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Because,<00:12:41.019><c> brethren</c><00:12:41.240><c> and</c><00:12:41.460><c> sisters,</c><00:12:41.659><c> as</c><00:12:41.899><c> the</c><00:12:42.120><c> apostle</c><00:12:42.419><c> Paul</c><00:12:42.700><c> says,</c>

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it<00:12:44.080><c> is</c><00:12:44.399><c> not</c><00:12:44.639><c> of</c><00:12:44.860><c> Him</c><00:12:45.059><c> that</c><00:12:45.340><c> willeth,</c><00:12:46.860><c> nor</c><00:12:47.059><c> of</c><00:12:47.240><c> Him</c><00:12:47.379><c> that</c><00:12:47.639><c> runneth,</c>

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And<00:12:54.500><c> sometimes,</c><00:12:55.139><c> brethren</c><00:12:55.299><c> and</c><00:12:55.500><c> sisters,</c><00:12:55.919><c> we'll</c><00:12:56.179><c> run</c><00:12:56.399><c> foul</c>

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of<00:12:56.820><c> that</c><00:12:57.000><c> principle.</c>

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well,<00:13:04.139><c> I</c><00:13:04.559><c> wonder</c><00:13:04.799><c> why</c><00:13:05.059><c> God</c><00:13:05.360><c> called</c><00:13:05.679><c> me.</c>

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Don't<00:13:09.779><c> ever</c><00:13:10.039><c> wonder</c><00:13:10.279><c> that</c><00:13:10.539><c> way,</c><00:13:10.759><c> brethren</c><00:13:11.000><c> and</c><00:13:11.220><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:13:13.480><c> sometimes</c><00:13:14.039><c> we</c><00:13:14.220><c> go</c><00:13:14.460><c> a</c><00:13:14.559><c> little</c><00:13:14.740><c> bit</c><00:13:14.960><c> further</c><00:13:15.220><c> and</c><00:13:15.440><c> we</c><00:13:15.659><c> say,</c>

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maybe<00:13:18.539><c> He</c><00:13:18.779><c> saw</c><00:13:18.879><c> something</c><00:13:19.240><c> good</c><00:13:19.460><c> in</c><00:13:19.639><c> me</c><00:13:20.100><c> that</c><00:13:20.700><c> He</c><00:13:20.919><c> wanted.</c>

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Brethren<00:13:22.019><c> and</c><00:13:22.240><c> sisters,</c><00:13:22.779><c> He</c><00:13:23.080><c> calls</c><00:13:23.440><c> us</c><00:13:24.100><c> in</c><00:13:24.899><c> spite</c><00:13:25.159><c> of</c><00:13:25.419><c> the</c><00:13:25.559><c> fact</c><00:13:25.740><c> that</c><00:13:25.879><c> there</c><00:13:26.100><c> is</c>

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no<00:13:26.559><c> good</c><00:13:26.940><c> in</c><00:13:27.220><c> man.</c>

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He<00:13:29.519><c> calls</c><00:13:29.879><c> us</c><00:13:30.559><c> so</c><00:13:30.820><c> that</c><00:13:31.059><c> He</c><00:13:31.279><c> can</c><00:13:31.539><c> do</c><00:13:31.799><c> things</c><00:13:32.100><c> with</c><00:13:32.279><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:13:34.019><c> so</c><00:13:34.320><c> that</c><00:13:34.559><c> we</c><00:13:34.740><c> can</c><00:13:34.960><c> give</c><00:13:35.100><c> Him</c><00:13:35.340><c> something</c><00:13:35.679><c> we've</c><00:13:36.059><c> got.</c>

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He<00:13:37.980><c> calls</c><00:13:38.399><c> us</c><00:13:39.039><c> so</c><00:13:39.460><c> that</c><00:13:39.639><c> we</c><00:13:39.820><c> can</c><00:13:40.039><c> give</c><00:13:40.279><c> back</c><00:13:40.539><c> to</c><00:13:40.740><c> Him</c><00:13:40.940><c> what</c><00:13:41.100><c> He's</c>

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And<00:13:44.379><c> we're</c><00:13:44.559><c> the</c><00:13:44.779><c> pauper</c><00:13:45.139><c> and</c><00:13:45.320><c> He's</c><00:13:45.639><c> the</c><00:13:45.759><c> rich</c><00:13:45.940><c> man.</c>

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We<00:13:47.299><c> have</c><00:13:47.539><c> nothing,</c><00:13:47.879><c> He</c><00:13:48.039><c> has</c><00:13:48.279><c> everything.</c>

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to<00:14:00.720><c> us.</c>

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And,<00:14:01.659><c> brethren</c><00:14:01.659><c> and</c><00:14:01.820><c> sisters,</c><00:14:02.059><c> that</c><00:14:02.320><c> principle</c><00:14:02.799><c> is</c><00:14:03.120><c> very</c>

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easily<00:14:04.120><c> demonstrated.</c>

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There's<00:14:07.080><c> a</c><00:14:07.179><c> lot</c><00:14:07.279><c> of</c><00:14:07.500><c> fathers</c><00:14:07.720><c> here.</c>

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And<00:14:09.919><c> what</c><00:14:10.220><c> father</c><00:14:10.860><c> has</c><00:14:12.220><c> been</c><00:14:12.679><c> more</c><00:14:13.059><c> touched</c>

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than<00:14:15.039><c> when</c><00:14:15.340><c> their</c><00:14:15.679><c> little</c><00:14:15.980><c> child</c><00:14:16.960><c> went</c><00:14:17.960><c> and</c><00:14:18.279><c> raided</c><00:14:18.559><c> their</c><00:14:18.860><c> desk</c><00:14:19.120><c> in</c>

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their<00:14:19.600><c> study</c>

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and<00:14:21.679><c> scribbled</c><00:14:22.080><c> out</c><00:14:22.480><c> some</c><00:14:22.940><c> indecipherable</c><00:14:24.100><c> words</c><00:14:24.500><c> or</c><00:14:25.379><c> signs</c>

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and<00:14:27.259><c> said,</c><00:14:28.019><c> Dad,</c><00:14:28.320><c> happy</c><00:14:28.600><c> birthday.</c>

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What<00:14:32.899><c> father</c><00:14:33.539><c> has</c><00:14:34.200><c> ever</c><00:14:34.500><c> been</c><00:14:34.759><c> more</c><00:14:35.059><c> delighted?</c>

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Now,<00:14:37.600><c> brethren</c><00:14:37.759><c> and</c><00:14:38.000><c> sisters,</c><00:14:39.159><c> you</c><00:14:39.279><c> just</c><00:14:39.679><c> translate</c><00:14:40.240><c> that</c>

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We<00:14:45.980><c> never</c><00:14:46.360><c> get</c><00:14:46.700><c> past</c><00:14:47.120><c> infancy.</c>

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We<00:14:49.519><c> never</c><00:14:49.879><c> get</c><00:14:50.179><c> past</c><00:14:50.559><c> infancy.</c>

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And<00:14:52.860><c> what</c><00:14:53.240><c> we</c><00:14:53.580><c> give,</c><00:14:53.879><c> brethren</c><00:14:54.100><c> and</c><00:14:54.379><c> sisters,</c><00:14:55.919><c> is</c><00:14:56.139><c> really</c><00:14:56.639><c> nothing</c><00:14:56.980><c> in</c><00:14:57.200><c> itself.</c>

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But<00:15:00.080><c> it's</c><00:15:00.580><c> everything</c><00:15:01.120><c> if</c><00:15:01.919><c> we</c><00:15:02.179><c> have</c><00:15:02.340><c> the</c><00:15:02.519><c> right</c><00:15:02.700><c> approach.</c>

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Remember<00:15:05.779><c> the</c><00:15:06.039><c> widow's</c><00:15:06.500><c> mites?</c>

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It<00:15:08.620><c> was</c><00:15:08.899><c> nothing</c><00:15:09.220><c> in</c><00:15:09.440><c> itself,</c><00:15:10.860><c> but</c><00:15:11.120><c> it</c><00:15:11.139><c> was</c><00:15:11.500><c> absolutely</c><00:15:12.159><c> everything</c>

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because<00:15:15.159><c> she</c><00:15:15.460><c> gave</c><00:15:15.840><c> her</c><00:15:16.039><c> whole</c><00:15:16.279><c> living.</c>

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And<00:15:17.559><c> that's</c><00:15:18.059><c> the</c><00:15:18.279><c> principle</c><00:15:18.779><c> that</c><00:15:19.000><c> we</c><00:15:19.179><c> will</c><00:15:19.440><c> see</c><00:15:19.639><c> clearly</c><00:15:20.179><c> enunciated</c><00:15:20.879><c> in</c>

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Now,<00:15:24.159><c> brethren</c><00:15:24.299><c> and</c><00:15:24.460><c> sisters,</c><00:15:24.960><c> let's</c><00:15:25.220><c> ask</c><00:15:25.539><c> another</c><00:15:25.759><c> question.</c>

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The<00:15:28.980><c> objects</c><00:15:29.480><c> of</c><00:15:29.740><c> God's</c><00:15:30.200><c> love</c><00:15:30.720><c> are</c><00:15:32.159><c> the</c><00:15:32.399><c> people</c>

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whom<00:15:33.940><c> Paul</c><00:15:34.340><c> says</c><00:15:34.740><c> in</c><00:15:34.940><c> Romans</c><00:15:35.340><c> chapter</c><00:15:35.720><c> 8,</c>

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He<00:15:36.820><c> calls,</c><00:15:39.039><c> He</c><00:15:39.539><c> justifies</c><00:15:40.740><c> and</c><00:15:41.960><c> He</c><00:15:42.240><c> glorifies</c>

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the<00:15:47.120><c> people</c><00:15:47.580><c> who</c><00:15:47.840><c> are</c><00:15:48.059><c> the</c><00:15:48.259><c> objects</c><00:15:48.740><c> of</c><00:15:49.059><c> God's</c><00:15:49.740><c> special</c><00:15:50.220><c> covenant</c><00:15:50.720><c> love.</c>

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He<00:15:52.460><c> calls,</c><00:15:54.340><c> He</c><00:15:54.639><c> justifies</c><00:15:55.620><c> and</c><00:15:56.600><c> He</c><00:15:56.919><c> glorifies.</c>

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Is<00:16:00.759><c> that</c><00:16:00.960><c> of</c><00:16:01.059><c> Him</c><00:16:01.279><c> that</c><00:16:01.500><c> willeth</c><00:16:02.039><c> or</c><00:16:03.299><c> of</c><00:16:03.419><c> Him</c><00:16:03.600><c> that</c><00:16:03.899><c> runneth</c>

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or<00:16:04.860><c> of</c><00:16:05.779><c> God</c><00:16:06.059><c> that</c><00:16:06.340><c> showeth</c><00:16:06.659><c> mercy?</c>

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And<00:16:08.179><c> the</c><00:16:08.419><c> reason,</c><00:16:08.879><c> brethren</c><00:16:09.120><c> and</c><00:16:09.419><c> sisters,</c>

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why<00:16:11.120><c> we</c><00:16:11.360><c> are</c><00:16:11.720><c> called</c><00:16:11.960><c> to</c><00:16:12.200><c> a</c><00:16:12.419><c> knowledge</c><00:16:12.679><c> of</c><00:16:12.879><c> the</c><00:16:13.120><c> truth</c>

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is<00:16:15.220><c> an</c><00:16:15.539><c> unanswerable</c><00:16:16.139><c> question</c><00:16:16.580><c> as</c><00:16:16.820><c> far</c><00:16:17.019><c> as</c><00:16:17.100><c> we're</c><00:16:17.340><c> concerned.</c>

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The<00:16:20.639><c> only</c><00:16:20.960><c> answer</c><00:16:21.240><c> we</c><00:16:21.399><c> can</c><00:16:21.639><c> give</c><00:16:21.919><c> is</c><00:16:23.059><c> that</c><00:16:24.159><c> that's</c><00:16:24.480><c> what</c><00:16:24.659><c> God</c><00:16:24.879><c> did.</c>

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That's<00:16:28.039><c> the</c><00:16:28.200><c> only</c><00:16:28.419><c> answer.</c>

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And<00:16:31.799><c> so,</c><00:16:33.460><c> can</c><00:16:33.659><c> it</c><00:16:33.820><c> be</c><00:16:34.139><c> imagined</c><00:16:34.759><c> that</c><00:16:36.159><c> God</c><00:16:36.639><c> would</c><00:16:37.120><c> allow</c>

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the<00:16:39.080><c> objects</c><00:16:39.580><c> of</c><00:16:39.840><c> His</c><00:16:40.159><c> love</c><00:16:40.820><c> to</c><00:16:42.080><c> be</c><00:16:42.360><c> laid</c><00:16:42.620><c> open</c><00:16:43.059><c> to</c><00:16:43.320><c> the</c><00:16:43.559><c> ravages</c><00:16:44.419><c> of</c><00:16:45.259><c> chance</c><00:16:45.840><c> or</c><00:16:46.820><c> caprice?</c>

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The<00:16:51.720><c> wise</c><00:16:52.000><c> man</c><00:16:52.259><c> Solomon,</c><00:16:52.700><c> brethren</c><00:16:53.039><c> and</c><00:16:53.259><c> sisters,</c><00:16:53.419><c> says</c><00:16:53.740><c> in</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:16:54.639><c> chapter</c><00:16:55.000><c> 9,</c>

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that<00:16:56.700><c> the</c><00:16:56.980><c> righteous</c><00:16:57.580><c> and</c><00:16:58.980><c> their</c><00:16:59.299><c> works</c><00:17:00.000><c> are</c><00:17:01.600><c> in</c><00:17:01.820><c> the</c><00:17:01.960><c> hands</c>

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of<00:17:02.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:04.359><c> that</c><00:17:04.559><c> word</c><00:17:04.779><c> God</c><00:17:05.119><c> doesn't</c><00:17:05.400><c> mean</c><00:17:05.660><c> God</c><00:17:06.000><c> personal,</c><00:17:07.160><c> it</c><00:17:07.240><c> means</c>

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the<00:17:07.839><c> angels.</c>

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So<00:17:10.859><c> that</c><00:17:11.200><c> the</c><00:17:11.460><c> righteous</c><00:17:12.039><c> and</c><00:17:13.200><c> the</c><00:17:13.480><c> wise</c><00:17:14.019><c> and</c><00:17:15.039><c> their</c><00:17:15.359><c> works</c><00:17:16.000><c> are</c><00:17:17.440><c> in</c>

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And<00:17:21.960><c> if</c><00:17:22.059><c> you</c><00:17:22.200><c> want</c><00:17:22.400><c> a</c><00:17:22.440><c> lovely</c><00:17:22.779><c> little</c><00:17:23.019><c> exercise,</c><00:17:23.720><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:24.000><c> sisters,</c>

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down<00:17:28.720><c> every</c><00:17:29.140><c> occasion</c>

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where<00:17:30.000><c> that</c><00:17:30.279><c> word</c><00:17:30.859><c> God</c><00:17:31.380><c> or</c><00:17:31.660><c> Elohim</c><00:17:32.140><c> occurs</c><00:17:32.700><c> and</c><00:17:33.480><c> see</c><00:17:34.019><c> what</c><00:17:34.319><c> is</c>

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left<00:17:35.039><c> undone</c><00:17:35.480><c> for</c><00:17:35.640><c> them</c><00:17:35.839><c> to</c><00:17:36.079><c> do.</c>

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And<00:17:36.420><c> you'll</c><00:17:36.740><c> find</c><00:17:37.259><c> there's</c><00:17:37.759><c> nothing</c><00:17:38.099><c> left</c><00:17:38.480><c> undone.</c>

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There's<00:17:40.779><c> nothing</c><00:17:41.160><c> left</c><00:17:41.539><c> undone</c><00:17:41.880><c> for</c><00:17:42.019><c> them</c><00:17:42.220><c> to</c><00:17:42.380><c> do.</c>

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They<00:17:44.440><c> do</c><00:17:44.619><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:17:46.779><c> it's</c><00:17:47.160><c> truly</c><00:17:47.420><c> amazing</c><00:17:48.160><c> the</c><00:17:48.920><c> extent</c><00:17:49.500><c> to</c><00:17:49.779><c> which</c><00:17:50.039><c> those</c><00:17:50.539><c> angels</c><00:17:51.079><c> are</c><00:17:51.900><c> employed</c>

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so<00:17:53.579><c> that</c><00:17:53.859><c> they</c><00:17:54.059><c> might</c><00:17:54.440><c> be</c><00:17:54.740><c> the</c><00:17:55.119><c> servants</c><00:17:55.759><c> of</c><00:17:57.160><c> the</c><00:17:57.299><c> heirs</c><00:17:57.539><c> of</c><00:17:57.779><c> salvation.</c>

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They<00:17:59.240><c> are</c><00:17:59.839><c> menial</c><00:18:00.619><c> attendants</c><00:18:01.779><c> upon</c><00:18:02.380><c> the</c><00:18:02.559><c> heirs</c><00:18:02.799><c> of</c><00:18:02.980><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:18:04.960><c> we're</c><00:18:05.200><c> going</c><00:18:05.359><c> to</c><00:18:05.519><c> see</c><00:18:05.680><c> that</c><00:18:06.319><c> very</c><00:18:06.619><c> beautifully</c><00:18:07.059><c> expressed</c><00:18:07.660><c> in</c><00:18:07.980><c> the</c>

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book<00:18:08.240><c> of</c><00:18:08.460><c> Ruth.</c>

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Time<00:18:10.960><c> and</c><00:18:11.240><c> chance,</c><00:18:11.500><c> brethren</c><00:18:11.759><c> and</c><00:18:12.059><c> sisters,</c><00:18:12.480><c> happeneth</c><00:18:12.700><c> to</c>

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them<00:18:13.099><c> all.</c>

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But<00:18:16.160><c> when</c><00:18:16.619><c> the</c><00:18:16.880><c> righteous</c><00:18:17.240><c> and</c><00:18:17.440><c> the</c><00:18:17.700><c> wise</c><00:18:18.099><c> are</c><00:18:18.859><c> in</c><00:18:19.079><c> the</c><00:18:19.160><c> hands</c>

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of<00:18:19.680><c> God,</c><00:18:21.220><c> nothing's</c><00:18:21.599><c> too</c><00:18:21.940><c> hard.</c>

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We<00:18:25.980><c> learn</c><00:18:26.259><c> by</c><00:18:26.480><c> that,</c><00:18:26.859><c> brethren</c><00:18:26.980><c> and</c><00:18:27.200><c> sisters,</c><00:18:27.420><c> that</c><00:18:27.539><c> there's</c>

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another<00:18:28.039><c> principle</c>

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that<00:18:29.059><c> is</c><00:18:29.259><c> a</c><00:18:29.279><c> very</c><00:18:29.579><c> rich</c><00:18:29.819><c> one</c><00:18:30.400><c> that</c><00:18:30.779><c> is</c><00:18:31.039><c> employed</c><00:18:31.319><c> everywhere</c>

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in<00:18:32.039><c> the</c><00:18:32.180><c> word</c><00:18:32.319><c> of</c><00:18:32.539><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:34.440><c> that</c><00:18:34.599><c> is</c><00:18:35.539><c> that</c><00:18:35.900><c> that</c><00:18:36.319><c> which</c><00:18:36.599><c> is</c><00:18:36.960><c> highly</c><00:18:37.319><c> prized</c><00:18:37.799><c> by</c><00:18:38.119><c> men</c>

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is<00:18:39.519><c> abominated</c><00:18:40.099><c> by</c><00:18:40.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:42.619><c> when</c><00:18:42.880><c> we</c><00:18:43.140><c> invert</c><00:18:43.559><c> that</c><00:18:43.920><c> statement,</c><00:18:45.019><c> it</c><00:18:45.160><c> also</c><00:18:45.619><c> applies.</c>

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That<00:18:47.599><c> that</c><00:18:47.859><c> which</c><00:18:48.019><c> is</c><00:18:48.240><c> highly</c><00:18:48.599><c> prized</c><00:18:49.019><c> by</c><00:18:49.279><c> men</c><00:18:49.900><c> is</c><00:18:51.240><c> very</c><00:18:51.660><c> much</c>

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devalued<00:18:52.599><c> by</c><00:18:52.799><c> God.</c>

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So<00:18:55.000><c> that</c><00:18:55.200><c> what</c><00:18:55.380><c> he</c><00:18:55.579><c> is</c><00:18:55.680><c> saying</c><00:18:56.039><c> is</c><00:18:56.619><c> that</c><00:18:56.980><c> my</c><00:18:57.240><c> ways</c><00:18:57.460><c> are</c><00:18:57.660><c> not</c>

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your<00:18:58.119><c> ways.</c>

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Neither<00:18:58.819><c> are</c><00:18:59.099><c> my</c><00:18:59.319><c> thoughts</c><00:18:59.599><c> your</c><00:18:59.880><c> thoughts.</c>

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And<00:19:02.359><c> the</c><00:19:02.539><c> only</c><00:19:02.880><c> choice</c><00:19:03.220><c> we</c><00:19:03.460><c> have,</c><00:19:03.759><c> brethren</c><00:19:04.019><c> and</c><00:19:04.220><c> sisters,</c><00:19:05.160><c> is</c>

