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issues<00:12:57.320><c> that</c><00:12:57.659><c> monumental</c><00:12:58.419><c> challenge.</c>

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One<00:13:11.539><c> was</c><00:13:11.799><c> monitored</c><00:13:12.200><c> by</c><00:13:12.539><c> King</c><00:13:12.820><c> Ahab</c><00:13:13.500><c> and</c><00:13:13.820><c> the</c><00:13:14.000><c> other</c><00:13:14.179><c> by</c><00:13:14.500><c> Queen</c><00:13:14.820><c> Jezebel.</c>

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Says<00:13:16.500><c> in</c><00:13:16.720><c> verse</c><00:13:16.960><c> 19</c><00:13:17.399><c> as</c><00:13:17.620><c> he</c><00:13:17.779><c> issues</c><00:13:17.919><c> this</c><00:13:18.200><c> challenge.</c>

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Frequently<00:14:03.879><c> represented</c><00:14:04.480><c> by</c><00:14:04.820><c> a</c><00:14:05.000><c> woman</c><00:14:05.240><c> astride</c><00:14:05.779><c> a</c><00:14:05.980><c> lion</c><00:14:06.240><c> with</c>

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a<00:14:06.659><c> lily</c><00:14:07.360><c> that</c><00:14:07.720><c> represents</c><00:14:08.080><c> sensuality</c><00:14:08.860><c> and</c><00:14:09.000><c> a</c><00:14:09.240><c> serpent</c><00:14:09.559><c> that</c>

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She<00:14:16.240><c> fiendishly</c><00:14:17.100><c> butchers</c><00:14:17.639><c> mankind</c><00:14:18.399><c> young</c><00:14:18.860><c> and</c><00:14:19.159><c> old</c><00:14:19.720><c> wading</c>

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ecstatically<00:14:21.419><c> in</c><00:14:21.980><c> human</c><00:14:22.299><c> gore</c><00:14:22.580><c> up</c><00:14:22.820><c> to</c><00:14:22.980><c> the</c><00:14:23.299><c> throat</c><00:14:23.700><c> while</c>

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exulting<00:14:25.460><c> sadistically.</c>

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Carmel<00:15:25.149><c> and</c><00:15:25.330><c> say</c><00:15:25.470><c> now</c><00:15:25.629><c> let's</c><00:15:25.830><c> sit</c><00:15:26.070><c> down</c><00:15:26.269><c> and</c><00:15:26.389><c> we'll</c><00:15:26.590><c> open</c><00:15:26.769><c> the</c>

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Elijah<00:16:07.090><c> was</c><00:16:07.309><c> going</c><00:16:07.509><c> to</c><00:16:07.830><c> demonstrate</c><00:16:08.330><c> that</c><00:16:08.570><c> the</c><00:16:08.750><c> god</c><00:16:08.970><c> he</c><00:16:09.309><c> worshipped</c><00:16:10.230><c> was</c><00:16:10.889><c> a</c>

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living<00:16:11.529><c> vibrant</c><00:16:12.570><c> active</c><00:16:13.250><c> part</c><00:16:13.730><c> of</c><00:16:13.990><c> his</c><00:16:14.289><c> life.</c>

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Is<00:16:22.950><c> the</c><00:16:23.210><c> truth</c><00:16:23.450><c> a</c><00:16:23.710><c> practical</c><00:16:24.090><c> thing</c><00:16:24.389><c> in</c><00:16:24.549><c> our</c><00:16:24.809><c> lives</c><00:16:25.009><c> that</c><00:16:25.110><c> we</c>

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can<00:16:25.629><c> demonstrate</c><00:16:26.269><c> to</c><00:16:26.470><c> other</c><00:16:26.710><c> people</c><00:16:27.029><c> or</c><00:16:27.190><c> do</c><00:16:27.350><c> we</c><00:16:27.470><c> have</c><00:16:27.629><c> to</c><00:16:27.809><c> rely</c>

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on<00:16:28.450><c> saying</c><00:16:28.730><c> well</c><00:16:29.610><c> you</c><00:16:29.769><c> know</c><00:16:29.929><c> it</c><00:16:30.129><c> says</c><00:16:30.230><c> in</c><00:16:30.409><c> the</c><00:16:30.529><c> Bible</c><00:16:30.809><c> here</c><00:16:31.049><c> that</c><00:16:31.190><c> I'm</c><00:16:31.470><c> right.</c>

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We<00:16:33.730><c> can</c><00:16:34.009><c> quote</c><00:16:34.230><c> scripture</c><00:16:34.610><c> and</c><00:16:34.870><c> verse</c><00:16:35.110><c> can't</c><00:16:35.509><c> we?</c>

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But<00:16:36.450><c> what</c><00:16:36.690><c> about</c><00:16:36.889><c> the</c><00:16:37.230><c> test</c><00:16:37.470><c> in</c><00:16:37.730><c> our</c><00:16:37.990><c> lives</c><00:16:38.330><c> of</c><00:16:38.690><c> effectual</c><00:16:39.230><c> prayer?</c>

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What<00:16:41.210><c> about</c><00:16:41.450><c> the</c><00:16:41.830><c> test</c><00:16:42.309><c> as</c><00:16:43.450><c> to</c><00:16:43.629><c> whether</c><00:16:43.769><c> we</c><00:16:43.970><c> are</c><00:16:44.169><c> devoted</c><00:16:44.610><c> to</c>

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God's<00:16:45.330><c> ways?</c>

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What<00:16:46.169><c> about</c><00:16:46.549><c> the</c><00:16:46.809><c> evidence</c><00:16:47.169><c> in</c><00:16:47.389><c> our</c><00:16:47.710><c> lives</c><00:16:48.269><c> that</c><00:16:49.330><c> it's</c><00:16:49.570><c> being</c>

