00.159><c> to</c><00:16:00.340><c> you</c>

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that<00:16:02.580><c> God</c><00:16:02.759><c> will</c><00:16:02.919><c> never</c><00:16:03.159><c> try</c><00:16:03.419><c> you</c><00:16:04.039><c> beyond</c><00:16:04.279><c> what</c><00:16:04.500><c> you're</c><00:16:04.700><c> able</c>

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to<00:16:05.120><c> bear.</c>

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Now,<00:16:07.700><c> we</c><00:16:07.840><c> must</c><00:16:08.120><c> not</c><00:16:08.460><c> allow</c><00:16:08.779><c> ourselves</c><00:16:09.320><c> to</c><00:16:09.519><c> lose</c><00:16:09.759><c> sight</c><00:16:09.960><c> of</c><00:16:10.100><c> the</c>

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impact<00:16:10.639><c> of</c><00:16:10.820><c> those</c><00:16:11.059><c> promises.</c><00:16:11.559><c> They</c><00:16:11.759><c> are</c><00:16:12.159><c> precious</c>

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beyond<00:16:13.000><c> anything</c><00:16:13.539><c> that</c><00:16:13.779><c> we</c><00:16:14.080><c> presently</c><00:16:14.539><c> get</c><00:16:14.759><c> from</c><00:16:15.200><c> this</c><00:16:15.679><c> godless</c><00:16:16.179><c> world</c>

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set<00:16:16.960><c> up</c><00:16:17.340><c> to</c><00:16:17.659><c> satisfy</c><00:16:18.179><c> people</c>

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who<00:16:19.059><c> don't</c><00:16:19.279><c> have</c><00:16:19.460><c> a</c><00:16:19.639><c> God.</c><00:16:21.179><c> We</c><00:16:21.379><c> just</c><00:16:21.580><c> go</c><00:16:21.899><c> back</c><00:16:22.279><c> to</c><00:16:22.480><c> 2</c><00:16:22.700><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:23.279><c> chapter</c><00:16:23.840><c> 7,</c>

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where<00:16:25.100><c> the</c><00:16:25.279><c> apostle</c><00:16:25.659><c> has</c>

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been<00:16:26.100><c> dealing</c><00:16:26.419><c> with</c><00:16:26.740><c> suffering,</c><00:16:27.919><c> where</c><00:16:28.179><c> he's</c><00:16:28.399><c> been</c><00:16:28.679><c> dealing</c>

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of<00:16:52.759><c> God.</c><00:16:53.460><c> The</c><00:16:53.740><c> same</c><00:16:54.019><c> pattern.</c><00:16:55.220><c> Because</c><00:16:55.620><c> of</c><00:16:55.799><c> what</c>

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God's<00:16:56.559><c> given</c><00:16:56.700><c> us,</c><00:16:57.440><c> we</c><00:16:57.740><c> will</c><00:16:58.139><c> separate</c><00:16:58.539><c> from</c><00:16:58.840><c> a</c><00:16:59.019><c> way</c><00:16:59.120><c> of</c><00:16:59.340><c> life,</c>

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way<00:17:02.320><c> of</c><00:17:02.500><c> life</c><00:17:02.720><c> that</c><00:17:02.860><c> we</c><00:17:03.019><c> might</c><00:17:03.259><c> be</c><00:17:03.559><c> peculiar</c><00:17:04.160><c> people,</c><00:17:05.559><c> wholly</c>

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assumes<00:17:16.299><c> that</c><00:17:16.920><c> we</c><00:17:17.180><c> ourselves</c><00:17:17.900><c> do</c><00:17:18.779><c> that.</c><00:17:20.319><c> Well,</c><00:17:20.599><c> first</c><00:17:20.920><c> of</c><00:17:21.119><c> all,</c><00:17:21.319><c> of</c>

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course,<00:17:21.779><c> we</c><00:17:21.980><c> must</c><00:17:22.200><c> be</c><00:17:22.420><c> very</c><00:17:22.779><c> aware</c><00:17:23.140><c> of</c><00:17:23.339><c> these</c>

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things,<00:17:24.059><c> and</c><00:17:24.900><c> then</c><00:17:25.039><c> we</c><00:17:25.160><c> must</c><00:17:25.339><c> think</c><00:17:25.559><c> about</c><00:17:25.779><c> them</c><00:17:26.000><c> often.</c><00:17:27.700><c> The</c>

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to<00:17:35.480><c> in</c><00:17:35.720><c> Titus.</c><00:17:37.119><c> Because</c><00:17:37.480><c> these</c><00:17:37.839><c> people,</c>

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with<00:17:38.440><c> the</c><00:17:38.779><c> very</c><00:17:39.200><c> aberrant</c><00:17:39.740><c> behavior</c><00:17:40.240><c> that</c><00:17:40.420><c> they</c><00:17:40.680><c> had</c><00:17:40.960><c> of</c><00:17:41.339><c> not</c>

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were<00:17:46.039><c> obviously</c><00:17:46.819><c> despising</c><00:17:47.759><c> the</c><00:17:48.259><c> root</c><00:17:48.559><c> which</c><00:17:48.900><c> they</c><00:17:49.200><c> had.</c><00:17:49.420><c> That</c><00:17:49.640><c> is,</c>

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Lord.<00:17:53.400><c> So</c><00:17:53.839><c> he</c><00:17:54.000><c> says</c><00:17:54.240><c> to</c><00:17:54.420><c> us</c><00:17:54.579><c> in</c><00:17:54.680><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:55.119><c> 10</c><00:17:55.640><c> verse</c><00:17:55.940><c> 26,</c><00:17:57.319><c> that</c>

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if<00:17:57.579><c> we</c><00:17:57.900><c> sin</c><00:17:58.160><c> willfully</c><00:17:58.680><c> after</c><00:17:59.039><c> we</c><00:17:59.279><c> have</c><00:17:59.460><c> received</c>

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knowledge<00:18:00.359><c> of</c><00:18:00.539><c> the</c><00:18:00.720><c> truth,</c><00:18:01.059><c> there</c><00:18:01.240><c> remains</c><00:18:01.599><c> no</c><00:18:01.960><c> more</c><00:18:02.240><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:02.759><c> for</c><00:18:03.039><c> sins,</c><00:18:04.279><c> but</c>

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a<00:18:04.759><c> certain</c><00:18:05.059><c> fearful</c><00:18:05.539><c> looking</c>

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adversaries.<00:18:10.500><c> He</c><00:18:10.779><c> that</c><00:18:11.160><c> despised</c>

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Moses'<00:18:12.380><c> law</c><00:18:12.740><c> died</c><00:18:13.299><c> without</c><00:18:13.680><c> mercy</c><00:18:14.000><c> under</c><00:18:14.259><c> two</c><00:18:14.500><c> or</c><00:18:14.640><c> three</c><00:18:14.819><c> witnesses.</c><00:18:16.039><c> Of</c>

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how<00:18:16.599><c> much</c><00:18:16.960><c> sorer</c><00:18:17.480><c> punishment,</c><00:18:18.039><c> suppose</c>

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ye,<00:18:19.579><c> shall</c><00:18:19.720><c> he</c><00:18:20.579><c> be</c><00:18:20.859><c> thought</c><00:18:21.079><c> worthy,</c><00:18:22.059><c> who</c><00:18:22.200><c> hath</c><00:18:22.559><c> trodden</c><00:18:23.200><c> underfoot</c><00:18:23.839><c> the</c>

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blood<00:18:26.400><c> of</c><00:18:26.539><c> the</c><00:18:26.799><c> covenant</c><00:18:27.099><c> wherewith</c><00:18:27.460><c> he</c><00:18:27.619><c> was</c><00:18:27.839><c> sanctified,</c><00:18:28.519><c> an</c>

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unholy<00:18:29.079><c> thing,</c><00:18:30.019><c> and</c><00:18:30.140><c> hath</c><00:18:30.319><c> done</c><00:18:30.500><c> despite</c><00:18:31.119><c> under</c><00:18:31.420><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:18:31.880><c> of</c><00:18:32.119><c> grace.</c><00:18:33.619><c> For</c><00:18:33.779><c> we</c><00:18:33.960><c> know</c><00:18:34.180><c> him</c><00:18:34.539><c> that</c><00:18:34.799><c> hath</c><00:18:34.980><c> said,</c><00:18:35.359><c> Vengeance</c><00:18:35.740><c> belongeth</c><00:18:36.200><c> unto</c>

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me,<00:18:36.759><c> I</c><00:18:37.019><c> will</c><00:18:37.279><c> recompense</c>

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hath<00:18:38.000><c> the</c><00:18:38.240><c> Lord,</c><00:18:38.400><c> and</c><00:18:38.579><c> again</c><00:18:38.900><c> the</c><00:18:39.240><c> Lord</c><00:18:39.480><c> shall</c><00:18:39.720><c> judge</c><00:18:40.000><c> his</c><00:18:40.259><c> people.</c><00:18:41.079><c> It</c>

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hands<00:18:43.359><c> of</c><00:18:43.539><c> the</c><00:18:43.619><c> living</c><00:18:43.819><c> God.</c><00:18:44.700><c> So</c><00:18:45.200><c> it's</c><00:18:45.400><c> important</c><00:18:45.900><c> to</c><00:18:46.180><c> see</c><00:18:46.380><c> from</c><00:18:46.559><c> this</c><00:18:46.940><c> little</c><00:18:47.200><c> section</c><00:18:47.519><c> of</c>

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scripture<00:18:48.019><c> in</c><00:18:48.240><c> Hebrews</c>

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of<00:18:49.859><c> what</c><00:18:50.119><c> happens</c><00:18:50.539><c> when</c><00:18:50.720><c> a</c><00:18:50.960><c> person</c><00:18:51.259><c> doesn't</c><00:18:52.180><c> separate</c><00:18:52.619><c> himself</c><00:18:53.140><c> from</c>

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the<00:18:53.619><c> things</c><00:18:53.799><c> of</c><00:18:53.980><c> this</c><00:18:54.240><c> world,</c>

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and<00:18:55.720><c> doesn't</c><00:18:56.140><c> dedicate</c><00:18:56.700><c> himself</c><00:18:57.200><c> again</c><00:18:57.819><c> to</c><00:18:58.359><c> the</c><00:18:58.500><c> things</c><00:18:58.740><c> of</c><00:18:58.920><c> God.</c>

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It<00:19:02.599><c> says,</c><00:19:03.039><c> those</c><00:19:03.039><c> people</c><00:19:03.420><c> have</c><00:19:03.740><c> counted</c><00:19:04.220><c> the</c><00:19:05.200><c> blood</c><00:19:05.420><c> of</c><00:19:05.599><c> the</c>

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covenant<00:19:06.259><c> wherewith</c><00:19:06.859><c> they</c><00:19:07.039><c> were</c><00:19:07.259><c> sanctified,</c>

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an<00:19:08.519><c> unholy</c><00:19:09.240><c> thing.</c><00:19:11.200><c> That's</c><00:19:11.839><c> the</c><00:19:12.220><c> prime</c><00:19:12.500><c> thing,</c><00:19:13.319><c> brothers</c><00:19:13.440><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:14.660><c> which</c><00:19:14.940><c> is</c><00:19:15.539><c> to</c><00:19:15.759><c> be</c><00:19:16.059><c> in</c><00:19:16.200><c> our</c>

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forefront<00:19:17.240><c> of</c><00:19:17.500><c> our</c><00:19:17.799><c> thinking</c><00:19:18.019><c> at</c><00:19:18.220><c> the</c><00:19:18.480><c> time</c><00:19:18.700><c> we</c><00:19:18.920><c> partake</c><00:19:19.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:19.640><c> emblems,</c><00:19:20.279><c> and</c><00:19:20.460><c> indeed</c><00:19:20.759><c> as</c><00:19:21.500><c> often</c><00:19:21.859><c> otherwise</c><00:19:22.339><c> as</c><00:19:22.660><c> we</c>

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can,<00:19:24.039><c> whereby</c><00:19:24.440><c> we</c><00:19:24.680><c> might</c><00:19:25.039><c> always</c><00:19:25.819><c> uphold</c><00:19:26.299><c> that</c><00:19:26.920><c> with</c><00:19:27.519><c> sanctification</c><00:19:28.319><c> in</c><00:19:28.579><c> our</c><00:19:28.779><c> mind</c>

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as<00:19:31.220><c> a</c><00:19:31.400><c> holy</c><00:19:31.599><c> thing,</c><00:19:32.400><c> and</c><00:19:33.480><c> make</c><00:19:33.700><c> sure</c><00:19:33.920><c> that</c><00:19:34.420><c> that</c><00:19:34.640><c> becomes</c><00:19:35.200><c> a</c>

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motivating<00:19:36.319><c> factor</c><00:19:36.799><c> for</c><00:19:37.079><c> us.</c>

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Now<00:19:39.619><c> just</c><00:19:39.799><c> going</c><00:19:40.039><c> back</c><00:19:40.420><c> to</c><00:19:41.299><c> Titus,</c>

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in<00:19:53.019><c> verse</c><00:19:53.299><c> 15</c><00:19:53.880><c> he</c><00:19:54.339><c> says,</c><00:19:55.019><c> these</c><00:19:55.019><c> things</c><00:19:55.460><c> speak,</c><00:19:56.839><c> and</c><00:19:57.140><c> exhort,</c>

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and<00:19:58.319><c> rebuke</c><00:19:58.980><c> with</c><00:19:59.400><c> all</c><00:19:59.759><c> authority,</c>

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let<00:20:00.980><c> no</c><00:20:01.279><c> man</c><00:20:01.559><c> despise</c><00:20:02.259><c> thee.</c><00:20:03.119><c> And</c><00:20:03.480><c> again</c><00:20:03.740><c> it</c><00:20:03.920><c> comes</c><00:20:04.180><c> back</c><00:20:04.519><c> to</c>

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some<00:20:05.099><c> of</c><00:20:05.299><c> the</c><00:20:05.359><c> other</c><00:20:05.559><c> things</c><00:20:05.799><c> that</c><00:20:06.000><c> we</c><00:20:06.240><c> have</c><00:20:06.440><c> been</c>

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dealing<00:20:07.339><c> with</c><00:20:07.640><c> as</c><00:20:07.819><c> to</c><00:20:07.960><c> how</c><00:20:08.619><c> Titus</c><00:20:08.880><c> was</c><00:20:09.059><c> ever</c><00:20:09.339><c> going</c><00:20:09.579><c> to</c><00:20:09.819><c> be</c><00:20:09.960><c> able</c><00:20:10.160><c> to</c>

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reform<00:20:11.000><c> this</c><00:20:11.359><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Well<00:20:12.200><c> it</c><00:20:12.599><c> wasn't</c><00:20:13.420><c> Titus</c><00:20:13.759><c> that</c><00:20:13.940><c> was</c><00:20:14.140><c> going</c><00:20:14.319><c> to</c><00:20:14.579><c> reform</c><00:20:14.819><c> it.</c><00:20:15.619><c> It</c>

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was<00:20:15.940><c> either</c><00:20:16.220><c> the</c><00:20:16.480><c> word</c><00:20:16.599><c> of</c><00:20:16.859><c> God</c><00:20:17.099><c> that</c><00:20:17.319><c> these</c><00:20:17.500><c> people</c>

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were<00:20:18.000><c> going</c><00:20:18.140><c> to</c><00:20:18.599><c> think</c><00:20:18.799><c> clearly</c><00:20:19.220><c> about</c><00:20:19.660><c> and</c><00:20:20.240><c> want</c><00:20:20.359><c> to</c><00:20:20.599><c> act</c><00:20:20.819><c> upon,</c><00:20:21.460><c> or</c>

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there<00:20:21.839><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:22.140><c> be</c><00:20:22.480><c> any</c><00:20:22.779><c> reformation.</c>

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Or<00:20:24.420><c> if</c><00:20:24.579><c> there</c><00:20:24.839><c> was</c><00:20:25.019><c> any</c><00:20:25.240><c> reformation</c><00:20:25.779><c> at</c><00:20:25.940><c> all</c><00:20:26.079><c> it</c><00:20:26.180><c> would</c><00:20:26.339><c> be</c><00:20:26.519><c> very</c><00:20:26.859><c> short,</c><00:20:28.240><c> and</c><00:20:28.640><c> possibly</c><00:20:29.420><c> within</c><00:20:29.759><c> a</c>

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year<00:20:30.680><c> or</c><00:20:30.960><c> two</c>

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it<00:20:31.880><c> would</c><00:20:32.099><c> be</c><00:20:32.299><c> forgotten.</c><00:20:34.000><c> What</c><00:20:34.220><c> does</c><00:20:34.400><c> he</c><00:20:34.579><c> mean</c><00:20:34.720><c> when</c><00:20:34.859><c> he</c><00:20:35.099><c> says</c>

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let<00:20:35.640><c> no</c><00:20:35.920><c> man</c><00:20:36.220><c> despise</c><00:20:36.960><c> thee?</c><00:20:37.500><c> These</c><00:20:37.839><c> things</c><00:20:38.180><c> speak</c>

