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he<00:17:19.740><c> didn't</c><00:17:19.900><c> even</c><00:17:20.140><c> know</c><00:17:20.319><c> God</c><00:17:20.660><c> to</c><00:17:20.960><c> start</c><00:17:21.140><c> with.</c>

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But<00:17:22.920><c> God</c><00:17:23.059><c> saw</c><00:17:23.259><c> a</c><00:17:23.440><c> potential</c><00:17:23.700><c> in</c><00:17:23.940><c> him</c><00:17:24.400><c> and</c><00:17:24.740><c> he</c><00:17:24.900><c> says,</c><00:17:25.059><c> leave</c><00:17:25.200><c> your</c><00:17:25.420><c> people</c><00:17:25.599><c> and</c>

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go<00:17:26.160><c> to</c><00:17:26.279><c> a</c><00:17:26.400><c> land</c><00:17:26.480><c> I'm</c><00:17:26.640><c> going</c><00:17:26.720><c> to</c><00:17:26.839><c> show</c><00:17:26.960><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:27.900><c> then</c><00:17:28.519><c> he</c><00:17:29.279><c> lies</c><00:17:29.559><c> to</c><00:17:30.420><c> Pharaoh</c><00:17:30.420><c> and</c><00:17:31.000><c> says,</c><00:17:32.000><c> I</c><00:17:32.099><c> mean,</c><00:17:32.359><c> he</c><00:17:32.880><c> is</c><00:17:33.079><c> lying.</c>

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He<00:17:33.640><c> says,</c><00:17:33.779><c> she's</c><00:17:33.980><c> my</c><00:17:34.160><c> sister.</c><00:17:34.380><c> Yes,</c><00:17:34.599><c> she's</c><00:17:34.859><c> his</c><00:17:35.019><c> half</c><00:17:35.200><c> sister,</c>

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but<00:17:36.460><c> more</c><00:17:37.440><c> importantly,</c><00:17:37.819><c> she</c><00:17:37.940><c> was</c><00:17:38.079><c> his</c><00:17:38.259><c> wife.</c>

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She<00:17:40.859><c> will</c><00:17:41.059><c> bear</c><00:17:41.259><c> your</c><00:17:41.579><c> child,</c><00:17:42.119><c> he's</c><00:17:42.440><c> told.</c>

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And<00:17:44.160><c> that's</c><00:17:44.500><c> a</c><00:17:44.660><c> difficult</c><00:17:44.940><c> one</c><00:17:45.440><c> to</c><00:17:45.759><c> believe</c><00:17:45.980><c> because</c><00:17:46.200><c> she's</c>

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old<00:17:46.779><c> and</c><00:17:47.299><c> he</c><00:17:47.440><c> doesn't</c><00:17:47.599><c> think</c><00:17:47.819><c> that</c><00:17:47.980><c> she</c><00:17:48.099><c> can</c><00:17:48.259><c> have</c><00:17:48.460><c> children</c><00:17:48.700><c> anymore.</c>

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He's<00:17:50.059><c> told,</c><00:17:50.779><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:51.359><c> that</c><00:17:51.579><c> child</c><00:17:51.799><c> that</c><00:17:51.960><c> I</c><00:17:52.099><c> gave</c><00:17:52.220><c> you.</c>

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Do<00:17:54.039><c> you</c><00:17:54.119><c> think</c><00:17:54.200><c> that</c><00:17:54.359><c> was</c><00:17:54.480><c> a</c><00:17:54.619><c> struggle?</c>

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He<00:17:56.239><c> told</c><00:17:56.619><c> me</c><00:17:56.880><c> he</c><00:17:57.059><c> told</c><00:17:57.259><c> me</c><00:17:57.400><c> that</c><00:17:57.519><c> I'd</c><00:17:57.700><c> have</c><00:17:57.819><c> this</c><00:17:58.059><c> son</c><00:17:58.200><c> and</c><00:17:58.380><c> that</c>

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he<00:17:58.640><c> would,</c><00:17:58.960><c> you</c><00:17:59.039><c> know,</c><00:17:59.140><c> I</c><00:17:59.180><c> would</c><00:17:59.319><c> have</c><00:17:59.460><c> a</c><00:17:59.660><c> seed.</c>

