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that<00:11:00.480><c> he</c><00:11:00.740><c> stayed</c><00:11:00.899><c> right</c><00:11:01.259><c> on</c><00:11:01.600><c> course.</c><00:11:02.200><c> And</c><00:11:02.419><c> later</c><00:11:02.620><c> on,</c><00:11:02.860><c> when</c><00:11:03.000><c> we</c>

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take<00:11:03.259><c> a</c><00:11:03.360><c> look</c><00:11:03.460><c> at</c><00:11:03.580><c> his</c><00:11:03.899><c> Passover,</c>

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you<00:11:04.600><c> see</c><00:11:04.659><c> he</c><00:11:04.799><c> did</c><00:11:04.960><c> it</c><00:11:05.419><c> right</c><00:11:05.720><c> according</c><00:11:06.100><c> to</c><00:11:06.340><c> the</c><00:11:06.559><c> book</c><00:11:06.799><c> and</c><00:11:07.179><c> people</c><00:11:07.559><c> are</c>

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That's<00:11:11.799><c> not</c><00:11:11.980><c> the</c><00:11:12.179><c> important</c><00:11:12.720><c> thing.</c><00:11:13.840><c> This</c><00:11:14.019><c> man</c><00:11:14.580><c> lived</c><00:11:15.120><c> in</c><00:11:15.299><c> an</c>

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age<00:11:15.840><c> when</c><00:11:16.080><c> there</c><00:11:16.259><c> was</c><00:11:16.600><c> a</c><00:11:16.799><c> dearth</c><00:11:17.139><c> of</c><00:11:17.340><c> hearing</c><00:11:17.600><c> the</c><00:11:17.799><c> word</c><00:11:17.960><c> of</c><00:11:18.220><c> God.</c>

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And<00:11:19.399><c> so</c><00:11:19.519><c> as</c><00:11:19.720><c> he</c><00:11:20.000><c> grew</c><00:11:20.200><c> up,</c><00:11:20.460><c> he</c><00:11:20.559><c> was</c><00:11:20.820><c> surrounded</c><00:11:21.360><c> by</c><00:11:21.720><c> people</c><00:11:22.179><c> that</c><00:11:22.580><c> were</c><00:11:22.960><c> trying</c><00:11:23.320><c> to</c>

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infuse<00:11:24.340><c> in</c><00:11:24.679><c> him</c>

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a<00:11:26.200><c> feeling</c><00:11:26.759><c> of</c><00:11:27.600><c> wanting</c><00:11:28.019><c> always</c><00:11:28.799><c> to</c><00:11:29.120><c> do</c><00:11:29.279><c> the</c><00:11:29.500><c> will</c><00:11:29.659><c> of</c><00:11:29.940><c> God.</c><00:11:30.700><c> And</c><00:11:30.940><c> so</c>

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It's<00:11:34.259><c> not</c><00:11:34.440><c> that</c><00:11:34.559><c> he's</c><00:11:34.700><c> being</c><00:11:35.019><c> so</c><00:11:35.399><c> precise.</c><00:11:36.740><c> He's</c><00:11:36.899><c> doing</c><00:11:37.259><c> what</c>

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Now,<00:11:43.879><c> what</c><00:11:44.080><c> a</c><00:11:44.399><c> commendation</c><00:11:45.100><c> that</c><00:11:45.519><c> he</c><00:11:45.740><c> does</c><00:11:46.000><c> those</c><00:11:46.320><c> things</c><00:11:46.559><c> as</c>

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did<00:11:47.120><c> his</c><00:11:47.440><c> father</c><00:11:47.820><c> David.</c>

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I<00:11:49.000><c> could</c><00:11:49.179><c> have</c><00:11:49.340><c> gone</c><00:11:49.500><c> back</c><00:11:49.840><c> and</c><00:11:50.059><c> said</c><00:11:50.159><c> he</c><00:11:50.340><c> did</c><00:11:50.519><c> them</c><00:11:50.700><c> like</c><00:11:51.279><c> his</c>

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father<00:11:52.039><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:11:53.980><c> had</c><00:11:54.200><c> done</c><00:11:54.460><c> wonderful</c><00:11:55.000><c> things</c><00:11:55.340><c> for</c><00:11:55.580><c> the</c><00:11:55.740><c> Lord</c><00:11:55.919><c> as</c><00:11:56.179><c> well.</c>

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And<00:11:56.759><c> like</c><00:11:56.940><c> we</c><00:11:57.100><c> said</c><00:11:57.220><c> yesterday,</c><00:11:58.000><c> the</c><00:11:58.200><c> patterned</c><00:11:58.799><c> his</c><00:11:59.019><c> life,</c><00:11:59.240><c> it</c><00:11:59.419><c> seems,</c><00:12:00.080><c> a</c>

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little<00:12:00.299><c> bit</c><00:12:00.460><c> maybe</c><00:12:00.720><c> after</c><00:12:01.019><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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at<00:12:01.679><c> least</c><00:12:01.860><c> they</c><00:12:02.179><c> did</c><00:12:02.639><c> some</c><00:12:03.120><c> of</c><00:12:03.259><c> the</c><00:12:03.360><c> very</c><00:12:03.659><c> same</c><00:12:03.919><c> things</c><00:12:04.259><c> and</c><00:12:04.379><c> they</c><00:12:04.500><c> were</c><00:12:04.700><c> forced</c><00:12:04.980><c> to</c>

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go<00:12:05.559><c> through</c><00:12:05.840><c> some</c><00:12:06.059><c> of</c><00:12:06.179><c> the</c><00:12:06.320><c> same</c><00:12:06.539><c> reforms</c>

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and<00:12:07.340><c> so</c><00:12:07.500><c> on</c><00:12:07.659><c> and</c><00:12:07.820><c> so</c><00:12:08.059><c> forth.</c><00:12:08.620><c> But</c><00:12:08.820><c> it</c><00:12:08.940><c> goes</c><00:12:09.139><c> right</c><00:12:09.500><c> back</c><00:12:09.720><c> to</c><00:12:10.000><c> David</c><00:12:10.240><c> where</c><00:12:10.480><c> the</c>

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He<00:12:17.080><c> acted</c><00:12:17.480><c> like</c><00:12:17.860><c> David.</c><00:12:18.580><c> But</c><00:12:18.759><c> I</c><00:12:18.899><c> wonder</c><00:12:19.039><c> if</c><00:12:19.120><c> that</c><00:12:19.340><c> also</c><00:12:19.820><c> enters</c>

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into<00:12:20.659><c> another</c><00:12:21.000><c> element</c><00:12:21.480><c> as</c><00:12:21.799><c> well.</c>

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Remember<00:12:22.919><c> that</c><00:12:23.279><c> David</c><00:12:23.600><c> was</c><00:12:23.860><c> the</c><00:12:24.039><c> one</c><00:12:24.159><c> that</c><00:12:24.360><c> had</c><00:12:24.500><c> a</c><00:12:24.720><c> heart</c><00:12:24.940><c> that</c>

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beat<00:12:25.720><c> after</c><00:12:26.120><c> the</c><00:12:26.299><c> heart</c><00:12:26.440><c> of</c><00:12:26.779><c> God.</c>

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that<00:12:34.360><c> as</c><00:12:34.639><c> he</c><00:12:34.919><c> grew,</c><00:12:35.620><c> his</c><00:12:35.759><c> heart</c><00:12:36.220><c> beat</c><00:12:36.559><c> in</c><00:12:36.960><c> tune</c><00:12:37.139><c> with</c><00:12:37.419><c> that</c><00:12:37.639><c> of</c><00:12:38.000><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:38.860><c> so</c><00:12:38.980><c> as</c><00:12:39.139><c> he</c><00:12:39.279><c> did</c><00:12:39.399><c> his</c><00:12:39.679><c> reforms,</c><00:12:40.080><c> he</c><00:12:40.299><c> did</c><00:12:40.440><c> them</c><00:12:40.639><c> out</c><00:12:40.799><c> of</c><00:12:40.940><c> a</c>

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good<00:12:41.240><c> heart.</c>

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Now,<00:12:43.159><c> what</c><00:12:43.360><c> I'd</c><00:12:43.539><c> like</c><00:12:43.600><c> to</c><00:12:43.799><c> do</c><00:12:43.879><c> is</c><00:12:44.059><c> just</c><00:12:44.279><c> take</c><00:12:44.440><c> you</c><00:12:44.620><c> a</c><00:12:44.620><c> little</c>

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bit<00:12:45.100><c> chronologically</c><00:12:45.820><c> through</c><00:12:46.059><c> his</c><00:12:46.299><c> life</c>

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because<00:12:46.740><c> that's</c><00:12:47.059><c> how,</c><00:12:47.639><c> if</c><00:12:47.759><c> you</c><00:12:47.899><c> look</c><00:12:48.039><c> in</c><00:12:48.320><c> Chronicles,</c><00:12:48.700><c> it</c><00:12:48.940><c> does</c><00:12:49.139><c> it.</c>

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It<00:12:49.879><c> shows</c><00:12:50.259><c> us</c><00:12:50.639><c> sort</c><00:12:50.820><c> of</c><00:12:51.259><c> chronologically,</c><00:12:52.860><c> year</c><00:12:53.500><c> by</c><00:12:53.820><c> year,</c><00:12:54.580><c> the</c><00:12:54.799><c> things</c><00:12:54.980><c> that</c><00:12:55.220><c> he</c><00:12:55.460><c> did.</c>

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Let's<00:13:03.580><c> look</c><00:13:03.779><c> at</c><00:13:03.860><c> his</c><00:13:04.139><c> character</c><00:13:04.600><c> as</c><00:13:04.799><c> he</c><00:13:04.960><c> goes</c><00:13:05.200><c> through</c><00:13:05.740><c> trying</c>

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right<00:13:14.179><c> away</c><00:13:14.799><c> why</c><00:13:15.500><c> I</c><00:13:15.759><c> wanted</c><00:13:15.899><c> you</c><00:13:16.080><c> to</c><00:13:16.240><c> take</c><00:13:16.379><c> a</c><00:13:16.519><c> look</c><00:13:16.639><c> at</c><00:13:16.779><c> an</c><00:13:16.980><c> eight</c><00:13:17.120><c>-year</c>

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-old<00:13:17.500><c> boy.</c>

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So<00:13:21.820><c> our</c><00:13:22.039><c> chronology</c><00:13:22.620><c> has</c><00:13:22.960><c> to</c><00:13:23.360><c> skip</c><00:13:24.220><c> way</c><00:13:24.559><c> forward</c><00:13:25.019><c> in</c><00:13:25.360><c> time</c><00:13:25.759><c> when</c><00:13:26.179><c> he</c>

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starts<00:13:26.759><c> to</c><00:13:27.039><c> make</c><00:13:27.179><c> his</c><00:13:27.480><c> own</c><00:13:27.799><c> decisions.</c>

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It<00:13:36.720><c> says,</c><00:13:38.200><c> actually,</c><00:13:38.700><c> I'm</c><00:13:38.919><c> going</c><00:13:38.980><c> to</c><00:13:39.100><c> take</c><00:13:39.259><c> one</c><00:13:39.559><c> step</c><00:13:39.840><c> backwards.</c>

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There<00:13:41.299><c> is</c><00:13:41.600><c> one</c><00:13:42.019><c> chronological</c><00:13:42.820><c> step</c><00:13:43.399><c> even</c><00:13:44.000><c> before</c><00:13:44.659><c> verse</c><00:13:45.000><c> three,</c><00:13:45.940><c> the</c>

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next<00:13:46.639><c> step</c><00:13:46.960><c> right</c><00:13:47.320><c> here.</c>

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Take<00:13:48.340><c> a</c><00:13:48.519><c> look</c><00:13:48.639><c> at</c><00:13:48.840><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:13:49.580><c> Chapter</c><00:13:49.820><c> 25.</c>

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Jeremiah,<00:14:06.679><c> Chapter</c><00:14:07.100><c> 25</c><00:14:08.000><c> and</c><00:14:08.799><c> verse</c><00:14:09.120><c> three.</c>

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He<00:14:10.860><c> was</c><00:14:11.059><c> eight</c><00:14:11.320><c> years</c><00:14:11.639><c> old</c><00:14:11.860><c> when</c><00:14:12.000><c> he</c><00:14:12.139><c> took</c><00:14:12.360><c> the</c><00:14:12.700><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:14:13.940><c> five</c><00:14:14.179><c> years</c><00:14:14.500><c> later,</c><00:14:15.679><c> in</c><00:14:15.899><c> his</c><00:14:16.299><c> 13th</c><00:14:17.080><c> year,</c><00:14:18.080><c> it</c><00:14:18.299><c> talks</c><00:14:18.580><c> about</c><00:14:18.899><c> that</c>

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Somebody<00:14:45.919><c> did,</c><00:14:46.360><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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Josiah<00:14:48.639><c> heard</c><00:14:48.879><c> what</c><00:14:49.019><c> you</c><00:14:49.220><c> were</c><00:14:49.440><c> saying.</c>

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He<00:14:50.860><c> understood</c><00:14:51.379><c> the</c><00:14:51.639><c> things</c><00:14:51.840><c> that</c><00:14:52.080><c> were</c><00:14:52.360><c> going</c><00:14:52.620><c> on</c><00:14:52.919><c> around</c><00:14:53.259><c> him.</c>

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He<00:14:53.960><c> was</c><00:14:54.259><c> young</c><00:14:54.519><c> yet.</c>

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He<00:14:55.340><c> was</c><00:14:55.500><c> still</c><00:14:55.740><c> a</c><00:14:55.820><c> very</c><00:14:56.220><c> young</c><00:14:56.460><c> person,</c><00:14:57.000><c> but</c><00:14:57.460><c> he</c><00:14:57.759><c> heard</c><00:14:58.019><c> what</c>

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Jeremiah<00:14:58.840><c> had</c><00:14:59.080><c> to</c><00:14:59.419><c> say.</c>

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And<00:15:00.440><c> those</c><00:15:00.740><c> things</c><00:15:01.000><c> sunk</c><00:15:01.320><c> into</c><00:15:01.600><c> his</c><00:15:01.899><c> heart,</c><00:15:02.480><c> I'm</c><00:15:02.720><c> sure,</c><00:15:03.139><c> just</c>

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as<00:15:03.620><c> much</c><00:15:03.779><c> as</c><00:15:04.000><c> those</c><00:15:04.200><c> that</c><00:15:04.460><c> counseled</c><00:15:04.960><c> him.</c>

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Verses<00:15:06.460><c> four</c><00:15:06.720><c> and</c><00:15:06.899><c> five.</c>

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And<00:15:08.200><c> so</c><00:15:29.659><c> even</c><00:15:33.720><c> though</c><00:15:34.000><c> the</c><00:15:34.240><c> masses</c><00:15:34.500><c> of</c><00:15:34.799><c> people,</c><00:15:35.039><c> as</c><00:15:35.220><c> we</c><00:15:35.340><c> said</c><00:15:35.519><c> yesterday,</c>

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hadn't<00:15:36.659><c> been</c><00:15:37.019><c> converted</c><00:15:37.480><c> in</c><00:15:37.860><c> heart,</c><00:15:38.440><c> who</c><00:15:38.659><c> hadn't</c><00:15:39.100><c> harkened</c>

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to<00:15:39.679><c> the</c><00:15:39.820><c> words</c><00:15:40.000><c> of</c><00:15:40.259><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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I<00:15:41.620><c> believe</c><00:15:41.899><c> that</c><00:15:42.159><c> Josiah</c><00:15:42.759><c> did</c><00:15:43.019><c> take</c><00:15:43.299><c> them</c><00:15:43.480><c> to</c><00:15:43.700><c> heart</c><00:15:44.019><c> and</c><00:15:44.320><c> in</c><00:15:44.419><c> a</c>

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big<00:15:44.779><c> way.</c>

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Notice<00:15:45.720><c> that</c><00:15:45.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:46.340><c> also</c><00:15:46.759><c> goes</c><00:15:47.039><c> right</c><00:15:47.480><c> back</c><00:15:47.740><c> to</c><00:15:47.919><c> the</c><00:15:48.139><c> promise,</c><00:15:48.679><c> this</c>

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time<00:15:49.220><c> to</c><00:15:49.440><c> the</c><00:15:49.659><c> promise</c><00:15:49.879><c> to</c><00:15:50.139><c> Abraham.</c>

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He<00:15:51.220><c> says</c><00:15:51.580><c> at</c><00:15:51.940><c> the</c><00:15:52.080><c> end</c><00:15:52.240><c> of</c><00:15:52.419><c> verse</c><00:15:52.639><c> five,</c>

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It<00:16:00.120><c> was</c><00:16:00.679><c> a</c><00:16:00.840><c> promise</c><00:16:01.159><c> of</c><00:16:01.360><c> the</c><00:16:01.580><c> land.</c>

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And<00:16:02.360><c> as</c><00:16:02.620><c> we</c><00:16:02.899><c> see</c><00:16:03.139><c> Josiah</c><00:16:04.059><c> live</c><00:16:04.480><c> his</c><00:16:04.840><c> life</c><00:16:05.139><c> as</c><00:16:05.340><c> an</c><00:16:05.539><c> older</c><00:16:05.779><c> person,</c><00:16:06.740><c> he</c><00:16:07.259><c> covets</c><00:16:07.740><c> the</c><00:16:08.080><c> land.</c>

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It's<00:16:09.620><c> very,</c><00:16:10.019><c> very</c><00:16:10.340><c> important.</c>

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I<00:16:12.360><c> would</c><00:16:12.659><c> like</c><00:16:12.879><c> to</c><00:16:13.139><c> take</c><00:16:13.279><c> a</c><00:16:13.419><c> very</c><00:16:13.860><c> positive</c><00:16:14.460><c> look</c><00:16:14.899><c> at</c><00:16:15.159><c> what</c><00:16:15.360><c> he</c>

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did<00:16:16.059><c> in</c><00:16:16.460><c> the</c><00:16:16.620><c> last</c><00:16:16.940><c> instant</c><00:16:17.299><c> in</c><00:16:17.539><c> his</c><00:16:17.799><c> life.</c>

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Sometimes<00:16:19.279><c> it's</c><00:16:19.500><c> a</c><00:16:19.600><c> little</c><00:16:19.740><c> hard</c><00:16:20.000><c> to</c><00:16:20.240><c> do</c><00:16:20.399><c> that,</c><00:16:21.000><c> and</c><00:16:21.259><c> I'll</c><00:16:22.200><c> be</c>

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circumspect<00:16:23.019><c> about</c><00:16:23.259><c> it.</c>

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I<00:16:23.500><c> have</c><00:16:23.720><c> a</c><00:16:23.860><c> comment</c><00:16:24.120><c> to</c><00:16:24.320><c> make</c><00:16:24.480><c> later</c><00:16:24.759><c> on</c><00:16:25.080><c> that</c><00:16:25.559><c> maybe</c><00:16:26.279><c> King</c><00:16:26.919><c> Josiah</c><00:16:27.539><c> going</c><00:16:27.860><c> out</c>

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after<00:16:28.799><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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as<00:16:29.720><c> he</c><00:16:29.860><c> came</c><00:16:30.419><c> to</c><00:16:30.659><c> cross</c><00:16:31.000><c> through</c><00:16:31.519><c> the</c><00:16:31.980><c> territory</c><00:16:32.500><c> that</c><00:16:32.779><c> Josiah</c>

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considered<00:16:33.899><c> was</c><00:16:34.519><c> his</c><00:16:34.940><c> part</c><00:16:35.279><c> of</c><00:16:35.519><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:16:36.840><c> when</c><00:16:36.960><c> he</c><00:16:37.059><c> went</c><00:16:37.159><c> out</c><00:16:37.360><c> and</c><00:16:37.480><c> he</c><00:16:37.659><c> lost</c><00:16:37.860><c> his</c><00:16:38.159><c> life</c><00:16:38.340><c> as</c><00:16:38.519><c> he</c><00:16:38.700><c> fought</c><00:16:38.879><c> in</c><00:16:39.200><c> battle,</c>

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we'll<00:16:39.759><c> look</c><00:16:39.960><c> at</c><00:16:40.100><c> the</c><00:16:40.279><c> flip</c><00:16:40.500><c> side,</c><00:16:41.299><c> that</c><00:16:41.440><c> maybe</c><00:16:41.659><c> it</c><00:16:41.779><c> was</c><00:16:41.919><c> something</c><00:16:42.200><c> he</c>

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shouldn't<00:16:42.779><c> have</c><00:16:43.019><c> done.</c>

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But<00:16:43.820><c> I</c><00:16:44.080><c> wonder</c><00:16:44.259><c> if</c><00:16:44.419><c> he</c><00:16:44.659><c> had</c><00:16:44.879><c> this</c><00:16:45.179><c> in</c><00:16:45.179><c> his</c><00:16:45.539><c> heart</c><00:16:45.720><c> and</c><00:16:45.879><c> in</c><00:16:46.019><c> his</c>

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mind,<00:16:46.740><c> that</c><00:16:46.919><c> he</c><00:16:47.120><c> cared</c><00:16:47.340><c> so</c><00:16:47.759><c> much</c><00:16:47.980><c> about</c><00:16:48.279><c> that</c><00:16:48.600><c> land</c>

