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wished<00:10:49.700><c> in</c><00:10:49.840><c> himself</c><00:10:50.259><c> to</c><00:10:50.600><c> die,</c><00:10:51.000><c> and</c><00:10:51.220><c> said,</c><00:10:51.500><c> it</c><00:10:51.500><c> is</c><00:10:51.720><c> better</c><00:10:51.960><c> for</c>

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So<00:10:56.059><c> it's</c><00:10:56.220><c> obviously</c><00:10:56.539><c> God</c><00:10:56.840><c> knows</c><00:10:57.120><c> that</c><00:10:57.299><c> he</c><00:10:57.539><c> still</c><00:10:57.720><c> has</c><00:10:57.980><c> not</c><00:10:58.220><c> learned</c><00:10:58.419><c> his</c><00:10:58.700><c> lesson.</c>

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And<00:11:02.720><c> God</c><00:11:02.899><c> said</c><00:11:03.100><c> to</c><00:11:03.360><c> Jonah,</c><00:11:03.759><c> does</c><00:11:04.279><c> thou</c><00:11:04.539><c> well</c><00:11:04.720><c> to</c><00:11:04.860><c> be</c><00:11:05.080><c> angry</c><00:11:05.259><c> for</c>

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let<00:11:16.820><c> him</c><00:11:17.000><c> die.</c>

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I<00:11:24.820><c> mean,</c><00:11:24.879><c> he</c><00:11:25.000><c> doesn't</c><00:11:25.240><c> have</c><00:11:25.539><c> to.</c>

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Neither<00:11:38.919><c> made</c><00:11:39.159><c> us</c><00:11:39.360><c> grow,</c><00:11:40.220><c> which</c><00:11:40.440><c> came</c><00:11:40.620><c> up</c><00:11:40.820><c> in</c><00:11:40.960><c> a</c><00:11:41.100><c> night,</c><00:11:41.399><c> and</c><00:11:41.580><c> perished</c><00:11:41.879><c> in</c><00:11:42.019><c> a</c><00:11:42.120><c> night.</c>

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And<00:11:43.559><c> should</c><00:11:43.720><c> I</c><00:11:43.899><c> not</c><00:11:44.200><c> spare</c><00:11:44.600><c> Nineveh,</c><00:11:45.279><c> that</c><00:11:45.539><c> great</c><00:11:45.879><c> city,</c><00:11:46.840><c> wherein</c><00:11:46.960><c> are</c>

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See,<00:11:55.679><c> Jonah</c><00:11:55.899><c> did</c><00:11:56.159><c> nothing</c><00:11:56.559><c> to</c><00:11:56.840><c> deserve</c><00:11:57.419><c> the</c><00:11:57.759><c> vine.</c>

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Yet,<00:12:03.220><c> upon</c><00:12:03.639><c> seeing</c><00:12:03.879><c> that</c><00:12:04.100><c> it</c><00:12:04.320><c> was</c><00:12:04.539><c> gone,</c><00:12:04.860><c> he</c><00:12:05.059><c> put</c><00:12:05.279><c> more</c><00:12:05.559><c> value</c>

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See,<00:12:18.419><c> by</c><00:12:18.659><c> not</c><00:12:18.940><c> destroying</c><00:12:19.340><c> Nineveh,</c><00:12:20.899><c> God</c><00:12:21.139><c> shows</c><00:12:21.679><c> his</c><00:12:22.519><c> forgiveness</c><00:12:22.840><c> and</c>

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salvation<00:12:30.600><c> is</c><00:12:31.000><c> of</c><00:12:31.240><c> the</c><00:12:31.460><c> Lord.</c>

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teach<00:12:38.600><c> him.</c>

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Maybe<00:13:11.179><c> Jonah</c><00:13:11.460><c> just</c><00:13:11.679><c> went</c><00:13:11.799><c> away</c><00:13:11.980><c> mad,</c><00:13:12.419><c> maybe</c><00:13:12.659><c> he</c><00:13:12.899><c> stayed</c><00:13:13.059><c> in</c><00:13:13.200><c> Nineveh.</c>

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See,<00:13:23.100><c> God's</c><00:13:23.639><c> actions</c><00:13:23.639><c> toward</c><00:13:24.440><c> Jonah</c><00:13:24.759><c> and</c>

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toward<00:13:29.019><c> man.</c>

