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Nebuchadnezzar<00:14:21.399><c> in</c><00:14:21.580><c> verse</c><00:14:21.779><c> 27.</c>

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madness<00:15:31.039><c> comes</c><00:15:31.299><c> upon</c><00:15:31.600><c> him.</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:17:28.460><c> lost</c><00:17:28.799><c> everything</c><00:17:29.200><c> he</c><00:17:29.500><c> had</c><00:17:29.759><c> for</c><00:17:30.180><c> a</c><00:17:30.339><c> period</c><00:17:30.500><c> of</c><00:17:30.720><c> time.</c>

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them,<00:18:00.940><c> referring</c><00:18:01.380><c> to</c><00:18:01.880><c> the</c><00:18:02.200><c> Israelites.</c>

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But<00:18:04.079><c> the</c><00:18:04.259><c> word</c><00:18:04.460><c> preached</c><00:18:04.740><c> did</c><00:18:05.019><c> not</c><00:18:05.259><c> profit</c><00:18:05.539><c> them,</c><00:18:06.660><c> not</c><00:18:06.900><c> being</c>

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mixed<00:18:07.460><c> with</c><00:18:07.720><c> faith,</c><00:18:08.019><c> and</c><00:18:08.220><c> then</c><00:18:08.359><c> they</c><00:18:08.519><c> heard</c><00:18:08.720><c> it.</c>

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So<00:18:10.059><c> we've</c><00:18:10.559><c> got</c><00:18:10.680><c> to</c><00:18:10.779><c> allow</c><00:18:10.960><c> ourselves</c><00:18:11.279><c> to</c><00:18:11.440><c> be</c><00:18:11.619><c> moved</c><00:18:11.880><c> by</c><00:18:12.299><c> the</c><00:18:12.640><c> Spirit,</c>

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and<00:18:13.759><c> to</c><00:18:14.240><c> have</c><00:18:14.480><c> the</c><00:18:14.700><c> word</c><00:18:14.900><c> mixed</c><00:18:15.240><c> with</c><00:18:15.500><c> faith,</c><00:18:16.460><c> and</c><00:18:16.559><c> to</c><00:18:16.619><c> have</c><00:18:16.720><c> it</c>

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really<00:18:17.160><c> touch</c><00:18:17.380><c> us</c><00:18:17.740><c> and</c><00:18:18.059><c> to</c><00:18:18.299><c> affect</c><00:18:18.539><c> our</c><00:18:18.799><c> lives.</c>

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That's<00:18:20.220><c> the</c><00:18:20.319><c> lesson</c><00:18:20.539><c> I</c><00:18:20.980><c> received.</c>

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And<00:18:22.339><c> I</c><00:18:22.539><c> thought</c><00:18:22.759><c> of</c><00:18:22.940><c> the</c><00:18:23.099><c> hymn</c><00:18:23.299><c> that</c><00:18:23.539><c> has</c><00:18:24.039><c> the</c><00:18:24.460><c> words,</c>

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snares<00:18:25.660><c> from</c><00:18:25.920><c> without</c><00:18:26.279><c> and</c><00:18:26.579><c> temptations</c><00:18:27.200><c> within,</c><00:18:28.240><c> seek</c><00:18:28.559><c> to</c>

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entice<00:18:29.059><c> thee</c><00:18:29.240><c> once</c><00:18:29.559><c> more</c><00:18:29.720><c> into</c><00:18:29.940><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:18:30.420><c> it</c><00:18:31.319><c> can</c><00:18:31.519><c> happen</c><00:18:31.779><c> to</c><00:18:31.960><c> the</c><00:18:32.119><c> best</c><00:18:32.319><c> of</c><00:18:32.519><c> us.</c>

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It<00:18:35.619><c> occurred</c><00:18:35.720><c> to</c><00:18:35.859><c> me</c><00:18:35.980><c> that</c><00:18:36.160><c> this</c><00:18:36.480><c> kind</c><00:18:36.619><c> of</c><00:18:36.839><c> represented</c><00:18:37.200><c> what</c>