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because<00:16:49.679><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:50.379><c> had</c><00:16:50.980><c> said</c><00:16:51.139><c> the</c><00:16:51.360><c> things</c><00:16:51.500><c> that</c><00:16:51.679><c> he'd</c><00:16:52.000><c> said.</c>

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All<00:16:52.720><c> of</c><00:16:52.899><c> you</c><00:16:53.039><c> are</c><00:16:53.240><c> rejecting</c><00:16:53.840><c> the</c><00:16:54.120><c> thing</c><00:16:54.240><c> that</c><00:16:54.440><c> God</c><00:16:54.639><c> had</c><00:16:54.980><c> promised</c><00:16:55.240><c> to</c><00:16:55.519><c> ever</c><00:16:55.980><c> from</c><00:16:57.059><c> the</c><00:16:57.399><c> time</c><00:16:57.620><c> of</c>

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your<00:16:57.980><c> forefathers</c>

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right<00:16:59.139><c> until</c><00:16:59.480><c> now,</c><00:17:00.500><c> and</c><00:17:00.700><c> Josiah,</c><00:17:01.440><c> he</c><00:17:01.799><c> loved</c><00:17:02.000><c> the</c><00:17:02.220><c> land</c><00:17:02.360><c> with</c>

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all<00:17:02.759><c> his</c><00:17:03.019><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:17:03.720><c> didn't</c><00:17:03.940><c> just</c><00:17:04.299><c> stay</c><00:17:04.460><c> in</c><00:17:04.900><c> Judah</c><00:17:05.119><c> and</c><00:17:05.299><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:05.839><c> to</c><00:17:06.099><c> do</c><00:17:06.200><c> his</c><00:17:06.420><c> reforms.</c>

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He<00:17:07.180><c> went</c><00:17:07.339><c> to</c><00:17:07.519><c> the</c><00:17:07.799><c> northernmost</c><00:17:08.420><c> part</c><00:17:08.619><c> of</c><00:17:08.799><c> Israel</c><00:17:09.380><c> and</c><00:17:09.819><c> got</c><00:17:10.140><c> them</c><00:17:10.500><c> to</c>

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also<00:17:11.400><c> throw</c><00:17:11.920><c> away</c><00:17:12.220><c> the</c><00:17:12.519><c> idols</c>

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and<00:17:13.019><c> make</c><00:17:13.299><c> contributions</c><00:17:14.099><c> that</c><00:17:14.579><c> the</c><00:17:14.859><c> temple</c><00:17:15.119><c> might</c><00:17:15.500><c> be</c><00:17:15.940><c> restored,</c>

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and<00:17:16.960><c> he</c><00:17:17.420><c> made</c><00:17:17.700><c> them</c><00:17:18.000><c> come</c><00:17:18.380><c> back</c><00:17:18.680><c> down</c><00:17:18.920><c> to</c><00:17:19.160><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:19.859><c> to</c><00:17:20.380><c> do</c>

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their<00:17:20.799><c> worship,</c>

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not<00:17:21.940><c> there</c><00:17:22.380><c> in</c><00:17:22.720><c> Dan</c><00:17:23.180><c> where</c><00:17:23.700><c> they</c><00:17:23.859><c> had</c><00:17:24.079><c> done</c><00:17:24.259><c> it</c><00:17:24.759><c> many</c><00:17:25.059><c> years</c>

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before<00:17:26.039><c> and</c><00:17:26.599><c> defiled</c><00:17:27.019><c> themselves</c><00:17:27.500><c> with</c><00:17:27.759><c> the</c><00:17:27.940><c> calves.</c>

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And<00:17:29.519><c> so</c><00:17:29.819><c> I</c><00:17:30.299><c> believe</c><00:17:30.559><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:31.059><c> had</c><00:17:31.299><c> a</c><00:17:31.460><c> profound</c><00:17:31.900><c> influence,</c>

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and<00:17:32.779><c> there</c><00:17:32.920><c> are</c><00:17:32.980><c> other</c><00:17:33.240><c> prophets</c><00:17:33.559><c> and</c><00:17:33.700><c> we'll</c><00:17:33.839><c> look</c><00:17:34.019><c> at</c><00:17:34.059><c> them</c><00:17:34.259><c> a</c>

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little<00:17:34.519><c> later.</c>

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Let's<00:17:35.559><c> go</c><00:17:35.740><c> back</c><00:17:35.940><c> to</c><00:17:36.200><c> 2</c><00:17:36.380><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:36.960><c> and</c><00:17:37.160><c> continue</c><00:17:37.559><c> with</c><00:17:37.779><c> our</c><00:17:37.960><c> chronology.</c>

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That<00:17:41.619><c> was</c><00:17:41.880><c> year</c><00:17:42.140><c> 13.</c><00:17:43.319><c> Now</c><00:17:43.559><c> we</c><00:17:43.640><c> have</c><00:17:43.819><c> to</c><00:17:43.940><c> skip</c><00:17:44.180><c> to</c><00:17:44.400><c> year</c><00:17:44.960><c> 16.</c>

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so<00:18:01.099><c> it'd</c><00:18:01.279><c> be</c><00:18:01.359><c> his</c><00:18:01.740><c> sixteenth</c><00:18:02.259><c> year</c><00:18:02.579><c> when</c><00:18:02.740><c> he</c><00:18:02.920><c> was</c><00:18:03.140><c> sixteen</c>

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years<00:18:03.940><c> old,</c>

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it<00:18:05.839><c> says,</c><00:18:07.839><c> for</c><00:18:08.079><c> in</c><00:18:08.240><c> the</c><00:18:08.420><c> eighth</c><00:18:08.619><c> year</c><00:18:08.799><c> of</c><00:18:08.940><c> his</c><00:18:09.200><c> reign,</c><00:18:09.700><c> when</c><00:18:09.900><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:10.279><c> yet</c><00:18:10.559><c> young,</c>

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he<00:18:11.099><c> began</c><00:18:11.460><c> to</c><00:18:11.799><c> seek</c><00:18:12.039><c> after</c><00:18:12.480><c> the</c><00:18:12.740><c> God</c><00:18:12.960><c> of</c><00:18:13.160><c> David,</c><00:18:13.720><c> his</c><00:18:13.799><c> father.</c>

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That's<00:18:16.079><c> all</c><00:18:16.240><c> it</c><00:18:16.400><c> says.</c><00:18:17.259><c> It</c><00:18:17.460><c> doesn't</c><00:18:17.680><c> say</c><00:18:17.960><c> any</c><00:18:18.279><c> more</c><00:18:18.640><c> about</c><00:18:19.299><c> when</c><00:18:19.559><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:19.859><c> sixteen</c><00:18:20.200><c> years</c><00:18:20.500><c> old.</c>

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Is<00:18:22.180><c> that</c><00:18:22.420><c> telling</c><00:18:22.640><c> us</c><00:18:22.839><c> something</c><00:18:23.180><c> about</c><00:18:23.640><c> a</c><00:18:23.880><c> sixteen</c><00:18:24.180><c> year</c><00:18:24.420><c> old</c><00:18:24.559><c> person?</c>

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Maybe<00:18:26.779><c> at</c><00:18:27.019><c> sixteen</c><00:18:27.380><c> he</c><00:18:27.579><c> wasn't</c><00:18:27.880><c> old</c><00:18:28.180><c> enough</c><00:18:28.460><c> either</c><00:18:28.960><c> to</c><00:18:29.299><c> be</c>

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making<00:18:29.759><c> big</c><00:18:30.140><c> decisions</c><00:18:30.779><c> for</c><00:18:31.240><c> the</c><00:18:31.420><c> kingdom.</c>

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Maybe<00:18:32.960><c> it</c><00:18:33.200><c> wasn't</c><00:18:33.700><c> quite</c><00:18:34.099><c> time</c><00:18:34.740><c> for</c><00:18:35.299><c> him</c><00:18:35.519><c> to</c><00:18:35.920><c> spring</c><00:18:36.140><c> onto</c><00:18:36.460><c> the</c><00:18:36.779><c> scene</c>

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and<00:18:37.559><c> start</c><00:18:37.779><c> making</c><00:18:38.099><c> all</c><00:18:38.400><c> of</c><00:18:38.599><c> the</c><00:18:38.779><c> reforms</c><00:18:39.140><c> that</c><00:18:39.359><c> were</c><00:18:39.539><c> needed</c>

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to<00:18:39.900><c> be</c><00:18:40.099><c> made.</c>

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He<00:18:40.799><c> was</c><00:18:41.039><c> still</c><00:18:41.319><c> a</c><00:18:41.539><c> young</c><00:18:41.740><c> person,</c><00:18:42.660><c> and</c><00:18:42.819><c> maybe</c><00:18:43.099><c> the</c><00:18:43.240><c> people</c><00:18:43.539><c> around</c><00:18:43.900><c> him,</c><00:18:44.059><c> the</c><00:18:44.279><c> counselors,</c>

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they<00:18:45.440><c> were</c><00:18:45.599><c> teaching</c><00:18:45.980><c> him,</c><00:18:46.680><c> and</c><00:18:46.960><c> now</c><00:18:47.279><c> the</c><00:18:47.519><c> things</c><00:18:47.759><c> that</c><00:18:48.000><c> he'd</c>

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been<00:18:48.480><c> taught</c>

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from<00:18:49.480><c> a</c><00:18:49.720><c> young</c><00:18:49.920><c> age,</c><00:18:50.440><c> that</c><00:18:50.519><c> he'd</c><00:18:50.680><c> been</c><00:18:50.960><c> counseled,</c><00:18:51.460><c> that</c><00:18:51.579><c> he'd</c>

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learned,<00:18:52.819><c> what</c><00:18:53.059><c> happened?</c>

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What<00:18:54.940><c> took</c><00:18:55.180><c> place</c><00:18:55.539><c> now?</c><00:18:56.880><c> He</c><00:18:57.259><c> himself</c><00:18:58.240><c> sought</c><00:18:59.119><c> after</c><00:18:59.460><c> the</c><00:18:59.700><c> Lord.</c>

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An<00:19:00.759><c> eight</c><00:19:00.940><c> year</c><00:19:01.140><c> old</c><00:19:01.319><c> couldn't</c><00:19:01.599><c> do</c><00:19:01.900><c> that.</c><00:19:03.039><c> I</c><00:19:03.319><c> don't</c><00:19:03.480><c> even</c><00:19:03.839><c> think</c><00:19:04.119><c> that</c>

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a<00:19:04.900><c> fifteen</c><00:19:05.220><c> year</c><00:19:05.460><c> old</c><00:19:05.599><c> could</c><00:19:05.779><c> do</c><00:19:06.000><c> that.</c>

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But<00:19:07.460><c> at</c><00:19:07.700><c> sixteen,</c><00:19:08.940><c> as</c><00:19:09.039><c> he</c><00:19:09.099><c> gets</c><00:19:09.279><c> a</c><00:19:09.319><c> little</c><00:19:09.559><c> older</c><00:19:10.059><c> and</c><00:19:10.339><c> a</c><00:19:10.420><c> little</c><00:19:10.619><c> bit</c>

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more<00:19:11.160><c> willful,</c>

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I<00:19:13.019><c> teach</c><00:19:13.400><c> this</c><00:19:14.099><c> age</c><00:19:14.480><c> group</c><00:19:14.740><c> in</c><00:19:15.160><c> high</c><00:19:15.440><c> school,</c><00:19:17.579><c> and</c><00:19:17.720><c> fourteen,</c>

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fifteen<00:19:18.859><c> year</c><00:19:19.059><c> olds,</c><00:19:19.460><c> they</c><00:19:19.460><c> have</c><00:19:19.960><c> a</c><00:19:20.160><c> reputation.</c>

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They're<00:19:21.440><c> a</c><00:19:21.519><c> little</c><00:19:21.640><c> bit</c><00:19:21.940><c> more</c><00:19:22.180><c> difficult</c><00:19:22.660><c> to</c><00:19:22.859><c> deal</c><00:19:23.140><c> with,</c><00:19:23.819><c> a</c>

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little<00:19:24.180><c> bit</c><00:19:24.380><c> more</c><00:19:24.660><c> unruly.</c>

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As<00:19:25.960><c> they</c><00:19:26.119><c> get</c><00:19:26.240><c> just</c><00:19:26.500><c> a</c><00:19:26.579><c> little</c><00:19:26.819><c> bit</c><00:19:27.099><c> older,</c><00:19:28.480><c> they're</c><00:19:29.220><c> a</c><00:19:29.279><c> little</c>

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bit<00:19:29.779><c> easier</c><00:19:30.160><c> to</c><00:19:30.460><c> handle.</c>

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I<00:19:30.980><c> find</c><00:19:31.299><c> it,</c><00:19:31.759><c> I</c><00:19:32.039><c> teach</c><00:19:32.660><c> grades</c><00:19:33.079><c> nine</c><00:19:33.619><c> through</c><00:19:33.940><c> twelve,</c><00:19:35.160><c> and</c>

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it's<00:19:35.559><c> just</c><00:19:35.839><c> amazing.</c>

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It's<00:19:36.420><c> almost</c><00:19:36.640><c> like</c><00:19:36.859><c> a</c><00:19:37.119><c> transformation</c><00:19:37.779><c> from</c><00:19:38.539><c> eleventh</c><00:19:38.980><c> grade</c>

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when<00:19:39.480><c> they're</c><00:19:39.799><c> juniors</c><00:19:40.220><c> in</c><00:19:40.400><c> high</c><00:19:40.660><c> school,</c>

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that's<00:19:41.359><c> the</c><00:19:41.519><c> terminology</c><00:19:41.940><c> we</c><00:19:42.200><c> use</c><00:19:42.319><c> when</c><00:19:42.480><c> I</c><00:19:42.579><c> go</c><00:19:42.680><c> to</c><00:19:42.839><c> school,</c>

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and<00:19:43.519><c> they</c><00:19:43.740><c> become</c><00:19:44.140><c> seniors.</c>

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Their<00:19:45.500><c> last</c><00:19:45.940><c> year,</c><00:19:46.680><c> it's</c><00:19:46.839><c> like</c><00:19:47.259><c> all</c><00:19:47.559><c> of</c><00:19:47.720><c> a</c><00:19:47.740><c> sudden</c><00:19:47.839><c> they've</c>

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become<00:19:48.359><c> adults.</c>

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What's<00:19:49.940><c> happened?</c><00:19:50.339><c> They're</c><00:19:50.700><c> polite</c><00:19:51.160><c> now.</c><00:19:51.799><c> They're</c><00:19:52.200><c> much</c>

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more<00:19:52.880><c> subtle</c><00:19:53.140><c> now.</c>

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Maybe<00:19:54.700><c> they</c><00:19:54.940><c> still</c><00:19:55.180><c> think</c><00:19:55.380><c> the</c><00:19:55.559><c> same</c><00:19:55.779><c> things,</c><00:19:56.039><c> but</c><00:19:56.160><c> they</c><00:19:56.299><c> don't</c><00:19:56.579><c> blurt</c><00:19:56.859><c> them</c>

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out<00:19:57.299><c> anymore.</c>

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They<00:19:58.460><c> don't</c><00:19:58.660><c> make</c><00:19:58.900><c> big</c><00:19:59.220><c> scenes</c><00:19:59.579><c> in</c><00:19:59.880><c> class.</c><00:20:00.140><c> There's</c><00:20:00.380><c> nothing</c>

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like<00:20:01.240><c> having</c><00:20:01.779><c> a</c><00:20:02.200><c> class</c><00:20:02.420><c> full</c><00:20:02.660><c> of</c><00:20:02.859><c> seniors</c>

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compared<00:20:03.900><c> to</c><00:20:04.079><c> having</c><00:20:04.299><c> a</c><00:20:04.519><c> class</c><00:20:04.720><c> full</c><00:20:05.000><c> of</c><00:20:05.200><c> freshmen</c><00:20:05.559><c> that</c><00:20:06.119><c> are</c>

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in<00:20:06.480><c> ninth</c><00:20:06.700><c> grade.</c>

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It's<00:20:08.380><c> completely</c><00:20:08.920><c> two</c><00:20:09.680><c> opposites,</c><00:20:10.579><c> two</c><00:20:10.940><c> extremes,</c><00:20:11.720><c> and</c><00:20:12.079><c> I</c><00:20:12.240><c> think</c><00:20:12.480><c> now</c><00:20:12.920><c> as</c>

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Josiah<00:20:13.779><c> turns</c><00:20:14.039><c> sixteen,</c>

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he's<00:20:15.599><c> ready</c><00:20:15.819><c> to</c><00:20:16.039><c> make</c><00:20:16.180><c> his</c><00:20:16.440><c> own</c><00:20:16.720><c> decisions</c><00:20:17.319><c> about</c><00:20:18.180><c> what</c><00:20:18.660><c> he</c><00:20:18.920><c> has</c><00:20:19.099><c> in</c>

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his<00:20:19.519><c> heart</c><00:20:19.880><c> and</c><00:20:20.259><c> in</c><00:20:20.480><c> his</c><00:20:20.799><c> mind.</c>

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All<00:20:21.980><c> the</c><00:20:22.200><c> things</c><00:20:22.460><c> that</c><00:20:22.680><c> these</c><00:20:22.880><c> people</c><00:20:23.180><c> that</c><00:20:23.420><c> have</c><00:20:23.819><c> impressed</c>

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him<00:20:24.720><c> in</c><00:20:24.900><c> his</c><00:20:25.099><c> young</c><00:20:25.339><c> life</c><00:20:25.740><c> now</c><00:20:26.400><c> have</c><00:20:26.700><c> taken</c><00:20:26.980><c> hold.</c>

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Isn't<00:20:28.119><c> that</c><00:20:28.319><c> what</c><00:20:28.440><c> we</c><00:20:28.660><c> hope</c><00:20:28.859><c> for</c><00:20:29.079><c> our</c><00:20:29.279><c> own</c><00:20:29.500><c> children,</c><00:20:29.940><c> brothers</c><00:20:30.059><c> and</c><00:20:30.299><c> sisters,</c><00:20:31.119><c> that</c><00:20:31.259><c> the</c>

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things<00:20:31.599><c> that</c><00:20:31.819><c> we</c><00:20:31.980><c> teach</c><00:20:32.299><c> them,</c>

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the<00:20:33.039><c> things</c><00:20:33.259><c> that</c><00:20:33.480><c> they</c><00:20:33.660><c> see</c><00:20:33.880><c> us</c><00:20:34.160><c> do,</c><00:20:34.680><c> and</c><00:20:34.680><c> the</c><00:20:34.940><c> examples</c><00:20:35.500><c> that</c>

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they<00:20:36.240><c> see</c><00:20:36.599><c> in</c><00:20:36.960><c> our</c><00:20:37.240><c> Ecclesias</c><00:20:37.740><c> and</c><00:20:38.220><c> among</c><00:20:38.440><c> the</c><00:20:38.680><c> brethren,</c>

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we<00:20:39.539><c> hope</c><00:20:39.839><c> that</c><00:20:40.079><c> those</c><00:20:40.400><c> things</c><00:20:40.700><c> bear</c><00:20:40.980><c> fruit</c><00:20:41.440><c> when</c><00:20:41.940><c> they</c><00:20:42.240><c> make</c>

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the<00:20:42.680><c> decision</c><00:20:43.160><c> to</c><00:20:43.720><c> seek</c><00:20:43.960><c> the</c><00:20:44.240><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:20:45.079><c> wasn't</c><00:20:45.380><c> time</c><00:20:45.700><c> to</c><00:20:45.940><c> be</c><00:20:46.599><c> actively</c><00:20:47.180><c> the</c><00:20:47.539><c> king</c><00:20:47.759><c> yet.</c><00:20:48.539><c> He</c><00:20:48.819><c> was</c><00:20:49.059><c> still</c><00:20:49.380><c> young</c><00:20:49.640><c> and</c><00:20:49.799><c> had</c><00:20:50.000><c> a</c>

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lot<00:20:50.279><c> to</c><00:20:50.559><c> learn.</c>

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And<00:20:51.279><c> maybe</c><00:20:51.599><c> the</c><00:20:51.759><c> most</c><00:20:52.099><c> crucial</c><00:20:52.579><c> element</c><00:20:53.079><c> about</c><00:20:53.599><c> him</c><00:20:53.819><c> being</c><00:20:54.039><c> the</c><00:20:54.559><c> rightful</c><00:20:55.140><c> king</c><00:20:55.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:56.339><c> kingdom</c><00:20:56.720><c> of</c><00:20:57.059><c> God</c>

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was<00:20:58.279><c> that</c><00:20:58.559><c> he</c><00:20:58.799><c> began</c><00:20:59.240><c> to</c><00:20:59.539><c> seek</c><00:20:59.720><c> the</c><00:21:00.000><c> Lord.</c><00:21:00.859><c> And</c><00:21:00.880><c> when</c><00:21:01.019><c> that</c><00:21:01.380><c> process</c><00:21:01.720><c> was</c>

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complete,<00:21:03.000><c> then</c><00:21:03.259><c> he</c><00:21:03.400><c> could</c><00:21:03.579><c> make</c><00:21:03.819><c> his</c><00:21:04.099><c> move.</c>

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Keep<00:21:05.440><c> reading</c><00:21:05.680><c> in</c><00:21:05.880><c> verse</c><00:21:06.059><c> three.</c><00:21:06.700><c> We'll</c><00:21:06.920><c> skip</c><00:21:07.180><c> up</c><00:21:07.420><c> to</c><00:21:07.519><c> when</c>