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demonstrated<00:16:50.750><c> that</c><00:16:50.990><c> we</c><00:16:51.269><c> believe</c><00:16:51.830><c> in</c><00:16:52.230><c> the</c><00:16:52.429><c> grace</c><00:16:52.669><c> of</c><00:16:52.950><c> God</c><00:16:53.169><c> and</c>

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in<00:16:53.549><c> the</c><00:16:53.809><c> establishment</c><00:16:54.210><c> of</c><00:16:54.470><c> a</c><00:16:54.629><c> kingdom</c><00:16:54.850><c> that</c><00:16:55.009><c> will</c><00:16:55.269><c> soon</c><00:16:55.450><c> be</c>

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here<00:16:55.870><c> in</c><00:16:56.029><c> the</c><00:16:56.190><c> future?</c>

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Is<00:16:57.230><c> God</c><00:16:57.549><c> a</c><00:16:57.769><c> real</c><00:16:58.250><c> living</c><00:16:58.809><c> vibrant</c><00:16:59.450><c> part</c><00:16:59.789><c> of</c><00:17:00.009><c> our</c><00:17:00.250><c> lives</c><00:17:00.669><c> in</c><00:17:01.149><c> which</c><00:17:01.490><c> people</c><00:17:02.009><c> notice</c><00:17:02.509><c> the</c>

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change<00:17:03.409><c> and</c><00:17:03.909><c> the</c><00:17:04.190><c> different</c><00:17:04.430><c> attitude</c><00:17:05.009><c> that</c><00:17:05.210><c> we</c><00:17:05.549><c> have</c><00:17:05.829><c> and</c><00:17:06.309><c> the</c><00:17:06.609><c> standing</c><00:17:06.910><c> up</c>

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for<00:17:07.329><c> the</c><00:17:07.569><c> principles</c><00:17:07.990><c> of</c><00:17:08.349><c> right?</c>

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You<00:17:10.630><c> see</c><00:17:10.769><c> Elijah's</c><00:17:11.529><c> test</c><00:17:11.750><c> wasn't</c><00:17:12.130><c> about</c><00:17:12.589><c> Bibles</c><00:17:13.309><c> and</c><00:17:13.829><c> knowledge.</c>

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It<00:17:15.390><c> was</c><00:17:15.710><c> about</c><00:17:16.109><c> faith</c><00:17:17.029><c> and</c><00:17:17.890><c> a</c><00:17:18.130><c> way</c><00:17:18.289><c> of</c><00:17:18.630><c> life.</c>

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And<00:17:20.829><c> that's</c><00:17:21.150><c> where</c><00:17:21.410><c> the</c><00:17:21.690><c> challenge</c><00:17:21.970><c> should</c><00:17:22.230><c> always</c><00:17:22.650><c> be</c><00:17:22.970><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:23.390><c> workplace.</c>

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Not<00:17:24.750><c> that</c><00:17:24.910><c> we</c><00:17:25.029><c> can</c><00:17:25.369><c> flick</c><00:17:25.490><c> through</c><00:17:25.730><c> the</c><00:17:25.950><c> pages</c><00:17:26.210><c> and</c><00:17:26.450><c> say</c><00:17:26.630><c> well</c>

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look<00:17:26.990><c> at</c><00:17:27.150><c> this</c><00:17:27.410><c> verse.</c>

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People<00:17:28.609><c> should</c><00:17:28.849><c> be</c><00:17:29.049><c> able</c><00:17:29.170><c> to</c><00:17:29.230><c> look</c><00:17:29.450><c> at</c><00:17:29.630><c> us</c><00:17:29.910><c> and</c><00:17:30.130><c> see</c><00:17:30.329><c> a</c><00:17:30.609><c> vibrant</c>

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living<00:17:31.829><c> active</c><00:17:32.490><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:17:35.190><c> so</c><00:17:35.430><c> in</c><00:17:35.650><c> verse</c><00:17:35.930><c> 21</c><00:17:36.509><c> it</c><00:17:36.769><c> says</c><00:17:37.589><c> Elijah</c><00:17:38.890><c> came</c><00:17:39.410><c> unto</c><00:17:39.829><c> all</c><00:17:40.769><c> the</c><00:17:41.450><c> people.</c>

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You<00:17:43.410><c> see</c><00:17:43.890><c> he</c><00:17:44.009><c> wasn't</c><00:17:44.309><c> so</c><00:17:44.569><c> much</c><00:17:44.789><c> concerned</c><00:17:45.170><c> with</c><00:17:45.309><c> a</c><00:17:45.549><c> face</c><00:17:45.750><c> to</c><00:17:45.930><c> face</c><00:17:46.190><c> confrontation</c><00:17:47.069><c> with</c><00:17:47.690><c> King</c><00:17:48.029><c> Ahab</c><00:17:48.390><c> and</c><00:17:48.549><c> the</c><00:17:48.789><c> priest</c><00:17:49.210><c> to</c>

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prove<00:17:50.190><c> whether</c><00:17:50.390><c> it</c><00:17:50.630><c> was</c><00:17:50.630><c> he</c><00:17:50.890><c> or</c><00:17:51.170><c> Ahab</c><00:17:51.690><c> who</c><00:17:51.869><c> had</c><00:17:52.109><c> troubled</c><00:17:52.349><c> Israel</c><00:17:52.809><c> and</c>

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caused<00:17:53.289><c> this</c><00:17:53.609><c> drought</c><00:17:53.809><c> and</c><00:17:53.990><c> whose</c><00:17:54.329><c> fault</c><00:17:54.609><c> it</c><00:17:54.930><c> was.</c>

