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man</c><00:10:56.700><c> wrapped</c><00:10:57.000><c> up</c><00:10:57.240><c> in</c><00:10:57.379><c> himself</c> 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.720 makes<00:10:58.720><c> a</c><00:10:58.899><c> very</c><00:10:59.259><c> small</c><00:10:59.600><c> package.</c> 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:07.240 And<00:11:03.159><c> this</c><00:11:04.200><c> fellow</c><00:11:04.539><c> was</c><00:11:04.940><c> wrapped</c><00:11:05.120><c> up</c><00:11:05.399><c> in</c><00:11:05.539><c> his</c><00:11:05.820><c> own</c><00:11:06.139><c> life.</c> 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:11.200 He<00:11:07.620><c> cared</c><00:11:07.940><c> about</c><00:11:08.379><c> no</c><00:11:08.659><c> one</c><00:11:09.120><c> but</c><00:11:09.779><c> himself.</c> 00:11:11.470 --> 00:11:13.600 And<00:11:11.820><c> as</c><00:11:12.100><c> a</c><00:11:12.240><c> result</c><00:11:12.480><c> of</c><00:11:12.639><c> that,</c><00:11:12.820><c> of</c><00:11:13.059><c> course,</c> 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:24.139 he<00:11:14.820><c> did</c><00:11:15.179><c> not</c><00:11:16.879><c> communicate</c><00:11:18.259><c> the</c><00:11:19.580><c> right</c><00:11:19.940><c> way</c><00:11:20.759><c> with</c><00:11:22.240><c> David's</c><00:11:23.379><c> men.</c> 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:25.799 He<00:11:25.059><c> shamed</c><00:11:25.419><c> them.</c> 00:11:26.059 --> 00:11:30.139 He<00:11:26.320><c> humiliated</c><00:11:26.940><c> them</c><00:11:27.419><c> and</c><00:11:27.779><c> sent</c><00:11:27.960><c> them</c><00:11:28.220><c> away</c><00:11:28.799><c> in</c><00:11:29.320><c> shame.</c> 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.460 And<00:11:31.139><c> as</c><00:11:31.480><c> a</c><00:11:31.600><c> result</c><00:11:31.779><c> of</c><00:11:31.899><c> that,</c><00:11:32.240><c> David,</c><00:11:33.299><c> due</c><00:11:33.440><c> to</c><00:11:33.639><c> poor</c><00:11:33.840><c> communication,</c> 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:37.059 he's<00:11:35.220><c> out</c><00:11:35.460><c> to</c><00:11:35.759><c> take</c><00:11:35.940><c> revenge.</c> 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want</c><00:12:08.899><c> to</c><00:12:09.039><c> be</c><00:12:09.139><c> one</c><00:12:09.320><c> of</c><00:12:09.379><c> those</c><00:12:09.580><c> kind</c><00:12:09.740><c> of</c><00:12:09.840><c> people</c> 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:11.159 that<00:12:10.139><c> no</c><00:12:10.279><c> one</c><00:12:10.379><c> can</c><00:12:10.580><c> speak</c><00:12:10.840><c> to.</c> 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:12.919 You<00:12:11.700><c> know</c><00:12:11.799><c> anybody</c><00:12:12.059><c> like</c><00:12:12.360><c> that</c><00:12:12.519><c> today?</c> 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:14.639 I<00:12:13.419><c> think</c><00:12:13.679><c> we</c><00:12:13.980><c> all</c><00:12:14.179><c> know</c><00:12:14.379><c> people.</c> 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.080 You<00:12:14.980><c> can't</c><00:12:15.240><c> hardly</c><00:12:15.440><c> speak</c><00:12:15.759><c> to</c><00:12:15.960><c> them.</c> 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:17.360 They<00:12:16.620><c> rail</c><00:12:16.899><c> on</c><00:12:17.159><c> you.</c> 00:12:17.620 --> 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this</c><00:12:30.759><c> man</c><00:12:30.980><c> of</c><00:12:31.120><c> Belial,</c><00:12:31.480><c> even</c><00:12:31.720><c> Nabal,</c><00:12:32.679><c> for</c><00:12:32.840><c> as</c><00:12:33.139><c> is</c><00:12:33.299><c> his</c><00:12:33.639><c> name,</c> 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:35.779 so<00:12:34.779><c> is</c><00:12:34.980><c> he.</c> 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:39.379 Nabal<00:12:36.340><c> is</c><00:12:36.559><c> his</c><00:12:36.820><c> name,</c><00:12:37.620><c> and</c><00:12:37.799><c> folly</c><00:12:38.039><c> is</c><00:12:38.279><c> with</c><00:12:38.500><c> him.</c> 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:42.379 So<00:12:40.059><c> we</c><00:12:40.340><c> want</c><00:12:40.559><c> to</c><00:12:40.720><c> learn</c><00:12:41.000><c> not</c><00:12:41.460><c> to</c><00:12:41.659><c> be</c><00:12:41.820><c> a</c><00:12:42.019><c> Nabal.</c> 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.600 We'd<00:12:42.860><c> like</c><00:12:43.019><c> to</c><00:12:43.200><c> learn</c><00:12:43.659><c> to</c><00:12:44.080><c> be</c><00:12:45.240><c> an</c><00:12:45.720><c> Abigail.</c> 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:53.080 Imagine<00:12:48.480><c> naming</c><00:12:48.960><c> your</c><00:12:49.379><c> little</c><00:12:49.740><c> baby</c><00:12:50.419><c> just</c><00:12:51.039><c> born</c><00:12:51.700><c> Nabal.</c> 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.500 Can<00:12:54.580><c> you</c><00:12:54.779><c> picture</c><00:12:55.500><c> Nabal's</c><00:12:56.559><c> mother?</c> 00:12:58.139 --> 00:13:00.940 She's<00:12:58.700><c> a</c><00:12:58.700><c> newborn</c><00:12:59.100><c> baby,</c><00:12:59.620><c> and</c><00:12:59.639><c> she's</c><00:12:59.879><c> holding</c><00:13:00.039><c> her</c><00:13:00.299><c> little</c><00:13:00.580><c> baby,</c> 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:03.639 and<00:13:01.320><c> all</c><00:13:01.460><c> the</c><00:13:01.600><c> other</c><00:13:02.159><c> ladies</c><00:13:02.399><c> come</c><00:13:02.600><c> up,</c><00:13:02.740><c> oh,</c><00:13:03.139><c> isn't</c><00:13:03.299><c> he</c><00:13:03.500><c> cute?</c> 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:04.559 What's<00:13:03.899><c> his</c><00:13:04.139><c> name?</c> 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:06.059 Fool. 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:12.399 Why<00:13:10.000><c> would</c><00:13:10.220><c> you</c><00:13:10.399><c> name</c><00:13:10.539><c> your</c><00:13:10.799><c> baby</c><00:13:11.100><c> Fool?</c> 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:15.259 Well,<00:13:13.340><c> she</c><00:13:13.480><c> was</c><00:13:13.740><c> pretty</c><00:13:14.700><c> smart.</c> 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.840 He<00:13:15.759><c> was.</c> 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:20.539 As<00:13:17.279><c> his</c><00:13:17.519><c> name</c><00:13:17.799><c> was,</c><00:13:18.080><c> so</c><00:13:18.299><c> was</c><00:13:18.539><c> he,</c><00:13:19.000><c> says</c><00:13:19.220><c> Abigail.</c> 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.940 Because<00:13:20.960><c> Abigail</c><00:13:21.460><c> was</c><00:13:21.740><c> murdered,</c><00:13:22.100><c> she</c><00:13:22.279><c> knew</c><00:13:22.480><c> what</c><00:13:22.639><c> he</c><00:13:22.779><c> was</c><00:13:23.019><c> like.</c> 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:28.919 So<00:13:24.899><c> we</c><00:13:25.419><c> can</c><00:13:25.700><c> learn</c><00:13:26.460><c> from</c><00:13:27.700><c> the</c><00:13:28.100><c> story</c><00:13:28.320><c> of</c><00:13:28.620><c> Nabal</c> 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:30.679 as<00:13:29.200><c> from</c><00:13:29.419><c> the</c><00:13:29.639><c> story</c><00:13:29.820><c> of</c><00:13:30.080><c> Adam</c><00:13:30.320><c> and</c><00:13:30.500><c> Eve</c> 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:32.779 as<00:13:30.879><c> from</c><00:13:31.059><c> the</c><00:13:31.279><c> story</c><00:13:31.460><c> of</c><00:13:31.759><c> Cain.</c> 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:38.980 So<00:13:33.639><c> we</c><00:13:33.639><c> want</c><00:13:33.639><c> to</c><00:13:33.759><c> learn</c><00:13:33.759><c> not</c><00:13:35.340><c> to</c><00:13:36.379><c> be</c><00:13:36.899><c> a</c><00:13:37.139><c> poor</c><00:13:37.580><c> communicator.</c> 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:47.440 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will</c><00:14:05.559><c> destroy</c><00:14:06.240><c> lives.</c> 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:12.419 Judges<00:14:09.759><c> chapter</c><00:14:10.379><c> 15,</c><00:14:11.120><c> 15,</c><00:14:11.580><c> you</c><00:14:11.679><c> ain't</c><00:14:11.799><c> looking</c><00:14:12.039><c> up.</c> 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:17.019 We're<00:14:12.820><c> told</c><00:14:13.000><c> that</c><00:14:13.539><c> Samson</c><00:14:14.399><c> found</c><00:14:14.799><c> a</c><00:14:15.120><c> jawbone</c><00:14:15.559><c> of</c><00:14:15.759><c> an</c><00:14:16.019><c> ass,</c> 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:19.820 and<00:14:17.600><c> with</c><00:14:17.659><c> it,</c><00:14:17.940><c> he</c><00:14:18.000><c> slew</c><00:14:18.179><c> a</c><00:14:18.360><c> thousand</c><00:14:18.799><c> men.</c> 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.799 The<00:14:21.460><c> jawbone</c><00:14:21.899><c> of</c><00:14:22.159><c> asses</c><00:14:22.500><c> have</c><00:14:22.659><c> been</c><00:14:22.879><c> slaying</c><00:14:23.100><c> people</c><00:14:23.399><c> ever</c><00:14:23.759><c> since.</c> 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:28.220 We<00:14:26.100><c> think</c><00:14:26.259><c> of</c><00:14:26.419><c> how</c><00:14:26.639><c> many</c><00:14:26.879><c> people</c><00:14:27.139><c> have</c><00:14:27.379><c> been</c><00:14:27.759><c> slaying</c> 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:30.919 by<00:14:28.679><c> the</c><00:14:28.980><c> jawbone</c><00:14:29.519><c> of</c><00:14:29.740><c> an</c><00:14:29.960><c> ass.</c> 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:38.019 Let's<00:14:34.460><c> make</c><00:14:34.720><c> sure</c><00:14:34.980><c> that</c><00:14:36.200><c> our</c><00:14:36.600><c> jawbone</c><00:14:37.460><c> says</c> 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:42.940 the<00:14:38.340><c> right</c><00:14:38.639><c> kind</c><00:14:38.899><c> of</c><00:14:39.080><c> things</c><00:14:39.620><c> and</c><00:14:40.360><c> not</c><00:14:40.639><c> the</c><00:14:41.059><c> wrong</c><00:14:41.480><c> kind</c><00:14:41.799><c> of</c><00:14:42.000><c> things.</c> 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.279 Because<00:14:43.419><c> that's</c><00:14:43.879><c> the</c><00:14:43.960><c> kind</c><00:14:44.100><c> of</c><00:14:44.279><c> man</c><00:14:44.659><c> Nabal</c><00:14:45.059><c> was,</c> 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:49.720 and<00:14:46.559><c> had</c><00:14:47.659><c> it</c><00:14:47.840><c> not</c><00:14:48.000><c> been</c><00:14:48.220><c> for</c><00:14:48.440><c> his</c><00:14:48.720><c> wife,</c> 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:55.980 his<00:14:50.240><c> whole</c><00:14:51.919><c> family</c><00:14:52.820><c> and</c><00:14:54.080><c> service</c><00:14:54.360><c> would</c><00:14:54.539><c> have</c><00:14:54.700><c> all</c><00:14:54.820><c> been</c><00:14:55.120><c> killed.</c> 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.600 Well,<00:14:57.220><c> we're</c><00:14:57.559><c> gonna</c><00:14:57.620><c> look</c><00:14:57.799><c> at</c><00:14:58.019><c> David</c><00:14:58.220><c> again</c> 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:03.379 for<00:14:58.740><c> another</c><00:14:59.080><c> example</c><00:14:59.919><c> of</c><00:15:00.899><c> a</c><00:15:01.019><c> poor,</c><00:15:02.340><c> poor</c><00:15:02.759><c> communication.</c> 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:07.299 It's<00:15:03.779><c> in</c><00:15:03.980><c> second</c><00:15:04.299><c> Samuel</c><00:15:05.059><c> chapter</c><00:15:06.080><c> 10.</c> 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:16.000 And<00:15:11.019><c> again,</c><00:15:12.740><c> takes</c><00:15:12.940><c> two</c><00:15:13.299><c> to</c><00:15:13.559><c> tangle,</c><00:15:14.019><c> it</c><00:15:14.159><c> takes</c><00:15:14.340><c> two</c><00:15:14.580><c> to</c><00:15:14.860><c> communicate,</c> 00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:20.299 and<00:15:16.720><c> David</c><00:15:16.980><c> is</c><00:15:17.440><c> trying</c><00:15:17.700><c> here</c><00:15:18.039><c> to</c><00:15:18.440><c> do</c><00:15:18.720><c> something</c><00:15:19.100><c> kind.</c> 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:23.340 You<00:15:20.940><c> know,</c><00:15:21.440><c> with</c><00:15:21.659><c> the</c><00:15:21.860><c> very</c><00:15:22.200><c> best</c><00:15:22.419><c> of</c><00:15:22.679><c> intentions,</c> 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:25.700 things<00:15:23.980><c> can</c><00:15:24.259><c> backfire</c><00:15:24.720><c> on</c><00:15:24.980><c> you.</c> 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:27.899 And<00:15:26.179><c> one</c><00:15:26.279><c> of</c><00:15:26.340><c> the</c><00:15:26.399><c> little</c><00:15:26.519><c> stories</c><00:15:26.700><c> I</c><00:15:26.980><c> like</c><00:15:27.139><c> on</c><00:15:27.340><c> this</c><00:15:27.559><c> story</c> 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:31.159 in<00:15:28.159><c> this</c><00:15:28.419><c> connection</c><00:15:28.720><c> is</c><00:15:29.539><c> that</c><00:15:29.799><c> dear</c><00:15:29.960><c> old</c><00:15:30.159><c> Sister</c><00:15:30.440><c> Jones</c> 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.559 lived<00:15:32.120><c> down</c><00:15:32.399><c> the</c><00:15:32.600><c> street</c><00:15:32.779><c> from</c><00:15:32.960><c> this</c><00:15:33.220><c> young</c><00:15:33.460><c> sister</c> 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:36.240 who<00:15:34.980><c> had</c><00:15:35.120><c> some</c><00:15:35.379><c> children.</c> 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:39.039 And<00:15:36.519><c> so</c><00:15:36.879><c> the</c><00:15:37.220><c> young</c><00:15:37.399><c> sister</c><00:15:37.799><c> said</c><00:15:38.100><c> to</c><00:15:38.240><c> her</c><00:15:38.360><c> children</c><00:15:38.559><c> one</c><00:15:38.759><c> morning,</c> 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.659 would<00:15:39.519><c> you</c><00:15:39.779><c> please</c><00:15:39.980><c> go</c><00:15:40.240><c> over</c> 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:42.679 and<00:15:40.879><c> see</c><00:15:40.960><c> how</c><00:15:41.240><c> old</c><00:15:41.440><c> Sister</c><00:15:41.639><c> Jones</c><00:15:41.960><c> is</c><00:15:42.240><c> today?</c> 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.980 Just<00:15:43.379><c> wanting</c><00:15:43.580><c> to</c><00:15:43.899><c> communicate.</c> 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:46.820 So<00:15:45.639><c> the</c><00:15:45.840><c> children</c><00:15:46.000><c> ran</c><00:15:46.220><c> over</c><00:15:46.440><c> to</c><00:15:46.600><c> see</c> 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:48.440 how<00:15:47.120><c> old</c><00:15:47.299><c> Sister</c><00:15:47.500><c> Jones</c><00:15:47.779><c> was</c><00:15:48.019><c> today,</c> 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.879 and<00:15:48.820><c> they</c><00:15:48.980><c> came</c><00:15:49.220><c> back,</c><00:15:50.220><c> kind</c><00:15:50.480><c> of</c><00:15:50.559><c> dejected.</c> 00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:51.399 What's<00:15:51.259><c> the</c><00:15:51.299><c> matter?</c> 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.580 She<00:15:51.639><c> said,</c><00:15:51.879><c> Sister</c><00:15:52.120><c> Jones</c><00:15:52.379><c> says,</c> 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:55.360 it's<00:15:52.860><c> none</c><00:15:52.980><c> of</c><00:15:53.080><c> your</c><00:15:53.259><c> business</c><00:15:53.500><c> how</c><00:15:53.740><c> old</c><00:15:54.000><c> she</c><00:15:54.220><c> is</c><00:15:54.440><c> today.