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And<00:13:26.100><c> Solomon</c><00:13:26.519><c> clave</c><00:13:27.100><c> unto</c><00:13:27.379><c> these</c><00:13:27.779><c> in</c><00:13:28.120><c> love.</c><00:13:28.399><c> And</c><00:13:28.539><c> I</c><00:13:28.659><c> would</c><00:13:28.860><c> suggest</c><00:13:29.259><c> it</c>

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was<00:13:29.700><c> lust,</c><00:13:30.399><c> not</c><00:13:30.580><c> love.</c>

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And<00:13:32.860><c> look</c><00:13:33.019><c> at</c><00:13:33.139><c> it.</c><00:13:33.279><c> Verse</c><00:13:33.500><c> 3,</c><00:13:33.980><c> he</c><00:13:34.120><c> had</c><00:13:34.460><c> 700</c><00:13:35.740><c> wives,</c>

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princesses,<00:13:41.740><c> 300</c><00:13:42.259><c> concupines,</c><00:13:43.759><c> and</c><00:13:45.779><c> his</c><00:13:46.080><c> wives</c><00:13:46.559><c> turned</c><00:13:46.879><c> away</c>

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his<00:13:47.419><c> heart.</c><00:13:49.100><c> For</c><00:13:49.259><c> it</c><00:13:49.360><c> came</c><00:13:49.580><c> to</c><00:13:49.820><c> pass</c><00:13:49.980><c> when</c><00:13:50.259><c> Solomon</c>

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was<00:13:50.879><c> old</c><00:13:51.120><c> that</c><00:13:51.340><c> his</c><00:13:51.679><c> wives</c><00:13:52.100><c> turned</c><00:13:52.500><c> away</c><00:13:52.759><c> his</c><00:13:53.019><c> heart</c><00:13:53.419><c> after</c>

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other<00:13:54.539><c> gods,</c><00:13:55.220><c> and</c><00:13:56.320><c> his</c><00:13:56.559><c> heart</c><00:13:56.779><c> was</c><00:13:57.000><c> not</c><00:13:57.299><c> perfect</c>

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with<00:13:58.059><c> the</c><00:13:58.220><c> Lord</c><00:13:58.379><c> his</c><00:13:58.620><c> God,</c><00:14:00.159><c> as</c><00:14:00.379><c> was</c><00:14:00.539><c> the</c><00:14:00.700><c> heart</c><00:14:01.100><c> of</c><00:14:01.340><c> David</c><00:14:01.639><c> his</c>

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father.<00:14:04.700><c> So</c><00:14:04.960><c> if</c><00:14:05.159><c> ever</c><00:14:05.360><c> there</c><00:14:05.500><c> was</c><00:14:05.740><c> a</c><00:14:05.919><c> man</c><00:14:06.100><c> in</c><00:14:06.299><c> all</c><00:14:06.539><c> of</c>

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scripture<00:14:06.759><c> that</c><00:14:07.220><c> could</c><00:14:07.460><c> tell</c><00:14:07.679><c> us</c><00:14:07.899><c> about</c><00:14:08.179><c> women,</c><00:14:10.120><c> it</c><00:14:10.179><c> is</c><00:14:10.399><c> Solomon.</c><00:14:10.840><c> He</c>

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has<00:14:11.419><c> more</c><00:14:11.740><c> experience</c><00:14:12.399><c> with</c><00:14:12.639><c> women</c>

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than<00:14:13.600><c> any</c><00:14:13.960><c> other</c><00:14:14.240><c> living</c><00:14:14.440><c> man</c><00:14:14.740><c> that</c><00:14:14.879><c> has</c><00:14:15.039><c> ever</c><00:14:15.299><c> walked.</c><00:14:16.759><c> One</c>

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thousand<00:14:18.340><c> women,</c><00:14:19.179><c> perhaps</c><00:14:19.620><c> more.</c>

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That's<00:14:22.299><c> a</c><00:14:22.399><c> lot</c><00:14:22.500><c> of</c><00:14:22.620><c> women.</c>

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I<00:14:27.559><c> guess</c><00:14:27.919><c> all</c><00:14:28.240><c> beautiful.</c>

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Solomon<00:14:34.039><c> of</c><00:14:34.519><c> all</c><00:14:34.840><c> men</c><00:14:35.620><c> had</c><00:14:36.120><c> been</c><00:14:36.720><c> bewitched</c><00:14:37.279><c> by</c><00:14:37.679><c> the</c><00:14:38.039><c> power</c>

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which<00:14:39.980><c> women</c><00:14:40.659><c> have</c><00:14:41.240><c> over</c><00:14:41.600><c> men.</c>

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He<00:14:43.480><c> of</c><00:14:43.679><c> all</c><00:14:43.940><c> men</c><00:14:44.139><c> had</c><00:14:44.399><c> submitted</c><00:14:44.779><c> to</c><00:14:45.080><c> their</c><00:14:45.259><c> power.</c><00:14:46.580><c> He</c><00:14:46.700><c> was</c><00:14:47.019><c> exalted</c><00:14:47.740><c> by</c>

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their<00:14:48.419><c> enchantment.</c><00:14:49.000><c> He</c><00:14:49.120><c> was</c><00:14:49.460><c> crushed</c>

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by<00:14:50.059><c> their</c><00:14:50.379><c> spell.</c><00:14:51.200><c> And</c><00:14:51.399><c> in</c><00:14:51.559><c> the</c><00:14:51.759><c> end,</c><00:14:52.039><c> he</c><00:14:52.279><c> turned</c><00:14:52.600><c> away</c><00:14:53.019><c> his</c><00:14:53.340><c> heart</c><00:14:53.779><c> after</c><00:14:55.019><c> other</c><00:14:55.320><c> gods.</c><00:14:56.200><c> And</c><00:14:56.600><c> in</c>

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so<00:14:57.039><c> doing,</c>

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a<00:14:58.600><c> wise</c><00:14:59.080><c> virgin</c><00:14:59.519><c> became</c><00:15:00.100><c> a</c><00:15:00.620><c> foolish</c><00:15:01.100><c> virgin.</c>

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So<00:15:04.120><c> let's</c><00:15:04.759><c> see</c><00:15:05.120><c> what</c><00:15:05.779><c> Solomon</c><00:15:06.259><c> has</c><00:15:06.539><c> to</c><00:15:06.759><c> teach</c><00:15:06.960><c> us</c><00:15:07.220><c> in</c><00:15:07.519><c> Proverbs</c><00:15:08.000><c> 23.</c>

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He<00:15:11.139><c> tells</c><00:15:11.480><c> us</c><00:15:11.860><c> a</c><00:15:12.039><c> lot</c><00:15:12.440><c> about</c><00:15:12.980><c> women</c><00:15:13.399><c> and</c><00:15:13.919><c> in</c><00:15:14.460><c> the</c><00:15:14.720><c> Proverbs</c><00:15:15.120><c> a</c>

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lot<00:15:15.639><c> about</c><00:15:16.159><c> wayward</c><00:15:16.620><c> women,</c>

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about<00:15:18.220><c> strange</c><00:15:18.740><c> women,</c><00:15:20.259><c> about</c><00:15:20.740><c> bewitching</c><00:15:21.740><c> women.</c>

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Proverbs<00:15:25.200><c> 23</c><00:15:25.720><c> and</c><00:15:25.820><c> at</c><00:15:26.000><c> verse</c><00:15:26.200><c> 27.</c><00:15:29.720><c> We</c><00:15:29.820><c> are</c><00:15:30.059><c> told</c><00:15:30.299><c> here</c>

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that<00:15:33.820><c> a</c><00:15:34.120><c> whore</c><00:15:34.779><c> is</c><00:15:35.940><c> a</c><00:15:36.399><c> deep</c><00:15:36.860><c> ditch</c><00:15:37.519><c> and</c><00:15:39.059><c> a</c><00:15:39.399><c> strange</c><00:15:39.679><c> woman</c><00:15:40.200><c> is</c><00:15:40.980><c> a</c>

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narrow<00:15:41.840><c> pit.</c>

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And<00:15:43.919><c> that</c><00:15:44.100><c> little</c><00:15:44.320><c> word</c><00:15:44.620><c> pit</c><00:15:45.039><c> is</c><00:15:45.500><c> the</c><00:15:45.679><c> Hebrew</c><00:15:45.960><c> word</c><00:15:46.419><c> bier.</c>

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We've<00:15:49.159><c> heard</c><00:15:49.299><c> of</c><00:15:49.559><c> bier</c><00:15:49.960><c> sheva,</c><00:15:50.860><c> which</c><00:15:50.879><c> is</c><00:15:51.299><c> the</c><00:15:51.539><c> well</c><00:15:51.700><c> of</c><00:15:51.980><c> oath,</c>

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bier<00:15:54.100><c> laharoi.</c><00:15:54.759><c> We</c><00:15:54.940><c> looked</c><00:15:55.120><c> at</c><00:15:55.299><c> that</c><00:15:55.440><c> in</c><00:15:55.620><c> our</c><00:15:55.860><c> first</c>

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study.<00:15:57.240><c> The</c><00:15:57.360><c> word</c><00:15:57.679><c> bier</c><00:15:58.120><c> there</c><00:15:58.419><c> is</c><00:15:58.779><c> the</c><00:15:59.019><c> word</c><00:15:59.399><c> well.</c><00:15:59.820><c> She</c><00:16:00.039><c> is</c><00:16:00.360><c> a</c>

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narrow<00:16:01.340><c> well.</c><00:16:03.659><c> So</c><00:16:04.100><c> if</c><00:16:04.320><c> we</c><00:16:04.580><c> look</c><00:16:04.720><c> at</c><00:16:04.860><c> it</c><00:16:05.000><c> in</c><00:16:05.299><c> parallels,</c>

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a<00:16:06.080><c> whore</c><00:16:07.000><c> is</c><00:16:07.399><c> the</c><00:16:07.679><c> same</c><00:16:07.960><c> or</c><00:16:08.139><c> is</c><00:16:08.200><c> to</c><00:16:08.340><c> be</c><00:16:08.639><c> paralleled</c><00:16:08.940><c> with</c><00:16:09.059><c> a</c><00:16:09.320><c> strange</c><00:16:09.620><c> woman</c><00:16:10.120><c> in</c>

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that<00:16:11.139><c> verse</c><00:16:11.340><c> 27.</c><00:16:12.159><c> And</c><00:16:12.419><c> a</c><00:16:12.820><c> deep</c><00:16:13.179><c> ditch</c>

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is<00:16:15.179><c> like</c><00:16:15.480><c> a</c><00:16:15.779><c> narrow</c><00:16:16.399><c> well.</c>

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So<00:16:19.340><c> we're</c><00:16:19.500><c> not</c><00:16:19.620><c> looking</c><00:16:19.860><c> at</c><00:16:20.159><c> woman</c><00:16:20.440><c> at</c><00:16:20.799><c> the</c><00:16:21.000><c> well.</c><00:16:21.259><c> Now</c><00:16:21.379><c> we</c><00:16:21.580><c> were</c><00:16:21.740><c> looking</c><00:16:22.000><c> at</c>

