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any<00:11:27.269><c> son</c><00:11:27.470><c> of</c><00:11:27.649><c> Bathsheba,</c>

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personally,<00:11:29.909><c> myself,</c><00:11:30.870><c> just</c><00:11:31.129><c> out</c><00:11:31.309><c> of</c><00:11:31.490><c> concern</c><00:11:31.830><c> that</c><00:11:32.070><c> brethren</c>

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might<00:11:32.649><c> think</c><00:11:32.889><c> that</c><00:11:33.049><c> I</c><00:11:33.169><c> was</c>

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somehow<00:11:33.649><c> endorsing</c><00:11:34.750><c> a</c><00:11:35.029><c> union</c><00:11:35.370><c> based</c><00:11:35.789><c> on</c><00:11:36.330><c> adultery,</c><00:11:37.590><c> willful</c>

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and<00:11:38.190><c> prolonged</c>

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hardening<00:11:39.129><c> of</c><00:11:39.269><c> the</c><00:11:39.490><c> heart</c><00:11:39.710><c> against</c><00:11:40.129><c> God's</c><00:11:40.990><c> clear</c><00:11:41.289><c> principles,</c><00:11:42.750><c> deceit</c><00:11:43.649><c> and</c>

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murder.<00:11:45.750><c> But</c>

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once<00:11:46.629><c> given</c><00:11:46.929><c> and</c><00:11:47.370><c> received,</c><00:11:48.389><c> the</c><00:11:48.529><c> Lord's</c><00:11:49.009><c> forgiveness,</c><00:11:49.830><c> brothers</c><00:11:50.009><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:11:50.590><c> is</c>

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complete<00:11:51.389><c> and</c><00:11:52.289><c> unconditional.</c><00:11:54.330><c> Of</c><00:11:54.529><c> course,</c><00:11:55.129><c> David's</c><00:11:55.490><c> sin</c>

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was<00:11:55.789><c> never</c><00:11:56.110><c> forgotten,</c><00:11:57.889><c> and</c><00:11:57.990><c> its</c>

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consequences<00:11:58.929><c> dogged</c><00:11:59.529><c> every</c><00:12:00.029><c> step</c><00:12:00.289><c> of</c><00:12:00.470><c> his</c><00:12:00.710><c> remaining</c><00:12:01.250><c> life,</c>

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probably<00:12:02.149><c> 25</c><00:12:02.809><c> years</c><00:12:03.190><c> or</c><00:12:03.450><c> so.</c>

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But<00:12:04.789><c> there's</c><00:12:05.009><c> every</c><00:12:05.490><c> outward</c><00:12:05.870><c> appearance</c><00:12:06.289><c> that</c><00:12:06.529><c> life</c><00:12:06.830><c> went</c>

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on<00:12:07.570><c> as</c><00:12:07.750><c> though</c><00:12:07.970><c> Bathsheba</c><00:12:08.610><c> had</c>

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entered<00:12:09.409><c> David's</c><00:12:10.169><c> life</c><00:12:10.730><c> in</c><00:12:10.929><c> an</c><00:12:11.230><c> entirely</c><00:12:11.769><c> regular</c><00:12:12.590><c> and</c><00:12:13.429><c> acceptable</c><00:12:13.809><c> way.</c>

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I<00:12:14.289><c> think</c>

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that's<00:12:14.769><c> remarkable.</c><00:12:16.610><c> It's</c><00:12:16.889><c> also</c><00:12:17.149><c> remarkably</c><00:12:17.629><c> instructive</c>

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for<00:12:18.389><c> us</c><00:12:18.669><c> when</c><00:12:18.909><c> confronted</c><00:12:19.470><c> by</c>

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the<00:12:20.690><c> reality</c><00:12:20.950><c> of</c><00:12:21.269><c> the</c><00:12:21.450><c> ways</c><00:12:21.730><c> in</c><00:12:21.929><c> which</c><00:12:22.129><c> brethren</c><00:12:22.529><c> sometimes</c>

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conduct<00:12:23.649><c> themselves</c>

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today.<00:12:26.710><c> Several</c><00:12:27.029><c> thought</c><00:12:27.330><c>-provoking</c><00:12:27.690><c> matters</c><00:12:28.009><c> appear</c><00:12:28.309><c> on</c><00:12:28.509><c> the</c><00:12:28.690><c> surface</c><00:12:28.909><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:29.350><c> Psalms</c><00:12:29.850><c> of</c>

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repentance.<00:12:31.990><c> For</c><00:12:32.230><c> example,</c><00:12:32.509><c> in</c><00:12:32.649><c> verse</c><00:12:32.830><c> 5</c><00:12:33.149><c> of</c><00:12:33.350><c> the</c><00:12:33.509><c> psalm</c><00:12:33.710><c> before</c><00:12:34.029><c> us,</c>

