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ointment.<00:24:08.920><c> And</c><00:24:09.059><c> of</c><00:24:09.160><c> course</c><00:24:09.259><c> that's</c><00:24:09.619><c> precisely</c><00:24:10.259><c> what</c><00:24:10.519><c> God</c><00:24:10.819><c> wanted</c><00:24:11.240><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:11.680><c> nation,</c>

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restoration<00:24:14.819><c> of</c><00:24:15.339><c> national</c><00:24:16.039><c> spiritual</c><00:24:16.779><c> health.</c><00:24:18.559><c> That's</c><00:24:18.880><c> what</c>

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Jeremiah<00:24:19.559><c> had</c><00:24:19.740><c> been</c><00:24:19.960><c> sent</c>

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amongst<00:24:20.500><c> them</c><00:24:20.640><c> to</c><00:24:20.880><c> proclaim.</c><00:24:22.740><c> And</c><00:24:22.940><c> the</c><00:24:23.119><c> means</c><00:24:23.319><c> of</c><00:24:23.619><c> healing</c><00:24:23.880><c> was</c><00:24:24.240><c> there</c><00:24:24.480><c> in</c>

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God's<00:24:25.220><c> Word</c><00:24:25.420><c> and</c><00:24:25.579><c> he</c>

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made<00:24:25.980><c> it</c><00:24:26.180><c> before</c><00:24:26.579><c> them</c><00:24:26.859><c> day</c><00:24:27.240><c> after</c><00:24:27.680><c> day,</c><00:24:28.359><c> week</c><00:24:28.460><c> in</c><00:24:28.680><c> and</c><00:24:28.839><c> week</c>

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out.<00:24:31.259><c> But</c><00:24:31.440><c> they</c><00:24:31.619><c> had</c><00:24:31.839><c> rejected</c><00:24:32.240><c> it</c>

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and<00:24:32.619><c> put</c><00:24:32.839><c> it</c><00:24:33.059><c> down</c><00:24:33.339><c> the</c><00:24:33.599><c> well</c><00:24:33.859><c> together</c><00:24:34.400><c> with</c><00:24:34.660><c> God's</c><00:24:35.240><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:24:38.460><c> to</c><00:24:38.680><c> interpret</c><00:24:38.980><c> this</c>

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verse<00:24:39.559><c> into</c><00:24:39.799><c> the</c><00:24:39.960><c> idiom</c><00:24:40.119><c> of</c><00:24:40.319><c> our</c><00:24:40.539><c> own</c><00:24:40.819><c> day,</c><00:24:41.940><c> continuing</c><00:24:42.519><c> steadfastly</c><00:24:43.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:43.960><c> Apostles</c>

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doctrine<00:24:44.940><c> and</c><00:24:45.299><c> fellowship</c><00:24:45.859><c> and</c><00:24:46.400><c> breaking</c><00:24:46.720><c> of</c><00:24:47.099><c> bread</c><00:24:47.359><c> and</c><00:24:47.799><c> prayers,</c><00:24:49.339><c> these</c><00:24:49.720><c> things</c><00:24:50.079><c> are</c>

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collectively<00:24:51.140><c> to</c><00:24:51.579><c> us</c><00:24:52.119><c> the</c><00:24:52.759><c> balm</c><00:24:53.160><c> of</c><00:24:53.480><c> Gilead</c><00:24:54.099><c> to</c><00:24:54.519><c> restore</c><00:24:55.000><c> health</c><00:24:55.519><c> to</c>

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heart<00:24:56.220><c> and</c><00:24:56.619><c> soul</c><00:24:56.839><c> and</c>

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mind.<00:24:59.299><c> You'll</c><00:25:00.140><c> remember</c><00:25:00.359><c> the</c><00:25:00.559><c> words</c><00:25:00.759><c> of</c><00:25:00.960><c> one</c><00:25:01.079><c> of</c><00:25:01.240><c> our</c>

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exhortational<00:25:02.259><c> hymns,</c><00:25:03.980><c> deep</c><00:25:04.319><c> wounded</c><00:25:04.859><c> by</c><00:25:05.299><c> the</c><00:25:05.799><c> Spirit's</c><00:25:06.759><c> sword</c><00:25:06.980><c> as</c>

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we<00:25:07.819><c> see</c><00:25:08.019><c> ourselves</c><00:25:08.460><c> from</c>

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God's<00:25:09.299><c> point</c><00:25:09.519><c> of</c><00:25:09.740><c> view</c><00:25:10.099><c> and</c><00:25:10.859><c> then</c><00:25:11.460><c> by</c><00:25:12.119><c> Gilead's</c><00:25:13.099><c> balm</c><00:25:13.619><c> restored</c><00:25:14.599><c> in</c><00:25:15.420><c> this</c>

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means<00:25:16.099><c> of</c><00:25:16.500><c> grace</c>