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But<00:18:01.640><c> he</c><00:18:01.779><c> did</c><00:18:01.900><c> it.</c><00:18:02.839><c> And</c><00:18:03.000><c> then</c><00:18:04.099><c> send</c><00:18:04.539><c> your</c><00:18:04.720><c> son</c><00:18:04.880><c> away.</c>

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Send<00:18:06.479><c> Ishmael</c><00:18:06.859><c> away,</c><00:18:07.740><c> your</c><00:18:08.019><c> son.</c>

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So<00:18:09.259><c> he's</c><00:18:09.359><c> already</c><00:18:09.599><c> had</c><00:18:09.700><c> to</c><00:18:09.859><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:10.259><c> one.</c>

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And<00:18:11.500><c> now</c><00:18:11.660><c> he's</c><00:18:11.799><c> being</c><00:18:11.980><c> told</c><00:18:12.119><c> to</c><00:18:12.279><c> send</c><00:18:12.359><c> the</c><00:18:12.500><c> other</c><00:18:12.619><c> one</c><00:18:12.720><c> away.</c>

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Admittedly,<00:18:14.119><c> he</c><00:18:14.240><c> didn't</c><00:18:14.440><c> actually</c><00:18:14.839><c> kill</c><00:18:15.480><c> Isaac,</c><00:18:15.940><c> but</c><00:18:16.839><c> he</c><00:18:16.980><c> did</c>

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in<00:18:17.180><c> his</c><00:18:17.339><c> heart.</c>

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The<00:18:19.839><c> story</c><00:18:20.059><c> of</c><00:18:20.240><c> Abraham</c><00:18:20.519><c> is</c><00:18:20.740><c> a</c><00:18:20.880><c> story</c><00:18:21.039><c> of</c><00:18:21.180><c> a</c><00:18:21.299><c> man</c><00:18:21.440><c> struggling</c>

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against<00:18:22.720><c> his</c><00:18:22.920><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:18:23.279><c> actually,</c><00:18:23.460><c> it's</c><00:18:23.660><c> the</c><00:18:23.740><c> story</c><00:18:23.900><c> of</c><00:18:24.039><c> his</c><00:18:24.240><c> wife</c><00:18:24.420><c> as</c><00:18:24.640><c> well,</c><00:18:25.000><c> struggling</c><00:18:25.220><c> against</c><00:18:25.519><c> her</c><00:18:25.740><c> flesh.</c>

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You<00:18:26.839><c> know,</c><00:18:27.240><c> the</c><00:18:28.599><c> I'm</c><00:18:29.579><c> never</c><00:18:29.779><c> going</c><00:18:29.880><c> to</c><00:18:29.960><c> be</c><00:18:30.099><c> able</c><00:18:30.200><c> to</c><00:18:30.339><c> have</c><00:18:30.460><c> children.</c>

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So<00:18:31.420><c> lie</c><00:18:31.619><c> with</c><00:18:31.759><c> my</c><00:18:31.980><c> handmaid.</c>

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That<00:18:32.880><c> was</c><00:18:33.059><c> a</c><00:18:33.200><c> struggle.</c><00:18:33.359><c> She</c><00:18:33.500><c> was</c><00:18:33.660><c> struggling</c><00:18:33.900><c> against</c><00:18:34.180><c> her</c><00:18:34.420><c> flesh.</c>

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Moses,<00:18:37.359><c> we've</c><00:18:37.640><c> already</c><00:18:37.779><c> looked</c><00:18:38.000><c> at</c><00:18:38.200><c> the</c><00:18:39.119><c> asking</c><00:18:39.359><c> God</c><00:18:39.599><c> to</c><00:18:39.799><c> show</c>

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him<00:18:40.039><c> his</c><00:18:40.220><c> glory.</c>

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But<00:18:42.119><c> he</c><00:18:42.259><c> glorified</c><00:18:42.579><c> himself</c><00:18:43.000><c> at</c><00:18:43.160><c> the</c><00:18:43.319><c> rock.</c>

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Must<00:18:44.319><c> we</c><00:18:44.599><c> give</c><00:18:44.799><c> you</c><00:18:45.019><c> water?</c>

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David.

