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men<00:13:37.139><c> would</c><00:13:37.320><c> have</c><00:13:37.519><c> spelt</c><00:13:37.679><c> disaster</c><00:13:38.259><c> for</c><00:13:38.500><c> the</c><00:13:38.679><c> mission.</c><00:13:40.899><c> And</c><00:13:41.220><c> when</c><00:13:41.379><c> we</c>

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consider<00:13:42.460><c> our</c><00:13:42.919><c> involvement</c><00:13:43.379><c> amongst</c><00:13:43.740><c> one</c>

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that.<00:13:47.720><c> We</c><00:13:48.019><c> have</c><00:13:48.360><c> to</c><00:13:48.539><c> be</c><00:13:48.759><c> aware</c><00:13:49.360><c> of</c><00:13:49.860><c> not</c><00:13:50.100><c> only</c><00:13:50.279><c> our</c><00:13:50.539><c> own</c>

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obligation<00:13:51.320><c> to</c><00:13:51.539><c> our</c><00:13:51.740><c> God</c><00:13:51.899><c> to</c><00:13:52.019><c> be</c><00:13:52.340><c> strong</c><00:13:52.720><c> and</c><00:13:53.080><c> courageous</c><00:13:53.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:54.799><c> face</c><00:13:55.100><c> of</c><00:13:55.659><c> the</c><00:13:56.019><c> enemy</c><00:13:56.379><c> that</c><00:13:56.659><c> we</c><00:13:56.919><c> must</c><00:13:57.120><c> war</c><00:13:57.259><c> against,</c>

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the<00:13:58.019><c> enemy</c><00:13:58.259><c> within</c><00:13:58.700><c> primarily</c><00:13:59.480><c> and</c><00:14:00.259><c> the</c><00:14:00.460><c> enemy</c><00:14:00.659><c> without,</c><00:14:02.019><c> but</c>

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we<00:14:02.379><c> have</c><00:14:02.539><c> to</c><00:14:02.720><c> realize</c><00:14:03.240><c> how</c><00:14:03.460><c> important</c><00:14:04.019><c> it</c><00:14:04.259><c> is</c><00:14:04.500><c> for</c><00:14:04.700><c> our</c>

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brother<00:14:05.039><c> and</c><00:14:05.279><c> sisters</c><00:14:05.620><c> to</c><00:14:05.960><c> see</c><00:14:06.159><c> in</c><00:14:06.259><c> us</c><00:14:06.480><c> that</c><00:14:06.740><c> spirit</c><00:14:07.000><c> of</c><00:14:07.259><c> courage.</c><00:14:08.159><c> Nothing's</c><00:14:08.539><c> more</c>

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discouraging<00:14:09.659><c> than</c><00:14:09.919><c> having</c>

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faint<00:14:10.620><c>-hearted</c><00:14:10.919><c> comrades.</c><00:14:12.379><c> Nothing</c><00:14:12.679><c> makes</c><00:14:13.019><c> the</c><00:14:13.320><c> sword</c><00:14:13.600><c> go</c><00:14:13.940><c> limper</c><00:14:14.200><c> in</c>

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our<00:14:14.659><c> hand</c><00:14:14.980><c> than</c><00:14:15.159><c> to</c><00:14:15.340><c> see</c><00:14:15.440><c> it</c><00:14:15.600><c> go</c><00:14:15.840><c> limp</c><00:14:16.000><c> in</c>

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everybody<00:14:16.519><c> else's</c><00:14:17.039><c> hand.</c><00:14:18.539><c> It's</c><00:14:18.940><c> vital</c><00:14:19.460><c> that</c><00:14:19.759><c> we</c><00:14:20.379><c> recognize</c>

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that<00:14:21.860><c> effect</c><00:14:22.240><c> we</c><00:14:22.659><c> have</c><00:14:22.860><c> on</c><00:14:23.080><c> one</c><00:14:23.279><c> another.</c><00:14:24.440><c> Jonathan</c>

