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difficult<00:15:23.919><c> times.</c><00:15:24.399><c> They're</c><00:15:24.580><c> going</c><00:15:24.679><c> to</c><00:15:24.899><c> face</c><00:15:25.259><c> life</c><00:15:25.879><c>-threatening</c><00:15:26.460><c> trials,</c>

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faith<00:15:28.659><c>-threatening</c><00:15:29.179><c> trials.</c>

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develops<00:15:35.179><c> faith.</c><00:15:38.820><c> That's</c><00:15:39.419><c> his</c>

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trials.<00:15:41.080><c> There</c><00:15:41.159><c> will</c><00:15:41.379><c> be</c><00:15:41.620><c> faith</c><00:15:42.000><c>-threatening</c><00:15:42.600><c> temptations</c>

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that<00:15:43.580><c> come</c><00:15:43.759><c> along</c><00:15:44.039><c> in</c><00:15:44.200><c> their</c><00:15:44.360><c> life.</c>

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So<00:15:47.200><c> do</c><00:15:47.320><c> you</c><00:15:47.320><c> see</c><00:15:47.419><c> how</c><00:15:47.600><c> important</c><00:15:47.980><c> it</c><00:15:48.059><c> is</c><00:15:48.240><c> that</c><00:15:48.419><c> we</c><00:15:48.559><c> teach</c><00:15:48.820><c> our</c>

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kids<00:15:49.299><c> as</c><00:15:49.519><c> Mordecai</c><00:15:50.080><c> taught</c><00:15:50.379><c> Esther</c><00:15:50.779><c> to</c><00:15:51.000><c> love</c><00:15:51.419><c> and</c>

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obey<00:15:51.919><c> God</c><00:15:52.259><c> and</c><00:15:52.500><c> to</c><00:15:52.740><c> trust</c><00:15:52.919><c> him.</c><00:15:54.179><c> So</c><00:15:54.399><c> we</c><00:15:54.559><c> need</c><00:15:54.740><c> to</c><00:15:54.960><c> make</c><00:15:55.179><c> sure</c><00:15:55.480><c> before</c><00:15:55.779><c> they</c><00:15:56.039><c> walk</c><00:15:56.240><c> out</c><00:15:56.440><c> of</c>

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our<00:15:56.720><c> house</c><00:15:56.919><c> for</c><00:15:57.159><c> the</c>

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last<00:15:57.600><c> time</c><00:15:58.299><c> and</c><00:15:59.299><c> they</c><00:15:59.460><c> go</c><00:15:59.600><c> and</c><00:15:59.759><c> begin</c><00:15:59.899><c> their</c><00:16:00.139><c> own</c><00:16:00.320><c> life,</c><00:16:01.940><c> that</c>

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in<00:16:02.259><c> all</c><00:16:02.500><c> the</c><00:16:02.759><c> education</c><00:16:03.200><c> they've</c><00:16:03.580><c> received</c><00:16:03.879><c> at</c>

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school,<00:16:05.220><c> all</c><00:16:05.539><c> the</c><00:16:05.840><c> formal</c><00:16:06.360><c> classes</c><00:16:06.820><c> they've</c><00:16:07.220><c> taken</c><00:16:07.639><c> and</c><00:16:08.639><c> all</c>

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the<00:16:09.159><c> informal</c><00:16:09.580><c> education</c><00:16:10.240><c> that</c><00:16:10.419><c> we've</c><00:16:10.679><c> given</c><00:16:10.840><c> them</c>

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about<00:16:11.419><c> God</c><00:16:11.820><c> and</c><00:16:12.019><c> about</c><00:16:12.259><c> the</c><00:16:12.480><c> kingdom</c><00:16:12.799><c> and</c><00:16:13.019><c> all</c><00:16:13.340><c> of</c><00:16:13.559><c> that,</c><00:16:14.320><c> we</c>

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need<00:16:14.820><c> to</c><00:16:15.080><c> make</c><00:16:15.320><c> sure</c><00:16:15.700><c> that</c><00:16:15.899><c> we</c><00:16:16.080><c> are</c><00:16:16.299><c> teaching</c><00:16:16.639><c> them</c><00:16:17.000><c> to</c>

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walk<00:16:17.779><c> by</c><00:16:18.220><c> faith</c><00:16:18.659><c> so</c><00:16:19.539><c> that</c><00:16:19.720><c> when</c><00:16:19.879><c> they</c><00:16:20.279><c> find</c><00:16:20.639><c> themselves</c><00:16:21.259><c> in</c><00:16:21.700><c> situations</c><00:16:22.360><c> that</c><00:16:22.679><c> are</c><00:16:22.980><c> difficult,</c><00:16:24.320><c> they</c><00:16:24.799><c> will</c><00:16:25.039><c> turn</c><00:16:25.360><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:25.740><c> Word</c><00:16:26.039><c> and</c><00:16:26.340><c> trust</c><00:16:26.740><c> God.</c><00:16:27.139><c> Because</c><00:16:27.320><c> you</c><00:16:27.460><c> can't</c><00:16:27.940><c> teach</c><00:16:28.440><c> Esther</c><00:16:28.879><c> to</c><00:16:30.019><c> walk</c><00:16:30.299><c> by</c>

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faith<00:16:31.100><c> when</c><00:16:31.320><c> she's</c><00:16:31.620><c> living</c><00:16:31.899><c> in</c><00:16:32.120><c> the</c>

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King's<00:16:32.720><c> palace.</c><00:16:34.159><c> That's</c><00:16:34.539><c> something</c><00:16:34.840><c> she</c><00:16:35.100><c> has</c><00:16:35.419><c> to</c><00:16:35.700><c> learn</c><00:16:36.139><c> as</c>

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she's<00:16:36.879><c> growing</c><00:16:37.039><c> up.</c><00:16:39.539><c> The</c><00:16:39.720><c> hand</c><00:16:39.899><c> of</c><00:16:40.179><c> providence</c><00:16:40.500><c> is</c>

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evident<00:16:41.659><c> in</c><00:16:42.860><c> chapter</c><00:16:43.220><c> two</c><00:16:43.519><c> as</c><00:16:43.919><c> it</c><00:16:44.100><c> is</c><00:16:44.299><c> in</c><00:16:44.559><c> the</c><00:16:44.679><c> rest</c><00:16:44.860><c> of</c><00:16:45.039><c> the</c><00:16:45.139><c> book.</c><00:16:46.200><c> And</c><00:16:46.480><c> recall,</c><00:16:47.559><c> the</c><00:16:47.639><c> book</c><00:16:47.840><c> is</c>

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recorded<00:16:56.220><c> in</c><00:16:56.440><c> the</c><00:16:56.580><c> book</c><00:16:56.779><c> so</c><00:16:56.980><c> that</c><00:16:57.159><c> we</c><00:16:57.299><c> will</c><00:16:57.480><c> be</c><00:16:57.679><c> able</c><00:16:57.899><c> to</c><00:16:58.220><c> learn</c>

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life.<00:17:03.019><c> It's</c><00:17:03.500><c> a</c><00:17:03.779><c> learned</c><00:17:04.240><c> spiritual</c><00:17:05.059><c> skill</c><00:17:05.680><c> and</c><00:17:06.920><c> it's</c><00:17:07.119><c> also</c><00:17:07.420><c> a</c>

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critical<00:17:07.940><c> part</c><00:17:08.339><c> of</c><00:17:08.519><c> learning</c><00:17:08.799><c> to</c><00:17:09.059><c> walk</c><00:17:09.240><c> by</c><00:17:09.500><c> faith.</c>

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funeral<00:17:15.500><c> if</c><00:17:15.700><c> there</c><00:17:15.940><c> was</c><00:17:16.119><c> one.</c>

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cousin<00:17:21.420><c> who</c><00:17:21.640><c> has</c><00:17:21.839><c> no</c><00:17:22.079><c> experience</c><00:17:22.619><c> in</c><00:17:22.839><c> raising</c><00:17:23.059><c> children,</c><00:17:24.319><c> at</c>

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least<00:17:24.680><c> none</c><00:17:24.940><c> recorded.</c><00:17:26.660><c> A</c><00:17:27.140><c> tragic</c><00:17:27.559><c> situation</c><00:17:28.420><c> to</c><00:17:29.720><c> have</c>

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the<00:17:30.180><c> parents</c><00:17:30.299><c> die,</c><00:17:31.220><c> but</c><00:17:31.440><c> unnecessary</c><00:17:32.220><c> situation</c><00:17:33.079><c> if</c><00:17:33.519><c> Esther</c>

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Esther<00:17:38.140><c> is</c><00:17:38.740><c> taken</c><00:17:39.240><c> as</c><00:17:39.480><c> it</c><00:17:39.779><c> says</c><00:17:39.960><c> in</c><00:17:40.160><c> verse</c><00:17:40.599><c> eight</c><00:17:42.140><c> of</c><00:17:42.660><c> chapter</c>

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two.<00:17:45.259><c> So</c><00:17:45.279><c> when</c><00:17:45.460><c> the</c><00:17:45.640><c> King's</c><00:17:45.960><c> order</c><00:17:46.119><c> and</c><00:17:46.279><c> his</c>

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edict<00:17:46.619><c> were</c><00:17:46.900><c> proclaimed</c><00:17:47.359><c> and</c><00:17:47.539><c> when</c><00:17:47.720><c> many</c><00:17:48.000><c> maidens</c><00:17:48.299><c> were</c><00:17:48.579><c> gathered</c><00:17:48.880><c> in</c>

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God<00:17:57.980><c> to</c><00:17:58.119><c> kill</c><00:17:58.299><c> her</c><00:17:58.500><c> parents.</c><00:17:59.539><c> She</c><00:17:59.700><c> didn't</c><00:17:59.900><c> ask</c><00:18:00.099><c> to</c><00:18:00.200><c> be</c><00:18:00.440><c> taken</c><00:18:00.779><c> into</c><00:18:01.400><c> the</c><00:18:01.559><c> house</c><00:18:01.819><c> of</c><00:18:02.059><c> women.</c><00:18:02.259><c> It</c><00:18:02.319><c> was</c><00:18:02.599><c> a</c><00:18:02.759><c> tragedy</c>

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when<00:18:03.799><c> she</c><00:18:03.960><c> was</c><00:18:04.180><c> taken.</c><00:18:05.220><c> We</c><00:18:05.539><c> teach</c><00:18:05.940><c> against</c><00:18:06.339><c> this</c><00:18:06.539><c> in</c><00:18:06.680><c> our</c><00:18:06.900><c> CYCs.</c><00:18:07.859><c> We</c>

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implore<00:18:08.859><c> our</c><00:18:09.119><c> young</c><00:18:09.339><c> people.</c><00:18:10.440><c> Don't</c><00:18:10.720><c> try</c><00:18:10.980><c> to</c>

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become<00:18:11.480><c> married</c><00:18:11.819><c> to</c><00:18:12.039><c> the</c><00:18:12.240><c> richest,</c><00:18:12.579><c> most</c><00:18:12.839><c> powerful</c><00:18:13.319><c> man</c><00:18:13.619><c> you</c>

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know.<00:18:15.079><c> Find</c><00:18:15.299><c> someone</c><00:18:15.559><c> in</c><00:18:15.720><c> the</c><00:18:15.980><c> truth.</c><00:18:16.880><c> No</c><00:18:17.180><c> one</c><00:18:17.400><c> would</c>

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encourage<00:18:18.259><c> Esther</c><00:18:18.599><c> to</c><00:18:18.819><c> go</c><00:18:18.980><c> and</c><00:18:19.160><c> become</c><00:18:19.759><c> wife</c><00:18:20.440><c> of</c><00:18:20.660><c> some</c><00:18:20.960><c> Gentile</c><00:18:21.599><c> King.</c>

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It<00:18:23.859><c> was</c><00:18:24.119><c> tragic</c><00:18:24.519><c> when</c><00:18:24.720><c> she</c><00:18:24.900><c> was</c><00:18:25.160><c> taken.</c>

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She<00:18:26.619><c> didn't</c><00:18:26.859><c> send</c><00:18:27.119><c> a</c><00:18:27.319><c> resume</c><00:18:27.640><c> in</c><00:18:27.940><c> and</c><00:18:28.079><c> say,</c><00:18:28.539><c> please</c><00:18:28.539><c> take</c><00:18:28.799><c> me.</c>

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beautiful<00:18:32.460><c> young</c><00:18:32.779><c> virgin.</c><00:18:33.359><c> She</c><00:18:33.480><c> met</c><00:18:33.680><c> the</c><00:18:33.920><c> qualifications</c><00:18:34.740><c> and</c><00:18:35.660><c> away</c><00:18:35.900><c> she</c><00:18:36.180><c> goes.</c><00:18:38.119><c> But</c><00:18:38.240><c> how</c><00:18:38.619><c> necessary</c><00:18:39.200><c> it</c>

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what<00:19:10.660><c> she</c><00:19:10.900><c> had</c><00:19:11.099><c> to</c><00:19:11.319><c> do</c><00:19:11.500><c> through</c><00:19:11.700><c> some</c><00:19:12.000><c> angelic</c><00:19:12.380><c> visitation</c><00:19:13.339><c> when</c><00:19:14.180><c> she</c><00:19:14.380><c> found</c><00:19:14.579><c> herself</c><00:19:14.980><c> in</c>

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we<00:19:26.940><c> love</c><00:19:27.099><c> him</c><00:19:27.339><c> by</c><00:19:27.599><c> obeying</c><00:19:28.039><c> him</c>

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fascinating<00:19:49.039><c> study</c><00:19:49.460><c> and</c><00:19:49.759><c> would</c>

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recommend<00:19:50.440><c> it</c><00:19:50.559><c> to</c><00:19:50.880><c> you</c><00:19:51.519><c> in</c><00:19:51.759><c> terms</c><00:19:52.079><c> of</c><00:19:52.319><c> the</c><00:19:52.579><c> divine</c><00:19:52.900><c> selection</c>

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Agagite.<00:20:46.339><c> And</c><00:20:46.519><c> if</c><00:20:46.619><c> we</c><00:20:46.799><c> put</c><00:20:46.960><c> the</c><00:20:47.180><c> rest</c><00:20:47.480><c> of</c><00:20:47.759><c> the</c><00:20:48.000><c> scriptural</c><00:20:48.579><c> echoes,</c><00:20:49.299><c> the</c>

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believe<00:22:11.579><c> what</c><00:22:11.900><c> we</c><00:22:12.119><c> allowed</c><00:22:12.319><c> ourselves</c><00:22:12.779><c> to</c><00:22:13.079><c> watch</c><00:22:13.359><c> the</c><00:22:13.579><c> night</c>

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before<00:22:14.200><c> because</c><00:22:14.660><c> you</c><00:22:14.839><c> see</c><00:22:14.920><c> the</c><00:22:15.079><c> spirit</c><00:22:15.259><c> of</c><00:22:15.500><c> Amalek</c>

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isn't<00:22:15.980><c> very</c><00:22:16.299><c> powerful</c><00:22:16.720><c> in</c><00:22:16.920><c> the</c><00:22:17.039><c> morning</c><00:22:17.480><c> but</c><00:22:18.960><c> he</c><00:22:19.220><c> is</c><00:22:19.599><c> deadly</c>

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powerful<00:22:20.640><c> when</c><00:22:21.140><c> we</c><00:22:21.359><c> are</c><00:22:21.619><c> tired</c><00:22:21.980><c> and</c><00:22:22.339><c> weary.</c>

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Or<00:22:24.160><c> if</c><00:22:24.240><c> we're</c><00:22:24.400><c> on</c><00:22:24.559><c> the</c><00:22:24.799><c> fringe</c><00:22:25.039><c> of</c><00:22:25.259><c> our</c><00:22:25.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:26.039><c> and</c><00:22:26.599><c> we</c><00:22:26.799><c> just</c>

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don't<00:22:27.319><c> seem</c><00:22:27.559><c> to</c><00:22:27.779><c> get</c><00:22:27.900><c> much</c>

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support<00:22:29.880><c> in</c><00:22:30.160><c> the</c><00:22:30.359><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:30.839><c> and</c><00:22:31.099><c> we</c><00:22:31.339><c> only</c><00:22:31.700><c> attend</c><00:22:32.140><c> from</c><00:22:32.519><c> time</c>

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to<00:22:33.119><c> time,</c><00:22:34.160><c> we</c><00:22:34.599><c> wake</c><00:22:34.839><c> up</c><00:22:35.039><c> one</c><00:22:35.220><c> day</c><00:22:35.359><c> and</c><00:22:35.500><c> we</c><00:22:35.680><c> find</c>

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ourselves<00:22:36.339><c> involved</c><00:22:36.799><c> in</c><00:22:37.079><c> activities</c><00:22:37.559><c> and</c><00:22:37.980><c> situations</c><00:22:38.640><c> and</c>

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relationships<00:22:39.559><c> that</c><00:22:39.819><c> we</c><00:22:40.039><c> ought</c><00:22:40.220><c> not</c><00:22:40.460><c> be</c><00:22:40.720><c> involved</c><00:22:41.039><c> in.</c>

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And<00:22:42.160><c> it's</c><00:22:42.279><c> because</c><00:22:42.599><c> the</c><00:22:42.960><c> spirit</c><00:22:43.200><c> of</c><00:22:43.640><c> Amalek</c><00:22:43.940><c> has</c><00:22:44.200><c> taken</c><00:22:44.500><c> hold</c>

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in<00:22:44.980><c> our</c><00:22:45.160><c> life</c><00:22:45.420><c> when</c><00:22:45.599><c> we're</c><00:22:45.920><c> tired</c><00:22:46.279><c> and</c><00:22:46.680><c> weary</c>

