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Means<00:10:02.860><c> badly,</c><00:10:04.639><c> okay.</c>

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Their<00:10:18.240><c> prayers</c><00:10:19.000><c> to</c><00:10:19.259><c> the</c><00:10:19.539><c> throne</c><00:10:19.720><c> of</c><00:10:20.019><c> grace</c><00:10:20.320><c> were</c><00:10:20.860><c> sick,</c><00:10:22.399><c> were</c>

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repugnant<00:10:24.320><c> to</c><00:10:25.960><c> the</c><00:10:26.179><c> throne</c><00:10:26.320><c> of</c><00:10:26.600><c> grace,</c>

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dishonouring<00:10:27.620><c> to</c><00:10:27.899><c> God</c><00:10:28.299><c> since</c><00:10:28.740><c> the</c><00:10:29.019><c> vain</c><00:10:29.279><c> words</c><00:10:29.879><c> were</c><00:10:30.580><c> glorifying</c><00:10:31.120><c> God</c><00:10:31.559><c> were</c><00:10:32.639><c> a</c><00:10:33.840><c> mockery.</c>

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Because<00:10:36.980><c> deep</c><00:10:37.259><c> down</c><00:10:37.519><c> in</c><00:10:37.620><c> their</c><00:10:37.820><c> hearts</c><00:10:38.259><c> they</c><00:10:38.740><c> wanted</c><00:10:39.080><c> to</c><00:10:39.399><c> gratify</c><00:10:40.299><c> selfish</c><00:10:40.860><c> and</c>

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fleshly<00:10:41.980><c> desires.</c>

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know<00:10:48.080><c> Isaiah</c><00:10:48.659><c> 59</c><00:10:49.899><c> verses</c><00:10:50.700><c> 1</c><00:10:51.000><c> and</c><00:10:51.139><c> 2</c><00:10:51.419><c> shows</c><00:10:51.720><c> that</c><00:10:51.960><c> God's</c><00:10:52.600><c> ear</c>

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that<00:10:53.899><c> was</c><00:10:54.059><c> willing</c><00:10:54.299><c> to</c><00:10:54.600><c> hear</c><00:10:54.740><c> would</c><00:10:55.139><c> not</c><00:10:55.720><c> hear.</c>

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What<00:10:58.639><c> a</c><00:10:59.159><c> contrast</c><00:10:59.519><c> with</c><00:10:59.740><c> the</c><00:10:59.919><c> words</c><00:11:00.080><c> that</c><00:11:00.379><c> we'll</c><00:11:01.039><c> consider</c><00:11:01.399><c> in</c>

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our<00:11:01.879><c> closing</c><00:11:02.460><c> study.</c>

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The<00:11:05.019><c> effectual</c><00:11:06.480><c> fervent</c><00:11:07.220><c> prayer</c><00:11:07.840><c> of</c><00:11:08.220><c> a</c><00:11:08.679><c> righteous</c><00:11:09.240><c> man</c><00:11:10.279><c> avialeth</c><00:11:10.980><c> much.</c>

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What<00:11:12.100><c> a</c><00:11:12.320><c> contrast.</c>

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So<00:11:15.799><c> the</c><00:11:15.960><c> lesson</c><00:11:16.159><c> for</c><00:11:16.399><c> us,</c><00:11:16.700><c> brothers</c><00:11:16.779><c> and</c><00:11:17.039><c> sisters,</c><00:11:17.279><c> we</c><00:11:17.799><c> are</c><00:11:18.440><c> praying</c><00:11:18.980><c> to</c>

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ourselves<00:11:21.919><c> and</c><00:11:23.799><c> not</c><00:11:24.000><c> to</c><00:11:24.220><c> God.</c>

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When<00:11:27.120><c> our</c><00:11:27.399><c> minds</c><00:11:27.720><c> are</c><00:11:28.340><c> cluttered</c><00:11:28.679><c> up</c><00:11:29.480><c> with</c><00:11:31.519><c> all</c><00:11:32.019><c> personal</c><00:11:33.100><c> thoughts</c><00:11:33.679><c> of</c>

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desire<00:11:34.960><c> and</c><00:11:36.440><c> craving,</c>

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we're<00:11:38.220><c> not</c><00:11:38.360><c> praying</c><00:11:38.639><c> to</c><00:11:38.860><c> God.</c>

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We<00:11:39.820><c> might</c><00:11:40.120><c> mouth</c><00:11:40.480><c> the</c><00:11:40.740><c> words,</c><00:11:41.980><c> but</c><00:11:42.139><c> God's</c><00:11:42.480><c> not</c><00:11:42.620><c> listening.</c>

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The<00:11:47.419><c> adulterers</c><00:11:47.940><c> and</c><00:11:48.080><c> adulteresses</c><00:11:48.860><c> know</c><00:11:49.120><c> not</c><00:11:49.460><c> that</c><00:11:49.779><c> the</c><00:11:50.000><c> friendship</c><00:11:50.279><c> of</c>

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We<00:11:52.600><c> can</c><00:11:52.899><c> omit</c><00:11:53.840><c> in</c><00:11:54.080><c> the</c><00:11:54.200><c> A</c><00:11:54.399><c>.V.</c><00:11:54.600><c> the</c><00:11:54.840><c> first</c><00:11:55.159><c> one,</c><00:11:55.519><c> the</c><00:11:55.700><c> adulterers.</c>

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The<00:11:57.639><c> American</c><00:11:57.940><c> Revised</c><00:11:58.480><c> Version</c><00:11:58.940><c> adds,</c><00:12:00.840><c> that</c><00:12:01.259><c> is,</c><00:12:02.039><c> and</c><00:12:02.259><c> it's</c>

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a<00:12:02.600><c> useful</c><00:12:02.940><c> little</c><00:12:03.259><c> additional</c><00:12:03.799><c> comment,</c>

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that<00:12:06.019><c> is,</c><00:12:07.580><c> who</c><00:12:07.860><c> break</c><00:12:08.440><c> your</c><00:12:09.019><c> marriage</c><00:12:09.700><c> vow</c><00:12:10.139><c> to</c><00:12:10.539><c> God.</c>

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So<00:12:13.480><c> to</c><00:12:13.820><c> be</c><00:12:14.179><c> unfaithful</c><00:12:14.879><c> towards</c><00:12:15.740><c> God</c><00:12:16.320><c> is</c><00:12:16.779><c> tantamount</c><00:12:17.399><c> to</c>

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spiritual<00:12:18.480><c> adultery.</c>

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We<00:12:23.679><c> know</c><00:12:24.019><c> that</c><00:12:24.179><c> it's</c><00:12:24.460><c> a</c><00:12:24.679><c> frequently</c><00:12:25.159><c> used</c><00:12:25.659><c> metaphor</c><00:12:26.200><c> in</c><00:12:26.419><c> the</c>

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Old<00:12:26.700><c> Testament</c><00:12:27.080><c> in</c><00:12:27.519><c> that</c><00:12:27.840><c> handout</c><00:12:28.240><c> at</c><00:12:28.519><c> the</c><00:12:28.539><c> back</c><00:12:28.740><c> of</c><00:12:28.879><c> the</c><00:12:28.980><c> room</c><00:12:29.120><c> there.</c>

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It<00:12:30.620><c> picks</c><00:12:30.860><c> up</c><00:12:31.220><c> a</c><00:12:31.539><c> number</c><00:12:31.960><c> of</c><00:12:32.340><c> passages</c><00:12:32.700><c> in</c><00:12:32.980><c> the</c><00:12:33.080><c> Old</c><00:12:33.320><c> Testament</c>

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the<00:12:40.159><c> ones</c><00:12:40.399><c> called</c><00:12:40.700><c> under</c><00:12:40.960><c> himself,</c><00:12:42.179><c> committing</c><00:12:42.539><c> whoredoms,</c>

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going<00:12:44.120><c> off</c><00:12:45.399><c> astray,</c>

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getting<00:12:47.019><c> caught</c><00:12:47.240><c> up</c><00:12:47.519><c> in</c><00:12:47.700><c> the</c><00:12:47.840><c> worship</c><00:12:48.539><c> of</c><00:12:48.879><c> the</c><00:12:49.039><c> Canaanites.</c>

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You<00:12:51.879><c> know,</c><00:12:52.200><c> James</c><00:12:52.360><c> is</c><00:12:52.539><c> very</c><00:12:53.000><c> forceful</c><00:12:53.539><c> here.</c>

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Know<00:12:55.919><c> ye</c><00:12:56.539><c> not</c><00:12:57.179><c> that</c><00:12:58.700><c> the</c><00:12:59.019><c> friendship</c><00:12:59.379><c> of</c><00:12:59.600><c> the</c><00:12:59.799><c> world</c><00:13:00.000><c> is</c><00:13:00.259><c> enmity</c><00:13:00.600><c> with</c><00:13:00.860><c> God?</c>

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There's<00:13:01.879><c> no</c><00:13:02.419><c> middle</c><00:13:02.700><c> ground.</c>

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Don't<00:13:03.559><c> you</c><00:13:03.919><c> know</c><00:13:04.639><c> that</c><00:13:05.440><c> no</c><00:13:05.759><c> man</c><00:13:05.960><c> can</c><00:13:06.379><c> serve</c><00:13:06.940><c> two</c><00:13:07.360><c> masters?</c>

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You<00:13:08.139><c> can't</c><00:13:08.580><c> serve</c><00:13:08.759><c> God</c><00:13:09.059><c> and</c><00:13:09.320><c> mammon.</c>

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Paul<00:13:10.340><c> says</c><00:13:10.720><c> that</c><00:13:10.980><c> the</c><00:13:11.240><c> carnal</c><00:13:11.600><c> mind</c><00:13:11.860><c> is</c><00:13:12.419><c> enmity</c><00:13:13.059><c> against</c><00:13:13.500><c> God.</c>

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Romans<00:13:15.200><c> 8</c><00:13:15.519><c>.7.</c>

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2<00:13:19.870><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:20.289><c> 6.</c>

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They<00:13:21.669><c> have</c><00:13:21.889><c> become</c><00:13:22.169><c> a</c><00:13:22.509><c> defiled</c><00:13:23.070><c> bride</c><00:13:23.450><c> of</c><00:13:23.629><c> Christ,</c><00:13:24.289><c> beguiled,</c><00:13:25.070><c> enticed.</c>

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This<00:13:28.909><c> defiled</c><00:13:29.769><c> bride</c><00:13:30.129><c> of</c><00:13:30.370><c> Christ,</c><00:13:31.929><c> beguiled,</c><00:13:33.590><c> enticed,</c><00:13:34.710><c> and</c>

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captivated<00:13:36.090><c> by</c><00:13:37.429><c> another</c><00:13:38.070><c> man.</c>

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No<00:13:53.409><c> husband</c><00:13:53.990><c> will</c><00:13:55.350><c> be</c><00:13:55.710><c> pleased</c><00:13:56.169><c> with</c><00:13:56.850><c> less</c><00:13:57.269><c> than</c><00:13:58.009><c> an</c>

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exclusive<00:13:59.370><c> relationship.</c>

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It's<00:14:03.830><c> true,</c><00:14:04.230><c> isn't</c><00:14:04.289><c> it,</c><00:14:04.789><c> husbands?</c>

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God<00:14:07.789><c> will</c><00:14:08.190><c> never</c><00:14:08.669><c> accept</c><00:14:09.590><c> less</c><00:14:10.710><c> than</c><00:14:11.769><c> total</c><00:14:12.629><c> allegiance.</c>

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So,<00:14:15.590><c> whosoever</c><00:14:15.950><c> therefore</c><00:14:16.330><c> will</c><00:14:16.549><c> be</c><00:14:16.789><c> a</c><00:14:16.970><c> friend</c><00:14:17.129><c> of</c><00:14:17.289><c> the</c><00:14:17.490><c> world</c>

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is<00:14:18.169><c> the</c><00:14:18.850><c> enemy</c><00:14:19.389><c> of</c><00:14:20.169><c> God.</c>

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You<00:14:22.149><c> see,</c><00:14:22.409><c> the</c><00:14:22.570><c> danger</c><00:14:22.909><c> lies</c><00:14:23.269><c> not</c><00:14:23.769><c> in</c><00:14:24.289><c> a</c><00:14:24.509><c> friendship</c><00:14:24.889><c> with</c><00:14:25.269><c> the</c>

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base<00:14:25.870><c> course</c><00:14:26.250><c> elements</c><00:14:26.750><c> of</c><00:14:27.049><c> the</c><00:14:27.289><c> world</c><00:14:27.590><c> with</c><00:14:27.850><c> their</c><00:14:28.149><c> drunken</c>

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disorderly<00:14:29.370><c> ways.</c>

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The<00:14:30.830><c> danger</c><00:14:31.190><c> lies</c><00:14:31.570><c> in</c><00:14:31.809><c> the</c><00:14:31.909><c> nature</c><00:14:32.190><c> and</c><00:14:32.330><c> tone</c><00:14:32.789><c> of</c><00:14:33.029><c> our</c><00:14:33.230><c> relationship</c><00:14:33.870><c> with</c><00:14:34.190><c> our</c><00:14:34.389><c> neighbours</c><00:14:34.769><c> and</c><00:14:34.990><c> with</c><00:14:35.250><c> people</c><00:14:35.450><c> at</c>

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work,<00:14:36.809><c> decent</c><00:14:37.210><c> and</c><00:14:37.509><c> pleasant</c><00:14:37.769><c> and</c><00:14:38.230><c> sociable</c><00:14:38.710><c> as</c><00:14:38.970><c> they</c><00:14:39.169><c> may</c><00:14:39.409><c> be.</c>

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God<00:14:39.909><c> is</c><00:14:40.169><c> not</c><00:14:40.350><c> at</c><00:14:40.590><c> the</c><00:14:40.809><c> forefront</c><00:14:41.129><c> of</c><00:14:41.450><c> their</c><00:14:41.710><c> minds</c><00:14:42.090><c> nor</c><00:14:42.750><c> does</c>

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he<00:14:43.129><c> govern</c><00:14:43.450><c> their</c><00:14:43.830><c> conduct.</c>

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And<00:14:45.750><c> his</c><00:14:46.009><c> eternal</c><00:14:47.470><c> life</c><00:14:48.690><c> offer</c><00:14:49.169><c> that</c><00:14:49.909><c> we</c><00:14:50.669><c> treasure</c><00:14:51.129><c> doesn't</c>

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appeal<00:14:52.190><c> to</c><00:14:52.350><c> them,</c><00:14:52.490><c> doesn't</c><00:14:52.710><c> interest</c><00:14:53.049><c> them</c><00:14:53.389><c> at</c><00:14:53.590><c> all.</c>

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They're<00:14:54.690><c> of</c><00:14:54.870><c> the</c><00:14:55.090><c> world,</c><00:14:55.350><c> they're</c><00:14:55.690><c> content</c><00:14:55.950><c> to</c><00:14:56.710><c> live</c><00:14:57.009><c> in</c><00:14:57.210><c> their</c><00:14:57.429><c> short</c><00:14:57.750><c>-lived</c><00:14:58.070><c> comfort</c><00:14:58.529><c> zone,</c><00:14:59.690><c> not</c>

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wishing<00:15:00.049><c> to</c><00:15:00.350><c> change</c><00:15:00.590><c> their</c><00:15:00.870><c> lifestyle</c><00:15:01.330><c> and</c><00:15:02.009><c> at</c><00:15:02.570><c> very</c><00:15:03.129><c> best</c><00:15:03.370><c> they'll</c><00:15:03.690><c> say,</c><00:15:04.129><c> well,</c><00:15:04.129><c> we'll</c><00:15:04.450><c> hear</c><00:15:04.590><c> the</c><00:15:04.889><c> gain</c><00:15:05.070><c> of</c>

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this<00:15:05.490><c> matter.</c>

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But<00:15:07.429><c> isn't</c><00:15:07.690><c> it</c><00:15:07.909><c> a</c><00:15:08.049><c> beautiful</c><00:15:08.370><c> thing</c><00:15:08.950><c> when</c><00:15:10.809><c> you</c><00:15:11.129><c> hear</c><00:15:11.330><c> people</c>

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from<00:15:12.110><c> the</c><00:15:12.370><c> world</c><00:15:12.549><c> and</c><00:15:12.809><c> from</c><00:15:13.049><c> the</c><00:15:13.289><c> workforce</c><00:15:13.850><c> saying</c><00:15:14.570><c> at</c><00:15:15.110><c> the</c>

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funeral<00:15:15.669><c> of</c><00:15:15.850><c> one</c><00:15:15.970><c> of</c><00:15:16.110><c> our</c><00:15:16.289><c> beloved</c><00:15:16.610><c> brethren,</c><00:15:17.470><c> I've</c><00:15:17.610><c> heard</c><00:15:17.830><c> comments</c><00:15:18.309><c> to</c>

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this<00:15:18.789><c> effect</c><00:15:19.129><c> this</c><00:15:19.870><c> week,</c>

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how<00:15:21.629><c> people</c><00:15:22.029><c> from</c><00:15:22.330><c> the</c><00:15:22.610><c> world,</c><00:15:23.049><c> speaking</c><00:15:23.509><c> of</c><00:15:24.110><c> one</c><00:15:24.330><c> that</c><00:15:24.570><c> we</c><00:15:24.870><c> are</c><00:15:24.970><c> allowing</c><00:15:25.169><c> to</c>

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rest<00:15:25.649><c> in</c><00:15:25.929><c> Christ,</c><00:15:27.169><c> speaking</c><00:15:27.490><c> so</c><00:15:28.190><c> eloquently</c><00:15:28.730><c> and</c><00:15:29.090><c> so</c><00:15:29.450><c> lovingly</c><00:15:30.470><c> of</c><00:15:30.769><c> a</c><00:15:30.970><c> man</c><00:15:31.149><c> of</c>

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God,<00:15:32.809><c> that's</c><00:15:33.350><c> powerful,</c><00:15:34.690><c> that</c><00:15:35.009><c> really</c><00:15:35.350><c> is</c><00:15:35.649><c> powerful.</c>

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So<00:15:38.549><c> we</c><00:15:38.850><c> will</c><00:15:39.090><c> not</c><00:15:39.470><c> seek</c><00:15:40.090><c> the</c><00:15:40.909><c> friendship</c><00:15:41.370><c> of</c><00:15:41.690><c> the</c><00:15:41.990><c> world</c><00:15:42.269><c> in</c>

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this<00:15:42.970><c> sense.</c>

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We'll<00:15:43.450><c> not</c><00:15:43.750><c> seek</c><00:15:43.950><c> the</c><00:15:44.230><c> friendship</c><00:15:44.529><c> of</c><00:15:44.730><c> the</c><00:15:44.909><c> world</c><00:15:45.110><c> nor</c><00:15:45.429><c> adopt</c>