</c> 00:15:57.899 --> 00:16:04.419 So<00:15:58.220><c> with</c><00:15:59.799><c> the</c><00:16:02.740><c> best</c><00:16:02.980><c> of</c><00:16:03.240><c> intentions,</c> 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:09.000 sometimes<00:16:05.480><c> our</c><00:16:05.860><c> communications</c><00:16:07.059><c> backfire.</c> 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:14.220 And<00:16:09.620><c> that's</c><00:16:09.960><c> what's</c><00:16:10.240><c> happening</c><00:16:10.659><c> in</c><00:16:11.139><c> second</c><00:16:11.440><c> Samuel</c><00:16:12.059><c> chapter</c><00:16:12.980><c> 10.</c> 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:19.679 The<00:16:18.039><c> king</c><00:16:18.279><c> has</c><00:16:18.639><c> died,</c> 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:26.480 and<00:16:21.720><c> David</c><00:16:22.460><c> wants</c><00:16:22.840><c> to</c><00:16:23.100><c> show</c><00:16:23.320><c> kindness</c><00:16:23.940><c> to</c><00:16:24.820><c> the</c><00:16:25.080><c> king's</c><00:16:25.679><c> son.</c> 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:30.799 And<00:16:27.100><c> so</c><00:16:27.320><c> the</c><00:16:27.559><c> king</c><00:16:27.779><c> says,</c><00:16:28.120><c> I</c><00:16:28.259><c> will</c><00:16:28.559><c> send</c><00:16:29.019><c> my</c><00:16:29.539><c> servants</c> 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.200 to<00:16:32.360><c> send</c><00:16:33.159><c> my</c><00:16:34.019><c> words</c><00:16:34.519><c> of</c><00:16:34.840><c> sympathy</c> 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:40.240 and<00:16:35.460><c> to</c><00:16:35.779><c> console</c><00:16:36.639><c> the</c><00:16:37.460><c> son</c><00:16:37.820><c> for</c><00:16:38.159><c> the</c><00:16:38.360><c> loss</c><00:16:38.620><c> of</c><00:16:38.899><c> his</c><00:16:39.240><c> father.</c> 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:44.820 And<00:16:41.299><c> so</c><00:16:41.480><c> they</c><00:16:42.639><c> come</c><00:16:42.940><c> to</c><00:16:43.480><c> Hainan,</c> 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:52.399 and<00:16:45.740><c> they</c><00:16:47.820><c> present</c><00:16:48.740><c> themselves</c><00:16:49.480><c> to</c><00:16:50.700><c> do</c><00:16:50.960><c> this.</c> 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:58.220 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trying</c><00:17:34.980><c> to</c><00:17:35.380><c> communicate,</c> 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.799 and<00:17:37.160><c> his</c><00:17:38.579><c> communications</c><00:17:39.640><c> were</c><00:17:40.019><c> misinterpreted.</c> 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.900 And<00:17:42.380><c> as</c><00:17:42.779><c> a</c><00:17:42.940><c> result</c><00:17:43.180><c> of</c><00:17:43.460><c> this,</c> 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:51.200 40<00:17:45.940><c>,701</c><00:17:48.579><c> people</c><00:17:49.539><c> die.</c> 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.940 That's<00:17:52.759><c> a</c><00:17:52.880><c> lot</c><00:17:53.019><c> of</c><00:17:53.140><c> people</c><00:17:53.420><c> to</c><00:17:53.700><c> die</c> 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:57.519 over<00:17:54.220><c> a</c><00:17:54.400><c> little</c><00:17:54.859><c> bit</c><00:17:55.079><c> of</c><00:17:55.839><c> miscommunication.</c> 00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:01.559 But<00:17:59.539><c> as</c><00:18:00.019><c> a</c><00:18:00.220><c> result</c><00:18:00.339><c> of</c><00:18:00.680><c> this</c><00:18:00.680><c> communication,</c> 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.579 there's<00:18:02.180><c> a</c><00:18:02.380><c> war</c><00:18:02.539><c> which</c><00:18:02.839><c> wasn't</c><00:18:03.240><c> planned.</c> 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:05.759 David<00:18:03.880><c> didn't</c><00:18:04.099><c> plan</c><00:18:04.299><c> to</c><00:18:04.440><c> go</c><00:18:04.539><c> to</c><00:18:04.660><c> war</c><00:18:04.740><c> with</c><00:18:04.980><c> them.</c> 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.099 And<00:18:06.119><c> they</c><00:18:06.839><c> go</c><00:18:06.980><c> out</c><00:18:07.079><c> and</c><00:18:07.160><c> they</c><00:18:07.319><c> hire</c><00:18:07.539><c> soldiers.</c> 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.640 As<00:18:08.759><c> a</c><00:18:08.940><c> result</c><00:18:09.099><c> of</c><00:18:09.279><c> that,</c><00:18:09.460><c> we</c><00:18:09.559><c> look</c><00:18:09.700><c> in</c><00:18:09.839><c> verse</c><00:18:10.160><c> 18,</c> 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:12.539 the<00:18:10.900><c> Syrians</c><00:18:11.180><c> fled</c><00:18:11.539><c> from</c><00:18:12.180><c> Israel,</c> 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:16.119 and<00:18:12.740><c> David</c><00:18:13.059><c> slew</c><00:18:13.299><c> the</c><00:18:13.819><c> men</c><00:18:14.079><c> of</c><00:18:14.400><c> 700</c><00:18:14.779><c> chariots</c><00:18:15.440><c> of</c><00:18:15.579><c> the</c><00:18:15.799><c> Syrians,</c> 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:20.079 and<00:18:16.720><c> 40</c><00:18:17.039><c>,000</c><00:18:17.480><c> footmen</c><00:18:17.920><c> and</c><00:18:18.140><c> smoked</c><00:18:18.420><c> Shobak,</c><00:18:19.500><c> the</c><00:18:19.740><c> captain.</c> 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:24.640 So<00:18:20.559><c> that's</c><00:18:20.920><c> 40</c><00:18:21.160><c>,000</c><00:18:22.220><c> footmen,</c><00:18:23.079><c> 700</c><00:18:23.400><c> chariot,</c><00:18:24.440><c> cheers,</c> 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:26.680 and<00:18:25.259><c> again</c><00:18:25.559><c> a</c><00:18:25.799><c> general.</c> 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communication.</c> 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.980 We<00:18:48.019><c> come</c><00:18:48.279><c> to</c><00:18:48.480><c> Joshua</c><00:18:48.980><c> chapter</c><00:18:49.480><c> 22.</c> 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:56.839 In<00:18:52.519><c> Joshua</c><00:18:52.920><c> 22,</c><00:18:53.779><c> we</c><00:18:54.500><c> have</c><00:18:54.680><c> a</c><00:18:54.799><c> very</c><00:18:55.200><c> interesting</c><00:18:55.720><c> story.</c> 00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:59.680 You<00:18:57.119><c> remember</c><00:18:57.579><c> that</c><00:18:57.839><c> the</c><00:18:58.039><c> two</c><00:18:58.180><c> and</c><00:18:58.359><c> a</c><00:18:58.400><c> half</c><00:18:58.559><c> tribes,</c> 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:02.960 they<00:19:00.380><c> saw</c><00:19:00.859><c> the</c><00:19:01.200><c> land</c><00:19:01.559><c> which</c><00:19:01.880><c> is</c><00:19:02.119><c> now</c><00:19:02.500><c> Jordan,</c> 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:06.359 the<00:19:03.700><c> land</c><00:19:04.000><c> on</c><00:19:04.940><c> the</c><00:19:05.200><c> east</c><00:19:05.500><c> side</c><00:19:05.859><c> of</c><00:19:06.079><c> the</c><00:19:06.220><c> river.</c> 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:08.299 They<00:19:06.519><c> said,</c><00:19:06.700><c> wow,</c><00:19:07.180><c> this</c><00:19:07.420><c> is</c><00:19:07.700><c> great</c><00:19:07.900><c> land.</c> 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:10.000 And<00:19:08.720><c> this</c><00:19:08.839><c> is</c><00:19:08.980><c> good</c><00:19:09.160><c> land</c><00:19:09.359><c> for</c><00:19:09.640><c> cattle.</c> 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.759 We<00:19:10.579><c> would</c><00:19:10.819><c> like</c><00:19:11.019><c> to</c><00:19:11.200><c> live</c><00:19:11.319><c> here.</c> 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:14.900 So<00:19:12.259><c> they</c><00:19:12.400><c> said</c><00:19:12.640><c> to</c><00:19:13.099><c> Moses,</c><00:19:13.539><c> we</c><00:19:13.819><c> would</c><00:19:14.039><c> like</c><00:19:14.180><c> to</c><00:19:14.359><c> stop</c><00:19:14.599><c> here.</c> 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:17.920 And<00:19:15.160><c> Moses,</c><00:19:16.039><c> again,</c><00:19:16.680><c> a</c><00:19:16.680><c> little</c><00:19:16.859><c> bit</c><00:19:17.000><c> of</c><00:19:17.160><c> miscommunication</c> 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:19.480 at<00:19:18.059><c> the</c><00:19:18.240><c> beginning,</c><00:19:18.900><c> got</c><00:19:19.059><c> angry.</c> 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.619 He<00:19:19.920><c> says,</c><00:19:20.039><c> you</c><00:19:20.180><c> can't</c><00:19:20.519><c> stay</c><00:19:20.759><c> here</c><00:19:21.119><c> and</c><00:19:21.359><c> let</c><00:19:21.480><c> your</c><00:19:21.799><c> brethren</c><00:19:22.039><c> go</c><00:19:22.359><c> over</c> 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:24.460 and<00:19:23.000><c> fight</c><00:19:23.440><c> for</c><00:19:24.099><c> Israel.</c> 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.660 You've<00:19:25.079><c> got</c><00:19:25.140><c> to</c><00:19:25.220><c> come</c><00:19:25.359><c> and</c><00:19:25.519><c> help.</c> 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:27.759 Oh,<00:19:26.460><c> you</c><00:19:26.880><c> didn't</c><00:19:27.099><c> understand</c><00:19:27.619><c> this.</c> 00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:29.220 We<00:19:28.160><c> will</c><00:19:28.319><c> go</c><00:19:28.559><c> with</c><00:19:28.839><c> you.</c> 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.660 We'll<00:19:29.799><c> fight</c><00:19:30.079><c> with</c><00:19:30.400><c> you.</c> 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:32.099 We'll<00:19:31.019><c> help</c><00:19:31.160><c> you</c><00:19:31.420><c> conquer</c><00:19:31.660><c> your</c><00:19:31.900><c> land.</c> 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.420 And<00:19:32.480><c> then</c><00:19:32.660><c> when</c><00:19:32.980><c> it's</c><00:19:33.220><c> conquered,</c><00:19:33.559><c> we're</c><00:19:33.779><c> going</c><00:19:33.859><c> to</c><00:19:33.920><c> come</c><00:19:34.200><c> back</c> 00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:36.500 because<00:19:34.660><c> you</c><00:19:34.880><c> have</c><00:19:35.000><c> already</c><00:19:35.279><c> conquered</c><00:19:35.559><c> this</c><00:19:35.839><c> land</c><00:19:36.000><c> for</c><00:19:36.279><c> us.</c> 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:39.059 And<00:19:36.799><c> we</c><00:19:36.940><c> like</c><00:19:37.099><c> this</c><00:19:37.299><c> better</c><00:19:37.500><c> than</c><00:19:37.680><c> going</c><00:19:37.880><c> over</c><00:19:38.180><c> there.</c> 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.660 Be<00:19:40.980><c> careful</c><00:19:41.259><c> what</c><00:19:41.420><c> you</c><00:19:41.660><c> ask</c><00:19:41.900><c> God</c><00:19:42.200><c> for.</c> 00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:45.519 He<00:19:43.119><c> may</c><00:19:44.279><c> give</c><00:19:44.500><c> it</c><00:19:44.680><c> to</c><00:19:44.799><c> you.</c> 00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:49.420 Sometimes<00:19:47.480><c> we</c><00:19:47.799><c> think</c><00:19:48.099><c> we</c><00:19:48.339><c> know</c><00:19:48.539><c> what</c><00:19:48.759><c> we</c><00:19:49.099><c> want,</c> 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:51.140 and<00:19:49.700><c> we</c><00:19:49.839><c> ask</c><00:19:50.059><c> God</c><00:19:50.299><c> for</c><00:19:50.480><c> what</c><00:19:50.640><c> we</c><00:19:50.940><c> want,</c> 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.819 and<00:19:51.359><c> God</c><00:19:51.579><c> gives</c><00:19:51.799><c> us</c><00:19:51.960><c> what</c><00:19:52.079><c> we</c><00:19:52.319><c> ask</c><00:19:52.539><c> for.</c> 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:54.940 And<00:19:53.200><c> he</c><00:19:53.299><c> has</c><00:19:53.359><c> something</c><00:19:53.579><c> much</c><00:19:53.859><c> better</c><00:19:54.259><c> in</c><00:19:54.380><c> store</c><00:19:54.559><c> for</c><00:19:54.819><c> us</c> 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.220 than<00:19:55.039><c> what</c><00:19:55.160><c> we</c><00:19:55.460><c> ask.</c> 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.559 And<00:19:56.619><c> those</c><00:19:56.819><c> two</c><00:19:56.960><c> and</c><00:19:57.119><c> a</c><00:19:57.140><c> half</c><00:19:57.279><c> tribes,</c> 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:00.400 the<00:19:57.759><c> one</c><00:19:57.859><c> to</c><00:19:58.000><c> live</c><00:19:58.160><c> on</c><00:19:58.440><c> the</c><00:19:58.880><c> other</c><00:19:59.180><c> side</c><00:19:59.420><c> of</c><00:19:59.640><c> Jordan,</c> 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.500 were<00:20:00.779><c> the</c><00:20:00.920><c> ones</c><00:20:01.079><c> that</c><00:20:01.279><c> got</c><00:20:01.400><c> it.</c> 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.740 Whenever<00:20:01.759><c> the</c><00:20:02.000><c> enemies</c><00:20:02.220><c> came,</c> 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:05.700 they<00:20:03.519><c> didn't</c><00:20:03.700><c> come</c><00:20:03.920><c> in</c><00:20:04.099><c> from</c><00:20:04.900><c> the</c><00:20:05.180><c> Mediterranean.</c> 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.359 They<00:20:06.240><c> came</c><00:20:06.500><c> in</c><00:20:06.700><c> from</c><00:20:06.900><c> the</c><00:20:07.140><c> land,</c> 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:10.259 and<00:20:07.640><c> those</c><00:20:08.079><c> are</c><00:20:08.279><c> the</c><00:20:08.359><c> ones</c><00:20:08.480><c> that</c><00:20:08.680><c> usually</c><00:20:08.960><c> got</c><00:20:09.160><c> it</c><00:20:09.400><c> first.</c> 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:12.779 So<00:20:10.599><c> these</c><00:20:10.880><c> two</c><00:20:11.059><c> and</c><00:20:11.200><c> a</c><00:20:11.220><c> half</c><00:20:11.319><c> tribes</c><00:20:11.680><c> saw</c><00:20:12.119><c> what</c><00:20:12.279><c> they</c><00:20:12.579><c> wanted,</c> 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:14.339 asked<00:20:13.220><c> for</c><00:20:13.359><c> what</c><00:20:13.519><c> they</c><00:20:13.920><c> saw,</c> 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.160 and<00:20:14.880><c> got</c><00:20:15.000><c> what</c><00:20:15.180><c> they</c><00:20:15.440><c> asked</c><00:20:15.640><c> for.</c> 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:19.000 And<00:20:16.819><c> it</c><00:20:16.920><c> really</c><00:20:17.119><c> wasn't</c><00:20:17.500><c> really</c><00:20:17.859><c> the</c><00:20:17.980><c> best</c><00:20:18.200><c> thing</c><00:20:18.420><c> for</c><00:20:18.720><c> them.</c> 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:21.880 But<00:20:19.619><c> God</c><00:20:20.000><c> will</c><00:20:20.380><c> give</c><00:20:20.579><c> you</c><00:20:20.819><c> what</c><00:20:21.000><c> you</c><00:20:21.299><c> asked</c><00:20:21.500><c> for</c> 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:24.740 even<00:20:22.420><c> if</c><00:20:22.599><c> it</c><00:20:22.839><c> isn't</c><00:20:23.200><c> best</c><00:20:23.500><c> for</c><00:20:23.799><c> you.</c> 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:28.720 When<00:20:26.660><c> the</c><00:20:26.859><c> children</c><00:20:27.019><c> of</c><00:20:27.339><c> Israel</c><00:20:27.339><c> wanted</c><00:20:27.480><c> a</c><00:20:27.759><c> king,</c> 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:31.019 God<00:20:29.240><c> said</c><00:20:29.500><c> to</c><00:20:29.900><c> Samuel,</c> 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:33.779 protest<00:20:32.019><c> unto</c><00:20:32.539><c> them</c><00:20:32.880><c> solemnly,</c> 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.900 but<00:20:34.259><c> give</c><00:20:34.420><c> them</c><00:20:34.619><c> their</c><00:20:34.920><c> way.