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He<00:17:56.190><c> wasn't</c><00:17:56.490><c> there</c><00:17:56.710><c> to</c><00:17:56.990><c> show</c><00:17:57.170><c> whose</c><00:17:57.569><c> fault</c><00:17:57.789><c> it</c><00:17:58.049><c> was.</c>

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His<00:17:59.450><c> concern</c><00:18:00.049><c> was</c><00:18:00.329><c> with</c><00:18:01.190><c> the</c><00:18:02.130><c> people.</c>

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And<00:18:03.829><c> he</c><00:18:04.009><c> wanted</c><00:18:04.230><c> to</c><00:18:04.589><c> turn</c><00:18:04.869><c> their</c><00:18:05.349><c> hearts</c><00:18:05.730><c> to</c><00:18:06.109><c> Yahweh.</c>

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You<00:18:06.809><c> see</c><00:18:06.990><c> that</c><00:18:07.170><c> in</c><00:18:07.289><c> verse</c><00:18:07.549><c> 37</c><00:18:08.150><c> as</c><00:18:08.450><c> well</c><00:18:08.569><c> in</c><00:18:08.710><c> his</c><00:18:08.910><c> prayer.</c>

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Hear<00:18:10.029><c> me</c><00:18:10.210><c> oh</c><00:18:10.509><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:10.750><c> hear</c><00:18:11.009><c> me</c><00:18:11.690><c> that</c><00:18:12.009><c> this</c><00:18:12.490><c> people</c><00:18:12.950><c> might</c><00:18:13.269><c> know</c>

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that<00:18:13.750><c> thou</c><00:18:13.990><c> art</c><00:18:14.250><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:15.269><c> God</c><00:18:16.150><c> and</c><00:18:17.210><c> that</c><00:18:17.410><c> thou</c><00:18:17.589><c> has</c><00:18:17.869><c> turned</c>

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their<00:18:19.089><c> heart</c><00:18:19.569><c> back</c><00:18:19.990><c> again.</c>

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You<00:18:21.309><c> see</c><00:18:21.569><c> this</c><00:18:21.769><c> wasn't</c><00:18:22.089><c> a</c><00:18:22.410><c> confrontation</c><00:18:23.009><c> to</c><00:18:23.289><c> prove</c><00:18:23.430><c> who</c><00:18:23.630><c> was</c>

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right<00:18:24.069><c> and</c><00:18:24.210><c> who</c><00:18:24.369><c> was</c><00:18:24.630><c> wrong.</c>

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Elijah<00:18:26.069><c> desperately</c><00:18:26.650><c> wanted</c><00:18:26.950><c> to</c><00:18:27.230><c> turn</c><00:18:27.390><c> the</c><00:18:27.690><c> hearts</c><00:18:27.910><c> of</c><00:18:28.069><c> the</c>

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people<00:18:28.470><c> back</c><00:18:29.289><c> to</c><00:18:29.650><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:18:31.210><c> you</c><00:18:31.269><c> know</c><00:18:31.390><c> you</c><00:18:31.509><c> might</c><00:18:31.690><c> be</c><00:18:31.910><c> thinking</c><00:18:32.049><c> about</c><00:18:32.390><c> Malachi</c><00:18:32.890><c> 4</c><00:18:33.170><c> that's</c><00:18:33.509><c> his</c><00:18:33.690><c> future</c><00:18:34.029><c> work</c><00:18:34.210><c> as</c><00:18:34.490><c> well.</c>

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That's<00:18:35.410><c> always</c><00:18:35.849><c> what</c><00:18:36.150><c> Elijah</c><00:18:36.549><c> wanted</c><00:18:36.829><c> to</c><00:18:37.150><c> achieve.</c>

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Malachi<00:18:39.970><c> 4</c><00:18:40.369><c> says</c><00:18:40.730><c> that</c><00:18:40.829><c> before</c><00:18:41.250><c> the</c><00:18:41.349><c> terrible</c><00:18:41.769><c> day</c><00:18:42.049><c> of</c><00:18:42.150><c> the</c><00:18:42.289><c> Lord</c><00:18:42.829><c> he</c>

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will<00:18:43.450><c> turn</c><00:18:43.730><c> the</c><00:18:43.950><c> hearts</c><00:18:44.329><c> of</c><00:18:44.609><c> the</c><00:18:44.809><c> fathers</c><00:18:45.150><c> back</c><00:18:45.609><c> to</c><00:18:45.809><c> the</c><00:18:46.109><c> children.</c>

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And<00:18:47.710><c> that</c><00:18:47.890><c> was</c><00:18:48.170><c> ever</c><00:18:48.829><c> Elijah's</c><00:18:50.029><c> course.</c>

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And<00:18:52.029><c> so</c><00:18:52.410><c> he</c><00:18:52.670><c> challenges</c><00:18:53.150><c> them</c><00:18:53.450><c> in</c><00:18:53.650><c> verse</c><00:18:53.890><c> 21</c><00:18:54.369><c> as</c><00:18:54.529><c> he</c><00:18:54.750><c> turns</c><00:18:54.930><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:55.269><c> people</c><00:18:55.529><c> and</c><00:18:55.650><c> he</c><00:18:55.930><c> says</c><00:18:56.369><c> how</c><00:18:57.309><c> long</c><00:18:57.650><c> are</c><00:18:57.849><c> you</c><00:18:58.109><c> halting</c><00:18:58.930><c> between</c><00:19:00.089><c> two</c><00:19:00.769><c> opinions.</c>

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That<00:19:03.829><c> word</c><00:19:04.329><c> halt</c><00:19:04.730><c> is</c><00:19:04.950><c> the</c><00:19:05.069><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:05.349><c> word</c><00:19:05.650><c> passar</c><00:19:06.150><c> and</c><00:19:07.009><c> it's</c>

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closely<00:19:07.630><c> related.</c>