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their<00:15:46.250><c> speech</c><00:15:46.590><c> nor</c><00:15:47.830><c> their</c><00:15:48.529><c> social</c><00:15:49.070><c> habits</c><00:15:49.570><c> as</c><00:15:50.250><c> though</c><00:15:50.649><c> our</c><00:15:51.330><c> thoughts</c><00:15:51.769><c> and</c><00:15:52.309><c> our</c><00:15:52.730><c> principles</c><00:15:53.190><c> were</c><00:15:53.549><c> no</c>

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higher<00:15:54.509><c> and</c><00:15:54.970><c> no</c><00:15:55.230><c> deeper</c><00:15:55.549><c> than</c><00:15:55.889><c> theirs.</c>

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In<00:15:56.549><c> other</c><00:15:56.629><c> words,</c><00:15:56.750><c> we</c><00:15:56.889><c> don't</c><00:15:57.049><c> come</c><00:15:57.370><c> down</c><00:15:58.090><c> and</c><00:15:58.750><c> mix</c><00:15:59.049><c> it</c><00:15:59.350><c> there</c>

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and<00:16:01.409><c> stay</c><00:16:01.710><c> there.</c>

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We<00:16:05.289><c> don't,</c><00:16:05.610><c> brethren</c><00:16:05.789><c> and</c><00:16:06.090><c> sisters,</c><00:16:06.330><c> put</c><00:16:06.529><c> the</c><00:16:06.830><c> truth</c><00:16:07.029><c> into</c>

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little<00:16:07.509><c> boxes</c><00:16:07.889><c> and</c><00:16:08.169><c> switch</c><00:16:08.429><c> from</c><00:16:08.809><c> Sunday</c><00:16:09.350><c> and</c><00:16:10.409><c> then</c><00:16:10.750><c> change.</c>

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Monday,<00:16:12.230><c> Tuesday,</c><00:16:12.669><c> Wednesday,</c><00:16:13.230><c> or</c><00:16:13.429><c> Wednesday</c><00:16:13.830><c> we</c><00:16:14.029><c> might</c><00:16:14.250><c> switch</c><00:16:14.549><c> back,</c><00:16:14.870><c> Wednesday</c><00:16:15.169><c> evening</c><00:16:15.509><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:15.889><c> class,</c><00:16:16.250><c> but</c><00:16:16.330><c> then</c><00:16:16.590><c> switch</c><00:16:16.809><c> back</c><00:16:17.070><c> again,</c><00:16:17.450><c> Thursday,</c><00:16:17.809><c> Friday,</c><00:16:18.269><c> Saturday</c><00:16:18.610><c> and</c>

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switch<00:16:19.509><c> back</c><00:16:19.789><c> again.</c>

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We're<00:16:20.710><c> not</c><00:16:21.009><c> like</c><00:16:21.429><c> that.</c>

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Our<00:16:24.850><c> mind</c><00:16:25.309><c> and</c><00:16:25.529><c> our</c><00:16:25.830><c> speech</c><00:16:26.169><c> and</c><00:16:26.429><c> our</c><00:16:26.669><c> demeanor</c><00:16:27.070><c> is</c><00:16:27.429><c> the</c><00:16:27.750><c> same.</c>

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Sunday<00:16:29.509><c> through</c><00:16:30.429><c> Sunday.</c>

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And<00:16:31.669><c> it's</c><00:16:31.809><c> one</c><00:16:31.990><c> of</c><00:16:32.090><c> those</c><00:16:32.389><c> delightful</c><00:16:33.129><c> American</c><00:16:33.870><c> expressions</c>

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24<00:16:36.370><c>-7.</c>

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You<00:16:40.230><c> see,</c><00:16:40.570><c> the</c><00:16:40.669><c> Lord</c><00:16:40.850><c> Jesus</c><00:16:41.330><c> Christ</c><00:16:41.830><c> was</c><00:16:42.870><c> wrongly</c><00:16:43.610><c> accused</c><00:16:44.049><c> of</c>

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eating<00:16:44.850><c> and</c><00:16:45.169><c> drinking</c><00:16:45.470><c> with</c><00:16:45.889><c> publicans</c><00:16:46.389><c> and</c><00:16:46.610><c> sinners.</c>

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He<00:16:48.129><c> was</c><00:16:48.309><c> not</c><00:16:48.509><c> aloof,</c><00:16:50.190><c> but</c><00:16:50.389><c> he</c><00:16:50.830><c> always</c><00:16:51.909><c> lifted</c><00:16:52.490><c> up</c><00:16:53.750><c> his</c><00:16:54.809><c> company</c>

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to<00:16:55.590><c> contemplate</c><00:16:56.289><c> the</c><00:16:56.429><c> wonderful</c><00:16:56.850><c> works</c><00:16:57.169><c> of</c><00:16:57.409><c> God.</c>

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When<00:16:58.490><c> people</c><00:16:58.769><c> were</c><00:16:58.990><c> talking</c><00:16:59.309><c> about</c><00:16:59.629><c> current</c><00:16:59.970><c> events</c><00:17:00.350><c> and</c><00:17:00.850><c> politics,</c><00:17:01.750><c> the</c>

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fall<00:17:01.950><c> of</c><00:17:02.230><c> the</c><00:17:02.389><c> Tower</c><00:17:02.610><c> of</c><00:17:02.850><c> Siloam,</c><00:17:05.170><c> what</c><00:17:05.329><c> was</c><00:17:05.589><c> his</c><00:17:05.930><c> immediate</c><00:17:06.410><c> response?</c>

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Except,<00:17:09.890><c> you</c><00:17:09.910><c> repent.</c><00:17:11.690><c> You</c><00:17:11.910><c> shall</c><00:17:12.130><c> all</c><00:17:12.329><c> likewise</c><00:17:12.750><c> perish.</c>

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You<00:17:14.549><c> know,</c><00:17:15.369><c> Brother</c><00:17:15.430><c> Robert</c><00:17:15.730><c> Roberts</c><00:17:15.970><c> was</c><00:17:16.230><c> well</c><00:17:16.529><c> known</c><00:17:16.670><c> for</c><00:17:16.910><c> his</c><00:17:17.170><c> knack</c><00:17:17.410><c> of</c><00:17:17.609><c> turning</c><00:17:17.970><c> a</c>

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casual<00:17:18.589><c> conversation</c><00:17:19.210><c> in</c><00:17:19.369><c> two</c><00:17:19.569><c> or</c><00:17:19.730><c> three</c><00:17:19.930><c> comments</c><00:17:20.470><c> to</c><00:17:21.130><c> some</c>

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application<00:17:22.430><c> of</c><00:17:22.670><c> the</c><00:17:22.829><c> Word</c><00:17:23.009><c> of</c><00:17:23.230><c> God.</c>

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Many<00:17:26.029><c> conversations</c><00:17:26.730><c> faded</c><00:17:27.210><c> right</c><00:17:27.690><c> out</c><00:17:27.910><c> at</c><00:17:28.170><c> that</c><00:17:28.450><c> point,</c><00:17:29.430><c> but</c>

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he<00:17:29.990><c> tried.</c>

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A<00:17:32.589><c> few</c><00:17:33.349><c> led</c><00:17:33.789><c> to</c><00:17:34.269><c> lively</c><00:17:34.609><c> questions</c><00:17:35.329><c> and</c><00:17:37.589><c> some</c><00:17:38.230><c> answers</c><00:17:38.930><c> and</c>

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pursued<00:17:40.490><c> that</c><00:17:40.829><c> path</c><00:17:41.150><c> towards</c><00:17:41.549><c> the</c><00:17:41.809><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:17:43.089><c> I</c><00:17:43.250><c> don't</c><00:17:43.470><c> want</c><00:17:43.710><c> to</c><00:17:43.950><c> embarrass</c><00:17:44.630><c> Brother</c><00:17:45.170><c> Bob,</c><00:17:45.549><c> but</c><00:17:45.990><c> Brother</c><00:17:46.430><c> Bob</c><00:17:46.789><c> is</c>

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loved<00:17:47.789><c> and</c><00:17:48.990><c> highly</c><00:17:49.369><c> respected</c><00:17:49.910><c> worldwide</c>

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for<00:17:50.910><c> his</c><00:17:51.789><c> natural,</c><00:17:52.930><c> pleasant</c><00:17:54.069><c> ability</c><00:17:55.190><c> and</c><00:17:55.750><c> willingness</c><00:17:56.150><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:57.990><c> able</c><00:17:58.170><c> to</c><00:17:58.650><c> let</c><00:17:58.990><c> the</c><00:17:59.269><c> light</c><00:17:59.490><c> shine</c><00:18:00.170><c> before</c><00:18:00.809><c> men</c><00:18:01.309><c> in</c><00:18:02.609><c> a</c><00:18:02.609><c> bright</c>

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and<00:18:03.190><c> positive</c><00:18:03.549><c> and</c><00:18:03.809><c> a</c><00:18:04.029><c> caring,</c><00:18:04.390><c> genuine</c><00:18:04.769><c> manner.</c>

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It<00:18:05.230><c> comes</c><00:18:05.490><c> down</c><00:18:05.690><c> to</c><00:18:05.849><c> us</c><00:18:06.049><c> being</c><00:18:06.289><c> like</c><00:18:07.410><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:08.470><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.829><c> 2,</c><00:18:09.190><c> verse</c><00:18:09.809><c> 23,</c><00:18:10.670><c> called</c><00:18:10.970><c> the</c><00:18:11.150><c> friend</c><00:18:11.410><c> of</c>

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God,<00:18:12.230><c> a</c><00:18:12.509><c> stranger</c><00:18:12.950><c> and</c><00:18:13.509><c> a</c><00:18:13.730><c> sojourner,</c><00:18:14.329><c> known</c><00:18:14.490><c> as</c><00:18:14.710><c> a</c><00:18:14.869><c> Hebrew,</c>

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known<00:18:16.349><c> as</c><00:18:16.769><c> a</c><00:18:16.950><c> Hebrew,</c><00:18:17.690><c> had</c><00:18:17.910><c> 318</c><00:18:18.910><c> covenanted</c><00:18:19.609><c> servants</c><00:18:20.029><c> with</c><00:18:20.289><c> him.</c>

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A<00:18:23.170><c> stranger</c><00:18:23.430><c> and</c><00:18:23.630><c> a</c><00:18:23.769><c> sojourner,</c><00:18:24.710><c> the</c><00:18:24.789><c> one</c><00:18:24.869><c> who</c><00:18:25.109><c> crossed</c><00:18:25.369><c> over</c>

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and<00:18:26.210><c> left</c><00:18:26.470><c> behind</c><00:18:27.049><c> a</c><00:18:27.250><c> land</c><00:18:27.509><c> full</c><00:18:27.750><c> of</c><00:18:27.990><c> idols,</c><00:18:28.990><c> desiring</c><00:18:29.430><c> a</c>

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better<00:18:29.890><c> country.</c>

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As<00:18:31.930><c> a</c><00:18:32.089><c> pilgrim,</c><00:18:32.569><c> he</c><00:18:32.710><c> was</c><00:18:32.950><c> focused</c><00:18:33.509><c> on</c><00:18:34.150><c> that</c><00:18:34.430><c> inheritance</c><00:18:35.029><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:36.470><c> land.</c>

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So<00:18:38.150><c> it</c><00:18:38.269><c> really</c><00:18:38.410><c> comes</c><00:18:38.630><c> down</c><00:18:38.829><c> to</c><00:18:38.950><c> this,</c><00:18:39.289><c> doesn't</c><00:18:39.309><c> it,</c><00:18:39.470><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:39.829><c> sisters,</c><00:18:40.009><c> that</c><00:18:40.210><c> when</c><00:18:40.410><c> we're</c><00:18:40.849><c> called</c><00:18:41.089><c> away,</c><00:18:42.230><c> as</c><00:18:42.529><c> we</c><00:18:42.750><c> will</c>

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all<00:18:43.289><c> be</c><00:18:43.529><c> called</c><00:18:43.730><c> away</c><00:18:44.069><c> soon,</c>

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when<00:18:45.549><c> we're</c><00:18:45.809><c> called</c><00:18:46.069><c> away,</c><00:18:46.710><c> shall</c><00:18:46.849><c> we</c><00:18:47.269><c> leave</c><00:18:47.549><c> all</c><00:18:47.970><c> behind</c><00:18:48.450><c> us</c>

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with<00:18:50.369><c> no</c><00:18:51.329><c> regrets?</c>

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Or<00:18:54.750><c> would</c><00:18:55.069><c> we</c><00:18:55.349><c> wish</c><00:18:55.650><c> for</c><00:18:55.970><c> just</c><00:18:56.670><c> a</c><00:18:57.150><c> little</c><00:18:57.410><c> bit</c><00:18:57.730><c> more</c><00:18:58.029><c> time,</c><00:18:58.390><c> because</c><00:18:58.809><c> there's</c><00:18:59.069><c> really</c><00:18:59.470><c> this</c><00:18:59.769><c> and</c>

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that<00:19:00.190><c> that</c><00:19:00.349><c> I</c><00:19:00.630><c> really</c><00:19:00.970><c> want</c><00:19:01.130><c> to</c><00:19:01.329><c> do,</c>

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to<00:19:03.589><c> enjoy</c><00:19:03.910><c> what</c><00:19:04.369><c> this</c><00:19:05.029><c> life</c><00:19:05.609><c> has</c><00:19:06.130><c> to</c><00:19:06.450><c> offer.</c>

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Do<00:19:08.390><c> we</c><00:19:08.509><c> really</c><00:19:08.829><c> believe</c><00:19:09.410><c> that</c><00:19:09.769><c> all</c><00:19:10.210><c> this</c><00:19:10.630><c> world,</c><00:19:12.329><c> all</c><00:19:12.569><c> that</c><00:19:12.710><c> is</c>

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in<00:19:12.930><c> this</c><00:19:13.230><c> world</c><00:19:13.430><c> is</c><00:19:13.710><c> the</c><00:19:14.049><c> kingdom</c><00:19:14.390><c> of</c><00:19:14.789><c> men,</c>

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which<00:19:17.049><c> soon</c><00:19:17.569><c> will</c><00:19:17.849><c> be</c><00:19:18.130><c> broken</c><00:19:18.430><c> to</c><00:19:18.789><c> pieces,</c><00:19:19.210><c> as</c><00:19:19.470><c> we</c><00:19:19.789><c> said</c><00:19:19.910><c> in</c><00:19:20.269><c> our</c><00:19:21.970><c> Q</c>

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&A<00:19:23.230><c> session</c><00:19:23.549><c> yesterday,</c><00:19:24.650><c> the</c><00:19:24.869><c> twin</c><00:19:25.150><c> towers</c><00:19:25.490><c> falling,</c>

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all<00:19:26.849><c> of</c><00:19:27.009><c> that</c><00:19:27.349><c> massive</c><00:19:27.910><c> structure</c><00:19:28.529><c> broken</c><00:19:29.490><c> to</c><00:19:29.769><c> pieces</c><00:19:30.029><c> and</c><00:19:30.309><c> broken</c><00:19:30.569><c> to</c>

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powder,<00:19:32.930><c> reduced</c><00:19:33.450><c> to</c><00:19:33.970><c> powder.</c>

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That's<00:19:36.309><c> the</c><00:19:36.609><c> kingdom</c><00:19:36.890><c> of</c><00:19:37.250><c> men.</c><00:19:37.549><c> It's</c><00:19:37.670><c> going</c><00:19:37.730><c> to</c><00:19:37.809><c> be</c><00:19:38.089><c> reduced</c>

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to<00:19:38.490><c> that</c><00:19:38.809><c> very</c><00:19:39.369><c> fine</c><00:19:39.789><c> powder,</c><00:19:40.690><c> blowing</c><00:19:41.029><c> away</c><00:19:41.509><c> and</c><00:19:41.910><c> blowing</c><00:19:42.210><c> like</c><00:19:42.829><c> the</c><00:19:43.210><c> chaff</c><00:19:43.410><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:43.789><c> summer</c><00:19:44.049><c> threshing</c><00:19:44.450><c> floor.</c>

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That's<00:19:44.869><c> what</c><00:19:44.990><c> it's</c><00:19:45.230><c> going</c><00:19:45.329><c> to</c><00:19:45.450><c> be</c><00:19:45.609><c> reduced</c><00:19:46.029><c> to.</c><00:19:48.529><c> That's</c><00:19:49.009><c> our</c>

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present<00:19:49.849><c> world.</c>

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So<00:19:51.910><c> do</c><00:19:52.029><c> we</c><00:19:52.190><c> sympathise?</c><00:19:53.470><c> Do</c><00:19:53.569><c> we</c><00:19:53.769><c> really</c><00:19:54.049><c> sympathise</c><00:19:54.589><c> with</c><00:19:54.809><c> God's</c><00:19:55.430><c> assessment</c><00:19:55.750><c> of</c>

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this<00:19:56.349><c> world?</c>

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You<00:19:58.269><c> know,</c><00:19:58.609><c> Christ</c><00:19:58.869><c> gives</c><00:19:59.289><c> a</c><00:19:59.829><c> very</c><00:20:00.589><c> telling</c><00:20:01.029><c> assessment</c><00:20:01.670><c> of</c>

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our<00:20:02.130><c> world.</c><00:20:02.309><c> You</c><00:20:02.430><c> know</c><00:20:02.509><c> what</c><00:20:02.650><c> it</c><00:20:02.809><c> is?</c>

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He<00:20:03.809><c> compares</c><00:20:04.150><c> this</c><00:20:04.569><c> world</c><00:20:04.789><c> to</c><00:20:05.190><c> the</c><00:20:05.390><c> days</c><00:20:05.809><c> of</c><00:20:06.430><c> Noah</c><00:20:06.710><c> and</c><00:20:07.710><c> the</c><00:20:07.890><c> days</c><00:20:08.150><c> of</c><00:20:08.430><c> Lot.</c>

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But<00:20:11.390><c> remarkably,</c><00:20:12.170><c> brothers</c><00:20:12.250><c> and</c><00:20:12.410><c> sisters,</c><00:20:12.670><c> when</c><00:20:12.930><c> he's</c><00:20:13.970><c> talking</c><00:20:14.289><c> about</c>

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those<00:20:15.009><c> days,</c><00:20:15.309><c> particularly</c><00:20:15.670><c> Noah's</c><00:20:16.130><c> day,</c>

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he<00:20:16.390><c> doesn't</c><00:20:16.750><c> talk</c><00:20:17.109><c> about</c><00:20:17.450><c> the</c><00:20:17.809><c> violence</c><00:20:18.190><c> and</c><00:20:18.410><c> the</c><00:20:18.769><c> corruption</c>