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was<00:18:37.579><c> occurring</c><00:18:37.819><c> in</c><00:18:38.400><c> the</c><00:18:38.559><c> minds</c><00:18:38.779><c> of</c><00:18:39.000><c> the</c><00:18:39.160><c> Hebrews</c>

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that<00:18:39.680><c> left</c><00:18:40.180><c> Egypt</c><00:18:40.619><c> in</c><00:18:40.759><c> the</c><00:18:40.960><c> Exodus.</c>

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They<00:18:42.039><c> were</c><00:18:42.240><c> thinking</c><00:18:42.500><c> about</c><00:18:42.940><c> the</c><00:18:43.380><c> leeks</c><00:18:43.619><c> and</c><00:18:43.779><c> the</c><00:18:43.960><c> cucumbers.</c>

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They<00:18:45.980><c> had</c><00:18:46.180><c> temptations</c><00:18:46.859><c> within.</c>

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And<00:18:47.700><c> the</c><00:18:47.920><c> snares</c><00:18:48.119><c> from</c><00:18:48.359><c> without</c><00:18:48.640><c> may</c><00:18:48.880><c> have</c><00:18:49.059><c> been</c><00:18:49.279><c> the</c><00:18:49.799><c> circumstances</c><00:18:50.359><c> that</c><00:18:50.619><c> they</c><00:18:50.799><c> were</c><00:18:51.059><c> enduring</c><00:18:51.460><c> at</c>

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that<00:18:51.940><c> time.</c>

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But<00:18:53.599><c> they</c><00:18:53.900><c> failed</c><00:18:54.059><c> to</c><00:18:54.359><c> recall</c><00:18:54.559><c> the</c><00:18:54.779><c> hard</c><00:18:55.000><c> labor</c><00:18:55.240><c> of</c><00:18:55.460><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:55.920><c> that</c><00:18:56.059><c> they</c><00:18:56.339><c> were</c><00:18:56.599><c> in</c><00:18:57.059><c> bondage,</c>

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spiritual<00:19:00.000><c> slavery,</c><00:19:02.680><c> and</c><00:19:02.759><c> Pharaoh</c><00:19:03.000><c> heaped</c><00:19:03.319><c> affliction</c><00:19:03.680><c> upon</c><00:19:03.960><c> them,</c>

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made<00:19:04.319><c> them</c><00:19:04.779><c> make</c><00:19:05.119><c> their</c><00:19:05.299><c> own</c><00:19:05.500><c> bricks</c><00:19:05.680><c> and</c><00:19:05.880><c> gather</c><00:19:06.019><c> their</c><00:19:06.220><c> own</c><00:19:06.440><c> straw.</c>

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So<00:19:07.799><c> we</c><00:19:08.059><c> tend</c><00:19:08.279><c> to</c><00:19:08.420><c> have</c><00:19:08.579><c> short</c><00:19:08.779><c> memories</c><00:19:09.240><c> on</c><00:19:09.640><c> some</c><00:19:09.859><c> things.</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:19:10.660><c> couldn't</c><00:19:10.859><c> remember</c><00:19:11.519><c> his</c><00:19:11.779><c> dream</c><00:19:11.940><c> 12</c><00:19:12.180><c> months</c><00:19:12.460><c> later.</c>

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And<00:19:14.180><c> there</c><00:19:14.460><c> are</c><00:19:14.720><c> some</c><00:19:14.920><c> things</c><00:19:15.119><c> which</c><00:19:15.380><c> should</c><00:19:15.519><c> never</c><00:19:15.759><c> be</c><00:19:16.000><c> lost</c>

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And<00:19:17.880><c> that's</c><00:19:18.400><c> why</c><00:19:18.700><c> we</c><00:19:19.059><c> have</c><00:19:19.339><c> a</c><00:19:19.599><c> memorial</c><00:19:19.960><c> service.</c>

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It's<00:19:21.019><c> to</c><00:19:21.279><c> remember</c><00:19:21.680><c> and</c><00:19:21.839><c> to</c><00:19:22.019><c> call</c><00:19:22.119><c> to</c><00:19:22.339><c> mind</c><00:19:22.859><c> the</c><00:19:23.359><c> memorials,</c>