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and<00:22:47.559><c> we're</c><00:22:47.740><c> on</c><00:22:48.039><c> the</c><00:22:48.220><c> fringes.</c><00:22:49.279><c> That's</c><00:22:49.839><c> the</c><00:22:50.019><c> warning</c><00:22:50.259><c> of</c><00:22:50.579><c> the</c>

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Amalekites.<00:22:52.240><c> And</c><00:22:52.440><c> if</c><00:22:52.519><c> you</c><00:22:52.640><c> want</c><00:22:52.779><c> to</c><00:22:52.920><c> see</c><00:22:52.980><c> it</c>

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crystallized<00:22:53.960><c> in</c><00:22:54.140><c> the</c><00:22:54.279><c> life</c><00:22:54.480><c> of</c><00:22:54.740><c> one</c><00:22:54.940><c> person,</c><00:22:56.579><c> take</c><00:22:56.799><c> a</c><00:22:56.920><c> look</c>

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at<00:22:57.160><c> King</c><00:22:57.519><c> Saul</c><00:22:57.900><c> who</c><00:22:58.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:58.940><c> slay</c><00:22:59.579><c> egg</c><00:22:59.980><c>-egg.</c>

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He<00:23:02.019><c> allowed</c><00:23:02.220><c> him</c><00:23:02.480><c> to</c><00:23:02.759><c> live</c><00:23:03.259><c> and</c><00:23:04.180><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:04.859><c> another</c><00:23:05.339><c> faithful</c>

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brother<00:23:06.339><c> in</c><00:23:06.779><c> his</c><00:23:07.039><c> 90s,</c><00:23:07.519><c> comes</c><00:23:07.819><c> along</c><00:23:08.160><c> and</c><00:23:08.359><c> he</c><00:23:08.559><c> has</c><00:23:08.839><c> to</c>

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hack<00:23:09.680><c> egg</c><00:23:10.119><c>-egg</c><00:23:10.299><c> to</c><00:23:10.539><c> pieces</c><00:23:10.940><c> because</c><00:23:11.259><c> Saul</c><00:23:11.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:11.819><c> do</c><00:23:12.039><c> it.</c>

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What<00:23:14.119><c> happens</c><00:23:14.480><c> to</c><00:23:14.759><c> Saul?</c>

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He<00:23:18.079><c> eventually</c><00:23:18.700><c> is</c><00:23:19.200><c> killed.</c><00:23:21.579><c> You</c><00:23:21.640><c> know</c><00:23:21.720><c> who</c><00:23:21.900><c> kills</c><00:23:22.119><c> him?</c><00:23:23.779><c> According</c><00:23:24.000><c> to</c>

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2nd<00:23:24.539><c> Samuel</c><00:23:24.779><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.220><c> 1,</c>

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an<00:23:27.279><c> Amalekite,</c><00:23:28.900><c> a</c><00:23:29.299><c> servant</c><00:23:29.660><c> in</c><00:23:29.940><c> his</c><00:23:30.160><c> own</c><00:23:30.480><c> camp,</c><00:23:31.680><c> is</c><00:23:31.799><c> the</c><00:23:31.920><c> one</c>

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who<00:23:32.299><c> comes</c><00:23:32.519><c> along</c><00:23:32.920><c> and</c><00:23:33.180><c> runs</c><00:23:33.400><c> him</c><00:23:33.640><c> through.</c>

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And<00:23:35.140><c> you</c><00:23:35.220><c> know</c><00:23:35.339><c> when</c><00:23:35.460><c> he</c><00:23:35.640><c> died?</c><00:23:37.319><c> When</c><00:23:37.559><c> he</c><00:23:37.759><c> was</c><00:23:38.059><c> faint</c><00:23:38.440><c> and</c><00:23:38.940><c> weary,</c><00:23:40.119><c> having</c><00:23:40.339><c> fallen</c><00:23:40.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:41.279><c> battle</c><00:23:41.619><c> against</c><00:23:42.119><c> the</c><00:23:42.400><c> enemy.</c>

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That's<00:23:45.299><c> the</c><00:23:45.500><c> spirit</c><00:23:45.940><c> of</c><00:23:46.339><c> Amalek</c><00:23:46.799><c> that</c><00:23:47.299><c> God</c><00:23:47.779><c> warns</c><00:23:48.240><c> us.</c><00:23:48.559><c> And</c><00:23:48.680><c> he</c>

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says<00:23:49.000><c> in</c><00:23:49.140><c> Exodus</c><00:23:49.440><c> 17</c>

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that<00:23:51.140><c> he</c><00:23:51.299><c> will</c><00:23:51.619><c> have</c><00:23:52.240><c> battle</c><00:23:52.619><c> with</c><00:23:53.039><c> Amalek</c><00:23:53.559><c> in</c><00:23:53.880><c> every</c><00:23:54.220><c> generation.</c><00:23:55.619><c> Every</c>

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generation<00:23:56.640><c> will</c><00:23:56.880><c> have</c><00:23:57.059><c> to</c><00:23:57.240><c> learn</c>

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to<00:23:57.640><c> come</c><00:23:57.779><c> to</c><00:23:58.000><c> grips</c><00:23:58.240><c> with</c><00:23:58.460><c> the</c><00:23:58.720><c> spirit</c><00:23:58.880><c> of</c><00:23:59.140><c> Amalek</c><00:23:59.500><c> and</c><00:23:59.660><c> the</c><00:23:59.859><c> power</c><00:24:00.119><c> of</c>

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Amalek.<00:24:02.460><c> God</c><00:24:02.700><c> also</c><00:24:03.019><c> gives</c><00:24:03.180><c> us</c><00:24:03.400><c> the</c><00:24:03.619><c> assurance</c>

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that<00:24:04.059><c> he</c><00:24:04.200><c> will</c><00:24:04.420><c> eventually</c><00:24:04.880><c> overcome</c><00:24:05.440><c> Amalek</c><00:24:06.000><c> as</c><00:24:06.140><c> he</c><00:24:06.420><c> did</c><00:24:06.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:07.339><c> destruction</c><00:24:07.779><c> of</c><00:24:09.160><c> the</c><00:24:09.319><c> devil</c><00:24:09.579><c> and</c><00:24:09.779><c> the</c><00:24:09.880><c> death</c><00:24:10.059><c> of</c>

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Christ.<00:24:11.759><c> But</c><00:24:12.019><c> just</c><00:24:12.240><c> like</c><00:24:12.420><c> when</c><00:24:12.619><c> Haman</c><00:24:12.839><c> dies,</c><00:24:13.279><c> it</c><00:24:13.279><c> doesn't</c><00:24:13.599><c> mean</c><00:24:13.920><c> that</c><00:24:14.220><c> Christ</c><00:24:14.559><c> killed</c><00:24:15.180><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:24:15.660><c> of</c><00:24:15.900><c> Amalek</c><00:24:16.079><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:16.480><c> cross.</c><00:24:16.980><c> Each</c><00:24:17.299><c> of</c><00:24:17.500><c> us</c><00:24:17.880><c> have</c><00:24:18.119><c> to</c><00:24:18.299><c> engage</c><00:24:18.599><c> ourselves</c><00:24:19.339><c> in</c><00:24:19.599><c> the</c>

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exact<00:24:20.380><c> same</c><00:24:20.819><c> battle</c><00:24:21.359><c> to</c><00:24:21.920><c> prevent</c><00:24:22.259><c> him</c><00:24:22.980><c> from</c>

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overcoming<00:24:23.759><c> us.</c><00:24:25.000><c> So</c><00:24:25.299><c> every</c><00:24:25.519><c> generation</c><00:24:26.119><c> must</c><00:24:26.420><c> learn</c><00:24:27.000><c> to</c><00:24:27.500><c> wage</c>

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this<00:24:28.000><c> same</c><00:24:28.259><c> battle.</c><00:24:29.500><c> And</c><00:24:29.599><c> in</c><00:24:29.740><c> the</c><00:24:29.839><c> book</c><00:24:30.000><c> of</c><00:24:30.259><c> Esther,</c>

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we<00:24:30.619><c> have</c><00:24:30.799><c> the</c><00:24:31.000><c> next</c><00:24:31.339><c> phase</c><00:24:31.720><c> of</c><00:24:31.980><c> the</c><00:24:32.200><c> battle</c><00:24:32.420><c> between</c><00:24:32.819><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:24:33.460><c> Amalek</c><00:24:34.460><c> because</c><00:24:35.059><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:35.759><c> is</c><00:24:36.259><c> of</c><00:24:36.500><c> the</c>

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tribe<00:24:37.079><c> of</c><00:24:37.299><c> Benjamin.</c><00:24:39.519><c> A</c><00:24:39.740><c> little</c><00:24:40.059><c> man</c><00:24:40.559><c> is</c><00:24:40.799><c> what</c><00:24:41.059><c> Justinius</c><00:24:41.779><c> says</c><00:24:42.039><c> his</c>

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name<00:24:43.099><c> means</c><00:24:43.420><c> in</c><00:24:43.759><c> contrast</c><00:24:44.359><c> to</c><00:24:44.660><c> Saul,</c>

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King<00:24:45.559><c> Saul,</c><00:24:45.980><c> who</c><00:24:46.059><c> was</c><00:24:46.380><c> also</c><00:24:46.799><c> of</c><00:24:47.019><c> the</c><00:24:47.240><c> tribe</c><00:24:47.680><c> of</c><00:24:48.079><c> Benjamin,</c><00:24:48.839><c> but</c>

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he<00:24:49.099><c> was</c><00:24:49.299><c> a</c><00:24:49.440><c> tall</c><00:24:49.599><c> man.</c><00:24:51.480><c> He</c><00:24:51.660><c> couldn't</c><00:24:52.019><c> defeat</c><00:24:52.720><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:24:53.519><c> of</c><00:24:53.819><c> Amalek.</c><00:24:55.000><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:55.640><c> will</c><00:24:56.099><c> because</c><00:24:56.500><c> he</c><00:24:56.700><c> will</c><00:24:56.920><c> fight</c>

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him<00:24:57.480><c> on</c><00:24:57.680><c> a</c><00:24:57.859><c> different</c><00:24:58.039><c> basis.</c><00:24:59.440><c> It's</c><00:24:59.640><c> possible</c>

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the<00:25:00.299><c> Jews</c><00:25:00.500><c> are</c><00:25:00.779><c> growing</c><00:25:00.980><c> comfortable</c><00:25:01.619><c> under</c><00:25:01.960><c> Persian</c><00:25:02.339><c> rule.</c>

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So<00:25:04.119><c> God</c><00:25:04.279><c> raises</c><00:25:04.640><c> up</c><00:25:04.980><c> payment</c><00:25:05.240><c> to</c><00:25:05.559><c> remind</c><00:25:05.880><c> them</c>

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of<00:25:06.359><c> this</c><00:25:06.519><c> Amalek</c><00:25:06.980><c> principle.</c><00:25:09.119><c> What's</c><00:25:09.599><c> happening</c><00:25:09.920><c> in</c><00:25:10.319><c> Palestine</c><00:25:10.839><c> at</c><00:25:11.059><c> this</c>

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time<00:25:11.579><c> is</c><00:25:11.920><c> Ezra</c><00:25:12.339><c> returns</c><00:25:12.759><c> to</c><00:25:12.980><c> the</c>

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land<00:25:13.339><c> and</c><00:25:13.519><c> he</c><00:25:13.759><c> finds</c><00:25:14.099><c> the</c><00:25:14.440><c> Jews</c><00:25:14.799><c> have</c><00:25:15.180><c> intermarried</c><00:25:16.039><c> with</c><00:25:16.400><c> the</c>

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Gentiles.<00:25:18.500><c> And</c><00:25:18.599><c> he</c><00:25:18.700><c> sits</c><00:25:18.940><c> down</c><00:25:19.299><c> in</c><00:25:19.460><c> the</c><00:25:19.619><c> pouring</c><00:25:19.880><c> rain</c>

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and<00:25:20.440><c> he</c><00:25:20.740><c> forces</c><00:25:21.059><c> them</c><00:25:21.400><c> to</c><00:25:21.839><c> separate</c><00:25:22.220><c> from</c><00:25:22.460><c> these</c><00:25:22.920><c> unholy</c><00:25:24.119><c> unions.</c><00:25:25.279><c> And</c>

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they<00:25:25.619><c> make</c><00:25:25.799><c> a</c><00:25:26.059><c> covenant</c><00:25:26.259><c> that</c><00:25:26.480><c> they</c><00:25:27.039><c> will</c>

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no<00:25:27.440><c> longer</c><00:25:28.160><c> unite</c><00:25:28.680><c> themselves</c><00:25:29.180><c> to</c><00:25:29.359><c> these</c><00:25:29.599><c> Gentiles.</c><00:25:31.839><c> And</c><00:25:32.000><c> it's</c><00:25:32.079><c> just</c><00:25:32.299><c> a</c>

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few<00:25:32.619><c> short</c><00:25:32.819><c> years</c><00:25:33.119><c> later</c><00:25:33.420><c> that</c><00:25:33.640><c> Nehemiah</c>

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returns<00:25:34.559><c> to</c><00:25:34.759><c> the</c><00:25:34.900><c> land</c><00:25:35.079><c> and</c><00:25:35.220><c> he</c><00:25:35.400><c> finds</c><00:25:35.680><c> that</c><00:25:35.980><c> the</c><00:25:36.180><c> Jews</c><00:25:36.480><c> are</c><00:25:36.819><c> so</c>

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intermingled<00:25:37.720><c> with</c><00:25:37.940><c> the</c><00:25:38.079><c> Gentiles</c><00:25:38.779><c> and</c><00:25:39.079><c> again</c>

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nations.<00:25:55.079><c> So</c><00:25:55.240><c> it's</c><00:25:56.579><c> a</c><00:25:56.660><c> difficult</c><00:25:57.140><c> period</c><00:25:57.460><c> of</c>

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keep<00:26:01.019><c> going</c><00:26:01.279><c> back</c><00:26:01.680><c> to</c><00:26:01.900><c> marrying</c><00:26:02.180><c> the</c><00:26:02.460><c> Canaanites</c>

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pulls<00:26:07.700><c> them</c><00:26:07.940><c> apart,</c><00:26:08.740><c> go</c><00:26:09.039><c> back</c><00:26:09.319><c> and</c><00:26:09.440><c> he</c><00:26:09.500><c> has</c><00:26:09.660><c> to</c><00:26:09.819><c> pull</c><00:26:09.920><c> them</c><00:26:10.099><c> apart</c><00:26:10.339><c> again.</c><00:26:11.500><c> But</c>

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you<00:26:11.880><c> raise</c><00:26:12.059><c> up</c><00:26:12.319><c> someone</c><00:26:12.559><c> like</c><00:26:12.920><c> Haman</c>

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who<00:26:14.299><c> calls</c><00:26:14.599><c> for</c><00:26:14.839><c> the</c><00:26:15.019><c> death</c><00:26:15.299><c> of</c><00:26:15.640><c> every</c><00:26:15.960><c> believer</c><00:26:16.599><c> and</c><00:26:17.779><c> God</c><00:26:18.059><c> is</c>

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crystallizing<00:26:19.220><c> for</c><00:26:19.440><c> them</c><00:26:19.720><c> who</c><00:26:20.039><c> the</c><00:26:20.279><c> enemy</c><00:26:20.480><c> really</c><00:26:20.940><c> is</c>

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and<00:26:22.079><c> the</c><00:26:22.319><c> need</c><00:26:22.519><c> for</c><00:26:22.759><c> them</c><00:26:22.980><c> to</c><00:26:23.299><c> retain</c><00:26:24.019><c> their</c><00:26:24.400><c> separate</c><00:26:24.799><c> identity.</c><00:26:26.500><c> This</c>

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doesn't<00:26:26.980><c> mean</c><00:26:27.200><c> at</c><00:26:27.380><c> this</c><00:26:27.579><c> point</c><00:26:27.759><c> in</c><00:26:27.900><c> their</c>

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Gentile<00:26:32.500><c> society</c><00:26:32.920><c> because</c>

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they<00:26:33.380><c> hadn't.</c><00:26:34.559><c> We'll</c><00:26:34.680><c> see</c><00:26:34.859><c> in</c><00:26:34.960><c> just</c><00:26:35.180><c> a</c><00:26:35.299><c> minute</c><00:26:35.420><c> that</c><00:26:35.640><c> Haman's</c>

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characteristic<00:26:36.759><c> or</c><00:26:37.460><c> the</c><00:26:37.599><c> way</c><00:26:37.720><c> he</c><00:26:38.079><c> characterizes</c>

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were<00:26:43.920><c> attempting</c><00:26:44.279><c> to</c>

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maintain.<00:26:45.759><c> But</c><00:26:45.859><c> when</c><00:26:46.019><c> we</c><00:26:46.160><c> look</c><00:26:46.299><c> at</c><00:26:46.539><c> Haman's</c><00:26:47.799><c> character,</c><00:26:49.440><c> he</c>

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is<00:26:50.079><c> an</c><00:26:50.420><c> egotist.</c><00:26:53.680><c> And</c><00:26:53.920><c> if</c><00:26:54.079><c> you</c><00:26:54.180><c> look</c><00:26:54.319><c> at</c><00:26:54.420><c> some</c><00:26:54.640><c> of</c><00:26:54.859><c> the</c>

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characteristics<00:26:55.880><c> that</c><00:26:56.039><c> are</c><00:26:57.059><c> included</c><00:26:57.519><c> in</c><00:26:57.960><c> the</c><00:26:58.180><c> handout</c><00:26:58.619><c> in</c><00:26:59.720><c> number</c><00:26:59.940><c> 19,</c><00:27:01.619><c> you</c><00:27:01.859><c> look</c><00:27:02.099><c> over</c><00:27:02.380><c> at</c><00:27:02.539><c> chapter</c><00:27:02.779><c> 5</c>