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realized<00:14:25.740><c> that</c><00:14:26.340><c> very</c><00:14:26.700><c> principle,</c><00:14:27.240><c> so</c><00:14:27.460><c> he</c><00:14:28.159><c> went</c><00:14:28.340><c> alone.</c><00:14:29.639><c> He</c><00:14:29.799><c> went</c><00:14:29.960><c> up</c>

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against<00:14:30.460><c> that</c><00:14:30.759><c> Philistine</c><00:14:31.100><c> garrison</c><00:14:31.700><c> with</c>

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the<00:14:32.360><c> only</c><00:14:32.580><c> other</c><00:14:32.840><c> faithful</c><00:14:33.159><c> man</c><00:14:33.419><c> he</c><00:14:33.480><c> could</c><00:14:33.679><c> find,</c><00:14:34.000><c> and</c><00:14:34.100><c> that</c>

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was<00:14:34.340><c> his</c><00:14:34.600><c> armor</c><00:14:34.879><c> bearer.</c><00:14:36.379><c> And</c><00:14:36.559><c> so</c><00:14:36.759><c> they</c>

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tackle<00:14:37.580><c> this</c><00:14:37.860><c> Philistine</c><00:14:38.259><c> garrison,</c><00:14:40.559><c> and</c><00:14:40.580><c> they</c><00:14:40.759><c> go</c><00:14:40.940><c> between</c>

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the<00:14:41.600><c> passages</c><00:14:42.179><c> by</c><00:14:42.519><c> which</c><00:14:42.759><c> Jonathan</c><00:14:43.200><c> sought</c><00:14:43.500><c> to</c>

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go<00:14:43.840><c> over.</c><00:14:44.200><c> It</c><00:14:44.200><c> was</c><00:14:44.860><c> verse</c><00:14:45.399><c> four,</c><00:14:46.100><c> by</c><00:14:46.379><c> which</c><00:14:46.600><c> Jonathan</c><00:14:46.980><c> sought</c>

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to<00:14:47.360><c> go</c><00:14:47.580><c> over</c><00:14:47.700><c> into</c><00:14:47.840><c> the</c><00:14:48.019><c> Philistine</c><00:14:48.379><c> garrison.</c>

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There<00:14:49.340><c> was</c><00:14:49.600><c> a</c><00:14:49.860><c> sharp</c><00:14:50.100><c> rock</c><00:14:50.320><c> on</c><00:14:50.480><c> the</c><00:14:50.639><c> one</c><00:14:50.899><c> side</c><00:14:51.179><c> and</c><00:14:51.320><c> a</c><00:14:51.559><c> sharp</c><00:14:51.779><c> rock</c><00:14:51.980><c> on</c>

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the<00:14:52.279><c> other</c><00:14:52.519><c> side,</c><00:14:53.299><c> and</c><00:14:53.399><c> the</c><00:14:53.480><c> name</c><00:14:53.620><c> of</c><00:14:53.759><c> the</c><00:14:53.940><c> one</c>

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was<00:14:54.440><c> Bozes,</c><00:14:54.980><c> and</c><00:14:55.120><c> the</c><00:14:55.179><c> name</c><00:14:55.340><c> of</c><00:14:55.500><c> the</c><00:14:55.659><c> other</c><00:14:55.980><c> Sina,</c><00:14:56.539><c> which</c><00:14:56.720><c> just</c>

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means<00:14:57.179><c> sharp</c><00:14:57.539><c> rock.</c><00:14:58.299><c> Bozes</c><00:14:58.720><c> means</c><00:14:59.100><c> a</c><00:14:59.460><c> shining</c><00:14:59.740><c> or</c><00:15:03.399><c> a</c>