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conceived<00:12:39.669><c> me,</c><00:12:40.110><c> says</c><00:12:40.289><c> David,</c><00:12:41.330><c> as</c><00:12:41.549><c> he</c>

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pours<00:12:41.950><c> out</c><00:12:42.149><c> his</c><00:12:42.370><c> heart</c><00:12:42.549><c> before</c><00:12:42.830><c> the</c><00:12:43.029><c> Lord.</c><00:12:43.690><c> Does</c><00:12:43.970><c> this</c><00:12:44.269><c> mean</c>

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that<00:12:44.809><c> normal</c><00:12:45.110><c> marital</c>

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relations<00:12:46.169><c> are</c><00:12:46.870><c> sinful?</c><00:12:47.470><c> Of</c><00:12:47.789><c> course</c><00:12:47.970><c> not.</c><00:12:49.110><c> What</c><00:12:49.309><c> then?</c><00:12:50.669><c> Why,</c>

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surely<00:12:51.210><c> that</c><00:12:51.549><c> human</c><00:12:51.830><c> nature</c><00:12:52.190><c> is</c>

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sin<00:12:52.889><c>-dominated</c><00:12:53.490><c> at</c><00:12:53.830><c> its</c><00:12:54.190><c> source.</c><00:12:55.710><c> And</c><00:12:55.929><c> the</c><00:12:56.070><c> implication?</c><00:12:57.389><c> That</c><00:12:57.590><c> the</c>

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remedy<00:12:58.090><c> is</c><00:12:58.509><c> utterly</c>

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beyond<00:12:59.389><c> the</c><00:12:59.649><c> reach</c><00:13:00.029><c> of</c><00:13:00.429><c> humanity.</c><00:13:01.990><c> It's</c><00:13:02.190><c> a</c><00:13:02.309><c> problem</c><00:13:02.590><c> that</c><00:13:02.830><c> only</c><00:13:03.230><c> God</c>

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can<00:13:04.129><c> fix.</c><00:13:06.509><c> But</c><00:13:06.769><c> is</c>

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David<00:13:07.250><c> merely</c><00:13:07.649><c> urging</c><00:13:08.049><c> this</c><00:13:08.590><c> inherent</c><00:13:09.350><c> sin</c><00:13:09.690><c> in</c><00:13:09.950><c> the</c><00:13:10.169><c> flesh</c><00:13:10.529><c> as</c>

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a<00:13:11.190><c> mitigating</c><00:13:11.690><c> circumstance,</c>

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an<00:13:12.690><c> excuse?</c><00:13:14.169><c> Is</c><00:13:14.429><c> he</c><00:13:14.750><c> excusing</c><00:13:15.149><c> himself</c><00:13:15.529><c> so</c><00:13:15.750><c> as</c><00:13:15.929><c> to</c><00:13:16.070><c> minimize</c>

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his<00:13:16.789><c> culpability?</c><00:13:18.029><c> Not</c><00:13:18.470><c> at</c><00:13:18.710><c> all.</c>

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In<00:13:20.070><c> spite</c><00:13:20.309><c> of</c><00:13:20.490><c> his</c><00:13:20.710><c> nature,</c><00:13:21.090><c> David</c><00:13:21.409><c> accepts</c><00:13:21.970><c> full</c><00:13:22.330><c> responsibilities</c><00:13:23.389><c> for</c><00:13:24.330><c> his</c><00:13:24.690><c> actions,</c>

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and<00:13:25.850><c> so</c><00:13:26.110><c> must</c><00:13:26.350><c> we</c><00:13:26.909><c> as</c><00:13:27.629><c> we</c><00:13:27.909><c> come</c><00:13:28.169><c> before</c><00:13:28.649><c> God's</c><00:13:29.269><c> throne</c><00:13:29.769><c> seeking</c>

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grace.<00:13:32.950><c> He</c><00:13:33.370><c> knew</c><00:13:33.870><c> what</c><00:13:34.289><c> we</c>

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need<00:13:34.809><c> to</c><00:13:35.029><c> remember.</c><00:13:36.169><c> God</c><00:13:36.570><c> desires</c><00:13:38.049><c> truth</c><00:13:38.809><c> in</c><00:13:39.330><c> the</c><00:13:39.690><c> inward</c><00:13:40.070><c> being,</c><00:13:40.830><c> and</c>

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that's<00:13:41.309><c> in</c><00:13:41.529><c> verse</c><00:13:41.889><c> 6</c><00:13:42.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:42.769><c> chapter</c><00:13:43.070><c> before</c><00:13:43.429><c> us.</c><00:13:45.230><c> And</c><00:13:45.330><c> since</c><00:13:45.629><c> from</c><00:13:45.870><c> the</c><00:13:46.009><c> outset</c><00:13:46.509><c> human</c><00:13:47.029><c> nature</c><00:13:47.450><c> is</c>

