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That's<00:11:45.700><c> the</c><00:11:45.820><c> steps</c><00:11:46.019><c> that</c><00:11:46.259><c> our</c><00:11:46.440><c> Lord</c><00:11:46.639><c> requires</c><00:11:47.120><c> of</c><00:11:47.299><c> us</c><00:11:47.460><c> as</c><00:11:47.639><c> we</c>

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that<00:11:49.460><c> we</c><00:11:49.639><c> might</c><00:11:49.899><c> see</c><00:11:50.220><c> them</c><00:11:50.360><c> with</c><00:11:50.659><c> our</c><00:11:50.980><c> eyes</c><00:11:51.320><c> and</c><00:11:51.700><c> hear</c><00:11:52.000><c> them</c>

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and<00:11:53.759><c> understand</c><00:11:54.220><c> them</c><00:11:54.360><c> with</c><00:11:54.559><c> our</c><00:11:54.779><c> heart</c>

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and<00:11:55.639><c> be</c><00:11:55.919><c> converted</c><00:11:56.720><c> and</c><00:11:57.919><c> he</c><00:11:58.539><c> should</c><00:11:59.120><c> heal</c><00:11:59.580><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:12:01.639><c> the</c><00:12:01.759><c> process</c><00:12:02.159><c> by</c><00:12:02.460><c> which</c><00:12:02.700><c> these</c><00:12:02.940><c> things</c><00:12:03.120><c> are</c><00:12:03.320><c> done.</c>

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And<00:12:04.740><c> some</c><00:12:05.019><c> parables</c><00:12:05.620><c> that</c><00:12:05.899><c> our</c><00:12:06.080><c> Lord</c><00:12:06.299><c> uttered</c><00:12:06.659><c> are</c><00:12:07.240><c> more</c><00:12:07.519><c> appropriate</c>

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to<00:12:08.299><c> this</c><00:12:08.480><c> age</c><00:12:08.720><c> in</c><00:12:08.879><c> which</c><00:12:09.019><c> we</c><00:12:09.279><c> live,</c>

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this<00:12:10.620><c> 20th</c><00:12:11.120><c> century</c><00:12:11.500><c> of</c><00:12:11.740><c> ours,</c>

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than<00:12:13.200><c> before,</c>

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more<00:12:15.159><c> appropriate</c><00:12:15.600><c> to</c><00:12:15.899><c> our</c><00:12:16.179><c> age</c><00:12:16.720><c> than</c><00:12:17.120><c> to</c><00:12:17.399><c> others.</c>

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And<00:12:19.019><c> one</c><00:12:19.299><c> such</c><00:12:19.480><c> is</c><00:12:19.700><c> in</c><00:12:19.840><c> Luke</c><00:12:20.019><c> chapter</c><00:12:20.379><c> 12,</c>

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verse<00:12:21.500><c> 13</c><00:12:22.120><c> to</c><00:12:22.399><c> 21,</c>

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which<00:12:23.580><c> we</c><00:12:23.960><c> wish</c><00:12:24.200><c> to</c><00:12:24.360><c> look</c><00:12:24.539><c> at</c><00:12:24.899><c> in</c><00:12:25.100><c> some</c><00:12:25.320><c> detail.</c>

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In<00:12:28.159><c> Luke</c><00:12:28.340><c> chapter</c><00:12:28.659><c> 12,</c><00:12:29.240><c> verse</c><00:12:29.399><c> 13</c><00:12:30.200><c> to</c><00:12:30.580><c> 21,</c>

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the<00:12:32.460><c> time</c><00:12:32.700><c> when</c><00:12:32.919><c> one</c><00:12:33.080><c> of</c><00:12:33.220><c> the</c><00:12:33.419><c> company</c><00:12:33.659><c> said</c><00:12:33.860><c> unto</c><00:12:34.080><c> him,</c>

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Master,<00:12:35.539><c> speak</c><00:12:35.960><c> to</c><00:12:36.200><c> my</c><00:12:36.419><c> brother</c><00:12:36.700><c> that</c><00:12:36.940><c> he</c><00:12:37.240><c> divide</c><00:12:37.639><c> the</c><00:12:38.019><c> inheritance</c><00:12:38.419><c> with</c><00:12:38.720><c> me.</c>

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A<00:12:41.240><c> parable</c><00:12:41.539><c> which</c><00:12:41.779><c> is</c><00:12:42.000><c> based</c><00:12:42.200><c> upon</c><00:12:42.440><c> a</c><00:12:42.659><c> dispute,</c>

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a<00:12:43.440><c> dispute</c><00:12:43.679><c> between</c><00:12:44.080><c> two</c><00:12:44.340><c> men,</c>

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two<00:12:45.919><c> brothers,</c>

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two<00:12:49.019><c> brothers</c>

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of<00:12:49.539><c> the</c><00:12:51.799><c> same</c><00:12:52.039><c> family,</c>

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of<00:12:53.840><c> the</c><00:12:54.000><c> same</c><00:12:54.200><c> parents,</c>

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of<00:12:56.559><c> the</c><00:12:56.740><c> same</c><00:12:56.919><c> outlook.</c>

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Divide<00:12:59.500><c> the</c><00:12:59.879><c> inheritance</c><00:13:00.379><c> with</c><00:13:01.200><c> me.</c>

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The<00:13:03.820><c> Lord</c><00:13:04.039><c> was</c><00:13:04.360><c> approached</c><00:13:04.740><c> by</c><00:13:05.139><c> a</c><00:13:05.259><c> man</c><00:13:05.419><c> with</c><00:13:05.679><c> a</c><00:13:05.799><c> plea.</c>

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He<00:13:06.700><c> was</c><00:13:07.100><c> jealous</c><00:13:07.539><c> of</c><00:13:07.899><c> his</c><00:13:08.179><c> brother's</c><00:13:08.700><c> wealth.</c>

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And<00:13:10.279><c> he</c><00:13:10.460><c> desired</c><00:13:10.919><c> that</c><00:13:11.139><c> the</c><00:13:11.320><c> Master</c><00:13:11.559><c> should</c><00:13:11.840><c> intervene</c>

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for<00:13:12.500><c> his</c><00:13:13.080><c> personal</c><00:13:13.480><c> and</c><00:13:13.740><c> material</c><00:13:14.139><c> benefit,</c>

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that<00:13:15.259><c> he</c><00:13:15.379><c> might</c><00:13:15.600><c> achieve</c><00:13:15.919><c> that</c><00:13:16.120><c> which</c><00:13:16.279><c> he</c><00:13:16.580><c> desired,</c><00:13:16.899><c> he</c><00:13:17.139><c> wanted.</c>

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And<00:13:17.840><c> this</c><00:13:18.200><c> prompted</c><00:13:18.720><c> a</c><00:13:19.039><c> parable</c><00:13:19.279><c> from</c><00:13:20.179><c> the</c><00:13:20.340><c> Lord</c>

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which<00:13:20.980><c> has</c><00:13:21.259><c> great</c><00:13:21.799><c> application</c><00:13:22.600><c> to</c><00:13:23.000><c> our</c><00:13:23.419><c> age</c>

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You<00:13:28.919><c> notice</c><00:13:29.240><c> in</c><00:13:29.480><c> verse</c><00:13:30.500><c> 16</c>

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that<00:13:32.659><c> the</c><00:13:32.980><c> parable</c><00:13:33.360><c> was</c><00:13:33.840><c> based</c><00:13:34.340><c> upon</c><00:13:34.620><c> a</c><00:13:34.940><c> particular</c><00:13:35.580><c> incident</c>

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He<00:13:38.279><c> says,</c><00:13:39.059><c> he</c><00:13:39.120><c> spake</c><00:13:39.460><c> a</c><00:13:39.700><c> parable</c><00:13:39.919><c> unto</c><00:13:40.139><c> them</c><00:13:40.379><c> saying,</c>

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the<00:13:40.860><c> ground</c><00:13:41.200><c> of</c><00:13:41.500><c> a</c><00:13:42.139><c> certain</c><00:13:42.779><c> rich</c><00:13:43.820><c> man.</c>

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And<00:13:46.080><c> thus</c><00:13:46.419><c> emphasizing</c><00:13:47.220><c> this</c><00:13:47.500><c> word</c><00:13:47.799><c> certain,</c>

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it<00:13:49.279><c> draws</c><00:13:49.559><c> our</c><00:13:50.080><c> attention</c><00:13:50.519><c> to</c><00:13:50.720><c> a</c><00:13:50.840><c> particular</c><00:13:51.419><c> incident</c>

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that<00:13:53.019><c> is</c><00:13:53.220><c> the</c><00:13:53.360><c> basis</c><00:13:53.659><c> of</c><00:13:53.840><c> this</c><00:13:54.100><c> particular</c><00:13:54.580><c> parable.</c>

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A<00:13:56.440><c> time</c><00:13:56.639><c> when</c><00:13:56.799><c> there</c><00:13:56.860><c> were</c><00:13:57.000><c> two</c><00:13:57.240><c> brothers</c><00:13:57.539><c> in</c><00:13:57.720><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:14:00.360><c> one</c><00:14:00.580><c> had</c><00:14:00.860><c> great</c><00:14:01.200><c> wealth</c>

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and<00:14:03.200><c> the</c><00:14:03.240><c> other</c><00:14:03.399><c> didn't.</c>

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And<00:14:05.240><c> there</c><00:14:05.279><c> was</c><00:14:05.440><c> jealousy</c><00:14:05.860><c> between</c><00:14:06.200><c> these</c><00:14:06.799><c> two</c><00:14:07.080><c> brothers</c>

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in<00:14:08.360><c> Israel,</c><00:14:09.320><c> the</c><00:14:09.600><c> sons</c><00:14:09.840><c> of</c><00:14:10.039><c> the</c><00:14:10.179><c> same</c><00:14:10.399><c> father.</c>

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The<00:14:11.340><c> record</c><00:14:11.679><c> is</c><00:14:11.919><c> taken</c><00:14:12.159><c> up</c><00:14:12.399><c> in</c><00:14:12.519><c> 1</c><00:14:12.919><c> Samuel</c><00:14:13.539><c> 25</c>

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as<00:14:16.559><c> we</c><00:14:16.740><c> look</c><00:14:17.000><c> at</c><00:14:17.240><c> the</c><00:14:17.539><c> family</c><00:14:18.279><c> of</c><00:14:18.820><c> the</c><00:14:18.919><c> living</c><00:14:19.179><c> God</c>

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at<00:14:20.399><c> a</c><00:14:20.580><c> time</c><00:14:20.799><c> when</c><00:14:21.019><c> there</c><00:14:21.100><c> was</c><00:14:21.399><c> a</c><00:14:21.620><c> dispute</c><00:14:22.179><c> between</c><00:14:23.000><c> two</c><00:14:23.539><c> men.</c>

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So<00:14:25.299><c> in</c><00:14:25.440><c> 1</c><00:14:25.820><c> Samuel</c><00:14:26.460><c> 25</c>

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we<00:14:29.940><c> come</c><00:14:30.179><c> upon</c><00:14:30.580><c> one</c><00:14:31.100><c> brother</c><00:14:31.620><c> by</c><00:14:31.960><c> name</c><00:14:32.259><c> of</c><00:14:32.779><c> David</c>

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a<00:14:35.379><c> man</c><00:14:35.679><c> who</c><00:14:35.940><c> was</c><00:14:36.220><c> hunted</c><00:14:36.559><c> as</c><00:14:36.820><c> a</c><00:14:36.940><c> vagabond</c><00:14:37.379><c> by</c><00:14:37.679><c> the</c><00:14:37.860><c> king</c>

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reigning<00:14:38.539><c> at</c><00:14:38.659><c> that</c><00:14:38.919><c> time,</c><00:14:39.460><c> King</c><00:14:39.659><c> Saul.</c>

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They<00:14:41.100><c> were</c><00:14:41.320><c> dreadful</c><00:14:41.779><c> days</c><00:14:42.080><c> for</c><00:14:42.399><c> David.</c>

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There<00:14:45.539><c> was</c><00:14:45.740><c> days</c><00:14:46.000><c> of</c><00:14:46.279><c> discomfort,</c><00:14:48.000><c> days</c><00:14:48.120><c> of</c><00:14:48.379><c> hardship,</c>

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days<00:14:50.200><c> of</c><00:14:50.480><c> peril,</c><00:14:52.100><c> days</c><00:14:52.279><c> of</c><00:14:52.580><c> fear,</c>

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days<00:14:54.240><c> of</c><00:14:54.519><c> disappointment</c><00:14:55.419><c> and</c><00:14:56.399><c> frustration.</c>

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So<00:14:58.960><c> much</c><00:14:59.139><c> so</c><00:14:59.379><c> that</c><00:14:59.519><c> David</c><00:14:59.840><c> at</c><00:15:00.139><c> the</c><00:15:00.399><c> time</c><00:15:00.700><c> thought</c><00:15:00.919><c> he</c><00:15:01.059><c> could</c>

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not<00:15:01.500><c> escape</c><00:15:01.879><c> from</c><00:15:02.159><c> them</c>

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as<00:15:02.679><c> we</c><00:15:02.860><c> read</c><00:15:03.059><c> in</c><00:15:03.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:03.500><c> 27</c><00:15:04.299><c> and</c><00:15:04.659><c> verse</c><00:15:04.940><c> 1.</c>

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David<00:15:06.080><c> said</c><00:15:06.419><c> in</c><00:15:06.659><c> his</c><00:15:07.019><c> heart,</c>

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I<00:15:08.820><c> shall</c><00:15:09.120><c> now</c><00:15:09.379><c> perish</c><00:15:09.700><c> one</c><00:15:10.019><c> day</c><00:15:10.279><c> by</c><00:15:11.519><c> the</c><00:15:11.940><c> hand</c><00:15:12.080><c> of</c><00:15:12.399><c> Saul.</c>

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There<00:15:12.820><c> is</c><00:15:13.039><c> nothing</c><00:15:13.519><c> better</c><00:15:13.879><c> than</c><00:15:14.039><c> I</c><00:15:14.240><c> should</c><00:15:14.440><c> escape</c><00:15:14.820><c> into</c><00:15:15.039><c> the</c>

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land<00:15:15.340><c> of</c><00:15:15.500><c> the</c><00:15:15.600><c> Philistines.</c>

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I<00:15:18.139><c> shall</c><00:15:18.480><c> perish</c><00:15:18.899><c> one</c><00:15:19.240><c> day,</c><00:15:19.419><c> he</c><00:15:19.639><c> said,</c><00:15:19.799><c> by</c><00:15:20.039><c> the</c><00:15:20.220><c> hand</c><00:15:20.480><c> of</c><00:15:20.720><c> Saul.</c>

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So<00:15:21.639><c> vengeful</c><00:15:22.139><c> was</c><00:15:22.399><c> the</c><00:15:22.600><c> jealousy</c><00:15:22.960><c> of</c><00:15:23.159><c> that</c><00:15:23.340><c> king</c>

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against<00:15:24.740><c> the</c><00:15:24.899><c> man</c><00:15:25.059><c> that</c><00:15:25.240><c> had</c><00:15:25.340><c> been</c><00:15:25.580><c> appointed</c><00:15:25.919><c> to</c><00:15:26.139><c> replace</c><00:15:26.419><c> him.</c>

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about<00:15:31.039><c> that</c><00:15:31.379><c> time,</c>

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about<00:15:32.179><c> the</c><00:15:32.419><c> darkness</c><00:15:32.779><c> and</c><00:15:33.639><c> desolateness</c><00:15:34.279><c> of</c><00:15:34.460><c> those</c><00:15:34.679><c> days</c>

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as<00:15:35.700><c> the</c><00:15:36.220><c> feelings</c><00:15:36.539><c> and</c><00:15:36.740><c> emotions</c><00:15:37.159><c> of</c><00:15:37.379><c> the</c><00:15:37.620><c> heart</c><00:15:37.879><c> of</c><00:15:39.120><c> David</c>

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expressed<00:15:39.720><c> in</c><00:15:39.940><c> those</c><00:15:40.139><c> words</c><00:15:40.419><c> within</c><00:15:40.740><c> his</c><00:15:41.039><c> heart</c>

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are<00:15:41.620><c> now</c><00:15:41.860><c> found</c><00:15:42.259><c> that</c><00:15:42.620><c> we</c><00:15:42.799><c> can</c><00:15:42.980><c> share</c><00:15:43.259><c> and</c><00:15:43.519><c> understand</c>

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a<00:15:44.600><c> little</c><00:15:44.919><c> of</c><00:15:45.240><c> the</c><00:15:45.399><c> moments</c><00:15:45.659><c> of</c><00:15:45.840><c> David.</c>

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They<00:15:48.139><c> have</c><00:15:48.399><c> in</c><00:15:48.580><c> Psalm</c><00:15:48.820><c> 56</c><00:15:49.700><c> and</c><00:15:50.519><c> verses</c><00:15:50.759><c> 1</c><00:15:51.019><c> and</c><00:15:51.179><c> 2</c><00:15:51.419><c> such</c><00:15:51.700><c> expressions</c>

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that<00:15:53.240><c> owe</c><00:15:53.559><c> their</c><00:15:53.960><c> character</c><00:15:54.460><c> to</c><00:15:54.899><c> the</c><00:15:55.340><c> circumstances</c><00:15:55.919><c> of</c><00:15:56.259><c> life</c>

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into<00:15:56.740><c> which</c><00:15:57.000><c> David</c><00:15:57.480><c> found</c><00:15:57.960><c> himself.</c>

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Be<00:16:00.039><c> merciful</c><00:16:00.539><c> unto</c><00:16:00.799><c> me,</c><00:16:01.059><c> O</c><00:16:01.259><c> God,</c><00:16:01.600><c> for</c><00:16:01.820><c> man</c><00:16:02.200><c> would</c><00:16:02.539><c> swallow</c><00:16:02.860><c> me</c><00:16:03.139><c> up.</c>

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He<00:16:04.679><c> fighting</c><00:16:05.139><c> daily</c><00:16:05.759><c> oppresseth</c><00:16:06.360><c> me.</c>

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Mine<00:16:07.759><c> enemies</c><00:16:08.340><c> should</c><00:16:08.840><c> swallow</c><00:16:09.179><c> me</c><00:16:09.419><c> up,</c>

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for<00:16:09.700><c> they</c><00:16:09.919><c> are</c><00:16:10.100><c> many</c><00:16:10.340><c> that</c><00:16:10.580><c> fight</c><00:16:10.740><c> against</c><00:16:11.039><c> me,</c><00:16:11.299><c> O</c><00:16:11.419><c> thou</c><00:16:11.559><c> most</c><00:16:11.960><c> high.</c>

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As<00:16:13.639><c> he</c><00:16:13.879><c> sees</c><00:16:14.100><c> the</c><00:16:14.460><c> difficulty</c><00:16:15.120><c> with</c><00:16:15.419><c> which</c><00:16:15.580><c> he</c><00:16:15.779><c> was</c><00:16:16.059><c> faced,</c>

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his<00:16:17.700><c> lack</c><00:16:18.059><c> of</c><00:16:18.460><c> opportunity,</c><00:16:19.559><c> he</c><00:16:19.659><c> felt,</c>

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his<00:16:20.980><c> lack</c><00:16:21.259><c> of</c><00:16:21.600><c> the</c><00:16:22.139><c> care</c><00:16:22.340><c> and</c><00:16:22.620><c> protection</c><00:16:22.960><c> he</c><00:16:23.279><c> needed,</c>

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or<00:16:24.559><c> in</c><00:16:24.759><c> Psalm</c><00:16:24.960><c> 55</c><00:16:25.600><c> and</c><00:16:25.799><c> verse</c><00:16:26.039><c> 4,</c>

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my<00:16:27.679><c> heart</c><00:16:28.039><c> is</c><00:16:28.360><c> sore</c><00:16:28.600><c> pained</c><00:16:29.019><c> within</c><00:16:29.179><c> me,</c>

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and<00:16:29.860><c> the</c><00:16:30.080><c> terrors</c><00:16:30.340><c> of</c><00:16:30.460><c> death</c><00:16:30.700><c> are</c><00:16:31.080><c> fallen</c><00:16:31.399><c> upon</c><00:16:31.740><c> me.</c>

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He<00:16:33.519><c> feels</c><00:16:33.940><c> himself</c><00:16:34.440><c> clothed</c><00:16:35.000><c> about</c>

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with<00:16:36.360><c> those</c><00:16:36.659><c> difficult</c><00:16:37.340><c> days</c><00:16:37.820><c> in</c><00:16:38.000><c> which</c><00:16:38.139><c> he</c><00:16:39.299><c> faced.</c>

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Psalm<00:16:40.500><c> 59,</c><00:16:41.559><c> verse</c><00:16:41.759><c> 1,</c>

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Deliver<00:16:43.659><c> me</c><00:16:43.820><c> from</c><00:16:44.019><c> mine</c><00:16:44.200><c> enemies,</c><00:16:44.700><c> O</c><00:16:44.779><c> my</c><00:16:45.039><c> God,</c>

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defend<00:16:45.720><c> me</c><00:16:46.000><c> from</c><00:16:46.120><c> them</c><00:16:46.320><c> that</c><00:16:46.519><c> rise</c><00:16:46.779><c> up</c><00:16:47.000><c> against</c><00:16:47.279><c> me,</c>

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deliver<00:16:47.860><c> me</c><00:16:48.100><c> from</c><00:16:48.200><c> the</c><00:16:48.419><c> workers</c><00:16:48.700><c> of</c><00:16:48.940><c> iniquity,</c>