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of<00:20:19.390><c> those</c><00:20:19.710><c> times.</c>

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The<00:20:20.789><c> point</c><00:20:20.930><c> that</c><00:20:21.109><c> he</c><00:20:21.349><c> singles</c><00:20:21.650><c> out</c><00:20:22.029><c> for</c><00:20:22.390><c> us</c><00:20:22.910><c> twice</c><00:20:23.509><c> is,</c><00:20:25.509><c> when</c>

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he<00:20:25.789><c> says,</c><00:20:26.230><c> even</c><00:20:26.269><c> so</c><00:20:26.589><c> shall</c><00:20:26.789><c> it</c><00:20:27.009><c> be,</c>

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when<00:20:27.609><c> the</c><00:20:27.789><c> Son</c><00:20:27.910><c> of</c><00:20:28.089><c> Man</c><00:20:28.210><c> is</c><00:20:28.490><c> revealed,</c><00:20:29.049><c> he</c><00:20:29.750><c> singles</c><00:20:30.150><c> out</c><00:20:30.509><c> not</c>

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so<00:20:30.970><c> much</c><00:20:31.150><c> the</c><00:20:31.450><c> violence</c><00:20:31.730><c> and</c><00:20:31.890><c> the</c><00:20:32.150><c> corruption,</c>

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but<00:20:32.509><c> he</c><00:20:32.769><c> says,</c><00:20:34.809><c> remember</c><00:20:35.690><c> Lot's</c><00:20:36.849><c> wife.</c>

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That's<00:20:40.950><c> the</c><00:20:41.130><c> danger.</c><00:20:43.490><c> That</c><00:20:44.049><c> magnetic</c><00:20:44.930><c> attraction,</c><00:20:45.869><c> that</c><00:20:46.349><c> pull</c><00:20:46.890><c> back</c><00:20:47.869><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:48.950><c> cities</c><00:20:49.269><c> of</c><00:20:49.549><c> the</c><00:20:49.829><c> plain</c><00:20:50.329><c> with</c><00:20:51.430><c> all</c><00:20:51.890><c> of</c><00:20:52.150><c> their</c><00:20:52.809><c> immorality.</c>

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So<00:20:57.250><c> verses</c><00:20:57.549><c> five</c><00:20:57.890><c> to</c><00:20:58.049><c> six,</c><00:20:58.750><c> there's</c><00:20:58.910><c> a</c><00:20:59.069><c> scriptural</c><00:20:59.470><c> warning</c>

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here.<00:21:00.049><c> Do</c><00:21:00.210><c> you</c><00:21:00.309><c> think</c><00:21:00.529><c> that</c><00:21:00.690><c> the</c><00:21:00.890><c> scripture</c><00:21:01.329><c> saith</c><00:21:01.950><c> in</c><00:21:02.369><c> vain?</c>

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I<00:21:03.569><c> think</c><00:21:03.710><c> we</c><00:21:03.890><c> need</c><00:21:04.069><c> to</c><00:21:04.269><c> pause</c><00:21:04.450><c> here</c><00:21:04.630><c> and</c><00:21:04.789><c> just</c><00:21:05.250><c> pick</c><00:21:05.390><c> up</c><00:21:05.509><c> the</c>

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context<00:21:06.150><c> here.</c>

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To<00:21:06.890><c> better</c><00:21:07.069><c> understand</c><00:21:07.490><c> verse</c><00:21:07.769><c> five,</c><00:21:08.210><c> we</c><00:21:08.309><c> really</c><00:21:08.569><c> need</c><00:21:08.970><c> to</c><00:21:09.490><c> link</c><00:21:09.670><c> it</c>

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to<00:21:10.150><c> the</c><00:21:10.430><c> context.</c>

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The<00:21:12.069><c> preceding</c><00:21:12.470><c> verses</c><00:21:12.829><c> emphasise</c><00:21:14.130><c> our</c><00:21:14.910><c> fidelity</c><00:21:15.609><c> to</c><00:21:16.309><c> God,</c>

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our<00:21:18.809><c> loyalty</c><00:21:19.230><c> to</c><00:21:19.789><c> God's</c><00:21:20.329><c> calling.</c>

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James<00:21:21.769><c> says</c><00:21:22.069><c> that</c><00:21:22.250><c> the</c><00:21:22.450><c> scriptures,</c><00:21:23.029><c> that</c><00:21:23.269><c> is</c><00:21:23.529><c> the</c><00:21:23.690><c> scriptures</c><00:21:23.950><c> generally,</c><00:21:25.869><c> stress</c><00:21:26.170><c> the</c><00:21:26.549><c> grace</c><00:21:27.049><c> of</c>

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God<00:21:28.009><c> in</c><00:21:28.609><c> first</c><00:21:29.089><c> calling</c><00:21:29.609><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:21:30.450><c> then</c><00:21:30.730><c> through</c><00:21:30.869><c> therefore</c><00:21:31.470><c> we</c><00:21:32.230><c> as</c><00:21:32.529><c> Gentiles</c><00:21:33.130><c> to</c><00:21:33.730><c> belong</c><00:21:33.950><c> unto</c><00:21:34.230><c> Him</c><00:21:34.849><c> as</c><00:21:35.569><c> a</c>

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called<00:21:36.250><c> out</c><00:21:36.470><c> treasure.</c>

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So<00:21:39.130><c> Yahweh,</c><00:21:40.230><c> as</c><00:21:40.809><c> a</c><00:21:41.089><c> husband,</c><00:21:43.569><c> is</c><00:21:43.789><c> very</c><00:21:44.170><c> jealous</c><00:21:44.990><c> over</c><00:21:46.069><c> His</c><00:21:46.369><c> calling</c><00:21:46.910><c> upon</c><00:21:48.049><c> Israel</c><00:21:48.549><c> and</c>

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upon<00:21:49.069><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:49.490><c> a</c><00:21:49.549><c> lot</c><00:21:49.750><c> of</c><00:21:50.009><c> passages</c><00:21:50.309><c> which</c><00:21:50.710><c> speak</c><00:21:51.009><c> about</c><00:21:51.450><c> Yahweh's</c><00:21:52.069><c> jealousy.</c>

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So<00:21:55.630><c> brothers</c><00:21:55.750><c> and</c><00:21:55.970><c> sisters,</c><00:21:56.150><c> we</c><00:21:56.589><c> have</c><00:21:56.950><c> been</c><00:21:57.529><c> espoused</c><00:21:59.210><c> to</c><00:22:00.930><c> one</c>

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husband<00:22:01.750><c> and</c><00:22:02.470><c> we</c><00:22:02.950><c> love</c><00:22:03.490><c> our</c><00:22:03.990><c> Lord</c><00:22:04.490><c> very</c><00:22:05.130><c> dearly</c>

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and<00:22:05.670><c> we</c><00:22:05.869><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:06.089><c> do</c><00:22:06.410><c> anything,</c><00:22:06.789><c> would</c><00:22:06.950><c> we,</c><00:22:07.269><c> to</c><00:22:07.529><c> hurt</c><00:22:07.730><c> Him.</c>

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So<00:22:12.170><c> everything</c><00:22:12.809><c> is</c><00:22:13.150><c> being</c><00:22:13.490><c> done</c><00:22:14.029><c> by</c><00:22:14.569><c> Him</c><00:22:14.910><c> to</c><00:22:15.150><c> present</c><00:22:15.549><c> us</c><00:22:16.029><c> as</c><00:22:16.289><c> a</c>

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chaste<00:22:17.269><c> virgin</c><00:22:17.829><c> to</c><00:22:18.509><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:22:20.750><c> these</c><00:22:21.089><c> scriptures</c><00:22:21.529><c> do</c><00:22:21.789><c> not</c><00:22:21.990><c> speak</c><00:22:22.269><c> in</c><00:22:22.690><c> vain,</c><00:22:22.950><c> that</c><00:22:23.109><c> is</c><00:22:23.470><c> in</c>

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vain<00:22:23.829><c> on</c><00:22:24.089><c> God's</c><00:22:24.569><c> jealousy.</c>

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The<00:22:26.470><c> spirit</c><00:22:26.930><c> that</c><00:22:27.269><c> dwelleth</c><00:22:27.589><c> in</c><00:22:27.809><c> us</c><00:22:28.569><c> lasteth</c><00:22:29.309><c> to</c><00:22:29.970><c> envy.</c><00:22:30.529><c> That's</c><00:22:30.730><c> how</c>

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The<00:22:33.710><c> RSV</c><00:22:34.250><c> has,</c><00:22:34.869><c> he</c><00:22:34.970><c> yearns</c><00:22:35.750><c> jealously</c><00:22:36.529><c> over</c><00:22:37.009><c> the</c><00:22:37.430><c> spirit</c><00:22:37.750><c> which</c><00:22:38.009><c> he</c>

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has<00:22:38.369><c> made</c><00:22:38.650><c> to</c><00:22:38.930><c> dwell</c><00:22:39.069><c> in</c><00:22:39.190><c> us.</c>

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Weymouth<00:22:40.190><c> has,</c><00:22:40.990><c> the</c><00:22:41.109><c> spirit</c><00:22:41.470><c> which</c><00:22:41.670><c> he</c><00:22:41.829><c> has</c><00:22:42.130><c> caused</c><00:22:42.410><c> to</c><00:22:42.730><c> dwell</c>

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in<00:22:43.069><c> our</c><00:22:43.269><c> hearts</c><00:22:43.569><c> yearns</c><00:22:44.210><c> jealously</c><00:22:45.230><c> over</c><00:22:45.789><c> us.</c>

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The<00:22:46.309><c> NLV</c><00:22:46.829><c> has</c><00:22:47.049><c> something</c><00:22:47.390><c> similar,</c><00:22:48.150><c> the</c><00:22:48.369><c> spirit</c><00:22:48.710><c> he</c><00:22:49.109><c> caused</c>

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to<00:22:49.630><c> live</c><00:22:49.750><c> in</c><00:22:49.930><c> us</c><00:22:50.509><c> envies</c><00:22:52.130><c> intensely.</c>

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So<00:22:56.630><c> what</c><00:22:56.849><c> is</c><00:22:57.109><c> James</c><00:22:57.390><c> saying?</c><00:22:58.349><c> Remember</c><00:22:58.609><c> how</c><00:22:58.990><c> he</c><00:22:59.670><c> spoke</c><00:23:00.009><c> about</c>

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the<00:23:00.789><c> creative</c><00:23:01.230><c> work</c><00:23:01.529><c> of</c><00:23:01.769><c> God</c><00:23:02.029><c> that</c><00:23:02.349><c> through</c><00:23:02.549><c> His</c><00:23:02.890><c> spirit</c><00:23:03.150><c> word</c>

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He<00:23:03.750><c> has</c><00:23:03.970><c> formed</c><00:23:04.450><c> the</c><00:23:04.869><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:05.710><c> of</c><00:23:06.529><c> first</c><00:23:06.930><c> borns.</c>

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So<00:23:10.609><c> God</c><00:23:11.029><c> is</c><00:23:11.710><c> jealous</c><00:23:12.109><c> of</c><00:23:12.490><c> His</c><00:23:13.049><c> work</c><00:23:13.430><c> in</c><00:23:13.829><c> calling</c><00:23:14.250><c> us,</c><00:23:16.509><c> in</c><00:23:16.869><c> choosing</c><00:23:17.190><c> us</c><00:23:18.490><c> and</c><00:23:18.970><c> making</c><00:23:19.329><c> us</c>

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His<00:23:20.029><c> purchased</c><00:23:20.630><c> and</c><00:23:20.990><c> His</c><00:23:21.430><c> privileged</c><00:23:21.809><c> people.</c>

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Specially<00:23:24.049><c> and</c><00:23:24.730><c> called</c><00:23:25.049><c> and</c><00:23:25.390><c> chosen</c><00:23:25.769><c> by</c><00:23:26.109><c> the</c><00:23:26.369><c> God</c><00:23:26.569><c> of</c><00:23:26.809><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:23:28.990><c> will</c><00:23:29.170><c> the</c><00:23:29.430><c> love</c><00:23:29.650><c> that</c><00:23:30.109><c> empowered</c><00:23:30.670><c> that</c><00:23:31.190><c> calling</c><00:23:31.569><c> and</c><00:23:32.809><c> all</c>

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of<00:23:33.190><c> the</c><00:23:33.569><c> feelings</c><00:23:34.130><c> of</c><00:23:34.890><c> love</c><00:23:35.730><c> calling</c><00:23:36.930><c> upon</c><00:23:37.289><c> us</c><00:23:37.529><c> for</c><00:23:37.829><c> our</c><00:23:38.130><c> allegiance,</c>

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our<00:23:39.650><c> total</c><00:23:39.990><c> fidelity</c><00:23:40.529><c> to</c><00:23:40.849><c> that,</c><00:23:40.970><c> is</c><00:23:41.150><c> that</c><00:23:41.390><c> going</c><00:23:41.549><c> to</c><00:23:41.710><c> be</c><00:23:41.930><c> reciprocated</c><00:23:42.650><c> by</c><00:23:42.950><c> us?</c>

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You<00:23:46.250><c> see,</c><00:23:46.509><c> He</c><00:23:46.730><c> is</c><00:23:46.970><c> the</c><00:23:47.089><c> God</c><00:23:47.269><c> of</c><00:23:47.470><c> the</c><00:23:47.589><c> new</c><00:23:47.750><c> covenant</c><00:23:48.289><c> and</c><00:23:50.390><c> jealously,</c><00:23:52.490><c> jealously</c><00:23:53.490><c> regards</c><00:23:54.150><c> us</c><00:23:54.849><c> as</c>

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His<00:23:55.890><c> own.</c>

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He<00:23:58.349><c> has</c><00:23:58.589><c> a</c><00:23:58.750><c> very</c><00:23:59.269><c> tender</c><00:23:59.789><c> affection</c><00:24:00.490><c> for</c><00:24:00.769><c> those</c><00:24:01.150><c> who</c><00:24:02.289><c> humbly</c>

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come<00:24:03.210><c> in</c><00:24:03.549><c> love</c><00:24:03.849><c> and</c><00:24:04.130><c> due</c><00:24:04.369><c> reverence</c><00:24:05.430><c> to</c><00:24:06.170><c> rest</c><00:24:06.490><c> under</c><00:24:06.849><c> His</c>

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overshadowing<00:24:08.190><c> wings.</c>

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And<00:24:09.609><c> He</c><00:24:09.829><c> has</c><00:24:10.130><c> this</c><00:24:10.549><c> intense</c><00:24:11.349><c> feeling</c><00:24:11.789><c> of</c><00:24:12.269><c> jealousy</c><00:24:12.769><c> and</c><00:24:13.569><c> protection</c><00:24:14.170><c> for</c>

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His<00:24:14.769><c> own.</c>

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Verse<00:24:16.589><c> 6,</c><00:24:16.950><c> but</c><00:24:17.049><c> He</c><00:24:17.250><c> giveth</c><00:24:17.670><c> more</c><00:24:18.210><c> grace</c><00:24:18.609><c> and</c><00:24:18.789><c> God's</c><00:24:19.170><c> jealousy</c>

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will<00:24:19.849><c> rise</c><00:24:20.230><c> in</c><00:24:20.490><c> anger</c><00:24:21.230><c> against</c><00:24:22.150><c> those</c><00:24:22.910><c> of</c><00:24:23.309><c> His</c><00:24:23.569><c> own</c><00:24:23.769><c> who</c><00:24:24.150><c> choose</c><00:24:24.670><c> the</c>

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friendship<00:24:25.349><c> of</c><00:24:25.549><c> the</c><00:24:25.809><c> world.</c>

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But<00:24:26.710><c> He</c><00:24:27.869><c> will</c><00:24:28.109><c> give</c><00:24:28.410><c> more</c><00:24:28.890><c> grace</c><00:24:29.609><c> and</c><00:24:30.109><c> mercies</c><00:24:31.130><c> to</c><00:24:32.190><c> the</c><00:24:32.470><c> humble,</c><00:24:34.329><c> to</c><00:24:34.450><c> the</c>

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loving,<00:24:37.069><c> to</c><00:24:37.289><c> the</c><00:24:37.690><c> devout</c><00:24:38.529><c> bride</c><00:24:39.049><c> or</c><00:24:39.410><c> the</c><00:24:39.910><c> devout</c><00:24:40.430><c> son</c><00:24:41.529><c> and</c><00:24:41.849><c> daughter</c><00:24:42.089><c> who</c>

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treasure<00:24:43.890><c> that</c><00:24:44.230><c> calling.</c>

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Those<00:24:45.890><c> who</c><00:24:46.190><c> treasure</c><00:24:46.490><c> their</c><00:24:46.869><c> calling</c><00:24:47.190><c> as</c><00:24:47.730><c> true</c><00:24:48.210><c> sons</c><00:24:48.730><c> and</c><00:24:49.190><c> daughters.</c>

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Wherefore<00:24:51.369><c> He</c><00:24:51.670><c> saith</c><00:24:51.950><c> God,</c><00:24:52.329><c> resisteth</c><00:24:52.910><c> the</c><00:24:53.269><c> proud,</c><00:24:54.170><c> but</c><00:24:54.410><c> giveth</c><00:24:54.670><c> grace</c><00:24:55.130><c> under</c><00:24:55.329><c> the</c><00:24:55.529><c> humble.</c>

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You<00:24:58.769><c> know</c><00:24:58.910><c> the</c><00:24:59.789><c> Diagelot</c><00:25:00.190><c> has</c><00:25:00.650><c> its</c><00:25:01.289><c> sayeth.</c>

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So<00:25:03.450><c> what</c><00:25:03.849><c> we're</c><00:25:04.089><c> really</c><00:25:04.349><c> saying</c><00:25:04.569><c> here</c><00:25:04.869><c> is</c><00:25:05.109><c> linked</c><00:25:05.470><c> with</c><00:25:06.130><c> Proverbs</c><00:25:06.549><c> 3</c><00:25:07.170><c>.34,</c>

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also<00:25:08.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:09.329><c> 57</c><00:25:09.990><c>.15.</c>

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If<00:25:10.809><c> you'd</c><00:25:11.009><c> like</c><00:25:11.009><c> to</c><00:25:11.150><c> look</c><00:25:11.269><c> up</c><00:25:11.390><c> those</c><00:25:11.650><c> passages</c><00:25:12.049><c> you'll</c><00:25:12.349><c> see</c><00:25:12.509><c> how</c><00:25:13.049><c> these</c><00:25:13.410><c> scriptures</c><00:25:13.869><c> link</c><00:25:14.289><c> through</c><00:25:14.609><c> to</c>

