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that<00:12:05.759><c> our</c><00:12:06.320><c> God,</c><00:12:06.840><c> through</c><00:12:07.159><c> the</c><00:12:07.460><c> names</c><00:12:07.860><c> and</c><00:12:08.399><c> titles</c>

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Revelation,<00:12:30.139><c> you</c><00:12:30.340><c> still</c><00:12:30.659><c> see</c><00:12:31.419><c> God</c><00:12:31.980><c> Almighty.</c>

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They<00:12:35.139><c> will</c><00:12:35.460><c> sing</c><00:12:35.720><c> the</c><00:12:35.919><c> song</c><00:12:36.220><c> of</c><00:12:36.419><c> Moses,</c><00:12:36.919><c> the</c><00:12:37.179><c> servant</c><00:12:37.440><c> of</c><00:12:37.700><c> God,</c>

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And<00:12:40.080><c> great</c><00:12:40.559><c> and</c><00:12:40.840><c> marvelous</c><00:12:41.220><c> are</c><00:12:41.500><c> thy</c><00:12:41.759><c> works,</c><00:12:42.919><c> Lord</c><00:12:43.419><c> God</c><00:12:44.399><c> Almighty.</c>

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Because<00:12:50.559><c> the</c><00:12:50.779><c> concept</c><00:12:51.279><c> behind</c><00:12:51.960><c> El</c><00:12:52.279><c> Shaddai</c><00:12:52.700><c> is</c><00:12:53.039><c> eternal.</c>

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But<00:13:00.820><c> as</c><00:13:01.100><c> God</c><00:13:01.340><c> has</c><00:13:01.600><c> said,</c><00:13:02.100><c> or</c><00:13:02.259><c> it</c><00:13:02.460><c> is</c><00:13:02.519><c> said</c><00:13:02.659><c> of</c><00:13:02.899><c> God,</c><00:13:04.779><c> without</c><00:13:05.039><c> faith</c><00:13:05.840><c> it's</c><00:13:06.720><c> impossible</c><00:13:07.399><c> to</c>

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If<00:13:13.000><c> it</c><00:13:13.580><c> is</c><00:13:13.919><c> just</c><00:13:14.340><c> intellectual,</c><00:13:16.539><c> then</c><00:13:16.620><c> we</c><00:13:17.799><c> really</c><00:13:18.200><c> are</c><00:13:18.980><c> not</c><00:13:19.360><c> achieving</c><00:13:19.840><c> anything</c><00:13:20.379><c> compared</c><00:13:21.120><c> to</c>

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what<00:13:21.519><c> God</c><00:13:21.720><c> expects</c><00:13:22.240><c> of</c><00:13:22.379><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:13:23.700><c> almost</c><00:13:24.000><c> as</c><00:13:24.320><c> if,</c><00:13:25.000><c> as</c><00:13:25.899><c> we've</c><00:13:26.279><c> often</c><00:13:26.580><c> said,</c><00:13:27.059><c> the</c><00:13:27.080><c> example</c><00:13:27.539><c> is</c><00:13:27.799><c> take</c><00:13:28.019><c> a</c>

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Have<00:13:54.620><c> we</c><00:13:54.779><c> ever</c><00:13:55.039><c> prayed</c><00:13:55.340><c> to</c><00:13:55.539><c> God</c><00:13:55.840><c> thinking</c><00:13:56.259><c> that</c><00:13:56.759><c> he</c><00:13:57.120><c> is</c><00:13:57.379><c> El</c><00:13:57.720><c> Shaddai</c><00:13:58.139><c> to</c><00:13:58.340><c> us?</c>

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do<00:14:16.500><c> we</c><00:14:16.659><c> use</c><00:14:16.940><c> that</c><00:14:17.320><c> title</c><00:14:17.519><c> effectively</c><00:14:18.320><c> to</c><00:14:18.600><c> illustrate</c><00:14:19.059><c> to</c><00:14:19.360><c> everybody</c><00:14:19.840><c> our</c>

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What<00:15:20.820><c> if</c><00:15:21.019><c> his</c><00:15:21.320><c> father</c><00:15:21.659><c> had</c><00:15:21.960><c> never</c><00:15:22.299><c> taken</c><00:15:22.639><c> the</c><00:15:22.960><c> time</c><00:15:23.399><c> to</c><00:15:23.980><c> explain</c><00:15:24.460><c> to</c><00:15:24.759><c> Isaac</c><00:15:25.120><c> the</c>

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Isn't<00:15:29.899><c> it</c><00:15:30.139><c> just</c><00:15:30.500><c> by</c><00:15:30.720><c> the</c><00:15:30.940><c> fact</c><00:15:31.120><c> that</c><00:15:31.379><c> Abraham</c><00:15:31.860><c> was</c><00:15:32.240><c> that</c><00:15:32.480><c> kind</c>

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have<00:19:23.400><c> in</c><00:19:23.559><c> our</c><00:19:23.880><c> God</c>

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so<00:19:24.900><c> our</c><00:19:25.240><c> children</c><00:19:25.700><c> can</c><00:19:26.000><c> remember</c><00:19:26.460><c> that</c>

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and<00:19:27.559><c> can,</c><00:19:28.119><c> if</c><00:19:28.680><c> we</c><00:19:29.000><c> should</c><00:19:29.180><c> be</c><00:19:29.460><c> taken</c><00:19:29.859><c> out</c><00:19:30.079><c> of</c><00:19:30.200><c> the</c><00:19:30.339><c> way,</c>

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be<00:19:32.299><c> introduced</c><00:19:32.839><c> to</c><00:19:33.480><c> God</c><00:19:33.859><c> in</c><00:19:34.180><c> that</c><00:19:34.460><c> sense.</c>

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So<00:19:35.319><c> it</c><00:19:35.440><c> isn't</c><00:19:35.779><c> just</c><00:19:36.160><c> a</c><00:19:36.380><c> title</c>

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but<00:19:37.380><c> a</c><00:19:37.579><c> reflection</c><00:19:38.000><c> of</c><00:19:38.220><c> how</c><00:19:38.440><c> he</c><00:19:38.640><c> had</c><00:19:38.880><c> come</c><00:19:39.079><c> to</c><00:19:39.380><c> know</c><00:19:39.599><c> his</c><00:19:39.920><c> God.</c>

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Every<00:19:41.740><c> child</c><00:19:42.240><c> needs</c><00:19:42.579><c> to</c><00:19:42.779><c> be</c><00:19:42.920><c> introduced</c><00:19:43.359><c> to</c><00:19:43.619><c> the</c><00:19:43.900><c> living</c><00:19:44.160><c> God.</c>

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So<00:19:47.680><c> fathers,</c><00:19:48.880><c> what</c><00:19:49.119><c> are</c><00:19:49.279><c> you</c><00:19:49.420><c> doing?</c>

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You<00:19:52.640><c> can't</c><00:19:53.019><c> really</c><00:19:53.279><c> say,</c><00:19:53.680><c> well,</c><00:19:53.759><c> my</c><00:19:53.940><c> dad</c><00:19:54.140><c> didn't</c><00:19:54.420><c> introduce</c>

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me<00:19:55.279><c> to</c><00:19:55.460><c> God</c>

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so<00:19:56.240><c> I</c><00:19:56.700><c> really</c><00:19:56.920><c> don't</c><00:19:57.319><c> have</c><00:19:57.559><c> an</c><00:19:57.779><c> example.</c>

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Well,<00:19:58.660><c> you</c><00:19:58.799><c> have</c><00:19:58.980><c> lots</c><00:19:59.279><c> of</c><00:19:59.559><c> examples.</c>

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The<00:20:00.180><c> scripture</c><00:20:00.460><c> is</c><00:20:00.720><c> full</c><00:20:01.019><c> of</c><00:20:01.279><c> ways</c><00:20:01.700><c> that</c><00:20:02.220><c> we</c><00:20:02.460><c> can</c><00:20:03.200><c> introduce</c>

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our<00:20:05.200><c> God</c><00:20:05.519><c> to</c><00:20:05.960><c> our</c><00:20:06.279><c> children</c>

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so<00:20:07.319><c> that</c><00:20:07.559><c> among</c><00:20:07.779><c> all</c><00:20:08.200><c> the</c><00:20:08.440><c> titles</c><00:20:08.700><c> they</c><00:20:08.980><c> know</c><00:20:09.200><c> God</c><00:20:09.599><c> by,</c>

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they'll<00:20:10.160><c> know</c><00:20:10.339><c> it</c><00:20:10.500><c> as</c><00:20:10.660><c> the</c><00:20:10.819><c> God</c><00:20:10.980><c> of</c><00:20:11.180><c> my</c><00:20:11.400><c> father.</c>

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Now,<00:20:12.819><c> I'll</c><00:20:12.960><c> tell</c><00:20:13.079><c> you</c><00:20:13.200><c> just</c><00:20:13.400><c> a</c><00:20:13.500><c> little</c><00:20:13.640><c> example</c><00:20:14.160><c> about</c><00:20:14.500><c> this</c>

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that<00:20:15.059><c> introduced</c><00:20:16.240><c> God</c><00:20:16.559><c> to</c><00:20:16.839><c> me</c>

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and<00:20:17.180><c> it's</c><00:20:17.299><c> just</c><00:20:17.599><c> a</c><00:20:17.819><c> simple</c><00:20:18.200><c> little</c><00:20:18.579><c> thing,</c><00:20:19.920><c> brothers</c><00:20:20.019><c> and</c><00:20:20.259><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:20:20.940><c> it</c><00:20:21.140><c> told</c><00:20:21.480><c> me</c><00:20:21.819><c> about</c><00:20:22.059><c> the</c><00:20:22.339><c> God</c><00:20:22.500><c> of</c><00:20:22.740><c> my</c><00:20:23.000><c> father.</c>

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If<00:20:24.000><c> I</c><00:20:24.220><c> ever</c><00:20:24.500><c> wanted</c><00:20:24.720><c> to</c><00:20:25.000><c> tell</c><00:20:25.180><c> anybody,</c><00:20:25.700><c> I</c><00:20:25.799><c> would</c><00:20:26.039><c> always</c><00:20:26.460><c> go</c>

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to<00:20:26.880><c> the</c><00:20:27.019><c> same</c><00:20:27.220><c> incident.</c>

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And<00:20:30.240><c> it</c><00:20:30.319><c> was</c><00:20:30.480><c> a</c><00:20:30.559><c> very</c><00:20:31.640><c> stormy</c><00:20:32.099><c> night</c><00:20:32.440><c> in</c><00:20:32.779><c> the</c><00:20:32.920><c> winter</c><00:20:33.259><c> in</c>

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southern<00:20:33.779><c> Ontario</c>

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and<00:20:34.519><c> my</c><00:20:34.720><c> dad</c><00:20:34.880><c> had</c><00:20:35.099><c> to</c><00:20:36.039><c> drive</c><00:20:36.420><c> daily</c><00:20:36.880><c> to</c><00:20:37.099><c> Toronto,</c>

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which<00:20:38.000><c> would</c><00:20:38.180><c> be</c><00:20:38.359><c> about</c><00:20:38.559><c> an</c><00:20:38.740><c> hour</c><00:20:38.880><c> and</c><00:20:38.960><c> a</c><00:20:39.119><c> half</c><00:20:39.319><c> drive.</c>

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I<00:20:40.700><c> drove</c><00:20:40.920><c> with</c><00:20:41.079><c> him</c><00:20:41.279><c> several</c><00:20:41.599><c> times</c><00:20:42.000><c> on</c><00:20:42.259><c> that</c><00:20:42.579><c> drive</c>

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and<00:20:42.980><c> I</c><00:20:43.119><c> know</c><00:20:43.259><c> that</c><00:20:43.859><c> when</c><00:20:44.119><c> the</c><00:20:44.400><c> snow</c><00:20:44.539><c> was</c><00:20:44.859><c> blowing,</c>

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it's<00:20:45.640><c> really</c><00:20:46.480><c> a</c><00:20:46.920><c> difficult</c><00:20:47.440><c> task.</c>

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Very<00:20:48.680><c> often</c><00:20:48.980><c> you'd</c><00:20:49.240><c> come</c><00:20:49.359><c> home</c><00:20:49.599><c> and</c><00:20:49.880><c> you'd</c><00:20:50.400><c> sort</c><00:20:50.740><c> of</c><00:20:50.960><c> pry</c><00:20:51.099><c> your</c>

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fingers<00:20:51.579><c> off</c><00:20:51.859><c> the</c><00:20:52.039><c> steering</c><00:20:52.279><c> wheel.</c>

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You'd<00:20:52.980><c> been</c><00:20:53.099><c> holding</c><00:20:53.400><c> on</c><00:20:53.740><c> so</c><00:20:54.019><c> tightly,</c>

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going<00:20:55.099><c> through</c><00:20:55.400><c> whiteouts</c><00:20:55.880><c> where</c><00:20:56.099><c> you</c><00:20:56.180><c> can't</c><00:20:56.440><c> see</c><00:20:56.640><c> where</c>

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you're<00:20:56.920><c> going.</c>

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And<00:20:58.140><c> in</c><00:20:58.240><c> many</c><00:20:58.400><c> cases,</c><00:20:58.779><c> a</c><00:20:58.859><c> lot</c><00:20:59.039><c> of</c><00:20:59.180><c> snow</c><00:20:59.319><c> on</c><00:20:59.519><c> the</c><00:20:59.640><c> road.</c>

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And<00:21:01.480><c> dad</c><00:21:01.599><c> would</c><00:21:01.779><c> come</c><00:21:02.019><c> home</c><00:21:02.240><c> and</c><00:21:02.359><c> he</c><00:21:02.420><c> would</c><00:21:02.619><c> say,</c>

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boy,<00:21:05.500><c> the</c><00:21:05.680><c> angel</c><00:21:05.960><c> of</c><00:21:06.059><c> God</c><00:21:06.220><c> was</c><00:21:06.480><c> with</c><00:21:06.579><c> me</c><00:21:06.779><c> tonight.</c>

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And<00:21:09.079><c> he</c><00:21:09.240><c> said</c><00:21:09.400><c> it</c><00:21:09.700><c> in</c><00:21:09.940><c> such</c><00:21:10.119><c> a</c><00:21:10.339><c> way</c><00:21:10.579><c> that</c><00:21:10.759><c> I</c><00:21:10.880><c> knew</c><00:21:11.099><c> he</c><00:21:11.619><c> was</c><00:21:12.039><c> sincere</c><00:21:12.859><c> about</c><00:21:13.059><c> it.</c>

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I<00:21:13.259><c> used</c><00:21:13.440><c> to</c><00:21:13.559><c> look</c><00:21:13.740><c> out</c><00:21:13.900><c> the</c><00:21:13.980><c> window</c><00:21:14.220><c> to</c><00:21:14.420><c> see</c><00:21:14.420><c> if</c><00:21:14.519><c> the</c><00:21:14.700><c> angel</c><00:21:14.880><c> was</c>

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still<00:21:15.220><c> in</c><00:21:15.359><c> the</c><00:21:15.500><c> car.</c>

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That's<00:21:18.160><c> the</c><00:21:18.299><c> impression</c><00:21:18.819><c> that</c><00:21:19.279><c> my</c><00:21:19.599><c> dad</c><00:21:19.799><c> made.</c>

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And<00:21:20.279><c> that's</c><00:21:20.980><c> probably</c><00:21:21.480><c> the</c><00:21:21.960><c> one</c><00:21:22.359><c> impression</c><00:21:23.099><c> that</c><00:21:23.839><c> I</c><00:21:23.940><c> can</c>

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always<00:21:24.339><c> remember.</c>

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That<00:21:25.720><c> was</c><00:21:26.000><c> the</c><00:21:26.200><c> God</c><00:21:26.339><c> of</c><00:21:26.539><c> my</c><00:21:26.779><c> father.</c>

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And<00:21:28.299><c> that</c><00:21:28.400><c> told</c><00:21:28.700><c> me</c><00:21:29.779><c> that</c><00:21:30.119><c> I</c><00:21:30.279><c> should</c><00:21:30.460><c> do</c><00:21:30.660><c> that</c><00:21:30.839><c> to</c><00:21:31.039><c> my</c><00:21:31.220><c> children.</c>

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Now<00:21:33.819><c> look</c><00:21:33.960><c> at</c><00:21:34.119><c> this</c><00:21:34.299><c> one.</c>

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In<00:21:35.200><c> Genesis</c><00:21:35.579><c> 16,</c><00:21:36.900><c> verses</c><00:21:37.319><c> 13</c><00:21:37.900><c> to</c><00:21:38.079><c> 14,</c><00:21:39.039><c> this</c><00:21:39.299><c> is</c><00:21:39.539><c> about</c><00:21:39.839><c> Hagar.</c>

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And<00:21:43.420><c> even</c><00:21:44.059><c> though</c><00:21:44.319><c> she</c><00:21:44.720><c> lived</c><00:21:45.220><c> in</c><00:21:45.839><c> the</c><00:21:45.980><c> household</c><00:21:46.339><c> of</c><00:21:46.599><c> Abram</c>

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and<00:21:46.980><c> would</c><00:21:47.160><c> have</c><00:21:47.359><c> known</c><00:21:48.019><c> Abram's</c><00:21:48.819><c> God,</c>

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she<00:21:50.859><c> made</c><00:21:51.319><c> up</c><00:21:51.559><c> a</c><00:21:51.720><c> name</c><00:21:51.960><c> about</c><00:21:52.299><c> God</c><00:21:52.640><c> because</c><00:21:53.039><c> of</c><00:21:53.220><c> what</c><00:21:53.599><c> God</c><00:21:53.900><c> did</c>

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in<00:21:54.279><c> her</c><00:21:54.519><c> life.</c>

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So<00:21:55.900><c> it</c><00:21:56.000><c> says</c><00:21:56.299><c> in</c><00:21:56.500><c> verse</c><00:21:56.819><c> 13</c><00:21:57.400><c> to</c><00:21:57.519><c> 14,</c>

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she<00:21:58.259><c> called</c><00:21:58.579><c> the</c><00:21:58.740><c> name</c><00:21:59.019><c> of</c><00:21:59.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:59.599><c> that</c><00:21:59.880><c> spake</c><00:22:00.079><c> unto</c><00:22:00.279><c> her,</c>

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thou<00:22:01.240><c> God</c><00:22:02.180><c> seest</c><00:22:02.559><c> me.</c>

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Because<00:22:04.279><c> that's</c><00:22:04.740><c> the</c><00:22:04.880><c> way</c><00:22:05.319><c> that</c><00:22:05.859><c> she</c><00:22:06.079><c> had</c><00:22:06.359><c> known</c><00:22:06.619><c> God,</c>

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an<00:22:07.480><c> incident</c><00:22:07.880><c> that</c><00:22:08.200><c> really</c><00:22:08.519><c> had</c><00:22:08.740><c> impressed</c><00:22:09.079><c> her.</c>

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So<00:22:10.460><c> she</c><00:22:10.740><c> said,</c><00:22:11.819><c> have</c><00:22:11.859><c> I</c><00:22:12.079><c> also</c><00:22:12.460><c> here</c><00:22:12.740><c> looked</c><00:22:12.920><c> after</c><00:22:13.319><c> him</c><00:22:13.539><c> that</c>

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seeth<00:22:14.140><c> me?</c>

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Wherefore<00:22:15.220><c> the</c><00:22:15.460><c> well</c><00:22:15.680><c> was</c><00:22:16.039><c> called</c><00:22:16.339><c> Beer</c><00:22:16.720><c> Leharai,</c>

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or<00:22:18.480><c> the</c><00:22:18.900><c> well</c><00:22:19.039><c> of</c><00:22:19.299><c> him</c><00:22:19.519><c> that</c><00:22:19.940><c> seeth.</c>

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Behold,<00:22:21.119><c> it</c><00:22:21.299><c> is</c><00:22:21.440><c> between</c><00:22:21.940><c> Kadesh</c><00:22:22.299><c> and</c><00:22:22.539><c> Barad.</c>

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Hagar<00:22:24.640><c> gave</c><00:22:25.039><c> God</c><00:22:25.460><c> a</c><00:22:25.700><c> name</c><00:22:26.000><c> relative</c><00:22:26.539><c> to</c><00:22:26.859><c> her</c><00:22:27.119><c> experience</c><00:22:27.680><c> with</c><00:22:27.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:29.420><c> in</c><00:22:29.539><c> a</c><00:22:29.759><c> number</c><00:22:29.980><c> of</c><00:22:30.200><c> cases,</c><00:22:30.559><c> this</c><00:22:30.779><c> was</c><00:22:31.039><c> the</c><00:22:31.200><c> way</c><00:22:31.359><c> in</c><00:22:31.480><c> which</c>

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names<00:22:32.000><c> and</c><00:22:32.259><c> titles</c><00:22:32.480><c> came</c><00:22:32.799><c> about.</c>

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And<00:22:34.119><c> I</c><00:22:34.259><c> think</c><00:22:34.460><c> it's</c><00:22:34.880><c> an</c><00:22:35.259><c> equally</c><00:22:35.640><c> attractive</c><00:22:36.359><c> way</c><00:22:36.720><c> to</c><00:22:37.000><c> see</c><00:22:37.200><c> our</c><00:22:37.380><c> God.</c>

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In<00:22:37.680><c> fact,</c><00:22:38.339><c> this</c><00:22:38.480><c> idea</c><00:22:38.880><c> of</c><00:22:39.539><c> the</c><00:22:39.759><c> living</c><00:22:39.980><c> God</c><00:22:40.200><c> is</c><00:22:40.400><c> just</c><00:22:40.640><c> wonderful.</c>

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As<00:22:43.460><c> far</c><00:22:43.539><c> as</c><00:22:43.640><c> I</c><00:22:43.779><c> know,</c><00:22:45.079><c> not</c><00:22:45.240><c> knowing</c><00:22:45.579><c> Hebrew,</c>

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that's<00:22:46.640><c> the</c><00:22:46.900><c> first</c><00:22:47.140><c> case</c><00:22:47.839><c> of</c><00:22:48.259><c> where</c><00:22:48.440><c> the</c><00:22:48.619><c> living</c><00:22:48.839><c> God</c><00:22:49.119><c> comes</c><00:22:49.400><c> up.</c>

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And<00:22:50.559><c> it</c><00:22:50.619><c> comes</c><00:22:50.819><c> up</c><00:22:51.000><c> in</c><00:22:51.180><c> a</c><00:22:51.339><c> situation</c><00:22:52.019><c> of</c><00:22:52.339><c> where</c><00:22:53.099><c> God</c><00:22:53.480><c> was</c><00:22:54.339><c> trying</c><00:22:55.119><c> to</c>

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impress<00:22:56.099><c> Israel</c>

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with<00:22:57.000><c> the</c><00:22:57.279><c> fact</c><00:22:57.539><c> that</c><00:22:58.079><c> he</c><00:22:58.599><c> was</c><00:22:59.039><c> the</c><00:22:59.359><c> living</c><00:22:59.619><c> God</c>

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in<00:23:00.539><c> comparison</c><00:23:01.240><c> with</c><00:23:01.519><c> all</c><00:23:01.819><c> the</c><00:23:02.240><c> other</c><00:23:02.480><c> gods</c><00:23:02.960><c> that</c><00:23:04.420><c> these</c><00:23:04.660><c> people</c><00:23:04.940><c> had</c>

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known<00:23:05.259><c> in</c><00:23:05.480><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:23:07.339><c>-called</c><00:23:07.900><c> gods</c><00:23:08.339><c> they</c><00:23:08.640><c> had</c><00:23:08.799><c> known</c><00:23:08.920><c> in</c><00:23:09.140><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:23:10.420><c> it</c><00:23:10.539><c> says</c><00:23:10.880><c> in</c><00:23:11.740><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:12.220><c> 5</c><00:23:12.559><c> verses</c><00:23:12.880><c> 25,</c>