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woman<00:16:23.240><c> as</c><00:16:23.879><c> a</c><00:16:24.139><c> well.</c>

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And<00:16:25.460><c> here</c><00:16:25.659><c> we</c><00:16:25.820><c> are</c><00:16:26.059><c> told</c><00:16:26.279><c> that</c><00:16:26.500><c> the</c><00:16:26.879><c> strange</c><00:16:27.179><c> woman</c><00:16:27.639><c> is</c><00:16:28.360><c> like</c><00:16:28.639><c> a</c>

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narrow<00:16:29.440><c> well.</c>

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Now<00:16:32.460><c> notice</c><00:16:32.759><c> how</c><00:16:33.000><c> these</c><00:16:33.399><c> strange</c><00:16:33.700><c> women</c><00:16:33.960><c> operate.</c><00:16:34.460><c> Come</c><00:16:34.740><c> to</c>

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Proverbs<00:16:35.720><c> chapter</c><00:16:36.240><c> two,</c><00:16:36.860><c> please.</c>

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These<00:16:38.539><c> strange</c><00:16:38.980><c> women,</c><00:16:39.299><c> they</c><00:16:39.720><c> operate</c><00:16:40.259><c> with</c><00:16:41.240><c> flattering</c><00:16:41.679><c> words.</c>

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Normally<00:16:44.320><c> outside</c><00:16:45.059><c> of</c><00:16:45.240><c> the</c><00:16:45.419><c> marriage</c><00:16:45.700><c> covenant,</c><00:16:47.399><c> ah</c><00:16:47.620><c> you're</c>

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such<00:16:48.059><c> a</c><00:16:48.379><c> gorgeous</c><00:16:48.740><c> hulk</c><00:16:49.200><c> they'd</c><00:16:49.620><c> say,</c><00:16:49.899><c> you</c><00:16:49.899><c> know,</c>

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it's<00:16:50.139><c> that</c><00:16:50.320><c> kind</c><00:16:50.460><c> of</c><00:16:50.639><c> language.</c><00:16:51.600><c> You</c><00:16:52.240><c> turn</c><00:16:52.659><c> me</c><00:16:52.960><c> on,</c><00:16:54.100><c> that</c><00:16:54.360><c> kind</c>

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of<00:16:55.080><c> frivolous</c><00:16:55.559><c> talk.</c><00:16:56.720><c> Go</c><00:16:56.960><c> on</c><00:16:57.360><c> light</c><00:16:57.659><c> my</c><00:16:58.019><c> fire,</c>

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you<00:16:58.639><c> know,</c><00:16:58.740><c> that's</c><00:16:58.960><c> the</c><00:16:59.019><c> way</c><00:16:59.159><c> the</c><00:16:59.419><c> song</c><00:16:59.580><c> goes.</c><00:17:01.679><c> And</c><00:17:02.019><c> in</c><00:17:02.220><c> so</c><00:17:02.460><c> doing,</c><00:17:03.860><c> she</c>

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forgets<00:17:05.880><c> her</c><00:17:06.160><c> covenant</c><00:17:06.480><c> with</c><00:17:06.720><c> God.</c>

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So<00:17:08.380><c> verse</c><00:17:08.660><c> six</c><00:17:08.980><c> for</c><00:17:09.299><c> context.</c><00:17:11.259><c> Proverbs</c><00:17:11.460><c> two</c><00:17:11.660><c> verse</c><00:17:11.859><c> six</c><00:17:12.140><c> for</c>

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context.<00:17:12.960><c> For</c><00:17:12.960><c> the</c><00:17:13.140><c> Lord</c><00:17:13.539><c> giveth</c><00:17:13.900><c> wisdom,</c>

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out<00:17:14.940><c> of</c><00:17:15.059><c> his</c><00:17:15.279><c> mouth</c><00:17:15.660><c> cometh</c><00:17:15.960><c> knowledge</c><00:17:16.440><c> and</c><00:17:16.740><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:17:17.839><c> the</c><00:17:18.140><c> reason,</c><00:17:19.400><c> come</c><00:17:19.519><c> down</c><00:17:19.720><c> to</c><00:17:19.880><c> verse</c><00:17:20.059><c> 16,</c>

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to<00:17:22.240><c> deliver</c><00:17:22.779><c> thee</c><00:17:23.000><c> from</c><00:17:23.220><c> the</c><00:17:23.599><c> strange</c><00:17:23.920><c> woman,</c><00:17:24.980><c> even</c><00:17:25.319><c> from</c><00:17:25.619><c> the</c>

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stranger<00:17:26.240><c> that</c><00:17:26.619><c> flattereth</c><00:17:27.039><c> with</c><00:17:27.200><c> her</c><00:17:27.480><c> words,</c>

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which<00:17:28.480><c> forsaketh</c><00:17:29.180><c> the</c><00:17:29.440><c> guide</c><00:17:29.700><c> of</c><00:17:29.859><c> her</c><00:17:30.160><c> youth,</c><00:17:30.920><c> and</c><00:17:31.259><c> forgetteth</c><00:17:31.579><c> the</c><00:17:31.900><c> covenant</c><00:17:32.160><c> of</c>

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her<00:17:32.599><c> God.</c>

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For<00:17:33.160><c> her</c><00:17:34.740><c> house</c><00:17:35.460><c> inclineth</c><00:17:36.180><c> unto</c><00:17:36.440><c> death,</c><00:17:37.299><c> and</c><00:17:37.480><c> her</c><00:17:37.839><c> paths</c><00:17:38.119><c> unto</c><00:17:38.539><c> dead.</c><00:17:40.339><c> None</c><00:17:40.559><c> that</c><00:17:40.819><c> go</c>

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unto<00:17:41.259><c> her</c><00:17:41.720><c> return</c><00:17:42.259><c> again,</c>

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neither<00:17:43.980><c> take</c><00:17:44.359><c> their</c><00:17:44.660><c> hold</c><00:17:45.099><c> of</c><00:17:45.799><c> the</c><00:17:46.019><c> paths</c><00:17:46.299><c> of</c><00:17:46.500><c> life.</c>

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How<00:17:50.140><c> many</c><00:17:50.740><c> young</c><00:17:51.220><c> brethren</c><00:17:51.619><c> that</c><00:17:51.839><c> have</c><00:17:52.000><c> been</c><00:17:52.180><c> brought</c><00:17:52.339><c> up</c><00:17:52.579><c> in</c>

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brought<00:17:54.960><c> up</c><00:17:55.119><c> with</c><00:17:55.259><c> the</c><00:17:55.400><c> daily</c><00:17:55.700><c> readings,</c><00:17:57.420><c> do</c><00:17:57.680><c> you</c><00:17:57.880><c> know</c><00:17:58.099><c> of</c><00:17:58.460><c> that</c><00:17:59.579><c> have</c><00:17:59.779><c> been</c><00:18:00.000><c> caught</c><00:18:00.259><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:00.920><c> strange</c><00:18:01.259><c> woman?</c>

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Brethren<00:18:03.059><c> that</c><00:18:03.240><c> should</c><00:18:03.380><c> be</c><00:18:03.640><c> walking</c><00:18:04.000><c> beside</c><00:18:04.480><c> us</c><00:18:04.740><c> to</c><00:18:04.880><c> the</c><00:18:05.000><c> kingdom</c><00:18:05.299><c> of</c>

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God.<00:18:07.400><c> Brethren</c><00:18:07.539><c> that</c><00:18:07.720><c> we</c><00:18:07.859><c> would</c><00:18:08.000><c> have</c><00:18:08.119><c> looked</c>

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at<00:18:08.480><c> at</c><00:18:08.660><c> one</c><00:18:08.839><c> stage</c><00:18:09.059><c> and</c><00:18:09.200><c> said,</c><00:18:09.839><c> this</c><00:18:09.839><c> is</c><00:18:10.240><c> a</c><00:18:10.440><c> Daniel,</c><00:18:12.559><c> this</c><00:18:12.900><c> is</c><00:18:13.119><c> a</c>

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Gideon,<00:18:14.200><c> and</c><00:18:15.519><c> they</c><00:18:15.680><c> are</c><00:18:15.819><c> no</c><00:18:15.980><c> longer</c><00:18:16.180><c> with</c><00:18:16.420><c> us</c>

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at<00:18:19.720><c> the</c><00:18:19.960><c> office</c><00:18:20.200><c> party,</c><00:18:20.500><c> just</c><00:18:20.740><c> a</c><00:18:20.900><c> drink</c><00:18:21.059><c> or</c><00:18:21.240><c> two</c><00:18:21.380><c> to</c><00:18:21.519><c> be</c><00:18:21.799><c> sociable.</c><00:18:24.259><c> These</c>

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going<00:18:24.740><c> away</c><00:18:25.119><c> times,</c><00:18:25.440><c> you</c><00:18:25.539><c> know,</c>

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we're<00:18:26.440><c> trying</c><00:18:26.660><c> to</c><00:18:26.880><c> have</c><00:18:27.160><c> a</c><00:18:27.220><c> bit</c><00:18:27.500><c> of</c><00:18:27.660><c> team</c><00:18:27.900><c> building</c><00:18:28.420><c> for</c><00:18:29.500><c> the</c>

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company,<00:18:30.720><c> and</c><00:18:30.779><c> they</c><00:18:31.059><c> go</c><00:18:31.319><c> away</c><00:18:31.579><c> in</c><00:18:31.960><c> teams</c><00:18:32.299><c> without</c>

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their<00:18:33.019><c> wives.</c><00:18:35.480><c> And</c><00:18:35.559><c> with</c><00:18:35.819><c> the</c><00:18:36.059><c> equality</c><00:18:36.420><c> of</c><00:18:36.700><c> women</c><00:18:36.900><c> so</c><00:18:37.259><c> prevalent</c><00:18:37.579><c> in</c><00:18:37.759><c> the</c>

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workplace,<00:18:39.940><c> the</c><00:18:40.039><c> opportunities</c>

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abound,<00:18:42.160><c> and</c><00:18:42.319><c> temptations</c><00:18:42.880><c> are</c><00:18:43.140><c> multiplied,</c><00:18:45.039><c> and</c><00:18:45.259><c> men</c><00:18:45.779><c> are</c>

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so<00:18:47.579><c> prone</c><00:18:47.799><c> to</c><00:18:48.099><c> succumbing</c><00:18:48.460><c> to</c><00:18:49.180><c> flattering</c><00:18:49.579><c> words</c>

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of<00:18:51.160><c> the</c><00:18:51.420><c> strange</c><00:18:51.700><c> woman,</c><00:18:52.059><c> especially</c><00:18:52.480><c> if</c><00:18:52.640><c> she</c><00:18:52.859><c> is</c><00:18:53.160><c> bewitching.</c>