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to<00:19:05.619><c> come</c><00:19:05.779><c> up</c><00:19:05.940><c> to</c><00:19:06.099><c> the</c><00:19:06.240><c> level</c><00:19:06.420><c> of</c><00:19:06.539><c> his</c><00:19:06.799><c> thoughts.</c>

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Not<00:19:08.359><c> to</c><00:19:08.660><c> try</c><00:19:08.859><c> to</c><00:19:09.119><c> drag</c><00:19:09.359><c> him</c><00:19:09.640><c> down</c><00:19:10.079><c> to</c><00:19:10.319><c> the</c><00:19:10.460><c> level</c><00:19:10.680><c> of</c><00:19:10.900><c> our</c><00:19:11.119><c> thoughts,</c><00:19:12.319><c> but</c>

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to<00:19:13.299><c> come</c><00:19:13.539><c> up</c><00:19:13.859><c> to</c><00:19:14.099><c> his</c><00:19:14.380><c> level.</c>

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So<00:19:16.240><c> that</c><00:19:16.460><c> we</c><00:19:16.619><c> might</c><00:19:16.880><c> be</c><00:19:17.119><c> able</c><00:19:17.319><c> to</c><00:19:17.619><c> see</c><00:19:18.240><c> that</c><00:19:18.920><c> God's</c><00:19:19.640><c> strength</c>

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is<00:19:20.579><c> made</c><00:19:20.980><c> perfect</c><00:19:21.700><c> in</c><00:19:22.680><c> and</c><00:19:23.180><c> through</c><00:19:23.500><c> human</c><00:19:23.940><c> weakness.</c>

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That<00:19:26.480><c> God</c><00:19:26.759><c> has</c><00:19:27.039><c> chosen</c><00:19:27.440><c> weakness.</c>

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He's<00:19:29.059><c> chosen</c><00:19:29.500><c> apparent</c><00:19:30.180><c> foolishness.</c>

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He's<00:19:32.220><c> chosen</c><00:19:32.500><c> apparent</c><00:19:33.180><c> base</c><00:19:33.640><c> things.</c>

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He's<00:19:35.079><c> chosen</c><00:19:35.480><c> despised</c><00:19:36.160><c> things</c><00:19:36.859><c> to</c><00:19:37.519><c> confound</c><00:19:38.180><c> the</c><00:19:38.420><c> things</c>

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that<00:19:38.799><c> are</c><00:19:38.980><c> mighty.</c>

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So<00:19:41.380><c> that</c><00:19:41.599><c> the</c><00:19:41.799><c> wisdom</c><00:19:42.039><c> of</c><00:19:42.259><c> this</c><00:19:42.539><c> world</c><00:19:42.880><c> is</c><00:19:43.660><c> foolishness</c><00:19:44.539><c> with</c><00:19:44.779><c> God.</c>

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For<00:19:47.140><c> brethren</c><00:19:47.420><c> and</c><00:19:47.640><c> sisters,</c><00:19:48.220><c> it</c><00:19:48.420><c> has</c><00:19:48.799><c> pleased</c><00:19:49.180><c> him</c><00:19:49.900><c> to</c><00:19:50.640><c> save</c>

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us<00:19:51.779><c> by</c><00:19:52.279><c> hope.</c>

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By<00:19:54.720><c> hope.</c>

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That<00:19:56.940><c> lovely</c><00:19:57.500><c> and</c><00:19:58.119><c> necessary</c><00:19:58.700><c> and</c><00:19:59.259><c> counterbalancing</c><00:20:00.480><c> attitude</c><00:20:01.279><c> that</c>

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belongs<00:20:03.420><c> to</c><00:20:04.220><c> hopelessness.</c>

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And<00:20:08.700><c> have</c><00:20:08.900><c> a</c><00:20:09.000><c> look</c><00:20:09.440><c> at</c><00:20:09.759><c> the</c><00:20:09.859><c> story</c><00:20:10.220><c> of</c><00:20:10.460><c> Ruth.</c>

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There<00:20:13.539><c> are</c><00:20:13.900><c> times</c><00:20:14.619><c> when</c><00:20:15.240><c> it's</c><00:20:15.680><c> obviously</c><00:20:16.839><c> humanly</c><00:20:17.859><c> so</c><00:20:18.460><c> hopeless.</c>

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And<00:20:21.119><c> in</c><00:20:21.279><c> the</c><00:20:21.599><c> face</c><00:20:22.019><c> of</c><00:20:22.359><c> that</c><00:20:22.640><c> hopelessness,</c><00:20:24.700><c> there</c><00:20:24.759><c> was</c><00:20:25.160><c> hope</c>

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that<00:20:27.119><c> was</c><00:20:27.380><c> undying.</c>

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And<00:20:29.819><c> a</c><00:20:30.079><c> hope,</c><00:20:30.440><c> brethren</c><00:20:30.500><c> and</c><00:20:30.640><c> sisters,</c><00:20:32.400><c> as</c><00:20:32.500><c> we</c><00:20:32.720><c> read</c><00:20:32.920><c> in</c><00:20:33.079><c> Romans</c><00:20:33.420><c> chapter</c><00:20:33.759><c> 5.</c>

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Hope<00:20:35.440><c> is</c><00:20:36.619><c> the</c><00:20:36.880><c> ingredient</c><00:20:37.759><c> that</c><00:20:38.880><c> makes</c><00:20:39.500><c> not</c><00:20:40.200><c> ashamed.</c>

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Hope<00:20:41.380><c> is</c><00:20:45.579><c> the</c><00:20:45.980><c> ingredient</c><00:20:46.720><c> that</c><00:20:47.720><c> makes</c><00:20:48.200><c> not</c><00:20:48.740><c> ashamed.</c>

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And<00:20:51.019><c> why</c><00:20:51.220><c> was</c><00:20:51.460><c> hope</c><00:20:51.660><c> brought</c><00:20:52.000><c> in?</c>

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It<00:20:54.039><c> was</c><00:20:54.259><c> because,</c><00:20:54.740><c> brethren</c><00:20:54.920><c> and</c><00:20:55.180><c> sisters,</c><00:20:55.940><c> the</c><00:20:56.059><c> man</c><00:20:56.259><c> and</c><00:20:56.400><c> the</c>

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woman<00:20:56.819><c> became</c><00:20:57.900><c> ashamed.</c>

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Because<00:21:02.099><c> hope</c><00:21:02.640><c> didn't</c><00:21:02.960><c> belong</c><00:21:03.400><c> to</c><00:21:03.619><c> their</c><00:21:03.880><c> previous</c><00:21:04.339><c> status.</c>

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Hope<00:21:07.480><c> belongs</c><00:21:08.039><c> to</c><00:21:08.940><c> a</c><00:21:09.119><c> hopeless</c><00:21:09.500><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:21:12.279><c> so</c><00:21:12.640><c> hope</c><00:21:12.980><c> was</c><00:21:13.299><c> offered</c><00:21:13.720><c> after</c><00:21:14.619><c> man</c><00:21:14.920><c> and</c><00:21:15.059><c> woman</c><00:21:15.539><c> had</c><00:21:16.000><c> plunged</c><00:21:16.420><c> themselves</c><00:21:17.079><c> into</c>

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the<00:21:17.980><c> morass</c><00:21:18.420><c> of</c><00:21:18.579><c> sin</c><00:21:18.779><c> and</c><00:21:18.980><c> death.</c>

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And<00:21:21.900><c> then</c><00:21:22.099><c> we</c><00:21:22.220><c> go,</c><00:21:22.599><c> brethren</c><00:21:22.720><c> and</c><00:21:22.960><c> sisters,</c><00:21:23.099><c> to</c><00:21:23.299><c> another</c><00:21:23.579><c> passage</c><00:21:23.980><c> in</c>

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John<00:21:24.440><c> chapter</c><00:21:24.740><c> 3.</c>

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We<00:21:25.220><c> want</c><00:21:25.420><c> to</c><00:21:25.559><c> turn</c><00:21:25.720><c> to</c><00:21:25.900><c> that</c><00:21:26.019><c> for</c><00:21:26.200><c> a</c><00:21:26.359><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:21:31.119><c> these</c><00:21:31.680><c> are</c><00:21:31.900><c> the</c><00:21:31.980><c> things</c><00:21:32.319><c> that</c><00:21:32.539><c> God</c><00:21:32.779><c> is</c><00:21:33.039><c> doing</c><00:21:33.259><c> behind</c><00:21:33.720><c> the</c>

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scenes<00:21:34.640><c> in</c><00:21:37.279><c> the</c><00:21:37.480><c> delightful</c><00:21:37.980><c> little</c><00:21:38.400><c> story</c><00:21:38.680><c> of</c><00:21:38.859><c> Ruth.</c>

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In<00:21:41.819><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.099><c> 3</c><00:21:42.680><c> and</c><00:21:43.019><c> verse</c><00:21:43.259><c> 16,</c><00:21:45.299><c> very</c><00:21:45.559><c> well</c><00:21:45.920><c> known</c><00:21:46.099><c> words</c><00:21:46.460><c> to</c>

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us,<00:21:46.960><c> brethren</c><00:21:47.160><c> and</c><00:21:47.359><c> sisters.</c>

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John<00:21:51.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:52.319><c> 3</c><00:21:52.640><c> verse</c><00:21:52.900><c> 16,</c><00:21:55.019><c> that</c><00:21:55.319><c> God</c><00:21:55.799><c> so</c><00:21:56.279><c> loved</c><00:21:56.759><c> the</c><00:21:57.180><c> world</c>

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that<00:21:59.359><c> he</c><00:21:59.480><c> gave</c><00:21:59.900><c> his</c><00:22:00.160><c> only</c><00:22:00.660><c> begotten</c><00:22:01.279><c> son.</c>

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Brethren<00:22:03.740><c> and</c><00:22:04.059><c> sisters,</c><00:22:04.619><c> look</c><00:22:04.839><c> at</c><00:22:05.019><c> the</c><00:22:05.200><c> conditions.</c>

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Look<00:22:07.680><c> at</c><00:22:07.839><c> the</c><00:22:08.119><c> restraining</c><00:22:09.140><c> area</c><00:22:09.779><c> that</c><00:22:12.420><c> whosoever</c><00:22:13.839><c> believeth.</c>

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Whosoever<00:22:17.059><c> believeth</c><00:22:17.740><c> in</c><00:22:17.920><c> him</c><00:22:18.740><c> should</c><00:22:19.400><c> not</c><00:22:19.660><c> perish</c><00:22:20.339><c> but</c><00:22:21.160><c> have</c>

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everlasting<00:22:22.319><c> life.</c>

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Now,<00:22:25.119><c> brethren</c><00:22:25.180><c> and</c><00:22:25.420><c> sisters,</c><00:22:26.099><c> that</c><00:22:26.319><c> verse</c><00:22:26.700><c> there</c><00:22:27.480><c> is</c><00:22:28.140><c> taken</c>

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so<00:22:29.059><c> widely</c><00:22:29.359><c> out</c><00:22:29.619><c> of</c><00:22:29.779><c> context</c><00:22:30.140><c> so</c><00:22:30.500><c> often.</c>

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God<00:22:32.880><c> so</c><00:22:33.400><c> loved</c><00:22:33.660><c> the</c><00:22:33.960><c> world</c><00:22:34.539><c> that</c><00:22:35.539><c> he</c><00:22:35.740><c> gave</c><00:22:36.140><c> his</c><00:22:36.400><c> only</c><00:22:36.920><c> begotten</c><00:22:37.579><c> son.</c>

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What<00:22:39.740><c> was</c><00:22:40.039><c> the</c><00:22:40.259><c> world</c><00:22:40.619><c> for</c><00:22:40.859><c> which</c><00:22:41.160><c> God</c><00:22:41.460><c> gave</c><00:22:41.799><c> his</c><00:22:42.039><c> only</c><00:22:42.359><c> begotten</c><00:22:42.880><c> son,</c>

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brethren<00:22:43.319><c> and</c><00:22:43.559><c> sisters?</c>

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Because<00:22:44.420><c> we</c><00:22:44.660><c> read</c><00:22:44.960><c> in</c><00:22:45.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:45.480><c> chapter</c><00:22:45.819><c> 55</c><00:22:46.619><c> that</c><00:22:47.119><c> when</c><00:22:47.440><c> God's</c>

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word<00:22:48.180><c> goes</c><00:22:48.519><c> out,</c>

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it<00:22:51.460><c> shall</c><00:22:52.140><c> accomplish</c><00:22:53.319><c> the</c><00:22:54.019><c> thing</c><00:22:54.339><c> where</c><00:22:54.640><c> to</c><00:22:54.799><c> it</c><00:22:54.940><c> is</c><00:22:55.240><c> sent.</c>

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If<00:22:58.039><c> that</c><00:22:58.339><c> word</c><00:22:58.579><c> world,</c><00:22:59.099><c> brethren</c><00:22:59.240><c> and</c><00:22:59.519><c> sisters,</c><00:23:00.480><c> means</c><00:23:00.480><c> the</c><00:23:01.240><c> whole</c><00:23:01.519><c> world,</c><00:23:03.519><c> God's</c><00:23:03.819><c> a</c>

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failure,<00:23:04.240><c> isn't</c><00:23:04.500><c> he?</c>

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That<00:23:08.700><c> word</c><00:23:09.039><c> world,</c><00:23:09.400><c> brethren</c><00:23:09.680><c> and</c><00:23:10.000><c> sisters,</c><00:23:10.680><c> means</c><00:23:11.839><c> the</c><00:23:12.480><c> cosmos,</c><00:23:13.119><c> the</c>

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arrangement<00:23:13.980><c> of</c><00:23:14.240><c> things</c>

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that<00:23:15.180><c> God</c><00:23:15.440><c> has</c><00:23:15.720><c> always</c><00:23:16.180><c> had</c><00:23:16.400><c> in</c><00:23:16.640><c> mind</c><00:23:16.900><c> from</c><00:23:17.119><c> the</c><00:23:17.319><c> beginning</c><00:23:17.980><c> to</c>

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save<00:23:20.559><c> a</c><00:23:20.859><c> remnant</c><00:23:21.140><c> of</c><00:23:21.359><c> mankind.</c>

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And<00:23:24.319><c> the</c><00:23:24.519><c> remnant</c><00:23:24.839><c> will</c><00:23:25.039><c> only</c><00:23:25.460><c> come</c><00:23:25.799><c> to</c><00:23:26.059><c> fruition</c><00:23:26.559><c> at</c><00:23:27.400><c> the</c><00:23:27.579><c> end</c>

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of<00:23:28.000><c> the</c><00:23:28.160><c> thousand</c><00:23:28.519><c> year</c><00:23:28.720><c> reign</c><00:23:28.940><c> of</c><00:23:29.099><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:31.700><c> the</c><00:23:31.900><c> world</c><00:23:32.220><c> that</c><00:23:32.440><c> God</c><00:23:32.660><c> is</c><00:23:32.900><c> working</c><00:23:33.279><c> for,</c><00:23:33.680><c> brethren</c><00:23:33.779><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:35.119><c> is</c><00:23:35.259><c> that</c><00:23:35.599><c> world</c>

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where<00:23:37.619><c> sin</c><00:23:37.839><c> and</c><00:23:38.079><c> death</c><00:23:38.279><c> will</c><00:23:38.579><c> be</c><00:23:38.940><c> expunged</c><00:23:39.279><c> forever</c>

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and<00:23:40.980><c> when</c><00:23:41.180><c> righteousness</c><00:23:41.700><c> and</c><00:23:42.039><c> life</c><00:23:42.319><c> and</c><00:23:42.579><c> peace</c><00:23:43.039><c> will</c><00:23:43.539><c> be</c><00:23:43.779><c> the</c>

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order<00:23:44.140><c> of</c><00:23:44.319><c> the</c><00:23:44.460><c> day.</c>

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That's<00:23:46.180><c> the</c><00:23:46.319><c> world</c><00:23:46.519><c> he's</c><00:23:46.779><c> working</c><00:23:47.059><c> for.</c>

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That's<00:23:48.079><c> the</c><00:23:48.259><c> world</c><00:23:48.480><c> for</c><00:23:48.759><c> which</c><00:23:48.960><c> he</c><00:23:49.160><c> gave</c><00:23:49.400><c> his</c><00:23:49.619><c> only</c><00:23:49.920><c> begotten</c><00:23:50.339><c> son.</c>

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That's<00:23:52.339><c> the</c><00:23:52.500><c> world,</c><00:23:52.779><c> brethren</c><00:23:52.980><c> and</c><00:23:53.220><c> sisters,</c><00:23:53.440><c> of</c><00:23:53.619><c> those</c><00:23:54.440><c> whom</c>

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he<00:23:55.000><c> called,</c>

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whom<00:23:56.960><c> he</c><00:23:57.140><c> justified</c><00:23:57.839><c> and</c><00:23:59.039><c> whom</c><00:23:59.180><c> he</c><00:23:59.339><c> glorified.</c>

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And<00:24:00.579><c> when</c><00:24:00.759><c> he</c><00:24:00.859><c> did</c><00:24:01.019><c> that,</c><00:24:01.380><c> brethren</c><00:24:01.500><c> and</c><00:24:01.700><c> sisters,</c><00:24:02.539><c> was</c><00:24:02.740><c> thousands</c><00:24:03.099><c> of</c>

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years<00:24:03.519><c> ago.</c>

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Because<00:24:06.440><c> we</c><00:24:06.759><c> find</c><00:24:07.019><c> in</c><00:24:07.200><c> the</c><00:24:07.380><c> scriptures</c><00:24:07.819><c> the</c><00:24:09.400><c> powerful</c><00:24:10.119><c> truth</c>

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that<00:24:11.980><c> God</c><00:24:12.380><c> does</c><00:24:12.799><c> everything</c><00:24:13.480><c> on</c><00:24:13.759><c> the</c><00:24:13.940><c> basis</c><00:24:14.279><c> of</c><00:24:14.500><c> his</c><00:24:14.660><c> foreknowledge.</c>

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He's<00:24:15.859><c> worked</c><00:24:16.079><c> it</c><00:24:16.279><c> out</c><00:24:16.440><c> a</c><00:24:16.480><c> long</c><00:24:16.700><c> time.</c><00:24:16.960><c> He</c><00:24:17.099><c> doesn't</c><00:24:17.319><c> have</c><00:24:17.519><c> to</c>

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stop<00:24:17.880><c> and</c><00:24:18.099><c> think,</c>

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now<00:24:19.039><c> is</c><00:24:19.599><c> this</c><00:24:19.859><c> a</c><00:24:19.960><c> red</c><00:24:20.140><c> light</c><00:24:20.299><c> or</c><00:24:20.420><c> is</c><00:24:20.579><c> it</c><00:24:20.740><c> a</c><00:24:20.799><c> green</c><00:24:21.019><c> one?</c>

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He<00:24:22.579><c> doesn't</c><00:24:22.759><c> have</c><00:24:23.000><c> to</c><00:24:23.039><c> stop</c><00:24:23.319><c> and</c><00:24:23.460><c> think</c><00:24:23.660><c> like</c><00:24:23.880><c> us.</c>

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He<00:24:25.819><c> just</c><00:24:26.119><c> continues</c><00:24:26.759><c> in</c><00:24:26.980><c> his</c><00:24:27.160><c> purpose</c><00:24:27.819><c> right</c><00:24:28.420><c> from</c><00:24:28.720><c> day</c><00:24:29.039><c> one</c>

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when<00:24:31.359><c> the</c><00:24:31.779><c> espousal</c><00:24:32.500><c> of</c><00:24:32.700><c> that</c><00:24:32.940><c> purpose</c><00:24:33.579><c> and</c><00:24:34.039><c> the</c><00:24:34.359><c> demonstration</c><00:24:34.980><c> of</c><00:24:35.220><c> it</c>

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down<00:24:36.099><c> through</c><00:24:36.380><c> the</c><00:24:36.539><c> ages</c><00:24:36.779><c> of</c><00:24:36.980><c> time</c><00:24:37.440><c> has</c><00:24:37.880><c> taken</c><00:24:38.220><c> one</c><00:24:38.519><c> here,</c><00:24:39.099><c> one</c>

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there,<00:24:39.759><c> a</c><00:24:39.920><c> family</c><00:24:40.240><c> there,</c><00:24:40.799><c> a</c><00:24:40.900><c> nation</c><00:24:41.259><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:43.940><c> he's</c><00:24:44.160><c> going</c><00:24:44.279><c> to</c><00:24:44.519><c> accomplish</c><00:24:44.920><c> that</c><00:24:45.220><c> thing</c><00:24:45.819><c> where</c><00:24:46.119><c> unto</c><00:24:46.319><c> his</c><00:24:46.619><c> word</c><00:24:46.819><c> is</c><00:24:47.079><c> sent.</c>

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And<00:24:49.200><c> if</c><00:24:49.420><c> most</c><00:24:49.700><c> of</c><00:24:49.920><c> Israel</c><00:24:50.339><c> haven't</c><00:24:50.740><c> taken</c><00:24:51.059><c> any</c><00:24:51.359><c> notice,</c><00:24:53.220><c> is</c>

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that<00:24:53.519><c> God's</c><00:24:53.880><c> failure?</c>

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No,<00:24:56.079><c> it's</c><00:24:56.160><c> not.</c>

