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law.<00:12:35.879><c> This</c><00:12:35.960><c> is</c><00:12:36.159><c> God's</c><00:12:36.700><c> judgment</c><00:12:37.120><c> that</c><00:12:37.519><c> will</c><00:12:37.779><c> come</c><00:12:38.460><c> upon</c>

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is<00:12:45.379><c> the</c><00:12:45.519><c> work</c><00:12:45.659><c> of</c><00:12:45.899><c> Elijah,</c><00:12:46.659><c> which</c><00:12:46.840><c> we'll</c><00:12:47.019><c> look</c><00:12:47.179><c> at,</c><00:12:47.340><c> God</c><00:12:47.519><c> willing,</c><00:12:47.740><c> in</c><00:12:47.960><c> our</c><00:12:48.159><c> last</c><00:12:48.419><c> talk.</c><00:12:51.360><c> Now,</c><00:12:51.580><c> I</c>

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like<00:12:52.019><c> Malachi,</c>

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and<00:12:54.879><c> I'm</c><00:12:55.360><c> sure</c><00:12:55.899><c> Brother</c><00:12:56.279><c> David</c><00:12:56.700><c> Pride</c><00:12:57.080><c> would</c><00:12:57.320><c> like</c><00:12:57.840><c> Malachi</c>

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as<00:12:58.720><c> well,</c><00:12:58.940><c> because</c><00:12:59.059><c> it's</c><00:12:59.299><c> an</c><00:12:59.639><c> orderly</c><00:13:00.059><c> book.</c>

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He<00:13:00.519><c> goes</c><00:13:00.940><c> through</c><00:13:01.279><c> things</c><00:13:01.700><c> in</c><00:13:01.940><c> a</c><00:13:02.120><c> neat,</c><00:13:02.919><c> orderly</c><00:13:03.379><c> way.</c><00:13:03.639><c> It's</c>

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precise.<00:13:05.480><c> Everything's</c><00:13:05.960><c> in</c><00:13:06.039><c> its</c><00:13:06.240><c> right</c><00:13:06.500><c> place,</c>

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and<00:13:07.639><c> he</c><00:13:07.720><c> has</c><00:13:07.879><c> a</c><00:13:08.159><c> pattern.</c><00:13:08.580><c> I'd</c><00:13:08.799><c> like</c><00:13:08.840><c> to</c><00:13:08.980><c> tell</c><00:13:09.059><c> you</c><00:13:09.159><c> about</c><00:13:09.279><c> this</c><00:13:09.480><c> pattern.</c>

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He<00:13:12.460><c> gives</c><00:13:12.679><c> a</c><00:13:13.059><c> statement</c><00:13:13.580><c> which</c><00:13:15.700><c> challenges</c><00:13:16.279><c> the</c><00:13:16.580><c> position,</c><00:13:18.259><c> a</c>

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statement<00:13:18.679><c> from</c><00:13:18.919><c> God.</c><00:13:21.019><c> For</c><00:13:21.240><c> example,</c>

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we<00:13:21.740><c> have</c><00:13:21.960><c> that,</c><00:13:22.159><c> this</c><00:13:22.279><c> is</c><00:13:22.460><c> our</c><00:13:22.659><c> title</c><00:13:22.899><c> this</c><00:13:23.100><c> morning,</c><00:13:23.419><c> verse</c><00:13:23.620><c> two,</c><00:13:24.179><c> I</c>

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have<00:13:24.919><c> loved</c><00:13:25.240><c> you,</c><00:13:25.919><c> saith</c><00:13:25.960><c> the</c><00:13:26.220><c> Lord.</c>

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Then<00:13:28.679><c> Malachi,</c><00:13:29.460><c> immediately</c><00:13:29.799><c> after</c><00:13:30.039><c> that</c><00:13:30.320><c> statement,</c><00:13:31.019><c> gives</c>

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an<00:13:31.440><c> objection,</c><00:13:31.919><c> either</c><00:13:32.179><c> a</c><00:13:32.299><c> personal</c><00:13:32.759><c> objection</c>

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or<00:13:33.379><c> a</c><00:13:33.620><c> group</c><00:13:33.779><c> objection,</c><00:13:34.220><c> as</c><00:13:34.340><c> he</c><00:13:34.539><c> sees</c><00:13:34.659><c> the</c><00:13:34.860><c> people</c><00:13:35.100><c> would</c><00:13:35.320><c> object</c><00:13:35.720><c> to</c>

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that<00:13:36.320><c> statement</c><00:13:36.580><c> that</c><00:13:36.740><c> God</c><00:13:36.899><c> has</c><00:13:37.080><c> given,</c>

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and<00:13:37.940><c> then</c><00:13:38.120><c> God</c><00:13:38.559><c> gives</c><00:13:38.919><c> a</c><00:13:39.080><c> reply.</c><00:13:40.120><c> He</c><00:13:40.539><c> gives</c><00:13:40.799><c> reasons</c><00:13:41.299><c> for</c><00:13:41.559><c> that</c>

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statement.<00:13:42.240><c> So</c><00:13:42.299><c> let's</c><00:13:42.460><c> have</c><00:13:42.620><c> a</c><00:13:42.679><c> look</c><00:13:42.799><c> at</c><00:13:42.860><c> this</c><00:13:43.059><c> now,</c>

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chapter<00:13:43.519><c> one,</c><00:13:44.200><c> verse</c><00:13:44.440><c> two,</c><00:13:46.059><c> I</c><00:13:46.320><c> have</c><00:13:46.679><c> loved</c><00:13:46.980><c> you.</c><00:13:48.100><c> That's</c><00:13:48.360><c> the</c>

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statement.<00:13:51.740><c> Verse,</c><00:13:52.539><c> the</c><00:13:52.720><c> second</c><00:13:52.919><c> part</c><00:13:53.340><c> is,</c>

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yet<00:13:54.500><c> ye</c><00:13:55.100><c> say,</c><00:13:56.500><c> wherein</c><00:13:56.679><c> hast</c><00:13:57.039><c> thou</c><00:13:57.220><c> loved</c><00:13:57.480><c> us?</c><00:14:00.539><c> And</c><00:14:00.980><c> then</c><00:14:01.360><c> the</c>

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third<00:14:01.779><c> part</c><00:14:02.039><c> of</c><00:14:02.240><c> this,</c><00:14:03.259><c> the</c><00:14:03.399><c> end</c><00:14:03.559><c> of</c><00:14:03.720><c> verse</c><00:14:03.940><c> two,</c>

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God<00:14:05.080><c> says,</c><00:14:05.940><c> yet</c><00:14:06.440><c> I</c><00:14:07.340><c> loved</c><00:14:07.940><c> Jacob.</c><00:14:10.059><c> So</c><00:14:10.259><c> Malachi</c><00:14:10.500><c> goes</c><00:14:10.779><c> through</c>

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this<00:14:11.240><c> process</c><00:14:11.659><c> and</c><00:14:11.860><c> we'll</c><00:14:12.259><c> come</c><00:14:12.480><c> across</c><00:14:12.740><c> it</c>

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each<00:14:13.320><c> morning,</c><00:14:13.639><c> God</c><00:14:13.840><c> willing,</c><00:14:14.259><c> as</c><00:14:14.419><c> we</c><00:14:14.539><c> look</c><00:14:14.659><c> at</c><00:14:14.820><c> this</c><00:14:15.019><c> book.</c>

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to<00:14:19.139><c> what</c><00:14:19.340><c> God</c><00:14:19.559><c> says.</c><00:14:21.200><c> We're</c><00:14:21.379><c> all</c><00:14:21.500><c> a</c><00:14:21.559><c> bit</c><00:14:21.620><c> like</c><00:14:21.779><c> that,</c><00:14:21.980><c> aren't</c>

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we?<00:14:22.779><c> Someone</c><00:14:23.080><c> criticises</c><00:14:23.620><c> us</c><00:14:23.799><c> and</c><00:14:23.980><c> we</c><00:14:24.320><c> stand</c><00:14:24.620><c> back</c>

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and<00:14:25.820><c> we</c><00:14:26.059><c> say,</c><00:14:26.539><c> hey,</c><00:14:26.759><c> wait</c><00:14:26.919><c> a</c><00:14:27.019><c> minute.</c><00:14:29.080><c> But</c><00:14:29.419><c> with</c><00:14:29.720><c> God,</c><00:14:30.860><c> speaking</c><00:14:31.039><c> through</c><00:14:31.220><c> Malachi,</c>

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he<00:14:32.940><c> gives</c><00:14:33.240><c> this</c><00:14:33.500><c> objection</c><00:14:33.919><c> for</c><00:14:34.299><c> us.</c><00:14:36.539><c> So</c><00:14:36.720><c> Malachi</c><00:14:37.039><c> is</c><00:14:37.220><c> the</c><00:14:37.539><c> first</c><00:14:38.220><c> messenger</c><00:14:38.759><c> and</c>

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you're<00:14:44.759><c> making</c><00:14:45.019><c> notes.</c><00:14:46.840><c> There's</c><00:14:47.039><c> Malachi</c><00:14:47.440><c> himself,</c>

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that's<00:14:48.220><c> number</c><00:14:48.480><c> one.</c><00:14:49.980><c> There</c><00:14:50.139><c> are</c><00:14:50.320><c> the</c><00:14:50.480><c> Levitical</c><00:14:50.980><c> priests</c><00:14:51.740><c> who</c><00:14:52.519><c> are</c><00:14:52.899><c> messengers</c><00:14:53.720><c> and</c><00:14:54.799><c> he</c>

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addresses<00:14:55.399><c> those,</c>

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messenger,<00:15:01.879><c> it's</c><00:15:01.899><c> in</c><00:15:02.019><c> chapter</c><00:15:02.200><c> three</c><00:15:02.500><c> in</c>

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verse<00:15:02.919><c> one.</c><00:15:04.200><c> There's</c><00:15:04.480><c> the</c><00:15:04.720><c> messenger</c><00:15:05.179><c> of</c><00:15:05.539><c> the</c><00:15:05.860><c> covenant</c><00:15:06.279><c> who</c>

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is<00:15:06.659><c> our</c><00:15:06.820><c> Lord</c><00:15:07.000><c> Jesus</c><00:15:07.340><c> Christ,</c>

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that's<00:15:08.940><c> also</c><00:15:09.159><c> in</c><00:15:09.360><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.600><c> three.</c><00:15:10.580><c> And</c><00:15:10.740><c> then</c><00:15:10.820><c> we</c><00:15:10.940><c> have</c><00:15:11.080><c> Elijah</c>

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messengers.<00:15:16.299><c> So</c><00:15:16.480><c> just</c><00:15:16.700><c> as</c><00:15:16.820><c> we</c><00:15:17.059><c> find</c><00:15:18.259><c> Malachi</c><00:15:19.820><c> cooperating</c><00:15:20.919><c> with</c><00:15:21.179><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:15:22.299><c> this</c><00:15:22.500><c> also</c><00:15:22.820><c> follows</c><00:15:23.059><c> the</c><00:15:23.240><c> pattern</c><00:15:23.419><c> of</c>

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Nehemiah<00:15:26.659><c> cooperating</c><00:15:26.860><c> with</c><00:15:27.080><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:15:28.120><c> and</c><00:15:28.700><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:29.240><c> had</c>

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cooperated<00:15:30.500><c> with</c><00:15:30.759><c> Josiah</c><00:15:32.019><c> and</c><00:15:32.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:33.039><c> had</c>

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cooperated<00:15:34.659><c> with</c><00:15:35.179><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:15:36.960><c> So</c><00:15:37.059><c> we</c><00:15:37.220><c> find</c><00:15:37.519><c> right</c><00:15:37.759><c> at</c><00:15:37.919><c> the</c><00:15:38.019><c> end</c>

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of<00:15:38.860><c> history</c><00:15:39.220><c> as</c><00:15:39.379><c> recorded</c><00:15:39.759><c> for</c><00:15:39.980><c> us</c><00:15:40.200><c> at</c><00:15:40.340><c> the</c><00:15:40.379><c> end</c><00:15:40.500><c> of</c>

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fairly<00:15:48.899><c> wealthy</c><00:15:49.240><c> governor,</c><00:15:49.659><c> he</c><00:15:49.779><c> was</c>

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pretty<00:15:50.559><c> well</c><00:15:50.779><c> to</c><00:15:50.960><c> do.</c><00:15:51.059><c> He</c><00:15:51.139><c> was</c><00:15:51.320><c> on</c><00:15:51.519><c> good</c><00:15:51.779><c> terms</c><00:15:52.120><c> with</c><00:15:52.360><c> Artaxerxes.</c><00:15:53.799><c> He</c><00:15:54.039><c> persuaded</c><00:15:54.539><c> the</c>

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Nehemiah's<00:15:57.539><c> duty</c><00:15:57.679><c> to</c><00:15:57.799><c> go</c><00:15:58.019><c> back</c><00:15:58.240><c> to</c><00:15:58.419><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:15:59.580><c> to</c><00:15:59.779><c> govern</c><00:15:59.980><c> the</c><00:16:00.220><c> people,</c><00:16:01.399><c> to</c>

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make<00:16:01.700><c> sure</c><00:16:02.019><c> that</c><00:16:02.220><c> they</c><00:16:02.340><c> were</c><00:16:02.559><c> in</c><00:16:02.720><c> order.</c>

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Malachi<00:16:17.860><c> knows</c><00:16:18.399><c> about</c><00:16:18.740><c> human</c><00:16:19.019><c> nature,</c><00:16:19.879><c> he</c><00:16:20.799><c> understands</c><00:16:21.840><c> our</c><00:16:22.840><c> problems.</c>

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us<00:16:30.559><c> who</c><00:16:30.779><c> now</c><00:16:30.960><c> in</c><00:16:31.240><c> 1990</c><00:16:31.820><c> are</c><00:16:32.080><c> reading</c><00:16:32.340><c> his</c><00:16:32.639><c> book,</c>

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how<00:16:34.440><c> to</c><00:16:34.620><c> walk</c><00:16:35.039><c> in</c><00:16:35.419><c> that</c><00:16:35.720><c> narrow</c><00:16:36.059><c> way</c><00:16:36.700><c> so</c><00:16:37.379><c> that</c><00:16:37.500><c> we</c><00:16:37.600><c> can</c><00:16:37.960><c> stand</c>

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in<00:16:39.019><c> the</c><00:16:39.139><c> day</c><00:16:39.259><c> of</c><00:16:39.419><c> judgment,</c>

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because<00:16:40.720><c> that's</c><00:16:40.919><c> one</c><00:16:41.039><c> of</c><00:16:41.120><c> the</c><00:16:41.259><c> challenges</c><00:16:41.539><c> we'll</c><00:16:41.720><c> come</c><00:16:41.879><c> to</c><00:16:42.019><c> later</c><00:16:42.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:42.559><c> week.</c><00:16:44.519><c> So</c><00:16:45.080><c> wherein</c><00:16:45.639><c> hast</c><00:16:46.059><c> thou</c><00:16:46.320><c> loved</c><00:16:46.600><c> us?</c>

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Now<00:16:50.480><c> that</c><00:16:51.080><c> comes</c><00:16:51.080><c> after</c><00:16:51.480><c> verse</c><00:16:51.820><c> one,</c><00:16:54.340><c> where</c><00:16:54.460><c> Malachi</c><00:16:54.899><c> says,</c>

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the<00:16:55.539><c> burden</c><00:16:55.879><c> of</c><00:16:56.059><c> the</c><00:16:56.259><c> word</c><00:16:56.419><c> of</c><00:16:56.580><c> the</c><00:16:56.740><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:16:58.240><c> Israel</c><00:16:59.019><c> by</c><00:17:00.320><c> Malachi.</c><00:17:02.740><c> Now</c><00:17:02.940><c> that</c><00:17:03.559><c> burden</c><00:17:04.220><c> means</c><00:17:05.079><c> judgment</c>

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or<00:17:06.700><c> sentence,</c><00:17:07.759><c> that</c><00:17:08.019><c> which</c><00:17:08.220><c> is</c><00:17:08.500><c> heavy.</c>

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It<00:17:10.460><c> talks</c><00:17:10.700><c> about</c><00:17:10.960><c> calamity,</c><00:17:12.339><c> but</c><00:17:12.480><c> it's</c><00:17:12.660><c> also</c><00:17:13.059><c> got</c><00:17:13.740><c> some</c><00:17:14.339><c> consolation</c><00:17:15.160><c> with</c>

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it.<00:17:15.539><c> Notice</c><00:17:15.839><c> it's</c><00:17:16.140><c> a</c><00:17:16.299><c> burden</c>

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to<00:17:16.880><c> Israel,</c><00:17:17.839><c> not</c><00:17:18.079><c> against</c><00:17:18.960><c> Israel,</c><00:17:21.240><c> as</c><00:17:21.400><c> some</c><00:17:21.579><c> of</c><00:17:21.660><c> the</c><00:17:21.740><c> other</c><00:17:21.940><c> prophets</c><00:17:22.220><c> have</c><00:17:22.700><c> a</c>