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the<00:19:24.720><c> bread</c><00:19:25.019><c> and</c><00:19:25.200><c> the</c><00:19:25.400><c> wine,</c><00:19:26.039><c> and</c><00:19:26.240><c> what</c><00:19:26.339><c> they</c><00:19:26.599><c> represent.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:29.539><c> and</c><00:19:29.740><c> his</c><00:19:29.880><c> sacrifice.</c>

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The<00:19:32.400><c> enormity</c><00:19:32.920><c> of</c><00:19:33.099><c> that</c><00:19:33.359><c> thing</c><00:19:33.660><c> that</c><00:19:34.500><c> he</c><00:19:34.960><c> should</c><00:19:35.140><c> lay</c><00:19:35.339><c> down</c>

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his<00:19:35.759><c> life</c><00:19:35.940><c> for</c><00:19:36.099><c> his</c><00:19:36.380><c> friends.</c>

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That<00:19:39.220><c> he</c><00:19:39.380><c> should</c><00:19:39.599><c> pour</c><00:19:39.819><c> himself</c><00:19:40.220><c> out</c><00:19:40.619><c> and</c><00:19:42.059><c> decline</c><00:19:42.579><c> all</c><00:19:43.259><c> his</c>

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own<00:19:44.759><c> self</c><00:19:45.079><c>-will.</c>

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And<00:19:47.400><c> the</c><00:19:47.859><c> desires</c><00:19:48.079><c> of</c><00:19:48.279><c> his</c><00:19:48.519><c> heart</c><00:19:49.240><c> and</c><00:19:49.720><c> the</c><00:19:49.859><c> ambitions</c><00:19:50.240><c> that</c>

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he<00:19:51.059><c> could</c><00:19:51.220><c> have</c><00:19:51.440><c> had.</c>

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Think<00:19:52.160><c> of</c><00:19:52.339><c> the</c><00:19:52.500><c> temptations</c><00:19:53.099><c> that</c><00:19:53.299><c> he</c><00:19:53.480><c> received.</c>

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All<00:19:56.640><c> those</c><00:19:56.880><c> things</c><00:19:57.200><c> he</c><00:19:57.579><c> denied.</c><00:19:57.960><c> He</c><00:19:58.099><c> poured</c><00:19:58.220><c> himself</c><00:19:58.539><c> out</c><00:19:58.759><c> for</c>

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the<00:19:59.099><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:20:01.480><c> that's</c><00:20:01.640><c> what</c><00:20:01.819><c> we</c><00:20:02.019><c> remember.</c>

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And<00:20:03.880><c> we've</c><00:20:04.079><c> been</c><00:20:04.259><c> called</c><00:20:04.380><c> to</c><00:20:04.559><c> do</c><00:20:04.680><c> the</c><00:20:04.900><c> same</c><00:20:05.099><c> thing.</c><00:20:05.400><c> We</c><00:20:05.500><c> have</c>

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to<00:20:05.799><c> remember</c><00:20:06.039><c> that</c><00:20:06.380><c> too.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:16.900><c> this</c><00:20:17.119><c> is</c><00:20:17.319><c> useful.</c><00:20:17.819><c> Turn</c><00:20:18.200><c> to</c><00:20:18.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:18.920><c> 17.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:31.740><c> here's</c><00:20:32.039><c> a</c><00:20:32.380><c> little</c><00:20:32.680><c> comparing</c><00:20:33.000><c> and</c><00:20:33.380><c> contrast.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:20:35.900><c> 17,</c><00:20:36.599><c> verse</c><00:20:36.799><c> 5.</c>

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I<00:20:41.339><c> just</c><00:20:41.460><c> turned</c><00:20:41.799><c> it</c><00:20:41.940><c> up</c><00:20:42.079><c> in</c><00:20:42.200><c> my</c><00:20:42.400><c> Bible,</c><00:20:42.700><c> but</c><00:20:42.920><c> I've</c><00:20:43.119><c> actually</c><00:20:43.380><c> got</c><00:20:43.500><c> to</c>