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Because<00:24:57.759><c> God</c><00:24:58.019><c> knows</c><00:24:58.359><c> that</c><00:24:58.539><c> they</c><00:24:58.720><c> are</c><00:24:58.880><c> not</c><00:24:59.000><c> all</c><00:24:59.200><c> Israel</c><00:24:59.599><c> who</c><00:24:59.759><c> are</c><00:24:59.920><c> of</c><00:25:00.079><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:25:02.539><c> knows</c><00:25:02.880><c> that</c><00:25:03.119><c> only</c><00:25:03.380><c> the</c><00:25:03.660><c> children</c><00:25:03.940><c> of</c><00:25:04.140><c> the</c><00:25:04.400><c> promise</c><00:25:05.519><c> are</c>

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counted<00:25:06.519><c> for</c><00:25:06.839><c> the</c><00:25:07.140><c> seed</c>

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and<00:25:09.720><c> that</c><00:25:09.900><c> the</c><00:25:10.119><c> children</c><00:25:10.380><c> of</c><00:25:10.880><c> promise</c><00:25:11.299><c> are</c><00:25:12.160><c> involved</c><00:25:12.819><c> in</c><00:25:13.279><c> faith</c><00:25:13.660><c> and</c>

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trust<00:25:14.319><c> in</c><00:25:14.539><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:25:16.720><c> no</c><00:25:16.900><c> one</c><00:25:16.960><c> else</c><00:25:17.220><c> who</c><00:25:17.400><c> is.</c>

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And<00:25:19.279><c> so</c><00:25:19.559><c> we're</c><00:25:19.759><c> going</c><00:25:19.940><c> to</c><00:25:20.160><c> look</c><00:25:20.299><c> in</c><00:25:20.940><c> the</c><00:25:21.140><c> little</c><00:25:21.380><c> book</c><00:25:21.599><c> of</c><00:25:21.839><c> Ruth</c>

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at<00:25:22.880><c> the</c><00:25:23.160><c> marvelous</c><00:25:23.779><c> precision</c><00:25:24.680><c> of</c><00:25:25.779><c> something</c><00:25:26.279><c> we</c><00:25:26.660><c> cannot</c><00:25:27.099><c> see.</c>

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The<00:25:29.859><c> marvelous</c><00:25:30.460><c> precision</c><00:25:31.160><c> of</c><00:25:32.380><c> that</c><00:25:32.779><c> little</c><00:25:33.220><c> word</c><00:25:33.920><c> providence.</c>

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The<00:25:36.660><c> marvelous</c><00:25:37.240><c> precision</c><00:25:37.740><c> of</c><00:25:37.980><c> that.</c>

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Brothers<00:25:40.079><c> and</c><00:25:40.259><c> sisters,</c><00:25:40.779><c> I</c><00:25:40.980><c> think</c><00:25:41.200><c> we've</c><00:25:41.480><c> asked</c><00:25:41.700><c> this</c><00:25:41.920><c> question</c><00:25:42.299><c> here</c><00:25:42.579><c> before.</c>

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But<00:25:44.039><c> if</c><00:25:44.299><c> we</c><00:25:44.539><c> were</c><00:25:44.819><c> in</c><00:25:45.119><c> charge</c><00:25:45.920><c> when</c><00:25:46.640><c> Adam</c><00:25:47.000><c> and</c><00:25:47.180><c> Eve</c><00:25:47.380><c> first</c><00:25:47.980><c> sinned,</c>

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how<00:25:49.859><c> long</c><00:25:50.119><c> would</c><00:25:50.319><c> it</c><00:25:50.420><c> have</c><00:25:50.680><c> taken</c><00:25:50.880><c> us</c><00:25:51.200><c> to</c><00:25:51.339><c> bring</c><00:25:51.519><c> a</c><00:25:51.700><c> savior</c><00:25:52.039><c> into</c><00:25:52.279><c> the</c><00:25:52.480><c> world?</c>

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We'd<00:25:57.200><c> have</c><00:25:57.200><c> wanted</c><00:25:57.359><c> to</c><00:25:57.539><c> get</c><00:25:57.599><c> him</c><00:25:57.720><c> there</c><00:25:57.940><c> right</c><00:25:58.200><c> away,</c><00:25:58.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:58.660><c> we?</c>

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We'd<00:26:00.180><c> have</c><00:26:00.200><c> wanted</c><00:26:00.380><c> to</c><00:26:00.680><c> install</c><00:26:01.059><c> him</c><00:26:01.220><c> into</c><00:26:01.480><c> office</c><00:26:01.700><c> right</c><00:26:02.000><c> away</c>

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so<00:26:03.700><c> that</c><00:26:03.859><c> all</c><00:26:04.079><c> the</c><00:26:04.240><c> mess</c><00:26:04.400><c> that</c><00:26:04.539><c> had</c><00:26:04.680><c> been</c><00:26:04.839><c> made</c><00:26:05.099><c> by</c><00:26:05.319><c> Adam</c><00:26:05.579><c> and</c>

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Eve<00:26:06.039><c> might</c><00:26:06.480><c> be</c><00:26:06.720><c> rectified</c><00:26:07.400><c> as</c><00:26:07.859><c> soon</c><00:26:08.079><c> as</c><00:26:08.259><c> possible.</c>

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Well,<00:26:09.880><c> God</c><00:26:10.039><c> waited</c><00:26:10.380><c> 4</c><00:26:10.740><c>,000</c><00:26:11.039><c> years.</c>

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4<00:26:13.220><c>,000</c><00:26:13.680><c> years.</c>

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And<00:26:15.940><c> the</c><00:26:16.119><c> Apostle</c><00:26:16.539><c> Paul</c><00:26:16.759><c> tells</c><00:26:17.099><c> us</c><00:26:17.400><c> in</c><00:26:17.460><c> Galatians</c><00:26:18.000><c> chapter</c><00:26:18.339><c> 4,</c>

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in<00:26:19.519><c> the</c><00:26:19.819><c> fullness</c><00:26:20.200><c> of</c><00:26:20.720><c> time,</c><00:26:22.559><c> God</c><00:26:22.859><c> sent</c><00:26:23.240><c> forth</c><00:26:23.599><c> his</c><00:26:23.859><c> son,</c><00:26:24.660><c> made</c>

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of<00:26:24.980><c> a</c><00:26:25.119><c> woman,</c><00:26:25.700><c> made</c><00:26:25.940><c> under</c><00:26:26.200><c> the</c><00:26:26.380><c> law.</c>

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In<00:26:27.980><c> the</c><00:26:28.180><c> fullness</c><00:26:28.599><c> of</c><00:26:28.940><c> time.</c>

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In<00:26:29.920><c> other</c><00:26:30.180><c> words,</c><00:26:30.599><c> it's</c><00:26:30.839><c> expressing</c><00:26:31.180><c> to</c><00:26:31.380><c> us,</c><00:26:31.680><c> brothers</c><00:26:31.859><c> and</c><00:26:31.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:38.400
that<00:26:33.000><c> God</c><00:26:33.299><c> does</c><00:26:33.720><c> everything</c><00:26:34.779><c> at</c><00:26:36.019><c> the</c><00:26:36.460><c> right</c><00:26:37.140><c> time.</c>

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:44.299
And<00:26:40.960><c> we</c><00:26:41.279><c> might</c><00:26:41.559><c> have</c><00:26:41.880><c> good</c><00:26:42.119><c> objectives</c><00:26:42.720><c> in</c><00:26:42.920><c> our</c><00:26:43.180><c> own</c><00:26:43.339><c> life.</c>

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:47.859
We<00:26:45.019><c> might</c><00:26:45.259><c> desperately</c><00:26:45.779><c> want</c><00:26:46.019><c> to</c><00:26:46.119><c> help</c><00:26:46.380><c> somebody</c><00:26:46.920><c> who</c><00:26:47.420><c> is</c><00:26:47.660><c> in</c>

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:50.480
need<00:26:48.019><c> of</c><00:26:48.240><c> help,</c><00:26:48.519><c> whatever</c><00:26:48.740><c> kind</c><00:26:49.059><c> of</c><00:26:49.180><c> help</c><00:26:49.319><c> it</c><00:26:49.519><c> is.</c>

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:56.380
And<00:26:52.660><c> we</c><00:26:52.819><c> go</c><00:26:52.980><c> to</c><00:26:53.160><c> the</c><00:26:53.319><c> person</c><00:26:53.819><c> and</c><00:26:54.980><c> we</c><00:26:55.180><c> try</c><00:26:55.339><c> to</c><00:26:55.539><c> help.</c>

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:58.960
And<00:26:57.059><c> we've</c><00:26:57.319><c> got</c><00:26:57.420><c> the</c><00:26:57.599><c> best</c><00:26:57.779><c> of</c><00:26:58.000><c> intentions.</c>

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:01.920
And<00:27:00.019><c> they</c><00:27:00.180><c> turn</c><00:27:00.359><c> their</c><00:27:00.559><c> face</c><00:27:00.779><c> away.</c>

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:07.339
And<00:27:02.819><c> we</c><00:27:03.079><c> say,</c><00:27:04.920><c> huh,</c><00:27:05.720><c> we</c><00:27:05.940><c> blew</c><00:27:06.140><c> it.</c>

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.619
Again.

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:12.259
Because<00:27:09.680><c> we</c><00:27:09.880><c> didn't</c><00:27:10.099><c> do</c><00:27:10.339><c> it</c><00:27:10.680><c> at</c><00:27:10.839><c> the</c><00:27:11.039><c> right</c><00:27:11.299><c> time.</c>

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.779
We<00:27:13.059><c> don't</c><00:27:13.339><c> know</c><00:27:13.559><c> the</c><00:27:13.700><c> right</c><00:27:13.940><c> time,</c><00:27:14.319><c> brothers</c><00:27:14.420><c> and</c><00:27:14.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:17.359
We<00:27:15.000><c> might</c><00:27:15.279><c> know</c><00:27:15.500><c> the</c><00:27:15.660><c> right</c><00:27:15.880><c> things</c><00:27:16.160><c> to</c><00:27:16.420><c> do.</c>

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:20.160
And<00:27:17.940><c> we'd</c><00:27:18.299><c> make</c><00:27:18.460><c> an</c><00:27:18.680><c> attempt</c><00:27:18.920><c> at</c><00:27:19.119><c> doing</c><00:27:19.380><c> that.</c>

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:25.160
But<00:27:20.980><c> we</c><00:27:21.480><c> fail</c><00:27:21.920><c> to</c><00:27:22.400><c> get</c><00:27:22.619><c> the</c><00:27:22.900><c> right</c><00:27:23.200><c> time,</c><00:27:23.559><c> just</c><00:27:23.940><c> about</c><00:27:24.240><c> always.</c>

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.039
Isn't<00:27:25.960><c> that</c><00:27:26.220><c> true?</c>

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:31.160
You<00:27:27.740><c> go</c><00:27:27.980><c> and</c><00:27:28.140><c> try</c><00:27:28.240><c> to</c><00:27:28.380><c> help</c><00:27:28.579><c> somebody</c><00:27:29.019><c> who</c><00:27:29.140><c> is</c><00:27:29.359><c> bereaved</c><00:27:30.539><c> of</c><00:27:30.980><c> a</c>

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.019
dearly<00:27:31.480><c> loved</c><00:27:31.640><c> one.</c>

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:34.460
And<00:27:32.339><c> see</c><00:27:32.460><c> how</c><00:27:32.640><c> you</c><00:27:32.779><c> get</c><00:27:32.940><c> on.</c>

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:37.440
See<00:27:35.059><c> if</c><00:27:35.200><c> you</c><00:27:35.420><c> are</c><00:27:35.599><c> ready</c><00:27:35.920><c> with</c><00:27:36.160><c> the</c><00:27:36.420><c> right</c><00:27:36.640><c> words</c><00:27:37.059><c> at</c><00:27:37.240><c> the</c>

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.059
right<00:27:37.700><c> time.</c>

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:44.180
And<00:27:40.259><c> there,</c><00:27:41.019><c> in</c><00:27:41.240><c> the</c><00:27:41.440><c> mood</c><00:27:41.680><c> to</c><00:27:41.980><c> accept</c><00:27:42.539><c> what</c><00:27:42.859><c> you</c><00:27:43.039><c> have</c><00:27:43.200><c> to</c><00:27:43.400><c> say.</c>

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.680
It's<00:27:44.819><c> nearly</c><00:27:45.019><c> always</c><00:27:45.380><c> the</c><00:27:45.559><c> wrong</c><00:27:45.779><c> time.</c>

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.839
But<00:27:47.180><c> God</c><00:27:47.359><c> is</c><00:27:47.500><c> not</c><00:27:47.680><c> like</c><00:27:47.980><c> that.</c>

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:51.619
And<00:27:49.140><c> you</c><00:27:49.220><c> can</c><00:27:49.519><c> see</c><00:27:49.720><c> by</c><00:27:49.960><c> that</c><00:27:50.220><c> genealogy,</c><00:27:50.940><c> brothers</c><00:27:51.059><c> and</c><00:27:51.259><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:53.599
that<00:27:52.160><c> something</c><00:27:52.599><c> needs</c><00:27:53.099><c> to</c><00:27:53.440><c> happen.</c>

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:58.220
And<00:27:54.220><c> God</c><00:27:54.700><c> waits</c><00:27:55.180><c> and</c><00:27:55.799><c> waits</c><00:27:56.279><c> and</c><00:27:56.799><c> waits</c><00:27:57.259><c> and</c><00:27:57.880><c> waits.</c>

00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:00.339
You<00:27:58.799><c> have</c><00:27:58.940><c> a</c><00:27:59.019><c> look,</c><00:27:59.140><c> brothers</c><00:27:59.400><c> and</c><00:27:59.640><c> sisters,</c><00:27:59.799><c> at</c><00:27:59.920><c> what</c><00:28:00.059><c> he</c><00:28:00.160><c> did.</c>

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:04.380
Just<00:28:00.819><c> quickly</c><00:28:01.380><c> take</c><00:28:02.019><c> through</c><00:28:02.240><c> your</c><00:28:02.539><c> mind</c><00:28:02.720><c> what</c><00:28:02.900><c> he</c><00:28:03.059><c> did</c><00:28:03.480><c> to</c><00:28:03.940><c> get</c><00:28:04.119><c> a</c>

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.779
wife<00:28:04.500><c> for</c><00:28:04.819><c> Boaz.</c>

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:09.160
To<00:28:07.380><c> get</c><00:28:07.559><c> a</c><00:28:07.799><c> wife</c><00:28:07.940><c> for</c><00:28:08.140><c> Boaz.</c>

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:15.099
Just<00:28:10.220><c> think</c><00:28:10.480><c> about</c><00:28:10.720><c> the</c><00:28:10.960><c> procedure</c><00:28:11.420><c> that</c><00:28:11.559><c> was</c><00:28:11.839><c> undertaken</c><00:28:12.440><c> whereby</c><00:28:13.299><c> that</c><00:28:13.599><c> might</c><00:28:13.839><c> be</c><00:28:14.099><c> accomplished.</c>

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.740
So<00:28:15.599><c> that</c><00:28:15.799><c> the</c><00:28:16.000><c> house</c><00:28:16.220><c> and</c><00:28:16.400><c> lineage</c><00:28:16.680><c> of</c><00:28:16.920><c> David</c><00:28:17.240><c> might</c><00:28:17.539><c> be</c><00:28:17.819><c> continued.</c>

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:21.559
God<00:28:20.319><c> could</c><00:28:20.539><c> have</c><00:28:20.619><c> done</c><00:28:20.759><c> it</c><00:28:20.900><c> like</c><00:28:21.180><c> that.</c>

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:24.380
In<00:28:22.660><c> a</c><00:28:22.799><c> flick</c><00:28:23.000><c> of</c><00:28:23.220><c> the</c><00:28:23.279><c> finger.</c>

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:29.160
But<00:28:25.559><c> there</c><00:28:25.740><c> was</c><00:28:26.000><c> a</c><00:28:26.119><c> very</c><00:28:26.500><c> powerful</c><00:28:27.160><c> and</c><00:28:27.720><c> a</c><00:28:27.900><c> well</c><00:28:28.140><c>-known</c><00:28:28.359><c> family</c>

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:33.579
who<00:28:30.079><c> made</c><00:28:30.420><c> a</c><00:28:30.700><c> foolish</c><00:28:31.099><c> mistake</c><00:28:31.640><c> and</c><00:28:31.819><c> went</c><00:28:32.039><c> down</c><00:28:32.319><c> into</c><00:28:32.559><c> Moab.</c>

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:36.299
And<00:28:33.819><c> they</c><00:28:34.119><c> lived</c><00:28:34.480><c> there</c><00:28:34.720><c> for</c><00:28:34.900><c> about</c><00:28:35.220><c> ten</c><00:28:35.500><c> years.</c>

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:39.079
Both<00:28:36.740><c> their</c><00:28:37.039><c> daughters</c><00:28:37.460><c> married</c><00:28:37.960><c> strangers.</c>

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:43.380
And<00:28:40.960><c> then</c><00:28:41.160><c> after</c><00:28:41.420><c> a</c><00:28:41.559><c> long</c><00:28:41.720><c> period</c><00:28:42.039><c> of</c><00:28:42.339><c> time,</c>

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:46.799
there's<00:28:43.680><c> this</c><00:28:43.920><c> pathetic</c><00:28:44.539><c> little</c><00:28:44.880><c> company</c><00:28:45.500><c> of</c><00:28:46.200><c> Ruth</c><00:28:46.480><c> and</c><00:28:46.640><c> her</c>

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.500
mother<00:28:47.059><c>-in</c><00:28:47.299><c>-law</c><00:28:47.440><c> Naomi,</c>

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:53.900
who<00:28:49.799><c> almost</c><00:28:50.420><c> inexplicably</c><00:28:51.440><c> make</c><00:28:51.759><c> it</c><00:28:52.019><c> back</c><00:28:52.200><c> to</c><00:28:52.460><c> Bethlehem</c><00:28:52.980><c> Judah.</c>

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:57.779
And<00:28:55.259><c> all</c><00:28:55.440><c> of</c><00:28:55.599><c> that</c><00:28:56.180><c> transpired.</c>

00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:00.480
And<00:28:58.180><c> a</c><00:28:58.299><c> lot</c><00:28:58.400><c> of</c><00:28:58.599><c> other</c><00:28:58.740><c> things</c><00:28:59.019><c> beyond</c><00:28:59.440><c> it.</c>

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.420
Just<00:29:01.160><c> to</c><00:29:01.420><c> provide</c><00:29:01.740><c> Boaz</c><00:29:02.140><c> with</c><00:29:02.359><c> a</c><00:29:02.519><c> wife.</c>

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:06.339
And<00:29:03.579><c> he's</c><00:29:03.779><c> the</c><00:29:03.880><c> most</c><00:29:04.180><c> eligible</c><00:29:04.619><c> bachelor</c><00:29:05.059><c> in</c><00:29:05.259><c> the</c><00:29:05.400><c> country.</c>

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:11.140
Amazing<00:29:09.460><c> stuff,</c><00:29:09.940><c> brothers</c><00:29:10.059><c> and</c><00:29:10.220><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:13.160
And<00:29:11.460><c> the</c><00:29:11.720><c> precision</c><00:29:12.240><c> of</c><00:29:12.680><c> providence.</c>

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.759
You<00:29:13.740><c> can</c><00:29:14.119><c> track</c><00:29:14.359><c> it</c><00:29:14.700><c> every</c><00:29:14.960><c> inch</c><00:29:15.180><c> of</c><00:29:15.339><c> the</c><00:29:15.480><c> way.</c>

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.099
God<00:29:16.180><c> never</c><00:29:16.460><c> made</c><00:29:16.779><c> a</c><00:29:16.859><c> mistake.</c>

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:22.660
And<00:29:19.539><c> he</c><00:29:19.660><c> was</c><00:29:19.940><c> superintending</c><00:29:20.619><c> by</c><00:29:20.880><c> means</c><00:29:21.220><c> of</c><00:29:21.420><c> the</c><00:29:21.579><c> angels</c><00:29:21.980><c> all</c>

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:24.319
the<00:29:22.839><c> things</c><00:29:23.319><c> that</c><00:29:23.720><c> were</c><00:29:23.960><c> happening.</c>

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:29.720
Now,<00:29:24.980><c> brothers</c><00:29:25.039><c> and</c><00:29:25.240><c> sisters,</c><00:29:26.160><c> you</c><00:29:26.160><c> just</c><00:29:27.079><c> try</c><00:29:27.819><c> and</c><00:29:28.279><c> get</c><00:29:28.799><c> the</c>

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:31.559
feelings<00:29:30.200><c> of</c><00:29:30.380><c> our</c><00:29:30.640><c> God.</c>

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:35.400
He<00:29:32.420><c> is</c><00:29:32.680><c> a</c><00:29:32.839><c> wonderful</c><00:29:33.460><c> personage,</c><00:29:34.279><c> is</c><00:29:34.400><c> our</c><00:29:34.619><c> God.</c>

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:42.079
We<00:29:36.799><c> can</c><00:29:37.039><c> only</c><00:29:37.359><c> get</c><00:29:37.660><c> to</c><00:29:37.980><c> know</c><00:29:38.200><c> Him</c><00:29:38.980><c> in</c><00:29:40.039><c> the</c><00:29:40.240><c> sense</c><00:29:40.559><c> of</c><00:29:40.819><c> knowing</c><00:29:41.140><c> Him.</c>