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walk<00:15:04.419><c> up</c><00:15:04.740><c> through</c><00:15:05.139><c> a</c><00:15:05.899><c> nice</c><00:15:06.840><c> gentle</c><00:15:07.299><c> incline</c><00:15:07.919><c> up</c><00:15:08.259><c> into</c><00:15:08.620><c> the</c><00:15:08.799><c> Philistine</c><00:15:09.159><c> garrison.</c><00:15:09.580><c> That's</c><00:15:09.799><c> not</c><00:15:10.179><c> so.</c>

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their<00:15:18.940><c> own.</c><00:15:19.139><c> They</c><00:15:19.240><c> were</c><00:15:19.500><c> rather</c><00:15:19.820><c> projections</c><00:15:20.519><c> from</c><00:15:20.820><c> a</c><00:15:21.100><c> cliff.</c>

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Jonathan<00:15:22.279><c> had</c><00:15:22.580><c> to</c><00:15:22.899><c> scale</c><00:15:23.399><c> hand</c><00:15:24.539><c> over</c><00:15:24.940><c> hand,</c>

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foot<00:15:25.539><c> over</c><00:15:25.860><c> foot.</c><00:15:26.720><c> That's</c><00:15:27.039><c> exactly</c><00:15:27.500><c> how</c><00:15:27.779><c> his</c><00:15:28.019><c> ascent</c><00:15:28.460><c> is</c><00:15:28.779><c> described.</c><00:15:31.639><c> If</c>

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we<00:15:31.919><c> consider</c>

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verse<00:15:36.259><c> 13,</c><00:15:36.820><c> and</c><00:15:36.919><c> Jonathan</c><00:15:37.279><c> climbed</c><00:15:37.659><c> up</c><00:15:37.940><c> upon</c><00:15:38.159><c> his</c><00:15:38.419><c> hands</c><00:15:38.659><c> and</c>

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upon<00:15:39.080><c> his</c><00:15:39.360><c> feet</c><00:15:39.899><c> and</c><00:15:40.399><c> his</c><00:15:40.580><c> armor</c><00:15:40.860><c> bearer</c><00:15:41.120><c> after</c><00:15:41.500><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:15:41.860><c> how</c><00:15:42.019><c> they</c><00:15:42.259><c> ascended</c><00:15:42.580><c> this</c><00:15:42.879><c> cliff.</c><00:15:43.120><c> That's</c><00:15:43.360><c> what</c><00:15:43.500><c> they</c>

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were<00:15:43.860><c> prepared</c><00:15:44.100><c> to</c><00:15:44.379><c> tackle.</c><00:15:45.340><c> Now</c><00:15:45.539><c> how</c><00:15:45.639><c> more</c><00:15:45.899><c> exposed</c>

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could<00:15:46.600><c> you</c><00:15:46.759><c> be</c><00:15:46.919><c> to</c><00:15:47.059><c> the</c><00:15:47.240><c> enemy</c><00:15:47.440><c> than</c><00:15:47.759><c> that,</c><00:15:48.700><c> grabbing</c><00:15:49.059><c> for</c><00:15:49.440><c> footholds</c><00:15:50.019><c> and</c>

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handholds,<00:15:51.679><c> weighed</c><00:15:51.980><c> down</c><00:15:52.440><c> with</c><00:15:52.720><c> armor</c>

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and<00:15:53.200><c> with</c><00:15:53.419><c> swords.</c><00:15:54.740><c> But</c><00:15:54.960><c> Jonathan</c><00:15:55.220><c> was</c><00:15:55.419><c> prepared</c><00:15:55.740><c> to</c><00:15:56.019><c> tackle</c>

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that<00:15:56.539><c> because</c><00:15:56.840><c> he</c><00:15:57.039><c> knew</c><00:15:57.399><c> that</c><00:15:57.639><c> God</c><00:15:57.820><c> would</c><00:15:57.980><c> be</c>