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I<00:18:49.779><c> have</c><00:18:49.960><c> heard</c><00:18:50.160><c> people</c><00:18:50.940><c> complain</c><00:18:51.700><c> about</c><00:18:52.980><c> David's</c><00:18:53.579><c> position</c>

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in<00:18:54.039><c> scripture,</c><00:18:55.220><c> about</c><00:18:55.539><c> Jesus</c><00:18:56.000><c> being</c><00:18:56.220><c> called</c><00:18:56.440><c> the</c><00:18:56.599><c> son</c><00:18:56.759><c> of</c><00:18:56.960><c> David,</c>

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about<00:18:58.940><c> David</c><00:18:59.460><c> being</c><00:18:59.740><c> held</c><00:18:59.940><c> up</c><00:19:00.119><c> as</c><00:19:00.319><c> a</c><00:19:00.720><c> friend</c><00:19:00.900><c> of</c><00:19:01.140><c> God</c><00:19:01.619><c> and</c><00:19:02.380><c> a</c><00:19:02.519><c> man</c><00:19:02.660><c> after</c><00:19:02.880><c> God's</c><00:19:03.180><c> own</c><00:19:03.339><c> heart</c><00:19:03.680><c> because</c><00:19:04.359><c> David</c><00:19:04.940><c> was</c><00:19:05.119><c> a</c>

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man<00:19:05.440><c> who</c><00:19:05.680><c> committed</c><00:19:06.160><c> murder.</c>

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He<00:19:07.799><c> committed</c><00:19:08.200><c> adultery.</c>

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And<00:19:11.319><c> at</c><00:19:11.900><c> least</c><00:19:12.200><c> the</c><00:19:12.420><c> way</c><00:19:12.819><c> Israel</c><00:19:13.140><c> is</c><00:19:13.299><c> punished,</c><00:19:13.960><c> you</c><00:19:14.259><c> might</c><00:19:14.420><c> even</c><00:19:14.660><c> think</c><00:19:14.759><c> the</c><00:19:14.920><c> worst</c><00:19:15.039><c> thing</c><00:19:15.180><c> he</c>

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did<00:19:15.480><c> was</c><00:19:15.660><c> number</c><00:19:15.920><c> them</c><00:19:16.079><c> when</c><00:19:16.200><c> he</c><00:19:16.339><c> wasn't</c><00:19:16.500><c> supposed</c><00:19:16.859><c> to.</c>

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But<00:19:19.880><c> he</c><00:19:20.099><c> is</c><00:19:20.440><c> called</c><00:19:20.680><c> a</c><00:19:20.960><c> friend</c><00:19:21.140><c> of</c><00:19:21.359><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:21.660><c> why</c><00:19:21.900><c> is</c><00:19:22.160><c> that?</c>

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The<00:19:24.099><c> fact</c><00:19:24.220><c> that</c><00:19:24.400><c> he</c><00:19:24.660><c> failed</c><00:19:24.880><c> is</c><00:19:25.160><c> beside</c><00:19:25.579><c> the</c><00:19:25.799><c> point.</c>

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He<00:19:27.339><c> loved</c><00:19:27.660><c> God</c><00:19:28.019><c> and</c><00:19:28.339><c> he</c><00:19:28.519><c> loved</c><00:19:28.680><c> God's</c><00:19:29.119><c> word,</c><00:19:29.480><c> and</c><00:19:30.259><c> he</c><00:19:30.559><c> struggled</c><00:19:30.900><c> against</c><00:19:31.279><c> it.</c>

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You<00:19:31.619><c> can</c><00:19:31.920><c> see</c><00:19:32.079><c> his</c><00:19:32.359><c> struggle</c><00:19:32.599><c> in</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.940><c> Psalms</c><00:19:33.220><c> and</c><00:19:33.279><c> you</c><00:19:33.380><c> can</c><00:19:33.619><c> see</c><00:19:33.779><c> his</c><00:19:34.059><c> struggle</c><00:19:34.799><c> when</c><00:19:36.380><c> the</c><00:19:36.660><c> sins</c><00:19:36.819><c> are</c><00:19:37.059><c> brought</c><00:19:37.160><c> to</c>

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his<00:19:37.460><c> attention.</c>

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Each<00:19:39.259><c> time</c><00:19:39.680><c> a</c><00:19:40.039><c> sin</c><00:19:40.099><c> is</c><00:19:40.259><c> brought</c><00:19:40.400><c> to</c><00:19:40.519><c> his</c><00:19:40.700><c> attention.</c>

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Does<00:19:41.660><c> anyone</c><00:19:41.980><c> in</c><00:19:42.200><c> scripture</c><00:19:42.460><c> ever</c><00:19:42.819><c> react</c><00:19:43.259><c> to</c><00:19:43.519><c> their</c><00:19:43.680><c> own</c><00:19:43.900><c> sin</c>