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save<00:16:49.960><c> me</c><00:16:50.179><c> from</c><00:16:50.379><c> bloody</c><00:16:50.679><c> men,</c><00:16:51.179><c> for</c><00:16:51.299><c> though</c><00:16:51.580><c> they</c><00:16:51.919><c> lie</c><00:16:52.100><c> and</c><00:16:52.320><c> wait</c>

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for<00:16:52.720><c> my</c><00:16:52.980><c> soul,</c>

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the<00:16:53.820><c> mighty</c><00:16:54.179><c> are</c><00:16:54.419><c> gathered</c><00:16:54.620><c> against</c><00:16:55.059><c> me,</c>

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not<00:16:56.100><c> for</c><00:16:56.279><c> my</c><00:16:56.580><c> transgression,</c><00:16:57.120><c> nor</c><00:16:57.299><c> my</c><00:16:57.659><c> sin,</c><00:16:58.639><c> O</c><00:16:58.840><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Or<00:17:00.899><c> Psalm</c><00:17:01.200><c> 69,</c><00:17:02.399><c> verses</c><00:17:02.620><c> 3</c><00:17:03.059><c> and</c><00:17:03.259><c> 4,</c>

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I<00:17:03.960><c> am</c><00:17:04.240><c> weary</c><00:17:04.539><c> of</c><00:17:04.779><c> my</c><00:17:05.099><c> crying,</c><00:17:05.579><c> my</c><00:17:05.839><c> throat</c><00:17:06.039><c> is</c><00:17:06.359><c> dried,</c>

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mine<00:17:06.900><c> eyes</c><00:17:07.339><c> fire</c><00:17:07.839><c> while</c><00:17:08.059><c> I</c><00:17:08.299><c> wait</c><00:17:08.440><c> for</c><00:17:08.680><c> my</c><00:17:08.880><c> God,</c>

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they<00:17:09.759><c> that</c><00:17:10.000><c> hate</c><00:17:10.160><c> me</c><00:17:10.359><c> without</c><00:17:10.599><c> a</c><00:17:10.839><c> cause</c><00:17:11.000><c> are</c><00:17:11.200><c> more</c><00:17:11.440><c> than</c><00:17:11.599><c> the</c>

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hairs<00:17:11.940><c> of</c><00:17:12.160><c> my</c><00:17:12.339><c> head,</c>

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they<00:17:13.220><c> that</c><00:17:13.660><c> would</c><00:17:13.859><c> destroy</c><00:17:14.319><c> me,</c><00:17:14.700><c> being</c><00:17:14.839><c> mine</c><00:17:15.039><c> enemies</c><00:17:15.539><c> wrongfully,</c>

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are<00:17:18.079><c> mighty,</c><00:17:19.539><c> then</c><00:17:19.759><c> I</c><00:17:20.059><c> restore</c><00:17:20.339><c> that</c><00:17:20.599><c> which</c><00:17:20.779><c> I</c><00:17:20.980><c> took</c><00:17:21.119><c> not</c><00:17:21.319><c> away.</c>

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So<00:17:23.440><c> David</c><00:17:23.759><c> gives</c><00:17:24.099><c> expression</c><00:17:24.700><c> to</c><00:17:24.960><c> the</c><00:17:25.380><c> darkness</c><00:17:25.819><c> of</c><00:17:26.000><c> which</c><00:17:26.119><c> he</c><00:17:26.400><c> felt,</c>

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as<00:17:27.839><c> he,</c><00:17:28.299><c> one</c><00:17:28.400><c> of</c><00:17:28.519><c> the</c><00:17:28.700><c> brothers</c><00:17:28.960><c> in</c><00:17:29.119><c> this</c><00:17:29.359><c> parable,</c>

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expresses<00:17:31.059><c> the</c><00:17:31.460><c> fact</c><00:17:31.680><c> that</c><00:17:31.859><c> he</c><00:17:32.039><c> had</c><00:17:32.279><c> nothing,</c>

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since<00:17:34.960><c> he</c><00:17:35.160><c> was</c><00:17:35.900><c> hated</c><00:17:36.299><c> and</c><00:17:37.240><c> pursued</c><00:17:38.279><c> relentlessly</c><00:17:39.539><c> by</c><00:17:40.160><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:17:42.500><c> though</c><00:17:42.660><c> these</c><00:17:42.900><c> words</c><00:17:43.200><c> are</c><00:17:43.539><c> intended</c><00:17:43.859><c> by</c><00:17:44.140><c> the</c><00:17:44.359><c> spirit</c><00:17:44.539><c> in</c><00:17:44.720><c> David</c>

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to<00:17:45.619><c> be</c><00:17:46.019><c> a</c><00:17:46.259><c> foreshadowing</c><00:17:46.880><c> of</c><00:17:47.039><c> the</c><00:17:47.259><c> greater</c><00:17:47.519><c> sufferings</c><00:17:48.000><c> of</c><00:17:48.880><c> the</c><00:17:48.960><c> Son</c><00:17:49.200><c> of</c>

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Almighty<00:17:49.680><c> God,</c>

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they<00:17:50.339><c> are</c><00:17:50.720><c> unquestionably</c><00:17:51.880><c> an</c><00:17:53.279><c> expression</c><00:17:53.799><c> of</c><00:17:54.299><c> David's</c><00:17:54.880><c> own</c>

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strong<00:17:55.460><c> feelings.</c>

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They<00:17:57.119><c> reflect</c><00:17:57.420><c> the</c><00:17:57.619><c> bitterness</c><00:17:57.839><c> of</c><00:17:58.079><c> the</c><00:17:58.279><c> time</c><00:17:58.500><c> that</c><00:17:58.680><c> he</c><00:17:59.099><c> experienced</c>

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in<00:17:59.759><c> the</c><00:17:59.859><c> wilderness</c><00:18:00.339><c> of</c><00:18:00.799><c> Ziph</c><00:18:00.940><c> and</c><00:18:01.140><c> other</c><00:18:01.519><c> desert</c><00:18:01.900><c> regions,</c>

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while<00:18:03.480><c> he</c><00:18:03.680><c> was</c><00:18:03.980><c> waiting</c><00:18:04.460><c> for</c><00:18:05.079><c> the</c><00:18:05.680><c> provision</c><00:18:06.420><c> of</c><00:18:06.660><c> God</c>

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that<00:18:07.920><c> his</c><00:18:08.160><c> anointing</c><00:18:08.660><c> guaranteed</c><00:18:09.200><c> to</c><00:18:09.420><c> him.</c>

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Or<00:18:11.500><c> as</c><00:18:11.599><c> he</c><00:18:11.799><c> says</c><00:18:11.940><c> in</c><00:18:12.099><c> the</c><00:18:12.180><c> 1</c><00:18:12.440><c> Samuel</c><00:18:12.920><c> chapter</c><00:18:13.319><c> 26</c><00:18:14.019><c> and</c><00:18:14.440><c> at</c><00:18:14.660><c> verse</c><00:18:14.920><c> 29,</c>

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as<00:18:16.059><c> he</c><00:18:16.400><c> saw</c><00:18:16.700><c> these</c><00:18:17.000><c> things</c><00:18:17.259><c> about</c><00:18:17.619><c> him,</c>

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in<00:18:22.140><c> the</c><00:18:22.279><c> 1</c><00:18:22.539><c> Samuel</c><00:18:23.180><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.160><c> 25</c><00:18:29.799><c> and</c><00:18:30.000><c> verse</c><00:18:30.220><c> 29</c><00:18:30.680><c> he</c><00:18:30.900><c> says,</c>

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Yet<00:18:32.400><c> a</c><00:18:32.619><c> man</c><00:18:32.779><c> is</c><00:18:33.039><c> risen</c><00:18:33.200><c> to</c><00:18:33.440><c> pursue</c><00:18:33.740><c> thee</c><00:18:33.960><c> and</c><00:18:34.099><c> to</c><00:18:34.259><c> seek</c><00:18:34.400><c> thy</c><00:18:34.680><c> soul,</c>

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but<00:18:35.140><c> the</c><00:18:35.380><c> soul</c><00:18:35.579><c> of</c><00:18:35.799><c> my</c><00:18:35.980><c> Lord,</c><00:18:36.160><c> as</c><00:18:36.359><c> Abigail</c><00:18:36.720><c> said</c><00:18:36.960><c> to</c><00:18:37.140><c> him,</c>

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shall<00:18:38.059><c> be</c><00:18:38.359><c> bound</c><00:18:38.559><c> up</c><00:18:38.740><c> in</c><00:18:38.880><c> the</c><00:18:39.059><c> bundle</c><00:18:39.400><c> of</c><00:18:39.799><c> life</c><00:18:40.180><c> with</c><00:18:40.559><c> Yahweh</c>

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thy<00:18:41.279><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:41.779><c> the</c><00:18:41.960><c> souls</c><00:18:42.299><c> of</c><00:18:42.559><c> thine</c><00:18:42.799><c> enemies,</c>

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them<00:18:43.720><c> shall</c><00:18:43.980><c> he</c><00:18:44.240><c> sling</c><00:18:44.460><c> out</c><00:18:44.819><c> as</c><00:18:45.039><c> out</c><00:18:45.200><c> of</c><00:18:45.339><c> the</c><00:18:45.440><c> middle</c><00:18:45.819><c> of</c><00:18:46.140><c> a</c><00:18:46.339><c> sling.</c>

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Or<00:18:49.039><c> in</c><00:18:49.339><c> verse</c><00:18:50.559><c> 19,</c><00:18:51.259><c> I'm</c><00:18:51.460><c> sorry,</c><00:18:51.759><c> of</c><00:18:51.920><c> chapter</c><00:18:52.160><c> 26,</c><00:18:54.259><c> he</c><00:18:54.339><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:18:54.839><c> therefore</c><00:18:55.359><c> I</c><00:18:55.779><c> pray</c><00:18:56.119><c> thee,</c><00:18:58.299><c> let</c><00:18:58.460><c> my</c><00:18:58.759><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.039><c> the</c><00:18:59.259><c> King</c><00:18:59.500><c> hear</c>

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the<00:19:00.000><c> words</c><00:19:00.259><c> of</c><00:19:00.480><c> his</c><00:19:00.680><c> servant.</c>

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If<00:19:01.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:01.980><c> have</c><00:19:02.299><c> stirred</c><00:19:02.579><c> thee</c><00:19:02.759><c> up</c><00:19:02.960><c> against</c><00:19:03.279><c> me,</c><00:19:03.519><c> let</c><00:19:03.660><c> him</c><00:19:03.859><c> accept</c><00:19:04.259><c> an</c><00:19:04.440><c> offering.</c>

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But<00:19:05.160><c> if</c><00:19:05.339><c> they</c><00:19:05.519><c> be</c><00:19:05.700><c> the</c><00:19:05.940><c> children</c><00:19:06.180><c> of</c><00:19:06.420><c> men,</c><00:19:07.779><c> cursed</c><00:19:07.819><c> be</c><00:19:08.119><c> they</c>

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before<00:19:08.660><c> Yahweh,</c>

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for<00:19:09.559><c> they</c><00:19:09.980><c> have</c><00:19:10.279><c> driven</c><00:19:10.619><c> me</c><00:19:11.059><c> out</c><00:19:11.380><c> this</c><00:19:11.700><c> day</c><00:19:12.000><c> from</c><00:19:12.339><c> abiding</c><00:19:12.859><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:13.299><c> inheritance</c><00:19:13.680><c> of</c><00:19:14.000><c> Yahweh.</c>

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He<00:19:15.960><c> had</c><00:19:16.160><c> been</c><00:19:16.359><c> promised</c><00:19:16.579><c> great</c><00:19:16.880><c> riches,</c><00:19:18.099><c> great</c><00:19:18.299><c> wealth,</c>

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great<00:19:19.720><c> opportunities.</c>

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It<00:19:22.380><c> was</c><00:19:22.660><c> called</c><00:19:23.019><c> the</c><00:19:24.119><c> abiding</c><00:19:24.900><c> inheritance</c><00:19:25.740><c> of</c><00:19:26.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:26.839><c> that</c>

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he<00:19:27.319><c> was</c><00:19:27.559><c> given.</c>

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And<00:19:28.539><c> why</c><00:19:28.720><c> was</c><00:19:28.900><c> this</c><00:19:29.119><c> man</c><00:19:29.299><c> of</c><00:19:29.500><c> God</c><00:19:30.180><c> subjected</c><00:19:30.779><c> to</c><00:19:31.059><c> such</c><00:19:31.259><c> a</c><00:19:31.460><c> rough</c>

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experience<00:19:32.180><c> in</c><00:19:32.440><c> life?</c>

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Why<00:19:33.720><c> was</c><00:19:33.940><c> the</c><00:19:34.119><c> possession</c><00:19:34.519><c> of</c><00:19:34.740><c> the</c><00:19:34.900><c> crown</c><00:19:35.079><c> which</c><00:19:35.279><c> had</c><00:19:35.480><c> been</c><00:19:35.960><c> promised</c><00:19:36.319><c> to</c><00:19:36.559><c> him</c>

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and<00:19:37.099><c> guaranteed</c><00:19:37.759><c> by</c><00:19:38.019><c> the</c><00:19:38.220><c> hand</c><00:19:38.420><c> of</c><00:19:38.740><c> Samuel</c><00:19:39.200><c> and</c><00:19:39.539><c> the</c><00:19:39.759><c> anointing</c><00:19:40.240><c> oil</c><00:19:40.400><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:40.720><c> house</c><00:19:40.920><c> of</c><00:19:41.180><c> Jesse,</c>

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preceded<00:19:43.940><c> by</c><00:19:44.180><c> such</c><00:19:44.460><c> cruel</c><00:19:44.759><c> punishment</c><00:19:45.480><c> and</c><00:19:46.160><c> bitter</c><00:19:46.359><c> humiliation</c>

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that<00:19:47.640><c> was</c><00:19:47.859><c> in</c><00:19:48.000><c> the</c><00:19:48.220><c> power</c><00:19:48.579><c> of</c><00:19:48.980><c> Saul</c><00:19:49.160><c> to</c><00:19:49.599><c> inflict</c><00:19:49.880><c> upon</c><00:19:50.180><c> him?</c>

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The<00:19:51.960><c> answer</c><00:19:52.240><c> is</c><00:19:52.440><c> found</c><00:19:52.720><c> in</c><00:19:52.960><c> David's</c><00:19:53.440><c> own</c><00:19:53.579><c> words,</c><00:19:53.940><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:19:54.359><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:19:54.759><c> he</c><00:19:54.920><c> says</c><00:19:55.359><c> later</c><00:19:55.839><c> on,</c><00:19:57.779><c> it</c><00:19:57.819><c> is</c><00:19:58.099><c> good</c><00:19:58.319><c> for</c><00:19:58.559><c> me</c><00:19:59.200><c> that</c><00:19:59.839><c> I</c><00:20:00.000><c> have</c>

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been<00:20:00.359><c> afflicted.</c>

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Or<00:20:02.700><c> as</c><00:20:02.839><c> Brother</c><00:20:03.099><c> Robert</c><00:20:03.400><c> Roberts</c><00:20:03.640><c> wrote</c><00:20:03.940><c> once,</c>

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experience<00:20:05.700><c> is</c><00:20:05.980><c> needed</c><00:20:06.319><c> to</c><00:20:06.740><c> ripen</c><00:20:07.140><c> the</c><00:20:07.400><c> goodness</c><00:20:07.700><c> of</c><00:20:08.079><c> character.</c>

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And<00:20:09.759><c> to</c><00:20:09.880><c> be</c><00:20:10.119><c> a</c><00:20:10.259><c> ripening</c><00:20:10.619><c> experience,</c><00:20:12.099><c> it</c><00:20:12.099><c> must</c><00:20:12.359><c> first</c><00:20:12.660><c> be</c><00:20:12.980><c> an</c>

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evil<00:20:13.619><c> experience.</c>

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Or<00:20:16.259><c> as</c><00:20:16.400><c> the</c><00:20:16.539><c> apostle</c><00:20:16.819><c> Paul</c><00:20:17.400><c> was</c><00:20:17.859><c> caused</c><00:20:18.099><c> to</c><00:20:18.279><c> write,</c><00:20:18.519><c> as</c><00:20:18.619><c> he</c><00:20:18.779><c> understood</c><00:20:19.140><c> these</c><00:20:19.460><c> things</c><00:20:19.880><c> in</c>

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his<00:20:20.579><c> later</c><00:20:20.859><c> life,</c>

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in<00:20:21.660><c> Hebrews</c><00:20:21.920><c> chapter</c><00:20:22.220><c> 12,</c><00:20:23.500><c> that</c><00:20:23.579><c> whom</c><00:20:23.960><c> the</c><00:20:24.259><c> Lord</c><00:20:24.559><c> loves,</c><00:20:25.460><c> he</c>

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chastened<00:20:26.279><c> as</c><00:20:27.579><c> true</c><00:20:28.019><c> sons</c><00:20:28.380><c> of</c><00:20:28.640><c> his.</c>

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And<00:20:30.819><c> the</c><00:20:31.079><c> parable</c><00:20:31.440><c> that</c><00:20:31.599><c> we</c><00:20:31.759><c> are</c><00:20:31.920><c> looking</c><00:20:32.180><c> at</c><00:20:32.420><c> reminds</c><00:20:32.819><c> us</c>

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that<00:20:33.579><c> prosperity</c><00:20:34.380><c> weakens,</c>

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whereas<00:20:37.200><c> adversity</c><00:20:37.960><c> strengthens</c><00:20:38.799><c> and</c><00:20:39.200><c> purifies</c><00:20:40.039><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:20:40.960><c> we</c><00:20:41.319><c> see</c><00:20:41.619><c> the</c><00:20:41.920><c> parable</c>

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in<00:20:43.839><c> all</c><00:20:43.980><c> its</c><00:20:44.160><c> clarity,</c><00:20:45.240><c> its</c><00:20:45.420><c> beauty</c><00:20:45.839><c> and</c><00:20:46.259><c> its</c><00:20:46.480><c> wonder.</c>

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So<00:20:48.339><c> David</c><00:20:48.680><c> is</c><00:20:49.180><c> plunged</c><00:20:49.440><c> into</c><00:20:49.680><c> a</c><00:20:49.880><c> severe</c><00:20:50.200><c> trial</c><00:20:50.599><c> at</c><00:20:50.759><c> this</c><00:20:50.980><c> time</c>

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as<00:20:51.500><c> a</c><00:20:51.700><c> fugitive,</c><00:20:52.279><c> as</c><00:20:52.400><c> a</c><00:20:52.660><c> stranger,</c>

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as<00:20:53.319><c> one</c><00:20:53.480><c> who</c><00:20:53.619><c> was</c><00:20:53.819><c> hunted</c><00:20:54.099><c> and</c><00:20:54.380><c> oppressed.</c>

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And<00:20:55.000><c> then</c><00:20:55.319><c> comes</c><00:20:55.599><c> the</c><00:20:55.819><c> ominous</c><00:20:56.099><c> news</c><00:20:56.319><c> that</c><00:20:56.440><c> we</c><00:20:56.640><c> pick</c><00:20:56.839><c> up</c><00:20:57.180><c> in</c><00:20:57.339><c> the</c><00:20:57.440><c> first</c><00:20:57.680><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:20:58.180><c> chapter</c><00:20:58.480><c> 25</c><00:20:59.200><c> and</c><00:20:59.579><c> verse</c><00:20:59.839><c> 1.</c>

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The<00:21:00.559><c> ominous</c><00:21:01.000><c> news.</c><00:21:05.039><c> Samuel</c><00:21:05.599><c> died.</c><00:21:11.039><c> Samuel</c><00:21:11.640><c> was</c><00:21:12.940><c> dead.</c>

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The<00:21:17.039><c> aged</c><00:21:18.119><c> judge</c><00:21:18.819><c> and</c><00:21:19.940><c> prophet</c><00:21:20.920><c> was</c><00:21:21.859><c> probably</c><00:21:22.900><c> a</c><00:21:23.640><c> restraining</c>

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influence<00:21:24.740><c> upon</c><00:21:25.019><c> the</c><00:21:25.220><c> murderous</c><00:21:25.920><c> hatred</c><00:21:26.380><c> of</c><00:21:26.740><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:21:28.819><c> now</c><00:21:29.079><c> the</c><00:21:29.400><c> elder</c><00:21:29.740><c> prophet</c><00:21:30.319><c> was</c><00:21:31.599><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:21:33.880><c> fearing</c><00:21:34.079><c> the</c><00:21:34.240><c> worst</c><00:21:34.460><c> of</c><00:21:34.619><c> his</c><00:21:34.799><c> attacks</c><00:21:35.339><c> from</c><00:21:35.880><c> the</c><00:21:36.039><c> king,</c>

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David<00:21:37.500><c> now</c><00:21:37.839><c> retreats</c><00:21:38.259><c> into</c><00:21:38.440><c> the</c><00:21:38.619><c> wilderness</c><00:21:39.319><c> of</c><00:21:39.920><c> Paran.</c>

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All<00:21:41.299><c> Israel</c><00:21:41.660><c> were</c><00:21:41.839><c> gathered</c><00:21:42.079><c> together</c><00:21:42.519><c> and</c><00:21:42.740><c> lamented</c><00:21:43.180><c> him</c><00:21:43.359><c> and</c><00:21:43.559><c> buried</c><00:21:43.819><c> Samuel</c><00:21:44.259><c> in</c>

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his<00:21:44.900><c> house</c><00:21:45.140><c> at</c><00:21:45.359><c> Rhema</c>