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this<00:25:15.230><c> comment.</c>

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The<00:25:16.710><c> potter,</c><00:25:17.829><c> the</c><00:25:18.230><c> potter,</c><00:25:18.769><c> brothers</c><00:25:18.890><c> and</c><00:25:19.109><c> sisters,</c><00:25:20.210><c> can</c>

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only<00:25:21.549><c> reject</c><00:25:22.670><c> unmalleable</c><00:25:24.009><c> clay.</c>

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The<00:25:25.730><c> Greek</c><00:25:25.970><c> word</c><00:25:26.450><c> for</c><00:25:26.990><c> resisteth</c><00:25:27.609><c> is</c><00:25:28.069><c> a</c><00:25:28.450><c> military</c><00:25:28.910><c> term</c><00:25:29.710><c> that</c>

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is<00:25:30.829><c> signifying</c><00:25:31.690><c> a</c><00:25:32.170><c> ranging</c><00:25:32.670><c> in</c><00:25:33.369><c> battle</c><00:25:33.910><c> against</c><00:25:34.910><c> the</c><00:25:36.049><c> proud</c>

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and<00:25:36.869><c> rebellious</c><00:25:37.309><c> like</c><00:25:38.029><c> Pharaoh</c><00:25:38.529><c> until</c><00:25:39.390><c> they</c><00:25:39.690><c> were</c><00:25:39.930><c> destroyed</c>

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in<00:25:40.829><c> their</c><00:25:41.049><c> own</c><00:25:41.329><c> folly.</c>

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So<00:25:42.890><c> for</c><00:25:43.109><c> those</c><00:25:43.529><c> whose</c><00:25:43.789><c> allegiance</c><00:25:44.250><c> has</c><00:25:44.589><c> swung</c><00:25:44.829><c> over</c><00:25:45.049><c> to</c><00:25:45.230><c> the</c>

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world,<00:25:47.849><c> for</c><00:25:47.950><c> those</c><00:25:48.210><c> unfortunately</c><00:25:48.869><c> whose</c><00:25:49.289><c> allegiance</c><00:25:49.769><c> has</c>

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swung<00:25:50.670><c> right</c><00:25:50.970><c> over</c><00:25:51.349><c> to</c><00:25:51.549><c> the</c><00:25:51.750><c> allegiance</c><00:25:52.109><c> with</c><00:25:52.329><c> the</c><00:25:52.549><c> world,</c>

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their<00:25:55.529><c> hardness</c><00:25:56.150><c> and</c><00:25:56.690><c> impenitent</c><00:25:57.509><c> heart,</c><00:25:58.130><c> Paul</c><00:25:58.430><c> says,</c><00:25:59.170><c> treasure</c><00:25:59.589><c> up</c><00:26:00.250><c> unto</c><00:26:00.490><c> thyself</c><00:26:01.130><c> wrath</c><00:26:01.569><c> against</c><00:26:02.809><c> the</c><00:26:03.150><c> day</c><00:26:03.289><c> of</c>

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wrath<00:26:04.109><c> and</c><00:26:04.990><c> revelation</c><00:26:05.450><c> of</c><00:26:05.650><c> the</c><00:26:05.789><c> righteous</c><00:26:06.109><c> judgment</c><00:26:06.470><c> of</c><00:26:06.710><c> God.</c>

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So<00:26:07.730><c> pride,</c><00:26:09.369><c> pride,</c><00:26:10.069><c> I</c><00:26:10.150><c> mean</c><00:26:10.269><c> it's</c><00:26:10.410><c> such</c><00:26:10.569><c> a</c><00:26:10.849><c> simple</c><00:26:11.230><c> proverb</c><00:26:11.509><c> isn't</c><00:26:11.769><c> it,</c><00:26:11.970><c> but</c><00:26:12.170><c> pride</c><00:26:12.509><c> does</c><00:26:12.869><c> go</c>

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before<00:26:13.630><c> destruction.</c>

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But<00:26:15.309><c> to</c><00:26:15.569><c> those</c><00:26:15.890><c> who</c><00:26:16.170><c> out</c><00:26:16.309><c> of</c><00:26:16.529><c> love</c><00:26:16.750><c> and</c><00:26:17.069><c> fidelity</c><00:26:17.670><c> to</c><00:26:18.009><c> God</c><00:26:18.289><c> commit</c><00:26:19.329><c> their</c><00:26:19.769><c> lives</c><00:26:20.069><c> unto</c>

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Him<00:26:20.609><c> in</c><00:26:20.950><c> well</c><00:26:21.230><c>-doing,</c><00:26:22.809><c> in</c><00:26:22.990><c> all</c><00:26:23.430><c> humility,</c><00:26:25.789><c> as</c><00:26:26.170><c> loving</c><00:26:26.509><c> children,</c><00:26:27.630><c> as</c><00:26:27.869><c> unto</c>

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a<00:26:28.369><c> faithful</c><00:26:28.809><c> creator,</c><00:26:29.369><c> they</c><00:26:29.849><c> will</c><00:26:30.650><c> receive</c><00:26:31.349><c> and</c><00:26:31.750><c> we</c><00:26:32.049><c> know</c><00:26:32.250><c> it.</c>

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We<00:26:33.970><c> can</c><00:26:34.250><c> speak</c><00:26:34.529><c> from</c><00:26:34.890><c> experience</c><00:26:35.470><c> and</c><00:26:35.690><c> we</c><00:26:35.849><c> have</c><00:26:36.049><c> received</c><00:26:36.630><c> that</c><00:26:36.990><c> grace</c><00:26:37.630><c> and</c>

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that<00:26:39.450><c> wonderful</c><00:26:39.910><c> peace</c><00:26:40.250><c> of</c><00:26:40.509><c> mind.</c>

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So<00:26:43.710><c> from</c><00:26:43.910><c> verses</c><00:26:44.269><c> seven</c><00:26:44.589><c> to</c><00:26:44.769><c> ten</c><00:26:45.009><c> we</c><00:26:45.309><c> have</c><00:26:45.670><c> the</c><00:26:46.029><c> only</c><00:26:46.630><c> cure</c><00:26:47.230><c> for</c>

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what<00:26:48.730><c> he</c><00:26:48.990><c> has</c><00:26:50.369><c> so</c><00:26:50.789><c> in</c><00:26:51.130><c> such</c><00:26:51.369><c> a</c><00:26:51.650><c> severe</c><00:26:51.970><c> way</c><00:26:52.569><c> demonstrated</c><00:26:53.170><c> with</c><00:26:53.509><c> them.</c>

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Submit<00:26:54.789><c> yourselves</c><00:26:55.309><c> therefore</c><00:26:55.730><c> to</c><00:26:55.990><c> God,</c><00:26:56.269><c> resist</c><00:26:56.710><c> the</c><00:26:56.930><c> devil</c>

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and<00:26:57.289><c> he</c><00:26:57.470><c> will</c><00:26:57.829><c> flee</c><00:26:58.130><c> from</c><00:26:58.450><c> you.</c>

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Submit,<00:26:59.890><c> this</c><00:27:00.130><c> is</c><00:27:00.309><c> one</c><00:27:00.490><c> of</c><00:27:00.549><c> those</c><00:27:00.890><c> delightful</c><00:27:01.690><c> Greek</c><00:27:02.130><c> words,</c>

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it's<00:27:03.569><c> one</c><00:27:03.690><c> of</c><00:27:03.750><c> my</c><00:27:04.109><c> favorites,</c><00:27:05.730><c> submit.</c>

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It's<00:27:06.609><c> a</c><00:27:06.809><c> military</c><00:27:07.170><c> term</c><00:27:07.529><c> which</c><00:27:07.849><c> means</c><00:27:08.369><c> a</c><00:27:08.970><c> ranking</c><00:27:09.589><c> under,</c><00:27:12.390><c> of</c>

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lower<00:27:13.109><c> rank.</c>

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This<00:27:16.529><c> passage</c><00:27:17.069><c> is</c><00:27:17.410><c> remarkably</c><00:27:17.890><c> similar</c><00:27:18.309><c> to</c><00:27:18.569><c> 1</c><00:27:18.789><c> Peter</c><00:27:19.049><c> 5</c><00:27:19.589><c> verses</c><00:27:19.910><c> 5</c><00:27:20.329><c> to</c>

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9,<00:27:20.789><c> it's</c><00:27:20.970><c> a</c><00:27:21.130><c> common</c><00:27:21.329><c> message.</c>

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So<00:27:23.190><c> a</c><00:27:23.589><c> submission</c><00:27:24.069><c> to</c><00:27:24.410><c> God,</c><00:27:24.750><c> brethren</c><00:27:24.829><c> and</c><00:27:24.990><c> sisters,</c><00:27:27.309><c> which</c><00:27:27.450><c> is</c><00:27:27.569><c> so</c><00:27:27.869><c> foreign</c><00:27:28.069><c> to</c><00:27:28.289><c> the</c><00:27:28.490><c> flesh,</c><00:27:30.029><c> a</c>

00:27:30.250 --> 00:27:35.009
submission<00:27:30.589><c> to</c><00:27:30.930><c> God</c><00:27:31.130><c> is</c><00:27:31.430><c> not</c><00:27:31.890><c> and</c><00:27:32.369><c> never</c><00:27:32.690><c> is</c><00:27:33.349><c> a</c><00:27:33.690><c> sign</c><00:27:33.890><c> of</c><00:27:34.130><c> weakness.</c>

00:27:35.690 --> 00:27:40.670
It's<00:27:36.329><c> out</c><00:27:36.410><c> of</c><00:27:36.529><c> a</c><00:27:36.950><c> strong</c><00:27:37.309><c> belief</c><00:27:37.769><c> in</c><00:27:38.029><c> the</c><00:27:38.430><c> superintendents</c><00:27:39.549><c> of</c>

00:27:40.670 --> 00:27:42.430
God<00:27:41.250><c> over</c><00:27:41.789><c> our</c><00:27:42.049><c> lives.</c>

00:27:42.430 --> 00:27:45.210
It<00:27:42.869><c> is</c><00:27:43.109><c> in</c><00:27:43.269><c> the</c><00:27:43.490><c> conviction</c><00:27:43.750><c> that</c><00:27:44.009><c> all</c><00:27:44.250><c> things</c><00:27:44.549><c> work</c><00:27:44.849><c> together</c>

00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:50.210
for<00:27:45.470><c> good</c><00:27:45.630><c> to</c><00:27:45.809><c> those</c><00:27:46.250><c> who</c><00:27:47.029><c> love</c><00:27:47.490><c> God,</c><00:27:47.910><c> to</c><00:27:48.009><c> them</c><00:27:48.269><c> who</c><00:27:48.470><c> are</c><00:27:48.589><c> called</c><00:27:48.890><c> according</c><00:27:49.630><c> to</c>

00:27:50.210 --> 00:27:51.750
His<00:27:50.450><c> purpose.</c>

00:27:52.009 --> 00:27:55.809
And<00:27:52.190><c> if</c><00:27:52.309><c> God</c><00:27:52.529><c> be</c><00:27:52.789><c> for</c><00:27:52.970><c> us,</c><00:27:53.269><c> who</c><00:27:53.509><c> can</c><00:27:53.789><c> be</c><00:27:54.210><c> against</c><00:27:54.650><c> us?</c>

00:27:59.150 --> 00:28:05.910
But<00:27:59.569><c> the</c><00:27:59.849><c> flesh,</c><00:28:01.150><c> in</c><00:28:01.369><c> all</c><00:28:01.710><c> of</c><00:28:01.910><c> its</c><00:28:02.289><c> native</c><00:28:03.230><c> independence,</c><00:28:05.509><c> will</c><00:28:05.630><c> not</c>

00:28:05.910 --> 00:28:07.329
readily<00:28:06.349><c> submit.</c>

00:28:08.450 --> 00:28:15.549
So<00:28:09.210><c> on</c><00:28:09.970><c> the</c><00:28:10.430><c> one</c><00:28:10.650><c> hand</c><00:28:10.910><c> we</c><00:28:11.150><c> must</c><00:28:11.890><c> submit</c><00:28:12.549><c> to</c><00:28:12.829><c> God</c><00:28:13.289><c> and</c><00:28:14.809><c> on</c><00:28:15.430><c> the</c>

00:28:15.549 --> 00:28:19.869
other<00:28:15.769><c> hand</c><00:28:15.990><c> we</c><00:28:16.109><c> must</c><00:28:16.609><c> resist</c><00:28:17.269><c> and</c><00:28:17.910><c> stand</c><00:28:18.210><c> up</c><00:28:18.630><c> and</c><00:28:18.910><c> oppose</c><00:28:19.549><c> the</c>

00:28:19.869 --> 00:28:21.529
devil,<00:28:20.250><c> the</c><00:28:20.650><c> diabolos.</c>

00:28:22.549 --> 00:28:28.529
And<00:28:22.670><c> brethren</c><00:28:22.869><c> and</c><00:28:22.990><c> sisters,</c><00:28:25.450><c> the</c><00:28:25.630><c> false</c><00:28:26.009><c> accuser,</c><00:28:26.910><c> the</c><00:28:27.269><c> slanderer</c><00:28:28.130><c> is</c>

00:28:28.529 --> 00:28:33.650
there<00:28:29.450><c> right</c><00:28:30.430><c> at</c><00:28:30.670><c> our</c><00:28:30.869><c> shoulder,</c><00:28:31.990><c> right</c><00:28:32.269><c> there</c><00:28:32.470><c> in</c><00:28:32.710><c> our</c><00:28:32.910><c> hearts</c><00:28:33.250><c> all</c>

00:28:33.650 --> 00:28:34.329
the<00:28:33.849><c> time.</c>

00:28:34.329 --> 00:28:39.130
The<00:28:35.309><c> impulses</c><00:28:35.789><c> of</c><00:28:36.069><c> sin</c><00:28:36.250><c> in</c><00:28:36.609><c> all</c><00:28:36.869><c> its</c><00:28:37.190><c> various</c><00:28:37.789><c> guises.</c>

00:28:39.789 --> 00:28:43.130
So<00:28:39.970><c> sin,</c><00:28:40.490><c> John</c><00:28:40.849><c> writes,</c><00:28:41.549><c> is</c><00:28:41.730><c> the</c><00:28:42.049><c> transgression</c><00:28:42.529><c> of</c><00:28:42.750><c> the</c><00:28:42.890><c> law.</c>

00:28:43.309 --> 00:28:46.109
Sin<00:28:43.549><c> is</c><00:28:44.849><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:28:47.410 --> 00:28:50.769
And<00:28:47.630><c> that</c><00:28:48.009><c> lawless</c><00:28:48.549><c> spirit</c><00:28:48.930><c> that's</c><00:28:49.289><c> spoken</c><00:28:49.490><c> of</c><00:28:49.670><c> in</c><00:28:49.869><c> James</c><00:28:50.170><c> chapter</c><00:28:50.470><c> 4</c>

00:28:50.769 --> 00:28:54.569
must<00:28:51.009><c> be</c><00:28:51.309><c> controlled</c><00:28:51.849><c> in</c><00:28:52.289><c> their</c><00:28:52.650><c> day</c><00:28:52.890><c> and</c><00:28:53.130><c> in</c><00:28:53.349><c> our</c><00:28:53.589><c> day.</c>

00:28:55.009 --> 00:28:59.410
Because<00:28:55.349><c> as</c><00:28:55.690><c> we</c><00:28:55.910><c> well</c><00:28:56.150><c> know,</c><00:28:56.349><c> there</c><00:28:56.569><c> is</c><00:28:56.970><c> that</c><00:28:57.569><c> lawless,</c><00:28:58.690><c> restless</c><00:28:58.690><c> spirit</c><00:28:59.190><c> in</c>

00:28:59.410 --> 00:29:00.470
the<00:28:59.589><c> world.</c>

00:29:01.210 --> 00:29:04.829
We<00:29:01.829><c> see</c><00:29:02.089><c> it</c><00:29:02.309><c> back</c><00:29:02.529><c> home</c><00:29:02.650><c> and</c><00:29:02.769><c> I</c><00:29:02.950><c> can't</c><00:29:03.269><c> speak</c><00:29:03.450><c> for</c><00:29:03.650><c> it</c><00:29:03.849><c> here,</c><00:29:04.009><c> but</c><00:29:04.349><c> there</c><00:29:04.589><c> is</c>

00:29:04.829 --> 00:29:06.150
that<00:29:05.069><c> spirit.</c>

00:29:07.349 --> 00:29:09.970
And<00:29:07.829><c> it</c><00:29:07.970><c> does</c><00:29:08.250><c> affect</c><00:29:08.589><c> us.</c>

00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:14.170
And<00:29:11.210><c> it</c><00:29:11.549><c> certainly</c><00:29:11.869><c> affects</c><00:29:12.609><c> our</c><00:29:13.049><c> young</c><00:29:13.230><c> people.</c>

00:29:15.430 --> 00:29:17.930
The<00:29:15.630><c> young,</c><00:29:16.130><c> the</c><00:29:16.349><c> worldly</c><00:29:16.650><c> wise.</c>

00:29:19.329 --> 00:29:26.089
I<00:29:19.730><c> often</c><00:29:19.910><c> say</c><00:29:20.210><c> to</c><00:29:20.890><c> parents</c><00:29:21.390><c> with</c><00:29:21.609><c> the</c><00:29:21.730><c> little</c><00:29:21.869><c> ones,</c><00:29:23.509><c> keep</c><00:29:23.829><c> them</c><00:29:24.930><c> as</c>

00:29:26.089 --> 00:29:29.549
young<00:29:26.650><c> as</c><00:29:26.849><c> you</c><00:29:27.069><c> can,</c><00:29:27.789><c> as</c><00:29:28.130><c> long</c><00:29:28.269><c> as</c><00:29:28.490><c> you</c><00:29:28.670><c> can.</c>

00:29:30.430 --> 00:29:33.349
Before<00:29:31.029><c> they</c><00:29:31.329><c> grow</c><00:29:31.470><c> to</c><00:29:31.710><c> be</c><00:29:31.930><c> worldly</c><00:29:32.269><c> wise.</c>

00:29:34.109 --> 00:29:36.410
You<00:29:34.250><c> see,</c><00:29:34.349><c> this</c><00:29:34.589><c> is</c><00:29:34.849><c> a</c><00:29:34.970><c> warfare</c><00:29:35.269><c> of</c><00:29:35.569><c> faith.</c>

00:29:37.789 --> 00:29:41.869
And<00:29:37.930><c> we've</c><00:29:38.130><c> got</c><00:29:38.369><c> with</c><00:29:39.089><c> their</c><00:29:39.869><c> tender</c><00:29:40.329><c> tenderness,</c><00:29:41.630><c> the</c>

