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put</c><00:13:18.120><c> into</c><00:13:18.379><c> you.</c> 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.139 I<00:13:19.419><c> don't</c><00:13:19.539><c> want</c><00:13:19.659><c> you</c><00:13:19.860><c> to</c><00:13:20.080><c> become</c><00:13:20.379><c> obese.</c> 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:23.379 I<00:13:21.539><c> don't</c><00:13:21.740><c> want</c><00:13:21.899><c> you</c><00:13:22.059><c> to</c><00:13:22.220><c> be</c><00:13:22.460><c> a</c><00:13:22.899><c> glutton.</c> 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:25.100 I<00:13:23.700><c> don't</c><00:13:23.919><c> want</c><00:13:24.019><c> you</c><00:13:24.159><c> to</c><00:13:24.259><c> be</c><00:13:24.440><c> a</c><00:13:24.620><c> drunkard.</c> 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:27.340 In<00:13:25.539><c> other</c><00:13:25.679><c> words,</c><00:13:25.779><c> all</c><00:13:25.919><c> I'm</c><00:13:26.120><c> trying</c><00:13:26.259><c> to</c><00:13:26.460><c> say</c><00:13:26.659><c> to</c><00:13:26.779><c> you</c><00:13:26.919><c> is</c><00:13:27.039><c> that</c> 00:13:27.340 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got</c><00:14:04.340><c> it.</c> 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:08.779 All<00:14:05.120><c> of</c><00:14:05.440><c> you</c><00:14:05.659><c> have</c><00:14:05.940><c> talents</c><00:14:06.639><c> that</c><00:14:07.860><c> you</c><00:14:08.019><c> have</c><00:14:08.200><c> developed.</c> 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.539 They're<00:14:09.259><c> God</c><00:14:09.480><c>-given</c><00:14:09.759><c> talents.</c> 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:17.860 You<00:14:11.039><c> know,</c><00:14:12.019><c> because</c><00:14:12.019><c> somebody</c><00:14:12.659><c> can</c><00:14:13.039><c> speak</c><00:14:13.360><c> and</c><00:14:13.580><c> somebody</c><00:14:13.919><c> else...</c> 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:19.679 Those<00:14:18.259><c> are</c><00:14:18.419><c> God</c><00:14:18.600><c>-given</c><00:14:18.799><c> talents.</c> 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.399 Now,<00:14:20.379><c> the</c><00:14:20.559><c> talents</c><00:14:20.879><c> that</c><00:14:21.159><c> God</c><00:14:21.320><c> has</c><00:14:21.659><c> 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didn't</c><00:14:34.620><c> say,</c><00:14:35.139><c> here</c><00:14:35.419><c> am</c><00:14:35.639><c> I,</c><00:14:35.879><c> Lord,</c><00:14:36.580><c> send</c><00:14:36.720><c> him.</c> 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:39.259 He<00:14:38.659><c> didn't</c><00:14:38.860><c> say</c><00:14:39.120><c> that.</c> 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:40.519 Now,<00:14:39.399><c> we</c><00:14:39.620><c> tend</c><00:14:39.940><c> to</c><00:14:40.100><c> do</c><00:14:40.320><c> that.</c> 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.779 You<00:14:40.620><c> know,</c><00:14:40.840><c> the</c><00:14:40.940><c> job</c><00:14:41.179><c> comes</c><00:14:41.519><c> up.</c> 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:44.059 A<00:14:42.139><c> beads,</c><00:14:42.360><c> they</c><00:14:42.500><c> want</c><00:14:42.639><c> to</c><00:14:42.779><c> do</c><00:14:42.899><c> this,</c><00:14:43.080><c> they</c><00:14:43.200><c> want</c><00:14:43.340><c> to</c><00:14:43.460><c> do</c><00:14:43.620><c> that.</c> 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:47.960 Oh,<00:14:45.019><c> 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was</c><00:15:24.740><c> in</c><00:15:24.940><c> the</c><00:15:25.120><c> days</c><00:15:25.299><c> of</c><00:15:25.600><c> Lot,</c><00:15:25.899><c> they</c><00:15:26.059><c> did</c> 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:29.759 eat,<00:15:26.700><c> they</c><00:15:26.980><c> drank,</c><00:15:27.419><c> they</c><00:15:27.639><c> bought,</c><00:15:28.100><c> they</c><00:15:28.360><c> sold,</c><00:15:28.679><c> they</c><00:15:28.940><c> planted,</c><00:15:29.480><c> they</c> 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.860 built<00:15:30.139><c> it.</c> 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:34.360 But<00:15:31.639><c> the</c><00:15:32.000><c> same</c><00:15:32.340><c> day</c><00:15:32.700><c> that</c><00:15:33.000><c> God</c><00:15:33.379><c> went...</c> 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.019 Sorry. 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:40.080 When<00:15:35.700><c> Lot</c><00:15:36.059><c> went</c><00:15:36.500><c> out</c><00:15:36.840><c> of</c><00:15:37.159><c> Sodom,</c><00:15:38.299><c> it</c><00:15:38.440><c> rained</c><00:15:38.620><c> fire</c><00:15:38.980><c> and</c><00:15:39.179><c> brimstone</c><00:15:39.740><c> from</c> 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:42.399 heaven<00:15:40.399><c> and</c><00:15:40.620><c> destroyed</c><00:15:41.039><c> them</c><00:15:41.279><c> all.</c> 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:47.639 Even<00:15:43.379><c> thus</c><00:15:44.120><c> shall</c><00:15:44.600><c> it</c><00:15:44.820><c> be</c><00:15:45.100><c> in</c><00:15:45.399><c> the</c><00:15:45.600><c> day</c><00:15:46.240><c> when</c><00:15:46.759><c> the</c><00:15:46.980><c> Son</c><00:15:47.120><c> of</c><00:15:47.399><c> Man</c> 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.840 is<00:15:47.960><c> revealed.</c> 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:52.820 In<00:15:49.600><c> other</c><00:15:49.759><c> words,</c><00:15:49.940><c> both</c><00:15:50.220><c> of</c><00:15:50.399><c> these</c><00:15:50.639><c> instances</c><00:15:51.080><c> in</c><00:15:51.440><c> juxtaposition</c><00:15:52.320><c> with</c><00:15:52.580><c> each</c> 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:56.580 other<00:15:53.059><c> in</c><00:15:53.179><c> Luke</c><00:15:53.379><c> chapter</c><00:15:53.759><c> 17</c><00:15:54.500><c> are</c><00:15:55.559><c> warnings.</c> 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.259 You<00:15:58.360><c> see</c><00:15:58.460><c> those</c><00:15:58.759><c> examples?</c> 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.519 Yeah,<00:15:59.759><c> I</c><00:16:00.000><c> can</c><00:16:00.200><c> see</c><00:16:00.360><c> them.</c> 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.379 I<00:16:00.720><c> can</c><00:16:00.940><c> understand</c><00:16:01.440><c> them.</c> 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:06.120 It's<00:16:03.019><c> going</c><00:16:03.120><c> to</c><00:16:03.259><c> be</c><00:16:03.480><c> exactly</c><00:16:04.039><c> the</c><00:16:04.419><c> same</c><00:16:04.679><c> way</c><00:16:05.139><c> when</c><00:16:05.539><c> the</c><00:16:05.779><c> Son</c><00:16:05.919><c> of</c> 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.440 Man<00:16:06.279><c> is</c><00:16:06.480><c> revealed.</c> 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.659 I<00:16:09.960><c> would</c><00:16:10.159><c> have</c><00:16:10.320><c> never</c><00:16:10.460><c> thought</c><00:16:10.679><c> it</c><00:16:10.940><c> possible</c><00:16:11.340><c> as</c><00:16:11.960><c> a</c><00:16:12.200><c> youth</c><00:16:12.639><c> to</c> 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:17.059 see<00:16:13.860><c> the</c><00:16:14.120><c> concept</c><00:16:14.600><c> of</c><00:16:14.940><c> same</c><00:16:15.480><c>-sex</c><00:16:15.960><c> marriage.</c> 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.700 I<00:16:17.899><c> would</c><00:16:18.019><c> never</c><00:16:18.240><c> have</c><00:16:18.519><c> thought</c><00:16:18.519><c> of</c><00:16:18.700><c> the</c><00:16:18.919><c> President</c><00:16:19.340><c> of</c><00:16:19.539><c> the</c> 00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.919 United<00:16:20.080><c> States</c><00:16:20.399><c> saying,</c> 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.519 Nah,<00:16:22.340><c> it's</c><00:16:22.679><c> okay.</c> 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:28.759 In<00:16:24.259><c> other</c><00:16:24.519><c> words,</c><00:16:24.879><c> what</c><00:16:25.279><c> is</c><00:16:25.820><c> normal</c><00:16:26.299><c> now</c><00:16:27.019><c> was</c><00:16:27.539><c> abhorrent,</c><00:16:28.320><c> say,</c><00:16:28.620><c> a</c> 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.740 generation<00:16:29.279><c> ago.</c> 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:35.039 There<00:16:30.539><c> was</c><00:16:30.740><c> a</c><00:16:31.279><c> writer</c><00:16:31.740><c> in</c><00:16:32.059><c> England</c><00:16:32.399><c> called</c><00:16:32.840><c> Oscar</c><00:16:33.399><c> Wilde.</c> 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:37.919 He<00:16:35.419><c> was</c><00:16:35.600><c> sent</c><00:16:35.779><c> to</c><00:16:36.019><c> prison</c><00:16:36.340><c> for</c><00:16:36.519><c> being</c><00:16:36.740><c> a</c><00:16:36.899><c> homosexual.</c> 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:42.720 Now,<00:16:39.299><c> we</c><00:16:39.659><c> are</c><00:16:39.919><c> the</c><00:16:40.139><c> anomalies</c><00:16:40.639><c> now,</c><00:16:41.279><c> heterosexuals,</c><00:16:42.460><c> people</c> 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:47.539 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world</c><00:16:58.320><c> would</c> 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.980 degenerate<00:16:59.100><c> into.</c> 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:01.240 And<00:17:00.679><c> it</c><00:17:00.919><c> has.</c> 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:03.360 Just<00:17:02.059><c> little</c><00:17:02.399><c> bit</c><00:17:02.620><c> by</c><00:17:02.860><c> little</c><00:17:03.159><c> bit.</c> 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:07.900 One<00:17:03.679><c> of</c><00:17:03.840><c> the</c><00:17:03.980><c> biggest</c><00:17:04.200><c> problems</c><00:17:04.660><c> we</c><00:17:05.019><c> have</c><00:17:05.480><c> is</c><00:17:06.319><c> democracy.</c> 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.640 Now,<00:17:09.000><c> how</c><00:17:09.119><c> does</c><00:17:09.319><c> democracy</c><00:17:09.779><c> work?</c> 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:13.640 It's<00:17:11.700><c> the</c><00:17:12.000><c> rule</c><00:17:12.319><c> of</c><00:17:12.599><c> the</c><00:17:12.779><c> masses.</c> 00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:16.420 You<00:17:14.220><c> get</c><00:17:14.359><c> 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a</c><00:20:41.940><c> sudden,</c><00:20:42.740><c> boom,</c><00:20:43.420><c> a</c> 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:45.440 sudden<00:20:43.839><c> destruction</c><00:20:44.400><c> comes.</c> 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:51.420 Now,<00:20:47.680><c> fire</c><00:20:47.680><c> cleanses</c><00:20:49.319><c> or</c><00:20:50.160><c> it</c><00:20:50.420><c> destroys.</c> 00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:55.720 Fire<00:20:52.299><c> can</c><00:20:52.519><c> be</c><00:20:52.680><c> a</c><00:20:52.779><c> real</c><00:20:53.160><c> cleansing</c><00:20:53.640><c> agent,</c><00:20:54.079><c> but</c><00:20:54.220><c> in</c><00:20:54.420><c> the</c><00:20:54.599><c> process,</c> 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:58.759 I<00:20:56.460><c> don't</c><00:20:56.740><c> know</c><00:20:56.980><c> this</c><00:20:57.200><c> because</c><00:20:57.299><c> I</c><00:20:57.420><c> don't</c><00:20:57.640><c> live</c><00:20:57.819><c> in</c><00:20:58.019><c> Saskatchewan,</c> 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.980 but<00:20:59.380><c> I</c><00:20:59.559><c> 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We</c><00:22:10.759><c> see</c><00:22:10.940><c> it</c><00:22:11.140><c> in</c><00:22:11.259><c> societies.</c> 00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:16.180 And<00:22:12.500><c> by</c><00:22:12.759><c> the</c><00:22:12.920><c> end</c><00:22:13.079><c> of</c><00:22:13.220><c> it,</c><00:22:13.400><c> you</c><00:22:13.720><c> think,</c><00:22:14.019><c> well,</c><00:22:14.500><c> maybe</c><00:22:15.000><c> not</c><00:22:15.200><c> so</c><00:22:15.440><c> bad.</c> 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.700 I<00:22:16.559><c> remember</c><00:22:16.680><c> when</c><00:22:16.779><c> I</c><00:22:16.960><c> was</c><00:22:17.119><c> a</c><00:22:17.240><c> young</c><00:22:17.440><c> lad,</c> 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:21.420 you<00:22:18.339><c> saw</c><00:22:18.519><c> the</c><00:22:18.720><c> first</c><00:22:19.039><c> little</c><00:22:19.380><c> bit</c><00:22:19.539><c> of</c><00:22:19.759><c> human</c><00:22:20.039><c> anatomy</c><00:22:20.519><c> which</c><00:22:20.819><c> was</c><00:22:21.019><c> a</c> 00:22:21.420 --> 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them</c><00:23:00.640><c> excited.</c> 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.859 We<00:23:01.220><c> don't</c><00:23:01.440><c> need</c><00:23:01.640><c> them</c><00:23:01.900><c> developed.</c> 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:05.619 They<00:23:03.500><c> come</c><00:23:03.740><c> naturally</c><00:23:04.240><c> to</c><00:23:04.599><c> us.</c> 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:09.279 Now,<00:23:06.599><c> this</c><00:23:06.940><c> concept</c><00:23:07.500><c> of</c><00:23:07.920><c> fire</c><00:23:08.279><c> and</c><00:23:08.500><c> of</c><00:23:08.819><c> destruction</c> 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:11.859 and<00:23:10.000><c> of</c><00:23:10.220><c> preservation</c><00:23:10.920><c> through</c><00:23:11.279><c> the</c><00:23:11.559><c> fire,</c> 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:14.220 one<00:23:12.500><c> reference</c><00:23:12.880><c> I'd</c><00:23:13.160><c> like</c><00:23:13.299><c> you</c><00:23:13.460><c> to</c><00:23:13.619><c> look</c><00:23:13.799><c> at,</c> 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:19.720 dealing<00:23:14.539><c> with</c><00:23:14.880><c> Rahab,</c><00:23:15.940><c> and</c><00:23:16.079><c> it's</c><00:23:16.299><c> in</c><00:23:16.480><c> Joshua</c><00:23:16.940><c> chapter</c><00:23:17.500><c> 6.</c> 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:24.180 Joshua<00:23:20.819><c> chapter</c><00:23:21.480><c> 6,</c><00:23:22.640><c> and</c><00:23:23.019><c> just</c><00:23:23.420><c> two</c><00:23:23.660><c> verses,</c> 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:28.700 verse<00:23:24.660><c> 24</c><00:23:25.480><c> and</c><00:23:26.500><c> verse</c><00:23:27.259><c> 25.</c> 00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:33.940 So<00:23:29.180><c> Joshua</c><00:23:29.640><c> chapter</c><00:23:30.119><c> 6,</c><00:23:31.519><c> verse</c><00:23:31.740><c> 24</c><00:23:32.259><c> and</c><00:23:32.500><c> verse</c><00:23:32.720><c> 25.</c> 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:39.420 And<00:23:35.380><c> they</c><00:23:35.819><c> burned</c><00:23:36.500><c> the</c><00:23:37.519><c> city</c><00:23:38.099><c> with</c><00:23:39.079><c> fire.</c> 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.920 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of</c><00:23:56.720><c> the</c><00:23:56.940><c> Lord.