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he's<00:21:08.079><c> twenty</c><00:21:08.440><c> years</c><00:21:08.779><c> old.</c>

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Seems<00:21:09.619><c> like</c><00:21:09.880><c> a</c><00:21:10.240><c> four</c><00:21:10.500><c>-year</c><00:21:10.720><c> process</c><00:21:11.380><c> in</c><00:21:12.000><c> seeking</c><00:21:12.299><c> the</c><00:21:12.599><c> Lord.</c>

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In<00:21:13.019><c> other</c><00:21:13.299><c> words,</c><00:21:14.259><c> we</c><00:21:14.900><c> don't</c><00:21:15.039><c> know</c><00:21:15.140><c> how</c><00:21:15.279><c> to</c><00:21:15.440><c> look</c><00:21:15.640><c> at</c><00:21:15.740><c> it.</c>

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I<00:21:15.900><c> mean,</c><00:21:15.980><c> there's</c><00:21:16.140><c> such</c><00:21:16.319><c> an</c><00:21:16.519><c> economy</c><00:21:16.900><c> of</c><00:21:17.140><c> words</c><00:21:17.359><c> here.</c><00:21:17.599><c> We</c>

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don't<00:21:18.160><c> have</c><00:21:18.420><c> enough</c><00:21:18.640><c> information.</c>

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But<00:21:19.539><c> if</c><00:21:19.839><c> it's</c><00:21:20.380><c> at</c><00:21:20.599><c> sixteen</c><00:21:20.920><c> years</c><00:21:21.279><c> old,</c><00:21:21.420><c> he</c><00:21:21.619><c> begins</c><00:21:21.920><c> to</c><00:21:22.240><c> seek</c>

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the<00:21:22.700><c> Lord</c><00:21:23.119><c> and</c><00:21:23.559><c> at</c><00:21:23.839><c> twenty</c><00:21:24.119><c> he's</c><00:21:24.619><c> active</c><00:21:25.059><c> and</c><00:21:25.460><c> acting.</c>

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Maybe<00:21:27.079><c> that's</c><00:21:27.539><c> the</c><00:21:27.740><c> time</c><00:21:28.019><c> when</c><00:21:28.200><c> the</c><00:21:28.400><c> counselor</c><00:21:28.740><c> said,</c><00:21:29.440><c> you're</c>

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an<00:21:29.920><c> adult.</c><00:21:30.559><c> Do</c><00:21:30.680><c> what's</c><00:21:31.000><c> in</c><00:21:31.079><c> your</c><00:21:31.339><c> heart</c><00:21:31.539><c> to</c><00:21:31.819><c> do.</c>

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But<00:21:32.799><c> they</c><00:21:33.039><c> gave</c><00:21:33.180><c> him</c><00:21:33.380><c> those</c><00:21:33.680><c> four</c><00:21:34.059><c> years</c><00:21:34.539><c> to</c><00:21:35.000><c> develop</c><00:21:35.359><c> and</c><00:21:35.680><c> grow</c><00:21:35.940><c> as</c>

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he<00:21:36.599><c> sought</c><00:21:36.759><c> the</c><00:21:37.039><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:21:37.819><c> so</c><00:21:37.940><c> at</c><00:21:38.079><c> the</c><00:21:38.160><c> end</c><00:21:38.319><c> of</c><00:21:38.500><c> verse</c><00:21:38.660><c> three,</c><00:21:38.900><c> it</c><00:21:39.099><c> says,</c><00:21:39.619><c> And</c><00:21:39.759><c> in</c><00:21:39.880><c> the</c>

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twelfth<00:21:40.640><c> year,</c><00:21:41.259><c> he</c><00:21:41.440><c> began</c><00:21:41.740><c> to</c><00:21:42.099><c> purge</c><00:21:42.539><c> Judah</c><00:21:42.900><c> and</c><00:21:43.160><c> Jerusalem</c>

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from<00:21:44.039><c> the</c><00:21:44.299><c> high</c><00:21:44.559><c> places</c><00:21:45.059><c> and</c><00:21:45.480><c> the</c><00:21:45.740><c> ashram</c><00:21:46.359><c> and</c><00:21:46.859><c> the</c><00:21:47.160><c> graven</c>

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images<00:21:48.000><c> and</c><00:21:48.420><c> the</c><00:21:48.640><c> molten</c><00:21:48.940><c> images.</c>

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He<00:21:50.460><c> jumps</c><00:21:50.960><c> out.</c><00:21:51.420><c> He</c><00:21:51.680><c> leaps</c><00:21:52.019><c> out.</c><00:21:52.960><c> He</c><00:21:52.960><c> sought</c><00:21:53.279><c> the</c><00:21:53.579><c> Lord.</c><00:21:54.059><c> And</c>

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with<00:21:54.319><c> the</c><00:21:54.599><c> information</c><00:21:55.099><c> that</c><00:21:55.359><c> he</c><00:21:55.640><c> had,</c><00:21:56.400><c> he</c><00:21:56.700><c> knew</c><00:21:56.920><c> what</c><00:21:57.119><c> was</c>

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around<00:21:57.819><c> him</c><00:21:58.359><c> was</c><00:21:58.880><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:22:00.039><c> so</c><00:22:00.160><c> he</c><00:22:00.400><c> begins</c><00:22:00.680><c> his</c><00:22:00.980><c> reforms.</c><00:22:01.559><c> And</c><00:22:01.759><c> we</c><00:22:01.920><c> could</c><00:22:02.099><c> continue</c><00:22:02.420><c> to</c><00:22:02.660><c> read.</c><00:22:02.940><c> There's</c><00:22:03.259><c> quite</c><00:22:03.480><c> a</c>

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bit<00:22:04.160><c> about</c><00:22:04.539><c> the</c><00:22:04.819><c> reforms</c><00:22:05.200><c> here.</c>

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In<00:22:05.880><c> verse</c><00:22:06.119><c> five,</c><00:22:06.380><c> it</c><00:22:06.519><c> says,</c><00:22:06.900><c> And</c><00:22:06.900><c> he</c><00:22:07.019><c> burnt</c><00:22:07.259><c> the</c><00:22:07.500><c> bones</c><00:22:07.680><c> of</c><00:22:07.880><c> the</c>

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priests<00:22:08.259><c> upon</c><00:22:08.539><c> their</c><00:22:08.799><c> altars</c><00:22:09.079><c> and</c><00:22:09.380><c> purged</c><00:22:09.779><c> Judah</c><00:22:10.079><c> and</c><00:22:10.279><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:22:11.299><c> cleansed</c><00:22:12.140><c> the</c><00:22:12.279><c> territory</c><00:22:12.900><c> right</c><00:22:13.400><c> there</c><00:22:13.859><c> around</c><00:22:14.240><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:22:14.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Now,<00:22:16.140><c> if</c><00:22:16.339><c> you</c><00:22:16.440><c> take</c><00:22:16.640><c> a</c><00:22:16.799><c> look,</c><00:22:18.099><c> like</c><00:22:18.319><c> I</c><00:22:18.599><c> said,</c><00:22:19.599><c> he</c><00:22:19.900><c> certainly</c>

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learned<00:22:20.599><c> this</c><00:22:20.900><c> lesson</c><00:22:21.420><c> about</c><00:22:22.220><c> the</c><00:22:22.599><c> land.</c>

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He<00:22:23.559><c> loved</c><00:22:23.859><c> the</c><00:22:24.160><c> land.</c><00:22:24.839><c> And</c><00:22:25.099><c> so</c><00:22:25.339><c> it</c><00:22:25.480><c> wasn't</c><00:22:25.740><c> just</c><00:22:26.079><c> in</c><00:22:26.339><c> Judah</c><00:22:26.519><c> and</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:22:27.700><c> If</c><00:22:27.940><c> I've</c><00:22:28.140><c> got</c><00:22:28.220><c> this</c><00:22:28.440><c> right</c><00:22:28.640><c> way.</c>

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Here<00:22:30.619><c> is</c><00:22:30.859><c> the</c><00:22:31.059><c> extent</c><00:22:31.640><c> of</c><00:22:32.000><c> Josiah's</c><00:22:32.680><c> kingdom,</c><00:22:33.319><c> a</c><00:22:33.599><c> fairly</c>

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expansive<00:22:34.619><c> kingdom.</c>

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If<00:22:35.099><c> you</c><00:22:35.279><c> think</c><00:22:35.480><c> about</c><00:22:35.720><c> it,</c><00:22:36.140><c> see</c><00:22:36.240><c> this</c><00:22:36.519><c> dotted</c><00:22:36.779><c> line</c><00:22:37.480><c> that</c><00:22:37.819><c> runs</c>

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right<00:22:38.839><c> here?</c>

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By<00:22:40.880><c> theory,</c><00:22:42.240><c> that's</c><00:22:42.279><c> where</c><00:22:42.480><c> his</c><00:22:42.740><c> that</c><00:22:43.059><c> would</c><00:22:43.200><c> be</c><00:22:43.359><c> the</c><00:22:43.680><c> northernmost</c><00:22:44.440><c> boundary</c><00:22:44.960><c> of</c><00:22:45.140><c> his</c><00:22:45.359><c> kingdom.</c>

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At<00:22:46.920><c> any</c><00:22:47.220><c> other</c><00:22:47.579><c> epic</c><00:22:47.880><c> in</c><00:22:48.180><c> history,</c><00:22:49.200><c> from</c><00:22:49.980><c> the</c><00:22:50.279><c> time</c><00:22:50.559><c> that</c><00:22:50.779><c> the</c>

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Assyrians<00:22:51.339><c> came</c><00:22:51.680><c> down</c><00:22:52.140><c> and</c><00:22:52.599><c> took</c><00:22:52.880><c> Israel</c><00:22:53.440><c> away,</c>

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Assyria<00:22:55.400><c> would</c><00:22:55.660><c> have</c><00:22:55.960><c> dominated</c><00:22:56.599><c> all</c><00:22:57.019><c> of</c><00:22:57.160><c> this</c><00:22:57.420><c> area</c><00:22:57.859><c> straight</c><00:22:58.599><c> up</c><00:22:59.160><c> there.</c>

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They<00:23:00.440><c> would</c><00:23:00.680><c> have</c><00:23:00.839><c> had</c><00:23:01.059><c> control</c><00:23:01.440><c> over</c><00:23:01.779><c> all</c><00:23:02.039><c> of</c><00:23:02.180><c> it.</c><00:23:02.579><c> But</c><00:23:02.799><c> like</c>

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we<00:23:03.119><c> said</c><00:23:03.259><c> yesterday,</c><00:23:03.960><c> there</c><00:23:04.059><c> was</c><00:23:04.240><c> a</c><00:23:04.339><c> very</c><00:23:04.680><c> unique</c><00:23:05.220><c> time</c><00:23:05.680><c> and</c><00:23:06.140><c> a</c>

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unique<00:23:06.619><c> opportunity.</c>

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And<00:23:08.140><c> Josiah</c><00:23:08.640><c> didn't</c><00:23:09.119><c> he</c><00:23:09.200><c> didn't</c><00:23:10.599><c> hesitate</c><00:23:11.200><c> to</c><00:23:12.000><c> take</c><00:23:12.259><c> advantage.</c><00:23:12.900><c> He</c><00:23:13.140><c> didn't</c><00:23:13.380><c> stay</c>

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right<00:23:13.960><c> there.</c>

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He<00:23:14.519><c> went</c><00:23:14.700><c> right</c><00:23:14.980><c> up</c><00:23:15.160><c> into</c><00:23:15.339><c> Israel.</c><00:23:16.140><c> He</c><00:23:16.519><c> considered</c><00:23:17.019><c> all</c><00:23:17.559><c> of</c><00:23:17.779><c> these</c><00:23:18.099><c> the</c><00:23:18.599><c> people</c><00:23:18.880><c> of</c><00:23:19.200><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:19.980><c> so</c><00:23:20.200><c> when</c><00:23:20.319><c> you</c><00:23:20.460><c> keep</c><00:23:20.660><c> reading</c><00:23:20.940><c> verses</c><00:23:21.240><c> six</c><00:23:21.500><c> and</c><00:23:21.680><c> seven,</c><00:23:22.000><c> it</c>

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says,<00:23:22.900><c> And</c><00:23:22.900><c> so</c><00:23:23.259><c> did</c><00:23:23.519><c> he</c><00:23:23.680><c> in</c><00:23:23.819><c> the</c><00:23:23.980><c> cities</c><00:23:24.240><c> of</c><00:23:24.480><c> Manasseh</c><00:23:25.200><c> and</c><00:23:25.400><c> Ephraim</c><00:23:25.839><c> and</c><00:23:26.059><c> Simeon,</c>

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even<00:23:26.859><c> under</c><00:23:27.140><c> Naphtali</c><00:23:27.880><c> in</c><00:23:28.339><c> the</c><00:23:28.559><c> ruins</c><00:23:28.900><c> round</c><00:23:29.259><c> about.</c><00:23:29.920><c> And</c><00:23:30.059><c> he</c>

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break<00:23:30.500><c> down</c><00:23:30.740><c> the</c><00:23:30.960><c> altars</c><00:23:31.220><c> and</c><00:23:31.480><c> beat</c><00:23:31.680><c> the</c><00:23:32.019><c> ashram</c><00:23:32.400><c> and</c><00:23:32.779><c> the</c>

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graven<00:23:33.240><c> images</c><00:23:33.579><c> into</c><00:23:33.920><c> powder</c>

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and<00:23:34.940><c> hewed</c><00:23:35.099><c> down</c><00:23:35.420><c> all</c><00:23:35.619><c> the</c><00:23:35.880><c> sun</c><00:23:36.079><c> images</c><00:23:36.660><c> throughout</c><00:23:37.119><c> all</c><00:23:37.420><c> the</c>

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land<00:23:37.700><c> of</c><00:23:37.960><c> Israel</c><00:23:38.539><c> and</c><00:23:39.400><c> returned</c><00:23:39.720><c> to</c><00:23:39.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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We<00:23:42.480><c> know,</c><00:23:42.940><c> don't</c><00:23:43.220><c> we,</c><00:23:44.059><c> by</c><00:23:44.519><c> what's</c><00:23:44.839><c> going</c><00:23:44.940><c> to</c><00:23:45.200><c> happen</c><00:23:45.460><c> just</c><00:23:45.740><c> a</c>

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few<00:23:46.079><c> years</c><00:23:46.400><c> later,</c>

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that<00:23:47.460><c> he</c><00:23:47.720><c> did</c><00:23:48.039><c> not</c><00:23:48.400><c> have</c><00:23:49.059><c> a</c><00:23:49.839><c> complete</c><00:23:50.059><c> understanding</c><00:23:50.720><c> of</c><00:23:50.960><c> all</c>

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the<00:23:51.339><c> things</c><00:23:51.519><c> that</c><00:23:51.680><c> he</c><00:23:51.880><c> needed</c><00:23:52.079><c> to</c><00:23:52.299><c> know</c><00:23:52.440><c> about</c><00:23:52.759><c> God.</c>

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But<00:23:54.259><c> the</c><00:23:54.519><c> information</c><00:23:55.119><c> that</c><00:23:55.339><c> he</c><00:23:55.559><c> had</c><00:23:56.119><c> and</c><00:23:56.619><c> his</c><00:23:56.920><c> desire</c><00:23:57.299><c> to</c><00:23:57.579><c> seek</c><00:23:57.839><c> God</c>

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did<00:23:59.039><c> not</c><00:23:59.500><c> stop</c><00:23:59.900><c> him</c><00:24:00.339><c> from</c><00:24:01.019><c> acting.</c>

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When<00:24:02.880><c> he</c><00:24:03.240><c> had</c><00:24:03.559><c> what</c><00:24:03.980><c> he</c><00:24:04.400><c> believed</c><00:24:04.720><c> was</c><00:24:05.200><c> sufficient</c><00:24:05.940><c> information</c><00:24:06.980><c> and</c><00:24:08.240><c> a</c><00:24:08.599><c> desire,</c>

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he<00:24:09.720><c> was</c><00:24:10.119><c> off</c><00:24:10.400><c> and</c><00:24:10.599><c> running,</c><00:24:11.220><c> doing</c><00:24:11.500><c> the</c><00:24:11.720><c> things</c><00:24:11.880><c> that</c><00:24:12.059><c> he</c><00:24:12.200><c> had</c>

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to<00:24:12.640><c> do.</c>

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I<00:24:13.920><c> hope</c><00:24:14.140><c> nobody</c><00:24:14.380><c> was</c><00:24:14.660><c> offended</c><00:24:15.000><c> yesterday</c><00:24:15.380><c> by</c><00:24:15.599><c> my</c><00:24:15.819><c> cartoon.</c><00:24:16.240><c> I</c>

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have<00:24:16.460><c> another</c><00:24:16.779><c> one.</c>

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Here's<00:24:29.400><c> Calvin</c><00:24:29.619><c> again.</c><00:24:30.259><c> He's</c><00:24:30.559><c> a</c><00:24:30.680><c> fairly</c><00:24:30.980><c> perverse</c><00:24:31.420><c> person,</c><00:24:31.920><c> Calvin,</c>

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but<00:24:33.140><c> I</c><00:24:35.339><c> think</c><00:24:35.579><c> Calvin</c><00:24:36.019><c> is</c><00:24:36.240><c> what</c><00:24:36.440><c> little</c><00:24:36.720><c> kids</c><00:24:36.920><c> really</c><00:24:37.480><c> think</c>

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all<00:24:38.099><c> the</c><00:24:38.279><c> time.</c>

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It<00:24:39.880><c> says,</c><00:24:42.079><c> I've</c><00:24:42.319><c> concluded</c><00:24:42.799><c> that</c><00:24:43.079><c> nothing</c><00:24:43.519><c> bad</c><00:24:43.940><c> I</c><00:24:44.339><c> do</c><00:24:44.460><c> is</c><00:24:44.720><c> my</c><00:24:45.079><c> fault.</c>

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Oh?<00:24:48.099><c> Right.</c><00:24:48.960><c> Being</c><00:24:49.259><c> young</c><00:24:49.640><c> and</c><00:24:50.019><c> impressionable,</c><00:24:51.779><c> I'm</c><00:24:51.920><c> the</c><00:24:52.119><c> helpless</c><00:24:52.440><c> victim</c><00:24:52.799><c> of</c>

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countless<00:24:53.500><c> bad</c><00:24:53.880><c> influences.</c>

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An<00:24:55.500><c> unwholesome</c><00:24:56.019><c> culture</c><00:24:56.640><c> panders</c><00:24:57.180><c> to</c><00:24:57.400><c> my</c><00:24:57.700><c> undeveloped</c><00:24:58.279><c> values</c><00:24:58.700><c> and</c>

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pushes<00:24:59.619><c> me</c><00:24:59.900><c> to</c><00:25:00.039><c> malevolence.</c>

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I<00:25:01.559><c> take</c><00:25:01.839><c> no</c><00:25:02.160><c> responsibility</c><00:25:02.859><c> for</c><00:25:03.140><c> my</c><00:25:03.380><c> behavior.</c><00:25:04.119><c> I'm</c><00:25:04.420><c> an</c><00:25:04.660><c> innocent</c><00:25:05.000><c> pawn.</c><00:25:05.720><c> It's</c>

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society's<00:25:07.039><c> fault.</c>

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Then<00:25:08.519><c> Dad</c><00:25:08.720><c> says,</c><00:25:09.640><c> then</c><00:25:09.839><c> you</c><00:25:10.039><c> need</c><00:25:10.180><c> to</c><00:25:10.359><c> build</c><00:25:10.480><c> your</c><00:25:10.759><c> character.</c>

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Go<00:25:11.359><c> shovel</c><00:25:11.640><c> the</c><00:25:11.960><c> walk.</c>

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And<00:25:12.660><c> he</c><00:25:12.819><c> said,</c><00:25:13.400><c> these</c><00:25:13.440><c> discussions</c><00:25:13.980><c> never</c><00:25:14.319><c> go</c><00:25:14.559><c> where</c><00:25:14.819><c> they're</c>

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supposed<00:25:16.200><c> to.</c>

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Who<00:25:19.160><c> had</c><00:25:19.380><c> more</c><00:25:19.660><c> of</c><00:25:19.759><c> an</c><00:25:19.940><c> opportunity</c><00:25:20.400><c> to</c><00:25:20.640><c> feel</c><00:25:20.819><c> like</c><00:25:21.259><c> that</c><00:25:21.799><c> than</c><00:25:22.279><c> Josiah?</c>

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He<00:25:24.160><c> could</c><00:25:24.319><c> have</c><00:25:24.460><c> looked</c><00:25:24.720><c> around</c><00:25:25.180><c> him.</c><00:25:26.119><c> He</c><00:25:26.440><c> could</c><00:25:26.740><c> have</c><00:25:27.400><c> listened</c><00:25:27.819><c> to</c><00:25:28.039><c> the</c>

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:31.619
counsels<00:25:29.339><c> of</c><00:25:29.539><c> the</c><00:25:29.819><c> princes</c><00:25:30.339><c> of</c><00:25:30.819><c> Judah.</c>

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Remember<00:25:32.220><c> what</c><00:25:32.339><c> they</c><00:25:32.519><c> had</c><00:25:32.680><c> done</c><00:25:32.819><c> in</c><00:25:33.000><c> the</c><00:25:33.140><c> time</c><00:25:33.359><c> of</c><00:25:33.660><c> Joash?</c><00:25:34.640><c> These</c><00:25:34.859><c> were</c><00:25:35.059><c> men</c>