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And<00:18:55.400><c> their</c><00:18:55.599><c> senses</c><00:18:55.960><c> dulled</c><00:18:56.579><c> by</c><00:18:57.039><c> that</c><00:18:57.700><c> one</c><00:18:58.160><c> extra</c><00:18:58.579><c> glass</c><00:18:58.839><c> of</c><00:18:59.140><c> wine,</c><00:19:00.160><c> their</c><00:19:00.279><c> defenses</c><00:19:00.680><c> down,</c><00:19:01.660><c> a</c>

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moment<00:19:02.019><c> of</c><00:19:02.259><c> weakness,</c>

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and<00:19:05.940><c> it's</c><00:19:06.119><c> too</c><00:19:06.359><c> late.</c><00:19:07.339><c> It's</c><00:19:07.680><c> all</c><00:19:07.920><c> over.</c><00:19:09.259><c> The</c><00:19:09.539><c> act</c><00:19:09.759><c> is</c><00:19:10.019><c> done.</c>

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Solomon<00:19:13.680><c> called</c><00:19:13.980><c> them</c><00:19:14.279><c> strange</c><00:19:14.660><c> women.</c><00:19:16.400><c> Many</c><00:19:16.680><c> men</c><00:19:17.019><c> today</c>

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have<00:19:17.779><c> called</c><00:19:18.000><c> them</c><00:19:19.299><c> bewitchers.</c>

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Because<00:19:21.400><c> they</c><00:19:21.660><c> are</c><00:19:22.480><c> witches.</c><00:19:24.079><c> They</c><00:19:24.640><c> know</c><00:19:24.799><c> how</c><00:19:25.000><c> to</c><00:19:25.259><c> weave</c><00:19:25.500><c> their</c><00:19:25.779><c> magic</c><00:19:26.079><c> and</c>

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drive<00:19:26.660><c> men</c><00:19:26.920><c> mad.</c>

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They<00:19:28.539><c> make</c><00:19:28.680><c> men</c><00:19:28.940><c> do</c><00:19:29.180><c> things</c><00:19:29.579><c> that</c><00:19:29.759><c> they</c><00:19:29.920><c> would</c><00:19:30.119><c> never</c><00:19:30.380><c> do</c><00:19:30.920><c> under</c><00:19:31.359><c> normal</c><00:19:31.740><c> circumstances.</c><00:19:34.019><c> The</c>

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bewitcher<00:19:34.700><c> is</c>

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seldom<00:19:35.359><c> exclusive</c><00:19:36.359><c> in</c><00:19:36.640><c> her</c><00:19:36.920><c> affections.</c><00:19:38.279><c> She</c><00:19:38.500><c> doesn't</c><00:19:38.859><c> two</c>

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-time.<00:19:40.420><c> It</c><00:19:40.579><c> is</c><00:19:40.819><c> normally</c><00:19:41.140><c> six</c><00:19:41.519><c>-timing,</c><00:19:42.000><c> or</c><00:19:42.140><c> eight</c><00:19:42.420><c>-timing,</c>

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or<00:19:42.960><c> ten</c><00:19:43.319><c>-timing.</c><00:19:45.640><c> They</c><00:19:45.779><c> faultlessly</c><00:19:46.319><c> prey</c><00:19:46.859><c> on</c><00:19:48.119><c> one</c><00:19:48.380><c> man</c><00:19:48.680><c> against</c><00:19:49.099><c> another.</c><00:19:50.559><c> They</c>

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know<00:19:51.079><c> instinctively</c><00:19:51.700><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:52.799><c> flirtation</c><00:19:53.359><c> with</c><00:19:53.599><c> the</c><00:19:53.799><c> mind</c><00:19:54.339><c> is</c><00:19:55.099><c> more</c><00:19:55.500><c> powerful</c><00:19:55.940><c> than</c><00:19:56.299><c> sex</c><00:19:56.559><c> itself.</c><00:19:58.160><c> The</c><00:19:58.380><c> promise</c><00:19:58.700><c> is</c>

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more<00:19:59.200><c> powerful</c><00:19:59.579><c> than</c><00:19:59.799><c> the</c>

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act.<00:20:03.339><c> She</c><00:20:03.599><c> has</c><00:20:03.859><c> a</c><00:20:04.059><c> deep</c><00:20:04.380><c> biological</c><00:20:05.119><c> knowledge</c><00:20:05.559><c> of</c><00:20:05.759><c> men</c><00:20:06.099><c> and</c>

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their<00:20:06.559><c> weakness,</c><00:20:08.099><c> and</c><00:20:08.460><c> so</c><00:20:08.700><c> she</c><00:20:08.940><c> uses</c><00:20:09.240><c> it</c><00:20:09.619><c> to</c><00:20:09.859><c> manipulate,</c>

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and<00:20:11.660><c> she</c><00:20:12.019><c> weadles</c><00:20:12.579><c> the</c><00:20:13.099><c> naive</c><00:20:13.480><c> heart</c><00:20:13.980><c> from</c><00:20:14.960><c> a</c><00:20:15.160><c> man's</c><00:20:15.599><c> breast.</c>

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And<00:20:17.000><c> when</c><00:20:17.140><c> he</c><00:20:17.359><c> has</c><00:20:17.519><c> finally</c><00:20:17.859><c> handed</c><00:20:18.220><c> it</c><00:20:18.519><c> over,</c>

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she<00:20:19.619><c> tramples</c><00:20:20.019><c> on</c><00:20:20.240><c> it.</c><00:20:20.940><c> Not</c><00:20:21.119><c> out</c><00:20:21.359><c> of</c><00:20:21.519><c> malice,</c><00:20:22.039><c> but</c><00:20:22.160><c> out</c><00:20:22.380><c> of</c>

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simple<00:20:23.119><c> carelessness.</c>

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Now,<00:20:27.200><c> bewitchers</c><00:20:27.619><c> never</c><00:20:28.019><c> have</c><00:20:28.599><c> domestic</c><00:20:29.200><c> lives.</c><00:20:30.299><c> They</c><00:20:30.480><c> are</c>

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never<00:20:30.839><c> seen</c><00:20:31.019><c> in</c><00:20:31.319><c> laundromats.</c><00:20:33.220><c> They</c><00:20:33.440><c> are</c><00:20:33.480><c> never</c><00:20:33.720><c> seen</c>

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in<00:20:34.259><c> supermarkets.</c><00:20:35.759><c> They</c><00:20:36.000><c> are</c><00:20:36.000><c> never</c><00:20:36.279><c> seen</c><00:20:36.519><c> humping</c><00:20:36.900><c> children</c>

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around.<00:20:39.619><c> Part</c><00:20:39.859><c> of</c><00:20:40.019><c> their</c><00:20:40.319><c> fatal</c><00:20:40.619><c> attraction</c>

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is<00:20:41.859><c> that</c><00:20:42.039><c> they</c><00:20:42.180><c> are</c><00:20:42.319><c> not</c><00:20:42.599><c> tied</c><00:20:42.859><c> to</c><00:20:43.059><c> the</c><00:20:43.279><c> future.</c><00:20:44.180><c> They</c><00:20:44.359><c> are</c><00:20:44.440><c> not</c>

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tied<00:20:44.880><c> to</c><00:20:45.059><c> the</c><00:20:45.259><c> furniture.</c><00:20:45.940><c> They</c><00:20:46.099><c> always</c><00:20:46.400><c> have</c><00:20:46.619><c> a</c>

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suitcase<00:20:47.599><c> packed</c><00:20:48.039><c> at</c><00:20:48.240><c> the</c><00:20:48.440><c> door,</c><00:20:48.660><c> ready</c><00:20:48.920><c> to</c><00:20:49.240><c> fly.</c><00:20:51.119><c> I</c><00:20:51.240><c> mean,</c><00:20:51.400><c> after</c><00:20:51.740><c> all,</c><00:20:51.900><c> you</c><00:20:52.039><c> cannot</c><00:20:52.299><c> be</c><00:20:52.619><c> bewitching</c>

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when<00:20:53.880><c> you</c><00:20:54.059><c> are</c><00:20:54.099><c> changing</c><00:20:54.539><c> diapers.</c><00:20:55.519><c> You</c><00:20:55.779><c> cannot</c><00:20:56.039><c> be</c><00:20:56.380><c> bewitching</c><00:20:57.099><c> when</c><00:20:57.319><c> you</c>

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are<00:20:57.619><c> scrubbing</c><00:20:57.960><c> the</c><00:20:58.200><c> floor.</c>

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You<00:20:58.819><c> cannot</c><00:20:59.079><c> be</c><00:20:59.380><c> bewitching</c><00:20:59.759><c> when</c><00:20:59.900><c> you</c><00:21:00.079><c> are</c><00:21:00.160><c> cleaning</c><00:21:00.539><c> toilets.</c>

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Now,<00:21:05.319><c> just</c><00:21:05.319><c> in</c><00:21:05.819><c> case</c><00:21:06.240><c> you</c><00:21:06.759><c> think</c><00:21:07.279><c> that</c><00:21:07.720><c> I</c><00:21:07.920><c> am</c><00:21:08.160><c> overstating</c><00:21:08.900><c> the</c>

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case,<00:21:10.099><c> come</c><00:21:10.380><c> to</c><00:21:10.680><c> Proverbs</c><00:21:11.400><c> 5.</c>

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Time<00:21:14.380><c> and</c><00:21:14.720><c> time</c><00:21:15.140><c> and</c><00:21:15.319><c> time</c><00:21:15.720><c> again,</c><00:21:16.819><c> we</c><00:21:17.000><c> are</c><00:21:17.400><c> warned</c><00:21:17.720><c> by</c><00:21:18.079><c> this</c>

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wise<00:21:18.880><c> man,</c><00:21:20.119><c> and</c><00:21:20.480><c> we</c><00:21:20.720><c> are</c><00:21:21.019><c> warned</c><00:21:21.460><c> to</c><00:21:22.059><c> stay</c><00:21:22.359><c> away</c><00:21:22.859><c> from</c>

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the<00:21:23.900><c> strange</c><00:21:23.900><c> woman,</c><00:21:24.980><c> the</c><00:21:25.099><c> bewitcher,</c><00:21:26.119><c> the</c><00:21:26.339><c> adulteress.</c><00:21:27.440><c> Verse</c><00:21:27.660><c> 3,</c>

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and<00:21:28.980><c> I</c><00:21:29.119><c> am</c><00:21:29.119><c> taking</c><00:21:29.380><c> it</c><00:21:29.539><c> from</c><00:21:29.759><c> the</c><00:21:29.980><c> NIV.</c>

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For<00:21:32.500><c> the</c><00:21:32.759><c> lips</c><00:21:33.039><c> of</c><00:21:33.240><c> an</c><00:21:33.440><c> adulteress,</c><00:21:34.759><c> that</c><00:21:35.000><c> is</c><00:21:35.119><c> the</c><00:21:35.339><c> strange</c>

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woman,<00:21:36.099><c> the</c><00:21:36.279><c> bewitcher,</c><00:21:37.140><c> they</c><00:21:37.500><c> drip</c><00:21:37.720><c> like</c><00:21:38.059><c> honey,</c>