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and<00:20:39.599><c> exhort</c><00:20:40.119><c> and</c><00:20:40.660><c> rebuke</c><00:20:41.380><c> with</c><00:20:41.660><c> all</c><00:20:41.859><c> authority,</c><00:20:42.319><c> let</c><00:20:42.420><c> no</c><00:20:42.700><c> man</c>

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despise<00:20:43.599><c> thee.</c><00:20:44.599><c> It's</c><00:20:44.779><c> almost</c><00:20:45.000><c> as</c><00:20:45.259><c> if</c>

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someone<00:20:46.319><c> could</c><00:20:46.599><c> escape</c><00:20:47.039><c> by</c><00:20:47.319><c> running</c><00:20:47.519><c> around</c><00:20:47.819><c> the</c><00:20:48.059><c> edge.</c><00:20:49.299><c> Someone</c><00:20:49.640><c> could</c><00:20:50.539><c> escape</c><00:20:50.960><c> the</c>

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argument<00:20:51.720><c> by</c>

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just<00:20:54.480><c> sort</c><00:20:54.700><c> of</c><00:20:54.940><c> standing</c><00:20:55.220><c> aside,</c><00:20:56.279><c> or</c><00:20:56.519><c> some</c><00:20:56.859><c> way</c><00:20:57.019><c> or</c><00:20:57.140><c> other</c><00:20:57.619><c> not</c>

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feel<00:20:58.640><c> the</c><00:20:58.839><c> impact</c><00:20:59.279><c> of</c><00:20:59.480><c> his</c><00:20:59.740><c> word.</c>

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I<00:21:01.039><c> think</c><00:21:01.220><c> that's</c><00:21:01.640><c> the</c><00:21:02.059><c> thoroughness</c><00:21:02.839><c> to</c><00:21:03.099><c> which</c><00:21:03.380><c> Titus</c><00:21:03.660><c> had</c><00:21:03.819><c> to</c>

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do<00:21:04.160><c> this.</c><00:21:04.299><c> As</c><00:21:04.460><c> we</c><00:21:04.680><c> suggested</c><00:21:05.079><c> to</c><00:21:05.339><c> you,</c>

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this<00:21:06.480><c> was</c><00:21:06.660><c> no</c><00:21:06.960><c> small</c><00:21:07.299><c> island.</c><00:21:08.279><c> It</c><00:21:08.420><c> was</c><00:21:08.559><c> 250</c><00:21:09.180><c> miles</c><00:21:09.619><c> long,</c><00:21:09.980><c> 50</c><00:21:10.259><c> miles</c><00:21:10.680><c> wide,</c><00:21:11.079><c> with</c><00:21:11.220><c> possibly</c><00:21:11.740><c> a</c>

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hundred<00:21:12.319><c> cities</c><00:21:12.720><c> in</c><00:21:12.900><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:14.039><c> Titus'</c><00:21:14.599><c> work</c><00:21:14.619><c> in</c><00:21:14.779><c> verse</c><00:21:15.079><c> 5</c><00:21:15.279><c> of</c><00:21:15.400><c> chapter</c><00:21:15.759><c> 1</c><00:21:16.059><c> was</c><00:21:16.279><c> to</c><00:21:16.500><c> ordain</c>

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elders<00:21:17.660><c> and</c><00:21:18.440><c> set</c><00:21:18.619><c> in</c><00:21:18.779><c> order</c><00:21:18.920><c> what</c><00:21:19.079><c> was</c><00:21:19.400><c> lacking</c>

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in<00:21:20.119><c> every</c><00:21:20.480><c> city.</c><00:21:22.400><c> So</c><00:21:22.640><c> there</c><00:21:22.960><c> was</c><00:21:23.220><c> a</c><00:21:23.339><c> lot</c><00:21:23.660><c> of</c><00:21:23.880><c> work</c><00:21:24.059><c> to</c><00:21:24.240><c> be</c><00:21:24.420><c> done,</c>

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and<00:21:25.920><c> he</c><00:21:26.059><c> was</c><00:21:26.299><c> to</c><00:21:26.619><c> speak</c><00:21:26.920><c> everything.</c><00:21:27.779><c> He</c><00:21:27.900><c> was</c><00:21:28.140><c> to</c>

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take<00:21:28.740><c> all</c><00:21:29.960><c> of</c><00:21:30.140><c> the</c><00:21:30.279><c> advice</c><00:21:30.539><c> of</c><00:21:30.720><c> the</c><00:21:30.880><c> apostle</c><00:21:31.200><c> Paul</c><00:21:31.500><c> in</c><00:21:31.720><c> speaking</c><00:21:32.000><c> these</c>

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things,<00:21:32.960><c> and</c><00:21:33.380><c> not</c><00:21:33.660><c> to</c><00:21:33.880><c> leave</c><00:21:34.079><c> anywhere</c>

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for<00:21:35.299><c> a</c><00:21:35.420><c> person</c><00:21:35.740><c> to</c><00:21:36.000><c> escape</c><00:21:36.380><c> the</c><00:21:36.599><c> argument.</c><00:21:38.220><c> I</c><00:21:38.259><c> think</c><00:21:38.440><c> that's</c>

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the<00:21:39.380><c> suggestion</c><00:21:39.859><c> of</c><00:21:40.059><c> let</c><00:21:40.220><c> no</c><00:21:40.420><c> man</c><00:21:40.599><c> despise</c>

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thee.<00:21:41.319><c> I</c><00:21:41.380><c> don't</c><00:21:41.559><c> see</c><00:21:41.740><c> how</c><00:21:41.900><c> he</c><00:21:42.759><c> could</c><00:21:42.940><c> claim</c><00:21:43.180><c> authority.</c><00:21:43.859><c> I</c><00:21:43.920><c> don't</c><00:21:44.079><c> see</c>

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how<00:21:44.400><c> he</c><00:21:44.539><c> could</c><00:21:44.700><c> use</c><00:21:44.920><c> the</c><00:21:45.160><c> epistle</c>

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as<00:21:46.700><c> this</c><00:21:47.119><c> comes</c><00:21:47.339><c> from</c><00:21:47.539><c> Paul,</c><00:21:48.299><c> thereby</c><00:21:48.559><c> you've</c><00:21:48.940><c> got</c><00:21:49.039><c> to</c><00:21:49.240><c> follow</c>

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it.<00:21:50.299><c> I</c><00:21:50.480><c> think</c><00:21:50.640><c> it</c><00:21:50.819><c> just</c><00:21:51.019><c> meant</c><00:21:51.279><c> that</c><00:21:51.500><c> he</c><00:21:51.680><c> is</c><00:21:51.900><c> to</c>

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take<00:21:52.400><c> what</c><00:21:52.599><c> he</c><00:21:52.799><c> was</c><00:21:53.019><c> given</c><00:21:53.339><c> and</c><00:21:53.920><c> to</c><00:21:54.220><c> speak</c><00:21:54.420><c> it</c><00:21:54.640><c> all,</c><00:21:55.180><c> not</c><00:21:55.460><c> leaving</c><00:21:55.880><c> anything</c><00:21:56.299><c> out</c>

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that<00:21:57.259><c> these</c><00:21:57.559><c> people</c><00:21:57.819><c> would</c><00:21:58.099><c> not</c>

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have<00:21:58.839><c> any</c><00:21:59.539><c> other</c><00:21:59.799><c> choice</c><00:22:00.519><c> than</c><00:22:00.859><c> to</c><00:22:01.039><c> face</c><00:22:01.200><c> the</c><00:22:01.420><c> impact</c><00:22:01.740><c> of</c><00:22:01.900><c> the</c><00:22:02.019><c> words.</c>

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Now,<00:22:05.819><c> this</c><00:22:06.259><c> pushes</c><00:22:06.759><c> us</c><00:22:07.079><c> down</c><00:22:07.759><c> into</c><00:22:08.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:09.299><c> 3,</c><00:22:10.539><c> and</c><00:22:10.579><c> there's</c>

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some<00:22:11.000><c> interesting</c><00:22:11.500><c> things</c><00:22:12.039><c> going</c><00:22:12.559><c> on</c><00:22:12.880><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:22:13.660><c> 3</c><00:22:14.160><c> of</c><00:22:14.359><c> Titus.</c><00:22:15.279><c> He</c><00:22:15.480><c> says,</c>

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unto<00:22:29.319><c> all</c><00:22:29.839><c> men.</c><00:22:31.720><c> And</c><00:22:32.259><c> then</c><00:22:32.420><c> it</c><00:22:32.460><c> goes</c><00:22:32.660><c> on</c><00:22:32.980><c> to</c><00:22:33.579><c> say</c><00:22:33.880><c> something,</c>

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which<00:22:34.420><c> the</c><00:22:34.680><c> apostle</c><00:22:35.099><c> used</c><00:22:35.880><c> in</c><00:22:36.319><c> other</c><00:22:36.640><c> places,</c>

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especially<00:22:37.599><c> in</c><00:22:37.880><c> Corinthians.</c>

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time<00:22:56.859><c> to</c><00:22:57.019><c> time,</c><00:22:57.440><c> brothers</c><00:22:57.539><c> and</c><00:22:57.799><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:22:58.619><c> we're</c><00:22:59.359><c> talking</c><00:22:59.680><c> about</c><00:22:59.940><c> others</c><00:23:00.240><c> and</c><00:23:00.440><c> being</c><00:23:00.579><c> quite</c><00:23:00.859><c> critical</c><00:23:01.259><c> of</c>

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their<00:23:01.680><c> own</c><00:23:01.900><c> behavior,</c>

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that<00:23:03.140><c> we</c><00:23:03.240><c> must</c><00:23:03.440><c> remember</c><00:23:03.880><c> where</c><00:23:04.140><c> we've</c><00:23:04.500><c> come</c><00:23:04.720><c> from.</c><00:23:06.039><c> And</c><00:23:06.200><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:23:06.720><c> Paul,</c><00:23:07.059><c> although</c><00:23:07.299><c> he</c><00:23:07.460><c> used</c><00:23:07.559><c> to</c><00:23:07.599><c> be</c><00:23:07.720><c> able</c><00:23:07.900><c> to</c>

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say<00:23:08.480><c> how</c><00:23:10.079><c> forward</c><00:23:10.480><c>-thinking,</c><00:23:11.160><c> how</c><00:23:11.500><c> narrow</c><00:23:12.099><c> he</c><00:23:12.359><c> was</c><00:23:12.740><c> in</c><00:23:12.880><c> what</c><00:23:13.039><c> he</c><00:23:13.240><c> allowed</c><00:23:13.420><c> himself,</c><00:23:14.059><c> even</c><00:23:14.400><c> while</c><00:23:14.920><c> he</c><00:23:15.420><c> was</c><00:23:15.900><c> a</c><00:23:16.740><c> Jew</c>

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and<00:23:17.079><c> a</c><00:23:17.299><c> Pharisee</c><00:23:18.279><c> at</c><00:23:18.519><c> that,</c><00:23:19.700><c> yet</c><00:23:19.839><c> nevertheless</c><00:23:20.440><c> he</c><00:23:21.440><c> never</c><00:23:21.740><c> forgot</c><00:23:22.099><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:23.859><c> he</c><00:23:24.099><c> used</c><00:23:24.279><c> words</c><00:23:24.619><c> about</c><00:23:24.799><c> himself</c><00:23:25.339><c> that</c><00:23:25.539><c> I</c>

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was<00:23:28.019><c> one</c><00:23:28.259><c> of</c><00:23:28.400><c> the</c><00:23:28.680><c> chief</c><00:23:29.059><c> sinners</c><00:23:29.759><c> because</c><00:23:30.759><c> he</c><00:23:31.019><c> persecuted</c><00:23:31.579><c> the</c><00:23:31.839><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:23:33.599><c> So</c>

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that<00:23:34.180><c> even</c><00:23:34.299><c> there's</c><00:23:34.519><c> a</c><00:23:34.660><c> purpose</c><00:23:34.980><c> of</c>

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sin<00:23:35.539><c> in</c><00:23:35.759><c> our</c><00:23:35.960><c> life,</c><00:23:36.359><c> to</c><00:23:36.519><c> humble</c><00:23:36.859><c> us</c><00:23:37.259><c> and</c><00:23:37.440><c> to</c><00:23:37.619><c> give</c><00:23:37.720><c> us</c><00:23:38.319><c> the</c><00:23:38.700><c> proper</c><00:23:39.059><c> frame</c><00:23:39.339><c> of</c>

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mind<00:23:39.900><c> to</c><00:23:40.039><c> go</c><00:23:40.279><c> out</c><00:23:40.460><c> and</c><00:23:40.700><c> to</c><00:23:41.019><c> educate</c>

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others,<00:23:42.420><c> especially</c><00:23:42.720><c> people</c><00:23:43.039><c> who</c><00:23:43.220><c> don't</c><00:23:43.400><c> see</c><00:23:43.720><c> our</c><00:23:44.000><c> point</c><00:23:44.160><c> right</c><00:23:44.380><c> away.</c><00:23:45.880><c> How</c>

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long<00:23:46.400><c> did</c><00:23:46.559><c> it</c><00:23:46.720><c> take</c><00:23:46.839><c> us</c><00:23:47.559><c> to</c><00:23:48.099><c> see</c><00:23:48.220><c> the</c>

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point<00:23:48.660><c> when</c><00:23:48.839><c> others</c><00:23:49.079><c> were</c><00:23:49.359><c> trying</c><00:23:49.599><c> to</c><00:23:49.859><c> teach</c><00:23:50.039><c> us?</c><00:23:51.339><c> And</c><00:23:51.599><c> that</c>

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comes<00:23:52.140><c> out</c><00:23:52.700><c> quite</c><00:23:53.019><c> often.</c><00:23:53.359><c> It</c><00:23:53.500><c> comes</c><00:23:53.700><c> out</c><00:23:54.019><c> back</c><00:23:54.240><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:54.680><c> Old</c><00:23:54.680><c> Testament</c><00:23:55.380><c> with</c><00:23:55.940><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:23:57.200><c> with</c><00:23:57.539><c> Daniel,</c><00:23:58.380><c> who</c><00:23:58.619><c> associated</c><00:23:59.140><c> with</c><00:23:59.420><c> the</c>

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sin<00:23:59.759><c> of</c><00:23:59.960><c> the</c><00:24:00.119><c> people</c>

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so<00:24:01.720><c> as</c><00:24:02.059><c> it</c><00:24:02.180><c> would</c><00:24:02.440><c> seem</c><00:24:02.799><c> to</c><00:24:03.200><c> represent</c><00:24:03.680><c> them.</c><00:24:05.880><c> Now</c><00:24:06.240><c> there</c><00:24:06.400><c> is</c>

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one<00:24:06.880><c> point</c><00:24:07.039><c> here</c><00:24:07.259><c> I'd</c><00:24:07.559><c> like</c><00:24:07.559><c> to,</c><00:24:08.099><c> if</c><00:24:08.460><c> you</c><00:24:08.680><c> like,</c>

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take<00:24:09.180><c> a</c><00:24:09.460><c> little</c><00:24:09.660><c> liberty</c><00:24:10.099><c> as</c><00:24:10.480><c> an</c><00:24:10.599><c> aside</c><00:24:11.180><c> from</c><00:24:11.519><c> Titus</c><00:24:11.880><c> to</c><00:24:12.059><c> just</c>

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develop<00:24:12.660><c> the</c><00:24:12.940><c> concept</c><00:24:13.519><c> out</c><00:24:14.500><c> of</c><00:24:14.640><c> its</c><00:24:14.960><c> context</c><00:24:15.519><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:24:16.740><c> 3,</c><00:24:17.660><c> and</c><00:24:17.920><c> that</c><00:24:18.119><c> is</c><00:24:18.339><c> to</c><00:24:18.539><c> put</c><00:24:18.779><c> them</c><00:24:19.160><c> in</c><00:24:19.539><c> mind.</c><00:24:22.299><c> And</c><00:24:22.480><c> we've</c>

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already<00:24:23.140><c> talked</c><00:24:23.740><c> a</c><00:24:23.960><c> little</c><00:24:24.140><c> about</c><00:24:24.420><c> this</c>

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because<00:24:26.740><c> we</c><00:24:27.160><c> went</c><00:24:27.299><c> into</c><00:24:27.579><c> 2</c><00:24:27.819><c> Peter</c><00:24:28.160><c> to</c><00:24:28.460><c> illustrate</c><00:24:29.019><c> that</c><00:24:29.380><c> this</c>

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was<00:24:30.099><c> the</c><00:24:30.380><c> last</c><00:24:30.680><c> letter</c><00:24:30.900><c> that</c><00:24:31.140><c> Peter</c><00:24:31.380><c> wrote.</c>

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He<00:24:32.579><c> wasn't</c><00:24:32.859><c> teaching</c><00:24:33.200><c> anybody</c><00:24:33.619><c> anything</c><00:24:34.000><c> new,</c><00:24:35.200><c> but</c><00:24:35.400><c> he</c><00:24:35.599><c> really</c><00:24:35.880><c> desired</c><00:24:36.319><c> that</c>

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people<00:24:36.720><c> would</c><00:24:37.000><c> focus</c><00:24:37.380><c> on</c>