</c> 00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:01.660 And<00:23:58.720><c> Joshua</c><00:23:59.039><c> saved</c><00:23:59.400><c> Rahab,</c><00:23:59.960><c> the</c><00:24:00.200><c> harlot,</c><00:24:00.980><c> alive,</c> 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:05.259 and<00:24:02.059><c> her</c><00:24:02.319><c> father's</c><00:24:02.859><c> household,</c><00:24:03.339><c> and</c><00:24:03.579><c> all</c><00:24:03.900><c> that</c><00:24:04.059><c> she</c><00:24:04.400><c> had.</c> 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:08.279 And<00:24:06.000><c> she</c><00:24:06.240><c> dwelleth</c><00:24:06.559><c> in</c><00:24:06.680><c> Israel</c><00:24:07.140><c> even</c><00:24:07.480><c> unto</c><00:24:07.700><c> this</c><00:24:08.039><c> day,</c> 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:12.000 because<00:24:09.000><c> she</c><00:24:10.599><c> hid</c><00:24:10.859><c> the</c><00:24:11.200><c> messengers</c> 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.880 which<00:24:12.519><c> Joshua</c><00:24:13.079><c> sent</c><00:24:13.519><c> to</c><00:24:13.920><c> spy</c><00:24:14.259><c> out</c><00:24:14.720><c> Jericho.</c> 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:21.319 On<00:24:17.240><c> our</c><00:24:17.500><c> trip</c><00:24:17.759><c> from</c><00:24:18.339><c> Prince</c><00:24:18.740><c> George</c><00:24:19.240><c> to</c><00:24:19.720><c> Shekinah,</c> 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:23.200 we<00:24:21.519><c> listened</c><00:24:21.819><c> to</c><00:24:22.039><c> some</c><00:24:22.220><c> tapes.</c> 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.940 Six<00:24:23.579><c> tapes,</c><00:24:23.859><c> I</c><00:24:23.980><c> think</c><00:24:24.160><c> they</c><00:24:24.279><c> were</c><00:24:24.460><c> all</c><00:24:24.599><c> together.</c> 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:27.259 A<00:24:25.420><c> brother,</c><00:24:25.900><c> Johnny</c><00:24:26.180><c> Menell,</c> 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.960 who<00:24:27.660><c> was</c><00:24:27.859><c> speaking</c><00:24:28.200><c> down</c><00:24:28.579><c> at</c><00:24:28.779><c> the</c><00:24:28.980><c> Palm</c><00:24:29.180><c> Springs</c><00:24:29.539><c> Bible</c><00:24:29.940><c> School.</c> 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.559 And<00:24:31.500><c> his</c><00:24:31.680><c> subject</c><00:24:32.000><c> was,</c> 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:35.599 Daniel<00:24:33.640><c> made</c><00:24:34.240><c> the</c><00:24:34.660><c> difference.</c> 00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:37.240 And<00:24:35.940><c> he</c><00:24:36.039><c> looked</c><00:24:36.160><c> at</c><00:24:36.299><c> all</c><00:24:36.500><c> sorts</c><00:24:36.680><c> of</c><00:24:36.940><c> examples</c> 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:39.200 how<00:24:37.480><c> Daniel</c><00:24:37.920><c> changed,</c><00:24:38.740><c> you</c><00:24:38.880><c> know,</c> 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:41.000 not<00:24:39.500><c> just</c><00:24:39.759><c> the</c><00:24:39.960><c> people</c><00:24:40.200><c> that</c><00:24:40.380><c> he</c><00:24:40.500><c> was</c><00:24:40.680><c> around,</c> 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.960 not<00:24:41.319><c> just</c><00:24:41.700><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:24:42.660><c> but</c><00:24:42.839><c> even</c><00:24:43.799><c> Darius.</c> 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.440 Very<00:24:46.039><c> interesting.</c> 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:48.400 And<00:24:46.680><c> this</c><00:24:46.839><c> was</c><00:24:47.019><c> one</c><00:24:47.200><c> of</c><00:24:47.359><c> the</c><00:24:47.519><c> things</c><00:24:47.660><c> that</c><00:24:47.819><c> he</c><00:24:48.059><c> mentioned.</c> 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:50.480 You<00:24:48.799><c> know,</c><00:24:49.000><c> as</c><00:24:49.039><c> I'm</c><00:24:49.160><c> listening</c><00:24:49.339><c> to</c><00:24:49.539><c> these</c><00:24:49.740><c> tapes</c><00:24:49.980><c> as</c><00:24:50.119><c> we're</c><00:24:50.319><c> driving,</c> 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:53.160 oh<00:24:50.779><c> yeah,</c><00:24:51.200><c> that's</c><00:24:51.900><c> a</c><00:24:51.980><c> point,</c><00:24:52.019><c> that's</c><00:24:52.319><c> a</c><00:24:52.420><c> point.</c> 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.440 The<00:24:53.440><c> fact,</c><00:24:53.740><c> the</c><00:24:53.839><c> things</c><00:24:54.019><c> that</c><00:24:54.220><c> were</c><00:24:54.339><c> said,</c> 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:56.279 the<00:24:54.720><c> city</c><00:24:54.920><c> was</c><00:24:55.220><c> burned</c><00:24:55.440><c> with</c><00:24:55.799><c> fire,</c> 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.700 and<00:24:56.779><c> all</c><00:24:56.920><c> that</c><00:24:57.079><c> was</c><00:24:57.259><c> therein,</c> 00:24:57.700 --> 00:25:01.660 but<00:24:58.319><c> the</c><00:24:59.500><c> silver,</c><00:25:00.400><c> the</c><00:25:00.720><c> gold,</c> 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:03.440 the<00:25:01.940><c> vessels</c><00:25:02.259><c> of</c><00:25:02.599><c> brass</c><00:25:02.859><c> and</c><00:25:03.140><c> iron,</c> 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:06.180 they<00:25:03.599><c> were</c><00:25:03.740><c> put</c><00:25:03.940><c> into</c><00:25:04.160><c> the</c><00:25:04.440><c> treasury</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.940><c> the</c><00:25:05.019><c> house</c><00:25:05.160><c> of</c><00:25:05.339><c> the</c><00:25:05.500><c> Lord.</c> 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:08.240 Now<00:25:06.759><c> that</c><00:25:07.059><c> concept,</c> 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:11.500 when<00:25:09.180><c> you</c><00:25:09.339><c> think</c><00:25:09.599><c> about</c><00:25:09.859><c> the</c><00:25:10.200><c> tabernacle</c> 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:14.240 and<00:25:12.160><c> the</c><00:25:12.420><c> beauty</c><00:25:12.740><c> of</c><00:25:12.940><c> the</c><00:25:13.140><c> tabernacle,</c> 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.339 Bezalil<00:25:15.319><c> and</c><00:25:15.480><c> Aholi</c><00:25:15.960><c> Abazi</c><00:25:16.359><c> manufactured</c><00:25:17.099><c> this,</c> 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.700 where<00:25:17.680><c> did</c><00:25:17.819><c> they</c><00:25:17.940><c> get</c><00:25:18.140><c> their</c><00:25:18.400><c> stuff</c><00:25:18.619><c> from?</c> 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.220 Came<00:25:21.000><c> out</c><00:25:21.180><c> of</c><00:25:21.359><c> Egypt.</c> 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:24.319 Where<00:25:23.079><c> are</c><00:25:23.240><c> you</c><00:25:23.420><c> from?</c> 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.640 You've<00:25:25.180><c> come</c><00:25:25.319><c> out</c><00:25:25.539><c> of</c><00:25:25.680><c> Egypt.</c> 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.299 But<00:25:26.940><c> by</c><00:25:27.200><c> the</c><00:25:27.400><c> grace</c><00:25:27.599><c> of</c><00:25:27.859><c> God,</c> 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.779 you<00:25:28.940><c> can</c><00:25:29.119><c> be</c><00:25:29.359><c> seen</c><00:25:29.500><c> as</c><00:25:29.700><c> these</c><00:25:29.940><c> precious</c><00:25:30.380><c> vessels</c> 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:33.740 and<00:25:31.019><c> put</c><00:25:31.160><c> into</c><00:25:31.400><c> the</c><00:25:32.720><c> temple</c><00:25:33.039><c> of</c><00:25:33.259><c> the</c><00:25:33.400><c> Lord.</c> 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:36.079 And<00:25:34.519><c> that's</c><00:25:34.700><c> what</c><00:25:34.839><c> we're</c><00:25:35.059><c> trying</c><00:25:35.259><c> to</c><00:25:35.460><c> do</c><00:25:35.559><c> this</c><00:25:35.759><c> weekend.</c> 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:37.319 We're<00:25:36.299><c> looking</c><00:25:36.460><c> at</c><00:25:36.779><c> turning</c><00:25:37.019><c> points</c> 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.460 and<00:25:37.599><c> recognizing</c><00:25:38.119><c> that</c><00:25:38.599><c> there</c><00:25:38.839><c> are</c><00:25:39.200><c> things</c> 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.839 that<00:25:39.660><c> we</c><00:25:39.779><c> have</c><00:25:39.980><c> to</c><00:25:40.259><c> recognize</c> 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:43.299 where<00:25:41.380><c> we've</c><00:25:41.539><c> got</c><00:25:41.599><c> to</c><00:25:41.720><c> make</c><00:25:41.880><c> a</c><00:25:42.119><c> clear</c><00:25:42.240><c> decision.</c> 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.680 And<00:25:43.640><c> all</c><00:25:43.880><c> these</c><00:25:44.180><c> references,</c><00:25:44.759><c> all</c><00:25:45.000><c> these</c><00:25:45.220><c> things</c><00:25:45.400><c> we</c><00:25:45.640><c> know,</c> 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.200 when<00:25:46.039><c> we</c><00:25:46.200><c> just</c><00:25:46.339><c> do</c><00:25:46.500><c> our</c><00:25:46.680><c> daily</c><00:25:46.940><c> readings,</c> 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:49.240 we<00:25:47.460><c> recognize</c><00:25:48.019><c> these</c><00:25:48.319><c> points.</c> 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:53.019 I<00:25:51.259><c> am</c><00:25:51.619><c> amazed,</c><00:25:52.059><c> and</c><00:25:52.200><c> I'm</c><00:25:52.400><c> sure</c><00:25:52.519><c> you</c><00:25:52.839><c> are,</c> 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:56.440 at<00:25:53.200><c> the</c><00:25:53.519><c> patience</c><00:25:53.940><c> and</c><00:25:54.599><c> long</c><00:25:54.940><c>-suffering</c><00:25:55.299><c> of</c><00:25:55.519><c> God.</c> 00:25:57.339 --> 00:26:00.180 You<00:25:57.380><c> know,</c><00:25:58.279><c> again,</c><00:25:58.740><c> sacrilegious</c><00:25:59.380><c> kind</c><00:25:59.619><c> of</c><00:25:59.839><c> comments,</c> 00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:03.220 but<00:26:00.420><c> I'm</c><00:26:00.759><c> sure</c><00:26:01.299><c> if</c><00:26:02.099><c> I</c><00:26:02.339><c> had</c><00:26:02.480><c> the</c><00:26:02.819><c> power,</c> 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:06.579 I'd<00:26:04.200><c> be</c><00:26:04.420><c> wielding</c><00:26:04.960><c> my</c><00:26:05.160><c> old</c><00:26:05.440><c> thunderbolt.</c> 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:09.140 What<00:26:07.279><c> do</c><00:26:07.759><c> you</c><00:26:07.839><c> think</c><00:26:08.079><c> you're</c><00:26:08.259><c> up</c><00:26:08.420><c> to?</c> 00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:11.019 Now,<00:26:10.160><c> God</c><00:26:10.220><c> doesn't.</c> 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:14.420 You<00:26:11.420><c> know,</c><00:26:11.440><c> God</c><00:26:11.740><c> sees</c><00:26:12.259><c> this</c><00:26:12.660><c> terrible</c><00:26:13.200><c> creation,</c> 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.920 and<00:26:14.920><c> He</c><00:26:15.059><c> doesn't</c><00:26:15.400><c> say,</c><00:26:15.859><c> that's</c><00:26:16.039><c> it.</c> 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:19.039 He<00:26:17.359><c> looks</c><00:26:17.640><c> in</c><00:26:17.880><c> the</c><00:26:18.059><c> creation,</c> 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:21.299 and<00:26:19.339><c> He</c><00:26:19.500><c> sees</c><00:26:19.740><c> things</c><00:26:20.019><c> He</c><00:26:20.180><c> would</c><00:26:20.380><c> save.</c> 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:25.400 Do<00:26:22.279><c> you</c><00:26:22.279><c> remember</c><00:26:22.660><c> Lot</c><00:26:23.059><c> and</c><00:26:23.920><c> the</c><00:26:24.160><c> kind</c><00:26:24.259><c> of</c><00:26:24.440><c> the</c><00:26:24.599><c> horse</c><00:26:24.960><c> bargaining</c> 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:27.400 that<00:26:25.680><c> he</c><00:26:25.880><c> had</c><00:26:26.039><c> with</c><00:26:26.240><c> the</c><00:26:26.559><c> angels?</c> 00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:29.319 If<00:26:27.740><c> you</c><00:26:27.940><c> find</c><00:26:28.180><c> 50</c><00:26:28.579><c> there,</c> 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you</c><00:26:40.839><c> come</c><00:26:41.079><c> down</c><00:26:41.339><c> and</c><00:26:41.500><c> there's</c><00:26:41.799><c> none.</c> 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.180 So<00:26:43.259><c> what</c><00:26:43.420><c> is</c><00:26:43.599><c> God</c><00:26:43.680><c> going</c><00:26:43.900><c> to</c><00:26:44.039><c> do?</c> 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.539 Wipe<00:26:44.500><c> them</c><00:26:44.640><c> all</c><00:26:44.819><c> out?</c> 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.579 That's<00:26:45.900><c> it.</c> 00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.859 For<00:26:48.819><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:49.220><c> sake,</c><00:26:49.400><c> it</c><00:26:49.640><c> says,</c> 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:51.140 if<00:26:50.039><c> we</c><00:26:50.160><c> were</c><00:26:50.259><c> to</c><00:26:50.359><c> look</c><00:26:50.519><c> at</c><00:26:50.660><c> the</c><00:26:50.779><c> record,</c> 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.259 he<00:26:51.779><c> rescues</c><00:26:52.460><c> Lot.</c> 00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:56.099 Lot's<00:26:54.460><c> described</c><00:26:54.839><c> as</c><00:26:55.039><c> a</c><00:26:55.240><c> righteous</c><00:26:55.680><c> man</c> 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:59.259 whose<00:26:56.460><c> soul</c><00:26:56.740><c> was</c><00:26:57.160><c> peeved</c><00:26:57.460><c> every</c><00:26:57.759><c> day</c><00:26:57.920><c> by</c><00:26:58.079><c> what</c><00:26:58.259><c> he</c><00:26:58.480><c> saw.</c> 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:01.160 Why<00:26:59.819><c> didn't</c><00:26:59.980><c> he</c><00:27:00.099><c> get</c><00:27:00.299><c> out?</c> 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.480 We<00:27:02.900><c> also</c><00:27:03.259><c> sometimes</c><00:27:03.759><c> can</c><00:27:03.980><c> be</c><00:27:04.240><c> peeved</c> 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:07.079 by<00:27:04.660><c> the</c><00:27:04.920><c> situation</c><00:27:05.319><c> we</c><00:27:05.539><c> find</c><00:27:05.779><c> ourselves</c><00:27:06.180><c> in.</c> 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.940 Do<00:27:07.240><c> we</c><00:27:07.380><c> just</c><00:27:07.660><c> stay</c><00:27:07.880><c> in</c><00:27:07.980><c> it</c><00:27:08.160><c> and</c><00:27:08.299><c> wrestle</c><00:27:08.579><c> with</c><00:27:08.799><c> it?</c> 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.940 No,<00:27:09.319><c> I</c><00:27:09.339><c> don't.</c> 00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:15.019 I<00:27:11.599><c> think</c><00:27:11.599><c> sometimes</c><00:27:12.880><c> we</c><00:27:13.039><c> should</c><00:27:13.660><c> get</c><00:27:14.099><c> ourselves</c><00:27:14.500><c> out</c><00:27:14.819><c> of</c><00:27:14.920><c> it,</c> 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.839 because<00:27:15.180><c> we</c><00:27:15.319><c> know</c><00:27:15.460><c> what</c><00:27:15.720><c> happened.