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:46.279
Because<00:29:42.680><c> we</c><00:29:42.839><c> know</c><00:29:43.059><c> His</c><00:29:43.259><c> son</c><00:29:43.680><c> was</c><00:29:43.960><c> identical</c><00:29:44.539><c> with</c><00:29:44.799><c> Him.</c>

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:48.940
In<00:29:46.660><c> character</c><00:29:47.180><c> and</c><00:29:47.559><c> in</c><00:29:47.900><c> personality.</c>

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:52.000
And<00:29:50.519><c> can</c><00:29:50.740><c> you</c><00:29:50.880><c> imagine,</c><00:29:51.480><c> brothers</c><00:29:51.619><c> and</c><00:29:51.720><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:55.680
the<00:29:52.319><c> feelings</c><00:29:52.720><c> that</c><00:29:52.960><c> would</c><00:29:53.200><c> run</c><00:29:53.519><c> through</c><00:29:54.380><c> such</c><00:29:54.900><c> a</c><00:29:55.220><c> being</c><00:29:55.460><c> as</c>

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.220
our<00:29:55.920><c> God,</c>

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:58.579
who<00:29:56.680><c> gave</c><00:29:56.960><c> us</c><00:29:57.220><c> our</c><00:29:57.480><c> emotions,</c>

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:03.400
when<00:29:59.680><c> He</c><00:29:59.960><c> watched,</c><00:30:01.400><c> not</c><00:30:02.039><c> helplessly,</c>

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.700
because<00:30:04.000><c> nothing's</c><00:30:04.440><c> too</c><00:30:04.720><c> hard</c><00:30:04.880><c> for</c><00:30:05.039><c> Him,</c>

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:11.640
but<00:30:06.680><c> when</c><00:30:06.980><c> He</c><00:30:07.160><c> watched</c><00:30:08.359><c> the</c><00:30:08.819><c> family</c><00:30:09.400><c> of</c><00:30:09.619><c> Elimelech</c><00:30:10.700><c> go</c><00:30:11.220><c> down</c>

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.960
to<00:30:11.859><c> the</c><00:30:11.859><c> country</c><00:30:12.500><c> of</c><00:30:12.779><c> Moab</c>

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:20.279
and<00:30:14.980><c> allow</c><00:30:15.299><c> their</c><00:30:15.640><c> daughters</c><00:30:16.099><c> to</c><00:30:16.440><c> marry</c><00:30:17.279><c> the</c><00:30:17.960><c> sons</c><00:30:18.339><c> of</c><00:30:18.519><c> Moab,</c>

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:26.579
a<00:30:21.279><c> nation</c><00:30:21.799><c> that</c><00:30:22.099><c> had</c><00:30:22.319><c> come</c><00:30:22.559><c> into</c><00:30:22.960><c> existence</c><00:30:23.779><c> by</c><00:30:24.319><c> you</c><00:30:24.559><c>-know</c><00:30:24.740><c>-how</c>

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:31.740
and<00:30:28.200><c> that</c><00:30:28.420><c> was</c><00:30:28.660><c> known</c><00:30:29.099><c> all</c><00:30:29.480><c> over</c><00:30:29.720><c> the</c><00:30:29.920><c> place</c><00:30:30.460><c> as</c><00:30:30.940><c> the</c><00:30:31.119><c> land</c><00:30:31.420><c> of</c>

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:34.539
sin<00:30:32.099><c> and</c><00:30:32.460><c> tragedy</c><00:30:32.960><c> and</c><00:30:33.180><c> death.</c>

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:41.480
And<00:30:35.740><c> to</c><00:30:36.079><c> watch</c><00:30:36.680><c> as</c><00:30:37.160><c> Elimelech</c><00:30:37.819><c> and</c><00:30:38.000><c> his</c><00:30:38.220><c> two</c><00:30:38.640><c> sons</c><00:30:39.480><c> are</c><00:30:40.420><c> gradually</c><00:30:41.039><c> pining</c>

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.079
away<00:30:41.980><c> in</c><00:30:42.140><c> that</c><00:30:42.420><c> place</c>

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:46.339
and<00:30:43.819><c> all</c><00:30:44.059><c> of</c><00:30:44.200><c> their</c><00:30:44.420><c> epitaphs</c><00:30:45.180><c> say,</c>

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:49.400
died<00:30:47.200><c> in</c><00:30:47.539><c> Moab,</c>

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:51.960
died<00:30:50.079><c> in</c><00:30:50.319><c> Moab,</c>

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:54.359
died<00:30:52.740><c> in</c><00:30:52.980><c> Moab,</c>

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:57.079
in<00:30:55.619><c> a</c><00:30:55.859><c> time,</c><00:30:56.259><c> brothers</c><00:30:56.359><c> and</c><00:30:56.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:57.380 --> 00:31:02.259
when<00:30:57.619><c> it</c><00:30:57.700><c> was</c><00:30:57.920><c> impossible</c><00:30:58.720><c> to</c><00:30:59.319><c> gain</c><00:30:59.539><c> access</c><00:31:00.099><c> to</c><00:31:00.380><c> tabernacle</c><00:31:00.940><c> worship</c>

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:06.099
anywhere<00:31:03.819><c> outside</c><00:31:04.299><c> the</c><00:31:04.519><c> borders</c><00:31:04.759><c> of</c><00:31:04.980><c> the</c><00:31:05.119><c> land,</c>

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:09.359
and<00:31:07.099><c> He's</c><00:31:07.279><c> watching</c><00:31:07.599><c> all</c><00:31:07.859><c> that</c><00:31:08.039><c> happening,</c>

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:13.839
and<00:31:11.099><c> He</c><00:31:11.220><c> knows</c><00:31:11.619><c> what</c><00:31:11.920><c> the</c><00:31:12.140><c> end</c><00:31:12.319><c> is</c><00:31:12.519><c> going</c><00:31:12.660><c> to</c><00:31:12.819><c> be,</c>

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:19.559
that,<00:31:16.779><c> brothers</c><00:31:16.779><c> and</c><00:31:16.980><c> sisters,</c><00:31:18.019><c> would</c><00:31:18.160><c> have,</c><00:31:18.259><c> in</c><00:31:18.359><c> a</c><00:31:18.579><c> word,</c>

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.660
torn<00:31:19.759><c> His</c><00:31:20.019><c> heart</c><00:31:20.220><c> out.</c>

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:25.799
And<00:31:22.859><c> now</c><00:31:23.039><c> we</c><00:31:23.140><c> want</c><00:31:23.339><c> to</c><00:31:23.519><c> see</c><00:31:23.740><c> just</c><00:31:24.000><c> what's</c><00:31:24.359><c> involved</c><00:31:24.940><c> in</c><00:31:25.460><c> these</c>

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:28.839
opening<00:31:26.180><c> verses</c><00:31:26.740><c> of</c><00:31:27.400><c> the</c><00:31:27.519><c> Book</c><00:31:27.700><c> of</c><00:31:27.900><c> Ruth.</c>

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:35.059
It<00:31:30.799><c> was</c><00:31:31.279><c> in</c><00:31:31.660><c> the</c><00:31:31.859><c> days</c><00:31:32.480><c> when</c><00:31:33.200><c> the</c><00:31:33.460><c> judges</c><00:31:33.799><c> ruled,</c>

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:41.579
when<00:31:36.319><c> every</c><00:31:36.960><c> man</c><00:31:37.660><c> did</c><00:31:38.559><c> that</c><00:31:39.039><c> which</c><00:31:39.240><c> was</c><00:31:39.579><c> right</c><00:31:40.220><c> in</c><00:31:40.819><c> his</c><00:31:41.079><c> own</c><00:31:41.319><c> eyes.</c>

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:43.240
And<00:31:41.720><c> the</c><00:31:41.880><c> Proverbs</c><00:31:42.299><c> are</c><00:31:42.519><c> eloquent,</c><00:31:42.880><c> aren't</c><00:31:43.019><c> they?</c>

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:47.119
In<00:31:43.400><c> two</c><00:31:43.599><c> occasions,</c><00:31:44.119><c> in</c><00:31:44.380><c> chapter</c><00:31:44.579><c> 16</c><00:31:45.079><c> and</c><00:31:45.220><c> chapter</c><00:31:45.539><c> 25,</c><00:31:46.140><c> I</c><00:31:46.200><c> think</c><00:31:46.359><c> it</c><00:31:46.460><c> is,</c>

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:50.079
where<00:31:47.579><c> it</c><00:31:47.660><c> says</c><00:31:47.980><c> that</c><00:31:48.200><c> there</c><00:31:48.359><c> is</c><00:31:48.599><c> a</c><00:31:48.740><c> way</c><00:31:48.940><c> that</c><00:31:49.200><c> seemeth</c><00:31:49.539><c> right</c>

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.799
unto<00:31:50.400><c> a</c><00:31:50.619><c> man,</c>

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:55.480
but<00:31:52.180><c> the</c><00:31:52.400><c> end</c><00:31:52.619><c> thereof</c><00:31:53.359><c> are</c><00:31:53.900><c> the</c><00:31:53.960><c> ways</c><00:31:54.240><c> of</c><00:31:54.460><c> death.</c>

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:59.440
And<00:31:57.200><c> it</c><00:31:57.299><c> was</c><00:31:57.539><c> true,</c><00:31:57.740><c> wasn't</c><00:31:58.000><c> it,</c>

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:03.720
that<00:31:59.900><c> Elimelech,</c><00:32:01.220><c> with</c><00:32:01.500><c> Naomi</c><00:32:01.980><c> and</c><00:32:02.160><c> their</c><00:32:02.400><c> two</c><00:32:02.640><c> sons,</c>

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:07.599
saw<00:32:04.400><c> the</c><00:32:04.759><c> portent</c><00:32:05.220><c> of</c><00:32:05.359><c> what</c><00:32:05.539><c> was</c><00:32:05.880><c> coming</c><00:32:06.079><c> in</c><00:32:06.279><c> the</c><00:32:06.420><c> land,</c>

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:12.559
and<00:32:08.099><c> having</c><00:32:08.539><c> due</c><00:32:08.859><c> regard</c><00:32:09.619><c> to</c><00:32:10.259><c> the</c><00:32:10.460><c> health</c><00:32:10.759><c> of</c><00:32:10.960><c> their</c><00:32:11.200><c> own</c><00:32:11.519><c> family,</c>

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:17.619
made<00:32:13.859><c> a</c><00:32:14.059><c> decision</c><00:32:14.700><c> to</c><00:32:15.339><c> go</c><00:32:15.599><c> down</c><00:32:15.900><c> into</c><00:32:16.099><c> the</c><00:32:16.160><c> country</c><00:32:16.559><c> of</c><00:32:16.759><c> Moab,</c>

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:21.119
in<00:32:17.859><c> a</c><00:32:18.039><c> time</c><00:32:18.539><c> when</c><00:32:19.059><c> every</c><00:32:19.480><c> man</c><00:32:19.740><c> did</c><00:32:20.000><c> that</c><00:32:20.240><c> which</c><00:32:20.339><c> was</c><00:32:20.680><c> right</c><00:32:20.940><c> in</c>

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.640
his<00:32:21.359><c> own</c><00:32:21.619><c> eyes.</c>

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:25.779
To<00:32:23.599><c> swim</c><00:32:23.819><c> against</c><00:32:24.180><c> the</c><00:32:24.380><c> tide,</c><00:32:24.619><c> brothers</c><00:32:24.900><c> and</c><00:32:24.960><c> sisters,</c><00:32:25.259><c> is</c><00:32:25.380><c> not</c><00:32:25.599><c> an</c>

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.559
easy<00:32:26.019><c> thing.</c>

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:32.019
And<00:32:28.799><c> sometimes</c><00:32:29.279><c> we're</c><00:32:29.559><c> called</c><00:32:29.819><c> upon</c><00:32:30.160><c> to</c><00:32:30.299><c> do</c><00:32:30.480><c> that</c><00:32:30.799><c> in</c><00:32:30.960><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:31.440><c> life,</c>

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:34.140
to<00:32:32.640><c> swim</c><00:32:33.019><c> against</c><00:32:33.420><c> the</c><00:32:33.740><c> tide.</c>

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:37.319
Brothers<00:32:34.700><c> and</c><00:32:34.960><c> sisters,</c><00:32:35.539><c> there's</c><00:32:35.859><c> no</c><00:32:36.160><c> virtue</c><00:32:36.559><c> in</c><00:32:36.819><c> going</c><00:32:37.059><c> with</c>

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.480
the<00:32:37.539><c> tide,</c>

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:43.480
because<00:32:41.240><c> as</c><00:32:41.579><c> we</c><00:32:41.859><c> quoted</c><00:32:42.119><c> from</c><00:32:42.380><c> the</c><00:32:42.460><c> words</c><00:32:42.720><c> of</c><00:32:42.900><c> Brother</c><00:32:43.140><c> Roberts,</c>

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:49.500
it's<00:32:44.180><c> only</c><00:32:45.339><c> out</c><00:32:46.180><c> of</c><00:32:46.500><c> evil,</c><00:32:48.079><c> and</c><00:32:48.099><c> by</c><00:32:48.519><c> means</c><00:32:48.900><c> of</c><00:32:49.500><c> it,</c>

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:53.119
that<00:32:50.039><c> God</c><00:32:50.279><c> can</c><00:32:50.619><c> work</c><00:32:50.960><c> a</c><00:32:51.140><c> great</c><00:32:51.519><c> amount</c><00:32:51.819><c> of</c><00:32:52.059><c> good.</c>

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.799
And,<00:32:53.359><c> brothers</c><00:32:53.500><c> and</c><00:32:53.660><c> sisters,</c><00:32:53.839><c> we're</c><00:32:53.980><c> going</c><00:32:54.140><c> to</c><00:32:54.180><c> say</c><00:32:54.440><c> something</c>

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:58.400
that<00:32:55.259><c> might</c><00:32:55.799><c> sound</c><00:32:56.440><c> a</c><00:32:56.900><c> little</c><00:32:57.119><c> bad</c><00:32:57.480><c> to</c><00:32:57.680><c> you,</c>

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:02.079
but<00:32:58.779><c> our</c><00:32:59.039><c> worst</c><00:32:59.359><c> trials</c><00:32:59.920><c> are</c><00:33:00.559><c> in</c><00:33:00.799><c> here.</c>

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:07.000
The<00:33:03.299><c> hardest</c><00:33:03.700><c> things</c><00:33:04.259><c> for</c><00:33:04.740><c> us</c><00:33:04.960><c> to</c><00:33:05.240><c> handle</c><00:33:05.539><c> are</c><00:33:05.819><c> in</c><00:33:06.019><c> here.</c>

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:13.160
The<00:33:10.519><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:33:11.059><c> brothers</c><00:33:11.380><c> and</c><00:33:11.440><c> sisters,</c><00:33:12.160><c> started</c><00:33:12.619><c> with</c><00:33:12.859><c> four</c>

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:15.660
members,<00:33:14.640><c> basically,</c>

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:20.559
and<00:33:16.240><c> their</c><00:33:16.440><c> names</c><00:33:16.740><c> were</c><00:33:17.420><c> Adam</c><00:33:17.759><c> and</c><00:33:17.980><c> Eve,</c><00:33:19.140><c> and</c><00:33:19.259><c> Cain</c><00:33:19.460><c> and</c><00:33:19.720><c> Abel.</c>

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:23.920
Oh<00:33:21.539><c> yes,</c><00:33:21.940><c> there</c><00:33:22.220><c> was</c><00:33:22.480><c> no</c><00:33:22.680><c> other</c><00:33:22.900><c> people</c><00:33:23.160><c> on</c><00:33:23.359><c> the</c><00:33:23.480><c> face</c><00:33:23.680><c> of</c><00:33:23.799><c> the</c>

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.599
earth<00:33:24.039><c> to</c><00:33:24.240><c> bother</c><00:33:24.400><c> them.</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:29.099
But<00:33:26.519><c> how</c><00:33:26.720><c> would</c><00:33:26.880><c> you</c><00:33:27.059><c> like</c><00:33:27.259><c> to</c><00:33:27.480><c> be</c><00:33:27.799><c> Abel?</c>

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:32.640
How<00:33:30.460><c> would</c><00:33:30.660><c> you</c><00:33:30.819><c> like</c><00:33:31.019><c> to</c><00:33:31.240><c> be</c><00:33:31.759><c> Adam</c><00:33:32.220><c> and</c><00:33:32.400><c> Eve,</c>

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:39.200
when<00:33:32.859><c> they</c><00:33:33.140><c> saw</c><00:33:33.759><c> what</c><00:33:34.480><c> their</c><00:33:34.920><c> first</c><00:33:35.539><c> son</c><00:33:36.119><c> did</c><00:33:37.000><c> to</c><00:33:37.180><c> their</c><00:33:37.420><c> second</c><00:33:37.799><c> son?</c>

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:42.720
Here's<00:33:39.740><c> the</c><00:33:40.000><c> beginnings</c><00:33:40.299><c> of</c><00:33:40.559><c> the</c><00:33:40.680><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:41.160><c> of</c><00:33:41.359><c> the</c><00:33:41.460><c> living</c><00:33:41.680><c> God.</c>

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:47.539
It's<00:33:44.319><c> absolutely</c><00:33:44.880><c> almost</c><00:33:45.619><c> impossible</c><00:33:46.240><c> to</c><00:33:46.519><c> believe</c><00:33:47.019><c> that</c><00:33:47.440><c> in</c>

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.920
the<00:33:47.799><c> first</c><00:33:48.079><c> generation,</c>

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:56.140
murder<00:33:49.740><c> occurred</c><00:33:50.400><c> in</c><00:33:52.019><c> the</c><00:33:52.240><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:33:54.140><c> in</c><00:33:54.480><c> the</c><00:33:54.640><c> house</c><00:33:54.839><c> of</c><00:33:55.079><c> God.</c>

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.759
And<00:33:57.559><c> we're</c><00:33:57.799><c> told,</c><00:33:58.059><c> brothers</c><00:33:58.220><c> and</c><00:33:58.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:03.099
not<00:33:59.319><c> to</c><00:33:59.599><c> even</c><00:33:59.920><c> have</c><00:34:00.299><c> the</c><00:34:00.579><c> germ</c><00:34:00.779><c> of</c><00:34:01.000><c> murder</c><00:34:01.299><c> in</c><00:34:01.480><c> our</c><00:34:01.740><c> heart.</c>

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.420
Is<00:34:04.059><c> that</c><00:34:04.200><c> easy?</c>

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.880
When<00:34:07.200><c> some</c><00:34:07.500><c> brother</c><00:34:07.740><c> over</c><00:34:08.059><c> there</c><00:34:08.320><c> or</c><00:34:08.519><c> some</c><00:34:08.820><c> sister</c><00:34:09.139><c> over</c><00:34:09.480><c> here</c>

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:13.019
really<00:34:10.400><c> gets</c><00:34:10.659><c> in</c><00:34:10.900><c> my</c><00:34:11.139><c> gills</c><00:34:11.380><c> from</c><00:34:11.619><c> time</c><00:34:11.860><c> to</c><00:34:12.039><c> time?</c>

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:16.280
It's<00:34:14.820><c> the</c><00:34:15.019><c> hardest</c><00:34:15.260><c> place,</c><00:34:15.760><c> brothers</c><00:34:15.840><c> and</c><00:34:16.059><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:18.559
It's<00:34:17.039><c> the</c><00:34:17.300><c> training</c><00:34:17.599><c> ground.</c>

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:21.679
It<00:34:19.739><c> is</c><00:34:20.000><c> the</c><00:34:20.260><c> training</c><00:34:20.659><c> ground.</c>

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.219
And<00:34:22.820><c> there</c><00:34:23.079><c> are</c><00:34:23.360><c> numerous</c><00:34:23.900><c> warnings</c><00:34:24.360><c> about</c><00:34:24.719><c> it,</c>

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:28.659
right<00:34:25.480><c> throughout</c><00:34:25.940><c> the</c><00:34:26.159><c> length</c><00:34:26.400><c> and</c><00:34:26.639><c> breadth</c><00:34:27.260><c> of</c><00:34:27.820><c> the</c><00:34:28.260><c> record</c>

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:30.019
of<00:34:28.840><c> the</c><00:34:28.900><c> Bible.</c>

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:33.059
Remember<00:34:30.860><c> what</c><00:34:31.139><c> Joseph</c><00:34:31.539><c> said</c><00:34:31.820><c> to</c><00:34:32.019><c> his</c><00:34:32.260><c> brethren</c>

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:37.940
after<00:34:35.059><c> they'd</c><00:34:35.360><c> been</c><00:34:35.739><c> convicted</c><00:34:36.260><c> of</c><00:34:36.440><c> what</c><00:34:36.659><c> they</c><00:34:36.880><c> did</c><00:34:37.059><c> to</c><00:34:37.280><c> him?</c>

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:41.260
And<00:34:38.539><c> they're</c><00:34:38.840><c> about</c><00:34:39.099><c> to</c><00:34:39.380><c> leave</c><00:34:39.599><c> him</c><00:34:39.820><c> after</c><00:34:40.119><c> he's</c><00:34:40.400><c> made</c><00:34:40.559><c> himself</c><00:34:40.960><c> known</c>

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:42.559
to<00:34:41.400><c> them?</c>

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.480
And<00:34:43.539><c> he</c><00:34:43.659><c> said</c><00:34:43.880><c> to</c><00:34:43.980><c> them,</c>