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certain<00:24:38.059><c> things,</c><00:24:38.420><c> which</c><00:24:38.599><c> he</c><00:24:38.839><c> says,</c><00:24:39.180><c> I</c><00:24:39.180><c> will</c><00:24:39.440><c> put</c><00:24:39.660><c> you</c><00:24:39.900><c> in</c><00:24:40.299><c> remembrance.</c><00:24:42.039><c> And</c>

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you<00:24:42.359><c> may</c><00:24:42.480><c> recall</c><00:24:42.799><c> that</c><00:24:42.940><c> we</c><00:24:43.160><c> started</c>

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off<00:24:43.640><c> in</c><00:24:43.799><c> Titus</c><00:24:43.960><c> by</c><00:24:44.220><c> saying,</c><00:24:44.660><c> brothers</c><00:24:44.700><c> and</c><00:24:44.940><c> sisters,</c><00:24:45.220><c> it's</c><00:24:45.599><c> probably</c><00:24:45.839><c> not</c><00:24:46.039><c> going</c><00:24:46.160><c> to</c>

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teach<00:24:46.440><c> you</c><00:24:46.599><c> anything</c><00:24:46.819><c> new,</c>

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but<00:24:48.579><c> there</c><00:24:48.759><c> is</c><00:24:48.940><c> a</c><00:24:49.140><c> great</c><00:24:49.359><c> purpose</c><00:24:49.720><c> of</c><00:24:49.920><c> the</c><00:24:50.059><c> Bible</c><00:24:50.460><c> in</c><00:24:51.359><c> drawing</c>

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people's<00:24:53.019><c> remembrance,</c>

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drawing<00:24:54.480><c> things</c><00:24:54.799><c> back</c><00:24:55.099><c> into</c><00:24:55.319><c> their</c><00:24:55.539><c> remembrance.</c><00:24:56.839><c> Indeed,</c><00:24:57.140><c> the</c><00:24:57.380><c> feast</c><00:24:58.000><c> of</c><00:24:58.359><c> the</c><00:24:58.460><c> Lord</c><00:24:58.619><c> is</c><00:24:58.819><c> a</c>

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feast<00:24:59.200><c> of</c>

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remembrance.<00:25:01.619><c> So</c><00:25:01.900><c> let's</c><00:25:02.079><c> just</c><00:25:02.359><c> look</c><00:25:02.519><c> for</c><00:25:02.759><c> a</c><00:25:02.880><c> moment</c><00:25:03.019><c> at</c><00:25:03.160><c> a</c><00:25:03.279><c> few</c>

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things<00:25:03.759><c> that</c><00:25:03.960><c> the</c><00:25:04.140><c> Bible</c><00:25:04.319><c> can</c><00:25:04.619><c> tell</c><00:25:04.799><c> us</c>

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on<00:25:05.599><c> how</c><00:25:06.259><c> we</c><00:25:06.480><c> can</c><00:25:06.740><c> remember</c><00:25:07.339><c> better.</c><00:25:08.900><c> If</c><00:25:09.099><c> you</c><00:25:09.099><c> go</c><00:25:09.279><c> back</c><00:25:09.519><c> to</c><00:25:09.819><c> Psalm</c><00:25:10.359><c> 111,</c>

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God<00:25:21.279><c> has</c><00:25:21.880><c> a</c><00:25:22.640><c> good</c><00:25:22.819><c> understanding</c><00:25:23.460><c> of</c><00:25:23.859><c> our</c><00:25:24.099><c> weakness</c><00:25:24.680><c> in</c><00:25:25.440><c> being</c>

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able<00:25:26.019><c> to</c><00:25:26.299><c> remember.</c>

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And<00:25:29.140><c> this</c><00:25:29.420><c> Psalm</c><00:25:29.940><c> illustrates</c><00:25:30.779><c> aspects</c><00:25:31.519><c> of</c><00:25:31.740><c> it.</c>

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Yahweh<00:25:57.539><c> is</c><00:25:57.819><c> gracious</c><00:25:58.259><c> and</c><00:25:58.539><c> full</c><00:25:58.740><c> of</c><00:25:58.940><c> compassion.</c><00:26:00.559><c> Now</c><00:26:00.740><c> in</c><00:26:00.880><c> what</c><00:26:01.099><c> way</c>

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has<00:26:01.480><c> God</c><00:26:01.779><c> made</c><00:26:02.259><c> his</c><00:26:02.680><c> works</c><00:26:02.940><c> to</c><00:26:03.180><c> be</c><00:26:03.500><c> remembered?</c>

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So<00:26:05.539><c> that</c><00:26:05.960><c> knowing</c><00:26:06.240><c> that</c><00:26:06.420><c> we</c><00:26:06.579><c> have</c><00:26:06.740><c> a</c><00:26:06.920><c> problem</c><00:26:07.200><c> with</c><00:26:07.440><c> this,</c><00:26:08.180><c> can</c>

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you<00:26:08.539><c> think</c><00:26:08.839><c> just</c><00:26:09.299><c> off</c><00:26:09.500><c> the</c><00:26:09.640><c> top</c><00:26:09.819><c> of</c><00:26:09.940><c> your</c><00:26:10.079><c> head,</c>

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brothers<00:26:10.460><c> and</c><00:26:10.720><c> sisters,</c><00:26:11.000><c> things</c><00:26:11.240><c> God's</c><00:26:11.819><c> done</c><00:26:12.119><c> to</c><00:26:12.819><c> help</c><00:26:13.039><c> us</c>

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remember<00:26:13.940><c> his</c><00:26:14.279><c> word?</c>

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There's<00:26:18.740><c> a</c><00:26:18.920><c> great</c><00:26:19.140><c> sign</c><00:26:19.480><c> in</c><00:26:19.680><c> the</c><00:26:19.819><c> heavens</c><00:26:20.380><c> that</c><00:26:21.559><c> occurs</c><00:26:22.019><c> when</c>

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it<00:26:22.500><c> rains</c><00:26:22.859><c> and</c><00:26:23.119><c> it's</c><00:26:23.480><c> sunshine</c><00:26:23.700><c> at</c><00:26:23.880><c> the</c><00:26:24.039><c> same</c><00:26:24.319><c> time.</c>

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God<00:26:25.779><c> put</c><00:26:26.119><c> there</c><00:26:26.799><c> to</c><00:26:27.660><c> help</c><00:26:27.859><c> us</c><00:26:28.200><c> remember</c><00:26:28.799><c> things.</c><00:26:30.940><c> Now</c><00:26:31.059><c> I</c><00:26:31.099><c> don't</c>

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think<00:26:31.460><c> that's</c><00:26:31.779><c> the</c><00:26:31.980><c> exception.</c>

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I<00:26:33.279><c> think</c><00:26:33.460><c> that's</c><00:26:33.779><c> an</c><00:26:34.039><c> example.</c><00:26:35.539><c> As</c><00:26:35.740><c> our</c><00:26:35.839><c> brother</c><00:26:36.019><c> David</c><00:26:36.400><c> showed</c><00:26:36.740><c> us</c><00:26:37.000><c> with</c><00:26:37.180><c> the</c><00:26:37.559><c> stars,</c><00:26:38.960><c> and</c><00:26:39.140><c> we're</c><00:26:39.299><c> able</c><00:26:39.440><c> to</c><00:26:39.599><c> look</c>

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at<00:26:39.900><c> Psalm</c><00:26:40.099><c> 19</c><00:26:40.799><c> and</c><00:26:41.460><c> look</c><00:26:41.640><c> at</c><00:26:42.039><c> how</c><00:26:42.319><c> God</c><00:26:42.619><c> has</c><00:26:42.940><c> made</c><00:26:43.240><c> the</c><00:26:43.519><c> heavens</c>

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to<00:26:44.819><c> be</c><00:26:45.160><c> glorious</c><00:26:45.640><c> for</c><00:26:45.880><c> us.</c><00:26:48.019><c> It's</c><00:26:48.420><c> interesting</c>

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to<00:26:49.299><c> contemplate</c><00:26:49.940><c> a</c><00:26:50.019><c> little</c><00:26:50.220><c> further</c><00:26:50.559><c> in</c><00:26:51.180><c> the</c><00:26:52.259><c> passage</c><00:26:52.759><c> that</c>

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Brother<00:26:53.420><c> Dave</c><00:26:54.039><c> quoted</c><00:26:54.519><c> for</c><00:26:54.779><c> us</c><00:26:55.019><c> from</c><00:26:55.240><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:26:56.160><c> 40.</c><00:26:58.079><c> Because</c><00:26:58.460><c> it</c><00:26:58.700><c> would</c><00:26:58.839><c> seem</c><00:26:58.980><c> to</c><00:26:59.140><c> me</c><00:26:59.359><c> that</c><00:27:00.339><c> the</c><00:27:00.779><c> benefit</c><00:27:01.059><c> to</c>

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us<00:27:01.579><c> would</c><00:27:01.759><c> be</c><00:27:01.980><c> able</c><00:27:02.200><c> to</c><00:27:02.420><c> either</c><00:27:02.779><c> read</c><00:27:03.019><c> these</c>

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words<00:27:03.819><c> or</c><00:27:04.559><c> to</c><00:27:05.140><c> recite</c><00:27:05.539><c> them</c><00:27:06.180><c> while</c><00:27:06.480><c> we're</c><00:27:06.660><c> out</c><00:27:06.960><c> under</c><00:27:07.359><c> the</c><00:27:07.619><c> sky</c>

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at<00:27:08.460><c> night</c><00:27:08.759><c> when</c><00:27:08.900><c> it's</c><00:27:09.160><c> dark</c><00:27:09.460><c> and</c><00:27:09.640><c> we</c><00:27:09.799><c> see</c><00:27:10.000><c> those</c>

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fascinating<00:27:11.480><c> things.</c><00:27:15.039><c> And</c><00:27:15.099><c> he</c><00:27:15.240><c> said</c><00:27:15.759><c> in</c><00:27:16.660><c> verse</c><00:27:16.900><c> 26,</c>

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Lift<00:27:18.420><c> up</c><00:27:18.880><c> your</c><00:27:19.180><c> eyes</c><00:27:19.619><c> on</c><00:27:20.079><c> high,</c><00:27:22.259><c> and</c><00:27:22.380><c> behold,</c><00:27:22.740><c> who</c><00:27:22.980><c> hath</c><00:27:23.240><c> created</c><00:27:23.720><c> these</c><00:27:24.099><c> things</c>

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that<00:27:25.799><c> bringeth</c><00:27:26.180><c> out</c><00:27:26.359><c> their</c><00:27:26.660><c> host</c><00:27:27.059><c> by</c><00:27:27.359><c> number?</c><00:27:28.819><c> He</c><00:27:29.079><c> calleth</c><00:27:29.319><c> them</c><00:27:29.599><c> all</c><00:27:30.079><c> by</c>

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names,<00:27:31.000><c> by</c><00:27:31.220><c> the</c><00:27:31.440><c> greatness</c><00:27:31.660><c> of</c><00:27:31.900><c> his</c><00:27:32.160><c> might,</c>

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for<00:27:33.380><c> that</c><00:27:33.500><c> he</c><00:27:33.640><c> is</c><00:27:33.779><c> strong</c><00:27:34.039><c> in</c><00:27:34.279><c> power,</c><00:27:34.880><c> not</c><00:27:35.140><c> one</c><00:27:35.619><c> faileth.</c>

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And<00:27:38.700><c> God</c><00:27:38.859><c> has</c><00:27:39.019><c> put</c><00:27:39.180><c> things</c><00:27:39.480><c> in</c><00:27:39.680><c> there</c><00:27:39.859><c> for</c><00:27:40.000><c> us</c><00:27:40.400><c> to</c><00:27:40.940><c> be</c><00:27:41.460><c> reminded</c>

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of<00:27:42.339><c> his</c><00:27:42.619><c> majesty</c><00:27:43.339><c> and</c><00:27:43.680><c> of</c><00:27:43.839><c> his</c><00:27:44.180><c> greatness.</c>

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So<00:27:45.440><c> that</c><00:27:45.680><c> the</c><00:27:46.240><c> writer</c><00:27:46.420><c> goes</c><00:27:46.640><c> on</c><00:27:46.880><c> to</c><00:27:47.119><c> say</c><00:27:47.279><c> in</c><00:27:47.460><c> verse</c><00:27:47.900><c> 28,</c><00:27:48.779><c> Hast</c>

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thou<00:27:49.180><c> not</c><00:27:49.539><c> known,</c><00:27:50.599><c> hast</c><00:27:50.759><c> thou</c><00:27:50.980><c> not</c><00:27:51.259><c> heard,</c>

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that<00:27:52.220><c> the</c><00:27:52.339><c> everlasting</c><00:27:52.880><c> God,</c><00:27:54.180><c> Yahweh,</c><00:27:54.920><c> the</c><00:27:55.079><c> creator</c><00:27:55.380><c> of</c><00:27:55.519><c> the</c>

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ends<00:27:55.960><c> of</c><00:27:56.119><c> the</c><00:27:56.279><c> earth,</c><00:27:56.839><c> fainteth</c><00:27:57.380><c> not,</c><00:27:57.740><c> neither</c><00:27:58.000><c> is</c>

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weary?<00:27:58.859><c> There</c><00:27:59.039><c> is</c><00:27:59.299><c> no</c><00:27:59.680><c> searching</c><00:28:00.019><c> of</c><00:28:00.240><c> his</c><00:28:00.440><c> understanding.</c><00:28:01.740><c> He</c>

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gives<00:28:02.420><c> power</c><00:28:02.900><c> to</c><00:28:03.140><c> the</c><00:28:03.420><c> faint</c><00:28:03.759><c> and</c><00:28:04.539><c> to</c><00:28:04.720><c> them</c><00:28:04.880><c> that</c><00:28:05.079><c> have</c>

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no<00:28:05.420><c> might.</c><00:28:06.079><c> He</c><00:28:06.079><c> increaseth</c><00:28:06.799><c> strength.</c><00:28:09.859><c> That's</c><00:28:10.099><c> where</c><00:28:10.259><c> our</c>

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strength<00:28:10.720><c> comes</c><00:28:10.980><c> from,</c><00:28:11.500><c> brothers</c><00:28:11.660><c> and</c><00:28:11.920><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:28:12.700><c> remember</c><00:28:13.339><c> these</c><00:28:13.799><c> things</c><00:28:14.319><c> and</c><00:28:15.000><c> to</c><00:28:15.339><c> seek</c><00:28:15.480><c> it</c><00:28:15.660><c> from</c><00:28:15.819><c> the</c><00:28:16.059><c> one</c>

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who<00:28:16.859><c> is</c><00:28:17.059><c> our</c><00:28:17.279><c> maker</c><00:28:17.779><c> and</c><00:28:18.500><c> our</c><00:28:18.779><c> creator.</c>

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So<00:28:20.380><c> that</c><00:28:20.599><c> although</c><00:28:20.859><c> it</c><00:28:21.099><c> may</c><00:28:21.299><c> be</c><00:28:21.559><c> difficult</c><00:28:22.000><c> for</c><00:28:22.180><c> us</c><00:28:22.380><c> at</c><00:28:22.619><c> times</c>

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to<00:28:23.720><c> remember</c><00:28:24.099><c> that,</c><00:28:24.420><c> because</c><00:28:25.039><c> our</c><00:28:25.940><c> life</c><00:28:26.259><c> has</c>

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insulated<00:28:27.339><c> us</c><00:28:28.259><c> largely</c><00:28:28.940><c> from</c><00:28:30.059><c> appealing</c><00:28:30.799><c> to</c><00:28:31.099><c> God</c><00:28:31.500><c> through</c>

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the<00:28:32.079><c> various</c><00:28:32.359><c> ways</c><00:28:32.660><c> that</c><00:28:32.920><c> people</c><00:28:33.180><c> and</c><00:28:33.380><c> other</c>

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generations<00:28:34.160><c> have</c><00:28:34.759><c> because</c><00:28:35.339><c> of</c><00:28:35.480><c> their</c><00:28:35.740><c> need,</c><00:28:36.759><c> nevertheless</c>

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if<00:28:37.920><c> we</c><00:28:38.119><c> keep</c><00:28:38.440><c> this</c><00:28:38.900><c> word</c><00:28:39.200><c> in</c><00:28:39.400><c> our</c><00:28:39.680><c> minds,</c>

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and<00:28:40.240><c> it's</c><00:28:40.599><c> constantly</c><00:28:41.140><c> there,</c><00:28:42.259><c> quite</c><00:28:42.519><c> possibly</c><00:28:43.019><c> by</c><00:28:43.440><c> memory,</c>

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remember<00:28:44.799><c> brother</c><00:28:45.099><c> Harry</c><00:28:45.319><c> Whittaker</c><00:28:45.700><c> stressing</c>

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this<00:28:47.039><c> and</c><00:28:47.720><c> illustrating</c><00:28:48.380><c> in</c><00:28:48.700><c> the</c><00:28:48.859><c> books</c><00:28:49.019><c> that</c><00:28:49.160><c> he</c><00:28:49.319><c> wrote</c><00:28:49.579><c> certain</c><00:28:50.240><c> verses</c><00:28:50.740><c> and</c>