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and<00:21:46.279><c> David</c><00:21:46.740><c> arose</c><00:21:47.200><c> and</c><00:21:47.460><c> went</c><00:21:47.660><c> down</c><00:21:48.019><c> to</c><00:21:48.200><c> the</c><00:21:48.359><c> wilderness</c><00:21:48.859><c> of</c><00:21:49.519><c> Paran.</c>

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And<00:21:51.000><c> immediately</c><00:21:51.599><c> a</c><00:21:53.000><c> strange</c><00:21:53.279><c> circumstance,</c><00:21:54.059><c> an</c><00:21:54.259><c> incident</c>

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occurs,<00:21:55.720><c> amazing</c><00:21:56.160><c> contrast</c><00:21:56.660><c> between</c><00:21:57.059><c> two</c><00:21:57.859><c> brothers</c><00:21:58.519><c> is</c><00:21:59.720><c> introduced.</c>

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On<00:22:02.099><c> the</c><00:22:02.240><c> one</c><00:22:02.480><c> hand</c><00:22:02.740><c> they</c><00:22:03.059><c> hunted</c><00:22:03.940><c> David,</c><00:22:08.019><c> who</c><00:22:08.160><c> was</c><00:22:08.559><c> Israel's</c>

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future<00:22:09.900><c> king.</c>

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And<00:22:12.299><c> on</c><00:22:12.440><c> the</c><00:22:12.539><c> other</c><00:22:12.759><c> hand</c><00:22:13.079><c> the</c><00:22:13.460><c> prosperous</c><00:22:14.059><c> Nabal,</c><00:22:15.680><c> a</c><00:22:15.920><c> wealthy</c>

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man,<00:22:17.759><c> a</c><00:22:17.900><c> pompous</c><00:22:18.380><c> man,</c>

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a<00:22:19.480><c> man</c><00:22:19.720><c> which</c><00:22:19.940><c> was</c><00:22:20.279><c> fuelled</c><00:22:20.539><c> with</c><00:22:20.740><c> his</c><00:22:21.000><c> own</c><00:22:21.279><c> self</c><00:22:21.519><c>-importance.</c>

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And<00:22:22.539><c> these</c><00:22:22.740><c> two</c><00:22:22.960><c> brothers</c><00:22:23.839><c> are</c><00:22:24.440><c> brought</c><00:22:24.599><c> together</c><00:22:25.480><c> to</c><00:22:26.299><c> divide</c>

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an<00:22:26.880><c> inheritance.</c>

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In<00:22:28.559><c> an</c><00:22:28.799><c> amazing</c><00:22:29.259><c> challenge</c><00:22:29.960><c> which</c><00:22:30.480><c> we</c><00:22:30.700><c> pick</c><00:22:30.839><c> up</c><00:22:30.980><c> in</c><00:22:31.160><c> verse</c><00:22:31.380><c> 4.</c>

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For<00:22:32.339><c> David</c><00:22:32.799><c> heard</c><00:22:33.079><c> in</c><00:22:33.259><c> the</c><00:22:33.400><c> wilderness</c><00:22:33.680><c> that</c><00:22:33.980><c> Nabal</c><00:22:34.319><c> did</c><00:22:34.599><c> shear</c><00:22:34.819><c> his</c>

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sheep<00:22:35.359><c> and</c><00:22:35.660><c> he</c><00:22:35.900><c> sent</c><00:22:36.019><c> ten</c><00:22:36.220><c> of</c><00:22:36.400><c> his</c><00:22:36.519><c> young</c><00:22:36.759><c> men.</c>

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Get<00:22:38.220><c> you</c><00:22:38.359><c> up</c><00:22:38.519><c> to</c><00:22:38.759><c> Carmel</c><00:22:38.960><c> and</c><00:22:39.079><c> go</c><00:22:39.299><c> to</c><00:22:39.539><c> Nabal</c><00:22:39.779><c> and</c><00:22:39.940><c> greet</c><00:22:40.180><c> him</c><00:22:40.579><c> in</c>

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my<00:22:41.460><c> name.</c>

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The<00:22:42.980><c> name</c><00:22:43.160><c> of</c><00:22:43.339><c> the</c><00:22:43.519><c> king.</c><00:22:46.119><c> The</c><00:22:46.240><c> king</c><00:22:46.400><c> to</c><00:22:46.680><c> come.</c>

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David's<00:22:48.920><c> name</c><00:22:49.140><c> was</c><00:22:49.319><c> of</c><00:22:49.480><c> importance</c><00:22:49.880><c> for</c><00:22:50.099><c> all</c><00:22:50.279><c> Israel</c><00:22:50.539><c> knew</c><00:22:50.740><c> that</c><00:22:50.900><c> he</c>

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was<00:22:51.180><c> to</c><00:22:51.299><c> be</c><00:22:51.480><c> king.</c>

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And<00:22:53.259><c> thus</c><00:22:53.480><c> shall</c><00:22:53.720><c> ye</c><00:22:53.859><c> say</c><00:22:54.079><c> to</c><00:22:54.220><c> him</c><00:22:54.440><c> that</c><00:22:54.700><c> liveth</c><00:22:55.000><c> in</c><00:22:55.460><c> prosperity.</c>

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For<00:22:59.200><c> the</c><00:22:59.380><c> law</c><00:22:59.559><c> demanded</c><00:23:00.119><c> that</c><00:23:00.339><c> those</c><00:23:00.680><c> who</c><00:23:00.900><c> lived</c><00:23:01.039><c> in</c><00:23:01.299><c> prosperity</c><00:23:01.779><c> should</c>

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share<00:23:02.480><c> their</c><00:23:02.799><c> inheritance</c><00:23:03.220><c> with</c><00:23:03.460><c> their</c><00:23:03.680><c> brethren.</c>

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Peace<00:23:05.519><c> be</c><00:23:05.700><c> both</c><00:23:05.900><c> to</c><00:23:06.099><c> thee</c><00:23:06.259><c> and</c><00:23:06.420><c> peace</c><00:23:06.640><c> to</c><00:23:06.779><c> thine</c><00:23:06.920><c> house</c><00:23:07.240><c> and</c><00:23:07.380><c> peace</c><00:23:07.720><c> be</c>

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unto<00:23:08.180><c> all</c><00:23:08.460><c> that</c><00:23:08.619><c> thou</c><00:23:08.859><c> hast.</c>

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And<00:23:10.380><c> now</c><00:23:10.579><c> I</c><00:23:10.720><c> have</c><00:23:10.900><c> heard</c><00:23:11.099><c> that</c><00:23:11.259><c> thou</c><00:23:11.420><c> hast</c><00:23:11.700><c> shearers.</c><00:23:12.640><c> Now</c><00:23:12.759><c> thy</c>

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shearers<00:23:13.359><c> which</c><00:23:13.519><c> were</c><00:23:13.779><c> asked,</c><00:23:14.079><c> we</c><00:23:14.259><c> heard</c><00:23:14.420><c> them</c><00:23:14.740><c> not.</c>

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Neither<00:23:15.940><c> was</c><00:23:16.140><c> there</c><00:23:16.440><c> aught</c><00:23:16.680><c> missing</c><00:23:17.059><c> unto</c><00:23:17.299><c> them</c><00:23:17.559><c> all</c><00:23:17.819><c> the</c><00:23:17.980><c> while</c><00:23:18.180><c> they</c><00:23:18.400><c> were</c><00:23:18.599><c> in</c><00:23:18.880><c> Carmel.</c>

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And<00:23:20.700><c> so</c><00:23:20.980><c> he</c><00:23:21.099><c> speaks</c><00:23:21.480><c> in</c><00:23:21.660><c> verse</c><00:23:21.880><c> 8.</c><00:23:22.680><c> Ask</c><00:23:22.680><c> thy</c><00:23:22.940><c> young</c><00:23:23.240><c> men</c><00:23:23.420><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:23.700><c> will</c><00:23:23.900><c> show</c><00:23:24.140><c> thee.</c>

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Wherefore<00:23:25.559><c> let</c><00:23:26.359><c> the</c><00:23:26.579><c> young</c><00:23:26.839><c> men</c><00:23:27.119><c> find</c><00:23:27.460><c> favour</c><00:23:27.819><c> in</c><00:23:28.099><c> thine</c><00:23:28.299><c> eyes</c>

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for<00:23:28.680><c> we</c><00:23:29.000><c> come</c><00:23:29.220><c> in</c><00:23:29.480><c> a</c><00:23:29.720><c> good</c><00:23:29.960><c> day.</c>

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The<00:23:31.420><c> day</c><00:23:31.819><c> of</c><00:23:32.180><c> celebration</c><00:23:32.779><c> of</c><00:23:33.039><c> shearing</c><00:23:33.339><c> the</c><00:23:33.599><c> sheep.</c>

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Give<00:23:35.000><c> I</c><00:23:35.160><c> pray</c><00:23:35.400><c> thee</c><00:23:35.559><c> whatsoever</c><00:23:36.059><c> cometh</c><00:23:36.359><c> to</c><00:23:36.579><c> thine</c><00:23:36.720><c> hand</c><00:23:37.240><c> unto</c>

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thy<00:23:37.819><c> servants</c><00:23:38.420><c> and</c><00:23:39.039><c> to</c><00:23:39.200><c> thy</c><00:23:39.359><c> son</c><00:23:39.660><c> David.</c>

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So<00:23:41.619><c> David</c><00:23:41.900><c> speaks</c><00:23:42.299><c> in</c><00:23:42.619><c> anticipation</c><00:23:43.259><c> of</c><00:23:43.500><c> a</c><00:23:43.680><c> generous</c><00:23:44.019><c> response</c><00:23:44.640><c> from</c><00:23:45.380><c> his</c><00:23:45.920><c> brother</c><00:23:46.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:47.259><c> wilderness.</c>

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Brother<00:23:48.339><c> Nabal</c><00:23:49.079><c> and</c><00:23:49.819><c> ten</c><00:23:50.220><c> young</c><00:23:50.559><c> men</c><00:23:50.839><c> were</c><00:23:51.039><c> sent</c><00:23:51.680><c> to</c><00:23:52.140><c> his</c><00:23:52.380><c> house.</c>

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And<00:23:56.839><c> Nabal</c><00:23:57.400><c> answered.</c><00:23:59.720><c> Who</c><00:23:59.819><c> is</c><00:24:00.039><c> David?</c><00:24:02.339><c> Who</c><00:24:02.599><c> is</c><00:24:02.859><c> the</c><00:24:03.000><c> son</c><00:24:03.440><c> of</c><00:24:03.880><c> Jesse?</c>

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For<00:24:06.480><c> Nabal</c><00:24:06.720><c> knew</c><00:24:06.880><c> not</c><00:24:07.140><c> only</c><00:24:07.339><c> who</c><00:24:07.579><c> David</c><00:24:07.859><c> was,</c><00:24:08.279><c> he</c><00:24:08.319><c> knew</c><00:24:08.539><c> his</c><00:24:08.980><c> ancestry,</c><00:24:09.960><c> he</c>

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knew<00:24:10.180><c> his</c><00:24:10.480><c> parentage.</c>

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He<00:24:11.519><c> knew</c><00:24:11.740><c> the</c><00:24:11.920><c> fact</c><00:24:12.099><c> that</c><00:24:12.240><c> he</c><00:24:12.359><c> was</c><00:24:12.519><c> to</c><00:24:12.619><c> be</c><00:24:12.779><c> anointed</c><00:24:13.140><c> king.</c>

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And<00:24:14.960><c> though</c><00:24:15.200><c> for</c><00:24:15.380><c> a</c><00:24:15.460><c> time</c><00:24:15.640><c> David</c><00:24:15.920><c> had</c><00:24:16.140><c> gone</c><00:24:16.359><c> away</c><00:24:16.599><c> into</c><00:24:16.839><c> hiding</c>

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:20.319
that<00:24:17.720><c> he</c><00:24:17.859><c> was</c><00:24:18.119><c> not</c><00:24:18.400><c> seen</c><00:24:18.579><c> amongst</c><00:24:18.900><c> the</c><00:24:19.059><c> people,</c>

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:24.019
Nabal<00:24:21.720><c> knew,</c><00:24:22.059><c> as</c><00:24:22.200><c> did</c><00:24:22.319><c> all</c><00:24:22.480><c> Israel,</c><00:24:22.880><c> that</c><00:24:23.019><c> the</c><00:24:23.200><c> time</c><00:24:23.339><c> was</c><00:24:23.619><c> coming</c><00:24:23.819><c> when</c>

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the<00:24:24.200><c> king</c><00:24:24.339><c> should</c><00:24:24.579><c> return</c>

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and<00:24:25.599><c> when</c><00:24:26.400><c> he</c><00:24:26.579><c> should</c><00:24:26.799><c> rule</c><00:24:27.500><c> in</c><00:24:28.000><c> authority</c><00:24:28.460><c> as</c><00:24:28.819><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:29.279><c> had</c><00:24:29.539><c> promised.</c>

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But<00:24:30.900><c> now</c><00:24:31.240><c> this</c><00:24:31.539><c> man</c><00:24:31.880><c> says,</c><00:24:32.339><c> Who</c><00:24:32.539><c> is</c><00:24:32.759><c> David?</c><00:24:34.359><c> Where</c><00:24:34.720><c> is</c><00:24:34.920><c> the</c><00:24:35.099><c> sign</c><00:24:35.240><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:35.579><c> coming?</c>

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There<00:24:38.400><c> have</c><00:24:38.519><c> been</c><00:24:38.559><c> many</c><00:24:38.880><c> servants</c><00:24:39.180><c> nowadays</c><00:24:39.700><c> that</c><00:24:40.039><c> break</c>

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away<00:24:40.559><c> from</c><00:24:40.740><c> their</c><00:24:40.880><c> master.</c>

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So<00:24:43.099><c> he</c><00:24:43.339><c> described</c><00:24:43.940><c> the</c><00:24:44.640><c> wonderful</c><00:24:45.079><c> status</c><00:24:45.440><c> that</c><00:24:45.700><c> David</c><00:24:45.980><c> had,</c>

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as<00:24:47.440><c> one</c><00:24:47.619><c> who</c><00:24:47.799><c> had</c><00:24:48.000><c> broken</c><00:24:48.220><c> away</c><00:24:48.579><c> from</c><00:24:49.119><c> his</c><00:24:49.440><c> master.</c>

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Verse<00:24:50.339><c> 11</c><00:24:50.700><c> says,</c><00:24:51.259><c> brethren</c><00:24:51.359><c> and</c><00:24:51.619><c> sisters,</c><00:24:52.380><c> and</c><00:24:52.380><c> if</c><00:24:52.900><c> you</c><00:24:53.140><c> care</c>

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to,<00:24:53.539><c> take</c><00:24:53.720><c> a</c><00:24:53.940><c> pencil</c><00:24:54.180><c> and</c><00:24:54.400><c> wring</c><00:24:54.579><c> it</c><00:24:54.799><c> round</c><00:24:54.960><c> the</c><00:24:55.240><c> personal</c><00:24:55.559><c> pronouns</c><00:24:56.019><c> in</c>

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this<00:24:56.440><c> verse.</c>

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Shall<00:24:57.460><c> I</c><00:24:58.140><c> then</c><00:24:58.539><c> take</c><00:24:59.079><c> my</c><00:24:59.759><c> bread</c><00:25:00.140><c> and</c><00:25:00.640><c> my</c><00:25:01.259><c> water</c><00:25:01.640><c> and</c><00:25:02.059><c> my</c><00:25:02.619><c> flesh</c>

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that<00:25:03.359><c> I</c><00:25:03.920><c> have</c><00:25:04.200><c> cured</c><00:25:04.460><c> for</c><00:25:04.980><c> my</c><00:25:05.440><c> shearers</c>

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and<00:25:06.359><c> give</c><00:25:06.480><c> it</c><00:25:06.619><c> unto</c><00:25:06.779><c> men</c><00:25:07.000><c> whom</c><00:25:07.259><c> I</c><00:25:07.680><c> know</c><00:25:07.960><c> not</c><00:25:08.359><c> whence</c><00:25:09.019><c> they</c><00:25:09.359><c> be?</c>

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I,<00:25:11.180><c> I,</c><00:25:11.859><c> me,</c><00:25:12.400><c> me,</c><00:25:13.019><c> mine.</c>

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Nabal<00:25:15.779><c> was</c><00:25:16.019><c> involved</c><00:25:16.579><c> in</c><00:25:16.740><c> his</c><00:25:17.059><c> own</c><00:25:17.799><c> possessions.</c>

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His<00:25:19.720><c> heart</c><00:25:20.059><c> had</c><00:25:20.440><c> waxed</c><00:25:20.900><c> fat,</c><00:25:21.839><c> his</c><00:25:22.059><c> ears</c><00:25:22.440><c> he</c><00:25:22.680><c> had</c><00:25:22.980><c> closed,</c><00:25:23.619><c> his</c>

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eyes<00:25:24.119><c> no</c><00:25:24.339><c> longer</c><00:25:24.619><c> sore.</c>

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It<00:25:26.200><c> was</c><00:25:26.359><c> only</c><00:25:26.720><c> the</c><00:25:27.819><c> borders</c><00:25:28.200><c> of</c><00:25:28.380><c> his</c><00:25:28.559><c> own</c><00:25:28.779><c> house</c><00:25:29.059><c> that</c><00:25:29.259><c> he</c><00:25:29.460><c> saw.</c>

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I,<00:25:31.160><c> my,</c><00:25:31.579><c> my,</c><00:25:32.099><c> my,</c><00:25:32.480><c> my,</c><00:25:32.960><c> my,</c><00:25:33.240><c> my</c><00:25:33.420><c> eye.</c>

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That<00:25:35.259><c> was</c><00:25:35.460><c> his</c><00:25:35.720><c> life.</c><00:25:36.960><c> That</c><00:25:37.220><c> was</c><00:25:37.400><c> where</c><00:25:37.559><c> he</c><00:25:37.779><c> was.</c>

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And<00:25:40.140><c> so</c><00:25:40.440><c> the</c><00:25:41.059><c> situation</c><00:25:41.880><c> resolved</c><00:25:42.660><c> itself</c><00:25:43.440><c> when</c><00:25:45.119><c> since</c><00:25:47.559><c> David</c>

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had<00:25:48.180><c> heard</c><00:25:48.559><c> the</c><00:25:48.900><c> response</c><00:25:49.339><c> of</c><00:25:49.599><c> Nabal,</c>

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he<00:25:50.740><c> in</c><00:25:51.099><c> his</c><00:25:51.339><c> vengeful</c><00:25:52.079><c> revenge</c><00:25:52.539><c> decided</c><00:25:53.039><c> to</c><00:25:53.660><c> teach</c><00:25:53.920><c> him</c><00:25:54.200><c> a</c><00:25:54.359><c> lesson,</c><00:25:54.779><c> his</c><00:25:55.039><c> brother.</c>

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Verse<00:25:55.880><c> 13,</c><00:25:56.720><c> gird</c><00:25:57.200><c> ye</c><00:25:57.579><c> on</c><00:25:57.819><c> every</c><00:25:58.119><c> man</c><00:25:58.359><c> his</c><00:25:58.660><c> sword</c><00:25:59.119><c> until</c><00:26:00.980><c> Abigail</c><00:26:01.680><c> came,</c>

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the<00:26:02.759><c> wife</c><00:26:03.039><c> of</c><00:26:03.240><c> Nabal,</c><00:26:03.880><c> in</c><00:26:04.039><c> verse</c><00:26:04.220><c> 14,</c>

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saying,<00:26:05.599><c> David</c><00:26:05.940><c> sent</c><00:26:06.180><c> messengers</c><00:26:06.599><c> out</c><00:26:06.819><c> of</c><00:26:06.960><c> the</c><00:26:07.119><c> wilderness</c>

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to<00:26:07.660><c> salute</c><00:26:07.880><c> our</c><00:26:08.079><c> master</c><00:26:08.400><c> and</c><00:26:08.599><c> he</c><00:26:08.819><c> railed</c><00:26:09.019><c> on</c><00:26:09.160><c> them,</c>

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but<00:26:09.680><c> the</c><00:26:09.799><c> men</c><00:26:09.960><c> were</c><00:26:10.119><c> very</c><00:26:10.420><c> good</c><00:26:10.519><c> to</c><00:26:10.759><c> us.</c>

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We<00:26:12.559><c> were</c><00:26:12.740><c> not</c><00:26:12.940><c> hurt.</c>

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We<00:26:14.359><c> lost</c><00:26:14.859><c> nothing</c><00:26:15.220><c> in</c><00:26:15.460><c> our</c><00:26:15.640><c> lives</c><00:26:16.019><c> as</c><00:26:16.680><c> a</c><00:26:16.819><c> response</c><00:26:17.140><c> of</c><00:26:17.380><c> David's</c>

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protection<00:26:18.240><c> and</c><00:26:18.440><c> care</c><00:26:18.660><c> to</c><00:26:18.900><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:20.980><c> so</c><00:26:21.380><c> Abigail</c><00:26:21.720><c> in</c><00:26:21.859><c> verse</c><00:26:22.099><c> 18</c><00:26:22.440><c> makes</c><00:26:22.740><c> haste.</c>

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And<00:26:23.240><c> look</c><00:26:23.339><c> at</c><00:26:23.480><c> the</c><00:26:23.619><c> difference</c><00:26:23.859><c> here</c><00:26:24.079><c> in</c><00:26:24.240><c> this</c><00:26:24.440><c> verse.</c>