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with<00:15:58.340><c> him.</c><00:15:59.320><c> Now</c><00:15:59.720><c> we</c><00:16:00.340><c> note</c><00:16:00.620><c> that</c><00:16:00.840><c> Jonathan</c><00:16:01.299><c> sets</c><00:16:01.620><c> up</c><00:16:01.919><c> a</c><00:16:02.240><c> sign.</c>

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Verse<00:16:03.980><c> six,</c><00:16:04.399><c> Jonathan</c><00:16:04.779><c> said</c><00:16:05.120><c> to</c><00:16:05.259><c> the</c><00:16:05.379><c> young</c><00:16:05.580><c> man</c>

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that<00:16:06.120><c> bear</c><00:16:06.259><c> his</c><00:16:06.519><c> armor,</c><00:16:07.039><c> come</c><00:16:07.360><c> and</c><00:16:07.440><c> let</c><00:16:07.600><c> us</c><00:16:07.720><c> go</c><00:16:07.960><c> over</c><00:16:08.159><c> into</c><00:16:08.340><c> the</c>

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garrison<00:16:08.799><c> of</c><00:16:08.960><c> these</c><00:16:09.139><c> uncircumcised.</c><00:16:10.460><c> It</c><00:16:10.759><c> may</c><00:16:11.220><c> be</c><00:16:11.500><c> that</c>

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the<00:16:11.879><c> Lord</c><00:16:12.039><c> will</c><00:16:12.279><c> work</c><00:16:12.580><c> for</c><00:16:12.899><c> us,</c><00:16:13.600><c> for</c><00:16:13.740><c> there</c><00:16:14.019><c> is</c><00:16:14.299><c> no</c><00:16:14.600><c> restraint</c>

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to<00:16:15.279><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> Lord</c><00:16:15.639><c> to</c><00:16:15.899><c> save</c><00:16:16.100><c> by</c><00:16:16.379><c> many</c><00:16:16.600><c> or</c><00:16:16.799><c> by</c><00:16:17.100><c> few.</c><00:16:17.299><c> The</c><00:16:17.419><c> man</c>

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understood<00:16:17.980><c> exactly</c><00:16:18.860><c> how</c><00:16:19.460><c> God</c><00:16:19.779><c> functioned.</c><00:16:20.320><c> He</c><00:16:20.559><c> remembered</c>

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his<00:16:21.179><c> lessons,</c><00:16:22.379><c> remembered</c><00:16:22.620><c> his</c><00:16:22.879><c> Sunday</c>

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school<00:16:23.360><c> lessons</c><00:16:23.740><c> if</c><00:16:23.940><c> we</c><00:16:24.080><c> might</c><00:16:24.320><c> say.</c><00:16:25.200><c> The</c><00:16:25.419><c> lessons</c><00:16:25.700><c> that</c><00:16:25.860><c> have</c>

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been<00:16:26.259><c> drilled</c><00:16:26.460><c> into</c><00:16:26.740><c> Jonathan</c><00:16:27.139><c> as</c><00:16:27.379><c> a</c><00:16:27.519><c> boy,</c>

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probably<00:16:29.220><c> not</c><00:16:29.480><c> by</c><00:16:29.860><c> Saul,</c><00:16:30.440><c> possibly</c><00:16:30.879><c> by</c><00:16:31.120><c> that</c><00:16:31.320><c> faithful</c><00:16:31.700><c> mother.</c><00:16:33.639><c> And</c>

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his<00:16:34.019><c> armor</c><00:16:34.259><c> bearer</c><00:16:34.539><c> said</c><00:16:34.679><c> unto</c><00:16:34.860><c> him,</c>

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do<00:16:35.299><c> all</c><00:16:35.659><c> that</c><00:16:35.820><c> is</c><00:16:35.960><c> in</c><00:16:36.120><c> thine</c><00:16:36.340><c> heart,</c><00:16:36.759><c> turn</c><00:16:36.960><c> thee,</c><00:16:37.299><c> behold</c><00:16:37.539><c> I</c><00:16:37.779><c> am</c>