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hear<00:20:43.700><c> my</c><00:20:43.920><c> notes</c><00:20:44.099><c> from</c><00:20:44.299><c> the</c><00:20:44.480><c> ESV.</c>

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So<00:20:45.059><c> I'll</c><00:20:45.160><c> read</c><00:20:45.359><c> it</c><00:20:45.819><c> from</c><00:20:46.339><c> that</c><00:20:46.759><c> translation.</c>

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Cursed<00:20:49.619><c> is</c><00:20:49.859><c> the</c><00:20:50.039><c> man</c><00:20:50.279><c> who</c><00:20:50.599><c> trusts</c><00:20:51.079><c> in</c><00:20:51.740><c> man,</c><00:20:52.460><c> verse</c><00:20:52.839><c> 5,</c><00:20:53.700><c> and</c><00:20:53.859><c> makes</c><00:20:54.119><c> flesh</c><00:20:54.480><c> his</c>

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strength,<00:20:55.900><c> whose</c><00:20:56.079><c> heart</c><00:20:56.339><c> turns</c><00:20:56.660><c> away</c><00:20:56.920><c> from</c><00:20:57.099><c> the</c><00:20:57.319><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:20:58.299><c> is</c><00:20:58.480><c> like</c><00:20:58.680><c> a</c><00:20:58.960><c> shrub.</c><00:20:59.599><c> He's</c><00:20:59.920><c> like</c><00:21:00.140><c> this.</c><00:21:00.900><c> This</c><00:21:01.119><c> is</c><00:21:01.359><c> the</c><00:21:01.440><c> man</c>

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that<00:21:01.720><c> turns</c><00:21:01.859><c> away</c><00:21:02.019><c> from</c><00:21:02.220><c> the</c><00:21:02.279><c> Lord.</c>

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He's<00:21:03.660><c> a</c><00:21:03.859><c> shrub</c><00:21:04.000><c> in</c><00:21:04.160><c> the</c><00:21:04.319><c> desert.</c><00:21:05.420><c> He</c><00:21:05.519><c> shall</c><00:21:05.680><c> not</c><00:21:05.900><c> see</c><00:21:06.059><c> any</c><00:21:06.240><c> good</c><00:21:06.420><c> come.</c>

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He<00:21:07.740><c> shall</c><00:21:07.900><c> dwell</c><00:21:08.140><c> in</c><00:21:08.319><c> the</c><00:21:08.440><c> parched</c><00:21:08.700><c> places</c><00:21:08.980><c> of</c><00:21:09.160><c> the</c><00:21:09.299><c> wilderness</c><00:21:09.720><c> in</c><00:21:09.960><c> an</c>

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uninhabited<00:21:10.900><c> salt</c><00:21:11.200><c> land.</c>

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That<00:21:13.059><c> doesn't</c><00:21:13.319><c> sound</c><00:21:13.539><c> too</c><00:21:13.759><c> pleasant,</c><00:21:14.660><c> but</c><00:21:14.819><c> here's</c><00:21:15.059><c> the</c><00:21:15.279><c> counterpoint.</c>

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Blessed<00:21:16.640><c> is</c><00:21:16.880><c> the</c><00:21:17.019><c> man</c><00:21:17.200><c> who</c><00:21:17.440><c> trusts</c><00:21:17.700><c> in</c><00:21:17.839><c> the</c><00:21:17.940><c> Lord,</c><00:21:18.839><c> whose</c><00:21:19.039><c> trust</c><00:21:19.460><c> is</c>

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the<00:21:20.240><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:21:21.680><c> is</c><00:21:21.839><c> like</c><00:21:22.019><c> a</c><00:21:22.259><c> tree</c><00:21:22.519><c> planted</c><00:21:22.940><c> by</c><00:21:23.220><c> water</c><00:21:23.619><c> that</c><00:21:23.920><c> sends</c><00:21:24.160><c> out</c><00:21:24.420><c> its</c>

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roots<00:21:24.859><c> by</c><00:21:25.119><c> the</c><00:21:25.380><c> stream</c><00:21:25.559><c> and</c><00:21:25.740><c> does</c><00:21:26.059><c> not</c><00:21:26.400><c> fear</c><00:21:26.680><c> when</c><00:21:26.980><c> heat</c><00:21:27.160><c> comes.</c>