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In<00:19:08.329><c> fact</c><00:19:08.529><c> it's</c><00:19:08.750><c> the</c><00:19:08.910><c> root</c><00:19:09.109><c> word</c><00:19:09.349><c> for</c><00:19:09.549><c> the</c><00:19:09.910><c> word</c><00:19:10.150><c> Passover</c><00:19:10.869><c> and</c>

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it<00:19:11.930><c> means</c><00:19:12.130><c> to</c><00:19:12.490><c> hover.</c>

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How<00:19:13.809><c> long</c><00:19:14.009><c> are</c><00:19:14.150><c> you</c><00:19:14.250><c> going</c><00:19:14.410><c> to</c><00:19:14.750><c> hover</c><00:19:15.170><c> between</c><00:19:15.970><c> two</c><00:19:16.269><c> opinions?</c>

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And<00:19:17.509><c> the</c><00:19:17.750><c> same</c><00:19:18.130><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:18.509><c> word</c><00:19:18.690><c> is</c><00:19:18.910><c> used</c><00:19:19.089><c> in</c><00:19:19.329><c> verse</c><00:19:19.529><c> 26</c><00:19:22.130><c> where</c><00:19:23.390><c> it</c>

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says<00:19:24.029><c> and</c><00:19:24.630><c> they</c><00:19:25.009><c> leaped</c><00:19:26.869><c> upon</c><00:19:27.390><c> the</c><00:19:27.650><c> altar</c><00:19:27.849><c> that</c><00:19:28.049><c> was</c><00:19:28.309><c> made.</c>

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Same<00:19:29.829><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:30.269><c> word</c><00:19:30.569><c> means</c><00:19:31.109><c> that</c><00:19:31.789><c> they</c><00:19:32.109><c> hovered</c><00:19:32.470><c> from</c><00:19:32.630><c> one</c><00:19:32.990><c> side</c><00:19:33.190><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:33.430><c> altar</c><00:19:33.630><c> to</c><00:19:33.809><c> the</c><00:19:33.910><c> other.</c>

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They<00:19:34.289><c> jumped</c><00:19:34.630><c> from</c><00:19:35.269><c> one</c><00:19:35.650><c> side</c><00:19:35.789><c> of</c><00:19:35.869><c> the</c><00:19:36.029><c> altar</c><00:19:36.190><c> in</c><00:19:36.349><c> some</c><00:19:36.609><c> sort</c>

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of<00:19:37.269><c> strange</c><00:19:37.910><c> gyrations,</c><00:19:39.009><c> some</c><00:19:39.269><c> sort</c><00:19:39.450><c> of</c><00:19:39.710><c> strange</c><00:19:40.069><c> dance.</c>

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Elijah<00:19:42.289><c> is</c><00:19:42.329><c> saying</c><00:19:42.569><c> how</c><00:19:42.869><c> long</c><00:19:43.049><c> are</c><00:19:43.210><c> you</c><00:19:43.250><c> going</c><00:19:43.369><c> to</c><00:19:43.690><c> hover</c><00:19:43.849><c> between</c><00:19:44.470><c> two</c><00:19:45.210><c> opinions.</c>

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The<00:19:47.109><c> Septuagint</c><00:19:47.750><c> says</c><00:19:48.210><c> how</c><00:19:48.849><c> long</c><00:19:49.089><c> are</c><00:19:49.210><c> you</c><00:19:49.309><c> going</c><00:19:49.470><c> to</c><00:19:49.750><c> halt</c><00:19:49.849><c> on</c>

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both<00:19:50.809><c> feet.</c>

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Another<00:19:52.829><c> one</c><00:19:53.049><c> says</c><00:19:53.230><c> how</c><00:19:53.450><c> long</c><00:19:53.569><c> are</c><00:19:53.650><c> you</c><00:19:53.789><c> going</c><00:19:53.849><c> to</c><00:19:54.109><c> hobble</c><00:19:54.730><c> on</c>

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two<00:19:56.009><c> crutches.</c>

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Elijah<00:19:57.829><c> is</c><00:19:58.089><c> addressing</c><00:19:58.849><c> the</c><00:19:59.910><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:20:01.069><c> the</c><00:20:01.170><c> brethren</c><00:20:01.509><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:20:02.170><c> who</c><00:20:02.309><c> were</c><00:20:02.650><c> trying</c><00:20:03.029><c> to</c><00:20:03.309><c> combine</c><00:20:04.009><c> the</c><00:20:04.730><c> world</c><00:20:05.369><c> and</c><00:20:05.769><c> the</c><00:20:06.089><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:20:07.230><c> Elijah</c><00:20:07.609><c> says</c><00:20:07.869><c> you</c><00:20:08.009><c> can't</c><00:20:08.490><c> hover</c><00:20:08.930><c> between</c><00:20:09.670><c> these</c><00:20:10.089><c> two</c><00:20:10.410><c> opinions,</c><00:20:11.910><c> these</c><00:20:12.109><c> two</c><00:20:12.470><c> thoughts.</c>

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And<00:20:14.470><c> you</c><00:20:14.609><c> see</c><00:20:14.710><c> he's</c><00:20:14.970><c> going</c><00:20:15.210><c> right</c><00:20:15.529><c> into</c><00:20:15.710><c> their</c><00:20:15.990><c> heart</c><00:20:16.250><c> isn't</c><00:20:16.490><c> he.</c>

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He's<00:20:17.269><c> pointing</c><00:20:17.490><c> out</c><00:20:17.809><c> that</c><00:20:17.970><c> underneath</c><00:20:18.369><c> the</c><00:20:18.690><c> facade</c><00:20:19.069><c> that</c><00:20:19.230><c> they</c><00:20:19.490><c> have</c><00:20:19.710><c> constructed</c><00:20:20.289><c> they</c><00:20:21.049><c> didn't</c><00:20:21.329><c> really</c><00:20:21.829><c> believe</c><00:20:22.170><c> in</c><00:20:22.549><c> Baal.</c>