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.880
that<00:25:35.380><c> were</c><00:25:35.619><c> looking</c><00:25:35.880><c> out</c><00:25:36.099><c> for</c><00:25:36.259><c> themselves.</c>

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:40.619
I'm<00:25:37.599><c> sure</c><00:25:37.740><c> there</c><00:25:37.859><c> were</c><00:25:38.019><c> plenty</c><00:25:38.299><c> of</c><00:25:38.559><c> those</c><00:25:39.019><c> in</c><00:25:39.480><c> the</c><00:25:39.619><c> time</c><00:25:39.819><c> of</c><00:25:40.059><c> Josiah.</c>

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:48.380
And<00:25:41.140><c> as</c><00:25:41.359><c> he</c><00:25:41.579><c> got</c><00:25:41.859><c> to</c><00:25:42.160><c> that</c><00:25:42.799><c> impressionable</c><00:25:43.559><c> age</c><00:25:44.019><c> when</c><00:25:46.180><c> adolescence</c><00:25:47.240><c> sets</c><00:25:48.059><c> in</c>

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:50.759
and<00:25:48.640><c> you</c><00:25:48.940><c> want</c><00:25:49.079><c> to</c><00:25:49.220><c> start</c><00:25:49.380><c> doing</c><00:25:49.660><c> things</c><00:25:50.000><c> for</c><00:25:50.259><c> yourself,</c>

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.839
when<00:25:51.180><c> he</c><00:25:51.359><c> began</c><00:25:51.640><c> to</c><00:25:51.900><c> flex</c><00:25:52.079><c> his</c><00:25:52.339><c> own</c><00:25:52.539><c> muscles</c><00:25:52.920><c> and</c><00:25:53.319><c> move</c><00:25:53.539><c> around</c>

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:56.539
for<00:25:54.059><c> himself,</c><00:25:54.779><c> he</c><00:25:54.960><c> could</c><00:25:55.140><c> have</c><00:25:55.240><c> looked</c><00:25:55.480><c> around,</c><00:25:55.839><c> I'm</c><00:25:56.140><c> sure,</c>

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:59.220
and<00:25:56.960><c> he</c><00:25:57.119><c> could</c><00:25:57.279><c> have</c><00:25:57.480><c> taken</c><00:25:57.759><c> counsel</c><00:25:58.099><c> from</c><00:25:58.339><c> anyone</c><00:25:58.700><c> that</c><00:25:58.920><c> he</c>

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.000
wanted<00:25:59.519><c> to.</c>

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He<00:26:00.539><c> could</c><00:26:00.700><c> have</c><00:26:00.859><c> taken</c><00:26:01.119><c> the</c><00:26:01.420><c> attitude</c><00:26:01.819><c> that,</c><00:26:02.420><c> look,</c><00:26:02.420><c> I'm</c><00:26:02.619><c> just</c>

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.720
going<00:26:02.960><c> to</c><00:26:03.039><c> do</c><00:26:03.119><c> what</c><00:26:03.299><c> everybody</c><00:26:03.680><c> else</c><00:26:04.039><c> did.</c>

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:09.759
But<00:26:05.460><c> he</c><00:26:05.599><c> didn't</c><00:26:05.859><c> do</c><00:26:06.119><c> that.</c><00:26:07.259><c> He</c><00:26:07.740><c> didn't</c><00:26:08.079><c> let</c><00:26:08.519><c> society</c><00:26:09.220><c> dictate</c>

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.619
to<00:26:09.960><c> him</c><00:26:10.380><c> what</c><00:26:10.920><c> he</c><00:26:11.099><c> would</c><00:26:11.339><c> do.</c>

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:14.839
I'm<00:26:12.099><c> sure</c><00:26:12.279><c> he</c><00:26:12.500><c> saw</c><00:26:12.700><c> all</c><00:26:12.900><c> the</c><00:26:13.099><c> altars</c><00:26:13.420><c> all</c><00:26:13.740><c> around.</c><00:26:14.440><c> I'm</c><00:26:14.619><c> sure</c>

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:18.019
he<00:26:15.039><c> listened</c><00:26:15.279><c> to</c><00:26:15.460><c> the</c><00:26:15.660><c> people</c><00:26:15.940><c> and</c><00:26:16.720><c> heard</c><00:26:17.200><c> them</c><00:26:17.500><c> say</c><00:26:17.799><c> that,</c>

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.779
look,<00:26:18.259><c> if</c><00:26:18.359><c> you're</c><00:26:18.519><c> going</c><00:26:18.660><c> to</c><00:26:18.839><c> serve</c><00:26:19.039><c> God,</c><00:26:19.259><c> you</c><00:26:19.359><c> have</c><00:26:19.460><c> to</c><00:26:19.559><c> do</c><00:26:19.619><c> it</c>

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this<00:26:20.019><c> way.</c>

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:22.579
You've<00:26:20.599><c> got</c><00:26:20.619><c> to</c><00:26:20.740><c> go</c><00:26:20.819><c> up</c><00:26:20.940><c> to</c><00:26:21.059><c> the</c><00:26:21.240><c> high</c><00:26:21.440><c> place,</c><00:26:21.720><c> into</c><00:26:21.799><c> the</c><00:26:22.119><c> grove,</c><00:26:22.460><c> and</c>

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:24.539
you've<00:26:22.819><c> got</c><00:26:22.880><c> to</c><00:26:22.980><c> do</c><00:26:23.140><c> this</c><00:26:23.380><c> and</c><00:26:23.839><c> do</c><00:26:24.119><c> that.</c>

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:29.420
He'd<00:26:25.339><c> heard</c><00:26:25.579><c> both</c><00:26:26.079><c> sides,</c><00:26:27.220><c> but</c><00:26:27.539><c> he'd</c><00:26:27.819><c> made</c><00:26:27.940><c> his</c><00:26:28.259><c> decision.</c><00:26:29.019><c> And</c><00:26:29.299><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:26:29.720><c> just</c><00:26:30.619><c> sit</c><00:26:31.039><c> around.</c>

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:35.519
He<00:26:32.319><c> didn't</c><00:26:32.720><c> wait.</c><00:26:33.220><c> When</c><00:26:33.380><c> he'd</c><00:26:33.720><c> made</c><00:26:33.839><c> his</c><00:26:34.140><c> decision,</c><00:26:34.819><c> he</c><00:26:35.220><c> got</c>

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:38.160
busy<00:26:35.920><c> doing</c><00:26:36.279><c> what</c><00:26:36.440><c> he</c><00:26:36.579><c> was</c><00:26:36.859><c> supposed</c><00:26:37.160><c> to</c><00:26:37.359><c> do.</c>

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:52.519
One<00:26:48.140><c> more.</c><00:26:50.519><c> This</c><00:26:50.700><c> is</c><00:26:50.900><c> his</c><00:26:51.099><c> friend</c><00:26:51.380><c> Hobbes.</c>

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:56.200
Now,<00:26:53.480><c> Hobbes</c><00:26:53.720><c> is</c><00:26:53.940><c> only</c><00:26:54.200><c> alive,</c><00:26:54.599><c> of</c><00:26:54.839><c> course,</c><00:26:55.079><c> like</c><00:26:55.319><c> any</c><00:26:55.640><c> stuffed</c><00:26:55.839><c> animal</c>

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.839
to<00:26:56.400><c> the</c><00:26:57.099><c> child</c><00:26:57.400><c> himself.</c>

00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:01.019
If<00:26:58.359><c> we're</c><00:26:59.119><c> looking</c><00:26:59.400><c> at</c><00:26:59.640><c> Hobbes,</c><00:26:59.920><c> he's</c><00:27:00.000><c> just</c><00:27:00.240><c> a</c><00:27:00.420><c> stuffed</c><00:27:00.619><c> tiger.</c>

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:04.259
But<00:27:01.579><c> to</c><00:27:01.859><c> Calvin,</c><00:27:02.160><c> he's</c><00:27:02.380><c> very</c><00:27:02.680><c> much</c><00:27:02.900><c> alive,</c><00:27:03.299><c> and</c><00:27:03.400><c> he's</c><00:27:03.799><c> his</c>

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.480
closest<00:27:04.559><c> friend.</c>

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:08.039
And<00:27:05.740><c> he</c><00:27:05.880><c> says,</c><00:27:06.500><c> most</c><00:27:06.619><c> people</c><00:27:06.980><c> just</c><00:27:07.339><c> muddle</c><00:27:07.559><c> through</c><00:27:07.779><c> their</c>

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.839
lives.<00:27:08.539><c> They're</c><00:27:08.640><c> passive</c><00:27:08.980><c> and</c><00:27:09.180><c> unmotivated.</c>

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:14.980
They<00:27:10.160><c> lack</c><00:27:10.460><c> ambition</c><00:27:10.980><c> and</c><00:27:11.299><c> drive.</c><00:27:11.839><c> And</c><00:27:12.039><c> Calvin</c><00:27:12.299><c> says,</c><00:27:13.200><c> not</c><00:27:13.380><c> me,</c><00:27:13.819><c> though.</c><00:27:14.240><c> I'm</c><00:27:14.680><c> going</c><00:27:14.799><c> to</c>

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.140
have<00:27:15.079><c> an</c><00:27:15.440><c> epic</c><00:27:15.720><c> life.</c>

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:19.059
I'm<00:27:16.799><c> going</c><00:27:16.920><c> to</c><00:27:17.180><c> wrestle</c><00:27:17.400><c> the</c><00:27:17.680><c> issues</c><00:27:17.839><c> of</c><00:27:18.039><c> the</c><00:27:18.220><c> age</c><00:27:18.460><c> and</c><00:27:18.740><c> change</c>

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.700
the<00:27:19.279><c> course</c><00:27:19.460><c> of</c><00:27:19.740><c> history.</c>

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.480
Hobbes<00:27:21.839><c> says,</c><00:27:21.960><c> how</c><00:27:22.059><c> are</c><00:27:22.160><c> you</c><00:27:22.220><c> going</c><00:27:22.279><c> to</c><00:27:22.359><c> do</c><00:27:22.519><c> that?</c>

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:27.720
I'm<00:27:24.000><c> going</c><00:27:24.140><c> to</c><00:27:24.279><c> sit</c><00:27:24.519><c> here</c><00:27:25.039><c> and</c><00:27:25.319><c> wait</c><00:27:25.680><c> so</c><00:27:25.920><c> Opportunity</c><00:27:26.559><c> will</c><00:27:26.740><c> know</c><00:27:27.019><c> right</c><00:27:27.319><c> where</c><00:27:27.480><c> to</c>

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:30.799
find<00:27:27.900><c> me</c><00:27:28.380><c> when</c><00:27:28.539><c> it's</c><00:27:28.819><c> time</c><00:27:29.039><c> to</c><00:27:29.299><c> change</c><00:27:29.559><c> the</c><00:27:29.799><c> world.</c>

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:34.059
And<00:27:31.319><c> they</c><00:27:31.519><c> sit</c><00:27:31.720><c> for</c><00:27:32.000><c> a</c><00:27:32.119><c> while,</c><00:27:32.460><c> and</c><00:27:32.519><c> Hobbes</c><00:27:32.740><c> says,</c><00:27:33.359><c> wish</c><00:27:33.559><c> I</c><00:27:33.759><c> brought</c><00:27:33.920><c> a</c>

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.880
book<00:27:34.279><c> to</c><00:27:34.559><c> read.</c>

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And<00:27:35.640><c> Calvin,</c><00:27:36.099><c> nah,</c><00:27:36.839><c> it'll</c><00:27:37.019><c> be</c><00:27:37.220><c> any</c><00:27:37.440><c> minute</c><00:27:37.680><c> now.</c>

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Well,<00:27:39.680><c> that</c><00:27:39.859><c> wasn't</c><00:27:40.180><c> Josiah,</c><00:27:40.680><c> either.</c>

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I'm<00:27:42.119><c> sure</c><00:27:42.319><c> that</c><00:27:42.660><c> when</c><00:27:42.839><c> he</c><00:27:43.079><c> looked</c><00:27:43.279><c> out,</c><00:27:43.940><c> it</c><00:27:44.099><c> was</c><00:27:44.519><c> a</c><00:27:44.740><c> fairly</c><00:27:45.039><c> daunting</c><00:27:45.559><c> thing</c><00:27:46.039><c> to</c>

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:48.759
look<00:27:46.779><c> around</c><00:27:47.119><c> him</c><00:27:47.299><c> and</c><00:27:47.420><c> see</c><00:27:47.599><c> all</c><00:27:47.839><c> of</c><00:27:47.980><c> the</c><00:27:48.180><c> idolatry,</c>

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:51.700
to<00:27:49.220><c> see</c><00:27:49.400><c> all</c><00:27:49.660><c> the</c><00:27:49.900><c> evil</c><00:27:50.140><c> practices,</c><00:27:50.799><c> to</c><00:27:50.980><c> understand</c><00:27:51.480><c> that</c>

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.740
people<00:27:51.920><c> really</c><00:27:52.279><c> didn't</c><00:27:52.519><c> care</c><00:27:52.819><c> about</c><00:27:53.339><c> God.</c>

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:57.839
They<00:27:54.180><c> didn't</c><00:27:54.420><c> really</c><00:27:54.900><c> understand</c><00:27:55.480><c> the</c><00:27:55.680><c> things</c><00:27:55.819><c> that</c><00:27:56.019><c> he'd</c><00:27:56.279><c> been</c><00:27:56.819><c> having</c><00:27:57.220><c> impressed</c><00:27:57.619><c> on</c>

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.519
his<00:27:58.160><c> mind.</c>

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:02.240
He<00:27:59.180><c> could</c><00:27:59.339><c> have</c><00:27:59.460><c> looked</c><00:27:59.599><c> and</c><00:27:59.779><c> said,</c><00:28:00.099><c> this</c><00:28:00.099><c> is</c><00:28:01.119><c> an</c><00:28:01.259><c> uphill</c><00:28:01.539><c> battle</c><00:28:01.859><c> here.</c><00:28:02.079><c> I'm</c>

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.940
not<00:28:02.420><c> sure</c><00:28:02.579><c> we're</c><00:28:02.759><c> going</c><00:28:02.839><c> to</c><00:28:02.940><c> be</c><00:28:03.039><c> able</c><00:28:03.200><c> to</c><00:28:03.359><c> do</c><00:28:03.559><c> anything.</c>

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:07.839
That<00:28:04.440><c> wasn't</c><00:28:04.700><c> his</c><00:28:04.920><c> attitude.</c><00:28:05.660><c> He</c><00:28:05.779><c> was</c><00:28:06.019><c> right</c><00:28:06.299><c> out,</c><00:28:06.839><c> 20</c><00:28:07.140><c> years</c><00:28:07.500><c> old.</c>

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:11.000
He<00:28:08.259><c> bounces</c><00:28:08.640><c> on</c><00:28:08.880><c> the</c><00:28:09.119><c> scene,</c><00:28:09.539><c> and</c><00:28:09.740><c> he</c><00:28:09.920><c> begins</c><00:28:10.220><c> to</c><00:28:10.480><c> do</c><00:28:10.619><c> things</c>

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:15.579
that<00:28:11.180><c> are</c><00:28:11.279><c> going</c><00:28:11.400><c> to</c><00:28:11.660><c> change</c><00:28:12.000><c> the</c><00:28:12.299><c> lives</c><00:28:12.720><c> of</c><00:28:14.119><c> some</c><00:28:14.519><c> people.</c>

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I've<00:28:16.140><c> really</c><00:28:16.359><c> been</c><00:28:16.599><c> emphasizing,</c><00:28:17.099><c> and</c><00:28:17.220><c> I</c><00:28:17.299><c> hope</c><00:28:17.400><c> I</c><00:28:17.579><c> haven't</c><00:28:17.799><c> done</c><00:28:17.980><c> it</c>

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:20.019
to<00:28:19.099><c> too</c><00:28:19.299><c> large</c><00:28:19.539><c> a</c><00:28:19.700><c> degree,</c>

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:24.779
but<00:28:20.400><c> there</c><00:28:20.700><c> is</c><00:28:20.920><c> a</c><00:28:21.119><c> similarity</c><00:28:21.579><c> between</c><00:28:22.000><c> our</c><00:28:22.339><c> age</c><00:28:22.680><c> and</c><00:28:23.180><c> Josiah's</c><00:28:23.759><c> age.</c>

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Yeah,<00:28:25.680><c> the</c><00:28:25.819><c> majority</c><00:28:26.140><c> of</c><00:28:26.299><c> the</c><00:28:26.420><c> people</c><00:28:26.619><c> weren't</c><00:28:26.839><c> going</c><00:28:27.039><c> to</c>

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.880
change<00:28:27.359><c> their</c><00:28:27.619><c> heart.</c>

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:30.420
They<00:28:28.339><c> would</c><00:28:28.680><c> do</c><00:28:29.059><c> what</c><00:28:29.220><c> they</c><00:28:29.380><c> were</c><00:28:29.599><c> supposed</c><00:28:29.880><c> to</c><00:28:30.039><c> do</c><00:28:30.180><c> because</c>

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:33.200
the<00:28:30.640><c> king</c><00:28:30.779><c> said</c><00:28:31.059><c> so,</c><00:28:31.700><c> but</c><00:28:31.819><c> their</c><00:28:32.019><c> heart</c><00:28:32.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:32.460><c> be</c><00:28:32.720><c> in</c><00:28:32.799><c> it.</c>

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:38.680
But<00:28:33.720><c> there</c><00:28:33.880><c> were</c><00:28:34.099><c> some</c><00:28:34.339><c> people,</c><00:28:34.779><c> brothers</c><00:28:34.940><c> and</c><00:28:35.200><c> sisters,</c><00:28:36.039><c> there</c><00:28:36.299><c> were</c><00:28:36.920><c> some</c><00:28:37.500><c> that</c><00:28:37.839><c> Josiah</c><00:28:38.500><c> was</c>

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.059
going<00:28:38.839><c> to</c><00:28:38.960><c> have</c><00:28:39.059><c> an</c><00:28:39.339><c> influence</c><00:28:39.660><c> on,</c>

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:43.019
and<00:28:40.539><c> there's</c><00:28:40.759><c> some</c><00:28:41.019><c> people</c><00:28:41.339><c> we're</c><00:28:41.740><c> going</c><00:28:41.839><c> to</c><00:28:41.980><c> have</c><00:28:42.119><c> an</c><00:28:42.359><c> influence</c><00:28:42.720><c> on.</c>

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:47.680
We<00:28:43.539><c> can't</c><00:28:44.079><c> give</c><00:28:44.420><c> in.</c><00:28:45.680><c> We</c><00:28:45.700><c> have</c><00:28:45.980><c> to</c><00:28:46.180><c> believe</c><00:28:46.640><c> that</c><00:28:46.920><c> that's</c><00:28:47.400><c> so,</c>

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:50.940
and<00:28:48.140><c> when</c><00:28:48.240><c> we</c><00:28:48.400><c> do</c><00:28:48.619><c> that,</c><00:28:49.019><c> we</c><00:28:49.160><c> do</c><00:28:49.440><c> all</c><00:28:49.799><c> of</c><00:28:49.960><c> the</c><00:28:50.140><c> necessary</c><00:28:50.559><c> things.</c>

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:54.059
We<00:28:51.359><c> save</c><00:28:51.640><c> our</c><00:28:51.920><c> children,</c><00:28:52.339><c> and</c><00:28:52.720><c> we</c><00:28:52.900><c> try</c><00:28:53.160><c> our</c><00:28:53.400><c> best</c><00:28:53.579><c> to</c><00:28:53.839><c> teach</c>

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.839
the<00:28:54.279><c> world</c><00:28:54.480><c> about</c><00:28:54.819><c> God.</c>

00:28:56.799 --> 00:29:03.920
Now,<00:28:58.519><c> when</c><00:28:58.660><c> he's</c><00:28:59.099><c> 26</c><00:28:59.819><c> years</c><00:29:00.339><c> old</c><00:29:00.839><c> is</c><00:29:01.519><c> when,</c><00:29:02.380><c> it</c><00:29:02.799><c> seems</c><00:29:03.099><c> to</c><00:29:03.359><c> me,</c>

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.519
God<00:29:04.400><c> really</c><00:29:04.920><c> directs</c><00:29:05.380><c> his</c><00:29:05.619><c> hand.</c>

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:09.660
It's<00:29:06.839><c> when</c><00:29:07.079><c> God</c><00:29:07.400><c> really</c><00:29:07.940><c> intervenes</c><00:29:08.440><c> in</c><00:29:08.539><c> his</c><00:29:08.799><c> life,</c><00:29:09.019><c> and</c><00:29:09.099><c> that's</c><00:29:09.519><c> what</c>

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:11.519
we<00:29:09.819><c> want</c><00:29:09.920><c> to</c><00:29:10.039><c> look</c><00:29:10.180><c> at</c><00:29:10.359><c> specifically</c><00:29:10.940><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:16.619
But<00:29:11.920><c> I</c><00:29:12.220><c> want</c><00:29:12.579><c> to</c><00:29:12.859><c> show</c><00:29:13.119><c> you</c><00:29:13.680><c> just</c><00:29:14.019><c> what</c><00:29:14.720><c> steps</c><00:29:15.319><c> he</c><00:29:15.559><c> took</c><00:29:16.000><c> in</c><00:29:16.460><c> the</c>