00:29:41.869 --> 00:29:44.549
young,<00:29:43.029><c> beautiful</c><00:29:43.549><c> spirit.</c>

00:29:45.410 --> 00:29:48.869
We've<00:29:45.630><c> also</c><00:29:45.890><c> got</c><00:29:46.269><c> to</c><00:29:46.509><c> give</c><00:29:46.650><c> them</c><00:29:47.009><c> the</c><00:29:47.549><c> equipment</c><00:29:47.849><c> to</c><00:29:48.230><c> handle</c>

00:29:48.869 --> 00:29:51.329
the<00:29:49.529><c> pressures</c><00:29:49.829><c> from</c><00:29:50.170><c> without</c><00:29:50.569><c> and</c><00:29:50.849><c> from</c><00:29:51.049><c> within.</c>

00:29:51.490 --> 00:29:52.910
So<00:29:51.609><c> it's</c><00:29:51.829><c> a</c><00:29:52.009><c> warfare</c><00:29:52.309><c> of</c><00:29:52.569><c> faith.</c>

00:29:53.369 --> 00:29:56.630
They<00:29:53.509><c> might</c><00:29:53.730><c> be</c><00:29:53.970><c> young,</c><00:29:55.190><c> but</c><00:29:55.509><c> they've</c><00:29:55.769><c> got</c><00:29:55.829><c> to</c><00:29:56.009><c> be</c><00:29:56.170><c> warriors</c>

00:29:56.630 --> 00:29:58.049
for<00:29:56.910><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:58.230 --> 00:30:01.849
As<00:29:58.890><c> Brother</c><00:29:59.170><c> Randy</c><00:29:59.490><c> has</c><00:29:59.710><c> been</c><00:29:59.950><c> mentioning</c><00:30:00.269><c> in</c><00:30:00.569><c> his</c><00:30:01.390><c> talks,</c>

00:30:01.910 --> 00:30:03.349
very<00:30:02.250><c> graphically.</c>

00:30:03.809 --> 00:30:05.730
So<00:30:03.910><c> it's</c><00:30:04.089><c> a</c><00:30:04.230><c> warfare</c><00:30:04.490><c> of</c><00:30:04.769><c> faith.</c>

00:30:06.430 --> 00:30:09.470
There<00:30:06.529><c> are</c><00:30:06.589><c> only</c><00:30:06.769><c> winners</c><00:30:07.329><c> and</c><00:30:08.309><c> losers.</c>

00:30:10.930 --> 00:30:15.509
The<00:30:11.589><c> overcomers</c><00:30:12.250><c> and</c><00:30:12.950><c> the</c><00:30:13.190><c> dominance</c><00:30:13.650><c> of</c><00:30:14.230><c> sin</c><00:30:14.529><c> will</c><00:30:14.910><c> tend</c><00:30:15.150><c> to</c>

00:30:15.509 --> 00:30:17.529
recede<00:30:16.250><c> for</c><00:30:16.630><c> a</c><00:30:16.809><c> moment.</c>

00:30:18.430 --> 00:30:22.529
The<00:30:18.670><c> battle</c><00:30:18.849><c> is</c><00:30:19.069><c> never,</c><00:30:19.630><c> never</c><00:30:20.609><c> really</c><00:30:21.069><c> over,</c><00:30:21.509><c> is</c><00:30:21.509><c> it?</c>

00:30:22.849 --> 00:30:26.089
So<00:30:23.049><c> resist</c><00:30:23.390><c> the</c><00:30:23.529><c> devil</c><00:30:23.950><c> and</c><00:30:24.650><c> he</c><00:30:24.829><c> will</c><00:30:25.069><c> flee</c><00:30:25.289><c> from</c><00:30:25.549><c> you.</c>

00:30:26.549 --> 00:30:29.130
And<00:30:27.009><c> then</c><00:30:27.150><c> that</c><00:30:27.490><c> beautiful</c><00:30:28.069><c> balance.</c>

00:30:29.410 --> 00:30:32.970
Draw<00:30:29.750><c> an</c><00:30:29.910><c> eye</c><00:30:30.029><c> to</c><00:30:30.269><c> God</c><00:30:30.690><c> and</c><00:30:31.730><c> he</c><00:30:32.049><c> will</c><00:30:32.230><c> draw</c><00:30:32.470><c> an</c><00:30:32.609><c> eye</c><00:30:32.690><c> to</c><00:30:32.890><c> you.</c>

00:30:33.049 --> 00:30:34.849
It's<00:30:33.170><c> almost</c><00:30:33.349><c> as</c><00:30:33.529><c> though</c><00:30:33.589><c> we</c><00:30:33.710><c> need</c><00:30:33.890><c> to</c><00:30:34.049><c> put</c><00:30:34.250><c> a</c><00:30:34.450><c> little</c><00:30:34.630><c> arrow</c>

00:30:34.849 --> 00:30:35.910
from<00:30:35.089><c> one</c><00:30:35.269><c> to</c><00:30:35.430><c> the</c><00:30:35.589><c> other.</c>

00:30:36.410 --> 00:30:37.589
Just<00:30:36.750><c> draw</c><00:30:37.089><c> them.</c>

00:30:37.809 --> 00:30:40.529
First<00:30:38.089><c> statement</c><00:30:38.410><c> followed</c><00:30:39.069><c> immediately</c><00:30:39.750><c> by</c><00:30:40.089><c> the</c><00:30:40.329><c> second.</c>

00:30:40.789 --> 00:30:42.970
Draw<00:30:41.069><c> an</c><00:30:41.269><c> eye</c><00:30:41.390><c> to</c><00:30:41.569><c> God</c><00:30:41.710><c> and</c><00:30:41.809><c> he</c><00:30:41.930><c> will</c><00:30:42.130><c> draw</c><00:30:42.369><c> an</c><00:30:42.529><c> eye</c><00:30:42.609><c> to</c><00:30:42.849><c> you.</c>

00:30:43.049 --> 00:30:47.349
So<00:30:43.289><c> James</c><00:30:43.549><c> is</c><00:30:43.849><c> here</c><00:30:44.549><c> reinforcing</c><00:30:45.150><c> this</c><00:30:45.750><c> fundamental</c><00:30:46.250><c> principle.</c>

00:30:47.930 --> 00:30:56.230
We<00:30:48.470><c> cannot</c><00:30:48.930><c> resist</c><00:30:49.750><c> sin</c><00:30:50.369><c> and</c><00:30:52.130><c> be</c><00:30:52.430><c> overcomers</c><00:30:53.329><c> in</c><00:30:54.769><c> our</c><00:30:55.009><c> own</c><00:30:55.289><c> strength.</c>

00:30:58.289 --> 00:30:59.970
We've<00:30:58.349><c> got</c><00:30:58.390><c> to</c><00:30:58.509><c> resist</c><00:30:58.769><c> the</c><00:30:58.950><c> devil.</c>

00:31:00.750 --> 00:31:03.390
But<00:31:00.869><c> you</c><00:31:01.029><c> do</c><00:31:01.230><c> that,</c><00:31:01.569><c> brothers</c><00:31:01.650><c> and</c><00:31:01.890><c> sisters,</c><00:31:02.509><c> by</c><00:31:02.809><c> drawing</c><00:31:03.250><c> an</c>

00:31:03.390 --> 00:31:04.569
eye<00:31:03.450><c> to</c><00:31:03.710><c> God.</c>

00:31:06.269 --> 00:31:10.410
So<00:31:06.650><c> when</c><00:31:06.809><c> we</c><00:31:07.190><c> turn,</c><00:31:07.609><c> or</c><00:31:07.890><c> if</c><00:31:08.109><c> you</c><00:31:08.250><c> like,</c><00:31:08.529><c> when</c><00:31:08.630><c> we</c><00:31:09.009><c> return</c><00:31:09.730><c> back</c>

00:31:10.410 --> 00:31:12.910
to<00:31:10.650><c> God,</c><00:31:11.250><c> he</c><00:31:11.430><c> will</c><00:31:11.630><c> turn</c><00:31:11.829><c> to</c><00:31:12.029><c> us.</c>

00:31:12.910 --> 00:31:16.809
And<00:31:13.390><c> brothers</c><00:31:13.569><c> and</c><00:31:13.970><c> sisters</c><00:31:14.029><c> and</c><00:31:14.329><c> young</c><00:31:14.529><c> people,</c><00:31:15.849><c> in</c><00:31:15.930><c> the</c><00:31:16.130><c> warfare</c><00:31:16.470><c> of</c>

00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:20.829
faith,<00:31:17.230><c> he</c><00:31:17.329><c> will</c><00:31:17.569><c> never,</c><00:31:18.049><c> ever</c><00:31:18.789><c> abandon</c><00:31:19.630><c> you.</c>

00:31:21.910 --> 00:31:24.930
He<00:31:22.069><c> will</c><00:31:22.190><c> never,</c><00:31:22.470><c> ever</c><00:31:22.730><c> leave</c><00:31:22.990><c> you</c><00:31:23.289><c> alone</c><00:31:23.549><c> on</c><00:31:23.710><c> the</c><00:31:23.890><c> battlefield.</c>

00:31:28.910 --> 00:31:30.509
So<00:31:29.349><c> he</c><00:31:29.549><c> will.</c>

00:31:30.910 --> 00:31:32.970
He<00:31:31.130><c> will</c><00:31:31.349><c> not</c><00:31:31.529><c> forsake</c><00:31:31.869><c> us.</c>

00:31:33.950 --> 00:31:37.089
And<00:31:34.170><c> in</c><00:31:34.349><c> the</c><00:31:34.450><c> end,</c><00:31:34.710><c> brothers</c><00:31:34.849><c> and</c><00:31:35.029><c> sisters,</c><00:31:36.430><c> it</c><00:31:36.490><c> is</c><00:31:36.650><c> our</c><00:31:36.890><c> faith</c>

00:31:37.089 --> 00:31:38.970
in<00:31:37.309><c> God</c><00:31:37.549><c> that</c><00:31:37.809><c> gains</c><00:31:38.049><c> us</c><00:31:38.390><c> the</c><00:31:38.529><c> victory.</c>

00:31:38.970 --> 00:31:42.690
What<00:31:39.829><c> great</c><00:31:40.230><c> peace</c><00:31:40.569><c> of</c><00:31:40.829><c> mind</c><00:31:41.150><c> fills</c><00:31:41.549><c> our</c><00:31:41.809><c> hearts</c><00:31:42.150><c> when</c><00:31:42.349><c> in</c><00:31:42.529><c> the</c>

00:31:42.690 --> 00:31:48.509
battles<00:31:42.910><c> of</c><00:31:43.170><c> life</c><00:31:43.809><c> we</c><00:31:45.690><c> might</c><00:31:46.210><c> contend</c><00:31:47.049><c> in</c><00:31:47.289><c> the</c><00:31:47.470><c> warfare</c><00:31:47.849><c> of</c><00:31:48.230><c> faith.</c>

00:31:48.849 --> 00:31:54.210
But<00:31:48.849><c> at</c><00:31:49.170><c> the</c><00:31:49.309><c> end</c><00:31:49.490><c> of</c><00:31:49.630><c> the</c><00:31:49.730><c> day,</c><00:31:51.329><c> it's</c><00:31:51.589><c> a</c><00:31:51.769><c> yielding</c><00:31:52.150><c> to</c><00:31:52.329><c> God</c><00:31:53.029><c> and</c>

00:31:54.210 --> 00:31:59.430
a<00:31:54.450><c> drawing</c><00:31:54.750><c> nigh</c><00:31:55.049><c> unto</c><00:31:55.289><c> him</c><00:31:55.869><c> as</c><00:31:56.390><c> our</c><00:31:56.670><c> rock</c><00:31:57.069><c> and</c><00:31:57.950><c> our</c><00:31:58.390><c> refuge.</c>

00:31:59.869 --> 00:32:06.089
To<00:32:00.509><c> find</c><00:32:00.950><c> that</c><00:32:01.150><c> he</c><00:32:01.349><c> draws</c><00:32:01.849><c> nigh</c><00:32:02.390><c> unto</c><00:32:02.690><c> us,</c><00:32:03.369><c> bringing</c><00:32:04.490><c> grace,</c>

00:32:06.670 --> 00:32:11.130
peace<00:32:07.049><c> of</c><00:32:07.369><c> mind,</c><00:32:08.069><c> and</c><00:32:08.170><c> in</c><00:32:08.349><c> that</c><00:32:08.529><c> we</c><00:32:08.789><c> thank</c><00:32:09.069><c> God</c><00:32:09.369><c> and</c><00:32:09.529><c> we</c><00:32:09.769><c> take</c><00:32:10.009><c> courage.</c>

00:32:11.769 --> 00:32:14.769
Isn't<00:32:11.930><c> it</c><00:32:12.210><c> so</c><00:32:12.490><c> often</c><00:32:12.769><c> true</c><00:32:13.230><c> that</c><00:32:13.549><c> when</c><00:32:13.789><c> you're</c><00:32:14.150><c> restless</c><00:32:14.430><c> at</c>

00:32:14.769 --> 00:32:19.170
night,<00:32:15.470><c> tossing</c><00:32:15.970><c> and</c><00:32:16.130><c> turning</c><00:32:16.450><c> on</c><00:32:16.650><c> the</c><00:32:16.869><c> pillow</c><00:32:16.990><c> and</c><00:32:17.130><c> you</c><00:32:17.490><c> can't</c><00:32:17.869><c> find</c><00:32:18.109><c> sleep,</c>

00:32:20.390 --> 00:32:25.410
and<00:32:21.029><c> you</c><00:32:21.250><c> give</c><00:32:21.470><c> in,</c><00:32:23.390><c> you</c><00:32:23.769><c> yield</c><00:32:24.109><c> to</c><00:32:24.369><c> God,</c>

00:32:26.150 --> 00:32:29.690
and<00:32:26.710><c> you</c><00:32:26.809><c> lift</c><00:32:27.029><c> up</c><00:32:27.250><c> your</c><00:32:27.569><c> heart</c><00:32:27.769><c> and</c><00:32:27.950><c> your</c><00:32:28.190><c> mind</c><00:32:28.390><c> and</c><00:32:28.569><c> you</c><00:32:28.809><c> say,</c>

00:32:30.589 --> 00:32:32.769
you<00:32:30.589><c> know</c><00:32:30.869><c> all</c><00:32:31.150><c> of</c><00:32:31.390><c> my</c><00:32:32.349><c> problems.</c>

00:32:32.849 --> 00:32:35.630
I'm<00:32:33.049><c> not</c><00:32:33.289><c> going</c><00:32:33.430><c> to</c><00:32:33.569><c> come</c><00:32:33.789><c> to</c><00:32:33.910><c> you</c><00:32:34.029><c> with</c><00:32:34.210><c> my</c><00:32:34.470><c> solutions.</c>

00:32:36.410 --> 00:32:37.589
You<00:32:36.670><c> know.</c>

00:32:37.750 --> 00:32:39.569
You<00:32:37.990><c> know</c><00:32:38.170><c> my</c><00:32:38.450><c> problems.</c>

00:32:41.410 --> 00:32:46.849
And<00:32:41.750><c> the</c><00:32:42.049><c> blessedness</c><00:32:42.609><c> of</c><00:32:42.910><c> sleep</c><00:32:43.430><c> is</c><00:32:45.029><c> given</c><00:32:45.269><c> to</c><00:32:45.589><c> you.</c>

00:32:47.750 --> 00:32:51.609
So<00:32:47.990><c> that</c><00:32:48.150><c> peace</c><00:32:48.410><c> of</c><00:32:48.710><c> mind,</c><00:32:49.349><c> we</c><00:32:49.650><c> can</c><00:32:49.849><c> thank</c><00:32:50.069><c> God</c><00:32:50.690><c> and</c><00:32:51.230><c> we</c><00:32:51.329><c> can</c>

00:32:51.609 --> 00:32:52.829
take<00:32:51.809><c> courage.</c>

00:32:53.450 --> 00:32:59.190
He's<00:32:53.970><c> ever</c><00:32:54.190><c> ready</c><00:32:54.390><c> to</c><00:32:54.609><c> respond</c><00:32:55.009><c> to</c><00:32:55.250><c> our</c><00:32:55.470><c> cry</c><00:32:55.950><c> and</c><00:32:57.509><c> to</c><00:32:57.710><c> grant</c><00:32:57.950><c> mercy</c><00:32:58.509><c> and</c><00:32:58.769><c> grace</c><00:32:58.950><c> to</c>

00:32:59.190 --> 00:33:01.150
help<00:32:59.309><c> in</c><00:32:59.549><c> times</c><00:32:59.869><c> of</c><00:33:00.170><c> need.</c>

00:33:01.170 --> 00:33:04.069
And<00:33:01.410><c> how</c><00:33:01.609><c> often</c><00:33:02.130><c> are</c><00:33:03.069><c> we</c><00:33:03.250><c> in</c><00:33:03.470><c> great</c><00:33:03.690><c> need?</c>

00:33:04.349 --> 00:33:08.970
You<00:33:04.470><c> know,</c><00:33:04.609><c> there's</c><00:33:04.869><c> a</c><00:33:04.990><c> saying,</c><00:33:05.410><c> brothers</c><00:33:05.509><c> and</c><00:33:05.769><c> sisters,</c><00:33:08.549><c> when</c><00:33:08.690><c> we</c>

00:33:08.970 --> 00:33:15.670
face<00:33:09.230><c> the</c><00:33:09.589><c> hurdles</c><00:33:09.930><c> of</c><00:33:10.289><c> life,</c><00:33:13.450><c> let</c><00:33:13.630><c> God</c><00:33:13.930><c> take</c><00:33:14.230><c> the</c><00:33:14.490><c> reins.</c>

00:33:18.029 --> 00:33:23.009
When<00:33:18.670><c> we</c><00:33:18.930><c> face</c><00:33:19.170><c> the</c><00:33:19.410><c> hurdles</c><00:33:19.730><c> of</c><00:33:20.049><c> life</c><00:33:20.369><c> or</c><00:33:20.670><c> in</c><00:33:20.970><c> life,</c><00:33:22.569><c> let</c><00:33:22.730><c> God</c>

00:33:23.009 --> 00:33:24.690
take<00:33:23.349><c> the</c><00:33:23.549><c> reins.</c>

00:33:26.029 --> 00:33:29.750
So<00:33:26.089><c> cleanse</c><00:33:27.250><c> your</c><00:33:27.609><c> hands,</c><00:33:28.069><c> you</c><00:33:28.269><c> sinners,</c><00:33:28.710><c> and</c><00:33:28.869><c> purify</c><00:33:29.410><c> your</c>