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and<00:21:39.140><c> her</c><00:21:39.859><c> speech</c><00:21:40.160><c> is</c><00:21:40.359><c> smooth</c><00:21:40.900><c> as</c><00:21:41.160><c> oil.</c><00:21:41.720><c> Oh,</c><00:21:42.180><c> it</c><00:21:42.220><c> sounds</c><00:21:42.539><c> so</c><00:21:43.079><c> good.</c><00:21:44.440><c> But</c>

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in<00:21:44.859><c> the</c><00:21:45.000><c> end,</c><00:21:45.480><c> it</c><00:21:45.480><c> is</c><00:21:45.640><c> as</c><00:21:45.859><c> bitter</c><00:21:46.119><c> as</c><00:21:46.420><c> gall,</c>

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sharp<00:21:47.319><c> as</c><00:21:47.539><c> a</c><00:21:47.720><c> double</c><00:21:48.000><c>-edged</c><00:21:48.279><c> sword.</c><00:21:50.119><c> Her</c><00:21:50.240><c> feet</c><00:21:50.440><c> go</c><00:21:50.700><c> down</c><00:21:50.980><c> to</c><00:21:51.220><c> death.</c><00:21:52.279><c> Her</c><00:21:52.559><c> steps</c><00:21:53.000><c> lead</c><00:21:53.400><c> straight</c><00:21:53.839><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:54.259><c> grave.</c>

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She<00:21:56.140><c> gives</c><00:21:56.359><c> no</c><00:21:56.759><c> thought</c><00:21:57.099><c> to</c><00:21:57.359><c> the</c><00:21:57.460><c> way</c><00:21:57.599><c> of</c><00:21:57.859><c> life.</c><00:21:59.119><c> Her</c><00:21:59.359><c> paths</c><00:21:59.680><c> are</c><00:21:59.980><c> crooked,</c><00:22:01.019><c> but</c><00:22:01.160><c> she</c><00:22:01.319><c> knows</c><00:22:01.539><c> it</c><00:22:01.799><c> not.</c>

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Now<00:22:03.900><c> then,</c><00:22:05.079><c> my</c><00:22:05.180><c> sons,</c><00:22:06.599><c> listen</c><00:22:06.880><c> to</c><00:22:07.119><c> me.</c><00:22:08.259><c> Do</c><00:22:08.480><c> not</c><00:22:08.700><c> turn</c><00:22:09.059><c> aside</c><00:22:09.460><c> from</c><00:22:09.660><c> what</c><00:22:09.859><c> I</c><00:22:10.140><c> say.</c>

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Keep<00:22:11.819><c> to</c><00:22:12.059><c> a</c><00:22:12.279><c> path</c><00:22:12.680><c> far</c><00:22:14.000><c> from</c><00:22:14.400><c> her.</c><00:22:15.980><c> Mark</c><00:22:16.200><c> those</c><00:22:16.519><c> words</c><00:22:16.839><c> carefully.</c>

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Keep<00:22:18.980><c> to</c><00:22:19.299><c> a</c><00:22:19.480><c> path</c><00:22:20.019><c> far</c><00:22:20.640><c> from</c><00:22:20.920><c> her.</c><00:22:21.440><c> Do</c><00:22:21.619><c> not</c><00:22:21.799><c> go</c><00:22:22.140><c> near</c><00:22:22.460><c> to</c><00:22:22.720><c> the</c><00:22:22.880><c> door</c><00:22:23.079><c> of</c>

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her<00:22:23.359><c> house.</c>

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And<00:22:26.160><c> how</c><00:22:26.400><c> often</c><00:22:26.640><c> we</c><00:22:26.900><c> love</c><00:22:27.180><c> to</c><00:22:27.539><c> flirt.</c><00:22:29.440><c> We</c><00:22:29.680><c> think</c><00:22:29.940><c> that</c><00:22:30.119><c> we</c><00:22:30.200><c> can</c>

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take<00:22:30.720><c> fire</c><00:22:31.019><c> in</c><00:22:31.259><c> our</c><00:22:31.480><c> bosoms</c><00:22:32.000><c> and</c><00:22:32.779><c> not</c><00:22:33.079><c> be</c><00:22:33.400><c> burned.</c>

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Brethren,<00:22:36.339><c> do</c><00:22:36.500><c> not</c><00:22:36.819><c> think</c><00:22:37.160><c> that</c><00:22:37.380><c> you</c><00:22:37.559><c> are</c><00:22:37.660><c> any</c><00:22:37.940><c> different.</c><00:22:38.319><c> We</c>

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are<00:22:38.660><c> made</c><00:22:38.940><c> of</c><00:22:39.079><c> the</c><00:22:39.359><c> same</c><00:22:39.660><c> stuff.</c>

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We<00:22:40.400><c> all</c><00:22:40.720><c> have</c><00:22:41.039><c> hot</c><00:22:41.380><c> blood</c><00:22:41.700><c> running</c><00:22:42.099><c> through</c><00:22:42.359><c> our</c><00:22:42.640><c> veins.</c><00:22:44.220><c> And</c>

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if<00:22:44.420><c> you</c><00:22:44.660><c> tell</c><00:22:44.819><c> me</c><00:22:45.059><c> that</c><00:22:45.240><c> that</c><00:22:45.400><c> is</c><00:22:45.559><c> not</c><00:22:45.799><c> the</c><00:22:45.980><c> case,</c>

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then<00:22:47.740><c> you</c><00:22:48.319><c> have</c><00:22:48.519><c> a</c><00:22:48.720><c> problem.</c><00:22:51.940><c> If</c><00:22:52.160><c> a</c><00:22:52.480><c> man</c><00:22:52.740><c> after</c><00:22:53.079><c> God's</c><00:22:53.740><c> own</c><00:22:54.019><c> heart</c><00:22:54.619><c> failed,</c><00:22:56.940><c> and</c>

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then<00:22:57.259><c> there</c><00:22:57.400><c> was</c><00:22:57.619><c> Solomon,</c>

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and<00:22:58.980><c> we'll</c><00:22:59.160><c> be</c><00:22:59.299><c> talking</c><00:22:59.559><c> about</c><00:22:59.960><c> Samson,</c><00:23:02.200><c> and</c><00:23:02.339><c> the</c><00:23:02.559><c> Scriptures</c>

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are<00:23:03.220><c> full</c><00:23:03.420><c> of</c><00:23:03.579><c> him,</c>

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do<00:23:06.460><c> not</c><00:23:06.839><c> flirt</c><00:23:07.240><c> with</c><00:23:07.579><c> temptation.</c><00:23:08.500><c> Keep</c><00:23:08.680><c> far</c><00:23:08.960><c> from</c><00:23:09.200><c> her.</c><00:23:09.640><c> Do</c>

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not<00:23:10.039><c> go</c><00:23:10.380><c> near.</c>

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And<00:23:12.180><c> just</c><00:23:12.619><c> in</c><00:23:12.799><c> case</c><00:23:12.980><c> we</c><00:23:13.200><c> think</c><00:23:13.599><c> again</c><00:23:14.180><c> that,</c><00:23:14.680><c> oh,</c><00:23:15.079><c> well,</c><00:23:15.420><c> you</c>

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know,<00:23:15.700><c> this</c><00:23:15.960><c> strange</c><00:23:16.319><c> man</c><00:23:16.599><c> with</c><00:23:16.880><c> the</c>

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gray<00:23:17.940><c> beard,</c><00:23:18.119><c> we</c><00:23:18.240><c> all</c><00:23:18.380><c> got</c><00:23:18.539><c> gray</c><00:23:18.700><c> beards.</c><00:23:18.880><c> One</c><00:23:18.980><c> of</c><00:23:19.079><c> the</c><00:23:19.240><c> unique</c>

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things<00:23:19.599><c> about</c><00:23:19.819><c> this</c><00:23:19.980><c> Bible</c><00:23:20.299><c> school,</c>

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the<00:23:21.000><c> only</c><00:23:21.200><c> Bible</c><00:23:21.480><c> school</c><00:23:21.599><c> I've</c><00:23:21.759><c> ever</c><00:23:21.900><c> been</c><00:23:22.079><c> to,</c><00:23:22.279><c> is</c><00:23:22.319><c> everyone,</c>

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all<00:23:23.059><c> your</c><00:23:23.240><c> speakers</c><00:23:23.480><c> are</c><00:23:23.799><c> bald,</c>

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they've<00:23:24.180><c> got</c><00:23:24.299><c> gray</c><00:23:24.619><c> beards</c><00:23:24.819><c> and</c><00:23:24.980><c> got</c><00:23:25.119><c> glasses.</c><00:23:28.599><c> And</c><00:23:29.000><c> beautiful</c><00:23:29.420><c> wives.</c>

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And<00:23:34.940><c> dogs</c><00:23:35.180><c> and</c><00:23:37.920><c> cats.</c><00:23:38.400><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:38.599><c> 6</c><00:23:38.900><c> and</c><00:23:39.079><c> verse</c><00:23:39.299><c> 23.</c>

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All<00:23:44.240><c> right.</c><00:23:46.319><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:46.579><c> 6</c><00:23:46.880><c> and</c><00:23:47.059><c> verse</c><00:23:47.299><c> 23,</c><00:23:48.019><c> for</c><00:23:48.380><c> the</c><00:23:48.680><c> commandment</c><00:23:50.279><c> is</c><00:23:50.859><c> as</c><00:23:51.079><c> a</c><00:23:51.240><c> lamp,</c>

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and<00:23:53.680><c> the</c><00:23:53.920><c> law</c><00:23:54.160><c> is</c><00:23:54.539><c> light,</c><00:23:56.200><c> and</c><00:23:56.380><c> reproofs</c><00:23:56.880><c> of</c><00:23:56.940><c> instruction</c><00:23:57.420><c> are</c>

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the<00:23:57.779><c> way</c><00:23:57.920><c> of</c><00:23:58.160><c> life.</c><00:23:59.240><c> Again,</c><00:23:59.720><c> the</c><00:23:59.819><c> reason,</c>

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verse<00:24:00.839><c> 24,</c><00:24:01.420><c> to</c><00:24:01.859><c> keep</c><00:24:02.279><c> thee</c><00:24:02.519><c> from</c><00:24:02.779><c> the</c><00:24:03.119><c> evil</c><00:24:03.420><c> woman,</c><00:24:04.380><c> from</c><00:24:04.680><c> the</c>

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flattery<00:24:05.420><c> of</c><00:24:05.519><c> the</c><00:24:05.740><c> tongue</c><00:24:05.960><c> of</c><00:24:06.160><c> a</c><00:24:06.400><c> strange</c><00:24:06.660><c> woman,</c>

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lust<00:24:08.200><c> not</c><00:24:08.500><c> after</c><00:24:08.859><c> her</c><00:24:09.140><c> beauty.</c><00:24:09.460><c> You</c><00:24:09.559><c> know,</c><00:24:09.799><c> when</c><00:24:09.940><c> lust</c><00:24:10.180><c> is</c><00:24:10.380><c> conceived,</c><00:24:10.880><c> it</c>