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because<00:27:12.839><c> the</c><00:27:13.319><c> word</c><00:27:13.859><c> they're</c><00:27:14.539><c> indicating,</c><00:27:17.119><c> it's</c><00:27:18.279><c> back</c><00:27:18.519><c> in</c><00:27:18.720><c> chapter</c><00:27:18.940><c> 3</c><00:27:19.180><c> that</c><00:27:19.299><c> we'll</c><00:27:19.420><c> look</c><00:27:19.599><c> at</c><00:27:19.680><c> in</c><00:27:19.759><c> just</c><00:27:19.980><c> a</c><00:27:20.079><c> minute,</c>

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is<00:27:20.500><c> that</c><00:27:20.539><c> these</c><00:27:20.880><c> promotions</c><00:27:21.339><c> had</c><00:27:21.579><c> the</c><00:27:21.799><c> effect</c><00:27:22.019><c> of</c><00:27:22.339><c> enlarging</c>

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his<00:27:23.660><c> head.</c><00:27:24.319><c> In</c><00:27:24.380><c> chapter</c><00:27:24.700><c> 5</c><00:27:24.980><c> at</c><00:27:25.119><c> verse</c><00:27:25.400><c> 11,</c>

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this<00:27:25.900><c> is</c><00:27:26.019><c> how</c><00:27:26.140><c> he</c><00:27:26.240><c> describes</c><00:27:26.700><c> himself.</c><00:27:27.779><c> He</c><00:27:27.980><c> recounted,</c><00:27:28.799><c> and</c>

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this<00:27:29.220><c> is</c><00:27:29.339><c> when</c><00:27:29.400><c> he's</c><00:27:29.579><c> walking</c><00:27:29.900><c> back</c><00:27:30.220><c> to</c><00:27:30.400><c> his</c><00:27:30.619><c> home</c>

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Zerosh<00:27:34.559><c> and</c><00:27:34.720><c> his</c><00:27:35.000><c> friends</c><00:27:35.480><c> the</c><00:27:36.200><c> splendor</c>

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of<00:27:37.019><c> his</c><00:27:37.240><c> riches,</c><00:27:37.759><c> the</c><00:27:37.960><c> number</c><00:27:38.240><c> of</c><00:27:38.460><c> his</c><00:27:38.640><c> sons,</c><00:27:38.940><c> all</c><00:27:39.200><c> the</c><00:27:39.420><c> promotions</c><00:27:39.839><c> with</c>

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which<00:27:40.299><c> the</c><00:27:40.500><c> king</c><00:27:40.640><c> had</c><00:27:40.859><c> honored</c><00:27:41.039><c> him</c>

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and<00:27:41.660><c> how</c><00:27:41.859><c> he</c><00:27:42.059><c> had</c><00:27:42.279><c> advanced</c><00:27:42.619><c> him</c><00:27:42.859><c> above</c><00:27:43.039><c> the</c><00:27:43.339><c> princes</c><00:27:43.640><c> and</c><00:27:43.839><c> the</c>

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servants<00:27:44.279><c> of</c><00:27:44.460><c> the</c><00:27:44.599><c> king.</c>

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This<00:27:45.960><c> man</c><00:27:46.299><c> is</c><00:27:46.559><c> an</c><00:27:46.819><c> egotist.</c><00:27:47.400><c> In</c><00:27:47.440><c> chapter</c><00:27:47.740><c> 6,</c><00:27:48.160><c> he</c><00:27:48.279><c> walks</c><00:27:48.539><c> into</c>

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the<00:27:48.980><c> discussion</c><00:27:49.440><c> where</c><00:27:49.700><c> the</c><00:27:49.880><c> king</c><00:27:50.220><c> is</c><00:27:50.599><c> trying</c><00:27:50.799><c> to</c>

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decide<00:27:51.559><c> how</c><00:27:52.339><c> to</c><00:27:52.619><c> honor</c><00:27:52.900><c> a</c><00:27:53.180><c> man</c><00:27:53.339><c> in</c><00:27:53.500><c> whom</c><00:27:53.619><c> he</c><00:27:53.720><c> delights</c><00:27:54.140><c> and</c><00:27:54.380><c> Haman</c><00:27:54.579><c> immediately</c><00:27:55.200><c> assumes</c><00:27:55.619><c> it</c>

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must<00:27:55.940><c> be</c><00:27:56.119><c> me.</c>

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Who<00:27:57.380><c> else</c><00:27:57.940><c> would</c><00:27:58.420><c> the</c><00:27:58.619><c> king</c><00:27:58.759><c> want</c><00:27:58.980><c> to</c><00:27:59.279><c> honor</c><00:27:59.720><c> but</c><00:28:00.460><c> me?</c><00:28:02.299><c> That's</c>

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how<00:28:02.960><c> he</c><00:28:03.099><c> thinks.</c><00:28:04.920><c> That's</c><00:28:05.119><c> how</c><00:28:05.259><c> he</c><00:28:05.359><c> makes</c><00:28:05.539><c> decisions.</c>

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That's<00:28:06.519><c> how</c><00:28:06.660><c> he</c><00:28:06.799><c> acts.</c><00:28:07.980><c> You</c><00:28:08.019><c> see,</c><00:28:08.579><c> natural</c><00:28:08.599><c> men</c><00:28:08.759><c> and</c><00:28:12.079><c> women</c><00:28:12.440><c> measure</c><00:28:15.440><c> their</c><00:28:16.599><c> achievements</c><00:28:17.299><c> by</c>

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what<00:28:18.240><c> they</c>

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accomplish<00:28:19.000><c> for</c><00:28:19.160><c> themselves.</c><00:28:21.240><c> Spiritual</c><00:28:21.680><c> men</c><00:28:21.940><c> and</c><00:28:22.079><c> women</c><00:28:22.660><c> are</c><00:28:23.579><c> looking</c><00:28:23.880><c> to</c>

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help<00:28:24.299><c> others</c><00:28:25.039><c> and</c><00:28:26.000><c> they</c><00:28:26.279><c> consider</c>

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achievements<00:28:27.839><c> to</c><00:28:28.099><c> be</c><00:28:28.279><c> measured</c><00:28:28.519><c> by</c><00:28:28.720><c> what</c><00:28:28.880><c> they</c><00:28:29.079><c> can</c><00:28:29.279><c> do</c><00:28:29.680><c> for</c>

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others<00:28:30.440><c> to</c><00:28:30.759><c> God's</c><00:28:31.180><c> glory.</c><00:28:31.859><c> He's</c><00:28:32.579><c> deceptive</c><00:28:33.339><c> and</c>

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manipulative.<00:28:34.839><c> He</c><00:28:35.019><c> offers</c><00:28:35.380><c> to</c><00:28:35.640><c> pay</c><00:28:35.759><c> the</c><00:28:35.960><c> king</c><00:28:36.140><c> a</c><00:28:36.440><c> large</c><00:28:36.779><c> sum</c>

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of<00:28:37.140><c> money</c><00:28:37.500><c> to</c><00:28:37.799><c> rid</c><00:28:37.940><c> the</c><00:28:38.220><c> empire</c><00:28:38.599><c> of</c><00:28:38.799><c> this</c><00:28:39.019><c> rebellious</c>

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people.<00:28:40.500><c> You</c><00:28:40.660><c> see,</c><00:28:40.819><c> the</c><00:28:40.859><c> king</c><00:28:41.039><c> isn't</c><00:28:41.279><c> somebody</c><00:28:41.599><c> you</c><00:28:41.859><c> loyally</c>

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serve<00:28:42.740><c> as</c><00:28:43.440><c> Mordecai</c><00:28:43.920><c> did.</c><00:28:44.240><c> The</c><00:28:44.380><c> king</c><00:28:44.519><c> is</c>

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someone<00:28:44.900><c> that</c><00:28:45.059><c> you</c><00:28:45.259><c> manipulate</c><00:28:45.680><c> to</c><00:28:45.819><c> your</c><00:28:46.000><c> own</c><00:28:46.180><c> advantage.</c><00:28:47.519><c> That's</c><00:28:47.839><c> how</c><00:28:48.339><c> Haman</c><00:28:48.799><c> treated</c><00:28:49.380><c> the</c><00:28:49.680><c> king.</c><00:28:50.500><c> He</c>

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makes<00:28:50.920><c> himself</c>

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out<00:28:51.599><c> to</c><00:28:51.799><c> be</c><00:28:52.019><c> a</c><00:28:52.220><c> loyal</c><00:28:52.480><c> servant.</c><00:28:52.920><c> King,</c><00:28:53.140><c> there's</c><00:28:53.460><c> this</c><00:28:53.700><c> people</c>

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that<00:28:54.500><c> we</c><00:28:54.660><c> need</c><00:28:54.859><c> to</c><00:28:55.019><c> get</c><00:28:55.160><c> rid</c><00:28:55.339><c> of.</c><00:28:56.059><c> Don't</c><00:28:56.380><c> worry,</c>

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I'll<00:28:57.019><c> get</c><00:28:57.160><c> rid</c><00:28:57.339><c> of</c><00:28:57.400><c> them</c><00:28:57.519><c> for</c><00:28:57.819><c> you.</c><00:28:58.559><c> They're</c><00:28:58.859><c> a</c><00:28:59.019><c> bad</c><00:28:59.200><c> people.</c><00:28:59.680><c> They're</c><00:28:59.940><c> a</c>

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:02.660
law<00:29:00.420><c>-breaking</c><00:29:00.819><c> people.</c><00:29:02.099><c> In</c><00:29:02.380><c> fact,</c>

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:08.180
I<00:29:03.140><c> will</c><00:29:03.680><c> pay</c><00:29:03.880><c> you</c><00:29:04.140><c> money</c><00:29:04.680><c> to</c><00:29:05.400><c> take</c><00:29:05.619><c> care</c><00:29:05.779><c> of</c><00:29:05.920><c> these</c><00:29:06.099><c> people.</c><00:29:07.400><c> Boy,</c><00:29:07.720><c> Haman,</c><00:29:07.980><c> we</c>

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.700
need<00:29:08.400><c> more</c><00:29:08.660><c> people</c><00:29:08.960><c> like</c><00:29:09.220><c> you</c><00:29:09.380><c> in</c><00:29:09.539><c> the</c>

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:13.640
empire.<00:29:11.240><c> And</c><00:29:11.460><c> that's</c><00:29:11.740><c> the</c><00:29:11.920><c> kind</c><00:29:12.099><c> of</c><00:29:12.339><c> deceit</c><00:29:12.799><c> he</c><00:29:13.059><c> used</c><00:29:13.299><c> towards</c>

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.799
the<00:29:13.779><c> king.</c><00:29:13.880><c> He</c><00:29:13.980><c> won't</c><00:29:14.160><c> tell</c><00:29:14.380><c> the</c><00:29:14.519><c> king</c><00:29:14.660><c> that</c>

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:19.960
they're<00:29:14.940><c> the</c><00:29:15.119><c> Jews.</c><00:29:16.480><c> All</c><00:29:16.720><c> he</c><00:29:16.960><c> does</c><00:29:17.279><c> in</c><00:29:17.500><c> verse</c><00:29:17.740><c> 8</c><00:29:18.779><c> is</c><00:29:19.619><c> tell</c><00:29:19.839><c> the</c>

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:23.759
king<00:29:20.180><c> of</c><00:29:20.359><c> chapter</c><00:29:20.640><c> 3</c><00:29:21.660><c> that</c><00:29:23.059><c> there</c><00:29:23.240><c> is</c><00:29:23.400><c> a</c><00:29:23.539><c> certain</c>

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:28.119
people<00:29:24.200><c> scattered</c><00:29:24.579><c> abroad</c><00:29:25.000><c> and</c><00:29:25.299><c> dispersed</c><00:29:25.660><c> among</c><00:29:26.019><c> the</c><00:29:26.299><c> peoples</c><00:29:26.720><c> in</c><00:29:27.180><c> all</c><00:29:27.400><c> the</c><00:29:27.619><c> provinces</c><00:29:27.940><c> of</c>

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.579
your<00:29:28.339><c> kingdom.</c>

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:31.059
Their<00:29:28.880><c> laws</c><00:29:29.220><c> are</c><00:29:29.500><c> different</c><00:29:29.900><c> from</c><00:29:30.059><c> those</c><00:29:30.299><c> of</c><00:29:30.460><c> other</c><00:29:30.619><c> people</c>

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:33.480
and<00:29:31.259><c> they</c><00:29:31.400><c> do</c><00:29:31.599><c> not</c><00:29:31.819><c> keep</c><00:29:32.359><c> the</c><00:29:32.579><c> king's</c><00:29:33.019><c> laws</c><00:29:33.259><c> so</c>

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:37.180
that<00:29:33.619><c> it</c><00:29:33.720><c> is</c><00:29:33.880><c> not</c><00:29:34.119><c> for</c><00:29:34.319><c> the</c><00:29:34.460><c> king's</c><00:29:34.839><c> profit</c><00:29:35.220><c> to</c><00:29:35.680><c> tolerate</c><00:29:36.099><c> them.</c><00:29:37.019><c> And</c>

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:40.539
he<00:29:37.400><c> accurately</c><00:29:38.660><c> describes</c><00:29:39.859><c> the</c><00:29:40.160><c> Jews</c>

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:44.660
because<00:29:41.359><c> he</c><00:29:41.640><c> calls</c><00:29:41.940><c> them</c><00:29:42.259><c> a</c><00:29:42.700><c> certain</c><00:29:43.240><c> people.</c><00:29:44.079><c> If</c><00:29:44.240><c> you</c><00:29:44.460><c> look,</c>

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:49.200
the<00:29:44.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:45.220><c> word</c><00:29:45.460><c> means</c><00:29:45.859><c> a</c><00:29:46.240><c> united</c><00:29:46.920><c> people</c><00:29:47.880><c> as</c><00:29:48.259><c> one,</c>

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:54.720
a<00:29:49.859><c> people</c><00:29:50.019><c> who</c><00:29:50.240><c> are</c><00:29:50.559><c> scattered</c><00:29:50.900><c> and</c><00:29:51.420><c> dispersed.</c><00:29:53.160><c> The</c><00:29:53.380><c> word</c><00:29:53.559><c> means</c><00:29:53.960><c> separate.</c><00:29:54.559><c> So</c>

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.160
what<00:29:54.880><c> he's</c><00:29:55.259><c> describing</c><00:29:55.680><c> the</c><00:29:55.980><c> Jews</c>

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:59.440
as<00:29:56.480><c> being</c><00:29:57.160><c> is</c><00:29:57.880><c> that</c><00:29:58.019><c> they</c><00:29:58.200><c> have</c><00:29:58.420><c> been</c><00:29:58.759><c> scattered</c><00:29:59.059><c> throughout</c>

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:02.539
the<00:29:59.720><c> empire</c><00:30:00.119><c> but</c><00:30:00.380><c> they</c><00:30:01.539><c> have</c><00:30:01.740><c> retained</c>

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:06.240
their<00:30:03.000><c> distinct</c><00:30:03.480><c> ways</c><00:30:04.019><c> and</c><00:30:04.460><c> they</c><00:30:04.640><c> are</c><00:30:04.980><c> united</c><00:30:05.319><c> as</c><00:30:05.660><c> one.</c><00:30:06.079><c> And,</c>

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:08.859
brethren<00:30:06.380><c> and</c><00:30:06.619><c> sisters,</c><00:30:06.920><c> isn't</c><00:30:07.240><c> that</c><00:30:07.599><c> exactly</c>

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:13.160
what<00:30:09.539><c> our</c><00:30:09.920><c> community</c><00:30:10.339><c> should</c><00:30:10.619><c> be</c><00:30:10.900><c> like</c><00:30:11.299><c> in</c><00:30:11.599><c> the</c><00:30:11.779><c> world</c><00:30:11.980><c> today?</c>

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:17.960
Scattered<00:30:13.880><c> in</c><00:30:14.299><c> pockets,</c><00:30:16.119><c> separate</c><00:30:16.319><c> and</c><00:30:16.700><c> distinct</c><00:30:17.299><c> from</c><00:30:17.700><c> the</c>

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:20.480
other<00:30:18.180><c> gentiles</c><00:30:18.799><c> but</c><00:30:19.039><c> united</c><00:30:19.539><c> as</c><00:30:20.019><c> one</c>

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:27.240
in<00:30:20.859><c> terms</c><00:30:21.160><c> of</c><00:30:21.339><c> our</c><00:30:21.519><c> community.</c><00:30:23.259><c> Haman</c><00:30:23.420><c> is</c><00:30:23.839><c> actually</c><00:30:24.319><c> paying</c><00:30:24.799><c> the</c><00:30:25.220><c> Jews,</c><00:30:25.859><c> the</c><00:30:26.079><c> remnant,</c><00:30:27.099><c> a</c>

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.299
very<00:30:27.799><c> high</c>

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:32.420
spiritual<00:30:29.059><c> compliment.</c><00:30:30.500><c> And</c><00:30:30.819><c> they</c><00:30:30.960><c> are</c><00:30:31.279><c> so</c><00:30:31.559><c> isolated</c><00:30:32.200><c> that</c>

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:35.279
it<00:30:32.519><c> will</c><00:30:32.720><c> be</c><00:30:32.980><c> fairly</c><00:30:33.299><c> easy</c><00:30:33.980><c> to</c><00:30:34.319><c> identify</c><00:30:34.920><c> them</c>

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:40.640
and<00:30:35.640><c> slay</c><00:30:35.940><c> them</c><00:30:36.039><c> all</c><00:30:36.220><c> at</c><00:30:36.440><c> once</c><00:30:36.740><c> on</c><00:30:37.200><c> the</c><00:30:37.480><c> same</c><00:30:37.759><c> day.</c><00:30:40.460><c> But</c><00:30:40.579><c> you</c>