00:33:29.750 --> 00:33:31.809
hearts,<00:33:30.509><c> you</c><00:33:30.670><c> double</c><00:33:30.990><c>-minded.</c>

00:33:32.269 --> 00:33:36.630
James<00:33:32.609><c> comes</c><00:33:32.869><c> back</c><00:33:33.230><c> to</c><00:33:33.470><c> their</c><00:33:33.690><c> complaint</c><00:33:34.170><c> that</c><00:33:34.430><c> their</c><00:33:34.730><c> prayers</c><00:33:35.230><c> were</c><00:33:36.049><c> unanswered.</c>

00:33:36.970 --> 00:33:41.470
They<00:33:36.990><c> draw</c><00:33:37.329><c> nigh</c><00:33:37.750><c> but</c><00:33:38.150><c> to</c><00:33:38.470><c> no</c><00:33:38.750><c> avail</c><00:33:39.049><c> because</c><00:33:39.589><c> they</c><00:33:39.849><c> were</c><00:33:40.049><c> seeking</c><00:33:40.490><c> self</c><00:33:41.150><c>-gratification.</c>

00:33:41.470 --> 00:33:44.990
Of<00:33:42.109><c> course,</c><00:33:43.509><c> theirs</c><00:33:43.710><c> was</c><00:33:44.029><c> the</c><00:33:44.210><c> fault</c><00:33:44.369><c> of</c><00:33:44.509><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:51.049
Isaiah<00:33:45.730><c> 29</c><00:33:46.369><c> verse</c><00:33:46.710><c> 13,</c><00:33:47.869><c> they</c><00:33:47.869><c> draw</c><00:33:48.750><c> nigh,</c><00:33:49.589><c> sorry,</c><00:33:50.569><c> draw</c><00:33:50.750><c> near</c>

00:33:51.049 --> 00:33:55.250
me<00:33:51.269><c> with</c><00:33:51.470><c> their</c><00:33:51.630><c> mouth</c><00:33:52.210><c> and</c><00:33:53.730><c> with</c><00:33:53.950><c> their</c><00:33:54.130><c> lips.</c>

00:33:55.309 --> 00:33:57.369
They<00:33:55.650><c> do</c><00:33:55.849><c> honour</c><00:33:55.950><c> me.</c>

00:33:58.349 --> 00:34:00.089
But<00:33:58.650><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:58.910><c> will</c><00:33:59.230><c> draw</c><00:33:59.490><c> nigh.</c>

00:34:00.289 --> 00:34:06.829
He<00:34:00.549><c> will</c><00:34:00.829><c> draw</c><00:34:01.049><c> nigh</c><00:34:01.289><c> to</c><00:34:01.490><c> those</c><00:34:01.890><c> who</c><00:34:02.829><c> call</c><00:34:03.029><c> upon</c><00:34:03.410><c> Him</c><00:34:04.230><c> in</c><00:34:04.769><c> truth,</c><00:34:06.390><c> but</c>

00:34:06.829 --> 00:34:08.030
not<00:34:07.109><c> to</c><00:34:07.289><c> the</c><00:34:07.470><c> double</c><00:34:07.730><c>-minded,</c>

00:34:08.030 --> 00:34:12.789
not<00:34:08.429><c> as</c><00:34:08.769><c> in</c><00:34:09.610><c> that</c><00:34:09.650><c> in</c><00:34:10.090><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:10.469><c> prophecy</c><00:34:11.050><c> where</c><00:34:12.070><c> their</c><00:34:12.510><c> heart</c>

00:34:12.789 --> 00:34:14.849
was<00:34:13.230><c> far</c><00:34:13.670><c> from</c><00:34:13.969><c> Him.</c>

00:34:15.630 --> 00:34:18.010
So<00:34:15.849><c> we</c><00:34:16.050><c> draw</c><00:34:16.489><c> nigh</c><00:34:17.070><c> as</c><00:34:17.369><c> in</c><00:34:17.570><c> worship.</c>

00:34:18.429 --> 00:34:22.329
We<00:34:18.630><c> come</c><00:34:18.829><c> near</c><00:34:19.090><c> to</c><00:34:19.309><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:20.349><c> we</c><00:34:20.590><c> sanctify</c><00:34:21.070><c> ourselves,</c><00:34:21.969><c> we</c><00:34:22.170><c> go</c>

00:34:22.329 --> 00:34:24.389
through<00:34:22.670><c> a</c><00:34:22.750><c> cleansing</c><00:34:23.170><c> process.</c>

00:34:24.829 --> 00:34:29.650
We<00:34:25.090><c> cleanse</c><00:34:25.550><c> our</c><00:34:25.869><c> lives</c><00:34:26.349><c> of</c><00:34:26.789><c> any</c><00:34:27.449><c> defiling</c><00:34:28.530><c> practices.</c>

00:34:30.969 --> 00:34:34.050
So<00:34:31.230><c> those</c><00:34:31.489><c> who</c><00:34:31.690><c> by</c><00:34:31.909><c> grace</c><00:34:32.190><c> are</c><00:34:32.429><c> invited</c><00:34:32.809><c> to</c><00:34:33.150><c> ascend</c><00:34:33.510><c> the</c><00:34:33.789><c> hill</c>

00:34:34.050 --> 00:34:35.250
of<00:34:34.389><c> Yahweh</c>

00:34:35.250 --> 00:34:40.110
are<00:34:35.570><c> those</c><00:34:35.909><c> that</c><00:34:36.269><c> hath</c><00:34:36.690><c> clean</c><00:34:37.309><c> hands</c><00:34:37.869><c> and</c><00:34:38.230><c> a</c><00:34:38.630><c> pure</c><00:34:39.030><c> heart.</c>

00:34:41.489 --> 00:34:44.670
And<00:34:41.690><c> there's</c><00:34:41.889><c> a</c><00:34:42.110><c> remarkable</c><00:34:42.550><c> contrast</c><00:34:43.130><c> here</c><00:34:43.449><c> with</c><00:34:43.710><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:44.110><c> 58</c>

00:34:44.670 --> 00:34:46.590
because<00:34:45.170><c> those,</c>

00:34:46.829 --> 00:34:52.150
the<00:34:47.110><c> hands</c><00:34:47.369><c> that</c><00:34:47.730><c> were</c><00:34:48.050><c> smiting</c><00:34:48.630><c> with</c><00:34:48.969><c> a</c><00:34:49.190><c> fist</c><00:34:49.389><c> of</c><00:34:49.710><c> wickedness,</c><00:34:51.110><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:51.530><c> 58</c>

00:34:52.150 --> 00:34:54.630
says,<00:34:53.389><c> those</c><00:34:53.769><c> same</c><00:34:54.170><c> hands.</c>

00:34:54.710 --> 00:34:58.070
And<00:34:54.849><c> that's</c><00:34:55.530><c> so</c><00:34:56.030><c> appropriate</c><00:34:56.670><c> to</c><00:34:56.849><c> what</c><00:34:56.989><c> we've</c><00:34:57.170><c> just</c><00:34:57.409><c> been</c><00:34:57.590><c> reading</c><00:34:57.849><c> in</c>

00:34:58.070 --> 00:34:59.050
James<00:34:58.389><c> chapter</c><00:34:58.650><c> 4.</c>

00:34:59.329 --> 00:35:04.050
Those<00:34:59.869><c> whose</c><00:35:00.250><c> hands</c><00:35:00.630><c> were</c><00:35:00.809><c> like</c><00:35:00.949><c> a</c><00:35:01.289><c> fist</c><00:35:01.630><c> fighting</c><00:35:02.389><c> in</c><00:35:03.170><c> with</c><00:35:03.409><c> wickedness,</c>

00:35:04.050 --> 00:35:07.550
those<00:35:04.869><c> same</c><00:35:05.230><c> hands</c><00:35:05.650><c> must</c><00:35:05.969><c> be</c><00:35:06.329><c> cleansed.</c>

00:35:07.789 --> 00:35:13.550
And<00:35:08.090><c> the</c><00:35:08.409><c> heart</c><00:35:08.750><c> that</c><00:35:09.269><c> regards</c><00:35:09.750><c> iniquity,</c><00:35:11.670><c> that</c><00:35:11.929><c> devised</c><00:35:12.530><c> wickedness,</c>

00:35:13.889 --> 00:35:19.010
whilst<00:35:14.130><c> putting</c><00:35:14.389><c> on</c><00:35:14.670><c> this</c><00:35:14.909><c> performance</c><00:35:15.530><c> of</c><00:35:16.030><c> piety,</c><00:35:17.130><c> must</c><00:35:17.429><c> be</c><00:35:17.849><c> purified.</c>

00:35:19.750 --> 00:35:23.230
One<00:35:20.030><c> commentator</c><00:35:20.690><c> has,</c><00:35:21.489><c> make</c><00:35:21.809><c> chaste</c><00:35:22.349><c> your</c><00:35:22.750><c> hearts.</c>

00:35:23.429 --> 00:35:27.190
So<00:35:23.670><c> that</c><00:35:23.869><c> again</c><00:35:24.250><c> is</c><00:35:24.610><c> linking</c><00:35:24.869><c> back</c><00:35:25.269><c> into</c><00:35:25.510><c> the</c><00:35:26.369><c> earlier</c><00:35:26.750><c> verses.</c>

00:35:27.190 --> 00:35:30.889
Make<00:35:27.690><c> chaste</c><00:35:28.889><c> your</c><00:35:29.690><c> hearts.</c>

00:35:31.309 --> 00:35:34.670
The<00:35:31.670><c> breach</c><00:35:31.909><c> of</c><00:35:32.190><c> a</c><00:35:32.349><c> marriage</c><00:35:32.670><c> vow</c><00:35:33.070><c> with</c><00:35:33.710><c> God.</c>

00:35:35.489 --> 00:35:37.730
You<00:35:35.550><c> know,</c><00:35:35.730><c> brothers</c><00:35:35.889><c> and</c><00:35:36.090><c> sisters,</c><00:35:36.289><c> we</c><00:35:36.570><c> must</c><00:35:36.929><c> all</c><00:35:37.309><c> desire</c>

00:35:37.730 --> 00:35:38.809
the<00:35:37.949><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:39.449 --> 00:35:40.710
And<00:35:39.630><c> I'm</c><00:35:39.829><c> sure</c><00:35:40.010><c> we</c><00:35:40.230><c> all</c><00:35:40.409><c> do.</c>

00:35:41.210 --> 00:35:43.309
We<00:35:41.429><c> all</c><00:35:41.670><c> desire</c><00:35:42.170><c> the</c><00:35:42.449><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:43.610 --> 00:35:46.889
And<00:35:43.809><c> if</c><00:35:43.949><c> we</c><00:35:44.150><c> are</c><00:35:44.429><c> genuine</c><00:35:44.949><c> in</c><00:35:45.329><c> our</c><00:35:45.710><c> desire</c><00:35:46.070><c> for</c><00:35:46.369><c> everlasting</c>

00:35:46.889 --> 00:35:49.550
life,<00:35:47.530><c> then</c><00:35:47.829><c> here</c><00:35:48.230><c> and</c><00:35:48.469><c> now,</c>

00:35:50.389 --> 00:35:56.170
here<00:35:51.090><c> and</c><00:35:51.250><c> now</c><00:35:51.349><c> we've</c><00:35:51.610><c> got</c><00:35:51.710><c> to</c><00:35:51.849><c> do</c><00:35:52.090><c> some</c><00:35:53.230><c> decisions</c><00:35:54.670><c> and</c><00:35:55.010><c> resolutions.</c>

00:35:57.309 --> 00:36:02.409
We<00:35:57.769><c> must</c><00:35:58.230><c> go</c><00:35:58.730><c> about</c><00:35:59.150><c> some</c><00:35:59.550><c> moral</c><00:36:00.030><c> cleansing</c><00:36:00.650><c> before</c><00:36:01.170><c> God.</c>

00:36:02.789 --> 00:36:05.710
For<00:36:02.909><c> John</c><00:36:03.130><c> says,</c><00:36:03.630><c> every</c><00:36:03.630><c> man</c><00:36:03.909><c> that</c><00:36:04.210><c> hath</c><00:36:04.289><c> this</c><00:36:04.530><c> hope</c><00:36:04.730><c> in</c><00:36:04.909><c> him</c>

00:36:05.710 --> 00:36:09.670
purifies<00:36:06.829><c> himself,</c><00:36:07.449><c> even</c><00:36:07.730><c> as</c><00:36:08.070><c> he</c><00:36:08.389><c> is</c><00:36:08.789><c> pure.</c>

00:36:10.070 --> 00:36:14.230
So<00:36:10.269><c> the</c><00:36:10.489><c> first</c><00:36:10.789><c> step</c><00:36:11.030><c> in</c><00:36:11.250><c> this</c><00:36:11.610><c> chastening</c><00:36:12.090><c> and</c><00:36:12.250><c> this</c><00:36:12.630><c> purifying</c><00:36:13.130><c> process</c><00:36:13.670><c> is,</c>

00:36:14.429 --> 00:36:18.340
verse<00:36:14.610><c> 9,</c><00:36:15.050><c> be</c><00:36:15.210><c> afflicted</c><00:36:16.409><c> and</c><00:36:16.969><c> mourn</c><00:36:17.550><c> and</c><00:36:17.989><c> weep.</c>

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:22.380
So<00:36:19.019><c> when</c><00:36:19.239><c> was</c><00:36:19.460><c> the</c><00:36:19.679><c> last</c><00:36:20.000><c> time</c><00:36:20.400><c> that</c><00:36:20.599><c> we</c><00:36:20.760><c> were</c><00:36:21.019><c> afflicted?</c>

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:26.420
When<00:36:23.079><c> was</c><00:36:23.320><c> your</c><00:36:23.579><c> last</c><00:36:23.880><c> time</c><00:36:24.119><c> that</c><00:36:24.340><c> you</c><00:36:24.579><c> mourned</c><00:36:25.119><c> and</c><00:36:25.559><c> wept?</c>

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:32.960
Now,<00:36:27.880><c> I'm</c><00:36:28.239><c> not</c><00:36:28.599><c> talking</c><00:36:28.920><c> here</c><00:36:29.619><c> about</c><00:36:30.480><c> people</c><00:36:31.099><c> and</c><00:36:31.480><c> I</c><00:36:32.119><c> have</c><00:36:32.500><c> the</c>

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.079
utmost<00:36:33.360><c> empathy</c>

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:37.019
and<00:36:34.679><c> sympathy</c><00:36:35.039><c> for</c><00:36:35.300><c> those</c><00:36:35.659><c> who</c><00:36:35.860><c> are</c><00:36:36.079><c> mourning</c><00:36:36.400><c> and</c><00:36:36.739><c> weeping</c>

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.920
for<00:36:37.260><c> the</c><00:36:37.420><c> loss</c><00:36:37.619><c> of</c><00:36:37.920><c> loved</c><00:36:38.099><c> ones.</c>

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:42.179
My<00:36:39.659><c> heart</c><00:36:40.000><c> really</c><00:36:40.360><c> goes</c><00:36:40.639><c> out</c><00:36:40.940><c> to</c><00:36:41.119><c> you.</c>

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:45.659
But<00:36:43.300><c> I'm</c><00:36:43.480><c> not</c><00:36:43.780><c> thinking</c><00:36:44.099><c> along</c><00:36:44.460><c> those</c><00:36:44.880><c> lines</c><00:36:45.219><c> of</c><00:36:45.440><c> mourning</c>

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:47.280
and<00:36:45.860><c> weeping</c><00:36:46.119><c> here.</c>

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:54.460
When<00:36:50.519><c> was</c><00:36:50.659><c> the</c><00:36:50.800><c> last</c><00:36:51.119><c> time</c><00:36:51.420><c> that</c><00:36:51.659><c> you</c><00:36:52.039><c> really</c><00:36:52.579><c> did</c><00:36:53.119><c> mourn</c><00:36:53.739><c> and</c><00:36:54.159><c> weep</c>

00:36:54.460 --> 00:37:00.420
and<00:36:54.679><c> were</c><00:36:54.940><c> afflicted</c><00:36:55.599><c> because</c><00:36:55.940><c> of</c><00:36:56.239><c> your</c><00:36:56.780><c> sin</c><00:36:57.300><c> and</c><00:36:58.260><c> sinful</c><00:36:58.800><c> propensities?</c>

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:05.699
When<00:37:02.440><c> you</c><00:37:02.800><c> say</c><00:37:03.000><c> in</c><00:37:03.159><c> your</c><00:37:03.539><c> heart</c><00:37:03.739><c> and</c><00:37:03.960><c> before</c><00:37:04.400><c> God</c><00:37:04.699><c> in</c><00:37:04.900><c> a</c><00:37:05.119><c> quiet</c><00:37:05.380><c> place,</c>

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:10.059
what<00:37:06.260><c> have</c><00:37:06.780><c> I</c><00:37:07.340><c> done</c><00:37:07.659><c> to</c><00:37:08.119><c> offend</c><00:37:08.659><c> my</c><00:37:09.119><c> God?</c>

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:19.119
And<00:37:12.179><c> your</c><00:37:12.400><c> heart</c><00:37:12.760><c> broken</c><00:37:13.380><c> because</c><00:37:15.420><c> you've</c><00:37:16.079><c> offended</c><00:37:16.519><c> your</c><00:37:17.000><c> God</c><00:37:17.239><c> who</c><00:37:17.480><c> you</c><00:37:17.840><c> love</c><00:37:18.099><c> in</c>

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:20.760
some<00:37:19.519><c> way.</c>

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:25.360
You<00:37:21.539><c> see,</c><00:37:21.760><c> Joel</c><00:37:22.099><c> warns,</c><00:37:22.900><c> rend</c><00:37:23.059><c> your</c><00:37:23.619><c> heart</c><00:37:23.980><c> and</c><00:37:24.320><c> not</c><00:37:24.599><c> your</c><00:37:24.940><c> garments.</c>

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:28.300
And<00:37:25.619><c> there</c><00:37:25.699><c> they</c><00:37:25.940><c> were</c><00:37:26.119><c> standing</c><00:37:26.480><c> before</c><00:37:26.860><c> the</c><00:37:27.119><c> temple</c><00:37:27.760><c> in</c><00:37:28.099><c> all</c>

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:29.900
their<00:37:28.639><c> piety,</c>

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:34.340
saying<00:37:31.199><c> the</c><00:37:31.340><c> temple</c><00:37:31.719><c> of</c><00:37:32.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:32.420><c> are</c><00:37:32.659><c> we,</c><00:37:32.880><c> the</c><00:37:32.960><c> temple</c><00:37:33.219><c> of</c><00:37:33.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:33.820><c> are</c><00:37:34.000><c> we.</c>