</c> 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.660 Even<00:27:16.059><c> though</c><00:27:16.259><c> Lot</c><00:27:16.420><c> was</c><00:27:16.720><c> saved,</c> 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.940 we<00:27:18.140><c> have</c><00:27:18.359><c> Moab,</c><00:27:19.180><c> and</c><00:27:19.240><c> we</c><00:27:19.359><c> have</c><00:27:19.559><c> Ammon,</c> 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verse</c><00:27:43.160><c> 3.</c> 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:48.539 Genesis<00:27:44.940><c> chapter</c><00:27:45.339><c> 6</c><00:27:46.160><c> and</c><00:27:46.839><c> verse</c><00:27:47.240><c> 3.</c> 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:51.319 And<00:27:49.700><c> the</c><00:27:49.900><c> Lord</c><00:27:50.200><c> said,</c> 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:55.799 My<00:27:51.900><c> spirit</c><00:27:52.900><c> shall</c><00:27:53.819><c> not</c><00:27:54.099><c> always</c><00:27:54.500><c> strive</c><00:27:54.880><c> with</c><00:27:55.200><c> man,</c> 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.500 for<00:27:56.460><c> that</c><00:27:56.680><c> he</c><00:27:56.900><c> also</c><00:27:57.299><c> is</c><00:27:57.900><c> flesh.</c> 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.440 There's<00:27:59.000><c> your</c><00:27:59.220><c> flesh</c><00:27:59.380><c> and</c><00:27:59.640><c> spirit</c><00:27:59.960><c> contrast</c> 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:02.420 all<00:28:00.759><c> the</c><00:28:00.880><c> way</c><00:28:01.019><c> through</c><00:28:01.240><c> this</c><00:28:01.519><c> record.</c> 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:05.059 My<00:28:03.099><c> spirit,</c><00:28:04.259><c> my</c><00:28:04.559><c> nature,</c> 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.960 the<00:28:05.900><c> kind</c><00:28:05.980><c> of</c><00:28:06.140><c> person</c><00:28:06.420><c> I</c><00:28:06.779><c> am,</c> 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:09.220 is<00:28:07.220><c> not</c><00:28:07.420><c> always</c><00:28:07.740><c> going</c><00:28:07.900><c> to</c><00:28:08.039><c> just</c><00:28:08.359><c> strive</c><00:28:08.579><c> with</c><00:28:08.859><c> man,</c> 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.900 and<00:28:09.519><c> we</c><00:28:09.660><c> know</c><00:28:09.900><c> that.</c> 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.559 Our<00:28:11.599><c> Lord</c><00:28:11.819><c> is</c><00:28:12.039><c> going</c><00:28:12.220><c> to</c><00:28:12.420><c> descend</c><00:28:12.819><c> from</c><00:28:13.160><c> heaven,</c> 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:16.240 and<00:28:14.079><c> God's</c><00:28:14.519><c> righteous</c><00:28:14.880><c> kingdom</c><00:28:15.240><c> will</c><00:28:15.460><c> be</c><00:28:15.660><c> established,</c> 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:18.619 for<00:28:16.819><c> that</c><00:28:17.000><c> he</c><00:28:17.200><c> also</c><00:28:17.460><c> is</c><00:28:17.740><c> flesh,</c><00:28:17.960><c> it</c><00:28:18.259><c> says.</c> 00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:23.519 Yet,<00:28:20.460><c> his</c><00:28:20.720><c> days</c><00:28:20.980><c> shall</c><00:28:21.220><c> be</c><00:28:21.460><c> 120</c><00:28:22.259><c> years.</c> 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:26.279 Look,<00:28:24.980><c> it's</c><00:28:25.400><c> coming</c><00:28:25.579><c> to</c><00:28:25.799><c> a</c><00:28:25.940><c> point</c><00:28:26.099><c> here</c> 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.200 where<00:28:26.559><c> I</c><00:28:26.799><c> can't</c><00:28:27.220><c> tolerate</c><00:28:27.640><c> this</c><00:28:27.859><c> anymore,</c> 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:32.319 but<00:28:28.819><c> I'm</c><00:28:29.940><c> going</c><00:28:30.039><c> to</c><00:28:30.180><c> give</c><00:28:30.299><c> 120</c><00:28:31.380><c> years</c> 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:35.059 before<00:28:33.319><c> I</c><00:28:33.579><c> bring</c><00:28:33.700><c> destruction</c><00:28:34.279><c> upon</c><00:28:34.579><c> this</c><00:28:34.880><c> earth.</c> 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.339 Now<00:28:35.400><c> that</c><00:28:35.539><c> was</c><00:28:35.779><c> the</c><00:28:35.980><c> patience</c> 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.980 and<00:28:36.539><c> the</c><00:28:36.720><c> long</c><00:28:36.940><c>-suffering</c><00:28:37.299><c> of</c><00:28:37.480><c> our</c><00:28:37.700><c> God</c> 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.180 as<00:28:38.319><c> he</c><00:28:38.539><c> saw</c><00:28:38.700><c> the</c><00:28:38.960><c> things</c> 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.779 which<00:28:39.380><c> were</c><00:28:39.579><c> taking</c><00:28:39.859><c> place</c><00:28:40.200><c> on</c><00:28:40.420><c> the</c><00:28:40.599><c> earth,</c> 00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:42.920 and<00:28:41.079><c> the</c><00:28:41.319><c> contrast</c><00:28:41.720><c> with</c><00:28:42.000><c> flesh</c><00:28:42.259><c> and</c><00:28:42.640><c> spirit</c> 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:44.700 is<00:28:43.339><c> brought</c><00:28:43.559><c> out</c><00:28:43.799><c> to</c><00:28:43.960><c> us</c><00:28:44.220><c> again.</c> 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:47.119 So<00:28:45.539><c> that</c><00:28:45.940><c> is</c><00:28:46.480><c> our</c><00:28:46.900><c> God.</c> 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.200 That<00:28:47.339><c> is</c><00:28:47.519><c> what</c><00:28:47.680><c> he's</c><00:28:48.019><c> like.</c> 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.579 One<00:28:48.839><c> other</c><00:28:49.299><c> reference</c><00:28:49.519><c> I'd</c><00:28:49.799><c> like</c><00:28:49.920><c> you</c><00:28:50.059><c> to</c><00:28:50.220><c> notice</c> 00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:54.680 is<00:28:51.099><c> from</c><00:28:51.440><c> 2</c><00:28:51.740><c> Peter</c><00:28:52.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.660><c> 3.</c> 00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:57.460 2<00:28:55.180><c> Peter</c><00:28:55.720><c> chapter</c><00:28:56.200><c> 3.</c> 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.220 And<00:28:57.839><c> in</c><00:28:58.019><c> 2</c><00:28:58.259><c> Peter,</c> 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.940 we<00:28:59.680><c> have</c><00:28:59.880><c> another</c><00:29:00.200><c> description</c> 00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:03.559 which<00:29:01.740><c> I'd</c><00:29:02.000><c> like</c><00:29:02.119><c> you</c><00:29:02.279><c> to</c><00:29:02.539><c> notice.</c> 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.720 This<00:29:04.440><c> again</c><00:29:04.700><c> is</c><00:29:05.019><c> speaking</c><00:29:05.319><c> about</c><00:29:05.640><c> the</c><00:29:05.940><c> time</c><00:29:06.140><c> of</c><00:29:06.339><c> the</c><00:29:06.559><c> flood,</c> 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.480 and<00:29:07.119><c> sometimes</c><00:29:07.500><c> we</c><00:29:07.640><c> look</c><00:29:07.799><c> at</c><00:29:07.960><c> these</c><00:29:08.160><c> verses</c> 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.980 and<00:29:08.660><c> we</c><00:29:08.799><c> think,</c> 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.180 That's<00:29:09.680><c> a</c><00:29:09.799><c> funny</c><00:29:09.980><c> verse.</c> 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.019 What's<00:29:10.559><c> that</c><00:29:10.740><c> about?</c> 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:14.799 What's<00:29:11.539><c> he</c><00:29:11.740><c> saying</c><00:29:12.079><c> really</c><00:29:12.500><c> in</c><00:29:13.039><c> 2</c><00:29:13.299><c> Peter</c><00:29:13.619><c> chapter</c><00:29:14.039><c> 3?</c> 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.099 Two<00:29:15.519><c> verses</c><00:29:15.940><c> I'd</c><00:29:16.279><c> like</c><00:29:16.400><c> you</c><00:29:16.579><c> to</c><00:29:17.599><c> note.</c> 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:22.359 2<00:29:18.799><c> Peter</c><00:29:19.160><c> chapter</c><00:29:19.519><c> 3,</c><00:29:19.859><c> verse</c><00:29:20.140><c> 19</c><00:29:20.920><c> and</c><00:29:21.119><c> verse</c><00:29:21.380><c> 20.</c> 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:24.640 Kind<00:29:22.900><c> of</c><00:29:23.039><c> breaking</c><00:29:23.339><c> in,</c><00:29:23.819><c> it</c><00:29:23.819><c> says,</c> 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:28.519 By<00:29:25.400><c> which</c><00:29:25.859><c> also</c><00:29:26.640><c> he</c><00:29:27.319><c> went</c><00:29:27.559><c> and</c><00:29:28.200><c> preached</c> 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:30.180 unto<00:29:28.799><c> the</c><00:29:29.200><c> spirits</c><00:29:29.539><c> in</c><00:29:29.920><c> prison,</c> 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.019 which<00:29:30.859><c> sometimes</c><00:29:31.700><c> were</c><00:29:32.019><c> disobedient,</c> 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:35.779 when<00:29:33.460><c> once</c><00:29:33.799><c> the</c><00:29:34.059><c> long</c><00:29:34.579><c>-suffering</c><00:29:35.259><c> of</c><00:29:35.519><c> God</c> 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.500 waited<00:29:36.259><c> in</c><00:29:36.539><c> the</c><00:29:36.680><c> days</c><00:29:36.859><c> of</c><00:29:37.180><c> Noah,</c> 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.680 while<00:29:38.279><c> the</c><00:29:38.579><c> ark</c><00:29:38.759><c> was</c><00:29:39.019><c> in</c><00:29:39.339><c> preparing,</c> 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:42.579 wherein<00:29:40.039><c> few,</c><00:29:41.720><c> that</c><00:29:41.839><c> is</c><00:29:41.980><c> eight</c><00:29:42.220><c> souls,</c> 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.640 were<00:29:42.859><c> saved</c><00:29:43.180><c> by</c><00:29:43.440><c> water.</c> 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:47.880 By<00:29:46.019><c> which</c><00:29:46.579><c> also.</c> 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:50.599 Now<00:29:48.799><c> that</c><00:29:49.119><c> was</c><00:29:49.319><c> the</c><00:29:49.619><c> preaching</c> 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:52.940 that<00:29:51.220><c> was</c><00:29:51.440><c> made</c><00:29:51.740><c> by</c><00:29:52.160><c> Noah,</c> 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:55.220 which<00:29:53.339><c> is</c><00:29:53.559><c> the</c><00:29:53.720><c> preaching</c><00:29:53.980><c> which</c><00:29:54.240><c> we</c><00:29:54.480><c> have</c><00:29:54.779><c> heard,</c> 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:57.720 which<00:29:55.759><c> is</c><00:29:55.960><c> the</c><00:29:56.099><c> consistent</c><00:29:56.759><c> preaching</c><00:29:57.180><c> of</c><00:29:57.420><c> our</c><00:29:57.559><c> God.</c> 00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.539 Come<00:29:58.380><c> out</c><00:29:58.680><c> and</c><00:29:58.839><c> be</c><00:29:59.099><c> separate.</c> 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.920 Go<00:30:00.220><c> this</c><00:30:00.579><c> way,</c><00:30:00.799><c> don't</c><00:30:00.960><c> go</c><00:30:01.220><c> that</c><00:30:01.599><c> way.</c> 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:05.279 Now<00:30:02.500><c> that</c><00:30:02.859><c> spirit</c><00:30:03.319><c> was</c><00:30:03.579><c> manifest</c><00:30:04.119><c> in</c><00:30:04.299><c> Christ.</c> 00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:07.339 And<00:30:05.500><c> so</c><00:30:05.700><c> in</c><00:30:05.940><c> that</c><00:30:06.119><c> little</c><00:30:06.339><c> record</c><00:30:06.700><c> we</c><00:30:06.960><c> have</c><00:30:07.180><c> there,</c> 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.700 it<00:30:07.420><c> says,</c> 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are</c><00:30:48.960><c> scratching</c><00:30:49.359><c> their</c><00:30:49.859><c> heads</c><00:30:50.059><c> and</c><00:30:50.259><c> say,</c> 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:53.200 What<00:30:51.240><c> are</c><00:30:52.000><c> you</c><00:30:52.380><c> doing?</c> 00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:55.700 Oh,<00:30:54.160><c> there's</c><00:30:54.400><c> a</c><00:30:54.680><c> flood</c><00:30:54.880><c> coming.</c> 00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:58.099 And<00:30:56.240><c> everything's</c><00:30:56.720><c> going</c><00:30:56.799><c> to</c><00:30:56.880><c> be</c><00:30:57.039><c> swept</c><00:30:57.259><c> away.</c> 00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.720 Good<00:30:58.839><c> luck.</c> 00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:01.579 The<00:31:00.000><c> promise</c><00:31:00.299><c> of</c><00:31:00.480><c> his</c><00:31:00.680><c> coming,</c><00:31:01.279><c> I</c><00:31:01.279><c> say,</c> 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.599 Sure. 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.920 And<00:31:02.920><c> they</c><00:31:03.099><c> did</c><00:31:03.299><c> not</c><00:31:03.559><c> believe</c><00:31:03.799><c> him,</c> 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.279 but<00:31:04.039><c> God</c><00:31:04.240><c> says,</c><00:31:04.599><c> Look,</c><00:31:04.680><c> I'm</c><00:31:04.799><c> going</c><00:31:04.960><c> to</c><00:31:04.960><c> give</c><00:31:05.079><c> you</c> 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:08.599 not<00:31:05.660><c> just</c><00:31:06.339><c> the</c><00:31:06.759><c> example</c><00:31:07.079><c> of</c><00:31:07.299><c> my</c><00:31:07.539><c> creation,</c> 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.140 I'm<00:31:09.039><c> now</c><00:31:09.220><c> going</c><00:31:09.380><c> to</c><00:31:09.460><c> give</c><00:31:09.579><c> you</c><00:31:09.779><c> a</c><00:31:09.859><c> prophet</c> 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.660 which<00:31:10.339><c> is</c><00:31:10.480><c> going</c><00:31:10.640><c> to</c><00:31:10.799><c> tell</c><00:31:10.920><c> you</c><00:31:11.079><c> these</c><00:31:11.339><c> things</c> 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:13.000 and<00:31:12.099><c> exhort</c><00:31:12.599><c> you,</c> 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:15.599 and<00:31:13.279><c> say,</c><00:31:13.519><c> Come</c><00:31:13.640><c> out,</c><00:31:14.099><c> change</c><00:31:14.420><c> your</c><00:31:14.720><c> ways.</c> 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.119 And<00:31:15.900><c> yet</c><00:31:16.019><c> the</c><00:31:16.160><c> people</c><00:31:16.319><c> don't.</c> 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:19.160 They<00:31:17.839><c> poo</c><00:31:18.240><c> poo</c><00:31:18.359><c> the</c><00:31:18.599><c> idea</c> 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.779 that<00:31:19.539><c> anything</c><00:31:19.859><c> is</c><00:31:20.099><c> going</c><00:31:20.259><c> to</c><00:31:20.539><c> change.</c> 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.660 And<00:31:21.180><c> that</c><00:31:21.420><c> same</c><00:31:21.740><c> spirit,</c><00:31:22.160><c> we</c><00:31:22.440><c> pray,</c> 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.980 is<00:31:23.099><c> in</c><00:31:23.180><c> all</c><00:31:23.380><c> the</c><00:31:23.599><c> believers</c><00:31:23.859><c> of</c><00:31:24.099><c> God.