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:27.799
And<00:26:25.019><c> again,</c><00:26:25.880><c> ring</c><00:26:26.059><c> around</c><00:26:26.539><c> if</c><00:26:26.700><c> you</c><00:26:26.940><c> wish.</c>

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:31.740
One<00:26:28.640><c> little</c><00:26:28.980><c> word</c><00:26:29.240><c> there</c><00:26:29.880><c> in</c><00:26:30.299><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:30.599><c> Yod,</c><00:26:30.920><c> a</c><00:26:31.099><c> small,</c><00:26:31.420><c> very</c>

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small<00:26:32.039><c> little</c><00:26:32.240><c> word,</c>

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here<00:26:33.299><c> translated</c><00:26:33.779><c> by</c><00:26:34.259><c> our</c><00:26:34.420><c> English</c><00:26:34.700><c> word</c><00:26:35.119><c> and.</c>

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And<00:26:36.400><c> see</c><00:26:36.619><c> the</c><00:26:36.819><c> preparation</c><00:26:37.339><c> that</c><00:26:37.559><c> Abigail</c><00:26:37.859><c> makes</c><00:26:38.220><c> because</c><00:26:38.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:38.900><c> folly</c><00:26:39.160><c> of</c><00:26:39.400><c> her</c><00:26:39.660><c> husband.</c>

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In<00:26:41.500><c> respect</c><00:26:41.799><c> to</c><00:26:42.079><c> the</c><00:26:42.160><c> son</c><00:26:42.359><c> of,</c><00:26:42.619><c> to</c><00:26:42.859><c> the</c><00:26:43.259><c> king,</c><00:26:43.700><c> the</c><00:26:43.880><c> future</c><00:26:44.119><c> king</c><00:26:44.319><c> of</c><00:26:44.500><c> Israel,</c>

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Abigail<00:26:45.500><c> made</c><00:26:45.839><c> haste</c><00:26:46.480><c> and</c><00:26:47.380><c> took</c><00:26:47.799><c> two</c><00:26:48.019><c> hundred</c><00:26:48.299><c> loaves</c><00:26:48.700><c> and</c><00:26:49.640><c> two</c><00:26:50.000><c> hundred</c><00:26:50.200><c> bottles</c><00:26:50.519><c> of</c><00:26:50.740><c> wine</c>

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and<00:26:51.900><c> five</c><00:26:52.380><c> sheep</c><00:26:52.640><c> ready</c><00:26:52.940><c> dressed</c><00:26:53.160><c> and</c><00:26:53.859><c> five</c><00:26:54.319><c> measures</c><00:26:54.559><c> of</c><00:26:54.839><c> parched</c><00:26:55.099><c> corn</c><00:26:55.339><c> and</c>

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and<00:26:56.480><c> hundred</c><00:26:56.700><c> clusters</c><00:26:57.059><c> of</c><00:26:57.339><c> raisins</c><00:26:57.700><c> and</c><00:26:58.400><c> two</c><00:26:58.740><c> hundred</c><00:26:59.000><c> cakes</c>

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of<00:26:59.500><c> figs</c>

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and<00:27:00.500><c> laid</c><00:27:00.799><c> them</c><00:27:00.960><c> on</c><00:27:01.119><c> the</c><00:27:01.319><c> asses</c><00:27:01.619><c> and</c><00:27:02.299><c> said</c><00:27:02.539><c> to</c><00:27:02.680><c> her</c><00:27:02.900><c> servants,</c>

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we<00:27:05.119><c> have</c><00:27:05.319><c> a</c><00:27:05.480><c> picture</c><00:27:05.759><c> of</c><00:27:05.940><c> this</c><00:27:06.420><c> faithful</c><00:27:06.759><c> woman</c><00:27:07.380><c> recognising</c>

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.500
the<00:27:08.740><c> perilous</c><00:27:09.099><c> position</c>

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:12.900
into<00:27:09.759><c> which</c><00:27:10.180><c> her</c><00:27:10.759><c> close</c><00:27:11.119><c> associate,</c><00:27:11.599><c> her</c><00:27:11.759><c> husband</c><00:27:12.099><c> had</c><00:27:12.319><c> led</c><00:27:12.480><c> her,</c>

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:16.380
now<00:27:13.519><c> diligently</c><00:27:14.000><c> goes</c><00:27:14.319><c> around</c><00:27:14.619><c> to</c><00:27:14.859><c> prepare</c><00:27:15.140><c> herself</c><00:27:15.740><c> for</c><00:27:16.220><c> the</c>

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.140
coming<00:27:16.559><c> of</c><00:27:16.920><c> David.</c>

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:20.019
And<00:27:17.700><c> she</c><00:27:17.759><c> gets</c><00:27:18.019><c> this</c><00:27:18.380><c> and</c><00:27:18.700><c> she</c><00:27:18.819><c> gets</c><00:27:19.019><c> that</c><00:27:19.339><c> and</c><00:27:19.539><c> she</c><00:27:19.720><c> sees</c><00:27:19.839><c> the</c>

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.500
need<00:27:20.140><c> for</c><00:27:20.339><c> this</c>

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:23.519
and<00:27:20.680><c> she</c><00:27:20.799><c> sees</c><00:27:20.980><c> the</c><00:27:21.140><c> need</c><00:27:21.240><c> for</c><00:27:21.480><c> that</c><00:27:21.759><c> and</c><00:27:22.240><c> laboriously</c><00:27:22.960><c> and</c>

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.059
carefully<00:27:23.940><c> and</c><00:27:24.559><c> progressively</c>

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:29.000
she<00:27:25.599><c> applies</c><00:27:26.000><c> her</c><00:27:26.680><c> diligence</c><00:27:27.299><c> to</c><00:27:28.160><c> preparing</c><00:27:28.460><c> for</c><00:27:28.720><c> the</c><00:27:28.859><c> coming</c>

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.200
of<00:27:29.200><c> the</c><00:27:29.339><c> king.</c>

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:34.680
David<00:27:31.539><c> says</c><00:27:31.940><c> in</c><00:27:32.180><c> verse</c><00:27:32.940><c> twenty</c><00:27:34.240><c>-one,</c>

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:37.700
surely<00:27:35.160><c> in</c><00:27:35.440><c> vain</c><00:27:35.680><c> I</c><00:27:35.940><c> have</c><00:27:36.119><c> kept</c><00:27:36.380><c> all</c><00:27:36.700><c> that</c><00:27:36.900><c> this</c><00:27:37.180><c> fellow</c><00:27:37.420><c> has</c>

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.980
in<00:27:37.859><c> the</c><00:27:38.019><c> wilderness.</c>

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:44.980
But<00:27:40.579><c> Abigail</c><00:27:41.140><c> as</c><00:27:41.660><c> she</c><00:27:41.900><c> meets</c><00:27:42.079><c> him</c><00:27:42.640><c> on</c><00:27:43.099><c> his</c><00:27:43.700><c> approach</c><00:27:44.279><c> to</c><00:27:44.539><c> the</c>

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.599
house<00:27:45.319><c> says</c><00:27:45.579><c> in</c><00:27:45.740><c> verse</c><00:27:45.960><c> twenty</c><00:27:46.319><c>-five,</c>

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:51.240
let<00:27:47.119><c> not</c><00:27:47.599><c> my</c><00:27:47.920><c> lord,</c><00:27:48.220><c> I</c><00:27:48.420><c> pray</c><00:27:48.720><c> thee,</c><00:27:49.180><c> worry</c><00:27:49.500><c> about</c><00:27:49.900><c> this</c><00:27:50.420><c> man</c><00:27:50.819><c> of</c>

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:53.420
the<00:27:51.380><c> Lyle,</c><00:27:51.740><c> this</c><00:27:52.079><c> Nabal,</c>

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:58.940
whose<00:27:53.960><c> name</c><00:27:55.200><c> means</c><00:27:55.559><c> the</c><00:27:55.960><c> fool,</c><00:27:56.759><c> the</c><00:27:57.700><c> empty</c><00:27:58.039><c> one,</c>

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:03.279
the<00:27:59.599><c> foolish</c><00:27:59.980><c> person,</c><00:28:01.279><c> for</c><00:28:01.380><c> as</c><00:28:01.559><c> his</c><00:28:01.779><c> name</c><00:28:02.019><c> is</c><00:28:02.240><c> so</c><00:28:02.440><c> is</c><00:28:02.640><c> he.</c>

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:06.500
She<00:28:04.000><c> recognised</c><00:28:04.759><c> the</c><00:28:05.019><c> character</c><00:28:05.519><c> of</c><00:28:05.799><c> that</c><00:28:06.000><c> with</c><00:28:06.220><c> which</c><00:28:06.319><c> she</c>

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:09.660
was<00:28:06.779><c> associated</c><00:28:07.220><c> so</c><00:28:07.599><c> closely</c><00:28:08.000><c> in</c><00:28:08.400><c> life.</c>

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:14.420
Nabal<00:28:10.960><c> is</c><00:28:11.140><c> his</c><00:28:11.400><c> name,</c><00:28:12.859><c> follies</c><00:28:13.220><c> with</c><00:28:13.440><c> him,</c>

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:18.000
but<00:28:15.059><c> I</c><00:28:15.380><c> thy</c><00:28:15.599><c> hand</c><00:28:16.000><c> made</c><00:28:16.240><c> saw</c><00:28:16.440><c> not</c><00:28:16.700><c> the</c><00:28:16.920><c> young</c><00:28:17.160><c> men</c><00:28:17.319><c> of</c><00:28:17.539><c> my</c><00:28:17.759><c> lord</c>

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.640
whom<00:28:18.180><c> thou</c><00:28:18.400><c> did</c><00:28:18.700><c> send.</c>

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:25.500
She<00:28:21.059><c> did</c><00:28:21.299><c> not</c><00:28:21.539><c> associate</c><00:28:21.960><c> herself</c><00:28:22.539><c> with</c><00:28:22.920><c> the</c><00:28:24.420><c> words</c><00:28:24.799><c> and</c><00:28:25.099><c> ways</c>

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.480
and<00:28:25.759><c> works</c><00:28:26.079><c> of</c><00:28:26.400><c> Nabal</c><00:28:26.700><c> her</c><00:28:26.960><c> husband,</c>

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.839
this<00:28:28.039><c> foolish</c><00:28:28.559><c> man,</c><00:28:28.980><c> this</c><00:28:29.220><c> man</c><00:28:29.400><c> of</c><00:28:29.559><c> folly.</c>

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:36.319
She<00:28:30.319><c> separated</c><00:28:30.900><c> herself</c><00:28:31.500><c> in</c><00:28:31.779><c> intent</c><00:28:32.000><c> from</c><00:28:32.259><c> that</c><00:28:32.680><c> and</c><00:28:33.099><c> she</c><00:28:33.339><c> presented</c><00:28:33.619><c> herself</c><00:28:34.299><c> to</c><00:28:35.319><c> David</c>

00:28:36.450 --> 00:28:39.539
that<00:28:36.819><c> she</c><00:28:37.019><c> might</c><00:28:37.240><c> seek</c><00:28:37.519><c> the</c><00:28:37.700><c> salvation</c><00:28:38.200><c> of</c><00:28:38.420><c> her</c><00:28:38.660><c> house</c><00:28:39.160><c> under</c>

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:41.079
those<00:28:39.839><c> experiences.</c>

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:47.619
We<00:28:44.259><c> are</c><00:28:45.000><c> the</c><00:28:45.440><c> Abigail's</c><00:28:46.000><c> of</c><00:28:46.140><c> the</c><00:28:46.319><c> twentieth</c><00:28:46.619><c> century.</c>

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:52.019
We<00:28:49.279><c> are</c><00:28:49.500><c> waiting</c><00:28:49.799><c> for</c><00:28:50.180><c> the</c><00:28:50.460><c> fulfilment</c><00:28:51.019><c> of</c><00:28:51.180><c> this</c><00:28:51.440><c> parable,</c>

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:54.359
this<00:28:52.900><c> certain</c><00:28:53.400><c> rich</c><00:28:53.799><c> man</c>

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:58.880
that<00:28:55.240><c> was</c><00:28:55.440><c> required</c><00:28:55.900><c> to</c><00:28:56.240><c> divide</c><00:28:56.460><c> his</c><00:28:56.759><c> inheritance</c><00:28:57.279><c> with</c><00:28:57.519><c> his</c><00:28:57.740><c> brother.</c>

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:04.240
By<00:29:00.539><c> nature</c><00:29:01.000><c> we</c><00:29:01.299><c> belong</c><00:29:01.680><c> to</c><00:29:01.880><c> the</c><00:29:02.059><c> house</c><00:29:02.279><c> of</c><00:29:02.519><c> Nabal,</c><00:29:03.839><c> the</c><00:29:04.000><c> house</c>

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.359
of<00:29:04.480><c> folly.</c>

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:08.779
The<00:29:06.440><c> world,</c><00:29:06.799><c> they</c><00:29:07.059><c> say,</c><00:29:07.460><c> is</c><00:29:07.640><c> our</c><00:29:07.839><c> oyster.</c>

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:13.460
By<00:29:10.339><c> our</c><00:29:10.720><c> very</c><00:29:11.180><c> inheritance,</c><00:29:12.059><c> brethren</c><00:29:12.319><c> and</c><00:29:12.579><c> sisters,</c><00:29:12.779><c> we</c><00:29:13.059><c> are</c>

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:16.680
found<00:29:13.700><c> in</c><00:29:13.920><c> the</c><00:29:14.079><c> house</c><00:29:14.339><c> of</c><00:29:14.599><c> Nabal,</c>

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.039
naturally<00:29:17.480><c> speaking.</c>

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:22.920
But<00:29:18.799><c> we've</c><00:29:19.000><c> been</c><00:29:19.279><c> visited</c><00:29:19.640><c> by</c><00:29:20.000><c> a</c><00:29:20.319><c> greater</c><00:29:20.720><c> man,</c><00:29:21.640><c> the</c><00:29:21.740><c> greater</c><00:29:22.039><c> David,</c>

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:26.279
who<00:29:23.200><c> offers</c><00:29:23.640><c> to</c><00:29:23.900><c> us</c><00:29:24.160><c> his</c><00:29:24.420><c> protection,</c><00:29:24.980><c> his</c><00:29:25.240><c> care,</c>

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:29.299
in<00:29:26.539><c> this</c><00:29:26.700><c> wilderness</c><00:29:27.119><c> wanderings</c><00:29:27.599><c> of</c><00:29:27.819><c> ours,</c><00:29:28.079><c> in</c><00:29:28.240><c> these</c><00:29:28.660><c> difficult</c><00:29:29.119><c> and</c>

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:31.279
desolate<00:29:29.859><c> places.</c>

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:40.539
One<00:29:37.519><c> who</c><00:29:37.740><c> has</c><00:29:37.980><c> been</c><00:29:38.259><c> rejected</c><00:29:38.839><c> and</c><00:29:39.119><c> ridiculed</c><00:29:39.880><c> by</c><00:29:40.160><c> the</c><00:29:40.359><c> world,</c>

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:42.539
by<00:29:40.779><c> the</c><00:29:41.019><c> Nabals</c><00:29:41.259><c> of</c><00:29:41.440><c> this</c><00:29:41.640><c> age.</c>

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:45.859
We<00:29:43.380><c> continue</c><00:29:43.720><c> to</c><00:29:43.940><c> hear</c><00:29:44.039><c> the</c><00:29:44.259><c> blasphemy</c><00:29:44.660><c> such</c><00:29:44.920><c> as</c><00:29:45.059><c> this</c><00:29:45.279><c> man</c><00:29:45.500><c> says,</c>

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:50.519
Shall<00:29:46.960><c> I</c><00:29:47.380><c> take</c><00:29:47.640><c> my</c><00:29:48.079><c> possessions</c><00:29:48.619><c> and</c><00:29:48.920><c> give</c><00:29:49.180><c> to</c><00:29:49.440><c> him?</c>

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:57.819
Shall<00:29:51.900><c> I</c><00:29:52.180><c> crucify</c><00:29:52.680><c> my</c><00:29:53.160><c> rights,</c><00:29:54.740><c> my</c><00:29:55.019><c> inheritance</c><00:29:55.460><c> that</c><00:29:55.940><c> he</c><00:29:56.700><c> should</c><00:29:56.900><c> have</c><00:29:57.160><c> it</c>

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:59.039
of<00:29:57.960><c> me?</c>

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.579
Nabal<00:30:00.619><c> was</c><00:30:00.859><c> not</c><00:30:01.119><c> prepared</c><00:30:01.500><c> to</c><00:30:01.720><c> respond</c><00:30:02.140><c> to</c><00:30:02.339><c> the</c><00:30:02.759><c> great</c><00:30:02.980><c> privilege</c><00:30:03.440><c> that</c>

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.720
was<00:30:03.880><c> presented</c><00:30:04.200><c> to</c><00:30:04.440><c> him</c>

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.960
in<00:30:05.140><c> associating</c><00:30:05.640><c> with</c><00:30:05.779><c> the</c><00:30:05.920><c> future</c><00:30:06.180><c> king</c><00:30:06.380><c> of</c><00:30:06.559><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:12.480
He<00:30:07.339><c> was</c><00:30:07.640><c> pleased</c><00:30:08.039><c> to</c><00:30:09.000><c> receive</c><00:30:09.240><c> the</c><00:30:09.559><c> protection</c><00:30:10.099><c> of</c><00:30:10.579><c> David's</c><00:30:11.119><c> men.</c>

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:15.859
As<00:30:13.660><c> many</c><00:30:13.940><c> brethren</c><00:30:14.240><c> and</c><00:30:14.440><c> sisters</c><00:30:14.660><c> are</c><00:30:14.920><c> prepared</c><00:30:15.299><c> to</c><00:30:15.539><c> accept</c>

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.380
the<00:30:16.140><c> help</c>

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:20.680
that<00:30:16.720><c> the</c><00:30:17.400><c> scriptures,</c><00:30:17.980><c> the</c><00:30:18.240><c> truth</c><00:30:18.539><c> and</c><00:30:18.779><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:19.200><c> can</c><00:30:19.480><c> give</c><00:30:19.740><c> them.</c>

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:24.900
But<00:30:22.019><c> at</c><00:30:22.200><c> the</c><00:30:22.339><c> same</c><00:30:22.579><c> time</c><00:30:22.799><c> he</c><00:30:23.019><c> rejoiced</c><00:30:23.500><c> in</c><00:30:23.640><c> his</c><00:30:23.880><c> material</c><00:30:24.259><c> prosperity</c>

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:29.759
and<00:30:25.519><c> put</c><00:30:25.759><c> that</c><00:30:26.160><c> before</c><00:30:26.599><c> fellowship</c><00:30:27.140><c> with</c><00:30:27.440><c> David</c><00:30:27.940><c> and</c><00:30:28.440><c> his</c><00:30:28.740><c> associates.</c>

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:34.920
And<00:30:32.740><c> so</c><00:30:32.880><c> he</c><00:30:33.059><c> reaped</c><00:30:33.359><c> divine</c><00:30:33.779><c> vengeance.</c>

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:39.799
And<00:30:36.539><c> he</c><00:30:36.759><c> died</c><00:30:37.319><c> for</c><00:30:38.140><c> his</c><00:30:38.359><c> stupidity.</c>

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:42.119
Verse<00:30:40.799><c> 38.</c>

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:47.039
It<00:30:42.839><c> came</c><00:30:43.140><c> to</c><00:30:43.420><c> pass</c><00:30:43.680><c> about</c><00:30:44.619><c> ten</c><00:30:45.099><c> days</c><00:30:45.680><c> after.</c>

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:50.220
There<00:30:47.779><c> were</c><00:30:47.980><c> ten</c><00:30:48.200><c> men</c><00:30:48.539><c> sent</c><00:30:48.799><c> from</c><00:30:49.000><c> David,</c><00:30:49.460><c> ten</c><00:30:49.720><c> servants,</c>

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:57.720
that<00:30:50.559><c> spoke</c><00:30:50.779><c> of</c><00:30:51.039><c> the</c><00:30:52.200><c> opportunity</c><00:30:53.059><c> that</c><00:30:54.099><c> Nabal</c><00:30:54.279><c> had</c><00:30:54.599><c> to</c><00:30:54.880><c> respond</c><00:30:55.299><c> to</c><00:30:55.500><c> the</c><00:30:55.740><c> divine</c><00:30:56.059><c> goodness</c><00:30:56.480><c> in</c><00:30:56.720><c> David.</c>

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:01.339
Ten<00:30:58.460><c> servants,</c><00:30:59.019><c> ten</c><00:30:59.240><c> young</c><00:30:59.480><c> men</c><00:30:59.700><c> went</c><00:30:59.920><c> from</c><00:31:00.099><c> David.</c>

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:05.200
And<00:31:02.160><c> for</c><00:31:02.460><c> ten</c><00:31:02.740><c> days</c><00:31:03.220><c> after</c><00:31:03.980><c> he</c><00:31:04.700><c> lived.</c>

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:10.700
And<00:31:05.940><c> then</c><00:31:06.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:06.900><c> smote</c><00:31:08.099><c> Nabal</c><00:31:09.079><c> that</c><00:31:09.500><c> he</c><00:31:09.799><c> died.</c>

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:13.599
The<00:31:11.779><c> circumstances</c><00:31:12.279><c> were</c><00:31:12.579><c> divinely</c><00:31:13.000><c> controlled.</c>

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:18.480
Yahweh<00:31:14.779><c> smote</c><00:31:15.579><c> Nabal</c><00:31:16.819><c> that</c><00:31:17.359><c> he</c><00:31:17.599><c> died.</c>

