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And<00:12:04.940><c> this</c><00:12:05.179><c> angel</c><00:12:05.399><c> protected</c><00:12:06.080><c> them</c><00:12:06.559><c> from</c><00:12:06.879><c> this</c><00:12:07.200><c> fire.</c>

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when<00:12:10.700><c> they</c><00:12:10.980><c> emerged</c><00:12:11.480><c> from</c><00:12:12.340><c> the</c><00:12:12.580><c> furnace.</c>

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Remember<00:12:17.019><c> what</c><00:12:17.740><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:12:19.220><c> says</c><00:12:19.659><c> in</c><00:12:20.480><c> chapter</c><00:12:20.840><c> three,</c>

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verse<00:12:22.039><c> 15?</c>

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He<00:12:24.539><c> says</c><00:12:24.700><c> this,</c>

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who<00:12:26.879><c> is</c><00:12:27.799><c> that</c><00:12:28.200><c> God</c><00:12:28.720><c> that</c><00:12:29.519><c> shall</c><00:12:29.820><c> deliver</c><00:12:30.879><c> you</c><00:12:31.940><c> out</c><00:12:32.440><c> of</c><00:12:32.779><c> my</c><00:12:33.139><c> hand?</c>

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It<00:12:36.940><c> rings</c><00:12:37.299><c> familiar,</c><00:12:38.019><c> doesn't</c><00:12:38.120><c> it?</c>

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You<00:12:39.440><c> know,</c><00:12:39.639><c> it's</c><00:12:40.299><c> like</c><00:12:40.500><c> a</c><00:12:40.720><c> Bible</c><00:12:41.019><c> echo.</c>

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It<00:12:46.419><c> reminds</c><00:12:46.740><c> us</c><00:12:46.980><c> of</c><00:12:47.220><c> other</c><00:12:47.460><c> monks</c><00:12:47.960><c> who</c><00:12:48.419><c> make</c><00:12:48.600><c> the</c><00:12:48.960><c> same</c>

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If<00:12:53.200><c> you</c><00:12:53.399><c> look</c><00:12:53.580><c> at</c><00:12:53.799><c> Exodus</c><00:12:54.139><c> five</c><00:12:54.519><c> and</c><00:12:54.779><c> two,</c>

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Pharaoh<00:12:57.120><c> says</c><00:12:57.419><c> to</c><00:12:57.679><c> Moses</c><00:12:58.080><c> and</c><00:12:58.379><c> Aaron,</c>

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who<00:13:00.659><c> is</c><00:13:00.919><c> the</c><00:13:01.179><c> Lord</c><00:13:01.620><c> that</c><00:13:02.940><c> I</c><00:13:03.299><c> should</c><00:13:03.539><c> obey</c><00:13:03.980><c> his</c><00:13:04.460><c> voice</c>

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And<00:13:09.740><c> in</c><00:13:10.019><c> Second</c><00:13:10.460><c> Kings,</c><00:13:10.980><c> chapter</c><00:13:11.379><c> 18,</c>

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we<00:13:14.139><c> see</c><00:13:14.460><c> Rav</c><00:13:14.899><c> Sheka,</c>

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mouthing<00:13:22.220><c> these</c><00:13:22.679><c> words</c><00:13:23.080><c> to</c><00:13:23.340><c> the</c><00:13:23.519><c> people</c><00:13:23.759><c> of</c><00:13:24.059><c> Judah</c><00:13:24.259><c> in</c><00:13:24.480><c> verse</c><00:13:24.759><c> 35.</c>

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Who<00:13:27.279><c> are</c><00:13:27.740><c> they</c><00:13:28.720><c> among</c><00:13:29.259><c> all</c><00:13:29.720><c> the</c><00:13:29.919><c> gods</c><00:13:30.279><c> of</c><00:13:30.740><c> the</c><00:13:30.960><c> countries</c>

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that<00:13:35.940><c> the</c><00:13:36.460><c> Lord</c><00:13:36.980><c> should</c><00:13:37.700><c> deliver</c><00:13:38.299><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:39.100><c> out</c><00:13:39.779><c> of</c><00:13:40.120><c> my</c><00:13:40.360><c> hand?</c>

