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but<00:11:29.299><c> there's</c><00:11:29.700><c> nothing</c><00:11:29.940><c> really</c><00:11:30.220><c> to</c><00:11:30.399><c> go</c><00:11:30.600><c> on.</c>

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His<00:11:33.500><c> name</c><00:11:33.759><c> means</c><00:11:34.580><c> foreigner,</c><00:11:35.320><c> according</c><00:11:35.600><c> to</c><00:11:36.000><c> Strong's,</c><00:11:36.919><c> or</c>

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not<00:11:37.460><c> of</c><00:11:37.720><c> the</c><00:11:37.940><c> people.</c>

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And<00:11:39.379><c> I</c><00:11:39.440><c> think</c><00:11:39.559><c> that's</c><00:11:39.879><c> quite</c><00:11:40.059><c> fitting</c><00:11:40.279><c> as</c><00:11:40.519><c> well,</c><00:11:40.740><c> because</c><00:11:41.200><c> from</c><00:11:41.580><c> his</c>

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name<00:11:42.179><c> and</c><00:11:42.539><c> the</c><00:11:42.720><c> location</c>

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that<00:11:43.519><c> he</c><00:11:43.779><c> appears</c><00:11:44.159><c> in</c><00:11:44.320><c> the</c><00:11:44.460><c> Word</c><00:11:44.559><c> of</c><00:11:44.720><c> God,</c><00:11:45.580><c> it</c><00:11:45.720><c> doesn't</c><00:11:46.000><c> seem</c>

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to<00:11:46.700><c> me</c><00:11:47.120><c> that</c><00:11:47.600><c> he</c><00:11:48.019><c> ever</c><00:11:48.279><c> really,</c>

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in<00:11:48.960><c> God's</c><00:11:49.340><c> eyes,</c><00:11:49.879><c> was</c><00:11:50.100><c> part</c><00:11:50.620><c> of</c><00:11:51.179><c> God's</c><00:11:51.639><c> people.</c>

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Whether<00:11:52.840><c> he</c><00:11:52.940><c> was</c><00:11:53.139><c> Gentile,</c><00:11:53.940><c> whether</c><00:11:54.139><c> he</c><00:11:54.320><c> was</c><00:11:54.519><c> a</c><00:11:54.639><c> proselyte,</c>

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whether<00:11:55.679><c> he</c><00:11:55.799><c> was</c><00:11:55.919><c> an</c><00:11:56.039><c> Israelite,</c><00:11:56.519><c> though,</c>

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I<00:11:57.279><c> can't</c><00:11:57.559><c> tell</c><00:11:57.740><c> you.</c><00:11:58.539><c> Maybe</c><00:11:58.620><c> somebody</c><00:11:59.220><c> else</c><00:11:59.539><c> might</c><00:11:59.779><c> have</c><00:11:59.960><c> any</c>

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ideas<00:12:00.600><c> on</c><00:12:00.980><c> that</c><00:12:01.379><c> towards</c><00:12:01.860><c> the</c><00:12:02.100><c> end.</c>

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But<00:12:03.659><c> when</c><00:12:03.799><c> we</c><00:12:03.879><c> come</c><00:12:04.019><c> across</c><00:12:04.240><c> a</c><00:12:04.440><c> question</c><00:12:04.740><c> mark</c><00:12:04.860><c> like</c><00:12:05.120><c> that</c><00:12:05.240><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:05.440><c> Word</c><00:12:05.519><c> of</c><00:12:05.740><c> God,</c>

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I<00:12:06.139><c> always</c><00:12:06.440><c> think</c><00:12:06.700><c> that</c><00:12:07.620><c> it's</c><00:12:07.879><c> not</c><00:12:08.019><c> necessary</c><00:12:08.500><c> for</c><00:12:08.700><c> us</c><00:12:08.899><c> to</c><00:12:09.100><c> know</c>

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his<00:12:09.720><c> family</c><00:12:10.059><c> background</c>

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or<00:12:10.659><c> where</c><00:12:10.799><c> he</c><00:12:10.940><c> came</c><00:12:11.179><c> from</c><00:12:11.460><c> or</c><00:12:11.980><c> anything</c><00:12:12.240><c> like</c><00:12:12.559><c> that.</c>

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All<00:12:13.659><c> that's</c><00:12:13.980><c> necessary</c><00:12:14.320><c> for</c><00:12:14.500><c> us</c><00:12:14.720><c> to</c><00:12:14.919><c> know</c><00:12:15.159><c> is</c><00:12:15.659><c> what's</c><00:12:16.000><c> recorded</c><00:12:16.299><c> here,</c>

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and<00:12:17.059><c> what's</c><00:12:17.600><c> recorded</c><00:12:17.940><c> here</c><00:12:18.299><c> is</c><00:12:18.559><c> that</c><00:12:19.179><c> wherever</c><00:12:19.519><c> Balaam</c><00:12:19.860><c> came</c>

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from<00:12:20.460><c> and</c><00:12:20.700><c> whatever</c><00:12:20.940><c> his</c><00:12:21.159><c> background,</c>

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he<00:12:23.019><c> had</c><00:12:23.519><c> a</c><00:12:23.860><c> strong</c><00:12:24.059><c> connection</c><00:12:24.580><c> with</c><00:12:24.820><c> God.</c>

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The<00:12:26.080><c> Holy</c><00:12:26.340><c> Spirit</c><00:12:26.659><c> seemed</c><00:12:26.960><c> to</c><00:12:27.539><c> come</c><00:12:27.779><c> upon</c><00:12:28.120><c> him</c><00:12:28.700><c> and</c><00:12:29.259><c> he</c><00:12:29.899><c> spoke</c>

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the<00:12:30.799><c> things</c><00:12:31.000><c> of</c><00:12:31.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:32.419><c> even</c><00:12:32.919><c> Balak</c><00:12:34.179><c> seemed</c><00:12:34.559><c> to</c><00:12:34.899><c> recognise</c><00:12:35.299><c> this.</c>

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You<00:12:35.759><c> know,</c><00:12:35.840><c> he</c><00:12:35.960><c> sort</c><00:12:36.080><c> of</c><00:12:36.240><c> says</c><00:12:36.379><c> to</c><00:12:36.559><c> him,</c>

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come<00:12:37.360><c> and</c><00:12:37.559><c> curse</c><00:12:37.720><c> these</c><00:12:37.960><c> people</c><00:12:38.139><c> because</c><00:12:38.299><c> I</c><00:12:38.440><c> know</c><00:12:38.659><c> what</c><00:12:39.139><c> you</c>

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say<00:12:39.639><c> comes</c><00:12:39.919><c> to</c><00:12:40.200><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:12:41.899><c> this</c><00:12:42.139><c> is</c><00:12:42.320><c> going</c><00:12:42.379><c> to</c><00:12:42.460><c> be</c><00:12:42.659><c> a</c><00:12:42.820><c> theme</c><00:12:43.019><c> that</c><00:12:43.179><c> we</c><00:12:43.419><c> see</c><00:12:43.620><c> coming</c>

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out<00:12:44.240><c> all</c><00:12:44.500><c> the</c><00:12:44.580><c> way</c><00:12:44.799><c> through</c>

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that<00:12:45.919><c> Balaam</c><00:12:46.679><c> just</c><00:12:47.019><c> can't</c><00:12:47.240><c> help</c><00:12:47.460><c> himself</c><00:12:47.840><c> sometimes.</c>

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The<00:12:48.980><c> Word</c><00:12:49.179><c> of</c><00:12:49.299><c> God</c><00:12:49.460><c> comes</c><00:12:49.759><c> upon</c><00:12:50.019><c> him</c><00:12:50.320><c> and</c><00:12:50.379><c> he</c><00:12:50.559><c> has</c><00:12:50.799><c> to</c><00:12:51.080><c> speak</c><00:12:51.360><c> it,</c>

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even<00:12:52.419><c> if</c><00:12:52.860><c> his</c><00:12:53.159><c> actions</c><00:12:53.779><c> are</c><00:12:54.480><c> contrary</c><00:12:54.820><c> to</c><00:12:55.120><c> it.</c>

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So<00:12:57.340><c> we've</c><00:12:57.600><c> got</c><00:12:57.759><c> there</c><00:12:58.799><c> Balaam</c><00:12:59.720><c> here.</c>

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He's<00:13:01.039><c> in</c><00:13:01.159><c> an</c><00:13:01.299><c> ungodly</c><00:13:01.820><c> land</c><00:13:02.279><c> and</c><00:13:02.980><c> he's</c><00:13:03.440><c> got</c><00:13:03.580><c> this</c><00:13:03.879><c> ungodly</c>

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friend,<00:13:05.240><c> Balak.</c>

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And<00:13:06.580><c> so</c><00:13:06.679><c> we</c><00:13:06.779><c> can</c><00:13:07.059><c> start</c><00:13:07.279><c> to</c><00:13:07.559><c> see</c><00:13:07.700><c> maybe</c><00:13:08.379><c> a</c><00:13:09.019><c> picture</c><00:13:09.240><c> of</c><00:13:09.399><c> his</c>

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character<00:13:10.000><c> already</c>

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before<00:13:10.820><c> he's</c><00:13:11.019><c> even</c><00:13:11.360><c> come</c><00:13:11.480><c> into</c><00:13:11.700><c> the</c><00:13:11.879><c> narrative</c><00:13:12.200><c> that</c><00:13:12.919><c> he's</c>

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compromising<00:13:14.159><c> with</c><00:13:14.360><c> the</c><00:13:14.500><c> world,</c><00:13:14.720><c> isn't</c><00:13:14.899><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:13:15.600><c> got</c><00:13:15.799><c> friends</c><00:13:16.159><c> in</c><00:13:16.340><c> the</c><00:13:16.500><c> world.</c><00:13:16.860><c> He's</c><00:13:17.159><c> in</c><00:13:17.419><c> the</c><00:13:17.580><c> world.</c>

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He's<00:13:17.980><c> in</c><00:13:18.100><c> this</c><00:13:18.519><c> location</c><00:13:19.080><c> far</c><00:13:19.580><c> away</c><00:13:19.919><c> from</c><00:13:20.120><c> God's</c><00:13:20.539><c> people,</c>

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although<00:13:21.460><c> he</c><00:13:21.659><c> must</c><00:13:21.940><c> have</c><00:13:22.039><c> been</c><00:13:22.220><c> aware</c><00:13:22.639><c> of</c><00:13:23.080><c> God</c><00:13:23.419><c> and</c><00:13:23.820><c> God's</c><00:13:24.220><c> purpose.</c>

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So<00:13:26.600><c> Balaam</c><00:13:26.700><c> is</c><00:13:26.899><c> asked</c><00:13:27.080><c> by</c><00:13:27.360><c> Balak,</c><00:13:28.399><c> by</c><00:13:28.580><c> these</c><00:13:28.860><c> messengers,</c><00:13:29.559><c> to</c>

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curse<00:13:30.580><c> Israel</c>

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because<00:13:31.919><c> they're</c><00:13:32.360><c> coming</c><00:13:32.600><c> to</c><00:13:32.820><c> invade</c><00:13:33.159><c> Moab.</c>

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And<00:13:35.879><c> so</c><00:13:36.100><c> he</c><00:13:36.220><c> tells</c><00:13:37.080><c> God</c><00:13:37.700><c> what</c><00:13:38.419><c> Balak</c><00:13:38.860><c> wants,</c><00:13:39.179><c> as</c><00:13:39.379><c> we've</c><00:13:39.639><c> read,</c>

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and<00:13:40.379><c> God</c><00:13:40.679><c> responds</c><00:13:41.740><c> in</c><00:13:42.019><c> verse</c><00:13:42.340><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:13:44.480><c> God</c><00:13:44.720><c> said</c><00:13:44.879><c> unto</c><00:13:45.139><c> Balaam,</c>

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thou<00:13:47.139><c> shalt</c><00:13:47.559><c> not</c><00:13:48.100><c> go</c><00:13:48.379><c> with</c><00:13:48.600><c> them,</c><00:13:49.080><c> thou</c><00:13:49.279><c> shalt</c><00:13:49.740><c> not</c><00:13:50.159><c> curse</c><00:13:50.559><c> the</c>

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people,<00:13:51.600><c> for</c><00:13:51.759><c> they</c><00:13:52.139><c> are</c><00:13:52.399><c> blessed.</c>

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Couldn't<00:13:54.299><c> really</c><00:13:54.500><c> be</c><00:13:54.679><c> any</c><00:13:55.019><c> clearer,</c><00:13:55.279><c> could</c><00:13:55.440><c> it?</c>

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No,<00:13:56.960><c> you're</c><00:13:57.080><c> not</c><00:13:57.220><c> going</c><00:13:57.360><c> to</c><00:13:57.480><c> go.</c><00:13:58.259><c> You're</c><00:13:58.399><c> going</c><00:13:58.480><c> to</c><00:13:58.659><c> stay</c><00:13:58.779><c> where</c><00:13:58.940><c> you</c><00:13:59.159><c> are.</c>

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These<00:14:00.080><c> people</c><00:14:00.419><c> are</c><00:14:00.639><c> blessed.</c><00:14:01.519><c> Leave</c><00:14:01.700><c> them</c><00:14:01.899><c> alone.</c>

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I<00:14:06.519><c> think</c><00:14:06.779><c> it's</c><00:14:07.299><c> interesting</c><00:14:07.960><c> that</c><00:14:10.019><c> Balaam</c><00:14:10.379><c> responds</c><00:14:11.000><c> in</c><00:14:11.580><c> an</c>

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interesting<00:14:12.100><c> way,</c><00:14:12.360><c> as</c><00:14:12.399><c> we</c><00:14:12.600><c> say.</c>

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Verse<00:14:13.039><c> 13,</c><00:14:13.940><c> Balaam</c><00:14:14.399><c> rose</c><00:14:14.679><c> up</c><00:14:14.899><c> in</c><00:14:15.039><c> the</c><00:14:15.179><c> morning</c><00:14:15.740><c> and</c><00:14:16.419><c> said</c><00:14:16.500><c> unto</c>

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the<00:14:16.860><c> princes</c><00:14:17.120><c> of</c><00:14:17.340><c> Balak,</c>

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Get<00:14:18.500><c> you</c><00:14:18.639><c> into</c><00:14:18.879><c> your</c><00:14:19.080><c> land,</c><00:14:20.139><c> for</c><00:14:20.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:20.899><c> refuseth</c><00:14:21.580><c> to</c><00:14:21.840><c> give</c>

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me<00:14:22.299><c> leave</c><00:14:22.740><c> to</c><00:14:22.940><c> go</c><00:14:23.159><c> with</c><00:14:23.360><c> you.</c>

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Yahweh<00:14:26.620><c> refuseth</c><00:14:27.139><c> to</c><00:14:27.519><c> give</c><00:14:27.679><c> me</c><00:14:27.919><c> leave.</c>

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I<00:14:32.620><c> think,</c><00:14:33.279><c> can</c><00:14:33.480><c> we</c><00:14:33.559><c> not</c><00:14:33.799><c> sense,</c><00:14:34.059><c> maybe,</c><00:14:34.580><c> a</c><00:14:34.679><c> sense</c><00:14:34.919><c> of</c><00:14:37.039><c> resentment?</c>

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He<00:14:39.779><c> wants</c><00:14:40.080><c> to</c><00:14:40.279><c> go,</c><00:14:40.759><c> but</c><00:14:41.139><c> God</c><00:14:41.340><c> is</c><00:14:41.620><c> refusing</c><00:14:42.419><c> this</c><00:14:44.000><c> opportunity</c>

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for<00:14:44.980><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:46.840><c> you</c><00:14:47.159><c> notice</c><00:14:47.620><c> that</c><00:14:48.419><c> those</c><00:14:48.860><c> messengers,</c><00:14:49.419><c> incidentally,</c>

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brought<00:14:50.320><c> these</c><00:14:51.100><c> gifts</c><00:14:51.500><c> of</c><00:14:51.840><c> divination,</c>

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the<00:14:52.960><c> rewards</c><00:14:53.460><c> of</c><00:14:53.659><c> divination</c><00:14:54.080><c> in</c><00:14:54.259><c> verse</c><00:14:54.500><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:14:55.440><c> so</c><00:14:55.559><c> I</c><00:14:55.639><c> think</c><00:14:55.960><c> when</c><00:14:56.460><c> we</c><00:14:56.899><c> put</c><00:14:57.059><c> the</c><00:14:57.259><c> pieces</c><00:14:57.460><c> together,</c>

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he<00:14:58.019><c> wanted</c><00:14:58.259><c> to</c><00:14:58.539><c> take</c><00:14:58.639><c> that</c><00:14:58.860><c> reward,</c><00:14:59.159><c> he</c><00:14:59.259><c> wanted</c><00:14:59.460><c> to</c><00:14:59.600><c> go</c><00:14:59.759><c> with</c>

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them,<00:15:00.080><c> he</c><00:15:00.179><c> wanted</c><00:15:00.480><c> to</c><00:15:01.139><c> get</c><00:15:01.419><c> personal</c><00:15:01.980><c> gain</c><00:15:02.279><c> now,</c>

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but<00:15:04.080><c> he</c><00:15:04.720><c> was</c><00:15:04.960><c> not</c><00:15:05.220><c> allowed.</c>

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And<00:15:06.379><c> so,</c><00:15:07.159><c> really,</c><00:15:08.059><c> he</c><00:15:11.059><c> resentfully</c><00:15:11.960><c> refuses.</c>

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And<00:15:15.019><c> so</c><00:15:15.179><c> then</c><00:15:15.399><c> the</c><00:15:15.700><c> princes</c><00:15:16.019><c> go</c><00:15:16.320><c> away</c><00:15:16.539><c> and</c><00:15:16.679><c> they</c><00:15:16.799><c> go</c><00:15:16.980><c> back</c><00:15:17.200><c> and</c>

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tell<00:15:17.620><c> Balaam</c><00:15:17.899><c> and,</c><00:15:19.059><c> sorry,</c><00:15:19.639><c> Balak,</c>

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bit<00:15:20.580><c> confusing,</c><00:15:21.080><c> isn't</c><00:15:21.080><c> it?</c><00:15:21.279><c> Balaam,</c><00:15:21.559><c> Balak,</c><00:15:22.559><c> bit</c><00:15:22.679><c> of</c><00:15:22.840><c> a</c>

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tongue<00:15:23.100><c> twister.</c>

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And<00:15:24.600><c> Balak</c><00:15:26.279><c> sends</c><00:15:26.919><c> again</c><00:15:27.860><c> to</c><00:15:29.779><c> Balaam.</c>

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Verse<00:15:35.419><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:15:37.480><c> Balak</c><00:15:37.899><c> sent</c><00:15:38.159><c> yet</c><00:15:38.419><c> again</c><00:15:38.840><c> princes</c><00:15:39.320><c> more</c><00:15:39.980><c> and</c><00:15:40.200><c> more</c><00:15:40.519><c> honorable</c><00:15:40.899><c> than</c><00:15:41.200><c> they.</c>

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And<00:15:42.299><c> they</c><00:15:42.440><c> came</c><00:15:42.720><c> to</c><00:15:42.919><c> Balaam</c><00:15:43.279><c> and</c><00:15:43.460><c> said</c><00:15:43.639><c> to</c><00:15:43.679><c> him,</c><00:15:44.259><c> Thus</c><00:15:44.419><c> saith</c>

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Balak,<00:15:45.360><c> the</c><00:15:45.419><c> son</c><00:15:45.600><c> of</c><00:15:45.759><c> Zippor,</c>

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Let<00:15:46.940><c> nothing,</c><00:15:47.559><c> I</c><00:15:47.740><c> pray</c><00:15:48.019><c> thee,</c><00:15:48.240><c> hinder</c><00:15:48.480><c> thee</c><00:15:48.759><c> from</c><00:15:48.960><c> coming</c><00:15:49.220><c> unto</c><00:15:49.460><c> me,</c>

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For<00:15:50.879><c> I</c><00:15:51.039><c> will</c><00:15:51.240><c> promote</c><00:15:51.480><c> thee</c><00:15:51.679><c> unto</c><00:15:52.080><c> great</c><00:15:52.600><c> honor,</c><00:15:53.019><c> very</c><00:15:53.419><c> great</c><00:15:53.720><c> honor,</c>

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And<00:15:54.779><c> I</c><00:15:54.940><c> will</c><00:15:55.080><c> do</c><00:15:55.259><c> whatsoever</c><00:15:55.720><c> thou</c><00:15:56.419><c> sayest</c><00:15:56.980><c> unto</c><00:15:57.279><c> me.</c>

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Come<00:15:58.399><c> therefore,</c><00:15:58.840><c> I</c><00:15:59.039><c> pray</c><00:15:59.279><c> thee,</c><00:15:59.960><c> curse</c><00:16:00.299><c> me</c><00:16:00.940><c> this</c><00:16:01.340><c> people.</c>

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So<00:16:03.240><c> you</c><00:16:03.320><c> can</c><00:16:03.500><c> imagine</c><00:16:03.799><c> these</c><00:16:04.480><c> more</c><00:16:05.100><c> important,</c><00:16:05.779><c> these</c><00:16:05.980><c> more</c>

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greater<00:16:07.039><c> princes</c><00:16:07.559><c> or</c><00:16:09.220><c> messengers</c><00:16:09.759><c> that</c><00:16:10.080><c> come</c><00:16:10.340><c> to</c><00:16:10.639><c> him.</c>

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They<00:16:11.620><c> would</c><00:16:11.799><c> have</c><00:16:11.919><c> been</c><00:16:12.580><c> men</c><00:16:12.940><c> of</c><00:16:13.419><c> probably</c><00:16:13.700><c> great</c><00:16:14.039><c> fame.</c>

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And<00:16:16.279><c> they</c><00:16:16.720><c> come</c><00:16:16.919><c> in</c><00:16:17.080><c> all</c><00:16:17.200><c> their</c><00:16:17.480><c> pomp</c><00:16:17.759><c> and</c><00:16:18.019><c> pomposity.</c>

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And<00:16:20.659><c> they</c><00:16:20.779><c> go</c><00:16:20.960><c> to</c><00:16:21.120><c> little</c><00:16:21.340><c> old</c><00:16:21.559><c> Balaam</c><00:16:21.840><c> and</c><00:16:22.019><c> they</c><00:16:22.159><c> say,</c><00:16:22.500><c> Come</c>

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on,<00:16:22.700><c> Balaam,</c><00:16:23.179><c> nothing</c><00:16:23.379><c> can</c><00:16:23.679><c> stop</c><00:16:23.860><c> you.</c>

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This<00:16:24.600><c> is</c><00:16:25.639><c> really</c><00:16:25.899><c> important</c><00:16:26.360><c> to</c><00:16:26.600><c> Balak.</c>

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He's<00:16:28.179><c> going</c><00:16:28.299><c> to</c><00:16:28.460><c> promote</c><00:16:28.740><c> you.</c>

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Personal<00:16:30.879><c> gain,</c><00:16:31.259><c> you</c><00:16:31.360><c> see.</c><00:16:31.659><c> And</c><00:16:31.879><c> to</c><00:16:32.039><c> our</c><00:16:32.159><c> friend</c><00:16:32.259><c> Balaam,</c><00:16:33.159><c> that</c><00:16:33.340><c> has</c>

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a<00:16:34.000><c> big</c><00:16:34.259><c> sway</c><00:16:34.500><c> on</c><00:16:34.700><c> his</c><00:16:34.919><c> motives.</c>

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And<00:16:38.799><c> I</c><00:16:39.399><c> think</c><00:16:39.779><c> it's</c><00:16:40.059><c> quite</c><00:16:40.240><c> interesting</c><00:16:40.759><c> that</c><00:16:41.480><c> he</c><00:16:41.740><c> then</c><00:16:42.600><c> tells</c>

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them<00:16:45.379><c> to</c><00:16:45.559><c> stay</c><00:16:45.759><c> the</c><00:16:45.919><c> night.</c>

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And<00:16:47.799><c> God</c><00:16:47.960><c> comes</c><00:16:48.299><c> unto</c><00:16:48.559><c> him</c><00:16:48.980><c> in</c><00:16:49.360><c> verse</c><00:16:49.659><c> 20.</c>

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And<00:16:51.980><c> God</c><00:16:52.080><c> came</c><00:16:52.320><c> unto</c><00:16:52.580><c> Balaam</c><00:16:52.940><c> at</c><00:16:53.139><c> night</c><00:16:53.559><c> and</c><00:16:53.860><c> said</c><00:16:53.940><c> unto</c><00:16:54.159><c> him,</c>

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notice<00:16:55.559><c> the</c><00:16:55.759><c> detail</c><00:16:56.059><c> here,</c>

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If<00:16:58.259><c> the</c><00:16:58.860><c> men</c><00:16:59.139><c> come</c><00:16:59.440><c> to</c><00:16:59.600><c> call</c><00:16:59.860><c> thee,</c><00:17:00.960><c> rise</c><00:17:01.320><c> up</c><00:17:01.799><c> and</c><00:17:01.960><c> go</c><00:17:02.179><c> with</c><00:17:02.399><c> them.</c>

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But<00:17:03.860><c> yet</c><00:17:04.079><c> the</c><00:17:04.380><c> word</c><00:17:04.680><c> which</c><00:17:04.960><c> I</c><00:17:05.420><c> shall</c><00:17:05.599><c> say</c><00:17:05.859><c> unto</c><00:17:06.039><c> thee,</c><00:17:06.599><c> that</c>

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shalt<00:17:07.460><c> thou</c><00:17:07.599><c> do.</c>

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So<00:17:08.019><c> there's</c><00:17:08.299><c> the</c><00:17:08.480><c> emphasis</c><00:17:08.779><c> and</c><00:17:08.980><c> it</c><00:17:09.240><c> actually</c><00:17:09.440><c> appeared</c><00:17:09.640><c> in</c>

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verse<00:17:10.039><c> 18</c><00:17:10.400><c> as</c><00:17:10.619><c> well</c><00:17:10.720><c> and</c><00:17:10.940><c> it</c><00:17:11.220><c> crops</c><00:17:11.420><c> up.</c>

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The<00:17:12.140><c> word</c><00:17:12.460><c> that</c><00:17:12.640><c> God</c><00:17:12.839><c> tells</c><00:17:13.200><c> Balaam</c><00:17:13.460><c> to</c><00:17:13.700><c> speak,</c><00:17:14.119><c> he</c><00:17:14.119><c> can't</c><00:17:14.480><c> help</c><00:17:14.599><c> himself,</c><00:17:14.960><c> he</c>

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has<00:17:15.420><c> to</c><00:17:15.640><c> say</c><00:17:15.819><c> it.</c>