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:38.340
He<00:37:34.940><c> says,</c><00:37:35.260><c> rend</c><00:37:35.420><c> your</c><00:37:36.099><c> hearts</c><00:37:36.599><c> and</c><00:37:36.900><c> not</c><00:37:37.119><c> your</c><00:37:37.400><c> garments.</c>

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:43.659
So<00:37:39.599><c> we</c><00:37:39.760><c> need</c><00:37:39.960><c> to</c><00:37:40.179><c> draw</c><00:37:40.380><c> aside</c><00:37:40.780><c> in</c><00:37:41.300><c> private,</c><00:37:42.059><c> in</c><00:37:42.380><c> private</c><00:37:42.860><c> soul</c><00:37:43.280><c> searching</c>

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:48.099
and<00:37:44.059><c> in</c><00:37:44.340><c> drawing</c><00:37:44.719><c> nigh</c><00:37:45.320><c> to</c><00:37:45.559><c> God</c><00:37:45.900><c> with</c><00:37:46.239><c> utter</c><00:37:46.599><c> humility</c><00:37:47.340><c> before</c>

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.079
an<00:37:48.400><c> all</c><00:37:48.780><c> seeing</c>

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:57.719
and<00:37:49.599><c> an</c><00:37:49.920><c> all</c><00:37:50.380><c> knowing</c><00:37:50.659><c> God</c><00:37:51.059><c> and</c><00:37:51.719><c> confess</c><00:37:52.599><c> with</c><00:37:54.519><c> tears,</c><00:37:55.360><c> to</c><00:37:55.719><c> confess</c><00:37:56.239><c> our</c><00:37:56.760><c> unworthiness,</c>

00:37:57.719 --> 00:38:02.280
to<00:37:58.500><c> be</c><00:37:58.760><c> afflicted</c><00:37:59.280><c> means</c><00:37:59.840><c> to</c><00:38:01.039><c> be</c><00:38:01.320><c> wretched.</c>

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:07.820
As<00:38:04.739><c> Paul</c><00:38:05.079><c> would</c><00:38:05.360><c> exclaim,</c><00:38:06.119><c> oh</c><00:38:06.420><c> wretched</c><00:38:06.940><c> man</c><00:38:07.400><c> that</c><00:38:07.599><c> I</c><00:38:07.719><c> am.</c>

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:10.500
Who<00:38:08.159><c> shall</c><00:38:08.440><c> deliver</c><00:38:08.980><c> me</c><00:38:09.360><c> from</c><00:38:09.659><c> this</c><00:38:09.960><c> body</c><00:38:10.239><c> of</c><00:38:10.420><c> death?</c>

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.639
That's<00:38:10.860><c> how</c><00:38:11.079><c> he</c><00:38:11.380><c> felt.</c>

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:15.360
It's<00:38:12.159><c> almost</c><00:38:12.300><c> like</c><00:38:12.519><c> having</c><00:38:12.719><c> a</c><00:38:13.099><c> corpse</c><00:38:13.380><c> that's</c><00:38:14.119><c> chained</c><00:38:14.380><c> to</c><00:38:14.559><c> him.</c>

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:18.219
Wretched<00:38:16.280><c> man</c><00:38:16.800><c> that</c><00:38:17.000><c> I</c><00:38:17.300><c> am.</c>

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:20.300
Oh,<00:38:18.519><c> I</c><00:38:18.920><c> hate</c><00:38:19.159><c> it.</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:26.519
How<00:38:23.840><c> long</c><00:38:24.059><c> has</c><00:38:24.219><c> it</c><00:38:24.380><c> since</c><00:38:24.500><c> you've</c><00:38:24.900><c> felt</c><00:38:24.940><c> like</c><00:38:25.280><c> that?</c>

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:38.460
The<00:38:32.219><c> word</c><00:38:32.360><c> also</c><00:38:32.679><c> means</c><00:38:33.039><c> to</c><00:38:33.780><c> toil</c><00:38:34.119><c> heavily,</c><00:38:36.280><c> to</c><00:38:36.760><c> endure</c><00:38:37.300><c> hardship.</c>

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:43.780
So<00:38:40.239><c> this</c><00:38:40.460><c> is</c><00:38:40.780><c> no</c><00:38:41.139><c> five</c><00:38:41.940><c> minute</c><00:38:42.360><c> contrition.</c>

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:51.519
This<00:38:45.579><c> is</c><00:38:46.159><c> a</c><00:38:46.539><c> deep</c><00:38:47.079><c> and</c><00:38:48.079><c> a</c><00:38:48.139><c> prolonged</c><00:38:48.820><c> purging</c><00:38:49.920><c> of</c><00:38:50.300><c> the</c><00:38:50.659><c> soul.</c>

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:55.440
You<00:38:52.139><c> know,</c><00:38:52.239><c> they</c><00:38:52.460><c> had</c><00:38:52.679><c> a</c><00:38:52.940><c> day</c><00:38:53.199><c> of</c><00:38:53.800><c> afflicting</c><00:38:54.199><c> their</c><00:38:54.599><c> souls,</c>

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:57.320
day<00:38:56.079><c> of</c><00:38:56.320><c> atonement.</c>

00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:00.179
What<00:38:58.199><c> we're</c><00:38:58.460><c> talking</c><00:38:58.739><c> about,</c><00:38:59.019><c> and</c><00:38:59.139><c> James</c><00:38:59.360><c> is</c><00:38:59.539><c> talking</c><00:38:59.800><c> to</c><00:39:00.000><c> us</c>

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.559
here,<00:39:00.559><c> brothers</c><00:39:00.599><c> and</c><00:39:00.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:06.380
we<00:39:02.380><c> need</c><00:39:02.579><c> to</c><00:39:02.760><c> have</c><00:39:02.880><c> this</c><00:39:03.159><c> sense</c><00:39:03.480><c> of</c><00:39:03.920><c> repugnance</c><00:39:04.500><c> of</c><00:39:04.980><c> sin</c><00:39:05.519><c> that</c>

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:10.019
we<00:39:06.659><c> own,</c><00:39:07.260><c> that</c><00:39:07.420><c> we</c><00:39:07.920><c> own</c><00:39:08.099><c> up</c><00:39:08.400><c> to.</c>

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:16.659
Pouring<00:39:11.500><c> out</c><00:39:11.719><c> our</c><00:39:11.980><c> heart</c><00:39:12.320><c> in</c><00:39:12.840><c> grief</c><00:39:13.159><c> and</c><00:39:13.400><c> remorse</c><00:39:13.880><c> that</c><00:39:14.039><c> we</c><00:39:14.199><c> have</c><00:39:14.539><c> so</c><00:39:15.320><c> offended</c>

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:21.139
the<00:39:17.519><c> grace</c><00:39:17.960><c> and</c><00:39:18.400><c> holiness</c><00:39:18.719><c> of</c><00:39:19.000><c> our</c><00:39:19.280><c> loving</c><00:39:19.480><c> Heavenly</c><00:39:19.900><c> Father.</c>

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.500
So<00:39:22.199><c> let</c><00:39:22.400><c> your</c><00:39:22.579><c> laughter</c><00:39:22.840><c> be</c><00:39:23.099><c> turned</c><00:39:23.300><c> to</c><00:39:23.519><c> mourning</c><00:39:23.840><c> and</c><00:39:24.179><c> your</c>

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.380
joy<00:39:24.739><c> to</c><00:39:25.059><c> heaviness.</c>

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:29.760
You<00:39:25.800><c> know,</c><00:39:25.980><c> the</c><00:39:26.360><c> hollow</c><00:39:26.719><c> laughter,</c><00:39:28.000><c> the</c><00:39:28.360><c> cheap</c><00:39:28.679><c> jokes,</c><00:39:29.440><c> the</c>

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:31.019
joy<00:39:30.019><c> and</c><00:39:30.239><c> the</c><00:39:30.539><c> revelry</c>

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:33.940
that<00:39:31.340><c> came</c><00:39:31.559><c> from</c><00:39:31.780><c> their</c><00:39:32.059><c> friendship</c><00:39:32.440><c> with</c><00:39:32.659><c> the</c><00:39:32.900><c> world.</c>

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:38.500
Well,<00:39:35.159><c> now</c><00:39:35.380><c> he's</c><00:39:35.659><c> turning</c><00:39:35.960><c> that</c><00:39:36.380><c> right</c><00:39:36.699><c> around,</c><00:39:37.480><c> totally</c><00:39:37.920><c> going</c><00:39:38.260><c> the</c>

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.260
opposite<00:39:38.820><c> way</c>

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:45.519
to<00:39:40.300><c> a</c><00:39:40.699><c> lamentation</c><00:39:42.059><c> for</c><00:39:43.440><c> their</c><00:39:43.760><c> alienation</c><00:39:44.440><c> from</c><00:39:44.760><c> God,</c><00:39:45.179><c> from</c>

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:47.059
their<00:39:46.119><c> enmity</c><00:39:46.559><c> with</c><00:39:46.840><c> God.</c>

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:52.539
This<00:39:47.360><c> is</c><00:39:47.639><c> an</c><00:39:47.940><c> appreciation</c><00:39:48.820><c> of</c><00:39:49.400><c> the</c><00:39:50.159><c> awfulness</c><00:39:51.239><c> of</c><00:39:51.719><c> sin.</c>

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:58.039
You<00:39:55.199><c> know,</c><00:39:55.400><c> one</c><00:39:55.480><c> of</c><00:39:55.559><c> the</c><00:39:55.619><c> most</c><00:39:55.980><c> sensitive</c><00:39:56.539><c> men</c><00:39:56.820><c> of</c><00:39:57.000><c> the</c><00:39:57.239><c> Bible</c>

00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:01.820
could<00:39:59.659><c> write</c><00:39:59.980><c> Romans</c><00:40:00.480><c> 7.</c>

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:08.599
One<00:40:03.039><c> of</c><00:40:03.280><c> the</c><00:40:03.659><c> most</c><00:40:04.000><c> devout</c><00:40:04.659><c> men</c><00:40:05.039><c> of</c><00:40:05.260><c> the</c><00:40:05.480><c> Scriptures</c><00:40:05.900><c> could</c><00:40:06.340><c> write</c><00:40:06.639><c> Romans</c><00:40:07.059><c> 7.</c>

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:16.219
The<00:40:11.519><c> more</c><00:40:11.840><c> we</c><00:40:12.019><c> know</c><00:40:12.239><c> of</c><00:40:12.599><c> sin,</c><00:40:13.940><c> the</c><00:40:14.239><c> less</c><00:40:14.659><c> we</c><00:40:14.940><c> are</c><00:40:15.300><c> aware</c><00:40:15.619><c> of</c><00:40:15.800><c> what</c><00:40:15.940><c> it</c>

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:17.739
really<00:40:16.519><c> is.</c>

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:25.679
So<00:40:20.960><c> there</c><00:40:21.099><c> is</c><00:40:21.300><c> a</c><00:40:21.500><c> time</c><00:40:21.679><c> for</c><00:40:21.880><c> laughter</c><00:40:22.239><c> and</c><00:40:22.559><c> joy,</c><00:40:23.760><c> but</c><00:40:24.380><c> the</c><00:40:24.960><c> point</c><00:40:25.260><c> of</c><00:40:25.500><c> James,</c>

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:28.340
and<00:40:25.900><c> perhaps</c><00:40:26.059><c> we</c><00:40:26.260><c> can</c><00:40:26.480><c> take</c><00:40:26.639><c> it</c><00:40:26.820><c> on</c><00:40:26.980><c> board</c><00:40:27.260><c> here.</c>

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:32.539
I'm<00:40:29.179><c> not</c><00:40:29.360><c> going</c><00:40:29.500><c> to</c><00:40:29.539><c> finish</c><00:40:29.840><c> this</c><00:40:30.260><c> chapter</c><00:40:30.719><c> today,</c><00:40:31.619><c> so</c><00:40:31.860><c> don't</c><00:40:32.179><c> worry.</c>

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:35.260
We're<00:40:33.019><c> going</c><00:40:33.139><c> to</c><00:40:33.300><c> carry</c><00:40:33.460><c> it</c><00:40:33.719><c> over</c><00:40:33.880><c> into</c><00:40:34.159><c> our</c><00:40:34.300><c> next</c><00:40:34.519><c> study.</c>

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:39.739
There<00:40:36.420><c> is</c><00:40:36.659><c> a</c><00:40:36.920><c> time</c><00:40:37.360><c> for</c><00:40:37.900><c> laughter</c><00:40:38.300><c> and</c><00:40:38.719><c> joy.</c>

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:45.639
Perhaps,<00:40:41.400><c> brothers</c><00:40:41.480><c> and</c><00:40:41.719><c> sisters,</c><00:40:41.920><c> we</c><00:40:42.260><c> would</c><00:40:42.599><c> do</c><00:40:43.079><c> well</c><00:40:44.320><c> to</c>

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:51.619
more<00:40:46.199><c> often</c><00:40:47.280><c> afflict</c><00:40:49.079><c> our</c><00:40:50.500><c> souls,</c>

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:59.940
not<00:40:53.139><c> as</c><00:40:53.440><c> the</c><00:40:53.559><c> Jews</c><00:40:53.739><c> did</c><00:40:54.019><c> one</c><00:40:54.719><c> day</c><00:40:55.199><c> a</c><00:40:55.519><c> year,</c><00:40:56.699><c> but</c><00:40:57.119><c> to</c><00:40:57.300><c> be</c><00:40:57.539><c> much</c><00:40:57.860><c> more</c><00:40:58.380><c> conscious</c><00:40:59.159><c> of</c>

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:01.420
our<00:41:00.940><c> foolishness,</c>

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:07.380
of<00:41:02.000><c> our</c><00:41:02.500><c> waywardness</c><00:41:03.320><c> and</c><00:41:03.760><c> our</c><00:41:04.199><c> great</c><00:41:04.699><c> need</c><00:41:05.380><c> to</c><00:41:05.699><c> unburden</c><00:41:06.539><c> ourselves</c><00:41:07.119><c> of</c>

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.159
the<00:41:07.699><c> sins</c>

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:13.900
that<00:41:09.340><c> we</c><00:41:10.480><c> confess</c><00:41:11.039><c> so</c><00:41:11.780><c> easily</c><00:41:12.440><c> beset</c><00:41:12.920><c> us.</c>

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:18.460
And<00:41:15.840><c> blessed</c><00:41:16.079><c> are</c><00:41:16.300><c> they</c><00:41:16.500><c> that</c><00:41:16.800><c> mourn.</c>

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:22.960
And<00:41:19.159><c> I</c><00:41:19.400><c> really</c><00:41:19.780><c> think</c><00:41:19.980><c> there's</c><00:41:20.500><c> this</c><00:41:20.860><c> application</c><00:41:21.460><c> here.</c>

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:31.219
Blessed<00:41:23.340><c> are</c><00:41:23.699><c> they</c><00:41:24.000><c> that</c><00:41:24.519><c> mourn,</c><00:41:27.539><c> for</c><00:41:27.659><c> they</c><00:41:28.340><c> shall</c><00:41:28.860><c> be</c><00:41:29.539><c> comforted.</c>

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:36.360
You<00:41:33.199><c> know,</c><00:41:33.860><c> I</c><00:41:34.539><c> think</c><00:41:34.760><c> it's</c><00:41:34.920><c> Brother</c><00:41:35.179><c> Gillott</c><00:41:35.559><c> who</c><00:41:35.940><c> made</c><00:41:36.159><c> a</c>

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:36.960
comment<00:41:36.599><c> about</c>

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:43.840
let<00:41:37.179><c> us</c><00:41:37.420><c> lay</c><00:41:37.619><c> aside</c><00:41:38.579><c> every</c><00:41:39.320><c> sin</c><00:41:39.900><c> if</c><00:41:40.980><c> we</c><00:41:41.179><c> wait,</c><00:41:41.980><c> and</c><00:41:42.360><c> the</c><00:41:42.820><c> sin</c><00:41:43.079><c> that</c><00:41:43.519><c> so</c>

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:45.519
easily<00:41:44.420><c> besets</c><00:41:44.940><c> us.</c>

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:52.480
And<00:41:46.500><c> he</c><00:41:46.739><c> suggests</c><00:41:47.239><c> that</c><00:41:47.500><c> there</c><00:41:47.659><c> could</c><00:41:47.900><c> well</c><00:41:48.219><c> be</c><00:41:49.400><c> in</c><00:41:51.760><c> my</c><00:41:52.099><c> life,</c>

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:54.159
maybe<00:41:52.800><c> in</c><00:41:53.119><c> your</c><00:41:53.320><c> life,</c>

00:41:54.659 --> 00:42:00.000
there's<00:41:55.219><c> one</c><00:41:55.559><c> thing</c><00:41:56.320><c> that</c><00:41:57.000><c> you</c><00:41:57.199><c> are</c><00:41:57.659><c> constantly</c><00:41:58.420><c> wrestling</c><00:41:58.900><c> with.</c>

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:03.539
Brother<00:42:01.519><c> Gillott</c><00:42:01.800><c> said</c><00:42:02.079><c> when</c><00:42:02.280><c> he</c><00:42:02.659><c> was</c><00:42:02.900><c> talking</c><00:42:03.079><c> to</c><00:42:03.219><c> a</c><00:42:03.300><c> number</c>

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:03.840
of<00:42:03.719><c> brethren</c>

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:06.840
how<00:42:04.159><c> often</c><00:42:04.579><c> in</c><00:42:05.039><c> private</c><00:42:05.300><c> they</c><00:42:05.519><c> would</c><00:42:05.719><c> confess</c><00:42:06.139><c> to</c><00:42:06.420><c> having</c><00:42:06.599><c> a</c>

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.539
real<00:42:07.300><c> problem,</c>

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:09.119
to<00:42:07.760><c> have</c><00:42:07.760><c> a</c><00:42:07.920><c> real</c><00:42:08.119><c> weakness.</c>

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:15.920
So<00:42:11.159><c> that,</c><00:42:11.699><c> he</c><00:42:11.880><c> said,</c><00:42:12.340><c> fits</c><00:42:12.500><c> that</c><00:42:13.519><c> quote,</c><00:42:14.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:14.880><c> 12.</c>

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:22.920
And<00:42:16.460><c> the</c><00:42:16.940><c> sin,</c><00:42:17.340><c> the</c><00:42:17.659><c> sin</c><00:42:18.320><c> that</c><00:42:18.980><c> doth</c><00:42:19.400><c> so</c><00:42:20.039><c> easily</c><00:42:21.039><c> beset</c><00:42:21.719><c> us</c><00:42:22.400><c> and</c>

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:24.449
dogs<00:42:23.219><c> our</c><00:42:23.599><c> steps,</c>