</c> 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:38.339 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now</c><00:20:50.339><c> in</c><00:20:51.339><c> chapter</c><00:20:51.619><c> 22</c><00:20:52.000><c> of</c><00:20:52.220><c> Joshua.</c> 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.259 And<00:20:55.680><c> the</c><00:20:55.859><c> land</c><00:20:55.940><c> has</c><00:20:56.099><c> been</c><00:20:56.319><c> conquered,</c> 00:20:57.940 --> 00:21:01.059 and<00:20:58.119><c> Joshua</c><00:20:58.440><c> is</c><00:20:58.660><c> now</c><00:20:58.980><c> saying</c><00:20:59.500><c> thank</c><00:21:00.200><c> you</c><00:21:00.359><c> very</c><00:21:00.640><c> much</c> 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:03.900 to<00:21:01.460><c> the</c><00:21:01.619><c> two</c><00:21:01.740><c> and</c><00:21:01.880><c> a</c><00:21:01.940><c> half</c><00:21:02.039><c> tribes</c><00:21:02.440><c> who</c><00:21:02.680><c> came</c><00:21:02.859><c> over</c><00:21:03.119><c> and</c><00:21:03.339><c> helped</c><00:21:03.500><c> them.</c> 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:07.019 And<00:21:04.700><c> now</c><00:21:04.980><c> it's</c><00:21:05.140><c> time</c><00:21:05.359><c> that</c><00:21:05.539><c> you</c><00:21:05.660><c> can</c><00:21:05.759><c> go</c><00:21:06.039><c> back</c><00:21:06.380><c> to</c><00:21:06.579><c> your</c><00:21:06.779><c> families.</c> 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:09.119 You've<00:21:07.240><c> left</c><00:21:07.380><c> your</c><00:21:07.640><c> families</c><00:21:07.900><c> over</c><00:21:08.220><c> there.</c> 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.019 This<00:21:09.160><c> is</c><00:21:09.160><c> seven</c><00:21:09.339><c> years</c><00:21:09.619><c> later.</c> 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.980 So<00:21:10.519><c> these</c><00:21:10.740><c> soldiers,</c><00:21:11.180><c> apart</c><00:21:11.460><c> from</c><00:21:11.799><c> leave,</c> 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:14.759 have<00:21:12.180><c> been</c><00:21:12.299><c> away</c><00:21:12.500><c> from</c><00:21:12.619><c> their</c><00:21:12.839><c> families</c><00:21:13.200><c> for</c><00:21:13.440><c> some</c><00:21:13.759><c> seven</c><00:21:14.200><c> years.</c> 00:21:15.259 --> 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you</c><00:21:27.200><c> very</c><00:21:27.519><c> much.</c> 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.240 I'm<00:21:28.440><c> gonna</c><00:21:28.579><c> send</c><00:21:28.819><c> you</c><00:21:29.039><c> back.</c> 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:31.259 I'm<00:21:29.420><c> gonna</c><00:21:29.519><c> give</c><00:21:29.640><c> you</c><00:21:29.740><c> a</c><00:21:29.759><c> little</c><00:21:29.980><c> exhortation</c><00:21:30.579><c> as</c><00:21:30.819><c> you</c><00:21:31.059><c> go.</c> 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.779 It<00:21:31.799><c> starts</c><00:21:31.960><c> in</c><00:21:32.140><c> verse</c><00:21:32.400><c> five,</c> 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:36.460 but<00:21:33.059><c> take</c><00:21:33.299><c> diligent</c><00:21:33.839><c> heed</c><00:21:34.200><c> to</c><00:21:35.319><c> do</c><00:21:35.480><c> the</c><00:21:35.720><c> commandment,</c> 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:40.259 and<00:21:36.920><c> the</c><00:21:37.079><c> law</c><00:21:37.559><c> which</c><00:21:37.859><c> Moses</c><00:21:38.380><c> the</c><00:21:38.619><c> servant</c><00:21:38.839><c> of</c><00:21:38.980><c> the</c><00:21:39.059><c> Lord</c><00:21:39.220><c> charged</c><00:21:39.680><c> you,</c> 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.980 to<00:21:40.640><c> love</c><00:21:40.940><c> the</c><00:21:41.119><c> Lord</c><00:21:41.359><c> your</c><00:21:41.579><c> God,</c> 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:44.019 to<00:21:42.599><c> walk</c><00:21:42.920><c> in</c><00:21:43.059><c> all</c><00:21:43.279><c> his</c><00:21:43.460><c> ways,</c> 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.839 and<00:21:44.299><c> to</c><00:21:44.460><c> keep</c><00:21:44.599><c> his</c><00:21:44.799><c> commandments,</c> 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:47.079 and<00:21:45.980><c> to</c><00:21:46.240><c> cleave</c><00:21:46.460><c> unto</c><00:21:46.660><c> him,</c> 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:50.180 and<00:21:47.420><c> to</c><00:21:47.700><c> serve</c><00:21:47.900><c> him</c><00:21:48.099><c> with</c><00:21:48.460><c> all</c><00:21:48.960><c> your</c><00:21:49.259><c> heart,</c> 00:21:50.319 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to</c><00:22:18.980><c> do</c><00:22:19.180><c> it.</c> 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.980 So<00:22:20.160><c> Joshua</c><00:22:20.500><c> blessed</c><00:22:20.859><c> them</c><00:22:21.079><c> and</c><00:22:21.259><c> sent</c><00:22:21.400><c> them</c><00:22:21.619><c> away,</c> 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.779 and<00:22:22.460><c> they</c><00:22:22.680><c> went</c><00:22:22.960><c> unto</c><00:22:23.299><c> their</c><00:22:23.579><c> tents.</c> 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:25.420 Well,<00:22:24.180><c> goodbye</c><00:22:24.519><c> folks,</c><00:22:25.140><c> goodbye.</c> 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:27.160 We've<00:22:25.720><c> given</c><00:22:25.859><c> you</c><00:22:26.099><c> that</c><00:22:26.220><c> message.</c> 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:29.200 Be<00:22:27.539><c> sure</c><00:22:27.720><c> and</c><00:22:27.900><c> do</c><00:22:28.079><c> what's</c><00:22:28.460><c> right.</c> 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.660 Go<00:22:30.779><c> back</c><00:22:31.019><c> to</c><00:22:31.180><c> where</c><00:22:31.319><c> you</c><00:22:31.539><c> wanna</c><00:22:31.720><c> be,</c> 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.980 and<00:22:32.940><c> they</c><00:22:33.220><c> left.</c> 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.099 Everything's<00:22:36.119><c> fine.</c> 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:41.720 Except<00:22:39.079><c> coming</c><00:22:39.559><c> down</c><00:22:40.480><c> to</c><00:22:41.019><c> verse</c><00:22:41.319><c> 10.</c> 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:44.619 And<00:22:41.900><c> when</c><00:22:42.099><c> they</c><00:22:42.440><c> came</c><00:22:42.720><c> unto</c><00:22:43.000><c> the</c><00:22:43.200><c> borders</c><00:22:43.339><c> of</c><00:22:43.619><c> Jordan,</c> 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:46.200 and<00:22:45.039><c> are</c><00:22:45.220><c> in</c><00:22:45.400><c> the</c><00:22:45.539><c> land</c><00:22:45.740><c> of</c><00:22:45.980><c> Canaan,</c> 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.700 the<00:22:46.539><c> children</c><00:22:46.740><c> of</c><00:22:46.980><c> Reuben,</c> 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.900 and<00:22:48.019><c> 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a</c><00:23:54.599><c> family,</c><00:23:56.019><c> in</c><00:23:56.180><c> an</c><00:23:56.400><c> ecclesia,</c><00:23:57.740><c> in</c><00:23:58.140><c> the</c><00:23:58.500><c> world.</c> 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:03.440 So<00:24:01.440><c> they</c><00:24:02.000><c> have</c><00:24:02.599><c> misinterpreted</c> 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.700 what<00:24:03.619><c> these</c><00:24:03.940><c> two</c><00:24:04.079><c> and</c><00:24:04.180><c> a</c><00:24:04.200><c> half</c><00:24:04.299><c> tribes</c><00:24:04.480><c> were</c><00:24:04.660><c> going</c><00:24:04.779><c> to</c><00:24:04.940><c> do.</c> 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:07.839 They<00:24:06.039><c> are</c><00:24:06.380><c> going,</c><00:24:06.940><c> they're</c><00:24:07.140><c> ready</c><00:24:07.299><c> to</c><00:24:07.539><c> fight,</c> 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.920 but<00:24:08.299><c> before</c><00:24:08.579><c> they</c><00:24:08.759><c> fight,</c><00:24:09.039><c> let's</c><00:24:09.319><c> go</c><00:24:09.559><c> talk</c><00:24:09.839><c> to</c><00:24:10.000><c> them.</c> 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:13.559 So<00:24:11.319><c> they</c><00:24:11.480><c> came</c><00:24:11.779><c> to</c><00:24:11.940><c> them.</c> 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.759 And<00:24:14.099><c> Phineas</c><00:24:14.619><c> begins</c><00:24:15.279><c> to</c><00:24:15.539><c> recite,</c> 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.200 don't<00:24:16.099><c> you</c><00:24:16.339><c> remember</c><00:24:16.720><c> all</c><00:24:17.240><c> the</c><00:24:17.720><c> bad</c><00:24:18.000><c> things</c><00:24:18.200><c> that</c><00:24:18.460><c> happened?</c> 00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:24.119 He<00:24:22.460><c> starts</c><00:24:22.779><c> listing</c><00:24:23.119><c> them.</c> 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:27.299 He<00:24:24.940><c> reminds</c><00:24:25.279><c> them</c><00:24:26.039><c> of</c><00:24:26.539><c> Achan's</c><00:24:27.059><c> sin,</c> 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:30.059 reminds<00:24:28.180><c> them</c><00:24:28.539><c> of</c><00:24:28.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.900><c> sin</c><00:24:29.039><c> of</c><00:24:29.259><c> Peor.</c> 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:35.140 And<00:24:31.839><c> why</c><00:24:32.440><c> are</c><00:24:32.680><c> you</c><00:24:32.940><c> doing</c><00:24:33.500><c> this</c><00:24:34.259><c> thing?</c> 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:39.000 Thank<00:24:37.900><c> you.</c> 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:41.619 If<00:24:39.180><c> I</c><00:24:39.380><c> smoked,</c><00:24:39.640><c> I</c><00:24:39.660><c> could</c><00:24:39.940><c> quit,</c><00:24:40.160><c> it</c><00:24:40.259><c> would</c><00:24:40.400><c> help</c><00:24:40.619><c> this.</c> 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:52.420 Thank<00:24:51.319><c> you.</c> 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:02.819 So<00:25:00.660><c> Phineas</c><00:25:01.099><c> is</c><00:25:01.339><c> giving</c><00:25:01.579><c> this</c><00:25:01.920><c> talk</c><00:25:02.200><c> to</c><00:25:02.359><c> these</c><00:25:02.519><c> two</c><00:25:02.680><c> and</c><00:25:02.819><c> a</c> 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.799 half<00:25:02.920><c> tribes.</c> 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.299 They're<00:25:04.500><c> ready</c><00:25:04.700><c> to</c><00:25:04.940><c> fight,</c> 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:08.220 but<00:25:05.819><c> they're</c><00:25:06.000><c> trying</c><00:25:06.259><c> to</c><00:25:06.559><c> talk</c><00:25:06.720><c> them</c><00:25:06.880><c> out</c><00:25:07.019><c> of</c><00:25:07.140><c> it</c><00:25:07.359><c> first.</c> 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:11.799 And<00:25:09.119><c> now</c><00:25:09.299><c> we</c><00:25:09.380><c> want</c><00:25:09.539><c> to</c><00:25:09.660><c> listen</c><00:25:10.119><c> to</c><00:25:10.480><c> the</c><00:25:10.619><c> response.</c> 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:15.980 And<00:25:12.960><c> that</c><00:25:13.400><c> comes</c><00:25:13.859><c> now</c><00:25:14.799><c> at</c><00:25:15.420><c> verse</c><00:25:15.599><c> 21.</c> 00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:18.960 The<00:25:16.240><c> children</c><00:25:16.539><c> of</c><00:25:16.759><c> Reuben,</c><00:25:17.079><c> the</c><00:25:17.259><c> children</c><00:25:17.900><c> of</c><00:25:18.839><c> Gad</c> 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:21.119 and<00:25:19.119><c> the</c><00:25:19.259><c> half</c><00:25:19.400><c> tribe</c><00:25:19.539><c> of</c><00:25:19.700><c> Manasseh</c><00:25:20.079><c> answered</c><00:25:20.440><c> and</c><00:25:20.880><c> said,</c> 00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.900 so<00:25:21.440><c> we're</c><00:25:21.759><c> communicating</c><00:25:21.900><c> to</c><00:25:21.900><c> them,</c> 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:23.160 communication<00:25:22.299><c> is</c><00:25:22.500><c> beginning.</c> 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:26.319 Verse<00:25:23.599><c> 22,</c><00:25:24.480><c> the</c><00:25:24.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:24.920><c> God</c><00:25:25.099><c> of</c><00:25:25.240><c> hosts,</c><00:25:25.460><c> the</c><00:25:25.579><c> Lord</c><00:25:25.819><c> God</c><00:25:26.019><c> of</c><00:25:26.140><c> hosts,</c> 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:29.539 he<00:25:26.720><c> knoweth</c><00:25:27.200><c> and</c><00:25:27.559><c> Israel,</c><00:25:28.279><c> he</c><00:25:28.279><c> shall</c><00:25:28.480><c> know.</c> 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.779 What's<00:25:30.839><c> the</c><00:25:30.859><c> matter?</c> 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.859 I<00:25:42.180><c> got</c><00:25:42.779><c> to</c><00:25:42.940><c> talk.</c> 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.500 Thank<00:25:47.279><c> you,</c><00:25:47.700><c> Sam.</c> 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.859 I'm<00:25:51.259><c> in</c><00:25:51.380><c> verse</c><00:25:51.660><c> 22.</c> 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:58.460 He<00:25:53.980><c> says,</c><00:25:54.359><c> God</c><00:25:54.500><c> knows,</c><00:25:55.440><c> he</c><00:25:55.759><c> knows,</c><00:25:56.640><c> if</c><00:25:56.740><c> not</c><00:25:56.940><c> for</c><00:25:57.059><c> the</c><00:25:57.220><c> rebellion,</c> 00:25:58.859 --> 00:26:01.220 or<00:25:59.079><c> if</c><00:25:59.240><c> in</c><00:25:59.759><c> transgression</c><00:26:00.299><c> against</c><00:26:00.700><c> the</c><00:26:00.920><c> Lord,</c> 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.140 save<00:26:01.680><c> us</c><00:26:01.859><c> not</c><00:26:02.039><c> this</c><00:26:02.319><c> day.</c> 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:05.779 Now,<00:26:04.019><c> you've</c><00:26:04.420><c> got</c><00:26:04.539><c> it</c><00:26:04.720><c> all</c><00:26:04.940><c> wrong.</c> 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:09.039 You<00:26:06.720><c> misinterpreted</c><00:26:07.160><c> what</c><00:26:07.299><c> we</c><00:26:07.519><c> were</c><00:26:07.640><c> doing,</c><00:26:08.059><c> they're</c><00:26:08.200><c> saying.</c> 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:12.279 That<00:26:09.660><c> we</c><00:26:09.819><c> have</c><00:26:10.000><c> built</c><00:26:10.200><c> an</c><00:26:10.440><c> altar</c><00:26:10.740><c> to</c><00:26:11.500><c> turn</c><00:26:11.720><c> from</c><00:26:12.019><c> following</c> 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.660 the<00:26:12.539><c> Lord.</c> 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.940 No,<00:26:12.940><c> that's</c><00:26:13.200><c> not</c><00:26:13.319><c> what</c><00:26:13.380><c> we're</c><00:26:13.579><c> doing.</c> 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:16.079 Or<00:26:14.539><c> to</c><00:26:14.740><c> offer</c><00:26:14.980><c> their</c><00:26:15.279><c> unburnt</c><00:26:15.660><c> offerings.</c> 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.940 No,<00:26:16.839><c> we're</c><00:26:17.059><c> not</c><00:26:17.220><c> going</c><00:26:17.319><c> to</c><00:26:17.380><c> do</c><00:26:17.539><c> that.</c> 00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.740 Or<00:26:18.299><c> to</c><00:26:18.579><c> offer</c><00:26:19.039><c> peace</c><00:26:19.380><c> offerings.