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brings<00:24:11.180><c> forth</c><00:24:11.500><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:24:12.319><c> sin</c><00:24:12.539><c> when</c><00:24:12.700><c> it's</c><00:24:12.900><c> finished,</c><00:24:13.220><c> it</c><00:24:13.319><c> brings</c><00:24:13.559><c> forth</c><00:24:13.920><c> death.</c><00:24:14.619><c> So</c>

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don't<00:24:15.339><c> lust</c><00:24:15.700><c> after</c><00:24:16.039><c> her</c><00:24:16.339><c> beauty</c><00:24:16.619><c> in</c><00:24:16.839><c> your</c><00:24:17.039><c> heart,</c>

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neither<00:24:18.559><c> let</c><00:24:18.799><c> her</c><00:24:18.980><c> take</c><00:24:19.279><c> you</c><00:24:19.420><c> with</c><00:24:19.599><c> her</c><00:24:19.880><c> eyelids.</c><00:24:21.500><c> Verse</c><00:24:21.660><c> 26,</c>

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for<00:24:22.640><c> by</c><00:24:23.039><c> means</c><00:24:23.380><c> of</c><00:24:23.640><c> a</c><00:24:23.819><c> horish</c><00:24:24.160><c> woman,</c>

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a<00:24:24.880><c> man</c><00:24:25.160><c> is</c><00:24:25.480><c> brought</c><00:24:25.779><c> to</c><00:24:26.019><c> a</c><00:24:26.180><c> piece</c><00:24:26.319><c> of</c><00:24:26.599><c> bread,</c><00:24:28.059><c> and</c><00:24:28.119><c> the</c><00:24:28.319><c> adulterous</c><00:24:29.220><c> will</c>

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hunt<00:24:30.140><c> for</c><00:24:30.680><c> his</c><00:24:30.900><c> precious</c><00:24:31.220><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:24:32.420><c> the</c><00:24:32.539><c> NIV</c><00:24:33.079><c> renders</c><00:24:33.839><c> verse</c><00:24:34.099><c> 26</c><00:24:34.640><c> as</c><00:24:35.940><c> the</c><00:24:36.420><c> prostitute</c><00:24:37.200><c> reduces</c><00:24:37.740><c> you</c><00:24:38.039><c> to</c>

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a<00:24:38.420><c> loaf</c><00:24:38.559><c> of</c><00:24:38.940><c> bread,</c>

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and<00:24:40.180><c> the</c><00:24:40.420><c> adulterous</c><00:24:40.940><c> preys</c><00:24:41.480><c> upon</c><00:24:41.740><c> your</c><00:24:42.039><c> very</c><00:24:42.240><c> life.</c><00:24:44.160><c> Can</c><00:24:44.359><c> a</c>

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man<00:24:44.920><c> take</c><00:24:45.339><c> fire</c><00:24:45.759><c> in</c><00:24:45.980><c> his</c><00:24:46.279><c> bosom</c><00:24:46.599><c> and</c><00:24:46.759><c> not</c><00:24:46.980><c> be</c><00:24:47.220><c> burned?</c>

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He<00:24:48.539><c> cannot.</c><00:24:50.059><c> He</c><00:24:50.220><c> cannot.</c><00:24:52.720><c> Just</c><00:24:53.059><c> turn</c><00:24:53.279><c> over</c><00:24:53.500><c> a</c><00:24:53.660><c> page</c><00:24:53.880><c> to</c><00:24:54.140><c> Proverbs</c><00:24:54.519><c> chapter</c><00:24:54.880><c> 7,</c>

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and<00:24:57.440><c> look</c><00:24:57.640><c> at</c><00:24:57.819><c> the</c><00:24:57.940><c> way</c><00:24:59.079><c> wisdom</c><00:24:59.740><c> and</c><00:25:00.019><c> understanding</c><00:25:00.480><c> are</c><00:25:00.740><c> personified</c><00:25:01.380><c> for</c>

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us.<00:25:02.920><c> Verse</c><00:25:03.119><c> 4.</c>

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Proverbs<00:25:05.819><c> 7</c><00:25:06.180><c> and</c><00:25:06.319><c> verse</c><00:25:06.700><c> 4,</c><00:25:07.880><c> say</c><00:25:08.079><c> unto</c><00:25:08.440><c> wisdom,</c><00:25:09.940><c> Thou</c><00:25:10.099><c> art</c><00:25:10.240><c> my</c>

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sister,<00:25:11.980><c> call</c><00:25:12.119><c> understanding</c><00:25:13.319><c> of</c><00:25:13.859><c> thy</c><00:25:14.079><c> kinswoman,</c>

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that<00:25:16.539><c> they</c><00:25:17.220><c> may</c><00:25:17.460><c> keep</c><00:25:17.720><c> you</c><00:25:17.940><c> from</c><00:25:18.059><c> the</c><00:25:18.440><c> strange</c><00:25:18.799><c> woman,</c><00:25:19.900><c> from</c>

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the<00:25:20.519><c> stranger</c><00:25:20.859><c> that</c><00:25:21.319><c> flattroth</c><00:25:21.700><c> with</c><00:25:21.880><c> her</c><00:25:22.180><c> words.</c>

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For<00:25:23.839><c> at</c><00:25:24.099><c> the</c><00:25:24.279><c> window</c><00:25:24.619><c> of</c><00:25:24.819><c> my</c><00:25:25.019><c> house</c><00:25:25.319><c> I</c><00:25:25.519><c> looked</c><00:25:25.700><c> through</c><00:25:25.960><c> my</c><00:25:26.240><c> casement,</c><00:25:26.940><c> and</c>

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I<00:25:27.579><c> beheld</c><00:25:28.279><c> some</c><00:25:28.740><c> of</c><00:25:28.920><c> the</c><00:25:29.160><c> simple</c><00:25:29.519><c> ones.</c>

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That<00:25:31.819><c> little</c><00:25:31.980><c> word</c><00:25:32.160><c> simple</c><00:25:32.500><c> in</c><00:25:32.700><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:32.900><c> means</c><00:25:33.619><c> naive.</c><00:25:36.380><c> My</c><00:25:36.720><c> people</c><00:25:37.400><c> are</c>

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destroyed<00:25:38.619><c> for</c><00:25:39.180><c> lack</c><00:25:39.660><c> of</c><00:25:40.200><c> knowledge.</c>

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Where<00:25:42.160><c> do</c><00:25:42.460><c> our</c><00:25:42.680><c> young</c><00:25:42.859><c> people</c><00:25:43.160><c> get</c><00:25:43.400><c> their</c><00:25:43.660><c> sex</c><00:25:43.880><c> education</c>

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from?<00:25:45.400><c> Schools,</c><00:25:46.400><c> magazines.</c>

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How<00:25:49.200><c> many</c><00:25:49.579><c> of</c><00:25:49.799><c> us</c><00:25:50.059><c> are</c><00:25:50.380><c> busy</c><00:25:51.099><c> in</c><00:25:52.339><c> our</c><00:25:52.640><c> ecclesias</c><00:25:53.559><c> giving</c><00:25:54.200><c> sex</c>

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education<00:25:55.140><c> to</c><00:25:55.359><c> those</c><00:25:56.019><c> young</c><00:25:56.380><c> people</c><00:25:56.900><c> that</c><00:25:57.240><c> are</c><00:25:57.380><c> going</c><00:25:57.480><c> to</c><00:25:57.599><c> get</c><00:25:57.759><c> married?</c>

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See<00:26:00.839><c> what</c><00:26:00.980><c> we</c><00:26:01.160><c> do</c><00:26:01.359><c> is</c><00:26:01.480><c> we</c><00:26:01.599><c> bring</c><00:26:01.720><c> them</c><00:26:01.839><c> up</c><00:26:02.000><c> in</c><00:26:02.099><c> the</c><00:26:02.319><c> truth.</c><00:26:03.059><c> They</c>

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sit<00:26:03.380><c> on</c><00:26:03.559><c> our</c><00:26:03.759><c> knee.</c><00:26:04.599><c> We</c><00:26:04.859><c> teach</c><00:26:05.059><c> them</c><00:26:05.220><c> the</c><00:26:05.400><c> truth</c>

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from<00:26:06.119><c> when</c><00:26:06.279><c> they're</c><00:26:06.519><c> young.</c><00:26:07.359><c> They</c><00:26:07.420><c> know</c><00:26:07.640><c> the</c><00:26:07.819><c> scriptures.</c>

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They<00:26:08.619><c> know</c><00:26:08.900><c> the</c><00:26:09.119><c> theory.</c>

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And<00:26:10.180><c> we,</c><00:26:10.779><c> you</c><00:26:10.980><c> know,</c><00:26:11.339><c> they</c><00:26:11.880><c> get</c><00:26:12.119><c> married</c><00:26:12.339><c> to</c><00:26:12.559><c> somebody</c><00:26:12.819><c> in</c><00:26:12.980><c> the</c>

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truth<00:26:13.220><c> and</c><00:26:13.299><c> we</c><00:26:13.400><c> say</c><00:26:13.500><c> that's</c><00:26:13.779><c> great.</c>

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Come<00:26:14.539><c> honeymoon</c><00:26:14.940><c> night.</c><00:26:15.460><c> Close</c><00:26:15.720><c> the</c><00:26:15.940><c> door.</c><00:26:16.319><c> We</c><00:26:16.480><c> walk</c><00:26:16.700><c> away.</c>

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That's<00:26:17.460><c> our</c><00:26:17.579><c> responsibility</c><00:26:18.099><c> finished.</c>

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And<00:26:21.700><c> just</c><00:26:21.859><c> look</c><00:26:21.980><c> at</c><00:26:22.099><c> the</c><00:26:22.259><c> marriage</c><00:26:22.480><c> failure</c><00:26:22.759><c> in</c><00:26:22.900><c> our</c><00:26:23.079><c> community.</c><00:26:24.579><c> How</c><00:26:24.799><c> it</c><00:26:25.019><c> grows.</c>

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Naive.<00:26:27.720><c> The</c><00:26:27.880><c> children</c><00:26:28.140><c> of</c><00:26:28.359><c> this</c><00:26:28.660><c> world</c><00:26:28.880><c> are</c><00:26:29.160><c> wiser</c><00:26:29.480><c> in</c><00:26:29.660><c> their</c>

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generation<00:26:30.420><c> than</c><00:26:30.759><c> the</c><00:26:31.019><c> children</c><00:26:31.279><c> of</c><00:26:31.579><c> light.</c><00:26:33.380><c> Naivety.</c>

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I'll<00:26:37.579><c> be</c><00:26:37.660><c> held</c><00:26:37.980><c> among</c><00:26:38.480><c> the</c><00:26:38.940><c> simple</c><00:26:39.200><c> ones.</c><00:26:39.480><c> The</c><00:26:39.779><c> naive</c><00:26:40.220><c> ones.</c>