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These<00:13:43.600><c> boasts</c><00:13:44.440><c> and</c><00:13:45.019><c> challenges</c><00:13:45.679><c> made</c><00:13:47.220><c> by</c><00:13:47.539><c> these</c><00:13:47.940><c> kings</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar's<00:14:02.980><c> question</c><00:14:03.340><c> was</c><00:14:03.659><c> answered</c><00:14:04.080><c> quite</c><00:14:04.500><c> emphatically</c>

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This<00:14:11.039><c> heathen,</c><00:14:12.039><c> idolatrous</c><00:14:12.860><c> king</c><00:14:13.480><c> was</c><00:14:14.620><c> so</c><00:14:14.940><c> impressed</c>

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that<00:14:16.700><c> he</c><00:14:16.919><c> made</c><00:14:17.120><c> this</c><00:14:17.399><c> confession.</c>

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we<00:14:45.279><c> read</c><00:14:45.539><c> about</c><00:14:46.019><c> Daniel's</c><00:14:46.779><c> ordeal</c>

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in<00:14:49.419><c> the</c><00:14:49.600><c> lion's</c><00:14:50.059><c> den.</c>

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This<00:14:53.620><c> happened</c><00:14:53.899><c> when</c><00:14:54.080><c> he</c><00:14:54.259><c> was</c><00:14:54.460><c> made</c><00:14:54.799><c> chief</c><00:14:55.500><c> of</c><00:14:56.159><c> the</c><00:14:56.460><c> presidents</c>

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by<00:14:57.919><c> Darius</c><00:14:58.419><c> the</c><00:14:58.740><c> Mede.</c>

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used<00:15:05.200><c> by</c><00:15:05.539><c> the</c><00:15:06.220><c> rulers</c><00:15:06.500><c> of</c><00:15:07.200><c> the</c><00:15:07.419><c> Medes</c><00:15:07.679><c> and</c><00:15:07.860><c> Persians.</c>

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But<00:15:10.480><c> this</c><00:15:10.840><c> Darius</c><00:15:11.399><c> was</c><00:15:11.860><c> a</c><00:15:12.019><c> little</c><00:15:12.159><c> different.</c>

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unlike<00:15:20.360><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:15:22.500><c> whose</c><00:15:22.860><c> rule</c><00:15:23.139><c> was</c><00:15:24.019><c> absolute.</c>

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Those<00:15:29.960><c> under</c><00:15:30.259><c> Daniel's</c><00:15:31.019><c> control</c><00:15:32.240><c> conspired</c><00:15:33.860><c> against</c><00:15:34.220><c> him,</c>

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tricking<00:15:37.179><c> Darius</c><00:15:38.080><c> to</c><00:15:39.980><c> sign</c><00:15:40.360><c> a</c><00:15:40.639><c> decree</c><00:15:41.279><c> into</c><00:15:41.960><c> law</c>

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of<00:15:47.019><c> any</c><00:15:47.399><c> god</c><00:15:48.019><c> or</c><00:15:48.820><c> man,</c><00:15:49.820><c> but</c><00:15:50.059><c> only</c><00:15:50.639><c> of</c><00:15:51.120><c> the</c><00:15:51.279><c> king.</c>

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And<00:15:54.639><c> in</c><00:15:54.799><c> verse</c><00:15:55.000><c> 10,</c><00:15:55.500><c> we</c><00:15:55.580><c> read</c><00:15:55.820><c> that</c><00:15:57.320><c> Daniel,</c>

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knowing<00:15:59.279><c> that</c><00:15:59.600><c> the</c><00:15:59.840><c> decree</c><00:16:00.000><c> was</c><00:16:00.340><c> signed,</c>

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continued<00:16:02.399><c> to</c><00:16:03.340><c> give</c><00:16:03.580><c> thanks</c><00:16:04.159><c> unto</c><00:16:04.539><c> God</c><00:16:05.100><c> as</c><00:16:05.519><c> usual.</c>

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When<00:16:11.779><c> the</c><00:16:12.120><c> accusations</c><00:16:12.519><c> were</c><00:16:12.840><c> lodged</c><00:16:13.600><c> against</c><00:16:13.980><c> Daniel,</c>

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Darius<00:16:15.840><c> realized</c><00:16:16.700><c> he'd</c><00:16:16.919><c> been</c><00:16:17.159><c> hoodwinked.</c>