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:49.599
brethren,<00:34:46.059><c> see</c><00:34:46.500><c> that</c><00:34:46.699><c> thou</c><00:34:46.900><c> fall</c><00:34:47.199><c> not</c><00:34:47.440><c> out</c><00:34:48.000><c> along</c><00:34:48.340><c> the</c><00:34:48.539><c> way.</c>

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:51.679
Because<00:34:50.599><c> he</c><00:34:50.739><c> knew,</c><00:34:51.139><c> brothers</c><00:34:51.260><c> and</c><00:34:51.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:55.579
that<00:34:51.920><c> there</c><00:34:52.099><c> were</c><00:34:52.440><c> such</c><00:34:52.780><c> hot</c><00:34:53.099><c> issues</c><00:34:53.500><c> to</c><00:34:53.719><c> deal</c><00:34:54.000><c> with</c><00:34:54.420><c> among</c><00:34:54.880><c> themselves,</c>

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:58.260
are<00:34:56.139><c> they</c><00:34:56.320><c> going</c><00:34:56.559><c> to</c><00:34:56.719><c> incriminate</c><00:34:57.219><c> one</c><00:34:57.400><c> another?</c>

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:01.320
What<00:34:58.519><c> are</c><00:34:58.659><c> they</c><00:34:58.760><c> going</c><00:34:58.920><c> to</c><00:34:59.019><c> do</c><00:34:59.280><c> about</c><00:34:59.579><c> what</c><00:34:59.760><c> they</c><00:34:59.920><c> did</c><00:35:00.079><c> to</c><00:35:00.360><c> Joseph</c><00:35:00.699><c> 30</c>

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.800
-odd<00:35:01.500><c> years</c><00:35:01.780><c> before?</c>

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:05.179
What<00:35:03.679><c> are</c><00:35:03.780><c> they</c><00:35:03.920><c> going</c><00:35:04.039><c> to</c><00:35:04.079><c> say</c><00:35:04.280><c> to</c><00:35:04.400><c> their</c><00:35:04.579><c> father</c><00:35:04.920><c> when</c><00:35:05.059><c> they</c>

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.340
get<00:35:05.380><c> home?</c>

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:09.860
What<00:35:07.960><c> are</c><00:35:08.019><c> they</c><00:35:08.199><c> going</c><00:35:08.320><c> to</c><00:35:08.440><c> admit</c><00:35:08.699><c> to</c><00:35:08.880><c> him?</c>

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:14.320
That's<00:35:11.400><c> the</c><00:35:11.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:11.980><c> of</c><00:35:12.199><c> the</c><00:35:12.280><c> living</c><00:35:12.480><c> God,</c><00:35:12.880><c> brothers</c><00:35:13.039><c> and</c><00:35:13.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:21.880
And<00:35:15.260><c> we</c><00:35:15.739><c> know,</c><00:35:16.619><c> because</c><00:35:17.199><c> the</c><00:35:17.340><c> Acts</c><00:35:17.539><c> of</c><00:35:17.739><c> the</c><00:35:17.900><c> Apostles</c><00:35:18.320><c> in</c><00:35:18.440><c> chapter</c><00:35:18.840><c> 7</c><00:35:19.219><c> says</c><00:35:19.760><c> that</c><00:35:20.619><c> it</c><00:35:20.679><c> happened,</c>

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:26.400
that<00:35:22.360><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> bones</c><00:35:22.980><c> of</c><00:35:23.199><c> all</c><00:35:23.519><c> of</c><00:35:23.679><c> those</c><00:35:23.880><c> men</c><00:35:24.400><c> were</c><00:35:25.099><c> carried</c><00:35:25.480><c> over</c>

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:28.000
into<00:35:26.820><c> the</c><00:35:27.019><c> land.</c>

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:30.760
Not<00:35:28.960><c> just</c><00:35:29.340><c> the</c><00:35:29.400><c> bones</c><00:35:29.659><c> of</c><00:35:29.800><c> Joseph.</c>

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:33.659
The<00:35:31.559><c> bones</c><00:35:31.840><c> of</c><00:35:32.039><c> all</c><00:35:32.320><c> the</c><00:35:32.440><c> brethren</c><00:35:32.659><c> were</c><00:35:32.920><c> carried</c><00:35:33.159><c> over</c><00:35:33.460><c> there.</c>

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:36.659
It<00:35:34.079><c> was</c><00:35:34.300><c> Joseph</c><00:35:34.800><c> who</c><00:35:35.059><c> commanded</c><00:35:35.500><c> that</c><00:35:35.699><c> his</c><00:35:35.900><c> own</c><00:35:36.199><c> bones</c><00:35:36.400><c> should</c>

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:38.039
be<00:35:36.860><c> carried</c><00:35:37.059><c> there.</c>

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:40.920
But<00:35:39.159><c> it</c><00:35:39.219><c> was</c><00:35:39.420><c> all</c><00:35:39.659><c> the</c><00:35:39.780><c> bones</c><00:35:40.000><c> of</c><00:35:40.199><c> those</c><00:35:40.420><c> men</c><00:35:40.599><c> that</c><00:35:40.739><c> were</c>

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.679
carried<00:35:41.139><c> there.</c>

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:45.659
And,<00:35:42.559><c> brethren</c><00:35:42.760><c> and</c><00:35:43.019><c> sisters,</c><00:35:43.480><c> they</c><00:35:43.780><c> came</c><00:35:44.059><c> through</c><00:35:44.280><c> all</c><00:35:44.480><c> that</c><00:35:44.679><c> trial.</c>

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:49.039
They<00:35:47.239><c> learned</c><00:35:47.619><c> by</c><00:35:47.900><c> it.</c>

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:54.260
And<00:35:49.619><c> the</c><00:35:49.900><c> darkest</c><00:35:50.340><c> hour</c><00:35:50.739><c> is</c><00:35:51.059><c> very</c><00:35:51.480><c> often</c><00:35:52.219><c> the</c><00:35:52.780><c> product</c><00:35:53.300><c> of</c><00:35:53.960><c> the</c>

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.699
best<00:35:54.659><c> moment.</c>

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.400
And<00:35:57.599><c> so</c><00:35:57.820><c> we</c><00:35:57.960><c> have</c><00:35:58.119><c> a</c><00:35:58.219><c> look.</c>

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:03.400
It<00:35:58.519><c> came</c><00:35:58.820><c> to</c><00:35:59.059><c> pass</c><00:35:59.320><c> in</c><00:35:59.539><c> the</c><00:35:59.699><c> days</c><00:36:00.000><c> when</c><00:36:00.260><c> the</c><00:36:00.480><c> judges</c><00:36:00.760><c> ruled</c><00:36:01.420><c> that</c><00:36:02.960><c> there</c><00:36:03.179><c> was</c>

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:05.420
a<00:36:03.599><c> famine</c><00:36:03.940><c> in</c><00:36:04.360><c> the</c><00:36:04.559><c> land.</c>

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:09.760
Now<00:36:07.159><c> we</c><00:36:07.280><c> can</c><00:36:07.460><c> go</c><00:36:07.679><c> back</c><00:36:07.940><c> and</c><00:36:08.139><c> consult</c><00:36:08.519><c> the</c><00:36:08.739><c> Old</c><00:36:08.920><c> Testament</c><00:36:09.300><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:12.619
and<00:36:10.059><c> we</c><00:36:10.159><c> know,</c><00:36:10.500><c> brothers</c><00:36:10.800><c> and</c><00:36:10.800><c> sisters,</c><00:36:11.260><c> that</c><00:36:11.519><c> the</c><00:36:11.699><c> discipline</c><00:36:12.139><c> of</c><00:36:12.320><c> God</c>

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.780
was<00:36:12.820><c> upon</c><00:36:13.159><c> that</c><00:36:13.400><c> nation</c>

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:16.059
from<00:36:14.039><c> the</c><00:36:14.239><c> beginning</c><00:36:14.519><c> of</c><00:36:14.739><c> the</c><00:36:14.820><c> year</c><00:36:15.039><c> to</c><00:36:15.179><c> the</c><00:36:15.300><c> end</c><00:36:15.519><c> of</c><00:36:15.639><c> the</c><00:36:15.760><c> year.</c>

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:19.139
His<00:36:16.380><c> eyes</c><00:36:16.699><c> were</c><00:36:16.940><c> always</c><00:36:17.460><c> upon</c><00:36:17.920><c> that</c><00:36:18.179><c> land.</c>

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:22.139
And<00:36:20.019><c> he</c><00:36:20.139><c> told</c><00:36:20.440><c> them</c><00:36:20.619><c> that</c><00:36:20.760><c> if</c><00:36:20.940><c> they</c><00:36:21.099><c> were</c><00:36:21.320><c> faithful</c><00:36:21.719><c> to</c><00:36:21.900><c> him</c>

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.440
and<00:36:22.260><c> they</c><00:36:22.500><c> kept</c><00:36:22.659><c> his</c><00:36:22.900><c> commandments,</c>

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:26.059
they<00:36:24.059><c> would</c><00:36:24.300><c> be</c><00:36:24.519><c> blessed</c><00:36:24.780><c> in</c><00:36:24.940><c> their</c><00:36:25.159><c> basket</c><00:36:25.519><c> and</c><00:36:25.840><c> store.</c>

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:29.840
And<00:36:26.480><c> if</c><00:36:26.659><c> they</c><00:36:26.940><c> weren't,</c><00:36:28.199><c> they</c><00:36:28.760><c> would</c><00:36:28.980><c> be</c><00:36:29.199><c> cursed</c><00:36:29.460><c> in</c><00:36:29.639><c> their</c>

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.320
basket<00:36:30.219><c> and</c><00:36:30.519><c> store.</c>

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:36.219
So<00:36:32.039><c> when</c><00:36:32.199><c> there's</c><00:36:32.440><c> a</c><00:36:32.599><c> famine</c><00:36:32.760><c> in</c><00:36:32.940><c> the</c><00:36:33.099><c> land,</c><00:36:33.719><c> we</c><00:36:33.920><c> know</c><00:36:34.420><c> the</c><00:36:34.599><c> spiritual</c><00:36:35.179><c> condition</c><00:36:35.599><c> of</c><00:36:35.760><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:38.219
We<00:36:36.659><c> know</c><00:36:36.960><c> that</c><00:36:37.139><c> it's</c><00:36:37.300><c> bad.</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:41.820
There's<00:36:39.420><c> a</c><00:36:39.619><c> famine</c><00:36:39.880><c> in</c><00:36:40.239><c> the</c><00:36:40.400><c> land.</c>

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:46.460
And<00:36:42.639><c> we're</c><00:36:42.960><c> told</c><00:36:43.219><c> in</c><00:36:43.340><c> the</c><00:36:43.460><c> next</c><00:36:43.760><c> part</c><00:36:43.960><c> of</c><00:36:44.119><c> verse</c><00:36:44.340><c> 1</c><00:36:45.639><c> that</c><00:36:46.199><c> there</c>

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:49.639
was<00:36:47.079><c> a</c><00:36:47.599><c> certain</c><00:36:48.179><c> man.</c>

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:56.059
Now<00:36:50.579><c> this</c><00:36:50.860><c> man</c><00:36:51.519><c> is</c><00:36:52.320><c> named</c><00:36:53.260><c> Eli</c><00:36:54.420><c> Limech.</c>

00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:01.559
Eli,<00:36:57.860><c> we</c><00:36:58.019><c> can</c><00:36:58.340><c> see,</c><00:36:58.699><c> brothers</c><00:36:58.780><c> and</c><00:36:58.980><c> sisters,</c><00:36:59.480><c> El</c><00:36:59.659><c> is</c><00:36:59.980><c> God,</c><00:37:01.320><c> and</c>

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:03.900
Limech<00:37:02.460><c> is</c><00:37:02.880><c> King.</c>

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:09.940
And<00:37:05.119><c> he</c><00:37:05.340><c> was</c><00:37:05.559><c> a</c><00:37:05.699><c> man</c><00:37:06.000><c> whose</c><00:37:06.400><c> name</c><00:37:06.820><c> meant,</c><00:37:08.119><c> my</c><00:37:08.119><c> God</c><00:37:08.480><c> is</c><00:37:08.719><c> my</c><00:37:09.000><c> King.</c>

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:16.199
All<00:37:11.659><c> of</c><00:37:11.780><c> his</c><00:37:11.980><c> life,</c><00:37:12.599><c> as</c><00:37:12.800><c> he</c><00:37:13.039><c> walked</c><00:37:13.300><c> around</c><00:37:13.840><c> as</c><00:37:14.719><c> this</c><00:37:15.599><c> certain</c>

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:21.380
man,<00:37:17.519><c> he</c><00:37:17.719><c> was</c><00:37:18.000><c> not</c><00:37:18.239><c> just</c><00:37:18.519><c> an</c><00:37:18.800><c> Adam,</c><00:37:20.019><c> he</c><00:37:20.219><c> was</c><00:37:20.440><c> an</c><00:37:20.639><c> Ish.</c>

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:26.440
He<00:37:22.760><c> was</c><00:37:22.980><c> a</c><00:37:23.179><c> special</c><00:37:23.440><c> man</c><00:37:23.679><c> in</c><00:37:23.820><c> Israel.</c><00:37:24.239><c> He</c><00:37:24.400><c> was</c><00:37:24.659><c> a</c><00:37:24.820><c> leader</c><00:37:25.059><c> in</c><00:37:25.320><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:31.380
And<00:37:28.260><c> everywhere</c><00:37:28.820><c> he</c><00:37:28.940><c> went,</c><00:37:29.340><c> he</c><00:37:29.500><c> carried</c><00:37:29.940><c> the</c><00:37:30.179><c> banner</c><00:37:30.639><c> of,</c><00:37:31.380><c> my</c>

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:33.360
God<00:37:31.659><c> is</c><00:37:31.900><c> my</c><00:37:32.159><c> King.</c>

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:39.880
And<00:37:34.260><c> this</c><00:37:34.619><c> certain</c><00:37:35.000><c> man</c><00:37:35.860><c> of</c><00:37:37.119><c> Bethlehem</c><00:37:38.280><c> Judah,</c><00:37:39.019><c> which</c><00:37:39.019><c> means</c>

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:44.699
the<00:37:40.519><c> house</c><00:37:41.059><c> of</c><00:37:41.619><c> bread</c><00:37:42.300><c> and</c><00:37:43.639><c> praise,</c>

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:49.099
an<00:37:45.579><c> ideal</c><00:37:45.960><c> place</c><00:37:46.239><c> for</c><00:37:46.460><c> anybody</c><00:37:46.800><c> to</c><00:37:47.059><c> live,</c><00:37:48.340><c> because</c><00:37:48.699><c> it's</c><00:37:48.860><c> got</c>

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:51.360
the<00:37:49.340><c> two</c><00:37:49.539><c> ingredients</c><00:37:50.219><c> that</c><00:37:50.539><c> men</c><00:37:50.780><c> require,</c>

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:55.179
because<00:37:51.900><c> man</c><00:37:52.280><c> does</c><00:37:52.639><c> not</c><00:37:52.820><c> live</c><00:37:53.000><c> by</c><00:37:53.320><c> bread</c><00:37:53.519><c> only,</c><00:37:54.300><c> but</c><00:37:54.480><c> by</c><00:37:54.739><c> every</c>

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:58.059
word<00:37:55.440><c> that</c><00:37:55.679><c> proceeds</c><00:37:56.059><c> out</c><00:37:56.360><c> of</c><00:37:56.420><c> the</c><00:37:56.480><c> mouth</c><00:37:56.739><c> of</c><00:37:56.860><c> God.</c>

00:37:58.420 --> 00:38:01.519
So<00:37:58.559><c> he</c><00:37:58.739><c> lives</c><00:37:59.019><c> in</c><00:37:59.159><c> an</c><00:37:59.400><c> ideal</c><00:37:59.840><c> circumstance,</c><00:38:00.639><c> in</c><00:38:00.820><c> the</c><00:38:01.019><c> house</c><00:38:01.280><c> of</c>

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.119
bread<00:38:01.760><c> and</c><00:38:02.039><c> praise,</c>

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:10.880
and<00:38:03.519><c> he</c><00:38:03.820><c> went</c><00:38:04.760><c> to</c><00:38:05.340><c> Sojourn,</c><00:38:07.300><c> to</c><00:38:07.679><c> Sojourn</c><00:38:09.500><c> in</c><00:38:09.679><c> the</c><00:38:09.760><c> country</c><00:38:10.300><c> of</c><00:38:10.539><c> Moab.</c>

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.679
Now<00:38:11.559><c> this</c><00:38:11.739><c> little</c><00:38:12.079><c> word</c><00:38:12.300><c> Sojourn,</c><00:38:13.059><c> brothers</c><00:38:13.300><c> and</c><00:38:13.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:16.300
means<00:38:14.320><c> that</c><00:38:14.840><c> his</c><00:38:15.079><c> intention</c><00:38:15.699><c> was</c>

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:20.480
just<00:38:16.940><c> to</c><00:38:17.260><c> stay</c><00:38:17.460><c> there</c><00:38:17.739><c> for</c><00:38:17.900><c> a</c><00:38:18.099><c> while,</c><00:38:19.500><c> while</c><00:38:19.800><c> the</c><00:38:20.099><c> famine</c>

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:23.099
became<00:38:21.500><c> alleviated.</c>

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:25.880
And<00:38:23.880><c> as</c><00:38:24.000><c> soon</c><00:38:24.179><c> as</c><00:38:24.300><c> he</c><00:38:24.360><c> heard</c><00:38:24.679><c> that</c><00:38:24.960><c> conditions</c><00:38:25.320><c> were</c><00:38:25.579><c> better</c>

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:28.880
back<00:38:26.179><c> in</c><00:38:26.300><c> Israel,</c><00:38:27.079><c> he's</c><00:38:27.320><c> going</c><00:38:27.519><c> to</c><00:38:27.559><c> go</c><00:38:27.840><c> back.</c>

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:35.000
That's<00:38:29.599><c> his</c><00:38:29.800><c> intention.</c><00:38:32.199><c> And</c><00:38:32.340><c> so</c><00:38:32.699><c> he</c><00:38:32.860><c> takes</c><00:38:33.239><c> his</c><00:38:33.559><c> wife</c><00:38:34.079><c> and</c>

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.659
his<00:38:35.280><c> two</c><00:38:35.559><c> sons.</c>

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:42.460
The<00:38:37.579><c> name</c><00:38:37.840><c> of</c><00:38:38.019><c> this</c><00:38:38.239><c> man</c><00:38:38.519><c> is</c><00:38:38.760><c> Elimelech,</c><00:38:40.320><c> and</c><00:38:40.420><c> the</c><00:38:40.500><c> name</c><00:38:40.780><c> of</c><00:38:40.960><c> his</c><00:38:41.139><c> wife</c><00:38:42.019><c> is</c>

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:44.820
Naomi,<00:38:43.159><c> which</c><00:38:43.440><c> means</c><00:38:43.820><c> pleasant.</c>

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:48.559
So<00:38:45.420><c> here</c><00:38:45.760><c> is</c><00:38:45.980><c> this</c><00:38:46.139><c> man</c><00:38:46.539><c> who</c><00:38:46.860><c> parades</c><00:38:47.340><c> that</c><00:38:47.559><c> God</c><00:38:47.780><c> is</c><00:38:48.000><c> his</c><00:38:48.280><c> King.</c>

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:53.440
He's<00:38:49.079><c> got</c><00:38:49.260><c> a</c><00:38:49.519><c> pleasant</c><00:38:49.860><c> wife,</c><00:38:51.320><c> and</c><00:38:51.400><c> he's</c><00:38:51.599><c> got</c><00:38:51.780><c> two</c><00:38:52.099><c> sons,</c><00:38:53.380><c> and</c>

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:56.079
they<00:38:53.679><c> live</c><00:38:53.920><c> in</c><00:38:54.059><c> the</c><00:38:54.199><c> house</c><00:38:54.480><c> of</c><00:38:54.739><c> bread</c><00:38:54.880><c> and</c><00:38:55.179><c> praise.</c>

00:38:56.920 --> 00:39:00.579
But<00:38:57.119><c> they're</c><00:38:57.440><c> seeing</c><00:38:57.800><c> the</c><00:38:58.099><c> prospect</c><00:38:58.519><c> of</c><00:38:58.780><c> famine</c><00:38:59.019><c> coming.</c><00:38:59.420><c> There's</c><00:38:59.639><c> a</c><00:38:59.840><c> famine.</c>

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:04.440
It<00:39:00.980><c> hasn't</c><00:39:01.360><c> really</c><00:39:01.920><c> hit</c><00:39:02.159><c> them</c><00:39:02.300><c> in</c><00:39:02.480><c> all</c><00:39:02.639><c> its</c><00:39:02.920><c> intensity</c><00:39:03.340><c> yet,</c>

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:07.559
but<00:39:05.320><c> he</c><00:39:05.460><c> looks</c><00:39:05.699><c> around</c><00:39:06.039><c> at</c><00:39:06.199><c> his</c><00:39:06.360><c> family,</c>

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:14.840
and<00:39:08.239><c> he</c><00:39:08.380><c> finds</c><00:39:08.699><c> out</c><00:39:09.860><c> that</c><00:39:11.579><c> those</c><00:39:12.019><c> two</c><00:39:12.360><c> boys</c><00:39:12.840><c> are</c><00:39:13.579><c> not</c><00:39:13.699><c> very</c>