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with<00:16:38.220><c> thee</c><00:16:38.379><c> according</c><00:16:38.700><c> to</c><00:16:38.899><c> thy</c><00:16:39.120><c> heart.</c>

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Then<00:16:40.220><c> said</c><00:16:40.419><c> Jonathan,</c><00:16:41.039><c> behold</c><00:16:41.299><c> we</c><00:16:41.539><c> will</c><00:16:41.759><c> pass</c><00:16:42.059><c> over</c><00:16:42.360><c> unto</c><00:16:42.519><c> these</c><00:16:42.840><c> men</c>

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and<00:16:43.139><c> we</c><00:16:43.279><c> will</c><00:16:43.500><c> discover</c><00:16:43.899><c> ourselves</c><00:16:44.360><c> unto</c><00:16:44.580><c> them.</c>

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If<00:16:45.600><c> they</c><00:16:45.960><c> say</c><00:16:46.220><c> thus</c><00:16:46.440><c> unto</c><00:16:46.679><c> us,</c><00:16:47.700><c> tarry</c><00:16:47.960><c> until</c><00:16:48.200><c> we</c><00:16:48.379><c> come</c><00:16:48.620><c> to</c><00:16:48.799><c> you,</c>

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hath<00:16:57.320><c> delivered</c><00:16:57.720><c> them</c><00:16:57.919><c> into</c><00:16:58.159><c> our</c><00:16:58.419><c> hand</c><00:16:58.639><c> and</c><00:16:58.759><c> this</c><00:16:58.919><c> shall</c><00:16:59.059><c> be</c><00:16:59.379><c> a</c>

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reminds<00:17:11.200><c> us</c><00:17:11.400><c> of</c><00:17:11.500><c> what</c><00:17:11.720><c> Gideon</c><00:17:12.019><c> did,</c><00:17:12.839><c> where</c><00:17:12.960><c> Gideon</c><00:17:13.339><c> prevailed</c>

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ground.<00:17:23.819><c> Now</c><00:17:24.420><c> we</c><00:17:25.339><c> have</c><00:17:25.519><c> to</c><00:17:25.619><c> be</c><00:17:25.740><c> very</c><00:17:26.099><c> careful</c><00:17:26.339><c> in</c><00:17:26.559><c> dealing</c><00:17:26.740><c> with</c><00:17:26.960><c> this</c><00:17:27.240><c> precedent,</c><00:17:27.799><c> brothers</c><00:17:27.839><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:17:28.599><c> that</c><00:17:29.000><c> we</c>

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life's<00:17:33.960><c> situations.</c><00:17:36.059><c> It</c><00:17:36.319><c> has</c><00:17:36.579><c> happened</c><00:17:37.039><c> that</c><00:17:37.400><c> on</c>

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occasion<00:17:38.140><c> brothers</c><00:17:38.359><c> and</c><00:17:38.500><c> sisters</c><00:17:38.940><c> have</c><00:17:39.319><c> felt</c><00:17:39.559><c> that</c><00:17:39.779><c> they</c><00:17:40.000><c> needed</c><00:17:40.259><c> a</c>

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signs<00:17:47.099><c> to</c><00:17:47.299><c> do</c><00:17:47.440><c> one</c><00:17:47.660><c> thing</c><00:17:47.819><c> or</c><00:17:48.000><c> another</c>

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when<00:17:48.420><c> they're</c><00:17:48.619><c> nothing</c><00:17:48.859><c> of</c><00:17:49.039><c> the</c><00:17:49.240><c> kind.</c><00:17:50.559><c> I</c><00:17:50.779><c> can</c><00:17:51.019><c> recall</c><00:17:51.359><c> a</c><00:17:51.839><c> situation</c><00:17:52.519><c> in</c><00:17:53.400><c> my</c><00:17:53.660><c> own</c><00:17:53.880><c> life,</c><00:17:54.359><c> I</c>