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:20.900
18th<00:29:17.299><c> year</c><00:29:17.700><c> to</c><00:29:18.140><c> really</c><00:29:18.700><c> make</c><00:29:19.019><c> the</c><00:29:19.319><c> reformations</c><00:29:20.119><c> that</c><00:29:20.440><c> the</c>

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.579
nation<00:29:21.200><c> needed.</c>

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:25.619
Take<00:29:22.259><c> a</c><00:29:22.400><c> look.</c><00:29:22.700><c> We're</c><00:29:22.700><c> still</c><00:29:22.980><c> in</c><00:29:23.920><c> 2</c><00:29:24.279><c> Chronicles</c><00:29:24.759><c> chapter</c><00:29:25.099><c> 34.</c>

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:28.480
Look<00:29:26.039><c> down</c><00:29:26.220><c> just</c><00:29:26.440><c> a</c><00:29:26.539><c> little</c><00:29:26.680><c> further,</c><00:29:27.059><c> verse</c><00:29:27.319><c> 8.</c>

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:32.259
It<00:29:28.539><c> says,</c><00:29:29.380><c> Now</c><00:29:29.420><c> in</c><00:29:29.799><c> the</c><00:29:30.059><c> 18th</c><00:29:30.819><c> year</c><00:29:31.079><c> of</c><00:29:31.279><c> his</c><00:29:31.619><c> reign,</c><00:29:32.000><c> he'd</c><00:29:32.099><c> be</c>

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:37.240
26<00:29:32.700><c> years</c><00:29:33.019><c> old,</c><00:29:33.740><c> when</c><00:29:33.920><c> he</c><00:29:34.200><c> had</c><00:29:34.619><c> purged</c><00:29:35.140><c> the</c><00:29:35.440><c> land</c><00:29:35.880><c> and</c><00:29:36.480><c> the</c><00:29:36.700><c> house,</c>

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.359
he<00:29:37.680><c> sent</c><00:29:38.000><c> Shefan,</c><00:29:38.980><c> the</c><00:29:39.099><c> son</c><00:29:39.279><c> of</c><00:29:39.480><c> Azaliah</c><00:29:40.000><c> and</c><00:29:40.140><c> Maasiah,</c><00:29:41.039><c> the</c>

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:44.599
governor<00:29:41.680><c> of</c><00:29:41.900><c> the</c><00:29:42.039><c> city,</c><00:29:42.720><c> and</c><00:29:42.940><c> Joah,</c><00:29:43.299><c> the</c><00:29:43.420><c> son</c><00:29:43.640><c> of</c><00:29:43.900><c> Jehoahaz,</c>

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:49.920
and<00:29:45.579><c> the</c><00:29:46.039><c> recorder,</c><00:29:46.559><c> to</c><00:29:46.640><c> repair</c><00:29:47.299><c> the</c><00:29:47.700><c> house</c><00:29:48.099><c> of</c><00:29:48.339><c> the</c><00:29:48.519><c> Lord</c><00:29:48.740><c> his</c><00:29:49.079><c> God.</c>

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:55.900
He<00:29:50.400><c> understood</c><00:29:51.160><c> that</c><00:29:51.799><c> the</c><00:29:52.059><c> crowning</c><00:29:52.640><c> jewel</c><00:29:53.039><c> of</c><00:29:53.599><c> all</c><00:29:53.940><c> reformation</c><00:29:55.099><c> was</c><00:29:55.519><c> going</c><00:29:55.720><c> to</c>

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:58.759
have<00:29:56.079><c> to</c><00:29:56.259><c> take</c><00:29:56.440><c> place</c><00:29:56.759><c> there</c><00:29:57.259><c> in</c><00:29:57.700><c> the</c><00:29:57.880><c> house</c><00:29:58.059><c> of</c><00:29:58.339><c> God.</c>

00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:02.720
The<00:29:59.940><c> most</c><00:30:00.240><c> important</c><00:30:00.740><c> thing</c><00:30:01.220><c> was</c><00:30:01.559><c> where</c><00:30:01.799><c> they</c><00:30:02.000><c> were</c><00:30:02.200><c> going</c><00:30:02.380><c> to</c>

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:08.099
get<00:30:02.940><c> together</c><00:30:03.779><c> and</c><00:30:05.420><c> uplift</c><00:30:05.880><c> their</c><00:30:06.380><c> spiritual</c><00:30:07.019><c> lives.</c>

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:12.839
It's<00:30:08.359><c> not</c><00:30:08.640><c> just</c><00:30:08.960><c> enough</c><00:30:09.460><c> to</c><00:30:10.240><c> clear</c><00:30:10.599><c> out</c><00:30:11.539><c> all</c><00:30:12.039><c> of</c><00:30:12.200><c> the</c><00:30:12.440><c> idols,</c>

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:17.180
to<00:30:13.539><c> get</c><00:30:13.700><c> rid</c><00:30:13.920><c> of</c><00:30:14.420><c> all</c><00:30:14.720><c> of</c><00:30:14.920><c> the</c><00:30:15.180><c> stone</c><00:30:15.559><c> and</c><00:30:16.059><c> all</c><00:30:16.400><c> of</c><00:30:16.599><c> the</c><00:30:16.819><c> wood.</c>

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:20.579
It<00:30:17.839><c> wasn't</c><00:30:17.980><c> enough</c><00:30:18.339><c> to</c><00:30:18.660><c> tear</c><00:30:18.880><c> down</c><00:30:19.220><c> the</c><00:30:19.480><c> groves.</c><00:30:20.140><c> It</c><00:30:20.440><c> wasn't</c>

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.339
enough<00:30:20.880><c> to</c><00:30:21.119><c> cut</c><00:30:21.319><c> down</c><00:30:21.680><c> the</c><00:30:21.920><c> trees.</c>

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:26.400
It<00:30:22.880><c> wasn't</c><00:30:23.259><c> enough</c><00:30:23.519><c> to</c><00:30:23.799><c> chase</c><00:30:24.119><c> people</c><00:30:24.779><c> out</c><00:30:25.180><c> of</c><00:30:25.339><c> those</c><00:30:25.559><c> high</c><00:30:25.839><c> places.</c>

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:32.019
You<00:30:27.140><c> can</c><00:30:27.460><c> do</c><00:30:27.740><c> all</c><00:30:28.079><c> of</c><00:30:28.259><c> that,</c><00:30:28.799><c> but</c><00:30:29.019><c> it</c><00:30:29.180><c> doesn't</c><00:30:29.500><c> change</c><00:30:29.880><c> the</c><00:30:30.119><c> heart</c><00:30:30.500><c> of</c><00:30:31.019><c> people.</c>

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:36.839
Remember,<00:30:32.980><c> it</c><00:30:33.099><c> says</c><00:30:33.500><c> in</c><00:30:34.640><c> the</c><00:30:34.960><c> parable,</c><00:30:35.660><c> you</c><00:30:35.799><c> can</c><00:30:36.059><c> chase</c><00:30:36.420><c> out</c>

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.319
all<00:30:37.140><c> of</c><00:30:37.299><c> the</c><00:30:37.500><c> evil</c><00:30:37.779><c> spirits.</c>

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:44.599
If<00:30:38.900><c> you</c><00:30:39.039><c> don't</c><00:30:39.299><c> fill</c><00:30:39.480><c> it</c><00:30:39.759><c> back</c><00:30:40.039><c> up,</c><00:30:40.680><c> they're</c><00:30:40.880><c> going</c><00:30:41.019><c> to</c><00:30:41.099><c> get</c><00:30:41.539><c> stuffed</c><00:30:41.920><c> filled</c><00:30:42.299><c> with</c><00:30:42.619><c> things</c><00:30:43.000><c> that,</c><00:30:43.480><c> again,</c><00:30:44.079><c> are</c><00:30:44.339><c> of</c>

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.299
no<00:30:45.059><c> spiritual</c><00:30:45.700><c> value.</c>

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:51.319
We<00:30:47.359><c> talked</c><00:30:47.740><c> yesterday</c><00:30:48.140><c> about</c><00:30:48.779><c> the</c><00:30:49.059><c> entertainment</c><00:30:49.640><c> of</c><00:30:50.160><c> this</c><00:30:50.420><c> life.</c>

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:54.019
I've<00:30:52.099><c> got</c><00:30:52.339><c> friends</c><00:30:52.640><c> that</c><00:30:52.799><c> have</c><00:30:53.019><c> actually</c><00:30:53.339><c> taken</c><00:30:53.519><c> their</c><00:30:53.759><c> TVs</c>

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:56.119
out<00:30:54.299><c> and</c><00:30:54.480><c> stoned</c><00:30:54.700><c> them,</c><00:30:54.859><c> and</c><00:30:54.980><c> other</c><00:30:55.140><c> people</c><00:30:55.440><c> that</c><00:30:55.880><c> put</c><00:30:56.000><c> them</c>

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.880
out<00:30:56.359><c> in</c><00:30:56.440><c> the</c><00:30:56.680><c> trash.</c>

00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.940
They<00:30:57.299><c> realized</c><00:30:57.839><c> the</c><00:30:58.039><c> same</c><00:30:58.240><c> things</c><00:30:58.500><c> that</c><00:30:58.920><c> we</c><00:30:59.160><c> talked</c><00:30:59.460><c> about</c><00:30:59.740><c> yesterday.</c>

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:05.640
It's<00:31:01.819><c> not</c><00:31:02.140><c> good</c><00:31:02.359><c> enough</c><00:31:02.900><c> to</c><00:31:03.319><c> simply</c><00:31:03.660><c> just</c><00:31:04.259><c> throw</c><00:31:04.559><c> it</c><00:31:04.740><c> out.</c>

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:09.720
There<00:31:06.099><c> has</c><00:31:06.400><c> to</c><00:31:06.579><c> be</c><00:31:06.759><c> something</c><00:31:07.119><c> else</c><00:31:07.839><c> put</c><00:31:08.140><c> in</c><00:31:08.700><c> to</c><00:31:08.819><c> take</c><00:31:09.039><c> its</c><00:31:09.299><c> place.</c>

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:14.000
The<00:31:10.220><c> thing</c><00:31:10.559><c> that</c><00:31:10.900><c> is</c><00:31:11.599><c> a</c><00:31:11.720><c> little</c><00:31:12.039><c> vacuum</c><00:31:12.500><c> that's</c><00:31:12.940><c> created</c><00:31:13.519><c> when</c>

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.599
you<00:31:14.160><c> get</c><00:31:14.440><c> rid</c><00:31:14.680><c> of</c><00:31:14.839><c> something</c><00:31:15.119><c> you</c><00:31:15.319><c> know</c><00:31:15.660><c> you</c><00:31:15.839><c> have</c><00:31:16.099><c> to</c><00:31:16.200><c> get</c><00:31:16.380><c> rid</c>

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:19.920
of<00:31:16.920><c> needs</c><00:31:17.319><c> to</c><00:31:17.559><c> be</c><00:31:17.779><c> filled</c><00:31:18.000><c> up</c><00:31:18.500><c> with</c><00:31:18.720><c> other</c><00:31:18.980><c> things.</c>

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:24.980
At<00:31:21.140><c> 26,</c><00:31:21.900><c> he</c><00:31:22.099><c> went</c><00:31:22.299><c> about</c><00:31:22.579><c> the</c><00:31:22.859><c> task</c><00:31:23.140><c> with</c><00:31:23.339><c> the</c><00:31:23.500><c> most</c><00:31:23.779><c> responsible</c><00:31:24.519><c> people</c><00:31:24.839><c> he</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.099
could<00:31:25.220><c> find.</c>

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:28.099
As<00:31:26.880><c> we</c><00:31:26.960><c> get</c><00:31:27.119><c> towards</c><00:31:27.339><c> the</c><00:31:27.380><c> end</c><00:31:27.519><c> of</c><00:31:27.640><c> the</c><00:31:27.740><c> week,</c><00:31:27.920><c> you're</c><00:31:28.000><c> going</c>

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:31.119
to<00:31:28.140><c> see</c><00:31:28.339><c> that</c><00:31:28.519><c> these</c><00:31:28.720><c> people</c><00:31:28.920><c> really</c><00:31:29.299><c> are</c><00:31:29.500><c> responsible</c><00:31:30.059><c> people.</c>

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.519
They<00:31:31.500><c> went</c><00:31:31.720><c> about</c><00:31:32.299><c> the</c><00:31:32.700><c> work</c><00:31:33.000><c> of</c><00:31:33.660><c> restoring</c><00:31:34.039><c> the</c><00:31:34.299><c> temple.</c>

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:39.140
Now,<00:31:35.519><c> I</c><00:31:35.720><c> really</c><00:31:36.059><c> like</c><00:31:36.380><c> the</c><00:31:36.700><c> reaction</c><00:31:37.339><c> of</c><00:31:37.859><c> the</c><00:31:38.099><c> workers</c><00:31:38.619><c> that</c>

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.279
were<00:31:39.319><c> working</c><00:31:39.640><c> in</c><00:31:39.799><c> the</c><00:31:39.980><c> temple.</c>

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:43.500
What<00:31:40.740><c> they</c><00:31:40.900><c> did</c><00:31:41.039><c> was</c><00:31:41.180><c> they</c><00:31:41.480><c> collected</c><00:31:41.819><c> money</c><00:31:42.220><c> in</c><00:31:42.619><c> Judah</c><00:31:42.880><c> and</c><00:31:43.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:46.660
Remember,<00:31:44.220><c> he</c><00:31:44.380><c> went</c><00:31:44.500><c> up</c><00:31:44.700><c> into</c><00:31:44.839><c> Israel.</c><00:31:45.259><c> He</c><00:31:45.519><c> collected</c><00:31:45.900><c> money</c><00:31:46.220><c> there.</c>

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:49.680
He<00:31:47.160><c> had</c><00:31:47.339><c> the</c><00:31:47.519><c> most</c><00:31:47.839><c> responsible</c><00:31:48.480><c> people</c><00:31:48.859><c> that</c><00:31:49.019><c> he</c><00:31:49.140><c> could</c><00:31:49.359><c> find.</c>

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.480
That<00:31:50.180><c> family</c><00:31:50.539><c> of</c><00:31:50.839><c> Shefan</c><00:31:51.240><c> is</c><00:31:51.599><c> the</c><00:31:51.720><c> most</c><00:31:52.000><c> incredible</c><00:31:52.500><c> family.</c>

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.019
Like<00:31:54.119><c> I</c><00:31:54.319><c> said,</c><00:31:54.440><c> we're</c><00:31:54.579><c> going</c><00:31:54.720><c> to</c><00:31:54.779><c> look</c><00:31:54.960><c> at</c><00:31:55.000><c> them</c><00:31:55.200><c> in</c><00:31:55.299><c> more</c><00:31:55.539><c> detail,</c><00:31:55.859><c> but</c>

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:59.559
we<00:31:56.180><c> are</c><00:31:56.400><c> talking</c><00:31:56.720><c> about</c><00:31:57.119><c> very</c><00:31:57.660><c> responsible</c><00:31:58.420><c> spiritual</c><00:31:59.059><c> people.</c>

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:02.779
He<00:32:00.119><c> sent</c><00:32:00.440><c> them</c><00:32:00.779><c> to</c><00:32:01.039><c> do</c><00:32:01.220><c> this</c><00:32:01.480><c> very</c><00:32:01.799><c> important</c><00:32:02.339><c> work.</c>

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:06.839
And<00:32:03.299><c> then</c><00:32:03.660><c> he</c><00:32:04.079><c> trusted</c><00:32:04.480><c> the</c><00:32:04.799><c> foreman</c><00:32:05.039><c> that</c><00:32:05.200><c> would</c><00:32:05.339><c> be</c><00:32:05.559><c> over</c><00:32:05.819><c> the</c><00:32:06.039><c> workers</c><00:32:06.400><c> to</c>

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.740
take<00:32:07.140><c> the</c><00:32:07.359><c> money</c><00:32:07.680><c> and</c><00:32:08.319><c> do</c><00:32:08.660><c> what</c><00:32:08.880><c> needed</c><00:32:09.079><c> to</c><00:32:09.319><c> be</c><00:32:09.519><c> done</c><00:32:09.920><c> out</c><00:32:10.619><c> of</c>

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.619
the<00:32:10.980><c> generosity</c><00:32:11.619><c> of</c><00:32:11.920><c> the</c><00:32:12.119><c> people.</c>

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:14.779
If<00:32:13.019><c> you</c><00:32:13.099><c> want</c><00:32:13.200><c> to</c><00:32:13.339><c> look</c><00:32:13.460><c> at</c><00:32:13.539><c> it</c><00:32:13.619><c> that</c><00:32:13.799><c> way,</c><00:32:13.940><c> I</c><00:32:14.019><c> think</c><00:32:14.200><c> it</c><00:32:14.640><c> was</c>

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.799
more<00:32:14.940><c> like</c><00:32:15.220><c> taxation.</c>

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:18.900
But<00:32:16.279><c> with</c><00:32:16.660><c> the</c><00:32:16.900><c> money</c><00:32:17.099><c> that</c><00:32:17.299><c> they</c><00:32:17.440><c> had</c><00:32:17.619><c> done,</c><00:32:17.839><c> he</c><00:32:18.240><c> gave</c><00:32:18.480><c> it</c><00:32:18.740><c> to</c>

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.920
those<00:32:19.160><c> people</c><00:32:19.500><c> that</c><00:32:19.660><c> were</c><00:32:19.839><c> in</c><00:32:20.079><c> charge</c><00:32:20.240><c> of</c><00:32:20.400><c> the</c><00:32:20.579><c> workers.</c>

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:23.700
And<00:32:21.339><c> they</c><00:32:21.619><c> went</c><00:32:21.940><c> and</c><00:32:22.420><c> they</c><00:32:22.640><c> did</c><00:32:22.779><c> it</c><00:32:22.880><c> with</c><00:32:23.059><c> all</c><00:32:23.220><c> their</c><00:32:23.440><c> heart.</c>

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:27.059
Now,<00:32:23.960><c> I</c><00:32:24.220><c> like</c><00:32:24.400><c> what</c><00:32:24.539><c> it</c><00:32:24.799><c> says</c><00:32:25.000><c> about</c><00:32:25.380><c> the</c><00:32:25.799><c> way</c><00:32:26.019><c> they</c><00:32:26.279><c> did</c><00:32:26.420><c> their</c><00:32:26.740><c> work.</c>

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:29.880
Skip<00:32:27.500><c> down</c><00:32:27.700><c> in</c><00:32:27.819><c> the</c><00:32:28.000><c> narrative</c><00:32:28.279><c> just</c><00:32:28.539><c> a</c><00:32:28.680><c> little</c><00:32:28.859><c> bit.</c>

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:35.819
It<00:32:30.859><c> says</c><00:32:31.079><c> in</c><00:32:31.220><c> verse</c><00:32:31.460><c> 11</c><00:32:32.140><c> that</c><00:32:33.940><c> there</c><00:32:34.160><c> were</c><00:32:34.400><c> certain</c><00:32:34.539><c> people</c><00:32:34.880><c> that</c><00:32:35.039><c> were</c><00:32:35.259><c> set</c><00:32:35.480><c> over</c><00:32:35.680><c> to</c>

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:38.039
do<00:32:36.019><c> the</c><00:32:36.220><c> work,</c><00:32:36.420><c> the</c><00:32:36.640><c> carpenters</c><00:32:37.059><c> and</c><00:32:37.259><c> so</c><00:32:37.440><c> on</c><00:32:37.579><c> and</c><00:32:37.740><c> so</c><00:32:37.900><c> forth.</c>

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:40.299
It<00:32:38.140><c> says,</c><00:32:38.440><c> even</c><00:32:38.480><c> to</c><00:32:38.619><c> the</c><00:32:38.799><c> carpenters</c><00:32:39.420><c> and</c><00:32:39.660><c> to</c><00:32:39.779><c> the</c><00:32:39.940><c> builders</c>

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:44.579
gave<00:32:40.700><c> they</c><00:32:41.039><c> it</c><00:32:41.339><c> to</c><00:32:41.700><c> buy</c><00:32:42.059><c> hewn</c><00:32:42.440><c> stone</c><00:32:42.680><c> and</c><00:32:42.940><c> timber</c><00:32:43.240><c> for</c><00:32:43.599><c> couplings</c><00:32:44.019><c> and</c><00:32:44.400><c> to</c>

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:47.500
make<00:32:44.779><c> beams</c><00:32:45.160><c> for</c><00:32:45.400><c> the</c><00:32:45.599><c> houses</c><00:32:45.839><c> which</c><00:32:46.160><c> the</c><00:32:46.480><c> kings</c><00:32:46.779><c> of</c><00:32:47.220><c> Judah</c>

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:49.380
had<00:32:48.180><c> destroyed.</c>

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:54.420
And<00:32:49.660><c> if</c><00:32:49.940><c> you</c><00:32:50.339><c> look</c><00:32:50.579><c> at</c><00:32:50.740><c> verse</c><00:32:50.960><c> 12,</c><00:32:51.259><c> it's</c><00:32:51.480><c> that</c><00:32:51.680><c> first</c><00:32:51.980><c> line</c><00:32:52.440><c> that</c><00:32:53.039><c> really</c><00:32:53.460><c> caught</c><00:32:53.700><c> my</c><00:32:54.000><c> attention.</c>