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steeped<00:13:48.429><c> in</c><00:13:48.690><c> sin,</c>

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then<00:13:49.889><c> there's</c><00:13:50.169><c> only</c><00:13:50.830><c> one</c><00:13:51.210><c> way</c><00:13:51.710><c> that</c><00:13:52.149><c> inward</c><00:13:52.710><c> truth</c><00:13:53.149><c> can</c><00:13:53.529><c> find</c>

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its<00:13:54.029><c> way</c><00:13:54.190><c> into</c><00:13:54.409><c> the</c><00:13:54.690><c> heart.</c><00:13:55.909><c> It</c>

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has<00:13:56.309><c> to</c><00:13:56.429><c> be</c><00:13:56.509><c> led</c><00:13:56.730><c> there</c><00:13:56.909><c> by</c><00:13:57.149><c> God,</c><00:13:57.809><c> God</c><00:13:58.029><c> himself.</c><00:13:59.309><c> As</c><00:13:59.490><c> David</c><00:13:59.830><c> said</c><00:14:00.450><c> in</c>

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verse<00:14:01.110><c> 6,</c><00:14:02.129><c> Therefore</c>

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teach<00:14:03.029><c> me</c><00:14:03.429><c> wisdom</c><00:14:03.889><c> in</c><00:14:04.309><c> my</c><00:14:04.850><c> secret</c><00:14:05.409><c> heart.</c><00:14:08.169><c> In</c><00:14:08.350><c> verse</c><00:14:08.590><c> 7,</c><00:14:09.210><c> David</c>

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asked<00:14:09.610><c> God</c><00:14:09.850><c> to</c><00:14:10.129><c> purge</c><00:14:10.450><c> him</c>

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with<00:14:10.970><c> hyssop</c><00:14:11.850><c> so</c><00:14:12.350><c> that</c><00:14:12.470><c> he</c><00:14:12.549><c> might</c><00:14:12.809><c> be</c><00:14:13.149><c> clean.</c><00:14:14.169><c> It's</c><00:14:14.409><c> an</c><00:14:14.629><c> allusion</c><00:14:15.090><c> to</c>

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several<00:14:15.610><c> things,</c>

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perhaps,<00:14:16.490><c> to</c><00:14:16.730><c> the</c><00:14:16.889><c> law</c><00:14:17.049><c> of</c><00:14:17.269><c> cleansing</c><00:14:17.649><c> for</c><00:14:17.950><c> a</c><00:14:18.129><c> leper,</c><00:14:19.289><c> in</c><00:14:19.389><c> which</c><00:14:19.730><c> the</c>

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priest<00:14:19.990><c> sprinkled</c><00:14:20.490><c> the</c>

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already<00:14:21.149><c> healed</c><00:14:21.450><c> leper</c><00:14:21.789><c> with</c><00:14:22.009><c> hyssop</c><00:14:22.490><c> dipped</c><00:14:22.769><c> in</c><00:14:22.970><c> the</c><00:14:23.129><c> blood</c>

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of<00:14:23.490><c> a</c><00:14:23.710><c> sacrificial</c><00:14:24.210><c> bird.</c><00:14:26.149><c> Or</c>

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else<00:14:26.549><c> it</c><00:14:27.009><c> refers</c><00:14:27.250><c> to</c><00:14:27.450><c> the</c><00:14:27.570><c> means</c><00:14:27.730><c> by</c><00:14:27.929><c> which</c><00:14:28.070><c> a</c><00:14:28.230><c> person</c><00:14:28.570><c> or</c><00:14:28.870><c> object</c><00:14:29.590><c> defiled</c><00:14:30.409><c> by</c>

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death<00:14:30.950><c> might</c>

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be<00:14:31.570><c> declared</c><00:14:31.909><c> clean</c><00:14:32.350><c> by</c><00:14:32.570><c> being</c><00:14:32.950><c> sprinkled</c><00:14:33.389><c> with</c><00:14:33.629><c> hyssop</c><00:14:33.889><c> dipped</c><00:14:34.190><c> in</c>

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water<00:14:34.649><c> containing</c>

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the<00:14:35.990><c> ashes</c><00:14:36.350><c> of</c><00:14:36.889><c> a</c><00:14:36.970><c> red</c><00:14:37.210><c> heifer.</c><00:14:38.409><c> That's</c><00:14:39.049><c> Leviticus</c><00:14:39.429><c> 19.</c><00:14:40.309><c> Again,</c><00:14:40.669><c> hyssop</c><00:14:41.070><c> was</c>

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used<00:14:41.590><c> to</c>