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:16.340
healthy<00:39:15.199><c> specimens.</c>

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:19.900
And<00:39:17.300><c> we</c><00:39:17.460><c> can</c><00:39:17.760><c> find</c><00:39:17.980><c> that</c><00:39:18.159><c> out,</c><00:39:18.460><c> brothers</c><00:39:18.579><c> and</c><00:39:18.739><c> sisters,</c><00:39:19.000><c> by</c><00:39:19.239><c> the</c><00:39:19.440><c> meaning</c><00:39:19.699><c> of</c>

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:21.039
their<00:39:20.099><c> names.</c>

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:23.840
The<00:39:21.539><c> name</c><00:39:21.780><c> of</c><00:39:22.000><c> the</c><00:39:22.159><c> man</c><00:39:22.380><c> was</c><00:39:22.619><c> Elimelech,</c><00:39:23.159><c> the</c><00:39:23.239><c> name</c><00:39:23.460><c> of</c><00:39:23.619><c> his</c>

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:25.260
wife<00:39:24.139><c> Naomi,</c>

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:34.219
and<00:39:26.420><c> the</c><00:39:26.639><c> name</c><00:39:27.000><c> of</c><00:39:28.420><c> not</c><00:39:29.619><c> their</c><00:39:29.940><c> two</c><00:39:30.199><c> sons,</c><00:39:32.400><c> it's</c><00:39:32.599><c> his</c><00:39:32.900><c> two</c><00:39:33.199><c> sons.</c>

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:40.179
It's<00:39:35.840><c> not</c><00:39:36.000><c> their</c><00:39:36.300><c> two</c><00:39:36.559><c> sons.</c><00:39:38.300><c> It's</c><00:39:38.480><c> his</c><00:39:38.860><c> two</c><00:39:39.199><c> sons.</c>

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:46.059
And<00:39:40.960><c> their</c><00:39:41.139><c> names</c><00:39:41.539><c> were</c><00:39:41.860><c> Marlon,</c><00:39:43.539><c> which</c><00:39:43.639><c> means</c><00:39:44.280><c> sickly,</c><00:39:45.980><c> and</c>

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:48.840
he's<00:39:46.360><c> the</c><00:39:46.460><c> one</c><00:39:46.619><c> who</c><00:39:46.820><c> subsequently</c><00:39:47.420><c> married</c><00:39:47.800><c> Ruth.</c>

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:55.219
And<00:39:50.019><c> the</c><00:39:50.119><c> other</c><00:39:50.380><c> one,</c><00:39:50.719><c> whose</c><00:39:50.840><c> name</c><00:39:51.219><c> is</c><00:39:51.599><c> Chileon,</c><00:39:52.820><c> his</c><00:39:53.059><c> name</c><00:39:53.360><c> means</c><00:39:54.239><c> wasting</c><00:39:54.800><c> or</c>

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:56.719
pining<00:39:55.739><c> away.</c>

00:39:57.420 --> 00:40:00.460
So<00:39:58.019><c> we</c><00:39:58.260><c> get</c><00:39:58.599><c> the</c><00:39:58.699><c> idea,</c><00:39:59.280><c> brothers</c><00:39:59.440><c> and</c><00:39:59.440><c> sisters,</c><00:39:59.840><c> that</c><00:40:00.139><c> these</c>

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:05.199
two<00:40:00.760><c> young</c><00:40:01.079><c> men</c><00:40:01.519><c> are</c><00:40:02.079><c> not</c><00:40:02.460><c> really</c><00:40:02.880><c> healthy</c><00:40:03.219><c> specimens</c><00:40:03.719><c> of</c><00:40:04.019><c> humankind.</c>

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:08.880
And<00:40:06.159><c> as</c><00:40:06.420><c> the</c><00:40:06.679><c> famine</c><00:40:06.920><c> is</c><00:40:07.400><c> encroaching</c><00:40:07.860><c> onto</c><00:40:08.119><c> the</c><00:40:08.360><c> house</c><00:40:08.619><c> of</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:10.260
bread<00:40:09.039><c> and</c><00:40:09.300><c> praise,</c>

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:15.639
this<00:40:11.000><c> man</c><00:40:11.420><c> who</c><00:40:11.679><c> parades</c><00:40:12.139><c> that</c><00:40:12.360><c> God</c><00:40:12.599><c> is</c><00:40:12.820><c> his</c><00:40:13.119><c> King</c><00:40:13.739><c> starts</c><00:40:14.380><c> to</c><00:40:14.739><c> doubt.</c>

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:19.820
And<00:40:17.599><c> he</c><00:40:17.760><c> starts</c><00:40:18.079><c> to</c><00:40:18.320><c> doubt,</c><00:40:18.500><c> brothers</c><00:40:18.860><c> and</c><00:40:18.920><c> sisters,</c><00:40:19.360><c> as</c><00:40:19.639><c> to</c>

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:22.800
whether<00:40:20.019><c> God</c><00:40:20.380><c> can</c><00:40:20.619><c> actually</c><00:40:20.980><c> look</c><00:40:21.219><c> after</c><00:40:21.539><c> him</c><00:40:21.699><c> in</c><00:40:21.800><c> those</c><00:40:22.019><c> circumstances.</c>

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:27.519
And<00:40:24.079><c> he's</c><00:40:24.320><c> got</c><00:40:24.539><c> really</c><00:40:24.820><c> no</c><00:40:25.039><c> reason</c><00:40:25.380><c> yet</c><00:40:25.699><c> to</c><00:40:25.900><c> move,</c><00:40:27.059><c> because</c><00:40:27.139><c> he's</c><00:40:27.320><c> in</c>

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:29.340
the<00:40:27.619><c> house</c><00:40:27.940><c> of</c><00:40:28.099><c> bread</c><00:40:28.260><c> and</c><00:40:28.500><c> praise.</c>

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:34.519
So<00:40:30.820><c> they</c><00:40:31.059><c> leave</c><00:40:31.719><c> the</c><00:40:32.199><c> house</c><00:40:32.519><c> of</c><00:40:32.739><c> bread</c><00:40:32.920><c> and</c><00:40:33.219><c> praise,</c><00:40:34.099><c> they</c><00:40:34.199><c> go</c>

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:37.480
beyond<00:40:34.920><c> the</c><00:40:35.239><c> precincts</c><00:40:36.039><c> of</c><00:40:36.179><c> the</c><00:40:36.360><c> Holy</c><00:40:36.599><c> Land,</c>

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:42.280
they<00:40:37.900><c> go</c><00:40:38.239><c> outside</c><00:40:38.840><c> the</c><00:40:39.119><c> borders</c><00:40:39.480><c> of</c><00:40:39.900><c> acceptable</c><00:40:40.539><c> tabernacle</c><00:40:41.199><c> worship,</c>

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:48.219
and<00:40:43.320><c> they</c><00:40:43.679><c> head</c><00:40:43.960><c> down</c><00:40:44.500><c> southeast</c><00:40:45.739><c> to</c><00:40:46.760><c> the</c><00:40:46.920><c> country</c><00:40:47.519><c> of</c><00:40:47.860><c> Moab.</c>

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:52.360
And<00:40:48.960><c> then</c><00:40:49.159><c> it</c><00:40:49.280><c> says</c><00:40:49.579><c> in</c><00:40:49.760><c> the</c><00:40:49.840><c> end</c><00:40:50.099><c> of</c><00:40:50.260><c> verse</c><00:40:50.440><c> 2</c><00:40:51.420><c> that</c><00:40:51.800><c> they</c>

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:54.519
continued<00:40:53.280><c> there.</c>

00:40:55.920 --> 00:41:00.280
And<00:40:55.980><c> when</c><00:40:56.119><c> they</c><00:40:56.300><c> got</c><00:40:56.519><c> to</c><00:40:56.719><c> this</c><00:40:56.960><c> place,</c><00:40:58.659><c> the</c><00:40:58.780><c> country</c><00:40:59.159><c> of</c><00:40:59.440><c> Moab,</c>

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:06.559
it's<00:41:00.960><c> implying</c><00:41:01.480><c> to</c><00:41:01.719><c> us</c><00:41:02.400><c> that</c><00:41:03.920><c> the</c><00:41:04.440><c> objective</c><00:41:05.179><c> of</c><00:41:05.460><c> just</c><00:41:05.840><c> staying</c><00:41:06.139><c> for</c><00:41:06.460><c> a</c>

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:10.480
little<00:41:06.820><c> while</c><00:41:07.380><c> is</c><00:41:08.300><c> beginning</c><00:41:08.780><c> to</c><00:41:09.260><c> recede.</c>

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:18.420
They<00:41:12.659><c> continued</c><00:41:13.219><c> there.</c><00:41:14.639><c> It's</c><00:41:14.920><c> a</c><00:41:15.159><c> stronger</c><00:41:15.440><c> word</c><00:41:15.800><c> than</c><00:41:16.000><c> to</c><00:41:16.280><c> sojourn.</c>

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:21.079
And<00:41:18.900><c> it</c><00:41:19.019><c> has</c><00:41:19.340><c> the</c><00:41:19.519><c> idea,</c><00:41:20.079><c> brothers</c><00:41:20.239><c> and</c><00:41:20.360><c> sisters,</c><00:41:20.639><c> and</c><00:41:20.780><c> if</c><00:41:20.940><c> we</c>

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:23.380
can<00:41:21.280><c> try</c><00:41:21.519><c> to</c><00:41:21.579><c> put</c><00:41:21.719><c> it</c><00:41:21.820><c> into</c><00:41:22.039><c> a</c><00:41:22.280><c> context,</c>

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:27.019
they<00:41:24.000><c> went</c><00:41:24.300><c> out</c><00:41:24.780><c> from</c><00:41:25.079><c> where</c><00:41:25.380><c> the</c><00:41:25.659><c> safety</c><00:41:26.019><c> of</c><00:41:26.239><c> the</c><00:41:26.400><c> land</c><00:41:26.619><c> was</c>

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:29.679
and<00:41:27.199><c> the</c><00:41:27.400><c> safety</c><00:41:27.679><c> of</c><00:41:27.980><c> proper</c><00:41:28.199><c> worship</c><00:41:28.539><c> was,</c>

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:36.900
and<00:41:30.340><c> they</c><00:41:30.599><c> began</c><00:41:30.860><c> to</c><00:41:31.139><c> live</c><00:41:31.280><c> in</c><00:41:31.420><c> the</c><00:41:31.619><c> country</c><00:41:32.119><c> of</c><00:41:32.519><c> a</c><00:41:32.719><c> Gentile</c><00:41:33.980><c> who</c><00:41:34.599><c> came</c><00:41:34.940><c> into</c><00:41:35.280><c> existence</c><00:41:36.139><c> by</c>

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:38.559
you<00:41:37.079><c> know</c><00:41:37.239><c> what</c><00:41:37.539><c> means.</c>

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:42.599
And<00:41:40.000><c> the</c><00:41:40.139><c> land</c><00:41:40.420><c> of</c><00:41:40.739><c> Moab</c><00:41:40.940><c> was</c><00:41:41.239><c> notorious.</c>

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:45.699
It<00:41:42.900><c> was</c><00:41:43.219><c> called</c><00:41:43.519><c> in</c><00:41:43.659><c> Israel</c><00:41:44.079><c> the</c><00:41:44.300><c> land</c><00:41:44.559><c> of</c><00:41:44.840><c> sin</c><00:41:45.019><c> and</c><00:41:45.300><c> tragedy</c>

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.199
and<00:41:45.940><c> death,</c>

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:49.420
and<00:41:46.559><c> they've</c><00:41:46.920><c> gone</c><00:41:47.099><c> down</c><00:41:47.500><c> there</c><00:41:47.699><c> to</c><00:41:47.820><c> the</c><00:41:47.940><c> country</c><00:41:48.280><c> of</c><00:41:48.500><c> Moab.</c>

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:52.000
And<00:41:50.260><c> they're</c><00:41:50.440><c> now</c><00:41:50.619><c> continuing</c><00:41:51.119><c> there</c><00:41:51.400><c> for</c><00:41:51.539><c> a</c><00:41:51.659><c> little</c><00:41:51.820><c> while</c>

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:56.039
because<00:41:52.420><c> they</c><00:41:52.880><c> actually</c><00:41:53.300><c> found</c><00:41:53.619><c> out</c><00:41:54.360><c> that</c><00:41:54.559><c> the</c><00:41:54.760><c> people</c><00:41:54.940><c> were</c><00:41:55.139><c> friendly.</c>

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:58.139
They<00:41:56.340><c> were</c><00:41:56.539><c> nice,</c><00:41:56.820><c> they</c><00:41:56.960><c> were</c><00:41:57.199><c> hospitable.</c>

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:02.559
And<00:41:59.260><c> they</c><00:41:59.440><c> said,</c><00:41:59.639><c> look,</c><00:41:59.699><c> come</c><00:41:59.920><c> home</c><00:42:00.099><c> for</c><00:42:00.300><c> dinner</c><00:42:00.840><c> and</c><00:42:02.079><c> come</c><00:42:02.260><c> and</c><00:42:02.360><c> have</c><00:42:02.480><c> a</c>

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.739
game<00:42:02.699><c> of</c><00:42:02.880><c> football</c>

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:06.719
and<00:42:04.280><c> come</c><00:42:04.460><c> and</c><00:42:04.619><c> do</c><00:42:04.719><c> all</c><00:42:05.000><c> sorts</c><00:42:05.360><c> of</c><00:42:05.400><c> things</c><00:42:05.659><c> with</c><00:42:05.800><c> us</c><00:42:06.239><c> is</c><00:42:06.519><c> what</c>

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:08.980
they<00:42:06.900><c> wanted</c><00:42:07.280><c> them</c><00:42:07.579><c> to</c><00:42:07.739><c> do.</c>

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:12.980
And<00:42:09.559><c> then</c><00:42:09.760><c> we</c><00:42:09.920><c> find</c><00:42:10.239><c> out</c><00:42:11.000><c> if</c><00:42:11.460><c> we</c><00:42:11.639><c> just</c><00:42:11.880><c> come</c><00:42:12.059><c> over</c><00:42:12.380><c> to</c><00:42:12.639><c> the</c><00:42:12.780><c> end</c>

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:14.559
of<00:42:13.119><c> verse</c><00:42:13.340><c> four,</c>

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:17.260
it<00:42:14.659><c> says</c><00:42:14.920><c> they</c><00:42:15.079><c> took</c><00:42:15.360><c> them</c><00:42:15.619><c> wives</c><00:42:15.980><c> of</c><00:42:16.159><c> the</c><00:42:16.260><c> women</c><00:42:16.500><c> of</c><00:42:16.780><c> Moab</c><00:42:17.079><c> and</c>

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:18.639
the<00:42:17.360><c> name</c><00:42:17.539><c> of</c><00:42:17.699><c> the</c><00:42:17.860><c> one</c><00:42:17.980><c> was</c><00:42:18.260><c> Orpah</c>

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:24.480
and<00:42:18.800><c> the</c><00:42:18.940><c> name</c><00:42:19.099><c> of</c><00:42:19.260><c> the</c><00:42:19.420><c> other</c><00:42:19.579><c> was</c><00:42:19.840><c> Ruth</c><00:42:20.199><c> and</c><00:42:20.960><c> they</c><00:42:22.059><c> dwelled</c><00:42:23.320><c> there.</c>

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:28.519
And<00:42:26.760><c> the</c><00:42:27.019><c> root</c><00:42:27.159><c> of</c><00:42:27.360><c> that</c><00:42:27.599><c> word,</c><00:42:27.900><c> brothers</c><00:42:28.099><c> and</c><00:42:28.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:35.199
actually<00:42:29.039><c> means</c><00:42:29.840><c> to</c><00:42:30.440><c> become</c><00:42:30.920><c> married</c><00:42:31.460><c> or</c><00:42:32.860><c> to</c><00:42:33.119><c> have</c><00:42:33.420><c> fellowship</c><00:42:34.019><c> with.</c>

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:39.860
You<00:42:36.179><c> go</c><00:42:36.360><c> home</c><00:42:36.579><c> and</c><00:42:36.699><c> take</c><00:42:36.900><c> out</c><00:42:37.079><c> a</c><00:42:37.219><c> concordance</c><00:42:37.659><c> and</c><00:42:37.760><c> you'll</c><00:42:38.019><c> find</c><00:42:38.239><c> that</c><00:42:38.440><c> that's</c><00:42:38.679><c> what's</c><00:42:39.420><c> happened</c><00:42:39.699><c> to</c>

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:41.059
these<00:42:40.139><c> people.</c>

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:44.780
They<00:42:41.239><c> went</c><00:42:41.579><c> with</c><00:42:41.800><c> the</c><00:42:42.039><c> objective</c><00:42:42.579><c> of</c><00:42:42.940><c> just</c><00:42:43.800><c> riding</c><00:42:44.199><c> out</c><00:42:44.539><c> the</c>

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:48.059
famine<00:42:45.099><c> and</c><00:42:45.659><c> coming</c><00:42:45.960><c> back</c><00:42:46.239><c> to</c><00:42:46.400><c> the</c><00:42:46.519><c> land</c><00:42:46.719><c> of</c><00:42:47.000><c> promise.</c>

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:52.980
But<00:42:49.440><c> they</c><00:42:49.699><c> found</c><00:42:49.980><c> that</c><00:42:50.179><c> the</c><00:42:50.400><c> social</c><00:42:50.739><c> circumstances</c><00:42:51.539><c> into</c><00:42:51.840><c> which</c><00:42:52.119><c> they</c><00:42:52.599><c> had</c>

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:56.500
transported<00:42:53.519><c> themselves</c><00:42:54.239><c> were</c><00:42:55.039><c> not</c><00:42:55.239><c> too</c><00:42:55.519><c> bad</c><00:42:55.679><c> after</c><00:42:56.119><c> all.</c>

00:42:56.500 --> 00:43:00.000
And<00:42:57.440><c> they</c><00:42:57.579><c> got</c><00:42:57.800><c> along</c><00:42:58.039><c> quite</c><00:42:58.360><c> well</c><00:42:58.599><c> with</c><00:42:58.760><c> people.</c>

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:04.880
And<00:43:00.860><c> subsequently,</c><00:43:02.820><c> their</c><00:43:02.880><c> two</c><00:43:03.159><c> boys</c><00:43:03.380><c> married</c><00:43:03.860><c> two</c><00:43:04.340><c> wives</c><00:43:04.679><c> of</c>

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:06.099
the<00:43:04.940><c> women</c><00:43:05.219><c> of</c><00:43:05.440><c> Moab</c>

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:10.739
and<00:43:07.300><c> they</c><00:43:07.639><c> dwelled</c><00:43:07.920><c> there</c><00:43:08.820><c> about</c><00:43:09.480><c> ten</c><00:43:09.800><c> years.</c>

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:14.119
And<00:43:11.579><c> the</c><00:43:11.699><c> number</c><00:43:11.940><c> ten,</c><00:43:12.360><c> brothers</c><00:43:12.519><c> and</c><00:43:12.519><c> sisters,</c><00:43:12.940><c> in</c><00:43:13.119><c> the</c><00:43:13.280><c> scripture</c><00:43:13.619><c> is</c><00:43:13.980><c> a</c>

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:16.039
very<00:43:14.519><c> enlightening</c><00:43:15.099><c> number.</c>

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:21.500
It<00:43:17.099><c> doesn't</c><00:43:17.500><c> actually</c><00:43:18.019><c> mean</c><00:43:18.820><c> ten</c><00:43:19.380><c> in</c><00:43:19.739><c> its</c><00:43:20.000><c> specific</c><00:43:20.460><c> sense.</c>

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:28.380
Remember<00:43:23.000><c> there</c><00:43:23.300><c> were</c><00:43:23.559><c> ten</c><00:43:23.920><c> toes</c><00:43:24.460><c> on</c><00:43:25.420><c> the</c><00:43:25.599><c> image</c><00:43:25.880><c> of</c><00:43:26.500><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:35.099
Jacob<00:43:29.300><c> complained</c><00:43:30.159><c> that</c><00:43:30.960><c> his</c><00:43:31.159><c> uncle</c><00:43:31.420><c> Laban</c><00:43:31.900><c> changed</c><00:43:32.440><c> his</c><00:43:32.800><c> wages</c><00:43:33.199><c> ten</c><00:43:33.800><c> times.</c>

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:41.679
And<00:43:36.900><c> it</c><00:43:37.139><c> really</c><00:43:37.460><c> means</c><00:43:38.340><c> any</c><00:43:39.219><c> given</c><00:43:39.559><c> number</c><00:43:40.079><c> that</c><00:43:40.420><c> is</c><00:43:40.699><c> appropriate</c><00:43:41.239><c> to</c><00:43:41.480><c> the</c>

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:43.260
business<00:43:41.960><c> in</c><00:43:42.300><c> hand.</c>

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:47.960
So<00:43:45.260><c> it's</c><00:43:46.280><c> a</c><00:43:46.519><c> complete</c><00:43:46.960><c> time.</c>

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:53.199
It's<00:43:49.840><c> suitable</c><00:43:50.300><c> for</c><00:43:50.599><c> the</c><00:43:50.800><c> objects</c><00:43:51.280><c> that</c><00:43:51.860><c> are</c><00:43:52.119><c> involved.</c>