00:32:54.420 --> 00:33:00.059
It<00:32:54.859><c> says,</c><00:32:56.279><c> and</c><00:32:56.279><c> the</c><00:32:56.480><c> men</c><00:32:56.920><c> did</c><00:32:57.319><c> the</c><00:32:57.619><c> work</c><00:32:58.619><c> faithfully.</c>

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.319
That's<00:33:00.319><c> a</c><00:33:00.539><c> beautiful</c><00:33:00.920><c> thing.</c>

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.720
They<00:33:02.059><c> did</c><00:33:02.299><c> the</c><00:33:02.559><c> work</c><00:33:02.980><c> faithfully.</c>

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:08.059
Again,<00:33:04.759><c> you</c><00:33:04.839><c> have</c><00:33:05.019><c> to</c><00:33:05.200><c> consider</c><00:33:05.700><c> the</c><00:33:06.099><c> age</c><00:33:06.539><c> that</c><00:33:06.740><c> they</c><00:33:07.019><c> lived</c><00:33:07.240><c> in.</c>

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:12.660
The<00:33:08.660><c> house</c><00:33:08.880><c> of</c><00:33:09.119><c> God</c><00:33:09.220><c> had</c><00:33:09.380><c> been</c><00:33:09.619><c> torn</c><00:33:09.920><c> down</c><00:33:10.420><c> by</c><00:33:11.000><c> the</c><00:33:11.220><c> kings</c><00:33:11.500><c> of</c><00:33:11.859><c> Judah.</c>

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:15.319
Worship<00:33:13.140><c> was</c><00:33:13.420><c> done</c><00:33:13.740><c> in</c><00:33:14.180><c> lots</c><00:33:14.460><c> of</c><00:33:14.680><c> different</c><00:33:14.960><c> places.</c>

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.900
There<00:33:15.539><c> was</c><00:33:15.720><c> worship</c><00:33:15.980><c> done</c><00:33:16.119><c> in</c><00:33:16.279><c> the</c><00:33:16.420><c> temple,</c><00:33:16.799><c> too,</c><00:33:16.859><c> but</c><00:33:16.960><c> it</c><00:33:17.079><c> wasn't</c><00:33:17.640><c> to</c>

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:19.119
God,<00:33:18.380><c> unfortunately.</c>

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:24.400
And<00:33:19.779><c> so</c><00:33:20.019><c> we</c><00:33:20.240><c> find</c><00:33:20.519><c> that</c><00:33:20.720><c> they</c><00:33:20.920><c> were</c><00:33:21.140><c> doing</c><00:33:21.380><c> their</c><00:33:21.720><c> work</c><00:33:22.059><c> in</c><00:33:22.440><c> reconstructing</c><00:33:23.180><c> this</c><00:33:23.380><c> temple</c><00:33:23.740><c> in</c>

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:26.119
a<00:33:24.619><c> faithful</c><00:33:24.940><c> manner.</c>

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:28.279
That<00:33:27.259><c> really</c><00:33:27.559><c> exhorted</c><00:33:27.980><c> me.</c>

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:31.839
What<00:33:28.500><c> does</c><00:33:28.700><c> it</c><00:33:28.900><c> mean</c><00:33:29.039><c> to</c><00:33:29.279><c> do</c><00:33:29.440><c> your</c><00:33:29.759><c> work</c><00:33:30.539><c> faithfully?</c>

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:35.660
I<00:33:33.200><c> think</c><00:33:33.359><c> sometimes</c><00:33:33.940><c> we</c><00:33:34.180><c> do</c><00:33:34.400><c> our</c><00:33:34.680><c> work.</c>

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:39.940
Let<00:33:37.200><c> me</c><00:33:37.339><c> speak</c><00:33:37.500><c> for</c><00:33:37.680><c> myself,</c><00:33:38.119><c> because</c><00:33:38.680><c> I'm</c><00:33:39.380><c> sure</c><00:33:39.559><c> that</c><00:33:39.720><c> you</c><00:33:39.819><c> do</c>

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:46.299
it<00:33:40.000><c> better</c><00:33:40.200><c> than</c><00:33:40.339><c> I</c><00:33:40.599><c> do,</c><00:33:41.420><c> that</c><00:33:41.779><c> sometimes</c><00:33:42.579><c> I</c><00:33:43.019><c> do</c><00:33:43.279><c> my</c><00:33:43.660><c> work</c><00:33:44.180><c> in</c><00:33:44.640><c> not</c><00:33:44.920><c> so</c><00:33:45.259><c> faithful</c><00:33:45.720><c> a</c><00:33:45.920><c> way.</c>

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:54.579
In<00:33:47.160><c> other</c><00:33:47.460><c> words,</c><00:33:47.799><c> the</c><00:33:47.880><c> effort</c><00:33:48.240><c> sometimes</c><00:33:48.839><c> that</c><00:33:49.000><c> I</c><00:33:49.220><c> give</c><00:33:49.440><c> to</c><00:33:49.680><c> my</c><00:33:49.940><c> work</c><00:33:50.240><c> is</c><00:33:50.940><c> only</c><00:33:51.500><c> up</c><00:33:52.059><c> to</c><00:33:52.299><c> the</c><00:33:52.660><c> standard</c><00:33:53.200><c> by</c><00:33:54.119><c> which</c><00:33:54.319><c> I</c>

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:56.700
think<00:33:54.759><c> I'm</c><00:33:54.940><c> going</c><00:33:55.140><c> to</c><00:33:55.319><c> be</c><00:33:55.559><c> judged.</c>

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:59.900
And<00:33:57.960><c> that's</c><00:33:58.319><c> not</c><00:33:58.720><c> good</c><00:33:59.039><c> enough.</c>

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.420
It's<00:34:00.759><c> not</c><00:34:01.000><c> good</c><00:34:01.220><c> enough</c><00:34:01.460><c> to</c><00:34:01.680><c> just</c><00:34:01.940><c> do</c><00:34:02.279><c> it</c><00:34:02.680><c> so</c><00:34:02.880><c> it's</c><00:34:03.460><c> satisfactory.</c>

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:08.659
It<00:34:05.059><c> should</c><00:34:05.259><c> be,</c><00:34:05.440><c> as</c><00:34:05.599><c> we're</c><00:34:05.799><c> told,</c><00:34:07.000><c> as</c><00:34:07.259><c> unto</c><00:34:07.500><c> the</c><00:34:07.819><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:12.940
And<00:34:09.219><c> so</c><00:34:09.440><c> our</c><00:34:09.679><c> object</c><00:34:10.000><c> should</c><00:34:10.239><c> always</c><00:34:10.659><c> be</c><00:34:11.219><c> to</c><00:34:11.659><c> do</c><00:34:11.860><c> it</c><00:34:12.400><c> as</c><00:34:12.699><c> unto</c>

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.559
the<00:34:13.239><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:16.460
And<00:34:14.079><c> so</c><00:34:14.340><c> these</c><00:34:14.639><c> men,</c><00:34:15.219><c> they</c><00:34:15.219><c> were</c><00:34:15.500><c> entrusted</c><00:34:15.880><c> with</c><00:34:16.159><c> the</c><00:34:16.300><c> money</c>

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:20.219
that<00:34:16.559><c> was</c><00:34:16.760><c> given</c><00:34:16.960><c> to</c><00:34:17.199><c> them,</c><00:34:17.800><c> and</c><00:34:18.019><c> they</c><00:34:18.199><c> did</c><00:34:18.380><c> their</c><00:34:18.619><c> work</c><00:34:18.940><c> faithfully.</c>

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:26.340
Do<00:34:21.340><c> we</c><00:34:21.480><c> ever</c><00:34:21.679><c> do</c><00:34:21.860><c> our</c><00:34:22.159><c> work</c><00:34:22.780><c> just</c><00:34:23.400><c> so</c><00:34:23.659><c> it's</c><00:34:24.539><c> pleasing</c><00:34:25.000><c> to</c><00:34:25.280><c> men,</c>

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:29.260
but<00:34:27.159><c> not</c><00:34:27.420><c> the</c><00:34:27.599><c> best</c><00:34:27.780><c> that</c><00:34:27.940><c> we</c><00:34:28.079><c> can</c><00:34:28.340><c> do?</c>

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:33.679
If<00:34:29.940><c> you</c><00:34:30.119><c> think</c><00:34:30.300><c> about</c><00:34:30.599><c> the</c><00:34:30.920><c> evil</c><00:34:31.159><c> age</c><00:34:31.340><c> that</c><00:34:31.519><c> they</c><00:34:31.739><c> lived</c><00:34:31.920><c> in</c><00:34:32.199><c> and</c><00:34:32.320><c> the</c><00:34:32.579><c> evil</c><00:34:32.780><c> age</c><00:34:33.099><c> that</c><00:34:33.340><c> we</c>

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:37.199
live<00:34:34.019><c> in,</c><00:34:35.059><c> I</c><00:34:35.300><c> think</c><00:34:35.440><c> we</c><00:34:35.619><c> need</c><00:34:35.780><c> to</c><00:34:35.940><c> take</c><00:34:36.119><c> some</c><00:34:36.519><c> certain</c><00:34:36.739><c> lessons</c>

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.659
to<00:34:37.519><c> heart</c><00:34:37.739><c> about</c><00:34:38.099><c> that.</c>

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:45.099
It's<00:34:39.559><c> difficult,</c><00:34:40.179><c> isn't</c><00:34:40.219><c> it,</c><00:34:40.539><c> sometimes,</c><00:34:40.920><c> when</c><00:34:41.280><c> everybody</c><00:34:41.840><c> else</c><00:34:42.280><c> around</c><00:34:42.679><c> us</c><00:34:43.659><c> does</c><00:34:44.119><c> things</c><00:34:44.599><c> in</c><00:34:44.900><c> a</c>

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.539
certain<00:34:45.360><c> way.</c>

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:51.320
We<00:34:47.019><c> feel</c><00:34:47.300><c> like</c><00:34:47.900><c> we're</c><00:34:48.159><c> almost</c><00:34:48.639><c> out</c><00:34:48.980><c> of</c><00:34:49.380><c> step</c><00:34:49.900><c> if</c><00:34:50.539><c> we</c><00:34:50.780><c> don't</c><00:34:51.000><c> do</c>

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:56.260
things<00:34:51.739><c> the</c><00:34:52.059><c> same</c><00:34:52.320><c> way,</c><00:34:52.840><c> even</c><00:34:53.139><c> though</c><00:34:53.340><c> they're</c><00:34:53.539><c> not</c><00:34:53.860><c> up</c><00:34:54.079><c> to</c><00:34:54.239><c> the</c><00:34:54.460><c> high</c><00:34:54.699><c> and</c><00:34:54.860><c> lofty</c><00:34:55.320><c> standard</c><00:34:55.760><c> of</c>

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.960
as<00:34:56.559><c> unto</c><00:34:56.820><c> the</c><00:34:57.139><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:58.820 --> 00:35:02.940
How<00:34:58.980><c> many</c><00:34:59.219><c> times</c><00:34:59.579><c> do</c><00:34:59.780><c> we</c><00:34:59.980><c> sort</c><00:35:00.179><c> of</c><00:35:01.420><c> bend</c><00:35:01.659><c> the</c><00:35:01.920><c> rules?</c>

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:05.139
Because<00:35:04.000><c> everybody</c><00:35:04.420><c> bends</c><00:35:04.739><c> the</c><00:35:04.960><c> rules.</c>

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:07.599
Hey,<00:35:05.519><c> look,</c><00:35:05.679><c> if</c><00:35:05.800><c> you</c><00:35:05.960><c> don't</c><00:35:06.119><c> bend</c><00:35:06.280><c> the</c><00:35:06.480><c> rules,</c><00:35:06.619><c> you</c><00:35:06.719><c> can't</c><00:35:06.980><c> do</c><00:35:07.219><c> it.</c>

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.639
You<00:35:08.019><c> can't</c><00:35:08.280><c> get</c><00:35:08.420><c> it</c><00:35:08.659><c> done.</c>

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:11.719
We<00:35:10.380><c> should</c><00:35:10.639><c> never</c><00:35:10.880><c> have</c><00:35:11.099><c> that</c><00:35:11.340><c> attitude.</c>

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:14.980
That's<00:35:12.340><c> not</c><00:35:12.539><c> doing</c><00:35:12.739><c> our</c><00:35:13.039><c> work</c><00:35:13.219><c> and</c><00:35:13.380><c> doing</c><00:35:13.619><c> it</c><00:35:13.940><c> faithfully.</c>

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:17.980
There<00:35:15.320><c> are</c><00:35:15.500><c> lots</c><00:35:15.780><c> of</c><00:35:16.039><c> things</c><00:35:16.239><c> that</c><00:35:16.460><c> we</c><00:35:16.599><c> do</c><00:35:16.760><c> in</c><00:35:16.940><c> this</c><00:35:17.219><c> life</c><00:35:17.559><c> that</c>

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:20.679
other<00:35:18.219><c> people</c><00:35:18.460><c> are</c><00:35:18.599><c> going</c><00:35:18.719><c> to</c><00:35:18.860><c> say,</c><00:35:19.920><c> you</c><00:35:19.940><c> put</c><00:35:20.119><c> an</c><00:35:20.300><c> awful</c><00:35:20.480><c> lot</c>

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.619
of<00:35:20.880><c> effort</c><00:35:21.119><c> into</c><00:35:21.360><c> that.</c>

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:24.260
What<00:35:22.059><c> are</c><00:35:22.480><c> you</c><00:35:22.699><c> breaking</c><00:35:23.000><c> your</c><00:35:23.340><c> back</c><00:35:23.619><c> for?</c>

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:27.119
Because<00:35:25.079><c> what</c><00:35:25.500><c> they're</c><00:35:25.800><c> telling</c><00:35:26.039><c> you</c><00:35:26.280><c> is,</c><00:35:26.639><c> I'm</c><00:35:26.719><c> not</c><00:35:26.860><c> going</c><00:35:27.019><c> to</c>

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.960
expend<00:35:27.300><c> that</c><00:35:27.519><c> much</c><00:35:27.679><c> energy.</c>

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.699
I've<00:35:28.400><c> got</c><00:35:28.500><c> a</c><00:35:28.639><c> lot</c><00:35:28.780><c> better</c><00:35:29.059><c> things</c><00:35:29.320><c> to</c><00:35:29.559><c> do.</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.519
I'm<00:35:30.019><c> going</c><00:35:30.079><c> to</c><00:35:30.099><c> go</c><00:35:30.239><c> out</c><00:35:30.340><c> on</c><00:35:30.420><c> my</c><00:35:30.739><c> boat</c><00:35:30.920><c> on</c><00:35:31.260><c> Saturday.</c>

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.960
I<00:35:31.920><c> can't</c><00:35:32.139><c> spend</c><00:35:32.340><c> this</c><00:35:32.579><c> much</c><00:35:32.739><c> time</c><00:35:32.980><c> doing</c><00:35:33.199><c> this</c><00:35:33.400><c> at</c><00:35:33.599><c> work.</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:37.199
So<00:35:34.679><c> we</c><00:35:34.840><c> have</c><00:35:34.900><c> to</c><00:35:35.000><c> be</c><00:35:35.119><c> very</c><00:35:35.500><c> careful</c><00:35:35.780><c> that</c><00:35:35.960><c> we</c><00:35:36.119><c> do</c><00:35:36.340><c> our</c><00:35:36.579><c> work</c><00:35:36.880><c> and</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.340
do<00:35:37.400><c> it</c><00:35:37.719><c> faithfully</c><00:35:38.400><c> as</c><00:35:38.960><c> these</c><00:35:39.280><c> men</c><00:35:39.519><c> did.</c>

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:43.820
They<00:35:40.500><c> were</c><00:35:40.960><c> they</c><00:35:40.960><c> were</c><00:35:41.159><c> men</c><00:35:41.340><c> that</c><00:35:41.599><c> took</c><00:35:41.780><c> to</c><00:35:42.119><c> heart</c><00:35:42.400><c> the</c><00:35:42.880><c> enthusiasm</c><00:35:43.559><c> of</c>

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:45.019
young<00:35:44.079><c> King</c><00:35:44.340><c> Josiah.</c>

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:48.019
And<00:35:45.460><c> they</c><00:35:45.679><c> did</c><00:35:45.860><c> their</c><00:35:46.159><c> work</c><00:35:46.599><c> and</c><00:35:46.840><c> they</c><00:35:46.980><c> did</c><00:35:47.139><c> it</c><00:35:47.340><c> faithfully,</c>

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:53.400
not<00:35:48.780><c> as</c><00:35:49.199><c> unto</c><00:35:49.440><c> men</c><00:35:49.900><c> as</c><00:35:50.239><c> men</c><00:35:50.559><c> pleasers,</c><00:35:51.760><c> but</c><00:35:52.000><c> as</c><00:35:52.239><c> unto</c><00:35:52.440><c> God.</c>

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.880
I'd<00:35:54.440><c> like</c><00:35:54.519><c> to</c><00:35:54.780><c> conclude</c><00:35:55.059><c> today</c><00:35:55.579><c> looking</c><00:35:56.059><c> at</c><00:35:56.400><c> one</c><00:35:56.619><c> other</c><00:35:57.000><c> prophet</c><00:35:57.440><c> that</c>

00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:00.900
I<00:35:58.239><c> know</c><00:35:58.920><c> Josiah</c><00:35:59.559><c> would</c><00:35:59.719><c> have</c><00:35:59.840><c> been</c><00:36:00.099><c> influenced</c><00:36:00.519><c> by.</c>

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:04.119
There<00:36:01.400><c> is</c><00:36:01.599><c> some</c><00:36:01.800><c> discussion</c><00:36:02.239><c> as</c><00:36:02.460><c> to</c><00:36:02.619><c> exactly</c><00:36:03.000><c> when</c><00:36:03.239><c> this</c><00:36:03.619><c> prophet</c><00:36:03.940><c> did</c>

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.920
his<00:36:04.400><c> prophesying.</c>

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:09.440
We<00:36:05.239><c> know</c><00:36:05.579><c> because</c><00:36:05.940><c> of</c><00:36:06.099><c> the</c><00:36:06.300><c> first</c><00:36:06.780><c> verse</c><00:36:07.179><c> of</c><00:36:07.340><c> his</c><00:36:08.159><c> his</c><00:36:08.519><c> prophecy</c><00:36:08.800><c> that</c><00:36:09.199><c> he</c>

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.820
prophesied<00:36:09.840><c> in</c><00:36:09.980><c> the</c><00:36:10.079><c> time</c><00:36:10.219><c> of</c><00:36:10.440><c> Josiah.</c>

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:12.019
But<00:36:11.059><c> when</c><00:36:11.400><c> did</c><00:36:11.539><c> it</c><00:36:11.800><c> happen?</c>

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:14.719
Because<00:36:12.320><c> if</c><00:36:12.500><c> you</c><00:36:12.659><c> think</c><00:36:12.880><c> about</c><00:36:13.159><c> it,</c><00:36:13.480><c> there's</c><00:36:13.699><c> very</c><00:36:14.079><c> distinct</c>

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:16.699
time<00:36:15.039><c> periods</c><00:36:15.460><c> in</c><00:36:15.719><c> the</c><00:36:15.880><c> time</c><00:36:16.019><c> of</c><00:36:16.219><c> Josiah.</c>

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:21.739
And<00:36:17.260><c> I</c><00:36:17.420><c> think</c><00:36:17.739><c> the</c><00:36:18.760><c> way</c><00:36:19.119><c> mark</c><00:36:19.400><c> there,</c><00:36:19.800><c> the</c><00:36:19.980><c> important</c><00:36:20.539><c> division</c><00:36:20.980><c> time</c><00:36:21.360><c> is</c>

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:25.099
the<00:36:21.960><c> year</c><00:36:22.079><c> we</c><00:36:22.219><c> just</c><00:36:22.480><c> spoke</c><00:36:22.760><c> about</c><00:36:23.039><c> when</c><00:36:23.199><c> these</c><00:36:23.440><c> men</c><00:36:23.619><c> were</c><00:36:24.139><c> faithfully</c><00:36:24.519><c> doing</c><00:36:24.719><c> their</c><00:36:24.980><c> work</c>

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.699
in<00:36:25.260><c> the</c><00:36:25.440><c> temple.</c>

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:28.760
The<00:36:26.079><c> 18th</c><00:36:26.659><c> year</c><00:36:26.780><c> of</c><00:36:26.940><c> his</c><00:36:27.159><c> reign</c><00:36:27.300><c> when</c><00:36:27.440><c> he</c><00:36:27.559><c> was</c><00:36:27.719><c> 26</c><00:36:28.159><c> years</c><00:36:28.519><c> old.</c>

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:31.659
Because<00:36:29.179><c> as</c><00:36:29.420><c> we're</c><00:36:29.519><c> going</c><00:36:29.619><c> to</c><00:36:29.659><c> see</c><00:36:29.840><c> tomorrow,</c><00:36:30.260><c> they</c><00:36:30.420><c> discovered</c><00:36:31.119><c> the</c><00:36:31.480><c> book</c>

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:33.199
of<00:36:31.860><c> the</c><00:36:32.039><c> law</c><00:36:32.320><c> at</c><00:36:32.539><c> that</c><00:36:32.820><c> time.</c>