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Almost<00:17:16.880><c> like</c><00:17:17.420><c> the</c><00:17:17.839><c> holy</c><00:17:18.140><c> men</c><00:17:18.259><c> of</c><00:17:18.480><c> God</c><00:17:18.619><c> who</c><00:17:18.880><c> had</c><00:17:19.059><c> to</c><00:17:19.299><c> write</c><00:17:19.519><c> down</c>

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the<00:17:20.259><c> words</c><00:17:20.460><c> that</c><00:17:20.640><c> we're</c><00:17:20.779><c> reading</c><00:17:21.059><c> now.</c>

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It<00:17:22.920><c> appears</c><00:17:23.160><c> to</c><00:17:23.299><c> me</c><00:17:23.359><c> that</c><00:17:23.519><c> same</c><00:17:23.700><c> ability</c><00:17:24.380><c> was</c><00:17:24.960><c> in</c><00:17:25.220><c> Balaam.</c>

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So<00:17:29.680><c> of</c><00:17:29.940><c> course,</c><00:17:30.339><c> I</c><00:17:30.339><c> mean,</c><00:17:30.640><c> you</c><00:17:30.640><c> can</c><00:17:30.859><c> imagine</c><00:17:31.019><c> Balaam,</c><00:17:31.319><c> he</c><00:17:31.420><c> wants</c><00:17:31.599><c> to</c>

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get<00:17:31.859><c> this</c><00:17:32.079><c> reward,</c><00:17:32.500><c> doesn't</c><00:17:32.559><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:17:32.920><c> thinking,</c><00:17:33.299><c> oh</c><00:17:33.819><c> yeah,</c><00:17:34.400><c> great</c><00:17:34.599><c> honour,</c><00:17:35.119><c> riches,</c><00:17:35.759><c> promotion.</c>

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And<00:17:37.400><c> we</c><00:17:37.640><c> can</c><00:17:37.920><c> see</c><00:17:38.039><c> that</c><00:17:38.180><c> he's</c><00:17:38.279><c> been</c><00:17:38.519><c> resentful</c><00:17:39.059><c> before</c><00:17:39.539><c> about</c>

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God<00:17:40.099><c> refusing</c><00:17:40.559><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:41.519><c> so</c><00:17:41.720><c> God's</c><00:17:42.039><c> given</c><00:17:42.140><c> him</c><00:17:42.359><c> a</c><00:17:42.480><c> little</c><00:17:42.740><c> glimpse</c><00:17:43.019><c> of</c><00:17:43.220><c> opportunity</c><00:17:43.619><c> here.</c>

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He<00:17:44.200><c> might</c><00:17:44.460><c> be</c><00:17:44.640><c> able</c><00:17:44.740><c> to</c><00:17:44.960><c> go</c><00:17:45.140><c> if</c><00:17:45.859><c> they</c><00:17:46.500><c> call</c><00:17:46.759><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:17:50.640><c> I</c><00:17:51.000><c> think</c><00:17:51.180><c> it's</c><00:17:51.880><c> important</c><00:17:52.240><c> for</c><00:17:52.460><c> us</c><00:17:52.799><c> to</c><00:17:53.859><c> think</c><00:17:54.279><c> about</c>

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these<00:17:54.839><c> things.</c>

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Because<00:17:55.859><c> sometimes,</c><00:17:56.640><c> brothers</c><00:17:56.720><c> and</c><00:17:56.819><c> sisters,</c><00:17:57.160><c> we</c><00:17:57.400><c> can</c><00:17:57.660><c> also</c>

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get<00:17:58.279><c> resentful,</c><00:17:58.759><c> can't</c><00:17:59.000><c> we?</c>

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We<00:17:59.279><c> can</c><00:17:59.480><c> also</c><00:17:59.799><c> think,</c><00:18:00.400><c> oh,</c><00:18:00.680><c> I'd</c><00:18:00.799><c> really</c><00:18:00.980><c> love</c><00:18:01.119><c> to</c><00:18:01.359><c> do</c><00:18:01.519><c> that,</c><00:18:02.740><c> but</c><00:18:02.740><c> God</c><00:18:03.200><c> isn't</c><00:18:03.579><c> letting</c><00:18:03.819><c> me</c>

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do<00:18:04.180><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:06.240><c> we</c><00:18:06.279><c> can</c><00:18:06.460><c> also,</c><00:18:07.220><c> we</c><00:18:07.460><c> can</c><00:18:07.619><c> get</c><00:18:07.779><c> very</c><00:18:09.059><c> resentful</c><00:18:09.720><c> for</c><00:18:09.920><c> our</c><00:18:10.119><c> walk</c><00:18:10.319><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:10.680><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:18:11.400><c> I</c><00:18:11.500><c> think</c><00:18:11.660><c> it's</c><00:18:11.819><c> at</c><00:18:11.940><c> times</c><00:18:12.140><c> like</c><00:18:12.359><c> this</c><00:18:12.539><c> that</c><00:18:12.839><c> really</c><00:18:13.240><c> we</c><00:18:13.700><c> need</c><00:18:13.960><c> to</c>

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start<00:18:14.460><c> thinking</c><00:18:14.799><c> about</c><00:18:15.039><c> the</c><00:18:15.380><c> positive</c><00:18:15.759><c> things</c><00:18:16.279><c> of</c><00:18:16.859><c> the</c><00:18:17.099><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:18:17.220><c> need</c><00:18:17.299><c> to</c><00:18:17.299><c> remember</c><00:18:17.720><c> that</c><00:18:18.200><c> our</c><00:18:18.359><c> Lord</c><00:18:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:18:18.880><c> Christ,</c><00:18:19.220><c> he</c><00:18:20.240><c> endured</c><00:18:21.099><c> the</c><00:18:21.460><c> cross</c><00:18:22.079><c> because</c><00:18:23.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:23.940><c> joy</c><00:18:24.339><c> that</c><00:18:24.579><c> was</c><00:18:24.759><c> set</c><00:18:24.940><c> before</c><00:18:25.279><c> him.</c>

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So<00:18:26.799><c> we</c><00:18:26.859><c> have</c><00:18:26.980><c> to</c><00:18:27.099><c> keep</c><00:18:27.299><c> reminding</c><00:18:27.740><c> ourselves</c><00:18:28.180><c> of</c><00:18:28.420><c> the</c><00:18:28.599><c> positive</c><00:18:28.980><c> things</c>

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of<00:18:29.319><c> the</c><00:18:29.420><c> truth.</c>

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Why<00:18:29.720><c> are</c><00:18:29.900><c> we</c><00:18:30.000><c> in</c><00:18:30.099><c> the</c><00:18:30.319><c> truth?</c><00:18:30.859><c> Why</c><00:18:31.079><c> are</c><00:18:31.299><c> we</c><00:18:31.799><c> living</c><00:18:32.119><c> our</c><00:18:32.380><c> lives</c>

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like<00:18:32.900><c> this?</c>

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What's<00:18:33.339><c> the</c><00:18:33.539><c> point</c><00:18:33.779><c> of</c><00:18:33.940><c> it</c><00:18:34.079><c> all?</c>

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Well,<00:18:34.880><c> we're</c><00:18:35.119><c> here</c><00:18:35.619><c> because</c><00:18:36.140><c> we</c><00:18:36.640><c> want</c><00:18:36.839><c> to</c><00:18:37.079><c> serve</c><00:18:37.279><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:38.779><c> we</c><00:18:39.000><c> want</c><00:18:39.259><c> to</c><00:18:39.420><c> make</c><00:18:39.519><c> God</c><00:18:39.740><c> happy.</c>

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And<00:18:40.440><c> we</c><00:18:40.619><c> want</c><00:18:40.839><c> to</c><00:18:41.000><c> be</c><00:18:41.099><c> in</c><00:18:41.160><c> that</c><00:18:41.400><c> kingdom</c><00:18:41.660><c> at</c><00:18:41.859><c> the</c><00:18:41.920><c> end</c><00:18:42.039><c> of</c><00:18:42.180><c> the</c><00:18:42.279><c> day.</c>

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And<00:18:43.480><c> so,</c><00:18:45.079><c> unlike</c><00:18:45.079><c> these</c><00:18:46.539><c> princes</c><00:18:46.960><c> which</c><00:18:47.339><c> saw</c><00:18:47.660><c> their</c><00:18:48.059><c> way</c><00:18:48.660><c> as</c>

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nothing<00:18:50.339><c> should</c><00:18:50.660><c> get</c><00:18:50.940><c> in</c><00:18:51.039><c> their</c><00:18:51.220><c> way</c><00:18:51.420><c> of</c><00:18:51.660><c> personal</c><00:18:52.140><c> gain,</c>

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we<00:18:53.799><c> too</c><00:18:54.140><c> must</c><00:18:54.640><c> flip</c><00:18:54.900><c> that</c><00:18:55.059><c> on</c><00:18:55.180><c> its</c><00:18:55.420><c> head</c><00:18:55.740><c> and</c><00:18:56.259><c> say</c><00:18:56.440><c> nothing</c><00:18:56.819><c> should</c><00:18:57.000><c> get</c>

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in<00:18:57.339><c> the</c><00:18:57.460><c> way</c><00:18:58.019><c> of</c><00:18:58.240><c> us</c><00:18:58.740><c> getting</c><00:18:59.160><c> into</c><00:18:59.400><c> that</c><00:18:59.619><c> kingdom</c><00:18:59.920><c> of</c><00:19:00.140><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:02.559><c> I</c><00:19:02.619><c> think</c><00:19:03.339><c> that</c><00:19:03.799><c> was</c><00:19:04.180><c> Balaam's</c><00:19:04.599><c> mistake,</c><00:19:05.079><c> really.</c>

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He<00:19:05.259><c> didn't</c><00:19:05.440><c> really</c><00:19:05.759><c> think</c><00:19:05.980><c> of</c><00:19:06.160><c> why</c><00:19:06.400><c> he</c><00:19:06.539><c> was</c><00:19:06.740><c> in</c><00:19:06.920><c> the</c><00:19:07.079><c> truth</c><00:19:07.299><c> and</c>

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why<00:19:07.759><c> he</c><00:19:07.859><c> was</c><00:19:08.119><c> following</c><00:19:08.420><c> God.</c>

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He<00:19:10.539><c> must</c><00:19:10.779><c> have</c><00:19:10.980><c> tossed</c><00:19:11.200><c> and</c><00:19:11.480><c> turned</c><00:19:11.720><c> all</c><00:19:11.960><c> night</c><00:19:12.220><c> thinking</c>

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about<00:19:12.740><c> these</c><00:19:13.099><c> glorious</c><00:19:13.680><c> riches</c>

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and<00:19:14.259><c> these</c><00:19:14.880><c> famous</c><00:19:15.180><c> men</c><00:19:15.460><c> that</c><00:19:15.579><c> were</c><00:19:15.799><c> sitting</c><00:19:15.980><c> next</c><00:19:16.359><c> door</c><00:19:16.539><c> having</c><00:19:16.740><c> a</c><00:19:17.299><c> sleeping</c><00:19:17.779><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:18.400><c> quarters.</c>

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Because<00:19:20.920><c> the</c><00:19:21.400><c> very</c><00:19:21.579><c> next</c><00:19:21.839><c> morning,</c><00:19:22.220><c> verse</c><00:19:22.440><c> 21,</c>

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Balaam<00:19:23.460><c> rose</c><00:19:23.759><c> up</c><00:19:23.980><c> in</c><00:19:24.099><c> the</c><00:19:24.220><c> morning</c><00:19:24.420><c> and</c><00:19:24.700><c> saddled</c><00:19:24.940><c> his</c><00:19:25.140><c> ass</c><00:19:25.339><c> and</c>

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went<00:19:25.799><c> with</c><00:19:25.980><c> the</c><00:19:26.140><c> princes</c><00:19:26.440><c> of</c><00:19:26.680><c> Moab.</c>

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So<00:19:28.380><c> he</c><00:19:28.380><c> didn't</c><00:19:28.500><c> wait</c><00:19:28.720><c> for</c><00:19:28.859><c> them</c><00:19:28.960><c> to</c><00:19:29.119><c> call</c><00:19:29.319><c> him</c><00:19:29.440><c> like</c><00:19:29.599><c> God</c><00:19:29.779><c> said.</c>

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He's<00:19:30.240><c> up,</c><00:19:30.740><c> he's</c><00:19:31.059><c> changed,</c><00:19:31.500><c> he's</c><00:19:31.700><c> got</c><00:19:31.839><c> ready,</c><00:19:32.220><c> he's</c><00:19:32.440><c> off.</c>

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There's<00:19:33.160><c> no</c><00:19:33.359><c> stuff</c><00:19:33.559><c> in</c><00:19:33.680><c> him.</c>

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I<00:19:37.420><c> think</c><00:19:37.480><c> that's</c><00:19:37.759><c> quite</c><00:19:38.480><c> a</c><00:19:38.900><c> reflection</c><00:19:39.480><c> of</c><00:19:39.700><c> his</c><00:19:39.880><c> character.</c>

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He's<00:19:44.440><c> off</c><00:19:44.680><c> into</c><00:19:44.859><c> the</c><00:19:45.059><c> world,</c><00:19:45.460><c> in</c><00:19:45.460><c> fact,</c><00:19:45.700><c> brothers</c><00:19:45.859><c> and</c><00:19:46.039><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:19:48.140><c> the</c><00:19:48.259><c> next</c><00:19:48.539><c> incident</c><00:19:48.819><c> we</c><00:19:49.140><c> have</c><00:19:49.359><c> is</c><00:19:50.019><c> with</c><00:19:50.440><c> God</c><00:19:50.660><c> being</c><00:19:50.900><c> very</c>

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angry<00:19:51.539><c> against</c><00:19:51.920><c> him</c>

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because<00:19:52.599><c> he</c><00:19:53.180><c> didn't</c><00:19:53.480><c> wait</c><00:19:54.079><c> for</c><00:19:55.119><c> the</c><00:19:55.460><c> princes</c><00:19:55.799><c> to</c><00:19:56.099><c> call</c><00:19:56.299><c> him.</c>

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He<00:19:57.779><c> was</c><00:19:58.019><c> off.</c>

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And<00:19:59.960><c> so</c><00:20:00.079><c> we</c><00:20:00.180><c> have</c><00:20:00.299><c> this</c><00:20:00.579><c> incident</c><00:20:00.920><c> with</c><00:20:01.119><c> the</c><00:20:01.319><c> ass</c><00:20:01.500><c> which</c><00:20:01.680><c> we</c>

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can't<00:20:02.119><c> spend</c><00:20:02.339><c> too</c><00:20:02.660><c> long</c><00:20:02.880><c> on,</c><00:20:03.079><c> unfortunately.</c>

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But<00:20:04.900><c> it</c><00:20:05.140><c> seems</c><00:20:05.460><c> to</c><00:20:05.599><c> me</c><00:20:05.819><c> that</c><00:20:06.019><c> God's</c><00:20:06.700><c> doing</c><00:20:06.839><c> everything</c><00:20:07.279><c> possible</c><00:20:07.759><c> to</c>

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stop<00:20:08.319><c> Balaam</c>

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on<00:20:09.180><c> this</c><00:20:09.579><c> slippery</c><00:20:10.059><c> slide</c><00:20:10.740><c> towards</c><00:20:11.480><c> the</c><00:20:11.900><c> world.</c>

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And<00:20:17.019><c> so</c><00:20:17.220><c> we</c><00:20:17.619><c> have</c><00:20:18.079><c> the</c><00:20:18.559><c> ass,</c><00:20:18.779><c> of</c><00:20:18.980><c> course,</c><00:20:20.180><c> stopping</c><00:20:20.359><c> and</c><00:20:21.119><c> in</c>

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effect<00:20:21.779><c> saving</c><00:20:22.720><c> Balaam.</c>

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And<00:20:26.079><c> when</c><00:20:26.339><c> we</c><00:20:26.500><c> think</c><00:20:26.640><c> about</c><00:20:26.900><c> it</c><00:20:27.079><c> as</c><00:20:27.200><c> well,</c><00:20:27.359><c> we</c><00:20:27.660><c> can</c><00:20:28.180><c> think</c><00:20:28.420><c> about</c><00:20:28.599><c> this</c>

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from<00:20:29.839><c> our</c><00:20:30.140><c> point</c><00:20:30.420><c> of</c><00:20:30.599><c> view.</c>

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Sometimes,<00:20:31.720><c> imagine</c><00:20:32.140><c> we're</c><00:20:32.420><c> off</c><00:20:32.720><c> somewhere</c><00:20:32.980><c> where</c><00:20:33.200><c> maybe</c><00:20:33.420><c> we</c>

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know<00:20:33.759><c> we</c><00:20:33.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:20:34.079><c> be</c><00:20:34.299><c> going</c>

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and<00:20:35.200><c> something</c><00:20:35.500><c> happens,</c><00:20:35.900><c> like</c><00:20:36.019><c> the</c><00:20:36.099><c> car</c><00:20:36.339><c> breaks</c><00:20:36.619><c> down</c><00:20:36.880><c> or</c><00:20:37.039><c> the</c><00:20:37.240><c> bus</c><00:20:37.400><c> stops</c><00:20:37.660><c> working</c><00:20:38.059><c> or</c>

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something<00:20:38.519><c> like</c><00:20:38.779><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:39.539><c> I</c><00:20:39.619><c> often</c><00:20:39.880><c> think</c><00:20:40.200><c> of</c><00:20:40.440><c> Balaam</c><00:20:40.579><c> in</c><00:20:40.759><c> that</c><00:20:40.960><c> instance.</c>

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Should<00:20:41.539><c> I</c><00:20:41.680><c> be</c><00:20:41.920><c> going</c><00:20:42.240><c> to</c><00:20:42.940><c> this</c><00:20:43.180><c> place?</c><00:20:43.420><c> Should</c><00:20:43.599><c> I</c><00:20:44.519><c> be</c><00:20:44.779><c> doing</c><00:20:45.019><c> this?</c>

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Or<00:20:45.400><c> is</c><00:20:45.559><c> this</c><00:20:45.700><c> God's</c><00:20:45.940><c> way</c><00:20:46.140><c> of</c><00:20:46.500><c> trying</c><00:20:46.720><c> to</c><00:20:46.960><c> stop</c><00:20:47.079><c> me</c><00:20:47.380><c> and</c><00:20:47.519><c> trying</c>

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to<00:20:48.079><c> warn</c><00:20:48.319><c> me</c><00:20:48.980><c> of</c><00:20:49.400><c> where</c><00:20:50.140><c> I'm</c><00:20:50.339><c> going?</c>

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And<00:20:50.839><c> I</c><00:20:50.920><c> think</c><00:20:51.019><c> that's</c><00:20:51.720><c> something</c><00:20:51.980><c> that</c><00:20:52.180><c> we</c><00:20:52.319><c> should</c><00:20:52.500><c> all</c><00:20:52.700><c> bear</c>

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in<00:20:53.079><c> mind</c>

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if<00:20:54.079><c> we're</c><00:20:54.599><c> going</c><00:20:54.799><c> to</c><00:20:55.039><c> places</c><00:20:55.259><c> that</c><00:20:55.500><c> we</c><00:20:55.619><c> know</c><00:20:55.779><c> we</c><00:20:55.980><c> shouldn't</c><00:20:56.160><c> be</c>

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going<00:20:56.619><c> to</c>

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in<00:20:57.859><c> the</c><00:20:58.079><c> light</c><00:20:58.660><c> of</c><00:20:59.279><c> Balaam's</c><00:21:01.279><c> eagerness</c><00:21:01.859><c> to</c><00:21:02.319><c> go</c><00:21:02.559><c> to</c><00:21:02.720><c> the</c><00:21:02.900><c> world.</c>

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So<00:21:05.279><c> we</c><00:21:05.440><c> see</c><00:21:05.700><c> that</c><00:21:08.299><c> he</c><00:21:08.599><c> kicks</c><00:21:09.019><c> the</c><00:21:09.319><c> ass</c><00:21:09.460><c> and</c><00:21:09.680><c> he</c><00:21:09.779><c> smites</c><00:21:10.019><c> the</c><00:21:10.180><c> ass</c>

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a<00:21:10.480><c> few</c><00:21:10.640><c> times,</c><00:21:11.119><c> actually.</c>

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And<00:21:12.740><c> it's</c><00:21:12.920><c> almost</c><00:21:13.099><c> like</c><00:21:13.579><c> he's</c><00:21:14.079><c> thinking,</c><00:21:14.319><c> this</c><00:21:14.519><c> stupid</c><00:21:14.859><c> ass</c>

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isn't<00:21:15.180><c> going</c><00:21:15.359><c> to</c><00:21:15.460><c> stop</c><00:21:15.619><c> me</c><00:21:15.880><c> getting</c><00:21:16.140><c> into</c><00:21:16.359><c> the</c><00:21:16.579><c> world.</c>

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Nothing.<00:21:18.240><c> It's</c><00:21:18.660><c> those</c><00:21:18.920><c> princes,</c><00:21:19.339><c> isn't</c><00:21:19.480><c> it,</c><00:21:19.759><c> that's</c><00:21:20.319><c> influenced</c><00:21:20.740><c> him</c><00:21:20.980><c> here.</c>

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Nothing<00:21:21.539><c> should</c><00:21:21.759><c> get</c><00:21:21.940><c> in</c><00:21:22.099><c> the</c><00:21:22.220><c> way</c><00:21:22.779><c> of</c><00:21:23.200><c> Balaam</c><00:21:23.660><c> going</c><00:21:23.980><c> to</c><00:21:24.259><c> curse</c><00:21:24.460><c> Israel</c><00:21:24.819><c> and</c>

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getting<00:21:25.319><c> those</c><00:21:25.880><c> personal</c><00:21:26.559><c> rewards.</c>

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And<00:21:29.059><c> so</c><00:21:29.480><c> we</c><00:21:30.420><c> have</c><00:21:30.640><c> this</c><00:21:30.980><c> ass</c><00:21:31.099><c> saving</c><00:21:31.500><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:21:32.099><c> what</c><00:21:32.279><c> do</c><00:21:32.380><c> we</c><00:21:32.500><c> think</c><00:21:32.619><c> this</c><00:21:32.900><c> means?</c>

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Well,<00:21:33.579><c> as</c><00:21:33.680><c> I</c><00:21:33.759><c> say,</c><00:21:33.859><c> we</c><00:21:33.920><c> can't</c><00:21:34.140><c> spend</c><00:21:34.319><c> too</c><00:21:34.599><c> long</c><00:21:34.740><c> on</c><00:21:34.839><c> it,</c><00:21:35.000><c> but</c><00:21:35.599><c> I</c>

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believe<00:21:36.380><c> if</c><00:21:36.680><c> you</c><00:21:36.799><c> wanted</c><00:21:36.920><c> to</c><00:21:37.119><c> go</c><00:21:37.279><c> over</c><00:21:37.480><c> it</c><00:21:37.680><c> afterwards,</c>

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I<00:21:38.019><c> think</c><00:21:38.220><c> Israel</c><00:21:38.859><c> is</c><00:21:40.140><c> typified</c><00:21:40.920><c> by</c><00:21:41.339><c> an</c><00:21:41.640><c> ass.</c>

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And<00:21:43.160><c> so</c><00:21:43.240><c> it's</c><00:21:43.440><c> just</c><00:21:43.559><c> a</c><00:21:43.779><c> suggestion</c><00:21:44.200><c> that</c><00:21:45.079><c> it</c><00:21:45.400><c> might</c><00:21:45.660><c> be</c><00:21:45.920><c> because</c><00:21:46.200><c> of</c><00:21:46.420><c> a</c>

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past<00:21:46.799><c> connection</c><00:21:47.380><c> with</c><00:21:47.599><c> Israel</c>

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that<00:21:49.019><c> Balaam</c><00:21:49.240><c> is</c><00:21:49.660><c> spared</c><00:21:49.900><c> in</c><00:21:50.539><c> this</c><00:21:50.799><c> way.</c>

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But<00:21:52.839><c> as</c><00:21:53.000><c> we</c><00:21:53.160><c> say,</c><00:21:53.480><c> that's</c><00:21:53.839><c> just</c><00:21:54.099><c> a</c><00:21:54.200><c> suggestion.</c>

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And<00:21:55.920><c> maybe</c><00:21:56.119><c> we</c><00:21:56.279><c> could</c><00:21:56.460><c> look</c><00:21:56.660><c> at</c><00:21:56.759><c> it</c><00:21:56.940><c> later</c><00:21:57.299><c> in</c><00:21:57.720><c> the</c><00:21:57.960><c> comments.</c>

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So<00:22:01.420><c> we</c><00:22:01.880><c> have</c><00:22:02.160><c> here</c><00:22:02.619><c> then</c><00:22:03.259><c> Balaam</c><00:22:05.099><c> recognising</c><00:22:06.059><c> after</c><00:22:06.839><c> the</c><00:22:07.599><c> shaking</c><00:22:07.940><c> up</c>

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of<00:22:08.539><c> him,</c>

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seeing<00:22:09.099><c> this</c><00:22:09.420><c> angel</c><00:22:09.700><c> with</c><00:22:09.900><c> a</c><00:22:10.180><c> sword</c><00:22:10.440><c> drawn</c><00:22:10.700><c> in</c><00:22:10.880><c> his</c><00:22:11.099><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:22:12.579><c> we</c><00:22:13.160><c> see</c><00:22:13.480><c> that</c><00:22:13.819><c> he</c><00:22:16.579><c> seems</c><00:22:17.000><c> to</c><00:22:17.619><c> repent</c><00:22:18.160><c> of</c><00:22:18.960><c> his</c><00:22:19.279><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:22:20.660><c> he</c><00:22:20.759><c> says</c><00:22:20.960><c> in</c><00:22:21.099><c> verse</c><00:22:21.339><c> 34,</c>

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I<00:22:22.700><c> have</c><00:22:22.980><c> sinned,</c><00:22:24.180><c> for</c><00:22:24.359><c> I</c><00:22:24.519><c> knew</c><00:22:24.680><c> not</c><00:22:24.940><c> that</c><00:22:25.099><c> thou</c><00:22:25.400><c> stoodest</c><00:22:25.859><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:26.099><c> way</c><00:22:26.259><c> against</c><00:22:26.619><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:22:28.299><c> therefore,</c><00:22:28.680><c> if</c><00:22:28.779><c> it</c><00:22:29.079><c> displeased</c><00:22:29.519><c> thee,</c><00:22:30.259><c> I</c><00:22:30.420><c> will</c><00:22:30.559><c> get</c><00:22:30.680><c> me</c>

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back<00:22:31.039><c> again.</c>

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Now,<00:22:31.640><c> firstly,</c><00:22:31.839><c> I</c><00:22:31.960><c> don't</c><00:22:32.140><c> know</c><00:22:32.240><c> how</c><00:22:32.359><c> he</c><00:22:32.519><c> can</c><00:22:32.700><c> say,</c><00:22:33.460><c> I</c><00:22:33.500><c> don't</c><00:22:33.720><c> know</c><00:22:33.880><c> why</c><00:22:34.400><c> you</c><00:22:34.839><c> were</c><00:22:35.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:35.220><c> way</c><00:22:35.400><c> against</c><00:22:35.720><c> me,</c>