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certain<00:28:51.359><c> chapters</c><00:28:51.880><c> he</c><00:28:52.640><c> memorized</c>

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because<00:28:54.220><c> of</c><00:28:54.359><c> what</c><00:28:54.440><c> it</c><00:28:54.599><c> did</c><00:28:54.759><c> for</c><00:28:54.940><c> him,</c><00:28:55.579><c> I</c><00:28:55.819><c> think</c><00:28:56.039><c> we</c><00:28:57.759><c> can</c><00:28:57.900><c> only</c>

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be<00:28:58.400><c> exhorted</c><00:28:58.660><c> properly</c><00:28:59.240><c> by</c><00:28:59.759><c> doing</c><00:29:00.000><c> likewise.</c>

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That's<00:29:02.339><c> what</c><00:29:02.460><c> our</c><00:29:02.700><c> mind</c><00:29:02.880><c> recalls.</c><00:29:04.420><c> It's</c><00:29:04.940><c> maybe</c><00:29:05.180><c> not</c><00:29:05.640><c> often</c><00:29:05.940><c> enough</c><00:29:06.359><c> in</c>

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our<00:29:06.759><c> world</c><00:29:07.019><c> today</c><00:29:07.380><c> that</c><00:29:07.559><c> we</c><00:29:07.759><c> have</c><00:29:08.000><c> our</c><00:29:08.319><c> Bibles</c>

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open<00:29:09.180><c> and</c><00:29:10.039><c> that</c><00:29:10.200><c> we're</c><00:29:10.480><c> reading</c><00:29:10.779><c> them</c><00:29:11.359><c> and</c><00:29:11.720><c> that</c><00:29:11.839><c> we're</c><00:29:12.180><c> concentrating</c><00:29:12.599><c> on</c><00:29:12.880><c> them.</c><00:29:13.700><c> But</c><00:29:13.859><c> if</c>

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it's<00:29:14.119><c> in</c><00:29:14.279><c> our</c><00:29:14.480><c> minds,</c>

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brothers<00:29:15.420><c> and</c><00:29:15.700><c> sisters,</c><00:29:16.099><c> then</c><00:29:16.400><c> of</c><00:29:16.599><c> course</c><00:29:16.759><c> we</c><00:29:16.900><c> can</c><00:29:17.079><c> do</c><00:29:17.299><c> that</c><00:29:17.660><c> at</c><00:29:17.880><c> all</c><00:29:18.099><c> times.</c><00:29:20.559><c> You</c><00:29:20.759><c> have</c><00:29:20.880><c> a</c>

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look<00:29:21.160><c> at</c><00:29:21.339><c> what</c>

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the<00:29:23.660><c> Lord</c><00:29:23.900><c> said</c><00:29:24.180><c> about</c><00:29:24.579><c> remembering</c><00:29:24.920><c> back</c><00:29:25.460><c> in</c><00:29:26.019><c> the</c><00:29:26.240><c> earlier</c>

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chapters<00:29:27.019><c> of</c><00:29:27.279><c> the</c><00:29:27.380><c> Old</c><00:29:27.539><c> Testament.</c><00:29:27.960><c> Let's</c><00:29:28.119><c> go</c><00:29:28.240><c> back</c><00:29:28.460><c> to</c>

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Numbers<00:29:29.099><c> 15.</c><00:29:31.660><c> Quite</c><00:29:31.839><c> apart</c><00:29:32.240><c> from</c><00:29:32.440><c> what</c><00:29:32.680><c> men</c><00:29:33.000><c> did</c><00:29:33.299><c> with</c><00:29:33.559><c> this</c>

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and<00:29:34.779><c> how</c><00:29:35.700><c> they</c><00:29:36.680><c> really</c><00:29:37.059><c> defiled</c><00:29:37.640><c> it,</c><00:29:38.200><c> as</c><00:29:38.380><c> our</c><00:29:38.599><c> Lord</c>

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tells<00:29:39.119><c> us</c><00:29:39.380><c> in</c><00:29:39.539><c> the</c><00:29:39.599><c> New</c><00:29:39.799><c> Testament,</c><00:29:41.319><c> nevertheless</c><00:29:41.799><c> God</c><00:29:42.359><c> set</c><00:29:42.640><c> this</c><00:29:42.900><c> up</c><00:29:43.660><c> so</c><00:29:43.940><c> as</c><00:29:44.119><c> to</c><00:29:44.440><c> help</c><00:29:44.640><c> us</c><00:29:45.480><c> remember</c><00:29:46.119><c> in</c><00:29:46.900><c> a</c><00:29:47.200><c> society</c>

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where<00:29:47.940><c> it</c><00:29:48.059><c> was</c><00:29:48.299><c> difficult</c><00:29:48.900><c> to</c><00:29:49.319><c> remember.</c><00:29:50.420><c> Verse</c><00:29:50.660><c> 38,</c><00:29:51.599><c> Numbers</c>

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15,<00:29:53.599><c> speak</c><00:29:54.119><c> unto</c><00:29:54.359><c> the</c><00:29:54.579><c> children</c><00:29:54.859><c> of</c><00:29:55.039><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:29:56.380><c> bid</c><00:29:56.500><c> them</c><00:29:56.819><c> that</c><00:29:56.940><c> they</c><00:29:57.200><c> make</c><00:29:57.720><c> them</c><00:29:58.220><c> fringes</c><00:29:58.839><c> in</c><00:29:59.059><c> the</c><00:29:59.279><c> borders</c><00:29:59.500><c> of</c>

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their<00:29:59.900><c> garments</c><00:30:00.319><c> throughout</c>

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their<00:30:01.000><c> generations</c><00:30:01.640><c> and</c><00:30:02.579><c> that</c><00:30:02.720><c> they</c><00:30:02.920><c> put</c><00:30:03.180><c> the</c><00:30:03.500><c> fringe</c><00:30:03.880><c> of</c><00:30:04.140><c> the</c>

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borders<00:30:04.599><c> a</c><00:30:04.819><c> ribbon</c><00:30:04.980><c> of</c><00:30:05.319><c> blue</c>

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and<00:30:06.480><c> it</c><00:30:06.700><c> shall</c><00:30:06.799><c> be</c><00:30:06.960><c> unto</c><00:30:07.160><c> you</c><00:30:07.380><c> a</c><00:30:07.640><c> fringe</c><00:30:07.920><c> that</c><00:30:08.119><c> you</c><00:30:08.299><c> may</c><00:30:08.460><c> look</c>

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upon<00:30:08.980><c> it</c><00:30:09.240><c> and</c><00:30:09.420><c> remember</c><00:30:09.980><c> all</c><00:30:10.220><c> the</c><00:30:10.420><c> commandments</c>

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of<00:30:11.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:11.400><c> and</c><00:30:11.680><c> do</c><00:30:11.920><c> them</c><00:30:12.339><c> and</c><00:30:12.819><c> that</c><00:30:12.980><c> you</c><00:30:13.299><c> seek</c><00:30:13.559><c> not</c><00:30:13.880><c> after</c><00:30:14.200><c> your</c><00:30:14.480><c> own</c>

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heart<00:30:15.059><c> and</c><00:30:15.299><c> your</c><00:30:15.500><c> own</c><00:30:15.700><c> eyes</c><00:30:16.440><c> after</c><00:30:17.019><c> which</c><00:30:17.220><c> you</c>

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use<00:30:17.700><c> to</c><00:30:17.900><c> go</c><00:30:18.079><c> a</c><00:30:18.259><c>-whoring</c><00:30:18.920><c> that</c><00:30:19.259><c> you</c><00:30:19.460><c> may</c><00:30:19.599><c> remember</c><00:30:20.240><c> and</c><00:30:21.160><c> do</c><00:30:21.420><c> all</c>

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my<00:30:21.819><c> commandments</c><00:30:22.440><c> and</c><00:30:22.819><c> be</c><00:30:23.079><c> holy</c><00:30:23.400><c> unto</c><00:30:23.640><c> your</c><00:30:23.940><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:30:27.000><c> that's</c><00:30:27.200><c> just</c><00:30:27.700><c> one</c><00:30:28.079><c> of</c><00:30:28.279><c> a</c><00:30:28.440><c> number</c><00:30:28.740><c> that</c><00:30:29.059><c> God</c><00:30:29.420><c> knew</c><00:30:29.900><c> we</c><00:30:30.259><c> would</c><00:30:30.539><c> have</c>

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this<00:30:31.200><c> problem</c><00:30:31.640><c> with</c><00:30:31.940><c> remembering.</c>

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00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:48.140
it<00:30:47.099><c> may</c><00:30:47.279><c> be</c><00:30:47.480><c> that</c><00:30:47.640><c> one</c><00:30:47.880><c> brother</c>

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that<00:30:54.059><c> they</c><00:30:54.240><c> have.</c><00:30:55.380><c> Whereas</c><00:30:55.599><c> someone</c><00:30:55.940><c> else</c><00:30:56.279><c> would</c><00:30:56.579><c> like</c><00:30:56.819><c> a</c><00:30:57.079><c> motivating</c><00:30:57.500><c> verse</c><00:30:57.960><c> but</c>

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it's<00:30:59.579><c> left</c><00:30:59.779><c> up</c><00:31:00.000><c> to</c><00:31:00.119><c> us</c><00:31:00.240><c> to</c><00:31:00.339><c> how</c>

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:04.680
to<00:31:00.579><c> do</c><00:31:00.680><c> it.</c><00:31:01.680><c> God</c><00:31:01.880><c> does</c><00:31:02.099><c> not</c><00:31:02.299><c> tell</c><00:31:02.480><c> us</c><00:31:02.680><c> that.</c><00:31:03.779><c> He</c><00:31:03.980><c> hints</c><00:31:04.259><c> at</c><00:31:04.420><c> it.</c>

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You<00:31:05.039><c> have</c><00:31:05.180><c> a</c><00:31:05.259><c> look</c><00:31:05.380><c> at</c><00:31:05.559><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:31:06.000><c> chapter</c><00:31:06.400><c> 6,</c>

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another<00:31:07.960><c> way</c><00:31:08.240><c> in</c><00:31:08.359><c> which</c><00:31:08.740><c> he</c><00:31:09.240><c> says</c><00:31:09.599><c> do</c><00:31:10.400><c> this</c><00:31:10.779><c> and</c><00:31:11.079><c> you</c><00:31:11.220><c> will</c><00:31:12.099><c> be</c>

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helped<00:31:13.299><c> in</c><00:31:13.619><c> remembering</c><00:31:13.940><c> my</c><00:31:14.279><c> words.</c>

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:22.319
Deuteronomy<00:31:16.980><c> 6</c><00:31:17.279><c> verse</c><00:31:18.000><c> 6,</c><00:31:19.819><c> and</c><00:31:19.859><c> these</c><00:31:20.220><c> words</c><00:31:20.880><c> which</c><00:31:21.220><c> I</c><00:31:21.559><c> command</c><00:31:22.059><c> thee</c>

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.200
this<00:31:22.660><c> day</c><00:31:22.940><c> shall</c><00:31:23.180><c> be</c><00:31:23.460><c> in</c><00:31:23.720><c> thy</c><00:31:23.880><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:31:24.740><c> what</c><00:31:24.940><c> we</c><00:31:25.220><c> want,</c><00:31:25.619><c> brothers</c><00:31:25.700><c> and</c><00:31:25.960><c> sisters.</c><00:31:27.079><c> In</c><00:31:27.299><c> a</c><00:31:27.640><c> godless</c><00:31:28.039><c> world</c>

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:31.319
insulating<00:31:29.680><c> us</c><00:31:30.200><c> from</c><00:31:30.519><c> God's</c>

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touching<00:31:32.140><c> hand</c><00:31:32.740><c> that</c><00:31:33.000><c> would</c><00:31:33.259><c> chasten</c><00:31:33.599><c> us</c><00:31:33.839><c> and</c><00:31:34.119><c> direct</c><00:31:34.319><c> us,</c><00:31:35.039><c> we</c>

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.460
want<00:31:35.579><c> his</c><00:31:35.940><c> words</c><00:31:36.220><c> to</c><00:31:36.420><c> be</c><00:31:36.519><c> in</c><00:31:36.619><c> our</c><00:31:36.799><c> heart.</c><00:31:36.920><c> That's</c><00:31:37.259><c> the</c>

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:40.359
better<00:31:37.640><c> way</c><00:31:38.059><c> that</c><00:31:38.819><c> God</c><00:31:39.000><c> could</c><00:31:39.279><c> speak</c><00:31:39.519><c> to</c><00:31:39.779><c> us</c><00:31:39.940><c> and</c><00:31:40.000><c> he</c><00:31:40.160><c> doesn't</c>

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:44.079
have<00:31:40.640><c> to</c><00:31:40.839><c> touch</c><00:31:41.019><c> us.</c><00:31:42.279><c> Thou</c><00:31:42.519><c> shalt</c><00:31:43.079><c> teach</c><00:31:43.500><c> them</c>

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:47.680
diligently<00:31:44.720><c> to</c><00:31:44.960><c> thy</c><00:31:45.160><c> children.</c><00:31:46.359><c> Thou</c><00:31:46.500><c> shalt</c><00:31:46.700><c> talk</c><00:31:47.039><c> of</c><00:31:47.180><c> them</c>

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:50.240
when<00:31:47.960><c> you</c><00:31:48.160><c> sit</c><00:31:48.339><c> in</c><00:31:48.460><c> your</c><00:31:48.599><c> house,</c><00:31:49.519><c> when</c><00:31:49.660><c> you</c><00:31:49.920><c> walk</c>

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:53.799
by<00:31:50.480><c> the</c><00:31:50.640><c> way,</c><00:31:51.180><c> when</c><00:31:51.339><c> you</c><00:31:51.599><c> lie</c><00:31:51.880><c> down,</c><00:31:52.279><c> when</c><00:31:52.440><c> you</c><00:31:52.660><c> rise</c><00:31:52.980><c> up.</c><00:31:53.660><c> Thou</c>

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.200
shalt<00:31:54.140><c> bind</c><00:31:54.480><c> them</c><00:31:54.660><c> for</c><00:31:54.880><c> a</c><00:31:55.119><c> sign</c><00:31:55.259><c> upon</c><00:31:55.619><c> thine</c><00:31:55.799><c> hand</c>

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:59.000
and<00:31:56.640><c> they</c><00:31:56.839><c> shall</c><00:31:56.980><c> be</c><00:31:57.200><c> as</c><00:31:57.500><c> frontlets</c><00:31:57.859><c> between</c><00:31:58.299><c> thine</c><00:31:58.559><c> eyes</c><00:31:58.880><c> and</c>

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.920
thou<00:31:59.200><c> shalt</c><00:31:59.460><c> write</c><00:31:59.720><c> them</c><00:31:59.960><c> upon</c><00:32:00.160><c> the</c><00:32:00.400><c> posts</c><00:32:00.619><c> of</c><00:32:00.799><c> thy</c>

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house<00:32:01.380><c> and</c><00:32:01.819><c> upon</c><00:32:02.039><c> thy</c><00:32:02.279><c> gates.</c><00:32:03.980><c> Well,</c><00:32:04.339><c> it</c><00:32:04.460><c> doesn't</c><00:32:05.240><c> mean</c><00:32:05.539><c> that</c>

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if<00:32:05.799><c> we</c><00:32:05.960><c> write</c><00:32:06.119><c> them</c><00:32:06.279><c> on</c><00:32:06.460><c> the</c><00:32:06.640><c> posts</c><00:32:06.799><c> of</c><00:32:06.960><c> our</c><00:32:07.079><c> house</c>

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:09.720
or<00:32:07.480><c> if</c><00:32:07.539><c> we</c><00:32:07.720><c> put</c><00:32:07.799><c> them</c><00:32:07.940><c> on</c><00:32:08.059><c> our</c><00:32:08.259><c> hand</c><00:32:08.420><c> that</c><00:32:08.539><c> we</c><00:32:08.660><c> would</c><00:32:08.799><c> necessarily</c><00:32:09.240><c> be</c><00:32:09.440><c> better</c>

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.500
by<00:32:09.940><c> it.</c><00:32:10.220><c> But</c><00:32:10.359><c> the</c><00:32:10.480><c> idea</c><00:32:10.880><c> is</c>

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:14.900
that<00:32:11.859><c> somehow</c><00:32:12.420><c> or</c><00:32:12.559><c> other</c><00:32:12.819><c> put</c><00:32:13.140><c> them</c><00:32:13.400><c> in</c><00:32:13.720><c> front</c><00:32:13.859><c> of</c><00:32:14.039><c> our</c><00:32:14.359><c> face</c>

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:18.779
so<00:32:15.359><c> we</c><00:32:15.559><c> can't</c><00:32:15.940><c> forget</c><00:32:16.299><c> them.</c><00:32:17.380><c> If</c><00:32:17.640><c> we</c><00:32:18.039><c> taught</c><00:32:18.380><c> these</c>

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:22.940
things<00:32:19.119><c> diligently</c><00:32:19.539><c> to</c><00:32:19.839><c> our</c><00:32:20.099><c> children</c><00:32:20.380><c> and</c><00:32:20.880><c> set</c><00:32:21.140><c> aside</c><00:32:21.519><c> a</c><00:32:21.799><c> time</c><00:32:22.119><c> where</c><00:32:22.740><c> we</c>