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Now<00:23:15.000><c> therefore,</c><00:23:15.940><c> why</c><00:23:15.940><c> should</c><00:23:16.259><c> we</c><00:23:16.619><c> die?</c>

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This<00:23:17.140><c> is</c><00:23:17.319><c> the</c><00:23:17.539><c> people</c><00:23:17.839><c> speaking</c><00:23:18.220><c> to</c><00:23:18.440><c> Moses.</c>

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For<00:23:19.099><c> this</c><00:23:19.440><c> great</c><00:23:19.859><c> fire</c><00:23:20.180><c> will</c><00:23:20.519><c> consume</c><00:23:20.940><c> us.</c>

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If<00:23:21.799><c> we</c><00:23:22.059><c> hear</c><00:23:22.240><c> the</c><00:23:22.480><c> voice</c><00:23:22.700><c> of</c><00:23:22.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:23.319><c> our</c><00:23:23.640><c> Elohim</c><00:23:23.980><c> any</c><00:23:24.319><c> more,</c>

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we<00:23:24.759><c> shall</c><00:23:25.059><c> die.</c>

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For<00:23:26.960><c> who</c><00:23:27.240><c> is</c><00:23:27.440><c> there</c><00:23:27.640><c> of</c><00:23:27.839><c> all</c><00:23:28.180><c> flesh</c><00:23:28.500><c> that</c><00:23:28.740><c> hath</c><00:23:29.019><c> heard</c><00:23:29.200><c> the</c><00:23:29.420><c> voice</c><00:23:29.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:30.259><c> living</c><00:23:30.579><c> God</c>

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speaking<00:23:31.880><c> out</c><00:23:32.039><c> of</c><00:23:32.160><c> the</c><00:23:32.299><c> midst</c><00:23:32.460><c> of</c><00:23:32.619><c> the</c><00:23:32.839><c> fire</c><00:23:33.039><c> as</c><00:23:33.259><c> we</c><00:23:33.460><c> have</c><00:23:33.640><c> and</c><00:23:33.920><c> lived?</c>

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Go<00:23:35.259><c> thou</c><00:23:35.740><c> near</c><00:23:36.019><c> and</c><00:23:36.279><c> hear</c><00:23:36.559><c> all</c><00:23:36.940><c> that</c><00:23:37.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:37.599><c> our</c><00:23:37.839><c> God</c><00:23:38.079><c> shall</c><00:23:38.400><c> say,</c>

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and<00:23:39.660><c> speak</c><00:23:39.940><c> thou</c><00:23:40.160><c> unto</c><00:23:40.359><c> us</c><00:23:40.680><c> all</c><00:23:41.000><c> that</c><00:23:41.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:41.720><c> our</c><00:23:41.940><c> God</c><00:23:42.180><c> shall</c>

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speak<00:23:42.759><c> unto</c><00:23:43.000><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:23:43.920><c> we</c><00:23:44.119><c> will</c><00:23:44.319><c> hear</c><00:23:44.500><c> it</c><00:23:45.019><c> and</c><00:23:45.160><c> do</c><00:23:45.380><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:23:47.799><c> you</c><00:23:47.859><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:48.119><c> think</c><00:23:48.319><c> much</c><00:23:48.579><c> of</c><00:23:48.779><c> a</c><00:23:48.980><c> title</c><00:23:49.220><c> like</c><00:23:49.700><c> that,</c>

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would<00:23:50.079><c> you?</c>

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I<00:23:50.380><c> mean,</c><00:23:50.519><c> it</c><00:23:50.680><c> came</c><00:23:50.880><c> out</c><00:23:51.140><c> of</c><00:23:51.660><c> fear.</c>

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You<00:23:52.839><c> would</c><00:23:53.079><c> think,</c><00:23:53.380><c> well</c><00:23:53.460><c> in</c><00:23:53.619><c> the</c><00:23:53.819><c> verses</c><00:23:54.140><c> there,</c>

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Yahweh<00:23:55.140><c> our</c><00:23:55.420><c> God</c><00:23:55.720><c> is</c><00:23:56.799><c> the</c><00:23:57.180><c> prominent</c><00:23:57.720><c> title</c><00:23:58.240><c> of</c><00:23:58.539><c> God.</c>

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Let's<00:24:00.740><c> just</c><00:24:01.039><c> see.</c>

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It's<00:24:02.339><c> not</c><00:24:02.500><c> to</c><00:24:03.059><c> discount</c><00:24:03.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:04.240><c> our</c><00:24:04.420><c> God</c><00:24:04.599><c> as</c><00:24:04.900><c> a</c><00:24:04.960><c> title.</c>

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It<00:24:05.279><c> has</c><00:24:05.519><c> its</c><00:24:05.740><c> own</c><00:24:06.000><c> status</c><00:24:06.279><c> in</c><00:24:06.480><c> the</c><00:24:06.640><c> Scriptures.</c>

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It's<00:24:08.640><c> to</c><00:24:08.900><c> see</c><00:24:09.119><c> what</c><00:24:09.339><c> is</c><00:24:09.740><c> made</c><00:24:09.920><c> of</c><00:24:10.180><c> this</c><00:24:10.740><c> title,</c><00:24:11.559><c> the</c><00:24:11.759><c> living</c><00:24:12.019><c> God,</c><00:24:12.859><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:13.380><c> Scriptures</c><00:24:13.720><c> themselves.</c>

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So<00:24:16.079><c> here</c><00:24:16.299><c> are</c><00:24:16.519><c> people</c><00:24:17.079><c> who</c><00:24:18.039><c> seeing</c><00:24:18.480><c> and</c><00:24:19.480><c> hearing</c><00:24:19.920><c> trumpet,</c>

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fire,<00:24:21.920><c> wind,</c><00:24:22.539><c> shaking,</c><00:24:23.519><c> clouds,</c>

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and<00:24:24.000><c> the</c><00:24:24.240><c> voice</c><00:24:24.880><c> which</c><00:24:25.579><c> was</c><00:24:25.920><c> designed</c><00:24:26.380><c> to</c><00:24:26.619><c> put</c><00:24:26.779><c> the</c><00:24:27.039><c> fear</c><00:24:27.220><c> of</c>

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God<00:24:27.579><c> in</c><00:24:27.740><c> their</c><00:24:27.980><c> hearts.</c>

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It's<00:24:31.200><c> a</c><00:24:31.380><c> wonderful</c><00:24:31.859><c> example</c><00:24:32.460><c> to</c><00:24:32.819><c> teach</c><00:24:33.039><c> us</c><00:24:33.319><c> the</c><00:24:33.500><c> difference</c>

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between<00:24:34.660><c> fear</c><00:24:35.440><c> and</c><00:24:36.799><c> fear.</c>

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Let<00:24:38.460><c> me</c><00:24:38.579><c> show</c><00:24:38.799><c> you.</c>

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The<00:24:40.119><c> same</c><00:24:40.319><c> example</c><00:24:40.819><c> is</c><00:24:41.079><c> talked</c><00:24:41.319><c> about</c><00:24:41.559><c> in</c><00:24:41.799><c> Exodus</c><00:24:42.039><c> 20.</c>

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They<00:24:44.500><c> said</c><00:24:44.740><c> unto</c><00:24:45.000><c> Moses,</c><00:24:45.519><c> Speak</c><00:24:45.980><c> thou</c><00:24:46.319><c> with</c><00:24:46.539><c> us,</c><00:24:46.819><c> and</c><00:24:47.000><c> we</c><00:24:47.160><c> will</c><00:24:47.420><c> hear,</c>

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but<00:24:48.140><c> let</c><00:24:48.400><c> not</c><00:24:48.680><c> God</c><00:24:48.960><c> speak</c><00:24:49.299><c> with</c><00:24:49.480><c> us,</c><00:24:49.880><c> lest</c><00:24:49.980><c> we</c><00:24:50.240><c> die.</c>

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And<00:24:51.240><c> Moses</c><00:24:51.539><c> said</c><00:24:51.740><c> unto</c><00:24:51.900><c> the</c><00:24:52.099><c> people,</c><00:24:52.640><c> Fear</c><00:24:52.900><c> not,</c><00:24:54.119><c> for</c><00:24:54.279><c> God</c><00:24:54.500><c> has</c>

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come<00:24:54.859><c> to</c><00:24:55.160><c> prove</c><00:24:55.339><c> you</c>

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that<00:24:55.940><c> his</c><00:24:56.339><c> fear</c><00:24:57.079><c> may</c><00:24:57.640><c> be</c><00:24:57.859><c> before</c><00:24:58.200><c> your</c><00:24:58.519><c> faces</c><00:24:58.880><c> that</c><00:24:59.119><c> you</c><00:24:59.420><c> said</c><00:24:59.599><c> not.</c>

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Now<00:25:01.819><c> how</c><00:25:01.940><c> do</c><00:25:02.099><c> we</c><00:25:02.240><c> differentiate</c><00:25:02.819><c> between</c><00:25:03.279><c> those</c><00:25:03.720><c> two</c><00:25:04.000><c> fears?</c>

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It's<00:25:05.460><c> essential</c><00:25:05.960><c> that</c><00:25:06.240><c> we</c><00:25:06.460><c> do.</c>

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Because<00:25:08.119><c> God</c><00:25:08.779><c> made</c><00:25:09.359><c> them</c><00:25:09.839><c> fearful</c><00:25:10.420><c> that</c><00:25:11.299><c> his</c><00:25:11.700><c> fear</c><00:25:12.279><c> would</c><00:25:13.240><c> be</c>

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on<00:25:13.599><c> them</c><00:25:13.960><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:25:15.039><c> then</c><00:25:16.019><c> Moses</c><00:25:16.400><c> says,</c><00:25:18.099><c> Fear</c><00:25:18.220><c> not.</c>

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Well<00:25:19.960><c> I</c><00:25:20.039><c> think</c><00:25:20.240><c> it's</c><00:25:20.480><c> just</c><00:25:20.680><c> like</c><00:25:20.920><c> this.</c>

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God<00:25:23.799><c> sees</c><00:25:24.200><c> his</c><00:25:24.759><c> fear</c><00:25:25.240><c> to</c><00:25:25.660><c> be</c><00:25:25.920><c> constructive.</c>

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If<00:25:28.619><c> this</c><00:25:28.960><c> room</c><00:25:29.240><c> was</c><00:25:29.619><c> total</c><00:25:29.980><c> darkness,</c><00:25:31.779><c> and</c><00:25:31.799><c> there</c><00:25:31.920><c> was</c><00:25:32.140><c> something</c><00:25:32.539><c> making</c>

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a<00:25:33.119><c> noise</c><00:25:33.319><c> in</c><00:25:33.519><c> this</c><00:25:33.759><c> room,</c>

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and<00:25:34.140><c> we</c><00:25:34.319><c> came</c><00:25:34.559><c> into</c><00:25:34.839><c> it,</c><00:25:35.119><c> we'd</c><00:25:35.380><c> all</c><00:25:35.640><c> know</c><00:25:35.900><c> the</c><00:25:36.099><c> feeling</c><00:25:36.440><c> of</c><00:25:36.740><c> fear.</c>

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Do<00:25:38.640><c> you</c><00:25:38.640><c> know</c><00:25:38.680><c> what</c><00:25:38.779><c> I</c><00:25:38.880><c> mean?</c>

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It's<00:25:40.880><c> dark,</c><00:25:42.339><c> something's</c><00:25:42.839><c> in</c><00:25:42.980><c> this</c><00:25:43.299><c> room,</c><00:25:43.460><c> we</c><00:25:43.599><c> can</c><00:25:43.819><c> hear</c><00:25:44.000><c> it,</c>

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we<00:25:44.299><c> don't</c><00:25:44.500><c> know</c><00:25:44.640><c> what</c><00:25:44.819><c> it</c><00:25:45.059><c> is,</c>

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and<00:25:45.420><c> we</c><00:25:45.579><c> come</c><00:25:45.759><c> in</c><00:25:45.900><c> the</c><00:25:46.039><c> door</c><00:25:46.200><c> to</c><00:25:46.480><c> find</c><00:25:46.720><c> out.</c>

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You<00:25:47.200><c> can</c><00:25:47.359><c> just</c><00:25:47.640><c> feel</c><00:25:47.839><c> the</c><00:25:48.039><c> hair</c><00:25:48.140><c> in</c><00:25:48.279><c> the</c><00:25:48.440><c> back</c><00:25:48.599><c> of</c><00:25:48.680><c> your</c><00:25:48.819><c> neck</c>

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starting<00:25:49.220><c> to</c><00:25:49.500><c> stand</c><00:25:49.720><c> up,</c>

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because<00:25:50.079><c> that's</c><00:25:50.519><c> fear.</c>

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It's<00:25:51.460><c> fear</c><00:25:51.700><c> of</c><00:25:51.880><c> the</c><00:25:52.019><c> unknown.</c>

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But<00:25:53.160><c> God</c><00:25:53.420><c> should</c><00:25:53.819><c> never</c><00:25:54.160><c> be</c><00:25:54.539><c> feared</c><00:25:54.900><c> as</c><00:25:56.339><c> the</c><00:25:56.559><c> fear</c><00:25:56.680><c> of</c><00:25:56.839><c> the</c><00:25:57.000><c> unknown.</c>

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The<00:25:58.700><c> object</c><00:25:59.059><c> was</c><00:25:59.599><c> to</c><00:26:00.220><c> know</c><00:26:00.500><c> God,</c><00:26:01.519><c> to</c><00:26:01.799><c> know</c><00:26:02.019><c> what</c><00:26:02.200><c> he</c><00:26:02.400><c> will</c><00:26:02.640><c> do.</c>

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He's<00:26:03.779><c> predictable,</c><00:26:04.380><c> and</c><00:26:04.619><c> when</c><00:26:04.819><c> you</c><00:26:05.079><c> fear</c><00:26:05.319><c> God</c><00:26:05.640><c> that</c><00:26:06.039><c> way,</c>

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you<00:26:06.440><c> fear</c><00:26:06.700><c> him</c><00:26:06.920><c> out</c><00:26:07.079><c> of</c><00:26:07.599><c> reverence</c><00:26:08.220><c> and</c><00:26:08.579><c> respect,</c><00:26:09.359><c> and</c><00:26:09.660><c> God</c>

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wants<00:26:10.240><c> it.</c>

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He<00:26:10.980><c> sees</c><00:26:11.279><c> it</c><00:26:11.700><c> to</c><00:26:11.900><c> be</c><00:26:12.140><c> constructive.</c>

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Look<00:26:15.839><c> at</c><00:26:16.019><c> this.</c>

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:22.599
Here's<00:26:19.059><c> Joshua</c><00:26:19.599><c> in</c><00:26:20.539><c> Joshua</c><00:26:21.000><c> 3</c><00:26:21.359><c> verses</c><00:26:21.759><c> 9</c><00:26:22.140><c> to</c><00:26:22.299><c> 11.</c>

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:25.200
Joshua<00:26:23.119><c> said</c><00:26:23.380><c> unto</c><00:26:23.579><c> the</c><00:26:23.740><c> children</c><00:26:24.039><c> of</c><00:26:24.200><c> Israel,</c>

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:29.220
Come<00:26:26.000><c> hither,</c><00:26:26.640><c> and</c><00:26:26.759><c> hear</c><00:26:26.940><c> the</c><00:26:27.079><c> words</c><00:26:27.380><c> of</c><00:26:27.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:27.960><c> your</c><00:26:28.200><c> God.</c>

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:34.460
And<00:26:29.900><c> Joshua</c><00:26:30.240><c> said,</c><00:26:30.799><c> Hereby</c><00:26:31.460><c> you</c><00:26:31.759><c> shall</c><00:26:32.039><c> know</c><00:26:32.480><c> that</c><00:26:32.759><c> the</c><00:26:33.180><c> living</c><00:26:33.799><c> God</c>

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.880
is<00:26:34.859><c> among</c><00:26:35.160><c> you,</c>

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:39.200
and<00:26:36.400><c> that</c><00:26:36.579><c> he</c><00:26:36.740><c> will</c><00:26:37.059><c> without</c><00:26:37.500><c> fail</c><00:26:38.019><c> drive</c><00:26:38.400><c> out</c><00:26:38.619><c> from</c><00:26:38.819><c> before</c>

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.759
you<00:26:39.380><c> the</c><00:26:39.619><c> Canaanites,</c><00:26:40.180><c> the</c><00:26:40.299><c> Hittites,</c>

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:44.579
the<00:26:41.420><c> Hivites,</c><00:26:41.900><c> the</c><00:26:42.140><c> Perizzites,</c><00:26:42.759><c> the</c><00:26:42.920><c> Girgashites,</c><00:26:43.579><c> the</c><00:26:43.779><c> Amorites,</c><00:26:44.380><c> and</c>

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:46.039
the<00:26:44.720><c> Jebusites.</c>

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:49.619
Behold,<00:26:47.259><c> the</c><00:26:47.319><c> Ark</c><00:26:47.539><c> of</c><00:26:47.700><c> the</c><00:26:47.880><c> Covenant</c><00:26:48.319><c> of</c><00:26:48.940><c> the</c><00:26:49.079><c> Lord</c><00:26:49.240><c> of</c><00:26:49.400><c> all</c>

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:52.140
the<00:26:49.779><c> earth</c><00:26:50.059><c> passeth</c><00:26:50.640><c> over</c><00:26:51.000><c> before</c><00:26:51.420><c> you</c><00:26:51.579><c> into</c><00:26:51.779><c> Jordan.</c>

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.480
And<00:26:52.299><c> you</c><00:26:52.380><c> know</c><00:26:52.579><c> the</c><00:26:52.839><c> circumstances,</c><00:26:53.519><c> the</c><00:26:53.700><c> Jordan</c><00:26:53.980><c> dried</c><00:26:54.319><c> up.</c>

00:26:56.819 --> 00:27:00.720
And<00:26:57.019><c> that</c><00:26:57.220><c> was</c><00:26:57.460><c> to</c><00:26:57.779><c> help</c><00:26:58.079><c> these</c><00:26:58.559><c> people</c><00:26:58.980><c> who</c><00:26:59.259><c> now</c><00:26:59.619><c> had</c><00:26:59.799><c> to</c><00:27:00.039><c> do</c><00:27:00.259><c> something</c>

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:05.740
that<00:27:01.200><c> their</c><00:27:01.539><c> forefathers</c><00:27:02.299><c> shrinked</c><00:27:03.099><c> back</c><00:27:03.460><c> from</c><00:27:03.960><c> in</c><00:27:04.539><c> faithlessness.</c>

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:11.099
This<00:27:07.059><c> was</c><00:27:07.339><c> a</c><00:27:07.599><c> very</c><00:27:08.240><c> important</c><00:27:09.039><c> time</c><00:27:09.599><c> for</c><00:27:10.259><c> these</c><00:27:10.599><c> people,</c>

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:14.579
going<00:27:11.700><c> across</c><00:27:12.299><c> that</c><00:27:12.619><c> river,</c><00:27:12.920><c> and</c><00:27:13.220><c> now</c><00:27:13.400><c> they're</c><00:27:13.680><c> facing</c><00:27:14.079><c> the</c><00:27:14.380><c> enemy.</c>

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:16.079
They're<00:27:14.740><c> in</c><00:27:14.920><c> the</c><00:27:15.220><c> enemy's</c><00:27:15.700><c> land.</c>

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:21.099
And<00:27:16.700><c> it's</c><00:27:16.980><c> a</c><00:27:17.099><c> victory</c><00:27:17.460><c> that</c><00:27:17.799><c> their</c><00:27:18.140><c> forefathers</c><00:27:19.500><c> shrank</c><00:27:19.900><c> back</c><00:27:20.200><c> from.</c>

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.420
And<00:27:22.480><c> God</c><00:27:22.680><c> provided</c><00:27:23.579><c> this</c><00:27:24.779><c> wonderful</c><00:27:25.440><c> reinforcement</c><00:27:26.119><c> of</c>

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.880
their<00:27:26.660><c> faith.</c>

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:31.220
You're<00:27:27.200><c> going</c><00:27:27.339><c> to</c><00:27:27.579><c> see</c><00:27:27.980><c> an</c><00:27:28.359><c> example</c><00:27:29.000><c> of</c><00:27:29.640><c> the</c><00:27:30.000><c> living</c><00:27:30.279><c> God.</c>

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:35.740
Who<00:27:32.220><c> else</c><00:27:32.480><c> could</c><00:27:32.839><c> dry</c><00:27:33.099><c> up</c><00:27:33.660><c> the</c><00:27:33.980><c> Jordan</c><00:27:34.240><c> River</c><00:27:34.559><c> in</c><00:27:34.720><c> the</c><00:27:34.920><c> time</c><00:27:35.099><c> of</c><00:27:35.440><c> flood</c>

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:38.900
that<00:27:36.519><c> a</c><00:27:36.640><c> whole</c><00:27:36.839><c> nation</c><00:27:37.279><c> could</c><00:27:37.579><c> walk</c><00:27:38.059><c> across</c><00:27:38.579><c> it,</c>

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:41.519
and<00:27:39.279><c> then</c><00:27:39.460><c> when</c><00:27:39.579><c> they've</c><00:27:39.880><c> got</c><00:27:39.980><c> across,</c><00:27:40.440><c> bring</c><00:27:40.680><c> it</c><00:27:40.960><c> back</c><00:27:41.160><c> again,</c>

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:46.339
just<00:27:41.880><c> like</c><00:27:42.279><c> the</c><00:27:42.960><c> Red</c><00:27:43.180><c> Sea,</c><00:27:44.119><c> rather,</c><00:27:44.380><c> and</c><00:27:44.759><c> before</c><00:27:45.099><c> their</c><00:27:45.400><c> eyes.</c>

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:50.559
Of<00:27:46.880><c> course,</c><00:27:47.019><c> these</c><00:27:47.259><c> kids</c><00:27:48.339><c> hadn't</c><00:27:49.119><c> seen</c><00:27:49.619><c> the</c><00:27:49.980><c> Red</c><00:27:50.299><c> Sea.</c>

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:54.299
Their<00:27:51.180><c> fathers</c><00:27:51.400><c> had</c><00:27:51.619><c> all</c><00:27:51.839><c> died</c><00:27:52.299><c> in</c><00:27:52.559><c> the</c><00:27:52.680><c> wilderness</c><00:27:53.059><c> wanderings.</c>

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:59.619
So<00:27:54.599><c> God</c><00:27:54.920><c> provided</c><00:27:55.880><c> the</c><00:27:57.119><c> evidence</c><00:27:57.480><c> that</c><00:27:57.799><c> he</c><00:27:58.119><c> was</c><00:27:58.440><c> the</c><00:27:58.779><c> living</c><00:27:59.099><c> God</c>

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:06.799
to<00:28:00.519><c> give</c><00:28:00.799><c> them</c><00:28:01.079><c> the</c><00:28:01.400><c> faith</c><00:28:01.720><c> to</c><00:28:01.960><c> go</c><00:28:02.099><c> in</c><00:28:02.339><c> and</c><00:28:02.579><c> do</c><00:28:03.099><c> his</c><00:28:03.599><c> work</c><00:28:04.220><c> in</c><00:28:05.039><c> this</c><00:28:05.339><c> land</c><00:28:05.559><c> of</c><00:28:05.839><c> promise.</c>

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:11.539
And<00:28:08.440><c> I</c><00:28:08.619><c> think</c><00:28:08.880><c> that</c><00:28:09.160><c> this</c><00:28:09.359><c> idea</c><00:28:09.779><c> of</c><00:28:10.319><c> proving</c><00:28:10.660><c> or</c><00:28:11.200><c> evidence</c>

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:15.960
that<00:28:11.779><c> the</c><00:28:12.000><c> living</c><00:28:12.279><c> God</c><00:28:12.660><c> is</c><00:28:13.079><c> amongst</c><00:28:13.619><c> us</c><00:28:14.279><c> is</c><00:28:14.859><c> essential.</c>