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because<00:22:36.220><c> God</c><00:22:36.460><c> clearly</c><00:22:36.920><c> said</c><00:22:37.339><c> at</c><00:22:37.680><c> the</c><00:22:37.799><c> very</c><00:22:37.960><c> beginning</c><00:22:38.339><c> that</c>

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should<00:22:38.779><c> not</c><00:22:39.019><c> go</c><00:22:39.500><c> with</c><00:22:40.240><c> these</c><00:22:40.579><c> people.</c>

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But<00:22:42.019><c> maybe</c><00:22:42.619><c> he's</c><00:22:42.839><c> just</c><00:22:43.099><c> meaning</c><00:22:43.259><c> in</c><00:22:43.500><c> the</c><00:22:43.599><c> sense</c><00:22:43.859><c> that</c><00:22:44.220><c> the</c><00:22:44.420><c> angel</c><00:22:44.660><c> was</c>

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right<00:22:45.200><c> there</c><00:22:46.059><c> against</c><00:22:46.619><c> his</c><00:22:47.140><c> movements.</c>

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And<00:22:50.000><c> at</c><00:22:50.319><c> least</c><00:22:50.579><c> he</c><00:22:50.839><c> admits</c><00:22:51.099><c> that</c><00:22:51.480><c> he'd</c><00:22:52.279><c> sinned.</c>

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And<00:22:53.740><c> so</c><00:22:54.079><c> the</c><00:22:54.259><c> angel</c><00:22:54.539><c> of</c><00:22:54.859><c> the</c><00:22:55.019><c> Lord</c><00:22:55.220><c> in</c><00:22:55.400><c> verse</c><00:22:55.640><c> 35</c><00:22:56.180><c> says</c><00:22:56.500><c> to</c><00:22:56.700><c> him</c>

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that<00:22:57.400><c> he</c><00:22:57.519><c> can</c><00:22:57.720><c> go</c><00:22:57.960><c> with</c><00:22:58.180><c> the</c><00:22:58.339><c> men,</c>

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but<00:22:59.640><c> it's</c><00:22:59.900><c> conditional.</c>

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But<00:23:02.019><c> only</c><00:23:02.579><c> the</c><00:23:02.799><c> word</c><00:23:03.019><c> that</c><00:23:03.240><c> I</c><00:23:03.480><c> shall</c><00:23:03.700><c> speak</c><00:23:04.119><c> unto</c><00:23:04.299><c> thee,</c><00:23:06.720><c> that</c>

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thou<00:23:07.460><c> shalt</c><00:23:07.880><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:23:09.740><c> so</c><00:23:10.059><c> Balaam</c><00:23:10.359><c> went</c><00:23:10.619><c> with</c><00:23:10.880><c> the</c><00:23:11.440><c> princes</c><00:23:11.900><c> of</c><00:23:12.319><c> Balak.</c>

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And<00:23:16.880><c> then</c><00:23:17.119><c> in</c><00:23:17.380><c> verses</c><00:23:17.599><c> 37</c><00:23:18.539><c> onwards,</c><00:23:19.480><c> or</c><00:23:19.640><c> 36</c><00:23:20.160><c> onwards,</c><00:23:20.819><c> we</c><00:23:20.839><c> have</c>

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Balaam<00:23:22.400><c> and</c><00:23:22.900><c> Balak,</c>

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and<00:23:24.039><c> Balak</c><00:23:24.279><c> comes</c><00:23:24.519><c> to</c><00:23:24.700><c> him</c><00:23:24.819><c> and</c><00:23:25.039><c> he</c><00:23:25.339><c> meets</c><00:23:25.579><c> him,</c><00:23:25.759><c> he's</c><00:23:26.000><c> earnest</c>

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to<00:23:26.420><c> get</c><00:23:26.500><c> him</c><00:23:26.900><c> into</c><00:23:27.380><c> the</c><00:23:27.619><c> world,</c>

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and<00:23:27.920><c> we</c><00:23:28.079><c> find</c><00:23:28.380><c> that</c><00:23:28.559><c> when</c><00:23:28.720><c> we</c><00:23:28.900><c> meet</c><00:23:29.039><c> people</c><00:23:29.380><c> in</c><00:23:29.799><c> the</c><00:23:30.000><c> world,</c>

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and<00:23:30.420><c> they're</c><00:23:30.799><c> really</c><00:23:31.259><c> keen</c><00:23:31.619><c> to</c><00:23:31.839><c> get</c><00:23:32.019><c> us</c><00:23:32.160><c> out</c><00:23:32.319><c> there</c><00:23:32.579><c> clubbing</c>

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and<00:23:33.519><c> doing</c><00:23:33.839><c> all</c><00:23:34.059><c> their</c><00:23:34.220><c> worldly</c><00:23:34.539><c> things,</c>

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bingo<00:23:35.460><c> or</c><00:23:35.619><c> whatever</c><00:23:35.839><c> you</c><00:23:36.039><c> want.</c>

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They're<00:23:36.539><c> really</c><00:23:36.880><c> keen</c><00:23:37.079><c> because</c><00:23:37.299><c> they</c><00:23:37.480><c> look</c><00:23:37.640><c> at</c><00:23:37.779><c> us</c><00:23:37.880><c> and</c><00:23:37.960><c> they</c>

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think,<00:23:38.140><c> oh,</c><00:23:38.299><c> he's</c><00:23:38.539><c> missing</c><00:23:38.720><c> out.</c>

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We<00:23:39.819><c> want</c><00:23:39.960><c> him</c><00:23:40.099><c> to</c><00:23:40.259><c> come</c><00:23:40.380><c> in</c><00:23:40.500><c> and</c><00:23:40.579><c> have</c><00:23:40.640><c> some</c><00:23:40.920><c> fun</c><00:23:41.140><c> with</c><00:23:41.339><c> his</c><00:23:41.519><c> life,</c><00:23:41.720><c> not</c>

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on<00:23:41.940><c> this</c><00:23:42.059><c> Bible</c><00:23:42.420><c> study</c><00:23:42.740><c> nonsense.</c>

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And<00:23:43.940><c> they're</c><00:23:44.200><c> keen.</c><00:23:44.680><c> They</c><00:23:44.880><c> want</c><00:23:45.059><c> to</c><00:23:45.279><c> trap</c><00:23:45.420><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:23:46.200><c> the</c><00:23:46.440><c> thinking</c><00:23:46.660><c> of</c><00:23:46.940><c> the</c><00:23:47.039><c> flesh</c><00:23:47.380><c> drawing</c><00:23:47.940><c> us</c><00:23:48.259><c> away</c><00:23:48.700><c> from</c>

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the<00:23:49.880><c> world.</c>

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And<00:23:50.660><c> so</c><00:23:51.039><c> Balak</c><00:23:51.480><c> is</c><00:23:51.980><c> right</c><00:23:52.220><c> on</c><00:23:52.400><c> the</c><00:23:52.579><c> border,</c><00:23:52.900><c> he's</c><00:23:53.000><c> saying,</c><00:23:53.180><c> come</c><00:23:53.380><c> on,</c>

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come<00:23:54.220><c> in</c><00:23:54.420><c> here.</c>

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And<00:23:55.339><c> they</c><00:23:55.539><c> go</c><00:23:55.720><c> in</c><00:23:56.000><c> together.</c>

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And<00:23:57.599><c> in</c><00:23:57.740><c> verse</c><00:23:57.900><c> 38,</c><00:23:58.579><c> Balaam</c><00:23:59.140><c> again,</c><00:23:59.720><c> you</c><00:23:59.940><c> see</c><00:23:59.940><c> this</c><00:24:00.140><c> emphasis</c>

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on<00:24:00.779><c> the</c><00:24:00.940><c> word</c><00:24:01.099><c> of</c><00:24:01.339><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:02.640><c> Balaam</c><00:24:02.960><c> said</c><00:24:03.259><c> unto</c><00:24:03.500><c> Balak,</c><00:24:04.039><c> lo,</c><00:24:04.619><c> I</c><00:24:04.920><c> am</c><00:24:05.079><c> come</c><00:24:05.279><c> unto</c><00:24:05.480><c> thee.</c>

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Have<00:24:06.519><c> I</c><00:24:06.720><c> now</c><00:24:06.859><c> any</c><00:24:07.039><c> power</c><00:24:07.440><c> at</c><00:24:07.660><c> all</c><00:24:07.799><c> to</c><00:24:07.940><c> say</c><00:24:08.200><c> anything?</c>

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The<00:24:09.599><c> word</c><00:24:09.900><c> that</c><00:24:10.079><c> God</c><00:24:10.359><c> put</c><00:24:10.640><c> it</c><00:24:10.720><c> in</c><00:24:10.880><c> my</c><00:24:11.119><c> mouth,</c><00:24:11.759><c> that</c><00:24:12.200><c> shall</c><00:24:12.759><c> I</c><00:24:13.079><c> speak.</c>

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So<00:24:14.460><c> he</c><00:24:15.039><c> even</c><00:24:15.299><c> tells</c><00:24:15.559><c> Balak</c><00:24:15.980><c> now,</c><00:24:16.380><c> look,</c><00:24:16.640><c> I've</c><00:24:16.960><c> come,</c><00:24:17.779><c> we're</c><00:24:17.980><c> going</c><00:24:18.079><c> to</c>

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curse<00:24:18.400><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:24:19.240><c> the</c><00:24:19.559><c> words</c><00:24:19.779><c> that</c><00:24:20.059><c> I</c><00:24:20.180><c> speak,</c><00:24:21.000><c> I</c><00:24:21.039><c> can't</c><00:24:21.400><c> actually,</c><00:24:22.660><c> I</c><00:24:22.980><c> can't</c>

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do<00:24:23.359><c> anything</c><00:24:23.559><c> about</c><00:24:23.880><c> that</c><00:24:24.099><c> unfortunately.</c>

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And<00:24:27.180><c> in</c><00:24:27.339><c> verse</c><00:24:27.500><c> 41</c><00:24:28.039><c> or</c><00:24:28.240><c> verse</c><00:24:28.539><c> 40,</c><00:24:28.980><c> we</c><00:24:29.200><c> see</c><00:24:29.480><c> that</c><00:24:29.759><c> Balak</c><00:24:30.180><c> offered</c><00:24:30.480><c> oxen</c>

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and<00:24:31.099><c> sheep</c>

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and<00:24:32.180><c> sent</c><00:24:32.460><c> to</c><00:24:32.720><c> Balaam</c><00:24:32.960><c> and</c><00:24:33.200><c> to</c><00:24:33.339><c> the</c><00:24:33.500><c> princes</c><00:24:33.740><c> that</c><00:24:33.960><c> were</c><00:24:34.140><c> with</c><00:24:34.319><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:35.880><c> it</c><00:24:36.019><c> came</c><00:24:36.140><c> to</c><00:24:36.299><c> pass</c><00:24:36.539><c> on</c><00:24:36.720><c> the</c><00:24:36.839><c> morrow</c><00:24:37.019><c> that</c><00:24:37.220><c> Balak</c><00:24:37.660><c> took</c><00:24:37.980><c> Balaam</c>

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and<00:24:38.619><c> brought</c><00:24:38.799><c> him</c><00:24:38.960><c> up</c><00:24:39.160><c> into</c><00:24:39.359><c> the</c><00:24:39.579><c> high</c><00:24:39.740><c> places</c><00:24:40.019><c> of</c><00:24:40.279><c> Baal</c>

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that<00:24:41.440><c> thence</c><00:24:41.940><c> he</c><00:24:42.000><c> might</c><00:24:42.259><c> see</c><00:24:42.579><c> the</c><00:24:42.880><c> utmost</c><00:24:43.299><c> part</c><00:24:43.640><c> of</c><00:24:43.740><c> the</c><00:24:43.920><c> people.</c>

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Now<00:24:46.140><c> there's</c><00:24:46.700><c> a</c><00:24:46.880><c> couple</c><00:24:47.079><c> of</c><00:24:47.319><c> things</c><00:24:47.460><c> I</c><00:24:47.579><c> want</c><00:24:47.799><c> to</c><00:24:48.279><c> really</c><00:24:48.640><c> pull</c>

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out<00:24:49.220><c> of</c><00:24:49.400><c> here.</c>

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The<00:24:50.740><c> first</c><00:24:51.059><c> is</c><00:24:51.200><c> that</c><00:24:51.539><c> the</c><00:24:51.859><c> first</c><00:24:52.119><c> person</c><00:24:52.440><c> to</c><00:24:52.720><c> offer</c><00:24:52.980><c> offerings</c>

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here<00:24:53.740><c> is</c><00:24:54.000><c> Balak.</c>

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And<00:24:55.680><c> he</c><00:24:55.740><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:55.960><c> have</c><00:24:56.079><c> been</c><00:24:56.240><c> offering</c><00:24:56.480><c> it</c><00:24:56.740><c> to</c><00:24:57.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:57.660><c> to</c><00:24:57.960><c> God.</c>

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He'd<00:24:58.920><c> be</c><00:24:59.079><c> offering</c><00:24:59.259><c> it</c><00:24:59.440><c> to</c><00:24:59.519><c> his</c><00:24:59.720><c> pagan</c><00:25:00.140><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:25:01.819><c> he</c><00:25:01.980><c> calls</c><00:25:02.299><c> Balaam</c><00:25:03.539><c> and</c><00:25:03.920><c> then</c><00:25:04.240><c> he</c><00:25:04.460><c> takes</c><00:25:04.599><c> him</c><00:25:04.720><c> up</c><00:25:04.900><c> to</c><00:25:05.019><c> the</c>

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high<00:25:05.420><c> places</c><00:25:06.240><c> of</c><00:25:07.119><c> Baal,</c><00:25:07.720><c> notice,</c>

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and<00:25:09.259><c> from</c><00:25:09.640><c> the</c><00:25:09.880><c> high</c><00:25:10.160><c> places</c><00:25:11.339><c> they</c><00:25:13.700><c> could</c><00:25:14.099><c> see</c><00:25:14.819><c> parts</c><00:25:15.339><c> of</c><00:25:15.660><c> the</c>

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people<00:25:16.019><c> of</c><00:25:16.279><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:25:19.180><c> we</c><00:25:19.740><c> know</c><00:25:20.220><c> that</c><00:25:20.779><c> in</c><00:25:20.980><c> these</c><00:25:21.240><c> high</c><00:25:21.460><c> places</c><00:25:22.299><c> great</c><00:25:23.359><c> immorality</c><00:25:24.000><c> took</c><00:25:24.319><c> place.</c>

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:29.299
There<00:25:26.640><c> were</c><00:25:27.079><c> all</c><00:25:27.299><c> sorts</c><00:25:27.559><c> going</c><00:25:27.799><c> on</c><00:25:28.039><c> there</c><00:25:28.259><c> that</c><00:25:28.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:25:28.839><c> even</c><00:25:29.059><c> be</c>

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:31.160
spoken<00:25:29.619><c> of</c><00:25:29.799><c> by</c><00:25:30.160><c> saints,</c>

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:35.140
as<00:25:31.740><c> we</c><00:25:32.039><c> will</c><00:25:32.299><c> see</c><00:25:32.460><c> as</c><00:25:33.079><c> the</c><00:25:33.359><c> story</c><00:25:33.680><c> unfolds.</c>

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:41.539
And<00:25:36.440><c> it</c><00:25:36.599><c> seems</c><00:25:36.799><c> to</c><00:25:37.000><c> me</c><00:25:37.200><c> that</c><00:25:37.460><c> Balaam</c><00:25:37.720><c> is</c><00:25:37.960><c> very</c><00:25:38.240><c> much</c><00:25:38.619><c> influenced</c><00:25:39.519><c> by</c><00:25:40.000><c> Balak</c><00:25:40.460><c> here.</c>

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:44.980
You<00:25:42.160><c> see,</c><00:25:42.279><c> when</c><00:25:42.480><c> we</c><00:25:42.740><c> put</c><00:25:42.920><c> ourselves</c><00:25:43.420><c> in</c><00:25:43.599><c> a</c><00:25:43.880><c> compromising</c><00:25:44.380><c> situation,</c>

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:48.880
it's<00:25:45.180><c> very</c><00:25:45.500><c> difficult</c><00:25:46.039><c> for</c><00:25:46.339><c> us</c><00:25:46.700><c> not</c><00:25:46.980><c> to</c><00:25:47.240><c> join</c><00:25:47.460><c> in</c><00:25:47.660><c> with</c><00:25:47.839><c> the</c><00:25:48.000><c> world.</c>

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.839
It<00:25:49.559><c> becomes</c><00:25:49.859><c> almost</c><00:25:50.180><c> impossible</c><00:25:50.779><c> because</c><00:25:51.759><c> the</c><00:25:52.240><c> fleshly</c><00:25:52.619><c> mind</c>

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.279
is<00:25:53.019><c> so</c><00:25:53.259><c> powerful.</c>

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:57.099
And<00:25:55.400><c> this</c><00:25:55.680><c> is</c><00:25:55.920><c> the</c><00:25:56.039><c> doctrine</c><00:25:56.299><c> of</c><00:25:56.619><c> Balaam,</c><00:25:57.000><c> you</c><00:25:57.000><c> see,</c>

00:25:57.180 --> 00:26:01.500
because<00:25:57.680><c> it</c><00:25:58.160><c> puts</c><00:25:58.420><c> the</c><00:25:58.759><c> flesh</c><00:25:59.079><c> above</c><00:25:59.839><c> the</c><00:26:00.140><c> Spirit</c><00:26:00.440><c> of</c><00:26:00.619><c> God.</c>

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:06.819
And<00:26:02.279><c> the</c><00:26:02.420><c> reason</c><00:26:02.619><c> why</c><00:26:02.819><c> I</c><00:26:03.059><c> think</c><00:26:04.019><c> that</c><00:26:05.440><c> it's</c><00:26:06.160><c> influenced</c><00:26:06.539><c> Balaam</c>

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:10.200
is<00:26:07.059><c> because</c><00:26:07.500><c> in</c><00:26:08.359><c> verse</c><00:26:08.660><c> one</c><00:26:09.140><c> of</c><00:26:09.359><c> chapter</c><00:26:09.640><c> 23</c>

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:15.980
we<00:26:10.400><c> see</c><00:26:11.119><c> that</c><00:26:12.160><c> both</c><00:26:13.200><c> Balaam,</c><00:26:14.059><c> or</c><00:26:14.259><c> verse</c><00:26:14.559><c> two,</c>

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:25.519
both<00:26:17.240><c> Balak</c><00:26:17.779><c> and</c><00:26:18.279><c> Balaam,</c><00:26:19.339><c> they</c><00:26:19.559><c> both</c><00:26:19.940><c> together</c><00:26:20.759><c> offer</c><00:26:21.900><c> offerings</c><00:26:22.640><c> on</c><00:26:23.440><c> altars.</c>

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:29.579
So<00:26:25.980><c> Balaam,</c><00:26:26.779><c> instead</c><00:26:26.940><c> of</c><00:26:26.960><c> being</c><00:26:27.160><c> a</c><00:26:27.279><c> good</c><00:26:27.440><c> influence</c><00:26:28.099><c> to</c><00:26:29.160><c> Balak</c>

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:32.579
and<00:26:30.059><c> kind</c><00:26:30.220><c> of</c><00:26:30.559><c> telling</c><00:26:30.740><c> him</c><00:26:30.960><c> about</c><00:26:31.220><c> God's</c><00:26:31.579><c> ways</c><00:26:31.859><c> and</c><00:26:32.240><c> trying</c>

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:35.359
to<00:26:33.400><c> encourage</c><00:26:33.819><c> him</c><00:26:34.059><c> to</c><00:26:34.440><c> learn</c><00:26:34.680><c> about</c><00:26:34.900><c> the</c><00:26:35.099><c> truth,</c>

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.980
he<00:26:36.059><c> joins</c><00:26:36.420><c> in</c><00:26:36.680><c> with</c><00:26:36.859><c> the</c><00:26:37.019><c> world.</c>

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:41.539
And<00:26:38.940><c> so</c><00:26:39.099><c> we</c><00:26:39.319><c> see</c><00:26:39.480><c> there</c><00:26:39.660><c> that</c><00:26:39.799><c> his</c><00:26:40.000><c> advice</c><00:26:40.480><c> to</c><00:26:40.720><c> Balak</c><00:26:41.099><c> was</c>

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:44.319
to<00:26:42.000><c> build</c><00:26:42.339><c> me</c><00:26:42.700><c> here</c><00:26:43.000><c> seven</c><00:26:43.539><c> altars</c>

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:49.579
and<00:26:44.859><c> prepare</c><00:26:45.220><c> me</c><00:26:45.519><c> here</c><00:26:46.000><c> seven</c><00:26:46.480><c> oxen</c><00:26:47.200><c> and</c><00:26:47.680><c> seven</c><00:26:48.039><c> rams.</c>

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:53.799
And<00:26:50.859><c> it</c><00:26:50.980><c> seems</c><00:26:51.140><c> to</c><00:26:51.299><c> me</c><00:26:51.400><c> that</c><00:26:51.500><c> they're</c><00:26:51.720><c> still</c><00:26:51.940><c> up</c><00:26:52.220><c> in</c><00:26:52.400><c> those</c><00:26:52.680><c> high</c><00:26:52.859><c> places</c><00:26:53.180><c> of</c><00:26:53.460><c> Baal</c>

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:57.440
because<00:26:54.180><c> he</c><00:26:54.519><c> specifically</c><00:26:54.779><c> says</c><00:26:55.059><c> build</c><00:26:55.640><c> me</c><00:26:55.960><c> here</c><00:26:56.420><c> seven</c><00:26:56.900><c> altars.</c>

00:26:57.579 --> 00:27:02.500
And<00:26:57.859><c> as</c><00:26:58.000><c> we</c><00:26:58.119><c> go</c><00:26:58.220><c> through</c><00:26:58.480><c> chapter</c><00:26:58.819><c> 23</c><00:26:59.660><c> we</c><00:27:00.700><c> find</c><00:27:01.519><c> that</c><00:27:01.920><c> actually</c>

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:08.160
there<00:27:02.920><c> are</c><00:27:04.339><c> almost,</c><00:27:05.160><c> I</c><00:27:05.480><c> think,</c><00:27:05.920><c> I</c><00:27:05.920><c> counted,</c><00:27:06.279><c> 21</c><00:27:06.960><c> altars</c><00:27:07.880><c> that</c>

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.279
are<00:27:08.359><c> set</c><00:27:08.599><c> up</c><00:27:08.900><c> around</c><00:27:09.259><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:13.539
And<00:27:11.220><c> as</c><00:27:11.380><c> I</c><00:27:11.500><c> say,</c><00:27:11.740><c> these</c><00:27:11.839><c> great</c><00:27:12.140><c> sexual</c><00:27:12.519><c> acts</c><00:27:12.759><c> of</c><00:27:12.980><c> immorality</c>

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:16.279
were<00:27:14.339><c> committed</c><00:27:14.900><c> in</c><00:27:15.519><c> these</c><00:27:15.759><c> places.</c>

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:19.859
And<00:27:16.980><c> if</c><00:27:17.640><c> they</c><00:27:18.119><c> could</c><00:27:18.339><c> see</c><00:27:18.539><c> part</c><00:27:18.779><c> of</c><00:27:18.940><c> the</c><00:27:19.099><c> people</c><00:27:19.380><c> from</c><00:27:19.599><c> these</c>

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.940
high<00:27:20.039><c> places,</c>

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:23.519
you<00:27:21.119><c> can</c><00:27:21.359><c> bet</c><00:27:21.480><c> your</c><00:27:21.660><c> bottom</c><00:27:21.900><c> dollar</c><00:27:22.119><c> that</c><00:27:22.339><c> the</c><00:27:22.579><c> people</c><00:27:23.140><c> could</c>

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:26.599
see<00:27:23.799><c> them</c><00:27:24.440><c> from</c><00:27:25.119><c> their</c><00:27:25.480><c> location.</c>

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:29.039
And<00:27:27.619><c> this</c><00:27:27.839><c> is</c><00:27:28.039><c> why</c><00:27:28.200><c> it</c><00:27:28.279><c> was</c><00:27:28.480><c> so</c><00:27:28.720><c> dangerous.</c>

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:33.980
And<00:27:29.240><c> this</c><00:27:29.460><c> is</c><00:27:29.700><c> why</c><00:27:30.299><c> Israel</c><00:27:30.960><c> was</c><00:27:31.460><c> so</c><00:27:32.119><c> keen</c><00:27:32.599><c> to</c><00:27:33.220><c> go</c><00:27:33.519><c> running</c><00:27:33.740><c> off</c>

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.279
up<00:27:34.119><c> into</c><00:27:34.319><c> these</c><00:27:34.599><c> high</c><00:27:34.819><c> places</c>

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:37.019
to<00:27:35.799><c> join</c><00:27:36.079><c> in</c><00:27:36.259><c> with</c><00:27:36.480><c> this</c><00:27:36.700><c> worship.</c>

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.900
It<00:27:37.440><c> wasn't</c><00:27:37.720><c> just</c><00:27:38.200><c> offering</c><00:27:38.500><c> and</c><00:27:38.700><c> offering.</c>

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.140
There<00:27:39.099><c> were</c><00:27:39.319><c> all</c><00:27:39.519><c> sorts</c><00:27:39.759><c> of</c><00:27:40.019><c> fleshly</c><00:27:40.380><c> things</c><00:27:40.599><c> going</c><00:27:40.859><c> on.</c>

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:51.339
So<00:27:45.380><c> we</c><00:27:45.900><c> then</c><00:27:46.259><c> have,</c><00:27:46.839><c> in</c><00:27:47.420><c> verses</c><00:27:47.839><c> 6</c><00:27:49.099><c> to</c><00:27:50.720><c> 10,</c>

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:54.160
we<00:27:51.779><c> have,</c><00:27:52.299><c> and</c><00:27:52.900><c> we</c><00:27:53.000><c> can't</c><00:27:53.220><c> spend</c><00:27:53.400><c> too</c><00:27:53.680><c> much</c><00:27:53.859><c> on</c><00:27:54.039><c> this,</c>

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:58.000
we<00:27:54.279><c> have</c><00:27:54.559><c> Balaam</c><00:27:55.339><c> actually</c><00:27:56.059><c> blessing</c><00:27:56.460><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.599
We<00:27:58.099><c> see</c><00:27:58.200><c> this</c><00:27:58.359><c> is</c><00:27:58.519><c> another</c><00:27:58.680><c> characteristic</c><00:27:59.460><c> of</c><00:27:59.660><c> Balaam,</c>