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daub<00:14:41.870><c> the</c><00:14:42.090><c> lintel</c><00:14:42.370><c> and</c><00:14:42.610><c> jams</c><00:14:42.870><c> with</c><00:14:43.429><c> Passover</c><00:14:43.929><c> blood</c><00:14:44.350><c> around</c>

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Exodus<00:14:46.909><c> 12.</c><00:14:47.649><c> By</c><00:14:47.929><c> inference</c><00:14:48.309><c> from</c><00:14:48.649><c> Hebrews</c><00:14:49.169><c> 9,</c><00:14:49.929><c> hyssop</c><00:14:50.250><c> was</c><00:14:50.490><c> also</c><00:14:50.750><c> used</c><00:14:51.009><c> to</c>

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sprinkle<00:14:51.570><c> with</c>

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blood<00:14:52.129><c> the</c><00:14:52.710><c> book,</c><00:14:53.350><c> the</c><00:14:53.610><c> people,</c><00:14:54.230><c> and</c><00:14:54.870><c> the</c><00:14:55.149><c> tabernacle</c><00:14:55.929><c> when</c>

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Israel<00:14:56.610><c> was</c><00:14:56.850><c> dedicated</c><00:14:57.309><c> to</c>

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for<00:15:00.710><c> the</c><00:15:00.789><c> Lord</c><00:15:01.009><c> to</c><00:15:01.269><c> sprinkle</c><00:15:01.529><c> his</c>

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heart<00:15:01.990><c> with</c><00:15:02.210><c> hyssop,</c><00:15:03.129><c> he</c><00:15:03.289><c> had</c><00:15:03.529><c> these</c><00:15:03.870><c> allusions</c><00:15:04.350><c> in</c><00:15:04.730><c> mind.</c><00:15:05.870><c> But</c><00:15:05.970><c> of</c>

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course<00:15:06.190><c> the</c>

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natural<00:15:06.590><c> question</c><00:15:06.929><c> is</c><00:15:07.110><c> how</c><00:15:07.350><c> could</c><00:15:07.610><c> sprinkling</c><00:15:08.070><c> things</c><00:15:08.350><c> with</c>

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bring,<00:17:36.930><c> to</c><00:17:37.349><c> help</c><00:17:37.490><c> bring</c>

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are<00:17:42.049><c> hints</c><00:17:42.190><c> of</c><00:17:42.369><c> this</c>

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possibility<00:17:43.170><c> in</c><00:17:43.650><c> a</c><00:17:43.750><c> number</c><00:17:43.990><c> of</c><00:17:44.289><c> Psalms,</c><00:17:44.789><c> Psalm</c><00:17:44.990><c> 6,</c><00:17:46.329><c> Psalm</c><00:17:46.569><c> 32,</c>

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blindness<00:17:57.829><c> or</c><00:17:58.289><c> even</c><00:17:58.710><c> death,</c>

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allusions<00:18:08.529><c> to</c><00:18:08.849><c> crushed</c><00:18:09.210><c> bones,</c>

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foul<00:18:10.710><c> and</c><00:18:11.009><c> festering</c><00:18:11.470><c> wounds,</c><00:18:12.670><c> burning</c><00:18:13.029><c> loins,</c><00:18:14.430><c> unsound</c><00:18:14.970><c> flesh,</c><00:18:15.750><c> tumult</c><00:18:16.130><c> of</c>

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throbbing<00:18:16.930><c> heart,</c>

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metaphors<00:18:22.990><c> for</c><00:18:23.369><c> the</c><00:18:23.670><c> crushing</c><00:18:24.029><c> weight</c><00:18:24.509><c> of</c><00:18:25.230><c> the</c><00:18:25.450><c> sudden</c><00:18:25.730><c> realization</c><00:18:26.589><c> of</c><00:18:27.410><c> the</c><00:18:27.609><c> enormity</c><00:18:28.029><c> of</c>

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this<00:18:34.150><c> intolerable</c><00:18:34.829><c> burden</c><00:18:35.109><c> of</c><00:18:35.369><c> separation</c><00:18:35.849><c> from</c><00:18:36.109><c> God</c><00:18:36.750><c> might</c>

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right<00:18:47.390><c> spirit</c><00:18:47.829><c> within</c><00:18:48.150><c> me.</c><00:18:49.089><c> Do</c>

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Restore<00:18:54.369><c> to</c><00:18:54.630><c> me</c><00:18:54.890><c> the</c><00:18:55.089><c> joy</c><00:18:55.410><c> of</c><00:18:55.609><c> your</c><00:18:55.829><c> salvation</c><00:18:56.329><c> and</c><00:18:56.809><c> sustain</c><00:18:57.269><c> in</c><00:18:57.549><c> me</c><00:18:57.750><c> a</c>