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:21.880
What<00:28:16.839><c> can</c><00:28:17.680><c> we</c><00:28:18.059><c> do,</c><00:28:19.220><c> fathers,</c><00:28:19.880><c> to</c><00:28:20.119><c> try</c><00:28:20.319><c> to</c><00:28:20.519><c> illustrate</c><00:28:20.960><c> to</c><00:28:21.220><c> our</c><00:28:21.519><c> children</c>

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:24.000
that<00:28:22.119><c> we</c><00:28:22.380><c> worship</c><00:28:22.740><c> the</c><00:28:23.220><c> living</c><00:28:23.519><c> God?</c>

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:29.740
In<00:28:24.599><c> this</c><00:28:24.920><c> sense,</c><00:28:26.059><c> a</c><00:28:26.240><c> God</c><00:28:26.460><c> that's</c><00:28:27.259><c> doing</c><00:28:27.539><c> things</c><00:28:28.299><c> before</c><00:28:29.019><c> our</c><00:28:29.380><c> eyes,</c>

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:33.240
capable<00:28:30.500><c> of</c><00:28:30.779><c> helping</c><00:28:31.059><c> us</c><00:28:31.759><c> right</c><00:28:32.079><c> now.</c>

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.440
What<00:28:34.920><c> can</c><00:28:35.099><c> we</c><00:28:35.259><c> do?</c>

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:38.779
I<00:28:35.720><c> think</c><00:28:35.880><c> we</c><00:28:36.140><c> need</c><00:28:36.500><c> to</c><00:28:36.680><c> sit</c><00:28:36.920><c> down</c><00:28:37.240><c> and</c><00:28:37.359><c> think</c><00:28:37.579><c> it</c><00:28:37.799><c> through.</c>

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:43.039
And<00:28:39.440><c> as</c><00:28:39.839><c> best</c><00:28:40.180><c> we</c><00:28:40.500><c> can,</c><00:28:40.980><c> provide</c><00:28:41.420><c> examples</c><00:28:41.960><c> to</c><00:28:42.240><c> our</c><00:28:42.460><c> children</c>

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:46.400
that<00:28:43.940><c> with</c><00:28:44.200><c> all</c><00:28:44.480><c> the</c><00:28:44.619><c> names</c><00:28:44.940><c> and</c><00:28:45.279><c> titles</c><00:28:45.539><c> that</c><00:28:45.819><c> God</c><00:28:46.019><c> has,</c>

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:49.279
he<00:28:46.599><c> also</c><00:28:47.059><c> has</c><00:28:47.559><c> the</c><00:28:47.980><c> living</c><00:28:48.319><c> God.</c>

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:53.619
He's<00:28:49.839><c> able</c><00:28:50.079><c> to</c><00:28:50.319><c> do</c><00:28:50.500><c> things</c><00:28:50.859><c> that</c><00:28:51.880><c> wood</c><00:28:52.460><c> and</c><00:28:53.000><c> stone</c>

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:56.440
and<00:28:54.000><c> other</c><00:28:54.400><c> ideas</c><00:28:55.019><c> couldn't</c><00:28:55.480><c> begin</c><00:28:55.980><c> to</c><00:28:56.220><c> do.</c>

00:28:56.940 --> 00:29:00.819
Well,<00:28:57.420><c> this</c><00:28:57.880><c> theme</c><00:28:58.259><c> gets</c><00:28:58.640><c> better,</c><00:28:59.240><c> gets</c><00:28:59.460><c> stronger,</c><00:29:00.720><c> brothers</c>

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:02.000
and<00:29:01.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:06.059
Before<00:29:03.819><c> David</c><00:29:04.359><c> ever</c><00:29:04.740><c> went</c><00:29:04.859><c> against</c><00:29:05.279><c> that</c><00:29:05.640><c> giant,</c>

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:10.160
look<00:29:06.700><c> at</c><00:29:06.839><c> what</c><00:29:07.079><c> he</c><00:29:07.400><c> said</c><00:29:07.900><c> about</c><00:29:08.779><c> the</c><00:29:08.960><c> living</c><00:29:09.160><c> God.</c>

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:15.210
In<00:29:11.500><c> the</c><00:29:11.859><c> reading</c><00:29:12.059><c> we</c><00:29:12.200><c> did</c><00:29:12.380><c> this</c><00:29:12.579><c> morning,</c><00:29:13.039><c> 1</c><00:29:13.180><c> Samuel</c><00:29:13.559><c> 17</c><00:29:14.140><c> verse</c><00:29:14.440><c> 26,</c>

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:17.660
David<00:29:15.440><c> spoke</c><00:29:15.900><c> to</c><00:29:16.059><c> the</c><00:29:16.200><c> men</c><00:29:16.380><c> that</c><00:29:16.599><c> stood</c><00:29:16.779><c> by</c><00:29:17.099><c> him</c><00:29:17.299><c> saying,</c>

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:20.839
What<00:29:18.240><c> shall</c><00:29:18.460><c> be</c><00:29:18.680><c> done</c><00:29:18.859><c> to</c><00:29:19.059><c> the</c><00:29:19.240><c> man</c><00:29:19.440><c> that</c><00:29:19.700><c> killeth</c><00:29:20.000><c> this</c><00:29:20.259><c> Philistine,</c>

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.980
taketh<00:29:21.440><c> away</c><00:29:21.759><c> the</c><00:29:21.920><c> reproach</c><00:29:22.299><c> from</c><00:29:22.500><c> Israel?</c>

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:26.299
Who<00:29:23.519><c> is</c><00:29:23.880><c> this</c><00:29:24.180><c> uncircumcised</c><00:29:25.019><c> Philistine</c><00:29:25.640><c> that</c><00:29:25.839><c> he</c><00:29:26.099><c> should</c>

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:29.299
defy<00:29:27.180><c> the</c><00:29:27.519><c> armies</c><00:29:27.960><c> of</c><00:29:28.440><c> the</c><00:29:28.599><c> living</c><00:29:28.880><c> God?</c>

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:32.920
How<00:29:29.980><c> did</c><00:29:30.400><c> David</c><00:29:30.819><c> come</c><00:29:31.200><c> to</c><00:29:31.440><c> know</c><00:29:31.640><c> that?</c>

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:39.119
How<00:29:34.779><c> was</c><00:29:35.180><c> it</c><00:29:35.420><c> revealed</c><00:29:35.920><c> to</c><00:29:36.220><c> him</c><00:29:36.579><c> that</c><00:29:36.960><c> this</c><00:29:37.380><c> God</c><00:29:37.759><c> was</c><00:29:38.200><c> the</c><00:29:38.380><c> living</c><00:29:38.619><c> God</c>

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:42.380
so<00:29:39.720><c> that</c><00:29:39.859><c> he</c><00:29:40.019><c> needed</c><00:29:40.319><c> not</c><00:29:40.680><c> to</c><00:29:40.900><c> fear</c><00:29:41.259><c> the</c><00:29:41.460><c> Philistine?</c>

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.559
Well,<00:29:42.980><c> he</c><00:29:43.160><c> tells</c><00:29:43.460><c> us.</c>

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:48.059
He<00:29:45.380><c> tells</c><00:29:45.619><c> us</c><00:29:45.880><c> what</c><00:29:46.059><c> evidence,</c><00:29:46.640><c> and</c><00:29:47.019><c> it's</c><00:29:47.279><c> important</c><00:29:47.640><c> for</c><00:29:47.819><c> us</c>

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.799
to<00:29:48.359><c> see</c><00:29:48.539><c> that</c><00:29:48.859><c> evidence.</c>

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:53.359
It<00:29:50.720><c> was</c><00:29:50.940><c> in</c><00:29:51.099><c> the</c><00:29:51.380><c> slaying</c><00:29:51.579><c> of</c><00:29:51.799><c> the</c><00:29:52.019><c> lion</c><00:29:52.160><c> and</c><00:29:52.339><c> the</c><00:29:52.539><c> bear.</c>

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.980
And<00:29:54.359><c> we</c><00:29:54.480><c> read</c><00:29:54.619><c> it</c><00:29:54.819><c> this</c><00:29:55.059><c> morning.</c>

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:59.900
Who<00:29:57.400><c> should</c><00:29:57.839><c> be</c><00:29:58.019><c> afraid</c><00:29:58.400><c> of</c><00:29:58.599><c> this</c><00:29:58.819><c> Philistine?</c>

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:02.480
And,<00:30:01.119><c> of</c><00:30:01.259><c> course,</c><00:30:01.680><c> Saul.</c>

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:05.579
How<00:30:03.079><c> could</c><00:30:03.299><c> this</c><00:30:03.680><c> youth</c><00:30:03.940><c> go</c><00:30:04.259><c> out</c><00:30:04.440><c> against</c><00:30:04.799><c> this</c><00:30:05.099><c> Philistine?</c>

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.559
And<00:30:05.799><c> what</c><00:30:05.920><c> does</c><00:30:06.059><c> David</c><00:30:06.339><c> say?</c>

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.819
Well,<00:30:06.900><c> God</c><00:30:07.160><c> helped</c><00:30:07.440><c> me.</c>

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:10.200
He<00:30:08.319><c> was</c><00:30:08.579><c> the</c><00:30:08.759><c> one</c><00:30:08.940><c> that</c><00:30:09.180><c> helped</c><00:30:09.319><c> me</c><00:30:09.619><c> kill</c><00:30:09.779><c> the</c><00:30:10.000><c> lion.</c>

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.880
He<00:30:10.420><c> was</c><00:30:10.599><c> the</c><00:30:10.720><c> one</c><00:30:10.819><c> that</c><00:30:11.000><c> helped</c><00:30:11.119><c> me</c><00:30:11.359><c> kill</c><00:30:11.500><c> the</c><00:30:11.720><c> bear.</c>

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:15.279
What's<00:30:12.759><c> this</c><00:30:13.039><c> man</c><00:30:13.299><c> need</c><00:30:13.420><c> different</c><00:30:13.759><c> than</c><00:30:13.940><c> a</c><00:30:14.119><c> lion</c><00:30:14.240><c> and</c><00:30:14.400><c> a</c><00:30:14.559><c> bear?</c>

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:19.099
Now,<00:30:15.819><c> there's</c><00:30:16.059><c> one</c><00:30:16.240><c> important,</c><00:30:17.279><c> well,</c><00:30:17.500><c> probably</c><00:30:17.759><c> many</c><00:30:18.019><c> important</c><00:30:18.460><c> lessons</c><00:30:18.779><c> in</c><00:30:18.980><c> this,</c>

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:22.940
but<00:30:19.319><c> one</c><00:30:19.519><c> that</c><00:30:19.660><c> I</c><00:30:19.859><c> wanted</c><00:30:20.079><c> to</c><00:30:20.660><c> say</c><00:30:20.900><c> this</c><00:30:21.180><c> morning</c><00:30:21.460><c> about</c><00:30:21.759><c> this.</c>

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:26.500
Faith<00:30:24.380><c> is</c><00:30:24.940><c> like</c><00:30:25.200><c> a</c><00:30:25.460><c> staircase.</c>

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:32.900
If<00:30:28.460><c> you've</c><00:30:28.839><c> got</c><00:30:28.980><c> to</c><00:30:29.180><c> the</c><00:30:29.420><c> first</c><00:30:29.779><c> step,</c><00:30:31.220><c> you</c><00:30:31.339><c> use</c><00:30:31.759><c> the</c><00:30:32.079><c> first</c><00:30:32.400><c> step</c><00:30:32.660><c> to</c>

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:34.940
get<00:30:33.079><c> you</c><00:30:33.259><c> to</c><00:30:33.460><c> the</c><00:30:33.700><c> second</c><00:30:34.019><c> step.</c>

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:38.720
You<00:30:35.480><c> don't</c><00:30:35.660><c> go</c><00:30:36.019><c> back</c><00:30:36.259><c> again</c><00:30:36.680><c> to</c><00:30:37.440><c> the</c><00:30:37.579><c> very</c><00:30:37.880><c> ground</c><00:30:38.180><c> level</c><00:30:38.480><c> and</c>

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.299
jump<00:30:38.960><c> up</c><00:30:39.200><c> two</c><00:30:39.460><c> steps.</c>

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:44.500
You<00:30:40.660><c> use</c><00:30:41.319><c> where</c><00:30:41.799><c> you</c><00:30:42.119><c> have</c><00:30:42.339><c> come</c><00:30:42.680><c> from</c><00:30:42.960><c> to</c><00:30:43.200><c> get</c><00:30:43.440><c> to</c><00:30:43.680><c> the</c><00:30:43.920><c> second</c><00:30:44.200><c> step.</c>

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:46.000
That's<00:30:44.859><c> exactly</c><00:30:45.240><c> what</c><00:30:45.519><c> David</c><00:30:45.740><c> did.</c>

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:51.599
If<00:30:46.880><c> God</c><00:30:47.400><c> saved</c><00:30:48.160><c> me</c><00:30:48.740><c> from</c><00:30:49.019><c> the</c><00:30:49.299><c> lion</c><00:30:49.559><c> and</c><00:30:49.799><c> the</c><00:30:50.019><c> bear,</c><00:30:51.420><c> then</c><00:30:51.480><c> He</c>

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:53.599
can<00:30:51.819><c> save</c><00:30:52.019><c> me</c><00:30:52.220><c> from</c><00:30:52.380><c> this</c><00:30:52.619><c> Philistine.</c>

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:57.680
You<00:30:54.400><c> build</c><00:30:54.740><c> on</c><00:30:55.079><c> faith,</c><00:30:55.599><c> brothers</c><00:30:55.680><c> and</c><00:30:55.960><c> sisters,</c><00:30:56.579><c> and</c><00:30:56.900><c> you</c><00:30:57.039><c> look</c><00:30:57.240><c> back</c><00:30:57.519><c> in</c>

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.640
your<00:30:57.880><c> experience.</c>

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:01.259
And<00:30:58.940><c> if</c><00:30:59.079><c> we</c><00:30:59.180><c> can</c><00:30:59.400><c> tell</c><00:30:59.539><c> our</c><00:30:59.759><c> children,</c><00:31:00.599><c> well,</c><00:31:00.680><c> you</c><00:31:00.880><c> remember</c>

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:04.259
back<00:31:01.900><c> last</c><00:31:02.279><c> year</c><00:31:02.640><c> when</c><00:31:02.880><c> we</c><00:31:03.180><c> were</c><00:31:03.359><c> in</c><00:31:03.599><c> difficulty</c>

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:09.160
and<00:31:04.980><c> we</c><00:31:05.279><c> asked</c><00:31:05.519><c> God</c><00:31:05.980><c> to</c><00:31:06.799><c> help</c><00:31:07.000><c> us,</c><00:31:07.740><c> and</c><00:31:07.980><c> you</c><00:31:08.220><c> remember</c><00:31:08.579><c> He</c><00:31:08.839><c> did</c>

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.359
help<00:31:09.380><c> us?</c>

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:12.740
Well,<00:31:10.799><c> then</c><00:31:11.000><c> God's</c><00:31:11.400><c> the</c><00:31:11.460><c> living</c><00:31:11.640><c> God.</c>

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.220
He<00:31:13.140><c> does</c><00:31:13.460><c> answer</c><00:31:13.759><c> our</c><00:31:14.059><c> prayer.</c>

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:19.160
You<00:31:14.440><c> remember</c><00:31:14.880><c> it,</c><00:31:15.480><c> so</c><00:31:15.680><c> let's</c><00:31:16.140><c> ask</c><00:31:16.359><c> Him</c><00:31:16.579><c> again</c><00:31:16.920><c> to</c><00:31:17.380><c> help</c><00:31:17.619><c> us</c><00:31:17.900><c> and</c><00:31:18.140><c> to</c><00:31:18.259><c> intervene.</c>

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.980
That's<00:31:20.119><c> the</c><00:31:20.440><c> stairway</c><00:31:20.819><c> of</c><00:31:21.119><c> faith.</c>

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:25.980
To<00:31:23.039><c> deny,</c><00:31:23.519><c> because</c><00:31:23.900><c> you</c><00:31:24.140><c> can't</c><00:31:24.480><c> really</c><00:31:24.740><c> quite</c><00:31:24.920><c> remember</c><00:31:25.359><c> the</c>

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.160
significance<00:31:26.599><c> of</c><00:31:26.839><c> something</c>

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:30.299
that<00:31:27.400><c> happened</c><00:31:27.700><c> a</c><00:31:27.859><c> year</c><00:31:28.059><c> ago</c><00:31:28.440><c> and</c><00:31:29.000><c> have</c><00:31:29.180><c> to</c><00:31:29.500><c> start</c><00:31:29.720><c> from</c>

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.700
scratch<00:31:30.720><c> again,</c>

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.619
faith<00:31:32.640><c> doesn't</c><00:31:33.039><c> progress</c><00:31:33.460><c> that</c><00:31:33.779><c> way.</c>

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:37.299
It<00:31:35.259><c> progresses</c><00:31:35.640><c> like</c><00:31:36.059><c> David</c><00:31:36.420><c> said.</c>

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:40.480
If<00:31:37.660><c> God</c><00:31:38.000><c> could</c><00:31:38.299><c> help</c><00:31:38.539><c> me</c><00:31:38.900><c> to</c><00:31:39.220><c> slay</c><00:31:39.480><c> a</c><00:31:39.680><c> lion</c><00:31:39.859><c> and</c><00:31:40.019><c> a</c><00:31:40.259><c> bear,</c>

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:43.859
what's<00:31:41.160><c> this</c><00:31:41.440><c> uncircumcised</c><00:31:42.180><c> Philistine</c><00:31:42.619><c> any</c><00:31:42.839><c> different?</c>

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:48.660
Build<00:31:45.319><c> our</c><00:31:45.640><c> faith,</c><00:31:46.119><c> brothers</c><00:31:46.220><c> and</c><00:31:46.539><c> sisters,</c><00:31:46.940><c> around</c><00:31:47.440><c> what</c><00:31:47.940><c> God</c><00:31:48.200><c> is</c>

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:51.440
and<00:31:49.019><c> was</c><00:31:49.539><c> to</c><00:31:49.940><c> us</c><00:31:50.140><c> in</c><00:31:50.279><c> our</c><00:31:50.500><c> life.</c>

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.940
Look<00:31:53.079><c> at</c><00:31:53.500><c> Hezekiah</c><00:31:54.099><c> and</c><00:31:54.640><c> try</c><00:31:54.900><c> to</c><00:31:55.119><c> figure</c><00:31:55.299><c> out</c><00:31:55.579><c> why</c><00:31:55.880><c> did</c><00:31:56.099><c> Hezekiah</c><00:31:56.660><c> use</c>

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.680
this<00:31:57.279><c> title,</c><00:31:57.920><c> the</c><00:31:58.059><c> living</c><00:31:58.240><c> God?</c>

00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:03.420
2<00:31:59.319><c> Kings</c><00:31:59.619><c> 19,</c><00:32:00.259><c> verses</c><00:32:00.519><c> 3</c><00:32:00.799><c> and</c><00:32:00.920><c> 4,</c><00:32:01.579><c> and</c><00:32:01.799><c> they</c><00:32:02.000><c> say</c><00:32:02.200><c> unto</c><00:32:02.460><c> him,</c>

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:13.079
There<00:32:10.480><c> is</c><00:32:10.480><c> no</c><00:32:10.480><c> good</c><00:32:10.619><c> birth,</c><00:32:11.680><c> and</c><00:32:11.779><c> there</c><00:32:11.940><c> is</c><00:32:12.099><c> not</c><00:32:12.400><c> strength</c><00:32:12.819><c> to</c>

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.319
bring<00:32:13.319><c> forth.</c>

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:19.220
It<00:32:14.880><c> may</c><00:32:15.240><c> be,</c><00:32:15.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:15.980><c> thy</c><00:32:16.220><c> God</c><00:32:16.539><c> will</c><00:32:16.779><c> hear</c><00:32:17.000><c> all</c><00:32:17.259><c> the</c><00:32:17.339><c> words</c><00:32:17.579><c> of</c><00:32:17.819><c> Rabshecha,</c>

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:23.339
for<00:32:19.539><c> whom</c><00:32:19.759><c> the</c><00:32:19.960><c> king</c><00:32:21.200><c> of</c><00:32:21.319><c> Assyria</c><00:32:21.779><c> his</c><00:32:22.059><c> master</c><00:32:22.480><c> has</c><00:32:22.799><c> sent</c><00:32:23.039><c> to</c>

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:25.779
reproach<00:32:24.579><c> the</c><00:32:24.960><c> living</c><00:32:25.279><c> God,</c>

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:29.940
and<00:32:26.339><c> will</c><00:32:26.579><c> reprove</c><00:32:27.059><c> the</c><00:32:27.220><c> words</c><00:32:27.599><c> which</c><00:32:27.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:28.240><c> thy</c><00:32:28.500><c> God</c><00:32:28.779><c> hath</c><00:32:28.980><c> heard,</c>

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.880
wherefore<00:32:30.480><c> lift</c><00:32:30.759><c> up</c><00:32:31.000><c> thy</c><00:32:31.220><c> prayer</c><00:32:31.519><c> for</c><00:32:31.740><c> the</c><00:32:31.960><c> remnant</c><00:32:32.220><c> that</c><00:32:32.380><c> are</c><00:32:32.599><c> left.</c>

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:36.960
Now<00:32:33.619><c> I</c><00:32:34.059><c> saw</c><00:32:34.500><c> this,</c><00:32:34.859><c> I</c><00:32:34.940><c> thought,</c><00:32:35.460><c> there</c><00:32:35.660><c> has</c><00:32:36.059><c> to</c><00:32:36.299><c> be</c><00:32:36.500><c> something</c>

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.960
in<00:32:37.299><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:32:38.039><c> life</c>

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:42.700
that<00:32:40.640><c> reminded</c><00:32:41.119><c> him</c><00:32:41.359><c> of</c><00:32:41.539><c> the</c><00:32:41.660><c> living</c><00:32:41.819><c> God.</c>

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.799
Now<00:32:44.140><c> I</c><00:32:44.259><c> don't</c><00:32:44.460><c> want</c><00:32:44.559><c> to</c><00:32:44.660><c> spend</c><00:32:44.819><c> a</c><00:32:44.940><c> lot</c><00:32:45.059><c> of</c><00:32:45.160><c> time</c><00:32:45.359><c> in</c><00:32:45.500><c> this,</c>

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:50.079
but<00:32:46.019><c> you</c><00:32:46.240><c> may</c><00:32:46.740><c> remember</c><00:32:47.480><c> that</c><00:32:48.019><c> it</c><00:32:48.380><c> seems</c><00:32:48.660><c> Hezekiah</c><00:32:49.559><c> modeled</c>

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:53.119
his<00:32:50.920><c> reforms</c><00:32:51.539><c> around</c><00:32:52.240><c> David.</c>

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:55.920
He<00:32:53.579><c> must</c><00:32:53.900><c> have</c><00:32:54.160><c> known</c><00:32:54.519><c> quite</c><00:32:54.799><c> a</c><00:32:54.980><c> bit</c><00:32:55.119><c> about</c><00:32:55.420><c> David.</c>

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:59.720
Whether<00:32:56.720><c> he</c><00:32:56.920><c> ever</c><00:32:57.240><c> knew</c><00:32:57.460><c> that</c><00:32:57.720><c> David</c><00:32:58.220><c> also</c><00:32:58.880><c> addressed</c><00:32:59.259><c> God</c><00:32:59.519><c> as</c>

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.819
the<00:32:59.819><c> living</c><00:32:59.960><c> God,</c><00:33:00.160><c> I</c><00:33:00.259><c> don't</c><00:33:00.519><c> know.</c>

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:03.720
But<00:33:01.519><c> as</c><00:33:01.859><c> one</c><00:33:02.180><c> possible</c><00:33:02.839><c> link.</c>