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burden<00:17:23.160><c> against</c>

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the<00:17:24.859><c> people</c><00:17:25.240><c> and</c><00:17:25.819><c> the</c><00:17:26.359><c> foreign</c><00:17:26.559><c> nations</c><00:17:27.000><c> around</c><00:17:27.460><c> that</c><00:17:27.660><c> we</c><00:17:28.420><c> have</c><00:17:28.680><c> heard</c><00:17:28.880><c> about</c><00:17:29.160><c> in</c>

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other<00:17:29.500><c> books.</c>

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The<00:17:35.619><c> other</c><00:17:35.819><c> thing</c><00:17:36.059><c> is,</c><00:17:37.960><c> in</c><00:17:38.059><c> verse</c><00:17:38.240><c> one,</c><00:17:39.299><c> we</c><00:17:39.440><c> have</c><00:17:39.700><c> God</c><00:17:40.259><c> using</c>

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his<00:17:41.779><c> covenant</c><00:17:42.359><c> name.</c>

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Lord<00:17:44.160><c> in</c><00:17:44.519><c> capitals</c><00:17:45.039><c> is</c><00:17:45.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:17:47.559><c> Lord</c><00:17:47.740><c> of</c><00:17:47.900><c> hosts,</c><00:17:49.299><c> and</c><00:17:49.319><c> we</c><00:17:49.440><c> see</c>

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different<00:17:49.940><c> aspects</c><00:17:50.319><c> of</c><00:17:50.440><c> this</c><00:17:50.559><c> as</c><00:17:50.680><c> we</c>

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go<00:17:50.960><c> throughout</c><00:17:51.180><c> the</c><00:17:51.339><c> book.</c><00:17:53.119><c> So</c><00:17:53.380><c> it's</c><00:17:54.220><c> the</c><00:17:54.519><c> God</c><00:17:54.880><c> of</c><00:17:55.140><c> the</c><00:17:55.440><c> covenant</c><00:17:55.880><c> who</c><00:17:56.180><c> is</c>

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speaking<00:17:56.700><c> to</c><00:17:56.960><c> these</c><00:17:57.180><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:18:02.660><c> a</c><00:18:02.920><c> serious</c><00:18:03.420><c> business</c><00:18:04.299><c> that</c><00:18:04.920><c> Malachi</c><00:18:05.220><c> is</c><00:18:05.420><c> dealing</c><00:18:05.660><c> with,</c>

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and<00:18:07.839><c> God's</c><00:18:08.440><c> intentions</c><00:18:09.000><c> through</c><00:18:09.420><c> Malachi</c><00:18:10.039><c> are</c><00:18:10.440><c> to</c><00:18:10.660><c> turn</c><00:18:10.980><c> around</c><00:18:11.400><c> these</c><00:18:11.980><c> wayward</c><00:18:12.400><c> people</c><00:18:12.779><c> and</c>

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bring<00:18:13.200><c> them</c><00:18:13.420><c> back</c>

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to<00:18:14.680><c> him</c><00:18:14.940><c> before</c><00:18:15.400><c> further</c><00:18:15.900><c> disaster</c><00:18:16.720><c> hits</c><00:18:17.319><c> them.</c><00:18:19.079><c> Verse</c><00:18:19.160><c> two,</c>

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I<00:18:20.640><c> have</c><00:18:21.779><c> loved</c><00:18:22.240><c> you,</c><00:18:23.259><c> saith</c><00:18:23.380><c> the</c><00:18:23.599><c> Lord,</c>

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but<00:18:25.420><c> that</c><00:18:25.680><c> word</c><00:18:26.059><c> have</c><00:18:26.519><c> loved</c><00:18:27.000><c> also</c><00:18:27.880><c> means</c><00:18:28.440><c> have</c><00:18:29.119><c> and</c><00:18:29.700><c> will</c><00:18:29.960><c> continue</c><00:18:30.440><c> to</c>

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love.<00:18:32.099><c> The</c><00:18:32.380><c> love</c><00:18:32.539><c> that</c><00:18:32.680><c> he</c><00:18:32.880><c> showed</c>

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to<00:18:33.200><c> Abraham</c><00:18:33.799><c> in</c><00:18:34.880><c> bringing</c><00:18:35.079><c> him</c><00:18:35.240><c> out</c><00:18:35.400><c> of</c><00:18:35.539><c> the</c><00:18:35.680><c> Chaldees,</c><00:18:37.319><c> continued</c><00:18:37.740><c> right</c>

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with<00:18:38.359><c> that</c><00:18:38.519><c> small</c><00:18:38.740><c> group</c><00:18:38.920><c> of</c><00:18:39.119><c> people</c>

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as<00:18:39.440><c> they</c><00:18:39.539><c> went</c><00:18:39.680><c> down</c><00:18:39.880><c> with</c><00:18:40.079><c> Jacob</c><00:18:40.359><c> into</c><00:18:40.619><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:41.440><c> continued</c><00:18:41.839><c> with</c><00:18:42.000><c> them</c><00:18:42.119><c> as</c>

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they<00:18:42.400><c> came</c><00:18:42.660><c> out,</c><00:18:43.500><c> two</c><00:18:43.720><c> million</c><00:18:44.019><c> plus,</c>

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as<00:18:44.880><c> we</c><00:18:45.019><c> heard</c><00:18:45.180><c> yesterday</c><00:18:45.859><c> with</c><00:18:46.460><c> brother</c><00:18:46.839><c> Roger,</c><00:18:47.819><c> or</c><00:18:47.960><c> was</c><00:18:48.079><c> it</c>

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Saturday?<00:18:49.079><c> At</c><00:18:49.220><c> Bible</c><00:18:49.359><c> school</c><00:18:49.539><c> you</c><00:18:49.779><c> lose</c><00:18:50.180><c> track</c><00:18:50.359><c> of</c>

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time.<00:18:51.440><c> Our</c><00:18:51.660><c> Bible</c><00:18:51.859><c> school</c><00:18:52.000><c> in</c><00:18:52.119><c> England</c><00:18:52.380><c> begins</c><00:18:52.740><c> on</c><00:18:53.000><c> Monday,</c>

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and<00:18:53.599><c> we</c><00:18:53.700><c> go</c><00:18:53.880><c> straight</c><00:18:54.200><c> into</c><00:18:54.519><c> the</c><00:18:54.819><c> main</c><00:18:55.039><c> talk</c>

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on<00:18:56.559><c> the</c><00:18:56.680><c> next</c><00:18:56.920><c> day.</c><00:18:57.420><c> And</c><00:18:57.500><c> so</c><00:18:57.779><c> being</c><00:18:57.980><c> here</c><00:18:58.220><c> a</c><00:18:58.319><c> weekend,</c><00:18:58.680><c> it's</c><00:18:58.859><c> lovely</c><00:18:59.099><c> to</c>

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get<00:18:59.980><c> into</c><00:19:00.380><c> the</c><00:19:00.640><c> flavor</c><00:19:00.900><c> of</c><00:19:01.160><c> Bible</c><00:19:01.440><c> school.</c>

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But<00:19:02.279><c> that</c><00:19:03.779><c> love</c><00:19:03.980><c> of</c><00:19:04.180><c> God</c><00:19:04.619><c> is</c><00:19:06.319><c> a</c><00:19:06.839><c> continual</c><00:19:07.339><c> love.</c><00:19:08.000><c> It's</c><00:19:08.119><c> not</c><00:19:08.319><c> I</c>

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have<00:19:08.839><c> loved</c><00:19:09.019><c> you</c><00:19:09.200><c> and</c><00:19:09.339><c> I've</c><00:19:09.539><c> forgotten</c><00:19:09.759><c> about</c><00:19:10.079><c> it,</c>

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and<00:19:10.339><c> that's</c><00:19:10.599><c> the</c><00:19:10.759><c> end.</c><00:19:11.480><c> It's</c><00:19:11.779><c> God's</c><00:19:12.539><c> abiding</c><00:19:13.160><c> love</c><00:19:13.680><c> that</c><00:19:14.079><c> goes</c>

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through<00:19:14.619><c> with</c><00:19:14.799><c> his</c><00:19:15.000><c> people.</c>

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They<00:19:17.059><c> kept</c><00:19:17.319><c> not</c><00:19:17.519><c> the</c><00:19:17.740><c> covenant</c><00:19:18.200><c> of</c><00:19:18.740><c> God.</c><00:19:19.680><c> They</c><00:19:20.019><c> refused</c><00:19:20.420><c> to</c><00:19:20.660><c> walk</c><00:19:20.859><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:21.319><c> law.</c><00:19:21.940><c> They</c><00:19:22.259><c> forgot</c><00:19:22.619><c> his</c><00:19:22.960><c> works</c><00:19:23.259><c> and</c>

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his<00:19:23.660><c> wonders</c><00:19:23.900><c> that</c><00:19:24.019><c> he'd</c><00:19:24.339><c> showed</c><00:19:24.480><c> them.</c><00:19:25.900><c> And</c><00:19:26.039><c> the</c><00:19:26.259><c> psalmist</c>

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recounts<00:19:27.660><c> how</c><00:19:27.920><c> God</c><00:19:28.160><c> brought</c><00:19:28.359><c> them</c><00:19:28.519><c> out</c><00:19:28.660><c> of</c><00:19:28.839><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:19:31.160><c> the</c><00:19:31.319><c> care</c><00:19:31.579><c> that</c><00:19:31.779><c> God</c><00:19:31.940><c> gave</c><00:19:32.240><c> them.</c><00:19:34.640><c> And</c><00:19:34.920><c> we</c><00:19:35.079><c> can</c><00:19:35.619><c> partly</c>

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understand<00:19:37.119><c> their</c><00:19:37.779><c> objection.</c>

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I've<00:19:40.400><c> loved</c><00:19:40.500><c> you,</c><00:19:40.660><c> God</c><00:19:40.859><c> says,</c><00:19:41.400><c> that's</c><00:19:41.599><c> the</c><00:19:41.759><c> statement.</c><00:19:42.779><c> Now</c>

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the<00:19:43.059><c> second</c><00:19:43.339><c> part</c><00:19:43.720><c> of</c><00:19:43.880><c> the</c><00:19:44.039><c> pattern.</c><00:19:44.819><c> Wherein</c><00:19:45.220><c> hast</c>

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thou<00:19:45.619><c> loved</c><00:19:45.880><c> us?</c><00:19:46.380><c> Our</c><00:19:46.579><c> theme</c><00:19:46.799><c> for</c><00:19:47.000><c> today.</c><00:19:47.220><c> We</c><00:19:47.339><c> can</c><00:19:47.619><c> almost</c><00:19:47.980><c> understand</c><00:19:48.519><c> that</c><00:19:49.079><c> because</c><00:19:50.019><c> the</c>

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people<00:19:50.339><c> can</c><00:19:50.519><c> say,</c><00:19:51.140><c> well,</c>

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look,<00:19:52.259><c> we're</c><00:19:52.680><c> unprotected.</c><00:19:54.720><c> Our</c><00:19:55.160><c> walls</c><00:19:55.759><c> aren't</c><00:19:56.460><c> complete.</c>

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We've<00:19:58.640><c> got</c><00:19:58.819><c> famines</c><00:19:59.200><c> and</c><00:19:59.440><c> droughts.</c>

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We've<00:20:00.980><c> got</c><00:20:01.119><c> trouble</c><00:20:01.359><c> with</c><00:20:01.539><c> these</c><00:20:01.700><c> surrounding</c><00:20:02.099><c> people.</c><00:20:03.579><c> And</c>

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you<00:20:03.940><c> say</c><00:20:04.039><c> you</c><00:20:04.180><c> love</c><00:20:04.339><c> us,</c><00:20:04.839><c> Lord?</c>

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Well,<00:20:08.000><c> God</c><00:20:08.200><c> does.</c><00:20:09.960><c> But</c><00:20:10.259><c> he</c><00:20:10.660><c> insists</c><00:20:11.400><c> through</c><00:20:12.019><c> Malachi</c><00:20:12.660><c> that</c>

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his<00:20:13.619><c> purpose</c><00:20:14.319><c> and</c><00:20:15.240><c> his</c><00:20:15.500><c> foreknowledge</c><00:20:16.079><c> of</c><00:20:16.299><c> events</c>

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us<00:20:24.579><c> an</c><00:20:24.700><c> example.</c><00:20:27.259><c> Was</c><00:20:27.359><c> not</c><00:20:27.599><c> Esau</c><00:20:27.900><c> Jacob's</c><00:20:28.400><c> brother,</c><00:20:28.759><c> saith</c><00:20:28.859><c> the</c><00:20:29.059><c> Lord,</c><00:20:29.279><c> verse</c><00:20:29.480><c> two?</c><00:20:30.000><c> Yet</c><00:20:30.180><c> I</c>

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loved<00:20:30.880><c> Jacob</c>

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and<00:20:31.839><c> I</c><00:20:32.059><c> hated</c><00:20:32.220><c> Esau</c><00:20:33.259><c> and</c><00:20:33.740><c> laid</c><00:20:34.000><c> his</c><00:20:34.220><c> mountains</c><00:20:34.720><c> and</c><00:20:35.579><c> his</c><00:20:35.799><c> heritage</c><00:20:36.220><c> waste</c>

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And<00:20:41.259><c> so</c><00:20:41.819><c> we</c><00:20:41.960><c> have</c><00:20:42.099><c> those</c><00:20:42.380><c> two</c><00:20:42.660><c> examples</c><00:20:43.180><c> brought.</c><00:20:45.440><c> Love</c><00:20:45.519><c> Jacob,</c><00:20:47.299><c> hated</c><00:20:47.579><c> Esau.</c>

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But<00:20:51.519><c> that's</c><00:20:51.819><c> just</c><00:20:52.160><c> because</c><00:20:52.460><c> God</c><00:20:52.859><c> knew</c><00:20:53.519><c> what</c><00:20:53.900><c> would</c><00:20:54.099><c> happen.</c>

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He<00:20:56.960><c> told</c><00:20:57.160><c> Rebecca,</c><00:20:57.539><c> didn't</c><00:20:57.700><c> he?</c><00:20:58.519><c> About</c><00:20:58.720><c> those</c>

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two<00:20:59.420><c> that</c><00:20:59.539><c> were</c><00:20:59.799><c> inside</c><00:21:00.720><c> her</c><00:21:01.079><c> before</c><00:21:01.380><c> they</c><00:21:01.539><c> were</c><00:21:01.759><c> born.</c><00:21:02.680><c> The</c>

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way<00:21:03.059><c> in</c><00:21:03.200><c> which</c><00:21:03.319><c> they</c><00:21:03.480><c> would</c><00:21:03.720><c> go.</c><00:21:04.000><c> One</c><00:21:04.279><c> would</c><00:21:04.519><c> be</c><00:21:04.740><c> wayward</c>

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and<00:21:05.980><c> the</c><00:21:06.160><c> other</c><00:21:06.319><c> would</c><00:21:06.500><c> be</c><00:21:06.680><c> God</c><00:21:06.960><c> fearing.</c><00:21:08.420><c> But</c><00:21:08.680><c> it's</c><00:21:08.819><c> only</c><00:21:09.140><c> after</c><00:21:10.339><c> Esau</c><00:21:11.000><c> has</c>

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gone<00:21:11.440><c> his</c><00:21:11.640><c> own</c><00:21:11.960><c> way,</c>

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by<00:21:12.779><c> his</c><00:21:12.900><c> own</c><00:21:13.200><c> choice,</c><00:21:13.480><c> doing</c><00:21:13.720><c> his</c><00:21:13.920><c> own</c><00:21:14.240><c> thing,</c><00:21:15.380><c> that</c><00:21:15.519><c> God</c><00:21:15.700><c> actually</c><00:21:16.099><c> says,</c><00:21:17.299><c> I</c>

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hated<00:21:18.200><c> Esau.</c>

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Interesting<00:21:22.000><c> that,</c><00:21:22.299><c> isn't</c><00:21:22.460><c> it?</c><00:21:23.400><c> So</c><00:21:23.720><c> by</c><00:21:23.940><c> his</c><00:21:24.240><c> foreknowledge,</c>

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God<00:21:25.640><c> chooses</c><00:21:26.480><c> Jacob.</c><00:21:28.819><c> Esau</c><00:21:29.299><c> says,</c>

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as<00:21:30.259><c> we</c><00:21:30.420><c> get</c><00:21:30.559><c> the</c><00:21:30.799><c> idea</c><00:21:31.039><c> here</c><00:21:31.380><c> in</c><00:21:31.599><c> verse</c><00:21:31.940><c> three.</c><00:21:34.279><c> No,</c><00:21:34.440><c> verse</c><00:21:34.680><c> four.</c><00:21:35.980><c> But</c>

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we<00:21:36.240><c> will</c><00:21:36.440><c> return</c><00:21:36.900><c> and</c><00:21:37.299><c> build.</c>

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That<00:21:40.220><c> was</c><00:21:40.380><c> their</c><00:21:40.599><c> idea.</c><00:21:42.339><c> Esau</c><00:21:42.500><c> said,</c><00:21:42.759><c> I'm</c><00:21:42.940><c> going</c><00:21:43.039><c> to</c><00:21:43.259><c> build</c><00:21:43.700><c> my</c>