</c> 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:22.119 Let<00:26:20.339><c> the</c><00:26:20.460><c> Lord</c><00:26:20.579><c> himself</c><00:26:20.960><c> require</c><00:26:21.420><c> it.</c> 00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:25.440 Let<00:26:22.720><c> me</c><00:26:22.920><c> tell</c><00:26:23.059><c> you</c><00:26:23.119><c> what</c><00:26:23.259><c> we're</c><00:26:23.500><c> doing,</c><00:26:23.859><c> he</c><00:26:24.059><c> says</c><00:26:24.279><c> in</c><00:26:24.480><c> verse</c><00:26:24.720><c> 24.</c> 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:28.960 But<00:26:25.579><c> we</c><00:26:25.920><c> have</c><00:26:26.079><c> not</c><00:26:26.380><c> rather</c><00:26:26.660><c> done</c><00:26:27.059><c> this</c><00:26:27.380><c> for</c><00:26:27.700><c> fear</c><00:26:27.940><c> of</c><00:26:28.279><c> this</c><00:26:28.579><c> thing,</c> 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:32.599 saying,<00:26:30.759><c> in</c><00:26:30.880><c> time</c><00:26:31.119><c> to</c><00:26:31.380><c> come,</c><00:26:31.619><c> your</c><00:26:31.819><c> children</c><00:26:32.099><c> may</c><00:26:32.359><c> speak</c> 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:35.059 unto<00:26:32.819><c> our</c><00:26:33.140><c> children,</c><00:26:33.599><c> saying,</c><00:26:34.380><c> what</c><00:26:34.539><c> have</c><00:26:34.700><c> ye</c><00:26:34.839><c> to</c><00:26:34.940><c> do</c> 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.380 with<00:26:35.259><c> the</c><00:26:35.400><c> Lord</c><00:26:35.579><c> God</c><00:26:35.759><c> of</c><00:26:35.900><c> Israel?</c> 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:41.660 For<00:26:36.880><c> the</c><00:26:36.880><c> Lord</c><00:26:37.059><c> hath</c><00:26:37.259><c> made</c><00:26:37.599><c> Jordan</c><00:26:37.960><c> a</c><00:26:38.519><c> border</c><00:26:39.079><c> between</c><00:26:39.779><c> us</c><00:26:40.339><c> and</c><00:26:40.579><c> you.</c> 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.480 So<00:26:42.599><c> we</c><00:26:43.039><c> just</c><00:26:43.519><c> built</c><00:26:43.799><c> this</c><00:26:44.039><c> thing</c><00:26:44.180><c> as</c><00:26:44.420><c> sort</c><00:26:44.539><c> of</c><00:26:44.759><c> a</c><00:26:45.000><c> monument</c> 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:47.660 so<00:26:46.079><c> that</c><00:26:46.359><c> your</c><00:26:46.619><c> children</c><00:26:46.980><c> will</c><00:26:47.259><c> realize</c> 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:50.799 that<00:26:48.220><c> we</c><00:26:48.420><c> all</c><00:26:48.839><c> are</c><00:26:49.200><c> the</c><00:26:49.420><c> same</c><00:26:49.640><c> family.</c> 00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:54.599 So<00:26:51.619><c> it</c><00:26:51.640><c> wasn't,</c><00:26:52.559><c> you've</c><00:26:52.839><c> misinterpreted</c><00:26:53.420><c> this</c><00:26:53.579><c> completely.</c> 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:58.400 God<00:26:55.920><c> forbid,</c><00:26:56.339><c> verse</c><00:26:56.579><c> 29,</c><00:26:57.160><c> that</c><00:26:57.279><c> we</c><00:26:57.440><c> should</c><00:26:57.619><c> rebel</c><00:26:58.039><c> against</c> 00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.779 the<00:26:58.640><c> Lord</c> 00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:02.599 and<00:26:59.019><c> turn</c><00:26:59.180><c> this</c><00:26:59.420><c> day</c><00:26:59.619><c> from</c><00:26:59.839><c> following</c><00:27:00.119><c> the</c><00:27:00.440><c> Lord</c><00:27:00.960><c> to</c><00:27:01.299><c> build</c><00:27:01.420><c> an</c><00:27:01.660><c> altar.</c> 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.039 In<00:27:03.960><c> verse</c><00:27:04.200><c> 30,</c><00:27:05.019><c> when</c><00:27:05.279><c> Phineas,</c><00:27:06.480><c> the</c><00:27:06.680><c> priest,</c> 00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.779 and<00:27:07.339><c> the</c><00:27:07.500><c> princes</c><00:27:07.779><c> of</c><00:27:08.039><c> the</c><00:27:08.240><c> congregation,</c> 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:10.240 the<00:27:09.000><c> heads</c><00:27:09.099><c> of</c><00:27:09.299><c> the</c><00:27:09.460><c> thousands</c><00:27:09.700><c> of</c><00:27:09.960><c> Israel,</c> 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:12.440 which<00:27:10.859><c> were</c><00:27:10.980><c> with</c><00:27:11.160><c> him,</c><00:27:11.559><c> heard</c><00:27:11.720><c> the</c><00:27:12.000><c> words</c> 00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:14.680 that<00:27:12.980><c> the</c><00:27:13.140><c> children</c><00:27:13.359><c> of</c><00:27:13.599><c> Reuben,</c><00:27:13.880><c> the</c><00:27:14.019><c> children</c><00:27:14.259><c> of</c><00:27:14.519><c> Gad,</c> 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:18.819 and<00:27:14.759><c> the</c><00:27:14.920><c> children</c><00:27:15.180><c> of</c><00:27:15.339><c> Manasseh</c><00:27:15.720><c> spake,</c><00:27:17.079><c> it</c><00:27:17.500><c> pleased</c><00:27:17.940><c> them.</c> 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:24.400 So<00:27:19.920><c> now</c><00:27:20.380><c> we</c><00:27:20.680><c> have</c><00:27:21.759><c> good</c><00:27:22.339><c> communication</c><00:27:23.119><c> going</c><00:27:23.460><c> on.</c> 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.400 We<00:27:24.819><c> had</c><00:27:25.039><c> a</c><00:27:25.180><c> misunderstanding.</c> 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:29.599 Before<00:27:26.819><c> we</c><00:27:27.480><c> went</c><00:27:27.819><c> to</c><00:27:28.039><c> battle,</c><00:27:28.400><c> we</c><00:27:28.740><c> talked</c><00:27:29.019><c> it</c><00:27:29.279><c> over,</c> 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:32.700 and<00:27:29.960><c> we</c><00:27:30.180><c> found</c><00:27:30.339><c> out</c><00:27:30.519><c> that</c><00:27:30.640><c> it</c><00:27:30.819><c> wasn't</c><00:27:30.980><c> like</c><00:27:31.220><c> we</c><00:27:31.460><c> thought</c><00:27:31.700><c> after</c><00:27:32.240><c> all.</c> 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:36.599 And<00:27:33.259><c> as</c><00:27:33.400><c> a</c><00:27:33.559><c> result</c><00:27:33.779><c> of</c><00:27:33.980><c> that,</c><00:27:34.640><c> a</c><00:27:34.700><c> no</c><00:27:34.900><c> blood</c><00:27:35.200><c> was</c><00:27:35.619><c> shed.</c> 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:44.000 And<00:27:37.259><c> so</c><00:27:37.579><c> that's</c><00:27:38.259><c> a</c><00:27:38.640><c> wonderful</c><00:27:39.079><c> example</c><00:27:40.160><c> of</c><00:27:42.640><c> good</c><00:27:43.000><c> communication</c> 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.640 rather<00:27:44.900><c> than</c><00:27:45.720><c> bad</c><00:27:46.259><c> communication.</c> 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:51.960 And<00:27:48.880><c> how</c><00:27:49.160><c> much</c><00:27:49.859><c> harm</c><00:27:50.279><c> can</c><00:27:50.519><c> be</c><00:27:50.759><c> avoided,</c><00:27:51.299><c> brothers</c><00:27:51.480><c> and</c><00:27:51.759><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:58.640 if<00:27:52.220><c> we</c><00:27:52.460><c> would</c><00:27:52.759><c> just</c><00:27:53.740><c> talk,</c><00:27:55.519><c> talk</c><00:27:56.140><c> before</c><00:27:56.980><c> we</c><00:27:57.200><c> do</c><00:27:57.400><c> anything</c><00:27:57.680><c> else.</c> 00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:01.539 And<00:27:58.980><c> the</c><00:27:59.359><c> way</c><00:27:59.480><c> to</c><00:27:59.759><c> talk</c><00:27:59.960><c> is</c><00:28:00.220><c> not</c><00:28:00.420><c> by</c><00:28:00.759><c> yelling</c><00:28:00.980><c> and</c><00:28:01.220><c> screaming</c> 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.880 at<00:28:01.700><c> it,</c> 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.960 but<00:28:02.180><c> asking</c><00:28:02.579><c> questions.</c> 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:06.740 Even<00:28:04.720><c> when</c><00:28:04.960><c> someone</c><00:28:05.319><c> has</c><00:28:05.720><c> hurt</c><00:28:06.019><c> you</c> 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:09.359 and<00:28:07.180><c> said</c><00:28:07.299><c> something</c><00:28:07.700><c> real</c><00:28:08.339><c> mean,</c> 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:12.180 sometimes<00:28:10.180><c> even</c><00:28:10.559><c> in</c><00:28:10.759><c> our</c><00:28:11.099><c> families,</c> 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:15.339 we<00:28:12.400><c> speak</c><00:28:12.680><c> more</c><00:28:13.220><c> harshly</c><00:28:13.740><c> to</c><00:28:13.940><c> the</c><00:28:14.220><c> ones</c><00:28:14.380><c> we</c><00:28:14.700><c> love</c><00:28:14.920><c> the</c><00:28:15.160><c> most</c> 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:18.759 than<00:28:15.539><c> we</c><00:28:15.660><c> do</c><00:28:15.880><c> to</c><00:28:16.259><c> people</c><00:28:16.519><c> in</c><00:28:16.700><c> a</c><00:28:16.960><c> store</c><00:28:17.160><c> where</c><00:28:17.319><c> we're</c><00:28:17.539><c> just</c><00:28:17.720><c> shopping.</c> 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:22.960 Or<00:28:19.759><c> you</c><00:28:20.759><c> sometimes</c><00:28:21.079><c> see</c><00:28:21.339><c> people</c><00:28:21.640><c> speak</c><00:28:21.960><c> nice</c><00:28:22.240><c> to</c><00:28:22.460><c> a</c><00:28:22.660><c> dog</c> 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:25.259 and<00:28:23.660><c> bark</c><00:28:23.920><c> at</c><00:28:24.079><c> their</c><00:28:24.359><c> mate.</c> 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.259 Nobody<00:28:30.579><c> did</c><00:28:31.099><c> that.</c> 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:36.900 But<00:28:34.019><c> this</c><00:28:34.500><c> is</c><00:28:35.259><c> very</c><00:28:35.619><c> sad.</c> 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:41.420 And<00:28:38.240><c> if</c><00:28:38.480><c> we</c><00:28:38.619><c> would</c><00:28:38.900><c> just,</c><00:28:39.799><c> if</c><00:28:40.059><c> someone</c><00:28:40.299><c> really</c><00:28:40.680><c> hurts</c><00:28:40.920><c> you,</c> 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.779 instead<00:28:42.259><c> of</c><00:28:42.539><c> fighting</c><00:28:42.700><c> back,</c><00:28:42.940><c> you</c><00:28:42.940><c> say,</c> 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:46.380 did<00:28:44.680><c> you</c><00:28:44.880><c> hear</c><00:28:45.039><c> what</c><00:28:45.279><c> you</c><00:28:45.559><c> said?</c> 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.640 Of<00:28:46.680><c> course</c><00:28:46.839><c> I</c><00:28:46.920><c> heard,</c><00:28:47.099><c> I</c><00:28:47.119><c> just</c><00:28:47.380><c> said</c><00:28:47.500><c> it.</c> 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:49.920 You<00:28:47.740><c> were,</c><00:28:48.200><c> blah,</c><00:28:48.259><c> blah,</c><00:28:48.519><c> blah,</c><00:28:48.640><c> blah,</c><00:28:48.759><c> blah,</c><00:28:48.799><c> blah,</c><00:28:48.859><c> you</c><00:28:48.859><c> know.</c> 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:53.740 Do<00:28:50.720><c> you</c><00:28:51.000><c> realize</c><00:28:51.519><c> how</c><00:28:51.839><c> much</c><00:28:52.140><c> that</c><00:28:52.460><c> hurts</c><00:28:52.720><c> me?</c> 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:58.579 I<00:28:54.920><c> love</c><00:28:55.440><c> you,</c><00:28:56.619><c> and</c><00:28:56.680><c> what</c><00:28:56.839><c> you</c><00:28:57.220><c> said</c><00:28:57.380><c> hurts.</c> 00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:01.160 Why<00:28:59.319><c> are</c><00:28:59.539><c> you</c><00:28:59.819><c> hurting</c><00:29:00.079><c> me?</c> 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:04.140 I<00:29:02.079><c> mean,</c><00:29:02.579><c> do</c><00:29:02.640><c> you</c><00:29:02.700><c> see</c><00:29:02.839><c> how</c><00:29:02.940><c> that</c><00:29:03.119><c> can</c><00:29:03.359><c> disarm</c><00:29:03.720><c> somebody</c> 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.700 that's<00:29:04.420><c> really</c><00:29:04.740><c> angry?</c> 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:10.180 Communication,<00:29:08.579><c> by</c><00:29:08.839><c> asking</c><00:29:09.220><c> questions</c> 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:12.559 and<00:29:10.740><c> not</c><00:29:10.980><c> doing</c><00:29:11.220><c> all</c><00:29:11.460><c> the</c><00:29:11.619><c> talking.</c> 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:17.779 But,<00:29:14.299><c> well,</c><00:29:15.799><c> James</c><00:29:16.000><c> tells</c><00:29:16.259><c> us</c><00:29:16.380><c> how</c><00:29:16.559><c> to</c><00:29:16.680><c> do</c><00:29:16.799><c> it.</c> 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:21.900 Everyone<00:29:19.180><c> be</c><00:29:19.599><c> swift</c><00:29:19.900><c> to</c><00:29:20.119><c> hear</c><00:29:20.299><c> and</c><00:29:20.480><c> slow</c><00:29:20.660><c> to</c><00:29:20.940><c> speak.</c> 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:25.339 For<00:29:22.380><c> the</c><00:29:22.519><c> wrath</c><00:29:22.700><c> of</c><00:29:22.819><c> God</c><00:29:23.019><c> worketh</c><00:29:23.400><c> not</c><00:29:23.539><c> the</c><00:29:23.720><c> righteousness</c><00:29:24.119><c> of</c><00:29:24.480><c> man.</c> 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:28.579 We<00:29:25.819><c> should,</c><00:29:26.480><c> you</c><00:29:26.819><c> know</c><00:29:26.920><c> what</c><00:29:27.140><c> God</c><00:29:27.380><c> gave</c><00:29:27.700><c> you?</c> 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:32.039 He<00:29:28.799><c> gave</c><00:29:28.980><c> you</c><00:29:29.359><c> two</c><00:29:29.660><c> ears</c><00:29:30.380><c> and</c><00:29:31.200><c> one</c><00:29:31.460><c> mouth.</c> 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:35.799 It<00:29:32.680><c> means</c><00:29:32.819><c> you</c><00:29:33.000><c> should</c><00:29:33.259><c> listen</c><00:29:33.700><c> twice</c><00:29:34.000><c> as</c><00:29:34.240><c> much</c><00:29:34.400><c> as</c><00:29:34.579><c> you</c><00:29:34.880><c> talk.</c> 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:39.019 But<00:29:37.740><c> we</c><00:29:38.059><c> don't</c><00:29:38.279><c> do</c><00:29:38.440><c> it</c><00:29:38.599><c> that</c><00:29:38.819><c> way.</c> 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:41.019 I<00:29:39.160><c> think</c><00:29:39.339><c> some</c><00:29:39.539><c> people</c><00:29:39.680><c> think</c><00:29:39.819><c> we've</c><00:29:40.059><c> got</c><00:29:40.140><c> two</c><00:29:40.440><c> mouths</c><00:29:40.779><c> and</c> 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.339 one<00:29:41.200><c> ear.</c> 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:47.039 As<00:29:42.900><c> we</c><00:29:43.099><c> do</c><00:29:43.400><c> so</c><00:29:43.660><c> much</c><00:29:43.859><c> more</c><00:29:44.279><c> talking</c><00:29:44.640><c> than</c><00:29:44.940><c> we</c><00:29:45.220><c> do</c><00:29:45.519><c> of</c><00:29:45.900><c> listening.</c> 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:54.869 Again,<00:29:50.400><c> you</c><00:29:50.480><c> see,</c><00:29:52.000><c> counting</c><00:29:52.180><c> to</c><00:29:52.440><c> 10</c><00:29:52.700><c> was</c><00:29:53.880><c> a</c><00:29:54.079><c> salvation</c> 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.619 of<00:29:56.019><c> the</c><00:29:56.240><c> two</c><00:29:56.359><c> and</c><00:29:56.460><c> a</c><00:29:56.519><c> half</c><00:29:56.660><c> tribes,</c> 00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:01.740 because<00:29:59.460><c> Joshua</c><00:30:00.039><c> and</c><00:30:00.339><c> Phineas</c><00:30:00.619><c> had</c><00:30:00.799><c> the</c><00:30:01.019><c> good</c><00:30:01.220><c> sense</c> 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:04.339 to<00:30:02.359><c> not</c><00:30:02.559><c> attack</c><00:30:03.019><c> and</c><00:30:03.220><c> then</c><00:30:03.420><c> ask</c><00:30:03.720><c> questions,</c> 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:08.599 but<00:30:04.799><c> to</c><00:30:05.019><c> ask</c><00:30:05.240><c> questions</c><00:30:06.079><c> before</c><00:30:07.200><c> the</c><00:30:07.619><c> attack.