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says.<00:19:00.769><c> It's</c><00:19:01.049><c> instructive</c><00:19:01.490><c> that</c><00:19:01.710><c> David</c><00:19:01.990><c> knew</c><00:19:02.250><c> he</c><00:19:02.430><c> was</c><00:19:02.710><c> powerless</c><00:19:03.109><c> to</c><00:19:03.390><c> lift</c>

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even<00:19:03.930><c> the</c><00:19:04.130><c> least</c>

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part<00:19:04.769><c> of</c><00:19:04.950><c> the</c><00:19:05.109><c> load.</c><00:19:05.869><c> Only</c><00:19:06.230><c> God</c><00:19:06.650><c> can</c><00:19:06.970><c> take</c><00:19:07.250><c> away</c><00:19:07.750><c> the</c><00:19:08.329><c> crushing</c>

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weight<00:19:09.049><c> of</c><00:19:09.490><c> sin.</c><00:19:11.950><c> It's</c><00:19:12.170><c> also</c>

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interesting<00:19:12.890><c> that</c><00:19:13.809><c> David</c><00:19:14.170><c> saw</c><00:19:14.430><c> in</c><00:19:14.569><c> this</c><00:19:14.769><c> an</c><00:19:15.109><c> opportunity</c><00:19:15.410><c> to</c><00:19:17.250><c> encourage</c>

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others<00:19:18.210><c> who</c><00:19:19.230><c> might</c><00:19:19.549><c> need</c><00:19:19.990><c> similar</c><00:19:20.470><c> deliverance.</c><00:19:21.869><c> If</c><00:19:22.009><c> God</c>

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would<00:19:22.710><c> indeed</c><00:19:23.130><c> restore</c>

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him<00:19:23.829><c> to</c><00:19:24.069><c> fellowship,</c><00:19:25.390><c> then,</c><00:19:25.710><c> verse</c><00:19:26.170><c> 13,</c><00:19:27.309><c> he</c><00:19:27.349><c> said,</c><00:19:28.029><c> David,</c><00:19:28.990><c> I</c>

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will<00:19:29.390><c> teach</c><00:19:29.769><c> transgressors</c><00:19:30.750><c> your</c>

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ways<00:19:31.849><c> and</c><00:19:32.809><c> sinners</c><00:19:33.230><c> will</c><00:19:33.630><c> return</c><00:19:34.170><c> to</c><00:19:34.529><c> you.</c><00:19:36.170><c> At</c><00:19:36.390><c> first</c><00:19:36.589><c> sight</c>

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this<00:19:36.990><c> seems</c><00:19:37.329><c> presumptuous</c><00:19:38.109><c> and</c>

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inappropriate.<00:19:40.069><c> Who</c><00:19:40.309><c> was</c><00:19:40.589><c> he</c><00:19:40.730><c> at</c><00:19:40.970><c> such</c><00:19:41.150><c> a</c><00:19:41.369><c> time</c><00:19:41.569><c> and</c><00:19:41.750><c> under</c><00:19:41.970><c> such</c><00:19:42.230><c> circumstances</c><00:19:42.930><c> to</c><00:19:43.650><c> presume</c>

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to<00:19:44.369><c> teach</c><00:19:44.869><c> transgressors?</c><00:19:47.549><c> Is</c><00:19:47.690><c> he</c><00:19:47.829><c> to</c><00:19:47.950><c> gather</c><00:19:48.170><c> them</c><00:19:48.369><c> together,</c><00:19:48.769><c> stand</c>

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before<00:19:49.410><c> them,</c><00:19:49.670><c> and</c>

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expound<00:19:50.509><c> truth</c><00:19:51.170><c> to</c><00:19:51.329><c> them</c><00:19:51.490><c> in</c><00:19:51.650><c> a</c><00:19:51.769><c> kind</c><00:19:51.990><c> of</c><00:19:52.109><c> Bible</c><00:19:52.430><c> class?</c><00:19:54.230><c> Well,</c>

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hardly.<00:19:55.950><c> What</c><00:19:56.289><c> then?</c><00:19:57.849><c> Surely</c><00:19:58.170><c> he</c>

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must<00:19:58.630><c> mean</c><00:19:58.950><c> that</c><00:19:59.150><c> when</c><00:19:59.349><c> others</c><00:19:59.690><c> see</c><00:20:00.150><c> that</c><00:20:00.390><c> God</c><00:20:00.710><c> has</c><00:20:01.150><c> accepted</c>

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him<00:20:02.009><c> back</c><00:20:02.289><c> into</c><00:20:02.609><c> fellowship,</c>