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way,<00:21:44.880><c> in</c><00:21:45.039><c> my</c><00:21:45.299><c> strength,</c><00:21:46.359><c> using</c><00:21:46.559><c> my</c><00:21:46.900><c> brains</c>

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and<00:21:47.420><c> my</c><00:21:47.680><c> muscles</c><00:21:48.000><c> and</c><00:21:48.180><c> my</c><00:21:48.500><c> servants.</c><00:21:51.359><c> But</c><00:21:51.559><c> God</c><00:21:51.779><c> says,</c><00:21:53.460><c> I</c><00:21:53.839><c> throw</c>

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down<00:21:54.519><c> the</c><00:21:54.640><c> middle</c><00:21:54.839><c> of</c><00:21:55.039><c> verse</c><00:21:55.259><c> four,</c><00:21:55.619><c> they</c><00:21:55.900><c> shall</c>

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build.<00:21:57.099><c> But</c><00:21:57.339><c> I</c><00:21:57.579><c> will</c><00:21:57.799><c> throw</c><00:21:58.059><c> down</c><00:21:58.579><c> and</c><00:22:00.019><c> they</c><00:22:00.279><c> shall</c><00:22:00.460><c> call</c><00:22:00.779><c> them</c>

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the<00:22:01.759><c> border</c><00:22:02.059><c> of</c><00:22:02.339><c> wickedness</c><00:22:03.019><c> and</c><00:22:03.539><c> the</c><00:22:03.759><c> people</c>

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against<00:22:04.339><c> whom</c><00:22:04.579><c> the</c><00:22:04.819><c> Lord</c><00:22:05.099><c> hath</c><00:22:05.420><c> indignation</c><00:22:06.660><c> forever.</c><00:22:09.119><c> And</c>

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we<00:22:09.880><c> all</c><00:22:10.099><c> know</c><00:22:10.279><c> how</c><00:22:10.539><c> these</c><00:22:11.299><c> two</c><00:22:12.039><c> groups</c><00:22:12.339><c> of</c><00:22:12.579><c> people</c>

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developed<00:22:13.339><c> and</c><00:22:13.539><c> were</c><00:22:13.700><c> antagonistic</c><00:22:14.440><c> towards</c><00:22:14.759><c> each</c><00:22:14.980><c> other</c>

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throughout<00:22:15.420><c> history.</c><00:22:17.740><c> But</c><00:22:17.980><c> God's</c><00:22:18.539><c> words</c><00:22:18.839><c> became</c>

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true.<00:22:20.140><c> And</c><00:22:20.460><c> the</c><00:22:20.599><c> Edomites</c><00:22:21.000><c> were</c><00:22:21.319><c> finally</c><00:22:21.779><c> desolated</c><00:22:22.859><c> under</c>

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Judas<00:22:24.039><c> Maccabeus</c><00:22:24.740><c> in</c><00:22:24.960><c> about</c><00:22:25.200><c> BC</c><00:22:25.720><c> 175</c><00:22:26.839><c> to</c><00:22:27.160><c> 135.</c>

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So<00:22:28.700><c> God's</c><00:22:29.319><c> prophecy</c><00:22:29.700><c> comes</c><00:22:30.660><c> true.</c><00:22:30.940><c> But</c><00:22:31.019><c> there's</c><00:22:31.160><c> an</c><00:22:31.359><c> important</c><00:22:31.640><c> lesson</c>

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here.<00:22:33.940><c> There's</c><00:22:34.180><c> that</c><00:22:34.359><c> little</c>

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phrase,<00:22:35.740><c> the</c><00:22:36.000><c> border</c><00:22:36.500><c> of</c><00:22:37.660><c> wickedness</c><00:22:39.220><c> or</c><00:22:40.319><c> territory</c><00:22:41.000><c> of</c><00:22:41.400><c> lawlessness.</c><00:22:43.859><c> Now</c>

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what<00:22:44.180><c> was</c><00:22:44.519><c> Esau?</c><00:22:45.759><c> He</c><00:22:46.059><c> was</c><00:22:46.720><c> a</c><00:22:47.259><c> man</c><00:22:47.359><c> of</c>

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world,<00:22:48.559><c> a</c><00:22:48.660><c> man</c><00:22:48.799><c> of</c><00:22:48.980><c> the</c><00:22:49.339><c> sword,</c><00:22:50.319><c> one</c><00:22:50.500><c> who</c><00:22:50.700><c> operated</c><00:22:51.079><c> by</c><00:22:51.480><c> jungle</c>

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law.<00:22:53.819><c> Very</c><00:22:54.039><c> much</c><00:22:54.200><c> like</c><00:22:54.339><c> the</c><00:22:54.579><c> time</c><00:22:54.740><c> of</c><00:22:54.940><c> the</c><00:22:55.079><c> judges</c>

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when<00:22:55.579><c> people</c><00:22:55.819><c> did</c><00:22:56.160><c> what</c><00:22:56.480><c> they</c><00:22:56.759><c> wanted.</c><00:22:57.279><c> What</c><00:22:57.400><c> was</c><00:22:57.660><c> right</c><00:22:57.819><c> in</c>

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their<00:22:58.140><c> own</c><00:22:58.319><c> eyes</c><00:22:58.660><c> is</c><00:22:58.880><c> the</c><00:22:59.059><c> phrase</c><00:22:59.240><c> that</c><00:22:59.460><c> comes</c><00:22:59.740><c> time</c>

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and<00:23:00.140><c> time</c><00:23:00.299><c> again,</c><00:23:00.660><c> isn't</c><00:23:00.819><c> it?</c><00:23:02.880><c> And</c><00:23:03.220><c> modern</c><00:23:03.500><c> Edom,</c><00:23:04.900><c> the</c><00:23:05.039><c> people</c>

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who<00:23:05.579><c> follow</c><00:23:05.740><c> that</c><00:23:06.000><c> pattern,</c><00:23:07.299><c> are</c><00:23:07.420><c> mentioned</c>

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in<00:23:08.460><c> the</c><00:23:08.599><c> Acts</c><00:23:08.720><c> of</c><00:23:08.880><c> the</c><00:23:09.059><c> Apostles,</c><00:23:09.980><c> the</c><00:23:10.240><c> residue</c><00:23:10.740><c> of</c><00:23:11.099><c> men</c><00:23:11.519><c> who,</c>

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like<00:23:12.920><c> Edom</c><00:23:13.180><c> of</c><00:23:13.420><c> old,</c><00:23:13.960><c> want</c><00:23:14.099><c> to</c><00:23:14.220><c> do</c><00:23:14.299><c> it</c><00:23:14.400><c> their</c><00:23:14.579><c> own</c><00:23:14.819><c> way.</c>

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But<00:23:16.980><c> just</c><00:23:17.299><c> as</c><00:23:17.440><c> God</c><00:23:17.660><c> says,</c><00:23:18.740><c> Esau</c><00:23:19.059><c> will</c><00:23:19.279><c> look</c><00:23:19.539><c> across</c><00:23:20.240><c> their</c><00:23:20.640><c> border</c><00:23:20.980><c> and</c>

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see<00:23:22.319><c> God</c><00:23:22.599><c> blessing</c><00:23:22.960><c> Israel,</c>

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so<00:23:24.819><c> finally</c><00:23:25.480><c> the</c><00:23:27.160><c> residue</c><00:23:27.500><c> of</c><00:23:27.819><c> men</c><00:23:28.319><c> that</c><00:23:28.779><c> are</c><00:23:28.940><c> rejected</c><00:23:29.380><c> by</c>

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our<00:23:29.900><c> Lord</c><00:23:30.099><c> Jesus</c><00:23:30.559><c> Christ</c><00:23:31.279><c> will</c><00:23:32.039><c> look</c><00:23:32.279><c> across</c><00:23:32.880><c> and</c>

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see<00:23:33.400><c> the</c><00:23:33.660><c> saints</c><00:23:33.940><c> being</c><00:23:34.420><c> blessed</c><00:23:35.160><c> and</c><00:23:36.579><c> there</c><00:23:36.700><c> will</c><00:23:36.900><c> be</c><00:23:37.039><c> weeping</c><00:23:37.380><c> and</c><00:23:37.680><c> gnashing</c><00:23:37.940><c> of</c>

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teeth.<00:23:40.819><c> So</c><00:23:41.000><c> my</c><00:23:41.140><c> dear</c>

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brothers<00:23:41.480><c> and</c><00:23:41.740><c> sisters,</c><00:23:42.500><c> there</c><00:23:42.720><c> is</c><00:23:43.019><c> a</c><00:23:43.400><c> border,</c><00:23:44.700><c> a</c><00:23:44.920><c> divide</c><00:23:45.660><c> that</c><00:23:46.400><c> we</c>

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must<00:23:46.740><c> not</c><00:23:46.980><c> cross,</c><00:23:47.859><c> not</c><00:23:48.119><c> cross</c><00:23:48.440><c> to</c><00:23:48.599><c> go</c><00:23:48.700><c> in</c><00:23:48.819><c> the</c>

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way<00:23:48.980><c> of</c><00:23:49.079><c> the</c><00:23:49.259><c> world.</c><00:23:49.559><c> We've</c><00:23:49.799><c> got</c><00:23:49.880><c> to</c><00:23:50.059><c> stay</c><00:23:50.160><c> on</c><00:23:50.380><c> our</c><00:23:50.660><c> side</c><00:23:51.000><c> with</c>

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the<00:23:52.039><c> brothers</c><00:23:52.240><c> and</c><00:23:52.519><c> sisters</c><00:23:52.980><c> in</c><00:23:53.480><c> fellowship.</c>

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We've<00:23:55.200><c> got</c><00:23:55.299><c> to</c><00:23:55.440><c> live</c><00:23:55.539><c> in</c><00:23:55.700><c> the</c><00:23:55.880><c> world,</c><00:23:56.460><c> that's</c><00:23:56.880><c> obvious,</c><00:23:57.480><c> but</c>

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we<00:23:58.019><c> haven't</c><00:23:58.259><c> got</c><00:23:58.599><c> to</c><00:23:58.819><c> be</c><00:23:59.099><c> part</c><00:23:59.440><c> of</c><00:23:59.720><c> it</c><00:24:00.140><c> in</c><00:24:00.920><c> our</c><00:24:01.140><c> thinking,</c>

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in<00:24:02.019><c> our</c><00:24:02.200><c> desires,</c><00:24:02.640><c> in</c><00:24:02.839><c> our</c><00:24:03.019><c> lusts.</c><00:24:03.519><c> We</c><00:24:03.619><c> must</c><00:24:03.839><c> follow,</c><00:24:05.200><c> as</c><00:24:05.299><c> Brother</c><00:24:05.480><c> Ken</c>

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was<00:24:05.940><c> saying,</c><00:24:06.420><c> the</c><00:24:06.680><c> thinking</c><00:24:07.099><c> of</c><00:24:07.519><c> our</c>

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Jesus<00:24:08.539><c> Christ,</c><00:24:09.339><c> always</c><00:24:09.839><c> ready</c><00:24:10.240><c> to</c><00:24:10.700><c> respond</c><00:24:11.400><c> to</c><00:24:12.019><c> a</c><00:24:12.220><c> question,</c>

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to<00:24:12.859><c> a</c><00:24:13.039><c> challenge,</c><00:24:13.740><c> to</c><00:24:13.839><c> a</c><00:24:13.980><c> condition,</c>

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to<00:24:14.720><c> a</c><00:24:14.880><c> situation,</c><00:24:15.599><c> whatever</c><00:24:15.799><c> that</c><00:24:16.019><c> might</c><00:24:16.240><c> be.</c><00:24:18.940><c> Paul</c><00:24:19.059><c> says,</c><00:24:19.920><c> wherefore</c><00:24:20.420><c> come</c><00:24:21.099><c> out</c><00:24:21.460><c> from</c><00:24:21.720><c> among</c><00:24:22.039><c> them</c><00:24:22.660><c> and</c><00:24:23.599><c> be</c><00:24:24.259><c> ye</c>

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separate.<00:24:27.900><c> So</c><00:24:28.119><c> the</c><00:24:28.299><c> exhortation,</c><00:24:29.259><c> my</c><00:24:29.319><c> dear</c><00:24:29.460><c> brothers</c><00:24:29.680><c> and</c><00:24:29.920><c> sisters,</c><00:24:30.180><c> and</c><00:24:30.299><c> there's</c><00:24:30.539><c> much</c><00:24:30.759><c> exhortation</c><00:24:31.339><c> in</c><00:24:31.559><c> Malachi,</c>

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is<00:24:33.039><c> that</c><00:24:33.220><c> we</c><00:24:33.400><c> have</c><00:24:33.619><c> got</c><00:24:33.819><c> to</c><00:24:34.160><c> watch</c><00:24:34.720><c> the</c><00:24:35.500><c> border</c><00:24:35.900><c> in</c><00:24:37.000><c> our</c><00:24:37.220><c> own</c><00:24:37.460><c> lives.</c><00:24:38.839><c> Is</c>

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it<00:24:39.839><c> becoming</c><00:24:40.059><c> broken?</c>

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Are<00:24:41.420><c> we</c><00:24:41.500><c> letting</c><00:24:41.619><c> the</c><00:24:41.900><c> world</c><00:24:42.140><c> come</c><00:24:42.440><c> in</c><00:24:42.579><c> in</c><00:24:42.720><c> just</c><00:24:43.140><c> one</c><00:24:43.420><c> corner?</c>

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Or<00:24:46.220><c> are</c><00:24:46.420><c> we</c><00:24:46.619><c> building</c><00:24:46.900><c> it</c><00:24:47.180><c> up</c><00:24:47.619><c> and</c><00:24:48.519><c> making</c><00:24:48.740><c> it</c><00:24:49.160><c> strong?</c><00:24:50.420><c> And</c>

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we'll<00:24:50.759><c> find</c><00:24:50.940><c> ways</c><00:24:51.279><c> how</c><00:24:51.579><c> Malachi</c><00:24:52.059><c> and</c><00:24:52.240><c> the</c><00:24:52.319><c> rest</c>

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of<00:24:52.720><c> scripture</c><00:24:53.059><c> helps</c><00:24:53.579><c> us</c><00:24:53.839><c> to</c><00:24:54.200><c> strengthen</c><00:24:54.500><c> our</c><00:24:54.819><c> defences</c><00:24:55.740><c> against</c><00:24:56.420><c> the</c><00:24:56.720><c> world.</c>

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The<00:25:00.539><c> interesting</c><00:25:00.779><c> thing</c><00:25:01.039><c> is,</c><00:25:01.980><c> nowhere</c><00:25:02.160><c> in</c><00:25:02.519><c> scripture,</c><00:25:04.000><c> nowhere</c><00:25:04.460><c> does</c>

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God<00:25:05.599><c> say,</c><00:25:06.240><c> or</c><00:25:06.420><c> do</c><00:25:06.539><c> the</c><00:25:06.779><c> servants</c><00:25:07.160><c> of</c><00:25:07.380><c> God</c>

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say,<00:25:08.220><c> that</c><00:25:08.400><c> this</c><00:25:08.660><c> separation</c><00:25:09.140><c> that</c><00:25:09.279><c> we're</c><00:25:09.599><c> attaining</c><00:25:10.019><c> to</c><00:25:10.359><c> is</c>

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easy.<00:25:12.339><c> It's</c><00:25:12.859><c> not.</c><00:25:13.299><c> It's</c><00:25:13.660><c> a</c><00:25:13.680><c> difficult</c><00:25:14.200><c> way,</c>

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in<00:25:15.079><c> a</c><00:25:15.200><c> difficult</c><00:25:15.920><c> thing</c><00:25:16.319><c> to</c><00:25:16.579><c> do.</c><00:25:16.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:17.200><c> said</c><00:25:17.420><c> in</c><00:25:17.640><c> Luke,</c><00:25:18.380><c> blessed</c><00:25:18.700><c> are</c>

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ye<00:25:19.140><c> when</c><00:25:19.319><c> men</c><00:25:19.660><c> shall</c><00:25:19.859><c> hate</c><00:25:20.119><c> you</c><00:25:20.279><c> and</c><00:25:20.359><c> when</c>

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they<00:25:20.640><c> shall</c><00:25:20.900><c> separate</c><00:25:21.299><c> you</c><00:25:21.519><c> from</c><00:25:21.660><c> their</c><00:25:21.940><c> company</c><00:25:22.319><c> and</c><00:25:22.579><c> shall</c>

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reproach<00:25:23.299><c> you</c><00:25:23.480><c> and</c><00:25:23.700><c> cast</c><00:25:23.920><c> out</c><00:25:24.200><c> your</c><00:25:24.500><c> name</c><00:25:24.759><c> as</c><00:25:24.980><c> evil.</c>