</c> 00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:13.099 And<00:30:09.799><c> we</c><00:30:09.980><c> can</c><00:30:10.180><c> bring</c><00:30:10.339><c> this</c><00:30:10.619><c> down</c><00:30:11.119><c> to</c><00:30:12.039><c> our</c><00:30:12.279><c> own</c><00:30:12.680><c> lives,</c> 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.880 and<00:30:13.279><c> that's</c><00:30:13.380><c> what</c><00:30:13.519><c> we</c><00:30:13.720><c> need.</c> 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.920 All<00:30:14.299><c> these</c><00:30:14.519><c> lessons</c><00:30:14.779><c> were</c><00:30:14.980><c> written</c><00:30:15.160><c> for</c><00:30:15.460><c> our</c><00:30:15.680><c> learning,</c> 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:20.299 for<00:30:16.140><c> us</c><00:30:16.339><c> to</c><00:30:16.839><c> apply</c><00:30:17.579><c> in</c><00:30:18.400><c> our</c><00:30:18.680><c> own</c><00:30:18.960><c> everyday</c><00:30:19.599><c> lives</c> 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:23.220 with<00:30:20.559><c> our</c><00:30:21.220><c> spouse,</c><00:30:21.940><c> with</c><00:30:22.099><c> our</c><00:30:22.859><c> children,</c> 00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:26.339 with<00:30:23.599><c> our</c><00:30:24.180><c> employees</c><00:30:24.680><c> or</c><00:30:25.039><c> employers,</c> 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:32.000 people<00:30:26.799><c> in</c><00:30:27.619><c> our</c><00:30:27.819><c> neighborhood</c><00:30:28.480><c> and</c><00:30:29.619><c> certainly</c><00:30:30.059><c> in</c><00:30:30.359><c> the</c><00:30:30.579><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.819 The<00:30:50.039><c> tape.</c> 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.420 I<00:30:53.700><c> get</c><00:30:53.940><c> the</c><00:30:54.180><c> sign.</c> 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:57.480 You<00:30:54.599><c> see,</c><00:30:55.539><c> communication</c><00:30:56.099><c> comes</c><00:30:56.460><c> and</c><00:30:56.680><c> goes.</c> 00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:04.079 I'll<00:31:00.779><c> tell</c><00:31:00.839><c> you</c><00:31:01.079><c> a</c><00:31:01.880><c> true</c><00:31:02.180><c> story</c><00:31:02.539><c> that</c><00:31:02.779><c> happened</c><00:31:03.079><c> at</c><00:31:03.359><c> Idlewild</c> 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.119 a<00:31:04.579><c> number</c><00:31:04.839><c> of</c><00:31:05.000><c> years</c><00:31:05.220><c> ago.</c> 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:12.079 We<00:31:08.039><c> had</c><00:31:08.460><c> three</c><00:31:08.900><c> marvelous</c><00:31:09.400><c> teachers</c><00:31:09.940><c> at</c><00:31:10.420><c> the</c><00:31:10.619><c> school</c><00:31:10.799><c> that</c><00:31:11.019><c> year,</c> 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:13.339 and<00:31:12.279><c> on</c><00:31:12.500><c> evening</c><00:31:12.880><c> program,</c> 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:16.700 we<00:31:14.200><c> had</c><00:31:14.359><c> a</c><00:31:14.500><c> panel</c><00:31:14.799><c> discussion</c><00:31:15.319><c> on</c><00:31:15.539><c> the</c><00:31:15.720><c> platform,</c> 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:20.579 and<00:31:17.059><c> I</c><00:31:17.259><c> was</c><00:31:17.940><c> asked</c><00:31:18.140><c> to</c><00:31:18.319><c> be</c><00:31:18.880><c> the</c><00:31:19.420><c> moderator</c><00:31:19.799><c> for</c><00:31:20.140><c> it,</c> 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.880 and<00:31:20.940><c> the</c><00:31:21.099><c> three</c><00:31:21.279><c> brethren</c><00:31:21.500><c> were</c><00:31:21.700><c> on</c><00:31:21.880><c> the</c><00:31:22.099><c> stage</c><00:31:22.279><c> with</c><00:31:22.460><c> me,</c> 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:26.660 and<00:31:23.299><c> we</c><00:31:23.460><c> were</c><00:31:23.680><c> talking</c><00:31:24.039><c> about</c><00:31:25.359><c> the</c><00:31:25.720><c> brotherhood</c> 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:30.799 and<00:31:28.440><c> ways</c><00:31:29.039><c> to</c><00:31:29.420><c> live</c><00:31:29.599><c> the</c><00:31:29.900><c> truth.</c> 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:34.640 And<00:31:31.960><c> after</c><00:31:32.900><c> the</c><00:31:33.700><c> meeting</c><00:31:33.900><c> was</c><00:31:34.140><c> all</c><00:31:34.420><c> over,</c> 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.400 our<00:31:35.180><c> timing</c><00:31:35.380><c> had</c><00:31:35.680><c> run</c><00:31:35.940><c> out,</c> 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.460 and<00:31:37.019><c> I</c><00:31:37.180><c> remember</c><00:31:37.380><c> getting</c><00:31:37.680><c> up</c><00:31:37.900><c> to</c><00:31:38.339><c> say,</c> 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.000 we're<00:31:38.720><c> gonna</c><00:31:38.940><c> now</c><00:31:39.200><c> close</c><00:31:39.440><c> with</c><00:31:39.720><c> him,</c> 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.400 and<00:31:40.539><c> a</c><00:31:40.680><c> brother</c><00:31:40.819><c> in</c><00:31:40.980><c> the</c><00:31:41.099><c> audience</c><00:31:41.200><c> says,</c> 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:43.740 just<00:31:41.740><c> a</c><00:31:41.900><c> minute,</c><00:31:42.140><c> Brother</c><00:31:42.279><c> Lloyd,</c><00:31:42.559><c> just</c><00:31:42.819><c> a</c><00:31:42.980><c> minute!</c> 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:46.619 And<00:31:44.900><c> so</c><00:31:45.140><c> everybody</c><00:31:45.619><c> stops,</c> 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:49.339 and<00:31:47.079><c> this</c><00:31:47.359><c> brother</c><00:31:47.559><c> was</c><00:31:47.859><c> very</c><00:31:48.339><c> angry</c><00:31:48.680><c> and</c><00:31:48.900><c> agitated,</c> 00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:53.579 and<00:31:49.599><c> he</c><00:31:50.259><c> said</c><00:31:50.519><c> some</c><00:31:50.960><c> very</c><00:31:51.779><c> foolish</c><00:31:52.339><c> things.</c> 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:57.440 Some<00:31:54.400><c> things</c><00:31:54.619><c> that</c><00:31:55.000><c> could</c><00:31:55.259><c> get</c><00:31:55.460><c> a</c><00:31:55.660><c> person</c><00:31:55.940><c> disfellowshipped.</c> 00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:01.720 He<00:31:58.460><c> spoke</c><00:31:59.000><c> angrily,</c> 00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:05.119 and<00:32:02.039><c> everyone</c><00:32:03.819><c> was</c><00:32:04.140><c> upset.</c> 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.960 So<00:32:06.000><c> I</c><00:32:06.099><c> said,</c><00:32:06.319><c> well,</c><00:32:06.480><c> we'll</c><00:32:06.720><c> close</c><00:32:06.940><c> with</c><00:32:07.180><c> prayer,</c> 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.319 and<00:32:08.839><c> him</c><00:32:08.960><c> in</c><00:32:09.160><c> prayer.</c> 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:12.240 And<00:32:10.240><c> so</c><00:32:10.519><c> immediately,</c><00:32:11.440><c> the</c><00:32:11.619><c> executive</c><00:32:11.920><c> committee</c> 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.299 of<00:32:12.339><c> the</c><00:32:12.480><c> Bible</c><00:32:12.619><c> School</c><00:32:12.759><c> got</c><00:32:12.980><c> together.</c> 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:16.539 We<00:32:13.619><c> had</c><00:32:13.819><c> the</c><00:32:14.339><c> three</c><00:32:14.559><c> teachers,</c><00:32:14.960><c> and</c><00:32:15.079><c> we</c><00:32:15.200><c> all</c><00:32:15.720><c> got</c><00:32:16.019><c> involved,</c> 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.859 and<00:32:16.980><c> I</c><00:32:17.319><c> remember</c><00:32:17.579><c> they</c><00:32:17.759><c> asked</c><00:32:17.980><c> Brother</c><00:32:18.200><c> Harry</c><00:32:18.579><c> Tennant</c> 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:23.319 to<00:32:19.339><c> give</c><00:32:19.519><c> a</c><00:32:19.839><c> prayer</c><00:32:20.759><c> as</c><00:32:22.440><c> we</c><00:32:22.640><c> met</c><00:32:22.839><c> together</c> 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:25.240 after<00:32:23.740><c> everyone</c><00:32:24.019><c> had</c><00:32:24.240><c> left</c><00:32:24.400><c> the</c><00:32:24.579><c> room.</c> 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:27.599 And<00:32:26.000><c> he's</c><00:32:26.220><c> praying</c><00:32:26.359><c> to</c><00:32:27.319><c> the</c><00:32:27.519><c> Lord.</c> 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.299 He<00:32:27.680><c> said,</c><00:32:27.819><c> Lord,</c><00:32:28.079><c> you</c><00:32:28.259><c> knew</c><00:32:28.400><c> this</c><00:32:28.599><c> was</c><00:32:28.759><c> gonna</c><00:32:28.880><c> happen</c><00:32:29.160><c> tonight.</c> 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.259 We<00:32:31.200><c> didn't</c><00:32:31.420><c> know</c><00:32:31.500><c> it</c><00:32:31.579><c> was</c><00:32:31.700><c> gonna</c><00:32:31.859><c> happen,</c> 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:34.279 but<00:32:33.180><c> you</c><00:32:33.480><c> knew</c><00:32:33.619><c> it</c><00:32:33.720><c> was</c><00:32:33.859><c> gonna</c><00:32:34.019><c> happen.</c> 00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:36.660 Now,<00:32:34.539><c> help</c><00:32:34.720><c> us</c><00:32:35.059><c> to</c><00:32:35.339><c> react</c><00:32:35.599><c> to</c><00:32:35.799><c> this</c><00:32:35.980><c> in</c><00:32:36.140><c> the</c><00:32:36.259><c> right</c><00:32:36.460><c> way.</c> 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:42.059 Help<00:32:36.839><c> us</c><00:32:37.119><c> to</c><00:32:37.920><c> be</c><00:32:38.200><c> Christ</c><00:32:38.579><c>-like</c><00:32:39.319><c> and</c><00:32:39.920><c> brotherly</c><00:32:40.519><c> in</c><00:32:40.759><c> this</c><00:32:40.900><c> situation.</c> 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:45.480 I<00:32:42.920><c> remember</c><00:32:43.140><c> one</c><00:32:43.799><c> of</c><00:32:43.920><c> the</c><00:32:44.019><c> brethren</c><00:32:44.400><c> that</c><00:32:44.859><c> were</c><00:32:45.119><c> there</c> 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:48.519 as<00:32:45.759><c> a</c><00:32:45.900><c> visiting</c><00:32:46.119><c> teacher,</c><00:32:47.319><c> he</c><00:32:47.480><c> says,</c><00:32:47.619><c> let</c><00:32:47.940><c> me</c><00:32:48.240><c> at</c><00:32:48.400><c> him!</c> 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:50.960 He<00:32:48.759><c> says,</c><00:32:49.180><c> I'll</c><00:32:49.460><c> get</c><00:32:49.599><c> him</c><00:32:49.799><c> out</c><00:32:49.920><c> of</c><00:32:50.019><c> here</c><00:32:50.160><c> by...</c> 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.799 We<00:32:51.559><c> hadn't</c><00:32:51.740><c> disfellowshipped</c><00:32:52.240><c> before</c><00:32:52.559><c> Sunday.</c> 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:54.900 I<00:32:52.960><c> mean,</c><00:32:53.160><c> after</c><00:32:53.420><c> all,</c><00:32:53.519><c> this</c><00:32:53.680><c> happened</c><00:32:53.900><c> about</c><00:32:54.160><c> Wednesday</c><00:32:54.400><c> night.</c> 00:32:54.900 --> 00:33:01.400 I<00:32:55.980><c> mean,</c><00:32:59.640><c> he</c><00:32:59.640><c> was</c><00:32:59.920><c> at</c><00:33:00.619><c> the</c><00:33:01.079><c> committee.</c> 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:05.400 He<00:33:01.599><c> said,</c><00:33:02.420><c> we</c><00:33:02.440><c> think</c><00:33:02.619><c> we'll</c><00:33:02.799><c> let</c><00:33:02.880><c> Brother</c><00:33:03.119><c> Harry</c><00:33:03.500><c> talk</c><00:33:03.940><c> to</c><00:33:04.200><c> him.</c> 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:08.740 And<00:33:06.559><c> the</c><00:33:07.420><c> reason</c><00:33:07.660><c> for</c><00:33:07.900><c> telling</c><00:33:08.079><c> you</c><00:33:08.259><c> the</c><00:33:08.500><c> story</c> 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:13.240 is<00:33:09.000><c> that</c><00:33:09.839><c> when</c><00:33:10.400><c> a</c><00:33:10.779><c> problem</c><00:33:11.000><c> occurs</c><00:33:11.900><c> in</c><00:33:12.339><c> an</c><00:33:12.619><c> ecclesia</c> 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:18.259 and<00:33:14.180><c> someone</c><00:33:14.579><c> does</c><00:33:15.099><c> say</c><00:33:15.380><c> something</c><00:33:15.980><c> way,</c><00:33:16.680><c> way</c><00:33:17.200><c> off,</c> 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:21.779 your<00:33:19.180><c> salvation</c><00:33:19.619><c> is</c><00:33:19.980><c> not</c><00:33:20.619><c> dependent</c><00:33:21.440><c> on</c><00:33:21.640><c> you</c> 00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:23.980 getting<00:33:21.960><c> them</c><00:33:22.180><c> disfellowshipped</c><00:33:22.720><c> by</c><00:33:23.059><c> Sunday.</c> 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:28.420 We<00:33:26.539><c> need</c><00:33:26.799><c> to</c><00:33:27.180><c> work</c><00:33:27.400><c> with</c><00:33:27.720><c> this</c><00:33:27.940><c> person.</c> 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:30.519 We<00:33:28.779><c> need</c><00:33:29.039><c> to</c><00:33:29.380><c> communicate</c><00:33:30.059><c> with</c><00:33:30.380><c> them.</c> 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:34.279 We<00:33:30.660><c> need</c><00:33:30.940><c> to</c><00:33:31.960><c> allow</c><00:33:32.359><c> some</c><00:33:32.680><c> time</c><00:33:32.960><c> to</c><00:33:33.160><c> go</c><00:33:33.380><c> by.</c> 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.799 This<00:33:34.819><c> brother,</c><00:33:35.480><c> as</c><00:33:35.759><c> far</c><00:33:35.900><c> as</c><00:33:36.019><c> I</c><00:33:36.099><c> know,</c><00:33:36.440><c> broke</c><00:33:36.559><c> bread</c><00:33:36.779><c> on</c><00:33:37.119><c> Sunday,</c> 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:41.779 although<00:33:39.279><c> the</c><00:33:39.880><c> position</c><00:33:40.119><c> he'd</c><00:33:40.559><c> taken</c><00:33:40.920><c> in</c><00:33:41.200><c> his</c><00:33:41.519><c> stand</c> 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:45.599 was<00:33:42.660><c> worthy</c><00:33:43.319><c> of</c><00:33:43.539><c> being</c><00:33:43.960><c> disfellowshipped.</c> 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were</c><00:34:01.440><c> two</c><00:34:01.680><c> reactions</c><00:34:02.119><c> there</c> 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:06.140 on<00:34:03.579><c> the</c><00:34:03.759><c> Bible</c><00:34:04.019><c> School</c><00:34:04.640><c> teaching</c><00:34:05.400><c> staff</c><00:34:05.799><c> there.</c> 00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:09.519 One<00:34:06.740><c> feeling,</c><00:34:07.779><c> this</c><00:34:07.940><c> brother</c><00:34:08.159><c> has</c><00:34:08.400><c> said</c><00:34:08.539><c> something</c><00:34:08.800><c> that's</c><00:34:09.099><c> wrong</c> 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:11.860 and<00:34:10.300><c> none</c><00:34:10.679><c> of</c><00:34:10.800><c> us</c><00:34:10.960><c> could</c><00:34:11.059><c> say,</c><00:34:11.320><c> well,</c><00:34:11.320><c> he</c><00:34:11.380><c> was</c><00:34:11.599><c> right.