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:37.260
And<00:36:33.679><c> so</c><00:36:34.019><c> they</c><00:36:34.320><c> really</c><00:36:34.699><c> did</c><00:36:34.960><c> have</c><00:36:35.380><c> the</c><00:36:35.679><c> full</c><00:36:36.019><c> counsel</c><00:36:36.539><c> of</c><00:36:36.800><c> God</c>

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:38.159
after<00:36:37.880><c> this.</c>

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:40.300
They<00:36:38.300><c> knew</c><00:36:38.460><c> exactly</c><00:36:39.000><c> what</c><00:36:39.159><c> they</c><00:36:39.320><c> were</c><00:36:39.519><c> supposed</c><00:36:39.840><c> to</c><00:36:40.039><c> do.</c>

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:43.539
Josiah<00:36:40.920><c> had</c><00:36:41.139><c> gotten</c><00:36:41.239><c> a</c><00:36:41.420><c> really</c><00:36:41.679><c> good</c><00:36:41.900><c> start</c><00:36:42.199><c> with</c><00:36:42.400><c> the</c><00:36:42.619><c> limited</c><00:36:42.960><c> knowledge</c><00:36:43.360><c> that</c>

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.039
he<00:36:43.719><c> had.</c>

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:47.599
But<00:36:44.480><c> he</c><00:36:44.760><c> really</c><00:36:45.219><c> took</c><00:36:45.480><c> off</c><00:36:45.860><c> from</c><00:36:46.119><c> that</c><00:36:46.440><c> point</c><00:36:46.679><c> on</c><00:36:47.019><c> when</c><00:36:47.340><c> they</c>

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:49.659
understood<00:36:47.960><c> all</c><00:36:48.480><c> that</c><00:36:48.599><c> they</c><00:36:48.800><c> needed</c><00:36:49.039><c> to</c><00:36:49.360><c> do.</c>

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:56.599
And<00:36:50.079><c> so</c><00:36:50.300><c> in</c><00:36:50.480><c> that</c><00:36:50.619><c> 18th</c><00:36:51.280><c> year</c><00:36:51.840><c> and</c><00:36:52.139><c> thereafter,</c><00:36:53.539><c> if</c><00:36:53.920><c> the</c><00:36:54.320><c> prophet</c><00:36:54.639><c> Zephaniah</c><00:36:55.360><c> spoke,</c><00:36:56.400><c> then</c>

00:36:56.599 --> 00:37:00.260
the<00:36:57.179><c> message</c><00:36:57.500><c> would</c><00:36:57.739><c> have</c><00:36:58.119><c> a</c><00:36:58.420><c> certain</c><00:36:58.599><c> amount</c><00:36:58.940><c> of</c><00:36:59.260><c> weight</c><00:36:59.559><c> on</c>

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.800
King<00:37:00.500><c> Josiah.</c>

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:08.659
But<00:37:02.119><c> if</c><00:37:02.360><c> it</c><00:37:02.519><c> had</c><00:37:02.800><c> happened</c><00:37:03.440><c> before</c><00:37:04.480><c> that</c><00:37:05.380><c> 18th</c><00:37:05.880><c> year</c><00:37:05.980><c> of</c><00:37:06.119><c> his</c><00:37:06.340><c> reign</c><00:37:06.500><c> when</c><00:37:06.639><c> he</c><00:37:06.780><c> was</c><00:37:06.980><c> 26</c><00:37:07.440><c> years</c><00:37:07.800><c> old,</c><00:37:08.360><c> I</c>

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:11.420
think<00:37:08.960><c> the</c><00:37:09.340><c> impression</c><00:37:09.840><c> that</c><00:37:10.019><c> it</c><00:37:10.139><c> gives</c><00:37:10.500><c> would</c><00:37:10.880><c> be</c><00:37:11.119><c> very,</c>

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.380
very<00:37:11.840><c> strong.</c>

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:15.340
Take<00:37:13.159><c> a</c><00:37:13.340><c> look</c><00:37:13.539><c> at</c><00:37:13.739><c> Zephaniah.</c>

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:30.340
It<00:37:27.639><c> would</c><00:37:27.800><c> be</c><00:37:27.980><c> nice</c><00:37:28.179><c> to</c><00:37:28.380><c> read</c><00:37:28.480><c> all</c><00:37:28.719><c> of</c><00:37:28.840><c> the</c><00:37:29.099><c> prophecy</c><00:37:29.420><c> because</c>

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:33.300
it<00:37:31.179><c> really</c><00:37:31.599><c> fills</c><00:37:31.940><c> in</c><00:37:32.320><c> for</c><00:37:32.480><c> us</c><00:37:32.920><c> again.</c>

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:36.219
And<00:37:33.460><c> I</c><00:37:33.519><c> think</c><00:37:33.659><c> we've</c><00:37:33.860><c> already</c><00:37:34.099><c> done</c><00:37:34.239><c> it,</c><00:37:34.380><c> so</c><00:37:34.480><c> we</c><00:37:34.619><c> probably</c><00:37:35.300><c> don't</c><00:37:35.719><c> need</c><00:37:35.960><c> to</c>

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.739
take<00:37:36.360><c> the</c><00:37:36.559><c> time.</c>

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:40.099
But<00:37:37.739><c> the</c><00:37:37.880><c> corruption</c><00:37:38.639><c> that's</c><00:37:38.900><c> going</c><00:37:39.139><c> on</c><00:37:39.340><c> in</c><00:37:39.579><c> Judah</c><00:37:39.739><c> and</c><00:37:39.920><c> how</c>

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:42.380
God<00:37:40.360><c> is</c><00:37:40.559><c> going</c><00:37:40.699><c> to</c><00:37:40.880><c> judge</c><00:37:41.079><c> that</c><00:37:41.460><c> corruption.</c>

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:47.659
But<00:37:42.539><c> when</c><00:37:42.659><c> we</c><00:37:42.739><c> get</c><00:37:42.940><c> to</c><00:37:43.139><c> chapter</c><00:37:43.579><c> three</c><00:37:44.519><c> of</c><00:37:45.019><c> Zephaniah's</c><00:37:45.800><c> prophecy,</c><00:37:47.320><c> we</c><00:37:47.440><c> have</c><00:37:47.559><c> a</c>

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:52.719
very<00:37:48.159><c> positive,</c><00:37:49.219><c> I</c><00:37:49.940><c> think,</c><00:37:50.699><c> looking</c><00:37:51.039><c> forward</c><00:37:51.699><c> in</c><00:37:51.960><c> the</c><00:37:52.199><c> future</c>

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:54.940
of<00:37:53.179><c> what's</c><00:37:53.519><c> going</c><00:37:53.679><c> to</c><00:37:53.980><c> happen.</c>

00:37:56.059 --> 00:38:00.920
Intermingled<00:37:56.599><c> with</c><00:37:56.840><c> that</c><00:37:57.440><c> is</c><00:37:57.900><c> the</c><00:37:58.099><c> idea</c><00:37:58.460><c> that</c><00:37:58.639><c> I'm</c><00:37:58.880><c> sure</c><00:37:59.199><c> Josiah</c><00:37:59.739><c> understood</c><00:38:00.460><c> all</c>

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.639
too<00:38:01.159><c> well,</c><00:38:01.940><c> that</c><00:38:02.079><c> he</c><00:38:02.219><c> was</c><00:38:02.400><c> living</c><00:38:02.579><c> in</c><00:38:02.760><c> a</c><00:38:02.920><c> doomed</c><00:38:03.119><c> age.</c>

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:08.179
That<00:38:04.079><c> there</c><00:38:04.360><c> was</c><00:38:04.980><c> coming</c><00:38:05.440><c> destruction</c><00:38:06.260><c> and</c><00:38:06.539><c> judgment</c><00:38:06.840><c> from</c><00:38:07.119><c> God.</c>

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:12.719
But<00:38:09.079><c> Zephaniah</c><00:38:09.559><c> takes</c><00:38:09.860><c> this</c><00:38:10.179><c> further</c><00:38:10.619><c> and</c><00:38:11.300><c> really</c><00:38:11.880><c> drives</c><00:38:12.440><c> it</c>

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:15.079
home<00:38:12.960><c> right</c><00:38:13.320><c> to</c><00:38:13.500><c> the</c><00:38:13.739><c> future,</c><00:38:14.079><c> right</c><00:38:14.340><c> to</c><00:38:14.500><c> the</c><00:38:14.699><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:18.900
And<00:38:15.699><c> so</c><00:38:16.019><c> one</c><00:38:16.280><c> of</c><00:38:16.420><c> the</c><00:38:16.559><c> things</c><00:38:16.679><c> I'm</c><00:38:16.900><c> sure</c><00:38:17.159><c> that</c><00:38:17.420><c> motivated</c><00:38:17.820><c> Josiah</c><00:38:18.500><c> as</c>

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:23.119
he<00:38:19.079><c> was</c><00:38:19.280><c> doing</c><00:38:19.539><c> his</c><00:38:19.960><c> work</c><00:38:20.320><c> was</c><00:38:20.760><c> that</c><00:38:21.199><c> kingdom</c><00:38:21.639><c> that</c><00:38:22.079><c> would</c><00:38:22.360><c> come,</c><00:38:22.900><c> the</c>

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:24.179
one<00:38:23.239><c> that</c><00:38:23.400><c> had</c><00:38:23.500><c> been</c><00:38:23.800><c> promised.</c>

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:28.019
He<00:38:24.599><c> was</c><00:38:24.920><c> so</c><00:38:25.880><c> enthused</c><00:38:26.559><c> about</c><00:38:26.880><c> doing</c><00:38:27.159><c> the</c><00:38:27.360><c> things</c><00:38:27.519><c> of</c><00:38:27.739><c> David,</c>

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.639
his<00:38:28.300><c> father.</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:31.559
He<00:38:29.079><c> had</c><00:38:29.300><c> heard</c><00:38:29.500><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:30.139><c> speak</c><00:38:30.519><c> about</c><00:38:30.800><c> the</c><00:38:31.099><c> promises</c><00:38:31.380><c> that</c>

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.679
had<00:38:31.679><c> been</c><00:38:31.820><c> made</c><00:38:31.940><c> to</c><00:38:32.219><c> Abraham.</c>

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:34.960
These<00:38:33.420><c> things</c><00:38:33.760><c> molded</c><00:38:34.239><c> his</c><00:38:34.539><c> life.</c>

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:39.019
And<00:38:35.380><c> so</c><00:38:35.679><c> when</c><00:38:35.900><c> Zephaniah</c><00:38:36.400><c> spoke,</c><00:38:36.960><c> I'm</c><00:38:37.300><c> sure</c><00:38:37.559><c> they</c><00:38:37.840><c> had</c><00:38:38.119><c> special</c><00:38:38.559><c> impact</c>

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.420
on<00:38:39.219><c> him</c><00:38:39.400><c> as</c><00:38:39.639><c> well.</c>

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.619
Take<00:38:40.739><c> a</c><00:38:40.880><c> look</c><00:38:40.980><c> at</c><00:38:41.139><c> verse</c><00:38:41.380><c> eight.</c>

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:49.340
It<00:38:43.519><c> says,</c><00:38:45.340><c> Therefore,</c><00:38:46.000><c> wait</c><00:38:46.320><c> ye</c><00:38:46.559><c> for</c><00:38:46.820><c> me,</c><00:38:47.260><c> saith</c><00:38:47.400><c> the</c><00:38:47.659><c> Lord,</c><00:38:48.199><c> until</c><00:38:48.480><c> the</c><00:38:48.719><c> day</c><00:38:48.920><c> that</c><00:38:49.079><c> I</c>

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:50.679
rise<00:38:49.699><c> up</c><00:38:49.960><c> to</c><00:38:50.119><c> the</c><00:38:50.400><c> prey.</c>

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:54.539
For<00:38:51.219><c> my</c><00:38:51.480><c> determination</c><00:38:52.179><c> is</c><00:38:52.500><c> to</c><00:38:52.739><c> gather</c><00:38:53.000><c> the</c><00:38:53.320><c> nations</c><00:38:53.840><c> that</c><00:38:54.280><c> I</c>

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:57.780
may<00:38:54.679><c> assemble</c><00:38:55.139><c> the</c><00:38:55.420><c> kingdom</c><00:38:55.820><c> to</c><00:38:56.320><c> pour</c><00:38:56.619><c> upon</c><00:38:57.019><c> them</c><00:38:57.179><c> my</c><00:38:57.500><c> indignation.</c>

00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:02.199
Even<00:38:58.679><c> all</c><00:38:59.340><c> my</c><00:38:59.599><c> fierce</c><00:38:59.880><c> anger</c><00:39:00.380><c> for</c><00:39:00.900><c> all</c><00:39:01.159><c> the</c><00:39:01.380><c> earth</c><00:39:01.599><c> shall</c><00:39:01.860><c> be</c>

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:05.519
devoured<00:39:02.639><c> with</c><00:39:03.139><c> the</c><00:39:03.519><c> fire</c><00:39:03.880><c> of</c><00:39:04.199><c> my</c><00:39:04.500><c> jealousy.</c>

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:10.880
I'd<00:39:06.239><c> like</c><00:39:06.320><c> you</c><00:39:06.460><c> to</c><00:39:06.659><c> keep</c><00:39:06.800><c> that</c><00:39:07.079><c> in</c><00:39:07.300><c> mind</c><00:39:07.760><c> as</c><00:39:08.300><c> sort</c><00:39:08.500><c> of</c><00:39:08.719><c> a</c><00:39:08.940><c> conclusion</c><00:39:09.639><c> to</c><00:39:10.539><c> some</c><00:39:10.719><c> of</c>

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.980
the<00:39:10.980><c> things</c><00:39:11.099><c> that</c><00:39:11.239><c> he's</c><00:39:11.380><c> been</c><00:39:11.699><c> saying.</c>

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:15.199
And<00:39:12.260><c> let's</c><00:39:12.420><c> go</c><00:39:12.679><c> back</c><00:39:13.059><c> a</c><00:39:13.219><c> little</c><00:39:13.360><c> bit</c><00:39:13.519><c> earlier</c><00:39:13.940><c> in</c><00:39:14.179><c> chapter</c><00:39:14.579><c> three.</c>

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.460
Take<00:39:15.659><c> a</c><00:39:15.840><c> look</c><00:39:16.119><c> at</c><00:39:16.400><c> verse</c><00:39:16.679><c> six.</c>

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:23.039
It<00:39:18.219><c> says,</c><00:39:18.900><c> I</c><00:39:18.900><c> have</c><00:39:19.219><c> cut</c><00:39:19.460><c> off</c><00:39:19.739><c> nations</c><00:39:20.219><c> that</c><00:39:20.960><c> their</c><00:39:21.920><c> battlements</c><00:39:22.760><c> waste.</c>

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.039
Hang<00:39:23.860><c> on.</c>

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.340
I<00:39:24.320><c> have</c><00:39:24.519><c> cut</c><00:39:24.679><c> off</c><00:39:24.920><c> nations.</c>

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:27.000
Their<00:39:25.860><c> battlements</c><00:39:26.300><c> are</c><00:39:26.519><c> desolate.</c>

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:31.059
I<00:39:27.500><c> have</c><00:39:27.599><c> made</c><00:39:27.860><c> their</c><00:39:28.159><c> streets</c><00:39:28.500><c> waste,</c><00:39:29.460><c> that</c><00:39:29.500><c> none</c><00:39:29.880><c> passeth</c><00:39:30.480><c> by</c>

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:34.059
their<00:39:31.300><c> cities,</c><00:39:32.519><c> passeth</c><00:39:33.719><c> by.</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:37.860
Their<00:39:34.519><c> cities</c><00:39:34.780><c> are</c><00:39:35.019><c> destroyed,</c><00:39:35.940><c> so</c><00:39:36.059><c> that</c><00:39:36.199><c> there</c><00:39:36.400><c> is</c><00:39:36.619><c> no</c><00:39:36.920><c> man,</c>

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:39.800
that<00:39:38.079><c> there</c><00:39:38.340><c> is</c><00:39:38.639><c> none</c><00:39:38.960><c> inhabitant.</c>

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:44.239
I<00:39:40.500><c> said,</c><00:39:40.699><c> Surely</c><00:39:41.219><c> thou</c><00:39:41.480><c> will</c><00:39:41.780><c> fear</c><00:39:42.079><c> me,</c><00:39:42.659><c> thou</c><00:39:42.840><c> will</c><00:39:43.099><c> receive</c><00:39:43.539><c> correction.</c>

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:48.159
So<00:39:44.780><c> her</c><00:39:45.059><c> dwelling</c><00:39:45.460><c> shall</c><00:39:45.800><c> not</c><00:39:46.219><c> be</c><00:39:46.440><c> cut</c><00:39:46.639><c> off</c><00:39:47.039><c> according</c><00:39:47.579><c> to</c><00:39:47.860><c> all</c>

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:50.340
that<00:39:48.320><c> I</c><00:39:48.500><c> have</c><00:39:48.679><c> appointed</c><00:39:49.199><c> concerning</c><00:39:49.940><c> her.</c>

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:55.380
But<00:39:50.960><c> they</c><00:39:51.239><c> rose</c><00:39:51.639><c> early</c><00:39:52.219><c> and</c><00:39:52.900><c> corrupted</c><00:39:53.519><c> all</c><00:39:54.059><c> their</c><00:39:54.360><c> doings.</c>

00:39:55.380 --> 00:40:00.760
Do<00:39:55.840><c> you</c><00:39:56.019><c> remember</c><00:39:56.739><c> in</c><00:39:57.239><c> your</c><00:39:57.559><c> readings</c><00:39:58.179><c> of</c><00:39:59.360><c> Josiah's</c><00:40:00.159><c> reaction</c>

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:03.500
when<00:40:01.260><c> he</c><00:40:01.480><c> received</c><00:40:02.000><c> the</c><00:40:02.219><c> word</c><00:40:02.360><c> of</c><00:40:02.539><c> the</c><00:40:02.719><c> Lord?</c>

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:05.619
It<00:40:04.000><c> was</c><00:40:04.579><c> instantaneous.</c>

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:09.420
When<00:40:06.280><c> he</c><00:40:06.539><c> heard</c><00:40:06.780><c> it,</c><00:40:07.059><c> he</c><00:40:07.340><c> rent</c><00:40:07.599><c> his</c><00:40:07.980><c> clothes</c><00:40:08.219><c> immediately.</c>

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:11.860
We'll<00:40:09.820><c> speak</c><00:40:10.079><c> about</c><00:40:10.340><c> that</c><00:40:10.659><c> tomorrow</c><00:40:11.019><c> in</c><00:40:11.179><c> more</c><00:40:11.400><c> detail.</c>

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:15.760
But<00:40:12.380><c> isn't</c><00:40:12.659><c> that</c><00:40:12.940><c> a</c><00:40:13.219><c> reaction</c><00:40:13.679><c> to</c><00:40:13.900><c> what's</c><00:40:14.260><c> being</c><00:40:14.519><c> said</c><00:40:14.820><c> here?</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.559
That<00:40:16.119><c> same</c><00:40:16.400><c> thing,</c><00:40:16.820><c> that</c><00:40:17.059><c> word</c><00:40:17.320><c> had</c><00:40:17.559><c> gone</c><00:40:17.820><c> out</c><00:40:18.320><c> to</c><00:40:18.639><c> others</c><00:40:19.099><c> and</c>

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.579
they'd<00:40:19.920><c> not</c><00:40:20.159><c> listened.</c>

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.820
They'd<00:40:21.300><c> not</c><00:40:21.539><c> heard.</c>

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.360
They'd<00:40:22.260><c> been</c><00:40:22.460><c> slow</c><00:40:22.699><c> to</c><00:40:22.980><c> react</c><00:40:23.159><c> if</c><00:40:23.340><c> they</c><00:40:23.480><c> had</c><00:40:23.599><c> reacted</c><00:40:24.059><c> at</c><00:40:24.280><c> all.</c>

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:27.519
As<00:40:24.480><c> a</c><00:40:24.599><c> matter</c><00:40:24.800><c> of</c><00:40:24.940><c> fact,</c><00:40:25.300><c> they</c><00:40:25.400><c> didn't</c><00:40:25.659><c> react</c><00:40:26.079><c> in</c><00:40:26.219><c> a</c><00:40:26.440><c> positive</c><00:40:26.880><c> way.</c>

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:31.119
It<00:40:27.940><c> said</c><00:40:28.000><c> they</c><00:40:28.179><c> went</c><00:40:28.420><c> out</c><00:40:28.679><c> to</c><00:40:28.860><c> do</c><00:40:29.159><c> corrupt</c><00:40:29.679><c> things.</c>

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:36.280
And<00:40:31.460><c> so</c><00:40:31.579><c> at</c><00:40:31.760><c> the</c><00:40:31.860><c> end</c><00:40:32.019><c> of</c><00:40:32.139><c> it</c><00:40:32.340><c> all,</c><00:40:33.039><c> it</c><00:40:33.199><c> says,</c><00:40:34.659><c> Therefore,</c><00:40:35.860><c> wait</c>

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:38.980
for<00:40:36.980><c> the</c><00:40:37.139><c> judgments</c><00:40:37.619><c> of</c><00:40:37.960><c> the</c><00:40:38.159><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:42.719
What<00:40:39.400><c> I'd</c><00:40:39.579><c> like</c><00:40:39.659><c> to</c><00:40:39.820><c> do</c><00:40:39.880><c> is</c><00:40:40.019><c> I'd</c><00:40:40.219><c> like</c><00:40:40.340><c> to</c><00:40:40.599><c> very</c><00:40:40.900><c> quickly</c><00:40:41.199><c> conclude</c><00:40:41.820><c> with</c>