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:25.240
The<00:31:21.400><c> chapter</c><00:31:21.859><c> opens</c><00:31:22.740><c> in</c><00:31:23.920><c> verse</c><00:31:24.140><c> one.</c>

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:29.319
With<00:31:25.779><c> the</c><00:31:25.940><c> death</c><00:31:26.220><c> of</c><00:31:26.640><c> a</c><00:31:26.940><c> wise</c><00:31:27.220><c> man</c><00:31:27.559><c> and</c><00:31:27.859><c> great</c><00:31:28.140><c> lamentation</c><00:31:28.819><c> in</c><00:31:28.940><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:34.680
the<00:31:30.500><c> loss</c><00:31:30.740><c> of</c><00:31:31.099><c> Samuel</c><00:31:31.299><c> is</c><00:31:33.240><c> felt.</c>

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:39.200
The<00:31:36.099><c> chapter</c><00:31:36.400><c> closes</c><00:31:36.759><c> with</c><00:31:37.039><c> the</c><00:31:37.140><c> death</c><00:31:37.420><c> of</c><00:31:37.660><c> another,</c><00:31:37.980><c> a</c><00:31:38.299><c> fool,</c>

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:44.019
in<00:31:39.640><c> the</c><00:31:39.700><c> time</c><00:31:39.880><c> of</c><00:31:40.079><c> rejoicing</c><00:31:40.579><c> because</c><00:31:41.460><c> that</c><00:31:42.000><c> fool</c><00:31:42.140><c> was</c><00:31:42.740><c> removed.</c>

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:50.319
He<00:31:45.660><c> remains,</c><00:31:46.319><c> brethren</c><00:31:46.859><c> and</c><00:31:47.039><c> sisters,</c><00:31:48.259><c> in</c><00:31:48.440><c> scripture</c><00:31:48.960><c> as</c><00:31:49.660><c> the</c><00:31:49.980><c> fool.</c>

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:53.299
As<00:31:50.900><c> we</c><00:31:51.039><c> have</c><00:31:51.259><c> read</c><00:31:51.619><c> from</c><00:31:51.859><c> verse</c><00:31:52.059><c> 25.</c>

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:57.019
Nabal<00:31:53.940><c> is</c><00:31:54.220><c> his</c><00:31:54.579><c> name</c><00:31:54.960><c> and</c><00:31:55.420><c> folly</c><00:31:55.819><c> has</c><00:31:56.140><c> remained</c><00:31:56.640><c> with</c><00:31:56.880><c> him.</c>

00:31:57.019 --> 00:32:00.779
And<00:31:57.240><c> the</c><00:31:57.400><c> word</c><00:31:57.640><c> Nabal</c><00:31:57.980><c> means</c><00:31:58.500><c> that</c><00:31:59.000><c> which</c><00:31:59.259><c> is</c><00:31:59.700><c> a</c><00:31:59.940><c> fool.</c>

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:03.339
He<00:32:01.000><c> was</c><00:32:01.220><c> blind</c><00:32:01.539><c> to</c><00:32:01.680><c> the</c><00:32:01.859><c> spiritual</c><00:32:02.180><c> opportunities</c><00:32:02.839><c> that</c><00:32:03.099><c> came</c>

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:05.240
his<00:32:03.539><c> way</c><00:32:03.779><c> that</c><00:32:04.039><c> day.</c>

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.700
And<00:32:06.579><c> everything</c><00:32:06.839><c> he</c><00:32:07.059><c> had</c><00:32:07.539><c> he</c><00:32:08.680><c> lost.</c>

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:14.660
Because<00:32:11.160><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:11.759><c> smote</c><00:32:12.460><c> Nabal</c><00:32:13.079><c> and</c><00:32:13.539><c> he</c><00:32:13.819><c> died.</c>

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.579
The<00:32:15.259><c> trouble</c><00:32:15.500><c> was</c><00:32:15.740><c> not</c><00:32:15.960><c> in</c><00:32:16.299><c> his</c><00:32:16.599><c> wealth,</c>

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:23.380
but<00:32:18.400><c> the</c><00:32:18.660><c> preoccupation</c><00:32:20.539><c> of</c><00:32:20.920><c> his</c><00:32:21.200><c> mind</c><00:32:21.559><c> about</c><00:32:22.240><c> the</c><00:32:22.539><c> wealth</c><00:32:22.740><c> that</c><00:32:22.960><c> he</c><00:32:23.160><c> had.</c>

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:26.000
I<00:32:23.960><c> want</c><00:32:24.200><c> to</c><00:32:24.440><c> do</c><00:32:24.579><c> this.</c><00:32:25.099><c> It</c><00:32:25.240><c> is</c><00:32:25.599><c> mine.</c>

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:29.240
I<00:32:26.359><c> shall</c><00:32:26.619><c> choose</c><00:32:27.019><c> what</c><00:32:27.299><c> I</c><00:32:27.640><c> will</c><00:32:27.880><c> do</c><00:32:28.279><c> with</c><00:32:28.539><c> that</c><00:32:28.720><c> which</c><00:32:28.920><c> I</c><00:32:29.099><c> have</c>

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.279
been<00:32:29.460><c> given.</c>

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:35.059
And<00:32:30.619><c> such</c><00:32:30.920><c> a</c><00:32:31.259><c> fool</c><00:32:31.500><c> is</c><00:32:31.859><c> a</c><00:32:32.099><c> godless</c><00:32:32.500><c> man</c><00:32:32.759><c> even</c><00:32:33.019><c> if</c><00:32:33.140><c> he</c><00:32:33.339><c> calls</c><00:32:33.559><c> himself</c><00:32:33.980><c> a</c><00:32:34.200><c> Christian.</c>

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:39.779
Well<00:32:35.940><c> you</c><00:32:36.039><c> have</c><00:32:36.240><c> the</c><00:32:36.319><c> words</c><00:32:36.559><c> of</c><00:32:36.839><c> Psalm</c><00:32:37.000><c> 14</c><00:32:37.700><c> and</c><00:32:38.200><c> verse</c><00:32:38.460><c> one.</c>

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:46.220
Who,<00:32:40.240><c> says</c><00:32:40.799><c> the</c><00:32:41.079><c> psalmist,</c><00:32:44.519><c> concerning</c><00:32:44.819><c> those</c><00:32:45.259><c> that</c>

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:48.299
describe<00:32:46.779><c> themselves,</c>

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:52.059
though<00:32:50.279><c> they</c><00:32:50.460><c> might</c><00:32:50.720><c> be</c><00:32:51.019><c> Christian,</c>

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:56.059
though<00:32:53.259><c> they</c><00:32:53.460><c> may</c><00:32:53.720><c> even</c><00:32:54.119><c> be</c><00:32:55.019><c> Christadelphian,</c>

00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:02.599
the<00:32:57.660><c> psalmist</c><00:32:57.960><c> says</c><00:32:58.359><c> the</c><00:32:58.779><c> fool,</c><00:32:59.440><c> Nabal,</c><00:33:00.960><c> as</c><00:33:01.140><c> the</c><00:33:01.299><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:01.519><c> is</c><00:33:02.220><c> here,</c>

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:07.819
the<00:33:03.240><c> fool</c><00:33:03.640><c> has</c><00:33:03.940><c> said</c><00:33:04.279><c> in</c><00:33:04.660><c> his</c><00:33:05.019><c> heart</c><00:33:05.599><c> there</c><00:33:06.559><c> is</c><00:33:06.759><c> no</c><00:33:06.980><c> god.</c>

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:12.420
He<00:33:10.079><c> doesn't</c><00:33:10.400><c> say</c><00:33:10.680><c> it</c><00:33:10.859><c> out</c><00:33:11.019><c> aloud</c><00:33:11.240><c> to</c><00:33:11.440><c> his</c><00:33:11.599><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:17.640
He<00:33:13.119><c> says</c><00:33:13.339><c> it</c><00:33:13.500><c> in</c><00:33:13.640><c> his</c><00:33:13.960><c> heart</c><00:33:14.359><c> there</c><00:33:15.259><c> is</c><00:33:15.480><c> no</c><00:33:15.680><c> god</c><00:33:15.819><c> because</c><00:33:16.059><c> he</c><00:33:16.180><c> goes</c><00:33:16.440><c> around</c><00:33:17.039><c> his</c><00:33:17.339><c> way</c><00:33:17.500><c> in</c>

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:19.039
his<00:33:17.859><c> life</c>

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:22.880
giving<00:33:20.299><c> more</c><00:33:20.779><c> importance</c><00:33:21.400><c> to</c><00:33:21.680><c> his</c><00:33:21.940><c> own</c><00:33:22.279><c> achievements,</c><00:33:22.759><c> his</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.579
own<00:33:23.079><c> possessions,</c>

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:25.900
than<00:33:23.799><c> he</c><00:33:23.980><c> does</c><00:33:24.279><c> to</c><00:33:24.779><c> affecting</c><00:33:25.180><c> the</c><00:33:25.380><c> will</c><00:33:25.460><c> of</c><00:33:25.640><c> God.</c>

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:29.779
So<00:33:26.180><c> God</c><00:33:26.960><c> says</c><00:33:27.240><c> they</c><00:33:27.440><c> are</c><00:33:27.720><c> corrupt.</c><00:33:28.480><c> They</c><00:33:28.539><c> have</c><00:33:28.720><c> done</c><00:33:28.920><c> abominable</c><00:33:29.420><c> works.</c>

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:31.240
There<00:33:30.140><c> is</c><00:33:30.400><c> none</c><00:33:30.599><c> that</c><00:33:30.819><c> doeth</c><00:33:30.980><c> good.</c>

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:33.359
Yahweh<00:33:31.619><c> looketh</c><00:33:31.940><c> down</c><00:33:32.140><c> from</c><00:33:32.359><c> heaven</c><00:33:32.599><c> to</c><00:33:32.779><c> see</c><00:33:32.940><c> if</c><00:33:33.019><c> there</c><00:33:33.220><c> are</c>

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.460
any<00:33:33.539><c> that</c><00:33:33.680><c> did</c><00:33:33.839><c> understand.</c>

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:37.480
They<00:33:35.000><c> are</c><00:33:35.220><c> gone</c><00:33:35.440><c> aside.</c><00:33:35.740><c> They</c><00:33:35.920><c> become</c><00:33:36.240><c> filthy.</c>

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:41.519
And<00:33:38.980><c> they</c><00:33:39.140><c> will</c><00:33:39.359><c> die,</c><00:33:39.940><c> as</c><00:33:40.380><c> did</c><00:33:40.579><c> Nabal.</c>

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:46.180
Asaph<00:33:42.720><c> later</c><00:33:43.059><c> experienced</c><00:33:43.539><c> the</c><00:33:43.799><c> same</c><00:33:44.019><c> things</c><00:33:44.279><c> as</c><00:33:44.460><c> is</c><00:33:44.660><c> recorded</c><00:33:44.960><c> in</c><00:33:45.259><c> Psalm</c><00:33:45.480><c> 73,</c>

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.839
verses<00:33:46.660><c> 3</c><00:33:47.200><c> to</c><00:33:47.380><c> 18.</c>

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:52.539
Contrast,<00:33:49.359><c> however,</c><00:33:50.299><c> the</c><00:33:50.559><c> attitude</c><00:33:50.920><c> of</c><00:33:51.160><c> David</c><00:33:51.640><c> when</c><00:33:52.099><c> he</c><00:33:52.299><c> was</c>

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.420
blessed<00:33:52.779><c> with</c><00:33:53.059><c> riches</c>

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:58.059
in<00:33:54.079><c> the</c><00:33:54.240><c> first</c><00:33:54.440><c> of</c><00:33:54.660><c> Chronicles</c><00:33:55.039><c> chapter</c><00:33:55.380><c> 29</c><00:33:56.039><c> and</c><00:33:56.519><c> verse</c><00:33:56.740><c> 4.</c>

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:06.019
As<00:33:59.779><c> he</c><00:34:00.099><c> says</c><00:34:00.559><c> in</c><00:34:03.099><c> verse</c><00:34:03.380><c> 14</c><00:34:03.920><c> of</c><00:34:04.220><c> the</c><00:34:04.400><c> first</c><00:34:04.599><c> of</c><00:34:04.779><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:05.079><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.380><c> 29,</c>

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:09.880
But<00:34:06.619><c> who</c><00:34:06.920><c> am</c><00:34:07.099><c> I?</c><00:34:07.940><c> And</c><00:34:08.139><c> what</c><00:34:08.320><c> is</c><00:34:08.539><c> my</c><00:34:08.760><c> people</c><00:34:09.019><c> that</c><00:34:09.179><c> we</c><00:34:09.440><c> should</c><00:34:09.599><c> be</c>

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.840
able<00:34:10.119><c> to</c><00:34:10.440><c> offer</c>

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:14.199
so<00:34:11.500><c> willingly</c><00:34:11.920><c> after</c><00:34:12.400><c> this</c><00:34:12.739><c> sort</c><00:34:12.940><c> to</c><00:34:13.119><c> the</c><00:34:13.320><c> things</c><00:34:13.539><c> of</c><00:34:13.719><c> the</c><00:34:13.900><c> temple</c>

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:18.619
that<00:34:14.639><c> his</c><00:34:15.039><c> son,</c><00:34:15.840><c> the</c><00:34:15.960><c> glorious</c><00:34:16.280><c> Solomon,</c><00:34:17.159><c> would</c><00:34:17.460><c> establish?</c>

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:24.019
For<00:34:19.579><c> all</c><00:34:20.079><c> things</c><00:34:20.420><c> come</c><00:34:20.679><c> of</c><00:34:20.880><c> thee,</c><00:34:21.360><c> O</c><00:34:21.579><c> God,</c><00:34:21.980><c> and</c><00:34:22.579><c> of</c><00:34:22.980><c> thine</c><00:34:23.719><c> own</c>

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:26.599
have<00:34:24.320><c> we</c><00:34:24.699><c> returned</c><00:34:25.280><c> to</c><00:34:25.539><c> thee.</c>

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:35.079
And<00:34:30.239><c> the</c><00:34:30.380><c> Lord</c><00:34:30.559><c> says</c><00:34:31.079><c> in</c><00:34:31.420><c> Luke</c><00:34:31.699><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.039><c> 12</c><00:34:32.659><c> and</c><00:34:33.059><c> verse</c><00:34:33.280><c> 13</c><00:34:34.000><c> that</c><00:34:34.579><c> there</c><00:34:34.820><c> are</c>

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:37.820
many<00:34:35.659><c> Nabals</c><00:34:36.340><c> in</c><00:34:36.840><c> life.</c>

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.179
In<00:34:38.659><c> Luke</c><00:34:38.880><c> chapter</c><00:34:39.199><c> 12</c><00:34:39.619><c> verse</c><00:34:39.880><c> 13,</c>

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:44.800
One<00:34:42.500><c> of</c><00:34:42.619><c> the</c><00:34:42.840><c> companies</c><00:34:43.079><c> said</c><00:34:43.340><c> to</c><00:34:43.460><c> him,</c>

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:51.260
Master,<00:34:46.159><c> speak</c><00:34:46.480><c> to</c><00:34:46.639><c> my</c><00:34:46.860><c> brother</c><00:34:47.119><c> that</c><00:34:47.360><c> he</c><00:34:47.639><c> divide</c><00:34:48.079><c> the</c><00:34:48.360><c> inheritance</c><00:34:48.900><c> with</c><00:34:49.780><c> me.</c>

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.780
Divide<00:34:52.280><c> the</c><00:34:52.760><c> inheritance.</c>

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:58.900
Such<00:34:55.920><c> questions</c><00:34:56.360><c> as</c><00:34:56.619><c> these</c><00:34:56.820><c> were</c><00:34:57.059><c> normally</c><00:34:57.440><c> answered</c><00:34:57.840><c> by</c><00:34:58.219><c> what</c><00:34:58.639><c> is</c>

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.460
termed<00:34:59.199><c> the</c><00:34:59.320><c> Bench</c><00:34:59.699><c> of</c><00:34:59.940><c> Three,</c>

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:04.739
which<00:35:01.579><c> was</c><00:35:01.820><c> established</c><00:35:02.320><c> in</c><00:35:02.539><c> order</c><00:35:02.780><c> to,</c><00:35:03.559><c> in</c><00:35:03.900><c> the</c><00:35:04.000><c> local</c><00:35:04.360><c> synagogue,</c>

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:10.800
to<00:35:05.320><c> undertake</c><00:35:05.880><c> such</c><00:35:06.860><c> questions</c><00:35:07.780><c> of</c><00:35:08.280><c> division</c><00:35:08.719><c> as</c><00:35:09.400><c> these</c><00:35:09.800><c> were.</c>

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:15.800
And<00:35:11.219><c> the</c><00:35:11.380><c> Lord</c><00:35:11.579><c> Jesus</c><00:35:12.019><c> refuses</c><00:35:12.659><c> to</c><00:35:12.960><c> be</c><00:35:13.199><c> drawn</c><00:35:13.480><c> into</c><00:35:14.000><c> a</c><00:35:14.420><c> political</c><00:35:14.880><c> or</c><00:35:15.400><c> semi</c>

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:17.559
-political<00:35:16.360><c> activity.</c>

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:23.579
And<00:35:19.059><c> the</c><00:35:19.260><c> unreasonable</c><00:35:19.760><c> request</c><00:35:20.219><c> of</c><00:35:20.420><c> this</c><00:35:20.639><c> man</c><00:35:20.880><c> who</c><00:35:21.380><c> interrupted</c><00:35:22.280><c> the</c><00:35:22.559><c> Lord's</c><00:35:23.039><c> discourse</c><00:35:23.360><c> on</c>

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.400
other<00:35:23.760><c> matters,</c>

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:27.780
in<00:35:24.400><c> order</c><00:35:25.559><c> to</c><00:35:25.800><c> put</c><00:35:25.940><c> his</c><00:35:26.300><c> claim,</c>

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:31.239
shows<00:35:28.420><c> that</c><00:35:28.659><c> his</c><00:35:28.880><c> mind</c><00:35:29.219><c> was</c><00:35:29.519><c> set</c><00:35:29.760><c> too</c><00:35:30.300><c> highly</c><00:35:30.579><c> on</c><00:35:30.860><c> the</c><00:35:31.059><c> things</c>

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.940
of<00:35:31.619><c> this</c><00:35:31.920><c> world,</c>

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:36.699
and<00:35:33.079><c> like</c><00:35:33.519><c> Nabal</c><00:35:34.039><c> he</c><00:35:34.219><c> was</c><00:35:34.460><c> not</c><00:35:34.719><c> prepared</c><00:35:35.159><c> to</c><00:35:35.820><c> associate</c><00:35:36.300><c> with</c>

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:39.239
and<00:35:36.960><c> listen</c><00:35:37.239><c> to</c><00:35:37.940><c> the</c><00:35:38.219><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:42.699
Verse<00:35:39.920><c> 14</c><00:35:40.559><c> is</c><00:35:41.199><c> the</c><00:35:41.500><c> rejoinder</c><00:35:41.980><c> of</c><00:35:42.239><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:49.300
He<00:35:43.119><c> said</c><00:35:43.300><c> unto</c><00:35:43.480><c> him,</c><00:35:44.400><c> Man,</c><00:35:45.519><c> who</c><00:35:45.719><c> made</c><00:35:46.019><c> me</c><00:35:46.460><c> a</c><00:35:46.760><c> judge</c><00:35:47.059><c> or</c><00:35:47.340><c> a</c><00:35:47.519><c> divider</c><00:35:47.940><c> of</c><00:35:48.280><c> you,</c>

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:55.420
such<00:35:50.780><c> questions</c><00:35:51.300><c> were</c><00:35:51.519><c> to</c><00:35:51.659><c> be</c><00:35:51.940><c> interpreted</c><00:35:53.780><c> by</c><00:35:54.400><c> the</c><00:35:54.840><c> Bench</c><00:35:55.079><c> of</c><00:35:55.219><c> Three.</c>

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:57.199
And<00:35:55.559><c> you</c><00:35:55.679><c> come</c><00:35:55.900><c> to</c><00:35:56.079><c> me?</c>

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.900
And<00:35:59.260><c> he</c><00:35:59.400><c> said</c><00:35:59.539><c> unto</c><00:35:59.719><c> them,</c>

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:03.079
Take<00:36:01.320><c> heed</c><00:36:01.699><c> and</c><00:36:01.920><c> beware</c><00:36:02.239><c> of</c><00:36:02.519><c> covetousness,</c>

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:05.920
for<00:36:03.239><c> a</c><00:36:03.460><c> man's</c><00:36:03.820><c> life</c><00:36:04.139><c> consisteth</c><00:36:04.619><c> not</c><00:36:04.860><c> in</c><00:36:05.019><c> the</c><00:36:05.239><c> abundance</c><00:36:05.579><c> of</c>

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:09.860
the<00:36:06.659><c> things</c><00:36:07.119><c> which</c><00:36:07.739><c> he</c><00:36:08.239><c> possesses.</c>

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:12.000
And<00:36:10.579><c> he</c><00:36:10.780><c> spoke</c><00:36:10.960><c> a</c><00:36:11.159><c> parable</c><00:36:11.440><c> unto</c><00:36:11.699><c> them,</c>

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:16.059
The<00:36:12.360><c> ground</c><00:36:12.719><c> of</c><00:36:12.960><c> a</c><00:36:13.159><c> certain</c><00:36:13.480><c> rich</c><00:36:13.820><c> man</c><00:36:14.119><c> brought</c><00:36:14.420><c> forth</c><00:36:14.920><c> plentifully.</c>