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They<00:20:23.829><c> were</c><00:20:24.170><c> hovering</c><00:20:24.490><c> between</c><00:20:24.990><c> both.</c>

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They<00:20:25.410><c> didn't</c><00:20:25.710><c> really</c><00:20:26.529><c> believe</c><00:20:26.930><c> in</c><00:20:27.289><c> Baal</c><00:20:27.569><c> but</c><00:20:28.009><c> they</c><00:20:28.269><c> wouldn't</c>

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give<00:20:28.869><c> themselves</c><00:20:29.430><c> to</c><00:20:29.789><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:30.170><c> either.</c>

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So<00:20:30.690><c> he</c><00:20:30.829><c> says</c><00:20:31.049><c> you're</c><00:20:31.430><c> lame</c><00:20:31.529><c> in</c><00:20:31.829><c> both</c><00:20:32.210><c> feet.</c>

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See<00:20:34.789><c> at</c><00:20:34.930><c> the</c><00:20:34.930><c> end</c><00:20:35.069><c> of</c><00:20:35.170><c> that</c><00:20:35.369><c> verse</c><00:20:35.630><c> they</c><00:20:35.910><c> answered</c><00:20:36.250><c> not</c><00:20:36.509><c> a</c><00:20:36.690><c> word.</c>

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They<00:20:37.190><c> knew</c><00:20:37.329><c> it</c><00:20:37.430><c> was</c><00:20:37.589><c> the</c><00:20:37.789><c> truth.</c>

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They<00:20:39.670><c> hadn't</c><00:20:40.029><c> really</c><00:20:40.470><c> accepted</c><00:20:40.890><c> Baal.</c>

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They<00:20:41.710><c> knew</c><00:20:41.829><c> it</c><00:20:41.930><c> was</c><00:20:42.109><c> a</c><00:20:42.250><c> facade.</c>

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But<00:20:43.410><c> they</c><00:20:43.670><c> didn't</c><00:20:43.910><c> want</c><00:20:44.170><c> to</c><00:20:44.349><c> commit</c><00:20:44.529><c> themselves</c><00:20:45.049><c> to</c><00:20:45.369><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:45.789><c> either.</c>

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So<00:20:46.369><c> they</c><00:20:46.630><c> vacillated</c><00:20:47.250><c> and</c><00:20:47.569><c> hobbled</c><00:20:48.430><c> between</c><00:20:49.150><c> both.</c>

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And<00:20:50.750><c> they</c><00:20:50.910><c> had</c><00:20:51.049><c> no</c><00:20:51.509><c> strength</c><00:20:51.990><c> in</c><00:20:52.569><c> either</c><00:20:52.910><c> foot.</c>

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Who<00:20:56.289><c> would</c><00:20:56.529><c> go</c><00:20:56.789><c> into</c><00:20:56.990><c> the</c><00:20:57.210><c> battlefield</c><00:20:57.710><c> of</c><00:20:58.029><c> life</c><00:20:58.490><c> hobbling</c><00:20:59.009><c> on</c>

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two<00:20:59.789><c> weak</c><00:21:00.109><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:21:01.349><c> as</c><00:21:01.529><c> the</c><00:21:01.730><c> margin</c><00:21:02.009><c> in</c><00:21:02.170><c> the</c><00:21:02.390><c> authorised</c><00:21:02.869><c> says</c><00:21:03.109><c> on</c><00:21:03.309><c> the</c><00:21:03.390><c> word</c>

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opinions,<00:21:04.809><c> thoughts.</c>

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Two<00:21:07.150><c> opinions,</c><00:21:07.849><c> two</c><00:21:08.130><c> different</c><00:21:08.630><c> thoughts.</c>

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Because<00:21:10.089><c> when</c><00:21:10.289><c> the</c><00:21:10.569><c> decisive</c><00:21:11.029><c> command</c><00:21:11.589><c> comes</c><00:21:11.910><c> down</c><00:21:12.210><c> from</c><00:21:12.410><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:21:12.750><c> Jesus</c><00:21:13.190><c> Christ</c><00:21:13.630><c> how</c><00:21:13.970><c> are</c><00:21:14.109><c> we</c><00:21:14.230><c> going</c><00:21:14.329><c> to</c><00:21:14.529><c> respond.</c>

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We'll<00:21:15.990><c> be</c><00:21:16.190><c> spiritual</c><00:21:16.730><c> cripples</c><00:21:17.210><c> because</c><00:21:17.470><c> we'll</c><00:21:17.710><c> be</c><00:21:17.869><c> busy</c><00:21:18.369><c> hovering</c><00:21:18.809><c> between</c><00:21:19.269><c> two</c><00:21:19.609><c> opinions.</c>

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And<00:21:20.930><c> if</c><00:21:21.049><c> we</c><00:21:21.210><c> don't</c><00:21:21.490><c> like</c><00:21:21.630><c> the</c><00:21:21.849><c> command</c><00:21:22.170><c> the</c><00:21:22.369><c> Lord</c><00:21:22.630><c> Jesus</c><00:21:23.009><c> Christ</c><00:21:23.309><c> has</c>

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given<00:21:23.730><c> to</c><00:21:23.990><c> us.</c>

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Well<00:21:25.049><c> then</c><00:21:25.190><c> we'll</c><00:21:25.390><c> just</c><00:21:25.589><c> lean</c><00:21:25.769><c> across</c><00:21:26.109><c> on</c><00:21:26.289><c> the</c><00:21:26.450><c> other</c><00:21:26.710><c> side</c><00:21:26.910><c> because</c><00:21:27.190><c> we're</c><00:21:27.670><c> lame</c><00:21:27.910><c> in</c>