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For<00:25:25.720><c> the</c><00:25:25.900><c> son</c><00:25:26.019><c> of</c><00:25:26.200><c> man's</c><00:25:26.740><c> sake.</c><00:25:27.440><c> Then</c><00:25:27.579><c> he</c><00:25:27.640><c> goes</c><00:25:27.839><c> on</c><00:25:28.039><c> to</c><00:25:28.220><c> command</c>

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the<00:25:29.180><c> separate</c><00:25:29.519><c> ones</c><00:25:30.039><c> who</c><00:25:30.559><c> are</c><00:25:30.779><c> reaching</c><00:25:31.019><c> out</c>

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towards<00:25:31.660><c> holiness</c><00:25:32.160><c> to</c><00:25:32.740><c> rejoice</c><00:25:33.380><c> because</c><00:25:34.559><c> of</c><00:25:34.839><c> this</c><00:25:35.119><c> separation</c><00:25:35.640><c> and</c><00:25:35.900><c> isolation</c><00:25:36.380><c> that</c>

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they<00:25:36.700><c> are</c><00:25:37.339><c> experiencing.</c>

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Because<00:25:39.339><c> if</c><00:25:39.460><c> it's</c><00:25:39.619><c> done</c><00:25:39.799><c> in</c><00:25:40.220><c> truth</c><00:25:40.720><c> and</c><00:25:41.680><c> in</c><00:25:42.440><c> enthusiasm</c><00:25:43.119><c> and</c>

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humility,<00:25:45.599><c> then</c><00:25:45.720><c> Jesus</c><00:25:46.039><c> assures</c><00:25:46.680><c> those</c><00:25:47.039><c> people</c><00:25:47.440><c> who</c>

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are<00:25:47.920><c> attaining</c><00:25:48.220><c> to</c><00:25:48.400><c> this</c><00:25:48.579><c> separation</c><00:25:49.119><c> that</c><00:25:50.539><c> their</c><00:25:50.900><c> eternal</c>

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salvation<00:25:52.099><c> is</c><00:25:52.420><c> secure.</c>

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So<00:25:54.640><c> we</c><00:25:55.119><c> must</c><00:25:55.359><c> not</c><00:25:55.500><c> let</c><00:25:55.700><c> our</c><00:25:56.099><c> godly</c><00:25:56.500><c> principles</c><00:25:57.000><c> be</c><00:25:57.359><c> compromised</c><00:25:57.859><c> in</c><00:25:58.140><c> any</c><00:25:58.359><c> way.</c><00:25:59.920><c> So</c>

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what<00:26:00.140><c> Malachi</c><00:26:00.480><c> is</c>

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saying,<00:26:01.799><c> I</c><00:26:02.079><c> have</c><00:26:02.359><c> loved</c><00:26:02.579><c> you.</c><00:26:04.480><c> God</c><00:26:04.660><c> is</c><00:26:04.900><c> saying</c><00:26:05.000><c> to</c><00:26:05.240><c> us,</c><00:26:06.039><c> I</c><00:26:06.619><c> have</c>

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loved<00:26:07.279><c> you.</c><00:26:10.079><c> And</c><00:26:10.799><c> we</c><00:26:10.980><c> must</c><00:26:11.180><c> not</c><00:26:11.359><c> therefore</c><00:26:11.720><c> be</c><00:26:12.200><c> tempted</c>

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to<00:26:13.539><c> question</c><00:26:14.180><c> that</c><00:26:14.460><c> love.</c><00:26:17.420><c> We</c><00:26:18.140><c> must</c><00:26:18.359><c> go</c><00:26:18.619><c> along</c><00:26:19.019><c> and</c><00:26:20.279><c> accept</c>

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that<00:26:21.539><c> the</c><00:26:21.759><c> chastening</c><00:26:22.099><c> that</c><00:26:22.279><c> the</c><00:26:22.420><c> Lord</c><00:26:22.599><c> gives</c>

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is<00:26:23.579><c> difficult.</c><00:26:25.940><c> Now</c><00:26:26.019><c> there's</c><00:26:26.119><c> a</c><00:26:26.259><c> new</c><00:26:26.420><c> thought,</c><00:26:26.680><c> verse</c><00:26:26.859><c> six.</c><00:26:28.839><c> A</c>

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son<00:26:29.920><c> honoreth</c><00:26:31.140><c> his</c><00:26:31.539><c> father</c><00:26:32.259><c> and</c><00:26:33.400><c> a</c><00:26:33.640><c> servant</c>

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his<00:26:34.579><c> master.</c><00:26:37.259><c> Now</c><00:26:37.480><c> this</c><00:26:37.619><c> is</c><00:26:37.779><c> old</c><00:26:37.980><c> fashioned,</c><00:26:38.400><c> isn't</c><00:26:38.400><c> it?</c><00:26:40.799><c> What</c>

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families<00:26:41.559><c> are</c><00:26:41.859><c> there</c><00:26:42.140><c> now</c><00:26:42.660><c> where</c><00:26:43.119><c> parents</c>

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are<00:26:44.359><c> truly</c><00:26:44.640><c> respected</c><00:26:45.079><c> by</c><00:26:45.279><c> their</c><00:26:45.500><c> children?</c><00:26:48.440><c> 20,</c><00:26:48.680><c> 30</c><00:26:48.859><c> years</c>

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ago,<00:26:50.380><c> 50</c><00:26:50.660><c> years</c><00:26:50.980><c> ago,</c><00:26:51.680><c> they</c><00:26:51.859><c> gave</c><00:26:52.059><c> respect.</c>

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They<00:26:53.119><c> might</c><00:26:53.220><c> have</c><00:26:53.359><c> hated</c><00:26:53.619><c> their</c><00:26:53.900><c> parents,</c><00:26:54.279><c> but</c><00:26:54.440><c> they</c><00:26:54.759><c> respected</c><00:26:55.259><c> them</c><00:26:55.480><c> in</c>

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some<00:26:55.859><c> way</c><00:26:55.980><c> or</c><00:26:56.140><c> other,</c><00:26:56.299><c> didn't</c><00:26:56.440><c> they?</c>

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But<00:26:57.539><c> now</c><00:26:57.759><c> things</c><00:26:57.940><c> have</c><00:26:58.180><c> changed.</c><00:26:58.920><c> I</c><00:26:59.200><c> don't</c><00:26:59.339><c> want</c><00:26:59.440><c> to</c><00:26:59.539><c> do</c><00:26:59.619><c> that.</c>

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I'm<00:27:00.299><c> going</c><00:27:00.359><c> to</c><00:27:00.440><c> do</c><00:27:00.539><c> my</c><00:27:00.839><c> thing.</c>

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We<00:27:03.240><c> all</c><00:27:03.460><c> hear</c><00:27:03.680><c> it,</c><00:27:04.019><c> don't</c><00:27:04.019><c> we?</c><00:27:04.640><c> Either</c><00:27:04.839><c> as</c><00:27:05.140><c> parents</c><00:27:05.400><c> or</c><00:27:05.640><c> grandparents.</c><00:27:08.140><c> That</c>

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loyalty<00:27:09.079><c> seems</c><00:27:09.799><c> to</c><00:27:09.980><c> have</c><00:27:10.059><c> disappeared.</c>

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And<00:27:10.759><c> in</c><00:27:11.039><c> employment</c><00:27:11.420><c> too,</c><00:27:12.099><c> we</c><00:27:12.200><c> find</c><00:27:12.519><c> employees</c><00:27:13.000><c> not</c><00:27:13.259><c> always</c>

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respecting<00:27:14.500><c> their</c><00:27:14.799><c> bosses.</c><00:27:16.640><c> They</c><00:27:16.960><c> sneak</c><00:27:17.200><c> off</c>

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when<00:27:17.559><c> he's</c><00:27:17.700><c> not</c><00:27:17.940><c> looking</c><00:27:18.380><c> or</c><00:27:20.160><c> they</c><00:27:20.460><c> pilfer</c><00:27:20.859><c> when</c><00:27:21.579><c> his</c><00:27:21.819><c> head</c><00:27:21.980><c> is</c>

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turned<00:27:22.420><c> away.</c><00:27:24.500><c> But</c><00:27:24.660><c> that's</c><00:27:24.779><c> not</c><00:27:24.960><c> us.</c><00:27:26.440><c> We</c><00:27:26.680><c> must</c><00:27:26.920><c> respect.</c>

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And<00:27:29.519><c> the</c><00:27:29.779><c> powerful</c><00:27:30.259><c> lesson</c><00:27:30.579><c> here</c><00:27:30.920><c> in</c><00:27:31.680><c> the</c><00:27:31.740><c> end</c><00:27:31.980><c> of</c><00:27:32.200><c> the</c><00:27:32.660><c> sixth</c>

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verse<00:27:33.339><c> is,</c>

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if<00:27:35.119><c> I</c><00:27:35.599><c> be</c><00:27:35.839><c> a</c><00:27:36.119><c> master,</c><00:27:37.240><c> says</c><00:27:37.319><c> God,</c><00:27:40.400><c> where</c><00:27:40.720><c> is</c><00:27:41.000><c> my</c><00:27:41.539><c> fear?</c><00:27:42.720><c> Seth</c><00:27:42.880><c> the</c><00:27:43.099><c> Lord</c><00:27:43.319><c> of</c>

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hosts<00:27:43.819><c> unto</c><00:27:44.119><c> you,</c><00:27:45.079><c> O</c><00:27:45.400><c> priests,</c>

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that<00:27:46.259><c> despise</c><00:27:46.839><c> my</c><00:27:47.200><c> name.</c><00:27:48.640><c> And</c><00:27:48.960><c> ye</c><00:27:49.220><c> say,</c><00:27:49.700><c> wherein</c><00:27:49.920><c> have</c><00:27:50.119><c> we</c><00:27:50.359><c> despised</c><00:27:50.680><c> thy</c>

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name?<00:27:51.140><c> They</c><00:27:51.279><c> come</c><00:27:51.440><c> straight</c><00:27:51.720><c> back.</c>

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Here's<00:27:52.240><c> the</c><00:27:52.440><c> same</c><00:27:52.599><c> pattern.</c><00:27:53.380><c> God</c><00:27:53.640><c> gives</c><00:27:53.880><c> an</c><00:27:54.099><c> objection</c><00:27:54.500><c> or</c><00:27:55.220><c> a</c>

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statement.<00:27:56.160><c> They</c><00:27:56.420><c> object</c><00:27:56.880><c> to</c><00:27:57.099><c> it.</c><00:27:57.759><c> And</c><00:27:58.039><c> then</c><00:27:58.460><c> he</c><00:27:58.740><c> says,</c>

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well,<00:27:59.099><c> this</c><00:27:59.259><c> is</c><00:27:59.380><c> how</c><00:27:59.539><c> you've</c><00:27:59.720><c> done</c><00:27:59.859><c> it.</c><00:28:01.140><c> You've</c><00:28:01.440><c> done</c><00:28:01.539><c> it,</c><00:28:01.720><c> verse</c><00:28:01.960><c> seven,</c><00:28:02.200><c> by</c>

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offering<00:28:02.799><c> polluted</c><00:28:03.319><c> bread.</c>

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Wherein<00:28:05.539><c> have</c><00:28:05.680><c> we</c><00:28:05.839><c> polluted</c><00:28:07.880><c> thee,</c><00:28:08.200><c> verse</c><00:28:08.519><c> seven,</c><00:28:10.059><c> in</c><00:28:10.180><c> that</c>

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ye<00:28:10.559><c> say</c><00:28:10.819><c> the</c><00:28:10.980><c> table</c><00:28:11.299><c> of</c><00:28:11.500><c> the</c><00:28:11.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:11.920><c> is</c><00:28:12.319><c> contemptible.</c>

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Verse<00:28:13.420><c> eight,</c><00:28:13.799><c> you</c><00:28:13.960><c> offer</c><00:28:14.279><c> blind</c><00:28:14.880><c> for</c><00:28:15.140><c> sacrifice,</c><00:28:16.200><c> the</c><00:28:16.420><c> lame,</c>

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the<00:28:17.000><c> sick.</c><00:28:17.460><c> Is</c><00:28:17.640><c> that</c><00:28:17.799><c> not</c><00:28:17.980><c> evil?</c><00:28:19.400><c> Now</c><00:28:19.759><c> he</c><00:28:20.019><c> says,</c>

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Malachi<00:28:21.940><c> says,</c><00:28:23.079><c> if</c><00:28:23.240><c> you</c><00:28:23.720><c> as</c><00:28:24.019><c> a</c><00:28:24.200><c> servant</c><00:28:24.880><c> went</c><00:28:25.920><c> and</c><00:28:26.299><c> took</c><00:28:26.619><c> an</c><00:28:27.539><c> imperfect</c><00:28:28.019><c> meal</c><00:28:28.519><c> to</c>

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your<00:28:30.240><c> boss</c><00:28:30.900><c> or</c><00:28:31.579><c> your</c><00:28:32.059><c> master,</c>

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what<00:28:33.660><c> would</c><00:28:33.779><c> you</c><00:28:33.880><c> expect?</c><00:28:36.180><c> In</c><00:28:36.339><c> those</c><00:28:36.599><c> days,</c><00:28:37.660><c> flogging</c><00:28:38.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:39.440><c> just</c>

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:42.680
be<00:28:39.779><c> you're</c><00:28:40.079><c> fired.</c><00:28:40.980><c> You'd</c><00:28:41.420><c> be</c><00:28:41.579><c> punished.</c>

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So<00:28:44.500><c> it</c><00:28:44.539><c> was</c><00:28:44.720><c> a</c><00:28:44.819><c> very</c><00:28:45.140><c> serious</c><00:28:45.539><c> matter.</c>

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So<00:28:49.940><c> this</c><00:28:50.539><c> business</c><00:28:51.180><c> of</c><00:28:51.619><c> honouring</c><00:28:52.920><c> parents,</c><00:28:55.700><c> children</c><00:28:55.920><c> honouring</c><00:28:56.500><c> parents</c><00:28:57.099><c> within</c><00:28:57.539><c> families</c><00:28:58.160><c> is</c><00:28:59.119><c> an</c><00:28:59.400><c> important</c>

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thing,<00:29:00.079><c> somewhere</c><00:29:00.380><c> that</c><00:29:01.059><c> we</c><00:29:01.319><c> can</c><00:29:01.500><c> be</c><00:29:01.839><c> different</c><00:29:02.480><c> as</c><00:29:04.440><c> brothers</c>

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.819
and<00:29:05.299><c> sisters</c><00:29:05.599><c> of</c><00:29:05.799><c> the</c><00:29:05.920><c> Lord</c><00:29:06.119><c> Jesus</c><00:29:06.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:10.039
We<00:29:06.980><c> can</c><00:29:07.240><c> show</c><00:29:07.539><c> by</c><00:29:08.059><c> the</c><00:29:08.380><c> operation</c><00:29:08.839><c> of</c><00:29:09.059><c> our</c><00:29:09.279><c> family</c><00:29:09.640><c> life</c><00:29:09.880><c> and</c>

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:12.220
our<00:29:10.279><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:10.779><c> life</c><00:29:11.200><c> that</c><00:29:11.460><c> we</c><00:29:11.640><c> are</c><00:29:11.900><c> different</c>

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:14.759
people.<00:29:12.519><c> We</c><00:29:12.640><c> are</c><00:29:12.920><c> separate</c><00:29:13.279><c> from</c><00:29:13.480><c> the</c><00:29:13.640><c> others</c><00:29:13.799><c> outside</c><00:29:14.400><c> who</c>

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:16.000
are<00:29:14.920><c> doing</c><00:29:15.079><c> their</c><00:29:15.299><c> own</c><00:29:15.539><c> thing.</c><00:29:15.839><c> We</c><00:29:16.000><c> are</c><00:29:16.000><c> different</c>

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:21.059
when<00:29:16.180><c> they</c><00:29:16.359><c> want</c><00:29:16.619><c> to.</c><00:29:18.500><c> We</c><00:29:18.740><c> are</c><00:29:18.980><c> upholding</c><00:29:20.039><c> the</c><00:29:20.259><c> ways</c><00:29:20.440><c> of</c><00:29:20.779><c> God,</c>

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:25.019
not<00:29:21.480><c> from</c><00:29:21.759><c> some</c><00:29:22.359><c> egotistical</c><00:29:23.299><c> way</c><00:29:23.740><c> as</c><00:29:24.420><c> domineering</c>

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parents.<00:29:25.480><c> That's</c><00:29:25.619><c> not</c><00:29:25.839><c> what</c><00:29:25.920><c> God</c><00:29:26.140><c> wants.</c><00:29:27.619><c> He</c><00:29:27.759><c> wants</c><00:29:28.000><c> to</c><00:29:28.180><c> show</c>

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:31.279
the<00:29:28.619><c> pattern</c><00:29:29.000><c> that</c><00:29:29.220><c> in</c><00:29:29.359><c> the</c><00:29:29.619><c> family,</c><00:29:30.519><c> the</c><00:29:30.740><c> children</c>

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obey<00:29:31.720><c> the</c><00:29:32.019><c> parents,</c><00:29:32.900><c> just</c><00:29:33.119><c> as</c><00:29:33.380><c> we</c><00:29:33.599><c> as</c><00:29:33.799><c> God's</c><00:29:34.259><c> children</c><00:29:34.539><c> want</c>