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:09.500
But<00:33:04.740><c> otherwise,</c><00:33:07.200><c> in</c><00:33:07.359><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:33:08.160><c> own</c><00:33:08.420><c> life</c><00:33:08.779><c> by</c><00:33:09.039><c> the</c><00:33:09.279><c> fact</c>

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:11.200
that<00:33:09.799><c> before</c><00:33:10.359><c> this</c><00:33:10.799><c> time</c>

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:14.539
he'd<00:33:11.759><c> gone</c><00:33:12.019><c> through</c><00:33:12.319><c> the</c><00:33:12.579><c> land</c><00:33:12.700><c> and</c><00:33:12.839><c> got</c><00:33:13.039><c> rid</c><00:33:13.259><c> of</c><00:33:13.400><c> all</c><00:33:13.579><c> the</c><00:33:13.900><c> idols</c><00:33:14.240><c> of</c>

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.319
wood<00:33:14.740><c> and</c><00:33:15.019><c> stone.</c>

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:19.039
He<00:33:16.000><c> had</c><00:33:16.279><c> totaled</c><00:33:16.900><c> all</c><00:33:17.279><c> that</c><00:33:17.559><c> particular</c><00:33:18.099><c> worship</c><00:33:18.400><c> because</c><00:33:18.799><c> he</c>

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.619
knew<00:33:19.140><c> it</c><00:33:19.319><c> was</c><00:33:19.519><c> just</c><00:33:19.839><c> wood</c><00:33:20.039><c> and</c><00:33:20.339><c> stone.</c>

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:26.079
We<00:33:21.299><c> at</c><00:33:21.460><c> least</c><00:33:21.640><c> know</c><00:33:21.920><c> that</c><00:33:22.039><c> in</c><00:33:22.200><c> his</c><00:33:22.460><c> mind</c><00:33:23.140><c> he</c><00:33:24.380><c> made</c><00:33:24.599><c> a</c><00:33:24.839><c> difference</c><00:33:25.079><c> between</c>

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.700
gods<00:33:26.480><c> that</c><00:33:26.779><c> could</c><00:33:27.059><c> not</c><00:33:27.380><c> hear,</c>

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:31.579
these<00:33:28.660><c> idols</c><00:33:28.960><c> that</c><00:33:29.160><c> were</c><00:33:29.299><c> all</c><00:33:29.519><c> around</c><00:33:29.799><c> him,</c><00:33:30.319><c> and</c><00:33:30.579><c> the</c><00:33:30.859><c> living</c><00:33:31.180><c> God.</c>

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:37.799
So<00:33:32.240><c> that</c><00:33:32.400><c> when</c><00:33:32.559><c> he</c><00:33:32.839><c> gave</c><00:33:33.119><c> this</c><00:33:33.500><c> testimony</c><00:33:34.019><c> to</c><00:33:35.660><c> appeal</c><00:33:36.220><c> to</c><00:33:36.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:37.019><c> his</c><00:33:37.359><c> God</c>

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:43.359
and<00:33:38.819><c> saw</c><00:33:39.359><c> that</c><00:33:39.779><c> Sennacherib</c><00:33:40.380><c> was</c><00:33:40.599><c> reproaching</c><00:33:41.359><c> the</c><00:33:41.900><c> living</c><00:33:42.259><c> God,</c>

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:47.920
I<00:33:45.099><c> think</c><00:33:45.259><c> it</c><00:33:45.420><c> was</c><00:33:45.579><c> because</c><00:33:45.880><c> he</c><00:33:46.140><c> prepared</c><00:33:46.559><c> himself</c><00:33:47.079><c> around</c><00:33:47.460><c> what</c><00:33:47.660><c> he</c>

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was<00:33:48.500><c> reading</c>

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.519
and<00:33:49.480><c> what</c><00:33:49.700><c> he</c><00:33:49.920><c> knew</c><00:33:50.079><c> about</c><00:33:50.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:50.920><c> our</c><00:33:51.160><c> God.</c>

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:56.059
I<00:33:52.240><c> think</c><00:33:52.480><c> that</c><00:33:52.660><c> is</c><00:33:52.920><c> a</c><00:33:53.079><c> real</c><00:33:53.519><c> vindication</c><00:33:54.400><c> of</c><00:33:55.019><c> keeping</c><00:33:55.359><c> the</c><00:33:55.660><c> Word</c><00:33:55.859><c> of</c>

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God<00:33:56.400><c> in</c><00:33:56.599><c> our</c><00:33:56.799><c> life.</c>

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You<00:33:58.319><c> can't</c><00:33:58.779><c> read</c><00:33:59.680><c> that</c><00:34:00.759><c> record</c><00:34:01.099><c> in</c><00:34:01.339><c> 1</c><00:34:01.519><c> Samuel</c><00:34:01.839><c> 17</c><00:34:02.539><c> and</c><00:34:02.960><c> quickly</c>

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:05.880
forget<00:34:04.539><c> what</c><00:34:04.839><c> happened.</c>

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:09.019
It<00:34:06.839><c> is</c><00:34:07.119><c> the</c><00:34:07.319><c> kind</c><00:34:07.480><c> of</c><00:34:07.619><c> thing</c><00:34:07.759><c> that</c><00:34:08.079><c> pumps</c><00:34:08.320><c> you</c><00:34:08.579><c> up.</c>

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.019
It<00:34:09.639><c> could</c><00:34:09.840><c> very</c><00:34:10.119><c> well</c><00:34:10.320><c> be</c><00:34:10.559><c> that</c><00:34:10.760><c> the</c><00:34:10.860><c> next</c><00:34:11.199><c> day</c><00:34:11.380><c> you</c><00:34:11.599><c> still</c>

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:14.820
feel<00:34:12.460><c> somewhat</c><00:34:13.039><c> higher</c><00:34:13.739><c> than</c><00:34:14.420><c> normal</c>

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:18.500
because<00:34:15.280><c> of</c><00:34:15.539><c> the</c><00:34:16.039><c> reading</c><00:34:16.280><c> of</c><00:34:16.519><c> what</c><00:34:16.739><c> God</c><00:34:17.039><c> did</c><00:34:17.320><c> for</c><00:34:17.619><c> David</c><00:34:18.039><c> and</c>

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:20.639
for<00:34:18.780><c> Israel</c><00:34:19.159><c> in</c><00:34:19.320><c> 1</c><00:34:19.539><c> Samuel</c><00:34:19.920><c> 17.</c>

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:25.219
Well,<00:34:21.260><c> we</c><00:34:21.519><c> continue</c><00:34:21.940><c> to</c><00:34:22.260><c> read.</c><00:34:22.539><c> We</c><00:34:22.719><c> do</c><00:34:22.920><c> it</c><00:34:23.179><c> every</c><00:34:23.519><c> day</c><00:34:24.000><c> and</c><00:34:24.900><c> we</c>

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:27.219
have<00:34:25.460><c> a</c><00:34:25.760><c> feel</c><00:34:26.139><c> for</c><00:34:26.420><c> the</c><00:34:26.579><c> living</c><00:34:26.800><c> God.</c>

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:30.280
If<00:34:27.760><c> not</c><00:34:28.000><c> in</c><00:34:28.199><c> our</c><00:34:28.360><c> own</c><00:34:28.519><c> life,</c><00:34:29.079><c> then</c><00:34:29.300><c> certainly</c><00:34:29.719><c> in</c><00:34:29.900><c> the</c><00:34:30.059><c> lives</c>

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:34.480
of<00:34:30.539><c> others</c><00:34:30.739><c> if</c><00:34:31.019><c> the</c><00:34:31.340><c> Bible</c><00:34:31.559><c> is</c><00:34:32.320><c> living</c><00:34:32.639><c> for</c><00:34:33.440><c> us.</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:39.460
And<00:34:35.260><c> it</c><00:34:35.320><c> would</c><00:34:35.519><c> seem</c><00:34:35.699><c> to</c><00:34:35.900><c> me,</c><00:34:37.500><c> brethren,</c><00:34:38.400><c> fathers,</c><00:34:39.119><c> that</c><00:34:39.219><c> that</c>

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.119
is<00:34:39.719><c> the</c><00:34:39.860><c> way</c><00:34:40.079><c> you</c><00:34:40.260><c> have</c><00:34:40.519><c> to</c><00:34:40.659><c> do</c><00:34:40.800><c> it.</c>

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:44.460
You've<00:34:41.820><c> got</c><00:34:41.920><c> to</c><00:34:42.059><c> do</c><00:34:42.219><c> it</c><00:34:42.519><c> every</c><00:34:43.000><c> single</c><00:34:43.480><c> day.</c>

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:48.340
Every<00:34:45.139><c> now</c><00:34:45.400><c> and</c><00:34:45.539><c> then</c><00:34:45.659><c> you</c><00:34:45.960><c> just</c><00:34:46.300><c> get</c><00:34:46.500><c> alarmed</c><00:34:47.519><c> when</c><00:34:47.820><c> you</c><00:34:48.139><c> see</c>

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.960
a<00:34:48.539><c> young</c><00:34:48.780><c> family</c>

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:53.719
and<00:34:51.039><c> the</c><00:34:51.219><c> dad</c><00:34:51.380><c> is</c><00:34:51.579><c> not</c><00:34:51.800><c> leading</c><00:34:52.039><c> that</c><00:34:52.280><c> family</c><00:34:52.639><c> in</c><00:34:52.800><c> the</c><00:34:52.920><c> readings.</c>

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:57.099
You<00:34:54.380><c> know</c><00:34:54.739><c> you're</c><00:34:55.019><c> headed</c><00:34:55.260><c> for</c><00:34:55.639><c> trouble</c><00:34:56.000><c> if</c><00:34:56.159><c> that's</c><00:34:56.519><c> the</c><00:34:56.699><c> case</c>

00:34:57.099 --> 00:35:01.300
because<00:34:57.519><c> our</c><00:34:57.940><c> strength</c><00:34:58.360><c> is</c><00:34:58.599><c> to</c><00:34:58.880><c> know</c><00:34:59.159><c> this</c><00:34:59.500><c> God</c><00:34:59.900><c> as</c><00:35:00.460><c> the</c><00:35:00.719><c> living</c><00:35:00.940><c> God.</c>

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:03.659
And<00:35:01.699><c> if</c><00:35:01.820><c> you</c><00:35:02.000><c> can't</c><00:35:02.360><c> think</c><00:35:02.500><c> of</c><00:35:02.619><c> examples</c><00:35:02.980><c> in</c><00:35:03.179><c> your</c><00:35:03.360><c> life,</c><00:35:03.559><c> you</c>

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:05.280
can<00:35:03.920><c> sure</c><00:35:04.099><c> find</c><00:35:04.300><c> a</c><00:35:04.500><c> lot</c><00:35:04.639><c> in</c><00:35:04.860><c> the</c><00:35:04.960><c> Scriptures</c>

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:09.119
where<00:35:05.960><c> God</c><00:35:06.380><c> was</c><00:35:06.860><c> living</c><00:35:07.420><c> to</c><00:35:07.920><c> these</c><00:35:08.159><c> people.</c>

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:11.519
The<00:35:09.960><c> kids</c><00:35:10.179><c> need</c><00:35:10.380><c> this.</c>

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:16.539
The<00:35:12.219><c> kids</c><00:35:12.500><c> need</c><00:35:12.820><c> to</c><00:35:13.079><c> know</c><00:35:13.639><c> that</c><00:35:14.179><c> that's</c><00:35:14.619><c> the</c><00:35:14.780><c> way</c><00:35:15.019><c> you</c><00:35:15.280><c> feel</c><00:35:15.599><c> about</c><00:35:15.840><c> it</c>

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:20.360
so<00:35:17.179><c> that</c><00:35:17.320><c> there</c><00:35:17.420><c> would</c><00:35:17.639><c> be</c><00:35:17.820><c> at</c><00:35:17.900><c> least</c><00:35:18.119><c> something</c><00:35:18.599><c> they</c><00:35:18.960><c> can</c><00:35:19.179><c> attach</c><00:35:19.820><c> or</c>

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:22.219
write<00:35:20.500><c> on</c><00:35:20.679><c> that</c><00:35:20.940><c> piece</c><00:35:21.159><c> of</c><00:35:21.340><c> paper,</c>

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:26.280
this<00:35:22.900><c> is</c><00:35:23.159><c> the</c><00:35:23.380><c> God</c><00:35:23.559><c> I</c><00:35:23.800><c> know</c><00:35:24.239><c> as</c><00:35:24.599><c> the</c><00:35:24.800><c> God</c><00:35:24.980><c> of</c><00:35:25.179><c> my</c><00:35:25.380><c> father.</c>

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:30.420
These<00:35:27.239><c> things</c><00:35:27.460><c> are</c><00:35:27.800><c> critical</c><00:35:28.199><c> in</c><00:35:28.539><c> everyday</c><00:35:28.920><c> life.</c>

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:34.400
Jeremiah<00:35:32.739><c> described</c><00:35:33.260><c> the</c><00:35:33.679><c> living</c><00:35:33.880><c> God</c>

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:39.679
and<00:35:35.340><c> this</c><00:35:36.159><c> is</c><00:35:36.860><c> very</c><00:35:37.300><c> close</c><00:35:37.619><c> to</c><00:35:37.840><c> the</c><00:35:38.039><c> theme</c><00:35:38.159><c> we</c><00:35:38.320><c> want</c><00:35:38.519><c> to</c><00:35:38.659><c> get</c><00:35:38.840><c> to</c><00:35:39.099><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:42.539
to<00:35:40.119><c> see</c><00:35:40.440><c> the</c><00:35:40.699><c> number</c><00:35:41.059><c> of</c><00:35:41.360><c> cases</c><00:35:41.619><c> in</c><00:35:41.860><c> the</c><00:35:42.079><c> Scriptures</c>

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:45.940
where<00:35:43.239><c> God</c><00:35:43.460><c> is</c><00:35:43.780><c> described</c><00:35:44.260><c> in</c><00:35:44.460><c> the</c><00:35:44.579><c> most</c><00:35:44.880><c> beautiful</c><00:35:45.420><c> language</c>

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:47.539
that<00:35:46.179><c> you</c><00:35:46.340><c> could</c><00:35:46.579><c> use.</c>

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:49.920
And<00:35:48.059><c> a</c><00:35:48.179><c> lot</c><00:35:48.300><c> of</c><00:35:48.400><c> them</c><00:35:48.460><c> are</c><00:35:48.539><c> in</c><00:35:48.820><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:53.719
So<00:35:50.559><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:50.940><c> 10,</c><00:35:51.400><c> verse</c><00:35:51.900><c> 10</c><00:35:52.239><c> and</c><00:35:52.420><c> 13,</c>

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Yahweh<00:35:54.519><c> is</c><00:35:55.059><c> the</c><00:35:55.400><c> true</c><00:35:55.699><c> God,</c><00:35:56.199><c> He</c><00:35:56.480><c> is</c><00:35:56.860><c> the</c><00:35:57.159><c> living</c><00:35:57.440><c> God,</c><00:35:58.360><c> an</c>

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everlasting<00:35:59.179><c> King.</c>

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At<00:36:00.460><c> His</c><00:36:00.820><c> wrath</c><00:36:01.179><c> the</c><00:36:01.380><c> earth</c><00:36:01.619><c> shall</c><00:36:01.920><c> tremble</c><00:36:02.639><c> and</c><00:36:02.940><c> the</c><00:36:03.119><c> nations</c>

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:06.460
shall<00:36:03.719><c> not</c><00:36:03.980><c> be</c><00:36:04.179><c> able</c><00:36:04.340><c> to</c><00:36:04.579><c> abide</c><00:36:04.860><c> His</c><00:36:05.139><c> indignation.</c>

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:10.460
When<00:36:06.699><c> He</c><00:36:07.000><c> uttereth</c><00:36:07.400><c> His</c><00:36:07.719><c> voice</c><00:36:08.360><c> there</c><00:36:08.860><c> is</c><00:36:09.119><c> a</c><00:36:09.260><c> multitude</c><00:36:09.679><c> of</c><00:36:09.980><c> waters</c><00:36:10.219><c> in</c>

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.000
the<00:36:10.559><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:36:11.579><c> He</c><00:36:11.940><c> causeth</c><00:36:12.320><c> the</c><00:36:12.579><c> vapors</c><00:36:12.980><c> to</c><00:36:13.219><c> ascend</c><00:36:13.500><c> from</c><00:36:13.739><c> the</c><00:36:13.880><c> ends</c><00:36:14.000><c> of</c>

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.639
the<00:36:14.340><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:36:15.239><c> maketh</c><00:36:15.579><c> lightnings</c><00:36:16.179><c> with</c><00:36:16.380><c> rain</c><00:36:16.619><c> and</c><00:36:16.920><c> bringeth</c><00:36:17.280><c> forth</c><00:36:17.500><c> the</c>

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wind<00:36:17.960><c> out</c><00:36:18.119><c> of</c><00:36:18.199><c> His</c><00:36:18.400><c> treasures.</c>

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:23.179
I<00:36:20.980><c> have</c><00:36:21.079><c> always</c><00:36:21.280><c> been</c><00:36:21.519><c> thankful</c><00:36:21.860><c> for</c><00:36:22.119><c> that</c><00:36:22.320><c> fact.</c>

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:31.039
I<00:36:24.900><c> don't</c><00:36:25.099><c> know</c><00:36:25.360><c> how</c><00:36:25.659><c> many</c><00:36:26.559><c> writers</c><00:36:27.059><c> of</c><00:36:27.280><c> the</c><00:36:27.500><c> Bible</c><00:36:27.760><c> draw</c><00:36:28.159><c> attention</c><00:36:28.699><c> to</c><00:36:29.019><c> that</c><00:36:29.280><c> aspect</c><00:36:29.840><c> of</c><00:36:30.039><c> God,</c>

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:37.340
that<00:36:31.780><c> God</c><00:36:32.280><c> is</c><00:36:33.360><c> the</c><00:36:33.579><c> one</c><00:36:33.760><c> who</c><00:36:34.119><c> provides</c><00:36:34.559><c> rain</c><00:36:35.340><c> and</c><00:36:36.199><c> storm.</c>

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:41.000
And<00:36:38.559><c> God</c><00:36:38.840><c> seems</c><00:36:39.179><c> to</c><00:36:39.400><c> have</c><00:36:39.699><c> provided</c><00:36:40.079><c> that</c><00:36:40.400><c> for</c><00:36:40.519><c> us,</c><00:36:41.000><c> brothers</c>

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.599
and<00:36:41.260><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:36:41.920><c> the</c><00:36:42.119><c> way</c><00:36:42.380><c> that</c><00:36:42.679><c> all</c><00:36:42.940><c> of</c><00:36:43.099><c> us</c><00:36:43.360><c> grow</c><00:36:43.619><c> up</c><00:36:43.920><c> to</c><00:36:44.159><c> fear</c><00:36:44.480><c> and</c><00:36:44.820><c> tremble</c>

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:51.719
will<00:36:45.739><c> one</c><00:36:46.019><c> who</c><00:36:46.780><c> thunders</c><00:36:48.019><c> and</c><00:36:48.579><c> lightning</c><00:36:49.099><c> strikes</c><00:36:50.039><c> all</c><00:36:50.699><c> around</c><00:36:50.960><c> us.</c>

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:57.320
Where<00:36:52.280><c> we</c><00:36:52.480><c> live</c><00:36:52.699><c> out</c><00:36:52.900><c> in</c><00:36:53.539><c> the</c><00:36:54.960><c> Grand</c><00:36:55.260><c> River</c><00:36:55.599><c> area</c><00:36:55.900><c> of</c><00:36:56.119><c> southern</c><00:36:56.300><c> Ontario,</c>

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:59.980
we<00:36:57.820><c> get</c><00:36:58.000><c> a</c><00:36:58.079><c> lot</c><00:36:58.280><c> of</c><00:36:58.440><c> lightning</c><00:36:58.679><c> storms.</c>

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:04.099
And<00:37:00.420><c> in</c><00:37:00.539><c> our</c><00:37:00.739><c> house,</c><00:37:01.900><c> some</c><00:37:02.039><c> of</c><00:37:02.219><c> you</c><00:37:02.219><c> may</c><00:37:02.340><c> know</c><00:37:02.500><c> our</c><00:37:02.639><c> house,</c><00:37:03.079><c> it's</c><00:37:03.599><c> a</c><00:37:03.699><c> two</c><00:37:03.900><c> and</c><00:37:04.059><c> a</c>

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.239
half<00:37:04.239><c> story</c><00:37:04.659><c> house,</c>

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:09.179
and<00:37:06.099><c> we've</c><00:37:06.579><c> had</c><00:37:06.760><c> four</c><00:37:07.119><c> of</c><00:37:07.340><c> our</c><00:37:07.699><c> daughters</c><00:37:08.039><c> live</c><00:37:08.340><c> in</c><00:37:08.679><c> the</c><00:37:08.980><c> attic.</c>

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:11.460
That<00:37:09.679><c> was</c><00:37:10.000><c> the</c><00:37:10.280><c> girls'</c><00:37:10.780><c> room.</c>

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:17.559
And<00:37:13.239><c> when</c><00:37:13.739><c> things</c><00:37:14.000><c> happened,</c><00:37:15.400><c> like</c><00:37:15.519><c> thundering</c><00:37:16.159><c> and</c><00:37:16.679><c> lightning,</c>

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:19.960
you<00:37:18.320><c> really</c><00:37:18.699><c> heard</c><00:37:18.860><c> it</c><00:37:19.019><c> through</c><00:37:19.159><c> that</c><00:37:19.440><c> attic</c><00:37:19.599><c> roof,</c>

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:23.619
which<00:37:20.340><c> since</c><00:37:21.699><c> it</c><00:37:21.920><c> was</c><00:37:22.239><c> a</c><00:37:22.420><c> slanted</c><00:37:22.760><c> roof,</c>

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:26.420
many<00:37:23.920><c> of</c><00:37:24.059><c> the</c><00:37:24.219><c> girls'</c><00:37:24.920><c> heads</c><00:37:24.920><c> were</c><00:37:25.360><c> only</c><00:37:25.599><c> about</c><00:37:25.840><c> six</c><00:37:26.059><c> inches</c>

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:28.539
from<00:37:26.699><c> the</c><00:37:26.900><c> actual</c><00:37:27.239><c> roof</c><00:37:27.400><c> itself.</c>

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:35.860
And<00:37:29.159><c> when</c><00:37:29.400><c> you</c><00:37:29.639><c> heard</c><00:37:29.860><c> a</c><00:37:30.300><c> real</c><00:37:30.840><c> heavy</c><00:37:33.400><c> thundering</c><00:37:34.960><c> clap,</c>

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:38.980
or<00:37:36.119><c> if</c><00:37:36.360><c> you'd</c><00:37:36.820><c> rather</c><00:37:37.159><c> actually</c><00:37:37.960><c> felt</c><00:37:38.260><c> it,</c>

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:41.639
like<00:37:39.420><c> I</c><00:37:39.500><c> had</c><00:37:39.579><c> been</c><00:37:39.719><c> in</c><00:37:39.860><c> that</c><00:37:40.139><c> attic</c><00:37:40.420><c> and</c><00:37:41.059><c> I</c><00:37:41.159><c> had</c><00:37:41.239><c> a</c><00:37:41.380><c> lightning</c>

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:44.420
strike<00:37:41.980><c> put</c><00:37:42.139><c> me</c><00:37:42.300><c> on</c><00:37:42.440><c> my</c><00:37:42.559><c> knees,</c><00:37:43.300><c> involuntary.</c>

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:46.019
You<00:37:44.559><c> just</c><00:37:45.099><c> collapse</c><00:37:45.420><c> on</c><00:37:45.619><c> your</c><00:37:45.739><c> knees.</c>