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It<00:16:21.100><c> was</c><00:16:21.399><c> probably</c><00:16:21.840><c> his</c><00:16:22.259><c> ego</c><00:16:22.639><c> that,</c>

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and<00:16:25.080><c> not</c><00:16:25.259><c> his</c><00:16:25.440><c> better</c><00:16:25.620><c> judgment,</c>

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that<00:16:26.840><c> led</c><00:16:26.980><c> him</c><00:16:27.299><c> to</c><00:16:27.580><c> sign</c><00:16:27.600><c> this</c><00:16:27.980><c> decree</c><00:16:28.519><c> into</c><00:16:28.940><c> law,</c>

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into<00:16:31.960><c> law,</c><00:16:32.419><c> so</c><00:16:32.620><c> his</c><00:16:32.860><c> hands</c><00:16:33.460><c> were</c><00:16:33.879><c> tied.</c>

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And<00:16:35.419><c> the</c><00:16:35.559><c> punishment</c><00:16:35.960><c> was</c><00:16:36.179><c> that</c><00:16:36.179><c> he</c><00:16:36.179><c> was</c>

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had<00:16:36.500><c> to</c><00:16:36.700><c> be</c><00:16:36.940><c> carried</c><00:16:37.159><c> out.</c>

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But<00:16:39.360><c> God</c><00:16:39.580><c> delivered</c><00:16:39.940><c> Daniel.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:16:52.519><c> said,</c><00:16:53.960><c> chapter</c><00:16:54.360><c> two,</c><00:16:54.840><c> verse</c><00:16:55.019><c> four,</c>

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that<00:18:54.019><c> without</c><00:18:54.859><c> this</c><00:18:55.460><c> trust</c><00:18:55.799><c> or</c><00:18:56.240><c> faith,</c>

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that<00:19:08.579><c> we</c><00:19:08.799><c> should</c><00:19:09.039><c> do</c><00:19:09.319><c> well</c><00:19:09.579><c> to</c><00:19:09.819><c> take</c><00:19:10.039><c> note</c><00:19:10.240><c> of.</c>

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that<00:22:03.160><c> I</c><00:22:03.559><c> am</c><00:22:03.759><c> the</c><00:22:03.960><c> Lord,</c><00:22:04.940><c> which</c><00:22:05.259><c> exercise</c><00:22:06.039><c> loving</c><00:22:06.680><c> kindness,</c>

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judgments<00:22:08.700><c> and</c><00:22:09.619><c> righteousness</c><00:22:10.259><c> in</c><00:22:11.079><c> the</c><00:22:11.259><c> earth.</c>

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to<00:23:27.799><c> be</c><00:23:28.019><c> among</c><00:23:28.339><c> those</c><00:23:28.839><c> that</c><00:23:29.279><c> Christ</c><00:23:29.900><c> brings</c><00:23:30.339><c> into</c><00:23:30.680><c> glory.</c>

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John<00:23:43.339><c> writes</c><00:23:43.799><c> in</c><00:23:43.980><c> his</c><00:23:44.240><c> gospel,</c><00:23:45.980><c> chapter</c><00:23:46.220><c> three</c><00:23:46.519><c> at</c><00:23:46.720><c> the</c><00:23:46.900><c> 16th</c><00:23:47.519><c> verse,</c>

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that<00:23:55.699><c> whosoever</c><00:23:56.339><c> believeth</c><00:23:56.680><c> in</c><00:23:56.880><c> him</c><00:23:57.519><c> should</c><00:23:58.259><c> not</c><00:23:58.539><c> perish,</c>

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but<00:23:59.640><c> have</c><00:23:59.980><c> everlasting</c><00:24:00.599><c> life.</c>

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representing<00:24:11.319><c> his</c><00:24:11.559><c> body,</c><00:24:12.819><c> and</c><00:24:12.960><c> drink</c><00:24:13.180><c> this</c><00:24:13.420><c> wine,</c>

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representing<00:24:15.079><c> his</c><00:24:15.400><c> blood</c><00:24:15.960><c> in</c><00:24:16.960><c> the</c><00:24:17.259><c> sure</c><00:24:17.519><c> hope</c>