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to<00:29:35.000><c> obey</c><00:29:35.400><c> our</c><00:29:36.140><c> Father</c><00:29:36.579><c> who</c><00:29:36.839><c> is</c><00:29:37.059><c> in</c><00:29:37.279><c> heaven</c><00:29:37.519><c> and</c><00:29:37.700><c> do</c>

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:41.480
the<00:29:38.019><c> best</c><00:29:38.279><c> for</c><00:29:38.460><c> him.</c><00:29:39.400><c> And</c><00:29:39.680><c> so</c><00:29:39.799><c> we</c><00:29:39.920><c> have</c><00:29:40.079><c> a</c><00:29:40.200><c> great</c><00:29:40.359><c> responsibility,</c><00:29:41.059><c> those</c><00:29:41.259><c> of</c><00:29:41.339><c> us</c>

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.099
who<00:29:41.559><c> are</c><00:29:41.779><c> parents</c>

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and<00:29:42.380><c> grandparents</c><00:29:42.960><c> who</c><00:29:43.160><c> look</c><00:29:43.319><c> after</c><00:29:43.619><c> grandchildren,</c><00:29:44.599><c> we</c><00:29:44.700><c> have</c><00:29:44.859><c> a</c>

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responsibility<00:29:45.640><c> to</c><00:29:45.880><c> try</c><00:29:46.039><c> and</c><00:29:46.299><c> encourage</c>

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this<00:29:49.299><c> relationship</c><00:29:49.859><c> between</c><00:29:50.960><c> families,</c><00:29:52.839><c> parents</c><00:29:53.259><c> and</c><00:29:53.480><c> children.</c>

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It<00:29:56.240><c> wasn't</c><00:29:56.500><c> long</c><00:29:56.700><c> ago</c><00:29:57.099><c> that</c><00:29:57.319><c> this</c><00:29:58.180><c> respect</c><00:29:58.900><c> was</c><00:30:00.039><c> there,</c><00:30:01.059><c> but</c>

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now<00:30:01.640><c> it's</c><00:30:01.859><c> slipping</c><00:30:02.119><c> away</c><00:30:02.740><c> and</c><00:30:03.200><c> we've</c><00:30:03.440><c> got</c><00:30:03.480><c> to</c><00:30:03.599><c> make</c>

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sure<00:30:04.059><c> it</c><00:30:04.180><c> doesn't</c><00:30:04.500><c> go.</c><00:30:04.740><c> We've</c><00:30:04.920><c> got</c><00:30:05.000><c> to</c><00:30:05.119><c> bring</c><00:30:05.259><c> it</c><00:30:05.480><c> back</c><00:30:06.039><c> and</c><00:30:06.660><c> show</c><00:30:07.059><c> that</c><00:30:07.220><c> this</c><00:30:07.420><c> is</c>

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.160
the<00:30:07.700><c> respect</c><00:30:08.079><c> we</c><00:30:08.359><c> have</c><00:30:08.940><c> for</c><00:30:09.319><c> God.</c>

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So<00:30:11.079><c> God</c><00:30:11.319><c> points</c><00:30:11.660><c> out</c><00:30:11.880><c> that</c><00:30:12.099><c> these</c><00:30:12.559><c> priests,</c><00:30:13.779><c> they</c><00:30:14.039><c> were</c><00:30:14.240><c> not</c>

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even<00:30:14.799><c> upholding</c><00:30:15.819><c> the</c><00:30:16.339><c> human</c><00:30:17.000><c> civilities</c>

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towards<00:30:18.740><c> God</c><00:30:19.279><c> that</c><00:30:19.700><c> they</c><00:30:19.900><c> would</c><00:30:20.119><c> do</c><00:30:20.259><c> in</c><00:30:20.400><c> their</c><00:30:20.539><c> natural</c><00:30:20.799><c> life.</c>

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In<00:30:21.460><c> these</c><00:30:21.799><c> days,</c><00:30:23.079><c> servants</c><00:30:23.299><c> did</c><00:30:23.579><c> honor</c><00:30:23.759><c> masters.</c>

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They<00:30:24.559><c> had</c><00:30:24.720><c> no</c><00:30:24.920><c> choice.</c><00:30:28.279><c> And</c><00:30:28.539><c> God</c><00:30:28.740><c> says,</c><00:30:29.099><c> you're</c><00:30:29.200><c> not</c><00:30:29.319><c> even</c><00:30:29.720><c> civil</c><00:30:30.079><c> to</c>

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me,<00:30:32.380><c> like</c><00:30:32.519><c> you</c><00:30:32.640><c> have</c><00:30:32.799><c> to</c><00:30:32.920><c> be</c><00:30:33.119><c> civil</c><00:30:33.259><c> to</c><00:30:33.460><c> your</c><00:30:33.680><c> own</c>

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human<00:30:34.319><c> masters.</c><00:30:37.160><c> In</c><00:30:37.440><c> Exodus,</c><00:30:39.140><c> Moses</c><00:30:39.480><c> is</c><00:30:40.079><c> advised</c><00:30:40.539><c> by</c><00:30:40.779><c> the</c><00:30:40.900><c> Lord</c><00:30:41.079><c> God</c>

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to<00:30:41.539><c> speak</c><00:30:41.759><c> to</c><00:30:42.160><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:30:43.799><c> He</c><00:30:43.980><c> says,</c>

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Israel<00:30:45.039><c> is</c><00:30:46.759><c> my</c><00:30:47.640><c> son,</c><00:30:49.359><c> even</c><00:30:49.740><c> my</c><00:30:50.259><c> firstborn.</c><00:30:52.420><c> Let</c><00:30:52.700><c> my</c><00:30:53.119><c> son</c><00:30:53.500><c> go,</c><00:30:53.779><c> even</c><00:30:54.039><c> my</c><00:30:54.420><c> firstborn.</c><00:30:54.799><c> If</c><00:30:55.019><c> not,</c><00:30:55.180><c> I</c>

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will<00:30:55.519><c> slay</c><00:30:55.720><c> thy</c>

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firstborn.<00:30:58.140><c> So</c><00:30:58.400><c> you</c><00:30:58.440><c> see</c><00:30:58.539><c> the</c><00:30:58.700><c> picture,</c><00:31:00.640><c> God</c><00:31:01.160><c> and</c><00:31:02.640><c> the</c><00:31:02.859><c> nation,</c><00:31:04.880><c> the</c><00:31:05.099><c> father</c><00:31:05.519><c> and</c><00:31:06.640><c> the</c><00:31:06.880><c> children,</c><00:31:07.779><c> my</c><00:31:08.099><c> son.</c>

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So<00:31:10.859><c> under</c><00:31:11.079><c> the</c><00:31:11.299><c> law,</c><00:31:11.839><c> which</c><00:31:12.039><c> came</c><00:31:12.279><c> a</c><00:31:12.400><c> little</c><00:31:12.559><c> later,</c><00:31:13.700><c> it</c><00:31:13.900><c> was</c>

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honor<00:31:14.440><c> thy</c><00:31:14.660><c> father</c><00:31:15.099><c> and</c><00:31:15.299><c> thy</c><00:31:15.440><c> mother,</c>

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that<00:31:16.559><c> thy</c><00:31:16.759><c> days</c><00:31:17.099><c> may</c><00:31:17.299><c> be</c><00:31:17.480><c> long</c><00:31:17.599><c> upon</c><00:31:17.819><c> the</c><00:31:18.039><c> land</c><00:31:18.200><c> which</c><00:31:18.400><c> the</c><00:31:18.539><c> Lord</c><00:31:18.660><c> thy</c>

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God<00:31:19.180><c> giveth</c><00:31:19.500><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:31:20.599><c> this</c><00:31:20.799><c> respect</c><00:31:21.279><c> of</c><00:31:21.480><c> children</c><00:31:21.839><c> for</c><00:31:22.119><c> parents</c><00:31:22.839><c> wasn't</c><00:31:24.180><c> just</c><00:31:25.119><c> a</c>

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.880
law<00:31:25.599><c> which</c><00:31:25.779><c> God</c><00:31:25.940><c> wanted</c><00:31:26.140><c> to</c><00:31:26.339><c> impose</c><00:31:26.599><c> to</c><00:31:26.759><c> make</c>

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:31.039
life<00:31:27.140><c> difficult.</c><00:31:28.400><c> It</c><00:31:28.500><c> was</c><00:31:28.700><c> that</c><00:31:29.039><c> they</c><00:31:29.299><c> may</c><00:31:29.559><c> have</c><00:31:30.039><c> long</c><00:31:30.339><c> life,</c>

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:35.099
be<00:31:31.539><c> prospered</c><00:31:32.619><c> in</c><00:31:33.000><c> the</c><00:31:33.400><c> promised</c><00:31:33.859><c> land.</c>

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:45.019
When<00:31:38.420><c> Israel</c><00:31:38.779><c> was</c><00:31:39.000><c> a</c><00:31:39.279><c> child,</c><00:31:40.819><c> I</c><00:31:41.160><c> loved</c><00:31:41.420><c> him</c><00:31:42.039><c> and</c><00:31:43.240><c> called</c><00:31:43.640><c> my</c><00:31:43.980><c> son</c><00:31:44.220><c> out</c><00:31:44.420><c> of</c><00:31:44.579><c> Egypt.</c>

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:50.579
That's<00:31:45.680><c> Hosea</c><00:31:46.059><c> 11</c><00:31:46.420><c> and</c><00:31:46.660><c> verse</c><00:31:47.019><c> 1.</c><00:31:48.380><c> And</c><00:31:48.480><c> so</c><00:31:48.559><c> there</c><00:31:48.660><c> are</c><00:31:48.819><c> many</c><00:31:49.079><c> cases</c><00:31:49.480><c> throughout</c><00:31:49.759><c> the</c><00:31:49.980><c> Scripture,</c><00:31:50.299><c> my</c><00:31:50.420><c> dear</c>

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brothers<00:31:50.819><c> and</c><00:31:51.059><c> sisters,</c><00:31:51.720><c> where</c><00:31:51.839><c> the</c><00:31:51.960><c> Bible</c><00:31:52.240><c> record</c><00:31:52.599><c> takes</c><00:31:52.940><c> the</c><00:31:53.119><c> nation</c><00:31:53.380><c> of</c>

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.019
Israel<00:31:53.880><c> back</c><00:31:54.660><c> and</c><00:31:54.900><c> says,</c>

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:59.660
look<00:31:55.240><c> at</c><00:31:55.400><c> your</c><00:31:55.559><c> history.</c><00:31:56.519><c> Look</c><00:31:56.720><c> what</c><00:31:56.940><c> happened.</c><00:31:59.339><c> We'll</c><00:31:59.519><c> just</c>

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:01.240
take<00:31:59.819><c> one</c><00:32:00.000><c> more</c><00:32:00.200><c> example.</c>

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We<00:32:04.700><c> find</c><00:32:05.059><c> that</c><00:32:05.400><c> the</c><00:32:05.940><c> nation</c><00:32:06.920><c> will</c><00:32:08.579><c> weep</c>

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as<00:32:11.900><c> they</c><00:32:12.099><c> did</c><00:32:12.359><c> weep</c><00:32:12.920><c> in</c><00:32:13.099><c> the</c><00:32:13.279><c> past,</c><00:32:14.400><c> as</c><00:32:14.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:15.079><c> wept</c><00:32:15.480><c> when</c>

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:18.140
he<00:32:15.859><c> saw</c><00:32:16.059><c> the</c><00:32:16.299><c> city</c><00:32:16.680><c> destroyed</c><00:32:17.400><c> and</c><00:32:17.599><c> the</c><00:32:17.940><c> smoke</c>

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arising<00:32:18.720><c> and</c><00:32:19.059><c> the</c><00:32:19.319><c> temple,</c><00:32:20.359><c> oh,</c><00:32:20.579><c> that</c><00:32:21.099><c> beautiful</c><00:32:21.680><c> temple,</c><00:32:25.359><c> stripped</c><00:32:25.539><c> of</c>

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:29.599
its<00:32:26.039><c> beauty</c><00:32:26.380><c> and</c><00:32:26.799><c> glory</c><00:32:27.359><c> and</c><00:32:28.480><c> holiness</c><00:32:28.960><c> and</c>

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consecrated<00:32:30.619><c> by</c><00:32:31.319><c> the</c><00:32:31.519><c> Babylonians.</c><00:32:34.240><c> So</c><00:32:34.500><c> we</c><00:32:35.960><c> address</c><00:32:37.059><c> the</c><00:32:38.599><c> Lord</c><00:32:38.759><c> God</c>

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as<00:32:41.900><c> our</c><00:32:42.599><c> father</c>

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because<00:32:46.339><c> we</c><00:32:46.519><c> are</c><00:32:46.680><c> his</c><00:32:46.960><c> children.</c>

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:54.680
And<00:32:50.400><c> as</c><00:32:50.579><c> children</c><00:32:50.920><c> try</c><00:32:51.220><c> to</c><00:32:51.519><c> reflect</c><00:32:51.839><c> their</c><00:32:52.400><c> father's</c><00:32:53.059><c> or</c><00:32:53.259><c> mother's</c><00:32:53.839><c> likeness,</c><00:32:54.299><c> so</c>

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.539
we<00:32:55.400><c> should</c><00:32:55.720><c> try</c><00:32:55.980><c> to</c><00:32:56.259><c> reflect</c>

00:32:56.539 --> 00:33:01.960
the<00:32:56.799><c> likeness</c><00:32:57.700><c> of</c><00:32:58.319><c> our</c><00:32:58.500><c> father</c><00:32:58.779><c> who</c><00:32:58.960><c> is</c><00:32:59.160><c> in</c><00:32:59.380><c> heaven.</c><00:33:01.140><c> So</c><00:33:01.400><c> this</c>

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:03.900
good<00:33:02.380><c> servant,</c><00:33:03.059><c> if</c><00:33:03.200><c> we're</c><00:33:03.400><c> trying</c><00:33:03.579><c> to</c><00:33:03.779><c> find</c>

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some<00:33:04.259><c> qualities</c><00:33:04.680><c> that</c><00:33:04.940><c> we</c><00:33:05.140><c> would</c><00:33:05.259><c> describe</c><00:33:05.900><c> for</c><00:33:06.079><c> the</c><00:33:06.259><c> good</c><00:33:06.500><c> servant,</c><00:33:06.819><c> we</c>

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would<00:33:07.160><c> say</c><00:33:07.339><c> that</c><00:33:07.519><c> he</c><00:33:07.660><c> is</c><00:33:07.940><c> reverent,</c>

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:13.339
first<00:33:08.940><c> of</c><00:33:09.180><c> all,</c><00:33:09.660><c> towards</c><00:33:09.880><c> his</c><00:33:10.119><c> master.</c><00:33:11.960><c> We</c><00:33:12.259><c> then</c><00:33:12.500><c> say</c><00:33:12.900><c> that</c><00:33:13.180><c> he</c>

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.680
is<00:33:13.619><c> faithful.</c>

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:20.579
The<00:33:16.920><c> master</c><00:33:17.180><c> can</c><00:33:17.500><c> rely</c><00:33:17.940><c> on</c><00:33:18.200><c> the</c><00:33:18.480><c> servant</c><00:33:19.019><c> to</c><00:33:19.559><c> be</c><00:33:19.839><c> faithful,</c><00:33:20.440><c> to</c>

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:23.319
be<00:33:20.920><c> obedient,</c><00:33:21.900><c> give</c><00:33:22.019><c> him</c><00:33:22.220><c> a</c><00:33:22.319><c> job</c><00:33:22.460><c> to</c><00:33:22.660><c> do</c><00:33:22.740><c> and</c><00:33:22.859><c> he'll</c><00:33:23.059><c> go</c>

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:25.960
and<00:33:23.500><c> do</c><00:33:23.700><c> it</c><00:33:24.039><c> and</c><00:33:24.500><c> that</c><00:33:24.640><c> he'll</c><00:33:24.759><c> be</c><00:33:24.940><c> reliable,</c><00:33:25.440><c> that</c><00:33:25.579><c> he'll</c><00:33:25.779><c> do</c>

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.539
it<00:33:26.160><c> again</c><00:33:26.460><c> and</c><00:33:26.700><c> again.</c><00:33:27.519><c> That's</c><00:33:27.940><c> what</c><00:33:28.119><c> God</c><00:33:28.519><c> is</c><00:33:29.059><c> expecting</c>

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:33.759
of<00:33:30.079><c> his</c><00:33:30.440><c> servants,</c><00:33:30.839><c> these</c><00:33:31.299><c> qualities,</c><00:33:31.880><c> this</c><00:33:32.339><c> diligent</c><00:33:32.839><c> service</c><00:33:33.460><c> and</c>

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.740
it<00:33:33.940><c> will</c><00:33:34.099><c> be</c><00:33:34.319><c> rewarded</c><00:33:34.680><c> by</c><00:33:35.039><c> our</c><00:33:35.220><c> master</c><00:33:35.559><c> who</c>