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.500
see,<00:30:40.779><c> the</c><00:30:40.880><c> Jews</c><00:30:41.019><c> are</c><00:30:41.220><c> not</c><00:30:41.380><c> lawbreakers.</c>

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:47.319
Mordecai<00:30:43.759><c> will</c><00:30:44.019><c> not</c><00:30:44.200><c> have</c><00:30:44.380><c> to</c><00:30:44.640><c> change</c><00:30:45.019><c> an</c><00:30:45.619><c> iota</c><00:30:46.180><c> of</c><00:30:46.579><c> his</c><00:30:46.900><c> care</c>

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:50.559
to<00:30:47.759><c> become</c><00:30:48.200><c> prime</c><00:30:48.640><c> minister</c><00:30:49.079><c> of</c><00:30:49.319><c> this</c><00:30:49.539><c> empire.</c>

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:54.279
Now,<00:30:52.279><c> if</c><00:30:52.440><c> they</c><00:30:52.599><c> were</c><00:30:52.779><c> lawbreakers,</c><00:30:53.400><c> he'd</c><00:30:53.619><c> have</c><00:30:53.759><c> to</c><00:30:53.940><c> become</c><00:30:54.160><c> a</c>

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:57.079
new<00:30:54.440><c> man,</c><00:30:54.740><c> but</c><00:30:54.880><c> he</c><00:30:54.980><c> doesn't</c><00:30:55.240><c> have</c><00:30:55.539><c> to</c><00:30:55.700><c> become</c><00:30:55.920><c> a</c><00:30:56.000><c> new</c><00:30:56.180><c> man.</c>

00:30:57.500 --> 00:31:02.980
Haman<00:30:57.700><c> uses</c><00:30:58.380><c> deceit</c><00:30:59.759><c> and</c><00:31:00.279><c> manipulation</c><00:31:01.019><c> to</c><00:31:02.220><c> convey</c><00:31:02.599><c> to</c><00:31:02.799><c> the</c>

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:05.980
king<00:31:03.200><c> the</c><00:31:03.460><c> need</c><00:31:03.940><c> to</c><00:31:04.400><c> destroy</c><00:31:04.619><c> these</c><00:31:04.880><c> people.</c>

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:10.180
If,<00:31:07.079><c> as</c><00:31:07.259><c> we</c><00:31:07.460><c> suggested</c><00:31:07.799><c> in</c><00:31:08.019><c> class</c><00:31:08.259><c> one,</c><00:31:08.839><c> that</c><00:31:09.059><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:31:09.920><c> is</c>

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:12.339
actually<00:31:10.940><c> Darius</c><00:31:11.420><c> Heschaspis,</c>

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:17.819
this<00:31:12.940><c> is</c><00:31:13.240><c> the</c><00:31:13.500><c> same</c><00:31:13.779><c> king</c><00:31:14.359><c> who</c><00:31:15.400><c> will</c><00:31:15.839><c> or</c><00:31:16.660><c> has</c><00:31:16.900><c> already</c><00:31:17.380><c> granted</c>

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:21.140
to<00:31:18.539><c> Ezra</c><00:31:19.220><c> the</c><00:31:19.759><c> privilege</c><00:31:20.160><c> of</c><00:31:20.500><c> returning</c><00:31:20.799><c> back</c>

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:25.380
to<00:31:21.279><c> the</c><00:31:21.460><c> land</c><00:31:21.779><c> to</c><00:31:23.099><c> help</c><00:31:23.420><c> and</c><00:31:23.720><c> support</c><00:31:24.099><c> of</c><00:31:24.279><c> the</c><00:31:24.480><c> Jews.</c><00:31:24.920><c> So</c><00:31:25.059><c> Haman</c>

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:28.799
purposely<00:31:26.559><c> omits</c><00:31:27.160><c> the</c><00:31:27.480><c> fact</c><00:31:27.799><c> that</c><00:31:28.200><c> these</c><00:31:28.559><c> are</c>

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:32.420
the<00:31:29.000><c> Jews</c><00:31:29.240><c> that</c><00:31:29.440><c> he's</c><00:31:29.619><c> looking</c><00:31:29.900><c> to</c><00:31:30.200><c> destroy.</c><00:31:31.539><c> You</c><00:31:31.700><c> ask</c><00:31:31.960><c> yourself,</c><00:31:32.299><c> well,</c>

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:34.579
how<00:31:32.579><c> could</c><00:31:32.779><c> the</c><00:31:33.059><c> king,</c><00:31:34.059><c> on</c><00:31:34.240><c> the</c><00:31:34.380><c> one</c>

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.700
hand,<00:31:34.839><c> take</c><00:31:35.079><c> such</c><00:31:35.500><c> delight</c><00:31:36.019><c> in</c><00:31:36.220><c> Esther</c><00:31:36.579><c> and,</c><00:31:37.220><c> on</c><00:31:37.339><c> the</c><00:31:37.460><c> other</c>

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:40.859
hand,<00:31:38.279><c> promote</c><00:31:38.599><c> Haman</c><00:31:39.039><c> to</c><00:31:39.299><c> be</c><00:31:39.440><c> his</c><00:31:39.640><c> prime</c><00:31:39.880><c> minister?</c>

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:48.579
And<00:31:42.940><c> the</c><00:31:43.119><c> record</c><00:31:43.440><c> reveals</c><00:31:44.279><c> that</c><00:31:44.839><c> the</c><00:31:45.059><c> king</c><00:31:45.279><c> doesn't</c><00:31:45.660><c> know</c><00:31:46.039><c> what</c><00:31:46.339><c> Haman's</c><00:31:46.839><c> true</c><00:31:47.000><c> intent</c><00:31:47.380><c> is.</c>

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:52.740
The<00:31:48.960><c> moment</c><00:31:49.279><c> he</c><00:31:49.460><c> does,</c><00:31:49.980><c> in</c><00:31:50.059><c> chapter</c><00:31:50.420><c> seven,</c><00:31:50.880><c> he</c><00:31:51.019><c> makes</c><00:31:51.319><c> the</c><00:31:51.559><c> decision</c><00:31:51.920><c> that</c><00:31:52.140><c> Haman</c><00:31:52.460><c> is</c>

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.960
to<00:31:52.920><c> die.</c>

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:59.299
But<00:31:54.259><c> so</c><00:31:54.460><c> long</c><00:31:54.640><c> as</c><00:31:54.880><c> Haman</c><00:31:55.160><c> can</c><00:31:55.400><c> keep</c><00:31:55.619><c> the</c><00:31:55.940><c> king</c><00:31:57.759><c> confused</c><00:31:59.000><c> and</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:03.420
in<00:31:59.480><c> ignorance</c><00:32:00.099><c> and</c><00:32:00.880><c> manipulate</c><00:32:01.579><c> him</c><00:32:02.140><c> as</c><00:32:02.680><c> Haman</c>

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:07.940
type<00:32:04.180><c> of</c><00:32:04.619><c> personalities</c><00:32:05.220><c> and</c><00:32:05.519><c> Haman</c><00:32:05.859><c> type</c><00:32:06.079><c> people</c><00:32:06.400><c> do,</c><00:32:07.559><c> he</c><00:32:07.700><c> is</c>

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:10.940
able<00:32:08.119><c> to</c><00:32:08.400><c> remain</c><00:32:08.720><c> in</c><00:32:08.980><c> the</c><00:32:09.200><c> king's</c><00:32:09.740><c> good</c><00:32:09.920><c> graces.</c>

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:16.279
Haman<00:32:12.240><c> is</c><00:32:12.380><c> also</c><00:32:12.640><c> not</c><00:32:12.940><c> content.</c><00:32:13.559><c> He's</c><00:32:13.839><c> never</c><00:32:14.119><c> satisfied.</c><00:32:16.119><c> He</c>

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:19.579
couldn't<00:32:16.559><c> be</c><00:32:16.900><c> satisfied.</c><00:32:18.140><c> He's</c><00:32:18.319><c> on</c><00:32:18.599><c> top</c><00:32:18.759><c> of</c><00:32:18.900><c> the</c><00:32:19.079><c> world</c>

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:24.200
and<00:32:20.039><c> one</c><00:32:20.319><c> man,</c><00:32:21.079><c> Mordecai,</c><00:32:22.079><c> this</c><00:32:22.359><c> Jew</c><00:32:22.720><c> who</c><00:32:22.980><c> refuses</c><00:32:23.359><c> to</c><00:32:23.599><c> bow</c><00:32:23.779><c> down</c><00:32:24.079><c> to</c>

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:27.619
him,<00:32:24.859><c> causes</c><00:32:25.099><c> him</c><00:32:25.339><c> to</c><00:32:25.539><c> be</c><00:32:25.819><c> enraged</c><00:32:26.559><c> in</c><00:32:26.799><c> anger.</c>

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:31.819
Imagine<00:32:28.539><c> that.</c><00:32:29.380><c> Haman</c><00:32:29.680><c> has</c><00:32:30.119><c> everything</c><00:32:30.700><c> this</c><00:32:30.980><c> world</c><00:32:31.240><c> has</c><00:32:31.539><c> to</c>

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:34.160
offer<00:32:32.019><c> other</c><00:32:32.359><c> than</c><00:32:32.460><c> being</c><00:32:32.700><c> the</c><00:32:32.859><c> king</c><00:32:33.000><c> himself,</c>

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:36.420
which<00:32:34.440><c> is</c><00:32:34.680><c> probably</c><00:32:34.900><c> what</c><00:32:35.039><c> he's</c><00:32:35.339><c> secretly</c><00:32:35.680><c> harbored</c><00:32:36.039><c> in</c><00:32:36.220><c> his</c>

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:40.420
heart.<00:32:38.200><c> All</c><00:32:38.759><c> is</c><00:32:39.099><c> what</c><00:32:39.240><c> he</c><00:32:39.519><c> has</c><00:32:39.880><c> and</c><00:32:40.160><c> yet</c><00:32:40.319><c> this</c>

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:45.640
one<00:32:40.900><c> man</c><00:32:41.420><c> won't</c><00:32:41.720><c> bow</c><00:32:42.059><c> down</c><00:32:42.480><c> and</c><00:32:43.160><c> it</c><00:32:43.420><c> causes</c><00:32:43.640><c> him</c><00:32:43.859><c> to</c><00:32:44.039><c> be</c><00:32:44.279><c> so</c><00:32:44.700><c> angry</c><00:32:45.099><c> that</c><00:32:45.400><c> the</c>

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:47.480
death<00:32:45.880><c> of</c><00:32:46.079><c> this</c><00:32:46.359><c> one</c><00:32:46.500><c> old</c><00:32:46.740><c> man</c><00:32:47.079><c> won't</c>

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:52.680
suffice<00:32:48.740><c> to</c><00:32:49.079><c> appease</c><00:32:49.380><c> his</c><00:32:49.660><c> anger.</c><00:32:50.700><c> No,</c><00:32:50.920><c> I</c><00:32:51.059><c> need</c><00:32:51.400><c> every</c><00:32:52.059><c> single</c>

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.200
Jew<00:32:53.099><c> alive</c><00:32:54.180><c> to</c><00:32:54.460><c> die</c><00:32:55.220><c> before</c><00:32:56.039><c> I'm</c><00:32:56.579><c> going</c><00:32:56.819><c> to</c><00:32:57.000><c> be</c>

00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:01.279
satisfied.<00:32:58.480><c> He</c><00:32:58.819><c> harbors</c><00:32:59.299><c> extreme</c><00:32:59.819><c> hatred.</c><00:33:00.339><c> It's</c><00:33:00.539><c> not</c><00:33:00.819><c> unlike</c>

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:04.619
the<00:33:01.539><c> hatred</c><00:33:01.839><c> we</c><00:33:02.119><c> see</c><00:33:02.380><c> today</c><00:33:03.319><c> between</c><00:33:04.240><c> the</c>

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:07.299
Palestinians<00:33:05.279><c> and</c><00:33:05.539><c> some</c><00:33:05.779><c> of</c><00:33:05.960><c> the</c><00:33:06.099><c> Arab</c><00:33:06.259><c> nations</c><00:33:06.660><c> towards</c><00:33:07.019><c> the</c>

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:09.980
Jews,<00:33:08.259><c> how</c><00:33:08.420><c> they</c><00:33:08.559><c> are</c><00:33:08.779><c> teaching</c><00:33:09.140><c> their</c><00:33:09.460><c> children</c>

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:15.319
to<00:33:10.740><c> grow</c><00:33:10.920><c> up</c><00:33:11.160><c> to</c><00:33:11.420><c> hate</c><00:33:11.819><c> the</c><00:33:12.140><c> Jews.</c><00:33:13.500><c> That's</c><00:33:13.839><c> the</c><00:33:14.019><c> kind</c><00:33:14.200><c> of</c><00:33:14.480><c> hatred</c><00:33:14.960><c> that</c>

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:18.819
Haman<00:33:15.480><c> had</c><00:33:16.099><c> for</c><00:33:17.319><c> the</c><00:33:17.599><c> Jews</c><00:33:17.880><c> and</c><00:33:18.039><c> it</c><00:33:18.359><c> shows</c>

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:23.779
the<00:33:19.200><c> depth</c><00:33:19.579><c> of</c><00:33:19.920><c> hatred</c><00:33:20.279><c> that</c><00:33:20.500><c> can</c><00:33:20.720><c> exist</c><00:33:21.180><c> in</c><00:33:21.420><c> our</c><00:33:21.680><c> heart.</c><00:33:23.519><c> Let</c>

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:26.539
us<00:33:24.140><c> not</c><00:33:24.400><c> deceive</c><00:33:24.819><c> ourselves</c><00:33:25.700><c> that</c><00:33:25.980><c> we're</c><00:33:26.220><c> talking</c>

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:31.960
about<00:33:26.960><c> some</c><00:33:27.319><c> Persian</c><00:33:27.859><c> official</c><00:33:28.539><c> and</c><00:33:29.420><c> we're</c><00:33:29.640><c> not</c><00:33:29.859><c> talking</c><00:33:30.180><c> about</c><00:33:30.460><c> ourselves.</c><00:33:31.660><c> He</c>

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:33.200
puts<00:33:32.180><c> his</c><00:33:32.420><c> own</c><00:33:32.640><c> interests</c><00:33:32.960><c> ahead</c>

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:36.119
of<00:33:33.400><c> all</c><00:33:33.619><c> others.</c><00:33:34.099><c> It's</c><00:33:34.359><c> not</c><00:33:34.619><c> in</c><00:33:34.880><c> the</c><00:33:35.079><c> empire's</c><00:33:35.579><c> best</c><00:33:35.759><c> interest</c>

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:38.819
to<00:33:36.400><c> slay</c><00:33:36.599><c> these</c><00:33:36.839><c> people.</c><00:33:37.819><c> They</c><00:33:38.140><c> are</c><00:33:38.500><c> law</c>

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:42.740
abiding<00:33:39.259><c> people.</c><00:33:40.700><c> The</c><00:33:40.839><c> Persians</c><00:33:41.279><c> preserved</c><00:33:41.880><c> cultures.</c><00:33:42.579><c> We</c>

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:44.500
know<00:33:43.000><c> that</c><00:33:43.200><c> because</c><00:33:43.500><c> every</c><00:33:43.779><c> time</c><00:33:43.940><c> they</c><00:33:44.039><c> have</c><00:33:44.220><c> to</c><00:33:44.380><c> write</c>

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:47.440
a<00:33:44.700><c> law,</c><00:33:45.480><c> they</c><00:33:45.579><c> have</c><00:33:45.819><c> to</c><00:33:46.000><c> write</c><00:33:46.180><c> it</c><00:33:46.259><c> in</c><00:33:46.359><c> all</c><00:33:46.680><c> the</c><00:33:46.900><c> languages</c><00:33:47.180><c> of</c>

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.059
all<00:33:47.640><c> the</c><00:33:47.799><c> cultures</c><00:33:48.079><c> that</c><00:33:48.279><c> they</c><00:33:48.420><c> have</c><00:33:48.640><c> preserved</c><00:33:48.920><c> that</c>

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:52.380
they've<00:33:49.400><c> conquered.</c><00:33:50.920><c> They</c><00:33:51.079><c> don't</c><00:33:51.240><c> go</c><00:33:51.460><c> around</c><00:33:51.799><c> conquering</c>

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:55.079
and<00:33:52.599><c> destroying</c><00:33:53.039><c> cultures.</c><00:33:53.500><c> They</c><00:33:53.759><c> preserve</c><00:33:54.180><c> them.</c>

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:58.900
We<00:33:55.660><c> know</c><00:33:55.839><c> the</c><00:33:56.079><c> Assyrians</c><00:33:56.599><c> would</c><00:33:56.839><c> take</c><00:33:57.000><c> cultures</c><00:33:57.400><c> and</c><00:33:57.579><c> they</c><00:33:57.900><c> disperse</c><00:33:58.240><c> them</c><00:33:58.680><c> as</c>

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.039
they<00:33:59.079><c> did</c><00:33:59.160><c> with</c><00:33:59.380><c> the</c><00:33:59.559><c> Jews,</c>

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.720
not<00:34:00.660><c> the</c><00:34:00.900><c> Persians.</c><00:34:01.220><c> They</c><00:34:01.420><c> wanted</c><00:34:01.660><c> the</c><00:34:01.920><c> cultures</c><00:34:02.200><c> to</c><00:34:02.500><c> remain</c>

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:05.220
intact.<00:34:03.579><c> That</c><00:34:03.759><c> was</c><00:34:03.960><c> their</c><00:34:04.180><c> strategy.</c>