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:05.859
because<00:28:02.119><c> Balaam,</c><00:28:03.119><c> all</c><00:28:03.319><c> his</c><00:28:03.480><c> actions</c><00:28:04.000><c> were</c><00:28:04.319><c> completely</c><00:28:04.880><c> against</c><00:28:05.619><c> what</c>

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.019
God<00:28:06.079><c> wanted</c><00:28:06.380><c> him</c><00:28:06.579><c> to</c><00:28:06.759><c> do.</c>

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:09.940
But<00:28:07.319><c> his</c><00:28:07.500><c> words</c><00:28:08.259><c> were</c><00:28:08.700><c> squeaky</c><00:28:09.039><c> clean.</c>

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:14.700
Now<00:28:11.220><c> I</c><00:28:11.259><c> think</c><00:28:11.579><c> we</c><00:28:11.940><c> have</c><00:28:12.359><c> a</c><00:28:12.579><c> lesson</c><00:28:12.819><c> really</c><00:28:13.720><c> in</c><00:28:14.180><c> this,</c><00:28:14.619><c> brethren</c>

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.579
and<00:28:14.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:20.119
because<00:28:18.140><c> we</c><00:28:18.619><c> can</c><00:28:18.960><c> say</c><00:28:19.099><c> all</c><00:28:19.259><c> the</c><00:28:19.359><c> right</c><00:28:19.500><c> things,</c><00:28:19.819><c> can't</c><00:28:19.980><c> we?</c>

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:23.940
We<00:28:20.240><c> know</c><00:28:20.400><c> what</c><00:28:20.579><c> to</c><00:28:20.779><c> say,</c><00:28:22.160><c> especially</c><00:28:22.720><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.160><c> and</c><00:28:23.579><c> the</c><00:28:23.640><c> platform,</c>

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.460
it's<00:28:24.140><c> easy</c><00:28:24.319><c> for</c><00:28:24.480><c> me</c><00:28:24.640><c> to</c><00:28:24.759><c> say</c><00:28:24.980><c> these</c><00:28:25.220><c> things.</c>

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:27.920
It's<00:28:25.920><c> a</c><00:28:26.000><c> lot</c><00:28:26.099><c> more</c><00:28:26.339><c> difficult</c><00:28:26.660><c> to</c><00:28:26.900><c> do</c><00:28:27.059><c> them.</c>

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:32.619
And<00:28:28.480><c> I</c><00:28:28.579><c> think</c><00:28:28.759><c> we</c><00:28:28.960><c> have</c><00:28:29.180><c> to</c><00:28:29.940><c> remind</c><00:28:30.559><c> ourselves</c><00:28:31.079><c> often</c><00:28:31.500><c> that</c>

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:36.900
we<00:28:33.119><c> need</c><00:28:33.359><c> to</c><00:28:34.099><c> make</c><00:28:34.500><c> sure</c><00:28:34.720><c> that</c><00:28:34.940><c> our</c><00:28:35.140><c> actions</c><00:28:35.819><c> are</c><00:28:36.500><c> marrying</c><00:28:36.720><c> up</c>

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:38.420
with<00:28:37.099><c> our</c><00:28:37.339><c> words,</c>

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:40.220
unlike<00:28:38.799><c> Balaam</c><00:28:39.220><c> here.</c>

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.720
So<00:28:42.240><c> we</c><00:28:42.539><c> have</c><00:28:42.759><c> then</c><00:28:42.940><c> here</c><00:28:43.240><c> this</c><00:28:43.500><c> mixed</c><00:28:43.859><c> worship</c><00:28:44.240><c> with</c><00:28:44.460><c> the</c><00:28:44.559><c> world,</c>

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:46.359
another<00:28:45.079><c> characteristic</c><00:28:45.799><c> of</c><00:28:46.019><c> Balaam.</c>

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:50.480
And<00:28:46.619><c> as</c><00:28:46.799><c> we</c><00:28:46.960><c> say,</c><00:28:47.200><c> all</c><00:28:47.299><c> the</c><00:28:47.400><c> way</c><00:28:47.539><c> through</c><00:28:48.460><c> chapter</c><00:28:49.319><c> 23,</c><00:28:50.140><c> we've</c>

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:52.019
got<00:28:50.640><c> verses</c><00:28:50.940><c> 11</c><00:28:51.279><c> to</c><00:28:51.460><c> 13,</c>

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:55.500
Balaam's<00:28:52.640><c> confusion,</c><00:28:53.559><c> he</c><00:28:53.740><c> doesn't</c><00:28:54.000><c> understand</c><00:28:54.339><c> what's</c><00:28:54.559><c> going</c><00:28:54.759><c> on,</c>

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:59.839
Balaam<00:28:55.920><c> is</c><00:28:56.680><c> causing</c><00:28:57.660><c> all</c><00:28:57.940><c> these</c><00:28:58.779><c> authors</c><00:28:59.119><c> to</c><00:28:59.319><c> be</c><00:28:59.519><c> set</c><00:28:59.700><c> up,</c>

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.980
and<00:29:00.039><c> yet</c><00:29:00.200><c> there</c><00:29:00.420><c> he</c><00:29:00.539><c> is</c><00:29:00.700><c> blessing</c><00:29:01.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:05.460
And<00:29:02.299><c> Balaam</c><00:29:02.579><c> can't</c><00:29:02.980><c> understand</c><00:29:03.380><c> it,</c><00:29:03.579><c> so</c><00:29:03.740><c> he</c><00:29:03.839><c> tries</c><00:29:04.059><c> to</c><00:29:04.299><c> get</c><00:29:04.740><c> Balaam</c><00:29:05.200><c> to</c>

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.240
curse<00:29:05.740><c> Israel,</c>

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.579
but<00:29:07.059><c> he</c><00:29:07.299><c> can't,</c><00:29:07.660><c> he</c><00:29:07.779><c> just</c><00:29:08.059><c> can't</c><00:29:08.279><c> do</c><00:29:08.460><c> it.</c>

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:10.859
He's<00:29:08.940><c> compelled</c><00:29:09.299><c> not</c><00:29:09.579><c> to</c><00:29:09.779><c> by</c><00:29:10.500><c> God.</c>

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:16.680
And<00:29:11.900><c> it</c><00:29:12.180><c> happens</c><00:29:12.519><c> three</c><00:29:12.920><c> times</c><00:29:13.920><c> where</c><00:29:15.279><c> Balaam</c><00:29:16.059><c> desperately</c>

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:22.460
tries<00:29:17.339><c> to</c><00:29:18.519><c> get</c><00:29:19.160><c> Balaam</c><00:29:20.059><c> to</c><00:29:20.980><c> curse</c><00:29:21.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:24.720
And<00:29:22.700><c> he</c><00:29:23.079><c> can't</c><00:29:23.420><c> do</c><00:29:23.599><c> it.</c>

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:30.440
And<00:29:25.000><c> in</c><00:29:25.180><c> chapter</c><00:29:26.259><c> 24,</c><00:29:27.339><c> in</c><00:29:27.359><c> fact,</c><00:29:28.980><c> the</c><00:29:29.019><c> whole</c><00:29:29.200><c> of</c><00:29:29.420><c> the</c><00:29:29.559><c> chapter</c>

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:34.740
almost<00:29:31.339><c> is</c><00:29:32.200><c> a</c><00:29:33.079><c> prophecy</c><00:29:33.559><c> of</c><00:29:33.779><c> Balaam.</c>

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.400
And<00:29:34.960><c> maybe</c><00:29:35.079><c> we</c><00:29:35.160><c> could</c><00:29:35.319><c> do</c><00:29:35.460><c> this</c><00:29:35.640><c> as</c><00:29:35.799><c> another</c><00:29:36.059><c> study,</c>

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:40.079
because<00:29:36.839><c> Balaam</c><00:29:37.259><c> has</c><00:29:37.380><c> some</c><00:29:37.900><c> actually</c><00:29:38.660><c> remarkable</c><00:29:39.559><c> prophecies.</c>

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:44.480
He<00:29:40.440><c> does</c><00:29:40.819><c> a</c><00:29:41.079><c> prophecy</c><00:29:41.339><c> about</c><00:29:41.640><c> the</c><00:29:42.039><c> star</c><00:29:42.400><c> of</c><00:29:42.599><c> Jacob</c><00:29:43.079><c> in</c><00:29:43.619><c> verse</c><00:29:43.940><c> 19,</c>

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:46.420
out<00:29:44.740><c> of</c><00:29:44.980><c> Jacob</c><00:29:45.500><c> of</c><00:29:45.759><c> chapter</c><00:29:45.960><c> 24,</c>

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:50.200
shall<00:29:46.960><c> come</c><00:29:47.299><c> he</c><00:29:47.500><c> that</c><00:29:47.799><c> shall</c><00:29:48.039><c> have</c><00:29:48.319><c> dominance</c><00:29:48.900><c> and</c><00:29:49.440><c> shall</c><00:29:49.619><c> destroy</c><00:29:50.000><c> him</c>

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:52.000
that<00:29:50.440><c> remaineth</c><00:29:50.859><c> of</c><00:29:51.000><c> the</c><00:29:51.259><c> city.</c>

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:54.680
And<00:29:52.200><c> in</c><00:29:52.900><c> verse</c><00:29:53.079><c> 17,</c><00:29:53.579><c> the</c><00:29:53.759><c> star</c><00:29:54.039><c> is</c><00:29:54.240><c> mentioned.</c>

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.980
And<00:29:55.200><c> it's</c><00:29:55.400><c> absolutely</c><00:29:55.640><c> amazing,</c><00:29:56.019><c> he</c><00:29:56.160><c> actually</c><00:29:56.460><c> prophesies</c>

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:59.700
of<00:29:57.119><c> the</c><00:29:57.220><c> Lord</c><00:29:57.400><c> Jesus</c><00:29:57.779><c> Christ</c><00:29:58.119><c> coming</c><00:29:58.339><c> out</c><00:29:58.599><c> of</c><00:29:58.740><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.539
But<00:30:00.660><c> we</c><00:30:01.099><c> don't</c><00:30:01.299><c> have</c><00:30:01.579><c> time</c><00:30:01.859><c> to</c><00:30:02.180><c> spend</c><00:30:02.460><c> too</c><00:30:02.819><c> long</c><00:30:02.960><c> on</c><00:30:03.259><c> that,</c>

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:07.880
because<00:30:04.019><c> we're</c><00:30:04.420><c> considering</c><00:30:04.799><c> his</c><00:30:05.599><c> doctrine</c><00:30:06.059><c> and</c><00:30:06.259><c> the</c><00:30:06.519><c> actions</c><00:30:06.960><c> that</c>

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he<00:30:08.059><c> committed.</c>

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:15.940
So<00:30:12.579><c> we</c><00:30:12.720><c> get</c><00:30:12.940><c> to</c><00:30:13.400><c> Numbers</c><00:30:13.720><c> chapter</c><00:30:14.140><c> 25</c><00:30:14.839><c> now.</c>

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:20.900
And<00:30:16.880><c> we</c><00:30:17.099><c> see</c><00:30:17.319><c> the</c><00:30:17.579><c> results</c><00:30:18.140><c> of</c><00:30:19.259><c> compromise</c><00:30:19.799><c> with</c><00:30:20.019><c> the</c><00:30:20.220><c> world</c>

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:25.759
quite<00:30:21.900><c> badly</c><00:30:22.259><c> here</c><00:30:22.940><c> in</c><00:30:23.700><c> chapter</c><00:30:24.059><c> 25.</c>

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:29.740
And<00:30:27.539><c> Israel</c><00:30:27.880><c> abode</c><00:30:28.359><c> in</c><00:30:28.700><c> Shittim,</c>

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.819
and<00:30:30.279><c> the</c><00:30:30.460><c> people</c><00:30:31.039><c> began</c><00:30:31.619><c> to</c><00:30:31.920><c> commit</c><00:30:32.119><c> whoredom</c><00:30:32.779><c> with</c><00:30:33.079><c> the</c><00:30:33.279><c> daughters</c><00:30:33.519><c> of</c><00:30:33.740><c> Moab.</c>

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.440
They<00:30:33.980><c> could</c><00:30:34.259><c> see</c><00:30:34.460><c> this</c><00:30:35.200><c> false</c><00:30:35.500><c> worship,</c><00:30:36.339><c> this</c><00:30:36.500><c> immorality</c><00:30:37.000><c> going</c><00:30:37.240><c> on</c>

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up<00:30:37.579><c> in</c><00:30:37.680><c> the</c><00:30:37.839><c> hills,</c>

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:41.940
and<00:30:38.440><c> they</c><00:30:38.680><c> began</c><00:30:39.099><c> to</c><00:30:39.859><c> commit</c><00:30:40.259><c> that</c><00:30:40.839><c> whoredom</c><00:30:41.099><c> with</c><00:30:41.319><c> them.</c>

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:44.059
And<00:30:42.279><c> we</c><00:30:42.299><c> can</c><00:30:42.460><c> see</c><00:30:42.640><c> how</c><00:30:42.859><c> the</c><00:30:43.039><c> doctrine</c><00:30:43.299><c> of</c><00:30:43.500><c> Balaam</c><00:30:43.759><c> spreads.</c>

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:47.079
Not<00:30:44.259><c> only</c><00:30:44.460><c> is</c><00:30:44.640><c> it</c><00:30:44.680><c> just</c><00:30:44.980><c> him</c><00:30:45.160><c> now</c><00:30:45.660><c> in</c><00:30:45.960><c> the</c><00:30:46.140><c> world,</c>

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:50.099
the<00:30:48.279><c> way</c><00:30:48.519><c> he's</c><00:30:48.720><c> gone</c><00:30:48.900><c> about</c><00:30:49.140><c> things</c><00:30:49.380><c> has</c><00:30:49.579><c> meant</c><00:30:49.700><c> that</c><00:30:49.900><c> other</c>

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:53.359
brethren<00:30:50.339><c> and</c><00:30:50.539><c> sisters</c><00:30:51.019><c> from</c><00:30:52.019><c> children</c><00:30:52.880><c> of</c><00:30:53.039><c> Israel,</c>

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:57.400
they've<00:30:54.019><c> also</c><00:30:54.319><c> now</c><00:30:54.599><c> been</c><00:30:54.880><c> dragged</c><00:30:55.220><c> into</c><00:30:55.900><c> this</c><00:30:56.099><c> situation.</c>

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:03.599
Verse<00:30:58.940><c> 2,</c><00:30:59.259><c> And</c><00:30:59.339><c> they</c><00:30:59.579><c> called</c><00:30:59.819><c> the</c><00:31:00.079><c> people</c><00:31:00.480><c> unto</c><00:31:00.819><c> the</c><00:31:01.160><c> sacrifices</c><00:31:01.700><c> of</c><00:31:02.140><c> their</c><00:31:02.480><c> gods,</c>

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.240
and<00:31:04.180><c> the</c><00:31:04.319><c> people</c><00:31:04.539><c> did</c><00:31:04.740><c> eat</c><00:31:04.980><c> and</c><00:31:05.180><c> bow</c><00:31:05.420><c> down</c><00:31:05.640><c> to</c><00:31:05.779><c> their</c><00:31:06.000><c> gods.</c>

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:09.420
How<00:31:06.940><c> strong</c><00:31:07.660><c> is</c><00:31:07.839><c> the</c><00:31:08.059><c> call,</c><00:31:08.380><c> brethren</c><00:31:08.440><c> and</c><00:31:08.640><c> sisters,</c><00:31:09.240><c> from</c>

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.119
this<00:31:09.779><c> world,</c>

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:12.759
calling<00:31:10.640><c> us</c><00:31:11.160><c> to</c><00:31:11.460><c> go</c><00:31:11.640><c> and</c><00:31:11.799><c> worship</c><00:31:12.019><c> their</c><00:31:12.299><c> gods?</c>

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:15.079
It's<00:31:13.420><c> very</c><00:31:13.680><c> strong,</c><00:31:14.039><c> isn't</c><00:31:14.180><c> it?</c>

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.099
And<00:31:15.519><c> we've</c><00:31:15.740><c> got</c><00:31:15.799><c> to</c><00:31:15.900><c> be</c><00:31:15.960><c> able</c><00:31:16.119><c> to</c><00:31:16.279><c> try</c><00:31:16.440><c> and</c><00:31:16.599><c> resist</c><00:31:16.900><c> it.</c>

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:24.240
Verse<00:31:18.619><c> 3,</c><00:31:18.920><c> And</c><00:31:19.140><c> Israel</c><00:31:19.619><c> joined</c><00:31:20.319><c> himself</c><00:31:21.480><c> unto</c><00:31:21.960><c> Baal</c><00:31:22.400><c>-Peel.</c>

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:29.599
They<00:31:26.880><c> joined</c><00:31:27.059><c> themselves</c><00:31:27.519><c> with</c><00:31:27.799><c> these</c><00:31:28.339><c> Midianitish</c><00:31:29.220><c> and</c>

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.440
Moabitish<00:31:30.319><c> women,</c>

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:38.240
and<00:31:34.299><c> basically</c><00:31:34.859><c> they</c><00:31:36.339><c> sin</c><00:31:36.559><c> in</c><00:31:36.759><c> this</c><00:31:37.000><c> way.</c>

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:42.220
And<00:31:38.720><c> so</c><00:31:38.900><c> the</c><00:31:39.180><c> anger</c><00:31:39.500><c> of</c><00:31:39.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:40.000><c> was</c><00:31:40.279><c> kindled</c><00:31:40.680><c> against</c><00:31:41.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:46.440
And<00:31:43.880><c> verse</c><00:31:44.059><c> 4,</c><00:31:45.380><c> And</c><00:31:45.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:45.759><c> said</c><00:31:45.900><c> unto</c><00:31:46.099><c> Moses,</c>

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:52.099
Take<00:31:46.819><c> all</c><00:31:47.160><c> the</c><00:31:47.359><c> heads</c><00:31:47.680><c> of</c><00:31:47.839><c> the</c><00:31:48.019><c> people</c><00:31:48.559><c> and</c><00:31:48.980><c> hang</c><00:31:49.279><c> them</c><00:31:49.420><c> up</c><00:31:49.680><c> before</c><00:31:49.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:50.420><c> against</c><00:31:50.779><c> the</c><00:31:51.039><c> sun,</c>

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:55.559
that<00:31:52.319><c> the</c><00:31:52.599><c> fierce</c><00:31:52.880><c> anger</c><00:31:53.259><c> of</c><00:31:53.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:53.740><c> may</c><00:31:53.960><c> be</c><00:31:54.180><c> turned</c><00:31:54.920><c> away</c>

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.339
from<00:31:55.779><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:58.759
And<00:31:57.299><c> Moses</c><00:31:57.539><c> said</c><00:31:57.720><c> unto</c><00:31:57.900><c> the</c><00:31:58.099><c> judges</c><00:31:58.359><c> of</c><00:31:58.539><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:05.339
Slay<00:31:59.440><c> ye</c><00:31:59.720><c> everyone</c><00:32:00.339><c> as</c><00:32:00.640><c> men</c><00:32:01.240><c> that</c><00:32:01.660><c> were</c><00:32:01.920><c> joined</c><00:32:02.599><c> unto</c><00:32:03.140><c> Baal</c><00:32:03.539><c>-Peel.</c>

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:09.059
It's<00:32:07.599><c> terrible,</c><00:32:08.339><c> isn't</c><00:32:08.400><c> it,</c><00:32:08.539><c> brethren</c><00:32:08.720><c> and</c><00:32:08.920><c> sisters?</c>

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:12.380
These<00:32:09.359><c> are</c><00:32:09.859><c> people</c><00:32:10.319><c> who</c><00:32:11.019><c> know</c><00:32:11.400><c> the</c><00:32:11.680><c> truth,</c>

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:17.640
and<00:32:13.059><c> yet</c><00:32:13.519><c> the</c><00:32:14.220><c> wages</c><00:32:14.720><c> of</c><00:32:15.200><c> unrighteousness</c><00:32:16.680><c> had</c><00:32:17.059><c> tempted</c><00:32:17.319><c> them</c>

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:20.119
away<00:32:17.900><c> from</c><00:32:18.160><c> the</c><00:32:18.359><c> wages</c><00:32:18.660><c> of</c><00:32:19.000><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:23.099
Personal<00:32:22.000><c> gain.</c>

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:26.460
Verse<00:32:24.299><c> 6,</c><00:32:24.680><c> if</c><00:32:24.859><c> this</c><00:32:25.059><c> wasn't</c><00:32:25.279><c> bad</c><00:32:25.500><c> enough,</c><00:32:25.799><c> verse</c><00:32:25.980><c> 6,</c>

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:30.960
And<00:32:26.660><c> behold,</c><00:32:27.839><c> one</c><00:32:28.259><c> of</c><00:32:28.460><c> the</c><00:32:28.619><c> children</c><00:32:28.819><c> of</c><00:32:28.900><c> Israel</c><00:32:29.220><c> came</c><00:32:29.839><c> and</c>

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.059
brought<00:32:31.220><c> unto</c><00:32:31.460><c> his</c><00:32:31.720><c> brethren</c>

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:34.779
a<00:32:32.420><c> Midianitish</c><00:32:33.039><c> woman</c><00:32:33.339><c> in</c><00:32:33.640><c> the</c><00:32:33.920><c> sight</c><00:32:34.119><c> of</c><00:32:34.359><c> Moses</c>

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:38.339
and<00:32:35.480><c> in</c><00:32:35.680><c> the</c><00:32:35.839><c> sight</c><00:32:36.019><c> of</c><00:32:36.460><c> all</c><00:32:36.700><c> the</c><00:32:36.940><c> congregation</c><00:32:37.380><c> of</c><00:32:37.539><c> the</c><00:32:37.660><c> children</c><00:32:37.859><c> of</c><00:32:38.000><c> Israel</c>

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:41.059
who<00:32:38.720><c> were</c><00:32:39.000><c> weeping</c><00:32:39.460><c> before</c><00:32:39.779><c> the</c><00:32:40.000><c> door</c><00:32:40.160><c> of</c><00:32:40.380><c> the</c><00:32:40.500><c> tabernacle</c><00:32:40.859><c> of</c>

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.279
the<00:32:41.240><c> congregation.</c>

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.359
And<00:32:44.579><c> we</c><00:32:44.680><c> can</c><00:32:44.900><c> see</c><00:32:45.079><c> how</c><00:32:45.240><c> this</c><00:32:45.480><c> influence</c><00:32:45.759><c> spreads,</c>

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:50.099
because<00:32:47.119><c> now</c><00:32:47.839><c> they're</c><00:32:48.599><c> not</c><00:32:48.759><c> just</c><00:32:48.940><c> going</c><00:32:49.079><c> up</c><00:32:49.259><c> into</c><00:32:49.440><c> the</c><00:32:49.660><c> hills</c>

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.720
to<00:32:50.440><c> do</c><00:32:50.619><c> this</c><00:32:50.900><c> thing.</c>

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:55.400
We've<00:32:52.259><c> got</c><00:32:52.380><c> one</c><00:32:52.579><c> of</c><00:32:52.740><c> them,</c><00:32:53.640><c> and</c><00:32:53.859><c> he</c><00:32:54.000><c> brings</c><00:32:54.220><c> it</c><00:32:54.480><c> right</c><00:32:54.640><c> down</c><00:32:54.839><c> into</c><00:32:55.019><c> the</c><00:32:55.099><c> middle</c><00:32:55.220><c> of</c>

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.519
the<00:32:55.559><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:58.579
And<00:32:56.720><c> he</c><00:32:56.839><c> does</c><00:32:57.000><c> it</c><00:32:57.220><c> in</c><00:32:57.339><c> front</c><00:32:57.480><c> of</c><00:32:57.640><c> all</c><00:32:57.759><c> the</c><00:32:57.960><c> people</c><00:32:58.220><c> that</c><00:32:58.359><c> were</c>

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.680
worried<00:32:58.779><c> about</c><00:32:58.980><c> this</c><00:32:59.160><c> situation</c>

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:02.000
and<00:32:59.920><c> who</c><00:33:00.059><c> were</c><00:33:00.400><c> mourning</c><00:33:00.759><c> and</c><00:33:00.980><c> no</c><00:33:01.099><c> doubt</c><00:33:01.299><c> pleading</c>

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.700
for<00:33:02.420><c> the</c><00:33:02.640><c> lives</c><00:33:02.920><c> of</c><00:33:03.480><c> their</c><00:33:04.000><c> brethren</c><00:33:04.319><c> and</c><00:33:04.559><c> sisters</c><00:33:04.980><c> who</c><00:33:05.400><c> would</c>

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.819
surely<00:33:05.960><c> have</c><00:33:06.160><c> been</c><00:33:06.440><c> slain.</c>

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:09.759
And<00:33:07.420><c> it</c><00:33:07.559><c> doesn't</c><00:33:07.759><c> seem</c><00:33:08.079><c> that</c><00:33:08.380><c> just</c><00:33:08.839><c> at</c><00:33:09.039><c> that</c><00:33:09.319><c> time</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.740
the<00:33:10.680><c> judgment</c><00:33:11.000><c> of</c><00:33:11.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:11.480><c> had</c><00:33:11.660><c> been</c><00:33:11.819><c> carried</c><00:33:12.039><c> out</c><00:33:12.240><c> by</c><00:33:12.420><c> Moses</c>

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.859
and<00:33:12.920><c> the</c><00:33:13.059><c> judges.</c>

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.799
Just<00:33:14.539><c> as</c><00:33:14.660><c> they're</c><00:33:14.880><c> about</c><00:33:15.019><c> to</c><00:33:15.220><c> do</c><00:33:15.380><c> it,</c>

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:23.500
This<00:33:16.220><c> man,</c><00:33:16.839><c> he</c><00:33:17.440><c> walks</c><00:33:17.779><c> in,</c><00:33:19.599><c> blatantly</c><00:33:20.039><c> disobeying</c><00:33:21.099><c> the</c><00:33:22.559><c> command</c><00:33:22.859><c> of</c><00:33:23.059><c> God.</c>

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:27.599
And<00:33:24.019><c> it</c><00:33:24.920><c> seems</c><00:33:25.220><c> to</c><00:33:25.400><c> me,</c><00:33:25.660><c> he</c><00:33:25.940><c> deliberately</c><00:33:26.200><c> walks</c><00:33:26.680><c> past</c><00:33:27.160><c> everybody</c>

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:30.039
and<00:33:27.900><c> it</c><00:33:28.099><c> says,</c><00:33:28.500><c> in</c><00:33:28.500><c> the</c><00:33:28.740><c> sight</c><00:33:28.920><c> of</c><00:33:29.160><c> Moses,</c>