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For<00:21:28.480><c> its</c><00:21:28.680><c> leaves</c><00:21:28.940><c> remain</c><00:21:29.440><c> green</c><00:21:29.799><c> in</c><00:21:30.240><c> spite</c><00:21:30.400><c> of</c><00:21:30.599><c> the</c><00:21:30.740><c> heat.</c>

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It's<00:21:31.720><c> not</c><00:21:31.960><c> anxious</c><00:21:32.299><c> in</c><00:21:32.539><c> the</c><00:21:32.640><c> year</c><00:21:32.740><c> of</c><00:21:32.920><c> drought</c><00:21:33.140><c> before</c><00:21:33.400><c> it</c><00:21:33.519><c> does</c><00:21:33.720><c> not</c>

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cease<00:21:34.140><c> to</c><00:21:34.339><c> bear</c><00:21:34.519><c> fruit.</c>

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It's<00:21:36.119><c> fruitful</c><00:21:36.380><c> even</c><00:21:36.779><c> in</c><00:21:37.019><c> the</c><00:21:37.140><c> lean</c><00:21:37.319><c> years.</c>

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He's<00:21:41.759><c> a</c><00:21:41.940><c> deep</c><00:21:42.220><c>-rooted</c><00:21:42.440><c> tree</c><00:21:42.720><c> that</c><00:21:42.920><c> can</c><00:21:43.140><c> withstand</c><00:21:43.819><c> the</c><00:21:44.180><c> dry</c><00:21:44.599><c> seasons</c><00:21:45.059><c> because</c><00:21:45.500><c> it's</c><00:21:45.799><c> watered</c><00:21:46.059><c> of</c><00:21:46.259><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:21:47.700><c> a</c><00:21:47.880><c> tree</c><00:21:48.099><c> recognizable</c><00:21:48.799><c> by</c><00:21:49.079><c> the</c><00:21:49.259><c> good</c><00:21:49.460><c> fruit</c><00:21:49.700><c> that</c><00:21:49.880><c> it</c><00:21:50.059><c> bears.</c>

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That<00:21:52.599><c> reminds</c><00:21:52.859><c> us</c><00:21:53.160><c> of</c><00:21:53.819><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:54.539><c> parable</c><00:21:54.759><c> in</c><00:21:54.900><c> Luke</c><00:21:55.059><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:21:57.059><c> Jesus</c><00:21:57.380><c> broke</c><00:21:57.599><c> also</c><00:21:57.940><c> this</c><00:21:58.140><c> parable.</c>

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A<00:21:58.799><c> certain</c><00:21:59.079><c> man</c><00:21:59.339><c> had</c><00:21:59.500><c> a</c><00:21:59.720><c> fig</c><00:21:59.779><c> tree</c><00:22:00.079><c> planted</c><00:22:00.420><c> in</c><00:22:00.660><c> his</c><00:22:00.900><c> vineyard,</c>

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and<00:22:02.019><c> he</c><00:22:02.220><c> came</c><00:22:02.579><c> and</c><00:22:02.859><c> sought</c><00:22:03.099><c> fruit</c><00:22:03.440><c> thereon</c><00:22:03.940><c> and</c><00:22:04.079><c> found</c><00:22:04.420><c> none.</c>

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Then<00:22:05.740><c> said</c><00:22:06.019><c> he</c><00:22:06.160><c> unto</c><00:22:06.319><c> the</c><00:22:06.579><c> dresser</c><00:22:06.880><c> of</c><00:22:06.940><c> his</c><00:22:07.160><c> vineyard,</c><00:22:07.799><c> Behold,</c><00:22:08.220><c> these</c>

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three<00:22:08.819><c> years</c><00:22:09.140><c> I</c><00:22:09.299><c> have</c><00:22:09.480><c> come</c><00:22:09.720><c> seeking</c><00:22:10.119><c> fruit</c><00:22:10.460><c> on</c><00:22:10.700><c> this</c><00:22:10.960><c> fig</c><00:22:11.079><c> tree,</c><00:22:12.039><c> and</c>