</c> 00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:13.199 It<00:34:12.019><c> was</c><00:34:12.219><c> wrong.</c> 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:16.400 We<00:34:13.739><c> can't</c><00:34:14.099><c> 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when</c><00:34:33.239><c> a</c><00:34:34.159><c> brother</c><00:34:34.380><c> in</c><00:34:34.659><c> England</c> 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:39.360 got<00:34:37.179><c> some</c><00:34:37.559><c> very</c><00:34:38.239><c> peculiar</c><00:34:38.780><c> ideas</c> 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:41.599 and<00:34:39.599><c> he</c><00:34:39.820><c> was</c><00:34:40.139><c> quick</c><00:34:40.280><c> to</c><00:34:40.440><c> let</c><00:34:40.579><c> them</c><00:34:40.780><c> be</c><00:34:41.119><c> known.</c> 00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.679 He<00:34:42.300><c> wrote</c><00:34:42.679><c> about</c><00:34:43.079><c> them.</c> 00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:46.940 And<00:34:44.239><c> so</c><00:34:44.739><c> the</c><00:34:45.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:45.400><c> in</c><00:34:45.860><c> which</c><00:34:46.039><c> he</c><00:34:46.340><c> belonged</c> 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:52.780 I<00:34:47.380><c> went</c><00:34:47.519><c> to</c><00:34:47.719><c> his</c><00:34:47.960><c> home</c><00:34:48.440><c> once</c><00:34:49.019><c> a</c><00:34:49.420><c> week</c><00:34:50.000><c> and</c><00:34:51.260><c> worked</c><00:34:51.480><c> with</c><00:34:51.760><c> him.</c> 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:57.099 And<00:34:53.559><c> I</c><00:34:53.659><c> remember</c><00:34:54.059><c> in</c><00:34:54.960><c> other</c><00:34:55.280><c> parts</c><00:34:55.599><c> of</c><00:34:55.820><c> the</c><00:34:56.019><c> world,</c> 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.380 there<00:34:57.500><c> were</c><00:34:57.699><c> those</c><00:34:58.000><c> who</c><00:34:58.199><c> were</c><00:34:58.739><c> unhappy</c> 00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:01.340 with<00:35:00.079><c> the</c><00:35:00.420><c> pleasure</c><00:35:00.679><c> in</c><00:35:01.000><c> England</c> 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.980 because<00:35:01.960><c> this</c><00:35:02.179><c> brother</c><00:35:02.360><c> was</c><00:35:02.579><c> still</c><00:35:02.780><c> in</c><00:35:02.980><c> fellowship</c> 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:07.000 after<00:35:04.260><c> he</c><00:35:04.460><c> had</c><00:35:04.940><c> taken</c><00:35:05.239><c> this</c><00:35:05.519><c> wrong</c><00:35:05.840><c> position.</c> 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:09.619 And<00:35:07.400><c> it</c><00:35:07.500><c> was</c><00:35:07.760><c> months</c><00:35:08.079><c> before</c><00:35:08.500><c> he</c><00:35:08.760><c> was</c><00:35:08.960><c> disfellowshipped.</c> 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:12.739 And<00:35:10.059><c> the</c><00:35:10.059><c> final</c><00:35:10.400><c> result</c><00:35:10.760><c> was</c><00:35:11.139><c> that</c><00:35:11.320><c> he</c><00:35:11.659><c> was.</c> 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:15.000 But<00:35:13.480><c> the</c><00:35:13.840><c> point</c><00:35:14.099><c> I'm</c><00:35:14.239><c> trying</c><00:35:14.420><c> to</c><00:35:14.619><c> make</c><00:35:14.800><c> is,</c> 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:18.059 county<00:35:15.420><c> to</c><00:35:15.679><c> 10,</c><00:35:16.880><c> you</c><00:35:17.320><c> never</c><00:35:17.699><c> know.</c> 00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:19.659 Sometimes<00:35:18.539><c> 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off</c><00:35:30.440><c> the</c><00:35:30.860><c> wall</c><00:35:31.239><c> statements.</c> 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:35.940 And<00:35:33.099><c> we</c><00:35:33.480><c> didn't</c><00:35:33.780><c> condone</c><00:35:34.460><c> what</c><00:35:34.679><c> he</c><00:35:34.860><c> was</c><00:35:35.099><c> doing,</c> 00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:40.599 but<00:35:36.739><c> we</c><00:35:36.920><c> did</c><00:35:37.059><c> have</c><00:35:37.239><c> to</c><00:35:37.360><c> get</c><00:35:37.440><c> him</c><00:35:37.599><c> out</c><00:35:37.780><c> of</c><00:35:37.920><c> fellowship</c><00:35:38.340><c> before</c><00:35:39.639><c> Sunday.</c> 00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:45.679 So<00:35:41.119><c> again,</c><00:35:43.000><c> communication</c><00:35:43.840><c> and</c><00:35:45.179><c> working</c> 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:48.159 and<00:35:45.920><c> being</c><00:35:46.199><c> patient</c><00:35:46.659><c> with</c><00:35:46.860><c> each</c><00:35:47.179><c> other.</c> 00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:53.219 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you</c><00:36:07.380><c> are,</c><00:36:07.539><c> I</c><00:36:07.760><c> realize</c><00:36:08.119><c> that.</c> 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:14.340 But<00:36:12.019><c> even</c><00:36:12.619><c> when</c><00:36:12.820><c> you're</c><00:36:13.059><c> in</c><00:36:13.179><c> the</c><00:36:13.460><c> right,</c> 00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:18.760 there's<00:36:15.199><c> a</c><00:36:15.420><c> wrong</c><00:36:15.739><c> way</c><00:36:16.300><c> to</c><00:36:16.940><c> defend</c><00:36:17.320><c> what's</c><00:36:17.800><c> right.</c> 00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:23.619 We<00:36:21.179><c> don't</c><00:36:21.500><c> believe</c><00:36:21.940><c> in</c><00:36:22.199><c> shooting</c><00:36:22.440><c> people</c> 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:25.099 who<00:36:24.139><c> believe</c><00:36:24.360><c> a</c><00:36:24.559><c> wrong</c><00:36:24.719><c> doctrine.</c> 00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:27.579 I<00:36:25.239><c> mean,</c><00:36:25.579><c> if</c><00:36:25.780><c> we</c><00:36:25.940><c> could</c><00:36:26.059><c> just</c><00:36:26.340><c> execute</c><00:36:26.780><c> certain</c><00:36:27.099><c> people,</c> 00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:30.199 we<00:36:27.980><c> could</c><00:36:28.179><c> get</c><00:36:28.400><c> rid</c><00:36:28.579><c> of,</c><00:36:29.380><c> am</c><00:36:29.539><c> I</c><00:36:29.619><c> being</c><00:36:29.920><c> preempted</c> 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.079 by<00:36:30.559><c> a</c><00:36:30.900><c> chipmunk</c><00:36:31.239><c> again?</c> 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:36.519 I<00:36:33.239><c> remember</c><00:36:33.760><c> that</c><00:36:34.000><c> one</c><00:36:34.199><c> year</c><00:36:34.480><c> I</c><00:36:34.619><c> was</c><00:36:34.840><c> at</c><00:36:35.340><c> Manitoulin</c><00:36:35.860><c> Bible</c><00:36:36.199><c> School</c> 00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:40.260 and<00:36:36.820><c> the</c><00:36:37.000><c> whole</c><00:36:37.480><c> audience,</c><00:36:38.480><c> their</c><00:36:38.659><c> eyes</c><00:36:38.900><c> went</c><00:36:39.079><c> over</c><00:36:39.320><c> like</c><00:36:39.719><c> this</c> 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:42.079 and<00:36:40.780><c> I'm</c><00:36:41.039><c> talking,</c><00:36:41.480><c> you</c><00:36:41.480><c> know,</c><00:36:41.579><c> and</c><00:36:41.639><c> they're</c><00:36:41.780><c> all</c><00:36:41.940><c> looking.</c> 00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:45.960 And<00:36:42.440><c> then</c><00:36:42.559><c> they</c><00:36:43.719><c> looked</c><00:36:43.960><c> up</c><00:36:44.380><c> and</c><00:36:44.780><c> it</c><00:36:45.059><c> was</c><00:36:45.239><c> a</c><00:36:45.400><c> little</c><00:36:45.559><c> mouse</c> 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.679 running<00:36:46.219><c> around.</c> 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:49.980 And<00:36:47.440><c> I</c><00:36:47.840><c> just</c><00:36:48.079><c> quit</c><00:36:48.239><c> talking</c><00:36:48.539><c> because</c><00:36:48.900><c> nobody</c><00:36:49.360><c> was</c><00:36:49.619><c> listening</c> 00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.960 to<00:36:50.199><c> me.</c> 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:54.940 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if</c><00:37:06.940><c> you</c><00:37:07.199><c> decide</c><00:37:07.480><c> to</c><00:37:07.659><c> watch</c><00:37:07.820><c> the</c><00:37:08.039><c> chipmunk,</c><00:37:08.340><c> let</c><00:37:08.519><c> me</c><00:37:08.659><c> know</c> 00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.380 and<00:37:08.940><c> I'll</c><00:37:09.099><c> stop</c><00:37:09.440><c> talking.</c> 00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:13.639 Because<00:37:11.639><c> I</c><00:37:11.800><c> think</c><00:37:11.920><c> they're</c><00:37:12.099><c> cute</c><00:37:12.320><c> too.</c> 00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:21.659 The<00:37:17.400><c> lesson</c><00:37:17.659><c> we're</c><00:37:17.940><c> trying</c><00:37:18.159><c> to</c><00:37:18.380><c> learn</c><00:37:18.579><c> in</c><00:37:18.880><c> communication</c><00:37:19.539><c> is</c><00:37:20.000><c> this.</c> 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:26.079 Talk<00:37:24.119><c> before</c><00:37:24.719><c> you</c><00:37:25.119><c> act.</c> 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:30.079 Don't<00:37:27.119><c> do</c><00:37:27.440><c> anything</c><00:37:27.800><c> until</c><00:37:28.179><c> you've</c><00:37:28.519><c> talked</c><00:37:28.800><c> it</c><00:37:29.079><c> over.</c> 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:33.219 And<00:37:30.739><c> ask</c><00:37:31.360><c> questions</c><00:37:32.619><c> before</c><00:37:32.719><c> you</c><00:37:32.719><c> act.</c> 00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:40.940 And<00:37:35.000><c> oftentimes,</c><00:37:36.559><c> a</c><00:37:36.760><c> lot</c><00:37:37.000><c> of</c><00:37:38.639><c> blood</c><00:37:38.639><c> shed</c><00:37:39.159><c> can</c><00:37:39.559><c> be</c><00:37:39.840><c> avoided.</c> 00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:44.780 A<00:37:41.099><c> lot</c><00:37:41.420><c> of</c><00:37:41.659><c> hurts</c><00:37:41.980><c> can</c><00:37:42.659><c> be</c><00:37:43.679><c> avoided.</c> 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:49.760 Eve,<00:37:45.860><c> if</c><00:37:46.119><c> she</c><00:37:46.320><c> had</c><00:37:46.480><c> just</c><00:37:47.000><c> delayed</c><00:37:47.719><c> the</c><00:37:49.139><c> temptation</c> 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have</c><00:37:59.199><c> to</c><00:37:59.440><c> take</c><00:37:59.659><c> what</c><00:37:59.880><c> you</c><00:38:00.219><c> want.</c> 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:06.119 Ability<00:38:03.659><c> to</c><00:38:03.940><c> delay</c><00:38:04.460><c> gratification</c> 00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:10.239 is<00:38:07.139><c> a</c><00:38:07.320><c> very</c><00:38:07.639><c> important</c><00:38:08.219><c> ability</c><00:38:08.739><c> that</c><00:38:09.199><c> some</c><00:38:09.400><c> people</c><00:38:09.619><c> never</c><00:38:09.980><c> learn.</c> 00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:12.860 And<00:38:10.440><c> the</c><00:38:10.539><c> people</c><00:38:10.699><c> who</c><00:38:10.900><c> never</c><00:38:11.139><c> learn</c><00:38:11.300><c> it</c><00:38:11.800><c> never</c><00:38:12.260><c> succeed</c> 00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:17.239 even<00:38:13.320><c> in</c><00:38:13.739><c> this</c><00:38:14.039><c> life,</c><00:38:14.420><c> forgetting</c><00:38:15.000><c> the</c><00:38:16.139><c> promise</c><00:38:16.599><c> of</c><00:38:16.780><c> the</c><00:38:16.940><c> kingdom.</c> 00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:21.199 The<00:38:17.739><c> people</c><00:38:17.960><c> who</c><00:38:18.260><c> are</c><00:38:18.519><c> able</c><00:38:18.800><c> to</c><00:38:19.139><c> delay</c><00:38:19.500><c> gratification</c> 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.780 and<00:38:22.320><c> until</c><00:38:22.539><c> the</c><00:38:23.320><c> right</c><00:38:23.539><c> time</c><00:38:23.880><c> for</c><00:38:24.179><c> it</c> 00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:27.260 are<00:38:25.119><c> those</c><00:38:25.400><c> who</c><00:38:25.659><c> succeed</c><00:38:26.159><c> in</c><00:38:26.500><c> this</c><00:38:26.840><c> life.</c> 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:31.500 And<00:38:27.840><c> certainly</c><00:38:28.159><c> it's</c><00:38:28.519><c> those</c><00:38:28.679><c> who</c><00:38:28.960><c> succeed</c><00:38:29.400><c> to</c><00:38:30.719><c> be</c><00:38:30.880><c> in</c><00:38:31.000><c> the</c><00:38:31.179><c> kingdom.</c> 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:34.460 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a</c><00:38:41.320><c> nice</c><00:38:41.599><c> reward.</c> 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:45.239 And<00:38:43.900><c> then</c><00:38:43.980><c> they</c><00:38:44.139><c> went</c><00:38:44.219><c> out</c><00:38:44.400><c> and</c><00:38:44.539><c> watched</c><00:38:44.900><c> them.</c> 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:47.820 Some<00:38:45.840><c> of</c><00:38:45.980><c> the</c><00:38:46.059><c> kids</c><00:38:46.199><c> couldn't</c><00:38:46.780><c> resist,</c><00:38:47.079><c> they</c><00:38:47.179><c> took</c><00:38:47.340><c> the</c><00:38:47.539><c> candy.</c> 00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.300 Those<00:38:48.519><c> that</c><00:38:48.679><c> didn't</c><00:38:48.820><c> take</c><00:38:49.000><c> the</c><00:38:49.179><c> candy</c> 00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:52.039 were<00:38:49.500><c> given</c><00:38:50.340><c> a</c><00:38:50.500><c> whole</c><00:38:50.760><c> box</c><00:38:51.019><c> of</c><00:38:51.239><c> candy.</c> 00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:54.099 Those<00:38:52.300><c> who</c><00:38:52.559><c> took</c><00:38:53.039><c> the</c><00:38:53.199><c> one,</c><00:38:53.360><c> they</c><00:38:53.460><c> got</c><00:38:53.599><c> the</c><00:38:53.840><c> one.</c> 00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:56.420 And<00:38:54.659><c> then</c><00:38:54.800><c> they</c><00:38:54.940><c> studied</c><00:38:55.099><c> the</c><00:38:55.340><c> lives</c><00:38:55.500><c> of</c><00:38:55.619><c> those</c><00:38:55.840><c> kids</c><00:38:56.019><c> later.</c> 00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:59.239 And<00:38:56.840><c> the</c><00:38:56.980><c> kids</c><00:38:57.179><c> who</c><00:38:57.480><c> were</c><00:38:57.719><c> able</c><00:38:57.900><c> to</c><00:38:58.219><c> delay</c><00:38:58.519><c> gratification</c> 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:03.219 did<00:38:59.599><c> better</c><00:38:59.980><c> in</c><00:39:00.360><c> life</c><00:39:00.679><c> than</c><00:39:00.920><c> those</c><00:39:01.199><c> who</c><00:39:01.480><c> had</c><00:39:01.639><c> to</c><00:39:01.800><c> have</c><00:39:01.900><c> it</c><00:39:02.039><c> right</c><00:39:02.280><c> now.</c> 00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:06.840 And<00:39:04.059><c> so</c><00:39:04.500><c> Eve</c><00:39:04.940><c> had</c><00:39:05.260><c> to</c><00:39:05.380><c> have</c><00:39:05.440><c> it</c><00:39:05.619><c> right</c><00:39:05.840><c> now.</c> 00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.980 Jesus,<00:39:09.000><c> when</c><00:39:09.199><c> he</c><00:39:09.300><c> had</c><00:39:09.519><c> not</c><00:39:09.699><c> eaten</c><00:39:09.840><c> for</c><00:39:10.079><c> 40</c><00:39:10.320><c> days</c><00:39:10.599><c> and</c><00:39:10.699><c> 40</c><00:39:10.920><c> nights,</c> 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.340 he<00:39:11.139><c> was</c><00:39:11.400><c> starving.