</c> 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.720 Now,<00:31:25.559><c> the</c><00:31:25.759><c> state</c><00:31:25.940><c> of</c><00:31:26.119><c> the</c><00:31:26.299><c> world</c><00:31:26.920><c> in</c><00:31:27.720><c> Noah's</c><00:31:28.180><c> day</c> 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.740 is<00:31:29.500><c> very</c><00:31:29.900><c> similar</c><00:31:30.200><c> to</c><00:31:30.480><c> ours.</c> 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.759 If<00:31:30.920><c> you</c><00:31:31.099><c> flip</c><00:31:31.299><c> back,</c> 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.400 I'm<00:31:32.319><c> sorry</c><00:31:32.480><c> to</c><00:31:32.640><c> keep</c><00:31:32.839><c> flipping</c><00:31:33.079><c> you</c><00:31:33.299><c> around,</c> 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.519 but<00:31:33.599><c> hey,</c><00:31:33.740><c> it's</c><00:31:33.839><c> good</c><00:31:34.019><c> exercise.</c> 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.359 Keeps<00:31:34.900><c> those</c><00:31:35.079><c> nimble</c><00:31:35.440><c> fingers.</c> 00:31:36.619 --> 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that</c><00:32:44.759><c> they</c><00:32:44.920><c> were</c><00:32:45.119><c> thinking</c><00:32:45.460><c> of,</c> 00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:48.519 and<00:32:46.140><c> that's</c><00:32:46.420><c> all</c><00:32:46.740><c> that</c><00:32:46.839><c> they</c><00:32:47.099><c> wanted</c><00:32:47.359><c> to</c><00:32:47.720><c> do.</c> 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:51.799 Now,<00:32:48.900><c> that's</c><00:32:49.460><c> the</c><00:32:49.660><c> condition</c><00:32:50.259><c> that</c><00:32:50.799><c> our</c><00:32:50.920><c> Lord</c><00:32:51.160><c> sees,</c> 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.299 our<00:32:52.259><c> God</c><00:32:52.720><c> sees,</c> 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:56.019 as<00:32:53.900><c> he</c><00:32:54.160><c> waits</c><00:32:54.420><c> for</c><00:32:54.700><c> 120</c><00:32:55.299><c> years</c> 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:58.859 before<00:32:56.579><c> he</c><00:32:56.759><c> is</c><00:32:56.940><c> about</c><00:32:57.279><c> to</c><00:32:57.880><c> bring</c><00:32:58.140><c> destruction</c> 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00:33:34.900 Now,<00:33:33.740><c> when</c><00:33:34.039><c> you</c><00:33:34.380><c> repent,</c> 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.279 what<00:33:35.200><c> it</c><00:33:35.460><c> merely</c><00:33:35.720><c> means</c><00:33:36.039><c> is,</c> 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.980 I<00:33:38.059><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:38.380><c> have</c><00:33:38.519><c> done</c><00:33:38.619><c> that.</c> 00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.119 That's<00:33:39.619><c> a</c><00:33:39.799><c> mistake.</c> 00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:42.900 That's<00:33:40.880><c> what</c><00:33:41.000><c> we</c><00:33:41.299><c> usually</c><00:33:41.500><c> have</c><00:33:41.700><c> in</c><00:33:41.940><c> repentance.</c> 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.740 When<00:33:43.160><c> we</c><00:33:43.259><c> say</c><00:33:43.440><c> to</c><00:33:43.539><c> God,</c> 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:45.019 I'm<00:33:44.039><c> really</c><00:33:44.440><c> sorry,</c><00:33:44.880><c> Lord,</c> 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.859 I<00:33:45.180><c> should</c><00:33:45.420><c> not</c><00:33:45.579><c> have</c><00:33:45.720><c> done</c><00:33:45.880><c> that.</c> 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.220 In<00:33:47.819><c> other</c><00:33:48.059><c> words,</c> 00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:50.240 you've<00:33:48.759><c> changed</c><00:33:49.279><c> your</c><00:33:49.700><c> mind.</c> 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.759 It's<00:33:50.559><c> something</c><00:33:50.799><c> different.</c> 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:54.220 God<00:33:52.400><c> does</c><00:33:52.880><c> not</c><00:33:53.180><c> change</c><00:33:53.539><c> his</c><00:33:53.880><c> mind.</c> 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:56.640 He<00:33:54.579><c> doesn't</c><00:33:54.859><c> look</c><00:33:55.119><c> at</c><00:33:55.220><c> his</c><00:33:55.480><c> creation</c><00:33:55.940><c> and</c><00:33:56.180><c> say,</c> 00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:58.380 Oops,<00:33:57.680><c> I</c><00:33:57.779><c> made</c><00:33:57.920><c> a</c><00:33:58.019><c> mistake,</c> 00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.619 but<00:33:58.619><c> it</c><00:33:58.819><c> changed</c><00:33:59.000><c> things</c><00:33:59.319><c> here.</c> 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:02.119 So<00:34:00.279><c> what</c><00:34:00.519><c> does</c><00:34:00.779><c> it</c><00:34:01.059><c> mean</c><00:34:01.259><c> when</c><00:34:01.420><c> it</c><00:34:01.680><c> says</c> 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:04.339 that<00:34:02.839><c> God</c><00:34:03.160><c> repented</c> 00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:07.299 and<00:34:04.900><c> it</c><00:34:05.240><c> grieved</c><00:34:05.660><c> him</c><00:34:05.839><c> at</c><00:34:06.000><c> his</c><00:34:06.359><c> heart?</c> 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:10.320 The<00:34:08.019><c> concept</c><00:34:08.539><c> of</c><00:34:09.440><c> repentance</c><00:34:10.019><c> here</c> 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.500 and<00:34:10.539><c> grieved</c><00:34:10.780><c> him</c><00:34:10.940><c> at</c><00:34:11.079><c> his</c><00:34:11.340><c> heart,</c> 00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:14.840 the<00:34:11.940><c> root</c><00:34:12.179><c> word</c><00:34:12.440><c> means</c><00:34:13.059><c> to</c><00:34:14.219><c> sigh.</c> 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:20.420 Kind<00:34:15.659><c> of,</c><00:34:16.679><c> oh,</c><00:34:18.440><c> look</c><00:34:18.840><c> what</c><00:34:19.099><c> they've</c><00:34:19.619><c> done.</c> 00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.900 And<00:34:21.139><c> God</c><00:34:21.340><c> repented.</c> 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:24.039 He<00:34:22.119><c> looked</c><00:34:22.400><c> at</c><00:34:22.539><c> what</c><00:34:22.739><c> his</c><00:34:23.300><c> beautiful,</c> 00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:26.860 very<00:34:24.599><c> good</c><00:34:24.840><c> creation</c><00:34:25.340><c> had</c><00:34:25.619><c> got</c><00:34:25.860><c> to,</c> 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:29.099 and<00:34:27.659><c> it</c><00:34:27.960><c> grieved</c><00:34:28.199><c> him</c><00:34:28.380><c> at</c><00:34:28.500><c> his</c><00:34:28.800><c> heart.</c> 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.599 He<00:34:29.860><c> repented.</c> 00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:33.019 He<00:34:30.760><c> looked</c><00:34:31.019><c> at</c><00:34:31.199><c> these</c><00:34:31.400><c> things</c><00:34:31.559><c> and</c><00:34:31.719><c> he</c><00:34:32.179><c> sighed.</c> 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.500 And<00:34:33.340><c> he</c><00:34:33.420><c> said,</c><00:34:33.559><c> oh</c><00:34:34.179><c> dear,</c> 00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.980 what<00:34:35.420><c> can</c><00:34:35.659><c> I</c><00:34:35.880><c> do?</c> 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.559 How<00:34:36.280><c> can</c><00:34:36.539><c> I</c><00:34:36.880><c> recuperate?</c> 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:40.199 How<00:34:37.739><c> can</c><00:34:37.920><c> I</c><00:34:38.500><c> bring</c><00:34:38.840><c> back</c><00:34:39.340><c> this</c><00:34:39.639><c> creation</c> 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:42.199 to<00:34:40.659><c> the</c><00:34:40.920><c> state</c><00:34:41.119><c> that</c><00:34:41.320><c> it's</c><00:34:41.599><c> got</c><00:34:41.820><c> to?</c> 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.280 In<00:34:42.880><c> other</c><00:34:43.099><c> words,</c> 00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:47.659 it's<00:34:43.519><c> a</c><00:34:43.679><c> kind</c><00:34:43.780><c> of</c><00:34:44.059><c> a</c><00:34:44.199><c> parent's</c><00:34:45.340><c> emotion</c><00:34:45.900><c> over</c><00:34:46.539><c> a</c><00:34:46.800><c> child.</c> 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.320 A<00:34:48.579><c> child</c><00:34:48.820><c> blows</c><00:34:49.099><c> it,</c> 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:52.139 does<00:34:49.579><c> something</c><00:34:49.940><c> which</c><00:34:50.159><c> you</c><00:34:50.360><c> don't</c><00:34:50.659><c> want</c><00:34:50.900><c> them</c><00:34:51.039><c> to</c><00:34:51.320><c> do.</c> 00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:55.400 And<00:34:52.940><c> you</c><00:34:53.440><c> repent,</c><00:34:54.079><c> you</c><00:34:54.460><c> sigh.</c> 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:58.039 Ah,<00:34:56.780><c> I</c><00:34:57.019><c> should</c><00:34:57.340><c> have</c><00:34:57.599><c> known</c> 00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:00.960 that<00:34:58.639><c> if</c><00:34:58.900><c> I</c><00:34:59.159><c> left</c><00:34:59.300><c> the</c><00:34:59.659><c> coffee</c><00:35:00.000><c> cup</c><00:35:00.179><c> on</c><00:35:00.420><c> the</c><00:35:00.679><c> table,</c> 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:03.039 they'd<00:35:01.539><c> manage</c><00:35:01.900><c> to</c><00:35:02.159><c> get</c><00:35:02.280><c> up</c><00:35:02.480><c> and</c><00:35:02.699><c> get</c><00:35:02.840><c> it.</c> 00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:04.119 Oh<00:35:03.559><c> dear</c><00:35:03.860><c> me.</c> 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:07.440 Now<00:35:04.699><c> look</c><00:35:04.960><c> at</c><00:35:05.139><c> the</c><00:35:05.340><c> mess</c><00:35:05.559><c> I've</c><00:35:05.860><c> got</c><00:35:06.039><c> to</c><00:35:06.320><c> clear</c><00:35:06.519><c> up.</c> 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:10.019 A<00:35:07.880><c> God</c><00:35:08.099><c> looks,</c><00:35:08.659><c> that's</c><00:35:09.019><c> if</c><00:35:09.159><c> you</c><00:35:09.320><c> like,</c> 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:12.460 the<00:35:10.900><c> sense</c><00:35:11.280><c> of</c><00:35:11.579><c> God's</c><00:35:12.019><c> repentance</c> 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.760 and<00:35:12.699><c> being</c><00:35:12.980><c> grieved</c><00:35:13.219><c> at</c><00:35:13.380><c> his</c><00:35:13.619><c> heart.</c> 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:16.639 It<00:35:14.039><c> wasn't</c><00:35:14.360><c> that</c><00:35:14.519><c> he</c><00:35:14.639><c> didn't</c><00:35:14.860><c> know</c><00:35:14.980><c> it</c><00:35:15.159><c> was</c><00:35:15.280><c> going</c><00:35:15.420><c> to</c><00:35:15.699><c> happen,</c> 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:19.099 but<00:35:17.460><c> when</c><00:35:17.719><c> it</c><00:35:17.960><c> happens,</c> 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.780 he<00:35:19.480><c> is</c><00:35:19.840><c> grieved</c><00:35:20.340><c> at</c><00:35:20.519><c> his</c><00:35:20.840><c> heart.</c> 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:25.239 The<00:35:22.460><c> expression</c><00:35:22.920><c> that's</c><00:35:23.280><c> used</c><00:35:23.480><c> is</c><00:35:23.719><c> that</c><00:35:24.300><c> he</c><00:35:24.539><c> repents.</c> 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.880 He<00:35:25.360><c> looks</c><00:35:25.619><c> at</c><00:35:25.800><c> things</c><00:35:26.079><c> that</c><00:35:26.260><c> have</c><00:35:26.500><c> happened.</c> 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.019 Knowing<00:35:27.480><c> the</c><00:35:27.800><c> end,</c> 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:31.559 he<00:35:28.260><c> still</c><00:35:28.639><c> grieves</c><00:35:29.320><c> when</c><00:35:30.119><c> it</c><00:35:30.260><c> works</c><00:35:30.559><c> out.</c> 00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:34.519 If<00:35:32.340><c> you're</c><00:35:32.500><c> still</c><00:35:32.739><c> there</c><00:35:33.000><c> in</c><00:35:33.159><c> Genesis</c><00:35:33.539><c> chapter</c><00:35:33.980><c> 6,</c> 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:37.260 if<00:35:35.000><c> you</c><00:35:35.159><c> look</c><00:35:35.380><c> back</c><00:35:35.659><c> to</c><00:35:35.880><c> chapter</c><00:35:36.300><c> 5,</c> 00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:42.579 we<00:35:37.820><c> have</c><00:35:38.199><c> the</c><00:35:38.579><c> same</c><00:35:38.980><c> word</c><00:35:39.559><c> in</c><00:35:40.000><c> verse</c><00:35:40.559><c> 29.</c> 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:46.820 Genesis<00:35:43.820><c> chapter</c><00:35:44.219><c> 5</c><00:35:44.760><c> and</c><00:35:44.940><c> verse</c><00:35:45.139><c> 29,</c> 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.860 speaking<00:35:47.679><c> of</c><00:35:48.079><c> Noah,</c> 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.139 it<00:35:49.159><c> says,</c> 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:53.119 and<00:35:50.719><c> he</c><00:35:50.880><c> called</c><00:35:51.119><c> his</c><00:35:51.380><c> name</c><00:35:51.599><c> Noah,</c><00:35:52.619><c> saying,</c> 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:56.440 this<00:35:53.559><c> same</c><00:35:53.900><c> shall</c><00:35:55.099><c> comfort.</c> 00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:59.000 That's<00:35:57.019><c> the</c><00:35:57.139><c> same</c><00:35:57.380><c> word</c><00:35:57.860><c> as</c><00:35:58.559><c> repent</c> 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:00.860 that<00:35:59.199><c> you've</c><00:35:59.480><c> got</c><00:35:59.599><c> there</c><00:35:59.800><c> in</c><00:36:00.019><c> chapter</c><00:36:00.340><c> 6.</c> 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:03.380 This<00:36:01.820><c> will</c><00:36:02.300><c> comfort</c><00:36:02.719><c> us,</c> 00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:06.199 concerning<00:36:03.980><c> the</c><00:36:04.599><c> work</c><00:36:04.840><c> of</c><00:36:05.039><c> the</c><00:36:05.239><c> toil</c><00:36:05.420><c> of</c><00:36:05.619><c> our</c><00:36:05.880><c> hands</c> 00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:10.360 because<00:36:06.599><c> of</c><00:36:06.840><c> the</c><00:36:07.099><c> ground</c><00:36:07.380><c> which</c><00:36:08.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:08.980><c> has</c><00:36:09.400><c> cursed.</c> 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.940 In<00:36:10.599><c> other</c><00:36:10.820><c> words,</c> 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:14.380 the<00:36:11.159><c> concept</c><00:36:11.559><c> of</c><00:36:11.920><c> comfort</c><00:36:12.639><c> and</c><00:36:13.300><c> of</c><00:36:13.599><c> repenting</c> 00:36:14.380 --> 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00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:29.440 Now<00:36:27.699><c> when</c><00:36:27.800><c> you</c><00:36:28.019><c> say</c><00:36:28.