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:11.239
They<00:34:05.599><c> don't</c><00:34:05.819><c> go</c><00:34:06.000><c> out</c><00:34:06.279><c> and</c><00:34:06.480><c> destroy</c><00:34:06.900><c> races</c><00:34:07.299><c> of</c><00:34:07.640><c> people.</c><00:34:10.039><c> Lastly,</c><00:34:10.420><c> he</c><00:34:10.539><c> wants</c><00:34:10.780><c> them</c><00:34:11.039><c> all</c>

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.219
to<00:34:11.440><c> worship</c><00:34:11.699><c> him</c><00:34:11.880><c> as</c><00:34:12.079><c> a</c>

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:14.579
god.<00:34:12.619><c> The</c><00:34:12.820><c> evidence</c><00:34:13.019><c> for</c><00:34:13.219><c> that</c><00:34:13.380><c> is</c><00:34:13.539><c> in</c><00:34:13.619><c> chapter</c><00:34:13.920><c> 5</c><00:34:14.199><c> at</c><00:34:14.340><c> verse</c>

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:18.019
9.<00:34:16.079><c> Again,</c><00:34:16.639><c> if</c><00:34:17.099><c> you</c><00:34:17.239><c> have</c><00:34:17.360><c> your</c><00:34:17.500><c> notes</c><00:34:17.659><c> in</c><00:34:17.880><c> front</c>

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:20.659
of<00:34:18.139><c> you,</c><00:34:18.300><c> you</c><00:34:18.599><c> need</c><00:34:18.780><c> to</c><00:34:18.920><c> make</c><00:34:19.059><c> a</c><00:34:19.280><c> correction</c><00:34:19.480><c> on</c><00:34:19.719><c> slide</c><00:34:19.920><c> 19.</c><00:34:20.539><c> It</c>

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:23.960
shows<00:34:20.980><c> 5</c><00:34:21.280><c> verse</c><00:34:21.500><c> 11.</c><00:34:22.559><c> But</c><00:34:22.659><c> when</c><00:34:22.780><c> he</c><00:34:22.940><c> comes</c><00:34:23.219><c> out</c>

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:27.880
of<00:34:24.119><c> the</c><00:34:24.320><c> banquet</c><00:34:24.739><c> and</c><00:34:25.519><c> he's</c><00:34:25.699><c> joyful</c><00:34:26.059><c> and</c><00:34:26.320><c> glad</c><00:34:26.460><c> of</c><00:34:26.739><c> heart,</c><00:34:27.659><c> he</c>

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:30.960
sees<00:34:28.239><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:28.820><c> in</c><00:34:28.980><c> the</c><00:34:29.139><c> king's</c><00:34:29.519><c> gate</c><00:34:29.920><c> that</c><00:34:30.440><c> Mordecai</c>

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:36.139
neither<00:34:31.320><c> rose</c><00:34:31.780><c> nor</c><00:34:32.139><c> trembled</c><00:34:32.739><c> before</c><00:34:33.219><c> him.</c><00:34:35.079><c> In</c><00:34:35.260><c> the</c><00:34:35.440><c> authorized</c><00:34:35.760><c> version,</c>

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:37.800
he<00:34:36.300><c> didn't</c><00:34:36.599><c> bow</c><00:34:36.980><c> or</c><00:34:37.420><c> reverence</c>

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:40.780
him.<00:34:38.460><c> Those</c><00:34:38.780><c> two</c><00:34:39.079><c> words</c><00:34:39.320><c> are</c><00:34:39.500><c> only</c><00:34:39.719><c> used</c><00:34:39.940><c> four</c><00:34:40.219><c> other</c><00:34:40.460><c> times</c>

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:43.199
in<00:34:40.940><c> the</c><00:34:41.039><c> Old</c><00:34:41.219><c> Testament.</c><00:34:42.239><c> They're</c><00:34:42.420><c> all</c><00:34:42.880><c> in</c>

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:48.480
reference<00:34:43.500><c> to</c><00:34:43.920><c> the</c><00:34:44.219><c> worship</c><00:34:44.599><c> of</c><00:34:44.860><c> God.</c><00:34:47.019><c> What</c><00:34:47.360><c> he</c><00:34:47.559><c> was</c><00:34:47.800><c> looking</c>

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:53.559
for<00:34:51.300><c> all</c><00:34:51.820><c> men</c><00:34:52.019><c> to</c><00:34:52.260><c> do,</c><00:34:52.440><c> and</c><00:34:52.599><c> I</c><00:34:52.659><c> think</c><00:34:52.860><c> in</c><00:34:53.360><c> the</c>

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:58.320
the<00:34:53.960><c> word</c><00:34:54.179><c> is</c><00:34:54.400><c> he</c><00:34:55.079><c> wanted</c><00:34:55.340><c> men</c><00:34:55.559><c> to</c><00:34:55.760><c> be</c><00:34:55.980><c> moved</c><00:34:56.300><c> before</c><00:34:56.760><c> him.</c><00:34:58.139><c> The</c>

00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:00.639
word<00:34:58.519><c> move</c><00:34:58.840><c> there</c><00:34:59.119><c> means</c><00:34:59.440><c> to</c><00:34:59.860><c> tremble.</c>

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:05.599
What<00:35:01.679><c> he</c><00:35:01.880><c> wanted</c><00:35:02.139><c> men</c><00:35:02.400><c> to</c><00:35:02.679><c> do</c><00:35:02.920><c> was</c><00:35:03.300><c> tremble</c><00:35:04.019><c> in</c><00:35:04.239><c> his</c><00:35:04.579><c> presence.</c>

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.539
Mordecai<00:35:06.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:06.440><c> tremble</c><00:35:07.079><c> in</c><00:35:07.280><c> his</c>

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:11.420
presence.<00:35:07.920><c> You</c><00:35:08.000><c> see,</c><00:35:08.440><c> the</c><00:35:08.559><c> king's</c><00:35:09.059><c> law</c><00:35:09.500><c> didn't</c><00:35:10.079><c> say</c><00:35:10.340><c> you</c><00:35:10.500><c> should</c><00:35:10.739><c> simply</c><00:35:11.199><c> bow</c>

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.659
before<00:35:11.840><c> Haman</c><00:35:12.039><c> as</c><00:35:12.239><c> some</c><00:35:12.460><c> dignitary.</c>

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:17.159
The<00:35:14.559><c> king's</c><00:35:14.980><c> law</c><00:35:15.199><c> said</c><00:35:15.380><c> you</c><00:35:15.579><c> had</c><00:35:15.780><c> to</c><00:35:16.059><c> tremble</c><00:35:16.440><c> before</c><00:35:16.800><c> Haman</c>

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:20.840
because<00:35:17.539><c> he</c><00:35:17.739><c> was</c><00:35:17.980><c> some</c><00:35:18.480><c> mighty</c><00:35:19.099><c> man.</c><00:35:20.280><c> Mordecai</c>

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:25.300
knew<00:35:21.599><c> that</c><00:35:22.719><c> that</c><00:35:23.000><c> would</c><00:35:23.239><c> be</c><00:35:23.900><c> contrary</c><00:35:24.400><c> to</c><00:35:24.619><c> the</c><00:35:24.719><c> law</c><00:35:24.940><c> of</c><00:35:25.179><c> God.</c>

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.820
But<00:35:25.480><c> that's</c><00:35:25.659><c> what</c><00:35:25.840><c> Haman</c><00:35:26.000><c> was</c><00:35:26.219><c> looking</c><00:35:26.480><c> for.</c><00:35:26.699><c> He</c>

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:31.480
wanted<00:35:27.099><c> men</c><00:35:27.340><c> to</c><00:35:27.840><c> tremble</c><00:35:28.340><c> in</c><00:35:28.500><c> his</c><00:35:28.840><c> presence</c><00:35:29.340><c> because</c><00:35:30.619><c> he</c><00:35:31.179><c> fed</c>

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:37.239
off<00:35:31.900><c> of</c><00:35:32.139><c> that.</c><00:35:34.579><c> He</c><00:35:34.880><c> found</c><00:35:35.199><c> pleasure</c><00:35:35.820><c> in</c><00:35:36.119><c> men</c><00:35:36.500><c> cowering</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.920
in<00:35:37.599><c> fear</c><00:35:37.840><c> before</c><00:35:38.300><c> him</c><00:35:38.760><c> so</c><00:35:39.099><c> that</c><00:35:39.300><c> what</c><00:35:39.460><c> men</c><00:35:39.760><c> ought</c><00:35:39.980><c> to</c><00:35:40.159><c> have</c><00:35:40.280><c> been</c><00:35:40.519><c> doing</c><00:35:40.679><c> to</c>

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:44.119
God,<00:35:41.679><c> he</c><00:35:41.920><c> wanted</c><00:35:42.219><c> men</c><00:35:42.519><c> to</c><00:35:42.780><c> do</c><00:35:43.019><c> to</c><00:35:43.219><c> him.</c>

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:46.900
So<00:35:44.400><c> you</c><00:35:44.519><c> see</c><00:35:44.699><c> in</c><00:35:44.860><c> slide</c><00:35:45.079><c> 20</c><00:35:45.400><c> then</c><00:35:45.619><c> the</c><00:35:45.820><c> picture</c><00:35:46.099><c> that</c><00:35:46.380><c> emerges</c>

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:49.800
of<00:35:47.360><c> Haman</c><00:35:48.420><c> and</c><00:35:48.840><c> how</c><00:35:48.980><c> he's</c><00:35:49.219><c> such</c><00:35:49.360><c> a</c><00:35:49.599><c> fitting</c>

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:53.320
symbol<00:35:50.179><c> for</c><00:35:50.480><c> sin,</c><00:35:50.960><c> demanding</c><00:35:51.340><c> to</c><00:35:51.639><c> be</c><00:35:51.820><c> worshiped</c><00:35:52.219><c> as</c><00:35:52.360><c> a</c><00:35:52.519><c> God,</c>

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:55.860
standing<00:35:53.699><c> in</c><00:35:53.880><c> the</c><00:35:54.099><c> place</c><00:35:54.320><c> of</c><00:35:54.559><c> God,</c><00:35:55.019><c> requiring</c><00:35:55.519><c> men</c>

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:58.920
to<00:35:56.139><c> fear</c><00:35:56.300><c> him</c><00:35:56.579><c> and</c><00:35:56.760><c> tremble</c><00:35:57.059><c> in</c><00:35:57.219><c> his</c><00:35:57.460><c> presence.</c><00:35:58.400><c> He's</c><00:35:58.619><c> self</c>

00:35:58.920 --> 00:36:00.739
-centered.<00:35:59.380><c> He's</c><00:35:59.500><c> preoccupied</c><00:36:00.219><c> with</c><00:36:00.360><c> his</c><00:36:00.539><c> own</c>

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:05.539
interests.<00:36:01.619><c> He</c><00:36:01.679><c> uses</c><00:36:02.059><c> deceit</c><00:36:02.719><c> and</c><00:36:02.980><c> half</c><00:36:03.260><c>-truths</c><00:36:03.800><c> and</c><00:36:03.960><c> manipulation.</c><00:36:05.159><c> He's</c><00:36:05.380><c> a</c>

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:07.559
false<00:36:05.820><c> accuser.</c><00:36:07.059><c> Esther</c><00:36:07.260><c> will</c>

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:11.059
call<00:36:07.860><c> him</c><00:36:08.280><c> the</c><00:36:08.659><c> enemy</c><00:36:09.059><c> and</c><00:36:09.300><c> the</c><00:36:09.599><c> adversary</c><00:36:10.139><c> in</c><00:36:10.380><c> chapter</c><00:36:10.739><c> seven</c>

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:13.960
at<00:36:11.260><c> verse</c><00:36:11.460><c> five.</c><00:36:12.420><c> He</c><00:36:12.619><c> will</c><00:36:12.860><c> become</c><00:36:13.159><c> furious</c><00:36:13.719><c> with</c>

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:18.639
those<00:36:14.239><c> who</c><00:36:14.480><c> oppose</c><00:36:14.880><c> him</c><00:36:15.260><c> and</c><00:36:15.539><c> make</c><00:36:15.880><c> war</c><00:36:16.440><c> against</c><00:36:17.000><c> him.</c><00:36:18.219><c> He</c><00:36:18.320><c> has</c>

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:22.199
enormous<00:36:19.179><c> power,</c><00:36:20.639><c> seemingly</c><00:36:21.019><c> impossible</c>

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.059
to<00:36:22.860><c> be</c><00:36:23.000><c> able</c><00:36:23.320><c> to</c><00:36:23.760><c> withstand</c><00:36:24.219><c> him.</c><00:36:24.940><c> He</c><00:36:25.119><c> is</c><00:36:25.360><c> the</c><00:36:25.539><c> one</c><00:36:25.639><c> that</c><00:36:25.840><c> has</c>

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:28.739
power<00:36:26.480><c> over</c><00:36:26.840><c> life</c><00:36:27.119><c> and</c><00:36:27.380><c> death</c><00:36:27.539><c> and</c><00:36:27.820><c> writes</c><00:36:28.199><c> the</c><00:36:28.440><c> law</c>

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:34.159
of<00:36:29.119><c> death.</c><00:36:29.900><c> He's</c><00:36:30.179><c> the</c><00:36:30.420><c> opposite</c><00:36:30.880><c> of</c><00:36:31.179><c> a</c><00:36:31.340><c> savior.</c><00:36:32.440><c> He's</c><00:36:32.760><c> the</c><00:36:33.000><c> anti</c><00:36:33.480><c>-savior</c><00:36:33.900><c> in</c>

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:36.639
a<00:36:34.320><c> sense.</c><00:36:34.900><c> He's</c><00:36:35.400><c> going</c><00:36:35.539><c> to</c><00:36:35.800><c> pay</c><00:36:36.000><c> money</c>

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:42.980
to<00:36:37.039><c> un</c><00:36:37.500><c>-ransom</c><00:36:38.000><c> the</c><00:36:38.199><c> people</c><00:36:38.539><c> of</c><00:36:38.760><c> God.</c><00:36:42.019><c> And</c><00:36:42.219><c> lastly,</c><00:36:42.559><c> he</c><00:36:42.719><c> has</c>

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:45.559
his<00:36:43.260><c> own</c><00:36:43.619><c> seed,</c><00:36:44.159><c> his</c><00:36:44.340><c> own</c><00:36:44.659><c> followers</c><00:36:45.099><c> throughout</c>

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.739
the<00:36:45.860><c> empire</c><00:36:46.300><c> who</c><00:36:46.500><c> are</c><00:36:46.739><c> only</c><00:36:47.099><c> too</c><00:36:47.380><c> eager</c><00:36:47.699><c> and</c><00:36:48.039><c> ready</c><00:36:48.280><c> to</c><00:36:48.559><c> carry</c>

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:51.619
out<00:36:48.960><c> his</c><00:36:49.219><c> will.</c><00:36:50.019><c> That's</c><00:36:50.440><c> the</c><00:36:50.639><c> picture</c><00:36:50.920><c> that</c><00:36:51.179><c> emerges</c>

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:56.320
of<00:36:52.000><c> Haman</c><00:36:52.360><c> in</c><00:36:52.840><c> the</c><00:36:52.900><c> book</c><00:36:53.119><c> of</c><00:36:53.400><c> Esther.</c><00:36:54.260><c> And</c><00:36:54.400><c> you</c><00:36:54.539><c> see</c><00:36:54.639><c> why</c><00:36:54.820><c> we</c><00:36:54.980><c> say</c><00:36:55.099><c> we're</c><00:36:55.239><c> not</c><00:36:55.440><c> just</c><00:36:55.739><c> dealing</c><00:36:55.960><c> with</c><00:36:56.159><c> a</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.039
Persian<00:36:56.599><c> official</c>

00:36:57.039 --> 00:37:03.119
here.<00:36:58.440><c> We're</c><00:36:58.920><c> dealing</c><00:36:59.400><c> with</c><00:36:59.900><c> sin</c><00:37:00.260><c> itself.</c><00:37:02.019><c> This</c><00:37:02.239><c> is</c><00:37:02.480><c> how</c><00:37:02.739><c> sin</c>

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:06.619
thinks.<00:37:04.139><c> It's</c><00:37:04.340><c> how</c><00:37:04.480><c> it</c><00:37:04.860><c> assumes.</c><00:37:05.900><c> It's</c><00:37:06.280><c> how</c><00:37:06.420><c> it</c>

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:10.500
plans.<00:37:07.320><c> It's</c><00:37:07.519><c> how</c><00:37:07.639><c> it</c><00:37:07.860><c> makes</c><00:37:08.219><c> decisions.</c><00:37:09.519><c> It's</c><00:37:09.699><c> how</c><00:37:09.880><c> it</c><00:37:10.079><c> takes</c>

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:13.340
action.<00:37:11.199><c> You</c><00:37:11.239><c> see,</c><00:37:11.360><c> God</c><00:37:11.539><c> is</c><00:37:11.860><c> using</c><00:37:12.340><c> Haman</c>

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:19.400
to<00:37:13.780><c> teach</c><00:37:14.059><c> us</c><00:37:14.500><c> about</c><00:37:14.840><c> sin</c><00:37:15.519><c> and</c><00:37:16.260><c> about</c><00:37:16.539><c> our</c><00:37:16.760><c> nature.</c><00:37:19.039><c> When</c><00:37:19.179><c> you</c>

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:24.039
think<00:37:19.639><c> of</c><00:37:20.139><c> human</c><00:37:20.480><c> nature,</c><00:37:21.039><c> think</c><00:37:21.360><c> of</c><00:37:21.900><c> Haman</c><00:37:22.579><c> nature</c>

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:29.360
because<00:37:25.119><c> that's</c><00:37:25.719><c> what</c><00:37:25.940><c> we're</c><00:37:26.360><c> struggling</c><00:37:26.780><c> with</c><00:37:27.360><c> in</c><00:37:27.679><c> our</c><00:37:27.920><c> life.</c><00:37:29.019><c> All</c>