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find<00:22:12.440><c> none.</c>

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Cut<00:22:13.779><c> it</c><00:22:14.000><c> down,</c><00:22:15.200><c> like</c><00:22:15.359><c> humbers</c><00:22:15.680><c> at</c><00:22:15.880><c> the</c><00:22:16.059><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:22:17.859><c> he</c><00:22:18.039><c> answering</c><00:22:18.460><c> said</c><00:22:18.660><c> unto</c><00:22:18.960><c> him,</c><00:22:19.319><c> Lord,</c><00:22:20.819><c> let</c><00:22:20.980><c> it</c><00:22:21.279><c> alone</c><00:22:21.480><c> this</c><00:22:21.799><c> year</c><00:22:21.980><c> also,</c><00:22:22.460><c> till</c><00:22:22.619><c> I</c>

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shall<00:22:23.000><c> dig</c><00:22:23.220><c> about</c><00:22:23.500><c> it</c><00:22:23.740><c> and</c><00:22:23.940><c> dine</c><00:22:24.059><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:24.839><c> if</c><00:22:24.980><c> it</c><00:22:25.140><c> bear</c><00:22:25.299><c> fruit</c><00:22:25.619><c> well,</c><00:22:26.380><c> and</c><00:22:26.559><c> if</c><00:22:26.720><c> not,</c><00:22:27.819><c> then</c><00:22:28.000><c> after</c><00:22:28.380><c> that</c><00:22:28.720><c> thou</c><00:22:28.880><c> shalt</c><00:22:29.140><c> cut</c>

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it<00:22:29.599><c> down.</c>

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Okay,<00:22:32.099><c> so</c><00:22:32.500><c> a</c><00:22:32.720><c> few</c><00:22:32.880><c> lessons</c><00:22:33.200><c> from</c><00:22:33.420><c> this</c><00:22:33.660><c> parable.</c>

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The<00:22:34.660><c> owner</c><00:22:34.799><c> of</c><00:22:34.980><c> the</c><00:22:35.160><c> vineyard</c><00:22:35.740><c> persistently</c><00:22:36.619><c> is</c><00:22:37.019><c> checking</c>

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for<00:22:37.680><c> fruit.</c>

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He's<00:22:38.660><c> coming</c><00:22:38.920><c> time</c><00:22:39.200><c> and</c><00:22:39.420><c> again</c><00:22:39.619><c> for</c><00:22:39.839><c> three</c><00:22:40.119><c> years.</c>

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And<00:22:41.500><c> he's</c><00:22:41.779><c> checking</c><00:22:41.980><c> his</c><00:22:42.359><c> trees</c><00:22:42.599><c> for</c><00:22:42.940><c> fruitfulness,</c><00:22:43.599><c> returning</c><00:22:43.960><c> every</c><00:22:44.279><c> year.</c>

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There's<00:22:47.000><c> also</c><00:22:47.319><c> a</c><00:22:47.559><c> dresser</c><00:22:48.039><c> of</c><00:22:48.220><c> the</c><00:22:48.400><c> vineyard</c><00:22:48.720><c> in</c><00:22:48.900><c> this</c><00:22:49.160><c> parable.</c>

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And<00:22:50.420><c> he's</c><00:22:50.759><c> merciful.</c>

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He<00:22:52.140><c> takes</c><00:22:52.460><c> steps</c><00:22:52.819><c> to</c><00:22:53.119><c> prosper</c><00:22:53.440><c> the</c><00:22:53.740><c> trees</c><00:22:54.000><c> to</c><00:22:54.279><c> see</c><00:22:54.599><c> if</c><00:22:54.900><c> perhaps</c>