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The<00:26:41.640><c> open</c><00:26:41.980><c>-minded</c><00:26:42.400><c> ones.</c><00:26:42.700><c> That's</c><00:26:42.980><c> the</c><00:26:43.079><c> way</c><00:26:43.220><c> Strong</c><00:26:43.539><c> puts</c><00:26:43.819><c> it.</c>

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The<00:26:45.000><c> liberal</c><00:26:45.339><c> ones.</c><00:26:46.599><c> We</c><00:26:47.240><c> have</c><00:26:47.339><c> to</c><00:26:47.440><c> be</c><00:26:47.759><c> careful.</c><00:26:48.240><c> Very</c><00:26:48.559><c> careful</c>

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of<00:26:49.119><c> being</c><00:26:49.460><c> liberally</c><00:26:49.900><c> minded</c><00:26:50.339><c> in</c><00:26:50.859><c> this</c><00:26:51.059><c> regard.</c>

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And<00:26:52.059><c> I</c><00:26:52.259><c> discerned</c><00:26:52.759><c> amongst</c><00:26:53.039><c> the</c><00:26:53.339><c> youths,</c><00:26:53.779><c> a</c><00:26:53.859><c> young</c><00:26:54.160><c> man,</c><00:26:54.700><c> void</c>

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of<00:26:55.099><c> understanding,</c><00:26:55.559><c> had</c><00:26:55.640><c> all</c><00:26:55.819><c> the</c><00:26:56.119><c> understanding</c><00:26:56.400><c> of</c><00:26:56.579><c> the</c><00:26:56.680><c> word</c><00:26:56.819><c> of</c><00:26:57.000><c> God,</c>

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but<00:26:57.799><c> no</c><00:26:58.000><c> understanding</c><00:26:58.539><c> of</c><00:26:59.220><c> chemistry,</c><00:27:00.740><c> body</c><00:27:00.960><c> language,</c><00:27:02.000><c> and</c>

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how<00:27:02.420><c> the</c><00:27:02.700><c> world</c><00:27:03.019><c> works.</c>

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Verse<00:27:04.400><c> 8.</c><00:27:06.420><c> Passing</c><00:27:06.900><c> through</c><00:27:07.099><c> the</c><00:27:07.319><c> streets</c><00:27:07.599><c> near</c><00:27:07.900><c> the</c><00:27:08.140><c> corner,</c>

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he<00:27:09.460><c> went</c><00:27:09.779><c> the</c><00:27:10.000><c> way</c><00:27:10.279><c> into</c><00:27:10.599><c> her</c><00:27:10.880><c> house.</c>

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And<00:27:13.039><c> look</c><00:27:13.160><c> at</c><00:27:13.359><c> the</c><00:27:13.599><c> the</c><00:27:13.839><c> progress</c><00:27:14.099><c> now</c><00:27:14.319><c> in</c><00:27:14.440><c> verse</c><00:27:14.599><c> 9.</c><00:27:15.240><c> In</c><00:27:15.339><c> the</c>

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twilight,<00:27:17.099><c> in</c><00:27:17.380><c> the</c><00:27:17.700><c> evening,</c><00:27:19.019><c> in</c><00:27:19.200><c> the</c><00:27:19.539><c> black</c><00:27:19.980><c> and</c><00:27:20.539><c> dark</c><00:27:21.119><c> night.</c>

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And<00:27:23.680><c> I'll</c><00:27:23.819><c> be</c><00:27:24.019><c> hold.</c><00:27:26.680><c> There</c><00:27:26.920><c> met</c><00:27:27.079><c> him</c><00:27:27.259><c> a</c><00:27:27.380><c> woman</c><00:27:27.799><c> with</c><00:27:28.720><c> the</c><00:27:28.940><c> attire</c><00:27:29.339><c> of</c>

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an<00:27:29.700><c> harlot</c><00:27:30.039><c> and</c><00:27:31.339><c> subtle</c><00:27:31.720><c> of</c><00:27:32.019><c> heart.</c>

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She<00:27:33.619><c> is</c><00:27:33.880><c> loud</c><00:27:34.119><c> and</c><00:27:34.460><c> stubborn.</c><00:27:34.880><c> Her</c><00:27:35.000><c> feet</c><00:27:35.180><c> abide</c><00:27:35.519><c> not</c><00:27:35.759><c> in</c><00:27:35.920><c> her</c>

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house.<00:27:37.259><c> Now</c><00:27:37.480><c> she</c><00:27:37.680><c> is</c><00:27:37.779><c> without,</c><00:27:38.759><c> and</c><00:27:38.880><c> now</c><00:27:39.099><c> she's</c><00:27:39.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:39.640><c> streets</c><00:27:40.099><c> and</c><00:27:40.980><c> lies</c><00:27:41.220><c> and</c><00:27:41.519><c> waits</c><00:27:41.859><c> at</c><00:27:42.240><c> every</c><00:27:42.539><c> corner.</c><00:27:43.539><c> And</c>

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:45.980
so<00:27:43.839><c> she</c><00:27:44.059><c> caught</c><00:27:44.319><c> him</c><00:27:44.460><c> and</c><00:27:44.579><c> she</c><00:27:44.779><c> kissed</c><00:27:45.019><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:46.319><c> with</c><00:27:46.539><c> an</c><00:27:46.740><c> impudent</c><00:27:47.059><c> face</c><00:27:47.359><c> she</c><00:27:47.579><c> said</c><00:27:47.700><c> unto</c><00:27:47.940><c> him.</c><00:27:49.259><c> And</c><00:27:49.480><c> mark</c>

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these<00:27:49.940><c> words</c><00:27:50.220><c> carefully.</c><00:27:50.740><c> These</c><00:27:50.980><c> words</c><00:27:51.359><c> that</c><00:27:51.539><c> she</c>

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speaks<00:27:52.059><c> from</c><00:27:52.279><c> verse</c><00:27:52.500><c> 14.</c><00:27:53.319><c> I</c><00:27:53.460><c> have</c><00:27:53.660><c> peace</c><00:27:53.960><c> offerings</c><00:27:54.279><c> with</c><00:27:54.519><c> me.</c>

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This<00:27:55.660><c> day</c><00:27:55.900><c> I've</c><00:27:56.180><c> paid</c><00:27:56.460><c> my</c><00:27:56.740><c> vows.</c><00:27:58.019><c> Therefore</c><00:27:58.420><c> came</c><00:27:58.740><c> I</c>

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I've<00:28:03.599><c> decked</c><00:28:03.859><c> my</c><00:28:04.079><c> bed</c><00:28:04.460><c> with</c><00:28:04.920><c> coverings</c><00:28:05.279><c> of</c><00:28:05.500><c> tapestry,</c><00:28:06.559><c> with</c>

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carved<00:28:07.099><c> works,</c><00:28:07.619><c> with</c><00:28:07.759><c> fine</c><00:28:08.019><c> linen</c><00:28:08.200><c> of</c><00:28:08.440><c> Egypt.</c>

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:14.079
I<00:28:10.339><c> have</c><00:28:10.619><c> perfumed</c><00:28:11.079><c> my</c><00:28:11.380><c> bed</c><00:28:11.519><c> with</c><00:28:11.799><c> myrrh</c><00:28:12.099><c> and</c><00:28:12.279><c> aloes</c><00:28:12.640><c> and</c><00:28:12.839><c> cinnamon.</c><00:28:13.839><c> Come</c>

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:16.619
let<00:28:15.059><c> us</c><00:28:15.240><c> take</c><00:28:15.460><c> our</c><00:28:15.759><c> fill</c><00:28:15.859><c> of</c><00:28:16.099><c> love</c><00:28:16.319><c> until</c>

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:21.740
the<00:28:16.819><c> morning</c><00:28:17.200><c> and</c><00:28:17.920><c> let</c><00:28:18.079><c> us</c><00:28:18.359><c> solace</c><00:28:18.660><c> ourselves</c><00:28:19.180><c> with</c><00:28:19.500><c> love.</c><00:28:20.859><c> For</c><00:28:21.059><c> the</c><00:28:21.279><c> goodman</c><00:28:21.559><c> is</c>

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not<00:28:21.900><c> at</c><00:28:22.119><c> home.</c><00:28:23.099><c> He</c><00:28:23.359><c> has</c><00:28:23.660><c> gone</c><00:28:24.160><c> on</c><00:28:24.960><c> a</c>

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:38.059
strange<00:28:32.839><c> woman</c><00:28:33.339><c> is</c><00:28:33.799><c> associated</c><00:28:34.440><c> with</c><00:28:34.740><c> false</c><00:28:35.099><c> worship.</c><00:28:36.460><c> There's</c><00:28:36.559><c> a</c><00:28:36.740><c> natural</c><00:28:37.119><c> level</c><00:28:37.539><c> and</c>

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there's<00:28:38.259><c> a</c><00:28:38.539><c> spiritual</c>

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level.<00:28:39.980><c> Look</c><00:28:40.099><c> again</c><00:28:40.400><c> at</c><00:28:40.619><c> the</c><00:28:40.779><c> language</c><00:28:41.099><c> from</c><00:28:41.299><c> verse</c><00:28:41.539><c> 14</c><00:28:41.920><c> downwards.</c><00:28:43.039><c> Notice</c><00:28:43.039><c> all</c>

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the<00:28:43.759><c> spiritual</c><00:28:43.980><c> illusions</c><00:28:44.319><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:44.839><c> law,</c><00:28:46.160><c> to</c><00:28:46.259><c> the</c><00:28:46.480><c> tabernacle,</c><00:28:48.039><c> to</c><00:28:48.140><c> the</c><00:28:48.440><c> priesthood,</c><00:28:49.619><c> to</c><00:28:49.740><c> the</c>

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people<00:28:50.220><c> of</c><00:28:50.420><c> God,</c><00:28:50.579><c> and</c><00:28:50.839><c> finally</c><00:28:51.099><c> to</c><00:28:51.339><c> the</c><00:28:51.519><c> goodman</c>

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who's<00:28:53.019><c> far</c><00:28:53.339><c> away.</c><00:28:55.180><c> Verse</c><00:28:55.359><c> 14.</c><00:28:56.160><c> I</c><00:28:56.319><c> have</c><00:28:56.640><c> peace</c><00:28:57.019><c> offerings</c><00:28:57.359><c> with</c>

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me.<00:28:58.019><c> We're</c><00:28:58.240><c> not</c><00:28:58.359><c> peace</c><00:28:58.640><c> offerings</c><00:28:58.960><c> commanded</c><00:28:59.319><c> under</c>

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:02.940
the<00:28:59.539><c> law</c><00:28:59.720><c> of</c><00:28:59.920><c> Moses.</c><00:29:00.960><c> This</c><00:29:01.079><c> day</c><00:29:01.319><c> I</c><00:29:01.480><c> have</c><00:29:01.559><c> paid</c><00:29:01.819><c> my</c><00:29:02.079><c> vows.</c><00:29:02.819><c> Are</c>