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:33.000
and<00:33:30.279><c> he</c><00:33:30.420><c> walks</c><00:33:30.680><c> straight</c><00:33:31.079><c> into</c><00:33:31.339><c> his</c><00:33:31.599><c> tent</c><00:33:31.720><c> with</c><00:33:31.920><c> this</c><00:33:32.059><c> woman.</c>

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.839
But<00:33:35.279><c> there's</c><00:33:35.460><c> another</c><00:33:35.660><c> man</c><00:33:35.920><c> sitting</c><00:33:36.119><c> there</c><00:33:36.319><c> that</c><00:33:36.440><c> was</c><00:33:36.599><c> having</c>

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.200
none<00:33:37.079><c> of</c><00:33:37.220><c> it.</c>

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:41.500
And<00:33:39.140><c> this</c><00:33:39.339><c> man</c><00:33:39.539><c> really</c><00:33:40.000><c> stands</c><00:33:40.259><c> as</c><00:33:40.500><c> the</c><00:33:40.700><c> complete</c><00:33:40.880><c> opposite</c>

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:43.180
of<00:33:42.140><c> Balaam.</c>

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.079
Verse<00:33:43.680><c> 7,</c>

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:47.799
And<00:33:44.299><c> when</c><00:33:44.700><c> Phinehas,</c><00:33:45.960><c> the</c><00:33:46.119><c> son</c><00:33:46.319><c> of</c><00:33:46.460><c> Eliezer,</c><00:33:46.900><c> the</c><00:33:47.039><c> son</c><00:33:47.279><c> of</c><00:33:47.480><c> Aaron</c><00:33:47.660><c> the</c>

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.720
priest,<00:33:48.079><c> saw</c><00:33:48.299><c> it,</c>

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:53.460
he<00:33:49.200><c> rose</c><00:33:49.539><c> up</c><00:33:49.720><c> from</c><00:33:49.920><c> among</c><00:33:50.099><c> the</c><00:33:50.319><c> congregation</c><00:33:50.960><c> and</c><00:33:51.799><c> took</c><00:33:52.160><c> a</c><00:33:52.440><c> javelin</c><00:33:53.160><c> in</c>

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.319
his<00:33:53.720><c> hand,</c>

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:57.039
and<00:33:54.859><c> he</c><00:33:54.980><c> went</c><00:33:55.220><c> after</c><00:33:55.460><c> the</c><00:33:55.619><c> man</c><00:33:55.839><c> of</c><00:33:55.940><c> Israel</c><00:33:56.180><c> into</c><00:33:56.420><c> the</c><00:33:56.660><c> tent</c><00:33:56.839><c> and</c>

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.359
thrust<00:33:57.299><c> both</c><00:33:57.579><c> of</c><00:33:57.700><c> them</c><00:33:57.859><c> through,</c>

00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:01.119
the<00:33:58.920><c> man</c><00:33:59.140><c> of</c><00:33:59.240><c> Israel</c><00:33:59.660><c> and</c><00:33:59.940><c> the</c><00:34:00.039><c> woman</c><00:34:00.359><c> through</c><00:34:00.579><c> her</c><00:34:00.819><c> belly.</c>

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.779
So<00:34:01.799><c> the</c><00:34:02.039><c> plague</c><00:34:02.400><c> was</c><00:34:02.819><c> stayed</c><00:34:03.079><c> from</c><00:34:03.279><c> the</c><00:34:03.500><c> children</c><00:34:03.640><c> of</c><00:34:03.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.380
We<00:34:05.279><c> have</c><00:34:05.380><c> here</c><00:34:05.519><c> mentioned</c><00:34:05.779><c> a</c><00:34:06.039><c> plague.</c>

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:09.519
It<00:34:06.839><c> seems</c><00:34:07.140><c> that</c><00:34:07.619><c> a</c><00:34:08.139><c> plague</c><00:34:08.360><c> was</c><00:34:08.719><c> spreading.</c>

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:18.079
Now,<00:34:14.900><c> it's</c><00:34:15.420><c> extremely</c><00:34:15.780><c> brave</c><00:34:16.239><c> really</c><00:34:16.800><c> for</c><00:34:17.059><c> Phinehas</c><00:34:17.340><c> to</c><00:34:17.539><c> do</c><00:34:17.719><c> this,</c><00:34:17.940><c> a</c>

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.500
great<00:34:18.219><c> example.</c>

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:26.059
And<00:34:21.039><c> I</c><00:34:21.360><c> think</c><00:34:21.579><c> we</c><00:34:22.119><c> can</c><00:34:22.300><c> take</c><00:34:22.559><c> much</c><00:34:23.659><c> exhortation</c><00:34:24.400><c> really</c><00:34:24.699><c> from</c><00:34:24.900><c> Phinehas</c>

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:29.599
because<00:34:26.880><c> we</c><00:34:27.400><c> too</c><00:34:27.559><c> have</c><00:34:27.800><c> to</c><00:34:27.900><c> act,</c><00:34:28.420><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.420><c> and</c><00:34:28.639><c> sisters,</c><00:34:28.840><c> when</c><00:34:29.119><c> things</c><00:34:29.420><c> are</c>

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.900
going<00:34:29.800><c> wrong.</c>

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:36.280
And<00:34:34.039><c> as</c><00:34:34.159><c> I</c><00:34:34.320><c> say,</c><00:34:34.420><c> this</c><00:34:34.599><c> is</c><00:34:34.760><c> easy</c><00:34:35.019><c> to</c><00:34:35.320><c> say</c><00:34:35.500><c> but</c><00:34:35.639><c> very</c><00:34:35.900><c> difficult</c>

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.619
to<00:34:36.500><c> actually</c><00:34:36.860><c> do</c>

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:41.139
because<00:34:38.900><c> Phinehas,</c><00:34:39.420><c> it</c><00:34:40.000><c> can't</c><00:34:40.199><c> have</c><00:34:40.300><c> been</c><00:34:40.360><c> easy</c><00:34:40.659><c> for</c><00:34:40.860><c> him</c><00:34:40.960><c> to</c>

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.980
do<00:34:41.320><c> this.</c>

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:49.219
But<00:34:42.940><c> he</c><00:34:43.559><c> did</c><00:34:43.739><c> it</c><00:34:43.920><c> because</c><00:34:44.179><c> he</c><00:34:44.480><c> put</c><00:34:44.739><c> God</c><00:34:45.239><c> first</c><00:34:46.019><c> over</c><00:34:47.219><c> anything</c><00:34:48.099><c> else.</c>

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:53.579
If<00:34:49.599><c> you</c><00:34:50.500><c> turn</c><00:34:50.820><c> on</c><00:34:51.320><c> to</c><00:34:52.519><c> Psalm,</c><00:34:52.699><c> keep</c><00:34:52.920><c> a</c><00:34:53.099><c> finger</c><00:34:53.260><c> here</c><00:34:53.460><c> because</c>

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.340
we're<00:34:53.800><c> going</c><00:34:53.820><c> to</c><00:34:53.900><c> come</c><00:34:54.039><c> back,</c>

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:59.360
but<00:34:54.539><c> if</c><00:34:54.619><c> you</c><00:34:54.760><c> just</c><00:34:54.940><c> flick</c><00:34:55.059><c> over</c><00:34:55.300><c> to</c><00:34:55.579><c> Psalm</c><00:34:56.659><c> 106,</c>

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:07.780
and<00:35:02.340><c> the</c><00:35:02.559><c> psalmist</c><00:35:03.000><c> is</c><00:35:03.500><c> recording</c><00:35:04.340><c> or</c><00:35:05.619><c> reminding</c><00:35:06.179><c> Israel</c><00:35:06.860><c> in</c>

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:12.300
this<00:35:08.059><c> psalm</c><00:35:08.380><c> about</c><00:35:09.000><c> the</c><00:35:09.480><c> events</c><00:35:09.920><c> of</c><00:35:10.679><c> the</c><00:35:10.900><c> past.</c>

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:17.139
And<00:35:14.000><c> we</c><00:35:14.179><c> read</c><00:35:14.360><c> in</c><00:35:14.539><c> verse</c><00:35:14.739><c> 28</c><00:35:15.500><c> about</c><00:35:16.699><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:21.579
they<00:35:17.440><c> joined</c><00:35:17.800><c> themselves</c><00:35:18.380><c> also</c><00:35:18.800><c> unto</c><00:35:19.039><c> Baal</c><00:35:19.440><c>-Peor</c><00:35:19.880><c> and</c><00:35:20.219><c> ate</c><00:35:20.440><c> the</c><00:35:20.860><c> sacrifices</c><00:35:21.340><c> of</c>

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.199
the<00:35:21.760><c> dead.</c>

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:27.900
Thus<00:35:23.579><c> they</c><00:35:24.639><c> provoked</c><00:35:25.219><c> him</c><00:35:25.559><c> to</c><00:35:25.840><c> anger,</c><00:35:26.940><c> this</c><00:35:27.159><c> is</c><00:35:27.380><c> God</c><00:35:27.559><c> there</c>

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:30.340
with<00:35:28.639><c> their</c><00:35:28.920><c> inventions,</c>

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:34.179
and<00:35:31.480><c> the</c><00:35:31.780><c> plague</c><00:35:32.159><c> break</c><00:35:32.519><c> in</c><00:35:32.900><c> upon</c><00:35:33.179><c> them.</c>

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:39.780
Then<00:35:35.639><c> stood</c><00:35:35.880><c> up</c><00:35:36.219><c> Phinehas</c><00:35:36.780><c> and</c><00:35:37.320><c> executed</c><00:35:37.980><c> judgment,</c><00:35:39.519><c> and</c><00:35:39.659><c> so</c>

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:41.440
the<00:35:40.000><c> plague</c><00:35:40.239><c> was</c><00:35:40.559><c> stayed.</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:46.019
And<00:35:42.380><c> that</c><00:35:42.800><c> was</c><00:35:43.119><c> counted</c><00:35:43.480><c> unto</c><00:35:43.739><c> him</c><00:35:44.260><c> for</c><00:35:44.820><c> righteousness</c><00:35:45.420><c> unto</c>

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:49.280
all<00:35:46.300><c> generations</c><00:35:47.159><c> for</c><00:35:48.059><c> evermore.</c>

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:52.179
And<00:35:49.860><c> there's</c><00:35:50.000><c> a</c><00:35:50.079><c> lot</c><00:35:50.159><c> more</c><00:35:50.320><c> we</c><00:35:50.420><c> could</c><00:35:50.539><c> say</c><00:35:50.760><c> about</c><00:35:51.000><c> Phinehas</c><00:35:51.420><c> because</c><00:35:51.940><c> he</c>

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.579
was<00:35:52.360><c> actually</c><00:35:52.699><c> a</c><00:35:52.900><c> type</c><00:35:53.059><c> of</c><00:35:53.239><c> the</c><00:35:53.360><c> Lord</c><00:35:53.500><c> Jesus</c><00:35:53.880><c> Christ</c>

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:59.079
destroying<00:35:55.380><c> the</c><00:35:56.059><c> plague</c><00:35:56.360><c> of</c><00:35:56.619><c> the</c><00:35:56.840><c> flesh</c><00:35:57.179><c> and</c><00:35:57.980><c> sin</c><00:35:58.179><c> in</c><00:35:58.340><c> the</c><00:35:58.500><c> flesh</c><00:35:58.699><c> in</c>

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.280
his<00:35:59.360><c> nature.</c>

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:03.420
But<00:36:00.760><c> we</c><00:36:01.519><c> can't,</c><00:36:01.820><c> as</c><00:36:02.039><c> I</c><00:36:02.119><c> say,</c><00:36:02.340><c> spend</c><00:36:02.519><c> too</c><00:36:02.760><c> much</c><00:36:02.920><c> on</c><00:36:03.139><c> that.</c>

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:07.679
But<00:36:03.900><c> the</c><00:36:04.119><c> interesting,</c><00:36:05.199><c> the</c><00:36:05.460><c> beautiful</c><00:36:06.059><c> thing</c><00:36:06.300><c> is</c><00:36:06.519><c> that</c><00:36:06.900><c> Phinehas</c><00:36:07.280><c> here</c>

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:11.480
shines<00:36:07.960><c> out</c><00:36:08.280><c> at</c><00:36:08.440><c> this</c><00:36:08.699><c> time</c><00:36:09.340><c> of</c><00:36:10.340><c> negativity</c><00:36:10.960><c> really</c>

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:14.159
in<00:36:11.840><c> the</c><00:36:12.019><c> eyes</c><00:36:12.179><c> of</c><00:36:12.400><c> God</c><00:36:12.639><c> about</c><00:36:13.119><c> the</c><00:36:13.320><c> children</c><00:36:13.460><c> of</c><00:36:13.699><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:18.760
And<00:36:15.119><c> Phinehas</c><00:36:15.920><c> shines</c><00:36:16.519><c> out</c><00:36:16.760><c> of</c><00:36:16.900><c> our</c><00:36:17.139><c> pages</c><00:36:17.460><c> here</c><00:36:18.039><c> and</c><00:36:18.440><c> he</c><00:36:18.619><c> does</c>

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:20.099
something<00:36:18.980><c> about</c><00:36:19.360><c> it,</c>

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:23.340
and<00:36:20.559><c> he</c><00:36:20.860><c> sorts</c><00:36:21.159><c> out</c><00:36:21.840><c> the</c><00:36:22.239><c> plague.</c>

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:32.179
So<00:36:28.019><c> we</c><00:36:28.219><c> have</c><00:36:28.699><c> then</c><00:36:29.320><c> this</c><00:36:30.039><c> terrible</c><00:36:30.480><c> situation,</c><00:36:31.840><c> haven't</c><00:36:31.960><c> we</c>

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.940
really,<00:36:32.500><c> with</c><00:36:32.960><c> what</c><00:36:33.239><c> Balaam</c><00:36:33.519><c> has</c><00:36:33.719><c> done.</c>

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:37.380
He<00:36:34.719><c> seems</c><00:36:35.059><c> at</c><00:36:35.340><c> the</c><00:36:35.539><c> beginning,</c><00:36:35.800><c> I</c><00:36:35.900><c> mean</c><00:36:36.119><c> we</c><00:36:36.239><c> know</c><00:36:36.400><c> he's</c><00:36:37.199><c> been</c>

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:40.239
in<00:36:37.519><c> an</c><00:36:37.619><c> ungodly</c><00:36:37.940><c> place</c><00:36:38.219><c> and</c><00:36:39.219><c> had</c><00:36:39.519><c> an</c><00:36:39.679><c> ungodly</c><00:36:40.039><c> friend,</c>

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:44.639
but<00:36:40.380><c> apart</c><00:36:40.699><c> from</c><00:36:40.900><c> that</c><00:36:41.079><c> he</c><00:36:41.400><c> didn't</c><00:36:41.659><c> seem</c><00:36:41.920><c> to</c><00:36:42.139><c> be</c><00:36:42.500><c> a</c><00:36:42.739><c> particularly</c><00:36:43.059><c> terrible</c><00:36:43.500><c> person.</c>

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:50.260
But<00:36:45.500><c> from</c><00:36:45.719><c> his</c><00:36:45.920><c> actions</c><00:36:46.539><c> and</c><00:36:47.300><c> from</c><00:36:47.480><c> his</c><00:36:47.860><c> resentment</c><00:36:48.380><c> of</c><00:36:49.300><c> God,</c>

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.320
and<00:36:51.199><c> even</c><00:36:51.380><c> though</c><00:36:51.539><c> he</c><00:36:51.820><c> spoke</c><00:36:52.019><c> all</c><00:36:52.239><c> the</c><00:36:52.380><c> right</c><00:36:52.559><c> words,</c><00:36:52.860><c> we</c><00:36:53.059><c> see</c>

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:56.079
that<00:36:53.820><c> this</c><00:36:54.239><c> doctrine</c><00:36:54.659><c> that</c><00:36:54.820><c> was</c><00:36:54.980><c> in</c><00:36:55.079><c> him</c>

00:36:56.079 --> 00:37:02.480
influenced<00:36:57.059><c> not</c><00:36:57.800><c> only</c><00:36:59.420><c> himself,</c><00:37:01.280><c> but</c><00:37:01.460><c> also</c><00:37:01.920><c> his</c><00:37:02.179><c> brethren</c>

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.780
and<00:37:02.719><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:09.119
And<00:37:05.699><c> he</c><00:37:05.880><c> did</c><00:37:06.059><c> all</c><00:37:06.300><c> these</c><00:37:06.579><c> things</c><00:37:07.099><c> for</c><00:37:07.559><c> personal</c><00:37:08.179><c> gain.</c>

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:11.960
Remember<00:37:09.920><c> what</c><00:37:10.260><c> Balak</c><00:37:10.539><c> said</c><00:37:10.719><c> to</c><00:37:10.900><c> him,</c><00:37:11.139><c> that</c><00:37:11.139><c> he'd</c><00:37:11.260><c> promote</c><00:37:11.619><c> him</c><00:37:11.760><c> to</c>

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.599
great<00:37:12.079><c> honor</c><00:37:12.400><c> and</c><00:37:12.619><c> riches.</c>

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:18.199
And<00:37:14.639><c> we</c><00:37:15.519><c> remember</c><00:37:15.860><c> in</c><00:37:16.119><c> Peter,</c><00:37:16.460><c> Peter</c><00:37:16.800><c> says</c><00:37:17.159><c> that</c><00:37:17.719><c> people</c><00:37:17.960><c> that</c>

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.380
follow<00:37:18.340><c> the</c><00:37:18.460><c> way</c><00:37:18.599><c> of</c><00:37:18.880><c> Balaam</c>

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:24.980
are<00:37:19.699><c> like</c><00:37:20.019><c> people</c><00:37:20.340><c> that</c><00:37:21.139><c> love</c><00:37:21.820><c> the</c><00:37:22.300><c> wages</c><00:37:22.739><c> of</c><00:37:23.360><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:29.500
And<00:37:25.480><c> so</c><00:37:25.579><c> we</c><00:37:25.679><c> can</c><00:37:26.019><c> see</c><00:37:26.619><c> the</c><00:37:27.280><c> danger</c><00:37:27.940><c> of</c><00:37:28.559><c> following</c><00:37:28.780><c> after</c><00:37:29.199><c> our</c>

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:31.119
own<00:37:29.840><c> lusts.</c>

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:34.239
And<00:37:31.619><c> the</c><00:37:31.780><c> sad</c><00:37:31.900><c> thing</c><00:37:32.159><c> is,</c><00:37:32.659><c> brethren</c><00:37:32.800><c> and</c><00:37:32.940><c> sisters,</c><00:37:33.260><c> that</c><00:37:33.780><c> it</c>

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:35.699
worked,<00:37:34.860><c> didn't</c><00:37:34.880><c> it?</c>

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:39.940
Flesh<00:37:36.820><c> begets</c><00:37:37.159><c> flesh</c><00:37:37.739><c> and</c><00:37:38.219><c> so</c><00:37:38.400><c> it</c><00:37:38.539><c> was</c><00:37:38.639><c> in</c><00:37:38.840><c> this</c><00:37:39.039><c> case.</c>

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:46.059
Balaam<00:37:40.260><c> knew</c><00:37:40.900><c> that</c><00:37:41.380><c> if</c><00:37:41.599><c> the</c><00:37:41.780><c> children</c><00:37:41.920><c> of</c><00:37:42.079><c> Israel</c><00:37:42.400><c> didn't</c><00:37:42.800><c> follow</c><00:37:43.400><c> God's</c><00:37:44.260><c> ways</c><00:37:44.599><c> that</c><00:37:45.079><c> they</c><00:37:45.260><c> would</c><00:37:45.460><c> be</c><00:37:45.679><c> cursed</c>

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:52.400
and<00:37:46.519><c> therefore</c><00:37:47.780><c> the</c><00:37:49.320><c> Moabites</c><00:37:50.019><c> would</c><00:37:50.360><c> be</c><00:37:50.599><c> able</c><00:37:50.679><c> to</c><00:37:50.960><c> overcome</c><00:37:51.300><c> them.</c>

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:56.800
And<00:37:52.980><c> it</c><00:37:53.380><c> worked,</c><00:37:54.119><c> he</c><00:37:54.699><c> set</c><00:37:54.960><c> up</c><00:37:55.139><c> these</c><00:37:55.420><c> things</c><00:37:55.659><c> and</c><00:37:56.260><c> all</c><00:37:56.599><c> these</c>

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.159
actions<00:37:57.239><c> came</c><00:37:57.760><c> into</c><00:37:58.119><c> play.</c>

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:07.460
But<00:38:01.019><c> as</c><00:38:01.260><c> we</c><00:38:01.420><c> know,</c><00:38:02.760><c> the</c><00:38:03.900><c> end</c><00:38:04.460><c> of</c><00:38:04.880><c> people</c><00:38:05.260><c> such</c><00:38:05.659><c> as</c><00:38:05.980><c> Balaam</c><00:38:06.280><c> is</c>

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.920
never<00:38:07.860><c> too</c><00:38:08.519><c> nice.</c>

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:13.139
So<00:38:09.360><c> if</c><00:38:09.420><c> you</c><00:38:09.519><c> go</c><00:38:09.619><c> over</c><00:38:09.760><c> to</c><00:38:09.920><c> Numbers</c><00:38:10.380><c> and</c><00:38:10.579><c> chapter</c><00:38:10.980><c> 31</c><00:38:11.559><c> now,</c><00:38:12.460><c> we're</c><00:38:12.840><c> going</c><00:38:12.940><c> to</c>

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:15.119
skip<00:38:13.340><c> right</c><00:38:13.659><c> towards</c><00:38:14.019><c> the</c><00:38:14.280><c> end</c>

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:26.139
of<00:38:15.739><c> the</c><00:38:16.079><c> story</c><00:38:16.320><c> of</c><00:38:16.579><c> Balaam</c><00:38:17.420><c> and</c><00:38:18.579><c> we</c><00:38:19.320><c> read</c><00:38:19.579><c> there</c><00:38:21.400><c> in</c><00:38:24.199><c> verse</c><00:38:24.699><c> 1</c><00:38:25.440><c> and</c><00:38:25.739><c> 2</c>

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:30.179
about<00:38:26.619><c> Moses,</c><00:38:27.480><c> his</c><00:38:27.739><c> last</c><00:38:28.260><c> mission</c><00:38:28.780><c> as</c><00:38:29.059><c> it</c><00:38:29.239><c> were.</c>

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:34.300
And<00:38:31.460><c> you</c><00:38:31.559><c> always</c><00:38:31.760><c> speak</c><00:38:32.019><c> unto</c><00:38:32.219><c> Moses</c><00:38:32.599><c> saying,</c><00:38:33.119><c> avenge</c><00:38:33.639><c> the</c><00:38:33.840><c> children</c><00:38:34.079><c> of</c>

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:36.880
Israel<00:38:34.619><c> of</c><00:38:34.940><c> the</c><00:38:35.159><c> Midianites,</c>

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:41.420
afterward<00:38:37.760><c> shalt</c><00:38:38.300><c> thou</c><00:38:38.480><c> be</c><00:38:38.739><c> gathered</c><00:38:39.340><c> unto</c><00:38:40.139><c> thy</c><00:38:40.400><c> people.</c>

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:51.420
So<00:38:43.920><c> Moses,</c><00:38:44.860><c> his</c><00:38:45.099><c> last</c><00:38:45.460><c> job</c><00:38:45.679><c> to</c><00:38:45.880><c> do</c><00:38:46.000><c> before</c><00:38:46.500><c> he</c><00:38:47.079><c> died</c><00:38:47.480><c> was</c><00:38:48.659><c> to</c><00:38:49.239><c> avenge</c><00:38:49.920><c> the</c><00:38:50.099><c> children</c><00:38:50.320><c> of</c><00:38:50.579><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:59.460
And<00:38:53.980><c> so</c><00:38:54.420><c> he</c><00:38:54.820><c> carries</c><00:38:55.119><c> this</c><00:38:55.380><c> out,</c><00:38:56.019><c> verse</c><00:38:56.039><c> 8,</c><00:38:58.500><c> or</c><00:38:58.599><c> verse</c><00:38:58.739><c> 7</c><00:38:59.059><c> really.</c>

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:03.139
And<00:38:59.739><c> they</c><00:38:59.960><c> warred</c><00:39:00.340><c> against</c><00:39:00.679><c> the</c><00:39:00.820><c> Midianites</c><00:39:01.420><c> as</c><00:39:01.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:02.019><c> commanded</c><00:39:02.360><c> Moses</c><00:39:02.840><c> and</c>

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:05.559
they<00:39:03.460><c> slew</c><00:39:04.000><c> all</c><00:39:04.420><c> the</c><00:39:04.559><c> males.</c>

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:08.940
And<00:39:06.400><c> they</c><00:39:06.699><c> slew</c><00:39:06.940><c> the</c><00:39:07.099><c> kings</c><00:39:07.320><c> of</c><00:39:07.460><c> Midian</c><00:39:07.739><c> beside</c><00:39:08.300><c> the</c><00:39:08.440><c> rest</c><00:39:08.739><c> of</c>

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.039
them<00:39:09.099><c> that</c><00:39:09.199><c> were</c><00:39:09.420><c> slain,</c><00:39:09.679><c> namely,</c>

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:13.780
Levi<00:39:10.480><c> and</c><00:39:10.980><c> Rechem</c><00:39:11.280><c> and</c><00:39:11.480><c> Zer</c><00:39:11.760><c> and</c><00:39:11.940><c> Her</c><00:39:12.159><c> and</c><00:39:12.639><c> Reba,</c><00:39:13.260><c> five</c><00:39:13.440><c> kings</c>

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.199
of<00:39:13.940><c> Midian.</c>

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:20.820
Balaam<00:39:16.179><c> also,</c><00:39:17.039><c> the</c><00:39:17.280><c> son</c><00:39:17.420><c> of</c><00:39:17.719><c> Beor,</c><00:39:18.900><c> they</c><00:39:19.380><c> slew</c><00:39:19.579><c> with</c><00:39:19.820><c> the</c><00:39:19.960><c> sword.</c>

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:27.679
And<00:39:24.059><c> that's</c><00:39:24.300><c> the</c><00:39:24.420><c> end,</c><00:39:24.659><c> brethren</c><00:39:24.820><c> and</c><00:39:25.079><c> sisters,</c><00:39:25.880><c> to</c><00:39:26.699><c> Balaam.</c>

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:32.219
And<00:39:28.179><c> to</c><00:39:28.340><c> all</c><00:39:28.559><c> those</c><00:39:28.840><c> that</c><00:39:29.119><c> follow</c><00:39:29.300><c> the</c><00:39:29.599><c> doctrine</c><00:39:30.039><c> of</c><00:39:30.440><c> Balaam.</c>

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:37.039
It's<00:39:35.500><c> going</c><00:39:35.559><c> to</c><00:39:35.659><c> be</c><00:39:35.820><c> quite</c><00:39:36.019><c> interesting,</c><00:39:36.500><c> it's</c><00:39:36.639><c> going</c><00:39:36.739><c> to</c><00:39:36.840><c> pop</c>