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before<00:25:17.839><c> us</c><00:25:18.619><c> on</c><00:25:19.019><c> the</c><00:25:19.180><c> Lord's</c><00:25:19.700><c> table.</c><00:25:21.279><c> That's</c><00:25:21.880><c> why</c><00:25:22.039><c> the</c><00:25:22.240><c> Apostle</c>

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says<00:25:22.779><c> in</c><00:25:22.900><c> his</c>

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Corinthian<00:25:23.559><c> letter</c><00:25:23.819><c> that</c><00:25:24.000><c> those</c><00:25:24.279><c> who</c><00:25:24.500><c> neglect</c><00:25:24.839><c> these</c><00:25:25.180><c> things</c>

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are<00:25:25.960><c> extremely</c><00:25:26.599><c> foolish,</c>

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placing<00:25:28.000><c> their</c><00:25:28.220><c> very</c><00:25:28.460><c> salvation</c><00:25:29.039><c> at</c><00:25:29.319><c> risk.</c><00:25:30.539><c> For</c><00:25:30.660><c> this</c><00:25:30.960><c> cause,</c>

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he<00:25:31.319><c> says,</c><00:25:31.779><c> many</c><00:25:31.940><c> are</c><00:25:33.059><c> weak</c><00:25:33.339><c> and</c>

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sickly<00:25:34.019><c> among</c><00:25:34.279><c> you,</c><00:25:34.720><c> many</c><00:25:35.079><c> sleep.</c><00:25:36.359><c> Let's</c><00:25:36.660><c> not</c><00:25:36.940><c> make</c><00:25:37.099><c> the</c><00:25:37.319><c> same</c>

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mistake,<00:25:38.059><c> brethren</c><00:25:38.259><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:39.259><c> let's</c><00:25:39.839><c> not</c><00:25:40.319><c> make</c><00:25:40.680><c> the</c><00:25:41.000><c> same</c><00:25:41.319><c> mistake.</c><00:25:43.319><c> Our</c><00:25:43.619><c> means</c>

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of<00:25:44.220><c> health</c><00:25:44.460><c> and</c><00:25:44.759><c> healing</c><00:25:45.019><c> is</c>

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essentially<00:25:46.099><c> the</c><00:25:46.400><c> same</c><00:25:46.640><c> as</c><00:25:46.920><c> theirs.</c><00:25:48.500><c> Listen</c><00:25:48.779><c> to</c><00:25:49.059><c> what</c><00:25:49.420><c> God</c><00:25:49.819><c> is</c>

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saying<00:25:50.599><c> to</c><00:25:50.940><c> you</c><00:25:51.319><c> and</c><00:25:52.319><c> then</c>

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join<00:25:53.180><c> in</c><00:25:53.660><c> all</c><00:25:54.000><c> the</c><00:25:54.299><c> worship</c><00:25:54.779><c> and</c><00:25:55.140><c> the</c><00:25:55.299><c> work</c><00:25:55.460><c> of</c><00:25:55.680><c> the</c><00:25:55.880><c> Lord.</c><00:25:56.660><c> And</c>

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in<00:25:57.019><c> this</c><00:25:57.339><c> fellowship</c><00:25:57.720><c> of</c><00:25:57.940><c> the</c>

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Saints,<00:25:59.019><c> find</c><00:25:59.500><c> that</c><00:25:59.920><c> balm</c><00:26:00.259><c> of</c><00:26:00.559><c> Gilead</c><00:26:00.920><c> which</c><00:26:01.160><c> will</c><00:26:01.460><c> heal</c><00:26:01.720><c> all</c>

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our<00:26:02.460><c> woes,</c><00:26:03.440><c> restore</c>

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spiritual<00:26:04.579><c> health</c><00:26:05.160><c> and</c><00:26:05.960><c> ensure</c><00:26:06.460><c> that</c><00:26:06.779><c> when</c><00:26:07.019><c> at</c><00:26:07.279><c> last</c><00:26:07.660><c> the</c><00:26:08.700><c> harvest</c><00:26:09.039><c> is</c>

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gathered<00:26:09.619><c> in,</c><00:26:09.980><c> we</c><00:26:10.240><c> are</c>

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amongst<00:26:11.180><c> that</c><00:26:11.619><c> glad</c><00:26:11.960><c> company</c><00:26:12.599><c> who</c><00:26:13.079><c> inherit</c><00:26:13.380><c> the</c><00:26:13.640><c> kingdom</c><00:26:13.940><c> of</c>

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God<00:26:14.660><c> and</c><00:26:15.259><c> eternal</c><00:26:15.740><c> life.</c><00:26:18.559><c> Now</c>

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that<00:26:19.140><c> essentially</c><00:26:19.819><c> is</c><00:26:20.579><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:26:21.519><c> exhortation</c><00:26:22.180><c> to</c><00:26:22.380><c> us</c><00:26:22.599><c> this</c>

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evening<00:26:23.240><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:26:24.119><c> 8.</c><00:26:27.099><c> Are</c><00:26:27.500><c> we</c><00:26:27.700><c> listening?</c>