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.119
don't<00:32:23.160><c> allow</c><00:32:23.420><c> other</c><00:32:23.680><c> things</c><00:32:23.880><c> to</c>

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:28.859
infringe<00:32:24.420><c> upon</c><00:32:24.680><c> that</c><00:32:25.000><c> time,</c><00:32:25.160><c> that's</c><00:32:25.559><c> dedicated</c><00:32:25.940><c> time</c><00:32:26.440><c> for</c><00:32:27.140><c> the</c><00:32:27.339><c> readings,</c><00:32:28.180><c> that</c><00:32:28.480><c> would</c><00:32:28.640><c> be</c>

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.079
a<00:32:29.079><c> great</c><00:32:29.200><c> help.</c>

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:34.279
If<00:32:30.599><c> we</c><00:32:30.759><c> could</c><00:32:30.920><c> talk</c><00:32:31.200><c> about</c><00:32:31.480><c> them</c><00:32:32.000><c> often,</c><00:32:33.019><c> make</c><00:32:33.140><c> it</c><00:32:33.319><c> the</c><00:32:33.519><c> subject</c><00:32:33.799><c> of</c><00:32:33.960><c> our</c>

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:36.220
conversation.<00:32:35.359><c> As</c><00:32:35.619><c> older</c><00:32:35.859><c> people,</c>

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:40.380
tell<00:32:36.519><c> our</c><00:32:36.779><c> children</c><00:32:37.240><c> what</c><00:32:37.799><c> our</c><00:32:38.059><c> Lord</c><00:32:38.259><c> has</c><00:32:38.519><c> done</c><00:32:38.759><c> for</c><00:32:38.980><c> us.</c><00:32:40.119><c> Tell</c>

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.980
the<00:32:40.619><c> children,</c><00:32:40.960><c> look,</c><00:32:41.099><c> we're</c><00:32:41.259><c> running</c><00:32:41.500><c> into</c><00:32:41.779><c> a</c><00:32:41.920><c> bit</c>

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:47.079
of<00:32:42.200><c> a</c><00:32:42.319><c> problem</c><00:32:42.559><c> here.</c><00:32:43.039><c> I</c><00:32:43.240><c> wonder</c><00:32:43.400><c> how</c><00:32:43.640><c> the</c><00:32:43.799><c> Lord's</c><00:32:44.059><c> going</c><00:32:44.180><c> to</c><00:32:44.299><c> help</c><00:32:44.400><c> us</c><00:32:44.660><c> through</c><00:32:44.839><c> it.</c><00:32:45.920><c> And</c><00:32:46.240><c> make</c><00:32:46.460><c> that</c><00:32:46.779><c> a</c>

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.420
way<00:32:47.220><c> of</c>

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:50.299
life<00:32:47.619><c> for</c><00:32:47.839><c> them.</c><00:32:48.099><c> So</c><00:32:48.259><c> it's</c><00:32:48.539><c> not</c><00:32:48.779><c> something</c><00:32:49.099><c> which,</c><00:32:49.940><c> you</c><00:32:50.200><c> know,</c>

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:52.220
people<00:32:50.579><c> talk</c><00:32:50.839><c> about</c><00:32:51.059><c> now</c><00:32:51.339><c> and</c><00:32:51.539><c> then,</c><00:32:51.720><c> but</c><00:32:51.920><c> no</c><00:32:52.099><c> one</c>

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:56.359
really<00:32:52.640><c> shares</c><00:32:52.960><c> these</c><00:32:53.319><c> things</c><00:32:53.519><c> as</c><00:32:53.720><c> if,</c><00:32:54.380><c> you</c><00:32:54.819><c> know,</c><00:32:54.900><c> we're</c><00:32:55.220><c> elevating</c><00:32:55.599><c> ourselves</c><00:32:56.059><c> by</c>

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:58.220
telling<00:32:56.680><c> that</c><00:32:57.680><c> God</c><00:32:57.940><c> worked</c>

00:32:58.220 --> 00:33:03.140
with<00:32:58.299><c> us.</c><00:32:58.980><c> He</c><00:32:59.099><c> did</c><00:32:59.319><c> something</c><00:32:59.660><c> for</c><00:32:59.859><c> us.</c><00:33:02.279><c> I</c><00:33:02.299><c> wonder</c><00:33:02.519><c> if</c><00:33:02.660><c> you've</c>

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:06.420
seen<00:33:03.500><c> this.</c><00:33:04.519><c> This</c><00:33:04.859><c> is</c><00:33:05.140><c> very</c><00:33:05.500><c> apparent</c><00:33:05.839><c> in</c><00:33:06.240><c> the</c>

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:09.680
Hebrew.<00:33:06.859><c> Not</c><00:33:07.019><c> so</c><00:33:07.299><c> apparent</c><00:33:07.960><c> in</c><00:33:08.299><c> the</c><00:33:08.480><c> English.</c><00:33:08.839><c> Not</c><00:33:08.980><c> all</c><00:33:09.220><c> apparent</c><00:33:09.519><c> in</c>

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:13.339
English.<00:33:10.980><c> Psalm</c><00:33:11.200><c> 119</c><00:33:12.240><c> was</c><00:33:12.519><c> obviously</c><00:33:13.059><c> meant</c>

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:17.220
to<00:33:13.539><c> be</c><00:33:13.819><c> remembered</c><00:33:14.240><c> in</c><00:33:14.980><c> Hebrew.</c><00:33:16.240><c> A</c><00:33:16.380><c> little</c><00:33:16.500><c> difficult</c><00:33:16.900><c> to</c><00:33:17.059><c> do</c>

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:19.980
it<00:33:17.619><c> in</c><00:33:17.720><c> English.</c><00:33:18.599><c> So</c><00:33:18.799><c> it</c><00:33:19.019><c> starts</c><00:33:19.279><c> off</c><00:33:19.559><c> the</c><00:33:19.759><c> first</c>

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:24.000
section<00:33:20.339><c> with</c><00:33:20.539><c> the</c><00:33:20.720><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:21.019><c> letter</c><00:33:21.339><c> Aleph.</c><00:33:23.299><c> Now</c><00:33:23.599><c> in</c><00:33:23.700><c> English</c>

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:26.019
there<00:33:24.220><c> is</c><00:33:24.480><c> no</c><00:33:24.759><c> pattern.</c><00:33:25.160><c> Every</c><00:33:25.480><c> verse</c><00:33:25.700><c> starts</c>

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:30.059
off,<00:33:26.279><c> it</c><00:33:26.440><c> seems,</c><00:33:26.799><c> with</c><00:33:26.900><c> a</c><00:33:27.039><c> different</c><00:33:27.359><c> letter,</c><00:33:27.660><c> but</c><00:33:27.819><c> it</c><00:33:27.940><c> doesn't</c><00:33:28.259><c> in</c><00:33:28.500><c> Hebrew.</c><00:33:29.799><c> It</c>

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:32.480
starts<00:33:30.359><c> off</c><00:33:30.660><c> with</c><00:33:30.920><c> Aleph.</c><00:33:32.099><c> Each</c>

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:38.559
new<00:33:32.880><c> thought</c><00:33:33.180><c> in</c><00:33:33.480><c> that</c><00:33:33.940><c> first</c><00:33:34.220><c> section</c><00:33:34.579><c> is</c><00:33:34.839><c> Aleph,</c><00:33:35.400><c> Aleph,</c><00:33:35.880><c> Aleph.</c><00:33:36.559><c> Even</c><00:33:36.880><c> though</c><00:33:37.440><c> when</c><00:33:37.759><c> you</c><00:33:37.859><c> look</c><00:33:38.019><c> down</c><00:33:38.200><c> in</c><00:33:38.319><c> English,</c>

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:42.460
it's<00:33:38.799><c> a</c><00:33:38.880><c> different</c><00:33:39.180><c> word.</c><00:33:40.119><c> But</c><00:33:40.319><c> in</c><00:33:40.500><c> Hebrew,</c><00:33:41.759><c> it</c><00:33:41.900><c> would</c><00:33:42.059><c> always</c>

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:45.619
have<00:33:42.660><c> that</c><00:33:43.000><c> letter</c><00:33:43.299><c> helping</c><00:33:44.720><c> us</c><00:33:45.059><c> remember</c><00:33:45.440><c> it.</c>

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It<00:33:45.859><c> was</c><00:33:46.140><c> meant</c><00:33:46.319><c> to</c><00:33:46.539><c> be</c><00:33:46.799><c> remembered.</c><00:33:47.099><c> God</c><00:33:47.380><c> wanted</c><00:33:47.740><c> us</c><00:33:48.019><c> to</c><00:33:48.240><c> remember.</c><00:33:48.559><c> And</c><00:33:48.680><c> that's</c><00:33:48.859><c> a</c>

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.480
wonderful<00:33:49.460><c> Psalm</c><00:33:49.779><c> to</c><00:33:50.039><c> remember.</c>

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:53.799
So<00:33:51.099><c> you</c><00:33:51.240><c> go</c><00:33:51.400><c> down</c><00:33:51.559><c> to</c><00:33:51.700><c> the</c><00:33:51.779><c> next</c><00:33:52.000><c> section,</c><00:33:52.380><c> Beth,</c><00:33:53.339><c> and</c><00:33:53.480><c> you</c><00:33:53.640><c> see</c>

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:56.440
it<00:33:54.180><c> starts</c><00:33:54.579><c> off</c><00:33:54.920><c> with</c><00:33:55.119><c> this</c><00:33:55.700><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:56.019><c> letter.</c>

00:33:56.940 --> 00:34:01.160
And<00:33:57.279><c> every</c><00:33:57.539><c> section</c><00:33:57.920><c> starts</c><00:33:58.299><c> off.</c><00:33:58.500><c> You</c><00:33:58.579><c> go</c><00:33:58.740><c> right</c><00:33:58.920><c> through</c><00:33:59.099><c> the</c><00:33:59.279><c> Psalm</c><00:33:59.400><c> like</c><00:33:59.680><c> that.</c><00:34:00.819><c> In</c>

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.640
Hebrew,<00:34:01.700><c> it</c><00:34:01.880><c> was</c><00:34:02.220><c> meant</c><00:34:02.440><c> to</c>

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:06.579
be<00:34:02.880><c> memorized.</c><00:34:03.519><c> We've</c><00:34:03.940><c> lost</c><00:34:04.160><c> it</c><00:34:04.319><c> in</c><00:34:04.440><c> English.</c><00:34:06.000><c> Well</c><00:34:06.200><c> maybe</c><00:34:06.359><c> we</c>

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:08.619
could<00:34:06.799><c> restructure</c><00:34:07.539><c> some</c><00:34:07.799><c> of</c><00:34:07.940><c> these.</c><00:34:08.119><c> Like</c><00:34:08.300><c> some</c><00:34:08.480><c> of</c>

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:13.079
the<00:34:09.280><c> Scottish</c><00:34:09.900><c> paraphrases</c><00:34:10.780><c> of</c><00:34:11.679><c> the</c><00:34:11.920><c> Psalms</c><00:34:12.199><c> are</c><00:34:12.579><c> excellent,</c>

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.960
set<00:34:13.519><c> to</c><00:34:13.780><c> music,</c><00:34:14.519><c> so</c><00:34:14.719><c> that</c><00:34:14.880><c> we</c><00:34:14.960><c> can</c><00:34:15.199><c> remember</c><00:34:15.519><c> them</c><00:34:15.699><c> that</c>

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:18.820
way.<00:34:16.440><c> And</c><00:34:16.679><c> even</c><00:34:16.860><c> maybe</c><00:34:17.300><c> further</c><00:34:17.719><c> carry</c><00:34:18.099><c> out</c><00:34:18.280><c> the</c><00:34:18.460><c> admonition</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.079
of<00:34:19.000><c> the</c><00:34:19.119><c> Lord</c><00:34:19.340><c> that</c><00:34:19.539><c> we</c><00:34:19.780><c> should</c><00:34:20.219><c> sing</c><00:34:20.760><c> these</c>

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:25.019
things<00:34:21.360><c> and</c><00:34:21.539><c> be</c><00:34:21.860><c> joyful</c><00:34:22.219><c> in</c><00:34:22.480><c> heart</c><00:34:22.880><c> around</c><00:34:23.500><c> the</c><00:34:23.880><c> Psalms,</c><00:34:24.800><c> what</c>

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:28.440
God<00:34:25.260><c> has</c><00:34:25.559><c> written.</c><00:34:27.440><c> That</c><00:34:27.679><c> would</c><00:34:27.900><c> seem</c><00:34:28.099><c> to</c><00:34:28.260><c> me,</c>

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:32.719
brothers<00:34:28.679><c> and</c><00:34:28.900><c> sisters,</c><00:34:29.139><c> to</c><00:34:29.300><c> be</c><00:34:29.559><c> of</c><00:34:29.679><c> prime</c><00:34:29.940><c> importance</c><00:34:30.480><c> in</c><00:34:30.659><c> our</c><00:34:30.900><c> society</c><00:34:31.500><c> that</c><00:34:32.519><c> we</c>

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:34.880
can<00:34:33.340><c> not</c><00:34:33.619><c> fail</c><00:34:34.019><c> in</c><00:34:34.500><c> the</c><00:34:34.639><c> ways</c>

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:39.880
that<00:34:35.179><c> they</c><00:34:35.500><c> failed</c><00:34:36.099><c> in</c><00:34:36.559><c> Crete.</c><00:34:38.639><c> You</c><00:34:38.760><c> see,</c><00:34:38.980><c> the</c><00:34:39.119><c> problem</c><00:34:39.440><c> is</c><00:34:39.739><c> if</c>

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:42.659
we<00:34:40.320><c> just</c><00:34:40.880><c> turn</c><00:34:41.159><c> for</c><00:34:41.380><c> a</c><00:34:41.500><c> moment</c><00:34:41.679><c> to</c><00:34:41.860><c> another</c><00:34:42.119><c> passage,</c>

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:47.219
which<00:34:42.840><c> will</c><00:34:43.699><c> see</c><00:34:45.000><c> the</c><00:34:45.239><c> other</c><00:34:45.519><c> side</c><00:34:45.780><c> of</c><00:34:45.900><c> it.</c><00:34:46.300><c> It's</c><00:34:46.440><c> not</c><00:34:46.579><c> that</c><00:34:46.719><c> you</c><00:34:46.880><c> need</c><00:34:47.079><c> to</c>

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.380
be<00:34:47.400><c> shown</c><00:34:47.539><c> it.</c><00:34:47.719><c> I'm</c><00:34:47.980><c> sure</c><00:34:48.119><c> you're</c>

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:50.519
well<00:34:48.619><c> aware</c><00:34:48.840><c> of</c><00:34:48.940><c> it.</c><00:34:49.079><c> But</c><00:34:49.219><c> let's</c><00:34:49.440><c> just</c><00:34:49.659><c> see</c><00:34:49.800><c> it</c><00:34:49.980><c> in</c><00:34:50.139><c> opposition</c>

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.420
to<00:34:50.679><c> what</c><00:34:50.800><c> we've</c><00:34:51.119><c> said.</c><00:34:51.980><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:55.960
chapter<00:34:52.800><c> 8.</c><00:34:53.960><c> What</c><00:34:54.119><c> is</c><00:34:54.340><c> it</c><00:34:54.480><c> that</c><00:34:54.659><c> takes</c><00:34:55.000><c> people</c><00:34:55.400><c> away</c><00:34:55.719><c> from</c>

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.539
remembering<00:34:56.360><c> God's</c><00:34:58.039><c> word?</c>

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Verse<00:35:04.039><c> 11,</c><00:35:04.780><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:05.280><c> 8.</c><00:35:06.659><c> Beware</c><00:35:07.099><c> that</c><00:35:07.320><c> thou</c><00:35:07.559><c> forget</c><00:35:08.059><c> not</c>

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:11.780
Yahweh<00:35:08.940><c> thy</c><00:35:09.199><c> God,</c><00:35:10.219><c> in</c><00:35:10.380><c> not</c><00:35:10.619><c> keeping</c><00:35:10.900><c> his</c><00:35:11.219><c> commandments,</c>

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:19.199
his<00:35:12.420><c> judgments,</c><00:35:13.119><c> his</c><00:35:13.460><c> statutes,</c><00:35:14.039><c> which</c><00:35:14.239><c> I</c><00:35:14.480><c> command</c><00:35:14.760><c> thee</c><00:35:14.940><c> this</c><00:35:15.179><c> day,</c><00:35:16.579><c> lest</c><00:35:16.719><c> when</c><00:35:16.960><c> thou</c><00:35:17.139><c> hast</c><00:35:17.500><c> eaten</c><00:35:18.440><c> and</c>

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art<00:35:19.440><c> full</c>

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:25.320
and<00:35:21.139><c> hast</c><00:35:21.500><c> built</c><00:35:21.820><c> goodly</c><00:35:22.320><c> houses</c><00:35:22.940><c> and</c><00:35:23.500><c> dwelled</c><00:35:23.800><c> therein,</c><00:35:25.139><c> and</c>