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:57.900
And<00:43:54.699><c> so</c><00:43:54.940><c> we</c><00:43:55.119><c> read</c><00:43:55.340><c> about</c><00:43:55.619><c> these</c><00:43:55.920><c> people</c><00:43:56.420><c> that</c><00:43:57.039><c> they</c><00:43:57.320><c> took</c><00:43:57.579><c> them</c>

00:43:57.900 --> 00:44:00.039
wives<00:43:58.320><c> of</c><00:43:58.579><c> the</c><00:43:58.699><c> women</c><00:43:58.960><c> of</c><00:43:59.280><c> Moab.</c>

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:02.519
Well,<00:44:01.320><c> what</c><00:44:01.559><c> else</c><00:44:01.739><c> are</c><00:44:01.880><c> they</c><00:44:01.980><c> going</c><00:44:02.119><c> to</c><00:44:02.280><c> do?</c>

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:06.639
Two<00:44:02.960><c> young</c><00:44:03.400><c> eligible</c><00:44:03.880><c> men</c><00:44:04.460><c> who've</c><00:44:05.400><c> left</c><00:44:05.639><c> the</c><00:44:05.980><c> precincts</c><00:44:06.519><c> of</c>

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:08.219
safety<00:44:07.000><c> of</c><00:44:07.199><c> the</c><00:44:07.360><c> worship</c><00:44:07.619><c> of</c><00:44:07.800><c> God.</c>

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:12.679
And<00:44:08.780><c> they've</c><00:44:09.119><c> gone</c><00:44:09.280><c> to</c><00:44:09.539><c> dwell</c><00:44:09.880><c> with</c><00:44:10.440><c> the</c><00:44:10.619><c> women</c><00:44:10.960><c> and</c><00:44:11.460><c> the</c><00:44:11.659><c> other</c><00:44:11.840><c> people</c><00:44:12.119><c> of</c><00:44:12.340><c> Moab.</c>

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:14.920
What<00:44:13.280><c> else</c><00:44:13.559><c> would</c><00:44:13.739><c> you</c><00:44:13.960><c> expect?</c>

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:18.360
It's<00:44:16.179><c> going</c><00:44:16.320><c> to</c><00:44:16.400><c> be</c><00:44:16.500><c> very</c><00:44:16.780><c> difficult,</c><00:44:17.360><c> brothers</c><00:44:17.500><c> and</c><00:44:17.679><c> sisters,</c><00:44:17.980><c> to</c><00:44:18.139><c> swim</c>

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:20.119
against<00:44:18.719><c> the</c><00:44:18.940><c> tide.</c>

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:25.159
And<00:44:21.960><c> marriage</c><00:44:22.219><c> with</c><00:44:22.460><c> the</c><00:44:22.639><c> alien</c><00:44:23.019><c> has</c><00:44:23.639><c> always</c><00:44:24.280><c> been</c><00:44:24.659><c> a</c><00:44:24.940><c> great</c>

00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:26.760
problem<00:44:25.579><c> to</c><00:44:25.780><c> us.</c>

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:30.539
You<00:44:27.659><c> remember,</c><00:44:28.059><c> brothers</c><00:44:28.300><c> and</c><00:44:28.539><c> sisters,</c><00:44:29.480><c> that</c><00:44:29.719><c> the</c><00:44:30.000><c> council</c>

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:32.679
of<00:44:31.000><c> Balaam,</c>

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:39.199
when<00:44:33.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:33.960><c> moved</c><00:44:34.340><c> his</c><00:44:34.719><c> tongue</c><00:44:34.980><c> to</c><00:44:35.239><c> say</c><00:44:35.539><c> certain</c><00:44:35.980><c> things</c><00:44:36.800><c> about</c><00:44:37.659><c> the</c><00:44:37.920><c> invitation</c><00:44:38.440><c> that</c><00:44:38.719><c> he</c><00:44:38.940><c> had</c>

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:43.739
from<00:44:39.800><c> the</c><00:44:40.019><c> king</c><00:44:40.320><c> of</c><00:44:40.599><c> Moab</c><00:44:41.139><c> to</c><00:44:41.860><c> come</c><00:44:42.099><c> over</c><00:44:42.460><c> and</c><00:44:42.659><c> inherit</c><00:44:43.039><c> a</c><00:44:43.179><c> house</c><00:44:43.480><c> full</c>

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:45.460
of<00:44:43.920><c> silver</c><00:44:44.260><c> and</c><00:44:44.460><c> gold.</c>

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:49.579
And<00:44:46.960><c> he</c><00:44:47.059><c> said,</c><00:44:47.840><c> well,</c><00:44:48.280><c> I'd</c><00:44:48.500><c> love</c><00:44:48.619><c> to</c><00:44:48.699><c> come</c><00:44:48.920><c> and</c><00:44:49.059><c> get</c><00:44:49.159><c> the</c><00:44:49.340><c> house</c>

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.619
full<00:44:49.719><c> of</c><00:44:49.860><c> silver</c><00:44:50.099><c> and</c><00:44:50.340><c> gold,</c>

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:54.079
but<00:44:51.079><c> my</c><00:44:51.420><c> God</c><00:44:51.619><c> won't</c><00:44:51.920><c> let</c><00:44:52.139><c> me</c><00:44:52.440><c> say</c><00:44:52.679><c> what</c><00:44:52.900><c> I</c><00:44:53.000><c> want</c><00:44:53.300><c> you</c><00:44:53.480><c> to</c><00:44:53.619><c> get,</c>

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:56.199
what<00:44:54.719><c> you</c><00:44:54.940><c> want</c><00:44:55.079><c> me</c><00:44:55.280><c> to</c><00:44:55.460><c> say.</c>

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:59.420
He<00:44:56.840><c> moves</c><00:44:57.159><c> my</c><00:44:57.579><c> tongue</c><00:44:57.760><c> and</c><00:44:57.920><c> he</c><00:44:58.179><c> tells</c><00:44:58.400><c> me</c><00:44:58.599><c> what</c><00:44:58.780><c> to</c><00:44:58.980><c> say</c><00:44:59.099><c> and</c><00:44:59.239><c> I</c>

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:00.699
can't<00:44:59.739><c> resist.</c>

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.360
I'd<00:45:01.320><c> love</c><00:45:01.500><c> to.</c>

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:06.320
And<00:45:03.719><c> so,</c><00:45:04.039><c> brothers</c><00:45:04.159><c> and</c><00:45:04.360><c> sisters,</c><00:45:04.780><c> what</c><00:45:05.019><c> this</c><00:45:05.280><c> man</c><00:45:05.500><c> did,</c><00:45:06.079><c> he</c>

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.199
still<00:45:06.519><c> got</c><00:45:06.679><c> his</c><00:45:06.920><c> house</c><00:45:07.139><c> full</c><00:45:07.300><c> of</c><00:45:07.460><c> silver</c><00:45:07.760><c> and</c><00:45:08.019><c> gold.</c>

00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:11.460
You<00:45:08.300><c> can</c><00:45:08.519><c> rest</c><00:45:08.780><c> assured</c><00:45:09.079><c> of</c><00:45:09.179><c> that.</c>

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:16.219
Because<00:45:12.179><c> Numbers</c><00:45:12.800><c> chapter</c><00:45:13.119><c> 31</c><00:45:13.639><c> and</c><00:45:13.840><c> verse</c><00:45:14.059><c> 8</c><00:45:14.320><c> says</c><00:45:15.079><c> that</c><00:45:15.960><c> what</c>

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:19.260
happened<00:45:16.980><c> when</c><00:45:17.780><c> Phineas</c><00:45:18.739><c> went</c>

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:21.840
and<00:45:19.639><c> put</c><00:45:19.860><c> the</c><00:45:20.099><c> javelin</c><00:45:20.480><c> through</c><00:45:20.739><c> the</c><00:45:20.920><c> man</c><00:45:21.119><c> and</c><00:45:21.239><c> the</c><00:45:21.400><c> woman</c><00:45:21.619><c> in</c>

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:23.840
the<00:45:22.019><c> tent</c><00:45:22.179><c> in</c><00:45:22.400><c> the</c><00:45:22.500><c> midst</c><00:45:22.679><c> of</c><00:45:22.860><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:28.539
what<00:45:24.480><c> happened</c><00:45:24.840><c> then,</c><00:45:25.119><c> brothers</c><00:45:25.360><c> and</c><00:45:25.500><c> sisters,</c><00:45:26.480><c> was</c><00:45:26.760><c> as</c><00:45:27.139><c> a</c><00:45:27.300><c> result</c><00:45:27.960><c> of</c>

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:31.699
the<00:45:28.760><c> council</c><00:45:29.480><c> of</c><00:45:29.840><c> Balaam.</c>

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:36.739
So<00:45:32.260><c> that</c><00:45:32.539><c> although</c><00:45:33.000><c> all</c><00:45:33.460><c> these</c><00:45:34.239><c> outside</c><00:45:34.940><c> things</c><00:45:35.699><c> didn't</c><00:45:36.260><c> work</c>

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:38.360
as<00:45:36.980><c> a</c><00:45:37.199><c> curse</c><00:45:37.420><c> against</c><00:45:37.760><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:41.460
Balaam<00:45:38.960><c> went</c><00:45:39.179><c> straight</c><00:45:39.659><c> back</c><00:45:39.980><c> into</c><00:45:40.239><c> the</c><00:45:40.380><c> kingdom</c><00:45:40.679><c> of</c><00:45:40.980><c> Moab</c><00:45:41.199><c> and</c><00:45:41.340><c> he</c>

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:44.860
says,<00:45:41.699><c> I'll</c><00:45:41.820><c> tell</c><00:45:42.000><c> you</c><00:45:42.099><c> how</c><00:45:42.280><c> you</c><00:45:42.380><c> can</c><00:45:42.559><c> do</c><00:45:42.739><c> it.</c>

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:48.699
You<00:45:45.300><c> can</c><00:45:45.659><c> plunge</c><00:45:45.860><c> the</c><00:45:46.099><c> neckline</c><00:45:46.719><c> of</c><00:45:47.400><c> the</c><00:45:47.539><c> young</c><00:45:47.699><c> women</c><00:45:47.960><c> of</c><00:45:48.139><c> Moab</c><00:45:48.519><c> and</c>

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:50.960
you<00:45:48.760><c> can</c><00:45:49.000><c> raise</c><00:45:49.239><c> the</c><00:45:49.460><c> level</c><00:45:49.579><c> of</c><00:45:49.760><c> their</c><00:45:49.960><c> skirts</c>

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:54.360
and<00:45:52.219><c> then</c><00:45:52.460><c> the</c><00:45:52.579><c> men</c><00:45:52.739><c> of</c><00:45:52.860><c> Israel</c><00:45:53.199><c> will</c><00:45:53.440><c> fall.</c>

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:56.739
And<00:45:54.920><c> that's</c><00:45:55.159><c> exactly</c><00:45:55.440><c> what</c><00:45:55.599><c> they</c><00:45:55.780><c> did.</c>

00:45:57.099 --> 00:45:59.199
They<00:45:57.360><c> were</c><00:45:57.579><c> very</c><00:45:57.980><c> attractive</c><00:45:58.579><c> young</c><00:45:58.860><c> women.</c>

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:02.440
And<00:46:00.059><c> they</c><00:46:00.280><c> presented</c><00:46:00.739><c> themselves</c><00:46:01.300><c> in</c><00:46:01.599><c> the</c><00:46:01.699><c> way</c><00:46:02.000><c> that</c><00:46:02.179><c> women</c>

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:04.500
of<00:46:02.599><c> the</c><00:46:02.780><c> world</c><00:46:02.960><c> would</c><00:46:03.179><c> be</c><00:46:03.420><c> presented.</c>

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:07.769
And<00:46:04.860><c> the</c><00:46:04.980><c> men</c><00:46:05.179><c> of</c><00:46:05.260><c> Israel</c><00:46:05.699><c> fell</c><00:46:06.019><c> for</c><00:46:06.219><c> it</c><00:46:06.340><c> hook</c><00:46:06.579><c> line</c><00:46:06.719><c> and</c><00:46:07.000><c> sinker.</c>

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:13.880
Until<00:46:08.800><c> the</c><00:46:09.099><c> plague</c><00:46:09.400><c> was</c><00:46:09.820><c> stayed</c><00:46:10.239><c> by</c><00:46:11.619><c> the</c><00:46:11.880><c> dreadful</c><00:46:12.960><c> act,</c><00:46:13.659><c> if</c>

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:15.440
we<00:46:14.059><c> can</c><00:46:14.239><c> use</c><00:46:14.460><c> that,</c><00:46:14.880><c> brothers</c><00:46:14.880><c> and</c><00:46:15.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:18.860
of<00:46:15.960><c> Phineas,</c><00:46:16.760><c> an</c><00:46:16.940><c> act,</c><00:46:17.300><c> brothers</c><00:46:17.380><c> and</c><00:46:17.579><c> sisters,</c><00:46:18.420><c> which</c><00:46:18.519><c> was</c>

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:20.699
honoured<00:46:19.099><c> by</c><00:46:19.440><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:26.519
An<00:46:21.519><c> act</c><00:46:21.760><c> which</c><00:46:22.079><c> Psalm</c><00:46:22.380><c> 106</c><00:46:23.300><c> tells</c><00:46:23.719><c> us</c><00:46:24.320><c> was</c><00:46:24.820><c> an</c><00:46:24.980><c> act</c><00:46:25.219><c> of</c><00:46:25.500><c> faith</c>

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:30.219
and<00:46:27.019><c> the</c><00:46:27.219><c> righteousness</c><00:46:27.880><c> of</c><00:46:28.199><c> faith</c><00:46:28.500><c> was</c><00:46:28.820><c> imputed</c><00:46:29.360><c> to</c><00:46:29.559><c> him</c><00:46:29.739><c> because</c><00:46:30.079><c> he</c>

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:31.300
did<00:46:30.440><c> it.</c>

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:34.800
An<00:46:31.900><c> act,</c><00:46:32.099><c> brothers</c><00:46:32.460><c> and</c><00:46:32.480><c> sisters,</c><00:46:32.820><c> which</c><00:46:33.119><c> brought</c><00:46:33.420><c> in</c><00:46:33.619><c> its</c><00:46:33.980><c> train</c><00:46:34.260><c> a</c>

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:37.099
covenant<00:46:35.139><c> of</c><00:46:35.400><c> life</c><00:46:35.739><c> and</c><00:46:35.880><c> peace.</c>

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:42.519
And<00:46:40.000><c> sometimes,</c><00:46:40.400><c> brothers</c><00:46:40.719><c> and</c><00:46:40.820><c> sisters,</c><00:46:41.579><c> we</c><00:46:41.800><c> are</c><00:46:41.940><c> very</c><00:46:42.280><c> much</c>

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:45.219
afraid<00:46:42.820><c> to</c><00:46:43.079><c> say</c><00:46:43.260><c> the</c><00:46:43.420><c> things</c><00:46:43.639><c> that</c><00:46:43.780><c> we</c><00:46:43.900><c> should</c><00:46:44.119><c> say.</c>

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:48.699
And<00:46:46.579><c> if</c><00:46:46.719><c> we're</c><00:46:46.900><c> not</c><00:46:47.039><c> going</c><00:46:47.199><c> to</c><00:46:47.360><c> say</c><00:46:47.519><c> the</c><00:46:47.699><c> things</c><00:46:47.920><c> that</c><00:46:48.079><c> we</c><00:46:48.239><c> should</c><00:46:48.400><c> say,</c>

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:49.480
brothers<00:46:49.000><c> and</c><00:46:49.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:52.800
I<00:46:50.099><c> can</c><00:46:50.360><c> tell</c><00:46:50.559><c> you</c><00:46:50.780><c> nobody</c><00:46:51.159><c> else</c><00:46:51.539><c> is.</c>

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:57.860
And<00:46:54.420><c> when</c><00:46:54.639><c> we</c><00:46:54.800><c> see</c><00:46:55.159><c> looming</c><00:46:55.539><c> on</c><00:46:55.760><c> the</c><00:46:55.900><c> horizon,</c><00:46:57.360><c> some</c><00:46:57.619><c> things</c>

00:46:57.860 --> 00:47:01.400
like<00:46:58.179><c> that,</c><00:46:59.559><c> and</c><00:46:59.800><c> we</c><00:47:00.019><c> shut</c><00:47:00.159><c> our</c><00:47:00.360><c> mouths,</c>

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:05.940
we've<00:47:04.039><c> chosen</c><00:47:04.559><c> the</c><00:47:05.059><c> wrong</c><00:47:05.340><c> time.</c>

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:09.280
Because<00:47:06.679><c> there</c><00:47:06.820><c> is</c><00:47:07.019><c> a</c><00:47:07.139><c> time</c><00:47:07.320><c> to</c><00:47:07.539><c> speak</c><00:47:07.960><c> and</c><00:47:08.579><c> there</c><00:47:08.719><c> is</c><00:47:08.940><c> a</c><00:47:09.099><c> time</c>

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:10.599
to<00:47:09.460><c> be</c><00:47:09.639><c> silent.</c>

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:13.280
And<00:47:11.219><c> sometimes</c><00:47:11.559><c> we</c><00:47:11.760><c> don't</c><00:47:11.920><c> know</c><00:47:12.159><c> the</c><00:47:12.320><c> difference.</c>

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:17.179
And<00:47:14.119><c> sometimes</c><00:47:14.559><c> we</c><00:47:14.780><c> make</c><00:47:15.039><c> excuses</c><00:47:15.599><c> for</c><00:47:15.880><c> not</c><00:47:16.219><c> saying</c><00:47:16.500><c> what</c><00:47:17.019><c> we</c>

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:18.260
know<00:47:17.400><c> we</c><00:47:17.559><c> should</c><00:47:17.780><c> say.</c>

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:21.079
Because<00:47:19.019><c> we're</c><00:47:19.239><c> going</c><00:47:19.320><c> to</c><00:47:19.380><c> lose</c><00:47:19.599><c> our</c><00:47:19.840><c> popularity</c><00:47:20.340><c> if</c><00:47:20.599><c> we</c><00:47:20.739><c> do.</c>

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:24.440
Brothers<00:47:21.920><c> and</c><00:47:21.980><c> sisters,</c><00:47:22.719><c> if</c><00:47:22.920><c> we</c><00:47:23.099><c> want</c><00:47:23.280><c> to</c><00:47:23.400><c> be</c><00:47:23.599><c> crucified</c><00:47:24.179><c> on</c>

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:28.920
the<00:47:24.639><c> altar</c><00:47:24.880><c> of</c><00:47:25.179><c> popularity,</c><00:47:27.380><c> go</c><00:47:27.559><c> ahead.</c>

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:34.960
But<00:47:31.000><c> that's</c><00:47:31.320><c> not</c><00:47:31.719><c> the</c><00:47:31.920><c> altar</c><00:47:32.300><c> upon</c><00:47:32.639><c> which</c><00:47:32.920><c> Jesus</c><00:47:33.340><c> Christ</c><00:47:33.639><c> was</c><00:47:33.880><c> crucified.</c>

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:39.260
The<00:47:36.219><c> altar</c><00:47:36.500><c> upon</c><00:47:36.840><c> which</c><00:47:37.059><c> He</c><00:47:37.239><c> was</c><00:47:37.460><c> crucified</c><00:47:38.139><c> was</c><00:47:38.840><c> the</c><00:47:38.980><c> altar</c>

00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:40.559
of<00:47:39.480><c> unpopularity.</c>

00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:44.139
But<00:47:41.019><c> it</c><00:47:41.059><c> was</c><00:47:41.460><c> extremely</c><00:47:42.059><c> delightful</c><00:47:42.599><c> to</c><00:47:42.820><c> His</c><00:47:43.079><c> God.</c>

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:47.780
And<00:47:45.639><c> it</c><00:47:45.679><c> was</c><00:47:45.900><c> a</c><00:47:45.900><c> very</c><00:47:46.260><c> acceptable</c><00:47:46.699><c> thing</c><00:47:46.960><c> to</c><00:47:47.119><c> His</c><00:47:47.380><c> God,</c>

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:51.360
but<00:47:48.099><c> it</c><00:47:48.340><c> only</c><00:47:48.679><c> proclaimed</c><00:47:49.139><c> Him</c><00:47:49.860><c> as</c><00:47:50.119><c> an</c><00:47:50.480><c> imposter</c><00:47:50.820><c> and</c><00:47:50.980><c> a</c><00:47:51.199><c> fool</c>

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:53.079
to<00:47:51.599><c> anybody</c><00:47:51.900><c> else.</c>

00:47:54.340 --> 00:47:57.699
And<00:47:54.400><c> so,</c><00:47:54.739><c> brothers</c><00:47:54.860><c> and</c><00:47:55.059><c> sisters,</c><00:47:55.360><c> as</c><00:47:55.599><c> these</c><00:47:55.920><c> men,</c><00:47:56.699><c> as</c><00:47:56.920><c> this</c><00:47:57.179><c> family,</c>

00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:00.519
and<00:47:58.139><c> now</c><00:47:58.360><c> we</c><00:47:58.440><c> want</c><00:47:58.639><c> to</c><00:47:58.800><c> introduce</c><00:47:59.239><c> another</c><00:47:59.599><c> thought.</c>