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:31.340
of<00:37:29.599><c> these</c><00:37:29.900><c> characteristics,</c>

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:40.039
we've<00:37:32.579><c> seen</c><00:37:32.780><c> them</c><00:37:33.000><c> all</c><00:37:33.179><c> in</c><00:37:33.340><c> our</c><00:37:33.480><c> own</c><00:37:33.679><c> life.</c><00:37:35.820><c> They're</c><00:37:35.960><c> ugly,</c><00:37:37.940><c> but</c><00:37:38.119><c> the</c><00:37:38.380><c> flesh</c><00:37:38.599><c> is</c><00:37:38.940><c> ugly.</c>

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:44.659
Mordecai's<00:37:42.400><c> response</c><00:37:42.840><c> to</c><00:37:43.019><c> the</c><00:37:43.179><c> king's</c><00:37:43.559><c> command</c><00:37:43.900><c> reveals</c><00:37:44.340><c> the</c>

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:46.280
depth<00:37:44.880><c> of</c><00:37:45.099><c> his</c><00:37:45.260><c> spiritual</c><00:37:45.679><c> character</c>

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:50.659
and<00:37:46.619><c> his</c><00:37:46.960><c> priorities</c><00:37:47.519><c> in</c><00:37:47.800><c> life.</c><00:37:48.940><c> He's</c><00:37:49.280><c> a</c><00:37:49.440><c> tremendous</c><00:37:49.900><c> example</c>

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:53.260
to<00:37:51.000><c> all</c><00:37:51.300><c> believers</c><00:37:51.639><c> who</c><00:37:51.980><c> live</c><00:37:52.119><c> in</c><00:37:52.340><c> a</c><00:37:52.559><c> gentile</c>

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:57.119
dominated<00:37:53.800><c> society.</c><00:37:54.840><c> The</c><00:37:54.920><c> easiest</c><00:37:55.380><c> path</c><00:37:55.880><c> for</c><00:37:56.420><c> Mordecai</c><00:37:56.860><c> to</c>

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:59.860
take<00:37:57.539><c> would</c><00:37:58.179><c> have</c><00:37:58.320><c> been</c><00:37:58.420><c> to</c><00:37:58.659><c> quietly</c><00:37:59.119><c> acquiesce</c><00:37:59.699><c> to</c>

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:04.039
the<00:38:00.000><c> king's</c><00:38:00.340><c> command,</c><00:38:02.119><c> but</c><00:38:02.380><c> he</c><00:38:02.539><c> takes</c><00:38:02.860><c> the</c><00:38:03.079><c> path</c><00:38:03.380><c> of</c><00:38:03.679><c> faithful</c>

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:06.539
obedience,<00:38:05.119><c> regardless</c><00:38:05.519><c> of</c><00:38:05.780><c> the</c><00:38:05.980><c> repercussions</c>

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:09.099
that<00:38:06.780><c> they'll</c><00:38:07.079><c> bring.</c><00:38:07.519><c> You</c><00:38:07.599><c> know,</c><00:38:07.699><c> from</c><00:38:07.880><c> the</c><00:38:08.059><c> world's</c><00:38:08.500><c> perspective,</c><00:38:08.840><c> he's</c>

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:12.679
got<00:38:09.199><c> it</c><00:38:09.420><c> quite</c><00:38:09.659><c> good.</c><00:38:11.980><c> The</c><00:38:12.260><c> daughter</c>

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:16.500
is<00:38:12.980><c> on</c><00:38:13.199><c> the</c><00:38:13.380><c> throne.</c><00:38:14.340><c> He</c><00:38:14.579><c> has</c><00:38:14.920><c> some</c><00:38:15.179><c> position</c><00:38:15.619><c> of</c><00:38:16.000><c> importance</c>

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:19.139
being<00:38:16.940><c> in</c><00:38:17.139><c> the</c><00:38:17.280><c> king's</c><00:38:17.659><c> gate.</c><00:38:18.380><c> He's</c><00:38:18.820><c> living</c>

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:26.480
a<00:38:19.699><c> privileged</c><00:38:20.039><c> life.</c><00:38:21.840><c> He's</c><00:38:22.320><c> got</c><00:38:22.599><c> the</c><00:38:22.739><c> good</c><00:38:22.940><c> life.</c><00:38:25.900><c> All</c><00:38:26.139><c> he</c><00:38:26.260><c> has</c>

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:31.320
to<00:38:26.659><c> do</c><00:38:27.239><c> is</c><00:38:27.619><c> stay</c><00:38:27.900><c> quiet,</c><00:38:29.860><c> bow</c><00:38:30.059><c> down</c><00:38:30.320><c> to</c><00:38:30.480><c> Haman.</c>

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:35.500
That's<00:38:32.579><c> all.</c><00:38:33.599><c> In</c><00:38:33.739><c> fact,</c><00:38:34.019><c> it</c><00:38:34.059><c> would</c><00:38:34.219><c> have</c><00:38:34.320><c> been</c><00:38:34.500><c> pretty</c><00:38:35.019><c> easily</c>

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.719
to<00:38:35.880><c> rationalize,</c>

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.559
which<00:38:36.880><c> is</c><00:38:37.139><c> probably</c><00:38:37.360><c> what</c><00:38:37.480><c> I</c><00:38:37.659><c> would</c><00:38:37.780><c> have</c><00:38:37.920><c> done.</c><00:38:38.800><c> Why</c><00:38:39.000><c> do</c><00:38:39.139><c> I</c><00:38:39.199><c> want</c><00:38:39.400><c> to</c>

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:41.179
jeopardize<00:38:40.119><c> my</c><00:38:40.340><c> position</c><00:38:40.699><c> here</c>

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:43.840
and<00:38:41.380><c> Esther's</c><00:38:41.719><c> on</c><00:38:41.860><c> the</c><00:38:42.039><c> throne?</c><00:38:42.460><c> I</c><00:38:42.699><c> can</c><00:38:42.900><c> do</c><00:38:43.079><c> her</c><00:38:43.280><c> a</c><00:38:43.519><c> whole</c><00:38:43.699><c> lot</c>

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.119
more<00:38:44.099><c> good</c><00:38:44.320><c> being</c><00:38:44.599><c> alive</c><00:38:45.179><c> and</c><00:38:45.400><c> helping</c><00:38:45.599><c> her</c><00:38:45.880><c> out</c>

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:50.340
than<00:38:46.880><c> standing</c><00:38:47.360><c> up</c><00:38:47.639><c> to</c><00:38:47.760><c> this</c><00:38:47.960><c> prime</c><00:38:48.239><c> minister</c><00:38:48.699><c> and</c><00:38:49.320><c> likely</c><00:38:49.659><c> risking</c><00:38:50.019><c> my</c>

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:53.260
life.<00:38:52.460><c> Mordecai</c><00:38:52.860><c> knows</c><00:38:53.079><c> what's</c>

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:57.159
going<00:38:53.420><c> to</c><00:38:53.500><c> happen</c><00:38:53.699><c> to</c><00:38:53.940><c> Haman.</c><00:38:55.099><c> Sorry.</c><00:38:55.900><c> Mordecai</c><00:38:56.460><c> knows</c><00:38:56.860><c> how</c>

00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.519
Haman<00:38:57.440><c> is</c><00:38:57.639><c> going</c><00:38:57.780><c> to</c><00:38:58.059><c> respond</c><00:38:58.659><c> to</c><00:38:59.300><c> his</c><00:38:59.760><c> refusal</c><00:39:00.300><c> to</c>

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:04.980
bow<00:39:00.780><c> down.</c><00:39:01.940><c> He</c><00:39:02.239><c> knows</c><00:39:02.519><c> what</c><00:39:02.760><c> kind</c><00:39:02.920><c> of</c><00:39:03.139><c> character</c><00:39:03.380><c> he's</c><00:39:03.639><c> dealing</c><00:39:03.920><c> with,</c>

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:07.360
but<00:39:05.920><c> it</c><00:39:06.019><c> took</c><00:39:06.119><c> great</c><00:39:06.500><c> spiritual</c><00:39:06.960><c> courage</c>

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:10.199
on<00:39:07.539><c> his</c><00:39:07.880><c> part</c><00:39:08.239><c> to</c><00:39:08.480><c> stand</c><00:39:08.739><c> up</c><00:39:08.940><c> to</c><00:39:09.099><c> him.</c><00:39:09.480><c> It's</c><00:39:09.679><c> because</c><00:39:09.920><c> he</c><00:39:10.079><c> has</c>

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:15.139
his<00:39:10.500><c> priorities</c><00:39:10.820><c> right.</c><00:39:11.880><c> God</c><00:39:12.260><c> first,</c><00:39:14.780><c> everything</c>

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:22.579
else<00:39:15.480><c> is</c><00:39:16.039><c> second.</c><00:39:18.900><c> His</c><00:39:19.219><c> loyalty</c><00:39:19.719><c> to</c><00:39:20.039><c> God</c><00:39:20.800><c> requires</c><00:39:21.699><c> that</c><00:39:22.199><c> he,</c>

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:26.099
as<00:39:22.860><c> a</c><00:39:23.000><c> faithful</c><00:39:23.340><c> employee,</c><00:39:24.980><c> transgress</c><00:39:25.420><c> the</c><00:39:25.639><c> king's</c>

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:31.340
command.<00:39:27.420><c> His</c><00:39:27.679><c> loyalty</c><00:39:28.139><c> to</c><00:39:28.320><c> God</c><00:39:28.599><c> requires</c><00:39:29.179><c> that</c><00:39:29.360><c> he</c><00:39:29.519><c> jeopardize</c><00:39:30.019><c> his</c><00:39:30.340><c> job,</c>

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:33.980
his<00:39:32.420><c> retirement</c><00:39:32.900><c> package,</c>

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:39.380
all<00:39:34.460><c> his</c><00:39:34.639><c> benefits.</c><00:39:37.199><c> His</c><00:39:37.559><c> loyalty</c><00:39:37.900><c> to</c><00:39:38.099><c> God</c><00:39:38.420><c> will</c><00:39:38.659><c> require</c><00:39:39.039><c> that</c><00:39:39.199><c> he</c>

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:42.380
places<00:39:39.699><c> life</c><00:39:40.000><c> at</c><00:39:40.260><c> risk</c><00:39:40.900><c> because</c><00:39:41.460><c> this</c><00:39:41.800><c> is</c><00:39:42.019><c> what</c>

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:46.699
my<00:39:42.719><c> faith</c><00:39:43.139><c> looks</c><00:39:43.460><c> like.</c><00:39:45.280><c> This</c><00:39:45.559><c> is</c><00:39:45.719><c> what</c><00:39:45.860><c> it</c><00:39:45.940><c> looks</c><00:39:46.219><c> like</c><00:39:46.440><c> when</c>

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:50.900
a<00:39:46.880><c> faithful</c><00:39:47.199><c> disciple</c><00:39:47.900><c> has</c><00:39:48.539><c> his</c><00:39:49.079><c> or</c><00:39:49.280><c> her</c><00:39:49.639><c> priorities</c>

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:55.960
in<00:39:51.360><c> the</c><00:39:51.539><c> right</c><00:39:51.739><c> order.</c><00:39:52.960><c> He</c><00:39:53.099><c> knew</c><00:39:53.519><c> where</c><00:39:53.860><c> to</c><00:39:54.039><c> draw</c><00:39:54.239><c> the</c><00:39:54.500><c> line</c><00:39:54.739><c> between</c><00:39:55.139><c> being</c><00:39:55.659><c> a</c>

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:57.739
faithful<00:39:56.300><c> disciple</c><00:39:56.960><c> and</c><00:39:57.239><c> a</c><00:39:57.420><c> loyal</c>

00:39:57.739 --> 00:40:04.760
employee.<00:39:59.880><c> He</c><00:40:00.239><c> recognized</c><00:40:00.659><c> that</c><00:40:00.840><c> his</c><00:40:01.019><c> behavior</c><00:40:01.719><c> that</c><00:40:03.119><c> the</c><00:40:03.460><c> king</c><00:40:03.699><c> was</c><00:40:03.980><c> asking</c><00:40:04.260><c> him</c><00:40:04.539><c> to</c>

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:06.500
do<00:40:05.039><c> was</c><00:40:05.320><c> in</c><00:40:05.579><c> direct</c><00:40:05.920><c> conflict</c>

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:10.679
with<00:40:06.739><c> the</c><00:40:06.940><c> word</c><00:40:07.039><c> of</c><00:40:07.260><c> God.</c><00:40:08.559><c> And</c><00:40:08.659><c> brothers</c><00:40:08.840><c> and</c><00:40:09.139><c> sisters,</c><00:40:10.500><c> there</c>

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:13.500
are<00:40:11.000><c> some</c><00:40:11.260><c> in</c><00:40:11.500><c> this</c><00:40:11.739><c> audience</c><00:40:12.199><c> this</c><00:40:12.559><c> morning</c>

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:19.179
who<00:40:14.000><c> are</c><00:40:14.300><c> facing</c><00:40:14.639><c> the</c><00:40:15.139><c> exact</c><00:40:15.960><c> same</c><00:40:16.900><c> pressure</c><00:40:17.559><c> to</c><00:40:17.860><c> conform</c><00:40:18.539><c> as</c>

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:23.119
Mordecai<00:40:19.639><c> faced.</c><00:40:21.119><c> They</c><00:40:21.420><c> are</c><00:40:21.679><c> being</c><00:40:22.000><c> asked</c><00:40:22.619><c> to</c><00:40:22.900><c> bow</c>

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:29.219
down<00:40:23.420><c> to</c><00:40:23.699><c> Haman</c><00:40:24.460><c> or</c><00:40:25.219><c> risk</c><00:40:25.780><c> losing</c><00:40:26.400><c> their</c><00:40:27.500><c> position</c><00:40:27.980><c> at</c><00:40:28.320><c> work.</c>

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.960
They're<00:40:30.219><c> being</c><00:40:30.460><c> asked</c><00:40:30.679><c> to</c><00:40:30.880><c> do</c><00:40:31.119><c> things,</c>

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to<00:40:32.420><c> go</c><00:40:32.599><c> places,</c><00:40:33.940><c> to</c><00:40:34.119><c> participate</c><00:40:34.539><c> in</c><00:40:34.760><c> events</c><00:40:35.119><c> and</c><00:40:35.400><c> activities</c>

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:39.860
that<00:40:37.039><c> are</c><00:40:37.480><c> contrary</c><00:40:38.079><c> to</c><00:40:38.340><c> the</c><00:40:38.480><c> word</c><00:40:38.599><c> of</c><00:40:38.800><c> God.</c>

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:51.280
Our<00:40:41.539><c> bosses</c><00:40:42.280><c> don't</c><00:40:43.960><c> ask</c><00:40:44.320><c> us</c><00:40:44.880><c> too</c><00:40:45.239><c> often</c><00:40:46.000><c> to</c><00:40:47.219><c> violate</c><00:40:47.739><c> first</c><00:40:48.300><c> principles,</c><00:40:49.079><c> but</c><00:40:50.900><c> as</c>

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:53.300
this<00:40:51.699><c> world</c><00:40:52.099><c> deteriorates</c>

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:57.460
further<00:40:53.800><c> and</c><00:40:54.239><c> further,</c><00:40:55.619><c> more</c><00:40:56.019><c> of</c><00:40:56.260><c> our</c><00:40:56.480><c> brethren</c><00:40:56.719><c> and</c><00:40:57.019><c> sisters</c>

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:59.820
will<00:40:57.760><c> be</c><00:40:58.079><c> asked</c><00:40:58.440><c> at</c><00:40:58.880><c> work</c>

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:04.940
to<00:41:00.280><c> participate</c><00:41:01.079><c> in</c><00:41:01.440><c> events</c><00:41:01.840><c> and</c><00:41:02.179><c> they</c><00:41:02.260><c> will</c><00:41:02.460><c> be</c><00:41:02.659><c> put</c><00:41:02.840><c> in</c><00:41:03.199><c> positions</c><00:41:03.920><c> where</c><00:41:04.780><c> they</c>

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:06.739
will<00:41:05.119><c> be</c><00:41:05.320><c> asked</c><00:41:05.579><c> to</c><00:41:05.880><c> violate</c>

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:13.940
first<00:41:07.280><c> principle</c><00:41:07.719><c> matters</c><00:41:08.079><c> of</c><00:41:08.340><c> conduct.</c><00:41:11.920><c> Mordecai</c><00:41:12.440><c> understood</c><00:41:13.199><c> where</c><00:41:13.699><c> to</c>

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.199
draw<00:41:14.139><c> the</c><00:41:14.340><c> line</c>

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:23.599
and<00:41:17.139><c> as</c><00:41:17.800><c> success</c><00:41:18.400><c> in</c><00:41:18.639><c> business</c><00:41:19.800><c> unfolds,</c><00:41:22.119><c> young</c><00:41:22.139><c> people</c><00:41:22.699><c> who</c>

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:28.559
are<00:41:23.920><c> just</c><00:41:24.099><c> beginning,</c><00:41:28.380><c> younger</c><00:41:28.380><c> brethren</c><00:41:28.380><c> and</c>

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:32.980
sisters,<00:41:29.099><c> success</c><00:41:29.099><c> grows.</c><00:41:30.320><c> The</c><00:41:30.559><c> pressures</c><00:41:30.980><c> to</c><00:41:31.300><c> conform</c><00:41:32.079><c> to</c>

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:35.539
the<00:41:33.179><c> Haman</c><00:41:33.400><c>-like</c><00:41:33.760><c> world</c><00:41:34.260><c> will</c><00:41:34.539><c> become</c><00:41:34.900><c> even</c><00:41:35.300><c> greater.</c>