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:05.500
not<00:29:03.220><c> vows</c><00:29:03.579><c> encouraged</c><00:29:04.039><c> under</c><00:29:04.259><c> the</c><00:29:04.380><c> law</c><00:29:04.500><c> of</c><00:29:04.720><c> Moses?</c>

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And<00:29:06.160><c> if</c><00:29:06.200><c> you've</c><00:29:06.759><c> got</c><00:29:07.000><c> a</c><00:29:07.200><c> center</c><00:29:07.420><c> margin</c><00:29:07.660><c> you'll</c><00:29:07.920><c> probably</c><00:29:08.119><c> find</c><00:29:08.339><c> Leviticus</c><00:29:08.740><c> 22</c>

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and<00:29:09.299><c> verse</c><00:29:09.500><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:29:10.420><c> number</c><00:29:10.660><c> six.</c><00:29:10.940><c> These</c><00:29:11.279><c> were</c><00:29:11.519><c> the</c><00:29:11.700><c> vows</c><00:29:12.039><c> that</c><00:29:12.400><c> were</c><00:29:12.720><c> presented</c><00:29:13.119><c> under</c>

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the<00:29:13.599><c> law.</c>

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Verse<00:29:15.480><c> 15.</c><00:29:16.859><c> Therefore</c><00:29:17.119><c> came</c><00:29:17.500><c> I</c><00:29:17.700><c> forth</c><00:29:17.900><c> to</c><00:29:18.119><c> meet</c><00:29:18.319><c> thee.</c><00:29:19.339><c> Diligently</c><00:29:19.819><c> to</c><00:29:20.059><c> seek</c><00:29:20.220><c> thy</c>

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:22.380
face<00:29:20.720><c> and</c><00:29:20.880><c> I</c><00:29:20.980><c> have</c><00:29:21.180><c> found</c><00:29:21.420><c> thee.</c>

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Catch<00:29:22.779><c> the</c><00:29:23.039><c> echo</c><00:29:23.299><c> of</c><00:29:23.500><c> the</c><00:29:23.660><c> ten</c><00:29:23.859><c> virgins</c><00:29:24.339><c> who</c><00:29:24.720><c> went</c><00:29:24.940><c> out</c><00:29:25.160><c> to</c><00:29:25.319><c> meet</c><00:29:25.420><c> the</c>

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bridegroom.<00:29:26.200><c> Are</c><00:29:26.359><c> we</c><00:29:26.519><c> not</c>

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exhorted<00:29:27.480><c> to</c><00:29:28.019><c> diligently</c><00:29:28.519><c> seek</c><00:29:28.920><c> for</c><00:29:29.180><c> our</c><00:29:29.460><c> bridegroom?</c><00:29:30.220><c> To</c><00:29:30.559><c> diligently</c><00:29:31.019><c> look</c><00:29:31.240><c> for</c><00:29:31.440><c> him?</c><00:29:32.859><c> Look</c><00:29:32.980><c> at</c>

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verse<00:29:33.299><c> 16.</c><00:29:33.819><c> I've</c>

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decked<00:29:34.240><c> my</c><00:29:34.480><c> bed</c><00:29:34.640><c> with</c><00:29:34.980><c> coverings</c><00:29:35.299><c> of</c><00:29:35.559><c> tapestry.</c><00:29:36.859><c> Well,</c><00:29:37.519><c> if</c><00:29:38.079><c> you</c><00:29:38.180><c> look</c><00:29:38.299><c> at</c>

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.920
the<00:29:38.599><c> virtuous</c><00:29:38.900><c> woman</c><00:29:39.180><c> back</c><00:29:39.440><c> in</c><00:29:39.660><c> Proverbs</c>

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31<00:29:40.259><c> and</c><00:29:40.460><c> verse</c><00:29:40.660><c> 22</c><00:29:40.940><c> you</c><00:29:41.079><c> might</c><00:29:41.279><c> even</c><00:29:41.480><c> have</c><00:29:41.839><c> a</c><00:29:42.180><c> cross</c><00:29:42.380><c> reference</c>

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there.<00:29:44.019><c> She</c><00:29:44.259><c> has</c><00:29:44.559><c> tapestry</c><00:29:45.200><c> and</c><00:29:46.339><c> clothing</c>

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of<00:29:46.920><c> silk</c><00:29:47.099><c> and</c><00:29:47.359><c> purple.</c><00:29:49.680><c> Verse</c><00:29:49.900><c> 17.</c><00:29:50.460><c> I</c><00:29:50.599><c> have</c><00:29:50.839><c> perfumed</c><00:29:51.319><c> my</c><00:29:51.599><c> bed</c>

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with<00:29:52.079><c> myrrh</c><00:29:52.799><c> and</c><00:29:53.019><c> aloes</c><00:29:53.480><c> and</c><00:29:53.740><c> cinnamon.</c><00:29:54.319><c> Come</c><00:29:54.579><c> let</c>

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us<00:29:55.099><c> take</c><00:29:55.180><c> our</c><00:29:55.519><c> fill</c><00:29:55.640><c> of</c><00:29:55.859><c> love</c><00:29:56.000><c> until</c><00:29:56.259><c> the</c><00:29:56.500><c> morning.</c><00:29:56.940><c> Let</c><00:29:57.099><c> us</c><00:29:57.400><c> solace</c><00:29:57.700><c> ourselves</c><00:29:58.160><c> with</c><00:29:58.440><c> love.</c><00:29:59.339><c> Well,</c><00:29:59.500><c> what</c><00:29:59.579><c> is</c><00:29:59.720><c> fine</c>

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linen<00:30:00.319><c> and</c><00:30:00.539><c> myrrh</c><00:30:00.839><c> and</c><00:30:01.059><c> aloes</c><00:30:01.359><c> and</c><00:30:01.539><c> cinnamon?</c><00:30:02.240><c> These</c><00:30:02.440><c> are</c><00:30:02.720><c> all</c>

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things<00:30:03.700><c> that</c><00:30:04.000><c> associated</c><00:30:04.400><c> themselves</c><00:30:04.839><c> with</c>

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a<00:30:05.579><c> tabernacle,</c><00:30:07.059><c> with</c><00:30:07.240><c> the</c><00:30:07.440><c> priesthood,</c><00:30:08.960><c> with</c><00:30:09.180><c> worship,</c><00:30:10.619><c> with</c>

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holiness.<00:30:12.859><c> And</c><00:30:13.039><c> look</c><00:30:13.140><c> at</c><00:30:13.279><c> this</c><00:30:13.480><c> echo</c><00:30:13.720><c> in</c><00:30:13.920><c> verse</c><00:30:14.140><c> 19.</c>

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For<00:30:14.900><c> the</c><00:30:15.140><c> goodman</c><00:30:15.480><c> is</c><00:30:15.660><c> not</c><00:30:15.799><c> at</c><00:30:16.039><c> home.</c><00:30:16.720><c> He</c><00:30:16.940><c> is</c><00:30:17.099><c> on</c><00:30:17.339><c> a</c><00:30:17.480><c> long</c><00:30:17.859><c> journey.</c><00:30:19.240><c> Catch</c>

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the<00:30:19.819><c> echo</c><00:30:20.000><c> from</c><00:30:20.220><c> Matthew</c><00:30:20.480><c> 25.</c><00:30:21.500><c> For</c><00:30:21.640><c> the</c>

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country,<00:30:25.380><c> this</c><00:30:25.460><c> is</c><00:30:25.640><c> our</c><00:30:25.880><c> bridegroom</c><00:30:26.680><c> who</c><00:30:27.299><c> has</c><00:30:27.539><c> gone</c><00:30:27.640><c> into</c><00:30:27.920><c> heaven</c><00:30:28.279><c> and</c>

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he<00:30:29.680><c> called</c><00:30:29.819><c> his</c><00:30:30.079><c> servants</c><00:30:30.400><c> and</c><00:30:30.839><c> delivered</c>

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unto<00:30:31.279><c> them</c><00:30:31.559><c> his</c><00:30:31.819><c> goods.</c><00:30:33.640><c> This</c><00:30:34.259><c> is</c><00:30:34.420><c> about</c><00:30:34.619><c> us.</c><00:30:36.380><c> This</c><00:30:36.539><c> is</c><00:30:36.740><c> no</c><00:30:36.920><c> longer</c><00:30:37.160><c> just</c><00:30:37.480><c> about</c><00:30:38.740><c> them.</c><00:30:41.579><c> It's</c><00:30:42.180><c> about</c><00:30:42.359><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:44.720><c> so</c><00:30:44.819><c> the</c><00:30:45.039><c> exhortation</c><00:30:45.559><c> behind</c><00:30:45.960><c> this</c><00:30:46.220><c> text</c><00:30:46.519><c> is</c><00:30:47.240><c> a</c><00:30:48.279><c> bewitching</c><00:30:48.799><c> woman</c><00:30:49.140><c> is</c>

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as<00:30:49.980><c> alluring</c><00:30:50.319><c> to</c><00:30:50.559><c> a</c><00:30:50.700><c> man</c><00:30:50.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:51.039><c> world</c><00:30:51.460><c> as</c><00:30:52.599><c> false</c><00:30:52.980><c> worshipers</c><00:30:54.079><c> to</c><00:30:54.559><c> the</c><00:30:54.720><c> disciple</c><00:30:55.279><c> in</c><00:30:56.380><c> Christ.</c><00:30:59.200><c> How</c>

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we<00:30:59.640><c> say</c><00:30:59.799><c> we?</c><00:31:00.299><c> We're</c><00:31:00.380><c> not</c><00:31:00.460><c> false</c><00:31:00.779><c> worshipers.</c>

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We're<00:31:02.460><c> all</c><00:31:02.539><c> at</c><00:31:02.700><c> Bible</c><00:31:03.000><c> school.</c><00:31:04.619><c> We're</c><00:31:04.940><c> all</c><00:31:05.119><c> here</c><00:31:05.380><c> listening</c>

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to<00:31:05.940><c> the</c><00:31:06.039><c> word</c><00:31:06.160><c> of</c><00:31:06.339><c> God</c><00:31:06.480><c> being</c><00:31:06.759><c> expounded.</c>

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anything<00:31:14.960><c> outside</c><00:31:15.880><c> of</c><00:31:16.119><c> Christ</c><00:31:16.359><c> that</c><00:31:16.660><c> owns</c><00:31:16.960><c> and</c>

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occupies<00:31:17.680><c> our</c><00:31:17.900><c> minds.</c><00:31:20.019><c> Anything</c><00:31:20.259><c> outside</c><00:31:20.720><c> of</c><00:31:20.960><c> Christ</c><00:31:21.200><c> that</c>