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:43.079
is<00:33:35.920><c> in</c><00:33:36.119><c> heaven.</c><00:33:37.480><c> And</c><00:33:37.720><c> so</c><00:33:37.799><c> the</c><00:33:38.039><c> priests</c><00:33:38.299><c> who</c><00:33:38.460><c> were</c><00:33:38.579><c> God's</c><00:33:39.380><c> special</c><00:33:39.740><c> servants</c><00:33:40.200><c> at</c><00:33:40.440><c> this</c><00:33:40.700><c> time,</c><00:33:42.140><c> who</c><00:33:42.400><c> were</c><00:33:42.759><c> to</c>

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:47.559
administer<00:33:43.559><c> God's</c><00:33:44.200><c> worship</c><00:33:44.480><c> at</c><00:33:44.660><c> the</c><00:33:44.900><c> temple,</c><00:33:46.180><c> the</c><00:33:46.400><c> people</c><00:33:46.619><c> who</c><00:33:46.759><c> were</c><00:33:46.960><c> supposed</c><00:33:47.400><c> to</c>

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:49.559
be<00:33:47.859><c> closer</c><00:33:48.140><c> to</c><00:33:48.380><c> God</c><00:33:48.819><c> than</c><00:33:49.279><c> the</c>

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:56.680
ordinary<00:33:50.039><c> people,</c><00:33:52.980><c> were</c><00:33:53.519><c> not</c><00:33:53.700><c> doing</c><00:33:53.920><c> this.</c><00:33:55.759><c> They</c><00:33:56.119><c> should</c><00:33:56.380><c> have</c><00:33:56.519><c> had</c>

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.119
a<00:33:56.900><c> frame</c><00:33:57.039><c> of</c><00:33:57.339><c> mind</c>

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:05.980
as<00:34:00.079><c> that</c><00:34:00.240><c> which</c><00:34:00.380><c> was</c><00:34:00.660><c> described</c><00:34:01.180><c> by</c><00:34:01.680><c> our</c><00:34:01.900><c> brother</c><00:34:02.099><c> Ken,</c><00:34:03.579><c> who</c><00:34:03.700><c> when</c><00:34:03.900><c> someone</c><00:34:04.180><c> came</c><00:34:04.500><c> and</c><00:34:04.680><c> said,</c><00:34:05.220><c> well,</c><00:34:05.519><c> what</c><00:34:05.700><c> do</c><00:34:05.839><c> I</c>

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:11.340
do<00:34:06.099><c> about</c><00:34:06.420><c> this</c><00:34:06.839><c> problem?</c><00:34:08.179><c> How</c><00:34:08.500><c> do</c><00:34:08.659><c> you</c><00:34:09.000><c> explain</c><00:34:09.280><c> this</c><00:34:09.599><c> part</c><00:34:09.820><c> of</c><00:34:10.000><c> the</c><00:34:10.179><c> law?</c><00:34:11.059><c> I</c>

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.619
want<00:34:11.519><c> to</c><00:34:11.719><c> bring</c><00:34:11.820><c> this</c><00:34:12.099><c> offering</c>

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:16.539
because<00:34:13.260><c> I've</c><00:34:13.599><c> done</c><00:34:14.159><c> such</c><00:34:14.559><c> and</c><00:34:14.760><c> such.</c><00:34:15.780><c> And</c><00:34:16.000><c> the</c><00:34:16.159><c> priest</c><00:34:16.320><c> would</c>

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:20.440
say,<00:34:17.639><c> yes,</c><00:34:18.340><c> I</c><00:34:19.179><c> can</c><00:34:19.380><c> help</c><00:34:19.639><c> you.</c>

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:24.119
Let's<00:34:21.260><c> go</c><00:34:21.460><c> and</c><00:34:21.639><c> worship</c><00:34:21.860><c> together.</c><00:34:22.739><c> That's</c><00:34:23.059><c> what</c><00:34:23.219><c> God</c><00:34:23.500><c> wanted</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:28.019
but<00:34:24.940><c> they</c><00:34:25.179><c> were</c><00:34:25.400><c> not</c><00:34:25.639><c> doing</c><00:34:25.840><c> it</c><00:34:26.340><c> in</c><00:34:26.519><c> Malachi's</c><00:34:27.179><c> time.</c>

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.960
And<00:34:30.579><c> just</c><00:34:30.840><c> as</c><00:34:31.000><c> there's</c><00:34:31.159><c> a</c><00:34:31.280><c> little</c><00:34:32.059><c> quotation</c><00:34:32.599><c> that</c><00:34:32.880><c> says,</c><00:34:34.340><c> just</c><00:34:34.780><c> as</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.820
the<00:34:35.320><c> servant</c><00:34:36.179><c> watches</c><00:34:36.780><c> for</c><00:34:37.059><c> the</c><00:34:37.219><c> little</c><00:34:37.519><c> flicker</c>

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:41.880
of<00:34:38.179><c> the</c><00:34:38.179><c> finger</c><00:34:38.360><c> of</c><00:34:39.260><c> the</c><00:34:39.400><c> master</c><00:34:39.699><c> or</c><00:34:39.880><c> mistress</c><00:34:40.320><c> and</c><00:34:40.880><c> to</c><00:34:41.059><c> respond</c><00:34:41.480><c> and</c><00:34:41.639><c> be</c>

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:43.300
there<00:34:42.099><c> straight</c><00:34:42.380><c> away,</c>

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:48.099
so<00:34:44.059><c> the</c><00:34:44.320><c> priest</c><00:34:44.699><c> was</c><00:34:45.320><c> to</c><00:34:45.480><c> be</c><00:34:45.679><c> responding</c><00:34:46.000><c> to</c><00:34:46.219><c> God</c><00:34:46.760><c> and</c><00:34:47.760><c> to</c><00:34:47.940><c> the</c>

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:50.059
people<00:34:48.440><c> when</c><00:34:48.639><c> they</c><00:34:48.900><c> had</c><00:34:49.159><c> their</c><00:34:49.400><c> requests</c>

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:58.639
and<00:34:50.659><c> brought</c><00:34:50.880><c> them</c><00:34:51.059><c> before</c><00:34:51.460><c> him.</c><00:34:53.880><c> But</c><00:34:54.400><c> the</c><00:34:54.900><c> priest</c><00:34:55.360><c> said,</c><00:34:57.860><c> how</c>

00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:03.059
did<00:34:59.760><c> we</c><00:34:59.980><c> despise</c><00:35:00.659><c> thy</c><00:35:00.920><c> name,</c><00:35:02.039><c> O</c><00:35:02.199><c> God?</c>

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:11.780
Like<00:35:05.900><c> in</c><00:35:06.059><c> verse</c><00:35:06.260><c> six,</c><00:35:07.219><c> wherein</c><00:35:07.460><c> have</c><00:35:07.860><c> we</c><00:35:08.199><c> despised</c><00:35:08.840><c> or</c><00:35:09.219><c> dis</c><00:35:09.960><c>-esteemed</c>

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:17.420
God?<00:35:13.940><c> Their</c><00:35:14.179><c> inquiry</c><00:35:14.599><c> was</c><00:35:14.860><c> based</c><00:35:15.059><c> on</c><00:35:15.260><c> ignorance,</c><00:35:16.599><c> utter</c><00:35:16.719><c> ignorance</c><00:35:17.219><c> of</c>

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:19.320
the<00:35:17.699><c> meaning</c><00:35:17.960><c> of</c><00:35:18.139><c> their</c><00:35:18.340><c> duties.</c>

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:25.380
They<00:35:20.179><c> didn't</c><00:35:20.500><c> know</c><00:35:20.840><c> what</c><00:35:21.059><c> God</c><00:35:21.639><c> truly</c><00:35:22.139><c> expected</c><00:35:22.719><c> of</c><00:35:22.920><c> them.</c><00:35:25.199><c> God</c>

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.900
asked<00:35:25.559><c> them</c><00:35:25.719><c> to</c><00:35:25.920><c> look</c><00:35:26.079><c> what</c><00:35:26.179><c> they</c><00:35:26.340><c> were</c><00:35:26.500><c> doing</c><00:35:26.699><c> with</c>

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:29.900
their<00:35:27.179><c> sacrifices.</c><00:35:28.599><c> They</c><00:35:28.820><c> were</c><00:35:29.019><c> offering</c><00:35:29.239><c> polluted</c><00:35:29.639><c> bread,</c>

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:31.920
which<00:35:30.079><c> is</c><00:35:30.219><c> mentioned</c><00:35:30.480><c> in</c><00:35:30.639><c> verse</c><00:35:30.880><c> seven.</c>

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:36.599
Contaminated<00:35:33.179><c> food.</c><00:35:34.840><c> Verse</c><00:35:34.920><c> eight</c><00:35:35.639><c> explains</c><00:35:36.099><c> what</c><00:35:36.280><c> that</c>

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:39.500
meant.<00:35:36.980><c> They</c><00:35:37.099><c> were</c><00:35:37.340><c> offering</c><00:35:37.800><c> defective</c><00:35:38.940><c> animals.</c>

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:43.460
Anything<00:35:40.159><c> will</c><00:35:40.480><c> do.</c><00:35:41.099><c> The</c><00:35:41.320><c> law</c><00:35:41.519><c> strictly</c><00:35:42.019><c> forbade</c><00:35:42.380><c> that.</c><00:35:43.019><c> Everything</c><00:35:43.280><c> had</c>

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:46.940
to<00:35:43.599><c> be</c><00:35:43.880><c> perfect,</c><00:35:45.500><c> blemish</c><00:35:45.960><c> free.</c>

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:52.179
The<00:35:49.000><c> law</c><00:35:49.179><c> was</c><00:35:49.420><c> very</c><00:35:49.940><c> clear</c><00:35:50.380><c> as</c><00:35:50.960><c> to</c><00:35:51.000><c> what</c><00:35:51.139><c> they</c><00:35:51.300><c> should</c><00:35:51.500><c> expect</c>

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:55.000
and<00:35:52.579><c> the</c><00:35:52.820><c> priests</c><00:35:53.219><c> have</c><00:35:53.500><c> disregarded</c><00:35:54.099><c> that.</c>

00:35:57.260 --> 00:36:04.099
So<00:35:58.019><c> what</c><00:35:58.199><c> was</c><00:35:58.360><c> this</c><00:35:58.639><c> meaning</c><00:35:59.079><c> in</c><00:36:00.760><c> Malachi's</c><00:36:01.500><c> time?</c><00:36:03.699><c> Well,</c><00:36:03.940><c> it</c>

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:07.699
was<00:36:04.519><c> just</c><00:36:05.539><c> an</c><00:36:06.000><c> outward</c><00:36:06.260><c> demonstration</c><00:36:07.039><c> of</c><00:36:07.219><c> being</c><00:36:07.440><c> a</c>

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:13.340
priest<00:36:08.079><c> with</c><00:36:09.300><c> no</c><00:36:09.639><c> concern</c><00:36:10.179><c> for</c><00:36:10.420><c> their</c><00:36:10.659><c> job.</c><00:36:12.679><c> And</c><00:36:12.920><c> for</c><00:36:13.039><c> us,</c><00:36:13.320><c> my</c>

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:16.539
dear<00:36:13.519><c> brothers</c><00:36:13.780><c> and</c><00:36:14.079><c> sisters,</c><00:36:15.039><c> us</c><00:36:15.440><c> together,</c>

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:22.440
this<00:36:17.099><c> lesson</c><00:36:17.500><c> is</c><00:36:17.960><c> very</c><00:36:18.340><c> clear.</c><00:36:19.739><c> God</c><00:36:20.079><c> wants</c><00:36:20.500><c> the</c><00:36:20.719><c> very</c><00:36:21.280><c> best</c><00:36:21.880><c> of</c>

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.840
our<00:36:22.699><c> services.</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:29.780
Our<00:36:25.199><c> energies,</c><00:36:26.639><c> our</c><00:36:26.880><c> talents,</c><00:36:28.300><c> our</c><00:36:28.539><c> financial</c><00:36:29.119><c> resources,</c>

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:33.179
whatever<00:36:30.420><c> ability</c><00:36:30.820><c> we</c><00:36:30.980><c> might</c><00:36:31.199><c> have,</c><00:36:31.380><c> God</c><00:36:31.619><c> wants</c><00:36:31.960><c> the</c><00:36:32.179><c> best.</c>

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:42.039
And<00:36:34.880><c> if</c><00:36:35.000><c> we</c><00:36:35.199><c> put</c><00:36:35.380><c> those</c><00:36:35.920><c> first</c><00:36:36.780><c> in</c><00:36:38.199><c> his</c><00:36:38.500><c> service,</c><00:36:40.159><c> then</c><00:36:40.260><c> he</c><00:36:40.380><c> will</c><00:36:40.559><c> bless</c><00:36:40.760><c> us.</c>

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:45.539
But<00:36:42.599><c> if</c><00:36:42.760><c> we</c><00:36:43.000><c> give</c><00:36:43.659><c> second</c><00:36:44.539><c> rate,</c>

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.980
third<00:36:46.179><c> rate,</c><00:36:47.159><c> or</c><00:36:47.320><c> anything</c><00:36:47.599><c> that</c><00:36:47.739><c> will</c><00:36:47.920><c> do,</c><00:36:48.860><c> that's</c><00:36:49.300><c> unacceptable</c><00:36:49.880><c> to</c><00:36:50.159><c> God.</c>

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.510
And<00:36:51.519><c> we</c><00:36:51.699><c> are</c><00:36:51.800><c> behaving</c><00:36:52.159><c> like</c>

00:36:52.510 --> 00:36:56.789
these<00:36:53.190><c> priests</c><00:36:53.690><c> in</c><00:36:53.869><c> the</c><00:36:54.010><c> time</c><00:36:54.190><c> of</c><00:36:54.429><c> Malachi.</c><00:36:55.929><c> And</c><00:36:56.090><c> God</c><00:36:56.289><c> is</c>

00:36:56.789 --> 00:36:59.150
perfectly<00:36:57.389><c> holy,</c><00:36:58.130><c> absolutely</c><00:36:58.570><c> righteous,</c>

00:36:59.530 --> 00:37:04.409
and<00:36:59.610><c> he</c><00:37:00.030><c> expects</c><00:37:00.469><c> perfection.</c><00:37:03.369><c> He</c><00:37:03.489><c> knows</c><00:37:03.630><c> we</c><00:37:03.769><c> can't</c><00:37:03.989><c> achieve</c>

00:37:04.409 --> 00:37:05.650
it,<00:37:04.710><c> but</c><00:37:04.809><c> he</c><00:37:04.909><c> wants</c><00:37:05.150><c> us</c><00:37:05.349><c> to</c>

00:37:05.650 --> 00:37:10.429
use<00:37:06.070><c> all</c><00:37:06.429><c> our</c><00:37:06.670><c> energies</c><00:37:07.090><c> to</c><00:37:07.409><c> reach</c><00:37:07.650><c> as</c><00:37:07.989><c> far</c><00:37:08.190><c> as</c><00:37:08.389><c> we</c><00:37:08.630><c> can</c><00:37:09.050><c> towards</c><00:37:09.969><c> that</c>

00:37:10.429 --> 00:37:11.829
ultimate<00:37:10.889><c> goal.</c>

00:37:14.010 --> 00:37:18.150
So<00:37:14.230><c> to</c><00:37:14.429><c> find</c><00:37:14.590><c> a</c><00:37:14.849><c> complete</c><00:37:15.250><c> animal</c><00:37:15.769><c> to</c><00:37:16.289><c> offer</c><00:37:16.710><c> surely</c><00:37:17.710><c> wasn't</c><00:37:18.010><c> a</c>

00:37:18.150 --> 00:37:20.150
difficult<00:37:18.570><c> thing,</c><00:37:18.849><c> was</c><00:37:19.070><c> it?</c><00:37:19.550><c> They</c><00:37:19.769><c> could</c><00:37:19.929><c> go</c>

00:37:20.150 --> 00:37:25.050
out<00:37:20.389><c> and</c><00:37:20.570><c> look</c><00:37:20.730><c> in</c><00:37:20.869><c> their</c><00:37:21.090><c> flock</c><00:37:21.329><c> and</c><00:37:21.550><c> say,</c><00:37:21.769><c> ah,</c><00:37:22.090><c> that's</c><00:37:22.329><c> a</c><00:37:22.469><c> nice</c><00:37:22.670><c> one.</c><00:37:23.449><c> I'll</c><00:37:23.730><c> have</c><00:37:23.909><c> that.</c><00:37:24.750><c> Oh,</c>

00:37:25.110 --> 00:37:25.590
no,<00:37:25.230><c> what</c><00:37:25.349><c> they</c><00:37:25.510><c> were</c>

00:37:25.590 --> 00:37:28.530
saying<00:37:25.730><c> was,</c><00:37:25.949><c> oh,</c><00:37:26.090><c> this</c><00:37:26.309><c> one.</c><00:37:26.769><c> That's</c><00:37:27.110><c> the</c><00:37:27.210><c> first</c><00:37:27.389><c> one.</c><00:37:27.730><c> Oh,</c><00:37:28.250><c> got</c><00:37:28.389><c> a</c>