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:38.760
Why<00:41:35.940><c> risk</c><00:41:36.380><c> everything</c><00:41:36.980><c> that</c><00:41:37.199><c> I've</c><00:41:37.300><c> been</c><00:41:37.519><c> working</c><00:41:37.900><c> for</c><00:41:38.320><c> for</c><00:41:38.519><c> 10</c>

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:43.139
years?<00:41:40.480><c> I</c><00:41:40.860><c> can</c><00:41:41.199><c> just</c><00:41:41.519><c> remain</c><00:41:41.880><c> quiet,</c>

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:52.559
but<00:41:44.320><c> not</c><00:41:44.719><c> Mordecai.</c><00:41:46.119><c> And</c><00:41:46.699><c> sometimes</c><00:41:47.119><c> our</c><00:41:47.480><c> colleagues</c><00:41:48.000><c> and</c><00:41:48.420><c> our</c><00:41:48.619><c> managers</c><00:41:49.019><c> may</c><00:41:49.400><c> see</c><00:41:50.219><c> our</c><00:41:50.739><c> refusal</c><00:41:51.179><c> to</c><00:41:52.039><c> conform</c>

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:57.599
as<00:41:52.760><c> a</c><00:41:52.920><c> character</c><00:41:53.320><c> change.</c><00:41:54.320><c> And</c><00:41:54.440><c> this</c><00:41:54.519><c> is</c><00:41:54.699><c> why</c><00:41:54.800><c> it's</c><00:41:54.920><c> so</c><00:41:55.219><c> difficult</c><00:41:55.500><c> for</c><00:41:55.699><c> them,</c><00:41:55.940><c> because</c><00:41:56.300><c> a</c><00:41:56.679><c> Mordecai</c>

00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:02.980
who<00:41:58.079><c> is</c><00:41:58.400><c> a</c><00:41:58.679><c> faithful</c><00:41:59.119><c> employee</c><00:42:00.199><c> can</c><00:42:01.500><c> one</c><00:42:01.840><c> day</c><00:42:02.139><c> appear</c><00:42:02.480><c> to</c><00:42:02.699><c> be</c><00:42:02.840><c> a</c>

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:06.860
very<00:42:03.320><c> loyal</c><00:42:03.699><c> servant.</c><00:42:05.239><c> Because</c><00:42:05.639><c> when</c><00:42:06.039><c> God's</c><00:42:06.599><c> law</c>

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:10.739
and<00:42:07.119><c> when</c><00:42:07.320><c> the</c><00:42:07.559><c> corporation's</c><00:42:08.519><c> laws</c><00:42:08.659><c> or</c><00:42:08.980><c> the</c><00:42:09.760><c> businesses</c><00:42:10.179><c> laws</c><00:42:10.539><c> or</c>

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:12.420
whoever<00:42:11.019><c> you</c><00:42:11.300><c> work</c><00:42:11.480><c> for,</c><00:42:11.820><c> if</c><00:42:11.940><c> you</c><00:42:12.079><c> happen</c><00:42:12.260><c> to</c>

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:14.860
work<00:42:12.599><c> for</c><00:42:12.719><c> someone,</c><00:42:13.119><c> when</c><00:42:13.340><c> they're</c><00:42:13.880><c> in</c><00:42:14.019><c> sync,</c><00:42:14.400><c> then</c><00:42:14.559><c> we</c><00:42:14.699><c> can</c>

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:18.679
look<00:42:15.059><c> like</c><00:42:15.300><c> model</c><00:42:15.599><c> employees.</c><00:42:17.599><c> When</c><00:42:17.960><c> God's</c><00:42:18.539><c> laws</c>

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:21.739
are<00:42:18.880><c> at</c><00:42:19.219><c> odds</c><00:42:19.639><c> with</c><00:42:19.940><c> what</c><00:42:20.260><c> the</c><00:42:20.480><c> company</c><00:42:20.739><c> is</c><00:42:20.880><c> now</c><00:42:21.039><c> asking</c><00:42:21.300><c> us</c><00:42:21.539><c> to</c>

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:24.480
do,<00:42:22.380><c> or</c><00:42:22.599><c> our</c><00:42:22.800><c> manager</c><00:42:23.119><c> or</c><00:42:23.420><c> our</c><00:42:23.760><c> employer,</c><00:42:24.000><c> whoever</c><00:42:24.260><c> it</c>

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:29.800
is,<00:42:25.739><c> all</c><00:42:25.900><c> of</c><00:42:26.039><c> a</c><00:42:26.119><c> sudden</c><00:42:26.239><c> we</c><00:42:26.420><c> can</c><00:42:26.579><c> look</c><00:42:26.760><c> like</c><00:42:26.940><c> we're</c><00:42:27.099><c> rather</c><00:42:27.440><c> insubordinate.</c><00:42:29.539><c> And</c>

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:30.980
they<00:42:29.960><c> don't</c><00:42:30.219><c> understand</c><00:42:30.739><c> this</c>

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:33.239
difference<00:42:31.300><c> how</c><00:42:31.519><c> one</c><00:42:31.800><c> day</c><00:42:31.920><c> we</c><00:42:32.059><c> can</c><00:42:32.199><c> be</c><00:42:32.400><c> so</c><00:42:32.659><c> good</c><00:42:32.760><c> and</c><00:42:32.920><c> the</c><00:42:33.039><c> next</c>

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:35.519
day<00:42:33.400><c> we</c><00:42:33.840><c> can</c><00:42:33.880><c> we</c><00:42:33.880><c> cannot</c><00:42:34.179><c> be</c><00:42:34.440><c> so</c><00:42:34.699><c> good.</c>

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:38.820
The<00:42:36.420><c> king's</c><00:42:36.760><c> servants</c><00:42:36.940><c> couldn't</c><00:42:37.280><c> believe</c><00:42:37.840><c> that</c><00:42:38.019><c> this</c><00:42:38.380><c> loyal</c>

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:42.340
Mordecai<00:42:39.739><c> who</c><00:42:40.559><c> is</c><00:42:40.840><c> a</c><00:42:41.179><c> faithful</c><00:42:41.539><c> servant</c><00:42:41.900><c> of</c><00:42:42.159><c> the</c>

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:46.920
and<00:42:43.239><c> who</c><00:42:43.460><c> upholds</c><00:42:44.099><c> all</c><00:42:44.320><c> of</c><00:42:44.460><c> the</c><00:42:44.579><c> king's</c><00:42:44.980><c> laws,</c><00:42:45.219><c> all</c><00:42:45.519><c> of</c><00:42:45.719><c> a</c><00:42:45.780><c> sudden</c><00:42:46.019><c> refuses</c><00:42:46.599><c> to</c>

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:48.320
obey<00:42:47.179><c> this</c><00:42:47.460><c> law.</c>

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:51.579
And<00:42:49.079><c> there's</c><00:42:49.280><c> a</c><00:42:49.400><c> period</c><00:42:49.579><c> of</c><00:42:49.780><c> time</c><00:42:49.960><c> that</c><00:42:50.179><c> transpires.</c><00:42:51.380><c> If</c><00:42:51.460><c> you</c>

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:53.639
look<00:42:51.760><c> in</c><00:42:51.880><c> verse</c><00:42:52.099><c> four</c><00:42:52.440><c> of</c><00:42:52.599><c> chapter</c><00:42:52.900><c> three,</c>

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:56.579
they<00:42:54.179><c> spoke</c><00:42:54.539><c> to</c><00:42:54.659><c> him</c><00:42:54.840><c> day</c><00:42:55.079><c> after</c><00:42:55.360><c> day</c><00:42:55.579><c> and</c><00:42:55.639><c> he</c><00:42:55.739><c> would</c><00:42:55.940><c> not</c><00:42:56.099><c> listen</c><00:42:56.360><c> to</c>

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:59.380
them.<00:42:57.539><c> Mordecai,</c><00:42:57.800><c> don't</c><00:42:57.960><c> you</c><00:42:58.199><c> understand?</c>

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:04.119
You're<00:43:00.579><c> a</c><00:43:00.739><c> faithful</c><00:43:01.059><c> employee</c><00:43:01.699><c> here.</c><00:43:02.360><c> You</c><00:43:02.699><c> normally</c><00:43:03.059><c> are</c><00:43:03.340><c> quite</c><00:43:03.559><c> faithful</c><00:43:03.920><c> to</c>

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.880
the<00:43:04.280><c> king.</c><00:43:04.460><c> Do</c><00:43:04.579><c> you</c><00:43:04.639><c> realize</c>

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:07.619
what<00:43:05.019><c> you're</c><00:43:05.219><c> risking?</c><00:43:06.519><c> And</c><00:43:06.780><c> then</c><00:43:06.900><c> some</c><00:43:07.039><c> would</c><00:43:07.179><c> try</c><00:43:07.340><c> to</c><00:43:07.500><c> take</c>

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:09.019
him<00:43:07.800><c> aside</c><00:43:08.000><c> and</c><00:43:08.139><c> say,</c><00:43:08.360><c> look,</c><00:43:08.519><c> you</c><00:43:08.619><c> know,</c>

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:11.360
we<00:43:09.400><c> have</c><00:43:09.579><c> a</c><00:43:09.739><c> fairly</c><00:43:09.900><c> good</c><00:43:10.139><c> relationship,</c><00:43:10.800><c> Mordecai.</c><00:43:11.199><c> I</c><00:43:11.219><c> want</c>

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:13.079
to<00:43:11.480><c> make</c><00:43:11.619><c> sure</c><00:43:11.780><c> you</c><00:43:11.960><c> understand</c><00:43:12.619><c> that</c><00:43:12.760><c> we</c><00:43:12.920><c> have</c>

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:15.360
an<00:43:13.219><c> obligation</c><00:43:13.639><c> to</c><00:43:13.800><c> go</c><00:43:13.980><c> tell</c><00:43:14.179><c> the</c><00:43:14.420><c> king</c><00:43:14.659><c> or</c><00:43:14.840><c> at</c><00:43:14.840><c> least</c><00:43:15.139><c> Haman</c>

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:17.619
what's<00:43:15.639><c> going</c><00:43:15.920><c> on.</c><00:43:16.559><c> You</c><00:43:16.719><c> really</c><00:43:16.960><c> need</c><00:43:17.179><c> to</c><00:43:17.380><c> rethink</c>

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:22.440
Haman<00:43:18.099><c> or</c><00:43:18.679><c> rethink</c><00:43:19.000><c> Mordecai.</c><00:43:20.199><c> And</c><00:43:20.360><c> Mordecai</c><00:43:21.000><c> refuses</c><00:43:21.820><c> the</c>

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:27.420
pressure<00:43:23.019><c> of</c><00:43:23.880><c> his</c><00:43:24.260><c> colleagues</c><00:43:25.000><c> and</c><00:43:26.280><c> he</c><00:43:26.559><c> stands</c><00:43:26.840><c> firm</c>

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to<00:43:27.739><c> his</c><00:43:28.239><c> conviction.</c><00:43:29.320><c> He</c><00:43:29.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:29.980><c> cross</c><00:43:30.340><c> the</c><00:43:30.639><c> line</c><00:43:30.840><c> of</c><00:43:31.079><c> faithful</c><00:43:31.380><c> obedience.</c><00:43:32.500><c> He</c>

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wouldn't<00:43:33.119><c> conform</c><00:43:33.559><c> his</c><00:43:33.960><c> conduct</c>

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to<00:43:34.699><c> those</c><00:43:35.039><c> around</c><00:43:35.500><c> him.</c><00:43:37.179><c> Again,</c><00:43:37.619><c> not</c><00:43:37.860><c> unlike</c><00:43:38.199><c> Daniel</c><00:43:38.719><c> and</c><00:43:39.300><c> the</c>

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three<00:43:39.659><c> friends.</c><00:43:40.559><c> So</c><00:43:40.760><c> when</c><00:43:40.880><c> we</c><00:43:41.079><c> have</c><00:43:41.219><c> a</c><00:43:41.480><c> picture</c><00:43:41.719><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:43:42.219><c> three</c><00:43:42.659><c> of</c><00:43:42.920><c> Mordecai</c><00:43:43.719><c> refusing</c><00:43:44.699><c> to</c><00:43:45.000><c> bow</c><00:43:45.159><c> down</c><00:43:45.400><c> to</c><00:43:45.679><c> Haman</c><00:43:45.940><c> and</c>

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he<00:43:47.639><c> stands</c><00:43:48.000><c> up</c><00:43:48.300><c> in</c><00:43:48.519><c> his</c><00:43:48.820><c> presence,</c><00:43:49.119><c> he</c><00:43:49.340><c> was</c>

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doing<00:43:49.840><c> that</c><00:43:50.199><c> physically</c><00:43:50.780><c> and</c><00:43:51.639><c> he</c><00:43:51.739><c> was</c><00:43:51.980><c> doing</c><00:43:52.239><c> that</c><00:43:52.699><c> spiritually</c><00:43:53.400><c> because</c>

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:56.679
he<00:43:54.440><c> was</c><00:43:54.699><c> refusing</c><00:43:55.519><c> to</c><00:43:55.840><c> bow</c><00:43:56.079><c> down</c>

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to<00:43:57.059><c> that</c><00:43:57.420><c> Haman</c><00:43:57.820><c>-like</c><00:43:58.480><c> influence.</c>

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:14.000
He<00:44:04.900><c> knows</c><00:44:05.380><c> his</c><00:44:06.719><c> revelation</c><00:44:07.599><c> of</c><00:44:09.000><c> who</c><00:44:09.199><c> he</c><00:44:09.360><c> is</c><00:44:09.699><c> and</c><00:44:10.039><c> it</c><00:44:10.340><c> was</c><00:44:11.000><c> eventually</c><00:44:12.519><c> a</c><00:44:12.820><c> case</c><00:44:13.159><c> of</c>

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Mordecai<00:44:14.400><c> revealing</c><00:44:14.920><c> to</c><00:44:15.280><c> them</c>

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that<00:44:15.659><c> the</c><00:44:15.840><c> reason</c><00:44:16.079><c> he</c><00:44:16.239><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:16.699><c> bow</c><00:44:17.039><c> down</c><00:44:17.639><c> was</c><00:44:18.239><c> because</c><00:44:18.579><c> he</c><00:44:18.699><c> was</c><00:44:18.940><c> a</c>

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Jew.<00:44:19.820><c> He</c><00:44:19.980><c> knows</c><00:44:20.260><c> this</c><00:44:20.599><c> revelation,</c><00:44:21.440><c> this</c><00:44:21.440><c> taking</c>

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this<00:44:21.960><c> public</c><00:44:22.360><c> stand,</c><00:44:22.880><c> will</c><00:44:22.880><c> unleash</c><00:44:23.659><c> a</c><00:44:24.059><c> torrent</c><00:44:24.400><c> of</c><00:44:24.579><c> hatred</c>

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against<00:44:25.440><c> the</c><00:44:25.679><c> Jews</c><00:44:26.079><c> because</c><00:44:27.460><c> this</c><00:44:27.760><c> is</c><00:44:27.920><c> how</c>

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the<00:44:28.639><c> man</c><00:44:28.840><c> like</c><00:44:29.179><c> Haman</c><00:44:29.559><c> reacts</c><00:44:30.139><c> to</c><00:44:30.360><c> these</c><00:44:30.559><c> situations.</c><00:44:32.320><c> Mordecai</c><00:44:32.699><c> also</c><00:44:33.079><c> would</c><00:44:33.260><c> have</c><00:44:33.340><c> realized</c><00:44:33.820><c> that</c><00:44:34.019><c> a</c><00:44:34.280><c> failure</c>

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to<00:44:35.039><c> stand</c><00:44:35.320><c> up</c><00:44:35.599><c> to</c><00:44:35.760><c> Haman</c><00:44:36.099><c> would</c><00:44:36.280><c> have</c><00:44:36.440><c> been</c><00:44:36.679><c> spiritual</c><00:44:37.159><c> tragedy</c><00:44:37.619><c> for</c><00:44:37.820><c> himself</c><00:44:38.500><c> as</c>

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.900
well<00:44:39.840><c> as</c><00:44:40.039><c> spiritual</c><00:44:40.440><c> tragedy</c>

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:44.719
for<00:44:41.099><c> the</c><00:44:41.260><c> community.</c><00:44:42.539><c> And</c><00:44:42.780><c> don't</c><00:44:43.039><c> fail</c><00:44:43.599><c> to</c><00:44:43.820><c> see</c><00:44:44.000><c> the</c><00:44:44.219><c> impact</c>

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:47.179
that<00:44:45.579><c> all</c><00:44:45.739><c> of</c><00:44:45.860><c> this</c><00:44:46.039><c> is</c><00:44:46.280><c> having</c><00:44:46.519><c> on</c><00:44:46.800><c> the</c><00:44:46.960><c> rest</c>

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:52.239
of<00:44:47.300><c> the</c><00:44:47.480><c> community.</c><00:44:48.840><c> Because</c><00:44:49.320><c> of</c><00:44:50.039><c> Mordecai's</c><00:44:50.920><c> faithful</c><00:44:51.320><c> obedience,</c><00:44:52.079><c> he</c>

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puts<00:44:52.519><c> the</c><00:44:53.119><c> lives</c><00:44:53.679><c> of</c>

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:58.519
the<00:44:54.159><c> entire</c><00:44:54.519><c> community</c><00:44:54.980><c> at</c><00:44:55.300><c> risk.</c><00:44:56.300><c> Imagine</c><00:44:56.699><c> that,</c><00:44:58.039><c> a</c><00:44:58.300><c> brother</c>

00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:00.639
coming<00:44:58.820><c> to</c><00:44:59.000><c> an</c><00:44:59.139><c> arranging</c><00:44:59.460><c> meeting</c>