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:27.880
when<00:35:25.519><c> thy</c><00:35:25.780><c> herds</c><00:35:26.219><c> and</c><00:35:26.320><c> thy</c><00:35:26.579><c> flocks</c><00:35:27.039><c> multiply</c><00:35:27.699><c> and</c>

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:31.800
thy<00:35:28.139><c> silver</c><00:35:28.519><c> and</c><00:35:28.639><c> thy</c><00:35:29.000><c> gold</c><00:35:30.000><c> is</c><00:35:30.199><c> multiplied,</c><00:35:31.320><c> and</c><00:35:31.480><c> all</c><00:35:31.679><c> that</c>

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:34.519
thou<00:35:31.980><c> hast</c><00:35:32.280><c> is</c><00:35:32.500><c> multiplied,</c><00:35:33.280><c> then</c><00:35:33.639><c> thine</c><00:35:33.980><c> heart</c><00:35:34.260><c> be</c>

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:38.179
lifted<00:35:34.760><c> up,</c><00:35:35.619><c> and</c><00:35:35.840><c> thou</c><00:35:36.000><c> forget</c><00:35:36.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:36.880><c> thy</c><00:35:37.099><c> God,</c><00:35:37.440><c> which</c><00:35:37.659><c> brought</c><00:35:37.920><c> thee</c>

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:40.039
forth<00:35:38.460><c> out</c><00:35:38.599><c> of</c><00:35:38.679><c> the</c><00:35:38.780><c> land</c><00:35:39.000><c> of</c><00:35:39.159><c> Egypt</c><00:35:39.539><c> from</c>

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:44.519
the<00:35:40.280><c> house</c><00:35:40.360><c> of</c><00:35:40.619><c> bondage.</c><00:35:41.840><c> Very</c><00:35:42.300><c> simple.</c><00:35:43.420><c> It</c><00:35:43.679><c> happens</c><00:35:44.019><c> to</c><00:35:44.260><c> us</c>

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:47.500
all<00:35:44.880><c> that</c><00:35:45.079><c> if</c><00:35:45.320><c> we</c><00:35:45.679><c> are</c><00:35:46.320><c> blessed</c><00:35:46.840><c> with</c><00:35:47.179><c> things,</c>

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:51.119
this<00:35:47.780><c> is</c><00:35:48.019><c> going</c><00:35:48.139><c> to</c><00:35:48.300><c> be</c><00:35:48.659><c> a</c><00:35:48.920><c> greater</c><00:35:49.159><c> temptation</c><00:35:49.739><c> to</c><00:35:50.039><c> us.</c><00:35:50.980><c> If</c>

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we're<00:35:51.559><c> insulated</c><00:35:52.179><c> from</c><00:35:52.599><c> God's</c><00:35:53.179><c> hand,</c>

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:59.219
if<00:35:54.639><c> we're</c><00:35:54.820><c> so</c><00:35:55.139><c> busy</c><00:35:55.400><c> in</c><00:35:55.679><c> life</c><00:35:55.940><c> as</c><00:35:56.300><c> to</c><00:35:56.679><c> not</c><00:35:56.980><c> to</c><00:35:57.400><c> need</c><00:35:57.739><c> to</c><00:35:58.320><c> take</c><00:35:58.559><c> time</c><00:35:58.880><c> to</c>

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:01.460
plead<00:35:59.500><c> to</c><00:35:59.719><c> God</c><00:35:59.980><c> for</c><00:36:00.199><c> what</c><00:36:00.380><c> we</c><00:36:00.619><c> need,</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:05.880
then<00:36:01.719><c> the</c><00:36:01.900><c> likelihood</c><00:36:02.239><c> is</c><00:36:02.639><c> our</c><00:36:03.019><c> heart</c><00:36:03.199><c> will</c><00:36:03.440><c> be</c><00:36:03.659><c> lifted</c><00:36:03.840><c> up</c><00:36:04.460><c> and</c><00:36:04.900><c> our</c><00:36:05.159><c> behavior</c><00:36:05.539><c> would</c><00:36:05.719><c> be</c>

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.840
very<00:36:06.139><c> much</c><00:36:06.300><c> like</c><00:36:06.539><c> the</c>

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:12.800
that<00:36:07.360><c> we're</c><00:36:07.559><c> living</c><00:36:07.760><c> in</c><00:36:07.940><c> this</c><00:36:08.559><c> area</c><00:36:08.840><c> of</c><00:36:09.000><c> the</c><00:36:09.119><c> world.</c><00:36:11.579><c> Just</c><00:36:11.719><c> going</c><00:36:11.900><c> back</c><00:36:12.219><c> then</c><00:36:12.539><c> to</c>

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.880
Titus<00:36:13.159><c> to</c><00:36:13.400><c> pick</c><00:36:13.619><c> up</c>

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:17.380
another<00:36:14.400><c> thought</c><00:36:14.760><c> that</c><00:36:15.000><c> comes</c><00:36:15.199><c> to</c><00:36:15.420><c> us</c><00:36:16.079><c> just</c><00:36:16.380><c> out</c><00:36:16.519><c> of</c><00:36:16.659><c> the</c><00:36:16.820><c> beginning</c><00:36:17.079><c> of</c>

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:19.019
the<00:36:17.900><c> third</c><00:36:18.199><c> chapter.</c>

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:27.079
See,<00:36:24.420><c> the</c><00:36:24.599><c> important</c><00:36:25.079><c> thing</c><00:36:25.460><c> about</c><00:36:25.780><c> remembrance,</c><00:36:26.980><c> brothers</c>

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:29.179
and<00:36:27.300><c> sisters,</c><00:36:27.659><c> is</c><00:36:28.039><c> what</c><00:36:28.420><c> do</c><00:36:28.619><c> you</c><00:36:28.860><c> do</c><00:36:29.019><c> when</c>

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:32.679
you<00:36:29.360><c> go</c><00:36:29.579><c> home?</c><00:36:30.099><c> This</c><00:36:30.420><c> week</c><00:36:30.639><c> just</c><00:36:30.920><c> goes</c><00:36:31.099><c> by</c><00:36:31.400><c> so</c><00:36:31.840><c> fast.</c><00:36:32.079><c> It</c><00:36:32.219><c> doesn't</c><00:36:32.239><c> matter</c><00:36:32.440><c> what</c>

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.619
Bible<00:36:33.039><c> school</c><00:36:33.280><c> you're</c><00:36:33.480><c> in,</c>

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:38.639
it<00:36:33.780><c> just</c><00:36:34.039><c> goes</c><00:36:34.320><c> by</c><00:36:35.119><c> exceedingly</c><00:36:35.880><c> fast.</c><00:36:37.179><c> Too</c><00:36:37.719><c> soon</c><00:36:38.039><c> we're</c><00:36:38.380><c> back</c>

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:40.639
on<00:36:38.820><c> the</c><00:36:39.019><c> road</c><00:36:39.239><c> driving</c><00:36:39.639><c> home.</c>

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:46.960
What<00:36:41.800><c> do</c><00:36:42.000><c> we</c><00:36:42.199><c> take</c><00:36:42.420><c> from</c><00:36:42.639><c> the</c><00:36:42.920><c> school</c><00:36:43.119><c> with</c><00:36:43.320><c> us?</c><00:36:45.519><c> I</c><00:36:45.659><c> mean,</c><00:36:45.739><c> there's</c><00:36:45.900><c> no</c><00:36:46.159><c> question</c><00:36:46.460><c> we</c><00:36:46.639><c> had</c><00:36:46.800><c> a</c>

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tremendous<00:36:47.559><c> time</c>

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:50.199
and<00:36:48.380><c> enjoyed</c><00:36:48.679><c> the</c><00:36:48.940><c> fellowship</c><00:36:49.179><c> we</c><00:36:49.440><c> have</c><00:36:49.639><c> one</c><00:36:49.820><c> with</c><00:36:50.000><c> another.</c>

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.639
I<00:36:50.360><c> mean,</c><00:36:50.440><c> those</c><00:36:50.639><c> things</c><00:36:50.860><c> are</c><00:36:51.079><c> remarkable</c>

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:54.519
and<00:36:51.820><c> they're</c><00:36:51.980><c> times</c><00:36:52.300><c> of</c><00:36:52.699><c> refreshment</c><00:36:53.400><c> that</c><00:36:53.719><c> I</c><00:36:53.860><c> suppose</c><00:36:54.179><c> not</c>

00:36:54.519 --> 00:37:03.599
alone<00:36:54.820><c> is</c><00:36:55.099><c> worth</c><00:36:55.340><c> it.</c><00:36:57.440><c> But</c><00:36:57.880><c> our</c><00:36:58.159><c> classes</c><00:36:58.820><c> are</c><00:37:00.199><c> to</c>

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:08.719
assess<00:37:04.320><c> in</c><00:37:05.159><c> this</c><00:37:05.760><c> time</c><00:37:06.119><c> of</c><00:37:06.460><c> separation</c><00:37:07.039><c> and</c><00:37:07.380><c> time</c><00:37:07.699><c> of</c><00:37:08.400><c> thought</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:11.000
and<00:37:08.960><c> meditation</c><00:37:09.460><c> that</c><00:37:09.820><c> we</c><00:37:10.179><c> can</c><00:37:10.380><c> do</c><00:37:10.639><c> things</c>

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better.<00:37:13.260><c> Then</c><00:37:13.380><c> we</c><00:37:13.460><c> need</c><00:37:13.679><c> to</c><00:37:13.820><c> take</c><00:37:13.980><c> the</c><00:37:14.219><c> time</c><00:37:14.400><c> to</c><00:37:14.679><c> plan</c><00:37:14.840><c> it</c><00:37:15.019><c> out</c>

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:19.019
and<00:37:16.139><c> to</c><00:37:16.460><c> turn</c><00:37:16.699><c> corners</c><00:37:17.239><c> and</c><00:37:17.699><c> to</c><00:37:18.019><c> make</c><00:37:18.320><c> sure</c>

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:23.420
that<00:37:19.699><c> we</c><00:37:19.940><c> remember</c><00:37:20.599><c> that</c><00:37:21.159><c> as</c><00:37:21.400><c> we</c><00:37:21.679><c> thought,</c><00:37:22.280><c> so</c><00:37:22.599><c> we</c><00:37:23.039><c> carry</c><00:37:23.239><c> it</c>

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.820
out.<00:37:23.579><c> That's</c><00:37:23.840><c> the</c><00:37:24.099><c> concept</c><00:37:24.500><c> behind</c><00:37:24.860><c> remembering.</c>

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:29.840
And<00:37:27.400><c> you</c><00:37:27.679><c> know,</c><00:37:27.940><c> the</c><00:37:28.179><c> Lord</c><00:37:28.440><c> did</c><00:37:28.679><c> this</c><00:37:29.079><c> all</c><00:37:29.380><c> the</c><00:37:29.460><c> way</c><00:37:29.619><c> through</c>

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:31.019
the<00:37:30.059><c> scriptures</c><00:37:30.360><c> with</c>

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:35.960
peace.<00:37:32.260><c> This</c><00:37:32.760><c> is</c><00:37:33.019><c> a</c><00:37:33.199><c> feast.</c><00:37:34.099><c> We</c><00:37:34.260><c> are</c><00:37:34.539><c> remembering</c><00:37:35.039><c> in</c><00:37:35.340><c> the</c><00:37:35.500><c> very</c><00:37:35.699><c> act</c>

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.360
of<00:37:36.139><c> being</c><00:37:36.340><c> here.</c><00:37:37.119><c> We're</c><00:37:37.280><c> going</c>

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:40.380
to<00:37:37.460><c> go</c><00:37:37.619><c> to</c><00:37:37.780><c> a</c><00:37:37.860><c> Sunday</c><00:37:38.139><c> morning</c><00:37:38.420><c> meeting</c><00:37:38.659><c> on</c><00:37:38.960><c> Sunday,</c><00:37:39.260><c> Lord</c><00:37:39.500><c> willing.</c><00:37:40.219><c> We</c>

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.679
will<00:37:40.539><c> every</c><00:37:40.860><c> Sunday</c><00:37:41.179><c> thereafter.</c>

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:46.219
As<00:37:41.920><c> long</c><00:37:42.099><c> as</c><00:37:42.239><c> we</c><00:37:42.400><c> live,</c><00:37:42.699><c> we</c><00:37:42.840><c> pray.</c><00:37:43.719><c> That's</c><00:37:44.039><c> a</c><00:37:44.260><c> feast</c><00:37:44.539><c> of</c><00:37:44.739><c> the</c><00:37:44.900><c> Lord.</c><00:37:45.059><c> That's</c><00:37:45.420><c> the</c><00:37:45.679><c> context</c><00:37:46.059><c> in</c>

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.000
which<00:37:46.360><c> it's</c><00:37:46.619><c> given</c>

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:50.360
that<00:37:47.619><c> we</c><00:37:47.860><c> might</c><00:37:47.980><c> have</c><00:37:48.260><c> gained.</c><00:37:48.559><c> Think</c><00:37:48.860><c> upon</c><00:37:49.199><c> these</c><00:37:49.519><c> things</c><00:37:49.920><c> that</c><00:37:50.179><c> he</c>

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.539
has<00:37:50.619><c> done</c><00:37:50.800><c> for</c><00:37:51.039><c> us.</c>

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:57.219
That's<00:37:52.139><c> the</c><00:37:52.340><c> pattern</c><00:37:52.639><c> of</c><00:37:52.920><c> Titus.</c><00:37:53.559><c> The</c><00:37:53.880><c> grace</c><00:37:54.139><c> of</c><00:37:54.380><c> God</c><00:37:54.599><c> that</c><00:37:54.780><c> has</c><00:37:54.960><c> appeared</c><00:37:55.480><c> teaches</c><00:37:56.280><c> us</c>

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:59.559
as<00:37:58.280><c> if</c><00:37:58.460><c> just</c><00:37:58.719><c> the</c><00:37:59.059><c> concept</c>

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:05.980
is<00:37:59.820><c> enough</c><00:38:00.099><c> to</c><00:38:00.639><c> teach</c><00:38:00.980><c> us</c><00:38:01.360><c> to</c><00:38:01.659><c> separate</c><00:38:02.179><c> and</c><00:38:02.860><c> to</c><00:38:03.139><c> dedicate.</c><00:38:05.659><c> But</c><00:38:05.880><c> it</c>

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:08.980
was<00:38:06.280><c> to</c><00:38:07.159><c> remember</c><00:38:07.760><c> to</c><00:38:08.019><c> be</c><00:38:08.360><c> subject</c>

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:13.599
to<00:38:09.599><c> principalities,</c><00:38:11.199><c> the</c><00:38:11.519><c> powers,</c><00:38:12.440><c> to</c><00:38:12.659><c> obey</c><00:38:12.940><c> magistrates,</c>

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:15.719
to<00:38:13.780><c> be</c><00:38:14.019><c> ready</c><00:38:14.199><c> unto</c><00:38:14.440><c> every</c><00:38:14.719><c> good</c><00:38:14.980><c> work.</c>

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:20.519
Our<00:38:16.599><c> talk</c><00:38:17.199><c> tomorrow,</c><00:38:18.139><c> Lord</c><00:38:18.360><c> willing,</c><00:38:18.659><c> will</c><00:38:18.760><c> be</c><00:38:19.099><c> entirely</c><00:38:19.500><c> devoted</c><00:38:19.940><c> to</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.800
this<00:38:20.980><c> theme</c><00:38:21.239><c> which</c><00:38:21.480><c> we</c><00:38:21.659><c> have</c>

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:26.719
hinted<00:38:22.139><c> at</c><00:38:22.300><c> but</c><00:38:22.480><c> not</c><00:38:22.760><c> really</c><00:38:23.000><c> developed,</c><00:38:23.760><c> that</c><00:38:23.920><c> of</c><00:38:24.199><c> good</c><00:38:24.559><c> works.</c><00:38:26.440><c> I'd</c>

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:28.760
like<00:38:26.760><c> to</c><00:38:27.000><c> comment</c><00:38:27.199><c> a</c><00:38:27.320><c> little</c><00:38:27.559><c> bit</c><00:38:27.940><c> now</c><00:38:28.360><c> on</c>

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:32.039
this<00:38:29.179><c> section</c><00:38:29.340><c> of</c><00:38:29.800><c> obeying</c><00:38:30.380><c> magistrates.</c><00:38:31.280><c> Not</c><00:38:31.519><c> the</c><00:38:31.679><c> kind</c><00:38:32.000><c> of</c>

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:35.539
thing<00:38:32.179><c> as</c><00:38:32.360><c> to</c><00:38:32.480><c> whether</c><00:38:32.579><c> or</c><00:38:32.739><c> not</c><00:38:32.860><c> you</c><00:38:33.079><c> drive</c><00:38:33.460><c> 65</c><00:38:34.280><c> or</c><00:38:34.940><c> 75</c>

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:39.900
or<00:38:35.699><c> whatever.</c><00:38:36.719><c> That's</c><00:38:37.260><c> not</c><00:38:37.639><c> what</c><00:38:37.780><c> I</c><00:38:37.900><c> mean.</c><00:38:38.920><c> There</c><00:38:39.059><c> is</c><00:38:39.340><c> a</c><00:38:39.480><c> whole</c>