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he<00:20:04.250><c> who</c><00:20:04.450><c> had</c><00:20:04.809><c> sinned</c><00:20:05.089><c> so</c><00:20:05.450><c> heinously,</c><00:20:07.029><c> then</c><00:20:07.470><c> will</c><00:20:07.930><c> not</c><00:20:08.250><c> they</c><00:20:08.750><c> too</c><00:20:09.089><c> be</c>

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encouraged<00:20:09.950><c> to</c><00:20:10.289><c> seek</c><00:20:10.529><c> God's</c>

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place?<00:20:12.170><c> For</c><00:20:12.410><c> surely</c><00:20:12.750><c> none</c><00:20:13.130><c> could</c><00:20:13.369><c> have</c><00:20:13.549><c> sinned</c><00:20:13.890><c> as</c><00:20:14.089><c> grievously</c><00:20:14.569><c> as</c><00:20:14.789><c> had</c><00:20:14.990><c> David.</c><00:20:16.990><c> If</c>

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David<00:20:17.630><c> can</c>

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be<00:20:18.089><c> restored,</c><00:20:18.450><c> then</c><00:20:18.609><c> there</c><00:20:18.710><c> must</c><00:20:18.990><c> be</c><00:20:19.230><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:19.549><c> and</c><00:20:19.809><c> restoration</c><00:20:20.410><c> for</c>

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all<00:20:21.230><c> who</c>

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are<00:20:21.690><c> out</c><00:20:21.890><c> of</c><00:20:22.029><c> the</c><00:20:22.150><c> way</c><00:20:22.829><c> if</c><00:20:23.430><c> they</c><00:20:23.730><c> share</c><00:20:23.910><c> David's</c><00:20:24.470><c> broken</c><00:20:25.029><c> and</c>

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contrite<00:20:26.089><c> heart.</c><00:20:27.730><c> How</c>

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encouraging,<00:20:28.910><c> then,</c><00:20:29.269><c> is</c><00:20:29.670><c> David's</c><00:20:30.309><c> example?</c><00:20:31.130><c> Isn't</c><00:20:31.369><c> that</c><00:20:31.609><c> interesting?</c><00:20:33.410><c> Truly,</c><00:20:33.869><c> as</c><00:20:34.130><c> Brother</c>

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Nigel<00:20:35.210><c> said</c><00:20:35.849><c> when</c><00:20:36.250><c> he</c><00:20:36.410><c> was</c><00:20:36.609><c> summing</c><00:20:36.849><c> up</c><00:20:37.109><c> the</c><00:20:37.269><c> Bible</c><00:20:37.750><c> series</c><00:20:38.269><c> that</c><00:20:38.849><c> started</c><00:20:39.450><c> me</c>

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thinking<00:20:40.190><c> along</c><00:20:40.690><c> these</c><00:20:41.069><c> lines.</c><00:20:43.009><c> This</c><00:20:43.109><c> is</c><00:20:43.230><c> what</c><00:20:43.309><c> he</c><00:20:43.490><c> said</c><00:20:43.710><c> and</c>

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I<00:20:44.670><c> took</c><00:20:44.970><c> the</c><00:20:45.109><c> trouble</c><00:20:45.289><c> to</c><00:20:45.490><c> write</c>

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it<00:20:45.769><c> down</c><00:20:45.950><c> verbatim,</c><00:20:46.569><c> quickly.</c><00:20:48.009><c> David's</c><00:20:48.690><c> sin</c><00:20:48.990><c> with</c><00:20:49.349><c> Bathsheba</c>

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puts<00:20:51.349><c> on</c><00:20:51.910><c> guard</c><00:20:52.569><c> all</c><00:20:53.690><c> those</c>

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who<00:20:54.309><c> have</c><00:20:54.589><c> not</c><00:20:54.849><c> come</c><00:20:55.130><c> under</c><00:20:55.470><c> the</c><00:20:55.730><c> power</c><00:20:56.150><c> of</c><00:20:56.569><c> similar</c><00:20:56.890><c> sin</c><00:20:57.630><c> and</c>

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it<00:20:59.690><c> saves</c><00:21:00.049><c> from</c><00:21:00.430><c> despair</c>

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those<00:21:02.250><c> who</c><00:21:02.630><c> have.</c><00:21:03.589><c> Isn't</c><00:21:03.910><c> that</c><00:21:04.250><c> true?</c><00:21:05.470><c> Puts</c><00:21:05.690><c> us</c><00:21:05.990><c> all</c><00:21:06.269><c> on</c><00:21:06.569><c> guard</c>

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if<00:21:07.589><c> David</c><00:21:07.970><c> could</c><00:21:08.269><c> fall</c><00:21:08.430><c> into</c>