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:39.260
up<00:39:37.219><c> this</c><00:39:37.440><c> idea,</c><00:39:37.860><c> this</c><00:39:38.099><c> theme</c><00:39:38.360><c> of</c><00:39:38.619><c> the</c><00:39:38.920><c> sword,</c>

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:43.139
a<00:39:39.659><c> bit</c><00:39:39.760><c> later</c><00:39:40.179><c> on.</c><00:39:40.900><c> And</c><00:39:41.019><c> so</c><00:39:41.139><c> I</c><00:39:41.219><c> want</c><00:39:41.300><c> you</c><00:39:41.440><c> to</c><00:39:41.619><c> note</c><00:39:41.800><c> that.</c>

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:47.440
The<00:39:43.480><c> word</c><00:39:43.880><c> specifically</c><00:39:44.480><c> tells</c><00:39:44.880><c> us</c><00:39:45.119><c> that</c><00:39:45.519><c> Balaam</c><00:39:45.980><c> was</c><00:39:46.719><c> slain</c>

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:49.380
with<00:39:48.099><c> the</c><00:39:48.460><c> sword.</c>

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:52.860
And<00:39:50.400><c> as</c><00:39:50.639><c> I</c><00:39:50.679><c> say,</c><00:39:50.860><c> this</c><00:39:50.920><c> will</c><00:39:51.179><c> crop</c><00:39:51.340><c> up</c><00:39:51.539><c> a</c><00:39:51.719><c> bit</c><00:39:51.719><c> later.</c>

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:58.639
But<00:39:54.480><c> you</c><00:39:54.659><c> see,</c><00:39:55.099><c> even</c><00:39:55.360><c> though</c><00:39:55.579><c> Balaam</c><00:39:56.099><c> had</c><00:39:56.559><c> died,</c><00:39:57.960><c> the</c><00:39:58.139><c> problem</c>

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:01.159
was<00:39:59.179><c> with</c><00:39:59.920><c> his</c><00:40:00.179><c> doctrine.</c>

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:03.519
Because<00:40:01.539><c> his</c><00:40:01.800><c> doctrine</c><00:40:02.199><c> actually</c><00:40:02.679><c> carried</c><00:40:02.940><c> on</c><00:40:03.139><c> and</c><00:40:03.260><c> it</c><00:40:03.360><c> was</c>

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.880
actually<00:40:03.900><c> still</c><00:40:04.139><c> inside</c><00:40:04.539><c> Israel</c>

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:07.079
because<00:40:05.139><c> they</c><00:40:05.500><c> still</c><00:40:05.880><c> couldn't</c><00:40:06.119><c> let</c><00:40:06.440><c> go.</c>

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.340
Verse<00:40:07.619><c> 9,</c>

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:12.199
And<00:40:08.800><c> the</c><00:40:08.960><c> children</c><00:40:09.099><c> of</c><00:40:09.179><c> Israel</c><00:40:09.519><c> took</c><00:40:09.800><c> all</c><00:40:10.079><c> the</c><00:40:10.179><c> women</c><00:40:10.420><c> of</c><00:40:10.619><c> Midian</c><00:40:10.900><c> captives</c><00:40:11.739><c> and</c>

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:13.840
their<00:40:12.380><c> little</c><00:40:12.679><c> ones</c>

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:17.360
and<00:40:15.099><c> took</c><00:40:15.340><c> the</c><00:40:15.780><c> spoil</c><00:40:15.980><c> of</c><00:40:16.139><c> all</c><00:40:16.340><c> their</c><00:40:16.579><c> cattle</c><00:40:16.840><c> and</c><00:40:17.039><c> all</c><00:40:17.119><c> their</c>

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:19.360
flocks<00:40:17.780><c> and</c><00:40:17.980><c> all</c><00:40:18.099><c> their</c><00:40:18.340><c> goods.</c>

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:23.900
So<00:40:22.280><c> they</c><00:40:22.400><c> couldn't</c><00:40:22.579><c> let</c><00:40:22.800><c> go.</c>

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.400
They<00:40:24.539><c> had</c><00:40:24.780><c> to</c><00:40:24.940><c> keep</c><00:40:25.019><c> the</c><00:40:25.239><c> women.</c>

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:27.860
And<00:40:25.599><c> you</c><00:40:25.719><c> see</c><00:40:25.780><c> how</c><00:40:25.980><c> the</c><00:40:26.119><c> women</c><00:40:26.260><c> were</c><00:40:26.480><c> connected</c><00:40:26.820><c> with</c><00:40:27.059><c> this</c>

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:30.420
false<00:40:28.179><c> worship</c><00:40:28.739><c> and</c><00:40:29.280><c> this</c><00:40:29.780><c> immorality.</c>

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:32.760
They<00:40:30.980><c> wanted</c><00:40:31.159><c> to</c><00:40:31.400><c> keep</c><00:40:31.519><c> these</c><00:40:31.760><c> women.</c>

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:34.940
They<00:40:33.659><c> destroyed</c><00:40:34.119><c> all</c><00:40:34.320><c> the</c><00:40:34.440><c> men,</c><00:40:34.800><c> sure.</c>

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:39.519
The<00:40:35.300><c> women,</c><00:40:35.639><c> they</c><00:40:36.260><c> didn't</c><00:40:36.480><c> see</c><00:40:36.639><c> any</c><00:40:36.860><c> problem</c><00:40:37.159><c> with</c><00:40:37.840><c> hanging</c><00:40:38.019><c> on</c><00:40:38.300><c> to</c><00:40:38.440><c> for</c><00:40:38.639><c> a</c><00:40:38.800><c> while.</c>

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.539
But<00:40:40.139><c> look</c><00:40:40.260><c> what</c><00:40:40.460><c> happens,</c><00:40:40.860><c> verse</c><00:40:41.059><c> 14,</c>

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:44.219
And<00:40:41.920><c> Moses</c><00:40:42.380><c> was</c><00:40:42.780><c> rough</c><00:40:43.019><c> with</c><00:40:43.219><c> the</c><00:40:43.400><c> officers</c><00:40:43.599><c> of</c><00:40:43.760><c> the</c><00:40:43.880><c> host,</c>

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:47.320
with<00:40:44.699><c> the</c><00:40:44.900><c> captains</c><00:40:45.260><c> over</c><00:40:45.539><c> thousands</c><00:40:45.960><c> and</c><00:40:46.199><c> captains</c><00:40:46.659><c> over</c><00:40:46.900><c> hundreds,</c>

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:49.480
which<00:40:47.900><c> came</c><00:40:48.280><c> from</c><00:40:48.480><c> the</c><00:40:48.639><c> battle.</c>

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:51.360
And<00:40:49.900><c> Moses</c><00:40:50.119><c> said</c><00:40:50.300><c> unto</c><00:40:50.440><c> them,</c>

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:54.300
Have<00:40:51.820><c> ye</c><00:40:52.179><c> saved</c><00:40:52.619><c> all</c><00:40:52.840><c> the</c><00:40:53.000><c> women</c><00:40:53.239><c> alive?</c>

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:58.000
Behold,<00:40:55.880><c> these</c><00:40:56.260><c> caused</c><00:40:56.619><c> the</c><00:40:56.900><c> children</c><00:40:57.219><c> of</c><00:40:57.360><c> Israel</c><00:40:57.739><c> through</c>

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.380
the<00:40:58.300><c> council</c><00:40:58.679><c> of</c><00:40:59.000><c> Balaam</c>

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:04.340
to<00:40:59.820><c> commit</c><00:41:00.159><c> trespass</c><00:41:00.760><c> against</c><00:41:01.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:01.940><c> in</c><00:41:02.380><c> the</c><00:41:02.559><c> matter</c><00:41:02.840><c> of</c><00:41:03.239><c> Peor.</c>

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:07.760
And<00:41:04.599><c> there</c><00:41:04.679><c> was</c><00:41:04.840><c> a</c><00:41:05.059><c> plague</c><00:41:05.300><c> among</c><00:41:05.539><c> the</c><00:41:05.739><c> congregation</c><00:41:06.340><c> of</c><00:41:06.659><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:11.199
Now<00:41:08.440><c> therefore</c><00:41:08.880><c> kill</c><00:41:09.420><c> every</c><00:41:09.780><c> male</c><00:41:10.059><c> among</c><00:41:10.340><c> the</c><00:41:10.539><c> little</c><00:41:10.760><c> ones</c>

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:14.539
and<00:41:11.800><c> kill</c><00:41:12.059><c> every</c><00:41:12.340><c> woman</c><00:41:12.639><c> that</c><00:41:12.940><c> hath</c><00:41:13.159><c> known</c><00:41:13.519><c> man</c><00:41:13.900><c> by</c><00:41:14.260><c> lying</c>

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.599
with<00:41:14.800><c> him.</c>

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:18.679
But<00:41:15.900><c> all</c><00:41:16.199><c> the</c><00:41:16.380><c> women</c><00:41:16.679><c> children</c><00:41:17.199><c> that</c><00:41:17.559><c> have</c><00:41:17.840><c> not</c><00:41:18.099><c> known</c><00:41:18.340><c> a</c><00:41:18.500><c> man</c>

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:19.639
by<00:41:18.940><c> lying</c><00:41:19.119><c> with</c><00:41:19.360><c> them,</c>

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:21.820
keep<00:41:20.119><c> alive</c><00:41:20.719><c> for</c><00:41:21.119><c> yourselves.</c>

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:25.539
So<00:41:22.579><c> anyone</c><00:41:22.820><c> who's</c><00:41:23.000><c> been</c><00:41:23.320><c> involved</c><00:41:23.940><c> in</c><00:41:24.480><c> this</c><00:41:24.739><c> form</c><00:41:24.920><c> of</c><00:41:25.199><c> worship</c>

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:27.380
has<00:41:26.420><c> got</c><00:41:26.539><c> to</c><00:41:26.719><c> be</c><00:41:26.880><c> destroyed.</c>

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:32.059
We<00:41:28.659><c> can't</c><00:41:29.119><c> have</c><00:41:29.280><c> it</c><00:41:29.460><c> in</c><00:41:29.619><c> the</c><00:41:29.760><c> midst</c><00:41:30.119><c> of</c><00:41:30.699><c> our</c><00:41:31.000><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:36.239
We've<00:41:32.599><c> got</c><00:41:32.699><c> to</c><00:41:33.119><c> keep</c><00:41:33.340><c> it</c><00:41:34.199><c> away</c><00:41:34.420><c> from</c><00:41:34.699><c> us.</c>

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:39.900
Because,<00:41:37.159><c> incidentally,</c><00:41:38.099><c> because</c><00:41:38.400><c> obviously</c><00:41:38.940><c> we</c><00:41:39.420><c> know</c>

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:43.800
that<00:41:40.460><c> this</c><00:41:41.599><c> thinking</c><00:41:42.460><c> of</c><00:41:42.619><c> the</c><00:41:42.800><c> flesh,</c><00:41:43.179><c> it</c><00:41:43.179><c> grows,</c><00:41:43.539><c> doesn't</c><00:41:43.659><c> it?</c>

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:47.199
It<00:41:44.139><c> spreads</c><00:41:44.340><c> as</c><00:41:44.539><c> we've</c><00:41:44.780><c> seen,</c><00:41:45.539><c> like</c><00:41:46.320><c> leaven.</c>

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:49.480
And<00:41:47.980><c> it</c><00:41:48.139><c> influences</c><00:41:48.460><c> other</c><00:41:48.719><c> people.</c>

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:54.340
So<00:41:49.579><c> these</c><00:41:50.599><c> gentile</c><00:41:51.139><c> women</c><00:41:51.519><c> were</c><00:41:51.980><c> not</c><00:41:52.260><c> to</c><00:41:52.599><c> come</c><00:41:52.780><c> into</c><00:41:53.019><c> the</c><00:41:53.260><c> congregation.</c>

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:58.500
And<00:41:55.219><c> so</c><00:41:55.420><c> they</c><00:41:55.659><c> keep</c><00:41:55.920><c> out</c><00:41:56.739><c> the</c><00:41:57.679><c> doctrine</c><00:41:58.099><c> of</c><00:41:58.320><c> baling,</c>

00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:01.739
or<00:41:58.639><c> they</c><00:41:58.820><c> keep</c><00:41:58.980><c> it</c><00:41:59.199><c> at</c><00:41:59.400><c> bay</c><00:41:59.599><c> by</c><00:42:00.280><c> these</c><00:42:00.599><c> actions.</c>

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:05.000
And<00:42:03.280><c> what's</c><00:42:03.559><c> this</c><00:42:03.679><c> trying</c><00:42:03.860><c> to</c><00:42:04.019><c> tell</c><00:42:04.119><c> us,</c><00:42:04.480><c> brothers</c><00:42:04.480><c> and</c><00:42:04.699><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.960
Well,<00:42:05.500><c> I</c><00:42:05.639><c> think</c><00:42:05.699><c> it's</c><00:42:05.880><c> trying</c><00:42:06.019><c> to</c><00:42:06.159><c> tell</c><00:42:06.239><c> us</c><00:42:06.360><c> that</c><00:42:06.500><c> we</c><00:42:06.639><c> have</c><00:42:06.820><c> to</c>

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:08.539
sacrifice<00:42:07.460><c> the</c><00:42:07.739><c> flesh,</c><00:42:08.019><c> don't</c><00:42:08.159><c> we?</c>

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:11.219
I<00:42:08.960><c> mean,</c><00:42:09.480><c> this</c><00:42:10.159><c> is</c><00:42:10.280><c> what</c><00:42:10.380><c> it's</c><00:42:10.559><c> all</c><00:42:10.760><c> about.</c>

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:14.380
We're<00:42:11.960><c> told</c><00:42:12.179><c> and</c><00:42:12.400><c> exhorted</c><00:42:12.719><c> to</c><00:42:13.079><c> crucify</c><00:42:13.699><c> the</c><00:42:14.000><c> flesh,</c>

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:17.679
to<00:42:15.139><c> crucify</c><00:42:15.800><c> our</c><00:42:16.739><c> fleshly</c><00:42:17.260><c> thoughts.</c>

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:21.280
And<00:42:18.400><c> so,</c><00:42:18.920><c> in</c><00:42:19.139><c> a</c><00:42:19.260><c> sense,</c><00:42:19.480><c> that's</c><00:42:19.800><c> what's</c><00:42:20.099><c> happening</c><00:42:20.300><c> here.</c>

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:27.099
So<00:42:23.980><c> doctrine,</c><00:42:25.199><c> then,</c><00:42:25.599><c> the</c><00:42:25.780><c> doctrine</c><00:42:26.039><c> of</c><00:42:26.300><c> baling,</c>

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:33.780
the<00:42:27.579><c> compromising</c><00:42:28.139><c> with</c><00:42:28.340><c> the</c><00:42:28.559><c> world,</c><00:42:29.539><c> is</c><00:42:31.340><c> extremely</c><00:42:31.940><c> dangerous</c><00:42:32.420><c> to</c><00:42:32.699><c> us.</c>

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:39.320
We<00:42:34.820><c> see</c><00:42:35.079><c> that</c><00:42:35.679><c> this</c><00:42:36.400><c> is</c><00:42:37.320><c> something</c><00:42:37.579><c> that's</c><00:42:37.980><c> extremely</c><00:42:38.280><c> important</c><00:42:38.820><c> to</c><00:42:39.079><c> God,</c>

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:43.739
because<00:42:39.719><c> later</c><00:42:40.159><c> on,</c><00:42:40.860><c> if</c><00:42:40.980><c> we</c><00:42:41.119><c> go</c><00:42:41.280><c> to</c><00:42:41.480><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:41.980><c> chapter</c><00:42:42.360><c> 23,</c>

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:50.280
we'll<00:42:44.320><c> see</c><00:42:44.480><c> how</c><00:42:44.800><c> important</c><00:42:45.219><c> it</c><00:42:45.559><c> was</c><00:42:45.860><c> for</c><00:42:46.059><c> Israel</c><00:42:46.599><c> to</c><00:42:47.059><c> keep</c><00:42:47.380><c> away</c><00:42:47.940><c> from</c><00:42:48.719><c> the</c><00:42:48.960><c> Midianites.</c>

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:53.579
Deuteronomy<00:42:51.659><c> chapter</c><00:42:52.059><c> 23,</c>

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:58.199
and<00:42:54.360><c> we'll</c><00:42:55.000><c> see</c><00:42:55.219><c> here</c><00:42:55.500><c> how</c><00:42:56.139><c> much</c><00:42:56.519><c> God</c><00:42:56.840><c> hates</c><00:42:57.440><c> compromise</c><00:42:58.039><c> with</c>

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.880
the<00:42:58.420><c> world.</c>

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.260
Deuteronomy<00:43:00.699><c> chapter</c><00:43:00.960><c> 23,</c><00:43:01.639><c> verse</c><00:43:01.840><c> 3,</c>

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:08.079
And<00:43:03.820><c> Ammonite,</c><00:43:05.159><c> all</c><00:43:05.400><c> Moabite,</c><00:43:06.559><c> shall</c><00:43:06.760><c> not</c><00:43:07.320><c> enter</c><00:43:07.659><c> into</c><00:43:07.880><c> the</c>

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:09.260
congregation<00:43:08.559><c> of</c><00:43:08.840><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:13.260
even<00:43:10.019><c> to</c><00:43:10.239><c> their</c><00:43:10.500><c> tenth</c><00:43:10.860><c> generation</c><00:43:11.739><c> shall</c><00:43:12.219><c> they</c><00:43:12.599><c> not</c><00:43:12.960><c> enter</c>

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:15.880
into<00:43:13.519><c> the</c><00:43:13.739><c> congregation</c><00:43:14.320><c> of</c><00:43:14.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:15.380><c> forever,</c>

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.099
because<00:43:16.739><c> they</c><00:43:17.500><c> met</c><00:43:17.719><c> you</c><00:43:18.019><c> not</c><00:43:18.280><c> with</c><00:43:18.579><c> bread</c><00:43:18.820><c> and</c><00:43:19.360><c> with</c><00:43:19.599><c> water</c><00:43:19.880><c> in</c>

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.420
the<00:43:20.260><c> way</c>

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:22.079
when<00:43:20.599><c> you</c><00:43:20.840><c> came</c><00:43:21.019><c> forth</c><00:43:21.280><c> out</c><00:43:21.519><c> of</c><00:43:21.699><c> Egypt,</c>

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:26.480
and<00:43:22.920><c> because</c><00:43:23.699><c> they</c><00:43:24.519><c> hired</c><00:43:24.760><c> against</c><00:43:25.199><c> thee</c><00:43:25.500><c> Balaam</c><00:43:25.940><c> the</c><00:43:26.099><c> son</c><00:43:26.260><c> of</c>

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:30.320
Beor<00:43:26.780><c> of</c><00:43:27.099><c> Pithor</c><00:43:27.519><c> of</c><00:43:27.719><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:43:28.780><c> to</c><00:43:29.199><c> curse</c><00:43:29.519><c> thee.</c>

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:34.139
So<00:43:31.699><c> one</c><00:43:32.519><c> of</c><00:43:32.639><c> the</c><00:43:32.840><c> things</c><00:43:32.900><c> that</c><00:43:33.119><c> they're</c><00:43:33.380><c> told</c><00:43:33.539><c> then</c><00:43:33.719><c> is</c>

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:38.340
these<00:43:34.500><c> Midianites</c><00:43:35.059><c> can't</c><00:43:35.539><c> come</c><00:43:35.760><c> in</c><00:43:36.139><c> for</c><00:43:36.539><c> ten</c><00:43:36.880><c> generations.</c>

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:42.340
Now,<00:43:39.739><c> we</c><00:43:39.840><c> might</c><00:43:40.079><c> think</c><00:43:40.420><c> that's</c><00:43:41.119><c> a</c><00:43:41.260><c> little</c><00:43:41.400><c> bit</c><00:43:41.659><c> harsh,</c><00:43:41.960><c> really,</c>

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:46.260
but<00:43:42.960><c> I</c><00:43:43.260><c> wonder</c><00:43:43.480><c> if</c><00:43:44.159><c> the</c><00:43:44.340><c> context</c><00:43:44.739><c> can</c><00:43:44.960><c> be</c><00:43:45.159><c> really</c><00:43:45.619><c> given</c><00:43:45.900><c> in</c>

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:47.780
this<00:43:46.539><c> verse</c><00:43:46.719><c> from</c><00:43:47.000><c> Exodus</c><00:43:47.280><c> 20.</c>

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:50.460
I'll<00:43:47.980><c> just</c><00:43:48.199><c> read</c><00:43:48.780><c> Exodus</c><00:43:49.219><c> 20,</c><00:43:49.599><c> verse</c><00:43:49.780><c> 1</c><00:43:50.000><c> to</c><00:43:50.159><c> 5.</c>

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:54.460
I<00:43:50.760><c> am</c><00:43:51.360><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:51.940><c> thy</c><00:43:52.139><c> God,</c><00:43:53.219><c> which</c><00:43:53.340><c> hath</c><00:43:53.619><c> brought</c><00:43:53.960><c> thee</c><00:43:54.139><c> out</c><00:43:54.340><c> of</c>

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:56.900
the<00:43:54.539><c> land</c><00:43:54.679><c> of</c><00:43:54.900><c> Egypt,</c><00:43:55.340><c> out</c><00:43:55.519><c> of</c><00:43:55.619><c> the</c><00:43:55.760><c> house</c><00:43:55.920><c> of</c><00:43:56.119><c> bondage.</c>

00:43:57.460 --> 00:44:01.460
Thou<00:43:57.559><c> shalt</c><00:43:58.039><c> have</c><00:43:59.719><c> no</c><00:44:00.079><c> other</c><00:44:00.539><c> gods</c><00:44:00.719><c> before</c><00:44:01.099><c> me.</c>

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:04.900
Thou<00:44:02.079><c> shalt</c><00:44:02.440><c> not</c><00:44:02.719><c> bow</c><00:44:03.000><c> down</c><00:44:03.239><c> thyself</c><00:44:03.699><c> to</c><00:44:03.820><c> them,</c><00:44:04.079><c> nor</c><00:44:04.280><c> serve</c><00:44:04.579><c> them.</c>

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:08.019
For<00:44:05.380><c> I,</c><00:44:06.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:06.579><c> thy</c><00:44:06.800><c> God,</c><00:44:07.159><c> am</c><00:44:07.320><c> a</c><00:44:07.480><c> jealous</c><00:44:07.760><c> God,</c>

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:12.179
visiting<00:44:08.519><c> the</c><00:44:08.900><c> iniquity</c><00:44:09.420><c> of</c><00:44:09.619><c> the</c><00:44:09.880><c> fathers</c><00:44:10.500><c> upon</c><00:44:11.139><c> the</c><00:44:11.480><c> children</c><00:44:11.900><c> unto</c>

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:14.579
the<00:44:12.519><c> third</c><00:44:12.960><c> and</c><00:44:13.400><c> fourth</c><00:44:13.800><c> generation,</c>

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:18.199
and<00:44:15.239><c> this</c><00:44:15.480><c> is</c><00:44:15.619><c> where</c><00:44:15.760><c> I</c><00:44:15.900><c> think</c><00:44:16.000><c> he's</c><00:44:16.199><c> getting</c><00:44:16.480><c> at,</c><00:44:17.460><c> of</c><00:44:17.679><c> them</c>

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that<00:44:18.800><c> hate</c><00:44:18.980><c> me.</c>

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And<00:44:21.119><c> so</c><00:44:21.300><c> even</c><00:44:21.619><c> though</c><00:44:22.239><c> there</c><00:44:23.079><c> were</c><00:44:23.260><c> ten</c><00:44:23.559><c> generations</c><00:44:24.139><c> mentioned</c><00:44:24.559><c> here</c><00:44:24.780><c> that</c><00:44:24.900><c> were</c><00:44:25.119><c> not</c><00:44:25.320><c> able</c><00:44:25.579><c> to</c>

00:44:25.820 --> 00:44:26.380
come<00:44:26.000><c> in,</c>

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:29.099
I<00:44:27.079><c> think</c><00:44:27.239><c> the</c><00:44:27.480><c> context</c><00:44:27.780><c> really</c><00:44:28.079><c> is</c><00:44:28.239><c> that</c><00:44:28.539><c> the</c><00:44:28.719><c> foreknowledge</c>

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:33.420
of<00:44:29.300><c> God</c><00:44:29.460><c> knew</c><00:44:29.780><c> that</c><00:44:30.059><c> these</c><00:44:30.340><c> ten</c><00:44:30.639><c> generations</c><00:44:31.260><c> would</c><00:44:31.960><c> be</c><00:44:32.179><c> people</c><00:44:32.719><c> that</c>

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hated<00:44:33.760><c> God.</c>

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:39.760
And<00:44:35.159><c> that's</c><00:44:35.500><c> why</c><00:44:35.739><c> they</c><00:44:35.940><c> weren't</c><00:44:36.079><c> able</c><00:44:36.639><c> to</c><00:44:37.199><c> enter</c><00:44:37.519><c> into</c><00:44:38.239><c> the</c><00:44:38.699><c> congregation.</c>

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:43.360
Incidentally,<00:44:40.880><c> I've</c><00:44:41.059><c> heard</c><00:44:41.099><c> it</c><00:44:41.360><c> suggested</c><00:44:41.659><c> that</c><00:44:42.320><c> Ruth,</c><00:44:43.199><c> the</c>

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:47.599
Moabites,<00:44:44.420><c> was</c><00:44:44.639><c> of</c><00:44:45.500><c> the</c><00:44:45.739><c> eleventh</c><00:44:46.219><c> generation.</c>

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:50.599
And<00:44:48.179><c> so</c><00:44:48.480><c> you</c><00:44:48.699><c> can</c><00:44:48.940><c> see</c><00:44:49.079><c> the</c><00:44:49.260><c> foreknowledge</c><00:44:49.659><c> of</c><00:44:49.860><c> God</c><00:44:50.000><c> that</c><00:44:50.280><c> the</c>

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:53.980
previous<00:44:50.980><c> ten</c><00:44:51.340><c> generations</c><00:44:51.780><c> before</c><00:44:52.199><c> Ruth,</c><00:44:53.179><c> he</c><00:44:53.480><c> knew</c><00:44:53.699><c> would</c>

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.679
hate<00:44:54.239><c> him,</c>

00:44:54.679 --> 00:45:00.519
but<00:44:55.559><c> the</c><00:44:55.800><c> eleventh</c><00:44:56.039><c> generation</c><00:44:56.699><c> possibly</c><00:44:58.159><c> of</c><00:44:59.300><c> Ruth</c><00:44:59.719><c> enabled</c>