</c> 00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:14.880 He<00:39:13.219><c> did</c><00:39:13.460><c> later</c><00:39:13.760><c> eat,</c><00:39:13.940><c> of</c><00:39:14.159><c> course</c><00:39:14.380><c> he</c><00:39:14.559><c> did.</c> 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:18.860 But<00:39:15.579><c> he</c><00:39:15.719><c> was</c><00:39:15.940><c> able</c><00:39:16.300><c> to</c><00:39:16.940><c> resist</c><00:39:17.500><c> doing</c><00:39:17.980><c> the</c><00:39:18.300><c> very</c><00:39:18.500><c> thing</c> 00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:21.219 he<00:39:19.460><c> wanted</c><00:39:19.880><c> to</c><00:39:20.260><c> do.</c> 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:26.300 Sins<00:39:23.059><c> of</c><00:39:23.320><c> passion</c><00:39:23.920><c> can</c><00:39:24.260><c> be</c><00:39:24.500><c> avoided</c><00:39:24.800><c> if</c><00:39:25.000><c> we</c><00:39:25.139><c> simply,</c> 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.860 young<00:39:26.659><c> people</c><00:39:26.940><c> are</c><00:39:27.139><c> out</c><00:39:27.239><c> on</c><00:39:27.400><c> a</c><00:39:27.659><c> date.</c> 00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:33.179 If<00:39:28.139><c> you</c><00:39:28.320><c> would</c><00:39:28.579><c> only</c><00:39:28.900><c> remember</c><00:39:29.699><c> the</c><00:39:30.219><c> advice</c><00:39:30.760><c> on</c><00:39:31.199><c> a</c><00:39:31.440><c> jar</c><00:39:31.639><c> of</c><00:39:32.059><c> mayonnaise,</c> 00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:37.500 look<00:39:34.820><c> at</c><00:39:34.980><c> the</c><00:39:35.159><c> jar</c><00:39:35.400><c> of</c><00:39:35.719><c> mayonnaise</c><00:39:36.039><c> and</c><00:39:36.300><c> see</c><00:39:36.480><c> what</c><00:39:36.639><c> it</c><00:39:36.900><c> says</c><00:39:37.099><c> on</c><00:39:37.360><c> it.</c> 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:40.480 And<00:39:37.840><c> that's</c><00:39:38.320><c> the</c><00:39:38.420><c> way</c><00:39:38.440><c> you</c><00:39:38.659><c> behave</c><00:39:39.159><c> on</c><00:39:39.519><c> a</c><00:39:39.679><c> date.</c> 00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:43.559 You<00:39:41.780><c> know</c><00:39:41.880><c> what</c><00:39:41.880><c> it</c><00:39:42.019><c> says</c><00:39:42.139><c> on</c><00:39:42.320><c> a</c><00:39:42.440><c> jar</c><00:39:42.579><c> of</c><00:39:42.760><c> mayonnaise?</c> 00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:47.500 Keep<00:39:44.860><c> cool,</c><00:39:45.780><c> do</c><00:39:46.179><c> not</c><00:39:46.440><c> freeze.</c> 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:55.780 And<00:39:50.239><c> if</c><00:39:50.400><c> we</c><00:39:50.639><c> could</c><00:39:50.820><c> just</c><00:39:51.280><c> keep</c><00:39:51.719><c> cool</c><00:39:52.659><c> when</c><00:39:54.420><c> we're</c><00:39:54.739><c> angry,</c> 00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:58.219 when<00:39:56.320><c> we're</c><00:39:56.519><c> feeling</c><00:39:56.860><c> passionate,</c> 00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:02.099 when<00:39:59.019><c> we're</c><00:39:59.739><c> in</c><00:39:59.900><c> a</c><00:40:00.059><c> hurry</c><00:40:00.539><c> to</c><00:40:01.559><c> do</c><00:40:01.780><c> something</c> 00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:04.320 that<00:40:02.699><c> we're</c><00:40:03.260><c> being</c><00:40:03.619><c> tempted</c><00:40:03.860><c> to</c><00:40:04.099><c> do,</c> 00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:09.099 and<00:40:04.679><c> if</c><00:40:04.820><c> we</c><00:40:04.980><c> can</c><00:40:05.139><c> just</c><00:40:05.400><c> delay</c><00:40:05.699><c> it,</c><00:40:06.320><c> we</c><00:40:06.599><c> can</c><00:40:06.880><c> save</c><00:40:07.179><c> so</c><00:40:07.559><c> much</c><00:40:07.860><c> heartache.</c> 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:16.400 Another<00:40:10.760><c> example</c><00:40:11.440><c> of</c><00:40:13.000><c> not</c><00:40:14.039><c> taking</c><00:40:14.699><c> time</c><00:40:15.280><c> to</c><00:40:15.880><c> do</c><00:40:16.059><c> it</c><00:40:16.260><c> right</c> 00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:22.460 is<00:40:16.599><c> in</c><00:40:16.780><c> Joshua</c><00:40:17.179><c> 9,</c><00:40:19.800><c> where</c><00:40:20.019><c> the</c><00:40:20.480><c> Gibeonites</c><00:40:20.960><c> come</c><00:40:21.179><c> to</c><00:40:21.420><c> them.</c> 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:25.159 And<00:40:23.599><c> they</c><00:40:24.119><c> deceive</c><00:40:24.500><c> them.</c> 00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:29.579 And<00:40:25.480><c> the</c><00:40:25.639><c> children</c><00:40:25.860><c> of</c><00:40:26.000><c> Israel</c><00:40:26.420><c> looked</c><00:40:28.159><c> at</c><00:40:28.380><c> the</c><00:40:28.679><c> evidence.</c> 00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:32.539 They<00:40:29.880><c> took</c><00:40:30.139><c> counsel,</c><00:40:30.559><c> but</c><00:40:30.699><c> they</c><00:40:31.039><c> forgot</c><00:40:31.320><c> to</c><00:40:31.579><c> take</c><00:40:31.780><c> counsel</c><00:40:32.139><c> of</c><00:40:32.340><c> God.</c> 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:37.340 If<00:40:32.860><c> you're</c><00:40:33.059><c> too</c><00:40:33.320><c> busy</c><00:40:33.579><c> to</c><00:40:33.920><c> pray,</c><00:40:35.719><c> you're</c><00:40:36.019><c> too</c><00:40:36.340><c> busy.</c> 00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:40.820 You're<00:40:39.340><c> never</c><00:40:39.679><c> too</c><00:40:40.019><c> busy</c><00:40:40.260><c> to</c><00:40:40.579><c> pray.</c> 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:44.300 Nehemiah<00:40:41.619><c> had</c><00:40:41.820><c> been</c><00:40:41.960><c> praying</c><00:40:42.260><c> for</c><00:40:42.519><c> four</c><00:40:42.940><c> months,</c> 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:46.340 preparing<00:40:44.960><c> to</c><00:40:45.239><c> ask</c><00:40:45.460><c> the</c><00:40:45.579><c> king</c><00:40:45.820><c> a</c><00:40:46.000><c> favor.</c> 00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:48.699 And<00:40:46.820><c> he</c><00:40:46.920><c> walks</c><00:40:47.139><c> in</c><00:40:47.360><c> with</c><00:40:47.559><c> a</c><00:40:47.719><c> cup</c><00:40:47.960><c> in</c><00:40:48.199><c> his</c><00:40:48.400><c> hand,</c> 00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:51.199 and<00:40:49.099><c> when</c><00:40:49.239><c> you</c><00:40:49.380><c> went</c><00:40:49.559><c> in</c><00:40:49.760><c> to</c><00:40:49.860><c> see</c><00:40:50.079><c> the</c><00:40:50.860><c> king,</c> 00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:54.719 you<00:40:51.500><c> always</c><00:40:52.000><c> smile,</c><00:40:53.440><c> because</c><00:40:53.840><c> they</c><00:40:54.119><c> had</c><00:40:54.360><c> gestures</c> 00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.880 to<00:40:54.960><c> make</c><00:40:55.139><c> kings</c><00:40:55.420><c> happy.</c> 00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:58.920 They<00:40:56.260><c> didn't</c><00:40:56.400><c> want</c><00:40:56.519><c> any</c><00:40:56.800><c> sourpusses</c><00:40:57.340><c> going</c><00:40:57.559><c> in</c><00:40:57.739><c> to</c><00:40:57.760><c> see</c><00:40:57.920><c> the</c><00:40:58.139><c> king.</c> 00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:01.619 And<00:40:59.360><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:59.659><c> went</c><00:40:59.820><c> in</c><00:40:59.940><c> with</c><00:41:00.119><c> a</c><00:41:00.280><c> sourpuss.</c> 00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:04.500 And<00:41:02.900><c> the</c><00:41:03.000><c> king</c><00:41:03.079><c> says,</c><00:41:03.320><c> what's</c><00:41:03.420><c> the</c><00:41:03.480><c> matter</c><00:41:03.559><c> with</c><00:41:03.760><c> you?</c> 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.159 Immediately,<00:41:06.900><c> what</c><00:41:07.039><c> did</c><00:41:07.179><c> he</c><00:41:07.340><c> do?</c> 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:10.679 He<00:41:08.659><c> prayed</c><00:41:09.039><c> right</c><00:41:09.860><c> there</c><00:41:10.159><c> in</c><00:41:10.239><c> front</c><00:41:10.300><c> of</c><00:41:10.420><c> the</c><00:41:10.559><c> king.</c> 00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.960 I<00:41:10.960><c> don't</c><00:41:11.039><c> think</c><00:41:11.099><c> he</c><00:41:11.199><c> got</c><00:41:11.340><c> down</c><00:41:11.539><c> on</c><00:41:11.599><c> his</c><00:41:11.780><c> knees</c> 00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.159 and<00:41:12.159><c> started</c><00:41:12.260><c> praying</c><00:41:12.420><c> like</c><00:41:12.739><c> that.</c> 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.739 He<00:41:13.480><c> went,</c><00:41:13.940><c> oh</c><00:41:14.179><c> Lord,</c><00:41:14.380><c> help</c><00:41:14.599><c> me.</c> 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.960 I<00:41:14.860><c> don't</c><00:41:14.960><c> know</c><00:41:14.980><c> how</c><00:41:15.159><c> long</c><00:41:15.280><c> that</c><00:41:15.519><c> prayer</c><00:41:15.659><c> was.</c> 00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:18.300 13<00:41:16.760><c> prayers,</c><00:41:17.159><c> 11</c><00:41:17.380><c> chapters</c><00:41:17.719><c> of</c><00:41:17.880><c> Nehemiah.</c> 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:22.380 But<00:41:18.940><c> Nehemiah</c><00:41:19.659><c> prayed</c><00:41:20.480><c> before</c><00:41:21.460><c> he</c><00:41:21.679><c> even</c><00:41:21.920><c> entered</c><00:41:22.059><c> the</c><00:41:22.280><c> king.</c> 00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:23.739 That<00:41:22.840><c> was</c><00:41:23.019><c> a</c><00:41:23.079><c> real</c><00:41:23.300><c> quick</c><00:41:23.519><c> one.</c> 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:26.880 You<00:41:24.159><c> always</c><00:41:24.659><c> have</c><00:41:24.880><c> time</c><00:41:25.119><c> to</c><00:41:25.340><c> pray</c><00:41:25.639><c> before</c><00:41:26.199><c> you</c><00:41:26.559><c> act.</c> 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:28.760 That's<00:41:27.699><c> part</c><00:41:27.900><c> of</c><00:41:28.099><c> the</c><00:41:28.179><c> counting</c><00:41:28.340><c> to</c><00:41:28.619><c> 10.</c> 00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:31.860 We<00:41:29.000><c> could</c><00:41:29.199><c> have</c><00:41:29.340><c> said,</c><00:41:29.539><c> pray</c><00:41:30.179><c> before</c><00:41:30.599><c> you</c><00:41:31.420><c> do</c><00:41:31.639><c> anything</c> 00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:33.159 instead<00:41:32.199><c> of</c><00:41:32.360><c> counting</c><00:41:32.659><c> to</c><00:41:32.900><c> 10.</c> 00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:35.159 Praying<00:41:33.639><c> is</c><00:41:33.840><c> better</c><00:41:34.039><c> than</c><00:41:34.260><c> counting.</c> 00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:39.940 But<00:41:35.719><c> we</c><00:41:36.179><c> all</c><00:41:36.440><c> should</c><00:41:36.659><c> take</c><00:41:36.980><c> time</c><00:41:37.760><c> to</c><00:41:38.760><c> pray.</c> 00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:43.280 Moses,<00:41:41.420><c> he</c><00:41:41.860><c> was</c><00:41:42.239><c> angry.</c> 00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.940 The<00:41:43.519><c> children</c><00:41:43.760><c> of</c><00:41:43.960><c> Israel</c><00:41:44.079><c> had</c><00:41:44.340><c> gotten</c><00:41:44.519><c> him</c><00:41:44.780><c> down.</c> 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:47.400 He<00:41:45.579><c> was</c><00:41:45.780><c> a</c><00:41:45.900><c> meekest</c><00:41:46.219><c> man</c><00:41:46.340><c> on</c><00:41:46.500><c> the</c><00:41:46.699><c> face</c><00:41:46.880><c> of</c><00:41:47.059><c> the</c><00:41:47.159><c> earth,</c> 00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:50.139 and<00:41:47.840><c> yet</c><00:41:48.119><c> in</c><00:41:48.619><c> a</c><00:41:48.860><c> moment</c><00:41:49.059><c> of</c><00:41:49.300><c> anger,</c> 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:53.019 he<00:41:50.619><c> spoke</c><00:41:50.900><c> unadvisably</c><00:41:51.619><c> with</c><00:41:51.860><c> his</c><00:41:52.139><c> lips.</c> 00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:54.079 Well,<00:41:53.280><c> he</c><00:41:53.340><c> was</c><00:41:53.619><c> angry.</c> 00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:56.139 Doesn't<00:41:54.739><c> matter</c><00:41:55.239><c> that</c><00:41:55.460><c> he</c><00:41:55.599><c> was</c><00:41:55.860><c> angry.</c> 00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:58.760 He<00:41:56.739><c> still</c><00:41:56.920><c> was</c><00:41:57.119><c> kept</c><00:41:57.300><c> out</c><00:41:57.539><c> of</c><00:41:57.760><c> the</c><00:41:57.920><c> promised</c><00:41:58.119><c> land</c> 00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:03.320 for<00:41:59.099><c> speaking</c><00:41:59.400><c> unadvisably</c><00:42:00.139><c> with</c><00:42:00.440><c> his</c><00:42:00.719><c> lips</c><00:42:01.179><c> in</c><00:42:01.659><c> a</c><00:42:01.880><c> time</c><00:42:02.039><c> of</c><00:42:02.380><c> anger.</c> 00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:05.059 So<00:42:03.780><c> what's</c><00:42:04.219><c> the</c><00:42:04.320><c> lesson?</c> 00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:09.440 The<00:42:07.199><c> lesson</c><00:42:07.480><c> is</c><00:42:07.800><c> that</c><00:42:08.000><c> good</c><00:42:08.199><c> communicate.</c> 00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:26.559 And<00:42:23.119><c> we</c><00:42:23.119><c> always</c><00:42:23.500><c> have</c><00:42:23.800><c> time</c><00:42:24.820><c> to</c><00:42:25.699><c> pray.</c> 00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:33.380 We<00:42:27.219><c> always</c><00:42:27.539><c> have</c><00:42:27.780><c> time</c><00:42:28.800><c> to</c><00:42:29.360><c> communicate</c><00:42:30.380><c> before</c><00:42:31.659><c> we</c><00:42:32.119><c> act</c> 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:37.659 in<00:42:34.659><c> our</c><00:42:35.940><c> dealing</c><00:42:36.219><c> together.</c> 00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:42.300 So<00:42:38.559><c> the</c><00:42:39.460><c> lesson</c><00:42:39.960><c> we're</c><00:42:40.760><c> going</c><00:42:40.760><c> to</c><00:42:40.800><c> drive</c><00:42:41.199><c> home</c> 00:42:41.889 --> 00:42:47.760 in<00:42:42.559><c> this</c><00:42:42.900><c> class</c><00:42:43.480><c> on</c><00:42:43.940><c> communication</c><00:42:44.780><c> is</c><00:42:46.519><c> this.</c> 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:53.699 Stop<00:42:51.760><c> and</c><00:42:52.519><c> pray.</c> 00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:56.559 Delay<00:42:55.440><c> action.</c> 00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:00.219 Ask<00:42:58.360><c> God's</c><00:42:59.340><c> help.</c> 00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:02.840 He<00:43:01.179><c> promises</c><00:43:01.780><c> to</c><00:43:02.320><c> help</c><00:43:02.519><c> us.</c> 00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:06.119 He<00:43:03.000><c> will</c><00:43:03.380><c> never</c><00:43:03.840><c> leave</c><00:43:04.300><c> us</c><00:43:04.559><c> or</c><00:43:04.739><c> forsake</c><00:43:05.159><c> us.