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:49.800
Lightning<00:37:46.960><c> and</c><00:37:47.199><c> thunder</c><00:37:47.500><c> are</c><00:37:47.539><c> so</c><00:37:47.900><c> close</c><00:37:48.320><c> that</c><00:37:48.659><c> it</c><00:37:49.000><c> just</c><00:37:49.599><c> puts</c>

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.420
you<00:37:49.980><c> on</c><00:37:50.219><c> your</c><00:37:50.360><c> knees.</c>

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:52.900
You<00:37:50.500><c> don't</c><00:37:50.639><c> have</c><00:37:50.780><c> any</c><00:37:50.940><c> choice.</c><00:37:51.559><c> You</c><00:37:51.780><c> go</c><00:37:51.980><c> down.</c>

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:56.179
And<00:37:53.659><c> I</c><00:37:53.760><c> thought,</c><00:37:54.000><c> boy,</c><00:37:54.159><c> that</c><00:37:54.280><c> is</c><00:37:54.780><c> interesting,</c><00:37:55.400><c> if</c><00:37:55.619><c> you</c><00:37:55.840><c> can</c>

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:58.980
bring<00:37:56.380><c> it</c><00:37:56.820><c> around</c><00:37:57.519><c> to</c><00:37:58.019><c> God.</c>

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:01.059
Otherwise,<00:37:59.760><c> it's</c><00:38:00.099><c> the</c><00:38:00.300><c> fear</c><00:38:00.440><c> of</c><00:38:00.639><c> the</c><00:38:00.760><c> unknown.</c>

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:04.260
We<00:38:01.260><c> don't</c><00:38:01.599><c> want</c><00:38:01.920><c> our</c><00:38:02.260><c> kids</c><00:38:02.460><c> to</c><00:38:02.800><c> fear</c><00:38:03.079><c> the</c><00:38:03.420><c> unknown.</c>

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:06.699
We<00:38:04.739><c> want</c><00:38:04.920><c> to</c><00:38:05.019><c> be</c><00:38:05.099><c> able</c><00:38:05.300><c> to</c><00:38:05.519><c> explain</c><00:38:05.840><c> to</c><00:38:06.039><c> our</c><00:38:06.139><c> kids</c><00:38:06.300><c> that</c><00:38:06.460><c> this</c>

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.639
is<00:38:07.000><c> the</c><00:38:07.119><c> God,</c><00:38:07.699><c> the</c><00:38:08.000><c> living</c><00:38:08.239><c> God,</c>

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:12.059
that<00:38:08.960><c> these</c><00:38:09.280><c> writers</c><00:38:09.599><c> in</c><00:38:09.820><c> the</c><00:38:09.960><c> Bible</c><00:38:10.199><c> spoke</c><00:38:10.559><c> about</c><00:38:10.820><c> so</c><00:38:11.139><c> often.</c>

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.000
And<00:38:12.619><c> they</c><00:38:12.840><c> always</c><00:38:13.360><c> came</c><00:38:13.719><c> back</c><00:38:14.039><c> to</c><00:38:14.199><c> this.</c>

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:16.800
Isn't<00:38:15.500><c> it</c><00:38:15.679><c> even</c><00:38:15.880><c> a</c><00:38:16.039><c> matter</c><00:38:16.199><c> in</c><00:38:16.539><c> Job?</c>

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:19.119
At<00:38:17.239><c> the</c><00:38:17.380><c> end</c><00:38:17.500><c> of</c><00:38:17.699><c> the</c><00:38:17.780><c> book,</c><00:38:17.960><c> it</c><00:38:18.099><c> seems</c><00:38:18.380><c> that</c><00:38:18.579><c> there</c><00:38:18.800><c> must</c><00:38:18.980><c> have</c>

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.679
been<00:38:19.219><c> a</c><00:38:19.420><c> tremendous</c><00:38:20.039><c> storm</c>

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:24.159
at<00:38:21.219><c> the</c><00:38:21.380><c> very</c><00:38:21.719><c> time</c><00:38:21.980><c> that</c><00:38:22.199><c> God's</c><00:38:22.559><c> revealing</c><00:38:22.800><c> himself</c><00:38:23.400><c> to</c><00:38:23.920><c> Job</c>

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.079
and<00:38:24.360><c> to</c><00:38:24.500><c> his</c><00:38:24.719><c> friends.</c>

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:28.559
And<00:38:25.800><c> they</c><00:38:26.039><c> saw</c><00:38:26.340><c> this</c><00:38:26.619><c> storm.</c><00:38:26.920><c> You</c><00:38:27.119><c> can</c><00:38:27.380><c> see</c><00:38:27.519><c> it</c><00:38:27.639><c> in</c><00:38:27.699><c> the</c><00:38:27.920><c> conversation.</c>

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:32.440
It<00:38:29.139><c> seems</c><00:38:29.380><c> like</c><00:38:29.559><c> it</c><00:38:29.679><c> was</c><00:38:29.920><c> brewing</c><00:38:30.159><c> on</c><00:38:30.440><c> the</c><00:38:30.599><c> horizon</c><00:38:30.900><c> and</c><00:38:31.099><c> coming</c><00:38:31.320><c> closer</c><00:38:31.659><c> until</c><00:38:31.960><c> finally</c>

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.860
he<00:38:32.900><c> speaks</c><00:38:33.199><c> to</c><00:38:33.380><c> them</c><00:38:33.500><c> out</c><00:38:33.559><c> of</c><00:38:33.659><c> the</c><00:38:33.840><c> whirlwind.</c>

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:39.260
Yeah,<00:38:36.659><c> you</c><00:38:36.760><c> can</c><00:38:36.940><c> bring</c><00:38:37.139><c> people</c><00:38:37.500><c> closer</c><00:38:37.940><c> to</c><00:38:38.199><c> God</c><00:38:38.460><c> as</c><00:38:38.760><c> a</c><00:38:39.039><c> living</c>

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:41.840
God<00:38:39.659><c> by</c><00:38:39.880><c> the</c><00:38:40.119><c> fact</c><00:38:40.320><c> that</c><00:38:40.500><c> he</c><00:38:40.579><c> does</c><00:38:40.860><c> this.</c>

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:44.579
And<00:38:42.519><c> of</c><00:38:42.739><c> course,</c><00:38:43.000><c> there's</c><00:38:43.260><c> the</c><00:38:43.440><c> other</c><00:38:43.619><c> aspects</c><00:38:44.079><c> of</c><00:38:44.280><c> it.</c>

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:48.139
You<00:38:44.900><c> go</c><00:38:45.099><c> through</c><00:38:45.280><c> a</c><00:38:45.460><c> dry</c><00:38:45.659><c> summer,</c><00:38:47.320><c> and</c><00:38:47.480><c> you're</c><00:38:47.659><c> in</c><00:38:47.840><c> farming,</c>

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:49.380
and<00:38:48.460><c> you</c><00:38:48.619><c> see</c><00:38:48.840><c> the</c><00:38:49.079><c> crops.</c>

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:51.760
There's<00:38:49.820><c> not</c><00:38:50.019><c> enough</c><00:38:50.239><c> hay</c><00:38:50.400><c> out</c><00:38:50.559><c> there</c><00:38:50.800><c> to</c><00:38:50.900><c> cut.</c>

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:55.280
If<00:38:52.019><c> you</c><00:38:52.019><c> went</c><00:38:52.139><c> around</c><00:38:52.360><c> with</c><00:38:52.539><c> a</c><00:38:52.679><c> cutter,</c><00:38:52.820><c> you</c><00:38:52.920><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:53.159><c> have</c><00:38:53.340><c> enough</c><00:38:53.539><c> hay</c><00:38:53.699><c> to</c><00:38:53.880><c> pick</c><00:38:54.039><c> up</c><00:38:54.139><c> with</c><00:38:54.320><c> a</c><00:38:54.420><c> baler.</c>

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:57.960
So<00:38:55.579><c> you're</c><00:38:55.699><c> waiting</c><00:38:56.039><c> for</c><00:38:56.340><c> rain,</c><00:38:56.739><c> and</c><00:38:56.860><c> you're</c><00:38:57.260><c> really</c><00:38:57.659><c> wishing</c>

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.659
for<00:38:58.320><c> rain.</c>

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:01.519
And<00:38:59.260><c> then</c><00:38:59.360><c> when</c><00:38:59.500><c> rain</c><00:38:59.739><c> comes,</c><00:39:00.119><c> you</c><00:39:00.300><c> really</c><00:39:00.639><c> can</c><00:39:00.840><c> be</c><00:39:01.119><c> thankful</c>

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:04.280
to<00:39:01.780><c> the</c><00:39:01.980><c> God</c><00:39:02.179><c> that</c><00:39:02.920><c> we</c><00:39:03.159><c> all</c><00:39:03.420><c> worship.</c>

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:10.239
So<00:39:05.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:06.460><c> compares</c><00:39:07.280><c> the</c><00:39:07.619><c> living</c><00:39:07.860><c> God</c><00:39:08.340><c> with</c><00:39:08.639><c> all</c><00:39:09.000><c> the</c><00:39:09.219><c> other</c><00:39:09.780><c> so</c>

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.820
-called<00:39:10.500><c> gods</c>

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:14.000
that<00:39:11.159><c> could</c><00:39:11.460><c> not</c><00:39:11.739><c> possibly</c><00:39:12.280><c> do</c><00:39:12.579><c> those</c><00:39:12.920><c> things.</c>

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:17.639
And<00:39:15.820><c> you</c><00:39:15.940><c> can</c><00:39:16.079><c> go</c><00:39:16.219><c> to</c><00:39:16.420><c> Samuel.</c>

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:21.579
Do<00:39:18.780><c> you</c><00:39:18.780><c> remember</c><00:39:19.019><c> when</c><00:39:19.340><c> Samuel</c><00:39:19.800><c> prayed</c><00:39:20.179><c> to</c><00:39:20.440><c> God</c><00:39:20.599><c> that</c><00:39:20.739><c> it</c><00:39:20.840><c> would</c><00:39:21.099><c> thunder</c><00:39:21.400><c> in</c>

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.940
the<00:39:21.719><c> time</c><00:39:21.880><c> of</c><00:39:22.079><c> harvest?</c>

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:27.300
And<00:39:23.960><c> the</c><00:39:24.079><c> children</c><00:39:24.320><c> of</c><00:39:24.480><c> Israel</c><00:39:24.840><c> really</c><00:39:25.280><c> were</c><00:39:25.519><c> humbled</c><00:39:25.800><c> by</c><00:39:26.079><c> that</c><00:39:26.360><c> fact</c><00:39:26.639><c> that</c><00:39:26.840><c> this</c><00:39:27.099><c> is</c>

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:29.239
not<00:39:27.519><c> the</c><00:39:27.719><c> time</c><00:39:27.900><c> of</c><00:39:28.239><c> thundering.</c>

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:31.880
But<00:39:29.719><c> Samuel</c><00:39:30.059><c> prayed</c><00:39:30.420><c> to</c><00:39:30.659><c> God</c><00:39:30.880><c> that</c><00:39:31.059><c> that</c><00:39:31.280><c> would</c><00:39:31.480><c> happen</c>

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.960
to<00:39:32.380><c> illustrate</c><00:39:32.940><c> to</c><00:39:33.179><c> these</c><00:39:33.380><c> people</c><00:39:33.719><c> that</c><00:39:33.920><c> they</c><00:39:34.099><c> were</c><00:39:34.360><c> wrong</c><00:39:34.679><c> in</c>

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:38.239
seeking<00:39:35.260><c> a</c><00:39:35.579><c> king</c><00:39:36.099><c> rather</c><00:39:36.579><c> than</c><00:39:36.860><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:44.179
And<00:39:38.539><c> then</c><00:39:38.679><c> of</c><00:39:38.679><c> course</c><00:39:38.920><c> Elijah,</c><00:39:39.579><c> and</c><00:39:39.739><c> you</c><00:39:39.880><c> know</c><00:39:40.039><c> the</c><00:39:40.800><c> great</c><00:39:41.280><c> circumstances</c><00:39:41.920><c> under</c><00:39:42.219><c> which</c><00:39:43.519><c> there</c><00:39:43.920><c> was</c>

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:45.860
famine<00:39:44.420><c> for</c><00:39:44.780><c> three</c><00:39:45.059><c> years.</c>

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:51.199
And<00:39:46.480><c> then</c><00:39:47.460><c> in</c><00:39:47.880><c> prayer</c><00:39:48.059><c> to</c><00:39:48.239><c> God,</c><00:39:49.000><c> there</c><00:39:49.179><c> was</c><00:39:49.599><c> a</c><00:39:50.000><c> driving</c><00:39:50.519><c> rain</c>

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:54.139
when<00:39:52.019><c> he</c><00:39:52.280><c> ran</c><00:39:52.539><c> before</c><00:39:53.119><c> Ahab.</c>

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:57.920
Look<00:39:56.139><c> at</c><00:39:56.300><c> this,</c><00:39:56.679><c> brothers</c><00:39:56.840><c> and</c><00:39:56.940><c> sisters.</c><00:39:57.179><c> It's</c><00:39:57.480><c> beautiful.</c>

00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:00.059
Like<00:39:58.159><c> this</c><00:39:58.360><c> goes</c><00:39:58.619><c> on</c><00:39:59.099><c> through</c><00:39:59.340><c> the</c><00:39:59.659><c> scriptures.</c>

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:03.639
This<00:40:00.500><c> weaves</c><00:40:01.119><c> back</c><00:40:01.500><c> and</c><00:40:01.760><c> forth</c><00:40:02.019><c> of</c><00:40:02.460><c> people</c><00:40:02.840><c> who</c><00:40:03.079><c> discovered</c>

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:05.420
in<00:40:03.760><c> their</c><00:40:03.980><c> life</c><00:40:04.260><c> the</c><00:40:04.739><c> living</c><00:40:04.980><c> God.</c>

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:09.380
And<00:40:06.019><c> this</c><00:40:06.179><c> is</c><00:40:06.800><c> Darius,</c><00:40:08.579><c> a</c><00:40:08.599><c> Gentile</c><00:40:09.159><c> king.</c>

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:11.360
How<00:40:09.699><c> would</c><00:40:09.880><c> he</c><00:40:10.059><c> ever</c><00:40:10.300><c> get</c><00:40:10.460><c> to</c><00:40:10.639><c> know</c><00:40:10.780><c> the</c><00:40:10.920><c> living</c><00:40:11.119><c> God?</c>

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:15.400
Well,<00:40:11.599><c> you</c><00:40:11.699><c> just</c><00:40:11.920><c> wait</c><00:40:12.139><c> and</c><00:40:12.460><c> see</c><00:40:12.699><c> as</c><00:40:13.019><c> we</c><00:40:13.219><c> make</c><00:40:13.360><c> a</c><00:40:13.500><c> couple</c><00:40:13.699><c> of</c><00:40:13.820><c> connections</c><00:40:14.179><c> in</c><00:40:14.380><c> Daniel.</c>

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:19.079
At<00:40:15.800><c> verses</c><00:40:16.139><c> 26</c><00:40:16.780><c> and</c><00:40:17.059><c> 27,</c><00:40:17.599><c> he</c><00:40:17.719><c> made</c><00:40:17.960><c> a</c><00:40:18.219><c> decree</c><00:40:18.519><c> through</c><00:40:18.820><c> his</c>

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:20.420
whole<00:40:19.440><c> dominion</c>

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:24.559
that<00:40:21.119><c> in</c><00:40:21.300><c> every</c><00:40:21.760><c> dominion</c><00:40:22.119><c> of</c><00:40:22.340><c> my</c><00:40:22.579><c> kingdom,</c><00:40:23.019><c> men</c><00:40:23.559><c> tremble</c><00:40:24.260><c> in</c>

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:26.159
fear<00:40:24.719><c> before</c><00:40:25.099><c> the</c><00:40:25.380><c> God</c><00:40:25.539><c> of</c><00:40:25.760><c> Daniel,</c>

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:31.139
for<00:40:26.760><c> he</c><00:40:27.320><c> is</c><00:40:27.699><c> the</c><00:40:27.920><c> living</c><00:40:28.119><c> God,</c><00:40:29.280><c> steadfast</c><00:40:29.800><c> forever,</c><00:40:30.719><c> and</c><00:40:30.900><c> his</c>

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:33.340
kingdom<00:40:31.519><c> that</c><00:40:31.800><c> which</c><00:40:32.019><c> shall</c><00:40:32.280><c> not</c><00:40:32.619><c> be</c><00:40:32.820><c> destroyed,</c>

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:36.000
his<00:40:34.000><c> dominion</c><00:40:34.460><c> shall</c><00:40:34.659><c> be</c><00:40:34.840><c> even</c><00:40:35.079><c> unto</c><00:40:35.280><c> the</c><00:40:35.559><c> end.</c>

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:39.579
He<00:40:36.860><c> delivereth</c><00:40:37.239><c> and</c><00:40:37.500><c> rescueth,</c><00:40:38.360><c> and</c><00:40:38.440><c> he</c><00:40:38.659><c> worketh</c><00:40:39.000><c> signs</c><00:40:39.340><c> and</c>

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.940
wonders<00:40:39.820><c> in</c><00:40:40.059><c> heaven</c><00:40:40.280><c> and</c><00:40:40.440><c> on</c><00:40:40.619><c> earth,</c>

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:44.420
who<00:40:41.380><c> hath</c><00:40:41.699><c> delivered</c><00:40:42.159><c> Daniel</c><00:40:42.599><c> from</c><00:40:42.820><c> the</c><00:40:43.039><c> power</c><00:40:43.260><c> of</c><00:40:43.480><c> the</c><00:40:43.599><c> lions.</c>

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:49.699
But<00:40:46.000><c> I</c><00:40:46.199><c> don't</c><00:40:46.519><c> think</c><00:40:46.679><c> it</c><00:40:46.840><c> was</c><00:40:47.079><c> the</c><00:40:47.300><c> lions</c><00:40:47.760><c> that</c><00:40:48.400><c> gave</c><00:40:48.699><c> him</c><00:40:49.260><c> the</c>

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:52.059
knowledge<00:40:50.039><c> that</c><00:40:50.239><c> he</c><00:40:50.380><c> was</c><00:40:50.619><c> the</c><00:40:50.739><c> living</c><00:40:50.960><c> God.</c>

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.920
What<00:40:54.500><c> do</c><00:40:54.599><c> you</c><00:40:54.659><c> think</c><00:40:54.820><c> it</c><00:40:55.039><c> was?</c>

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:59.579
I<00:40:58.159><c> don't</c><00:40:58.420><c> believe</c><00:40:58.659><c> it</c><00:40:58.840><c> was</c><00:40:59.059><c> the</c><00:40:59.260><c> lions.</c>

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:02.739
He<00:41:00.239><c> knew</c><00:41:00.460><c> he</c><00:41:00.619><c> was</c><00:41:00.900><c> the</c><00:41:01.039><c> living</c><00:41:01.239><c> God</c><00:41:01.579><c> before</c><00:41:02.099><c> the</c><00:41:02.380><c> lions.</c>

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:05.199
The<00:41:03.219><c> text</c><00:41:03.480><c> tells</c><00:41:03.840><c> us.</c>

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:09.099
It<00:41:05.599><c> says</c><00:41:05.940><c> in</c><00:41:06.219><c> verse</c><00:41:06.480><c> 20</c><00:41:06.840><c> and</c><00:41:07.019><c> 21,</c><00:41:07.579><c> when</c><00:41:07.840><c> Daniel</c><00:41:08.219><c> was</c><00:41:08.539><c> put</c><00:41:08.820><c> into</c>

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:10.679
the<00:41:09.320><c> lions'</c><00:41:10.179><c> den,</c>

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:14.679
that<00:41:10.920><c> Darius</c><00:41:11.320><c> said,</c><00:41:12.179><c> when</c><00:41:12.260><c> he</c><00:41:12.460><c> came</c><00:41:12.699><c> to</c><00:41:12.920><c> the</c><00:41:13.119><c> den</c><00:41:13.380><c> and</c><00:41:14.019><c> cried</c><00:41:14.360><c> with</c><00:41:14.579><c> a</c>

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:16.400
lamentable<00:41:15.300><c> voice</c><00:41:15.599><c> unto</c><00:41:15.860><c> Daniel,</c>

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.599
and<00:41:17.019><c> the</c><00:41:17.199><c> king</c><00:41:17.440><c> spake</c><00:41:17.820><c> and</c><00:41:17.980><c> said</c><00:41:18.139><c> to</c><00:41:18.280><c> Daniel,</c>

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:21.920
O<00:41:18.820><c> Daniel,</c><00:41:19.400><c> servant</c><00:41:19.940><c> of</c><00:41:20.400><c> the</c><00:41:20.599><c> living</c><00:41:20.880><c> God!</c>

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.760
He<00:41:22.659><c> didn't</c><00:41:22.880><c> even</c><00:41:23.119><c> know</c><00:41:23.239><c> he</c><00:41:23.380><c> was</c><00:41:23.559><c> still</c><00:41:23.800><c> alive.</c>

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:31.079
Is<00:41:25.159><c> thy</c><00:41:25.420><c> God,</c><00:41:25.960><c> whom</c><00:41:25.960><c> now</c><00:41:26.300><c> servest</c><00:41:26.760><c> continually,</c><00:41:28.420><c> able</c><00:41:28.800><c> to</c><00:41:29.219><c> deliver</c><00:41:29.460><c> thee</c><00:41:29.699><c> from</c><00:41:29.900><c> the</c><00:41:30.139><c> lions?</c>

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:35.360
Then<00:41:32.340><c> said</c><00:41:32.539><c> Daniel</c><00:41:32.940><c> unto</c><00:41:33.179><c> the</c><00:41:33.440><c> king,</c><00:41:34.320><c> O</c><00:41:34.519><c> king,</c><00:41:34.960><c> live</c><00:41:35.000><c> forever.</c>

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.099
Can<00:41:35.820><c> you</c><00:41:36.019><c> imagine</c><00:41:36.500><c> what</c><00:41:36.679><c> that</c><00:41:36.920><c> meant</c><00:41:37.099><c> to</c><00:41:37.320><c> Darius?</c>

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:43.179
How<00:41:39.760><c> did</c><00:41:39.960><c> he</c><00:41:40.139><c> get</c><00:41:40.360><c> to</c><00:41:40.639><c> know</c><00:41:41.159><c> that</c><00:41:41.559><c> this</c><00:41:41.840><c> God</c><00:41:42.059><c> was</c><00:41:42.400><c> a</c><00:41:42.519><c> living</c><00:41:42.820><c> God</c>

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:46.300
before<00:41:43.780><c> he</c><00:41:44.300><c> even</c><00:41:44.500><c> was</c><00:41:44.739><c> in</c><00:41:44.880><c> the</c><00:41:45.079><c> lions'</c><00:41:45.800><c> den?</c>

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:52.619
That<00:41:48.019><c> was</c><00:41:48.340><c> what</c><00:41:49.360><c> he</c><00:41:49.840><c> was</c><00:41:50.119><c> impressed</c><00:41:50.599><c> with,</c><00:41:51.440><c> with</c><00:41:51.780><c> Daniel.</c>

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:56.400
I<00:41:52.860><c> think</c><00:41:53.099><c> that</c><00:41:53.360><c> is</c><00:41:53.639><c> a</c><00:41:53.900><c> wonderful</c><00:41:54.460><c> tribute</c><00:41:54.840><c> to</c><00:41:55.059><c> a</c><00:41:55.199><c> man's</c><00:41:55.539><c> life.</c>

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:59.820
Darius<00:41:56.920><c> had</c><00:41:57.139><c> been</c><00:41:57.460><c> greatly</c><00:41:57.940><c> influenced</c><00:41:58.480><c> by</c><00:41:58.739><c> Daniel</c><00:41:59.179><c> prior</c><00:41:59.599><c> to</c>

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.300
this<00:41:59.960><c> incident.</c>