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:42.719
area<00:38:40.480><c> in</c><00:38:40.739><c> which</c><00:38:40.980><c> the</c><00:38:41.280><c> law</c><00:38:41.539><c> is</c><00:38:41.860><c> changing</c><00:38:42.280><c> today,</c>

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:48.719
brothers<00:38:43.039><c> and</c><00:38:43.300><c> sisters,</c><00:38:43.719><c> where</c><00:38:43.940><c> we've</c><00:38:44.300><c> got</c><00:38:44.420><c> to</c><00:38:44.599><c> be</c><00:38:45.300><c> on</c><00:38:45.659><c> our</c><00:38:45.920><c> toes.</c><00:38:47.980><c> This</c><00:38:48.219><c> world</c><00:38:48.440><c> is</c>

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.820
changing.<00:38:49.039><c> You</c><00:38:49.239><c> know</c><00:38:49.480><c> that.</c>

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:53.260
I<00:38:50.119><c> know</c><00:38:50.360><c> that.</c><00:38:50.760><c> It's</c><00:38:51.039><c> not</c><00:38:51.280><c> changing</c><00:38:51.659><c> just</c><00:38:52.159><c> in</c><00:38:52.320><c> the</c><00:38:52.460><c> ways</c><00:38:52.760><c> of</c>

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:55.820
going<00:38:53.559><c> more</c><00:38:53.940><c> towards</c><00:38:54.300><c> the</c><00:38:54.579><c> godless</c><00:38:54.940><c> things.</c>

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:59.260
But<00:38:56.400><c> the</c><00:38:56.820><c> people</c><00:38:57.139><c> who</c><00:38:57.360><c> do</c><00:38:57.599><c> not</c><00:38:57.780><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:58.340><c> God</c><00:38:58.739><c> are</c><00:38:59.000><c> writing</c>

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:01.619
up<00:38:59.599><c> laws</c><00:39:00.019><c> which</c><00:39:00.340><c> are</c><00:39:00.579><c> coming</c><00:39:00.840><c> closer</c><00:39:01.320><c> and</c>

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:06.380
closer<00:39:01.920><c> to</c><00:39:02.260><c> touching</c><00:39:02.500><c> us.</c><00:39:04.639><c> And</c><00:39:04.820><c> we</c><00:39:04.960><c> should</c><00:39:05.179><c> know</c><00:39:05.440><c> them</c><00:39:05.739><c> before</c>

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:09.159
we<00:39:06.920><c> get</c><00:39:07.079><c> into</c><00:39:07.300><c> an</c><00:39:07.500><c> incident</c><00:39:07.860><c> which</c><00:39:08.539><c> would</c><00:39:08.880><c> bring</c>

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:12.320
ill<00:39:09.460><c> repute</c><00:39:09.820><c> upon</c><00:39:10.019><c> our</c><00:39:10.260><c> community</c><00:39:10.619><c> like</c><00:39:10.880><c> never</c><00:39:11.079><c> before.</c><00:39:12.119><c> The</c>

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.679
worst<00:39:12.500><c> thing</c><00:39:12.699><c> would</c><00:39:12.960><c> be</c><00:39:13.380><c> that</c><00:39:13.820><c> people</c><00:39:14.119><c> could</c><00:39:14.400><c> find</c>

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:20.960
proof<00:39:14.980><c> we're</c><00:39:15.260><c> a</c><00:39:15.440><c> cult.</c><00:39:17.980><c> You</c><00:39:18.099><c> know</c><00:39:18.199><c> how</c><00:39:18.500><c> often</c><00:39:18.760><c> people</c><00:39:19.079><c> use</c><00:39:19.380><c> that</c><00:39:19.719><c> term,</c><00:39:20.480><c> maybe</c><00:39:20.739><c> of</c>

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:22.559
us,<00:39:21.280><c> but</c><00:39:21.539><c> certainly</c><00:39:21.940><c> of</c><00:39:22.179><c> people</c>

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:27.119
who<00:39:22.719><c> are</c><00:39:23.099><c> different</c><00:39:23.559><c> from</c><00:39:23.960><c> the</c><00:39:24.940><c> mainstream,</c><00:39:26.260><c> that</c><00:39:26.460><c> all</c><00:39:26.579><c> of</c><00:39:26.659><c> them</c><00:39:26.760><c> are</c><00:39:27.000><c> a</c>

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:30.179
cult.<00:39:28.360><c> Just</c><00:39:28.760><c> on</c><00:39:29.039><c> that</c><00:39:29.380><c> word,</c>

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:37.699
there<00:39:30.659><c> was</c><00:39:30.940><c> a</c><00:39:31.239><c> book</c><00:39:31.420><c> that</c><00:39:31.960><c> I</c><00:39:32.500><c> did</c><00:39:32.800><c> read</c><00:39:33.239><c> on</c><00:39:34.360><c> this</c><00:39:35.300><c> area</c><00:39:35.760><c> of</c><00:39:36.000><c> whether</c><00:39:36.239><c> people</c><00:39:37.440><c> who</c>

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.860
are<00:39:37.840><c> in</c><00:39:38.000><c> these</c><00:39:38.239><c> groups</c><00:39:38.579><c> would</c>

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:41.320
really<00:39:39.139><c> be</c><00:39:39.420><c> cults</c><00:39:39.840><c> or</c><00:39:39.940><c> not.</c><00:39:40.119><c> And</c><00:39:40.239><c> it</c><00:39:40.320><c> was</c><00:39:40.539><c> important</c><00:39:40.880><c> to</c><00:39:41.099><c> this</c>

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:44.280
one<00:39:41.559><c> author</c><00:39:41.920><c> to</c><00:39:42.139><c> define</c><00:39:42.559><c> what</c><00:39:42.860><c> a</c><00:39:43.000><c> cult</c><00:39:43.219><c> was.</c>

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:48.099
And<00:39:45.199><c> without</c><00:39:45.400><c> coming</c><00:39:45.619><c> up</c><00:39:45.860><c> with</c><00:39:46.079><c> a</c><00:39:46.480><c> quote</c><00:39:46.659><c> for</c><00:39:47.019><c> you,</c><00:39:47.699><c> the</c><00:39:47.860><c> gist</c>

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:51.380
of<00:39:48.219><c> it</c><00:39:48.360><c> was</c><00:39:48.579><c> quite</c><00:39:48.840><c> interesting.</c><00:39:50.380><c> He</c><00:39:50.860><c> said</c><00:39:51.119><c> that</c>

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:56.420
a<00:39:52.480><c> cult</c><00:39:52.800><c> is</c><00:39:53.559><c> a</c><00:39:53.880><c> group</c><00:39:54.139><c> who</c><00:39:54.420><c> are</c><00:39:54.699><c> moving</c><00:39:54.940><c> away</c><00:39:55.400><c> from</c><00:39:55.719><c> mainstream</c>

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:59.480
to<00:39:56.880><c> new</c><00:39:57.119><c> ground.</c><00:39:58.860><c> So</c><00:39:58.980><c> that's</c><00:39:59.300><c> the</c>

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.840
chief<00:39:59.699><c> characteristic</c><00:40:00.380><c> of</c><00:40:00.599><c> a</c><00:40:00.780><c> cult,</c><00:40:01.579><c> moving</c><00:40:01.940><c> away</c><00:40:02.360><c> from</c><00:40:02.539><c> the</c>

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:04.960
mainstream<00:40:03.340><c> to</c><00:40:03.739><c> new</c><00:40:04.000><c> ground.</c>

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:08.440
Now<00:40:05.559><c> the</c><00:40:05.760><c> Chris</c><00:40:05.920><c> of</c><00:40:06.019><c> Elfians</c><00:40:06.400><c> could</c><00:40:06.719><c> never</c><00:40:07.179><c> be</c><00:40:07.599><c> classified</c><00:40:08.139><c> as</c>

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:11.900
a<00:40:08.619><c> cult</c><00:40:08.880><c> on</c><00:40:09.360><c> that</c><00:40:09.539><c> basis</c><00:40:10.019><c> because</c><00:40:11.019><c> we</c><00:40:11.219><c> are</c><00:40:11.500><c> always</c>

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:17.119
moving<00:40:12.179><c> from</c><00:40:12.500><c> mainstream</c><00:40:13.079><c> to</c><00:40:13.480><c> the</c><00:40:13.739><c> original.</c><00:40:15.199><c> We're</c><00:40:15.440><c> doing</c><00:40:15.619><c> the</c><00:40:15.739><c> very</c><00:40:16.059><c> opposite</c><00:40:16.559><c> of</c><00:40:16.739><c> what</c><00:40:16.980><c> a</c>

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.559
cult<00:40:17.300><c> would</c><00:40:17.619><c> do.</c>

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:21.579
We're<00:40:19.099><c> coming</c><00:40:19.360><c> out</c><00:40:19.559><c> of</c><00:40:19.659><c> the</c><00:40:19.840><c> mainstream</c><00:40:20.320><c> and</c><00:40:20.699><c> going</c><00:40:20.940><c> back</c><00:40:21.300><c> to</c>

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:25.099
roots,<00:40:22.139><c> not</c><00:40:23.239><c> going</c><00:40:23.659><c> from</c><00:40:24.099><c> the</c><00:40:24.420><c> general</c><00:40:24.780><c> to</c>

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:27.940
something<00:40:25.599><c> that's</c><00:40:26.059><c> even</c><00:40:26.440><c> further</c><00:40:26.699><c> out</c><00:40:27.099><c> than</c><00:40:27.440><c> where</c><00:40:27.679><c> people</c>

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:30.619
are.<00:40:29.300><c> So</c><00:40:29.539><c> you</c><00:40:29.639><c> might</c><00:40:29.800><c> want</c><00:40:29.980><c> to</c><00:40:30.139><c> remember</c><00:40:30.320><c> that</c>

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:35.219
sometime<00:40:31.019><c> when</c><00:40:31.260><c> people</c><00:40:31.639><c> very</c><00:40:32.199><c> quickly</c><00:40:32.480><c> because</c><00:40:32.920><c> of</c><00:40:33.099><c> our</c><00:40:33.320><c> beliefs</c><00:40:33.800><c> classify</c><00:40:34.440><c> us</c><00:40:34.719><c> as</c><00:40:34.980><c> a</c>

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:37.940
cult.<00:40:36.880><c> But</c><00:40:37.039><c> I</c><00:40:37.280><c> tell</c><00:40:37.480><c> you,</c>

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:41.300
brothers<00:40:38.159><c> and</c><00:40:38.440><c> sisters,</c><00:40:39.360><c> if</c><00:40:39.539><c> they</c><00:40:39.780><c> could</c><00:40:40.139><c> condemn</c><00:40:40.559><c> us</c><00:40:40.920><c> before</c>

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:43.480
the<00:40:41.539><c> law</c><00:40:41.760><c> of</c><00:40:41.940><c> the</c><00:40:42.099><c> land</c><00:40:42.340><c> for</c><00:40:42.559><c> our</c><00:40:42.920><c> behavior,</c>

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:47.780
they<00:40:44.079><c> would</c><00:40:44.320><c> have</c><00:40:44.440><c> the</c><00:40:44.679><c> proof</c><00:40:44.820><c> they're</c><00:40:45.039><c> looking</c><00:40:45.320><c> for.</c><00:40:47.360><c> And</c><00:40:47.559><c> some</c><00:40:47.699><c> of</c>

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:49.099
the<00:40:47.940><c> behavior</c><00:40:48.219><c> that</c><00:40:48.360><c> we're</c><00:40:48.579><c> having</c><00:40:48.739><c> to</c><00:40:48.900><c> be</c>

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:53.360
aware<00:40:49.260><c> of</c><00:40:49.380><c> in</c><00:40:49.579><c> Ontario</c><00:40:50.019><c> is</c><00:40:50.659><c> related</c><00:40:51.159><c> to</c><00:40:51.940><c> the</c><00:40:52.300><c> way</c><00:40:52.480><c> we</c><00:40:52.780><c> deal</c><00:40:52.920><c> with</c><00:40:53.119><c> our</c>

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.679
children.<00:40:54.820><c> Now</c><00:40:55.039><c> I</c><00:40:55.079><c> don't</c><00:40:55.300><c> mean</c><00:40:55.480><c> in</c>

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:59.840
disciplining.<00:40:56.699><c> I</c><00:40:56.880><c> mean</c><00:40:57.059><c> this</c><00:40:57.239><c> area</c><00:40:57.420><c> of</c><00:40:57.739><c> child</c><00:40:57.960><c> abuse,</c><00:40:59.420><c> getting</c><00:40:59.519><c> into</c>

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:01.639
some<00:41:00.119><c> of</c><00:41:00.340><c> the</c><00:41:00.739><c> worst</c><00:41:00.980><c> things</c><00:41:01.280><c> that</c><00:41:01.480><c> we</c>

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:04.639
wouldn't<00:41:01.820><c> even</c><00:41:02.119><c> want</c><00:41:02.260><c> to</c><00:41:02.519><c> share</c><00:41:02.659><c> and</c><00:41:02.900><c> talk</c><00:41:03.139><c> about.</c><00:41:04.340><c> But</c><00:41:04.500><c> yet</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.639
the<00:41:04.860><c> law</c><00:41:05.179><c> is</c><00:41:05.360><c> saying,</c><00:41:05.840><c> and</c><00:41:06.119><c> very</c><00:41:06.599><c> clearly</c><00:41:06.900><c> in</c><00:41:07.199><c> Ontario</c>

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:13.179
does<00:41:08.239><c> it</c><00:41:08.579><c> say,</c><00:41:08.820><c> and</c><00:41:08.980><c> has</c><00:41:09.179><c> said</c><00:41:09.360><c> for</c><00:41:09.619><c> some</c><00:41:09.920><c> time,</c><00:41:11.119><c> that</c><00:41:11.219><c> if</c><00:41:11.400><c> a</c><00:41:11.679><c> minister</c><00:41:12.159><c> is</c>

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:15.940
aware<00:41:13.519><c> of</c><00:41:13.840><c> any</c><00:41:14.480><c> abuse</c><00:41:15.059><c> of</c><00:41:15.320><c> a</c><00:41:15.559><c> child,</c>

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:21.199
which<00:41:16.780><c> is</c><00:41:17.239><c> very</c><00:41:18.000><c> widely</c><00:41:18.360><c> understood,</c><00:41:19.599><c> and</c><00:41:19.920><c> does</c><00:41:20.320><c> not</c><00:41:20.639><c> report</c>

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:23.800
it<00:41:21.679><c> to</c><00:41:22.400><c> an</c><00:41:22.659><c> authority,</c><00:41:23.119><c> which</c><00:41:23.320><c> would</c><00:41:23.480><c> be</c><00:41:23.639><c> like</c>

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:28.039
the<00:41:23.940><c> Children's</c><00:41:24.340><c> Aid</c><00:41:24.480><c> Society</c><00:41:24.880><c> or</c><00:41:25.019><c> something,</c><00:41:26.280><c> then</c><00:41:26.659><c> that</c><00:41:27.159><c> person</c><00:41:27.619><c> is</c>

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:31.659
subject<00:41:28.559><c> to</c><00:41:29.239><c> a</c><00:41:29.599><c> fine</c><00:41:29.940><c> and</c><00:41:30.320><c> imprisonment.</c>

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:36.119
Now<00:41:33.019><c> we</c><00:41:33.360><c> would</c><00:41:33.900><c> definitely</c><00:41:34.639><c> fall</c><00:41:34.980><c> under</c><00:41:35.280><c> the</c><00:41:35.539><c> classification</c>

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.559
of<00:41:36.420><c> a</c><00:41:36.599><c> minister.</c>

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:42.059
What<00:41:38.639><c> it</c><00:41:38.840><c> means</c><00:41:39.039><c> is</c><00:41:39.360><c> this,</c><00:41:40.239><c> that</c><00:41:40.440><c> where</c><00:41:40.659><c> we</c><00:41:40.960><c> may</c><00:41:41.260><c> find</c><00:41:41.699><c> those</c>

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:45.440
kinds<00:41:42.420><c> of</c><00:41:42.639><c> offenses</c><00:41:43.179><c> happening</c><00:41:43.980><c> in</c><00:41:44.139><c> our</c><00:41:44.380><c> community,</c>

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:48.260
we<00:41:45.639><c> now</c><00:41:45.860><c> are</c><00:41:46.019><c> going</c><00:41:46.139><c> to</c><00:41:46.260><c> have</c><00:41:46.400><c> to</c><00:41:46.579><c> think</c><00:41:46.739><c> very</c><00:41:47.119><c> carefully</c><00:41:47.460><c> through</c><00:41:47.960><c> how</c>

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:50.340
far<00:41:48.500><c> we</c><00:41:48.739><c> go</c><00:41:48.880><c> in</c><00:41:49.119><c> resolving</c><00:41:49.440><c> them.</c>

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:54.860
I<00:41:51.219><c> think</c><00:41:51.420><c> it</c><00:41:51.559><c> would</c><00:41:51.719><c> be</c><00:41:51.940><c> important</c><00:41:52.360><c> for</c><00:41:52.579><c> people</c><00:41:52.820><c> to</c><00:41:53.119><c> understand</c><00:41:53.619><c> that</c><00:41:54.480><c> not</c>