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:44.860
that<00:40:43.199><c> idea</c><00:40:43.619><c> of</c><00:40:44.059><c> waiting.</c>

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:49.159
If<00:40:45.960><c> we</c><00:40:46.159><c> look</c><00:40:46.300><c> at</c><00:40:46.460><c> what</c><00:40:46.679><c> Josiah</c><00:40:47.239><c> did</c><00:40:47.699><c> at</c><00:40:48.019><c> the</c><00:40:48.139><c> end</c><00:40:48.260><c> of</c><00:40:48.420><c> his</c><00:40:48.659><c> life</c>

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:53.659
in<00:40:50.139><c> maybe</c><00:40:50.440><c> a</c><00:40:50.800><c> negative</c><00:40:51.280><c> way</c><00:40:51.539><c> rather</c><00:40:51.820><c> than</c><00:40:52.000><c> a</c><00:40:52.239><c> positive</c><00:40:52.679><c> way,</c>

00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:56.480
remember<00:40:54.280><c> I</c><00:40:54.500><c> said</c><00:40:54.679><c> that</c><00:40:54.840><c> I</c><00:40:54.920><c> think</c><00:40:55.039><c> he</c><00:40:55.199><c> was</c><00:40:55.559><c> very</c><00:40:55.940><c> jealous</c><00:40:56.260><c> for</c>

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:59.000
the<00:40:56.659><c> land</c><00:40:56.900><c> and</c><00:40:57.039><c> maybe</c><00:40:57.260><c> that's</c><00:40:57.500><c> why</c><00:40:57.719><c> he</c><00:40:57.860><c> didn't</c><00:40:58.119><c> want</c><00:40:58.619><c> Pharaoh</c>

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:01.460
Niko<00:40:59.440><c> going</c><00:40:59.800><c> through</c><00:41:00.199><c> it.</c>

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:04.639
But<00:41:01.679><c> I</c><00:41:01.900><c> wonder</c><00:41:02.039><c> if</c><00:41:02.239><c> maybe</c><00:41:02.460><c> he</c><00:41:02.719><c> jumped</c><00:41:02.960><c> the</c><00:41:03.219><c> gun</c><00:41:03.559><c> and</c><00:41:04.260><c> didn't</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:06.480
learn<00:41:04.980><c> this</c><00:41:05.400><c> principle.</c>

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.679
I<00:41:07.300><c> hope</c><00:41:07.480><c> this</c><00:41:07.699><c> isn't</c><00:41:07.940><c> the</c><00:41:08.099><c> case,</c><00:41:08.519><c> brothers</c><00:41:08.599><c> and</c><00:41:08.860><c> sisters,</c><00:41:09.679><c> but</c>

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.800
surely<00:41:10.059><c> there's</c><00:41:10.360><c> an</c><00:41:10.519><c> exhortation</c><00:41:11.059><c> for</c><00:41:11.380><c> us.</c>

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:15.380
Maybe<00:41:12.599><c> he</c><00:41:12.860><c> didn't</c><00:41:13.179><c> wait</c><00:41:13.500><c> the</c><00:41:13.800><c> judgments</c><00:41:14.179><c> of</c><00:41:14.440><c> the</c><00:41:14.599><c> Lord.</c>

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:20.400
Maybe<00:41:15.820><c> it</c><00:41:16.019><c> wasn't</c><00:41:16.219><c> his</c><00:41:16.500><c> place</c><00:41:16.900><c> to</c><00:41:17.059><c> go</c><00:41:17.300><c> out</c><00:41:17.860><c> after</c><00:41:18.260><c> Pharaoh</c><00:41:18.840><c> because</c><00:41:20.059><c> God</c>

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:22.420
said<00:41:20.599><c> he</c><00:41:20.800><c> would</c><00:41:21.000><c> gather</c><00:41:21.300><c> those</c><00:41:21.559><c> nations</c><00:41:21.900><c> together.</c>

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:24.539
He<00:41:23.000><c> would</c><00:41:23.280><c> destroy</c><00:41:23.760><c> those</c><00:41:24.099><c> nations.</c>

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:27.300
Take<00:41:24.940><c> that</c><00:41:25.219><c> influence</c><00:41:25.659><c> away</c><00:41:25.920><c> from</c><00:41:26.159><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:30.280
And<00:41:27.679><c> maybe</c><00:41:27.860><c> he</c><00:41:28.039><c> jumped</c><00:41:28.260><c> the</c><00:41:28.460><c> gun</c><00:41:28.559><c> just</c><00:41:28.840><c> a</c><00:41:29.019><c> bit</c><00:41:29.380><c> and</c><00:41:29.840><c> went</c><00:41:30.000><c> out</c>

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:34.019
and<00:41:30.420><c> tried</c><00:41:30.599><c> to</c><00:41:30.860><c> defend</c><00:41:31.179><c> the</c><00:41:31.440><c> territory</c><00:41:31.900><c> that</c><00:41:32.059><c> he</c><00:41:32.179><c> was</c><00:41:32.360><c> so</c><00:41:32.639><c> jealous</c><00:41:32.980><c> for.</c>

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:36.420
Did<00:41:34.659><c> he</c><00:41:34.920><c> wait</c><00:41:35.199><c> on</c><00:41:35.420><c> the</c><00:41:35.619><c> Lord?</c>

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:39.840
We<00:41:37.539><c> have</c><00:41:37.719><c> to</c><00:41:37.880><c> learn</c><00:41:38.019><c> how</c><00:41:38.179><c> to</c><00:41:38.400><c> wait</c><00:41:38.639><c> as</c><00:41:38.980><c> well.</c>

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:43.739
These<00:41:40.760><c> are</c><00:41:40.980><c> two</c><00:41:41.440><c> almost</c><00:41:41.900><c> contrasting</c><00:41:42.659><c> things</c><00:41:42.820><c> I've</c><00:41:43.119><c> talked</c><00:41:43.320><c> about.</c>

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:48.239
When<00:41:44.199><c> you</c><00:41:44.320><c> know</c><00:41:44.519><c> what's</c><00:41:44.920><c> right,</c><00:41:45.579><c> you</c><00:41:45.780><c> have</c><00:41:45.940><c> an</c><00:41:46.139><c> understanding,</c><00:41:46.980><c> you</c><00:41:47.219><c> can't</c><00:41:47.579><c> sit</c><00:41:47.820><c> around.</c>

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:50.880
Opportunity<00:41:49.119><c> is</c><00:41:49.320><c> not</c><00:41:49.519><c> just</c><00:41:49.719><c> going</c><00:41:49.860><c> to</c><00:41:50.059><c> find</c><00:41:50.340><c> you.</c>

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:53.400
You<00:41:51.360><c> have</c><00:41:51.599><c> to</c><00:41:51.739><c> take</c><00:41:52.159><c> opportunity.</c>

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:56.800
But<00:41:53.820><c> when</c><00:41:54.000><c> the</c><00:41:54.219><c> Lord</c><00:41:54.400><c> told</c><00:41:54.940><c> us</c><00:41:55.159><c> what</c><00:41:55.320><c> he's</c><00:41:55.619><c> going</c><00:41:55.800><c> to</c><00:41:56.059><c> do,</c><00:41:56.460><c> we</c>

00:41:56.800 --> 00:42:01.480
don't<00:41:57.039><c> want</c><00:41:57.219><c> our</c><00:41:57.599><c> actions</c><00:41:58.159><c> to</c><00:41:58.639><c> be</c><00:41:58.980><c> thwarting</c><00:41:59.719><c> the</c><00:41:59.940><c> actions</c><00:42:00.320><c> of</c><00:42:00.579><c> God.</c>

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:05.739
We<00:42:02.019><c> want</c><00:42:02.179><c> to</c><00:42:02.300><c> be</c><00:42:02.460><c> able</c><00:42:02.659><c> to</c><00:42:02.900><c> have</c><00:42:03.079><c> the</c><00:42:03.360><c> patience</c><00:42:03.760><c> to</c><00:42:04.340><c> wait</c><00:42:04.579><c> for</c><00:42:04.820><c> God.</c>

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:11.039
I'd<00:42:06.099><c> like</c><00:42:06.179><c> you</c><00:42:06.360><c> to</c><00:42:06.480><c> take</c><00:42:06.599><c> a</c><00:42:06.760><c> look</c><00:42:07.059><c> finally</c><00:42:07.440><c> at</c><00:42:07.900><c> a</c><00:42:08.039><c> passage</c><00:42:08.300><c> in</c><00:42:08.480><c> the</c><00:42:08.559><c> New</c><00:42:08.719><c> Testament</c><00:42:09.179><c> and</c><00:42:09.760><c> maybe</c><00:42:10.159><c> look</c><00:42:10.380><c> at</c><00:42:10.539><c> it</c><00:42:10.699><c> in</c><00:42:10.780><c> just</c><00:42:10.920><c> a</c>

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:12.019
little<00:42:11.219><c> bit</c><00:42:11.460><c> different</c><00:42:11.659><c> way.</c>

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:15.340
Take<00:42:12.400><c> a</c><00:42:12.559><c> look</c><00:42:12.719><c> at</c><00:42:12.900><c> Luke</c><00:42:13.139><c> chapter</c><00:42:13.500><c> 18.</c>

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:24.880
This<00:42:22.599><c> is</c><00:42:22.820><c> the</c><00:42:22.980><c> parable</c><00:42:23.320><c> of</c><00:42:23.500><c> the</c><00:42:23.679><c> unjust</c><00:42:23.980><c> judge</c><00:42:24.340><c> beginning</c><00:42:24.679><c> in</c>

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:26.980
verse<00:42:25.179><c> 1.</c>

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:36.820
The<00:42:32.360><c> thing</c><00:42:32.639><c> that</c><00:42:32.920><c> waiting</c><00:42:33.199><c> does</c><00:42:33.800><c> is</c><00:42:34.199><c> it</c><00:42:34.400><c> teaches</c><00:42:34.699><c> us</c><00:42:35.079><c> patience,</c><00:42:36.199><c> that</c><00:42:36.420><c> God</c>

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:39.480
will<00:42:37.300><c> act</c><00:42:37.699><c> when</c><00:42:37.920><c> it</c><00:42:38.099><c> seems</c><00:42:38.340><c> like</c><00:42:38.519><c> he's</c><00:42:38.760><c> not</c><00:42:39.119><c> acting.</c>

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:42.400
On<00:42:40.380><c> Sunday</c><00:42:40.679><c> we</c><00:42:40.820><c> took</c><00:42:41.019><c> a</c><00:42:41.139><c> look</c><00:42:41.280><c> at</c><00:42:41.559><c> Saul.</c>

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:45.159
Nothing<00:42:42.900><c> ever</c><00:42:43.280><c> happened</c><00:42:43.539><c> in</c><00:42:43.800><c> time</c><00:42:44.039><c> for</c><00:42:44.300><c> Saul.</c>

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:46.679
He<00:42:45.559><c> had</c><00:42:45.780><c> to</c><00:42:45.900><c> do</c><00:42:46.039><c> it</c><00:42:46.179><c> right</c><00:42:46.420><c> then.</c>

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:48.360
He<00:42:47.019><c> couldn't</c><00:42:47.420><c> wait</c><00:42:47.719><c> for</c><00:42:47.940><c> God.</c>

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:51.800
And<00:42:48.980><c> it</c><00:42:49.039><c> always</c><00:42:49.400><c> got</c><00:42:49.579><c> him</c><00:42:49.760><c> in</c><00:42:50.139><c> a</c><00:42:50.420><c> world</c><00:42:50.659><c> of</c><00:42:50.960><c> trouble.</c>

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.739
We<00:42:52.179><c> have</c><00:42:52.420><c> to</c><00:42:52.559><c> wait</c><00:42:52.800><c> for</c><00:42:53.000><c> God</c><00:42:53.280><c> too.</c>

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:57.300
Because<00:42:54.199><c> if</c><00:42:54.380><c> we</c><00:42:54.519><c> don't</c><00:42:54.800><c> learn</c><00:42:55.079><c> patience,</c><00:42:56.099><c> we</c><00:42:56.199><c> might</c><00:42:56.480><c> not</c><00:42:56.880><c> stay</c>

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:58.940
faithful<00:42:57.780><c> to</c><00:42:58.000><c> God.</c>

00:42:59.179 --> 00:43:01.139
And<00:42:59.280><c> in</c><00:42:59.420><c> this</c><00:42:59.639><c> parable</c><00:42:59.940><c> it</c><00:43:00.099><c> says</c><00:43:00.300><c> in</c><00:43:00.440><c> verse</c><00:43:00.719><c> 1,</c>

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:04.619
And<00:43:01.500><c> he</c><00:43:01.659><c> spake</c><00:43:01.920><c> a</c><00:43:02.159><c> parable</c><00:43:02.440><c> unto</c><00:43:02.659><c> them,</c><00:43:02.980><c> to</c><00:43:03.099><c> the</c><00:43:03.280><c> end</c><00:43:03.400><c> that</c><00:43:03.559><c> they</c><00:43:03.760><c> ought</c><00:43:03.920><c> always</c><00:43:04.300><c> to</c>

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:05.599
pray<00:43:04.760><c> and</c><00:43:04.880><c> not</c><00:43:05.099><c> to</c><00:43:05.360><c> faint,</c>

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:08.659
saying,<00:43:06.519><c> There</c><00:43:06.539><c> was</c><00:43:06.780><c> in</c><00:43:06.940><c> a</c><00:43:07.079><c> city</c><00:43:07.260><c> a</c><00:43:07.480><c> judge</c><00:43:07.659><c> which</c><00:43:07.960><c> feared</c><00:43:08.260><c> not</c>

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:10.280
God<00:43:08.880><c> and</c><00:43:09.139><c> regarded</c><00:43:09.539><c> not</c><00:43:09.860><c> man.</c>

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:12.980
And<00:43:10.880><c> there</c><00:43:11.039><c> was</c><00:43:11.239><c> a</c><00:43:11.380><c> widow</c><00:43:11.519><c> in</c><00:43:11.699><c> that</c><00:43:11.960><c> city,</c><00:43:12.159><c> and</c><00:43:12.300><c> she</c><00:43:12.480><c> came</c><00:43:12.760><c> oft</c>

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:15.099
unto<00:43:13.199><c> him,</c><00:43:13.500><c> saying,</c><00:43:13.699><c> Avenge</c><00:43:14.039><c> me</c><00:43:14.199><c> of</c><00:43:14.340><c> mine</c><00:43:14.460><c> adversary.</c>

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:17.900
And<00:43:15.639><c> he</c><00:43:15.800><c> would</c><00:43:16.000><c> not</c><00:43:16.219><c> for</c><00:43:16.440><c> a</c><00:43:16.639><c> while,</c><00:43:16.840><c> but</c><00:43:17.039><c> afterward</c><00:43:17.480><c> he</c><00:43:17.739><c> said</c>

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.699
within<00:43:18.199><c> himself,</c>

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:23.739
Though<00:43:19.179><c> I</c><00:43:19.440><c> fear</c><00:43:19.599><c> not</c><00:43:19.900><c> God</c><00:43:20.239><c> nor</c><00:43:20.480><c> regard</c><00:43:20.920><c> man,</c><00:43:21.679><c> yet</c><00:43:21.920><c> because</c><00:43:22.380><c> this</c><00:43:22.659><c> widow</c><00:43:22.900><c> troubleth</c><00:43:23.500><c> me,</c>

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:27.320
I<00:43:23.900><c> will</c><00:43:24.159><c> avenge</c><00:43:24.539><c> her,</c><00:43:25.179><c> lest</c><00:43:25.340><c> she</c><00:43:25.780><c> wear</c><00:43:26.360><c> me</c><00:43:26.559><c> out</c><00:43:26.820><c> by</c><00:43:26.980><c> her</c>

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.079
continual<00:43:27.719><c> coming.</c>

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:32.000
And<00:43:28.860><c> then</c><00:43:29.059><c> in</c><00:43:29.179><c> verse</c><00:43:29.360><c> 6</c><00:43:29.599><c> it</c><00:43:29.760><c> says,</c><00:43:30.699><c> And</c><00:43:30.699><c> the</c><00:43:30.760><c> Lord</c><00:43:31.119><c> said,</c><00:43:31.800><c> Hear</c>

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:35.059
what<00:43:32.320><c> the</c><00:43:32.480><c> unrighteous</c><00:43:33.699><c> judge</c><00:43:34.019><c> saith,</c>

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:39.500
And<00:43:35.719><c> shall</c><00:43:36.039><c> not</c><00:43:36.460><c> God</c><00:43:36.860><c> avenge</c><00:43:37.380><c> his</c><00:43:37.699><c> elect,</c><00:43:38.440><c> which</c><00:43:38.699><c> cry</c><00:43:38.980><c> to</c><00:43:39.139><c> him</c>

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:43.000
night<00:43:39.820><c> and</c><00:43:40.099><c> day,</c><00:43:40.920><c> and</c><00:43:41.159><c> he</c><00:43:41.340><c> is</c><00:43:41.579><c> longsuffering</c><00:43:42.340><c> over</c><00:43:42.659><c> them.</c>

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:46.780
I<00:43:43.559><c> say</c><00:43:43.780><c> unto</c><00:43:44.019><c> you</c><00:43:44.280><c> that</c><00:43:44.440><c> he</c><00:43:44.719><c> will</c><00:43:45.059><c> avenge</c><00:43:45.440><c> them</c><00:43:46.000><c> speedily,</c>

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:51.039
Howbeit<00:43:48.039><c> when</c><00:43:48.280><c> the</c><00:43:48.440><c> Son</c><00:43:48.599><c> of</c><00:43:48.739><c> Man</c><00:43:49.000><c> cometh,</c><00:43:49.860><c> shall</c><00:43:50.039><c> he</c><00:43:50.260><c> find</c><00:43:50.519><c> faith</c><00:43:50.860><c> on</c>

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.460
the<00:43:51.219><c> earth.</c>

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:54.059
It's<00:43:52.260><c> that</c><00:43:52.440><c> last</c><00:43:52.719><c> line</c><00:43:52.940><c> I'd</c><00:43:53.139><c> like</c><00:43:53.260><c> you</c><00:43:53.420><c> to</c><00:43:53.559><c> look</c><00:43:53.760><c> at.</c>

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:57.340
Let's<00:43:54.619><c> look</c><00:43:54.860><c> at</c><00:43:54.960><c> that</c><00:43:55.199><c> line</c><00:43:55.639><c> in</c><00:43:56.260><c> the</c><00:43:56.500><c> context</c><00:43:56.920><c> of</c><00:43:57.059><c> what's</c>

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:58.679
being<00:43:57.619><c> said.</c>

00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:01.119
What<00:43:59.219><c> does</c><00:43:59.440><c> it</c><00:43:59.559><c> mean</c><00:43:59.699><c> to</c><00:43:59.920><c> have</c><00:44:00.179><c> faith?</c>

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:04.519
Are<00:44:01.559><c> we</c><00:44:01.820><c> faithful</c><00:44:02.159><c> enough,</c><00:44:02.599><c> brothers</c><00:44:02.780><c> and</c><00:44:03.039><c> sisters,</c><00:44:03.860><c> to</c><00:44:04.119><c> wait</c>

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:06.159
for<00:44:05.159><c> God?</c>

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:10.900
Do<00:44:07.119><c> we</c><00:44:07.360><c> have</c><00:44:07.539><c> the</c><00:44:07.840><c> faith</c><00:44:08.159><c> to</c><00:44:08.659><c> let</c><00:44:08.940><c> God</c><00:44:09.360><c> fulfill</c><00:44:09.860><c> his</c><00:44:10.260><c> purpose</c>

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:13.019
in<00:44:11.500><c> his</c><00:44:12.059><c> time?</c>

00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:14.480
Or<00:44:13.420><c> do</c><00:44:13.519><c> we</c><00:44:13.619><c> have</c><00:44:13.800><c> to</c><00:44:13.900><c> have</c><00:44:14.039><c> it</c><00:44:14.159><c> now?</c>

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:16.039
Do<00:44:14.940><c> we</c><00:44:15.059><c> have</c><00:44:15.199><c> to</c><00:44:15.340><c> be</c><00:44:15.440><c> like</c><00:44:15.719><c> Saul?</c>

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:19.599
Do<00:44:16.380><c> we</c><00:44:16.500><c> have</c><00:44:16.719><c> to</c><00:44:16.800><c> go</c><00:44:16.920><c> out</c><00:44:17.119><c> and</c><00:44:17.260><c> kill</c><00:44:17.400><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:44:18.219><c> even</c><00:44:18.420><c> though</c><00:44:18.599><c> God</c><00:44:18.860><c> said</c><00:44:19.059><c> he's</c><00:44:19.340><c> going</c><00:44:19.460><c> to</c>

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.320
do<00:44:19.760><c> it?</c>

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:25.159
Do<00:44:21.000><c> we</c><00:44:21.380><c> have</c><00:44:22.000><c> faith</c><00:44:22.460><c> to</c><00:44:23.739><c> wait</c><00:44:23.940><c> for</c><00:44:24.159><c> the</c><00:44:24.340><c> Lord?</c>