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both<00:21:28.430><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:21:30.589><c> that's</c><00:21:30.910><c> exactly</c><00:21:31.289><c> what</c><00:21:31.609><c> James</c><00:21:31.990><c> says.</c>

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James<00:21:35.490><c> 1</c><00:21:35.769><c> and</c><00:21:35.950><c> verses</c><00:21:36.230><c> 6</c><00:21:36.569><c> to</c><00:21:36.809><c> 8.</c>

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When<00:21:38.190><c> he</c><00:21:38.410><c> talks</c><00:21:38.710><c> about</c><00:21:39.410><c> lame</c><00:21:40.089><c> footed</c><00:21:40.569><c> brethren</c><00:21:40.890><c> and</c><00:21:41.250><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:21:43.690><c> he</c><00:21:43.869><c> says</c><00:21:44.029><c> concerning</c><00:21:44.509><c> wisdom</c><00:21:45.089><c> let</c><00:21:45.410><c> a</c><00:21:45.630><c> person</c><00:21:45.890><c> ask</c><00:21:46.190><c> in</c><00:21:46.549><c> faith.</c>

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Nothing<00:21:47.490><c> wavering,</c><00:21:48.150><c> not</c><00:21:48.329><c> hobbling</c><00:21:48.730><c> between</c><00:21:49.130><c> two</c><00:21:49.470><c> opinions.</c>

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Because<00:21:50.829><c> he</c><00:21:51.009><c> says</c><00:21:51.190><c> a</c><00:21:51.309><c> person</c><00:21:51.730><c> that</c><00:21:52.130><c> wavers</c><00:21:52.349><c> like</c><00:21:52.690><c> that</c><00:21:52.869><c> and</c><00:21:53.029><c> is</c>

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a<00:21:53.369><c> spiritual</c><00:21:53.910><c> cripple</c><00:21:54.369><c> in</c><00:21:54.569><c> both</c><00:21:54.950><c> feet.</c>

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He<00:21:56.109><c> says</c><00:21:56.309><c> he's</c><00:21:56.450><c> just</c><00:21:56.670><c> like</c><00:21:56.809><c> the</c><00:21:57.069><c> wave</c><00:21:57.250><c> of</c><00:21:57.450><c> the</c><00:21:57.690><c> sea</c><00:21:58.009><c> driven</c><00:21:58.569><c> by</c>

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the<00:21:59.109><c> wind</c><00:21:59.369><c> and</c><00:21:59.549><c> he's</c><00:21:59.869><c> tossed.</c>

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Let<00:22:00.829><c> not</c><00:22:01.029><c> that</c><00:22:01.210><c> man</c><00:22:01.490><c> think</c><00:22:01.750><c> that</c><00:22:01.869><c> he's</c><00:22:02.089><c> going</c><00:22:02.210><c> to</c><00:22:02.369><c> receive</c><00:22:02.630><c> anything</c><00:22:02.970><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:03.289><c> Lord</c><00:22:03.410><c> when</c><00:22:03.549><c> he</c><00:22:03.750><c> comes</c><00:22:03.910><c> to</c><00:22:04.109><c> the</c><00:22:04.289><c> judgment</c><00:22:04.690><c> seat.</c>

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Can't<00:22:06.210><c> gamble</c><00:22:06.569><c> with</c><00:22:06.869><c> sort</c><00:22:06.990><c> of</c><00:22:07.130><c> one</c><00:22:07.390><c> foot</c><00:22:07.490><c> in</c><00:22:07.650><c> the</c><00:22:07.829><c> world</c><00:22:07.970><c> and</c>

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one<00:22:08.390><c> foot</c><00:22:08.509><c> in</c><00:22:08.670><c> the</c><00:22:08.910><c> truth.</c>

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When<00:22:10.170><c> you</c><00:22:10.230><c> come</c><00:22:10.309><c> to</c><00:22:10.450><c> the</c><00:22:10.630><c> judgment</c><00:22:10.930><c> seat</c><00:22:11.130><c> the</c><00:22:11.269><c> Lord</c><00:22:11.430><c> will</c><00:22:11.609><c> say</c>

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I'm<00:22:12.170><c> sorry.</c>

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You<00:22:12.589><c> haven't</c><00:22:12.789><c> committed</c><00:22:13.190><c> yourself</c><00:22:13.750><c> to</c><00:22:13.970><c> the</c><00:22:14.230><c> truth.</c>

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A<00:22:16.089><c> double</c><00:22:16.650><c> minded</c><00:22:17.130><c> man</c><00:22:17.690><c> he</c><00:22:17.910><c> says</c><00:22:18.430><c> is</c><00:22:20.069><c> unstable</c><00:22:21.269><c> in</c><00:22:22.910><c> all</c><00:22:23.430><c> his</c><00:22:23.670><c> ways.</c>

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It<00:22:25.250><c> can't</c><00:22:25.569><c> win.</c>

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We<00:22:26.589><c> can't</c><00:22:26.950><c> have</c><00:22:27.109><c> a</c><00:22:27.269><c> foot</c><00:22:27.369><c> in</c><00:22:27.549><c> the</c><00:22:27.789><c> world</c><00:22:28.049><c> and</c><00:22:28.230><c> in</c><00:22:28.390><c> the</c><00:22:28.630><c> truth.</c>

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We're<00:22:29.569><c> going</c><00:22:29.589><c> to</c><00:22:29.789><c> lose</c><00:22:30.069><c> out</c><00:22:30.269><c> on</c><00:22:30.549><c> everything.</c>