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:04.260
He<00:42:00.719><c> must</c><00:42:00.960><c> have</c><00:42:01.119><c> told</c><00:42:01.480><c> him</c><00:42:01.880><c> that</c><00:42:02.219><c> his</c><00:42:02.420><c> God</c><00:42:02.619><c> was</c><00:42:02.880><c> the</c><00:42:03.019><c> living</c><00:42:03.260><c> God.</c>

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:07.619
We<00:42:04.739><c> don't</c><00:42:04.980><c> know</c><00:42:05.519><c> the</c><00:42:05.840><c> circumstances</c><00:42:06.420><c> under</c><00:42:06.739><c> which</c><00:42:06.980><c> he</c><00:42:07.199><c> said</c><00:42:07.300><c> it,</c>

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:13.300
but<00:42:07.940><c> that</c><00:42:08.500><c> very</c><00:42:09.019><c> verse,</c><00:42:09.619><c> or</c><00:42:09.880><c> verses</c><00:42:10.260><c> 20</c><00:42:10.739><c> to</c><00:42:10.900><c> 21,</c><00:42:11.739><c> is</c><00:42:12.000><c> the</c><00:42:12.340><c> testimony</c><00:42:12.840><c> of</c><00:42:13.059><c> it.</c>

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:16.739
That<00:42:14.360><c> he</c><00:42:14.619><c> knew</c><00:42:14.860><c> that</c><00:42:15.099><c> the</c><00:42:15.280><c> God</c><00:42:15.440><c> of</c><00:42:15.679><c> Daniel</c><00:42:15.940><c> was</c><00:42:16.239><c> the</c><00:42:16.480><c> living</c>

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:18.760
God<00:42:17.059><c> before</c><00:42:17.579><c> the</c><00:42:17.880><c> lions,</c>

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:21.900
or<00:42:18.980><c> before</c><00:42:19.420><c> the</c><00:42:19.639><c> decision</c><00:42:19.960><c> was</c><00:42:20.219><c> ever</c><00:42:20.519><c> brought</c><00:42:20.980><c> to</c><00:42:21.159><c> his</c><00:42:21.360><c> attention</c><00:42:21.739><c> of</c>

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.300
what<00:42:22.119><c> happened.</c>

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:28.539
Does<00:42:24.480><c> our</c><00:42:24.940><c> faith</c><00:42:25.639><c> stimulate</c><00:42:27.039><c> others</c><00:42:27.320><c> to</c><00:42:27.519><c> know</c><00:42:27.659><c> God</c><00:42:27.880><c> like</c><00:42:28.139><c> that?</c>

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:33.559
Oh,<00:42:29.219><c> brothers</c><00:42:29.340><c> and</c><00:42:29.639><c> sisters,</c><00:42:29.960><c> this</c><00:42:30.219><c> is</c><00:42:30.579><c> very,</c><00:42:31.099><c> very</c><00:42:32.260><c> strong</c><00:42:32.559><c> exhortation.</c>

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:37.380
That<00:42:34.320><c> we</c><00:42:34.559><c> should</c><00:42:34.840><c> make</c><00:42:35.260><c> such</c><00:42:35.599><c> an</c><00:42:35.860><c> impression</c><00:42:36.280><c> amongst</c><00:42:36.639><c> the</c><00:42:36.920><c> people</c><00:42:37.219><c> in</c>

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.159
which<00:42:37.599><c> we</c><00:42:37.880><c> live</c>

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:42.380
that<00:42:38.800><c> they</c><00:42:38.960><c> get</c><00:42:39.300><c> to</c><00:42:39.659><c> know</c><00:42:39.880><c> that</c><00:42:40.139><c> our</c><00:42:40.320><c> God</c><00:42:40.559><c> is</c><00:42:40.800><c> a</c><00:42:41.039><c> living</c><00:42:41.280><c> God.</c>

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:47.139
And<00:42:44.480><c> if</c><00:42:44.679><c> there</c><00:42:44.900><c> ever</c><00:42:45.099><c> has</c><00:42:45.360><c> to</c><00:42:45.519><c> be</c><00:42:45.760><c> a</c><00:42:45.860><c> demonstration</c><00:42:46.380><c> of</c><00:42:46.619><c> it,</c>

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:51.099
that<00:42:47.719><c> they</c><00:42:47.920><c> would</c><00:42:48.400><c> be</c><00:42:48.760><c> as</c><00:42:49.099><c> impressed</c><00:42:49.519><c> as</c><00:42:50.179><c> Darius</c><00:42:50.579><c> was</c>

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:54.280
with<00:42:51.820><c> what</c><00:42:52.119><c> happened</c><00:42:52.420><c> when</c><00:42:52.659><c> Daniel</c><00:42:53.039><c> came</c><00:42:53.400><c> forth</c><00:42:53.739><c> out</c><00:42:53.900><c> of</c><00:42:54.019><c> that</c>

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:55.519
den<00:42:54.360><c> of</c><00:42:54.519><c> the</c><00:42:54.699><c> lions.</c>

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:58.360
But<00:42:56.960><c> we</c><00:42:57.119><c> go</c><00:42:57.320><c> on.</c>

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:01.599
We<00:42:59.260><c> go</c><00:42:59.400><c> to</c><00:42:59.539><c> the</c><00:42:59.619><c> New</c><00:42:59.820><c> Testament,</c><00:43:00.539><c> and</c><00:43:00.579><c> many</c><00:43:00.840><c> of</c><00:43:01.079><c> these</c><00:43:01.320><c> titles,</c>

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.960
like<00:43:01.820><c> you</c><00:43:01.980><c> wonder,</c>

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:06.940
would<00:43:04.039><c> it</c><00:43:04.300><c> be</c><00:43:04.860><c> that</c><00:43:05.139><c> it's</c><00:43:05.460><c> just</c><00:43:05.699><c> such</c><00:43:05.900><c> a</c><00:43:06.079><c> generic</c><00:43:06.519><c> title</c>

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:09.420
that<00:43:07.480><c> people</c><00:43:07.780><c> would</c><00:43:08.079><c> come</c><00:43:08.300><c> up</c><00:43:08.460><c> with</c><00:43:08.599><c> this</c><00:43:08.860><c> title</c><00:43:09.099><c> in</c><00:43:09.280><c> their</c>

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:09.920
own<00:43:09.619><c> life</c>

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:12.559
quite<00:43:10.199><c> apart</c><00:43:10.579><c> from</c><00:43:10.840><c> what</c><00:43:11.000><c> it</c><00:43:11.139><c> was</c><00:43:11.280><c> used</c><00:43:11.460><c> before?</c>

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:19.280
Or<00:43:13.800><c> is</c><00:43:14.059><c> it</c><00:43:14.239><c> a</c><00:43:14.420><c> matter</c><00:43:14.639><c> that</c><00:43:15.599><c> Peter</c><00:43:16.199><c> used</c><00:43:17.719><c> this</c><00:43:18.639><c> expression</c>

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.360
describing<00:43:19.900><c> Christ</c><00:43:20.480><c> as</c><00:43:20.780><c> the</c><00:43:21.059><c> son</c><00:43:21.360><c> of</c><00:43:21.599><c> the</c><00:43:21.719><c> living</c><00:43:21.960><c> God</c>

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.679
because<00:43:22.880><c> he</c><00:43:23.179><c> was</c><00:43:23.460><c> connecting</c><00:43:24.019><c> some</c><00:43:24.820><c> of</c><00:43:24.960><c> the</c><00:43:25.079><c> Old</c><00:43:25.280><c> Testament</c>

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:27.440
references<00:43:26.280><c> to</c><00:43:26.579><c> it?</c>

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:30.079
I'll<00:43:27.880><c> leave</c><00:43:28.000><c> that</c><00:43:28.179><c> up</c><00:43:28.400><c> to</c><00:43:28.619><c> yourself</c><00:43:29.019><c> to</c><00:43:29.400><c> try</c><00:43:29.699><c> to</c><00:43:29.880><c> decide.</c>

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:31.519
I'm<00:43:30.239><c> not</c><00:43:30.539><c> sure.</c>

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:35.780
But<00:43:32.559><c> it</c><00:43:32.780><c> may</c><00:43:33.019><c> very</c><00:43:33.300><c> well</c><00:43:33.559><c> be</c><00:43:33.860><c> that</c><00:43:34.119><c> it</c><00:43:34.260><c> is</c><00:43:34.519><c> the</c><00:43:34.920><c> demonstration</c>

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:37.079
of<00:43:36.300><c> the</c><00:43:36.559><c> person</c>

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:42.579
in<00:43:38.239><c> the</c><00:43:38.800><c> witness</c><00:43:39.280><c> of</c><00:43:41.760><c> other</c><00:43:42.059><c> people</c>

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:48.480
that<00:43:43.099><c> impresses</c><00:43:43.800><c> them</c><00:43:44.280><c> that</c><00:43:44.760><c> their</c><00:43:46.119><c> God</c><00:43:46.500><c> is</c><00:43:47.079><c> a</c><00:43:47.300><c> living</c><00:43:47.519><c> God.</c>

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:51.960
So,<00:43:49.539><c> yes,</c><00:43:49.860><c> God</c><00:43:50.199><c> had</c><00:43:50.579><c> revealed</c><00:43:51.059><c> this</c><00:43:51.340><c> to</c><00:43:51.639><c> Peter</c>

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:56.199
that<00:43:52.760><c> he</c><00:43:53.039><c> was</c><00:43:53.639><c> the</c><00:43:53.940><c> Christ,</c><00:43:54.400><c> the</c><00:43:54.460><c> son</c><00:43:54.659><c> of</c><00:43:54.820><c> the</c><00:43:54.920><c> living</c><00:43:55.139><c> God.</c>

00:43:56.639 --> 00:44:00.340
But<00:43:57.159><c> it</c><00:43:57.420><c> must</c><00:43:57.679><c> have</c><00:43:57.880><c> been</c><00:43:58.139><c> partially</c><00:43:58.760><c> through</c><00:43:59.260><c> the</c><00:43:59.780><c> lifestyle</c>

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:02.440
of<00:44:01.420><c> Yeshua,</c>

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:07.039
of<00:44:03.179><c> Jesus</c><00:44:03.579><c> Christ,</c><00:44:04.900><c> the</c><00:44:05.139><c> son</c><00:44:05.460><c> of</c><00:44:05.679><c> the</c><00:44:05.739><c> living</c><00:44:05.920><c> God.</c>

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:11.460
You<00:44:07.840><c> think</c><00:44:08.099><c> of</c><00:44:08.480><c> the</c><00:44:08.900><c> discipline</c><00:44:09.539><c> of</c><00:44:09.980><c> Jesus'</c><00:44:10.820><c> life.</c>

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:14.219
Now,<00:44:11.860><c> you</c><00:44:11.980><c> have</c><00:44:12.179><c> to</c><00:44:12.340><c> go</c><00:44:12.500><c> well</c><00:44:12.739><c> beyond</c><00:44:13.099><c> the</c><00:44:13.340><c> miracles</c><00:44:13.719><c> to</c><00:44:13.980><c> see</c>

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:15.239
this,<00:44:14.699><c> brothers</c><00:44:14.699><c> and</c><00:44:14.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:19.559
because<00:44:15.599><c> there</c><00:44:17.239><c> would</c><00:44:17.820><c> have</c><00:44:17.940><c> been</c><00:44:18.079><c> many</c><00:44:18.340><c> people</c><00:44:18.659><c> that</c><00:44:18.820><c> did</c><00:44:19.019><c> miracles,</c>

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:22.539
but<00:44:19.880><c> it</c><00:44:20.619><c> was</c><00:44:20.820><c> never</c><00:44:21.099><c> said</c><00:44:21.360><c> of</c><00:44:21.519><c> them</c><00:44:21.699><c> they</c><00:44:21.800><c> were</c><00:44:22.000><c> the</c><00:44:22.099><c> son</c><00:44:22.340><c> of</c>

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.699
the<00:44:22.539><c> living</c><00:44:22.780><c> God.</c>

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:27.659
This<00:44:25.000><c> man</c><00:44:25.300><c> was</c><00:44:25.739><c> disciplined</c><00:44:26.219><c> in</c><00:44:26.460><c> life.</c>

00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:31.420
Very<00:44:28.719><c> early</c><00:44:29.300><c> in</c><00:44:29.440><c> the</c><00:44:29.579><c> morning,</c><00:44:30.079><c> it</c><00:44:30.119><c> tells</c><00:44:30.320><c> us,</c><00:44:30.460><c> he</c><00:44:30.619><c> got</c><00:44:30.840><c> up</c><00:44:31.239><c> and</c>

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:33.019
he<00:44:31.579><c> went</c><00:44:31.760><c> and</c><00:44:31.960><c> he</c><00:44:32.159><c> worshipped</c>

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:35.579
to<00:44:33.780><c> be</c><00:44:34.039><c> prepared</c><00:44:34.320><c> for</c><00:44:34.500><c> the</c><00:44:34.659><c> day.</c>

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:39.960
This<00:44:36.380><c> was</c><00:44:36.599><c> the</c><00:44:36.760><c> man</c><00:44:37.059><c> who,</c><00:44:37.880><c> being</c><00:44:38.519><c> pressed</c><00:44:39.000><c> by</c><00:44:39.400><c> people,</c>

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:43.360
you<00:44:40.420><c> can</c><00:44:40.820><c> imagine</c><00:44:41.280><c> people</c><00:44:41.760><c> pushing</c><00:44:42.199><c> and</c><00:44:42.619><c> shoving</c><00:44:42.960><c> and</c><00:44:43.139><c> trying</c>

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:44.380
to<00:44:43.460><c> get</c><00:44:43.659><c> close</c><00:44:43.940><c> to</c><00:44:44.079><c> him</c>

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:45.679
to<00:44:44.800><c> touch</c><00:44:45.099><c> his</c><00:44:45.360><c> garment.</c>

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.820
We<00:44:46.079><c> have</c><00:44:46.280><c> a</c><00:44:46.320><c> couple</c><00:44:46.619><c> of</c><00:44:46.800><c> incidences</c><00:44:47.099><c> in</c><00:44:47.320><c> the</c><00:44:47.380><c> New</c><00:44:47.519><c> Testament</c>

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.639
to<00:44:48.000><c> illustrate</c><00:44:48.420><c> that</c>

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:51.639
of<00:44:48.780><c> how</c><00:44:49.219><c> he</c><00:44:49.460><c> was</c><00:44:49.780><c> constantly</c><00:44:50.260><c> being</c><00:44:50.699><c> pressed</c><00:44:50.960><c> by</c><00:44:51.280><c> people</c>

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:54.119
so<00:44:51.840><c> that</c><00:44:52.340><c> when</c><00:44:52.599><c> he</c><00:44:52.780><c> turned</c><00:44:52.980><c> around</c><00:44:53.199><c> and</c><00:44:53.280><c> said,</c><00:44:53.559><c> who</c><00:44:53.559><c> touched</c><00:44:53.900><c> me?</c>

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:56.699
The<00:44:54.280><c> disciples</c><00:44:54.539><c> said,</c><00:44:55.099><c> well,</c><00:44:55.360><c> that's</c><00:44:55.659><c> kind</c><00:44:55.780><c> of</c><00:44:55.880><c> a</c><00:44:56.000><c> crazy</c><00:44:56.280><c> question.</c>

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.760
Everybody's<00:44:57.539><c> touching</c><00:44:57.739><c> you.</c>

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:03.059
But<00:45:00.139><c> Jesus</c><00:45:00.599><c> knew</c><00:45:01.079><c> that</c><00:45:01.300><c> there</c><00:45:01.500><c> was</c><00:45:01.699><c> a</c><00:45:01.880><c> person</c><00:45:02.139><c> that</c><00:45:02.340><c> was</c><00:45:02.599><c> healed</c>

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:06.480
having<00:45:03.880><c> touched</c><00:45:04.260><c> him</c><00:45:04.940><c> out</c><00:45:05.219><c> of</c><00:45:05.480><c> faith.</c>

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:10.099
And<00:45:07.579><c> he</c><00:45:07.719><c> was</c><00:45:07.980><c> so</c><00:45:08.239><c> compassionate.</c><00:45:08.900><c> He</c><00:45:09.099><c> didn't</c><00:45:09.380><c> turn</c><00:45:09.639><c> them</c><00:45:09.860><c> away.</c>

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:13.500
He<00:45:10.500><c> looked</c><00:45:10.699><c> at</c><00:45:10.840><c> all</c><00:45:11.059><c> the</c><00:45:11.559><c> people</c><00:45:11.880><c> and</c><00:45:12.519><c> we've</c><00:45:13.219><c> got</c><00:45:13.219><c> to</c><00:45:13.380><c> feed</c>

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.699
these<00:45:13.800><c> people.</c>

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:17.679
It<00:45:15.039><c> tells</c><00:45:15.320><c> us</c><00:45:15.500><c> it</c><00:45:15.559><c> wasn't</c><00:45:15.800><c> just</c><00:45:16.179><c> a</c><00:45:16.380><c> matter</c><00:45:16.539><c> of</c><00:45:16.739><c> Jesus'</c><00:45:17.079><c> ability</c>

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:19.099
through<00:45:18.019><c> his</c><00:45:18.300><c> God</c><00:45:18.500><c> to</c><00:45:18.699><c> do</c><00:45:18.880><c> this,</c>

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:23.159
but<00:45:19.280><c> with</c><00:45:19.940><c> compassion</c><00:45:20.840><c> he</c><00:45:21.460><c> thought</c><00:45:21.739><c> of</c><00:45:21.880><c> doing</c><00:45:22.099><c> that</c>

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:26.199
instead<00:45:23.639><c> of</c><00:45:23.820><c> turning</c><00:45:24.059><c> the</c><00:45:24.219><c> people</c><00:45:24.460><c> to</c><00:45:24.639><c> go</c><00:45:24.860><c> back</c><00:45:25.380><c> to</c><00:45:25.780><c> possibly</c>

00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:27.159
faint<00:45:26.500><c> in</c><00:45:26.679><c> the</c><00:45:26.800><c> way.</c>

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:29.940
He<00:45:27.639><c> was</c><00:45:28.039><c> the</c><00:45:28.360><c> son</c><00:45:28.800><c> of</c><00:45:29.119><c> the</c><00:45:29.320><c> living</c><00:45:29.579><c> God.</c>

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:34.380
He<00:45:30.239><c> illustrated</c><00:45:30.739><c> that</c><00:45:31.500><c> by</c><00:45:31.760><c> the</c><00:45:31.900><c> way</c><00:45:32.119><c> he</c><00:45:32.519><c> lived,</c><00:45:33.300><c> not</c><00:45:33.639><c> just</c><00:45:33.900><c> through</c><00:45:34.139><c> the</c>

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:36.800
power<00:45:34.940><c> that</c><00:45:35.820><c> he</c><00:45:35.980><c> had.</c>

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:40.760
So<00:45:37.039><c> you</c><00:45:37.159><c> go</c><00:45:37.340><c> to</c><00:45:37.500><c> Acts</c><00:45:37.739><c> chapter</c><00:45:38.199><c> 14</c><00:45:38.900><c> and</c><00:45:39.119><c> you</c><00:45:39.400><c> see</c><00:45:39.900><c> the</c><00:45:40.260><c> Apostle</c>

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:43.079
Paul<00:45:41.039><c> using</c><00:45:41.420><c> this</c><00:45:41.760><c> same</c><00:45:42.019><c> expression.</c>

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:47.199
Now<00:45:44.039><c> you</c><00:45:44.119><c> may</c><00:45:44.380><c> be</c><00:45:45.000><c> more</c><00:45:45.260><c> inclined</c><00:45:45.699><c> in</c><00:45:45.960><c> this</c><00:45:46.219><c> account</c><00:45:46.619><c> to</c><00:45:47.000><c> see</c>

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:48.099
that<00:45:47.440><c> the</c><00:45:47.559><c> living</c><00:45:47.739><c> God</c>

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:50.800
was<00:45:48.280><c> just</c><00:45:48.539><c> a</c><00:45:48.760><c> contrast</c><00:45:49.219><c> between</c><00:45:49.639><c> all</c><00:45:49.880><c> these</c><00:45:50.119><c> idols</c><00:45:50.420><c> that</c><00:45:50.619><c> were</c>

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:51.659
sitting<00:45:51.019><c> out</c><00:45:51.280><c> there</c>

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:54.559
that<00:45:52.139><c> weren't</c><00:45:52.420><c> alive,</c><00:45:52.760><c> obviously</c><00:45:53.239><c> weren't</c><00:45:53.519><c> alive.</c>

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:58.300
So<00:45:55.219><c> it</c><00:45:55.539><c> says</c><00:45:55.860><c> in</c><00:45:56.059><c> verses</c><00:45:56.360><c> 15</c><00:45:56.840><c>-17,</c>

00:45:58.619 --> 00:46:01.280
Sirs,<00:45:59.320><c> why</c><00:45:59.679><c> do</c><00:45:59.900><c> you</c><00:46:00.159><c> do</c><00:46:00.420><c> these</c><00:46:00.800><c> things?</c>

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:04.179
We<00:46:01.820><c> also</c><00:46:02.260><c> are</c><00:46:02.460><c> men</c><00:46:02.619><c> of</c><00:46:02.860><c> like</c><00:46:03.019><c> passions</c><00:46:03.539><c> with</c><00:46:03.820><c> you</c>

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:07.300
and<00:46:04.760><c> preach</c><00:46:05.000><c> unto</c><00:46:05.280><c> you</c><00:46:05.500><c> that</c><00:46:05.639><c> you</c><00:46:05.840><c> should</c><00:46:06.079><c> turn</c><00:46:06.420><c> from</c><00:46:06.659><c> these</c><00:46:07.000><c> vanities</c>

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:11.760
unto<00:46:08.260><c> the</c><00:46:08.679><c> living</c><00:46:09.000><c> God</c><00:46:09.500><c> which</c><00:46:10.119><c> made</c><00:46:10.500><c> heaven</c><00:46:10.920><c> and</c><00:46:11.219><c> earth</c><00:46:11.539><c> and</c>

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:12.159
the<00:46:12.019><c> sea</c>

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:15.400
and<00:46:12.340><c> all</c><00:46:12.579><c> these</c><00:46:12.880><c> things</c><00:46:13.159><c> that</c><00:46:14.579><c> are</c><00:46:14.880><c> therein</c>

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:20.320
who<00:46:16.000><c> in</c><00:46:16.300><c> times</c><00:46:16.619><c> past</c><00:46:17.039><c> suffered</c><00:46:17.400><c> all</c><00:46:17.739><c> nations</c><00:46:18.059><c> to</c><00:46:18.380><c> walk</c><00:46:18.579><c> in</c><00:46:18.679><c> their</c><00:46:18.920><c> own</c><00:46:19.159><c> ways.</c>

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:23.340
Nevertheless,<00:46:21.019><c> he</c><00:46:21.380><c> left</c><00:46:21.659><c> not</c><00:46:21.920><c> himself</c><00:46:22.400><c> without</c><00:46:22.780><c> witness</c>

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:27.639
and<00:46:24.219><c> that</c><00:46:24.320><c> he</c><00:46:24.539><c> did</c><00:46:24.800><c> good</c><00:46:25.239><c> and</c><00:46:25.639><c> gave</c><00:46:25.840><c> us</c><00:46:26.159><c> rain</c><00:46:26.400><c> from</c><00:46:26.679><c> heaven,</c>

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:31.760
fruitful<00:46:28.079><c> seasons</c><00:46:28.719><c> filling</c><00:46:29.260><c> our</c><00:46:29.579><c> hearts</c><00:46:29.900><c> with</c><00:46:30.179><c> food</c><00:46:30.400><c> and</c><00:46:30.679><c> gladness.</c>

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:37.000
Isn't<00:46:32.960><c> it</c><00:46:33.260><c> interesting</c><00:46:33.699><c> how</c><00:46:34.800><c> he</c><00:46:35.260><c> would</c><00:46:35.519><c> introduce</c><00:46:35.960><c> the</c><00:46:36.219><c> living</c><00:46:36.440><c> God</c>