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the<00:19:44.180><c> way</c><00:19:44.299><c> David</c><00:19:44.539><c> did?</c>

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You<00:19:47.119><c> know,</c><00:19:47.960><c> this</c><00:19:48.660><c> what</c><00:19:49.079><c> started</c><00:19:49.319><c> out</c><00:19:49.500><c> as</c><00:19:49.640><c> a</c><00:19:49.859><c> humble</c><00:19:50.599><c> shepherd.</c>

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He's<00:19:52.180><c> the</c><00:19:52.359><c> king</c><00:19:52.460><c> of</c><00:19:52.640><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:53.640><c> Nathan</c><00:19:53.859><c> comes</c><00:19:54.099><c> to</c><00:19:54.299><c> him</c><00:19:54.740><c> and</c><00:19:55.039><c> says</c><00:19:55.240><c> there's</c><00:19:55.480><c> a</c><00:19:55.599><c> rich</c><00:19:55.779><c> man</c>

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who<00:19:56.720><c> stole</c><00:19:56.940><c> the</c><00:19:57.180><c> poor</c><00:19:57.319><c> man's</c><00:19:57.759><c> sheep.</c>

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Rich<00:19:58.339><c> man</c><00:19:58.460><c> had</c><00:19:58.579><c> a</c><00:19:58.640><c> bunch</c><00:19:58.779><c> of</c><00:19:58.960><c> sheep</c><00:19:59.099><c> and</c><00:19:59.299><c> he</c><00:19:59.460><c> stole</c><00:19:59.559><c> the</c><00:19:59.740><c> poor</c>

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man's<00:20:00.180><c> only</c><00:20:00.380><c> sheep</c><00:20:00.900><c> and</c><00:20:01.900><c> killed</c><00:20:02.119><c> it</c><00:20:02.339><c> and</c><00:20:02.400><c> ate</c><00:20:02.440><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:03.740><c> David</c><00:20:03.920><c> says</c><00:20:04.160><c> he's</c><00:20:04.500><c> going</c><00:20:04.619><c> to</c><00:20:04.819><c> pay.</c>

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And<00:20:05.579><c> he</c><00:20:05.660><c> gets</c><00:20:05.839><c> very</c><00:20:06.240><c> angry</c><00:20:06.599><c> and</c><00:20:06.859><c> Nathan</c><00:20:07.119><c> says</c><00:20:07.359><c> it</c><00:20:07.579><c> was</c><00:20:07.759><c> you.</c>

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And<00:20:09.099><c> he</c><00:20:09.319><c> realizes</c><00:20:09.720><c> it</c><00:20:09.960><c> immediately.</c>

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And<00:20:10.960><c> I</c><00:20:11.079><c> mean,</c><00:20:11.759><c> we're</c><00:20:12.400><c> not</c><00:20:12.619><c> told</c><00:20:12.779><c> that</c><00:20:12.920><c> he</c><00:20:13.059><c> fell</c><00:20:13.160><c> to</c><00:20:13.339><c> his</c><00:20:13.519><c> knees,</c>

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but<00:20:13.799><c> I</c><00:20:13.960><c> don't</c><00:20:14.140><c> see</c><00:20:14.359><c> any</c><00:20:14.579><c> other</c><00:20:14.900><c> possible</c><00:20:15.319><c> reaction.</c>

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He's<00:20:16.400><c> horrified.</c>

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I<00:20:17.339><c> did</c><00:20:17.559><c> do</c><00:20:17.759><c> that.</c>

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You're<00:20:18.180><c> right.</c>

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David<00:20:24.339><c> is</c><00:20:24.779><c> a</c><00:20:24.980><c> man</c><00:20:25.119><c> after</c><00:20:25.339><c> God's</c><00:20:25.660><c> own</c><00:20:25.779><c> heart.</c>

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Verse<00:22:32.880><c> 17.</c>

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Chapter<00:22:53.779><c> three,</c><00:22:54.119><c> verse</c><00:22:54.259><c> 12.</c>

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my<00:23:17.319><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:23:22.180><c> then</c><00:23:22.380><c> finally,</c><00:23:23.259><c> chapter</c><00:23:23.359><c> 21,</c><00:23:23.819><c> verses</c><00:23:24.059><c> six</c><00:23:24.299><c> and</c><00:23:24.460><c> seven.</c>

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