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tree<00:23:00.339><c> can</c><00:23:00.519><c> bring</c><00:23:00.759><c> forth</c><00:23:01.019><c> fruit.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:03.519><c> that's</c><00:23:03.819><c> what</c><00:23:04.019><c> was</c><00:23:04.299><c> happening</c><00:23:04.579><c> to</c><00:23:04.799><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:05.980><c> digging</c><00:23:06.259><c> the</c><00:23:06.500><c> tree</c><00:23:06.660><c> and</c><00:23:06.819><c> dunging</c><00:23:07.079><c> it</c><00:23:07.279><c> was</c><00:23:07.599><c> being</c><00:23:07.880><c> abased</c><00:23:08.259><c> the</c><00:23:08.380><c> way</c><00:23:08.480><c> he</c><00:23:08.720><c> was</c><00:23:08.900><c> so</c><00:23:09.220><c> that</c><00:23:09.599><c> perhaps</c><00:23:10.339><c> he</c><00:23:10.460><c> could</c><00:23:10.579><c> be</c><00:23:10.740><c> a</c>

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more<00:23:11.160><c> fruitful</c><00:23:11.460><c> tree.</c>

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I<00:23:13.160><c> don't</c><00:23:13.319><c> know</c><00:23:13.440><c> what</c><00:23:13.579><c> God's</c><00:23:14.140><c> spiritual</c><00:23:14.380><c> plan</c><00:23:14.640><c> for</c><00:23:14.819><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:23:15.460><c> was,</c><00:23:15.900><c> but</c>

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it's<00:23:17.460><c> certainly</c><00:23:17.680><c> something</c><00:23:18.079><c> that</c><00:23:18.599><c> we</c><00:23:18.880><c> might</c><00:23:19.079><c> experience</c><00:23:19.539><c> in</c>

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our<00:23:19.920><c> lives</c>

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when<00:23:20.779><c> God</c><00:23:21.019><c> tries</c><00:23:21.339><c> us,</c><00:23:21.640><c> when</c><00:23:21.799><c> he</c><00:23:22.000><c> abases</c><00:23:22.400><c> us</c><00:23:22.619><c> for</c><00:23:22.779><c> the</c><00:23:22.940><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:23:23.519><c> learning.</c>

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The<00:23:26.400><c> other</c><00:23:26.599><c> thing</c><00:23:27.079><c> you</c><00:23:27.460><c> can</c><00:23:27.579><c> draw</c><00:23:27.740><c> from</c><00:23:27.900><c> the</c><00:23:28.119><c> parable</c><00:23:28.339><c> is</c><00:23:28.539><c> that</c>

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both<00:23:29.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.839><c> man,</c><00:23:30.140><c> the</c><00:23:30.240><c> owner</c><00:23:30.359><c> of</c><00:23:30.519><c> the</c><00:23:30.619><c> vineyard,</c><00:23:31.099><c> and</c><00:23:31.700><c> his</c><00:23:32.000><c> vine</c><00:23:32.259><c> dresser</c>

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agreed<00:23:34.160><c> that</c><00:23:34.480><c> the</c><00:23:34.640><c> unfruitful</c><00:23:35.119><c> tree</c><00:23:35.339><c> will</c><00:23:35.559><c> not</c><00:23:35.740><c> remain</c><00:23:36.279><c> perpetually</c><00:23:36.980><c> in</c><00:23:37.140><c> the</c><00:23:37.259><c> vineyard</c><00:23:37.460><c> if</c>

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it<00:23:37.759><c> doesn't</c><00:23:37.940><c> bring</c><00:23:38.259><c> forth</c><00:23:38.539><c> fruit.</c>

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Like<00:23:40.240><c> humbreath</c><00:23:40.640><c> at</c><00:23:40.819><c> the</c><00:23:41.039><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:23:46.000><c> the</c><00:23:46.200><c> counterpoint</c><00:23:46.619><c> to</c><00:23:46.779><c> this</c><00:23:46.980><c> parable</c><00:23:47.359><c> is</c><00:23:48.279><c> found</c><00:23:48.759><c> in</c><00:23:49.099><c> Psalm</c><00:23:49.339><c> 1.</c>