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.980
The<00:48:02.599><c> thought</c><00:48:02.840><c> of</c><00:48:03.099><c> Naomi.</c>

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:11.500
Naomi,<00:48:06.440><c> unfortunately</c><00:48:07.079><c> for</c><00:48:07.380><c> her,</c><00:48:08.739><c> lived</c><00:48:09.019><c> in</c><00:48:09.340><c> a</c><00:48:09.480><c> society</c><00:48:10.260><c> in</c>

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:15.840
which<00:48:11.820><c> the</c><00:48:12.079><c> husband</c><00:48:12.739><c> was</c><00:48:14.340><c> the</c><00:48:14.679><c> dominator.</c>

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:18.719
He<00:48:17.119><c> wasn't</c><00:48:17.559><c> her</c><00:48:17.780><c> head.</c>

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:21.940
In<00:48:19.280><c> those</c><00:48:19.619><c> days,</c><00:48:20.000><c> brothers</c><00:48:20.159><c> and</c><00:48:20.280><c> sisters,</c><00:48:20.820><c> as</c><00:48:21.000><c> we</c><00:48:21.239><c> well</c><00:48:21.599><c> know,</c>

00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:23.480
by<00:48:22.360><c> the</c><00:48:22.599><c> law,</c>

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:28.059
the<00:48:24.639><c> woman</c><00:48:25.099><c> was</c><00:48:25.539><c> apparently</c><00:48:26.440><c> treated</c><00:48:27.079><c> as</c><00:48:27.420><c> an</c><00:48:27.659><c> inferior.</c>

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:30.159
And<00:48:28.440><c> I</c><00:48:28.679><c> say</c><00:48:28.860><c> apparently.</c>

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:33.920
Because<00:48:31.639><c> there</c><00:48:31.840><c> were</c><00:48:31.960><c> good</c><00:48:32.199><c> reasons</c><00:48:32.639><c> why</c><00:48:32.960><c> the</c><00:48:33.159><c> law</c><00:48:33.320><c> said</c><00:48:33.659><c> this</c>

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:36.820
and<00:48:34.099><c> that</c><00:48:34.260><c> about</c><00:48:34.500><c> a</c><00:48:34.679><c> male</c><00:48:34.880><c> and</c><00:48:35.019><c> this</c><00:48:35.280><c> and</c><00:48:35.400><c> that</c><00:48:35.539><c> about</c><00:48:35.739><c> a</c><00:48:35.940><c> female.</c>

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:44.039
And<00:48:39.179><c> so</c><00:48:39.519><c> Naomi,</c><00:48:40.039><c> brothers</c><00:48:40.400><c> and</c><00:48:40.500><c> sisters,</c><00:48:42.239><c> is</c><00:48:42.340><c> in</c><00:48:42.460><c> the</c><00:48:42.619><c> situation</c><00:48:43.440><c> where</c>

00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:48.380
whether<00:48:44.400><c> she</c><00:48:44.619><c> wants</c><00:48:44.940><c> to</c><00:48:45.199><c> or</c><00:48:45.280><c> not,</c><00:48:46.619><c> she</c><00:48:46.820><c> has</c><00:48:47.099><c> to</c><00:48:47.260><c> go.</c>

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:54.860
And<00:48:49.679><c> that's</c><00:48:49.900><c> why</c><00:48:50.159><c> we</c><00:48:50.320><c> pointed</c><00:48:50.599><c> out</c><00:48:50.940><c> back</c><00:48:51.159><c> in</c><00:48:51.360><c> verse</c><00:48:51.579><c> 2</c><00:48:52.539><c> that</c><00:48:53.239><c> the</c><00:48:53.480><c> name</c><00:48:53.860><c> of</c>

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:59.380
Elimelech's<00:48:55.860><c> two</c><00:48:56.139><c> sons</c><00:48:56.820><c> were</c><00:48:57.800><c> Marlon</c><00:48:58.159><c> and</c><00:48:58.400><c> Chilion.</c>

00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:04.159
And<00:49:00.400><c> you</c><00:49:00.539><c> can</c><00:49:00.960><c> see</c><00:49:01.139><c> there's</c><00:49:01.500><c> a</c><00:49:01.699><c> weakness</c><00:49:02.179><c> in</c><00:49:02.639><c> Elimelech</c><00:49:03.659><c> that</c>

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:07.000
almost<00:49:04.579><c> certainly</c><00:49:05.000><c> doesn't</c><00:49:05.380><c> exist</c><00:49:05.820><c> in</c><00:49:06.079><c> Naomi.</c>

00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:10.880
But<00:49:08.860><c> Naomi</c><00:49:09.360><c> goes</c><00:49:09.699><c> down</c><00:49:10.099><c> there.</c>

00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:14.300
Almost<00:49:11.599><c> certainly,</c><00:49:12.239><c> brothers</c><00:49:12.420><c> and</c><00:49:12.579><c> sisters,</c><00:49:12.860><c> against</c><00:49:13.199><c> her</c><00:49:13.539><c> will.</c>

00:49:14.699 --> 00:49:17.480
But<00:49:14.900><c> she</c><00:49:15.039><c> has</c><00:49:15.300><c> to</c><00:49:15.500><c> go</c><00:49:15.739><c> because</c><00:49:16.059><c> her</c><00:49:16.360><c> loyalty</c><00:49:16.739><c> to</c><00:49:17.039><c> her</c><00:49:17.199><c> husband</c>

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:19.079
says<00:49:17.739><c> she</c><00:49:17.920><c> ought</c><00:49:18.119><c> to</c><00:49:18.280><c> go.</c>

00:49:19.260 --> 00:49:21.400
And<00:49:19.420><c> that's</c><00:49:19.559><c> what</c><00:49:19.760><c> the</c><00:49:19.940><c> Apostle</c><00:49:20.280><c> Paul</c><00:49:20.519><c> says.</c>

00:49:21.420 --> 00:49:24.820
He<00:49:21.559><c> says</c><00:49:21.820><c> that</c><00:49:22.079><c> wives</c><00:49:22.280><c> ought</c><00:49:22.579><c> to</c><00:49:22.820><c> obey</c><00:49:23.139><c> their</c><00:49:23.460><c> husbands</c><00:49:23.820><c> in</c><00:49:24.400><c> everything.</c>

00:49:24.820 --> 00:49:29.320
Not<00:49:25.119><c> because</c><00:49:25.440><c> he's</c><00:49:25.699><c> a</c><00:49:25.780><c> dictator</c><00:49:26.280><c> and</c><00:49:26.800><c> an</c><00:49:27.099><c> overlord</c><00:49:27.639><c> and</c><00:49:27.900><c> an</c><00:49:28.099><c> autocrat,</c>

00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:32.719
but<00:49:29.800><c> because</c><00:49:30.119><c> he's</c><00:49:30.420><c> got</c><00:49:30.539><c> to</c><00:49:30.739><c> carry</c><00:49:30.980><c> the</c><00:49:31.199><c> burden</c><00:49:31.440><c> of</c><00:49:31.639><c> the</c><00:49:31.860><c> responsibilities</c><00:49:32.460><c> of</c>

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:33.219
the<00:49:32.860><c> family.</c>

00:49:33.539 --> 00:49:35.840
And,<00:49:33.820><c> brothers</c><00:49:33.840><c> and</c><00:49:34.000><c> sisters,</c><00:49:34.219><c> he</c><00:49:34.400><c> did,</c><00:49:34.659><c> didn't</c><00:49:34.900><c> he?</c>

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:38.239
He<00:49:36.440><c> died</c><00:49:36.800><c> in</c><00:49:37.059><c> Moab.</c>

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:41.219
And<00:49:38.840><c> so</c><00:49:39.159><c> did</c><00:49:39.360><c> his</c><00:49:39.739><c> two</c><00:49:40.139><c> sons.</c>

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:43.300
They<00:49:41.699><c> died</c><00:49:42.079><c> in</c><00:49:42.260><c> Moab.</c>

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What<00:49:43.840><c> an</c><00:49:44.000><c> awful</c><00:49:44.280><c> tragedy.</c>

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And<00:49:46.840><c> so</c><00:49:47.460><c> we</c><00:49:48.380><c> read</c><00:49:48.639><c> in</c><00:49:48.820><c> verse</c><00:49:49.039><c> 5</c><00:49:49.940><c> of</c><00:49:50.320><c> Ruth</c><00:49:50.579><c> chapter</c><00:49:50.880><c> 1.</c>

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:56.440
And<00:49:52.480><c> Marlon</c><00:49:53.119><c> and</c><00:49:53.460><c> Chilion</c><00:49:53.840><c> died,</c><00:49:54.420><c> also</c><00:49:54.980><c> both</c><00:49:55.300><c> of</c><00:49:55.480><c> them.</c>

00:49:56.980 --> 00:50:01.639
And<00:49:57.039><c> the</c><00:49:57.139><c> woman</c><00:49:57.400><c> was</c><00:49:57.719><c> left</c><00:49:58.219><c> of</c><00:49:58.559><c> her</c><00:49:58.900><c> two</c><00:49:59.159><c> sons</c><00:49:59.739><c> and</c><00:50:01.000><c> her</c><00:50:01.420><c> husband.</c>

00:50:01.739 --> 00:50:06.239
Yes,<00:50:02.059><c> of</c><00:50:02.300><c> course</c><00:50:02.579><c> they</c><00:50:02.780><c> were</c><00:50:02.980><c> her</c><00:50:03.260><c> two</c><00:50:03.500><c> sons</c><00:50:03.840><c> and</c><00:50:04.260><c> he</c><00:50:04.639><c> was</c><00:50:05.019><c> her</c><00:50:05.300><c> husband.</c>

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:12.039
But<00:50:07.119><c> it's</c><00:50:07.320><c> only</c><00:50:08.119><c> after</c><00:50:08.900><c> those</c><00:50:09.440><c> boys</c><00:50:09.860><c> were</c><00:50:10.360><c> the</c><00:50:10.539><c> sons</c><00:50:10.719><c> of</c><00:50:10.920><c> their</c><00:50:11.079><c> father.</c>

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:15.599
And<00:50:13.639><c> so</c><00:50:13.780><c> you</c><00:50:13.900><c> can</c><00:50:14.099><c> imagine,</c><00:50:14.679><c> brothers</c><00:50:14.760><c> and</c><00:50:14.920><c> sisters,</c><00:50:15.119><c> or</c><00:50:15.420><c> can</c>

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we<00:50:15.840><c> even</c><00:50:16.039><c> begin</c><00:50:16.340><c> to</c><00:50:16.679><c> imagine</c>

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:22.059
this<00:50:17.900><c> poor,</c><00:50:19.780><c> bereft</c><00:50:20.980><c> woman.</c>

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:25.340
She's<00:50:23.860><c> lost</c><00:50:24.199><c> her</c><00:50:24.480><c> head.</c>

00:50:25.679 --> 00:50:27.440
She's<00:50:26.000><c> lost</c><00:50:26.300><c> her</c><00:50:26.599><c> sons.</c>

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:33.380
And<00:50:28.199><c> all</c><00:50:28.320><c> she's</c><00:50:28.659><c> got</c><00:50:28.800><c> with</c><00:50:29.059><c> her</c><00:50:29.719><c> are</c><00:50:30.619><c> two</c><00:50:31.340><c> youngish</c><00:50:31.900><c> women</c><00:50:32.440><c> of</c>

00:50:33.380 --> 00:50:35.019
the<00:50:33.500><c> family</c><00:50:33.960><c> of</c><00:50:34.239><c> Moab.</c>

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:38.039
What<00:50:36.340><c> is</c><00:50:36.500><c> she</c><00:50:36.739><c> going</c><00:50:36.920><c> to</c><00:50:37.139><c> do?</c>

00:50:40.699 --> 00:50:43.980
What<00:50:41.300><c> are</c><00:50:41.579><c> the</c><00:50:41.780><c> prospects</c><00:50:42.380><c> for</c><00:50:43.179><c> this</c><00:50:43.460><c> woman?</c>

00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:49.119
Having<00:50:45.059><c> now</c><00:50:45.559><c> spent</c><00:50:46.280><c> 10</c><00:50:47.039><c> years,</c><00:50:47.599><c> 15</c><00:50:48.139><c> years,</c><00:50:48.440><c> we</c><00:50:48.579><c> don't</c><00:50:48.880><c> know</c>

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:50.719
the<00:50:49.300><c> exact</c><00:50:49.619><c> number.</c>

00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:57.539
But<00:50:52.440><c> the</c><00:50:52.619><c> family</c><00:50:53.179><c> had</c><00:50:53.500><c> been</c><00:50:53.900><c> married</c><00:50:54.460><c> to</c><00:50:54.780><c> Moab</c><00:50:55.239><c> for</c><00:50:56.739><c> quite</c><00:50:57.320><c> a</c>

00:50:57.539 --> 00:50:59.539
long<00:50:57.739><c> period</c><00:50:58.159><c> of</c><00:50:58.420><c> time.</c>

00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:04.699
And<00:51:00.980><c> the</c><00:51:01.400><c> stirrings</c><00:51:01.880><c> in</c><00:51:02.059><c> her</c><00:51:02.380><c> breast,</c><00:51:03.019><c> brothers</c><00:51:03.179><c> and</c><00:51:03.239><c> sisters,</c><00:51:04.579><c> were</c>

00:51:04.699 --> 00:51:06.679
for<00:51:04.880><c> the</c><00:51:05.059><c> land</c><00:51:05.260><c> and</c><00:51:05.440><c> the</c><00:51:05.579><c> people.</c>

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:10.260
They<00:51:07.679><c> were</c><00:51:08.079><c> in</c><00:51:08.380><c> remembrance</c><00:51:08.860><c> of</c><00:51:09.099><c> her</c><00:51:09.320><c> God.</c>

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:16.619
And<00:51:11.360><c> after</c><00:51:11.800><c> all</c><00:51:12.179><c> that</c><00:51:12.400><c> long</c><00:51:12.739><c> time</c><00:51:13.380><c> of</c><00:51:14.559><c> really</c><00:51:15.079><c> not</c><00:51:15.579><c> being</c><00:51:15.940><c> helped</c><00:51:16.320><c> in</c>

00:51:16.619 --> 00:51:18.320
the<00:51:16.760><c> things</c><00:51:16.980><c> of</c><00:51:17.199><c> God,</c>

00:51:19.059 --> 00:51:22.420
there<00:51:19.139><c> was</c><00:51:19.460><c> thankfully</c><00:51:19.980><c> still</c><00:51:20.380><c> a</c><00:51:20.579><c> remnant</c><00:51:21.079><c> in</c><00:51:21.719><c> her</c><00:51:22.000><c> breast</c><00:51:22.260><c> of</c>

00:51:22.420 --> 00:51:22.980
those<00:51:22.739><c> things</c>

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:27.619
which<00:51:23.179><c> she</c><00:51:23.460><c> most</c><00:51:23.780><c> assuredly</c><00:51:24.900><c> believed</c><00:51:25.340><c> when</c><00:51:26.019><c> she</c><00:51:26.300><c> left</c><00:51:26.880><c> the</c>

00:51:27.619 --> 00:51:29.460
house<00:51:28.000><c> of</c><00:51:28.320><c> bread</c><00:51:28.539><c> and</c><00:51:28.920><c> praise</c>

00:51:29.460 --> 00:51:34.719
and<00:51:30.380><c> with</c><00:51:30.599><c> her</c><00:51:30.840><c> husband</c><00:51:31.360><c> went</c><00:51:32.079><c> down</c><00:51:32.760><c> to</c><00:51:33.059><c> the</c><00:51:33.159><c> country</c><00:51:33.599><c> of</c><00:51:33.840><c> Moab.</c>

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:38.980
And<00:51:36.059><c> at</c><00:51:36.280><c> our</c><00:51:36.400><c> next</c><00:51:36.760><c> session,</c><00:51:37.239><c> brothers</c><00:51:37.360><c> and</c><00:51:37.539><c> sisters,</c><00:51:38.280><c> we</c><00:51:38.440><c> will</c><00:51:38.639><c> look</c><00:51:38.840><c> at</c>

00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:39.400
the<00:51:39.099><c> way</c>

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:45.960
in<00:51:40.199><c> which</c><00:51:40.539><c> Naomi</c><00:51:41.480><c> clearly</c><00:51:43.940><c> acknowledges</c><00:51:44.980><c> responsibility</c>

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:48.840
for<00:51:46.579><c> going</c><00:51:46.920><c> down</c><00:51:47.239><c> into</c><00:51:47.440><c> Moab.</c>

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:52.860
Yes,<00:51:50.079><c> she</c><00:51:50.420><c> did</c><00:51:50.780><c> throw</c><00:51:51.019><c> in</c><00:51:51.219><c> her</c><00:51:51.400><c> lot</c><00:51:51.539><c> with</c><00:51:51.739><c> her</c><00:51:51.960><c> husband.</c>

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:55.920
And<00:51:54.239><c> she</c><00:51:54.420><c> has</c><00:51:54.599><c> something</c><00:51:54.940><c> else</c><00:51:55.199><c> to</c><00:51:55.440><c> say.</c>

00:51:55.920 --> 00:52:03.079
And<00:51:56.659><c> that</c><00:51:56.900><c> was</c><00:51:57.659><c> that</c><00:51:58.619><c> while</c><00:51:59.000><c> she</c><00:51:59.260><c> went</c><00:51:59.500><c> out</c><00:51:59.860><c> full,</c><00:52:02.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:52:02.280><c> drained</c><00:52:02.860><c> her</c>

00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:04.840
of<00:52:03.300><c> everything</c><00:52:03.559><c> she</c><00:52:03.840><c> had.</c>

00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:07.440
And<00:52:05.659><c> then</c><00:52:05.820><c> He</c><00:52:05.920><c> brought</c><00:52:06.079><c> her</c><00:52:06.300><c> back.</c>

00:52:08.059 --> 00:52:11.699
Brothers<00:52:08.280><c> and</c><00:52:08.480><c> sisters,</c><00:52:09.559><c> if</c><00:52:09.800><c> we</c><00:52:10.019><c> are</c><00:52:10.139><c> not</c><00:52:10.380><c> drained</c><00:52:10.659><c> of</c><00:52:10.900><c> everything</c><00:52:11.219><c> we</c><00:52:11.500><c> are</c>

00:52:11.699 --> 00:52:12.900
and<00:52:11.920><c> everything</c><00:52:12.219><c> we</c><00:52:12.539><c> have</c>

00:52:12.900 --> 00:52:19.079
in<00:52:13.739><c> our</c><00:52:14.059><c> minds,</c><00:52:14.320><c> in</c><00:52:14.500><c> the</c><00:52:14.659><c> capacity</c><00:52:15.099><c> of</c><00:52:15.340><c> our</c><00:52:15.500><c> minds</c><00:52:15.880><c> to</c><00:52:17.539><c> get</c><00:52:18.300><c> away</c><00:52:18.679><c> from</c><00:52:18.900><c> the</c>

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:19.940
things<00:52:19.239><c> of</c><00:52:19.400><c> this</c><00:52:19.639><c> world,</c>

00:52:19.940 --> 00:52:26.639
to<00:52:21.039><c> leave</c><00:52:21.400><c> them</c><00:52:21.599><c> behind,</c><00:52:22.800><c> if</c><00:52:23.320><c> that's</c><00:52:24.019><c> not</c><00:52:24.380><c> complete,</c><00:52:24.980><c> brothers</c><00:52:25.119><c> and</c><00:52:25.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:29.119
Yahweh<00:52:27.159><c> can't</c><00:52:27.460><c> do</c><00:52:27.659><c> a</c><00:52:27.860><c> thing.</c>

00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:34.400
He'd<00:52:30.139><c> love</c><00:52:30.340><c> to,</c><00:52:31.780><c> but</c><00:52:31.880><c> He</c><00:52:32.059><c> can't</c><00:52:32.539><c> because</c><00:52:32.820><c> He</c><00:52:33.119><c> can't</c><00:52:33.599><c> relax</c><00:52:34.099><c> or</c>

00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:35.559
bend<00:52:34.659><c> His</c><00:52:34.920><c> own</c><00:52:35.159><c> principles.</c>

00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:37.360
He<00:52:35.780><c> cannot</c><00:52:36.079><c> deny</c><00:52:36.420><c> Himself.</c>

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.699
He<00:52:37.880><c> cannot</c><00:52:38.099><c> act</c><00:52:38.400><c> a</c><00:52:38.539><c> lie.</c>

00:52:38.760 --> 00:52:40.059
He<00:52:38.880><c> cannot</c><00:52:39.079><c> live</c><00:52:39.340><c> out</c><00:52:39.559><c> a</c><00:52:39.699><c> lie.</c>

00:52:40.440 --> 00:52:42.300
He's<00:52:40.820><c> very</c><00:52:41.099><c> different</c><00:52:41.380><c> from</c><00:52:41.559><c> us.</c>

00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:48.000
And<00:52:42.739><c> we</c><00:52:42.860><c> need</c><00:52:43.119><c> to</c><00:52:43.360><c> understand</c><00:52:43.960><c> that</c><00:52:44.480><c> He</c><00:52:44.619><c> is</c><00:52:44.860><c> the</c><00:52:45.079><c> same</c><00:52:45.719><c> yesterday,</c><00:52:46.960><c> today,</c>

00:52:48.059 --> 00:52:49.019
and<00:52:48.199><c> forever.</c>