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was<00:17:54.799><c> having</c><00:17:55.059><c> quite</c><00:17:55.339><c> a</c>

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into,<00:17:59.779><c> not</c><00:18:00.099><c> getting</c><00:18:00.299><c> into</c><00:18:00.599><c> Canada,</c><00:18:01.160><c> but</c><00:18:01.279><c> getting</c>

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I<00:18:05.059><c> kept</c><00:18:05.220><c> on</c><00:18:05.539><c> failing</c><00:18:05.799><c> their</c><00:18:06.299><c> exam.</c><00:18:07.720><c> I</c><00:18:08.200><c> hope</c><00:18:08.380><c> it</c>

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was,<00:18:12.259><c> but</c><00:18:12.480><c> it</c><00:18:12.579><c> was</c><00:18:12.759><c> interesting.</c><00:18:13.299><c> Some</c><00:18:13.539><c> folks</c>

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and<00:18:39.079><c> how</c><00:18:39.279><c> we</c><00:18:40.400><c> what</c><00:18:41.099><c> we</c><00:18:41.380><c> consider</c><00:18:41.559><c> to</c><00:18:41.740><c> be</c><00:18:41.960><c> pointers</c><00:18:42.359><c> for</c><00:18:42.720><c> this</c><00:18:42.960><c> activity</c><00:18:43.380><c> or</c><00:18:43.640><c> that</c><00:18:44.039><c> and</c><00:18:44.680><c> I</c>

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have<00:18:45.940><c> the</c><00:18:46.180><c> prerogative</c><00:18:46.839><c> to</c><00:18:47.160><c> say</c><00:18:47.440><c> to</c><00:18:47.599><c> God</c><00:18:48.000><c> look</c><00:18:48.279><c> if</c><00:18:48.440><c> this</c><00:18:48.720><c> happens</c><00:18:49.119><c> then</c>

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that<00:19:06.819><c> day</c><00:19:07.019><c> and</c><00:19:07.140><c> age.</c><00:19:07.400><c> These</c><00:19:07.599><c> were</c><00:19:07.779><c> not</c><00:19:08.140><c> frequent</c>

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occurrences.<00:19:10.859><c> I</c><00:19:11.079><c> think</c><00:19:11.279><c> they</c><00:19:11.500><c> are</c><00:19:11.720><c> recorded</c><00:19:12.079><c> for</c><00:19:12.500><c> us</c><00:19:12.880><c> that</c><00:19:13.519><c> we</c>

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situations<00:19:47.039><c> that</c><00:19:47.680><c> we</c><00:19:48.000><c> essentially</c><00:19:48.400><c> let</c><00:19:48.619><c> the</c><00:19:48.839><c> word</c><00:19:48.960><c> of</c><00:19:49.180><c> God</c><00:19:49.440><c> be</c>

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appointment.<00:24:59.240><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:59.420><c> was</c><00:24:59.700><c> prepared</c><00:25:00.299><c> to</c><00:25:00.619><c> respect</c><00:25:01.140><c> the</c><00:25:01.460><c> decisions</c><00:25:01.839><c> of</c>

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of<00:47:06.610><c> our</c><00:47:06.809><c> own</c><00:47:07.050><c> salvation</c><00:47:07.489><c> as</c><00:47:07.690><c> we</c><00:47:07.889><c> well</c><00:47:08.110><c> know</c><00:47:08.449><c> and</c><00:47:08.929><c> in</c><00:47:09.409><c> this</c><00:47:10.309><c> particular</c><00:47:11.889><c> instance</c><00:47:12.809><c> now</c>

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Jericho<00:47:31.349><c> so</c><00:47:31.570><c> that</c>

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of<00:48:00.710><c> deception</c><00:48:01.070><c> on</c><00:48:01.309><c> Rahab's</c><00:48:01.929><c> part</c>