00:37:28.530 --> 00:37:29.949
broken<00:37:28.710><c> leg.</c><00:37:28.909><c> That</c><00:37:29.050><c> doesn't</c><00:37:29.210><c> matter.</c>

00:37:30.530 --> 00:37:33.010
And<00:37:30.769><c> they</c><00:37:30.889><c> brought</c><00:37:31.010><c> it</c><00:37:31.190><c> along</c><00:37:31.570><c> and</c><00:37:32.230><c> they</c><00:37:32.409><c> offered</c><00:37:32.550><c> it.</c><00:37:32.829><c> And</c>

00:37:33.010 --> 00:37:35.010
the<00:37:33.150><c> priest</c><00:37:33.329><c> said,</c><00:37:33.630><c> oh,</c><00:37:33.969><c> yeah,</c><00:37:34.030><c> that's</c><00:37:34.289><c> okay.</c>

00:37:35.309 --> 00:37:39.610
And<00:37:35.570><c> you</c><00:37:35.690><c> can</c><00:37:35.849><c> see</c><00:37:36.050><c> how</c><00:37:36.289><c> things</c><00:37:36.969><c> went</c><00:37:37.309><c> downhill</c><00:37:37.869><c> and</c><00:37:39.190><c> they</c>

00:37:39.610 --> 00:37:44.590
despised<00:37:40.230><c> God,</c><00:37:41.969><c> this</c><00:37:42.449><c> contemptible</c><00:37:43.329><c> table.</c>

00:37:48.210 --> 00:37:54.230
If<00:37:48.849><c> we</c><00:37:49.090><c> get</c><00:37:49.369><c> careless</c><00:37:49.789><c> in</c><00:37:50.730><c> our</c><00:37:50.909><c> kitchen,</c><00:37:52.750><c> if</c><00:37:52.909><c> we</c><00:37:53.210><c> don't</c><00:37:53.750><c> follow</c>

00:37:54.230 --> 00:37:56.869
the<00:37:54.469><c> proper</c><00:37:54.769><c> rules</c><00:37:55.210><c> of</c><00:37:55.530><c> hygiene,</c><00:37:56.250><c> if</c><00:37:56.389><c> the</c><00:37:56.670><c> staff</c>

00:37:56.869 --> 00:38:01.170
here<00:37:57.289><c> at</c><00:37:57.550><c> the</c><00:37:57.789><c> retreat</c><00:37:58.250><c> don't</c><00:37:59.070><c> operate</c><00:37:59.550><c> the</c><00:37:59.829><c> proper</c><00:38:00.150><c> codes</c><00:38:00.530><c> of</c>

00:38:01.170 --> 00:38:04.369
public<00:38:01.570><c> health</c><00:38:02.090><c> that</c><00:38:02.769><c> are</c><00:38:03.170><c> laid</c><00:38:03.550><c> down,</c>

00:38:04.789 --> 00:38:06.630
then<00:38:04.949><c> we</c><00:38:05.090><c> can</c><00:38:05.309><c> expect</c><00:38:05.530><c> problems,</c><00:38:06.090><c> can't</c><00:38:06.130><c> we?</c><00:38:06.230><c> We'll</c><00:38:06.349><c> go</c><00:38:06.489><c> down</c>

00:38:06.630 --> 00:38:07.909
with<00:38:06.809><c> food</c><00:38:07.090><c> poisoning.</c>

00:38:09.269 --> 00:38:18.869
Well,<00:38:10.889><c> the</c><00:38:11.010><c> same</c><00:38:11.230><c> lesson</c><00:38:11.489><c> is</c><00:38:11.750><c> here.</c><00:38:12.550><c> If</c><00:38:12.769><c> we</c><00:38:13.030><c> don't</c><00:38:13.409><c> give</c><00:38:14.329><c> clear,</c><00:38:15.869><c> clean,</c><00:38:17.090><c> truthful,</c><00:38:17.889><c> honest</c><00:38:18.230><c> food</c>

00:38:18.869 --> 00:38:21.349
for<00:38:19.909><c> our</c><00:38:20.230><c> families,</c>

00:38:22.110 --> 00:38:24.230
then<00:38:22.190><c> they</c><00:38:22.349><c> will</c><00:38:22.570><c> become</c><00:38:22.889><c> contaminated.</c>

00:38:26.789 --> 00:38:30.190
So<00:38:26.989><c> just</c><00:38:27.230><c> as</c><00:38:27.389><c> the</c><00:38:27.610><c> priest's</c><00:38:28.090><c> minds</c><00:38:28.429><c> were</c><00:38:28.769><c> poisoned</c><00:38:29.349><c> because</c>

00:38:30.190 --> 00:38:37.889
of<00:38:30.449><c> their</c><00:38:31.630><c> derogatory</c><00:38:32.349><c> attitude,</c><00:38:33.050><c> their</c>

00:38:38.190 --> 00:38:44.150
attitude,<00:38:38.789><c> so</c><00:38:38.789><c> the</c><00:38:38.949><c> people</c><00:38:39.570><c> themselves</c><00:38:41.170><c> became</c><00:38:41.989><c> careless</c><00:38:42.570><c> and</c><00:38:43.469><c> had</c><00:38:43.710><c> lack</c><00:38:43.909><c> of</c>

00:38:44.150 --> 00:38:44.989
respect.<00:38:44.610><c> So</c><00:38:44.750><c> we</c><00:38:44.849><c> got</c>

00:38:44.989 --> 00:38:47.829
this<00:38:45.309><c> tragic</c><00:38:45.789><c> picture</c><00:38:46.170><c> in</c><00:38:46.349><c> the</c><00:38:46.449><c> time</c><00:38:46.670><c> of</c><00:38:46.889><c> Malachi,</c><00:38:47.329><c> priests</c>

00:38:47.829 --> 00:38:50.789
lounging<00:38:48.809><c> about</c><00:38:49.070><c> the</c><00:38:49.329><c> temple,</c><00:38:50.269><c> slovenly</c>

00:38:50.789 --> 00:38:53.769
approached<00:38:51.170><c> to</c><00:38:51.369><c> their</c><00:38:51.530><c> duties.</c><00:38:52.590><c> Anything</c><00:38:52.949><c> we'll</c><00:38:53.230><c> do</c><00:38:53.429><c> for</c><00:38:53.610><c> the</c>

00:38:53.769 --> 00:38:55.510
Lord<00:38:54.070><c> was</c><00:38:54.250><c> their</c><00:38:54.530><c> attitude.</c>

00:38:57.750 --> 00:39:02.429
And<00:38:58.269><c> God</c><00:38:58.949><c> takes</c><00:38:59.590><c> them</c><00:38:59.909><c> to</c><00:39:00.210><c> task.</c><00:39:00.710><c> And</c><00:39:00.849><c> it's</c><00:39:00.929><c> only</c><00:39:01.110><c> when</c><00:39:01.250><c> we</c><00:39:01.550><c> see</c>

00:39:02.429 --> 00:39:04.449
the<00:39:03.090><c> tragedy</c><00:39:03.429><c> of</c><00:39:03.590><c> that</c><00:39:03.769><c> situation</c>

00:39:04.449 --> 00:39:08.230
and<00:39:04.949><c> the</c><00:39:05.289><c> seriousness</c><00:39:05.750><c> of</c><00:39:06.050><c> their</c><00:39:06.510><c> spiritual</c><00:39:07.110><c> depravity,</c>

00:39:09.489 --> 00:39:15.110
now<00:39:09.670><c> we</c><00:39:09.869><c> see</c><00:39:10.090><c> why</c><00:39:10.369><c> Malachi</c><00:39:10.849><c> is</c><00:39:11.190><c> so</c><00:39:11.710><c> stern</c><00:39:12.170><c> and</c><00:39:12.730><c> clear</c><00:39:13.130><c> in</c><00:39:13.610><c> his</c><00:39:13.829><c> message</c>

00:39:16.030 --> 00:39:20.409
and<00:39:16.670><c> why</c><00:39:16.809><c> he</c><00:39:16.909><c> wants</c><00:39:17.130><c> us</c><00:39:17.369><c> to</c><00:39:17.630><c> understand</c><00:39:18.110><c> these</c><00:39:18.469><c> things</c><00:39:19.050><c> so</c><00:39:19.789><c> clearly</c><00:39:20.110><c> as</c>

00:39:20.409 --> 00:39:23.190
well.<00:39:21.070><c> And</c><00:39:21.190><c> God</c><00:39:21.510><c> says</c><00:39:21.949><c> here,</c><00:39:22.250><c> he</c><00:39:22.349><c> says</c>

00:39:23.309 --> 00:39:28.170
a<00:39:23.630><c> little</c><00:39:23.789><c> later,</c><00:39:25.409><c> verse</c><00:39:25.710><c> 10,</c><00:39:26.530><c> who</c><00:39:26.750><c> is</c><00:39:26.949><c> there</c><00:39:27.130><c> even</c><00:39:27.389><c> among</c><00:39:27.650><c> you</c>

00:39:28.170 --> 00:39:30.670
that<00:39:28.369><c> would</c><00:39:28.630><c> shut</c><00:39:28.869><c> the</c><00:39:29.090><c> doors?</c><00:39:30.110><c> Neither</c><00:39:30.329><c> do</c><00:39:30.489><c> ye</c>

00:39:30.670 --> 00:39:32.889
the<00:39:30.670><c> window</c><00:39:30.869><c> of</c><00:39:31.090><c> fire</c><00:39:31.289><c> in</c><00:39:31.409><c> my</c><00:39:31.650><c> altar</c><00:39:31.670><c> for</c><00:39:31.969><c> naught.</c><00:39:32.570><c> So</c><00:39:32.670><c> I</c><00:39:32.750><c> have</c>

00:39:32.889 --> 00:39:35.030
no<00:39:33.190><c> pleasure</c><00:39:33.650><c> in</c><00:39:33.789><c> you,</c><00:39:34.070><c> saith</c><00:39:34.190><c> the</c><00:39:34.349><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.550><c> of</c><00:39:34.690><c> hosts.</c>

00:39:35.230 --> 00:39:38.829
Neither<00:39:35.469><c> will</c><00:39:35.650><c> I</c><00:39:35.909><c> accept</c><00:39:36.110><c> an</c><00:39:36.269><c> offering</c><00:39:36.449><c> at</c><00:39:36.630><c> your</c><00:39:36.889><c> hand.</c><00:39:38.610><c> God</c>

00:39:38.829 --> 00:39:41.130
is<00:39:39.090><c> saying,</c><00:39:39.309><c> I'd</c><00:39:39.610><c> rather</c><00:39:39.809><c> you</c><00:39:40.050><c> put</c><00:39:40.230><c> the</c><00:39:40.590><c> coals</c><00:39:40.869><c> out</c>

00:39:41.130 --> 00:39:43.289
on<00:39:41.210><c> the</c><00:39:41.409><c> altar</c><00:39:41.550><c> and</c><00:39:41.650><c> there</c><00:39:41.769><c> were</c><00:39:41.929><c> no</c><00:39:42.250><c> sacrifices</c><00:39:42.650><c> at</c><00:39:42.909><c> all</c><00:39:43.150><c> than</c>

00:39:43.289 --> 00:39:44.650
you<00:39:43.429><c> do</c><00:39:43.489><c> what</c><00:39:43.610><c> you're</c><00:39:43.769><c> doing.</c>

00:39:48.949 --> 00:39:53.409
That<00:39:49.349><c> was</c><00:39:49.650><c> stern</c><00:39:49.849><c> enough</c><00:39:50.130><c> for</c><00:39:50.269><c> them,</c><00:39:50.409><c> wasn't</c><00:39:50.530><c> it?</c><00:39:52.570><c> And</c><00:39:52.710><c> then,</c>

00:39:55.670 --> 00:39:59.090
well,<00:39:57.090><c> can</c><00:39:57.130><c> these</c><00:39:57.309><c> things</c><00:39:57.469><c> apply</c><00:39:57.769><c> to</c><00:39:58.010><c> us,</c><00:39:58.550><c> my</c><00:39:58.650><c> dear</c><00:39:58.829><c> brothers</c>

00:39:59.090 --> 00:40:01.190
and<00:39:59.369><c> sisters,</c><00:40:00.309><c> these</c><00:40:00.630><c> hard</c><00:40:00.909><c> words?</c>

00:40:01.250 --> 00:40:07.510
Just<00:40:01.429><c> come</c><00:40:01.610><c> with</c><00:40:01.789><c> me</c><00:40:01.929><c> to</c><00:40:02.030><c> one</c><00:40:02.289><c> quotation,</c><00:40:02.989><c> Psalm</c><00:40:03.170><c> 106,</c><00:40:05.769><c> verse</c><00:40:05.969><c> 24.</c>

00:40:19.690 --> 00:40:23.809
This<00:40:20.289><c> is</c><00:40:20.570><c> how</c><00:40:20.969><c> things</c><00:40:21.489><c> went</c><00:40:21.889><c> wrong</c><00:40:22.449><c> for</c><00:40:22.809><c> the</c><00:40:23.010><c> people.</c>

00:40:25.070 --> 00:40:28.590
Yea,<00:40:25.889><c> this</c><00:40:26.070><c> is</c><00:40:26.250><c> of</c><00:40:26.250><c> course</c><00:40:26.369><c> going</c><00:40:26.630><c> in</c><00:40:26.809><c> the</c><00:40:26.929><c> middle</c><00:40:27.110><c> of</c><00:40:27.789><c> a</c><00:40:27.989><c> section</c><00:40:28.289><c> here</c>

00:40:28.590 --> 00:40:29.610
where<00:40:28.730><c> he's</c><00:40:28.929><c> talking</c><00:40:29.230><c> about</c>

00:40:29.610 --> 00:40:33.849
the<00:40:29.829><c> history</c><00:40:30.210><c> of</c><00:40:30.389><c> the</c><00:40:30.570><c> people.</c><00:40:31.349><c> Yea,</c><00:40:31.989><c> verse</c><00:40:32.210><c> 24,</c><00:40:33.030><c> Psalm</c><00:40:33.110><c> 106,</c>

00:40:33.869 --> 00:40:36.909
they<00:40:34.150><c> despised</c><00:40:35.030><c> the</c><00:40:35.409><c> pleasant</c><00:40:35.730><c> land</c>

00:40:37.389 --> 00:40:45.469
they<00:40:38.110><c> believed</c><00:40:38.829><c> not</c><00:40:40.090><c> his</c><00:40:40.829><c> word.</c><00:40:42.630><c> This</c><00:40:43.150><c> is</c><00:40:43.389><c> describing</c><00:40:43.750><c> the</c><00:40:44.010><c> people</c><00:40:44.449><c> after</c><00:40:44.909><c> the</c><00:40:45.070><c> return</c><00:40:45.329><c> of</c>

00:40:45.469 --> 00:40:46.130
the<00:40:45.570><c> twelve</c><00:40:45.789><c> spies,</c>

00:40:46.369 --> 00:40:51.949
less<00:40:46.469><c> than</c><00:40:46.690><c> two</c><00:40:46.949><c> years</c><00:40:47.550><c> from</c><00:40:48.409><c> leaving</c><00:40:48.690><c> Egypt.</c><00:40:51.150><c> Verse</c><00:40:51.329><c> 21</c><00:40:51.750><c> is</c>

00:40:51.949 --> 00:40:56.849
the<00:40:52.170><c> clue,</c><00:40:53.289><c> they</c><00:40:53.690><c> forgot</c><00:40:54.309><c> God</c><00:40:54.889><c> and</c><00:40:56.150><c> his</c><00:40:56.349><c> wonderful</c>

00:40:56.849 --> 00:41:04.190
works.<00:40:58.349><c> They</c><00:40:58.789><c> placed</c><00:40:59.050><c> such</c><00:40:59.469><c> a</c><00:40:59.769><c> low</c><00:41:00.130><c> value</c><00:41:00.590><c> on</c><00:41:00.849><c> the</c><00:41:01.050><c> land</c><00:41:01.230><c> of</c><00:41:01.590><c> promise</c><00:41:01.929><c> that</c><00:41:02.170><c> God</c><00:41:02.550><c> had</c><00:41:03.650><c> promised</c><00:41:03.929><c> to</c>

00:41:04.190 --> 00:41:05.210
them.<00:41:04.710><c> It</c><00:41:04.969><c> became</c>

00:41:05.210 --> 00:41:10.489
low<00:41:05.449><c> priority.</c><00:41:07.389><c> They</c><00:41:07.610><c> were</c><00:41:07.730><c> much</c><00:41:07.969><c> more</c><00:41:08.929><c> concerned</c><00:41:09.550><c> with</c><00:41:09.769><c> being</c><00:41:10.110><c> wary</c>

00:41:10.489 --> 00:41:13.949
about<00:41:10.889><c> giants</c><00:41:11.570><c> and</c><00:41:12.170><c> high</c><00:41:12.489><c> walled</c><00:41:12.949><c> cities</c>