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he<00:13:36.539><c> chose</c><00:13:36.799><c> not</c><00:13:37.120><c> to,</c>

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Lord<00:13:48.539><c> God?</c>

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exacting<00:14:38.200><c> judgment</c><00:14:38.580><c> in</c><00:14:38.860><c> the</c><00:14:39.019><c> Bible.</c>

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Look<00:14:39.919><c> at</c><00:14:40.139><c> Sodom</c><00:14:40.460><c> and</c><00:14:40.539><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:14:41.840><c> and</c><00:14:42.019><c> God</c><00:14:42.139><c> was</c><00:14:42.279><c> gonna</c><00:14:42.440><c> destroy</c>

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And<00:14:51.279><c> God</c><00:14:51.460><c> agrees,</c><00:14:52.200><c> 50</c><00:14:52.460><c> is</c><00:14:52.679><c> fine.</c>

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And<00:16:48.940><c> Moses</c><00:16:49.240><c> went</c><00:16:49.399><c> up</c><00:16:49.580><c> from</c><00:16:49.720><c> the</c><00:16:49.899><c> plains</c><00:16:50.059><c> of</c><00:16:50.259><c> Moab</c><00:16:50.539><c> into</c><00:16:50.759><c> the</c><00:16:50.980><c> mountains</c><00:16:51.179><c> of</c><00:16:51.419><c> Nebo,</c>

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So<00:17:21.579><c> once</c><00:17:21.740><c> again,</c><00:17:21.980><c> God</c><00:17:22.279><c> was</c><00:17:22.579><c> true</c><00:17:22.819><c> to</c><00:17:22.980><c> his</c><00:17:23.200><c> word.</c>

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him<00:17:35.180><c> to</c><00:17:35.359><c> fulfill.</c>

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A<00:19:09.099><c> man</c><00:19:09.240><c> who</c><00:19:09.539><c> forgave</c><00:19:09.940><c> the</c><00:19:10.160><c> sins</c><00:19:10.400><c> of</c><00:19:10.680><c> many,</c><00:19:12.059><c> and</c><00:19:12.380><c> then</c><00:19:12.640><c> gave</c><00:19:12.819><c> up</c>

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about<00:19:34.900><c> earlier.</c>

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Maybe,<00:19:59.619><c> probably</c><00:20:00.099><c> not</c><00:20:00.400><c> having</c><00:20:00.559><c> to</c><00:20:00.839><c> ask</c><00:20:01.039><c> for</c><00:20:01.279><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:01.480><c> out</c>

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But<00:20:04.180><c> having</c><00:20:04.420><c> to</c><00:20:04.680><c> ask</c><00:20:04.900><c> God</c><00:20:05.339><c> for</c><00:20:06.000><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:06.519><c> and</c><00:20:06.940><c> mercy.</c>

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Knowing<00:20:08.400><c> that</c><00:20:08.700><c> his</c><00:20:08.920><c> memory</c><00:20:09.279><c> is</c><00:20:09.680><c> long.</c>

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Knowing<00:20:11.240><c> that</c><00:20:11.480><c> he</c><00:20:11.680><c> will</c><00:20:11.980><c> forgive</c><00:20:12.299><c> if</c><00:20:12.640><c> we</c><00:20:12.920><c> truly</c><00:20:13.319><c> repent.</c>

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Knowing<00:20:15.359><c> that</c><00:20:15.680><c> he</c><00:20:15.819><c> is</c><00:20:16.079><c> not</c><00:20:16.359><c> quick</c><00:20:16.539><c> to</c><00:20:16.799><c> judge,</c><00:20:17.440><c> but</c><00:20:17.599><c> he</c><00:20:17.759><c> will</c><00:20:18.079><c> judge</c><00:20:18.319><c> us</c>

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on<00:20:18.880><c> our</c><00:20:19.140><c> actions.</c>

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And<00:20:20.619><c> knowing</c><00:20:20.779><c> that</c><00:20:21.099><c> salvation</c><00:20:21.700><c> is</c><00:20:22.519><c> of</c><00:20:22.720><c> the</c><00:20:22.920><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:20:24.039><c> just</c><00:20:24.279><c> have</c><00:20:24.440><c> to</c><00:20:24.579><c> give</c><00:20:24.660><c> him</c><00:20:24.819><c> a</c><00:20:25.000><c> reason.</c>