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that<00:21:08.869><c> trap.</c><00:21:09.849><c> Who</c><00:21:09.950><c> amongst</c><00:21:10.329><c> us</c><00:21:11.450><c> can</c><00:21:12.230><c> say</c><00:21:12.470><c> for</c><00:21:12.730><c> sure</c><00:21:12.950><c> that</c><00:21:13.170><c> we</c><00:21:13.369><c> won't</c><00:21:14.529><c> so</c>

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we're<00:21:15.109><c> on</c><00:21:15.369><c> guard?</c><00:21:16.750><c> But</c>

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also<00:21:17.609><c> for</c><00:21:17.910><c> all</c><00:21:18.230><c> who</c><00:21:18.549><c> may</c><00:21:18.809><c> have</c><00:21:19.049><c> fallen</c><00:21:19.309><c> into</c><00:21:19.690><c> this</c><00:21:20.289><c> trap,</c><00:21:20.650><c> another</c><00:21:21.029><c> trap,</c><00:21:21.650><c> anything</c><00:21:21.849><c> like</c><00:21:22.150><c> it,</c>

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there's<00:21:23.529><c> encouragement.</c><00:21:24.309><c> Saves</c><00:21:24.650><c> us</c><00:21:24.829><c> from</c><00:21:25.109><c> despair</c><00:21:25.789><c> because</c>

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even<00:21:28.130><c> such</c><00:21:28.390><c> as</c><00:21:28.650><c> David</c><00:21:28.869><c> can</c>

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be<00:21:29.369><c> restored.</c><00:21:30.769><c> And</c><00:21:30.990><c> finally,</c><00:21:31.250><c> for</c><00:21:31.390><c> the</c><00:21:31.589><c> moment,</c><00:21:31.769><c> to</c><00:21:31.950><c> make</c><00:21:32.069><c> his</c>

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peace<00:21:32.490><c> with</c><00:21:32.710><c> God,</c><00:21:33.029><c> we</c><00:21:33.170><c> notice</c>

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that<00:21:33.630><c> David</c><00:21:33.930><c> brought</c><00:21:34.269><c> no</c><00:21:34.650><c> trespass</c><00:21:35.170><c> offering,</c><00:21:36.609><c> no</c><00:21:36.910><c> sin</c><00:21:37.130><c> offering,</c><00:21:38.569><c> no</c><00:21:38.809><c> burnt</c><00:21:39.109><c> offering,</c><00:21:40.349><c> no</c>

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offering<00:21:41.130><c> of</c><00:21:41.509><c> any</c><00:21:41.950><c> kind.</c><00:21:43.349><c> When</c><00:21:43.569><c> he</c><00:21:43.650><c> knew</c><00:21:43.930><c> that</c><00:21:44.170><c> Bathsheba's</c>

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child<00:21:45.589><c> had</c><00:21:45.910><c> died,</c><00:21:46.230><c> he</c><00:21:46.390><c> rose</c><00:21:46.690><c> from</c>

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the<00:21:47.150><c> ground</c><00:21:47.329><c> where</c><00:21:47.509><c> he'd</c><00:21:47.589><c> been</c><00:21:47.789><c> fasting</c><00:21:48.150><c> and</c><00:21:48.390><c> pleading</c><00:21:48.569><c> with</c>

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the<00:21:48.910><c> Lord</c><00:21:49.049><c> for</c><00:21:49.210><c> the</c><00:21:49.410><c> child,</c>

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washed,<00:21:51.809><c> anointed</c><00:21:52.150><c> himself,</c><00:21:53.369><c> and</c><00:21:53.630><c> changed</c><00:21:53.930><c> his</c><00:21:54.309><c> clothes,</c><00:21:54.650><c> went</c><00:21:54.869><c> into</c><00:21:55.069><c> the</c><00:21:55.269><c> house</c><00:21:55.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:55.769><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:21:56.190><c> worshipped.</c><00:21:57.849><c> He</c><00:21:58.109><c> then</c><00:21:58.269><c> went</c><00:21:58.430><c> to</c><00:21:58.589><c> his</c><00:21:58.730><c> own</c><00:21:58.950><c> house</c><00:21:59.230><c> and</c><00:21:59.349><c> when</c><00:21:59.470><c> he</c>

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asked<00:21:59.829><c> they</c><00:22:00.049><c> set</c><00:22:00.230><c> food</c>

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before<00:22:00.829><c> him</c><00:22:01.049><c> and</c><00:22:01.230><c> he</c><00:22:01.269><c> ate.</c><00:22:03.190><c> His</c><00:22:03.430><c> servants</c><00:22:03.690><c> were</c><00:22:03.950><c> puzzled.</c><00:22:05.529><c> So</c>

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David<00:22:05.950><c> explained</c><00:22:06.490><c> that</c><00:22:06.690><c> his</c>