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:28.679><c> chapter</c><00:36:29.079><c> 40,</c> 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:31.260 immediately<00:36:29.960><c> things</c><00:36:30.260><c> come</c><00:36:30.519><c> into</c><00:36:30.739><c> your</c><00:36:30.960><c> mind.</c> 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.980 Later<00:36:31.980><c> on</c><00:36:32.179><c> in</c><00:36:32.360><c> the</c><00:36:32.539><c> chapter,</c> 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:35.429 we<00:36:33.500><c> shall</c><00:36:33.739><c> mount</c><00:36:34.079><c> up</c><00:36:34.280><c> with</c><00:36:34.500><c> wings</c><00:36:34.840><c> like</c><00:36:35.179><c> eagles,</c> 00:36:35.429 --> 00:36:38.769 eagles<00:36:35.849><c> will</c><00:36:36.090><c> run</c><00:36:36.349><c> and</c><00:36:36.530><c> not</c><00:36:36.710><c> be</c><00:36:36.989><c> weary</c><00:36:37.210><c> and</c><00:36:37.349><c> so</c><00:36:37.590><c> on.</c> 00:36:39.030 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in</c><00:36:55.090><c> Genesis</c><00:36:55.530><c> chapter</c><00:36:56.010><c> 6.</c> 00:36:56.929 --> 00:36:59.230 Now<00:36:57.389><c> that's</c><00:36:58.550><c> how</c><00:36:58.730><c> God</c><00:36:58.989><c> is</c><00:36:59.190><c> feeling.</c> 00:36:59.230 --> 00:37:00.690 He<00:36:59.389><c> wants</c><00:36:59.750><c> to</c><00:37:00.150><c> comfort.</c> 00:37:01.010 --> 00:37:02.829 He<00:37:01.170><c> wants</c><00:37:01.510><c> to</c><00:37:02.070><c> regather.</c> 00:37:02.829 --> 00:37:05.389 And<00:37:03.489><c> it</c><00:37:03.909><c> grieves</c><00:37:04.349><c> him</c><00:37:04.530><c> at</c><00:37:04.690><c> his</c><00:37:05.050><c> heart.</c> 00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:09.690 He<00:37:05.690><c> is</c><00:37:06.010><c> sorrowful</c><00:37:06.730><c> for</c><00:37:07.250><c> this</c><00:37:07.570><c> perfect</c><00:37:08.110><c> creation</c><00:37:08.590><c> he</c><00:37:08.750><c> had</c><00:37:09.030><c> made,</c> 00:37:09.889 --> 00:37:14.489 knowing<00:37:10.269><c> even</c><00:37:10.630><c> what</c><00:37:10.889><c> they</c><00:37:11.070><c> would</c><00:37:11.329><c> come</c><00:37:11.670><c> to</c><00:37:12.010><c> in</c><00:37:12.989><c> Genesis</c><00:37:13.289><c> 6,</c> 00:37:14.630 --> 00:37:16.570 it<00:37:15.190><c> still</c><00:37:15.429><c> grieves</c><00:37:15.670><c> him.</c> 00:37:17.150 --> 00:37:19.030 Just<00:37:17.610><c> as</c><00:37:18.030><c> with</c><00:37:18.230><c> a</c><00:37:18.510><c> child,</c> 00:37:19.190 --> 00:37:21.510 they<00:37:19.409><c> do</c><00:37:19.710><c> things</c><00:37:20.010><c> and</c><00:37:20.250><c> it</c><00:37:20.610><c> grieves</c><00:37:20.989><c> us.</c> 00:37:21.869 --> 00:37:24.829 We<00:37:22.110><c> repent,</c><00:37:22.809><c> we</c><00:37:22.909><c> say,</c><00:37:23.289><c> ah,</c><00:37:23.570><c> we</c><00:37:23.929><c> sigh.</c> 00:37:25.050 --> 00:37:27.210 Oh<00:37:25.590><c> dear</c><00:37:26.050><c> me,</c><00:37:26.210><c> what</c><00:37:26.429><c> am</c><00:37:26.570><c> I</c><00:37:26.710><c> going</c><00:37:26.849><c> to</c><00:37:27.070><c> do?</c> 00:37:27.329 --> 00:37:29.289 How<00:37:27.590><c> am</c><00:37:27.829><c> I</c><00:37:27.929><c> going</c><00:37:28.070><c> to</c><00:37:28.349><c> recuperate</c><00:37:28.849><c> these</c><00:37:29.130><c> things</c> 00:37:29.289 --> 00:37:30.510 and<00:37:29.449><c> how</c><00:37:29.630><c> am</c><00:37:29.710><c> I</c><00:37:29.710><c> going</c><00:37:29.849><c> to</c><00:37:30.070><c> change</c><00:37:30.269><c> them?</c> 00:37:30.510 --> 00:37:33.670 That's<00:37:31.389><c> the</c><00:37:31.510><c> emotion</c><00:37:31.949><c> that</c><00:37:32.190><c> God</c><00:37:32.389><c> has.</c> 00:37:34.909 --> 00:37:39.429 Why<00:37:35.030><c> did</c><00:37:35.409><c> Noah</c><00:37:35.750><c> find</c><00:37:36.949><c> grace</c><00:37:37.489><c> in</c><00:37:37.869><c> the</c><00:37:38.050><c> eyes</c><00:37:38.210><c> of</c><00:37:38.409><c> the</c><00:37:38.590><c> Lord?</c> 00:37:40.389 --> 00:37:43.469 Verse<00:37:40.670><c> 6</c><00:37:41.150><c> of</c><00:37:41.349><c> chapter</c><00:37:41.809><c> 6,</c><00:37:42.550><c> if</c><00:37:42.650><c> you're</c><00:37:42.829><c> still</c><00:37:43.150><c> there,</c> 00:37:43.530 --> 00:37:46.409 Genesis<00:37:43.869><c> 6</c><00:37:44.590><c> and</c><00:37:44.809><c> verse</c><00:37:45.110><c> 6,</c><00:37:45.489><c> it</c><00:37:45.510><c> says,</c> 00:37:47.010 --> 00:37:51.530 but<00:37:47.010><c> Noah</c><00:37:47.369><c> found</c><00:37:48.550><c> grace</c><00:37:49.489><c> in</c><00:37:49.929><c> the</c><00:37:50.130><c> eyes</c><00:37:50.289><c> of</c><00:37:50.510><c> the</c><00:37:50.670><c> Lord.</c> 00:37:51.869 --> 00:37:55.190 Now<00:37:52.090><c> grace</c><00:37:52.349><c> is</c><00:37:52.710><c> unmerited</c><00:37:53.949><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:37:55.510 --> 00:37:56.849 It's<00:37:55.710><c> not</c><00:37:55.849><c> something</c><00:37:56.110><c> you</c><00:37:56.349><c> deserve,</c> 00:37:56.869 --> 00:37:59.510 but<00:37:57.050><c> it's</c><00:37:57.230><c> God's</c><00:37:57.730><c> grace,</c><00:37:58.170><c> his</c><00:37:58.510><c> gift</c><00:37:58.989><c> to</c><00:37:59.269><c> you.</c> 00:37:59.510 --> 00:38:03.889 Now<00:37:59.869><c> it</c><00:38:00.630><c> says</c><00:38:00.869><c> that</c><00:38:01.190><c> Noah</c><00:38:01.369><c> found</c><00:38:01.829><c> grace</c><00:38:02.210><c> in</c><00:38:02.409><c> the</c><00:38:02.570><c> eyes</c><00:38:02.769><c> of</c><00:38:02.969><c> the</c><00:38:03.110><c> Lord.</c> 00:38:03.949 --> 00:38:06.210 What<00:38:04.210><c> was</c><00:38:04.550><c> it</c><00:38:04.750><c> that</c><00:38:04.969><c> precipitated</c><00:38:05.949><c> this?</c> 00:38:06.289 --> 00:38:10.429 Why<00:38:06.489><c> did</c><00:38:07.349><c> Noah</c><00:38:07.630><c> find</c><00:38:08.030><c> grace</c><00:38:08.449><c> in</c><00:38:08.670><c> the</c><00:38:08.889><c> eyes</c><00:38:09.190><c> of</c><00:38:09.469><c> the</c><00:38:09.630><c> Lord?</c> 00:38:10.869 --> 00:38:13.449 In<00:38:10.949><c> a</c><00:38:11.210><c> wicked</c><00:38:11.530><c> age</c><00:38:12.010><c> in</c><00:38:12.170><c> which</c><00:38:12.369><c> he</c><00:38:12.630><c> lived,</c> 00:38:13.670 --> 00:38:16.309 surrounded<00:38:14.010><c> by</c><00:38:14.429><c> things</c><00:38:14.670><c> which</c><00:38:14.969><c> men's</c><00:38:15.710><c> imagination</c> 00:38:16.309 --> 00:38:17.789 was<00:38:16.550><c> only</c><00:38:16.829><c> evil</c><00:38:17.130><c> continually,</c> 00:38:18.070 --> 00:38:22.269 yet<00:38:18.250><c> this</c><00:38:18.630><c> man</c><00:38:18.949><c> finds</c><00:38:19.550><c> grace</c><00:38:20.210><c> in</c><00:38:20.690><c> the</c><00:38:20.889><c> eyes</c><00:38:21.050><c> of</c><00:38:21.269><c> the</c><00:38:21.429><c> Lord.</c> 00:38:22.449 --> 00:38:24.909 If<00:38:22.630><c> you</c><00:38:22.730><c> look</c><00:38:22.889><c> at</c><00:38:23.030><c> verse</c><00:38:23.289><c> 9,</c><00:38:23.949><c> it</c><00:38:24.070><c> says,</c> 00:38:25.349 --> 00:38:27.010 these<00:38:25.510><c> are</c><00:38:25.730><c> the</c><00:38:25.889><c> generations</c><00:38:26.429><c> of</c><00:38:26.750><c> Noah.</c> 00:38:27.010 --> 00:38:34.250 Noah<00:38:27.670><c> was</c><00:38:28.010><c> a</c><00:38:29.269><c> just</c><00:38:30.130><c> man</c><00:38:31.030><c> and</c><00:38:32.150><c> perfect</c><00:38:32.510><c> in</c><00:38:32.710><c> his</c><00:38:32.969><c> generations,</c> 00:38:34.429 --> 00:38:37.230 and<00:38:34.710><c> Noah</c><00:38:35.190><c> walked</c><00:38:35.730><c> with</c><00:38:36.269><c> God.</c> 00:38:37.789 --> 00:38:39.889 There's<00:38:38.090><c> a</c><00:38:38.210><c> number</c><00:38:38.389><c> of</c><00:38:38.469><c> things</c><00:38:38.730><c> I'd</c><00:38:38.989><c> like</c><00:38:39.070><c> to</c><00:38:39.349><c> pull</c><00:38:39.489><c> out</c><00:38:39.730><c> of</c> 00:38:39.889 --> 00:38:41.090 that<00:38:40.170><c> verse.</c> 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chapter</c><00:38:58.469><c> 7,</c><00:38:59.110><c> still</c><00:38:59.230><c> in</c><00:38:59.489><c> Genesis,</c> 00:39:00.510 --> 00:39:02.829 Genesis<00:39:00.969><c> chapter</c><00:39:01.449><c> 7</c><00:39:01.949><c> and</c><00:39:02.130><c> verse</c><00:39:02.389><c> 1,</c> 00:39:02.949 --> 00:39:05.869 here<00:39:03.150><c> we've</c><00:39:03.429><c> got</c><00:39:03.570><c> the</c><00:39:03.789><c> same</c><00:39:04.050><c> concept</c><00:39:04.590><c> described</c><00:39:05.250><c> for</c><00:39:05.610><c> us.</c> 00:39:06.110 --> 00:39:09.730 He's<00:39:06.449><c> described</c><00:39:06.730><c> as</c><00:39:06.929><c> a</c><00:39:07.190><c> just</c><00:39:07.510><c> man,</c><00:39:08.449><c> back</c><00:39:08.550><c> in</c><00:39:08.769><c> chapter</c><00:39:09.070><c> 6.</c> 00:39:10.070 --> 00:39:13.230 Here,<00:39:10.929><c> when</c><00:39:11.030><c> we</c><00:39:11.230><c> come</c><00:39:11.389><c> to</c><00:39:11.590><c> chapter</c><00:39:11.929><c> 7,</c><00:39:12.489><c> verse</c><00:39:12.730><c> 1,</c> 00:39:13.670 --> 00:39:15.489 the<00:39:13.789><c> Lord</c><00:39:14.050><c> said</c><00:39:14.250><c> unto</c><00:39:14.530><c> Noah,</c> 00:39:15.809 --> 00:39:19.210 Come<00:39:16.130><c> thou</c><00:39:16.570><c> and</c><00:39:17.050><c> all</c><00:39:17.329><c> thy</c><00:39:17.550><c> house</c><00:39:17.949><c> into</c><00:39:18.250><c> the</c><00:39:18.630><c> ark,</c> 00:39:19.449 --> 00:39:26.409 for<00:39:19.690><c> thee</c><00:39:20.050><c> have</c><00:39:20.329><c> I</c><00:39:20.610><c> found</c><00:39:21.710><c> righteous</c><00:39:23.130><c> before</c><00:39:23.969><c> me</c><00:39:24.650><c> in</c><00:39:24.949><c> this</c><00:39:25.170><c> generation.</c> 00:39:26.690 --> 00:39:29.030 Just<00:39:27.170><c> and</c><00:39:27.630><c> righteous,</c><00:39:28.210><c> they're</c><00:39:28.409><c> synonymous.</c> 00:39:29.349 --> 00:39:32.289 And<00:39:29.590><c> that's</c><00:39:29.949><c> how</c><00:39:30.269><c> God</c><00:39:30.730><c> saw</c><00:39:31.329><c> this</c><00:39:31.670><c> man</c><00:39:32.030><c> Noah,</c> 00:39:32.650 --> 00:39:34.909 and<00:39:32.769><c> as</c><00:39:33.010><c> a</c><00:39:33.190><c> consequence,</c><00:39:33.650><c> he</c><00:39:33.750><c> was</c><00:39:33.929><c> going</c><00:39:34.090><c> to</c><00:39:34.230><c> work</c><00:39:34.449><c> with</c><00:39:34.670><c> him,</c> 00:39:35.110 --> 00:39:36.550 and<00:39:35.190><c> he</c><00:39:35.250><c> was</c><00:39:35.409><c> going</c><00:39:35.530><c> to</c><00:39:35.750><c> change</c><00:39:36.110><c> things,</c> 00:39:36.730 --> 00:39:39.269 because<00:39:37.150><c> he</c><00:39:37.510><c> was</c><00:39:37.730><c> a</c><00:39:37.889><c> righteous</c><00:39:38.230><c> man.</c> 00:39:40.230 --> 00:39:43.369 One<00:39:40.429><c> other</c><00:39:40.690><c> reference</c><00:39:41.050><c> I'd</c><00:39:41.369><c> like</c><00:39:41.489><c> you</c><00:39:41.650><c> to</c><00:39:41.849><c> look</c><00:39:42.090><c> at</c><00:39:42.329><c> is</c><00:39:42.750><c> Abraham,</c> 00:39:43.530 --> 00:39:46.429 in<00:39:43.590><c> that,</c><00:39:44.329><c> as</c><00:39:44.469><c> we've</c><00:39:45.030><c> described</c><00:39:45.349><c> it</c><00:39:45.690><c> sacrilegiously,</c> 00:39:46.510 --> 00:39:48.789 as<00:39:46.690><c> a</c><00:39:46.829><c> horse</c><00:39:47.170><c>-dealing</c><00:39:47.829><c> trading</c><00:39:48.309><c> effort.</c> 00:39:49.150 --> 00:39:53.309 In<00:39:49.289><c> Genesis</c><00:39:49.829><c> chapter</c><00:39:50.329><c> 18,</c><00:39:52.349><c> Noah,</c><00:39:52.670><c> I</c><00:39:52.809><c> mean,</c><00:39:53.090><c> sorry,</c> 00:39:53.309 --> 00:39:55.610 Abraham<00:39:53.869><c> is</c><00:39:54.130><c> trying</c><00:39:54.389><c> to</c><00:39:54.650><c> determine,</c> 00:39:56.010 --> 00:39:58.130 what<00:39:56.030><c> is</c><00:39:56.250><c> the</c><00:39:56.429><c> mercy</c><00:39:56.730><c> of</c><00:39:56.909><c> God</c><00:39:57.170><c> like?</c> 00:39:58.710 --> 00:40:00.429 How<00:39:59.230><c> forgiving</c><00:39:59.750><c> is</c><00:40:00.170><c> he?</c> 00:40:00.670 --> 00:40:02.510 And<00:40:00.869><c> how</c><00:40:01.090><c> will</c><00:40:01.250><c> he</c><00:40:01.530><c> work?</c> 00:40:03.289 --> 00:40:07.710 Genesis<00:40:03.730><c> chapter</c><00:40:04.170><c> 18,</c><00:40:05.829><c> verse</c><00:40:06.090><c> 23,</c> 00:40:08.030 --> 00:40:10.230 and<00:40:08.269><c> we</c><00:40:08.389><c> could</c><00:40:08.590><c> go</c><00:40:08.809><c> on</c><00:40:08.969><c> for</c><00:40:09.150><c> the</c><00:40:09.329><c> rest</c><00:40:09.550><c> of</c><00:40:09.750><c> the</c><00:40:09.909><c> chapter,</c> 00:40:10.610 --> 00:40:12.349 but<00:40:10.690><c> let's</c><00:40:11.110><c> just</c><00:40:11.329><c> look</c><00:40:11.489><c> at</c><00:40:11.650><c> verse</c><00:40:11.809><c> 23.</c> 00:40:12.429 --> 00:40:14.670 Genesis<00:40:12.809><c> 18</c><00:40:13.190><c> and</c><00:40:13.329><c> verse</c><00:40:13.530><c> 23.</c> 00:40:14.909 --> 00:40:16.889 And<00:40:15.090><c> Abram</c><00:40:15.369><c> drew</c><00:40:15.550><c> near</c><00:40:15.809><c> and</c><00:40:16.090><c> said,</c> 00:40:17.010 --> 00:40:21.610 Will<00:40:17.190><c> thou</c><00:40:17.449><c> also</c><00:40:17.909><c> destroy</c><00:40:18.610><c> the</c><00:40:19.789><c> righteous</c><00:40:20.429><c> with</c><00:40:20.710><c> the</c><00:40:20.849><c> wicked?</c> 00:40:21.789 --> 00:40:24.389 You<00:40:22.269><c> know,</c><00:40:22.530><c> he</c><00:40:22.690><c> doesn't</c><00:40:23.050><c> know</c><00:40:23.369><c> his</c><00:40:23.630><c> God</c><00:40:23.909><c> well.</c> 00:40:24.670 --> 00:40:27.130 He<00:40:24.869><c> knows</c><00:40:25.150><c> what</c><00:40:25.389><c> he's</c><00:40:25.670><c> done,</c><00:40:25.909><c> and</c><00:40:26.050><c> he's</c><00:40:26.369><c> responded</c><00:40:26.650><c> to</c><00:40:26.989><c> him,</c> 00:40:27.150 --> 00:40:32.250 but<00:40:27.670><c> how</c><00:40:28.329><c> forgiving,</c><00:40:29.590><c> how</c><00:40:30.190><c> understanding</c><00:40:30.989><c> are</c><00:40:31.329><c> you,</c><00:40:31.590><c> Lord?</c> 00:40:32.670 --> 00:40:34.610 And<00:40:32.969><c> so</c><00:40:33.110><c> he</c><00:40:33.269><c> says</c><00:40:33.550><c> to</c><00:40:33.730><c> him,</c> 00:40:34.769 --> 00:40:37.010 Are<00:40:34.869><c> you</c><00:40:34.949><c> going</c><00:40:35.170><c> to</c><00:40:35.369><c> destroy</c><00:40:35.530><c> the</c><00:40:35.789><c> righteous</c><00:40:36.150><c> down</c><00:40:36.469><c> in</c><00:40:36.809><c> Sodom,</c> 00:40:37.030 --> 00:40:38.650 along<00:40:37.289><c> with</c><00:40:37.429><c> the</c><00:40:37.610><c> wicked?</c><00:40:37.829><c> And</c><00:40:38.050><c> then</c><00:40:38.210><c> this</c><00:40:38.429><c> starts.</c> 00:40:39.030 --> 00:40:42.409 Well,<00:40:39.190><c> if</c><00:40:39.309><c> you</c><00:40:39.489><c> found</c><00:40:39.710><c> 50</c><00:40:40.289><c> righteous,</c><00:40:40.750><c> would</c><00:40:40.929><c> you</c><00:40:41.070><c> destroy</c><00:40:41.409><c> it?</c> 00:40:42.550 --> 00:40:44.369 And<00:40:43.030><c> off</c><00:40:43.210><c> we</c><00:40:43.309><c> go</c><00:40:43.489><c> down.</c> 00:40:44.750 --> 00:40:47.449 And<00:40:44.989><c> he</c><00:40:45.050><c> wants</c><00:40:45.269><c> to</c><00:40:45.550><c> find</c><00:40:45.750><c> out</c><00:40:45.949><c> how</c><00:40:46.429><c> righteous</c><00:40:46.849><c> God</c><00:40:47.110><c> is.