00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:41.860
as<00:46:37.820><c> the</c><00:46:38.039><c> God</c><00:46:38.139><c> that</c><00:46:38.380><c> provides</c><00:46:38.719><c> food</c><00:46:39.460><c> through</c><00:46:40.440><c> rain</c><00:46:40.960><c> and</c>

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:42.960
productive<00:46:42.360><c> seasons.</c>

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:45.860
Something<00:46:43.860><c> that's</c><00:46:44.219><c> obvious</c><00:46:44.480><c> to</c><00:46:44.780><c> everybody</c>

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:51.380
and<00:46:46.340><c> if</c><00:46:47.500><c> these</c><00:46:47.900><c> idols</c><00:46:48.300><c> of</c><00:46:48.659><c> wood</c><00:46:48.840><c> and</c><00:46:49.099><c> stone</c><00:46:49.300><c> once</c><00:46:49.619><c> made</c><00:46:49.900><c> never</c><00:46:50.179><c> move,</c>

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:53.820
people<00:46:52.179><c> must</c><00:46:52.559><c> have</c><00:46:52.780><c> thought</c><00:46:53.019><c> in</c><00:46:53.199><c> their</c><00:46:53.440><c> heart</c>

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:57.300
or<00:46:54.159><c> at</c><00:46:54.239><c> least</c><00:46:54.579><c> it</c><00:46:54.940><c> crossed</c><00:46:55.119><c> their</c><00:46:55.420><c> mind</c><00:46:55.900><c> occasionally.</c>

00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:02.139
You<00:46:57.920><c> can't</c><00:46:58.300><c> relate</c><00:46:58.840><c> those</c><00:46:59.340><c> things</c><00:46:59.860><c> to</c><00:47:00.360><c> what's</c><00:47:00.719><c> happening</c><00:47:00.940><c> out</c><00:47:01.199><c> here.</c>

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:04.460
You<00:47:02.579><c> would</c><00:47:02.760><c> think</c><00:47:02.880><c> there</c><00:47:03.079><c> must</c><00:47:03.340><c> have</c><00:47:03.440><c> been</c><00:47:03.519><c> a</c><00:47:03.719><c> few</c><00:47:03.880><c> times</c><00:47:04.280><c> that</c>

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:04.679
they<00:47:04.559><c> say,</c>

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:08.260
this<00:47:05.219><c> is</c><00:47:06.179><c> what</c><00:47:06.300><c> we</c><00:47:06.559><c> think,</c><00:47:06.699><c> but</c><00:47:06.880><c> it</c><00:47:07.099><c> really</c><00:47:07.420><c> can't</c><00:47:07.719><c> be</c><00:47:08.000><c> true.</c>

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:11.199
Otherwise,<00:47:09.260><c> you</c><00:47:09.380><c> would</c><00:47:09.559><c> get</c><00:47:09.719><c> the</c><00:47:09.880><c> idea</c><00:47:10.179><c> that</c><00:47:10.559><c> people</c><00:47:10.940><c> must</c>

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:12.260
have<00:47:11.320><c> been</c><00:47:11.420><c> rather</c><00:47:11.800><c> dull</c>

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:14.159
in<00:47:12.820><c> those</c><00:47:13.119><c> days.</c>

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:18.079
So<00:47:14.559><c> when</c><00:47:14.679><c> he</c><00:47:15.300><c> introduces</c><00:47:15.820><c> the</c><00:47:16.099><c> living</c><00:47:16.320><c> God</c><00:47:16.739><c> as</c><00:47:17.500><c> who</c><00:47:17.739><c> does</c>

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.659
these<00:47:18.420><c> things,</c>

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:22.699
it<00:47:18.880><c> may</c><00:47:19.039><c> have</c><00:47:19.179><c> been</c><00:47:19.420><c> somewhat</c><00:47:19.800><c> a</c><00:47:20.360><c> refreshing</c><00:47:20.679><c> idea</c><00:47:21.260><c> for</c><00:47:21.519><c> these</c><00:47:21.739><c> people.</c>

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:26.139
In<00:47:23.539><c> our</c><00:47:23.739><c> own</c><00:47:23.900><c> hearts,</c><00:47:24.820><c> we</c><00:47:24.940><c> believe</c><00:47:25.219><c> that.</c>

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:30.320
That<00:47:26.739><c> he's</c><00:47:26.980><c> a</c><00:47:27.159><c> living</c><00:47:27.440><c> God</c><00:47:27.920><c> and</c><00:47:28.840><c> that</c><00:47:29.199><c> we</c><00:47:29.440><c> should</c><00:47:29.699><c> turn</c><00:47:30.000><c> away</c>

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:31.300
from<00:47:30.619><c> the</c><00:47:30.880><c> vanities</c>

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:34.860
that<00:47:31.539><c> we</c><00:47:31.760><c> have</c><00:47:31.940><c> been</c><00:47:32.760><c> following</c><00:47:33.340><c> throughout</c><00:47:33.679><c> our</c><00:47:33.940><c> life.</c>

00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:39.099
The<00:47:35.739><c> witness</c><00:47:36.079><c> of</c><00:47:36.340><c> the</c><00:47:36.480><c> living</c><00:47:36.699><c> God</c><00:47:37.000><c> was</c><00:47:37.280><c> the</c><00:47:37.599><c> benefit</c><00:47:38.000><c> to</c><00:47:38.300><c> all</c><00:47:38.519><c> mankind</c>

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:41.239
by<00:47:39.860><c> the</c><00:47:40.039><c> way</c><00:47:40.159><c> of</c><00:47:40.460><c> food</c><00:47:40.659><c> and</c><00:47:40.940><c> enjoyment.</c>

00:47:41.239 --> 00:47:44.519
You<00:47:41.940><c> see,</c><00:47:42.539><c> even</c><00:47:42.820><c> in</c><00:47:43.039><c> this</c><00:47:43.320><c> example,</c>

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:50.159
we<00:47:45.880><c> can</c><00:47:46.059><c> get</c><00:47:46.300><c> closer</c><00:47:46.639><c> to</c><00:47:46.880><c> our</c><00:47:47.079><c> children</c><00:47:47.579><c> by</c><00:47:49.199><c> the</c><00:47:49.420><c> fact</c><00:47:49.619><c> that</c><00:47:49.780><c> God</c><00:47:49.960><c> is</c>

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:51.500
a<00:47:50.260><c> living</c><00:47:50.440><c> God.</c>

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:55.579
By<00:47:52.360><c> giving</c><00:47:52.699><c> thanks</c><00:47:53.699><c> for</c><00:47:54.340><c> our</c><00:47:54.539><c> meals</c>

00:47:56.119 --> 00:47:59.460
and<00:47:56.679><c> giving</c><00:47:57.239><c> special</c><00:47:58.079><c> attention</c><00:47:58.659><c> to</c><00:47:58.880><c> the</c><00:47:59.039><c> fact</c><00:47:59.199><c> that</c><00:47:59.300><c> we've</c>

00:47:59.460 --> 00:48:01.820
got<00:47:59.559><c> to</c><00:47:59.699><c> try</c><00:47:59.840><c> to</c><00:48:00.219><c> tell</c><00:48:00.460><c> these</c><00:48:00.739><c> children</c>

00:48:02.659 --> 00:48:05.500
that<00:48:03.219><c> God</c><00:48:03.440><c> is</c><00:48:03.659><c> behind</c><00:48:03.940><c> us.</c>

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:09.219
So<00:48:06.619><c> that</c><00:48:07.159><c> even</c><00:48:07.599><c> the</c><00:48:07.900><c> prayers</c><00:48:08.179><c> for</c><00:48:08.480><c> our</c><00:48:08.699><c> meals,</c>

00:48:09.219 --> 00:48:13.199
there's<00:48:09.719><c> an</c><00:48:09.900><c> objective</c><00:48:10.500><c> more</c><00:48:10.940><c> than</c><00:48:11.079><c> just</c><00:48:11.440><c> giving</c><00:48:11.719><c> thanks</c><00:48:12.079><c> to</c><00:48:12.280><c> God.</c>

00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:17.860
It's<00:48:14.800><c> to</c><00:48:15.019><c> teach</c><00:48:15.239><c> our</c><00:48:15.559><c> children</c><00:48:15.980><c> to</c><00:48:16.579><c> be</c><00:48:16.840><c> thankful</c>

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:22.340
so<00:48:18.380><c> that</c><00:48:18.519><c> they</c><00:48:18.639><c> might</c><00:48:18.980><c> know</c><00:48:19.719><c> the</c><00:48:20.139><c> living</c><00:48:20.340><c> God</c><00:48:20.900><c> as</c><00:48:21.760><c> the</c><00:48:22.039><c> God</c><00:48:22.199><c> of</c>

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:23.559
their<00:48:22.579><c> father.</c>

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:28.139
When<00:48:24.280><c> we</c><00:48:24.460><c> go</c><00:48:24.619><c> on</c><00:48:24.780><c> a</c><00:48:24.980><c> trip,</c><00:48:26.679><c> before</c><00:48:26.980><c> we</c><00:48:27.159><c> go</c><00:48:27.320><c> on</c><00:48:27.500><c> that</c><00:48:27.739><c> trip,</c>

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:32.300
we<00:48:28.659><c> stop</c><00:48:29.199><c> and</c><00:48:30.679><c> we</c><00:48:30.880><c> ask</c><00:48:31.059><c> God's</c><00:48:31.480><c> blessing</c>

00:48:32.780 --> 00:48:36.099
because<00:48:33.340><c> at</c><00:48:33.780><c> the</c><00:48:33.880><c> end</c><00:48:34.019><c> of</c><00:48:34.179><c> the</c><00:48:34.320><c> trip,</c><00:48:34.780><c> we're</c><00:48:35.039><c> going</c><00:48:35.179><c> to</c><00:48:35.320><c> thank</c><00:48:35.519><c> him.</c>

00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:40.519
And<00:48:36.719><c> the</c><00:48:36.940><c> children</c><00:48:37.219><c> get</c><00:48:37.480><c> to</c><00:48:37.800><c> know</c><00:48:38.320><c> that</c><00:48:38.960><c> father</c><00:48:39.320><c> really</c><00:48:39.699><c> believes</c><00:48:40.159><c> that</c>

00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:41.659
God<00:48:40.780><c> will</c><00:48:41.079><c> help</c><00:48:41.360><c> us</c>

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:43.139
because<00:48:41.920><c> he</c><00:48:42.099><c> does</c><00:48:42.300><c> it</c><00:48:42.519><c> every</c><00:48:42.800><c> time.</c>

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:45.780
He's<00:48:43.940><c> consistent</c><00:48:44.539><c> in</c><00:48:44.739><c> this</c><00:48:45.000><c> matter.</c>

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:51.340
Not<00:48:46.480><c> to</c><00:48:46.760><c> do</c><00:48:47.039><c> that</c><00:48:47.940><c> reinforces</c><00:48:48.880><c> that</c><00:48:49.119><c> our</c><00:48:49.440><c> God</c><00:48:49.599><c> is</c><00:48:49.860><c> not</c><00:48:50.039><c> important</c><00:48:50.619><c> to</c><00:48:50.860><c> our</c><00:48:51.059><c> children.</c>

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:53.280
We<00:48:51.599><c> don't</c><00:48:51.820><c> ask</c><00:48:52.139><c> him.</c>

00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:57.119
When<00:48:53.940><c> we</c><00:48:54.099><c> go</c><00:48:54.239><c> to</c><00:48:54.440><c> bed</c><00:48:54.539><c> at</c><00:48:54.800><c> night,</c><00:48:55.019><c> we</c><00:48:55.300><c> draw</c><00:48:55.579><c> attention</c><00:48:56.019><c> to</c><00:48:56.320><c> certain</c><00:48:56.579><c> things</c><00:48:56.820><c> that</c>

00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:58.260
happened<00:48:57.300><c> in</c><00:48:57.519><c> the</c><00:48:57.699><c> day.</c>

00:48:58.739 --> 00:49:01.460
Maybe<00:48:59.039><c> trying</c><00:48:59.280><c> to</c><00:48:59.500><c> illustrate</c><00:48:59.940><c> that</c><00:49:00.159><c> we're</c><00:49:00.400><c> very</c><00:49:00.840><c> happy</c><00:49:01.179><c> that</c>

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:02.480
that<00:49:01.739><c> car</c><00:49:01.980><c> stopped</c>

00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:05.239
or<00:49:02.619><c> was</c><00:49:02.820><c> able</c><00:49:03.119><c> to</c><00:49:03.719><c> be</c><00:49:04.019><c> diverted</c><00:49:04.440><c> from</c><00:49:04.739><c> ours</c>

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:09.119
and<00:49:06.340><c> that</c><00:49:06.480><c> God</c><00:49:06.739><c> sends</c><00:49:07.059><c> his</c><00:49:07.380><c> angels</c><00:49:07.800><c> and</c><00:49:08.119><c> he</c><00:49:08.400><c> encamps</c><00:49:08.760><c> around</c>

00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:10.400
those<00:49:09.519><c> that</c><00:49:09.820><c> fear</c><00:49:10.000><c> him</c>

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:14.679
to<00:49:10.860><c> bring</c><00:49:11.420><c> to</c><00:49:11.699><c> our</c><00:49:11.980><c> children</c><00:49:12.320><c> the</c><00:49:12.599><c> idea</c><00:49:13.199><c> that</c><00:49:13.679><c> God's</c><00:49:14.199><c> alive</c>

00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:15.679
every<00:49:15.300><c> day</c>

00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:18.179
to<00:49:15.980><c> protect</c><00:49:16.400><c> us</c><00:49:16.840><c> and</c><00:49:17.300><c> to</c><00:49:17.539><c> bless</c><00:49:17.699><c> us.</c>

00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:22.239
There's<00:49:18.579><c> many,</c><00:49:19.019><c> many</c><00:49:19.340><c> ways</c><00:49:19.940><c> in</c><00:49:20.420><c> which</c><00:49:20.559><c> we</c><00:49:20.699><c> can</c><00:49:20.900><c> do</c><00:49:21.159><c> this.</c>

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:25.420
And<00:49:22.659><c> the</c><00:49:22.820><c> scriptures</c><00:49:23.179><c> give</c><00:49:23.760><c> us</c><00:49:24.019><c> many</c><00:49:24.199><c> examples.</c>

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:28.380
Look<00:49:26.420><c> at</c><00:49:26.659><c> this,</c><00:49:27.159><c> brothers</c><00:49:27.159><c> and</c><00:49:27.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:33.880
1<00:49:29.699><c> Timothy</c><00:49:30.059><c> 3</c><00:49:30.480><c> verse</c><00:49:30.780><c> 15,</c><00:49:31.280><c> when</c><00:49:31.500><c> Paul</c><00:49:31.860><c> was</c><00:49:32.659><c> addressing</c><00:49:33.039><c> Timothy</c><00:49:33.579><c> about</c>

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:35.639
how<00:49:34.099><c> he</c><00:49:34.199><c> was</c><00:49:34.420><c> to</c><00:49:34.639><c> work</c><00:49:34.820><c> in</c><00:49:35.039><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:38.860
he<00:49:35.920><c> says,</c><00:49:36.320><c> If</c><00:49:36.320><c> I</c><00:49:36.519><c> tarry</c><00:49:37.000><c> long,</c><00:49:37.820><c> that</c><00:49:37.920><c> thou</c><00:49:38.079><c> mightest</c><00:49:38.480><c> know</c><00:49:38.619><c> how</c>

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:41.460
thou<00:49:39.079><c> oughtest</c><00:49:39.380><c> to</c><00:49:39.599><c> behave</c><00:49:39.880><c> thyself</c><00:49:40.380><c> in</c><00:49:40.539><c> the</c><00:49:40.679><c> house</c><00:49:40.880><c> of</c><00:49:41.139><c> God,</c>

00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:45.440
which<00:49:42.039><c> is</c><00:49:42.400><c> the</c><00:49:42.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:43.239><c> of</c><00:49:43.699><c> the</c><00:49:44.079><c> living</c><00:49:44.400><c> God,</c>

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:47.840
the<00:49:46.579><c> pillar</c><00:49:46.840><c> and</c><00:49:47.079><c> ground</c><00:49:47.280><c> of</c><00:49:47.460><c> the</c><00:49:47.679><c> truth.</c>

00:49:48.179 --> 00:49:51.019
Well,<00:49:48.679><c> I</c><00:49:48.780><c> myself</c><00:49:49.219><c> many</c><00:49:49.559><c> times</c><00:49:49.860><c> have</c><00:49:50.039><c> talked</c><00:49:50.260><c> about</c><00:49:50.480><c> that</c><00:49:50.760><c> verse,</c>

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:54.539
never<00:49:51.800><c> drawing</c><00:49:52.119><c> attention</c><00:49:52.780><c> to</c><00:49:53.139><c> that</c><00:49:53.460><c> aspect,</c>

00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:59.780
that<00:49:55.699><c> the</c><00:49:56.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:56.559><c> is</c><00:49:57.000><c> the</c><00:49:57.239><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:57.800><c> of</c><00:49:58.179><c> the</c><00:49:58.460><c> living</c><00:49:58.719><c> God.</c>

00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:04.679
In<00:50:00.980><c> what</c><00:50:01.260><c> way</c><00:50:01.619><c> can</c><00:50:01.860><c> we</c><00:50:02.199><c> make</c><00:50:02.559><c> God</c><00:50:02.960><c> alive</c><00:50:03.500><c> in</c><00:50:03.739><c> our</c><00:50:04.000><c> community</c>

00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:08.719
as<00:50:05.760><c> well</c><00:50:05.980><c> as</c><00:50:06.139><c> in</c><00:50:06.679><c> our</c><00:50:06.940><c> own</c><00:50:07.239><c> personal</c><00:50:07.559><c> lives</c><00:50:07.900><c> and</c><00:50:08.079><c> in</c><00:50:08.219><c> the</c><00:50:08.340><c> lives</c>

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of<00:50:09.480><c> our</c><00:50:09.699><c> families?</c>

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:13.500
Is<00:50:11.619><c> God</c><00:50:11.900><c> alive</c><00:50:12.260><c> in</c><00:50:12.420><c> our</c><00:50:12.599><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:50:14.900 --> 00:50:19.360
Do<00:50:15.059><c> you</c><00:50:15.239><c> think,</c><00:50:15.659><c> or</c><00:50:15.840><c> can</c><00:50:16.019><c> you</c><00:50:16.199><c> think</c><00:50:16.500><c> of</c><00:50:16.920><c> ways</c><00:50:17.300><c> which</c><00:50:17.699><c> would</c><00:50:18.219><c> illustrate</c><00:50:18.639><c> that</c><00:50:18.940><c> to</c><00:50:19.099><c> you,</c>

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:23.059
that<00:50:19.820><c> when</c><00:50:20.460><c> we</c><00:50:20.679><c> come</c><00:50:20.880><c> together</c><00:50:21.320><c> as</c><00:50:21.639><c> a</c><00:50:21.940><c> community</c><00:50:22.320><c> back</c><00:50:22.760><c> in</c><00:50:22.920><c> our</c>

00:50:23.059 --> 00:50:25.000
own<00:50:23.260><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:23.880><c> environment,</c>

00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:30.139
do<00:50:26.119><c> you</c><00:50:26.340><c> brethren</c><00:50:26.760><c> and</c><00:50:27.420><c> sisters</c><00:50:27.900><c> and</c><00:50:28.219><c> families</c><00:50:28.679><c> work</c><00:50:29.119><c> together</c><00:50:29.559><c> to</c><00:50:29.880><c> make</c>

00:50:30.139 --> 00:50:31.579
God<00:50:30.539><c> alive?</c>

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Do<00:50:32.619><c> we</c><00:50:32.860><c> thank</c><00:50:33.059><c> him</c><00:50:33.219><c> for</c><00:50:33.400><c> the</c><00:50:33.619><c> building</c><00:50:33.900><c> which</c><00:50:34.380><c> we</c><00:50:34.760><c> worship</c><00:50:35.039><c> in?</c>

00:50:35.820 --> 00:50:38.699
Do<00:50:35.980><c> we</c><00:50:36.179><c> thank</c><00:50:36.400><c> him</c><00:50:36.599><c> for</c><00:50:36.739><c> the</c><00:50:36.920><c> fact</c><00:50:37.099><c> that</c><00:50:37.260><c> he's</c><00:50:37.519><c> brought</c><00:50:37.719><c> us</c><00:50:38.019><c> together</c><00:50:38.420><c> to</c>

00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:39.920
help<00:50:38.920><c> one</c><00:50:39.119><c> another?</c>

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Do<00:50:40.780><c> we</c><00:50:41.019><c> acknowledge</c><00:50:41.679><c> these</c><00:50:42.019><c> things</c><00:50:42.260><c> in</c><00:50:42.619><c> prayer</c><00:50:42.940><c> and</c><00:50:43.159><c> in</c><00:50:43.340><c> the</c>

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:44.599
way<00:50:43.619><c> we</c><00:50:43.880><c> talk</c><00:50:44.079><c> to</c><00:50:44.239><c> one</c><00:50:44.380><c> another?</c>

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Because<00:50:44.760><c> that's</c><00:50:45.039><c> the</c><00:50:45.119><c> way</c><00:50:45.380><c> to</c><00:50:46.380><c> stir</c><00:50:46.800><c> up</c><00:50:47.119><c> that</c><00:50:47.460><c> feeling</c><00:50:47.780><c> that</c>

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God's<00:50:48.519><c> alive</c><00:50:49.000><c> in</c><00:50:49.440><c> our</c><00:50:49.619><c> midst.</c>

00:50:50.679 --> 00:50:52.599
Otherwise,<00:50:51.019><c> it's</c><00:50:51.119><c> kind</c><00:50:51.260><c> of</c><00:50:51.440><c> a</c><00:50:51.579><c> dull</c><00:50:51.760><c> thing</c><00:50:51.980><c> to</c><00:50:52.139><c> come</c><00:50:52.320><c> together</c>

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in<00:50:52.760><c> the</c><00:50:52.920><c> ecclesia</c>

00:50:53.219 --> 00:50:57.480
because<00:50:53.480><c> no</c><00:50:53.699><c> one</c><00:50:53.880><c> seems</c><00:50:54.139><c> to</c><00:50:54.320><c> really</c><00:50:54.579><c> believe</c><00:50:55.360><c> why</c><00:50:55.980><c> we've</c><00:50:56.260><c> come</c><00:50:56.440><c> together.</c>

00:50:58.440 --> 00:51:01.159
We<00:50:58.780><c> have</c><00:50:59.019><c> to</c><00:50:59.199><c> do</c><00:50:59.420><c> special</c><00:50:59.860><c> things,</c><00:51:00.320><c> it</c><00:51:00.619><c> may</c><00:51:00.840><c> be,</c>

00:51:01.380 --> 00:51:05.559
to<00:51:01.599><c> bring</c><00:51:01.980><c> this</c><00:51:02.400><c> aspect</c><00:51:02.920><c> of</c><00:51:03.119><c> our</c><00:51:03.400><c> God</c><00:51:03.840><c> alive</c><00:51:04.400><c> to</c><00:51:04.619><c> us</c><00:51:05.039><c> because</c>

00:51:05.559 --> 00:51:08.619
we<00:51:05.900><c> can't</c><00:51:06.340><c> ignore</c><00:51:07.079><c> that</c><00:51:07.699><c> statement.</c>

00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:12.380
Why<00:51:10.239><c> did</c><00:51:10.480><c> Paul</c><00:51:10.719><c> put</c><00:51:10.960><c> that</c><00:51:11.219><c> in</c><00:51:11.360><c> the</c><00:51:11.539><c> text?</c>