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:17.460
Is<00:36:16.300><c> this</c><00:36:16.519><c> Nabal?</c>

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:21.719
The<00:36:18.619><c> Lord</c><00:36:18.880><c> thinking</c><00:36:19.219><c> back</c><00:36:19.639><c> upon</c><00:36:19.920><c> the</c><00:36:20.199><c> experiences</c><00:36:20.579><c> of</c><00:36:20.860><c> David</c>

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:23.599
and<00:36:22.179><c> Nabal,</c>

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:28.239
David<00:36:24.320><c> whose</c><00:36:24.539><c> life</c><00:36:24.880><c> was</c><00:36:25.139><c> interrupted</c><00:36:25.619><c> by</c><00:36:26.039><c> this</c><00:36:26.659><c> foolish</c><00:36:27.119><c> man,</c>

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:31.500
who<00:36:28.380><c> refused</c><00:36:28.679><c> to</c><00:36:28.960><c> associate</c><00:36:29.320><c> himself</c><00:36:29.719><c> with</c><00:36:29.900><c> the</c><00:36:30.000><c> divine</c><00:36:30.320><c> things,</c>

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:37.480
this<00:36:33.659><c> certain</c><00:36:34.139><c> man</c><00:36:34.679><c> thought</c><00:36:35.079><c> within</c><00:36:35.440><c> himself,</c><00:36:36.960><c> saying,</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.820
and<00:36:38.760><c> again</c><00:36:39.019><c> I</c><00:36:39.239><c> suggest</c><00:36:39.559><c> you</c><00:36:39.780><c> ring</c><00:36:40.000><c> the</c><00:36:40.239><c> words,</c>

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:47.760
What<00:36:41.960><c> shall</c><00:36:42.460><c> I</c><00:36:42.940><c> do,</c><00:36:43.480><c> because</c><00:36:43.960><c> I</c><00:36:44.739><c> have</c><00:36:45.059><c> no</c><00:36:45.400><c> room</c><00:36:45.800><c> where</c><00:36:46.179><c> to</c><00:36:46.400><c> bestow</c><00:36:46.800><c> my</c><00:36:47.360><c> fruits?</c>

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:49.960
This<00:36:48.260><c> will</c><00:36:49.280><c> I</c><00:36:49.719><c> do.</c>

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:53.159
I<00:36:50.559><c> will</c><00:36:50.860><c> pull</c><00:36:51.099><c> down</c><00:36:51.400><c> my</c><00:36:51.860><c> barns</c><00:36:52.300><c> and</c><00:36:52.559><c> build</c><00:36:52.739><c> greater,</c>

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:56.880
and<00:36:53.559><c> there</c><00:36:53.840><c> will</c><00:36:54.099><c> I</c><00:36:54.460><c> bestow</c><00:36:55.019><c> all</c><00:36:55.300><c> my</c><00:36:55.639><c> fruits</c><00:36:55.900><c> and</c><00:36:56.239><c> my</c><00:36:56.619><c> goods,</c>

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.900
and<00:36:57.219><c> I</c><00:36:57.559><c> will</c><00:36:57.739><c> say</c><00:36:57.940><c> to</c><00:36:58.159><c> my</c><00:36:58.559><c> soul,</c>

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:01.659
Soul<00:36:59.480><c> thou</c><00:36:59.699><c> hast</c><00:36:59.940><c> much</c><00:37:00.239><c> goods</c><00:37:00.500><c> laid</c><00:37:00.739><c> up</c><00:37:00.860><c> for</c><00:37:01.059><c> many</c><00:37:01.260><c> years,</c>

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:04.619
take<00:37:02.199><c> thine</c><00:37:02.440><c> ease,</c><00:37:02.940><c> eat,</c><00:37:03.219><c> drink,</c><00:37:03.380><c> and</c><00:37:03.480><c> be</c><00:37:03.679><c> merry.</c>

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:11.739
I,<00:37:06.260><c> I,</c><00:37:06.880><c> my,</c><00:37:07.360><c> I,</c><00:37:07.900><c> I,</c><00:37:08.420><c> my,</c><00:37:09.000><c> I,</c><00:37:09.440><c> my,</c><00:37:09.980><c> my,</c><00:37:10.420><c> I,</c><00:37:10.820><c> my.</c>

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:14.760
And<00:37:12.960><c> that's</c><00:37:13.139><c> all</c><00:37:13.300><c> the</c><00:37:13.420><c> man</c><00:37:13.599><c> said,</c>

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:18.639
this<00:37:16.480><c> certain</c><00:37:17.039><c> rich</c><00:37:17.599><c> man.</c>

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:26.699
But<00:37:20.820><c> God</c><00:37:21.019><c> said</c><00:37:21.179><c> unto</c><00:37:21.400><c> him,</c><00:37:22.699><c> Thou</c><00:37:23.000><c> fool,</c><00:37:25.679><c> Nabal,</c>

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:33.840
this<00:37:29.840><c> night</c><00:37:30.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:31.920><c> will</c><00:37:32.679><c> strike.</c>

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:38.780
In<00:37:35.400><c> this</c><00:37:35.679><c> parable</c><00:37:36.139><c> the</c><00:37:36.440><c> fool</c><00:37:36.679><c> had</c><00:37:37.219><c> no</c><00:37:37.739><c> thought</c><00:37:38.000><c> of</c><00:37:38.179><c> the</c><00:37:38.360><c> divine</c>

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:40.559
source<00:37:39.239><c> of</c><00:37:39.440><c> that</c><00:37:39.639><c> which</c><00:37:39.780><c> he</c><00:37:40.019><c> had</c><00:37:40.260><c> given,</c>

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:43.039
that<00:37:41.000><c> which</c><00:37:41.199><c> he</c><00:37:41.380><c> had</c><00:37:41.480><c> been</c><00:37:41.719><c> given,</c><00:37:41.940><c> that</c><00:37:42.059><c> which</c><00:37:42.199><c> was</c><00:37:42.360><c> in</c><00:37:42.500><c> his</c><00:37:42.760><c> hands,</c>

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:46.219
no<00:37:43.559><c> thought</c><00:37:43.760><c> that</c><00:37:43.960><c> there</c><00:37:44.139><c> was</c><00:37:44.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:44.659><c> that</c><00:37:44.820><c> had</c><00:37:45.019><c> blessed</c><00:37:45.199><c> him.</c>

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:49.980
He<00:37:47.539><c> had</c><00:37:47.739><c> no</c><00:37:48.000><c> use</c><00:37:48.179><c> for</c><00:37:48.380><c> the</c><00:37:48.599><c> divine</c><00:37:48.860><c> purposes.</c>

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:52.900
He<00:37:50.340><c> was</c><00:37:50.639><c> caught</c><00:37:50.900><c> up</c><00:37:51.119><c> in</c><00:37:51.280><c> the</c><00:37:51.800><c> love</c><00:37:52.199><c> of</c><00:37:52.619><c> money,</c>

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:56.440
as<00:37:53.079><c> Paul</c><00:37:53.380><c> tells</c><00:37:53.739><c> us</c><00:37:54.139><c> in</c><00:37:54.400><c> 1</c><00:37:54.659><c> Timothy</c><00:37:55.079><c> chapter</c><00:37:55.539><c> 6</c><00:37:55.820><c> verse</c><00:37:56.039><c> 10,</c>

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:59.440
caught<00:37:56.820><c> up</c><00:37:57.039><c> in</c><00:37:57.179><c> this</c><00:37:57.539><c> love</c><00:37:57.820><c> of</c><00:37:58.099><c> money,</c><00:37:58.559><c> love</c><00:37:58.800><c> of</c><00:37:59.079><c> possessions.</c>

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:04.400
I,<00:38:00.119><c> I,</c><00:38:00.539><c> my,</c><00:38:01.119><c> his</c><00:38:01.260><c> whole</c><00:38:01.619><c> world</c><00:38:01.960><c> was</c><00:38:02.900><c> limited</c><00:38:03.239><c> by</c><00:38:03.519><c> the</c><00:38:03.800><c> barn</c>

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:08.500
in<00:38:04.940><c> which</c><00:38:05.119><c> he</c><00:38:05.340><c> stood</c><00:38:05.539><c> and</c><00:38:06.260><c> looked</c><00:38:06.440><c> around</c><00:38:06.900><c> and</c><00:38:07.079><c> saw</c><00:38:07.360><c> his</c><00:38:07.860><c> great</c><00:38:08.139><c> wealth</c>

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:12.340
that<00:38:09.320><c> would</c><00:38:09.659><c> be</c><00:38:09.960><c> the</c><00:38:10.219><c> source</c><00:38:10.480><c> of</c><00:38:10.739><c> his</c><00:38:11.019><c> retirement</c><00:38:11.519><c> and</c><00:38:11.840><c> his</c>

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:14.039
enjoyment<00:38:12.719><c> with</c><00:38:13.000><c> life.</c>

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:18.239
As<00:38:15.699><c> the</c><00:38:15.940><c> Lord</c><00:38:16.139><c> says</c><00:38:16.480><c> in</c><00:38:16.579><c> Matthew</c><00:38:16.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:17.199><c> 13</c><00:38:17.619><c> verse</c><00:38:17.880><c> 2,</c>

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:23.360
the<00:38:18.679><c> deceitfulness</c><00:38:19.559><c> of</c><00:38:20.519><c> riches</c><00:38:20.840><c> had</c><00:38:21.260><c> caught</c><00:38:21.920><c> up</c><00:38:22.099><c> with</c><00:38:22.280><c> him.</c>

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:28.360
This<00:38:24.119><c> man</c><00:38:24.500><c> is</c><00:38:24.880><c> in</c><00:38:25.079><c> the</c><00:38:25.260><c> grave</c><00:38:25.539><c> danger</c><00:38:26.000><c> of</c><00:38:26.440><c> spiritual</c><00:38:27.139><c> bankruptcy.</c>

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:33.519
So<00:38:30.460><c> there</c><00:38:30.579><c> were</c><00:38:30.800><c> four</c><00:38:31.199><c> fools</c><00:38:31.559><c> in</c><00:38:31.739><c> this</c><00:38:32.000><c> parable.</c>

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:35.980
There's<00:38:33.739><c> first</c><00:38:34.019><c> of</c><00:38:34.199><c> all</c><00:38:34.440><c> the</c><00:38:34.719><c> rich</c><00:38:35.119><c> fool.</c>

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:40.099
When<00:38:37.239><c> the</c><00:38:37.500><c> lust</c><00:38:37.760><c> of</c><00:38:37.980><c> money</c><00:38:38.340><c> and</c><00:38:38.579><c> possessions</c><00:38:39.179><c> had</c><00:38:39.519><c> deprived</c>

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:41.059
him<00:38:40.340><c> of</c><00:38:40.619><c> wisdom,</c>

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:43.659
he<00:38:41.480><c> had</c><00:38:41.800><c> everything,</c><00:38:42.420><c> so</c><00:38:42.659><c> he</c><00:38:42.860><c> thought.</c>

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.699
He<00:38:44.280><c> was</c><00:38:44.460><c> a</c><00:38:44.679><c> rich</c><00:38:45.099><c> fool.</c>

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:49.679
For<00:38:46.860><c> the</c><00:38:47.000><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.219><c> says,</c><00:38:48.360><c> thou</c><00:38:48.699><c> fool.</c>

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:53.780
And<00:38:50.860><c> then</c><00:38:51.059><c> he</c><00:38:51.239><c> became</c><00:38:51.579><c> a</c><00:38:52.019><c> self</c><00:38:52.360><c>-centered</c><00:38:52.739><c> fool.</c>

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:57.579
Notice<00:38:54.780><c> the</c><00:38:55.019><c> ego,</c><00:38:55.860><c> I</c><00:38:56.320><c> and</c><00:38:56.719><c> my.</c>

00:38:58.099 --> 00:39:00.780
That's<00:38:58.360><c> all</c><00:38:58.500><c> his</c><00:38:58.840><c> life</c><00:38:59.139><c> consisted</c><00:38:59.760><c> of.</c>

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.659
Me.

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:07.019
From<00:39:03.500><c> verses</c><00:39:03.820><c> 17</c><00:39:04.480><c> to</c><00:39:04.900><c> verse</c><00:39:05.219><c> 19</c><00:39:05.659><c> in</c><00:39:05.840><c> that</c><00:39:06.099><c> parable.</c>

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:09.960
I,<00:39:07.619><c> I,</c><00:39:08.000><c> me,</c><00:39:08.599><c> my,</c><00:39:09.320><c> ours.</c>

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:16.719
This<00:39:12.679><c> self</c><00:39:13.199><c>-centered</c><00:39:13.579><c> fool</c><00:39:13.800><c> then</c><00:39:14.079><c> became</c><00:39:14.619><c> an</c><00:39:15.179><c> ambitious</c><00:39:15.679><c> fool.</c>

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:20.480
He<00:39:17.360><c> forgot</c><00:39:17.679><c> God</c><00:39:18.079><c> in</c><00:39:18.280><c> his</c><00:39:18.480><c> search</c><00:39:18.659><c> for</c><00:39:18.900><c> material</c><00:39:19.239><c> possessions.</c>

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:23.039
Ambition<00:39:21.420><c> of</c><00:39:21.659><c> course</c><00:39:21.840><c> in</c><00:39:22.019><c> itself,</c><00:39:22.599><c> brothers</c><00:39:22.639><c> and</c><00:39:22.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:24.460
is<00:39:23.260><c> not</c><00:39:23.460><c> an</c><00:39:23.719><c> evil.</c>

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:29.219
But<00:39:24.760><c> when</c><00:39:25.019><c> it</c><00:39:25.199><c> is</c><00:39:25.519><c> indulged</c><00:39:25.920><c> in</c><00:39:26.079><c> the</c><00:39:26.360><c> expense</c><00:39:26.599><c> of</c><00:39:26.940><c> God,</c><00:39:28.139><c> it</c><00:39:28.260><c> is.</c>

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:32.739
This<00:39:30.500><c> man</c><00:39:30.699><c> wanted</c><00:39:31.039><c> long</c><00:39:31.440><c> security.</c>

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.000
So<00:39:33.199><c> thou</c><00:39:33.380><c> has</c><00:39:33.559><c> much</c><00:39:33.860><c> goods</c><00:39:34.059><c> laid</c><00:39:34.260><c> up</c><00:39:34.400><c> for</c><00:39:34.579><c> many</c><00:39:34.780><c> years.</c>

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:42.099
He<00:39:35.300><c> forgot</c><00:39:35.739><c> to</c><00:39:36.019><c> say,</c><00:39:37.500><c> Father,</c><00:39:38.039><c> give</c><00:39:38.260><c> us</c><00:39:38.639><c> this</c><00:39:38.980><c> day</c><00:39:39.500><c> my</c><00:39:40.719><c> daily</c><00:39:41.059><c> food.</c>

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:45.639
And<00:39:43.440><c> instead</c><00:39:44.380><c> of</c><00:39:44.599><c> worrying</c><00:39:44.820><c> about</c><00:39:45.119><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:51.480
concentrated<00:39:46.539><c> on</c><00:39:47.380><c> remembering</c><00:39:48.219><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:48.880><c> in</c><00:39:49.179><c> his</c><00:39:49.460><c> life</c><00:39:49.900><c> this</c><00:39:50.500><c> day.</c>

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:54.920
So<00:39:52.099><c> he</c><00:39:52.340><c> revealed</c><00:39:52.599><c> a</c><00:39:52.860><c> lack</c><00:39:53.079><c> of</c><00:39:53.380><c> faith</c><00:39:53.639><c> in</c><00:39:53.940><c> God.</c>

00:39:55.559 --> 00:40:00.000
That<00:39:55.659><c> would</c><00:39:55.920><c> provide</c><00:39:56.260><c> him</c><00:39:56.500><c> as</c><00:39:56.699><c> he</c><00:39:56.940><c> provided</c><00:39:57.260><c> David</c><00:39:57.699><c> in</c><00:39:57.880><c> the</c><00:39:58.000><c> wilderness</c><00:39:58.280><c> for</c><00:39:58.599><c> all</c><00:39:58.860><c> that</c><00:39:59.000><c> he</c><00:39:59.139><c> needed.</c>

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:05.980
The<00:40:02.960><c> love</c><00:40:03.219><c> of</c><00:40:03.739><c> leisure,</c><00:40:04.440><c> the</c><00:40:04.480><c> love</c><00:40:04.699><c> of</c><00:40:05.019><c> ease,</c><00:40:05.440><c> the</c><00:40:05.500><c> love</c><00:40:05.699><c> of</c>

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:08.420
luxury<00:40:06.519><c> had</c><00:40:07.059><c> blinded</c><00:40:07.539><c> this</c><00:40:07.739><c> man's</c><00:40:08.239><c> eyes.</c>

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:11.119
And<00:40:08.519><c> he</c><00:40:08.639><c> didn't</c><00:40:08.980><c> recognize</c><00:40:09.639><c> the</c><00:40:10.320><c> will</c><00:40:10.500><c> of</c><00:40:10.639><c> God</c><00:40:10.800><c> that</c><00:40:10.960><c> we</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.699
should<00:40:11.340><c> labor.</c>

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:15.179
As<00:40:12.019><c> Paul</c><00:40:12.239><c> tells</c><00:40:12.539><c> us</c><00:40:12.780><c> in</c><00:40:12.940><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:13.239><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.539><c> 4</c><00:40:13.880><c> verse</c><00:40:14.119><c> 11.</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:18.079
This<00:40:16.000><c> is</c><00:40:16.219><c> not</c><00:40:16.380><c> our</c><00:40:16.559><c> time</c><00:40:16.780><c> of</c><00:40:17.019><c> rest</c><00:40:17.159><c> yet,</c><00:40:17.519><c> brothers</c><00:40:17.639><c> and</c><00:40:17.820><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:21.000
We<00:40:18.380><c> have</c><00:40:18.619><c> now</c><00:40:18.880><c> the</c><00:40:19.099><c> day</c><00:40:19.280><c> to</c><00:40:19.500><c> labor</c><00:40:19.860><c> in</c><00:40:20.179><c> order</c><00:40:20.380><c> that</c><00:40:20.539><c> we</c><00:40:20.679><c> might</c>

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:24.139
enter<00:40:21.460><c> into</c><00:40:21.840><c> our</c><00:40:22.079><c> rest</c><00:40:22.219><c> when</c><00:40:22.420><c> the</c><00:40:22.599><c> King</c><00:40:22.820><c> returns.</c>

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.980
With<00:40:24.840><c> his</c><00:40:25.079><c> glory.</c>

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:29.679
But<00:40:26.920><c> this</c><00:40:27.159><c> man</c><00:40:27.300><c> wanted</c><00:40:27.579><c> to</c><00:40:27.860><c> indulge</c><00:40:28.320><c> himself</c><00:40:28.719><c> in</c><00:40:28.900><c> the</c><00:40:29.039><c> love</c><00:40:29.139><c> of</c><00:40:29.440><c> pleasure</c>

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:33.179
without<00:40:30.300><c> acknowledging</c><00:40:30.960><c> that</c><00:40:31.260><c> he</c><00:40:31.500><c> had</c><00:40:31.719><c> a</c><00:40:31.920><c> debt</c><00:40:32.059><c> to</c><00:40:32.280><c> God.</c>

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:36.300
So<00:40:33.880><c> the</c><00:40:34.079><c> rich</c><00:40:34.340><c> fool</c><00:40:34.539><c> who</c><00:40:34.800><c> became</c><00:40:35.139><c> the</c><00:40:35.420><c> self</c><00:40:35.659><c>-centered</c><00:40:35.920><c> fool,</c>

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.019
who<00:40:36.639><c> became</c><00:40:36.900><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> ambitious</c><00:40:37.599><c> fool,</c>

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:41.000
now<00:40:38.579><c> ended</c><00:40:38.960><c> as</c><00:40:39.300><c> a</c><00:40:39.460><c> doomed</c><00:40:39.840><c> fool.</c>

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:44.239
He<00:40:41.980><c> didn't</c><00:40:42.239><c> even</c><00:40:42.659><c> live</c><00:40:42.900><c> to</c><00:40:43.199><c> enjoy</c><00:40:43.559><c> his</c><00:40:43.900><c> wealth.</c>

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:47.039
And<00:40:44.860><c> there</c><00:40:45.019><c> is</c><00:40:45.139><c> no</c><00:40:45.420><c> real</c><00:40:45.639><c> enjoyment</c><00:40:46.000><c> when</c><00:40:46.239><c> a</c><00:40:46.400><c> man</c><00:40:46.539><c> or</c><00:40:46.719><c> a</c><00:40:46.880><c> woman</c>

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:49.639
lives<00:40:47.300><c> without</c><00:40:48.380><c> God.</c>

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:53.820
Thou<00:40:51.199><c> fall</c><00:40:51.559><c> this</c><00:40:51.820><c> night</c><00:40:52.119><c> thy</c><00:40:52.460><c> soul</c><00:40:52.739><c> shall</c><00:40:52.960><c> be</c><00:40:53.179><c> required</c><00:40:53.599><c> of</c>

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.519
thee<00:40:53.980><c> and</c><00:40:54.159><c> then</c>

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:58.760
who<00:40:54.860><c> shall</c><00:40:55.139><c> those</c><00:40:55.460><c> things</c><00:40:55.739><c> be</c><00:40:56.139><c> which</c><00:40:56.639><c> thou</c><00:40:57.000><c> hast</c><00:40:57.420><c> provided?</c>