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It's<00:23:51.220><c> a</c><00:23:51.400><c> picture</c><00:23:51.619><c> of</c><00:23:51.799><c> the</c><00:23:51.980><c> healthy,</c><00:23:52.519><c> spiritual,</c><00:23:53.000><c> and</c><00:23:53.259><c> prosperous</c><00:23:53.539><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:23:54.660><c> it's</c><00:23:54.799><c> also</c><00:23:55.059><c> our</c><00:23:55.279><c> first</c><00:23:55.539><c> hymn.</c><00:23:55.799><c> I'll</c><00:23:56.160><c> actually</c><00:23:56.400><c> read</c><00:23:56.599><c> the</c>

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words<00:23:56.940><c> of</c><00:23:57.079><c> the</c><00:23:57.220><c> hymn.</c>

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Blessed<00:23:59.240><c> are</c><00:23:59.500><c> they</c><00:23:59.759><c> for</c><00:24:00.140><c> as</c><00:24:00.519><c> a</c><00:24:00.720><c> tree</c><00:24:00.859><c> by</c><00:24:01.119><c> streams</c><00:24:01.400><c> of</c><00:24:01.680><c> water</c><00:24:02.079><c> spreads</c><00:24:02.619><c> its</c><00:24:02.960><c> leaves</c><00:24:03.160><c> in</c>

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bountiful<00:24:03.859><c> displays,</c>

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bears<00:24:06.000><c> and</c><00:24:06.259><c> yields</c><00:24:06.500><c> its</c><00:24:06.799><c> ripen</c><00:24:07.140><c> fruit</c><00:24:07.400><c> and</c><00:24:07.539><c> season,</c><00:24:08.859><c> so</c><00:24:09.119><c> shall</c>

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they<00:24:09.700><c> in</c><00:24:09.859><c> every</c><00:24:10.200><c> calling</c><00:24:10.480><c> prosper</c><00:24:11.019><c> all</c><00:24:11.319><c> their</c><00:24:11.500><c> days.</c>

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So<00:24:16.599><c> that's</c><00:24:16.759><c> something</c><00:24:17.000><c> for</c><00:24:17.200><c> us</c><00:24:17.319><c> to</c><00:24:17.500><c> think</c><00:24:17.680><c> about.</c><00:24:18.140><c> There's</c><00:24:18.539><c> all</c><00:24:18.759><c> sorts</c><00:24:19.000><c> of</c>

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trees<00:24:19.559><c> in</c><00:24:20.359><c> God's</c><00:24:20.779><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:24:22.180><c> are</c><00:24:22.339><c> trees</c><00:24:22.619><c> that</c><00:24:22.779><c> have</c><00:24:22.880><c> been</c><00:24:23.160><c> planted</c><00:24:23.380><c> in</c><00:24:23.619><c> his</c><00:24:23.859><c> house.</c>

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We're<00:24:26.519><c> growing</c><00:24:26.759><c> strong.</c><00:24:27.339><c> We've</c><00:24:27.559><c> been</c><00:24:27.720><c> watered</c><00:24:28.099><c> by</c><00:24:28.380><c> him,</c><00:24:29.700><c> by</c>

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his<00:24:30.220><c> word,</c><00:24:30.660><c> by</c><00:24:30.859><c> his</c><00:24:31.180><c> spirit.</c>

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We<00:24:33.380><c> must</c><00:24:33.740><c> never</c><00:24:33.960><c> forget</c><00:24:34.380><c> to</c><00:24:34.539><c> bring</c><00:24:34.700><c> forth</c><00:24:34.960><c> fruit.</c>

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We<00:24:36.599><c> must</c><00:24:37.000><c> remember</c><00:24:37.480><c> his</c><00:24:37.720><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:38.359><c> and</c><00:24:38.900><c> exemplify</c><00:24:39.900><c> him</c><00:24:40.259><c> in</c>

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all<00:24:40.619><c> our</c><00:24:40.740><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:24:42.559><c> if</c><00:24:42.740><c> so,</c><00:24:43.180><c> we'll</c><00:24:43.660><c> live</c><00:24:43.880><c> eternally</c><00:24:44.359><c> in</c><00:24:44.440><c> his</c><00:24:44.660><c> kingdom</c><00:24:45.180><c> and</c>

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become<00:24:45.920><c> great</c><00:24:46.220><c> trees</c><00:24:46.460><c> indeed.</c>