</c> 00:40:47.449 --> 00:40:50.030 And<00:40:47.730><c> you</c><00:40:47.869><c> remember</c><00:40:48.309><c> the</c><00:40:48.510><c> record</c><00:40:48.849><c> in</c><00:40:49.070><c> that</c><00:40:49.289><c> chapter</c><00:40:49.530><c> 18</c><00:40:49.829><c> and</c> 00:40:50.030 --> 00:40:51.530 chapter<00:40:50.329><c> 19.</c> 00:40:51.989 --> 00:40:53.190 Abram<00:40:52.130><c> arose</c><00:40:52.389><c> early</c><00:40:52.670><c> in</c><00:40:52.829><c> the</c><00:40:52.969><c> morning,</c> 00:40:53.250 --> 00:40:54.409 and<00:40:53.369><c> he</c><00:40:53.469><c> looked</c><00:40:53.650><c> towards</c><00:40:54.030><c> Sodom,</c> 00:40:54.710 --> 00:40:56.909 and<00:40:54.889><c> the</c><00:40:55.250><c> smoke</c><00:40:55.550><c> went</c><00:40:55.829><c> up</c><00:40:56.050><c> like</c><00:40:56.369><c> a</c><00:40:56.530><c> furnace.</c> 00:40:57.210 --> 00:40:59.449 And<00:40:57.349><c> I</c><00:40:57.530><c> can</c><00:40:57.690><c> just</c><00:40:57.909><c> imagine</c><00:40:58.250><c> Abram</c><00:40:58.610><c> saying,</c> 00:40:59.670 --> 00:41:02.610 Oh,<00:41:00.909><c> there</c><00:41:01.110><c> weren't</c><00:41:01.329><c> even</c><00:41:01.789><c> five.</c> 00:41:02.789 --> 00:41:04.389 There<00:41:03.010><c> was</c><00:41:03.269><c> not</c><00:41:03.449><c> enough.</c> 00:41:04.469 --> 00:41:06.070 And<00:41:04.670><c> what</c><00:41:04.849><c> had</c><00:41:04.989><c> God</c><00:41:05.190><c> done?</c> 00:41:06.429 --> 00:41:09.469 He'd<00:41:06.730><c> gone</c><00:41:06.969><c> down</c><00:41:07.329><c> and</c><00:41:07.510><c> he'd</c><00:41:07.789><c> taken</c><00:41:08.030><c> out</c><00:41:09.130><c> Lot</c> 00:41:09.469 --> 00:41:12.489 and<00:41:10.349><c> his</c><00:41:10.570><c> wife</c><00:41:10.929><c> and</c><00:41:11.090><c> his</c><00:41:11.309><c> two</c><00:41:11.510><c> daughters.</c> 00:41:12.690 --> 00:41:14.489 And<00:41:12.929><c> we</c><00:41:13.130><c> marvel</c><00:41:13.449><c> at</c><00:41:13.630><c> that.</c> 00:41:14.550 --> 00:41:16.329 I<00:41:14.710><c> always</c><00:41:14.989><c> think,</c><00:41:15.250><c> you</c><00:41:15.469><c> know,</c><00:41:15.570><c> you've</c><00:41:15.650><c> got</c><00:41:15.710><c> two</c><00:41:15.949><c> angels,</c> 00:41:16.329 --> 00:41:19.369 and<00:41:16.550><c> they</c><00:41:16.690><c> have</c><00:41:16.829><c> two</c><00:41:17.030><c> hands,</c><00:41:18.070><c> one</c><00:41:18.110><c> on</c><00:41:18.230><c> each</c><00:41:18.530><c> side.</c> 00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:21.590 And<00:41:19.789><c> you've</c><00:41:20.010><c> got</c><00:41:20.329><c> two</c><00:41:20.630><c> people,</c> 00:41:21.989 --> 00:41:24.469 and<00:41:22.090><c> you've</c><00:41:22.250><c> got</c><00:41:22.309><c> two</c><00:41:22.570><c> angels,</c><00:41:22.809><c> so</c><00:41:22.969><c> you've</c><00:41:23.090><c> got</c><00:41:23.170><c> four</c><00:41:23.469><c> people.</c> 00:41:24.909 --> 00:41:29.530 This<00:41:25.190><c> means</c><00:41:25.489><c> that</c><00:41:25.769><c> Lot's</c><00:41:26.170><c> wife</c><00:41:26.510><c> had</c><00:41:26.829><c> her</c><00:41:27.210><c> hand</c><00:41:27.610><c> in</c><00:41:27.969><c> an</c><00:41:28.250><c> angel's</c><00:41:28.730><c> hand.</c> 00:41:29.789 --> 00:41:33.250 Now<00:41:30.110><c> somehow</c><00:41:30.570><c> she's</c><00:41:31.570><c> got</c><00:41:31.670><c> to</c><00:41:32.010><c> pull</c><00:41:32.170><c> her</c><00:41:32.449><c> hand</c><00:41:32.610><c> out</c><00:41:32.849><c> of</c><00:41:33.030><c> that</c> 00:41:33.250 --> 00:41:34.230 angel's<00:41:34.050><c> hand.</c> 00:41:34.550 --> 00:41:36.449 She's<00:41:34.869><c> got</c><00:41:34.989><c> to</c><00:41:35.210><c> turn</c><00:41:35.389><c> around,</c> 00:41:36.789 --> 00:41:38.750 and<00:41:36.909><c> she's</c><00:41:37.150><c> got</c><00:41:37.230><c> to</c><00:41:37.349><c> head</c><00:41:37.449><c> back</c><00:41:37.710><c> to</c><00:41:38.030><c> Sodom.</c> 00:41:39.969 --> 00:41:43.869 Now<00:41:40.289><c> God</c><00:41:40.590><c> has</c><00:41:40.869><c> come</c><00:41:41.130><c> down</c><00:41:41.489><c> to</c><00:41:42.550><c> Sodom.</c> 00:41:44.170 --> 00:41:46.469 He's<00:41:44.670><c> taken</c><00:41:44.969><c> us</c><00:41:45.250><c> by</c><00:41:45.510><c> the</c><00:41:45.929><c> hand,</c> 00:41:46.869 --> 00:41:48.969 and<00:41:46.949><c> he</c><00:41:47.090><c> wants</c><00:41:47.329><c> to</c><00:41:47.590><c> lead</c><00:41:47.690><c> us</c><00:41:47.929><c> out.</c> 00:41:49.269 --> 00:41:51.030 Don't<00:41:49.510><c> be</c><00:41:49.710><c> like</c><00:41:49.869><c> Lot's</c><00:41:50.269><c> wife.</c> 00:41:51.190 --> 00:41:53.170 There's<00:41:51.429><c> a</c><00:41:51.610><c> verse</c><00:41:51.769><c> in</c><00:41:51.969><c> the</c><00:41:52.090><c> New</c><00:41:52.250><c> Testament.</c> 00:41:54.190 --> 00:41:55.949 Remember<00:41:54.690><c> Lot's</c><00:41:55.190><c> wife.</c> 00:41:56.550 --> 00:41:57.750 And<00:41:56.690><c> we</c><00:41:56.829><c> should</c><00:41:57.030><c> remember</c><00:41:57.489><c> that.</c> 00:41:58.170 --> 00:42:00.389 We<00:41:58.670><c> have</c><00:41:59.030><c> our</c><00:41:59.309><c> hand</c><00:41:59.550><c> in</c><00:41:59.750><c> an</c><00:41:59.949><c> angel's</c><00:42:00.329><c> hand.</c> 00:42:00.449 --> 00:42:01.510 God<00:42:00.670><c> has</c><00:42:00.949><c> called</c><00:42:01.170><c> us.</c> 00:42:01.750 --> 00:42:02.710 We<00:42:01.849><c> are</c><00:42:02.010><c> part</c><00:42:02.170><c> of</c><00:42:02.269><c> his</c><00:42:02.429><c> family.</c> 00:42:02.809 --> 00:42:03.989 Don't<00:42:03.170><c> turn</c><00:42:03.550><c> back.</c> 00:42:04.369 --> 00:42:05.710 Don't<00:42:04.610><c> go</c><00:42:04.969><c> back.</c> 00:42:05.809 --> 00:42:07.429 Now,<00:42:06.469><c> why</c><00:42:06.710><c> Lot's</c><00:42:07.030><c> wife</c><00:42:07.170><c> did?</c> 00:42:07.570 --> 00:42:08.690 Maybe<00:42:07.809><c> she</c><00:42:07.949><c> had</c><00:42:08.090><c> family</c><00:42:08.429><c> there.</c> 00:42:08.929 --> 00:42:11.630 I<00:42:09.429><c> just</c><00:42:09.730><c> got</c><00:42:09.909><c> new</c><00:42:10.269><c> carpet</c><00:42:10.769><c> in</c><00:42:11.090><c> the</c><00:42:11.309><c> house,</c> 00:42:11.630 --> 00:42:13.610 and<00:42:12.010><c> I've</c><00:42:12.250><c> got</c><00:42:12.269><c> to</c><00:42:12.429><c> walk</c><00:42:12.650><c> away</c><00:42:12.989><c> from</c><00:42:13.230><c> this.</c> 00:42:14.110 --> 00:42:16.949 You<00:42:14.170><c> know,</c><00:42:14.449><c> whatever</c><00:42:14.670><c> it</c><00:42:14.869><c> was,</c><00:42:15.070><c> it</c><00:42:15.210><c> pulled</c><00:42:15.610><c> her</c><00:42:16.050><c> back.</c> 00:42:17.090 --> 00:42:18.849 The<00:42:17.309><c> things</c><00:42:17.510><c> of</c><00:42:17.730><c> the</c><00:42:17.929><c> world</c><00:42:18.090><c> were</c><00:42:18.349><c> such</c><00:42:18.570><c> that,</c> 00:42:18.889 --> 00:42:21.070 ah,<00:42:19.170><c> I</c><00:42:19.429><c> can't</c><00:42:19.730><c> leave</c><00:42:19.969><c> it.</c> 00:42:22.329 --> 00:42:24.510 Our<00:42:22.590><c> house</c><00:42:22.849><c> is</c><00:42:23.869><c> not</c><00:42:24.230><c> new.</c> 00:42:24.849 --> 00:42:26.329 We<00:42:25.110><c> moved</c><00:42:25.309><c> in</c><00:42:25.489><c> there</c><00:42:25.650><c> in</c><00:42:25.869><c> 1980.</c> 00:42:26.429 --> 00:42:28.409 So<00:42:26.570><c> what</c><00:42:26.690><c> does</c><00:42:26.769><c> that</c><00:42:27.010><c> make</c><00:42:27.130><c> it,</c><00:42:27.250><c> about</c><00:42:27.409><c> 30</c><00:42:27.730><c>-odd</c><00:42:27.889><c> years</c><00:42:28.130><c> old?</c> 00:42:28.889 --> 00:42:32.050 We<00:42:29.190><c> have</c><00:42:29.349><c> managed</c><00:42:29.769><c> to</c><00:42:30.110><c> assemble</c><00:42:30.610><c> quite</c><00:42:31.010><c> a</c><00:42:31.170><c> bit</c><00:42:31.389><c> of</c><00:42:31.630><c> stuff</c><00:42:31.750><c> over</c> 00:42:32.050 --> 00:42:32.690 30<00:42:32.369><c> years.</c> 00:42:33.030 --> 00:42:34.809 Garbage,<00:42:33.630><c> junk,</c><00:42:33.809><c> really.</c> 00:42:35.210 --> 00:42:37.110 And<00:42:35.329><c> your</c><00:42:35.469><c> kids</c><00:42:35.610><c> don't</c><00:42:35.949><c> want</c><00:42:36.090><c> it.</c> 00:42:37.150 --> 00:42:38.909 But<00:42:37.369><c> do</c><00:42:37.550><c> you</c><00:42:37.570><c> think</c><00:42:37.730><c> you</c><00:42:37.869><c> can</c><00:42:38.070><c> get</c><00:42:38.269><c> rid</c><00:42:38.449><c> of</c><00:42:38.630><c> it?</c> 00:42:38.909 --> 00:42:41.469 You<00:42:39.849><c> know,</c><00:42:39.989><c> do</c><00:42:40.150><c> you</c><00:42:40.190><c> think</c><00:42:40.349><c> you</c><00:42:40.489><c> can</c><00:42:40.710><c> just</c><00:42:41.010><c> say,</c> 00:42:41.969 --> 00:42:44.130 hold<00:42:42.210><c> your</c><00:42:42.469><c> nose</c><00:42:42.789><c> up</c><00:42:43.210><c> to</c><00:42:43.710><c> the</c><00:42:43.909><c> fire?</c> 00:42:44.289 --> 00:42:48.510 You<00:42:44.630><c> know,</c><00:42:45.010><c> it's</c><00:42:45.429><c> very</c><00:42:45.849><c> difficult</c><00:42:46.329><c> stuff</c><00:42:46.869><c> that</c><00:42:47.150><c> we</c><00:42:47.429><c> accumulate.</c> 00:42:48.610 --> 00:42:51.829 The<00:42:48.789><c> things</c><00:42:48.989><c> we</c><00:42:49.409><c> have,</c><00:42:50.070><c> we</c><00:42:50.210><c> find</c><00:42:50.409><c> it</c><00:42:50.590><c> very</c><00:42:50.789><c> difficult.</c> 00:42:52.010 --> 00:42:53.989 God<00:42:52.230><c> has</c><00:42:52.449><c> said</c><00:42:52.550><c> one</c><00:42:52.849><c> day</c><00:42:52.969><c> you're</c><00:42:53.230><c> going</c><00:42:53.250><c> to</c><00:42:53.389><c> walk</c><00:42:53.550><c> away</c><00:42:53.789><c> from</c> 00:42:53.989 --> 00:42:55.869 all<00:42:54.110><c> this.</c> 00:42:57.650 --> 00:42:59.489 Come<00:42:57.809><c> with</c><00:42:58.050><c> me.</c> 00:43:01.809 --> 00:43:03.510 No<00:43:02.150><c> ifs,</c><00:43:02.369><c> ands,</c><00:43:02.630><c> or</c><00:43:02.750><c> buts.</c> 00:43:04.090 --> 00:43:08.250 Now,<00:43:04.449><c> we</c><00:43:04.869><c> have</c><00:43:05.230><c> to</c><00:43:05.650><c> try</c><00:43:05.889><c> and</c><00:43:06.289><c> store</c><00:43:06.530><c> that</c><00:43:06.969><c> fact</c><00:43:07.210><c> away</c><00:43:07.530><c> in</c><00:43:07.710><c> our</c><00:43:07.869><c> brains.</c> 00:43:08.750 --> 00:43:10.690 That<00:43:09.230><c> all</c><00:43:09.489><c> the</c><00:43:09.869><c> stuff</c><00:43:10.110><c> we've</c><00:43:10.510><c> got,</c> 00:43:10.750 --> 00:43:12.590 the<00:43:10.909><c> things</c><00:43:11.130><c> we've</c><00:43:11.670><c> planned,</c> 00:43:13.750 --> 00:43:15.809 we're<00:43:14.030><c> going</c><00:43:14.090><c> to</c><00:43:14.210><c> walk</c><00:43:14.389><c> away</c><00:43:14.590><c> from</c><00:43:14.849><c> them.</c> 00:43:15.949 --> 00:43:19.269 It's<00:43:16.269><c> okay</c><00:43:16.530><c> for</c><00:43:16.730><c> an</c><00:43:16.829><c> old</c><00:43:17.030><c> duffer</c><00:43:17.329><c> like</c><00:43:17.510><c> me</c><00:43:17.710><c> to</c><00:43:17.889><c> talk</c><00:43:18.090><c> about</c><00:43:18.349><c> it.</c> 00:43:19.670 --> 00:43:21.150 When<00:43:19.869><c> you're</c><00:43:20.110><c> about</c><00:43:20.409><c> 16,</c> 00:43:21.329 --> 00:43:25.010 you<00:43:22.050><c> can't</c><00:43:22.469><c> wait</c><00:43:22.789><c> to</c><00:43:23.030><c> get</c><00:43:23.309><c> your</c><00:43:23.570><c> driver's</c><00:43:24.110><c> license.</c> 00:43:25.449 --> 00:43:26.690 And<00:43:25.690><c> then</c><00:43:25.849><c> there's</c><00:43:26.050><c> this</c><00:43:26.170><c> little</c><00:43:26.369><c> honey,</c> 00:43:27.030 --> 00:43:29.309 I<00:43:27.449><c> think</c><00:43:28.130><c> she's</c><00:43:28.550><c> special.</c> 00:43:29.349 --> 00:43:31.530 Sure<00:43:29.550><c> would</c><00:43:29.710><c> like</c><00:43:29.809><c> to</c><00:43:29.969><c> get</c><00:43:30.090><c> hooked</c><00:43:30.289><c> up</c><00:43:30.469><c> with</c><00:43:30.610><c> her.</c> 00:43:31.849 --> 00:43:34.570 And<00:43:32.050><c> then</c><00:43:32.150><c> you'd</c><00:43:32.389><c> like</c><00:43:32.449><c> to</c><00:43:32.670><c> maybe</c><00:43:33.670><c> have</c><00:43:34.110><c> a</c><00:43:34.309><c> child.</c> 00:43:34.809 --> 00:43:35.949 We'd<00:43:35.110><c> like</c><00:43:35.170><c> to</c><00:43:35.349><c> have</c><00:43:35.449><c> a</c><00:43:35.610><c> child.</c> 00:43:35.949 --> 00:43:38.150 And<00:43:36.710><c> you</c><00:43:36.829><c> have</c><00:43:37.010><c> a</c><00:43:37.230><c> career.</c> 00:43:38.210 --> 00:43:40.010 I'd<00:43:38.610><c> like</c><00:43:38.710><c> to</c><00:43:38.849><c> get</c><00:43:38.949><c> a</c><00:43:39.130><c> promotion.</c> 00:43:40.230 --> 00:43:40.969 You<00:43:40.449><c> know</c><00:43:40.510><c> what</c><00:43:40.670><c> I</c><00:43:40.789><c> mean?</c> 00:43:41.210 --> 00:43:44.610 You<00:43:41.369><c> have</c><00:43:41.670><c> tons</c><00:43:42.090><c> of</c><00:43:42.409><c> things</c><00:43:42.690><c> that</c><00:43:42.949><c> you</c><00:43:43.150><c> aspire</c><00:43:43.690><c> to.</c> 00:43:44.869 --> 00:43:46.130 Now,<00:43:45.050><c> when</c><00:43:45.170><c> you</c><00:43:45.329><c> get</c><00:43:45.469><c> an</c><00:43:45.670><c> old</c><00:43:45.829><c> duffer,</c> 00:43:46.230 --> 00:43:47.230 it's<00:43:46.329><c> been</c><00:43:46.510><c> there,</c><00:43:46.829><c> done</c><00:43:46.969><c> that.</c> 00:43:47.449 --> 00:43:49.070 You<00:43:47.449><c> know,</c><00:43:47.710><c> what</c><00:43:47.909><c> more</c><00:43:48.010><c> do</c><00:43:48.110><c> you</c><00:43:48.289><c> want?</c> 00:43:49.289 --> 00:43:51.710 There's<00:43:49.670><c> very</c><00:43:50.150><c> little</c><00:43:50.389><c> that</c><00:43:50.570><c> you</c><00:43:50.829><c> want.</c> 00:43:52.269 --> 00:43:54.530 And<00:43:52.469><c> in</c><00:43:52.570><c> my</c><00:43:52.809><c> mind,</c><00:43:52.989><c> that's</c><00:43:53.269><c> a</c><00:43:53.349><c> gift</c><00:43:53.489><c> of</c><00:43:53.730><c> God.</c> 00:43:55.869 --> 00:44:00.590 Now<00:43:56.309><c> is</c><00:43:56.750><c> our</c><00:43:57.050><c> salvation</c><00:43:57.869><c> nearer</c><00:43:58.889><c> than</c><00:43:59.309><c> when</c><00:43:59.489><c> we</c><00:43:59.809><c> believed.</c> 00:44:01.090 --> 00:44:02.170 And<00:44:01.309><c> as</c><00:44:01.510><c> you</c><00:44:01.690><c> get</c><00:44:01.929><c> old,</c> 00:44:02.170 --> 00:44:06.449 I<00:44:02.309><c> think</c><00:44:02.510><c> our</c><00:44:02.829><c> Lord</c><00:44:03.030><c> has</c><00:44:04.150><c> moderated</c><00:44:05.130><c> our</c><00:44:05.489><c> lust</c><00:44:05.789><c> and</c><00:44:06.150><c> drive</c> 00:44:06.449 --> 00:44:07.610 to<00:44:06.750><c> accumulate</c><00:44:07.210><c> stuff.</c> 00:44:08.010 --> 00:44:09.610 Because<00:44:08.329><c> we</c><00:44:08.530><c> say,</c><00:44:08.769><c> well,</c><00:44:08.869><c> I've</c><00:44:09.050><c> already</c><00:44:09.269><c> got</c><00:44:09.489><c> one.</c> 00:44:09.610 --> 00:44:10.650 Sure,<00:44:09.849><c> it's</c><00:44:09.969><c> a</c><00:44:10.030><c> bit</c><00:44:10.230><c> broken.</c> 00:44:10.789 --> 00:44:11.789 It<00:44:10.989><c> doesn't</c><00:44:11.110><c> work</c><00:44:11.349><c> that</c><00:44:11.610><c> well.