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fasting<00:22:07.230><c> and</c><00:22:07.509><c> praying</c><00:22:07.690><c> was</c><00:22:07.930><c> to</c><00:22:08.170><c> invoke</c><00:22:08.450><c> God's</c><00:22:08.890><c> mercy</c><00:22:09.150><c> for</c><00:22:09.349><c> the</c>

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infant<00:22:09.809><c> son</c><00:22:10.069><c> of</c><00:22:10.250><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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Now<00:22:12.069><c> that</c><00:22:12.289><c> the</c><00:22:12.430><c> baby</c><00:22:12.630><c> was</c><00:22:12.930><c> dead,</c><00:22:13.150><c> he</c><00:22:13.269><c> was</c><00:22:13.569><c> beyond</c><00:22:14.109><c> recall.</c><00:22:15.509><c> It</c>

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was<00:22:15.890><c> time</c><00:22:16.450><c> to</c><00:22:16.869><c> get</c><00:22:17.009><c> on</c><00:22:17.289><c> with</c><00:22:17.549><c> life.</c>

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to<00:22:21.509><c> us</c><00:22:21.730><c> when</c><00:22:21.950><c> we</c><00:22:22.269><c> grieve.</c><00:22:23.089><c> There</c>

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change<00:22:29.390><c> our</c><00:22:29.730><c> clothes,</c><00:22:30.529><c> and</c><00:22:30.750><c> turn</c><00:22:31.029><c> again</c><00:22:31.470><c> to</c><00:22:31.769><c> life</c><00:22:32.470><c> where</c><00:22:33.269><c> alone</c><00:22:33.950><c> there</c><00:22:34.690><c> is</c>

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hope.<00:22:37.349><c> But</c>

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there's<00:22:37.829><c> an</c><00:22:37.950><c> aspect</c><00:22:38.269><c> of</c><00:22:38.490><c> David's</c><00:22:38.849><c> behavior</c><00:22:39.150><c> that</c><00:22:39.349><c> is</c><00:22:39.589><c> surprising.</c><00:22:40.109><c> There's</c>

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no<00:22:40.750><c> sign</c><00:22:40.990><c> that</c>

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he<00:22:41.450><c> even</c><00:22:41.750><c> briefly</c><00:22:42.170><c> considered</c><00:22:42.710><c> some</c><00:22:43.009><c> sort</c><00:22:43.349><c> of</c><00:22:43.890><c> expiatory</c><00:22:44.549><c> or</c>

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case,<00:23:05.930><c> there</c>

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was<00:23:06.269><c> only</c><00:23:06.670><c> one</c><00:23:07.089><c> prescription,</c><00:23:08.369><c> death</c><00:23:08.769><c> to</c><00:23:09.069><c> the</c><00:23:09.289><c> offender.</c><00:23:10.930><c> So</c>

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what<00:23:11.609><c> legalistic</c><00:23:12.349><c> offering</c>

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could<00:23:13.210><c> David</c><00:23:13.630><c> bring?</c><00:23:15.410><c> But</c><00:23:15.609><c> David</c><00:23:15.849><c> went</c><00:23:16.089><c> deeper,</c><00:23:16.450><c> realizing</c>

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back<00:23:32.670><c> in</c><00:23:32.869><c> Psalm</c><00:23:33.009><c> 51,</c><00:23:33.569><c> verses</c><00:23:33.789><c> 16</c><00:23:34.170><c> and</c><00:23:34.349><c> 17,</c><00:23:35.309><c> you</c><00:23:35.529><c> have</c><00:23:35.809><c> no</c><00:23:36.230><c> delight</c><00:23:36.630><c> in</c><00:23:36.930><c> sacrifice.</c><00:23:37.890><c> If</c>

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priesthood<00:24:06.269><c> of</c>

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in<00:24:10.450><c> practice</c><00:24:10.809><c> in</c>

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No.<00:25:17.789><c> In</c><00:25:17.950><c> Christ,</c><00:25:18.369><c> brothers</c><00:25:18.490><c> and</c><00:25:18.769><c> sisters,</c><00:25:19.130><c> God</c><00:25:19.349><c> neither</c><00:25:19.789><c> needs</c><00:25:20.170><c> nor</c>

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and<00:25:42.849><c> once</c><00:25:43.190><c> again</c><00:25:44.289><c> invoke</c><00:25:44.970><c> the</c>

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offered<00:25:49.289><c> himself</c><00:25:49.809><c> without</c>

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blemish<00:25:50.789><c> to</c><00:25:50.990><c> God,</c><00:25:52.549><c> calling</c><00:25:52.829><c> on</c><00:25:53.069><c> him</c><00:25:53.390><c> again</c><00:25:54.009><c> to</c><00:25:54.769><c> purify</c><00:25:55.529><c> our</c>

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conscience,<00:25:56.890><c> our</c><00:25:57.289><c> conscience</c>

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