00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:16.780
Did<00:51:13.579><c> he</c><00:51:13.820><c> think</c><00:51:14.260><c> that</c><00:51:14.440><c> there</c><00:51:14.559><c> would</c><00:51:14.820><c> be</c><00:51:15.000><c> ecclesias</c><00:51:15.579><c> where</c><00:51:16.039><c> it</c>

00:51:16.780 --> 00:51:17.880
would<00:51:17.000><c> be</c><00:51:17.199><c> rather</c><00:51:17.539><c> dull</c>

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:21.820
and<00:51:18.599><c> there</c><00:51:18.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:19.079><c> be</c><00:51:19.380><c> really</c><00:51:19.760><c> any</c><00:51:20.539><c> activity</c><00:51:21.079><c> going</c><00:51:21.480><c> on</c>

00:51:21.820 --> 00:51:24.920
that<00:51:21.960><c> would</c><00:51:22.179><c> demonstrate</c><00:51:22.659><c> God</c><00:51:23.000><c> is</c><00:51:23.260><c> alive</c><00:51:23.860><c> in</c><00:51:24.260><c> that</c><00:51:24.500><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:51:25.280 --> 00:51:29.000
Well,<00:51:25.460><c> those</c><00:51:25.699><c> are</c><00:51:25.880><c> the</c><00:51:26.059><c> kinds</c><00:51:26.239><c> of</c><00:51:26.440><c> questions</c><00:51:26.739><c> we</c><00:51:26.920><c> need</c><00:51:27.119><c> to</c><00:51:27.340><c> ask.</c>

00:51:29.739 --> 00:51:33.800
The<00:51:29.880><c> witness</c><00:51:30.179><c> of</c><00:51:30.440><c> the</c><00:51:30.559><c> living</c><00:51:30.739><c> God</c><00:51:31.219><c> in</c><00:51:31.619><c> his</c><00:51:31.940><c> work</c><00:51:32.159><c> within</c><00:51:32.380><c> the</c><00:51:32.619><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:51:34.420 --> 00:51:36.539
Well,<00:51:34.820><c> in</c><00:51:34.960><c> many</c><00:51:35.159><c> cases,</c><00:51:35.760><c> brothers</c><00:51:35.860><c> and</c><00:51:36.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:36.539 --> 00:51:41.059
it's<00:51:37.300><c> a</c><00:51:37.460><c> matter</c><00:51:37.679><c> of</c><00:51:38.019><c> patience</c><00:51:38.559><c> and</c><00:51:39.760><c> demonstrating</c><00:51:40.300><c> patience</c>

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:42.719
with<00:51:41.519><c> one</c><00:51:41.760><c> another,</c>

00:51:43.219 --> 00:51:46.980
with<00:51:43.360><c> the</c><00:51:43.599><c> fact</c><00:51:43.800><c> that,</c><00:51:44.219><c> yeah,</c><00:51:44.219><c> we've</c><00:51:44.480><c> asked</c><00:51:44.739><c> God</c><00:51:45.039><c> and</c><00:51:45.219><c> we</c><00:51:45.380><c> haven't</c><00:51:45.539><c> immediately</c><00:51:46.239><c> received</c><00:51:46.780><c> what</c>

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:48.539
we<00:51:47.260><c> asked</c><00:51:47.460><c> for.</c>

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:53.519
All<00:51:49.199><c> of</c><00:51:49.400><c> these</c><00:51:49.639><c> things,</c><00:51:49.880><c> I</c><00:51:50.099><c> think,</c><00:51:51.860><c> probably</c><00:51:51.940><c> are</c><00:51:52.320><c> best</c><00:51:52.679><c> expressed</c><00:51:53.280><c> in</c>

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:56.059
the<00:51:53.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:54.179><c> through</c><00:51:54.559><c> our</c><00:51:54.980><c> prayers.</c>

00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:59.539
Brethren,<00:51:57.699><c> we've</c><00:51:58.159><c> got</c><00:51:58.199><c> to</c><00:51:58.360><c> give</c><00:51:58.440><c> more</c><00:51:58.739><c> time</c><00:51:59.059><c> to</c><00:51:59.340><c> this.</c>

00:51:59.539 --> 00:52:03.260
There's<00:51:59.940><c> not</c><00:52:00.219><c> many</c><00:52:00.500><c> of</c><00:52:00.639><c> us,</c><00:52:01.099><c> if</c><00:52:01.500><c> any</c><00:52:01.900><c> of</c><00:52:02.079><c> us,</c>

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:08.079
can<00:52:04.079><c> spontaneously</c><00:52:05.139><c> come</c><00:52:05.519><c> to</c><00:52:05.739><c> the</c><00:52:05.920><c> platform</c><00:52:06.280><c> and</c><00:52:06.619><c> pray</c><00:52:07.059><c> properly</c><00:52:07.800><c> for</c>

00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:09.239
the<00:52:08.280><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:14.840
If<00:52:10.159><c> we</c><00:52:10.380><c> ask</c><00:52:10.599><c> a</c><00:52:10.860><c> brother</c><00:52:11.139><c> to</c><00:52:11.800><c> give</c><00:52:12.000><c> a</c><00:52:12.159><c> reading</c><00:52:12.440><c> or</c><00:52:12.699><c> ask</c><00:52:12.980><c> a</c><00:52:13.199><c> brother</c><00:52:13.480><c> by</c><00:52:14.519><c> our</c>

00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:16.039
schedule<00:52:15.280><c> to</c><00:52:15.639><c> exhort,</c>

00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:17.699
we<00:52:16.239><c> give</c><00:52:16.400><c> them</c><00:52:16.559><c> a</c><00:52:16.780><c> chance.</c>

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:21.420
But<00:52:18.639><c> if</c><00:52:18.780><c> we</c><00:52:18.960><c> ask</c><00:52:19.119><c> people</c><00:52:19.539><c> spontaneously,</c><00:52:20.579><c> there's</c><00:52:20.900><c> not</c><00:52:21.159><c> many</c>

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:21.940
of<00:52:21.559><c> us</c>

00:52:21.940 --> 00:52:26.519
that<00:52:22.260><c> can</c><00:52:22.500><c> think</c><00:52:22.719><c> of</c><00:52:22.880><c> the</c><00:52:23.119><c> critical</c><00:52:23.440><c> issues</c><00:52:24.059><c> to</c><00:52:25.019><c> make</c><00:52:25.219><c> God</c><00:52:25.519><c> alive.</c>

00:52:27.139 --> 00:52:30.139
And<00:52:27.699><c> every</c><00:52:27.880><c> now</c><00:52:28.079><c> and</c><00:52:28.219><c> then</c><00:52:28.300><c> you</c><00:52:28.460><c> find</c><00:52:28.679><c> a</c><00:52:28.860><c> brother</c><00:52:29.320><c> who</c><00:52:29.719><c> knows</c>

00:52:30.139 --> 00:52:30.960
how<00:52:30.380><c> to</c><00:52:30.519><c> do</c><00:52:30.659><c> it</c>

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:35.579
and<00:52:31.159><c> how</c><00:52:31.639><c> refreshing</c><00:52:32.199><c> it</c><00:52:32.440><c> is</c><00:52:33.340><c> to</c><00:52:33.760><c> see</c><00:52:34.039><c> someone</c><00:52:34.500><c> who</c><00:52:35.219><c> knows</c>

00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:36.659
what<00:52:35.960><c> we're</c><00:52:36.380><c> about,</c>

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:41.159
what<00:52:37.099><c> we're</c><00:52:37.420><c> dealing</c><00:52:37.639><c> and</c><00:52:37.880><c> can</c><00:52:38.099><c> just</c><00:52:38.619><c> bring</c><00:52:38.980><c> all</c><00:52:39.300><c> those</c><00:52:39.500><c> ideas</c><00:52:39.940><c> together</c>

00:52:41.159 --> 00:52:43.500
around<00:52:41.900><c> the</c><00:52:42.139><c> fact</c><00:52:42.280><c> we</c><00:52:42.480><c> have</c><00:52:42.639><c> a</c><00:52:42.880><c> living</c><00:52:43.119><c> God.</c>

00:52:43.860 --> 00:52:45.599
That<00:52:44.300><c> is</c><00:52:44.599><c> wonderful.</c>

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It's<00:52:46.000><c> an</c><00:52:46.219><c> objective</c><00:52:46.619><c> that</c><00:52:46.860><c> we</c><00:52:47.099><c> need</c><00:52:47.880><c> to</c><00:52:48.539><c> try</c><00:52:48.719><c> to</c><00:52:48.840><c> get</c><00:52:48.980><c> better</c><00:52:49.219><c> at.</c>

00:52:51.900 --> 00:52:54.860
And<00:52:52.539><c> then</c><00:52:52.860><c> finally,</c><00:52:53.659><c> brothers</c><00:52:53.659><c> and</c><00:52:53.900><c> sisters,</c><00:52:54.420><c> in</c><00:52:54.500><c> Hebrews</c>

00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:55.940
chapter<00:52:55.400><c> 12,</c>

00:52:56.440 --> 00:53:00.960
why<00:52:56.760><c> would</c><00:52:57.579><c> the</c><00:52:58.179><c> writer,</c><00:52:58.699><c> the</c><00:52:58.980><c> apostle,</c><00:52:59.920><c> and</c><00:53:00.059><c> writing</c><00:53:00.260><c> to</c><00:53:00.519><c> the</c><00:53:00.699><c> Hebrews</c>

00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:04.579
ever<00:53:01.679><c> use</c><00:53:02.360><c> the</c><00:53:02.699><c> living</c><00:53:02.920><c> God</c><00:53:03.219><c> in</c><00:53:03.400><c> this</c><00:53:03.599><c> way?</c>

00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:10.019
And<00:53:06.780><c> the</c><00:53:06.960><c> interesting</c><00:53:07.360><c> thing</c><00:53:07.719><c> is,</c><00:53:08.340><c> and</c><00:53:08.579><c> it</c><00:53:08.760><c> may</c><00:53:08.900><c> be</c><00:53:09.159><c> very</c><00:53:09.619><c> well</c>

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connected<00:53:10.559><c> to</c><00:53:11.179><c> the</c><00:53:11.500><c> latter</c><00:53:11.739><c> part,</c>

00:53:12.099 --> 00:53:15.280
like<00:53:12.320><c> the</c><00:53:12.539><c> first</c><00:53:12.780><c> little</c><00:53:13.119><c> part</c><00:53:13.400><c> we</c><00:53:13.599><c> have</c><00:53:13.780><c> here</c><00:53:14.199><c> in</c><00:53:14.980><c> yellow,</c>

00:53:15.619 --> 00:53:16.519
and<00:53:15.800><c> the</c><00:53:16.000><c> latter</c><00:53:16.179><c> part.</c>

00:53:16.519 --> 00:53:21.280
You<00:53:16.980><c> see,</c><00:53:18.480><c> this</c><00:53:18.599><c> section</c><00:53:19.000><c> of</c><00:53:19.159><c> Hebrews</c><00:53:19.440><c> 12</c><00:53:19.840><c> verses</c><00:53:20.179><c> 22</c><00:53:20.639><c> and</c><00:53:20.860><c> 25</c>

00:53:21.280 --> 00:53:23.480
is<00:53:21.559><c> really</c><00:53:22.019><c> working</c><00:53:22.440><c> on</c>

00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:27.780
the<00:53:23.980><c> time</c><00:53:24.260><c> when</c><00:53:24.599><c> God</c><00:53:25.360><c> brought</c><00:53:25.800><c> Israel</c><00:53:26.159><c> together</c><00:53:26.699><c> to</c><00:53:27.159><c> hear</c>

00:53:27.780 --> 00:53:29.500
those<00:53:28.320><c> words</c><00:53:28.739><c> from</c><00:53:29.039><c> heaven</c>

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with<00:53:30.239><c> the</c><00:53:30.599><c> trumpet</c><00:53:30.940><c> and</c><00:53:31.179><c> the</c><00:53:31.460><c> ground</c><00:53:31.760><c> shaking</c><00:53:32.420><c> and</c><00:53:33.239><c> the</c><00:53:33.780><c> fire</c>

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and<00:53:34.659><c> the</c><00:53:35.619><c> darkness</c>

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that<00:53:36.760><c> was</c><00:53:37.039><c> around</c><00:53:37.340><c> the</c><00:53:37.480><c> top</c><00:53:37.679><c> of</c><00:53:38.219><c> the</c><00:53:38.300><c> mountain,</c><00:53:38.860><c> all</c><00:53:39.119><c> of</c><00:53:39.320><c> those</c>

00:53:39.639 --> 00:53:41.780
things<00:53:39.960><c> creating</c><00:53:40.420><c> an</c><00:53:40.780><c> atmosphere.</c>

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And<00:53:43.400><c> they</c><00:53:43.659><c> called</c><00:53:43.900><c> it</c><00:53:44.440><c> the</c><00:53:44.739><c> living</c><00:53:45.000><c> God.</c>

00:53:46.239 --> 00:53:47.579
The<00:53:46.500><c> congregation</c><00:53:47.079><c> did</c><00:53:47.340><c> it.</c>

00:53:47.659 --> 00:53:49.619
It<00:53:47.820><c> wasn't</c><00:53:48.079><c> God</c><00:53:48.400><c> saying,</c><00:53:48.880><c> I</c><00:53:48.880><c> am</c><00:53:48.960><c> the</c><00:53:49.119><c> living</c><00:53:49.300><c> God.</c>

00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:53.440
The<00:53:50.159><c> congregation</c><00:53:50.840><c> recognized</c><00:53:51.739><c> he</c><00:53:52.460><c> was</c><00:53:52.699><c> the</c><00:53:52.840><c> living</c><00:53:53.039><c> God.</c>

00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:55.860
And<00:53:54.000><c> so</c><00:53:54.099><c> there's</c><00:53:54.380><c> a</c><00:53:54.559><c> play</c><00:53:54.699><c> on</c><00:53:54.960><c> this.</c>

00:53:56.039 --> 00:54:00.199
But<00:53:56.260><c> you,</c><00:53:57.380><c> you</c><00:53:57.659><c> and</c><00:53:57.900><c> me,</c><00:53:58.500><c> are</c><00:53:58.659><c> come</c><00:53:58.860><c> unto</c><00:53:59.119><c> Mount</c><00:53:59.500><c> Zion,</c><00:54:00.000><c> unto</c>

00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:02.579
the<00:54:00.500><c> city</c><00:54:00.719><c> of</c><00:54:01.019><c> the</c><00:54:01.320><c> living</c><00:54:01.599><c> God,</c>

00:54:02.679 --> 00:54:06.380
the<00:54:02.880><c> heavenly</c><00:54:03.300><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:54:04.360><c> to</c><00:54:04.519><c> an</c><00:54:04.780><c> innumerable</c><00:54:05.380><c> company</c><00:54:05.739><c> of</c><00:54:06.039><c> angels,</c>

00:54:06.380 --> 00:54:09.739
to<00:54:06.820><c> the</c><00:54:07.079><c> general</c><00:54:07.519><c> assembly</c><00:54:08.059><c> and</c><00:54:08.340><c> ecclesia</c><00:54:08.719><c> of</c><00:54:08.980><c> the</c><00:54:09.159><c> firstborn</c>

00:54:09.739 --> 00:54:11.239
which<00:54:10.239><c> are</c><00:54:10.500><c> written</c><00:54:10.679><c> in</c><00:54:10.920><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:54:11.679><c> to</c><00:54:11.900><c> God</c><00:54:12.199><c> the</c><00:54:12.460><c> judge</c><00:54:12.739><c> of</c><00:54:12.960><c> all,</c><00:54:13.260><c> and</c><00:54:13.320><c> to</c><00:54:13.420><c> the</c><00:54:13.760><c> spirits</c><00:54:14.039><c> of</c>

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just<00:54:14.599><c> men</c><00:54:14.820><c> made</c><00:54:15.119><c> perfect,</c>

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to<00:54:16.300><c> Jesus</c><00:54:16.780><c> the</c><00:54:17.059><c> mediator</c><00:54:17.480><c> of</c><00:54:17.659><c> the</c><00:54:17.800><c> new</c><00:54:18.000><c> covenant,</c>

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and<00:54:18.960><c> to</c><00:54:19.099><c> the</c><00:54:19.320><c> blood</c><00:54:19.460><c> of</c><00:54:19.739><c> sprinkling</c><00:54:20.139><c> that</c><00:54:20.500><c> speaketh</c><00:54:20.860><c> better</c>

00:54:21.159 --> 00:54:23.000
things<00:54:21.679><c> than</c><00:54:21.920><c> that</c><00:54:22.099><c> of</c><00:54:22.260><c> Abel.</c>

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See<00:54:23.739><c> that</c><00:54:24.000><c> you</c><00:54:24.340><c> refuse</c><00:54:24.920><c> not</c><00:54:25.480><c> him</c><00:54:25.880><c> that</c><00:54:26.360><c> speaketh.</c>

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For<00:54:27.519><c> if</c><00:54:27.719><c> they</c><00:54:27.960><c> escape</c><00:54:28.420><c> not</c><00:54:28.719><c> who</c><00:54:28.940><c> refused</c><00:54:29.420><c> him</c><00:54:29.739><c> that</c><00:54:30.340><c> spake</c><00:54:30.619><c> on</c><00:54:30.900><c> earth,</c>

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much<00:54:32.159><c> more</c><00:54:32.519><c> shall</c><00:54:32.780><c> not</c><00:54:33.159><c> we</c><00:54:33.420><c> escape</c><00:54:33.940><c> if</c><00:54:34.300><c> we</c><00:54:34.579><c> turn</c><00:54:34.780><c> away</c><00:54:35.079><c> from</c>

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him<00:54:36.039><c> that</c><00:54:36.679><c> speaketh</c><00:54:37.079><c> from</c><00:54:37.400><c> heaven.</c>

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Now<00:54:40.179><c> you</c><00:54:40.300><c> can</c><00:54:40.619><c> see</c><00:54:40.780><c> the</c><00:54:41.059><c> sense</c><00:54:41.360><c> in</c><00:54:41.539><c> which</c><00:54:41.719><c> our</c><00:54:41.900><c> brother</c><00:54:42.119><c> Roy</c><00:54:42.380><c> is</c>

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trying<00:54:42.739><c> to</c><00:54:42.980><c> help</c><00:54:43.119><c> us</c><00:54:43.380><c> in</c><00:54:43.440><c> this</c><00:54:43.719><c> matter</c>

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because<00:54:44.579><c> as</c><00:54:45.219><c> we</c><00:54:45.460><c> can</c><00:54:46.099><c> make</c><00:54:46.840><c> these</c><00:54:47.519><c> things</c><00:54:47.980><c> alive,</c>

00:54:50.199 --> 00:54:53.840
this<00:54:50.780><c> work</c><00:54:51.360><c> of</c><00:54:51.519><c> the</c><00:54:51.739><c> Lord</c><00:54:51.980><c> Jesus</c><00:54:52.500><c> Christ</c><00:54:52.880><c> as</c><00:54:53.179><c> the</c><00:54:53.320><c> mediator</c><00:54:53.659><c> of</c>

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the<00:54:53.960><c> new</c><00:54:54.119><c> covenant</c>

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which<00:54:54.659><c> is</c><00:54:54.940><c> mentioned</c><00:54:55.239><c> in</c><00:54:55.420><c> the</c><00:54:55.599><c> list,</c>

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:58.900
if<00:54:56.500><c> we</c><00:54:56.659><c> can</c><00:54:56.860><c> make</c><00:54:57.119><c> these</c><00:54:57.460><c> things</c><00:54:57.780><c> alive</c><00:54:58.199><c> in</c><00:54:58.360><c> our</c><00:54:58.539><c> life,</c>

00:54:59.340 --> 00:55:03.300
then<00:55:00.019><c> the</c><00:55:00.420><c> living</c><00:55:00.619><c> God</c><00:55:01.599><c> becomes</c><00:55:02.239><c> alive</c><00:55:02.579><c> in</c><00:55:02.719><c> our</c><00:55:02.860><c> life.</c>

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Well,<00:55:03.820><c> some</c><00:55:03.980><c> of</c><00:55:04.059><c> those</c><00:55:04.239><c> things</c><00:55:04.460><c> are</c><00:55:04.639><c> not</c><00:55:04.820><c> easy</c><00:55:05.460><c> to</c><00:55:06.280><c> make</c><00:55:06.539><c> alive</c>

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in<00:55:07.239><c> our</c><00:55:07.380><c> life.</c>

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So<00:55:08.340><c> it</c><00:55:08.539><c> may</c><00:55:08.760><c> be</c><00:55:08.980><c> that</c><00:55:10.199><c> maybe</c><00:55:10.619><c> we</c><00:55:10.820><c> should</c><00:55:11.000><c> set</c><00:55:11.219><c> that</c><00:55:11.420><c> as</c><00:55:11.579><c> an</c><00:55:11.800><c> objective</c>

00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:17.219
to<00:55:13.679><c> make</c><00:55:13.960><c> God</c><00:55:14.420><c> come</c><00:55:14.860><c> alive</c><00:55:15.500><c> in</c><00:55:15.800><c> our</c><00:55:16.119><c> communities</c>

00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:22.300
by<00:55:18.420><c> amplifying</c><00:55:19.059><c> what</c><00:55:19.360><c> that</c><00:55:19.679><c> verse</c><00:55:20.019><c> or</c><00:55:20.380><c> verses</c><00:55:20.760><c> speaks</c><00:55:21.340><c> of.</c>

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That<00:55:22.860><c> as</c><00:55:23.179><c> people</c><00:55:23.539><c> were</c><00:55:24.099><c> obviously</c><00:55:24.679><c> going</c><00:55:24.900><c> to</c><00:55:25.119><c> say</c><00:55:25.260><c> this</c><00:55:25.539><c> is</c><00:55:25.780><c> the</c><00:55:25.960><c> living</c><00:55:26.159><c> God</c><00:55:26.440><c> by</c>

00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:28.280
what<00:55:26.840><c> they</c><00:55:27.139><c> saw,</c>

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we<00:55:29.119><c> in</c><00:55:29.400><c> seeing</c><00:55:29.599><c> these</c><00:55:30.019><c> things</c><00:55:30.739><c> might</c><00:55:31.320><c> also</c><00:55:31.719><c> come</c><00:55:31.980><c> to</c><00:55:32.199><c> the</c><00:55:32.340><c> same</c><00:55:32.519><c> conclusion</c>

00:55:34.900 --> 00:55:37.280
that<00:55:35.380><c> our</c><00:55:35.659><c> God</c><00:55:35.800><c> is</c><00:55:36.000><c> the</c><00:55:36.119><c> living</c><00:55:36.280><c> God.</c>

00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:39.940
And<00:55:37.659><c> so</c><00:55:37.760><c> we</c><00:55:37.960><c> come</c><00:55:38.099><c> to</c><00:55:38.320><c> the</c><00:55:38.440><c> end</c><00:55:38.599><c> of</c><00:55:38.800><c> this,</c><00:55:39.219><c> but</c><00:55:39.460><c> certainly</c><00:55:39.699><c> not</c>

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the<00:55:40.039><c> end</c><00:55:40.179><c> of</c><00:55:40.340><c> the</c><00:55:40.500><c> study.</c>

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Is<00:55:41.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:55:42.360><c> our</c><00:55:42.960><c> living</c><00:55:43.260><c> God?</c>

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Do<00:55:44.440><c> we</c><00:55:44.699><c> show</c><00:55:44.940><c> him</c><00:55:45.159><c> to</c><00:55:45.400><c> our</c><00:55:45.639><c> children?</c>

00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:50.880
And<00:55:47.340><c> is</c><00:55:47.539><c> the</c><00:55:47.800><c> living</c><00:55:48.059><c> God</c><00:55:48.900><c> alive</c><00:55:49.679><c> in</c><00:55:49.840><c> our</c><00:55:50.039><c> Ecclesia?</c>