</c> 00:44:12.289 --> 00:44:13.989 But<00:44:12.289><c> if</c><00:44:12.969><c> I'm</c><00:44:13.130><c> going</c><00:44:13.250><c> to</c><00:44:13.349><c> get</c><00:44:13.449><c> a</c><00:44:13.630><c> new</c><00:44:13.809><c> one,</c> 00:44:14.050 --> 00:44:16.250 I<00:44:14.349><c> don't</c><00:44:14.590><c> know</c><00:44:14.670><c> how</c><00:44:14.869><c> your</c><00:44:15.130><c> minds</c><00:44:15.429><c> work,</c> 00:44:16.769 --> 00:44:17.949 but<00:44:16.789><c> every</c><00:44:17.170><c> time</c><00:44:17.309><c> I</c><00:44:17.449><c> get</c><00:44:17.570><c> a</c><00:44:17.769><c> car,</c> 00:44:18.070 --> 00:44:20.590 I<00:44:18.110><c> never</c><00:44:18.349><c> get</c><00:44:18.610><c> another</c><00:44:18.909><c> one</c><00:44:19.050><c> before</c><00:44:19.289><c> our</c><00:44:19.489><c> Lord</c><00:44:19.630><c> returns.</c> 00:44:21.429 --> 00:44:23.789 But<00:44:21.730><c> they</c><00:44:21.929><c> tend</c><00:44:22.070><c> to</c><00:44:22.210><c> wear</c><00:44:22.369><c> out,</c><00:44:22.530><c> and</c><00:44:22.610><c> you've</c><00:44:22.789><c> got</c><00:44:22.809><c> to</c><00:44:22.909><c> get</c><00:44:23.030><c> another</c><00:44:23.389><c> one.</c> 00:44:24.150 --> 00:44:27.789 But<00:44:24.550><c> to</c><00:44:25.030><c> try</c><00:44:25.210><c> and</c><00:44:25.429><c> keep</c><00:44:25.550><c> that</c><00:44:25.889><c> in</c><00:44:25.989><c> the</c><00:44:26.449><c> background</c><00:44:26.949><c> of</c><00:44:27.309><c> our</c><00:44:27.530><c> minds,</c> 00:44:27.849 --> 00:44:30.809 that<00:44:28.449><c> we</c><00:44:28.750><c> are</c><00:44:28.989><c> going</c><00:44:29.110><c> to</c><00:44:29.289><c> walk</c><00:44:29.489><c> away</c><00:44:29.769><c> from</c><00:44:29.969><c> all</c><00:44:30.190><c> these</c><00:44:30.449><c> things,</c> 00:44:30.809 --> 00:44:33.969 how<00:44:31.449><c> long</c><00:44:31.690><c> that</c><00:44:31.849><c> will</c><00:44:32.090><c> be,</c><00:44:32.369><c> we</c><00:44:32.690><c> do</c><00:44:32.889><c> not</c><00:44:33.170><c> know.</c> 00:44:34.050 --> 00:44:37.670 But<00:44:34.289><c> I</c><00:44:34.590><c> think</c><00:44:34.769><c> we</c><00:44:34.969><c> have</c><00:44:35.150><c> to</c><00:44:35.409><c> constantly</c><00:44:35.969><c> keep</c><00:44:36.309><c> that</c><00:44:36.550><c> in</c><00:44:36.690><c> our</c><00:44:36.909><c> minds.</c> 00:44:38.070 --> 00:44:40.730 I<00:44:38.230><c> was</c><00:44:38.369><c> taking</c><00:44:38.610><c> to</c><00:44:38.829><c> Genesis</c><00:44:39.230><c> chapter</c><00:44:39.650><c> 18,</c> 00:44:41.369 --> 00:44:43.369 the<00:44:41.550><c> righteous</c><00:44:42.030><c> with</c><00:44:42.269><c> the</c><00:44:42.469><c> wicked.</c> 00:44:43.469 --> 00:44:45.530 Now,<00:44:43.650><c> that's</c><00:44:44.030><c> the</c><00:44:44.269><c> concept</c><00:44:44.750><c> that</c><00:44:45.010><c> we</c><00:44:45.269><c> have.</c> 00:44:45.909 --> 00:44:49.710 We<00:44:46.130><c> see</c><00:44:46.349><c> the</c><00:44:46.849><c> generosity,</c><00:44:47.829><c> the</c><00:44:48.130><c> patience</c><00:44:48.469><c> of</c><00:44:48.710><c> our</c><00:44:48.889><c> Lord.</c> 00:44:49.849 --> 00:44:52.949 In<00:44:50.170><c> that,</c><00:44:50.389><c> he</c><00:44:50.489><c> was</c><00:44:50.710><c> not</c><00:44:50.889><c> prepared</c><00:44:51.230><c> just</c><00:44:51.510><c> to</c><00:44:51.690><c> kind</c><00:44:51.789><c> of</c><00:44:52.090><c> indiscriminately</c> 00:44:52.949 --> 00:44:56.670 drive<00:44:53.250><c> out</c><00:44:53.750><c> or</c><00:44:54.909><c> wipe</c><00:44:55.250><c> out,</c><00:44:55.550><c> rather,</c><00:44:56.030><c> the</c><00:44:56.190><c> few</c><00:44:56.349><c> righteous.</c> 00:44:56.710 --> 00:44:58.469 He<00:44:56.809><c> would</c><00:44:56.949><c> go</c><00:44:57.170><c> in</c><00:44:57.309><c> there</c><00:44:57.469><c> and</c><00:44:57.889><c> save</c><00:44:58.309><c> them.</c> 00:44:58.469 --> 00:45:02.150 So<00:44:59.210><c> I</c><00:44:59.889><c> think</c><00:45:00.030><c> that</c><00:45:00.389><c> picture</c><00:45:00.750><c> of</c><00:45:00.929><c> God's</c><00:45:01.650><c> mercy,</c> 00:45:02.530 --> 00:45:04.150 his<00:45:02.670><c> long</c><00:45:02.989><c>-suffering,</c><00:45:03.389><c> and</c><00:45:03.550><c> his</c><00:45:03.750><c> patience</c> 00:45:04.150 --> 00:45:07.389 is<00:45:04.610><c> something</c><00:45:04.949><c> which</c><00:45:05.170><c> we</c><00:45:05.389><c> should</c><00:45:05.869><c> try</c><00:45:06.190><c> and</c><00:45:06.409><c> bear</c><00:45:06.610><c> in</c><00:45:06.949><c> mind.</c> 00:45:07.710 --> 00:45:11.030 The<00:45:07.929><c> other</c><00:45:08.190><c> reference</c><00:45:08.570><c> that</c><00:45:08.809><c> we</c><00:45:09.050><c> have</c><00:45:09.230><c> there</c><00:45:09.469><c> in</c><00:45:09.690><c> Genesis</c><00:45:10.070><c> chapter</c><00:45:10.570><c> 6</c> 00:45:11.030 --> 00:45:14.130 about<00:45:11.630><c> Noah,</c><00:45:12.449><c> and</c><00:45:12.630><c> this</c><00:45:12.809><c> is</c><00:45:12.989><c> in</c><00:45:13.170><c> verse</c><00:45:13.469><c> 9,</c> 00:45:14.389 --> 00:45:16.230 not<00:45:14.630><c> only</c><00:45:14.869><c> was</c><00:45:15.030><c> he</c><00:45:15.309><c> a</c><00:45:15.389><c> just</c><00:45:15.750><c> man,</c> 00:45:16.630 --> 00:45:20.670 but<00:45:16.789><c> he</c><00:45:17.010><c> is</c><00:45:17.170><c> described</c><00:45:17.690><c> as</c><00:45:18.110><c> being</c><00:45:18.670><c> perfect.</c> 00:45:21.449 --> 00:45:24.369 Genesis<00:45:21.769><c> 6</c><00:45:22.110><c> and</c><00:45:22.269><c> verse</c><00:45:22.510><c> 9,</c><00:45:22.889><c> these</c><00:45:23.070><c> are</c><00:45:23.309><c> the</c><00:45:23.429><c> generations</c><00:45:23.949><c> of</c><00:45:24.250><c> Noah.</c> 00:45:24.369 --> 00:45:30.590 Noah<00:45:24.909><c> was</c><00:45:25.110><c> a</c><00:45:25.130><c> just</c><00:45:25.429><c> man</c><00:45:25.809><c> and</c><00:45:25.929><c> he</c><00:45:25.969><c> was</c><00:45:27.349><c> perfect</c><00:45:28.210><c> in</c><00:45:29.090><c> his</c><00:45:29.349><c> generations.</c> 00:45:31.550 --> 00:45:33.590 Now,<00:45:31.969><c> what</c><00:45:32.469><c> does</c><00:45:32.650><c> that</c><00:45:32.809><c> mean?</c> 00:45:33.789 --> 00:45:35.690 Did<00:45:33.949><c> he</c><00:45:34.110><c> never</c><00:45:34.309><c> do</c><00:45:34.429><c> anything</c><00:45:34.750><c> wrong?</c> 00:45:36.170 --> 00:45:43.570 Well,<00:45:36.489><c> we</c><00:45:36.710><c> know</c><00:45:36.989><c> that</c><00:45:37.289><c> the</c><00:45:37.409><c> word</c><00:45:37.670><c> perfect</c><00:45:38.210><c> means</c><00:45:39.329><c> mature</c><00:45:40.429><c> or</c><00:45:42.130><c> complete.</c> 00:45:43.710 --> 00:45:45.869 He<00:45:43.889><c> was</c><00:45:44.170><c> a</c><00:45:44.510><c> whole</c><00:45:44.869><c> man.</c> 00:45:46.429 --> 00:45:47.989 I<00:45:46.610><c> remember</c><00:45:46.889><c> our</c><00:45:47.050><c> brother</c><00:45:47.250><c> Dennis</c><00:45:47.730><c> Gillett</c> 00:45:47.989 --> 00:45:53.309 always<00:45:48.349><c> described</c><00:45:48.829><c> our</c><00:45:49.130><c> Lord</c><00:45:49.389><c> as</c><00:45:49.630><c> the</c><00:45:49.969><c> perfect,</c><00:45:51.130><c> concentric</c><00:45:52.309><c> man.</c> 00:45:53.670 --> 00:45:55.510 Now,<00:45:54.110><c> you</c><00:45:54.210><c> know</c><00:45:54.329><c> what</c><00:45:54.530><c> eccentric</c><00:45:54.909><c> means,</c><00:45:55.309><c> don't</c><00:45:55.409><c> you?</c> 00:45:55.510 --> 00:45:57.170 It<00:45:55.670><c> means</c><00:45:55.690><c> you're</c><00:45:55.889><c> off</c><00:45:56.090><c> balance</c><00:45:56.429><c> a</c><00:45:56.590><c> bit.</c> 00:45:57.210 --> 00:45:59.130 That<00:45:57.469><c> guy's</c><00:45:57.869><c> a</c><00:45:57.989><c> real</c><00:45:58.110><c> eccentric.</c> 00:45:59.170 --> 00:46:01.309 Our<00:45:59.309><c> Lord</c><00:45:59.510><c> was</c><00:45:59.769><c> perfectly</c><00:46:00.469><c> concentric.</c> 00:46:01.730 --> 00:46:03.090 There<00:46:01.789><c> was</c><00:46:01.969><c> no</c><00:46:02.210><c> wobble.</c> 00:46:03.110 --> 00:46:05.409 If<00:46:03.250><c> 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the</c><00:46:43.710><c> character</c><00:46:44.329><c> of</c><00:46:45.349><c> Abraham.</c> 00:46:46.030 --> 00:46:49.489 So<00:46:46.869><c> in</c><00:46:47.090><c> chapter</c><00:46:47.269><c> 17</c><00:46:47.670><c> of</c><00:46:47.829><c> verse</c><00:46:48.010><c> 1</c><00:46:48.210><c> we</c><00:46:48.369><c> read,</c> 00:46:50.210 --> 00:46:56.130 when<00:46:50.250><c> Abraham</c><00:46:50.489><c> was</c><00:46:50.750><c> 90</c><00:46:51.730><c> years</c><00:46:52.309><c> old,</c><00:46:52.849><c> 90</c><00:46:53.269><c> years</c><00:46:53.969><c> and</c><00:46:54.250><c> 9,</c><00:46:55.210><c> in</c><00:46:55.329><c> other</c><00:46:55.429><c> words,</c><00:46:55.610><c> 99</c> 00:46:56.130 --> 00:46:56.769 years<00:46:56.429><c> old,</c> 00:46:57.070 --> 00:46:59.570 the<00:46:57.170><c> Lord</c><00:46:57.349><c> appeared</c><00:46:57.670><c> to</c><00:46:57.869><c> Abraham</c><00:46:58.130><c> and</c><00:46:58.269><c> said</c><00:46:58.449><c> unto</c><00:46:58.670><c> 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way</c><00:48:47.570><c> are</c><00:48:47.690><c> you</c><00:48:47.869><c> going?</c> 00:48:49.190 --> 00:48:51.949 Go<00:48:49.389><c> my</c><00:48:49.730><c> way.</c><00:48:50.429><c> Don't</c><00:48:50.610><c> go</c><00:48:50.769><c> your</c><00:48:50.929><c> way.</c><00:48:51.070><c> Go</c><00:48:51.289><c> my</c><00:48:51.670><c> way.</c> 00:48:52.110 --> 00:48:53.590 And<00:48:52.250><c> that's</c><00:48:52.449><c> what</c><00:48:52.610><c> God's</c><00:48:53.050><c> looking</c><00:48:53.289><c> for.</c> 00:48:53.849 --> 00:48:57.969 And<00:48:53.949><c> that's</c><00:48:54.230><c> why</c><00:48:54.349><c> Noah</c><00:48:54.590><c> is</c><00:48:54.869><c> described</c><00:48:55.389><c> as</c><00:48:56.429><c> just</c><00:48:56.949><c> and</c><00:48:57.530><c> perfect</c> 00:48:57.969 --> 00:48:58.869 in<00:48:58.170><c> his</c><00:48:58.349><c> generation,</c> 00:48:59.289 --> 00:49:00.769 and<00:48:59.489><c> he</c><00:48:59.710><c> walked</c><00:48:59.989><c> 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have</c><00:49:13.849><c> the</c><00:49:14.070><c> same</c><00:49:14.349><c> comment</c><00:49:14.650><c> about</c><00:49:14.889><c> Enoch.</c> 00:49:15.389 --> 00:49:19.469 In<00:49:15.429><c> verse</c><00:49:15.610><c> 22,</c><00:49:16.489><c> Enoch</c><00:49:16.909><c> walked</c><00:49:17.650><c> with</c><00:49:18.230><c> God</c><00:49:18.610><c> after</c><00:49:19.030><c> he</c><00:49:19.170><c> had</c><00:49:19.329><c> been</c> 00:49:19.469 --> 00:49:20.389 at<00:49:19.610><c> Methuselah</c> 00:49:20.389 --> 00:49:23.570 300<00:49:21.150><c> years</c><00:49:21.630><c> and</c><00:49:21.809><c> begat</c><00:49:22.090><c> sons</c><00:49:22.389><c> and</c><00:49:22.610><c> daughters.</c> 00:49:23.590 --> 00:49:26.210 So<00:49:23.849><c> obviously</c><00:49:24.150><c> that's</c><00:49:24.630><c> a</c><00:49:24.789><c> trait</c><00:49:25.070><c> of</c><00:49:25.369><c> godly</c><00:49:25.730><c> people.</c> 00:49:26.630 --> 00:49:30.050 That<00:49:26.750><c> they</c><00:49:26.969><c> go</c><00:49:27.389><c> with</c><00:49:27.889><c> God.</c><00:49:28.230><c> They</c><00:49:28.389><c> don't</c><00:49:28.550><c> go</c><00:49:28.730><c> in</c><00:49:28.889><c> an</c><00:49:29.150><c> opposite</c><00:49:29.510><c> direction.</c> 00:49:30.429 --> 00:49:32.389 They<00:49:30.690><c> walk</c><00:49:31.070><c> with</c><00:49:31.409><c> God.</c> 00:49:33.429 --> 00:49:36.750 Now<00:49:33.949><c> that's</c><00:49:34.469><c> the</c><00:49:34.590><c> picture</c><00:49:35.050><c> that</c><00:49:35.449><c> we</c><00:49:35.730><c> have.</c> 00:49:36.829 --> 00:49:41.170 And<00:49:36.829><c> Enoch</c><00:49:37.090><c> walked</c><00:49:37.610><c> with</c><00:49:37.969><c> God</c><00:49:38.329><c> after</c><00:49:38.849><c> the</c><00:49:39.070><c> Methuselah</c><00:49:39.869><c> 300</c><00:49:40.510><c> years.</c> 00:49:41.510 --> 00:49:45.090 Now<00:49:41.610><c> that's</c><00:49:42.949><c> the</c><00:49:43.010><c> direction.</c><00:49:43.630><c> That</c><00:49:43.829><c> has</c><00:49:44.050><c> to</c><00:49:44.190><c> be</c><00:49:44.349><c> our</c><00:49:44.630><c> mindset</c> 00:49:45.090 --> 00:49:47.010 as<00:49:45.409><c> to</c><00:49:45.469><c> what</c><00:49:45.610><c> we</c><00:49:45.849><c> want</c><00:49:46.050><c> to</c><00:49:46.269><c> do.</c> 00:49:47.869 --> 00:49:50.650 We<00:49:48.070><c> fall</c><00:49:48.329><c> over.</c><00:49:49.429><c> We</c><00:49:49.570><c> do</c><00:49:49.710><c> it</c><00:49:49.909><c> imperfectly.</c> 00:49:51.050 --> 00:49:53.010 But<00:49:51.210><c> don't</c><00:49:51.829><c> go</c><00:49:52.070><c> and</c><00:49:52.210><c> turn</c><00:49:52.449><c> down</c><00:49:52.730><c> and</c><00:49:52.909><c> go.</c> 00:49:53.150 --> 00:49:58.050 This<00:49:53.369><c> is</c><00:49:53.590><c> like</c><00:49:54.449><c> at</c><00:49:54.809><c> an</c><00:49:55.070><c> archery</c><00:49:55.530><c> contest</c><00:49:56.090><c> or</c><00:49:56.510><c> a</c><00:49:56.750><c> shooting</c><00:49:57.050><c> gallery.</c> 00:49:58.130 --> 00:50:00.650 You're<00:49:58.510><c> sure</c><00:49:58.710><c> you</c><00:49:58.889><c> can't</c><00:49:59.190><c> get</c><00:49:59.349><c> the</c><00:49:59.590><c> bullseye,</c><00:50:00.210><c> so</c><00:50:00.389><c> what</c><00:50:00.570><c> do</c> 00:50:00.650 --> 00:50:01.050 you<00:50:00.769><c> do?</c> 00:50:01.050 --> 00:50:04.389 Oh,<00:50:01.690><c> I</c><00:50:01.710><c> think</c><00:50:01.929><c> I'll</c><00:50:02.170><c> shoot</c><00:50:02.289><c> over</c><00:50:02.570><c> there.</c><00:50:02.869><c> Well,</c><00:50:03.230><c> that's</c><00:50:03.510><c> useless.</c> 00:50:04.869 --> 00:50:07.929 Even<00:50:05.090><c> though</c><00:50:05.309><c> we're</c><00:50:05.429><c> not</c><00:50:05.570><c> going</c><00:50:05.730><c> to</c><00:50:05.829><c> hit</c><00:50:05.949><c> the</c><00:50:06.429><c> target</c><00:50:06.670><c> right</c><00:50:07.090><c> on.</c> 00:50:08.030 --> 00:50:09.250 Don't<00:50:08.250><c> say,</c><00:50:08.630><c> well,</c><00:50:08.630><c> I'm</c><00:50:08.690><c> not</c><00:50:08.869><c> even</c><00:50:09.050><c> going</c><00:50:09.150><c> to.</c> 00:50:09.429 --> 00:50:11.130 Try.<00:50:10.429><c> Keep</c><00:50:10.750><c> trying.</c> 00:50:11.210 --> 00:50:12.389 And<00:50:11.329><c> that's</c><00:50:11.469><c> what</c><00:50:11.590><c> God</c><00:50:11.769><c> is</c><00:50:11.969><c> saying</c><00:50:12.010><c> to</c><00:50:12.230><c> us.</c> 00:50:12.829 --> 00:50:15.949 Walk<00:50:13.070><c> my</c><00:50:13.409><c> way</c><00:50:13.670><c> and</c><00:50:14.210><c> follow</c><00:50:14.530><c> me</c><00:50:14.750><c> and</c><00:50:14.829><c> do</c><00:50:14.949><c> the</c><00:50:15.130><c> best</c><00:50:15.369><c> you</c><00:50:15.670><c> can.</c> 00:50:16.170 --> 00:50:19.250 Because<00:50:16.369><c> I'm</c><00:50:16.590><c> not</c><00:50:16.969><c> really</c><00:50:17.289><c> looking</c><00:50:17.570><c> for</c><00:50:17.949><c> perfection,</c><00:50:19.110><c> but</c> 00:50:19.250 --> 00:50:21.469 I'm<00:50:19.469><c> looking</c><00:50:19.730><c> for</c><00:50:20.269><c> direction.</c> 00:50:22.329 --> 00:50:24.690 You<00:50:22.550><c> don't</c><00:50:22.730><c> really</c><00:50:22.969><c> have</c><00:50:23.190><c> to</c><00:50:23.650><c> turn</c><00:50:23.869><c> up</c><00:50:24.030><c> these</c><00:50:24.289><c> references.</c> 00:50:24.789 --> 00:50:28.269 But<00:50:24.989><c> in</c><00:50:25.170><c> Genesis</c><00:50:25.590><c> chapter</c><00:50:26.050><c> 48,</c><00:50:26.969><c> we</c><00:50:27.190><c> have</c><00:50:27.349><c> the</c><00:50:27.590><c> same</c><00:50:27.829><c> concept</c> 00:50:28.269 --> 00:50:29.050 with<00:50:28.570><c> Jacob.