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:05.619
her<00:45:00.900><c> to</c><00:45:01.099><c> come</c><00:45:01.300><c> in</c><00:45:02.000><c> to</c><00:45:02.900><c> the</c><00:45:03.559><c> congregation</c><00:45:04.340><c> of</c><00:45:04.619><c> God.</c>

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:10.960
So<00:45:08.019><c> there</c><00:45:08.179><c> we</c><00:45:08.340><c> go.</c><00:45:08.739><c> God</c><00:45:09.039><c> hates</c><00:45:09.760><c> compromise</c><00:45:10.380><c> with</c><00:45:10.579><c> the</c><00:45:10.760><c> world.</c>

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:15.019
And<00:45:11.139><c> of</c><00:45:11.340><c> course,</c><00:45:11.880><c> if</c><00:45:12.159><c> people</c><00:45:12.840><c> hate</c><00:45:13.440><c> him,</c><00:45:14.000><c> they</c><00:45:14.340><c> will</c><00:45:14.599><c> not</c><00:45:14.800><c> be</c>

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:19.300
able<00:45:15.260><c> to</c><00:45:15.659><c> enter</c><00:45:15.960><c> into</c><00:45:16.980><c> the</c><00:45:17.739><c> assembly</c><00:45:18.000><c> of</c><00:45:18.280><c> the</c><00:45:18.400><c> saints.</c>

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:27.820
We<00:45:21.539><c> have</c><00:45:21.760><c> another</c><00:45:22.139><c> incident</c><00:45:22.659><c> where</c><00:45:23.880><c> Balaam</c><00:45:24.500><c> pops</c><00:45:24.860><c> up</c><00:45:25.239><c> in</c><00:45:25.579><c> Micah</c><00:45:26.480><c> chapter</c><00:45:27.340><c> 6.</c>

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:32.039
And<00:45:28.420><c> in</c><00:45:28.559><c> Micah</c><00:45:28.840><c> chapter</c><00:45:29.139><c> 6,</c><00:45:29.579><c> God</c><00:45:29.760><c> is</c><00:45:30.059><c> pleading</c><00:45:30.360><c> with</c><00:45:30.539><c> his</c><00:45:30.780><c> people.</c>

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:36.519
And<00:45:33.019><c> I</c><00:45:33.440><c> think</c><00:45:33.639><c> there's</c><00:45:33.980><c> a</c><00:45:34.219><c> strong</c><00:45:34.380><c> exhortation</c><00:45:35.079><c> here</c><00:45:35.340><c> for</c><00:45:35.559><c> us</c>

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:39.619
in<00:45:38.340><c> Micah</c><00:45:38.739><c> chapter</c><00:45:39.019><c> 6.</c>

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:49.840
And<00:45:40.019><c> we're</c><00:45:40.440><c> going</c><00:45:40.539><c> to</c><00:45:42.900><c> read</c><00:45:42.900><c> verse</c><00:45:43.739><c> 1</c><00:45:44.739><c> to</c><00:45:45.079><c> 5.</c>

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:55.559
Hear<00:45:50.460><c> ye</c><00:45:50.780><c> now</c><00:45:51.219><c> what</c><00:45:51.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:52.179><c> saith,</c><00:45:53.460><c> arise,</c><00:45:54.900><c> contend</c><00:45:55.280><c> thou</c>

00:45:55.559 --> 00:46:00.139
before<00:45:55.920><c> the</c><00:45:56.119><c> mountains,</c><00:45:57.260><c> and</c><00:45:57.440><c> let</c><00:45:57.599><c> the</c><00:45:57.840><c> hills</c><00:45:58.219><c> hear</c><00:45:58.699><c> thy</c><00:45:58.980><c> voice.</c>

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:04.639
And<00:46:00.639><c> mountains</c><00:46:00.960><c> and</c><00:46:01.159><c> hills</c><00:46:01.340><c> are</c><00:46:01.539><c> symbols</c><00:46:01.820><c> of</c><00:46:02.099><c> nations,</c><00:46:03.380><c> powerful</c><00:46:03.639><c> nations,</c><00:46:04.500><c> and</c>

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:06.539
God's<00:46:04.960><c> saying,</c><00:46:05.420><c> contend</c><00:46:05.659><c> against</c><00:46:06.019><c> them.</c>

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:11.119
Verse<00:46:07.719><c> 2.</c><00:46:08.039><c> Hear</c><00:46:08.400><c> ye,</c><00:46:08.659><c> O</c><00:46:08.739><c> mountains,</c><00:46:09.599><c> Yahweh's</c><00:46:10.079><c> controversy,</c>

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:13.360
and<00:46:11.360><c> ye</c><00:46:11.559><c> strong</c><00:46:11.940><c> foundations</c><00:46:12.639><c> of</c><00:46:12.820><c> the</c><00:46:13.000><c> earth,</c>

00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:17.019
for<00:46:13.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:14.380><c> hath</c><00:46:14.619><c> a</c><00:46:14.739><c> controversy</c><00:46:15.280><c> with</c><00:46:15.480><c> his</c><00:46:15.719><c> people,</c><00:46:16.500><c> and</c><00:46:16.699><c> he</c>

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:19.019
will<00:46:17.460><c> plead</c><00:46:17.780><c> with</c><00:46:17.980><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:23.719
O<00:46:19.380><c> my</c><00:46:19.619><c> people,</c><00:46:20.659><c> what</c><00:46:20.940><c> have</c><00:46:21.099><c> I</c><00:46:21.320><c> done</c><00:46:21.539><c> unto</c><00:46:21.800><c> thee?</c><00:46:22.880><c> And</c><00:46:23.480><c> wherein</c>

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:27.599
have<00:46:24.019><c> I</c><00:46:24.320><c> wearied</c><00:46:24.619><c> thee?</c><00:46:25.619><c> Testify</c><00:46:26.139><c> against</c><00:46:26.519><c> me.</c>

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:31.400
For<00:46:27.920><c> I</c><00:46:28.219><c> brought</c><00:46:28.460><c> thee</c><00:46:28.760><c> up</c><00:46:29.039><c> out</c><00:46:29.380><c> of</c><00:46:29.480><c> the</c><00:46:29.559><c> land</c><00:46:29.760><c> of</c><00:46:29.980><c> Egypt,</c><00:46:31.119><c> and</c>

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:33.800
redeemed<00:46:31.980><c> thee</c><00:46:32.340><c> out</c><00:46:32.599><c> of</c><00:46:32.699><c> the</c><00:46:32.860><c> house</c><00:46:33.039><c> of</c><00:46:33.380><c> servants,</c>

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:37.880
and<00:46:34.000><c> I</c><00:46:34.340><c> sent</c><00:46:34.519><c> before</c><00:46:34.940><c> thee</c><00:46:35.139><c> Moses,</c><00:46:35.840><c> Aaron,</c><00:46:36.059><c> and</c><00:46:36.199><c> Miriam.</c><00:46:37.519><c> O</c><00:46:37.659><c> my</c>

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:43.780
people,<00:46:39.219><c> remember</c><00:46:39.739><c> now</c><00:46:40.400><c> what</c><00:46:40.900><c> Balaam,</c><00:46:41.360><c> king</c><00:46:41.599><c> of</c><00:46:41.960><c> Moab,</c><00:46:42.800><c> consulted,</c>

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:46.699
and<00:46:44.300><c> what</c><00:46:44.519><c> Balaam,</c><00:46:44.960><c> the</c><00:46:45.079><c> son</c><00:46:45.199><c> of</c><00:46:45.460><c> Beor,</c><00:46:45.719><c> answered</c><00:46:46.119><c> him</c><00:46:46.380><c> from</c>

00:46:46.699 --> 00:46:52.639
Shittim<00:46:47.039><c> unto</c><00:46:47.280><c> Gilgal,</c><00:46:48.519><c> that</c><00:46:48.659><c> ye</c><00:46:48.880><c> may</c><00:46:49.119><c> know</c><00:46:49.800><c> the</c><00:46:50.400><c> righteousness</c><00:46:51.039><c> of</c><00:46:51.460><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:58.000
Now<00:46:55.860><c> we,</c><00:46:56.159><c> brethren</c><00:46:56.300><c> and</c><00:46:56.440><c> sisters,</c><00:46:57.000><c> are</c><00:46:57.179><c> spiritual</c><00:46:57.659><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.760
are<00:46:58.139><c> we</c><00:46:58.280><c> not?</c>

00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:04.980
And<00:46:59.840><c> we</c><00:46:59.960><c> often</c><00:47:00.179><c> hear</c><00:47:00.420><c> of</c><00:47:00.599><c> the</c><00:47:02.079><c> allegory</c><00:47:02.579><c> of</c><00:47:03.119><c> how</c><00:47:03.380><c> we</c><00:47:03.800><c> have</c><00:47:04.099><c> been</c>

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:08.619
brought<00:47:05.440><c> up</c><00:47:05.699><c> out</c><00:47:05.980><c> of</c><00:47:06.219><c> Egypt,</c><00:47:07.079><c> out</c><00:47:07.219><c> of</c><00:47:07.400><c> bondage</c><00:47:07.880><c> to</c><00:47:08.119><c> sin</c><00:47:08.340><c> from</c>

00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:09.280
the<00:47:08.840><c> world,</c>

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:15.099
and<00:47:09.719><c> we've</c><00:47:09.940><c> been</c><00:47:10.159><c> redeemed</c><00:47:11.059><c> by</c><00:47:11.360><c> our</c><00:47:11.480><c> Lord</c><00:47:11.599><c> Jesus</c><00:47:12.039><c> Christ.</c><00:47:14.539><c> And</c>

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:18.960
we<00:47:15.860><c> think,</c><00:47:16.159><c> don't</c><00:47:16.360><c> we,</c><00:47:16.460><c> that</c><00:47:16.599><c> we</c><00:47:16.760><c> have</c><00:47:17.219><c> great</c><00:47:17.619><c> examples</c><00:47:18.139><c> in</c><00:47:18.320><c> the</c><00:47:18.460><c> Word</c><00:47:18.619><c> of</c><00:47:18.820><c> God,</c>

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:23.000
not<00:47:19.139><c> only</c><00:47:19.480><c> Miriam,</c><00:47:19.980><c> Aaron,</c><00:47:21.039><c> and</c><00:47:21.199><c> Moses,</c><00:47:22.159><c> but</c><00:47:22.280><c> also</c><00:47:22.659><c> we</c><00:47:22.820><c> have</c>

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:26.840
the<00:47:23.219><c> example</c><00:47:23.599><c> of</c><00:47:23.820><c> our</c><00:47:23.960><c> Lord</c><00:47:24.139><c> Jesus</c><00:47:24.519><c> Christ</c><00:47:25.579><c> set</c><00:47:26.019><c> before</c><00:47:26.440><c> us</c><00:47:26.679><c> as</c>

00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:28.280
an<00:47:27.079><c> example.</c>

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:36.260
And<00:47:30.260><c> the</c><00:47:30.559><c> Word</c><00:47:30.860><c> here</c><00:47:31.079><c> is</c><00:47:31.340><c> telling</c><00:47:31.480><c> us</c><00:47:31.820><c> to</c><00:47:32.480><c> remember</c><00:47:33.079><c> what</c><00:47:34.079><c> happened,</c><00:47:35.599><c> remember</c><00:47:36.000><c> what</c>

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:38.460
happens<00:47:36.619><c> when</c><00:47:36.800><c> we</c><00:47:37.039><c> compromise</c><00:47:37.480><c> with</c><00:47:37.719><c> the</c><00:47:37.920><c> world,</c>

00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:42.719
and<00:47:39.219><c> remember</c><00:47:39.500><c> what</c><00:47:39.719><c> happens</c><00:47:40.019><c> to</c><00:47:40.280><c> people</c><00:47:40.599><c> that</c><00:47:40.900><c> do</c><00:47:41.139><c> so.</c><00:47:42.500><c> And</c>

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:47.239
if<00:47:42.820><c> we</c><00:47:42.980><c> can</c><00:47:43.199><c> only</c><00:47:43.400><c> just</c><00:47:43.719><c> remember</c><00:47:44.000><c> that,</c><00:47:44.380><c> we'll</c><00:47:44.599><c> know</c><00:47:45.280><c> the</c><00:47:46.119><c> righteousness</c><00:47:46.619><c> of</c><00:47:46.980><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:47:47.239 --> 00:47:50.940
and<00:47:47.340><c> we'll</c><00:47:47.619><c> know</c><00:47:47.800><c> what</c><00:47:48.019><c> to</c><00:47:48.219><c> do</c><00:47:48.820><c> when</c><00:47:49.360><c> we</c><00:47:49.699><c> are</c><00:47:49.920><c> tempted.</c>

00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:58.460
The<00:47:54.460><c> exhortation,</c><00:47:55.260><c> then,</c><00:47:55.340><c> is</c><00:47:55.599><c> quite</c><00:47:55.860><c> simple</c><00:47:56.219><c> from</c><00:47:57.199><c> this</c><00:47:57.420><c> address.</c><00:47:58.300><c> We</c>

00:47:58.460 --> 00:48:04.079
have<00:47:58.639><c> to</c><00:47:58.840><c> remember</c><00:47:59.599><c> what</c><00:48:00.460><c> Balaam</c><00:48:00.860><c> did,</c><00:48:02.239><c> and</c><00:48:02.400><c> remember</c><00:48:02.639><c> this</c><00:48:02.900><c> compromise.</c>

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:09.820
And<00:48:05.400><c> we</c><00:48:05.739><c> have</c><00:48:05.980><c> to</c><00:48:06.340><c> contend,</c><00:48:07.099><c> verse</c><00:48:07.539><c> one,</c><00:48:08.940><c> against</c><00:48:09.239><c> the</c><00:48:09.539><c> world.</c>

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:14.159
We<00:48:10.039><c> have</c><00:48:10.260><c> to</c><00:48:10.420><c> make</c><00:48:10.599><c> a</c><00:48:10.860><c> stand,</c><00:48:11.900><c> even</c><00:48:12.199><c> though</c><00:48:12.380><c> they're</c><00:48:12.519><c> not</c><00:48:12.739><c> fighting</c><00:48:13.119><c> against</c><00:48:13.480><c> us</c><00:48:13.739><c> physically,</c>

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:17.199
even<00:48:14.800><c> though</c><00:48:15.000><c> it's</c><00:48:15.179><c> very</c><00:48:15.519><c> subtle</c><00:48:15.840><c> through</c><00:48:16.039><c> the</c><00:48:16.219><c> use</c><00:48:16.400><c> of</c><00:48:17.000><c> the</c>

00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:20.559
media,<00:48:18.500><c> through</c><00:48:18.599><c> the</c><00:48:18.739><c> use</c><00:48:18.880><c> of</c><00:48:19.179><c> magazines</c><00:48:19.679><c> and</c><00:48:20.000><c> newspapers,</c>

00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:27.420
as<00:48:20.780><c> you</c><00:48:20.940><c> just</c><00:48:21.119><c> walk</c><00:48:21.219><c> down</c><00:48:21.440><c> the</c><00:48:21.639><c> street,</c><00:48:21.880><c> they're</c><00:48:21.920><c> trying</c><00:48:22.099><c> to</c><00:48:22.280><c> influence</c><00:48:22.639><c> you.</c><00:48:23.500><c> The</c><00:48:23.699><c> point</c><00:48:23.900><c> is,</c><00:48:24.440><c> we</c><00:48:24.559><c> have</c><00:48:24.800><c> to,</c><00:48:24.920><c> in</c><00:48:25.099><c> our</c><00:48:25.280><c> minds,</c><00:48:25.780><c> try</c><00:48:25.920><c> and</c><00:48:26.199><c> contend</c><00:48:26.519><c> and</c><00:48:26.699><c> make</c><00:48:26.880><c> a</c><00:48:27.099><c> stand,</c>

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:34.480
even<00:48:28.059><c> against</c><00:48:28.380><c> our</c><00:48:28.659><c> own</c><00:48:28.880><c> fleshly</c><00:48:29.280><c> minds.</c><00:48:31.460><c> So</c><00:48:31.760><c> we've</c><00:48:31.920><c> seen,</c><00:48:32.199><c> then,</c><00:48:33.280><c> this</c><00:48:33.820><c> idea</c><00:48:34.280><c> of</c>

00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:36.780
the<00:48:34.619><c> doctrine</c><00:48:34.840><c> of</c><00:48:35.039><c> Balaam</c><00:48:35.199><c> in</c><00:48:35.400><c> the</c><00:48:35.500><c> Old</c><00:48:35.699><c> Testament.</c>

00:48:38.739 --> 00:48:43.420
And<00:48:39.300><c> we're</c><00:48:39.860><c> now</c><00:48:39.980><c> going</c><00:48:40.260><c> to</c><00:48:40.840><c> turn</c><00:48:41.139><c> to</c><00:48:41.539><c> the</c><00:48:41.639><c> New</c><00:48:41.840><c> Testament.</c><00:48:42.260><c> Now,</c><00:48:42.320><c> we've</c><00:48:42.500><c> already</c><00:48:42.679><c> gone</c><00:48:43.000><c> to</c>

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:46.739
Peter,<00:48:43.800><c> but</c><00:48:44.260><c> could</c><00:48:44.480><c> we</c><00:48:44.659><c> turn</c><00:48:44.860><c> over</c><00:48:45.019><c> to</c><00:48:45.219><c> Jude,</c><00:48:45.719><c> maybe?</c>

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:50.659
Time's<00:48:47.360><c> running</c><00:48:47.579><c> away</c><00:48:47.860><c> with</c><00:48:48.059><c> me,</c><00:48:48.239><c> so</c><00:48:48.539><c> I've</c><00:48:48.800><c> got</c><00:48:49.000><c> to</c><00:48:49.599><c> move</c><00:48:50.159><c> more</c>

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:52.820
quickly,<00:48:51.039><c> I</c><00:48:51.179><c> think.</c>

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:59.760
Because<00:48:54.360><c> in</c><00:48:54.760><c> Jude,</c><00:48:56.800><c> in</c><00:48:56.900><c> verses</c><00:48:57.099><c> one</c><00:48:57.340><c> to</c><00:48:57.519><c> five,</c><00:48:58.599><c> we</c><00:48:58.760><c> have</c><00:48:59.340><c> Jude</c>

00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:04.679
reminding<00:49:00.500><c> the</c><00:49:01.300><c> brethren</c><00:49:01.619><c> and</c><00:49:01.900><c> the</c><00:49:02.079><c> sisters</c><00:49:02.579><c> of</c><00:49:03.420><c> what</c><00:49:03.860><c> happened</c><00:49:04.039><c> to</c><00:49:04.219><c> Israel</c><00:49:04.519><c> in</c>

00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:05.059
the<00:49:04.860><c> past.</c>

00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:08.579
So<00:49:05.280><c> the</c><00:49:05.460><c> things</c><00:49:05.739><c> that</c><00:49:06.000><c> we</c><00:49:06.340><c> read</c><00:49:06.539><c> of</c><00:49:06.699><c> in</c><00:49:06.940><c> Micah</c><00:49:07.519><c> is</c><00:49:07.980><c> being,</c><00:49:08.320><c> in</c><00:49:08.500><c> a</c>

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:12.940
sense,<00:49:09.039><c> reiterated</c><00:49:09.619><c> by</c><00:49:10.000><c> Jude</c><00:49:10.340><c> in</c><00:49:11.199><c> slightly</c><00:49:11.440><c> different</c><00:49:11.699><c> language.</c>

00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:18.159
And<00:49:13.820><c> in</c><00:49:13.940><c> verse</c><00:49:14.219><c> 11,</c><00:49:16.159><c> he</c><00:49:16.219><c> talks</c><00:49:16.579><c> about,</c><00:49:17.239><c> well,</c><00:49:17.539><c> prior</c><00:49:17.940><c> to</c><00:49:18.039><c> that,</c>

00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:23.139
he<00:49:18.300><c> talks</c><00:49:18.659><c> about</c><00:49:19.039><c> how</c><00:49:19.300><c> these</c><00:49:21.340><c> false</c><00:49:21.639><c> believers</c><00:49:22.280><c> came</c><00:49:22.820><c> up</c><00:49:23.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:49:23.219><c> middle</c><00:49:23.360><c> of</c><00:49:23.579><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:49:25.360><c> influenced</c><00:49:25.719><c> them</c><00:49:25.920><c> to</c><00:49:26.099><c> go</c><00:49:26.260><c> astray.</c><00:49:27.440><c> And</c><00:49:27.599><c> he</c><00:49:27.760><c> says</c><00:49:27.960><c> in</c><00:49:28.079><c> verse</c><00:49:28.360><c> 11,</c>

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:33.239
Woe<00:49:30.360><c> unto</c><00:49:30.480><c> them,</c><00:49:30.820><c> for</c><00:49:31.039><c> they</c><00:49:31.440><c> have</c><00:49:31.739><c> gone</c><00:49:32.059><c> in</c><00:49:32.360><c> the</c><00:49:32.519><c> way</c><00:49:32.699><c> of</c><00:49:32.980><c> Cain,</c>

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:37.599
and<00:49:33.519><c> ran</c><00:49:33.739><c> greedily</c><00:49:34.340><c> after</c><00:49:34.619><c> the</c><00:49:34.960><c> error</c><00:49:35.119><c> of</c><00:49:35.400><c> Balaam</c><00:49:35.920><c> for</c><00:49:36.460><c> reward,</c>

00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:42.239
and<00:49:38.139><c> perished</c><00:49:38.780><c> in</c><00:49:39.159><c> the</c><00:49:39.340><c> gainsaying</c><00:49:39.840><c> of</c><00:49:40.219><c> Chor.</c><00:49:40.940><c> These</c><00:49:41.260><c> are</c><00:49:41.579><c> spots</c><00:49:41.960><c> in</c>

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your<00:49:42.500><c> feasts</c><00:49:42.800><c> of</c><00:49:43.099><c> charity</c><00:49:43.559><c> when</c><00:49:44.059><c> they</c><00:49:44.480><c> feast</c><00:49:44.860><c> with</c><00:49:45.320><c> you.</c>

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So<00:49:45.679><c> there's</c><00:49:45.880><c> that</c><00:49:46.059><c> idea</c><00:49:46.300><c> again.</c><00:49:46.940><c> They're</c><00:49:47.219><c> in</c><00:49:47.880><c> the</c><00:49:48.199><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:51.500
They<00:49:48.659><c> could</c><00:49:48.840><c> even</c><00:49:49.280><c> be</c><00:49:49.659><c> within</c><00:49:49.920><c> our</c><00:49:50.280><c> own</c><00:49:50.639><c> minds,</c><00:49:51.079><c> so</c><00:49:51.219><c> we've</c><00:49:51.400><c> got</c>

00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:52.760
to<00:49:51.739><c> contend</c><00:49:52.039><c> against</c><00:49:52.400><c> it.</c>

00:49:52.760 --> 00:50:00.440
And<00:49:53.320><c> he</c><00:49:53.480><c> says,</c><00:49:56.820><c> Feast</c><00:49:58.159><c> with</c><00:49:58.460><c> you,</c><00:49:58.739><c> feeding</c><00:49:59.039><c> themselves</c><00:49:59.559><c> without</c><00:49:59.960><c> fear,</c>

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:03.860
clouds<00:50:01.099><c> they</c><00:50:01.360><c> are</c><00:50:01.519><c> without</c><00:50:01.820><c> water,</c><00:50:02.659><c> carried</c><00:50:02.800><c> about</c><00:50:03.139><c> of</c><00:50:03.420><c> winds,</c>

00:50:04.159 --> 00:50:10.079
trees<00:50:04.679><c> whose</c><00:50:05.099><c> fruit</c><00:50:05.659><c> withereth</c><00:50:06.280><c> without</c><00:50:07.000><c> fruit,</c><00:50:07.880><c> twice</c><00:50:08.300><c> dead,</c><00:50:09.219><c> plucked</c><00:50:09.500><c> up</c>

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by<00:50:10.619><c> the</c><00:50:11.079><c> roots.</c>

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And<00:50:12.239><c> so</c><00:50:12.460><c> he</c><00:50:12.659><c> goes</c><00:50:12.900><c> on</c><00:50:13.719><c> with</c><00:50:14.619><c> this</c><00:50:14.860><c> great</c><00:50:15.159><c> condemnation</c><00:50:16.500><c> of</c><00:50:17.199><c> this.</c>

00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:23.219
And<00:50:18.159><c> he</c><00:50:18.360><c> says</c><00:50:18.559><c> at</c><00:50:18.760><c> the</c><00:50:18.880><c> end</c><00:50:19.139><c> of</c><00:50:19.739><c> verse</c><00:50:20.599><c> 13,</c><00:50:22.079><c> he</c><00:50:22.119><c> says,</c><00:50:22.599><c> To</c><00:50:22.599><c> whom</c>

00:50:23.219 --> 00:50:27.500
is<00:50:23.719><c> reserved</c><00:50:24.219><c> the</c><00:50:24.840><c> blackness</c><00:50:25.460><c> of</c><00:50:25.760><c> darkness</c><00:50:26.380><c> forever?</c>

00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:31.400
The<00:50:28.159><c> end</c><00:50:28.400><c> of</c><00:50:28.659><c> Balaam</c><00:50:28.820><c> is</c><00:50:29.119><c> death.</c><00:50:30.380><c> And</c><00:50:30.599><c> that's</c><00:50:30.800><c> why</c><00:50:30.980><c> we</c><00:50:31.099><c> have</c><00:50:31.239><c> to</c>

00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:36.860
be<00:50:31.539><c> so</c><00:50:31.940><c> keen</c><00:50:32.219><c> to</c><00:50:32.800><c> keep</c><00:50:33.199><c> along</c><00:50:35.079><c> the</c><00:50:35.280><c> way</c><00:50:35.420><c> of</c><00:50:35.659><c> Christ,</c><00:50:36.539><c> and</c><00:50:36.659><c> not</c>

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after<00:50:37.139><c> the</c><00:50:37.400><c> way</c><00:50:37.960><c> of</c><00:50:38.260><c> Balaam.</c>

00:50:42.019 --> 00:50:45.800
And<00:50:42.579><c> it</c><00:50:42.760><c> did</c><00:50:43.260><c> come</c><00:50:43.860><c> inside</c><00:50:44.380><c> the</c><00:50:44.599><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:50:45.300><c> there's</c><00:50:45.579><c> no</c>

00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:48.780
denying<00:50:46.099><c> it,</c><00:50:46.960><c> because</c><00:50:47.019><c> the</c><00:50:47.159><c> Lord</c><00:50:47.300><c> Jesus</c><00:50:47.599><c> Christ</c><00:50:47.900><c> tells</c><00:50:48.199><c> us</c><00:50:48.480><c> that</c><00:50:48.659><c> it</c>