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breaks<00:31:21.839><c> down</c><00:31:22.200><c> our</c><00:31:22.440><c> communication</c><00:31:23.059><c> with</c><00:31:23.240><c> the</c><00:31:23.359><c> God</c><00:31:23.480><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:31:25.740><c> Think</c><00:31:25.900><c> carefully</c><00:31:26.240><c> about</c><00:31:26.480><c> our</c><00:31:26.759><c> prayer</c><00:31:26.920><c> lives.</c><00:31:28.940><c> Anything</c><00:31:29.200><c> outside</c><00:31:29.680><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:31:30.140><c> that</c><00:31:30.420><c> distorts</c><00:31:31.119><c> the</c><00:31:31.500><c> view</c>

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of<00:31:32.200><c> true</c><00:31:32.400><c> fellowship,</c><00:31:34.400><c> whether</c><00:31:34.500><c> it</c><00:31:34.680><c> be</c><00:31:35.000><c> Charismatics</c><00:31:35.619><c> or</c><00:31:35.900><c> Catholics,</c><00:31:36.960><c> television</c><00:31:37.220><c> or</c>

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tantalizing<00:31:38.140><c> commercials,</c>

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computer<00:31:40.799><c> games</c><00:31:41.160><c> or</c><00:31:41.519><c> climbing</c><00:31:41.799><c> the</c><00:31:42.079><c> corporate</c><00:31:42.359><c> ladder.</c><00:31:44.059><c> The</c>

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disciple<00:31:44.619><c> in</c><00:31:44.900><c> Christ</c><00:31:45.119><c> is</c><00:31:45.339><c> more</c><00:31:45.519><c> at</c><00:31:45.680><c> risk</c><00:31:45.799><c> today</c><00:31:46.140><c> of</c>

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false<00:31:46.579><c> worship</c><00:31:47.019><c> than</c><00:31:47.299><c> in</c><00:31:47.579><c> any</c><00:31:47.859><c> other</c><00:31:48.279><c> period</c><00:31:48.500><c> of</c><00:31:48.720><c> human</c><00:31:48.920><c> history.</c><00:31:51.200><c> And</c><00:31:51.380><c> why</c><00:31:51.539><c> do</c><00:31:51.700><c> I</c>

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make<00:31:52.119><c> this</c><00:31:52.380><c> claim?</c>

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Because<00:31:54.420><c> the</c><00:31:54.640><c> Bible</c><00:31:54.880><c> makes</c><00:31:55.200><c> that</c><00:31:55.480><c> claim.</c><00:31:58.200><c> Come</c><00:31:58.339><c> to</c><00:31:58.559><c> 2nd</c><00:31:58.940><c> Timothy</c><00:31:59.279><c> and</c><00:31:59.660><c> chapter</c><00:31:59.960><c> 3</c>

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and<00:32:01.279><c> as</c><00:32:01.440><c> you</c><00:32:01.700><c> turn</c><00:32:01.900><c> to</c><00:32:02.200><c> 2nd</c>

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Timothy<00:32:02.900><c> chapter</c><00:32:03.240><c> 3</c><00:32:03.660><c> I'll</c><00:32:04.119><c> remind</c><00:32:04.359><c> you</c><00:32:04.500><c> of</c><00:32:04.619><c> what</c><00:32:04.740><c> Daniel</c><00:32:05.200><c> warns</c><00:32:05.660><c> us</c>

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about<00:32:06.059><c> in</c><00:32:06.240><c> the</c><00:32:06.380><c> last</c><00:32:06.619><c> days</c><00:32:06.880><c> and</c><00:32:07.180><c> I'll</c><00:32:07.380><c> remind</c>

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you<00:32:07.660><c> what</c><00:32:07.779><c> the</c><00:32:07.960><c> apostle</c><00:32:08.220><c> Paul</c><00:32:08.700><c> reminds</c><00:32:09.099><c> us</c><00:32:09.299><c> of</c><00:32:09.359><c> in</c><00:32:09.539><c> the</c><00:32:09.720><c> last</c>

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days.<00:32:10.480><c> That</c><00:32:10.599><c> in</c><00:32:10.779><c> the</c><00:32:11.000><c> last</c><00:32:11.240><c> days</c><00:32:11.759><c> some</c><00:32:12.359><c> of</c><00:32:12.559><c> them</c><00:32:12.740><c> of</c>

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understanding<00:32:13.539><c> shall</c><00:32:13.839><c> fall</c><00:32:14.279><c> to</c><00:32:14.839><c> try</c><00:32:15.180><c> them</c><00:32:15.359><c> and</c><00:32:15.519><c> to</c><00:32:15.779><c> purge</c><00:32:16.079><c> them</c><00:32:16.200><c> and</c>

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to<00:32:16.460><c> make</c><00:32:16.599><c> them</c><00:32:16.859><c> white</c><00:32:17.019><c> even</c><00:32:17.339><c> to</c><00:32:17.519><c> the</c><00:32:17.720><c> time</c><00:32:17.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:18.200><c> end</c><00:32:18.380><c> because</c><00:32:18.759><c> it</c><00:32:18.920><c> is</c><00:32:19.059><c> for</c><00:32:19.220><c> the</c><00:32:19.420><c> time</c><00:32:19.579><c> appointed.</c><00:32:22.119><c> And</c><00:32:22.240><c> Paul</c><00:32:22.420><c> says</c><00:32:22.660><c> let</c>

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no<00:32:23.119><c> man</c><00:32:23.259><c> deceive</c><00:32:23.579><c> you</c><00:32:23.720><c> by</c><00:32:23.940><c> any</c><00:32:24.119><c> means</c>

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for<00:32:24.839><c> that</c><00:32:25.180><c> day</c><00:32:25.420><c> that's</c><00:32:25.740><c> the</c><00:32:25.880><c> coming</c><00:32:26.019><c> of</c><00:32:26.220><c> the</c><00:32:26.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:26.460><c> Jesus</c><00:32:26.779><c> Christ</c><00:32:27.019><c> shall</c><00:32:27.240><c> not</c>

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come<00:32:27.940><c> except</c><00:32:28.380><c> there</c><00:32:28.599><c> be</c><00:32:28.720><c> a</c><00:32:29.000><c> falling</c>

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away<00:32:29.759><c> first.</c><00:32:31.299><c> And</c><00:32:31.460><c> the</c><00:32:31.559><c> man</c><00:32:31.700><c> of</c><00:32:31.880><c> sin</c><00:32:32.000><c> be</c><00:32:32.200><c> revealed</c><00:32:32.460><c> the</c><00:32:32.640><c> son</c><00:32:32.720><c> of</c>

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perdition<00:32:33.640><c> who</c><00:32:34.240><c> opposes</c><00:32:34.640><c> and</c><00:32:35.019><c> exalted</c><00:32:35.380><c> himself</c>

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above<00:32:36.039><c> all</c><00:32:36.279><c> that</c><00:32:36.420><c> is</c><00:32:36.599><c> called</c><00:32:36.779><c> God</c><00:32:37.019><c> or</c><00:32:37.180><c> that</c><00:32:37.319><c> is</c><00:32:37.460><c> worshiped.</c><00:32:39.819><c> And</c><00:32:39.960><c> so</c>

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Paul<00:32:40.619><c> writes</c><00:32:41.059><c> to</c><00:32:41.299><c> Timothy,</c>

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2nd<00:32:43.460><c> Timothy</c><00:32:43.680><c> 3</c><00:32:44.039><c> and</c><00:32:44.200><c> verse</c><00:32:44.440><c> 1,</c><00:32:45.460><c> know</c><00:32:45.660><c> this</c><00:32:45.980><c> also</c><00:32:46.480><c> that</c><00:32:46.720><c> in</c><00:32:47.019><c> the</c>

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last<00:32:47.640><c> days</c><00:32:48.259><c> that's</c><00:32:49.019><c> where</c><00:32:49.200><c> we</c><00:32:49.420><c> are</c><00:32:49.619><c> in</c><00:32:49.839><c> history</c>

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we<00:32:50.619><c> are</c><00:32:51.000><c> in</c><00:32:51.339><c> the</c><00:32:51.720><c> last</c><00:32:52.000><c> days</c><00:32:52.500><c> and</c><00:32:53.220><c> of</c><00:32:53.400><c> the</c><00:32:53.660><c> 18</c><00:32:54.220><c> characteristics</c>

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of<00:32:55.619><c> false</c><00:32:55.940><c> worship</c><00:32:56.460><c> the</c><00:32:57.299><c> first</c>

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is<00:32:58.420><c> to</c><00:32:58.599><c> do</c><00:32:58.720><c> with</c><00:32:59.019><c> loving</c><00:32:59.440><c> self</c><00:33:00.000><c> and</c><00:33:00.940><c> the</c><00:33:01.279><c> last</c><00:33:01.579><c> is</c><00:33:01.819><c> to</c><00:33:01.980><c> do</c><00:33:02.140><c> with</c>

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loving<00:33:02.880><c> pleasure.</c>

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I<00:33:07.559><c> know</c><00:33:07.940><c> this</c><00:33:08.119><c> in</c><00:33:08.420><c> the</c><00:33:08.700><c> last</c><00:33:08.900><c> days</c><00:33:09.180><c> perilous</c><00:33:09.880><c> time</c><00:33:10.140><c> shall</c><00:33:10.380><c> come</c>

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and<00:33:12.279><c> we</c><00:33:12.480><c> think</c><00:33:12.599><c> oh</c><00:33:12.779><c> well</c><00:33:12.920><c> this</c><00:33:13.019><c> is</c><00:33:13.200><c> the</c>

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the<00:33:13.839><c> things</c><00:33:13.940><c> that</c><00:33:14.119><c> are</c><00:33:14.180><c> happening</c><00:33:14.380><c> in</c><00:33:14.640><c> Kosovo</c><00:33:15.039><c> that's</c><00:33:15.559><c> the</c><00:33:15.799><c> perilous</c><00:33:16.220><c> times</c><00:33:16.400><c> that's</c><00:33:16.680><c> not</c><00:33:16.839><c> what</c><00:33:16.940><c> he</c><00:33:17.140><c> says</c>

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nothing<00:33:19.019><c> to</c><00:33:19.200><c> do</c><00:33:19.279><c> with</c><00:33:19.460><c> Kosovo</c><00:33:20.000><c> men</c><00:33:20.339><c> shall</c><00:33:20.480><c> be</c><00:33:20.720><c> lovers</c><00:33:21.039><c> of</c><00:33:21.279><c> their</c><00:33:21.539><c> own</c>

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selves.<00:33:22.900><c> Verse</c><00:33:22.900><c> 2</c><00:33:23.420><c> covetous</c><00:33:24.380><c> think</c><00:33:25.079><c> of</c><00:33:25.180><c> the</c>

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faithful<00:33:35.859><c> unholy</c><00:33:38.500><c> without</c><00:33:39.099><c> natural</c><00:33:39.819><c> affection</c><00:33:40.660><c> truth</c><00:33:41.319><c> breakers</c><00:33:43.259><c> false</c>

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accusers<00:33:44.519><c> incontinent</c>

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fierce<00:33:47.619><c> despises</c><00:33:49.359><c> of</c><00:33:49.660><c> those</c><00:33:50.059><c> that</c><00:33:50.259><c> are</c><00:33:50.440><c> good</c>

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