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:29.159
well<00:42:25.739><c> maybe</c><00:42:25.980><c> we</c><00:42:26.199><c> should</c><00:42:26.400><c> mourn</c><00:42:26.820><c> and</c><00:42:27.059><c> weep</c><00:42:27.400><c> and</c><00:42:27.960><c> afflict</c><00:42:28.360><c> our</c><00:42:28.760><c> souls</c>

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:32.960
and<00:42:29.840><c> try</c><00:42:30.099><c> to</c><00:42:30.380><c> get,</c><00:42:30.739><c> try</c><00:42:31.000><c> to</c><00:42:31.480><c> purge</c><00:42:31.840><c> that</c><00:42:32.099><c> and</c><00:42:32.320><c> get</c><00:42:32.500><c> on</c><00:42:32.699><c> top</c><00:42:32.820><c> of</c>

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:36.119
it<00:42:33.099><c> and</c><00:42:33.340><c> control</c><00:42:33.739><c> it</c><00:42:34.380><c> and</c><00:42:34.920><c> overcome</c><00:42:35.239><c> it.</c>

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:40.880
So<00:42:38.820><c> maybe,</c><00:42:39.639><c> maybe,</c><00:42:39.639><c> brethren</c><00:42:39.820><c> and</c><00:42:40.000><c> sisters,</c><00:42:40.119><c> we</c><00:42:40.360><c> need</c><00:42:40.599><c> to</c><00:42:40.739><c> go</c>

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:42.519
into<00:42:41.039><c> the</c><00:42:41.260><c> house</c><00:42:41.480><c> of</c><00:42:41.699><c> mourning</c>

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:45.840
more<00:42:43.380><c> than</c><00:42:43.860><c> to</c><00:42:44.099><c> the</c><00:42:44.260><c> house</c><00:42:44.500><c> of</c><00:42:44.760><c> feasting.</c>

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:49.139
And<00:42:46.320><c> there</c><00:42:47.079><c> afflict</c><00:42:47.539><c> our</c><00:42:47.920><c> souls.</c>

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:56.260
Mourn<00:42:50.360><c> and</c><00:42:50.659><c> weep</c><00:42:51.239><c> before</c><00:42:51.719><c> our</c><00:42:51.980><c> God</c><00:42:52.380><c> in</c><00:42:53.559><c> the</c><00:42:53.860><c> spirit</c><00:42:54.119><c> of</c><00:42:54.940><c> Psalm</c><00:42:55.119><c> 51.</c>

00:42:57.880 --> 00:43:01.719
So<00:42:58.219><c> it's</c><00:42:58.619><c> repentance.</c><00:43:00.579><c> It's</c><00:43:00.960><c> soul</c><00:43:01.280><c> searching.</c>

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:05.739
And<00:43:02.519><c> you</c><00:43:02.639><c> know</c><00:43:03.239><c> the</c><00:43:04.199><c> time</c><00:43:04.420><c> when</c><00:43:04.579><c> you</c><00:43:04.760><c> should</c><00:43:04.900><c> do</c><00:43:05.159><c> that,</c><00:43:05.360><c> when</c><00:43:05.519><c> I</c>

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.199
should<00:43:05.920><c> do</c><00:43:06.099><c> it</c>

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:09.739
and<00:43:06.260><c> I</c><00:43:06.320><c> don't</c><00:43:06.599><c> confess</c><00:43:06.920><c> to</c><00:43:07.119><c> doing</c><00:43:07.280><c> it</c><00:43:07.739><c> as</c><00:43:08.039><c> near</c><00:43:08.199><c> as</c><00:43:08.340><c> much</c><00:43:08.539><c> as</c><00:43:08.619><c> I</c><00:43:08.800><c> should.</c>

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:13.079
We<00:43:10.460><c> must,</c><00:43:10.920><c> brethren</c><00:43:11.099><c> and</c><00:43:11.280><c> sisters,</c><00:43:11.519><c> when</c><00:43:11.579><c> we</c><00:43:11.820><c> come</c><00:43:11.960><c> before</c><00:43:12.360><c> the</c><00:43:12.619><c> table</c><00:43:12.860><c> of</c>

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:14.280
the<00:43:13.179><c> Lord,</c>

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:20.219
we<00:43:16.420><c> must</c><00:43:16.900><c> prepare</c><00:43:17.480><c> our</c><00:43:17.820><c> hearts</c><00:43:18.099><c> for</c><00:43:18.340><c> the</c><00:43:18.460><c> partaking</c><00:43:18.860><c> of</c><00:43:19.059><c> those</c><00:43:19.420><c> emblems</c>

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:27.980
in<00:43:20.639><c> that</c><00:43:20.960><c> spirit</c><00:43:21.480><c> of</c><00:43:22.719><c> utter</c><00:43:23.420><c> repentance</c><00:43:24.340><c> and</c><00:43:25.460><c> acknowledgement</c><00:43:26.000><c> of</c><00:43:26.519><c> our</c><00:43:26.980><c> sinfulness.</c>

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:33.119
So<00:43:29.719><c> verse</c><00:43:29.960><c> 10,</c><00:43:30.340><c> humble</c><00:43:30.639><c> yourselves</c><00:43:31.260><c> in</c><00:43:31.539><c> the</c><00:43:31.679><c> sight</c><00:43:31.820><c> of</c><00:43:31.980><c> the</c><00:43:32.159><c> Lord</c><00:43:32.400><c> and</c><00:43:32.619><c> he</c>

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:35.079
shall<00:43:33.539><c> lift</c><00:43:33.900><c> you</c><00:43:34.139><c> up.</c>

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:37.480
I'm<00:43:35.840><c> going</c><00:43:35.920><c> to</c><00:43:36.059><c> finish</c><00:43:36.280><c> with</c><00:43:36.500><c> this</c><00:43:36.679><c> particular</c><00:43:37.139><c> verse.</c>

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:41.780
We<00:43:37.820><c> have</c><00:43:38.039><c> got</c><00:43:38.440><c> two</c><00:43:38.800><c> more</c><00:43:39.239><c> studies</c><00:43:39.679><c> which</c><00:43:40.159><c> go</c><00:43:40.500><c> through</c><00:43:40.920><c> the</c><00:43:41.420><c> rest</c><00:43:41.639><c> of</c>

00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:43.820
chapter<00:43:41.940><c> four</c><00:43:42.260><c> and</c><00:43:42.440><c> chapter</c><00:43:42.599><c> five.</c>

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:49.179
So<00:43:45.059><c> this</c><00:43:45.579><c> is</c><00:43:45.880><c> a</c><00:43:45.980><c> very</c><00:43:46.400><c> encouraging</c><00:43:47.139><c> verse</c><00:43:47.480><c> for</c><00:43:47.659><c> us</c><00:43:47.780><c> to</c><00:43:48.000><c> finish</c><00:43:48.159><c> on.</c>

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:54.440
Humble<00:43:51.340><c> yourselves</c><00:43:51.860><c> in</c><00:43:53.039><c> the</c><00:43:53.280><c> sight</c><00:43:53.420><c> of</c><00:43:53.579><c> the</c><00:43:53.679><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:56.360
Don't<00:43:54.760><c> worry</c><00:43:55.000><c> about</c><00:43:55.320><c> in</c><00:43:55.539><c> the</c><00:43:55.739><c> sight</c><00:43:55.860><c> of</c><00:43:56.059><c> others.</c>

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:58.420
That<00:43:57.039><c> doesn't</c><00:43:57.320><c> matter.</c>

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:04.360
He<00:43:59.239><c> says,</c><00:44:00.079><c> humble</c><00:44:00.400><c> yourselves</c><00:44:01.039><c> in</c><00:44:01.420><c> the</c><00:44:01.820><c> sight</c><00:44:02.480><c> of</c><00:44:03.179><c> the</c><00:44:03.380><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:12.159
And<00:44:06.739><c> for</c><00:44:06.960><c> sisters</c><00:44:07.500><c> and</c><00:44:08.800><c> brethren,</c><00:44:10.440><c> it</c><00:44:10.519><c> is</c><00:44:10.800><c> having</c><00:44:11.019><c> a</c><00:44:11.280><c> meek</c><00:44:11.739><c> and</c>

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:13.340
a<00:44:12.360><c> quiet</c><00:44:12.659><c> spirit</c>

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:18.900
which<00:44:14.000><c> Peter</c><00:44:14.380><c> says</c><00:44:14.820><c> is</c><00:44:15.280><c> in</c><00:44:15.739><c> the</c><00:44:16.219><c> sight</c><00:44:16.420><c> of</c><00:44:16.739><c> God,</c><00:44:18.099><c> in</c><00:44:18.380><c> the</c><00:44:18.719><c> sight</c>

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:22.760
of<00:44:19.199><c> God,</c><00:44:20.920><c> of</c><00:44:21.239><c> great</c><00:44:21.539><c> price.</c>

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:25.519
That<00:44:23.619><c> meek</c><00:44:23.980><c> and</c><00:44:24.260><c> quiet</c><00:44:24.460><c> spirit.</c>

00:44:25.969 --> 00:44:28.920
The<00:44:26.320><c> Lord</c><00:44:26.579><c> who</c><00:44:26.840><c> walks</c><00:44:27.179><c> amongst</c><00:44:27.539><c> the</c><00:44:27.800><c> lampstands</c><00:44:28.519><c> then</c><00:44:28.719><c> and</c>

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.079
now<00:44:29.099><c> knows</c><00:44:29.420><c> our</c><00:44:29.800><c> works</c>

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:33.480
and<00:44:30.260><c> will</c><00:44:30.440><c> judge</c><00:44:30.719><c> our</c><00:44:31.079><c> public</c><00:44:31.360><c> and</c><00:44:31.599><c> our</c><00:44:31.900><c> private</c><00:44:32.219><c> lives.</c>

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:37.039
Nothing<00:44:34.579><c> is</c><00:44:35.079><c> hid</c><00:44:35.300><c> from</c><00:44:35.679><c> his</c><00:44:36.059><c> eyes.</c>

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:39.300
All<00:44:37.800><c> will</c><00:44:38.059><c> be</c><00:44:38.280><c> revealed.</c>

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:45.380
All<00:44:42.559><c> will</c><00:44:43.260><c> be</c><00:44:44.260><c> revealed.</c>

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Except<00:44:48.340><c> for</c><00:44:49.019><c> that</c><00:44:49.260><c> which</c><00:44:49.460><c> has</c><00:44:49.760><c> been</c><00:44:50.320><c> forgiven</c><00:44:50.760><c> because</c><00:44:52.179><c> we</c><00:44:52.440><c> have</c><00:44:52.699><c> truly</c><00:44:53.059><c> repented</c><00:44:53.519><c> of</c><00:44:53.719><c> it.</c>

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The<00:44:56.079><c> brethren</c><00:44:56.239><c> and</c><00:44:56.460><c> sisters,</c><00:44:56.639><c> he</c><00:44:56.800><c> will</c><00:44:57.000><c> also</c><00:44:57.380><c> come</c><00:44:57.800><c> to</c><00:44:58.219><c> exalt</c>

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his<00:44:59.119><c> beloved,</c>

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to<00:45:00.679><c> honour</c><00:45:00.880><c> his</c><00:45:01.199><c> bride</c><00:45:01.579><c> and</c><00:45:01.940><c> confess</c><00:45:02.440><c> her</c><00:45:02.780><c> name</c><00:45:03.019><c> before</c><00:45:03.440><c> God</c>

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and<00:45:04.179><c> the</c><00:45:04.380><c> angels.</c>

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And<00:45:06.280><c> she,</c><00:45:06.679><c> brethren</c><00:45:06.800><c> and</c><00:45:07.079><c> sisters,</c><00:45:07.519><c> this</c><00:45:07.860><c> beautiful</c><00:45:08.699><c> bride</c>

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of<00:45:09.239><c> Christ</c><00:45:09.539><c>-to</c><00:45:09.840><c>-be,</c>

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she<00:45:10.420><c> is</c><00:45:10.940><c> so</c><00:45:11.360><c> unconscious</c><00:45:12.119><c> of</c><00:45:12.519><c> self</c><00:45:12.780><c>-merit.</c>

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She<00:45:14.579><c> doesn't</c><00:45:14.980><c> feel</c><00:45:15.320><c> worthy.</c>

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She<00:45:17.159><c> shows</c><00:45:17.639><c> before</c><00:45:18.239><c> her</c><00:45:18.679><c> Lord</c><00:45:19.000><c> that</c><00:45:19.539><c> beautiful</c><00:45:20.179><c> contrition,</c>

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that<00:45:21.079><c> meek</c><00:45:21.320><c> and</c><00:45:21.599><c> quiet</c><00:45:21.840><c> spirit.</c>

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She<00:45:22.860><c> bows</c><00:45:23.260><c> before</c><00:45:23.820><c> her</c><00:45:24.260><c> Lord</c><00:45:24.519><c> in</c><00:45:25.360><c> all</c><00:45:25.900><c> humility</c><00:45:26.679><c> and</c><00:45:27.320><c> meekness.</c>

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And<00:45:28.619><c> he,</c><00:45:29.420><c> with</c><00:45:29.920><c> joy,</c><00:45:30.559><c> he</c><00:45:30.860><c> lifts</c><00:45:31.239><c> her</c><00:45:31.840><c> downcast</c><00:45:32.519><c> face</c><00:45:33.199><c> and</c><00:45:34.320><c> he</c>

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looks<00:45:34.820><c> into</c><00:45:35.139><c> that,</c>

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into<00:45:36.980><c> that</c><00:45:37.219><c> tear</c><00:45:37.579><c>-stained</c><00:45:37.900><c> face</c><00:45:38.679><c> and</c><00:45:40.260><c> gives</c><00:45:40.500><c> her</c><00:45:40.800><c> a</c><00:45:41.119><c> warm</c><00:45:41.539><c> smile</c><00:45:41.980><c> of</c><00:45:42.260><c> welcome</c>

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to<00:45:44.280><c> his</c><00:45:44.579><c> right</c><00:45:44.980><c> side</c><00:45:45.320><c> saying</c><00:45:45.699><c> those</c><00:45:46.159><c> amazing</c><00:45:47.059><c> words,</c>

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enter<00:45:49.539><c> thou,</c><00:45:49.880><c> my</c><00:45:50.039><c> beloved,</c><00:45:51.179><c> enter</c><00:45:51.539><c> thou</c><00:45:51.840><c> into</c><00:45:52.059><c> the</c><00:45:52.320><c> joy</c><00:45:52.500><c> of</c>

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thy<00:45:52.800><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:45:54.739><c> in</c><00:45:55.099><c> proportion</c><00:45:55.639><c> to</c><00:45:57.639><c> our</c><00:45:57.920><c> present</c><00:45:58.239><c> repentant</c><00:45:59.019><c> spirit,</c>

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even<00:45:59.800><c> now,</c>

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we<00:46:00.739><c> can</c><00:46:01.000><c> be</c><00:46:01.360><c> purged,</c><00:46:01.840><c> we</c><00:46:01.880><c> can</c><00:46:02.059><c> be</c><00:46:02.400><c> cleansed,</c><00:46:02.760><c> we</c><00:46:02.900><c> can</c><00:46:03.099><c> be</c><00:46:03.460><c> refreshed</c><00:46:03.860><c> and</c>

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lifted<00:46:04.519><c> up</c><00:46:04.760><c> to</c><00:46:05.019><c> experience</c>

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we<00:46:06.960><c> can</c><00:46:07.199><c> experience</c><00:46:07.820><c> the</c><00:46:08.159><c> joy</c><00:46:08.619><c> and</c><00:46:09.000><c> peace</c><00:46:09.320><c> of</c><00:46:09.559><c> a</c><00:46:09.679><c> life</c><00:46:09.900><c> in</c><00:46:10.239><c> Christ,</c>

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lifted<00:46:11.760><c> up</c><00:46:12.420><c> to</c><00:46:12.900><c> heavenly</c><00:46:13.239><c> places</c><00:46:13.760><c> in</c><00:46:14.199><c> Christ</c><00:46:14.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:46:16.079><c> that</c><00:46:16.340><c> is</c><00:46:16.980><c> nothing,</c><00:46:17.659><c> brethren</c><00:46:17.800><c> and</c><00:46:18.059><c> sisters,</c><00:46:18.179><c> that</c><00:46:18.300><c> is</c>

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absolutely<00:46:19.139><c> nothing</c><00:46:19.960><c> compared</c>

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to<00:46:21.199><c> the</c><00:46:21.559><c> joy</c><00:46:21.940><c> that</c><00:46:22.179><c> is</c><00:46:22.619><c> set</c><00:46:22.800><c> before</c><00:46:23.239><c> us</c><00:46:23.480><c> to</c><00:46:23.679><c> be</c><00:46:23.980><c> redeemed</c><00:46:24.400><c> by</c><00:46:24.679><c> the</c><00:46:25.019><c> blood</c><00:46:25.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:25.599><c> Lamb.</c>

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And<00:46:26.480><c> with</c><00:46:26.639><c> the</c><00:46:26.920><c> words,</c><00:46:28.219><c> with</c><00:46:28.420><c> those</c><00:46:28.840><c> beautiful</c><00:46:29.440><c> words,</c><00:46:30.039><c> rise</c>

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up,<00:46:30.900><c> my</c><00:46:31.119><c> love,</c><00:46:32.199><c> my</c><00:46:32.719><c> fair</c><00:46:33.000><c> one,</c>

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and<00:46:34.659><c> come</c><00:46:35.099><c> away</c><00:46:35.880><c> and</c><00:46:37.239><c> to</c><00:46:37.420><c> be</c><00:46:37.519><c> with</c><00:46:37.780><c> our</c><00:46:37.960><c> beloved</c><00:46:38.320><c> Lord</c><00:46:38.800><c> forevermore.</c>

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And<00:46:40.980><c> to</c><00:46:41.199><c> know,</c><00:46:42.400><c> and</c><00:46:42.780><c> to</c><00:46:43.119><c> know,</c><00:46:43.599><c> brethren</c><00:46:43.619><c> and</c><00:46:43.920><c> sisters,</c><00:46:44.179><c> with</c>

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endless<00:46:45.099><c> joy</c><00:46:45.699><c> that</c><00:46:46.099><c> my</c><00:46:47.760><c> beloved</c><00:46:48.260><c> is</c><00:46:48.579><c> mine.</c>

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And<00:46:50.900><c> by</c><00:46:51.139><c> the</c><00:46:51.320><c> grace</c><00:46:51.519><c> of</c><00:46:51.800><c> God,</c><00:46:52.619><c> I</c><00:46:53.059><c> am</c><00:46:53.280><c> his.</c><00:46:54.219><c> Thank</c><00:46:54.579><c> you.</c>