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saying,<00:45:01.820><c> brother,</c><00:45:02.239><c> I</c><00:45:02.460><c> have</c><00:45:03.019><c> some</c><00:45:03.539><c> bad</c><00:45:03.840><c> news.</c><00:45:05.920><c> I</c><00:45:06.380><c> failed</c><00:45:06.780><c> to</c><00:45:07.079><c> bow</c><00:45:07.340><c> down</c><00:45:07.699><c> to</c>

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:09.219
Haman<00:45:08.320><c> today</c>

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and<00:45:11.099><c> as</c><00:45:11.360><c> a</c><00:45:11.539><c> result,</c><00:45:13.239><c> we're</c><00:45:13.400><c> all</c><00:45:13.980><c> going</c><00:45:14.480><c> to</c><00:45:14.760><c> die.</c>

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:23.280
All<00:45:17.800><c> of</c><00:45:18.059><c> us.</c><00:45:20.780><c> Can</c><00:45:20.980><c> you</c><00:45:21.239><c> see</c><00:45:21.460><c> the</c><00:45:21.860><c> pressure</c><00:45:22.239><c> that</c><00:45:22.440><c> would</c><00:45:22.619><c> develop</c><00:45:23.019><c> within</c>

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:24.440
the<00:45:23.559><c> community?</c>

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:31.079
You<00:45:24.920><c> did</c><00:45:25.199><c> what?</c><00:45:26.320><c> And</c><00:45:26.579><c> what's</c><00:45:26.860><c> going</c><00:45:27.019><c> to</c><00:45:27.300><c> happen?</c><00:45:28.320><c> Can</c><00:45:28.480><c> you</c><00:45:28.599><c> hear</c><00:45:28.840><c> some</c><00:45:29.059><c> saying,</c><00:45:29.800><c> Mordecai,</c><00:45:30.719><c> you</c>

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.519
need<00:45:31.260><c> to</c><00:45:31.380><c> get</c>

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:35.500
yourself<00:45:32.099><c> back</c><00:45:32.599><c> to</c><00:45:32.760><c> the</c><00:45:32.920><c> king's</c><00:45:33.260><c> gate</c><00:45:33.599><c> and</c><00:45:34.579><c> offer</c><00:45:34.840><c> a</c><00:45:35.019><c> big</c><00:45:35.300><c>-time</c>

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:38.440
apology<00:45:36.059><c> and</c><00:45:36.480><c> get</c><00:45:36.679><c> this</c><00:45:36.960><c> situation</c><00:45:37.480><c> right?</c>

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:42.000
But<00:45:39.940><c> that's</c><00:45:40.139><c> not</c><00:45:40.300><c> how</c><00:45:40.460><c> the</c><00:45:40.639><c> community</c><00:45:40.900><c> reacted</c><00:45:41.340><c> because</c><00:45:41.699><c> what</c>

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:43.639
Mordecai<00:45:42.659><c> was</c><00:45:42.960><c> demonstrating,</c>

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:47.320
brethren<00:45:43.920><c> and</c><00:45:44.159><c> sisters,</c><00:45:44.619><c> was</c><00:45:44.800><c> spiritual</c><00:45:45.579><c> leadership.</c><00:45:47.099><c> And</c>

00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:49.260
we<00:45:47.519><c> need</c><00:45:47.780><c> this</c><00:45:48.000><c> kind</c><00:45:48.199><c> of</c><00:45:48.420><c> leadership</c><00:45:48.820><c> in</c><00:45:49.039><c> our</c>

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:54.480
Ecclesias<00:45:49.679><c> today.</c><00:45:50.679><c> The</c><00:45:50.900><c> kind</c><00:45:51.099><c> of</c><00:45:51.320><c> leadership</c><00:45:51.699><c> where</c><00:45:52.380><c> brethren</c><00:45:52.820><c> and</c><00:45:53.219><c> sisters</c><00:45:53.599><c> will</c><00:45:53.960><c> stand</c><00:45:54.219><c> up</c>

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:55.199
to<00:45:54.739><c> sin</c><00:45:54.940><c> and</c>

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:58.219
refuse<00:45:55.599><c> to</c><00:45:55.800><c> bow</c><00:45:55.960><c> down</c><00:45:56.199><c> to</c><00:45:56.420><c> it.</c><00:45:57.079><c> Where</c><00:45:57.280><c> mothers</c><00:45:57.539><c> and</c><00:45:57.820><c> fathers</c>

00:45:58.219 --> 00:46:00.900
will<00:45:58.500><c> stand</c><00:45:58.739><c> up</c><00:45:58.980><c> to</c><00:45:59.179><c> sin</c><00:45:59.340><c> and</c><00:45:59.599><c> refuse</c><00:46:00.000><c> to</c><00:46:00.300><c> allow</c><00:46:00.519><c> it</c><00:46:00.719><c> into</c>

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:04.739
their<00:46:01.119><c> homes</c><00:46:01.579><c> and</c><00:46:02.059><c> into</c><00:46:02.239><c> the</c><00:46:02.420><c> lives</c><00:46:02.639><c> of</c><00:46:02.800><c> their</c><00:46:02.920><c> kids.</c><00:46:04.000><c> Arranging</c><00:46:04.400><c> brother</c>

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:06.480
who<00:46:04.900><c> will</c><00:46:05.179><c> stand</c><00:46:05.400><c> up</c><00:46:05.679><c> to</c><00:46:05.900><c> sin</c><00:46:06.159><c> and</c>

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refuse<00:46:07.059><c> to</c><00:46:07.420><c> compromise</c><00:46:08.280><c> on</c><00:46:09.099><c> doctrine</c><00:46:09.440><c> or</c><00:46:09.840><c> conduct</c><00:46:10.480><c> but</c><00:46:11.099><c> will</c>

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:13.579
maintain<00:46:11.900><c> strong</c><00:46:12.380><c> standards</c><00:46:12.860><c> in</c><00:46:13.059><c> these</c><00:46:13.280><c> last</c>

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:17.639
evil<00:46:13.800><c> days.</c><00:46:15.320><c> Sunday</c><00:46:15.579><c> school</c><00:46:15.860><c> teachers</c><00:46:16.320><c> and</c><00:46:16.599><c> CYC</c><00:46:17.119><c> counselors</c>

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:19.820
who<00:46:17.960><c> stand</c><00:46:18.159><c> up</c><00:46:18.380><c> to</c><00:46:18.579><c> sin</c><00:46:18.760><c> and</c><00:46:19.019><c> refuse</c><00:46:19.320><c> to</c><00:46:19.559><c> dilute</c>

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:25.119
the<00:46:20.079><c> truth</c><00:46:20.519><c> and</c><00:46:21.139><c> turn</c><00:46:21.380><c> a</c><00:46:21.599><c> blind</c><00:46:21.800><c> eye</c><00:46:22.119><c> to</c><00:46:22.340><c> wrong</c><00:46:22.559><c> conduct</c><00:46:23.260><c> but</c>

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:28.059
who<00:46:25.699><c> refuse</c><00:46:26.420><c> to</c><00:46:26.679><c> allow</c><00:46:26.900><c> the</c><00:46:27.119><c> Haman</c><00:46:27.300><c>-like</c><00:46:27.579><c> spirit</c>

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within<00:46:28.360><c> the</c><00:46:29.440><c> group.</c><00:46:30.360><c> You</c><00:46:30.380><c> see,</c><00:46:30.880><c> spiritual</c><00:46:30.940><c> leaders</c><00:46:31.219><c> don't</c><00:46:31.500><c> take</c><00:46:31.820><c> polls</c><00:46:32.280><c> to</c>

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:35.159
determine<00:46:33.260><c> how</c><00:46:34.019><c> they</c><00:46:34.239><c> should</c><00:46:34.480><c> act</c><00:46:34.940><c> in</c>

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:38.880
these<00:46:35.380><c> matters.</c><00:46:36.760><c> Parents</c><00:46:37.059><c> don't</c><00:46:37.340><c> first</c><00:46:37.739><c> interview</c><00:46:38.179><c> their</c><00:46:38.420><c> kids</c><00:46:38.659><c> to</c>

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find<00:46:39.059><c> out</c><00:46:39.239><c> what</c><00:46:39.400><c> they</c><00:46:39.739><c> think</c><00:46:39.900><c> we</c><00:46:40.099><c> should</c><00:46:40.280><c> adopt</c>

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is<00:46:40.980><c> the</c><00:46:41.260><c> moral</c><00:46:42.000><c> standards</c><00:46:42.559><c> within</c><00:46:42.800><c> our</c><00:46:43.079><c> home.</c><00:46:44.300><c> Arranging</c><00:46:44.599><c> brethren</c><00:46:44.880><c> don't</c><00:46:45.139><c> poll</c><00:46:45.380><c> the</c><00:46:45.619><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:51.619
to<00:46:47.059><c> determine</c><00:46:47.619><c> what</c><00:46:48.340><c> are</c><00:46:48.500><c> the</c><00:46:48.619><c> right</c><00:46:48.840><c> actions</c><00:46:49.420><c> here?</c><00:46:50.159><c> What</c><00:46:50.239><c> are</c><00:46:50.400><c> the</c><00:46:50.539><c> right</c><00:46:50.840><c> morals</c><00:46:51.239><c> that</c><00:46:51.440><c> we</c>

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:52.340
should<00:46:51.780><c> uphold?</c>

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Should<00:46:52.900><c> we</c><00:46:53.079><c> bow</c><00:46:53.239><c> down</c><00:46:53.460><c> to</c><00:46:53.679><c> Haman</c><00:46:53.800><c> or</c><00:46:53.920><c> shouldn't</c><00:46:54.199><c> we</c><00:46:54.360><c> bow</c><00:46:54.500><c> down</c>

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:56.039
to<00:46:54.800><c> Haman?</c><00:46:54.960><c> You</c><00:46:55.019><c> don't</c><00:46:55.239><c> take</c><00:46:55.460><c> votes</c>

00:46:56.039 --> 00:47:00.300
about<00:46:56.380><c> bowing</c><00:46:57.019><c> down</c><00:46:57.179><c> to</c><00:46:57.360><c> Haman.</c><00:46:58.219><c> You</c><00:46:58.579><c> do</c><00:46:58.820><c> the</c><00:46:58.980><c> right</c><00:46:59.260><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:47:00.900><c> look</c><00:47:01.079><c> at</c><00:47:01.219><c> the</c><00:47:01.360><c> word</c><00:47:01.480><c> of</c><00:47:01.719><c> God</c><00:47:01.960><c> and</c><00:47:02.219><c> you</c><00:47:02.400><c> obey</c>

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it<00:47:02.920><c> to</c><00:47:03.079><c> the</c><00:47:03.239><c> best</c><00:47:03.460><c> of</c><00:47:03.639><c> your</c><00:47:03.820><c> ability.</c><00:47:04.519><c> That's</c><00:47:04.880><c> the</c><00:47:05.079><c> kind</c><00:47:05.260><c> of</c><00:47:05.480><c> leadership</c><00:47:05.820><c> we</c>

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need<00:47:06.400><c> in</c><00:47:06.619><c> these</c><00:47:06.820><c> last</c><00:47:07.139><c> days</c>

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because<00:47:08.280><c> if</c><00:47:08.639><c> society</c><00:47:09.500><c> becomes</c><00:47:10.420><c> more</c><00:47:10.960><c> enjoying</c><00:47:11.840><c> or</c><00:47:12.639><c> enjoys</c><00:47:13.179><c> more</c><00:47:13.599><c> the</c><00:47:13.780><c> pleasures</c><00:47:14.139><c> of</c>

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sin,<00:47:14.860><c> it</c><00:47:14.920><c> is</c><00:47:15.260><c> rewriting</c><00:47:15.800><c> its</c>

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moral<00:47:16.400><c> code.</c><00:47:17.280><c> It's</c><00:47:17.579><c> rewriting</c><00:47:18.119><c> its</c><00:47:18.460><c> moral</c><00:47:18.699><c> code.</c><00:47:19.940><c> It's</c><00:47:20.119><c> different</c><00:47:20.360><c> today</c>

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than<00:47:20.820><c> it</c><00:47:20.940><c> was</c><00:47:21.139><c> 20</c><00:47:21.400><c> years</c><00:47:21.679><c> ago.</c>

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It's<00:47:22.940><c> critical</c><00:47:23.480><c> as</c><00:47:24.059><c> the</c><00:47:24.340><c> society</c><00:47:24.780><c> around</c><00:47:25.079><c> us</c><00:47:25.300><c> becomes</c><00:47:25.579><c> more</c><00:47:25.980><c> tolerant</c><00:47:26.300><c> of</c><00:47:26.659><c> sin</c><00:47:27.059><c> and</c><00:47:28.059><c> they</c><00:47:28.300><c> call</c><00:47:28.460><c> it</c><00:47:28.760><c> all</c><00:47:29.179><c> a</c><00:47:29.599><c> greater</c>

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understanding<00:47:30.679><c> and</c><00:47:31.059><c> compassion</c><00:47:31.599><c> and</c><00:47:31.900><c> love</c><00:47:32.340><c> that</c><00:47:33.079><c> we</c><00:47:33.280><c> not</c><00:47:33.539><c> be</c>

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deluded<00:47:34.679><c> by</c><00:47:34.980><c> it.</c><00:47:36.940><c> But</c><00:47:37.059><c> picture</c><00:47:37.300><c> Mordecai's</c>

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predicament.<00:47:38.719><c> He</c><00:47:38.900><c> stands</c><00:47:39.219><c> up</c><00:47:39.460><c> to</c><00:47:39.619><c> Haman</c><00:47:39.820><c> by</c><00:47:40.179><c> faith</c><00:47:40.519><c> and</c><00:47:40.900><c> the</c><00:47:41.079><c> result</c><00:47:41.420><c> is</c><00:47:41.800><c> a</c>

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apparent<00:47:42.579><c> catastrophic</c><00:47:43.460><c> impact</c><00:47:44.039><c> on</c>

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the<00:47:44.440><c> community.</c><00:47:45.480><c> But</c><00:47:45.619><c> you</c><00:47:45.780><c> see</c><00:47:45.940><c> what</c><00:47:46.179><c> happens</c><00:47:46.780><c> when</c><00:47:47.099><c> men</c><00:47:47.440><c> and</c>

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women<00:47:47.860><c> are</c><00:47:48.239><c> faithful</c><00:47:48.739><c> and</c><00:47:50.139><c> this</c><00:47:50.360><c> is</c><00:47:50.599><c> the</c><00:47:50.739><c> beauty</c><00:47:50.980><c> and</c>

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the<00:47:51.380><c> wisdom</c><00:47:51.619><c> of</c><00:47:51.840><c> God</c><00:47:51.960><c> at</c><00:47:52.179><c> work.</c><00:47:53.420><c> Because</c><00:47:53.800><c> of</c><00:47:54.059><c> Mordecai's</c><00:47:54.940><c> faithfulness,</c><00:47:57.019><c> there</c><00:47:57.119><c> is</c><00:47:57.280><c> now</c><00:47:57.519><c> a</c>

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death<00:47:58.000><c> sentence</c><00:47:58.400><c> passed</c>

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upon<00:47:59.059><c> the</c><00:47:59.239><c> community.</c><00:47:59.760><c> Had</c><00:47:59.940><c> he</c><00:48:00.199><c> remained</c><00:48:00.639><c> silent,</c><00:48:01.960><c> the</c><00:48:02.179><c> catastrophe</c><00:48:02.760><c> would</c>

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never<00:48:03.480><c> have</c><00:48:03.679><c> happened</c><00:48:04.159><c> and</c><00:48:04.980><c> the</c>

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prospect<00:48:05.559><c> of</c><00:48:05.800><c> annihilation</c><00:48:06.380><c> would</c><00:48:06.639><c> never</c><00:48:06.900><c> have</c><00:48:07.059><c> been</c><00:48:07.239><c> facing</c>

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the<00:48:07.760><c> community.</c><00:48:08.559><c> But</c><00:48:08.719><c> this</c><00:48:08.940><c> is</c><00:48:09.099><c> how</c><00:48:09.239><c> God</c><00:48:09.519><c> works</c>

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in<00:48:10.099><c> the</c><00:48:10.320><c> lives</c><00:48:10.519><c> of</c><00:48:10.800><c> disciples</c><00:48:11.400><c> through</c><00:48:12.159><c> ever</c><00:48:12.599><c> increasing</c><00:48:13.280><c> trials</c><00:48:14.079><c> so</c>

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long<00:48:15.219><c> as</c><00:48:15.440><c> they</c><00:48:15.699><c> remain</c><00:48:15.980><c> faithful</c><00:48:16.519><c> to</c><00:48:16.820><c> him,</c>

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matching<00:48:18.179><c> the</c><00:48:18.500><c> trials</c><00:48:18.960><c> to</c><00:48:19.260><c> the</c><00:48:19.460><c> level</c><00:48:19.659><c> of</c><00:48:19.980><c> faith</c><00:48:20.260><c> that</c><00:48:20.579><c> we</c><00:48:20.739><c> have</c><00:48:21.019><c> already</c><00:48:21.619><c> demonstrated.</c><00:48:23.059><c> He</c>

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will<00:48:23.739><c> purposely</c>

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put<00:48:24.860><c> us</c><00:48:25.139><c> in</c><00:48:25.380><c> situations</c><00:48:26.159><c> that</c><00:48:26.960><c> call</c><00:48:27.239><c> for</c><00:48:27.579><c> a</c><00:48:27.940><c> faithful</c><00:48:28.400><c> response</c>

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that<00:48:30.579><c> will</c><00:48:30.900><c> only</c><00:48:31.260><c> lead</c><00:48:31.619><c> to</c><00:48:32.179><c> a</c><00:48:32.400><c> more</c><00:48:32.679><c> difficult</c><00:48:33.500><c> trial</c><00:48:34.179><c> to</c><00:48:34.699><c> face.</c>

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Thank<00:49:04.880><c> you.</c>