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A<00:22:32.769><c> double</c><00:22:33.309><c> minded</c><00:22:33.809><c> man</c><00:22:34.430><c> is</c><00:22:35.109><c> unstable</c><00:22:35.809><c> in</c><00:22:36.049><c> all</c><00:22:36.230><c> his</c><00:22:36.430><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:22:36.809><c> that</c><00:22:36.890><c> was</c><00:22:37.089><c> the</c><00:22:37.329><c> exhortation</c><00:22:37.809><c> of</c><00:22:38.029><c> Elijah.</c>

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How<00:22:38.609><c> long</c><00:22:38.849><c> are</c><00:22:38.990><c> you</c><00:22:39.130><c> halting</c><00:22:39.630><c> between</c><00:22:40.170><c> a</c><00:22:40.529><c> double</c><00:22:40.930><c> opinion?</c>

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It<00:22:43.430><c> won't</c><00:22:43.809><c> work.</c>

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The<00:22:45.730><c> result</c><00:22:46.250><c> of</c><00:22:46.369><c> that</c><00:22:46.630><c> sort</c><00:22:46.950><c> of</c><00:22:47.150><c> mind</c><00:22:47.490><c> is</c><00:22:47.690><c> seen</c><00:22:47.950><c> in</c><00:22:48.190><c> the</c><00:22:48.269><c> later</c>

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scene<00:22:48.829><c> of</c><00:22:49.009><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:49.349><c> isn't</c><00:22:49.589><c> it?</c>

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Your<00:22:51.230><c> works</c><00:22:51.730><c> are</c><00:22:52.130><c> neither</c><00:22:52.470><c> cold</c><00:22:53.250><c> or</c><00:22:54.009><c> hot.</c>

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And<00:22:55.410><c> the</c><00:22:55.549><c> Lord</c><00:22:55.750><c> Jesus</c><00:22:56.170><c> Christ</c><00:22:56.529><c> says</c><00:22:56.829><c> I</c><00:22:57.049><c> would</c><00:22:57.309><c> that</c><00:22:57.450><c> you</c><00:22:57.670><c> were</c>

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either<00:22:58.569><c> cold</c><00:22:59.170><c> or</c><00:22:59.509><c> hot.</c>

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But<00:23:00.410><c> you're</c><00:23:00.630><c> not.</c><00:23:01.289><c> You're</c><00:23:01.670><c> lukewarm.</c>

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Our<00:23:04.970><c> performance</c><00:23:05.410><c> brothers</c><00:23:05.730><c> and</c><00:23:06.029><c> sisters</c><00:23:06.630><c> should</c><00:23:07.269><c> be</c><00:23:07.630><c> straight</c><00:23:07.930><c> down</c>

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the<00:23:08.450><c> line</c><00:23:08.910><c> for</c><00:23:09.390><c> the</c><00:23:09.710><c> truth.</c>

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A<00:23:10.849><c> firm</c><00:23:11.190><c> and</c><00:23:11.569><c> strong</c><00:23:11.970><c> commitment</c><00:23:12.609><c> for</c><00:23:13.170><c> Yahweh's</c><00:23:13.849><c> ways</c><00:23:14.309><c> if</c><00:23:15.170><c> we</c>

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believe<00:23:15.809><c> that</c><00:23:15.990><c> Yahweh's</c><00:23:16.529><c> ways</c><00:23:16.750><c> are</c><00:23:17.069><c> true.</c>

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You<00:23:18.150><c> see</c><00:23:18.369><c> in</c><00:23:18.690><c> Elijah's</c><00:23:19.410><c> day</c><00:23:19.970><c> as</c><00:23:20.269><c> he</c><00:23:20.470><c> says</c><00:23:20.589><c> in</c><00:23:20.809><c> verse</c><00:23:21.089><c> 22</c><00:23:21.630><c> he</c><00:23:21.809><c> says</c><00:23:22.210><c> I</c><00:23:23.029><c> even</c><00:23:23.569><c> I</c>

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remain<00:23:24.609><c> a</c><00:23:24.950><c> prophet</c><00:23:25.130><c> of</c><00:23:25.430><c> Yahweh.</c>

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He<00:23:26.589><c> felt</c><00:23:27.809><c> in</c><00:23:28.450><c> himself</c><00:23:28.849><c> that</c><00:23:28.990><c> he</c><00:23:29.130><c> was</c><00:23:29.289><c> the</c><00:23:29.470><c> only</c><00:23:29.730><c> one</c><00:23:29.890><c> who</c><00:23:29.930><c> could</c>

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stand<00:23:30.430><c> on</c><00:23:30.769><c> two</c><00:23:31.150><c> feet</c><00:23:31.529><c> for</c><00:23:32.210><c> the</c><00:23:32.490><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:23:33.890><c> only</c><00:23:34.109><c> one</c><00:23:34.250><c> who</c><00:23:34.390><c> could</c><00:23:34.589><c> stand</c><00:23:34.930><c> in</c><00:23:35.250><c> full</c><00:23:35.509><c> vigor</c><00:23:35.829><c> of</c><00:23:36.190><c> service</c>

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and<00:23:36.829><c> challenge</c><00:23:37.710><c> the</c><00:23:38.470><c> encroaching</c><00:23:38.950><c> and</c><00:23:39.289><c> subtle</c><00:23:39.529><c> influence.</c>

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That<00:23:40.349><c> Jezebel</c><00:23:40.890><c> and</c><00:23:41.049><c> her</c><00:23:41.230><c> henchmen</c><00:23:41.690><c> were</c><00:23:41.890><c> having</c><00:23:42.049><c> on</c><00:23:42.269><c> the</c><00:23:42.529><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Only<00:23:45.069><c> I</c><00:23:45.509><c> remain</c><00:23:46.009><c> in</c><00:23:46.210><c> the</c><00:23:46.430><c> office</c><00:23:46.650><c> of</c><00:23:46.849><c> a</c><00:23:47.069><c> prophet.</c>