00:41:14.170 --> 00:41:18.670
and<00:41:14.489><c> where</c><00:41:14.670><c> their</c><00:41:14.909><c> next</c><00:41:15.210><c> meal</c><00:41:15.489><c> was</c><00:41:15.710><c> coming</c><00:41:15.989><c> from,</c><00:41:18.289><c> that</c><00:41:18.389><c> they</c>

00:41:18.670 --> 00:41:21.949
forgot<00:41:18.989><c> the</c><00:41:19.250><c> vision</c><00:41:19.690><c> of</c><00:41:20.849><c> the</c><00:41:20.989><c> future.</c>

00:41:23.130 --> 00:41:26.349
We<00:41:23.369><c> have</c><00:41:23.570><c> to</c><00:41:23.710><c> ask</c><00:41:23.849><c> the</c><00:41:24.030><c> question,</c><00:41:24.429><c> don't</c><00:41:24.570><c> we?</c><00:41:25.150><c> Is</c><00:41:25.389><c> it</c><00:41:25.769><c> possible</c>

00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:30.789
for<00:41:26.650><c> us</c><00:41:27.429><c> to</c><00:41:28.730><c> be</c><00:41:29.090><c> so</c><00:41:29.590><c> distracted</c><00:41:30.130><c> by</c><00:41:30.369><c> the</c><00:41:30.590><c> sights</c>

00:41:30.789 --> 00:41:35.250
and<00:41:31.090><c> sounds</c><00:41:31.389><c> of</c><00:41:31.610><c> this</c><00:41:31.809><c> life,</c><00:41:32.349><c> this</c><00:41:32.889><c> bright</c><00:41:33.289><c> life,</c><00:41:34.329><c> this</c><00:41:34.849><c> high</c>

00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:39.289
tech<00:41:35.489><c> life,</c><00:41:36.650><c> this</c><00:41:36.849><c> material</c><00:41:37.349><c> life</c><00:41:37.969><c> with</c><00:41:38.869><c> all</c><00:41:39.090><c> its</c>

00:41:39.289 --> 00:41:48.269
comforts<00:41:39.849><c> and</c><00:41:40.050><c> sunshine</c><00:41:40.550><c> that</c><00:41:43.530><c> we</c><00:41:43.710><c> lose</c><00:41:43.929><c> sight</c><00:41:44.190><c> of</c><00:41:44.369><c> that</c><00:41:44.570><c> vision</c><00:41:44.809><c> of</c><00:41:45.030><c> the</c><00:41:45.190><c> promised</c><00:41:45.389><c> land</c><00:41:45.929><c> and</c><00:41:47.190><c> it</c><00:41:47.369><c> becomes</c><00:41:47.590><c> a</c><00:41:47.909><c> low</c>

00:41:48.269 --> 00:41:51.909
priority<00:41:48.849><c> for</c><00:41:49.050><c> us.</c><00:41:49.289><c> It</c><00:41:49.449><c> becomes</c><00:41:49.750><c> a</c><00:41:50.130><c> C</c><00:41:50.349><c> minus</c><00:41:50.949><c> instead</c><00:41:51.369><c> of</c><00:41:51.530><c> an</c><00:41:51.690><c> A</c>

00:41:51.909 --> 00:41:56.989
plus<00:41:52.170><c> plus</c><00:41:52.329><c> plus.</c><00:41:54.889><c> I</c><00:41:55.409><c> think</c><00:41:55.550><c> it</c><00:41:55.690><c> is</c><00:41:55.869><c> possible.</c>

00:41:57.989 --> 00:42:03.570
We<00:41:58.630><c> can</c><00:41:58.829><c> be</c><00:41:59.130><c> so</c><00:41:59.309><c> absorbed,</c><00:41:59.869><c> can't</c><00:42:00.150><c> we,</c><00:42:01.389><c> into</c><00:42:01.789><c> getting</c><00:42:02.130><c> our</c><00:42:02.389><c> right</c><00:42:02.690><c> insurances</c><00:42:03.250><c> and</c>

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investments,<00:42:04.369><c> all</c><00:42:04.829><c> secured</c><00:42:05.309><c> and</c>

00:42:05.989 --> 00:42:09.010
maturing<00:42:06.329><c> on</c><00:42:06.489><c> the</c><00:42:06.590><c> right</c><00:42:06.769><c> day,</c><00:42:07.769><c> fixing</c><00:42:07.909><c> the</c><00:42:08.070><c> new</c><00:42:08.250><c> place</c><00:42:08.510><c> up,</c>

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sorting<00:42:09.449><c> out</c><00:42:09.690><c> the</c><00:42:09.869><c> leisure</c><00:42:10.050><c> time,</c><00:42:11.449><c> that</c><00:42:11.590><c> the</c><00:42:11.789><c> things</c>

00:42:12.010 --> 00:42:16.429
of<00:42:12.250><c> eternal</c><00:42:12.590><c> life</c><00:42:13.570><c> slip</c><00:42:13.949><c> into</c><00:42:14.409><c> second,</c><00:42:14.869><c> third</c><00:42:15.309><c> priority.</c>

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Remember<00:42:19.570><c> Demas,</c><00:42:21.030><c> Paul</c><00:42:21.269><c> said,</c>

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he's<00:42:24.670><c> forsaken</c><00:42:25.110><c> me.</c><00:42:26.210><c> Having</c><00:42:26.690><c> loved</c><00:42:27.610><c> this</c><00:42:28.789><c> present</c><00:42:29.150><c> age,</c><00:42:31.329><c> a</c>

00:42:31.429 --> 00:42:35.969
man<00:42:31.550><c> who</c><00:42:31.690><c> had</c><00:42:31.750><c> the</c><00:42:31.929><c> gospel</c><00:42:32.530><c> probably</c><00:42:33.929><c> had</c><00:42:34.210><c> spirit</c><00:42:34.550><c> gifts,</c>

00:42:36.469 --> 00:42:42.289
went<00:42:36.670><c> away</c><00:42:37.030><c> and</c><00:42:37.650><c> gave</c><00:42:37.869><c> it</c><00:42:38.090><c> all</c><00:42:38.250><c> up.</c><00:42:41.409><c> So</c><00:42:41.510><c> my</c><00:42:41.670><c> dear</c><00:42:41.789><c> brothers</c><00:42:41.969><c> and</c>

00:42:42.289 --> 00:42:45.469
sisters,<00:42:43.630><c> the</c><00:42:43.630><c> last</c><00:42:43.889><c> couple</c><00:42:44.130><c> of</c><00:42:44.349><c> minutes,</c>

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if<00:42:46.429><c> it's</c><00:42:46.690><c> been</c><00:42:46.969><c> anything</c><00:42:47.409><c> like</c><00:42:47.809><c> this</c><00:42:48.409><c> for</c><00:42:48.710><c> you,</c><00:42:49.849><c> if</c><00:42:49.969><c> you</c><00:42:50.349><c> felt,</c>

00:42:50.750 --> 00:42:53.309
I<00:42:51.050><c> felt,</c><00:42:51.889><c> that</c><00:42:52.050><c> the</c><00:42:52.309><c> world's</c><00:42:52.730><c> been</c><00:42:52.889><c> getting</c><00:42:53.070><c> a</c>

00:42:53.309 --> 00:43:00.750
foothold,<00:42:55.030><c> two</c><00:42:55.369><c> footholds</c><00:42:56.170><c> in</c><00:42:56.590><c> our</c><00:42:56.809><c> life,</c><00:42:58.289><c> then</c><00:42:58.429><c> there's</c><00:42:58.829><c> nothing</c><00:42:59.130><c> like</c><00:42:59.469><c> Bible</c><00:42:59.849><c> school</c><00:43:00.269><c> for</c>

00:43:00.750 --> 00:43:01.610
reassessing<00:43:01.389><c> our</c>

00:43:01.610 --> 00:43:06.909
values,<00:43:03.369><c> getting</c><00:43:03.570><c> our</c><00:43:04.010><c> lives</c><00:43:04.449><c> and</c><00:43:04.829><c> priorities</c><00:43:05.329><c> sorted</c><00:43:05.690><c> out,</c>

00:43:07.050 --> 00:43:09.030
getting<00:43:07.309><c> to</c><00:43:07.530><c> talk</c><00:43:07.730><c> with</c><00:43:07.949><c> our</c><00:43:08.289><c> fellow</c><00:43:08.590><c> travelers</c>

00:43:09.030 --> 00:43:12.329
on<00:43:09.210><c> the</c><00:43:09.329><c> way</c><00:43:09.510><c> of</c><00:43:09.730><c> life</c><00:43:10.070><c> that</c><00:43:10.289><c> leads</c><00:43:10.630><c> to</c><00:43:10.909><c> Zion,</c><00:43:11.869><c> getting</c><00:43:12.050><c> the</c>

00:43:12.329 --> 00:43:14.389
vision<00:43:12.630><c> brighter</c><00:43:13.050><c> before</c><00:43:13.469><c> us,</c>

00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:21.809
reestablishing<00:43:16.369><c> the</c><00:43:17.210><c> right</c><00:43:17.530><c> way</c><00:43:18.269><c> before</c><00:43:19.590><c> God</c><00:43:20.110><c> our</c><00:43:20.809><c> Father.</c>

00:43:23.789 --> 00:43:26.409
So<00:43:24.250><c> let's</c><00:43:24.469><c> draw</c><00:43:24.670><c> our</c><00:43:24.829><c> thoughts</c><00:43:25.130><c> together.</c>

00:43:27.469 --> 00:43:34.889
God<00:43:27.730><c> is</c><00:43:28.750><c> very</c><00:43:29.190><c> concerned</c><00:43:29.929><c> for</c><00:43:31.329><c> his</c><00:43:31.530><c> people,</c><00:43:33.369><c> for</c><00:43:33.550><c> the</c><00:43:33.829><c> progress</c><00:43:34.170><c> of</c><00:43:34.469><c> all</c>

00:43:34.889 --> 00:43:36.409
his<00:43:35.150><c> children.</c>

00:43:38.250 --> 00:43:41.530
That's<00:43:38.730><c> why</c><00:43:38.889><c> I</c><00:43:39.070><c> chose</c><00:43:39.389><c> that</c><00:43:39.690><c> first</c><00:43:39.989><c> hymn</c><00:43:40.210><c> that</c><00:43:40.349><c> we</c><00:43:40.550><c> sung</c><00:43:41.130><c> some</c>

00:43:41.530 --> 00:43:43.750
time<00:43:41.690><c> ago</c><00:43:41.909><c> now,</c><00:43:42.130><c> wasn't</c><00:43:42.289><c> it?</c><00:43:42.489><c> Number</c><00:43:42.650><c> seven,</c>

00:43:43.949 --> 00:43:49.469
eternal<00:43:44.269><c> God,</c><00:43:44.730><c> thou</c><00:43:44.789><c> only</c><00:43:45.250><c> just.</c><00:43:47.449><c> But</c><00:43:47.650><c> it</c><00:43:47.889><c> says</c><00:43:48.030><c> in</c><00:43:48.269><c> verse</c><00:43:48.489><c> three,</c><00:43:49.329><c> oh</c>

00:43:49.469 --> 00:43:52.110
Israel,<00:43:50.650><c> make</c><00:43:50.849><c> the</c><00:43:51.130><c> Lord</c><00:43:51.510><c> thy</c><00:43:51.829><c> hope,</c>

00:43:52.289 --> 00:43:56.809
thy<00:43:52.429><c> help,</c><00:43:52.929><c> thy</c><00:43:53.170><c> refuge,</c><00:43:53.750><c> and</c><00:43:53.929><c> thy</c><00:43:54.150><c> rest,</c><00:43:55.050><c> for</c><00:43:55.289><c> he</c><00:43:55.670><c> shall</c><00:43:55.889><c> build</c><00:43:56.309><c> thy</c>

00:43:56.809 --> 00:43:58.849
ruins<00:43:57.489><c> up.</c>

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Yea,<00:44:01.010><c> all</c><00:44:01.369><c> his</c><00:44:01.630><c> Israel</c><00:44:01.969><c> shall</c><00:44:02.269><c> be</c><00:44:02.489><c> blessed.</c><00:44:04.489><c> So</c><00:44:04.789><c> as</c><00:44:04.989><c> we</c><00:44:05.150><c> follow</c>

00:44:05.429 --> 00:44:08.590
this<00:44:06.610><c> theme</c><00:44:07.170><c> through</c><00:44:07.429><c> Malachi,</c>

00:44:09.030 --> 00:44:13.389
the<00:44:09.250><c> instructions</c><00:44:09.650><c> to</c><00:44:09.889><c> his</c><00:44:10.230><c> wayward</c><00:44:10.869><c> people,</c><00:44:12.349><c> especially</c><00:44:12.809><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:13.650><c> leadership</c><00:44:14.170><c> of</c><00:44:14.570><c> the</c><00:44:14.809><c> priests</c>

00:44:15.110 --> 00:44:20.510
that<00:44:15.250><c> we're</c><00:44:15.429><c> coming</c><00:44:15.610><c> to</c><00:44:15.849><c> next,</c><00:44:17.250><c> let</c><00:44:17.389><c> us</c><00:44:18.190><c> be</c><00:44:18.530><c> attentive</c><00:44:19.050><c> to</c><00:44:20.210><c> what</c><00:44:20.349><c> he</c>

00:44:20.510 --> 00:44:25.329
is<00:44:20.750><c> saying.</c><00:44:22.070><c> Because,</c><00:44:23.829><c> as</c><00:44:23.949><c> verse</c><00:44:24.170><c> 11</c><00:44:24.469><c> says,</c>

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throughout<00:44:27.010><c> the</c><00:44:27.409><c> Gentile</c><00:44:28.090><c> lands,</c><00:44:28.889><c> finally,</c><00:44:30.670><c> his</c><00:44:30.909><c> name</c><00:44:31.170><c> is</c><00:44:31.510><c> and</c><00:44:31.869><c> will</c><00:44:32.170><c> be</c><00:44:32.409><c> magnified.</c>

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There<00:44:34.130><c> are</c><00:44:34.429><c> always</c><00:44:34.750><c> groups</c><00:44:35.070><c> of</c><00:44:35.489><c> faithful</c><00:44:35.949><c> children</c><00:44:36.489><c> of</c><00:44:36.670><c> God</c>

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quietly<00:44:38.429><c> offering</c><00:44:39.309><c> the</c><00:44:39.630><c> incense</c><00:44:40.010><c> of</c><00:44:40.449><c> prayer,</c>

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humbly<00:44:42.309><c> and</c><00:44:42.710><c> righteously</c><00:44:43.210><c> before</c><00:44:43.670><c> him,</c><00:44:45.269><c> praying</c><00:44:45.670><c> for</c><00:44:45.969><c> that</c>

00:44:46.289 --> 00:44:49.889
kingdom<00:44:46.550><c> to</c><00:44:46.849><c> come,</c><00:44:47.070><c> that</c><00:44:47.449><c> redemption</c><00:44:48.190><c> of</c><00:44:48.570><c> the</c><00:44:48.750><c> saints.</c>

00:44:50.329 --> 00:44:54.510
Let<00:44:51.090><c> us,</c><00:44:51.610><c> my</c><00:44:51.630><c> dear</c><00:44:51.809><c> brothers</c><00:44:52.070><c> and</c><00:44:52.369><c> sisters,</c><00:44:53.269><c> remain</c><00:44:53.670><c> in</c><00:44:54.050><c> this</c>

00:44:54.510 --> 00:44:58.289
company<00:44:55.090><c> until</c><00:44:55.969><c> he</c><00:44:56.369><c> come</c><00:44:56.650><c> whose</c><00:44:56.969><c> right</c><00:44:57.289><c> it</c><00:44:57.530><c> is,</c>

00:44:58.710 --> 00:45:03.650
and<00:44:59.070><c> God</c><00:44:59.550><c> will</c><00:45:00.150><c> give</c><00:45:00.309><c> him</c><00:45:00.650><c> the</c><00:45:00.929><c> throne,</c><00:45:01.449><c> and</c><00:45:01.650><c> God</c><00:45:01.889><c> himself</c><00:45:02.610><c> will</c><00:45:03.429><c> be</c>

00:45:03.650 --> 00:45:06.730
magnified<00:45:04.489><c> in</c><00:45:05.429><c> his</c><00:45:05.690><c> saints.</c>

00:45:24.110 --> 00:45:27.409
Thank<00:45:24.670><c> you,</c><00:45:24.829><c> brother</c><00:45:25.010><c> Andrew.</c><00:45:25.809><c> We</c><00:45:26.010><c> have</c><00:45:26.190><c> about</c><00:45:26.530><c> 14</c><00:45:26.969><c> minutes</c>

00:45:27.409 --> 00:45:31.090
before<00:45:27.789><c> the</c><00:45:28.670><c> start</c><00:45:28.809><c> of</c><00:45:28.969><c> our</c><00:45:29.170><c> third</c><00:45:29.389><c> class</c><00:45:29.730><c> with</c><00:45:29.929><c> our</c><00:45:30.090><c> brother</c><00:45:30.250><c> Roger.</c>