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:52.860
did<00:50:49.139><c> in</c><00:50:50.019><c> Revelation</c><00:50:50.579><c> and</c><00:50:50.860><c> Chapter</c><00:50:51.119><c> 2.</c>

00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:58.239
And<00:50:53.219><c> he's</c><00:50:53.400><c> writing</c><00:50:53.780><c> here</c><00:50:54.079><c> in</c><00:50:54.239><c> verse</c><00:50:54.480><c> 12,</c><00:50:55.539><c> to</c><00:50:55.840><c> the</c><00:50:56.099><c> Ecclesia</c><00:50:56.639><c> in</c><00:50:57.039><c> Pergamos.</c>

00:50:59.900 --> 00:51:03.940
And<00:51:00.159><c> he</c><00:51:00.300><c> says</c><00:51:00.500><c> in</c><00:51:00.619><c> verse</c><00:51:00.820><c> 12,</c><00:51:01.159><c> And</c><00:51:01.320><c> to</c><00:51:01.460><c> the</c><00:51:01.800><c> angel,</c><00:51:03.360><c> or</c><00:51:03.679><c> as</c><00:51:03.780><c> we</c>

00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:07.599
know<00:51:04.039><c> it,</c><00:51:04.199><c> the</c><00:51:04.280><c> elder</c><00:51:04.599><c> or</c><00:51:04.980><c> the</c><00:51:05.159><c> person</c><00:51:05.400><c> in</c><00:51:05.699><c> charge</c><00:51:05.960><c> of</c><00:51:06.280><c> the</c><00:51:06.539><c> Ecclesia</c><00:51:06.940><c> in</c><00:51:07.179><c> Pergamos,</c>

00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:11.340
that's<00:51:07.679><c> right,</c><00:51:08.699><c> these</c><00:51:09.360><c> things</c><00:51:09.820><c> saith</c><00:51:10.119><c> he</c><00:51:10.500><c> which</c><00:51:10.780><c> hath</c><00:51:10.960><c> the</c>

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:14.380
sharp<00:51:11.760><c> sword</c><00:51:12.500><c> with</c><00:51:13.139><c> two</c><00:51:13.380><c> edges.</c>

00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:19.099
So<00:51:16.760><c> the</c><00:51:17.159><c> sword's</c><00:51:17.480><c> cropped</c><00:51:17.619><c> up</c><00:51:17.780><c> again,</c><00:51:18.019><c> hasn't</c><00:51:18.199><c> it,</c><00:51:18.400><c> that</c><00:51:18.559><c> we</c>

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.900
mentioned<00:51:19.400><c> earlier.</c>

00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:22.579
And<00:51:20.519><c> this</c><00:51:20.719><c> person</c><00:51:21.019><c> with</c><00:51:21.179><c> the</c><00:51:21.400><c> sharp</c><00:51:21.699><c> sword</c><00:51:21.980><c> with</c><00:51:22.159><c> two</c><00:51:22.360><c> edges</c>

00:51:22.579 --> 00:51:26.219
is<00:51:22.760><c> the</c><00:51:22.900><c> Lord</c><00:51:23.059><c> Jesus</c><00:51:23.440><c> Christ,</c><00:51:23.900><c> and</c><00:51:24.119><c> the</c><00:51:24.539><c> sharp</c><00:51:24.820><c> sword</c><00:51:25.019><c> with</c><00:51:25.219><c> two</c><00:51:25.420><c> edges</c><00:51:25.679><c> is</c>

00:51:26.219 --> 00:51:28.199
the<00:51:26.400><c> Word</c><00:51:26.579><c> of</c><00:51:26.780><c> God.</c>

00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:39.219
Verse<00:51:29.980><c> 14,</c><00:51:34.920><c> But</c><00:51:35.059><c> I</c><00:51:35.320><c> have</c><00:51:35.619><c> a</c><00:51:36.000><c> few</c><00:51:36.199><c> things</c><00:51:36.519><c> against</c><00:51:36.940><c> thee,</c><00:51:38.500><c> because</c><00:51:38.960><c> thou</c>

00:51:39.219 --> 00:51:40.980
hast<00:51:39.599><c> there,</c>

00:51:42.119 --> 00:51:47.880
then<00:51:42.559><c> that</c><00:51:43.079><c> hold</c><00:51:43.460><c> the</c><00:51:43.940><c> doctrine</c><00:51:44.460><c> of</c><00:51:44.920><c> Balaam,</c><00:51:46.679><c> who</c><00:51:47.000><c> taught</c><00:51:47.239><c> Balak</c><00:51:47.679><c> to</c>

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:50.079
cast<00:51:48.099><c> a</c><00:51:48.360><c> stumbling</c><00:51:48.659><c> block</c><00:51:48.860><c> before</c><00:51:49.219><c> the</c><00:51:49.400><c> children</c><00:51:49.599><c> of</c><00:51:49.739><c> Israel,</c>

00:51:50.199 --> 00:51:54.420
to<00:51:50.360><c> eat</c><00:51:50.599><c> things</c><00:51:50.900><c> sacrificed</c><00:51:51.519><c> unto</c><00:51:51.820><c> idols,</c><00:51:52.280><c> and</c><00:51:52.400><c> to</c><00:51:52.599><c> commit</c><00:51:52.880><c> fornication.</c>

00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:57.920
So<00:51:55.119><c> they</c><00:51:55.340><c> had</c><00:51:55.480><c> people</c><00:51:55.840><c> in</c><00:51:56.039><c> their</c><00:51:56.199><c> meeting</c><00:51:56.719><c> who</c><00:51:57.360><c> were</c><00:51:57.539><c> doing</c><00:51:57.719><c> this.</c>

00:51:57.940 --> 00:52:03.059
Now,<00:51:58.159><c> I</c><00:51:58.260><c> don't</c><00:51:58.519><c> think</c><00:51:58.739><c> it</c><00:51:59.159><c> literally</c><00:51:59.619><c> means</c><00:51:59.980><c> that</c><00:52:00.280><c> they</c><00:52:00.619><c> literally</c><00:52:01.679><c> caused</c><00:52:02.619><c> the</c>

00:52:03.059 --> 00:52:05.320
brethren<00:52:03.280><c> and</c><00:52:03.500><c> sisters</c><00:52:03.619><c> to</c><00:52:03.980><c> commit</c><00:52:04.260><c> literal</c><00:52:04.659><c> fornication.</c>

00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:07.699
The<00:52:05.519><c> Book</c><00:52:05.679><c> of</c><00:52:05.840><c> Revelation</c><00:52:06.179><c> is</c><00:52:06.380><c> a</c><00:52:06.460><c> book</c><00:52:06.579><c> of</c><00:52:06.800><c> symbol.</c>

00:52:08.400 --> 00:52:11.780
And<00:52:08.579><c> so</c><00:52:08.679><c> just</c><00:52:08.860><c> as</c><00:52:09.019><c> the</c><00:52:09.320><c> sword</c><00:52:09.559><c> was</c><00:52:09.940><c> a</c><00:52:10.280><c> symbol,</c><00:52:11.159><c> I</c><00:52:11.280><c> think</c><00:52:11.519><c> we</c>

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:15.500
have<00:52:12.000><c> here</c><00:52:13.159><c> things</c><00:52:13.760><c> sacrificed</c><00:52:14.360><c> unto</c><00:52:14.619><c> idols,</c><00:52:15.039><c> possibly,</c>

00:52:15.820 --> 00:52:19.079
as<00:52:15.940><c> also</c><00:52:16.340><c> symbolising</c><00:52:17.260><c> sacrificing</c><00:52:18.019><c> and</c><00:52:18.239><c> worshipping</c><00:52:18.639><c> things</c><00:52:18.900><c> of</c>

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:19.659
the<00:52:19.280><c> world.</c>

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:23.119
And<00:52:20.320><c> I</c><00:52:20.519><c> also</c><00:52:20.760><c> feel</c><00:52:21.000><c> that</c><00:52:21.480><c> fornication</c><00:52:22.159><c> here</c><00:52:22.400><c> is</c><00:52:22.659><c> spiritual</c>

00:52:23.119 --> 00:52:25.449
fornication<00:52:24.000><c> with</c><00:52:24.420><c> the</c><00:52:24.639><c> world.</c>

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:29.139
And<00:52:27.039><c> that's</c><00:52:27.539><c> the</c><00:52:27.719><c> implication,</c><00:52:28.219><c> isn't</c><00:52:28.400><c> it,</c><00:52:28.500><c> of</c><00:52:28.679><c> these</c><00:52:28.920><c> things.</c>

00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:32.340
We<00:52:29.340><c> have</c><00:52:29.539><c> to</c><00:52:29.639><c> take</c><00:52:29.880><c> the</c><00:52:30.179><c> spiritual</c><00:52:30.519><c> things</c><00:52:30.860><c> away</c><00:52:31.400><c> from</c><00:52:31.840><c> the</c><00:52:32.000><c> Word</c><00:52:32.119><c> of</c>

00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:37.099
God,<00:52:33.179><c> and</c><00:52:33.460><c> we</c><00:52:33.619><c> have</c><00:52:33.800><c> to</c><00:52:34.320><c> think</c><00:52:34.599><c> about</c><00:52:35.139><c> what</c><00:52:35.760><c> they</c><00:52:36.139><c> mean.</c>

00:52:38.539 --> 00:52:43.079
And<00:52:38.739><c> we</c><00:52:39.059><c> have</c><00:52:39.559><c> these</c><00:52:40.079><c> words</c><00:52:40.380><c> written</c><00:52:40.699><c> in</c><00:52:40.900><c> verse</c><00:52:41.099><c> 16,</c><00:52:41.739><c> Repent,</c>

00:52:43.579 --> 00:52:45.909
or<00:52:43.760><c> else</c><00:52:44.059><c> I</c><00:52:44.199><c> will</c><00:52:44.500><c> come</c><00:52:44.820><c> unto</c><00:52:45.280><c> thee</c><00:52:45.599><c> quickly,</c>

00:52:45.909 --> 00:52:51.429
and<00:52:46.949><c> will</c><00:52:47.190><c> fight</c><00:52:47.570><c> against</c><00:52:48.010><c> them</c><00:52:48.469><c> with</c><00:52:49.110><c> the</c><00:52:49.449><c> sword</c><00:52:49.750><c> of</c><00:52:50.070><c> my</c><00:52:50.429><c> mouth.</c>

00:52:51.789 --> 00:52:56.730
So<00:52:52.269><c> there</c><00:52:52.750><c> again</c><00:52:53.050><c> we</c><00:52:53.389><c> have</c><00:52:54.090><c> the</c><00:52:54.670><c> sword</c><00:52:54.929><c> cropping</c><00:52:55.269><c> up,</c><00:52:55.469><c> don't</c><00:52:55.650><c> we?</c>

00:52:58.670 --> 00:53:02.289
And<00:52:59.329><c> we</c><00:52:59.989><c> noted,</c><00:53:00.969><c> didn't</c><00:53:01.130><c> we,</c><00:53:01.289><c> when</c><00:53:01.389><c> we</c><00:53:01.530><c> went</c><00:53:01.650><c> through</c><00:53:01.909><c> before,</c>

00:53:02.670 --> 00:53:07.030
that<00:53:02.809><c> the</c><00:53:02.809><c> way</c><00:53:03.309><c> that</c><00:53:03.989><c> Balaam,</c><00:53:04.710><c> his</c><00:53:05.389><c> end</c><00:53:05.869><c> came</c><00:53:06.269><c> by</c><00:53:06.469><c> the</c><00:53:06.650><c> hand</c><00:53:06.789><c> of</c>

00:53:07.030 --> 00:53:08.010
a<00:53:07.170><c> sword.</c>

00:53:08.769 --> 00:53:12.289
And<00:53:09.050><c> by</c><00:53:09.369><c> implication</c><00:53:09.869><c> here,</c><00:53:10.369><c> I</c><00:53:10.570><c> think</c><00:53:10.730><c> the</c><00:53:10.889><c> Lord</c><00:53:11.010><c> Jesus</c><00:53:11.329><c> Christ</c><00:53:11.690><c> is</c><00:53:11.929><c> drawing</c><00:53:12.070><c> a</c>

00:53:12.289 --> 00:53:12.989
comparison<00:53:12.690><c> with</c><00:53:12.869><c> this.</c>

00:53:12.989 --> 00:53:16.769
And<00:53:13.110><c> he's</c><00:53:13.250><c> saying,</c><00:53:13.969><c> if</c><00:53:13.989><c> we</c><00:53:14.190><c> go</c><00:53:14.369><c> down</c><00:53:14.570><c> this</c><00:53:14.929><c> route,</c><00:53:16.130><c> we</c><00:53:16.309><c> are</c><00:53:16.510><c> going</c><00:53:16.610><c> to</c>

00:53:16.769 --> 00:53:18.409
be<00:53:16.909><c> destroyed</c><00:53:17.289><c> by</c><00:53:17.489><c> the</c><00:53:17.750><c> sword</c><00:53:17.929><c> as</c><00:53:18.190><c> well.</c>

00:53:18.650 --> 00:53:20.309
But<00:53:18.869><c> it's</c><00:53:19.230><c> more</c><00:53:19.429><c> of</c><00:53:19.590><c> a</c><00:53:19.610><c> spiritual</c><00:53:20.030><c> sword.</c>

00:53:20.389 --> 00:53:23.590
The<00:53:20.489><c> Word</c><00:53:20.690><c> of</c><00:53:20.849><c> God</c><00:53:21.030><c> will</c><00:53:21.269><c> judge</c><00:53:21.469><c> us,</c><00:53:22.289><c> and</c><00:53:22.710><c> therefore</c><00:53:23.190><c> we</c><00:53:23.369><c> will</c>

00:53:23.590 --> 00:53:26.250
not<00:53:23.710><c> be</c><00:53:23.869><c> able</c><00:53:24.010><c> to</c><00:53:24.210><c> enter</c><00:53:24.829><c> into</c><00:53:25.190><c> the</c><00:53:25.389><c> kingdom.</c>

00:53:27.769 --> 00:53:31.869
And<00:53:27.889><c> in</c><00:53:28.030><c> verse</c><00:53:28.269><c> 17,</c><00:53:29.610><c> we</c><00:53:29.829><c> have</c><00:53:30.250><c> the</c><00:53:30.610><c> motivation,</c><00:53:31.210><c> do</c><00:53:31.449><c> we</c><00:53:31.590><c> not,</c>

00:53:31.969 --> 00:53:37.650
to<00:53:32.789><c> obey</c><00:53:33.150><c> God's</c><00:53:33.530><c> Word</c><00:53:33.750><c> and</c><00:53:33.949><c> to</c><00:53:34.369><c> keep</c><00:53:34.570><c> this</c><00:53:35.769><c> doctrine</c><00:53:36.150><c> away</c><00:53:36.449><c> from</c><00:53:36.650><c> us.</c>

00:53:37.849 --> 00:53:42.650
He<00:53:38.329><c> that</c><00:53:38.610><c> hath</c><00:53:38.809><c> an</c><00:53:39.010><c> ear,</c><00:53:39.750><c> let</c><00:53:40.070><c> him</c><00:53:40.269><c> hear</c><00:53:40.489><c> what</c><00:53:40.710><c> the</c><00:53:40.929><c> Spirit</c><00:53:41.130><c> sayeth</c><00:53:41.449><c> unto</c><00:53:41.610><c> the</c><00:53:41.829><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:53:43.329 --> 00:53:49.010
To<00:53:43.570><c> him</c><00:53:43.989><c> that</c><00:53:44.510><c> overcometh,</c><00:53:45.829><c> will</c><00:53:45.929><c> I</c><00:53:46.150><c> give</c><00:53:46.429><c> to</c><00:53:46.670><c> eat</c><00:53:46.849><c> of</c><00:53:46.969><c> the</c><00:53:47.170><c> hidden</c><00:53:47.449><c> manna,</c><00:53:48.869><c> and</c>

00:53:49.010 --> 00:53:50.650
will<00:53:49.210><c> give</c><00:53:49.329><c> him</c><00:53:49.510><c> a</c><00:53:49.750><c> white</c><00:53:50.090><c> stone,</c>

00:53:50.969 --> 00:53:55.269
and<00:53:51.150><c> in</c><00:53:51.309><c> the</c><00:53:51.530><c> stone</c><00:53:51.710><c> a</c><00:53:51.849><c> new</c><00:53:52.170><c> name</c><00:53:52.469><c> written,</c><00:53:52.809><c> which</c><00:53:53.110><c> no</c><00:53:53.389><c> man</c><00:53:53.789><c> knoweth,</c><00:53:54.710><c> saving</c><00:53:54.929><c> he</c>

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that<00:53:55.610><c> receiveth</c><00:53:55.969><c> it.</c>

00:53:57.630 --> 00:54:03.389
Now<00:53:58.070><c> it's</c><00:53:58.190><c> my</c><00:53:58.349><c> understanding</c><00:53:58.769><c> that</c><00:53:59.010><c> back</c><00:54:00.190><c> in</c><00:54:00.389><c> the</c><00:54:00.789><c> days</c><00:54:01.150><c> of</c><00:54:01.570><c> the</c><00:54:02.110><c> Apostles,</c><00:54:02.869><c> that</c><00:54:02.989><c> you</c><00:54:03.090><c> got</c><00:54:03.230><c> a</c>

00:54:03.389 --> 00:54:05.590
white<00:54:03.650><c> stone</c><00:54:03.969><c> when</c><00:54:04.170><c> you</c><00:54:04.289><c> were</c><00:54:04.510><c> acquitted</c><00:54:04.929><c> at</c><00:54:05.170><c> a</c><00:54:05.269><c> judgment.</c>

00:54:05.590 --> 00:54:08.250
You<00:54:06.030><c> got</c><00:54:06.190><c> a</c><00:54:06.349><c> black</c><00:54:06.510><c> one</c><00:54:06.670><c> if</c><00:54:06.829><c> you</c><00:54:06.949><c> were</c><00:54:07.130><c> condemned.</c>

00:54:08.510 --> 00:54:10.570
And<00:54:08.630><c> so</c><00:54:08.690><c> this</c><00:54:08.869><c> is</c><00:54:09.110><c> telling</c><00:54:09.230><c> us</c><00:54:09.409><c> to</c><00:54:09.670><c> overcome,</c><00:54:10.210><c> brethren</c><00:54:10.389><c> and</c>

00:54:10.570 --> 00:54:15.130
sisters,<00:54:11.269><c> the</c><00:54:11.510><c> fleshly</c><00:54:11.989><c> instincts</c><00:54:12.329><c> and</c><00:54:12.530><c> the</c><00:54:12.730><c> fleshly</c><00:54:13.190><c> thoughts</c><00:54:13.650><c> of</c><00:54:14.269><c> Balaam.</c>

00:54:17.809 --> 00:54:22.050
So<00:54:18.210><c> we'd</c><00:54:18.409><c> like</c><00:54:18.469><c> to</c><00:54:18.630><c> now</c><00:54:18.829><c> finish</c><00:54:19.090><c> up</c><00:54:19.630><c> by</c><00:54:20.110><c> turning</c><00:54:20.349><c> over</c><00:54:20.630><c> to</c><00:54:21.050><c> Titus.</c>

00:54:22.730 --> 00:54:27.909
And<00:54:22.989><c> really</c><00:54:23.429><c> I</c><00:54:23.550><c> think</c><00:54:23.710><c> this</c><00:54:24.050><c> verse</c><00:54:24.269><c> in</c><00:54:24.570><c> Titus</c><00:54:24.889><c> summarises</c><00:54:25.650><c> what</c><00:54:26.429><c> we've</c><00:54:26.610><c> been</c><00:54:26.829><c> looking</c><00:54:27.110><c> at</c>

00:54:27.909 --> 00:54:33.090
in<00:54:29.070><c> considering</c><00:54:29.610><c> this</c><00:54:30.449><c> way</c><00:54:30.869><c> and</c><00:54:31.150><c> this</c><00:54:31.449><c> doctrine</c><00:54:31.909><c> of</c><00:54:32.309><c> Balaam.</c>

00:54:36.849 --> 00:54:42.949
We<00:54:37.690><c> read</c><00:54:37.989><c> in</c><00:54:38.289><c> Titus</c><00:54:38.710><c> chapter</c><00:54:39.269><c> 2,</c><00:54:41.210><c> verse</c><00:54:41.250><c> 10</c><00:54:41.550><c>-14.</c>

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Not<00:54:44.690><c> purloining,</c><00:54:46.289><c> but</c><00:54:46.349><c> we</c><00:54:46.550><c> should</c><00:54:46.650><c> be</c><00:54:46.929><c> showing</c><00:54:47.510><c> all</c><00:54:48.269><c> good</c><00:54:48.530><c> fidelity</c><00:54:49.050><c> that</c><00:54:49.909><c> they</c><00:54:50.150><c> may</c>

00:54:50.449 --> 00:54:56.190
adorn<00:54:51.250><c> the</c><00:54:52.090><c> doctrine</c><00:54:52.530><c> of</c><00:54:52.909><c> God</c><00:54:53.269><c> our</c><00:54:53.789><c> Saviour,</c><00:54:54.309><c> not</c><00:54:54.630><c> the</c><00:54:54.889><c> doctrine</c><00:54:55.409><c> of</c><00:54:55.809><c> Balaam.</c>

00:54:56.190 --> 00:55:01.730
In<00:54:57.230><c> all</c><00:54:57.690><c> things,</c><00:54:58.829><c> for</c><00:54:58.929><c> the</c><00:54:59.150><c> grace</c><00:54:59.349><c> of</c><00:54:59.570><c> God</c><00:54:59.710><c> that</c><00:54:59.929><c> bringeth</c><00:55:00.269><c> salvation</c><00:55:00.769><c> hath</c><00:55:01.070><c> appeared</c><00:55:01.429><c> to</c>

00:55:01.730 --> 00:55:05.170
all<00:55:01.929><c> men,</c><00:55:02.190><c> teaching</c><00:55:02.550><c> us</c><00:55:03.110><c> that</c><00:55:03.610><c> denying</c><00:55:04.130><c> ungodliness</c><00:55:04.889><c> and</c>

00:55:05.170 --> 00:55:06.329
worldly<00:55:05.389><c> lusts,</c>

00:55:06.329 --> 00:55:10.510
we<00:55:06.469><c> should</c><00:55:06.710><c> live</c><00:55:07.010><c> soberly,</c><00:55:08.530><c> righteously</c><00:55:08.969><c> and</c><00:55:09.570><c> godly</c><00:55:10.110><c> in</c><00:55:10.289><c> this</c>

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present<00:55:10.769><c> world.</c>

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Looking<00:55:11.769><c> for</c><00:55:12.010><c> that</c><00:55:12.190><c> blessed</c><00:55:12.570><c> hope</c><00:55:13.030><c> and</c><00:55:13.710><c> the</c><00:55:13.969><c> glorious</c><00:55:14.369><c> appearing</c><00:55:14.750><c> of</c><00:55:14.969><c> the</c>

00:55:15.130 --> 00:55:17.409
great<00:55:15.349><c> God</c><00:55:15.630><c> and</c><00:55:15.829><c> our</c><00:55:16.090><c> Saviour</c><00:55:16.449><c> Jesus</c><00:55:16.829><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:17.409 --> 00:55:21.630
who<00:55:18.170><c> gave</c><00:55:18.409><c> himself</c><00:55:18.829><c> for</c><00:55:19.110><c> us</c><00:55:19.710><c> that</c><00:55:20.269><c> he</c><00:55:20.429><c> might</c><00:55:20.650><c> redeem</c><00:55:21.010><c> us</c><00:55:21.309><c> from</c>

00:55:21.630 --> 00:55:27.730
all<00:55:21.909><c> iniquity</c><00:55:22.409><c> and</c><00:55:22.750><c> purifying</c><00:55:23.170><c> unto</c><00:55:23.449><c> himself</c><00:55:24.210><c> a</c><00:55:25.050><c> peculiar</c><00:55:25.469><c> people,</c><00:55:26.889><c> zealous</c><00:55:27.210><c> of</c>

00:55:27.730 --> 00:55:29.230
good<00:55:28.030><c> works.</c>

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And<00:55:30.489><c> so</c><00:55:30.670><c> I'm</c><00:55:30.750><c> sure</c><00:55:31.030><c> we</c><00:55:31.949><c> can</c><00:55:33.030><c> all</c><00:55:33.269><c> see</c><00:55:33.409><c> the</c><00:55:33.590><c> lesson</c><00:55:33.849><c> there.</c>

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We<00:55:35.409><c> need</c><00:55:35.590><c> to</c><00:55:35.869><c> rightly</c><00:55:36.090><c> divide</c><00:55:36.389><c> the</c><00:55:36.570><c> word</c><00:55:36.670><c> of</c><00:55:36.969><c> truth,</c><00:55:37.170><c> we</c><00:55:37.269><c> need</c>

00:55:37.469 --> 00:55:41.530
to<00:55:37.750><c> use</c><00:55:37.889><c> that</c><00:55:38.230><c> sword</c><00:55:38.590><c> to</c><00:55:39.469><c> cut</c><00:55:39.829><c> off</c><00:55:40.389><c> the</c><00:55:40.789><c> flesh</c><00:55:41.030><c> that's</c><00:55:41.369><c> within</c>

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us<00:55:42.050><c> and</c><00:55:42.550><c> to</c><00:55:42.829><c> follow</c><00:55:43.010><c> God.</c>

00:55:44.269 --> 00:55:48.489
We<00:55:44.789><c> should</c><00:55:45.309><c> ensure</c><00:55:45.989><c> that</c><00:55:46.269><c> we</c><00:55:46.670><c> are</c><00:55:47.030><c> not</c><00:55:47.250><c> after</c><00:55:47.570><c> personal</c><00:55:48.070><c> gain</c>

00:55:48.489 --> 00:55:52.130
and<00:55:48.929><c> we</c><00:55:49.030><c> should</c><00:55:49.170><c> put</c><00:55:49.369><c> God</c><00:55:49.630><c> first</c><00:55:50.550><c> above</c><00:55:51.030><c> all</c><00:55:51.369><c> things.</c>

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So<00:55:53.409><c> I'd</c><00:55:53.610><c> like</c><00:55:53.690><c> to</c><00:55:53.849><c> thank</c><00:55:53.949><c> you</c><00:55:54.130><c> all</c><00:55:54.309><c> for</c><00:55:54.489><c> coming</c><00:55:54.670><c> out</c><00:55:54.889><c> this</c><00:55:55.030><c> evening</c><00:55:55.289><c> and</c>

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to<00:55:55.750><c> looking</c><00:55:55.969><c> into</c><00:55:56.230><c> these</c><00:55:56.530><c> things</c><00:55:56.710><c> with</c><00:55:56.889><c> us</c><00:55:57.050><c> tonight.</c><00:55:57.670><c> Thank</c><00:55:57.849><c> you.</c>