</c> 00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:10.599 He<00:43:06.840><c> always</c><00:43:08.300><c> has</c><00:43:08.579><c> time</c><00:43:08.940><c> to</c><00:43:09.159><c> hear</c><00:43:09.300><c> our</c><00:43:09.659><c> prayers,</c> 00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:13.539 and<00:43:11.239><c> we</c><00:43:11.679><c> get</c><00:43:11.920><c> so</c><00:43:12.199><c> caught</c><00:43:12.440><c> up</c><00:43:12.940><c> that</c><00:43:13.159><c> we</c><00:43:13.360><c> think</c> 00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:16.239 that<00:43:13.780><c> we</c><00:43:13.860><c> don't</c><00:43:14.139><c> have</c><00:43:14.460><c> time</c><00:43:15.179><c> to</c><00:43:15.699><c> ask</c><00:43:16.000><c> him.</c> 00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:18.820 I'm<00:43:16.659><c> still</c><00:43:16.860><c> in</c><00:43:17.079><c> Joshua</c><00:43:17.480><c> 9,</c> 00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:21.440 and<00:43:19.039><c> there</c><00:43:19.719><c> the</c><00:43:20.300><c> Gibeonites</c><00:43:20.719><c> have</c><00:43:21.039><c> come.</c> 00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:23.340 They've<00:43:22.280><c> deceived</c><00:43:22.579><c> the</c><00:43:22.780><c> children</c><00:43:22.940><c> of</c><00:43:23.179><c> Israel.</c> 00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.619 They<00:43:23.880><c> praise</c><00:43:24.239><c> them</c><00:43:24.420><c> as,</c> 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:26.940 oh,<00:43:24.860><c> we</c><00:43:24.960><c> heard</c><00:43:25.139><c> about</c><00:43:25.360><c> all</c><00:43:25.659><c> the</c><00:43:25.820><c> wonderful</c><00:43:26.039><c> things</c><00:43:26.320><c> you've</c><00:43:26.659><c> done.</c> 00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:28.420 They<00:43:27.539><c> pat</c><00:43:27.719><c> them</c><00:43:27.840><c> on</c><00:43:28.019><c> the</c><00:43:28.219><c> back.</c> 00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:30.219 Children<00:43:28.760><c> of</c><00:43:28.780><c> Israel</c><00:43:29.119><c> took</c><00:43:29.719><c> it</c><00:43:29.900><c> to</c><00:43:30.079><c> heart.</c> 00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.940 Well,<00:43:30.559><c> we</c><00:43:30.699><c> were</c><00:43:30.840><c> pretty</c><00:43:31.119><c> good,</c><00:43:31.380><c> weren't</c><00:43:31.500><c> we?</c> 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.960 It's<00:43:32.579><c> so</c><00:43:32.760><c> easy</c><00:43:33.000><c> for</c><00:43:33.179><c> us</c><00:43:33.280><c> to</c><00:43:33.380><c> get</c><00:43:33.599><c> puffed</c><00:43:33.860><c> up</c> 00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:35.599 with<00:43:34.139><c> our</c><00:43:34.340><c> own</c><00:43:34.639><c> importance.</c> 00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:41.760 And<00:43:37.239><c> they</c><00:43:37.739><c> looked,</c><00:43:38.579><c> the</c><00:43:38.780><c> men</c><00:43:39.079><c> took</c><00:43:39.679><c> their</c><00:43:39.980><c> vittles</c><00:43:40.559><c> in</c><00:43:41.039><c> verse</c><00:43:41.320><c> 14</c> 00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:43.840 and<00:43:42.119><c> asked</c><00:43:42.559><c> not</c><00:43:42.820><c> counsel</c><00:43:43.219><c> of</c><00:43:43.380><c> the</c><00:43:43.559><c> Lord,</c> 00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:45.780 and<00:43:44.519><c> they</c><00:43:44.760><c> made</c><00:43:45.039><c> an</c><00:43:45.380><c> agreement</c> 00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:47.219 which<00:43:46.059><c> they</c><00:43:46.239><c> shouldn't</c><00:43:46.460><c> have</c><00:43:46.719><c> made.</c> 00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:52.159 Again,<00:43:48.539><c> communication</c><00:43:49.099><c> with</c><00:43:49.400><c> God</c><00:43:49.780><c> would</c><00:43:50.500><c> have</c><00:43:50.760><c> prevented</c><00:43:51.159><c> that.</c> 00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:56.000 So<00:43:52.960><c> the</c><00:43:53.639><c> bottom</c><00:43:53.900><c> line</c><00:43:54.179><c> of</c><00:43:54.420><c> our</c><00:43:54.619><c> class</c><00:43:54.820><c> as</c><00:43:54.980><c> we</c><00:43:55.260><c> draw</c><00:43:55.460><c> our</c><00:43:55.820><c> thoughts</c> 00:43:56.000 --> 00:44:02.960 to<00:43:56.260><c> a</c><00:43:56.360><c> close</c><00:43:56.679><c> is</c><00:43:57.679><c> that</c><00:43:58.300><c> yes,</c><00:44:00.500><c> we</c><00:44:01.079><c> need</c><00:44:01.760><c> to</c><00:44:02.360><c> communicate.</c> 00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.820 We<00:44:03.320><c> need</c><00:44:03.599><c> to</c><00:44:04.119><c> communicate</c><00:44:04.239><c> with</c><00:44:04.780><c> God</c><00:44:05.219><c> in</c><00:44:05.539><c> prayer.</c> 00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:07.880 We<00:44:06.400><c> need</c><00:44:06.599><c> to</c><00:44:06.880><c> communicate</c><00:44:07.159><c> with</c><00:44:07.360><c> each</c><00:44:07.599><c> other.</c> 00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:11.119 We<00:44:08.320><c> so</c><00:44:08.599><c> often</c><00:44:08.860><c> misunderstand</c><00:44:09.699><c> the</c><00:44:09.920><c> other</c><00:44:10.159><c> person.</c> 00:44:11.219 --> 00:44:14.300 We<00:44:11.300><c> think</c><00:44:11.539><c> we</c><00:44:12.420><c> got</c><00:44:12.659><c> the</c><00:44:12.940><c> point,</c><00:44:13.440><c> and</c><00:44:13.719><c> we</c><00:44:13.940><c> didn't,</c> 00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:16.300 and<00:44:14.460><c> we're</c><00:44:14.840><c> fighting</c><00:44:15.119><c> mad,</c> 00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:20.719 and<00:44:18.019><c> it's</c><00:44:18.639><c> not</c><00:44:18.780><c> even</c><00:44:18.920><c> something</c><00:44:19.059><c> to</c><00:44:19.199><c> be</c><00:44:19.360><c> angry</c><00:44:19.699><c> about.</c> 00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:22.780 It<00:44:21.420><c> is</c><00:44:21.659><c> not</c><00:44:21.840><c> a</c><00:44:22.019><c> sin</c><00:44:22.099><c> to</c><00:44:22.239><c> be</c><00:44:22.460><c> angry.</c> 00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:26.599 Paul<00:44:23.079><c> says,</c><00:44:23.380><c> be</c><00:44:23.539><c> angry</c><00:44:24.340><c> and</c><00:44:25.280><c> sin</c><00:44:25.519><c> not.</c> 00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:31.980 Paul<00:44:27.980><c> tells</c><00:44:28.139><c> us</c><00:44:28.460><c> we</c><00:44:28.900><c> must</c><00:44:29.099><c> be</c><00:44:29.440><c> gentle,</c><00:44:30.420><c> not</c><00:44:30.760><c> strive,</c> 00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:36.059 even<00:44:33.579><c> helping</c><00:44:33.900><c> those</c><00:44:34.500><c> that</c><00:44:35.420><c> oppose</c><00:44:35.760><c> themselves.</c> 00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:38.619 Second<00:44:36.440><c> Timothy</c><00:44:37.239><c> chapter</c><00:44:37.880><c> two.</c> 00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:41.119 This<00:44:39.159><c> is</c><00:44:39.260><c> our</c><00:44:39.360><c> next</c><00:44:39.579><c> to</c><00:44:39.739><c> last</c><00:44:39.960><c> verse.</c> 00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:44.380 Second<00:44:42.579><c> Timothy</c><00:44:42.900><c> two.</c> 00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.960 24. 00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:49.059 Because<00:44:46.960><c> we're</c><00:44:47.320><c> dealing</c><00:44:47.599><c> now</c><00:44:47.800><c> with</c><00:44:47.920><c> people</c><00:44:48.179><c> who</c><00:44:48.340><c> are</c><00:44:48.400><c> in</c><00:44:48.500><c> the</c><00:44:48.699><c> wrong,</c> 00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:52.559 and<00:44:49.420><c> of</c><00:44:49.519><c> course</c><00:44:49.579><c> you're</c><00:44:49.840><c> in</c><00:44:49.920><c> the</c><00:44:50.059><c> right,</c><00:44:50.659><c> that's</c><00:44:51.420><c> a</c><00:44:51.579><c> given.</c> 00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:58.659 But<00:44:56.059><c> the</c><00:44:56.380><c> servant</c><00:44:56.619><c> of</c><00:44:56.820><c> the</c><00:44:56.920><c> Lord,</c><00:44:57.280><c> chapter</c><00:44:57.500><c> first</c><00:44:58.340><c> Timothy</c> 00:44:58.659 --> 00:45:01.380 two,<00:44:59.760><c> 24.</c> 00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:04.440 The<00:45:01.719><c> servant</c><00:45:02.000><c> of</c><00:45:02.179><c> the</c><00:45:02.280><c> Lord</c><00:45:02.420><c> must</c><00:45:02.699><c> not</c><00:45:03.139><c> strive,</c> 00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:09.099 but<00:45:04.639><c> be</c><00:45:04.940><c> gentle</c><00:45:05.360><c> unto</c><00:45:05.699><c> all</c><00:45:06.119><c> men,</c><00:45:06.780><c> apt</c><00:45:06.920><c> to</c><00:45:07.320><c> teach,</c><00:45:08.139><c> patient.</c> 00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:12.840 Now<00:45:10.019><c> we're</c><00:45:10.300><c> coming</c><00:45:10.440><c> to</c><00:45:10.639><c> communication</c><00:45:11.199><c> in</c><00:45:12.159><c> meekness,</c> 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:17.380 instructing<00:45:14.059><c> those</c><00:45:14.639><c> that</c><00:45:15.260><c> oppose</c><00:45:15.840><c> themselves.</c> 00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:21.880 This<00:45:18.760><c> poor</c><00:45:19.139><c> brother</c><00:45:19.699><c> had</c><00:45:20.099><c> jumped</c><00:45:20.260><c> up</c><00:45:20.440><c> in</c><00:45:20.539><c> the</c><00:45:20.619><c> middle</c><00:45:20.780><c> of</c><00:45:20.940><c> the</c><00:45:21.000><c> class.</c> 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:23.559 He<00:45:22.400><c> was</c><00:45:22.920><c> opposing</c><00:45:23.320><c> us.</c> 00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:25.880 There<00:45:24.239><c> was</c><00:45:24.559><c> nobody</c><00:45:24.920><c> on</c><00:45:25.179><c> his</c><00:45:25.539><c> side.</c> 00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:28.039 He<00:45:26.019><c> was</c><00:45:26.340><c> clear</c><00:45:26.579><c> out</c><00:45:26.860><c> of</c><00:45:27.119><c> order,</c> 00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:30.980 but<00:45:28.420><c> instead</c><00:45:28.880><c> of</c><00:45:29.239><c> dealing</c><00:45:29.480><c> with</c><00:45:29.699><c> him</c><00:45:30.280><c> harshly</c> 00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:34.159 and<00:45:31.340><c> making</c><00:45:31.820><c> sure</c><00:45:32.019><c> he</c><00:45:32.119><c> was</c><00:45:32.300><c> disfellowshipped,</c> 00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:36.980 in<00:45:35.079><c> meekness</c><00:45:35.599><c> instruct</c><00:45:36.300><c> them.</c> 00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:39.739 If<00:45:37.480><c> God,</c><00:45:37.820><c> per</c><00:45:38.019><c> adventure,</c><00:45:38.500><c> will</c><00:45:38.679><c> give</c><00:45:38.920><c> them</c><00:45:39.239><c> repentance</c> 00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:41.139 to<00:45:40.000><c> the</c><00:45:40.199><c> acknowledging</c><00:45:40.519><c> of</c><00:45:40.719><c> the</c><00:45:40.940><c> truth,</c> 00:45:41.139 --> 00:45:44.199 that<00:45:41.500><c> they</c><00:45:41.679><c> may</c><00:45:42.019><c> recover</c><00:45:42.760><c> themselves</c> 00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:45.840 out<00:45:44.519><c> of</c><00:45:44.679><c> the</c><00:45:45.019><c> snare</c><00:45:45.159><c> of</c><00:45:45.400><c> the</c><00:45:45.559><c> devil,</c> 00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:49.539 who<00:45:46.099><c> are</c><00:45:46.380><c> taken</c><00:45:46.719><c> captive</c><00:45:47.039><c> by</c><00:45:47.420><c> him</c><00:45:47.840><c> at</c><00:45:48.239><c> his</c><00:45:48.539><c> will.</c> 00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:55.820 Oh,<00:45:51.139><c> brothers</c><00:45:51.320><c> and</c><00:45:51.579><c> sisters,</c><00:45:51.780><c> we</c><00:45:52.000><c> need</c><00:45:52.380><c> so</c><00:45:52.760><c> much</c><00:45:53.119><c> mercy</c><00:45:54.139><c> from</c><00:45:54.760><c> God.</c> 00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:59.380 We<00:45:56.739><c> need</c><00:45:56.960><c> to</c><00:45:57.079><c> be</c><00:45:57.480><c> showing</c><00:45:57.760><c> it</c><00:45:57.980><c> to</c><00:45:58.179><c> each</c><00:45:58.460><c> other</c> 00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:02.019 by<00:45:59.920><c> the</c><00:46:00.019><c> way</c><00:46:00.199><c> we</c><00:46:00.460><c> treat</c><00:46:00.760><c> each</c><00:46:01.099><c> other.</c> 00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:07.980 Husbands<00:46:03.440><c> and</c><00:46:03.880><c> wives,</c><00:46:05.619><c> parents</c><00:46:06.119><c> and</c><00:46:06.460><c> children,</c> 00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:10.679 brothers<00:46:08.800><c> and</c><00:46:09.139><c> sisters</c><00:46:09.420><c> in</c><00:46:09.659><c> the</c><00:46:09.920><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:16.619 Ecclesia<00:46:12.219><c> to</c><00:46:12.519><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:46:14.400><c> fellowship</c><00:46:14.739><c> to</c><00:46:15.340><c> fellowship.</c> 00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.340 And<00:46:17.239><c> to</c><00:46:17.400><c> the</c><00:46:17.539><c> whole</c><00:46:17.880><c> world,</c> 00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:22.179 we<00:46:18.699><c> are</c><00:46:18.920><c> the</c><00:46:19.079><c> ones</c><00:46:19.260><c> that</c><00:46:20.619><c> return</c><00:46:21.019><c> good</c><00:46:21.539><c> for</c><00:46:21.960><c> evil.</c> 00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:25.619 We<00:46:22.679><c> bless</c><00:46:23.480><c> and</c><00:46:24.000><c> we</c><00:46:24.179><c> do</c><00:46:24.400><c> not</c><00:46:24.619><c> curse.</c> 00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:28.900 We<00:46:26.099><c> love</c><00:46:27.019><c> our</c><00:46:27.860><c> enemies.</c> 00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:31.679 Very<00:46:29.300><c> difficult</c><00:46:29.800><c> things</c><00:46:30.079><c> to</c><00:46:30.340><c> do,</c><00:46:30.860><c> brothers</c><00:46:31.039><c> and</c><00:46:31.340><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:36.340 but<00:46:32.679><c> absolute</c><00:46:33.139><c> essential</c><00:46:33.980><c> to</c><00:46:35.000><c> our</c><00:46:35.260><c> salvation.</c> 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:41.099 So,<00:46:38.500><c> we'll</c><00:46:38.760><c> let</c><00:46:39.480><c> Solomon</c><00:46:39.920><c> close</c><00:46:40.519><c> our</c><00:46:40.820><c> class</c> 00:46:41.099 --> 00:46:43.800 with<00:46:42.019><c> his</c><00:46:42.480><c> words</c><00:46:42.659><c> of</c><00:46:42.920><c> advice.</c> 00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:48.360 Trust<00:46:44.900><c> in</c><00:46:45.059><c> the</c><00:46:45.179><c> Lord</c><00:46:45.320><c> with</c><00:46:45.800><c> all</c><00:46:46.239><c> thine</c><00:46:46.539><c> heart.</c> 00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:50.559 Weep<00:46:49.119><c> not</c><00:46:49.260><c> into</c><00:46:49.440><c> thine</c><00:46:49.639><c> own</c><00:46:49.980><c> understanding</c> 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:53.679 and<00:46:50.920><c> all</c><00:46:51.260><c> thy</c><00:46:51.500><c> ways</c><00:46:51.980><c> acknowledge</c><00:46:52.880><c> him,</c> 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:56.719 and<00:46:54.860><c> he</c><00:46:55.000><c> will</c><00:46:55.179><c> direct</c><00:46:55.480><c> your</c><00:46:55.780><c> paths.</c> 00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:10.079 Thank<00:47:09.579><c> you.</c>