</c> 00:50:29.050 --> 00:50:32.889 And<00:50:30.210><c> we</c><00:50:30.369><c> looked</c><00:50:30.610><c> at</c><00:50:30.789><c> this</c><00:50:30.929><c> last</c><00:50:31.289><c> night</c><00:50:31.550><c> in</c><00:50:31.769><c> the</c><00:50:31.969><c> references.</c> 00:50:33.449 --> 00:50:38.030 The<00:50:33.530><c> way</c><00:50:33.989><c> God</c><00:50:34.389><c> governed</c><00:50:34.809><c> life,</c><00:50:35.349><c> the</c><00:50:35.409><c> way</c><00:50:35.730><c> God</c><00:50:36.170><c> works,</c><00:50:36.769><c> the</c><00:50:36.949><c> providence</c><00:50:37.409><c> that</c><00:50:37.630><c> he</c> 00:50:38.030 --> 00:50:40.250 extends<00:50:39.090><c> to</c><00:50:39.369><c> us.</c> 00:50:40.469 --> 00:50:45.409 In<00:50:40.570><c> Genesis</c><00:50:40.889><c> 48,</c><00:50:41.449><c> verse</c><00:50:41.590><c> 15,</c><00:50:42.110><c> it</c><00:50:42.110><c> says,</c><00:50:43.170><c> and</c><00:50:43.170><c> he</c><00:50:43.309><c> blessed</c><00:50:43.610><c> Joseph</c><00:50:44.190><c> and</c><00:50:44.469><c> said,</c> 00:50:45.849 --> 00:50:51.969 God,<00:50:46.070><c> before</c><00:50:46.429><c> whom</c><00:50:46.809><c> my</c><00:50:47.869><c> fathers</c><00:50:48.449><c> Abraham</c><00:50:49.230><c> and</c><00:50:49.769><c> Isaac</c><00:50:50.449><c> did</c><00:50:50.909><c> walk.</c> 00:50:52.030 --> 00:50:53.909 In<00:50:52.210><c> other</c><00:50:52.349><c> words,</c><00:50:52.590><c> the</c><00:50:52.750><c> patriarchs</c><00:50:53.289><c> were</c><00:50:53.409><c> the</c><00:50:53.610><c> same</c><00:50:53.829><c> thing.</c> 00:50:53.909 --> 00:50:56.369 They<00:50:54.090><c> made</c><00:50:54.409><c> progress.</c><00:50:54.849><c> They</c><00:50:55.010><c> weren't</c><00:50:55.349><c> static.</c> 00:50:56.710 --> 00:51:01.349 The<00:50:57.150><c> God</c><00:50:57.550><c> which</c><00:50:57.869><c> led</c><00:50:58.090><c> me</c><00:50:58.530><c> all</c><00:50:58.829><c> my</c><00:50:59.170><c> life</c><00:50:59.510><c> long</c><00:50:59.769><c> unto</c><00:51:00.010><c> this</c><00:51:00.389><c> day.</c> 00:51:01.730 --> 00:51:03.710 In<00:51:01.809><c> other</c><00:51:02.030><c> words,</c><00:51:02.289><c> there</c><00:51:02.289><c> was</c><00:51:02.429><c> somebody</c><00:51:02.750><c> in</c><00:51:03.090><c> front</c><00:51:03.349><c> that</c><00:51:03.550><c> was</c> 00:51:03.710 --> 00:51:04.989 leading<00:51:03.929><c> us.</c> 00:51:05.090 --> 00:51:07.889 Our<00:51:05.250><c> Lord</c><00:51:05.449><c> has</c><00:51:05.650><c> done</c><00:51:05.789><c> the</c><00:51:06.050><c> same</c><00:51:06.210><c> for</c><00:51:06.429><c> us,</c><00:51:06.750><c> giving</c><00:51:06.909><c> us</c><00:51:07.190><c> a</c><00:51:07.389><c> direction</c><00:51:07.710><c> that</c> 00:51:07.889 --> 00:51:08.590 we<00:51:07.989><c> should</c><00:51:08.190><c> follow.</c> 00:51:08.929 --> 00:51:11.110 An<00:51:09.190><c> act</c><00:51:09.409><c> that</c><00:51:09.610><c> we</c><00:51:09.809><c> should</c><00:51:10.030><c> perform.</c> 00:51:11.849 --> 00:51:15.550 This<00:51:12.070><c> concept</c><00:51:12.570><c> of</c><00:51:12.949><c> walk,</c><00:51:14.210><c> again,</c><00:51:14.530><c> you</c><00:51:14.530><c> know,</c><00:51:15.210><c> flipping</c><00:51:15.269><c> you</c> 00:51:15.550 --> 00:51:17.050 around<00:51:15.769><c> far</c><00:51:16.050><c> too</c><00:51:16.289><c> much.</c> 00:51:17.090 --> 00:51:18.889 You<00:51:17.230><c> see</c><00:51:17.289><c> what</c><00:51:17.469><c> that</c><00:51:17.650><c> little</c><00:51:18.050><c> clock</c><00:51:18.230><c> say.</c><00:51:18.409><c> Oh,</c><00:51:18.590><c> I'm</c><00:51:18.630><c> getting</c> 00:51:18.889 --> 00:51:19.670 close<00:51:19.230><c> to</c><00:51:19.409><c> the</c><00:51:19.570><c> end.</c> 00:51:19.710 --> 00:51:23.289 I<00:51:19.829><c> don't</c><00:51:19.909><c> want</c><00:51:20.070><c> to</c><00:51:20.789><c> keep</c><00:51:20.949><c> you</c><00:51:21.210><c> from</c><00:51:22.190><c> your</c><00:51:22.369><c> break</c><00:51:22.670><c> or</c><00:51:22.889><c> for</c><00:51:23.090><c> lunch.</c> 00:51:23.289 --> 00:51:26.909 But<00:51:23.889><c> one</c><00:51:24.190><c> other</c><00:51:24.489><c> reference</c><00:51:24.789><c> I'd</c><00:51:25.090><c> like</c><00:51:25.210><c> you</c><00:51:25.369><c> to</c><00:51:25.570><c> notice</c><00:51:25.809><c> is</c><00:51:26.070><c> what</c><00:51:26.690><c> I'm</c> 00:51:26.909 --> 00:51:27.650 trying<00:51:27.050><c> to</c><00:51:27.230><c> emphasize</c> 00:51:27.650 --> 00:51:33.869 is<00:51:27.829><c> the</c><00:51:28.050><c> concept</c><00:51:28.409><c> of</c><00:51:28.630><c> making</c><00:51:28.969><c> progress,</c><00:51:30.730><c> of</c><00:51:30.989><c> movement,</c><00:51:32.010><c> of</c><00:51:32.190><c> walking</c><00:51:32.570><c> in</c> 00:51:33.869 --> 00:51:34.650 God's<00:51:34.449><c> way.</c> 00:51:34.650 --> 00:51:39.630 Walking<00:51:35.090><c> with</c><00:51:35.590><c> God</c><00:51:36.030><c> and</c><00:51:36.309><c> having</c><00:51:36.610><c> him</c><00:51:36.849><c> as</c><00:51:37.090><c> your</c><00:51:37.989><c> leader,</c><00:51:39.429><c> as</c> 00:51:39.630 --> 00:51:41.429 the<00:51:39.829><c> person</c><00:51:40.070><c> you</c><00:51:40.230><c> are</c><00:51:40.469><c> 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that</c><00:54:14.170><c> was</c><00:54:14.329><c> going</c><00:54:14.510><c> to</c><00:54:14.710><c> happen.</c> 00:54:15.789 --> 00:54:19.369 Just<00:54:16.150><c> as</c><00:54:16.570><c> irrevocable</c><00:54:17.329><c> as</c><00:54:17.530><c> the</c><00:54:17.789><c> coming</c><00:54:17.989><c> of</c><00:54:18.250><c> our</c><00:54:18.489><c> Lord.</c> 00:54:19.510 --> 00:54:23.510 Just<00:54:19.849><c> as</c><00:54:20.150><c> irrevocable</c><00:54:20.789><c> as</c><00:54:21.030><c> the</c><00:54:21.170><c> destruction</c><00:54:21.690><c> of</c><00:54:21.969><c> Sodom</c><00:54:22.289><c> and</c><00:54:22.510><c> Gomorrah.</c> 00:54:23.610 --> 00:54:26.690 Now<00:54:23.809><c> with</c><00:54:23.989><c> those</c><00:54:24.289><c> points</c><00:54:24.570><c> in</c><00:54:24.769><c> our</c><00:54:24.929><c> mind,</c><00:54:25.090><c> God</c><00:54:25.230><c> says,</c><00:54:25.570><c> walk</c><00:54:25.730><c> with</c><00:54:26.010><c> me,</c> 00:54:26.889 --> 00:54:28.610 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our</c><00:55:27.489><c> lives.</c><00:55:27.789><c> We</c><00:55:27.969><c> might</c><00:55:28.170><c> not</c> 00:55:28.389 --> 00:55:30.489 recognize<00:55:28.869><c> it,</c><00:55:29.070><c> but</c><00:55:29.230><c> he</c><00:55:29.429><c> is.</c> 00:55:30.550 --> 00:55:36.210 And<00:55:30.690><c> verse</c><00:55:30.909><c> 14.</c><00:55:32.210><c> Do</c><00:55:32.369><c> all</c><00:55:32.929><c> things</c><00:55:33.510><c> without</c><00:55:34.329><c> murmurings</c><00:55:35.070><c> and</c><00:55:35.449><c> disputings,</c> 00:55:36.630 --> 00:55:40.050 that<00:55:36.730><c> you</c><00:55:36.889><c> may</c><00:55:37.110><c> be</c><00:55:37.429><c> blameless</c><00:55:38.010><c> and</c><00:55:38.429><c> harmless,</c><00:55:39.210><c> the</c><00:55:39.469><c> sons</c><00:55:39.750><c> of</c> 00:55:40.050 --> 00:55:41.449 God<00:55:40.389><c> without</c><00:55:40.829><c> rebuke.</c> 00:55:41.449 --> 00:55:47.989 Where,<00:55:43.489><c> in</c><00:55:43.630><c> the</c><00:55:43.869><c> 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vain,</c><00:55:58.849><c> neither</c><00:55:59.090><c> labored</c><00:55:59.449><c> in</c><00:55:59.730><c> vain.</c> 00:56:01.210 --> 00:56:03.650 I'd<00:56:01.670><c> give</c><00:56:01.750><c> a</c><00:56:01.909><c> hearty</c><00:56:02.250><c> amen</c><00:56:02.510><c> to</c><00:56:02.690><c> that.</c> 00:56:03.789 --> 00:56:07.929 Try<00:56:04.030><c> and</c><00:56:04.190><c> rephrase</c><00:56:04.789><c> the</c><00:56:05.969><c> definitions</c><00:56:06.590><c> as</c><00:56:06.849><c> to</c><00:56:06.989><c> who's</c><00:56:07.489><c> talking</c> 00:56:07.929 --> 00:56:09.750 and<00:56:08.489><c> who's</c><00:56:08.730><c> he</c><00:56:08.949><c> talking</c><00:56:09.250><c> to.</c> 00:56:09.750 --> 00:56:14.309 Now,<00:56:10.530><c> would</c><00:56:10.769><c> to</c><00:56:11.070><c> God</c><00:56:11.389><c> that</c><00:56:11.630><c> the</c><00:56:11.809><c> prayer</c><00:56:12.449><c> that</c><00:56:13.070><c> Paul</c><00:56:13.449><c> speaks</c><00:56:13.889><c> 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than</c><00:56:25.969><c> others,</c><00:56:26.750><c> but</c><00:56:26.750><c> you</c><00:56:27.010><c> know,</c><00:56:27.289><c> that</c><00:56:27.409><c> we</c> 00:56:27.610 --> 00:56:28.489 would<00:56:27.769><c> be</c><00:56:27.989><c> lights.</c> 00:56:28.969 --> 00:56:30.829 That<00:56:29.070><c> people</c><00:56:29.250><c> could</c><00:56:29.449><c> look</c><00:56:29.650><c> at</c><00:56:29.849><c> us</c><00:56:30.030><c> and</c><00:56:30.150><c> they</c><00:56:30.269><c> could</c><00:56:30.489><c> see</c> 00:56:30.829 --> 00:56:32.489 there's<00:56:31.989><c> something</c><00:56:32.269><c> different.</c> 00:56:32.489 --> 00:56:36.869 Now,<00:56:32.969><c> it's</c><00:56:33.250><c> not</c><00:56:33.449><c> your</c><00:56:33.730><c> light.</c><00:56:35.489><c> We</c><00:56:35.889><c> reflect</c><00:56:36.469><c> light.</c> 00:56:36.869 --> 00:56:40.489 We<00:56:37.789><c> reflect</c><00:56:38.289><c> the</c><00:56:38.469><c> light</c><00:56:38.690><c> of</c><00:56:38.869><c> our</c><00:56:39.030><c> Lord</c><00:56:39.289><c> and</c><00:56:39.489><c> the</c><00:56:39.550><c> light</c><00:56:39.730><c> of</c><00:56:39.929><c> our</c><00:56:40.150><c> God,</c> 00:56:40.949 --> 00:56:43.170 and<00:56:41.030><c> that's</c><00:56:41.369><c> what</c><00:56:41.369><c> people</c><00:56:41.690><c> should</c><00:56:41.909><c> see</c><00:56:42.130><c> in</c><00:56:42.369><c> our</c><00:56:42.590><c> lives,</c><00:56:42.969><c> that</c> 00:56:43.170 --> 00:56:46.050 that's<00:56:43.530><c> what</c><00:56:43.789><c> we're</c><00:56:44.610><c> trying</c><00:56:44.849><c> to</c><00:56:45.150><c> do.</c> 00:56:47.170 --> 00:56:52.050 One<00:56:47.550><c> final</c><00:56:48.210><c> comment,</c><00:56:48.750><c> one</c><00:56:48.969><c> last</c><00:56:49.349><c> verse,</c><00:56:50.289><c> it's</c><00:56:50.449><c> from</c><00:56:50.710><c> the</c><00:56:51.389><c> chapter</c><00:56:51.750><c> of</c> 00:56:52.050 --> 00:56:53.969 faith,<00:56:52.289><c> 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apathetic,</c><00:57:09.550><c> sit</c><00:57:09.750><c>-on</c><00:57:09.929><c>-your</c> 00:57:10.230 --> 00:57:11.250 -butt<00:57:10.650><c> kind</c><00:57:10.789><c> of</c><00:57:11.010><c> people.</c> 00:57:11.329 --> 00:57:13.989 They<00:57:11.469><c> were</c><00:57:11.590><c> people</c><00:57:11.869><c> that</c><00:57:12.250><c> walked</c><00:57:12.550><c> and</c><00:57:12.750><c> did</c><00:57:13.050><c> stuff.</c> 00:57:14.409 --> 00:57:17.829 And<00:57:14.590><c> I</c><00:57:14.670><c> think</c><00:57:14.809><c> the</c><00:57:15.030><c> one</c><00:57:15.250><c> comment</c><00:57:15.570><c> I'd</c><00:57:15.789><c> just</c><00:57:15.929><c> like</c><00:57:16.130><c> to</c><00:57:16.329><c> close</c><00:57:16.769><c> with</c><00:57:17.250><c> is</c> 00:57:17.829 --> 00:57:21.530 verse<00:57:18.130><c> 7</c><00:57:18.769><c> of</c><00:57:19.789><c> Hebrews</c><00:57:20.050><c> chapter</c><00:57:20.489><c> 11.</c> 00:57:22.050 --> 00:57:25.650 It<00:57:22.210><c> 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this</c><00:57:35.690><c> world</c><00:57:35.889><c> are</c><00:57:36.070><c> going</c><00:57:36.170><c> to</c><00:57:36.289><c> become</c><00:57:36.489><c> the</c><00:57:36.750><c> kingdoms</c><00:57:37.150><c> of</c> 00:57:37.750 --> 00:57:39.050 our<00:57:37.929><c> Lord</c><00:57:38.130><c> and</c><00:57:38.309><c> of</c><00:57:38.429><c> his</c><00:57:38.610><c> Christ.</c> 00:57:39.230 --> 00:57:41.889 Now,<00:57:39.409><c> we</c><00:57:39.530><c> know</c><00:57:39.750><c> that.</c><00:57:40.789><c> So</c><00:57:40.909><c> how</c><00:57:41.090><c> does</c><00:57:41.250><c> it</c><00:57:41.409><c> affect</c><00:57:41.690><c> us?</c> 00:57:41.929 --> 00:57:45.769 Well,<00:57:42.210><c> by</c><00:57:42.469><c> faith,</c><00:57:42.989><c> Noah,</c><00:57:43.929><c> being</c><00:57:44.250><c> warned</c><00:57:44.570><c> of</c><00:57:44.809><c> God,</c><00:57:45.289><c> we've</c><00:57:45.610><c> been</c> 00:57:45.769 --> 00:57:46.530 warned<00:57:45.969><c> of</c><00:57:46.190><c> God,</c> 00:57:47.010 --> 00:57:50.530 of<00:57:47.170><c> things</c><00:57:47.369><c> not</c><00:57:47.809><c> seen</c><00:57:48.010><c> as</c><00:57:48.309><c> yet,</c><00:57:48.989><c> moved</c><00:57:49.349><c> with</c><00:57:49.690><c> fear,</c><00:57:50.150><c> prepared</c> 00:57:50.530 --> 00:57:53.670 an<00:57:50.969><c> ark</c><00:57:51.369><c> to</c><00:57:51.929><c> the</c><00:57:52.230><c> saving</c><00:57:52.489><c> of</c><00:57:52.809><c> his</c><00:57:53.050><c> house,</c> 00:57:53.670 --> 00:57:58.469 by<00:57:54.550><c> the</c><00:57:54.789><c> which</c><00:57:55.170><c> he</c><00:57:55.829><c> condemned</c><00:57:56.269><c> the</c><00:57:56.590><c> world</c><00:57:57.070><c> and</c><00:57:57.769><c> became</c><00:57:58.110><c> heir</c> 00:57:58.469 --> 00:58:01.070 of<00:57:58.710><c> the</c><00:57:58.909><c> righteousness</c><00:57:59.329><c> which</c><00:57:59.650><c> is</c><00:57:59.869><c> by</c><00:58:00.150><c> faith.</c> 00:58:02.150 --> 00:58:04.230 Now,<00:58:02.269><c> that's</c><00:58:02.570><c> our</c><00:58:02.690><c> message</c><00:58:03.030><c> from</c><00:58:03.250><c> the</c><00:58:03.510><c> flood.</c> 00:58:04.750 --> 00:58:08.369 The<00:58:04.949><c> turning</c><00:58:05.250><c> point</c><00:58:05.630><c> that</c><00:58:05.869><c> we</c><00:58:06.070><c> have</c><00:58:06.250><c> tried</c><00:58:06.449><c> to</c><00:58:06.690><c> look</c><00:58:06.909><c> at</c><00:58:07.309><c> is</c><00:58:07.769><c> here</c><00:58:08.010><c> is</c> 00:58:08.369 --> 00:58:13.250 another,<00:58:09.070><c> I</c><00:58:09.909><c> guess,</c><00:58:10.369><c> a</c><00:58:10.409><c> short</c><00:58:10.670><c> 2x4</c><00:58:11.449><c> to</c><00:58:11.670><c> the</c><00:58:11.909><c> side</c><00:58:12.150><c> of</c><00:58:12.429><c> the</c><00:58:12.550><c> head.</c> 00:58:13.510 --> 00:58:17.610 Pay<00:58:13.869><c> attention.</c><00:58:15.429><c> This</c><00:58:15.710><c> is</c><00:58:15.989><c> going</c><00:58:16.110><c> to</c><00:58:16.429><c> happen.</c><00:58:16.949><c> It's</c><00:58:17.250><c> going</c><00:58:17.349><c> to</c> 00:58:17.610 --> 00:58:18.650 involve<00:58:17.889><c> you</c><00:58:18.210><c> all.</c> 00:58:18.650 --> 00:58:24.690 And<00:58:19.309><c> by</c><00:58:19.550><c> the</c><00:58:19.750><c> grace</c><00:58:19.889><c> of</c><00:58:20.150><c> God,</c><00:58:20.409><c> you</c><00:58:20.469><c> can</c><00:58:20.710><c> greet</c><00:58:20.849><c> it</c><00:58:20.969><c> with</c><00:58:21.150><c> joy</c><00:58:21.610><c> and</c><00:58:22.329><c> pleasure</c><00:58:22.730><c> and</c><00:58:23.570><c> not</c><00:58:23.769><c> with</c><00:58:24.010><c> gnashing</c><00:58:24.329><c> of</c> 00:58:24.690 --> 00:58:25.630 teeth<00:58:24.909><c> and</c><00:58:25.090><c> of</c><00:58:25.349><c> tears.</c> 00:58:25.849 --> 00:58:30.530 And<00:58:26.030><c> we</c><00:58:26.190><c> pray</c><00:58:26.309><c> that</c><00:58:26.530><c> day</c><00:58:27.230><c> would</c><00:58:27.849><c> soon</c><00:58:28.090><c> come.</c><00:58:29.269><c> Thank</c><00:58:29.489><c> you.</c>