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:02.920
So<00:40:59.559><c> is</c><00:40:59.760><c> he</c><00:40:59.960><c> that</c><00:41:00.260><c> layeth</c><00:41:00.539><c> up</c><00:41:00.739><c> treasure</c><00:41:00.980><c> for</c><00:41:01.280><c> himself</c><00:41:02.019><c> and</c><00:41:02.719><c> is</c>

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:05.059
not<00:41:03.119><c> rich</c><00:41:03.400><c> towards</c><00:41:03.820><c> God.</c>

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:08.440
Nabal<00:41:05.980><c> and</c><00:41:06.199><c> David</c><00:41:06.539><c> were</c><00:41:06.760><c> both</c><00:41:07.059><c> rich</c><00:41:07.300><c> men.</c>

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:12.679
In<00:41:09.920><c> Luke</c><00:41:10.159><c> chapter</c><00:41:10.480><c> 12</c><00:41:10.840><c> and</c><00:41:11.039><c> verse</c><00:41:11.280><c> 21</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:17.639
Nabal<00:41:14.079><c> is</c><00:41:14.320><c> he</c><00:41:14.599><c> who</c><00:41:14.860><c> lays</c><00:41:15.320><c> up</c><00:41:15.760><c> treasure</c><00:41:16.380><c> for</c><00:41:17.059><c> himself</c>

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.820
and<00:41:18.039><c> David</c><00:41:18.519><c> the</c><00:41:18.679><c> other</c><00:41:19.059><c> brother</c><00:41:19.340><c> is</c><00:41:19.659><c> here</c><00:41:19.940><c> seen</c><00:41:20.179><c> as</c><00:41:20.380><c> being</c>

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.980
rich<00:41:21.159><c> towards</c><00:41:21.599><c> God.</c>

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:24.480
And<00:41:22.320><c> these</c><00:41:22.519><c> two</c><00:41:22.820><c> brethren</c><00:41:23.119><c> stand</c><00:41:23.440><c> before</c><00:41:23.780><c> us</c><00:41:24.019><c> this</c><00:41:24.239><c> morning</c>

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.719
in<00:41:24.760><c> this</c><00:41:24.900><c> wonderful</c><00:41:25.300><c> parable,</c>

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:29.559
brethren<00:41:26.059><c> and</c><00:41:26.300><c> sisters,</c><00:41:26.920><c> a</c><00:41:27.139><c> parable</c><00:41:27.480><c> that</c><00:41:27.699><c> we</c><00:41:27.920><c> read</c><00:41:28.179><c> to</c><00:41:28.400><c> each</c><00:41:28.599><c> other.</c>

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:33.059
We've<00:41:30.179><c> got</c><00:41:30.260><c> to</c><00:41:30.380><c> learn</c><00:41:30.480><c> to</c><00:41:30.719><c> live</c><00:41:30.880><c> out</c><00:41:31.460><c> in</c><00:41:32.199><c> our</c><00:41:32.440><c> experiences</c><00:41:32.820><c> of</c>

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:34.119
our<00:41:33.239><c> lives.</c>

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:38.619
We<00:41:34.500><c> live</c><00:41:34.760><c> today</c><00:41:35.260><c> in</c><00:41:35.440><c> the</c><00:41:35.639><c> 20th</c><00:41:36.019><c> century,</c><00:41:36.400><c> the</c><00:41:36.500><c> most</c><00:41:37.539><c> prosperous</c><00:41:37.980><c> period</c><00:41:38.460><c> of</c>

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:40.300
all<00:41:38.860><c> time</c><00:41:39.099><c> of</c><00:41:39.300><c> history.</c>

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:43.219
We<00:41:41.039><c> have</c><00:41:41.179><c> all</c><00:41:41.400><c> that</c><00:41:41.559><c> the</c><00:41:41.780><c> heart</c><00:41:41.960><c> might</c><00:41:42.239><c> want.</c>

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:46.480
A<00:41:43.719><c> time</c><00:41:44.059><c> when</c><00:41:44.280><c> men</c><00:41:44.679><c> glory</c><00:41:45.099><c> in</c><00:41:45.239><c> their</c><00:41:45.460><c> personal</c><00:41:45.880><c> possessions.</c>

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:49.659
And<00:41:46.960><c> it's</c><00:41:47.159><c> easy</c><00:41:47.460><c> to</c><00:41:47.679><c> forget</c><00:41:47.920><c> our</c><00:41:48.199><c> spiritual</c><00:41:48.619><c> values</c><00:41:49.099><c> and</c><00:41:49.480><c> our</c>

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.420
spiritual<00:41:50.099><c> needs</c>

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:51.880
as<00:41:50.579><c> we</c><00:41:50.760><c> come</c><00:41:50.920><c> to</c><00:41:51.079><c> consider</c><00:41:51.400><c> these</c><00:41:51.699><c> things.</c>

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:56.340
We've<00:41:52.320><c> got</c><00:41:52.400><c> to</c><00:41:52.639><c> open</c><00:41:52.800><c> our</c><00:41:53.079><c> ears</c><00:41:53.659><c> and</c><00:41:54.320><c> our</c><00:41:54.579><c> eyes</c><00:41:54.980><c> and</c><00:41:55.539><c> our</c><00:41:55.820><c> heart</c>

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.519
to<00:41:56.659><c> this</c><00:41:56.920><c> parable</c>

00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:00.159
and<00:41:58.099><c> see</c><00:41:58.360><c> it</c><00:41:58.559><c> as</c><00:41:58.679><c> an</c><00:41:58.880><c> application</c><00:41:59.360><c> in</c><00:41:59.619><c> our</c><00:41:59.800><c> lives.</c>

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:05.619
And<00:42:00.840><c> because</c><00:42:01.400><c> we</c><00:42:01.699><c> can</c><00:42:01.860><c> become</c><00:42:02.280><c> tempted</c><00:42:02.699><c> to</c><00:42:02.960><c> make</c><00:42:03.179><c> unwise</c><00:42:03.760><c> decisions</c><00:42:04.360><c> and</c>

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.380
foolish<00:42:06.179><c> ways.</c>

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:10.300
Christ<00:42:07.739><c> says</c><00:42:08.079><c> in</c><00:42:08.280><c> verse</c><00:42:08.559><c> 19</c><00:42:09.039><c> of</c><00:42:09.219><c> this</c><00:42:09.820><c> chapter</c>

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:14.219
that<00:42:10.739><c> that</c><00:42:11.099><c> sort</c><00:42:11.300><c> of</c><00:42:11.519><c> attitude</c><00:42:11.840><c> consists</c><00:42:12.340><c> in</c><00:42:12.599><c> having</c><00:42:13.199><c> much</c><00:42:13.760><c> goods.</c>

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:18.260
It's<00:42:15.300><c> not</c><00:42:15.500><c> necessary</c><00:42:16.059><c> to</c><00:42:16.260><c> have</c><00:42:16.380><c> a</c><00:42:16.519><c> large</c><00:42:16.760><c> bank</c><00:42:17.039><c> account</c><00:42:17.659><c> to</c>

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.360
fall<00:42:18.380><c> into</c><00:42:18.619><c> temptation</c>

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:22.800
to<00:42:20.099><c> become</c><00:42:20.380><c> the</c><00:42:20.599><c> Nabals</c><00:42:20.920><c> of</c><00:42:21.119><c> this</c><00:42:21.340><c> 20th</c><00:42:21.739><c> century.</c>

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:26.619
That<00:42:23.739><c> sort</c><00:42:23.960><c> of</c><00:42:24.159><c> person</c><00:42:24.440><c> can</c><00:42:24.719><c> put</c><00:42:25.000><c> confidence</c><00:42:25.519><c> in</c><00:42:26.059><c> the</c><00:42:26.340><c> goods</c>

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:28.480
of<00:42:26.960><c> wood</c><00:42:27.239><c> and</c><00:42:27.539><c> iron</c><00:42:27.860><c> and</c><00:42:28.179><c> stone</c>

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:31.280
of<00:42:28.619><c> which</c><00:42:28.760><c> there</c><00:42:28.960><c> are</c><00:42:29.159><c> plenty</c><00:42:29.519><c> in</c><00:42:29.820><c> our</c><00:42:30.059><c> supermarkets</c><00:42:30.820><c> and</c>

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:33.019
emporiums<00:42:31.800><c> today.</c>

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:37.039
Nabals<00:42:33.860><c> of</c><00:42:34.059><c> this</c><00:42:34.280><c> century</c><00:42:34.619><c> delight</c><00:42:35.019><c> themselves</c><00:42:35.460><c> in</c><00:42:35.659><c> the</c><00:42:35.900><c> possessions</c><00:42:36.199><c> of</c><00:42:36.480><c> luxuries</c>

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:40.159
and<00:42:37.480><c> homes</c><00:42:37.840><c> and</c><00:42:38.059><c> furniture</c><00:42:38.559><c> and</c><00:42:38.960><c> vehicles.</c>

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:43.400
Whilst<00:42:41.139><c> not</c><00:42:41.400><c> to</c><00:42:41.559><c> cry</c><00:42:41.719><c> in</c><00:42:41.940><c> comfort</c><00:42:42.119><c> because</c><00:42:42.480><c> we</c><00:42:42.679><c> like</c><00:42:42.900><c> a</c><00:42:43.139><c> little</c>

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:44.579
from<00:42:43.840><c> time</c><00:42:44.000><c> to</c><00:42:44.260><c> time</c>

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:47.559
we<00:42:44.940><c> must</c><00:42:45.219><c> at</c><00:42:45.400><c> the</c><00:42:45.599><c> same</c><00:42:45.900><c> time</c><00:42:46.099><c> be</c><00:42:46.340><c> aware</c><00:42:46.639><c> of</c><00:42:46.840><c> the</c><00:42:47.019><c> dangers</c><00:42:47.320><c> that</c>

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:49.019
are<00:42:47.699><c> facing</c><00:42:47.940><c> us.</c>

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:51.760
He<00:42:49.380><c> thought</c><00:42:49.800><c> within</c><00:42:50.280><c> himself.</c>

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:55.780
That's<00:42:52.980><c> where</c><00:42:53.139><c> the</c><00:42:53.320><c> danger</c><00:42:53.500><c> was,</c><00:42:53.960><c> thought</c><00:42:54.239><c> within</c><00:42:54.519><c> himself.</c>

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:59.019
It's<00:42:56.960><c> easy</c><00:42:57.159><c> to</c><00:42:57.480><c> become</c><00:42:57.679><c> Nabal</c><00:42:58.000><c>-like,</c><00:42:58.239><c> brothers</c><00:42:58.460><c> and</c><00:42:58.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:02.340
And<00:42:59.400><c> there</c><00:42:59.519><c> are</c><00:42:59.519><c> three</c><00:43:00.079><c> problems</c><00:43:00.579><c> that</c><00:43:01.079><c> is</c><00:43:01.320><c> common</c><00:43:01.619><c> in</c><00:43:01.780><c> Australia</c>

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:04.480
to<00:43:02.659><c> which</c><00:43:02.820><c> I</c><00:43:03.019><c> bring</c><00:43:03.179><c> your</c><00:43:03.420><c> attention.</c>

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:07.980
Three<00:43:05.260><c> problems</c><00:43:05.619><c> that</c><00:43:05.820><c> we</c><00:43:05.980><c> have</c><00:43:06.199><c> had</c><00:43:06.599><c> to</c><00:43:06.960><c> be</c><00:43:07.219><c> involved</c><00:43:07.659><c> in</c>

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:11.860
in<00:43:08.900><c> trying</c><00:43:09.099><c> to</c><00:43:09.340><c> help</c><00:43:09.579><c> this</c><00:43:10.440><c> certain</c><00:43:10.659><c> situation.</c>

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:16.519
Before<00:43:13.820><c> signing</c><00:43:14.300><c> higher</c><00:43:14.739><c> purchase</c><00:43:15.320><c> documents</c>

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:21.579
we<00:43:17.760><c> ought</c><00:43:17.980><c> to</c><00:43:18.099><c> consider</c><00:43:18.559><c> whether</c><00:43:18.880><c> the</c><00:43:19.099><c> repayments</c><00:43:19.679><c> which</c><00:43:19.940><c> are</c><00:43:20.139><c> necessary</c>

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:26.659
to<00:43:22.900><c> require</c><00:43:23.320><c> us</c><00:43:23.559><c> to</c><00:43:23.719><c> work</c><00:43:24.000><c> overtime</c><00:43:24.519><c> in</c><00:43:24.760><c> order</c><00:43:24.980><c> to</c><00:43:25.260><c> sustain</c><00:43:25.699><c> them</c>

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:32.619
which<00:43:27.820><c> way</c><00:43:28.280><c> deprive</c><00:43:29.099><c> us</c><00:43:29.739><c> of</c><00:43:30.320><c> the</c><00:43:30.599><c> association</c><00:43:31.199><c> with</c><00:43:31.519><c> our</c><00:43:31.760><c> brethren</c><00:43:32.019><c> and</c><00:43:32.300><c> sisters</c>

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:34.719
at<00:43:32.960><c> the</c><00:43:33.179><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:33.539><c> meetings</c><00:43:33.960><c> each</c><00:43:34.360><c> week.</c>

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:38.679
And<00:43:35.300><c> we</c><00:43:35.500><c> forget</c><00:43:35.980><c> and</c><00:43:36.300><c> leave</c><00:43:36.639><c> David</c><00:43:37.119><c> and</c><00:43:37.380><c> his</c><00:43:37.739><c> servants</c><00:43:38.059><c> outside.</c>

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:42.440
It's<00:43:38.920><c> what</c><00:43:39.260><c> Nabal</c><00:43:39.760><c> did</c><00:43:40.159><c> when</c><00:43:40.800><c> he</c><00:43:40.980><c> sent</c><00:43:41.159><c> David's</c><00:43:41.699><c> servants</c><00:43:41.900><c> back</c><00:43:42.179><c> and</c><00:43:42.340><c> said</c>

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:46.599
I'm<00:43:42.659><c> too</c><00:43:42.920><c> busy</c><00:43:43.380><c> attending</c><00:43:43.860><c> to</c><00:43:44.099><c> my</c><00:43:44.239><c> income</c><00:43:44.619><c> to</c><00:43:44.820><c> bother</c><00:43:45.019><c> about</c><00:43:45.320><c> you.</c>

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:50.340
He<00:43:47.760><c> didn't</c><00:43:47.980><c> seek</c><00:43:48.179><c> the</c><00:43:48.320><c> opportunity</c><00:43:48.780><c> to</c><00:43:49.019><c> meet</c><00:43:49.159><c> with</c><00:43:49.380><c> him.</c>

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:55.500
Secondly,<00:43:52.460><c> before</c><00:43:52.820><c> adding</c><00:43:53.239><c> to</c><00:43:53.539><c> our</c><00:43:53.840><c> luxuries</c>

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:59.039
to<00:43:56.860><c> our</c><00:43:57.119><c> personal</c><00:43:57.380><c> possessions</c><00:43:57.780><c> we</c><00:43:58.000><c> ought</c><00:43:58.239><c> to</c><00:43:58.480><c> consider</c>

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:02.539
whether<00:43:59.519><c> we</c><00:43:59.760><c> are</c><00:44:00.000><c> wisely</c><00:44:00.480><c> supporting</c><00:44:01.099><c> the</c><00:44:01.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:01.780><c> financially.</c>

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:06.920
It<00:44:02.719><c> was</c><00:44:03.159><c> a</c><00:44:03.360><c> divine</c><00:44:03.760><c> law</c><00:44:04.099><c> in</c><00:44:04.320><c> Israel</c><00:44:05.039><c> that</c><00:44:05.820><c> the</c><00:44:06.079><c> religious</c><00:44:06.440><c> services</c>

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:11.019
be<00:44:07.159><c> maintained</c><00:44:08.119><c> by</c><00:44:08.820><c> the</c><00:44:09.059><c> payment</c><00:44:09.400><c> of</c><00:44:09.719><c> a</c><00:44:09.960><c> tithe.</c>

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:14.039
That<00:44:11.340><c> means</c><00:44:11.619><c> that</c><00:44:11.800><c> in</c><00:44:11.960><c> the</c><00:44:12.099><c> days</c><00:44:12.320><c> of</c><00:44:12.679><c> David,</c><00:44:12.940><c> in</c><00:44:13.079><c> the</c><00:44:13.219><c> days</c><00:44:13.420><c> of</c><00:44:13.820><c> Nabal</c>

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:19.380
a<00:44:14.360><c> person</c><00:44:14.760><c> on</c><00:44:14.940><c> an</c><00:44:15.099><c> income</c><00:44:15.280><c> of</c><00:44:15.480><c> $50</c><00:44:15.960><c> paid</c><00:44:16.460><c> $5</c><00:44:17.019><c> each</c><00:44:17.820><c> week</c><00:44:18.300><c> to</c><00:44:19.199><c> the</c>

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:20.739
ecclesial<00:44:19.739><c> work.</c>

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:25.440
We've<00:44:22.500><c> got</c><00:44:22.559><c> to</c><00:44:22.619><c> look</c><00:44:22.780><c> at</c><00:44:22.940><c> that</c><00:44:23.079><c> in</c><00:44:23.300><c> respect</c><00:44:23.579><c> to</c><00:44:23.780><c> our</c><00:44:23.940><c> own</c><00:44:24.400><c> position.</c>

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:30.500
Nabal<00:44:26.260><c> refused</c><00:44:26.719><c> to</c><00:44:27.019><c> share</c><00:44:27.239><c> his</c><00:44:28.260><c> prosperity</c><00:44:29.400><c> with</c><00:44:29.900><c> David.</c>

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:34.260
He<00:44:31.639><c> preferred</c><00:44:32.119><c> to</c><00:44:32.380><c> keep</c><00:44:32.619><c> his</c><00:44:32.920><c> wealth</c><00:44:33.260><c> and</c><00:44:33.679><c> his</c><00:44:33.960><c> possessions</c>

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:35.920
to<00:44:34.500><c> his</c><00:44:34.679><c> own</c><00:44:34.960><c> enjoyment</c>

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:40.059
and<00:44:36.980><c> in</c><00:44:37.139><c> doing</c><00:44:37.380><c> so</c><00:44:37.699><c> he</c><00:44:37.980><c> denied</c><00:44:38.360><c> himself</c><00:44:38.820><c> and</c><00:44:39.000><c> deprived</c><00:44:39.300><c> himself</c><00:44:39.699><c> of</c><00:44:39.900><c> the</c>

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:41.719
future<00:44:40.599><c> inheritance.</c>

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:48.840
Thirdly,<00:44:43.400><c> before</c><00:44:43.679><c> considering</c><00:44:44.679><c> a</c><00:44:45.280><c> position</c><00:44:45.739><c> of</c><00:44:46.480><c> better</c><00:44:46.980><c> authority</c><00:44:47.820><c> in</c><00:44:48.099><c> a</c><00:44:48.219><c> business</c>

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:52.400
of<00:44:49.619><c> employment</c><00:44:50.039><c> we</c><00:44:50.480><c> ought</c><00:44:50.719><c> to</c><00:44:50.900><c> consider</c><00:44:51.199><c> whether</c><00:44:51.440><c> by</c><00:44:51.840><c> so</c><00:44:52.119><c> doing</c>

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.699
we<00:44:52.780><c> commit</c><00:44:53.019><c> ourselves</c><00:44:53.719><c> to</c><00:44:54.239><c> greater</c><00:44:54.639><c> servitude</c><00:44:55.239><c> to</c><00:44:55.400><c> the</c><00:44:55.579><c> god</c>

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.539
of<00:44:55.880><c> this</c><00:44:56.079><c> age.</c>

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:59.840
If<00:44:57.179><c> it</c><00:44:57.400><c> means</c><00:44:57.679><c> that</c><00:44:57.860><c> we</c><00:44:57.980><c> have</c><00:44:58.199><c> to</c><00:44:58.320><c> give</c><00:44:58.440><c> more</c><00:44:58.760><c> time</c><00:44:59.079><c> and</c><00:44:59.440><c> energy</c>

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:05.559
and<00:45:00.219><c> consideration</c><00:45:00.800><c> to</c><00:45:01.019><c> our</c><00:45:01.280><c> work</c><00:45:01.860><c> than</c><00:45:04.019><c> to</c><00:45:04.239><c> the</c><00:45:04.460><c> truth</c>

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:10.360
then<00:45:06.639><c> the</c><00:45:06.820><c> benefits</c><00:45:07.179><c> of</c><00:45:07.440><c> that</c><00:45:07.780><c> employment</c><00:45:08.179><c> are</c><00:45:08.420><c> very</c><00:45:08.739><c> doubtful</c>

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:13.380
when<00:45:10.719><c> you</c><00:45:10.820><c> consider</c><00:45:11.539><c> the</c><00:45:11.960><c> attitude</c><00:45:12.460><c> of</c><00:45:12.940><c> Nabal.</c>

00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:17.400
He<00:45:13.840><c> was</c><00:45:14.139><c> found</c><00:45:14.440><c> involved</c><00:45:14.980><c> in</c><00:45:15.280><c> feasting</c><00:45:15.780><c> and</c><00:45:16.059><c> worldly</c><00:45:16.300><c> enjoyment</c>

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:21.179
that<00:45:18.460><c> there</c><00:45:18.639><c> was</c><00:45:18.760><c> no</c><00:45:19.019><c> time</c><00:45:19.199><c> for</c><00:45:19.440><c> David</c><00:45:19.719><c> and</c><00:45:19.920><c> his</c><00:45:20.119><c> friends.</c>