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difference<00:48:06.170><c> between</c>

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a<00:48:30.530><c> bit</c><00:48:30.690><c> of</c><00:48:30.909><c> deception</c><00:48:31.250><c> to</c><00:48:31.510><c> mislead</c><00:48:31.949><c> Saul</c><00:48:32.309><c> we</c><00:48:32.929><c> have</c><00:48:33.110><c> to</c><00:48:33.309><c> remember</c><00:48:33.570><c> where</c>

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his<00:48:41.730><c> God</c><00:48:42.190><c> and</c><00:48:42.949><c> there</c><00:48:43.130><c> is</c>

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deception<00:48:50.030><c> in</c><00:48:50.269><c> that</c><00:48:50.769><c> David</c>

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might<00:48:51.409><c> have</c><00:48:51.590><c> had</c><00:48:51.730><c> time</c><00:48:52.010><c> to</c><00:48:52.170><c> get</c><00:48:52.289><c> down</c><00:48:52.510><c> to</c><00:48:52.670><c> Bethlehem</c><00:48:53.630><c> and</c><00:48:54.190><c> then</c>

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an<00:49:30.170><c> occasion</c><00:49:30.590><c> for</c><00:49:30.829><c> us</c><00:49:31.010><c> to</c><00:49:31.269><c> judge</c><00:49:31.469><c> them</c><00:49:31.730><c> adversely</c>

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initiative<00:49:37.769><c> to</c><00:49:38.489><c> work</c><00:49:38.750><c> out</c><00:49:38.909><c> a</c><00:49:39.130><c> situation</c><00:49:39.710><c> that</c><00:49:39.889><c> was</c>

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who<00:49:49.829><c> employed</c><00:49:50.489><c> their</c><00:49:51.130><c> own</c><00:49:51.389><c> initiative</c><00:49:51.869><c> to</c><00:49:52.210><c> solve</c><00:49:52.730><c> a</c><00:49:53.110><c> problem</c>

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now<00:49:54.389><c> it</c><00:49:54.989><c> didn't</c><00:49:55.309><c> always</c><00:49:55.670><c> involve</c><00:49:56.989><c> misleading</c>

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someone<00:49:58.969><c> but</c><00:49:59.230><c> we</c><00:49:59.469><c> recall</c><00:49:59.789><c> Amram</c><00:50:00.309><c> and</c><00:50:00.570><c> Jacobet</c><00:50:01.110><c> who</c><00:50:01.250><c> when</c><00:50:01.389><c> the</c>

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child<00:50:01.949><c> was</c><00:50:02.170><c> too</c><00:50:02.469><c> old</c><00:50:02.630><c> and</c><00:50:02.769><c> was</c><00:50:02.929><c> beginning</c><00:50:03.150><c> to</c><00:50:03.349><c> make</c>

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noise<00:50:04.070><c> put</c><00:50:04.650><c> him</c><00:50:04.769><c> in</c><00:50:04.869><c> the</c><00:50:05.050><c> ark</c><00:50:05.210><c> of</c><00:50:05.389><c> bull</c><00:50:05.550><c> rushes</c><00:50:06.309><c> we</c><00:50:07.090><c> know</c><00:50:07.449><c> that</c>

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drop<00:50:19.929><c> dead</c><00:50:20.489><c> like</c><00:50:21.130><c> he</c><00:50:21.349><c> made</c><00:50:21.610><c> the</c><00:50:22.530><c> the</c><00:50:23.250><c> men</c><00:50:23.369><c> of</c><00:50:23.590><c> Sennacherib's</c>

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Jerusalem<00:50:27.429><c> that</c><00:50:28.010><c> was</c><00:50:28.309><c> a</c><00:50:28.510><c> rare</c><00:50:28.929><c> happening</c><00:50:29.610><c> indeed</c><00:50:30.289><c> generally</c>

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