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imputes<00:24:38.619><c> to</c><00:24:38.759><c> them</c><00:24:39.079><c> righteousness.</c>

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chapter<00:24:48.539><c> three,</c><00:24:48.940><c> verse</c><00:24:49.240><c> nine,</c>

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it<00:25:34.180><c> is</c><00:25:34.839><c> very</c><00:25:35.460><c> difficult</c><00:25:36.279><c> to</c><00:25:36.819><c> realize</c><00:25:37.200><c> that</c><00:25:37.420><c> this</c><00:25:37.660><c> can</c><00:25:37.880><c> be</c><00:25:38.279><c> so.</c>

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Please<00:25:48.160><c> turn</c><00:25:48.440><c> with</c><00:25:48.619><c> me</c><00:25:48.779><c> to</c><00:25:49.019><c> Psalms</c><00:25:50.900><c> 33.</c>

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to<00:26:17.380><c> deliver</c><00:26:17.779><c> their</c><00:26:18.200><c> soul</c><00:26:18.599><c> from</c><00:26:19.000><c> death</c>

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and<00:26:20.579><c> to</c><00:26:20.880><c> keep</c><00:26:21.140><c> them</c><00:26:21.460><c> alive</c><00:26:22.160><c> in</c><00:26:22.160><c> the</c><00:26:22.160><c> life</c><00:26:22.160><c> of</c><00:26:22.160><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:26:23.059><c> famine,</c><00:26:24.759><c> our</c><00:26:25.000><c> soul</c><00:26:25.559><c> waiteth</c><00:26:26.480><c> for</c><00:26:26.900><c> the</c><00:26:27.099><c> Lord.</c>

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because<00:26:36.900><c> we</c><00:26:37.579><c> have</c><00:26:37.880><c> trusted</c><00:26:38.319><c> in</c><00:26:38.859><c> his</c><00:26:39.079><c> holy</c><00:26:39.440><c> name.</c>

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Let<00:26:41.720><c> thy</c><00:26:41.980><c> mercy,</c><00:26:42.619><c> oh</c><00:26:42.980><c> Lord,</c><00:26:44.279><c> be</c><00:26:44.460><c> upon</c><00:26:44.720><c> us</c>

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according<00:26:46.279><c> as</c><00:26:46.880><c> we</c><00:26:47.079><c> hope</c><00:26:47.460><c> in</c><00:26:47.839><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:26:51.660><c> in</c><00:26:51.960><c> closing,</c><00:26:52.420><c> brothers</c><00:26:52.500><c> and</c><00:26:52.799><c> sisters,</c>

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please<00:26:54.559><c> turn</c><00:26:54.740><c> with</c><00:26:54.920><c> me</c><00:26:55.079><c> to</c><00:26:55.359><c> Jude.</c>

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Verse<00:27:06.140><c> 24.</c>

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Now<00:27:11.099><c> unto</c><00:27:11.859><c> him</c><00:27:12.319><c> that</c><00:27:12.559><c> is</c><00:27:12.819><c> able</c><00:27:13.519><c> to</c><00:27:14.119><c> keep</c><00:27:14.380><c> you</c><00:27:14.680><c> from</c><00:27:15.000><c> falling</c>

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and<00:27:16.859><c> to</c><00:27:17.180><c> present</c><00:27:17.700><c> you</c><00:27:18.680><c> faultless</c><00:27:19.759><c> the</c><00:27:20.220><c> presence</c><00:27:20.819><c> of</c><00:27:21.299><c> his</c><00:27:21.579><c> glory</c>

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with<00:27:22.960><c> exceeding</c><00:27:23.599><c> joy</c><00:27:24.140><c> to</c><00:27:25.819><c> the</c><00:27:26.059><c> only</c><00:27:26.359><c> wise</c><00:27:26.720><c> God,</c><00:27:27.619><c> our</c><00:27:27.839><c> Savior.</c>

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Be<00:27:29.799><c> glory</c><00:27:30.539><c> and</c><00:27:31.480><c> majesty,</c><00:27:33.240><c> dominion</c><00:27:33.960><c> and</c><00:27:34.720><c> power</c>

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both<00:27:36.299><c> now</c><00:27:36.799><c> and</c><00:27:37.240><c> ever,</c><00:27:38.420><c> amen.</c>