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:56.840
only<00:41:55.219><c> does</c><00:41:55.559><c> God</c><00:41:55.940><c> not</c><00:41:56.300><c> allow</c><00:41:56.579><c> for</c>

00:41:56.840 --> 00:42:01.360
this<00:41:57.199><c> kind</c><00:41:57.519><c> of</c><00:41:57.699><c> behavior,</c><00:41:58.159><c> but</c><00:41:58.380><c> the</c><00:41:58.599><c> law</c><00:41:58.780><c> of</c><00:41:58.960><c> the</c><00:41:59.079><c> land</c><00:41:59.219><c> doesn't</c><00:41:59.559><c> either.</c><00:42:00.739><c> Now</c><00:42:00.920><c> there's</c><00:42:01.099><c> no</c>

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.199
question<00:42:01.719><c> about</c><00:42:02.039><c> it</c>

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:05.320
that<00:42:02.320><c> if</c><00:42:02.519><c> we</c><00:42:02.760><c> were</c><00:42:03.019><c> in</c><00:42:03.519><c> our</c><00:42:03.739><c> community</c><00:42:04.219><c> some</c><00:42:04.599><c> Sunday</c><00:42:04.900><c> morning</c>

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:07.659
and<00:42:05.519><c> a</c><00:42:05.699><c> brother</c><00:42:06.360><c> backing</c><00:42:06.940><c> out</c><00:42:07.119><c> of</c><00:42:07.239><c> a</c><00:42:07.420><c> parking</c>

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:11.559
spot<00:42:08.000><c> ran</c><00:42:08.320><c> over</c><00:42:08.639><c> one</c><00:42:08.800><c> of</c><00:42:08.940><c> our</c><00:42:09.119><c> young</c><00:42:09.320><c> people</c><00:42:09.659><c> and</c><00:42:09.880><c> killed</c><00:42:10.119><c> them,</c><00:42:11.460><c> that</c>

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:13.219
it<00:42:11.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:11.840><c> be</c><00:42:12.039><c> any</c><00:42:12.300><c> good</c><00:42:12.420><c> for</c><00:42:12.619><c> him</c><00:42:12.800><c> or</c><00:42:12.980><c> it</c>

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:15.420
certainly<00:42:13.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:13.659><c> be</c><00:42:13.860><c> the</c><00:42:14.079><c> conclusion</c><00:42:14.440><c> of</c><00:42:14.659><c> the</c><00:42:14.780><c> matter</c><00:42:14.940><c> for</c><00:42:15.119><c> him</c><00:42:15.260><c> to</c>

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.840
come<00:42:15.500><c> in</c><00:42:15.639><c> and</c><00:42:15.760><c> say,</c><00:42:15.940><c> look</c><00:42:16.019><c> I'm</c><00:42:16.260><c> very</c><00:42:16.659><c> sorry</c>

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:20.480
for<00:42:17.019><c> that,</c><00:42:17.219><c> please</c><00:42:17.519><c> forgive</c><00:42:17.880><c> me.</c><00:42:19.159><c> We</c><00:42:19.420><c> would</c><00:42:19.659><c> have</c><00:42:19.920><c> to</c><00:42:20.039><c> go</c><00:42:20.260><c> to</c>

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:26.820
law.<00:42:20.719><c> We</c><00:42:20.840><c> would</c><00:42:21.000><c> have</c><00:42:21.139><c> to</c><00:42:21.360><c> involve</c><00:42:21.679><c> the</c><00:42:21.940><c> law</c><00:42:22.079><c> of</c><00:42:22.239><c> the</c>

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:30.420
repute<00:42:27.300><c> upon</c><00:42:27.599><c> us</c><00:42:27.800><c> because</c><00:42:28.300><c> we</c><00:42:28.719><c> would</c><00:42:28.920><c> then</c><00:42:29.119><c> be</c><00:42:29.380><c> thought</c><00:42:29.559><c> of</c><00:42:29.699><c> as</c>

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:32.400
a<00:42:30.639><c> group</c><00:42:30.920><c> that's</c><00:42:31.360><c> law</c><00:42:31.559><c> unto</c><00:42:31.719><c> themselves,</c>

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:36.179
considering<00:42:32.920><c> themselves</c><00:42:33.360><c> above</c><00:42:33.760><c> the</c><00:42:33.980><c> law,</c><00:42:34.699><c> trying</c><00:42:34.900><c> to</c><00:42:35.159><c> resolve</c><00:42:35.440><c> things</c><00:42:35.820><c> and</c>

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:37.900
settle<00:42:36.360><c> things</c><00:42:36.900><c> that</c><00:42:37.340><c> clearly</c><00:42:37.659><c> the</c>

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:40.619
law<00:42:38.059><c> has</c><00:42:38.239><c> a</c><00:42:38.400><c> mandate</c><00:42:38.659><c> over.</c><00:42:39.579><c> Well</c><00:42:39.840><c> I</c><00:42:39.920><c> don't</c><00:42:40.159><c> think</c><00:42:40.300><c> any</c><00:42:40.460><c> of</c><00:42:40.519><c> us</c>

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:42.139
would<00:42:40.760><c> have</c><00:42:40.880><c> any</c><00:42:41.139><c> question</c><00:42:41.400><c> about</c><00:42:41.579><c> what</c><00:42:41.760><c> we</c><00:42:41.920><c> would</c><00:42:42.019><c> do</c>

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:46.159
there.<00:42:43.639><c> But</c><00:42:43.780><c> I</c><00:42:43.900><c> tell</c><00:42:43.940><c> you</c><00:42:44.019><c> when</c><00:42:44.119><c> it</c><00:42:44.219><c> comes</c><00:42:44.400><c> to</c><00:42:44.559><c> this</c><00:42:44.719><c> child</c><00:42:44.980><c> abuse,</c><00:42:45.960><c> the</c>

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:50.119
law<00:42:46.400><c> is</c><00:42:46.659><c> just</c><00:42:46.920><c> the</c><00:42:47.139><c> same.</c><00:42:48.840><c> And</c><00:42:49.039><c> if</c><00:42:49.159><c> we</c><00:42:49.380><c> begot</c>

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:55.199
a<00:42:50.679><c> name</c><00:42:51.039><c> as</c><00:42:51.840><c> a</c><00:42:52.199><c> group</c><00:42:52.539><c> that</c><00:42:53.219><c> are</c><00:42:53.860><c> resolving</c><00:42:54.360><c> these</c><00:42:54.719><c> things</c><00:42:54.960><c> by</c>

00:42:55.199 --> 00:43:00.219
themselves,<00:42:56.719><c> the</c><00:42:57.420><c> law</c><00:42:57.699><c> is</c><00:42:58.519><c> not</c><00:42:58.940><c> a</c><00:42:59.079><c> new</c><00:42:59.340><c> law,</c>

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:04.760
but<00:43:01.039><c> the</c><00:43:01.360><c> authorities</c><00:43:01.679><c> are</c><00:43:02.039><c> stepping</c><00:43:02.320><c> up</c><00:43:02.780><c> the</c><00:43:02.980><c> way</c><00:43:03.239><c> they</c><00:43:03.900><c> enforce</c><00:43:04.440><c> that</c>

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:08.079
law<00:43:05.119><c> by</c><00:43:05.719><c> now</c><00:43:06.000><c> looking</c><00:43:06.260><c> at</c><00:43:06.559><c> groups</c><00:43:07.000><c> who</c><00:43:07.539><c> are</c>

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:10.719
trying<00:43:08.340><c> to</c><00:43:08.619><c> do</c><00:43:08.719><c> this</c><00:43:09.079><c> internally</c><00:43:09.480><c> and</c><00:43:09.739><c> saying</c><00:43:09.900><c> you</c><00:43:10.039><c> can't</c><00:43:10.460><c> do</c>

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:13.179
that,<00:43:11.000><c> you've</c><00:43:11.280><c> got</c><00:43:11.360><c> to</c><00:43:11.480><c> report</c><00:43:11.860><c> those</c><00:43:12.199><c> activities.</c>

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:15.880
And<00:43:14.159><c> of</c><00:43:14.280><c> course</c><00:43:14.420><c> the</c><00:43:14.559><c> law</c><00:43:14.679><c> deals</c><00:43:14.920><c> quite</c><00:43:15.139><c> severely</c><00:43:15.480><c> with</c><00:43:15.679><c> that,</c>

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:17.179
which<00:43:16.059><c> would</c><00:43:16.219><c> end</c><00:43:16.360><c> up</c><00:43:16.460><c> with</c><00:43:16.579><c> a</c><00:43:16.739><c> prison</c><00:43:16.960><c> term,</c>

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:20.760
more<00:43:17.380><c> than</c><00:43:17.480><c> likely.</c><00:43:19.039><c> So</c><00:43:19.199><c> when</c><00:43:19.320><c> it</c><00:43:19.519><c> says</c><00:43:19.719><c> obey</c><00:43:20.000><c> authorities,</c><00:43:20.739><c> I</c>

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:22.840
think<00:43:21.019><c> brothers</c><00:43:21.300><c> and</c><00:43:21.619><c> sisters</c><00:43:22.019><c> we've</c><00:43:22.300><c> got</c><00:43:22.400><c> to</c><00:43:22.659><c> think</c>

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:27.119
these<00:43:23.159><c> through</c><00:43:23.760><c> on</c><00:43:24.219><c> an</c><00:43:24.260><c> ongoing</c><00:43:24.699><c> basis</c><00:43:25.260><c> and</c><00:43:25.840><c> not</c><00:43:26.059><c> be</c><00:43:26.360><c> satisfied</c><00:43:26.780><c> all</c><00:43:26.940><c> it's</c>

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:28.059
just<00:43:27.260><c> talking</c><00:43:27.440><c> about</c><00:43:27.780><c> speed</c>

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:31.880
limits<00:43:28.320><c> or</c><00:43:28.559><c> something.</c><00:43:29.900><c> The</c><00:43:29.960><c> law</c><00:43:30.239><c> of</c><00:43:30.400><c> the</c><00:43:30.559><c> land</c><00:43:30.719><c> is</c><00:43:31.380><c> changing</c>

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:35.420
constantly<00:43:32.659><c> and</c><00:43:33.659><c> a</c><00:43:33.900><c> godless</c><00:43:34.519><c> society</c><00:43:35.139><c> will</c>

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:39.360
produce<00:43:35.800><c> laws</c><00:43:36.179><c> that</c><00:43:36.400><c> inevitably</c><00:43:37.039><c> are</c><00:43:37.639><c> going</c><00:43:37.760><c> to</c><00:43:38.079><c> impact</c><00:43:38.420><c> us.</c>

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:41.360
I<00:43:39.639><c> think</c><00:43:39.800><c> we</c><00:43:39.960><c> need</c><00:43:40.119><c> to</c><00:43:40.320><c> be</c><00:43:40.519><c> just</c><00:43:40.739><c> a</c><00:43:40.920><c> little</c><00:43:41.039><c> more</c>

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prepared<00:43:41.900><c> for</c><00:43:42.340><c> how</c><00:43:42.519><c> we</c><00:43:42.659><c> might</c><00:43:42.900><c> deal</c><00:43:43.119><c> with</c><00:43:43.300><c> these</c><00:43:43.579><c> things.</c><00:43:46.739><c> As</c>

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it<00:43:47.079><c> goes</c><00:43:47.300><c> on,</c><00:43:48.639><c> it</c><00:43:48.639><c> expresses</c><00:43:49.119><c> that</c><00:43:49.760><c> we</c><00:43:49.940><c> should</c><00:43:50.179><c> obey</c>

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magistrates<00:43:51.460><c> and</c><00:43:51.820><c> be</c><00:43:52.139><c> ready</c><00:43:52.539><c> to</c><00:43:52.980><c> every</c><00:43:53.380><c> good</c><00:43:53.699><c> work.</c><00:43:55.579><c> Now</c><00:43:55.780><c> this</c>

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sets<00:43:56.639><c> up</c><00:43:57.239><c> what</c><00:43:57.800><c> I</c><00:43:58.039><c> think</c><00:43:58.260><c> is</c><00:43:58.760><c> certainly</c><00:43:59.480><c> for</c><00:43:59.760><c> our</c>

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Bible<00:44:00.179><c> school</c><00:44:00.420><c> here</c><00:44:00.659><c> will</c><00:44:00.820><c> be</c><00:44:01.139><c> the</c><00:44:02.119><c> final</c><00:44:03.280><c> session.</c><00:44:04.539><c> As</c><00:44:04.880><c> we</c><00:44:05.039><c> see</c><00:44:05.239><c> again</c><00:44:05.599><c> in</c>

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verse<00:44:06.460><c> eight,</c><00:44:07.960><c> this</c><00:44:08.099><c> is</c><00:44:08.300><c> a</c><00:44:08.559><c> faithful</c>

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saying,<00:44:09.340><c> and</c><00:44:09.639><c> these</c><00:44:09.860><c> things</c><00:44:10.139><c> I</c><00:44:10.400><c> will</c><00:44:10.559><c> that</c><00:44:10.719><c> thou</c><00:44:10.920><c> affirm</c><00:44:11.380><c> constantly</c><00:44:12.179><c> that</c>

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they<00:44:13.039><c> which</c><00:44:13.199><c> have</c><00:44:13.460><c> believed</c><00:44:13.820><c> in</c><00:44:14.079><c> God</c>

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might<00:44:14.559><c> be</c><00:44:14.900><c> careful</c><00:44:15.280><c> to</c><00:44:15.599><c> maintain</c><00:44:16.199><c> good</c><00:44:16.619><c> works.</c><00:44:18.280><c> And</c><00:44:18.380><c> then</c><00:44:18.559><c> again</c><00:44:18.739><c> in</c>

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verse<00:44:19.139><c> 14,</c><00:44:19.840><c> let</c><00:44:19.940><c> ours</c><00:44:20.199><c> also</c><00:44:20.800><c> learn</c><00:44:21.199><c> to</c><00:44:21.480><c> maintain</c>

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good<00:44:22.440><c> works</c><00:44:22.840><c> for</c><00:44:23.139><c> necessary</c><00:44:23.699><c> uses</c><00:44:24.039><c> that</c><00:44:24.320><c> they</c><00:44:24.500><c> be</c><00:44:24.639><c> not</c><00:44:24.800><c> unfruitful.</c><00:44:27.539><c> Now</c><00:44:27.679><c> if</c>

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you<00:44:27.840><c> have</c><00:44:27.940><c> a</c><00:44:28.039><c> little</c><00:44:28.199><c> free</c><00:44:28.440><c> time</c>

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before<00:44:29.219><c> tomorrow's</c><00:44:29.699><c> class,</c><00:44:29.920><c> you</c><00:44:29.980><c> might</c><00:44:30.159><c> just</c><00:44:30.420><c> think</c><00:44:30.599><c> what</c><00:44:31.239><c> does</c><00:44:31.659><c> he</c>

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mean?<00:44:32.800><c> What</c><00:44:32.980><c> is</c><00:44:33.139><c> he</c><00:44:33.460><c> talking</c><00:44:33.739><c> about</c><00:44:34.099><c> good</c><00:44:34.599><c> works?</c>

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What<00:44:36.519><c> kind</c><00:44:36.940><c> of</c><00:44:37.199><c> good</c><00:44:37.400><c> works,</c><00:44:38.139><c> first</c><00:44:38.699><c> of</c><00:44:38.940><c> all,</c><00:44:39.519><c> would</c><00:44:39.599><c> be</c><00:44:39.900><c> appropriate</c><00:44:40.440><c> in</c><00:44:40.980><c> Crete?</c><00:44:42.239><c> What</c><00:44:42.500><c> can</c><00:44:42.840><c> we</c>

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do<00:44:43.739><c> that</c><00:44:44.400><c> would</c>

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satisfy<00:44:45.260><c> this</c><00:44:45.599><c> appeal</c><00:44:45.980><c> of</c><00:44:46.260><c> God</c><00:44:46.679><c> through</c><00:44:47.119><c> his</c><00:44:47.400><c> word</c><00:44:47.619><c> to</c><00:44:47.840><c> us</c><00:44:48.639><c> that</c><00:44:49.360><c> let</c>

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ours<00:44:50.500><c> also</c><00:44:51.300><c> learn</c><00:44:51.800><c> to</c><00:44:52.099><c> maintain</c><00:44:52.659><c> good</c><00:44:53.179><c> works</c>

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for<00:44:54.159><c> necessary</c><00:44:54.679><c> uses</c><00:44:55.099><c> that</c><00:44:55.320><c> they</c><00:44:55.519><c> be</c><00:44:55.599><c> not</c><00:44:55.820><c> unfruitful?</c><00:44:56.539><c> And</c>

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that's<00:44:57.380><c> where</c><00:44:57.500><c> we'll</c><00:44:57.719><c> look</c><00:44:57.940><c> at</c><00:44:58.079><c> it</c><00:44:58.400><c> and</c><00:44:58.579><c> examine</c><00:44:58.900><c> tomorrow.</c>