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:24.300
Brethren<00:45:22.019><c> and</c><00:45:22.159><c> sisters,</c><00:45:22.639><c> this</c><00:45:22.739><c> parable</c><00:45:23.260><c> of</c><00:45:23.599><c> the</c><00:45:23.840><c> rich</c><00:45:24.079><c> fall</c>

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:27.619
tells<00:45:24.639><c> us</c><00:45:25.559><c> that</c><00:45:25.860><c> we</c><00:45:26.039><c> cannot</c><00:45:26.420><c> afford</c>

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:33.440
we<00:45:28.579><c> cannot</c><00:45:28.900><c> afford</c><00:45:29.860><c> to</c><00:45:30.860><c> give</c><00:45:31.019><c> any</c><00:45:31.260><c> more</c><00:45:31.480><c> time</c><00:45:31.880><c> or</c><00:45:32.260><c> interest</c><00:45:32.699><c> or</c><00:45:33.139><c> wealth</c>

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:36.079
to<00:45:33.639><c> the</c><00:45:33.800><c> things</c><00:45:33.960><c> of</c><00:45:34.159><c> this</c><00:45:34.400><c> world</c><00:45:34.619><c> than</c><00:45:34.760><c> is</c><00:45:35.019><c> absolutely</c><00:45:35.519><c> necessary.</c>

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:38.639
Our<00:45:36.559><c> probation</c><00:45:36.940><c> is</c><00:45:37.159><c> very</c><00:45:37.460><c> limited.</c>

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:42.579
Nabal<00:45:39.739><c> died</c><00:45:40.139><c> before</c><00:45:40.519><c> the</c><00:45:40.840><c> chapter</c><00:45:41.159><c> concluded.</c>

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:49.400
The<00:45:45.760><c> same</c><00:45:45.900><c> urgency</c><00:45:46.360><c> is</c><00:45:46.800><c> required</c><00:45:47.039><c> of</c><00:45:47.219><c> us</c><00:45:48.239><c> for</c><00:45:48.500><c> our</c><00:45:48.639><c> Lord</c><00:45:48.840><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:52.840
as<00:45:49.780><c> he</c><00:45:49.980><c> was</c><00:45:50.199><c> about</c><00:45:50.599><c> to</c><00:45:51.739><c> conclude</c><00:45:52.159><c> his</c><00:45:52.480><c> life.</c>

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:57.059
In<00:45:53.380><c> Luke</c><00:45:53.599><c> chapter</c><00:45:53.960><c> 21</c><00:45:55.500><c> he</c><00:45:56.000><c> says</c><00:45:56.260><c> in</c><00:45:56.360><c> verse</c><00:45:56.599><c> 34</c>

00:45:57.059 --> 00:46:01.360
Take<00:45:57.380><c> heed</c><00:45:57.960><c> to</c><00:45:58.519><c> yourselves</c><00:45:59.380><c> lest</c><00:46:00.119><c> at</c><00:46:00.380><c> any</c><00:46:00.659><c> time</c><00:46:00.880><c> your</c><00:46:01.099><c> hearts</c>

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:02.280
be<00:46:01.679><c> overcharged</c>

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:04.960
with<00:46:02.579><c> surfeiting</c><00:46:03.039><c> and</c><00:46:03.280><c> drunkenness</c><00:46:03.760><c> and</c><00:46:03.920><c> the</c><00:46:04.079><c> cares</c><00:46:04.260><c> of</c><00:46:04.460><c> this</c><00:46:04.679><c> life</c>

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:08.039
so<00:46:05.340><c> that</c><00:46:05.639><c> day</c><00:46:05.860><c> come</c><00:46:06.079><c> upon</c><00:46:06.360><c> you</c><00:46:06.579><c> unawares.</c>

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:11.079
It's<00:46:08.800><c> going</c><00:46:08.960><c> to</c><00:46:09.099><c> come</c><00:46:09.239><c> upon</c><00:46:09.480><c> a</c><00:46:09.579><c> lot</c><00:46:09.699><c> of</c><00:46:09.880><c> rich</c><00:46:10.099><c> fools.</c>

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:16.380
It's<00:46:12.599><c> going</c><00:46:12.719><c> to</c><00:46:12.760><c> come</c><00:46:12.980><c> upon</c><00:46:13.239><c> a</c><00:46:13.300><c> lot</c><00:46:13.519><c> of</c><00:46:14.900><c> poor</c><00:46:15.239><c> fools.</c>

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:18.840
For<00:46:17.159><c> a</c><00:46:17.300><c> fool</c><00:46:17.420><c> doesn't</c><00:46:17.739><c> depend</c><00:46:18.059><c> upon</c><00:46:18.280><c> what</c><00:46:18.440><c> he</c><00:46:18.599><c> has</c>

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:20.920
but<00:46:19.000><c> what</c><00:46:19.119><c> he</c><00:46:19.239><c> does</c><00:46:19.480><c> with</c><00:46:19.639><c> what</c><00:46:19.800><c> he</c><00:46:19.980><c> has.</c>

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:24.739
And<00:46:21.800><c> all</c><00:46:21.940><c> the</c><00:46:22.159><c> decisions</c><00:46:22.500><c> of</c><00:46:22.760><c> our</c><00:46:22.980><c> lives</c><00:46:23.260><c> must</c><00:46:23.480><c> be</c><00:46:24.019><c> wisely</c><00:46:24.420><c> made</c>

00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:28.300
in<00:46:24.960><c> view</c><00:46:25.199><c> of</c><00:46:25.599><c> the</c><00:46:26.340><c> very</c><00:46:26.980><c> urgent</c><00:46:27.420><c> times</c><00:46:27.780><c> in</c><00:46:27.920><c> which</c><00:46:28.039><c> we</c><00:46:28.219><c> live.</c>

00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:30.340
Our<00:46:28.559><c> Lord</c><00:46:28.780><c> Jesus</c><00:46:29.139><c> Christ</c><00:46:29.400><c> is</c><00:46:29.579><c> about</c><00:46:29.860><c> to</c><00:46:30.099><c> return.</c>

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:33.139
The<00:46:30.840><c> signs</c><00:46:31.019><c> of</c><00:46:31.179><c> the</c><00:46:31.360><c> times</c><00:46:31.539><c> remind</c><00:46:31.900><c> us</c><00:46:32.119><c> of</c><00:46:32.239><c> that</c><00:46:32.360><c> brethren</c><00:46:32.659><c> and</c><00:46:32.860><c> sisters</c>

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:37.400
and<00:46:33.579><c> the</c><00:46:33.780><c> news</c><00:46:33.920><c> has</c><00:46:34.159><c> been</c><00:46:34.300><c> brought</c><00:46:34.460><c> to</c><00:46:34.579><c> us</c><00:46:34.780><c> today</c><00:46:35.260><c> of</c><00:46:36.179><c> American</c><00:46:36.880><c> involvement</c>

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:42.460
with<00:46:37.699><c> an</c><00:46:37.940><c> Iranian</c><00:46:38.380><c> airplane</c><00:46:39.119><c> causing</c><00:46:40.239><c> death</c><00:46:40.559><c> to</c><00:46:40.840><c> 200</c><00:46:41.099><c> people</c>

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:45.579
which<00:46:43.099><c> is</c><00:46:43.440><c> another</c><00:46:43.780><c> step</c><00:46:44.159><c> upon</c><00:46:44.420><c> the</c><00:46:44.719><c> divine</c><00:46:45.099><c> program</c>

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which<00:46:45.739><c> is</c><00:46:45.960><c> bringing</c><00:46:46.239><c> back</c><00:46:46.659><c> David</c><00:46:47.019><c> and</c><00:46:47.179><c> his</c><00:46:47.360><c> men.</c>

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And<00:46:49.199><c> we</c><00:46:49.559><c> shall</c><00:46:49.800><c> meet</c><00:46:50.099><c> him</c><00:46:51.039><c> as</c><00:46:51.519><c> the</c><00:46:51.780><c> Abigail</c><00:46:52.320><c> of</c><00:46:53.079><c> the</c><00:46:53.260><c> last</c><00:46:53.599><c> times</c>

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as<00:46:54.920><c> the</c><00:46:55.239><c> bride</c><00:46:55.739><c> who</c><00:46:56.900><c> has</c><00:46:57.199><c> given</c><00:46:57.380><c> up</c><00:46:58.260><c> the</c><00:46:58.900><c> associations</c><00:47:00.059><c> with</c>

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her<00:47:01.139><c> husband</c>

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the<00:47:01.960><c> fool</c><00:47:02.179><c> of</c><00:47:02.500><c> this</c><00:47:02.800><c> world</c><00:47:03.119><c> that</c><00:47:03.420><c> we</c><00:47:03.659><c> might</c><00:47:03.900><c> enjoy</c><00:47:04.659><c> the</c><00:47:05.059><c> company</c><00:47:05.599><c> of</c><00:47:06.199><c> a</c>

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greater<00:47:06.559><c> king</c>

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that's<00:47:07.599><c> David.</c>

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And<00:47:08.699><c> when</c><00:47:08.940><c> the</c><00:47:09.179><c> fool</c><00:47:09.340><c> had</c><00:47:09.699><c> gone,</c><00:47:10.480><c> when</c><00:47:10.760><c> God</c><00:47:11.039><c> had</c><00:47:11.340><c> smitten</c><00:47:11.579><c> him</c>

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at<00:47:12.440><c> the</c><00:47:12.619><c> set</c><00:47:12.820><c> time</c><00:47:13.239><c> when</c><00:47:13.420><c> it</c><00:47:13.559><c> was</c><00:47:13.800><c> to</c><00:47:13.980><c> favour</c><00:47:14.340><c> Zion</c>

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then<00:47:15.500><c> Abigail</c><00:47:15.980><c> accepted</c><00:47:16.559><c> the</c><00:47:16.840><c> care</c><00:47:17.219><c> and</c><00:47:17.619><c> the</c><00:47:17.800><c> love</c><00:47:17.980><c> and</c><00:47:18.139><c> the</c>

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support<00:47:18.599><c> of</c><00:47:18.940><c> David.</c>

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It's<00:47:21.079><c> better</c><00:47:21.239><c> to</c><00:47:21.480><c> be</c><00:47:21.599><c> with</c><00:47:21.820><c> David</c><00:47:22.380><c> and</c><00:47:23.239><c> suffer</c><00:47:23.619><c> adversity</c><00:47:24.300><c> with</c><00:47:24.539><c> the</c>

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things<00:47:24.860><c> of</c><00:47:25.119><c> God</c>

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than<00:47:25.519><c> to</c><00:47:25.679><c> enjoy</c><00:47:26.000><c> the</c><00:47:26.260><c> pleasures</c><00:47:26.539><c> of</c><00:47:26.820><c> sin</c><00:47:27.079><c> for</c><00:47:27.340><c> a</c><00:47:27.360><c> season.</c>

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That's<00:47:28.039><c> this</c><00:47:28.280><c> parable</c><00:47:28.559><c> brethren</c><00:47:28.900><c> and</c><00:47:29.159><c> sisters.</c>

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Presently<00:47:30.079><c> David</c><00:47:30.500><c> shall</c><00:47:30.719><c> return</c><00:47:31.059><c> with</c><00:47:31.300><c> vengeance.</c>

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We<00:47:32.000><c> believe</c><00:47:32.340><c> it's</c><00:47:32.639><c> very</c><00:47:32.960><c> soon.</c>

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The<00:47:33.719><c> signs</c><00:47:33.880><c> of</c><00:47:34.039><c> the</c><00:47:34.199><c> times</c><00:47:34.380><c> remind</c><00:47:34.719><c> us.</c>

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The<00:47:35.800><c> prophecy</c><00:47:36.179><c> of</c><00:47:36.360><c> our</c><00:47:36.519><c> Lord</c><00:47:36.679><c> in</c><00:47:36.960><c> Luke</c><00:47:37.159><c> chapter</c><00:47:37.480><c> 21</c>

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:41.800
urges<00:47:38.500><c> us</c><00:47:38.940><c> to</c><00:47:39.440><c> consider</c><00:47:39.980><c> and</c><00:47:40.420><c> take</c><00:47:40.739><c> heed</c><00:47:40.920><c> to</c><00:47:41.159><c> ourselves</c>

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because<00:47:42.500><c> he</c><00:47:42.739><c> knew</c><00:47:42.840><c> the</c><00:47:43.039><c> dangers</c><00:47:43.320><c> of</c><00:47:43.539><c> this</c><00:47:43.739><c> age.</c>

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The<00:47:44.519><c> divine</c><00:47:45.059><c> will</c><00:47:45.480><c> will</c><00:47:45.760><c> be</c><00:47:46.639><c> extracted</c><00:47:47.260><c> upon</c><00:47:47.820><c> the</c><00:47:48.940><c> nobles</c><00:47:49.320><c> of</c>

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this<00:47:49.780><c> age</c>

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that<00:47:50.500><c> those</c><00:47:50.820><c> like</c><00:47:51.059><c> the</c><00:47:51.239><c> lovely</c><00:47:51.579><c> Abigail</c><00:47:52.139><c> and</c><00:47:53.900><c> her</c><00:47:54.179><c> faithful</c><00:47:54.500><c> servant</c>

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:59.039
who<00:47:56.300><c> pleaded</c><00:47:56.659><c> the</c><00:47:56.900><c> mercy</c><00:47:57.260><c> of</c><00:47:57.559><c> David</c><00:47:57.900><c> at</c><00:47:58.099><c> a</c><00:47:58.260><c> time</c><00:47:58.460><c> of</c><00:47:58.719><c> need</c>

00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:01.940
to<00:47:59.420><c> such</c><00:47:59.579><c> will</c><00:47:59.780><c> be</c><00:47:59.980><c> given</c><00:48:00.179><c> the</c><00:48:00.440><c> same</c><00:48:00.679><c> words</c><00:48:00.940><c> as</c><00:48:01.139><c> she</c><00:48:01.320><c> heard</c><00:48:01.559><c> then</c>

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:06.340
words<00:48:02.619><c> of</c><00:48:02.860><c> joy</c><00:48:03.340><c> and</c><00:48:03.699><c> of</c><00:48:03.980><c> happiness</c><00:48:04.360><c> and</c><00:48:04.800><c> of</c><00:48:05.000><c> eternal</c><00:48:05.340><c> reward.</c>

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:10.039
Just<00:48:06.940><c> finally</c><00:48:07.300><c> brethren</c><00:48:07.719><c> and</c><00:48:08.000><c> sisters,</c><00:48:09.079><c> in</c><00:48:09.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:09.639><c> chapter</c>

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32<00:48:10.460><c> and</c><00:48:10.699><c> verse</c><00:48:10.900><c> 6</c>

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:14.380
you<00:48:11.500><c> have</c><00:48:11.699><c> the</c><00:48:11.960><c> last</c><00:48:12.380><c> chapter</c><00:48:12.760><c> of</c><00:48:13.019><c> the</c><00:48:13.179><c> story,</c><00:48:13.920><c> the</c><00:48:14.099><c> parable</c>

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of<00:48:14.699><c> Nabal.</c>

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When<00:48:17.360><c> the</c><00:48:17.559><c> prophecy</c><00:48:17.900><c> of</c><00:48:18.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:18.539><c> says</c><00:48:18.880><c> here,</c><00:48:20.940><c> in</c><00:48:21.059><c> verse</c><00:48:21.239><c> 5</c>

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:27.460
the<00:48:23.820><c> vile</c><00:48:24.280><c> person,</c><00:48:24.820><c> the</c><00:48:25.000><c> word</c><00:48:25.260><c> vile</c><00:48:25.579><c> is</c><00:48:25.760><c> the</c><00:48:25.880><c> word</c><00:48:26.019><c> Nabal,</c><00:48:26.940><c> the</c><00:48:27.199><c> fool</c>

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:30.420
he<00:48:27.920><c> shall</c><00:48:28.119><c> no</c><00:48:28.400><c> more</c><00:48:28.579><c> be</c><00:48:28.800><c> called</c><00:48:28.960><c> liberal</c><00:48:29.320><c> nor</c><00:48:29.739><c> the</c><00:48:30.039><c> chore</c><00:48:30.219><c> said</c>

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:31.219
to<00:48:30.599><c> be</c><00:48:30.780><c> bountifully</c>

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for<00:48:31.639><c> the</c><00:48:31.920><c> vile</c><00:48:32.179><c> person</c><00:48:32.539><c> will</c><00:48:32.800><c> speak</c><00:48:33.039><c> villainy</c><00:48:33.679><c> and</c><00:48:33.820><c> his</c><00:48:34.059><c> heart</c>

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will<00:48:34.460><c> work</c><00:48:34.659><c> iniquity</c>

00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:38.119
to<00:48:35.340><c> practice</c><00:48:35.619><c> hypocrisy</c><00:48:36.440><c> and</c><00:48:36.760><c> to</c><00:48:36.920><c> utter</c><00:48:37.099><c> error</c><00:48:37.360><c> against</c><00:48:37.719><c> Yahweh</c>

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:39.860
and<00:48:38.280><c> to</c><00:48:38.460><c> make</c><00:48:38.639><c> empty</c><00:48:38.920><c> the</c><00:48:39.159><c> soul</c><00:48:39.260><c> of</c><00:48:39.440><c> the</c><00:48:39.599><c> hungry</c>

00:48:39.860 --> 00:48:41.760
and<00:48:40.179><c> cause</c><00:48:40.460><c> the</c><00:48:40.699><c> drink</c><00:48:40.820><c> of</c><00:48:41.000><c> the</c><00:48:41.179><c> thirsty</c><00:48:41.380><c> to</c><00:48:41.619><c> fail</c>

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:45.380
and<00:48:42.099><c> upon</c><00:48:42.340><c> him</c><00:48:42.639><c> shall</c><00:48:42.840><c> the</c><00:48:43.079><c> vengeance</c><00:48:43.340><c> of</c><00:48:43.579><c> Almighty</c><00:48:43.880><c> God</c><00:48:44.219><c> descend.</c>

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That's<00:48:46.760><c> the</c><00:48:46.840><c> whole</c><00:48:47.039><c> purpose</c><00:48:47.360><c> of</c><00:48:47.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:47.860><c> chapter</c><00:48:48.239><c> 32.</c>

00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:54.079
The<00:48:49.820><c> coming</c><00:48:50.139><c> kingdom,</c><00:48:52.179><c> the</c><00:48:52.340><c> greater</c><00:48:52.599><c> than</c><00:48:52.900><c> David</c><00:48:53.159><c> will</c><00:48:53.480><c> establish</c>

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:57.880
will<00:48:54.420><c> show</c><00:48:54.739><c> the</c><00:48:55.900><c> true</c><00:48:56.380><c> character</c><00:48:57.000><c> of</c><00:48:57.360><c> humanity.</c>

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There<00:48:58.380><c> will</c><00:48:58.579><c> be</c><00:48:58.800><c> no</c><00:48:59.860><c> glory</c><00:49:00.460><c> in</c><00:49:00.760><c> the</c><00:49:01.019><c> pride</c><00:49:01.219><c> of</c><00:49:01.500><c> human</c><00:49:01.719><c> achievement</c>

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and<00:49:02.619><c> again</c><00:49:02.980><c> the</c><00:49:03.260><c> parable</c><00:49:03.579><c> will</c><00:49:03.820><c> be</c><00:49:04.099><c> enacted</c><00:49:04.360><c> brethren</c><00:49:04.739><c> and</c><00:49:04.960><c> sisters</c>

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but<00:49:05.619><c> the</c><00:49:05.900><c> enthusiastic,</c><00:49:06.840><c> the</c><00:49:07.119><c> generous,</c><00:49:08.260><c> they</c><00:49:08.980><c> will</c><00:49:09.219><c> find</c><00:49:09.400><c> rewards</c>

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and<00:49:11.039><c> treasure</c><00:49:11.519><c> and</c><00:49:12.280><c> real</c><00:49:12.659><c> riches</c><00:49:13.099><c> as</c><00:49:13.599><c> the</c><00:49:13.820><c> apostle</c><00:49:14.139><c> Paul</c><00:49:14.340><c> tells</c><00:49:14.639><c> us</c>

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in<00:49:15.400><c> Ephesians</c><00:49:15.780><c> chapter</c><00:49:16.059><c> 1</c><00:49:16.340><c> verse</c><00:49:16.599><c> 18</c><00:49:17.079><c> which</c><00:49:17.440><c> you</c><00:49:17.599><c> can</c><00:49:17.840><c> consider</c><00:49:18.239><c> at</c><00:49:18.599><c> your</c><00:49:18.780><c> leisure.</c>

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This<00:49:19.960><c> morning</c><00:49:20.300><c> the</c><00:49:20.539><c> master</c><00:49:20.900><c> has</c><00:49:21.219><c> spoken</c><00:49:21.500><c> to</c><00:49:21.760><c> us</c><00:49:22.400><c> in</c><00:49:22.719><c> parable</c>

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but<00:49:24.199><c> the</c><00:49:24.480><c> parable</c><00:49:24.760><c> must</c><00:49:25.000><c> be</c><00:49:25.320><c> transmitted</c><00:49:25.719><c> into</c><00:49:26.019><c> life</c>

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only<00:49:27.139><c> then</c><00:49:27.659><c> will</c><00:49:28.000><c> we</c><00:49:28.219><c> hear</c><00:49:28.760><c> and</c><00:49:29.199><c> understand.</c>

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Thank<00:49:43.880><c> you.</c>