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I<00:23:47.829><c> suppose</c><00:23:48.289><c> in</c><00:23:48.490><c> today's</c><00:23:48.970><c> Ecclesial</c><00:23:49.390><c> world</c><00:23:49.630><c> we</c><00:23:49.750><c> can</c><00:23:49.910><c> be</c><00:23:50.049><c> very</c>

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thankful<00:23:50.730><c> brothers</c><00:23:51.069><c> and</c><00:23:51.329><c> sisters.</c>

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That<00:23:51.750><c> we</c><00:23:51.990><c> have</c><00:23:52.269><c> strong</c><00:23:52.690><c> brethren</c><00:23:53.069><c> who</c><00:23:53.329><c> can</c><00:23:53.609><c> support</c><00:23:54.029><c> us</c><00:23:54.670><c> and</c><00:23:55.210><c> assist</c><00:23:55.549><c> us</c><00:23:55.769><c> in</c><00:23:55.910><c> a</c>

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vigorous<00:23:56.450><c> stand</c><00:23:56.789><c> for</c><00:23:56.990><c> the</c><00:23:57.210><c> truth.</c>

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Let's<00:23:57.690><c> appreciate</c><00:23:58.369><c> those</c><00:23:58.970><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:24:00.910><c> so</c><00:24:01.069><c> the</c><00:24:01.269><c> test</c><00:24:01.430><c> begins</c><00:24:01.890><c> in</c><00:24:02.150><c> verse</c><00:24:02.910><c> 26.</c>

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As<00:24:06.089><c> the</c><00:24:06.349><c> prophets</c><00:24:06.549><c> of</c><00:24:06.849><c> Baal</c><00:24:07.109><c> take</c><00:24:07.430><c> their</c><00:24:07.710><c> bullock</c><00:24:08.029><c> and</c><00:24:08.150><c> they</c>

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put<00:24:08.509><c> it</c><00:24:08.609><c> on</c><00:24:08.789><c> the</c><00:24:08.990><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:24:10.490><c> it</c><00:24:10.690><c> says</c><00:24:10.950><c> they</c><00:24:11.230><c> called</c><00:24:11.589><c> upon</c><00:24:11.930><c> the</c><00:24:12.190><c> name</c><00:24:12.430><c> of</c><00:24:12.829><c> Baal</c><00:24:13.490><c> from</c>

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morning<00:24:14.609><c> even</c><00:24:15.309><c> until</c><00:24:16.109><c> noon.</c>

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Have<00:24:16.950><c> a</c><00:24:17.069><c> look</c><00:24:17.210><c> at</c><00:24:17.269><c> that</c><00:24:17.589><c> persistent</c><00:24:18.309><c> enthusiastic</c><00:24:19.869><c> devotion.</c>

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From<00:24:21.589><c> morning</c><00:24:22.309><c> right</c><00:24:23.369><c> through</c><00:24:23.730><c> to</c><00:24:23.990><c> noon</c><00:24:24.289><c> they</c><00:24:24.470><c> were</c><00:24:24.789><c> calling</c>

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upon<00:24:26.009><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:24:27.390><c> they</c><00:24:27.710><c> prayed</c><00:24:28.089><c> and</c><00:24:28.410><c> petitioned</c><00:24:29.049><c> him</c><00:24:29.269><c> and</c><00:24:30.029><c> called</c><00:24:30.329><c> out</c><00:24:30.609><c> for</c>

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those<00:24:31.210><c> long</c><00:24:31.529><c> hours.</c>

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And<00:24:31.930><c> then</c><00:24:32.150><c> as</c><00:24:32.390><c> the</c><00:24:32.609><c> noon</c><00:24:32.789><c> came</c><00:24:33.150><c> up</c><00:24:33.410><c> and</c><00:24:33.529><c> the</c><00:24:33.690><c> God</c><00:24:33.869><c> of</c><00:24:34.089><c> the</c><00:24:34.329><c> sun</c>

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was<00:24:34.710><c> there</c><00:24:34.930><c> at</c><00:24:35.130><c> the</c><00:24:35.309><c> zenith</c><00:24:35.589><c> of</c><00:24:35.730><c> his</c><00:24:36.069><c> power.</c>

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They<00:24:37.349><c> jumped</c><00:24:37.650><c> up</c><00:24:37.910><c> upon</c><00:24:38.130><c> the</c><00:24:38.390><c> altar</c><00:24:38.549><c> and</c><00:24:38.789><c> began</c><00:24:39.049><c> their</c><00:24:39.329><c> dance.</c>

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Hands<00:24:40.970><c> held</c><00:24:41.349><c> high</c><00:24:41.710><c> pleading</c><00:24:42.190><c> for</c><00:24:42.369><c> some</c><00:24:42.690><c> sort</c><00:24:43.029><c> of</c><00:24:43.250><c> sign.</c>

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And<00:24:44.650><c> Elijah</c><00:24:45.109><c> with</c><00:24:45.369><c> three</c><00:24:45.650><c> and</c><00:24:45.849><c> a</c><00:24:45.910><c> half</c><00:24:46.150><c> years</c><00:24:46.509><c> of</c><00:24:46.809><c> bottled</c><00:24:47.170><c> up</c>

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frustration<00:24:49.809><c> begins</c><00:24:50.410><c> to</c><00:24:50.789><c> unloose.</c>

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That<00:24:52.069><c> biting</c><00:24:52.710><c> sarcasm</c><00:24:53.529><c> that</c><00:24:53.890><c> strikes</c><00:24:54.170><c> home</c><00:24:54.529><c> in</c><00:24:54.730><c> verse</c><00:24:54.990><c> 27.</c>

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Elijah<00:24:56.569><c> mocks</c><00:24:56.950><c> them</c><00:24:57.089><c> and</c><00:24:57.170><c> he</c><00:24:57.390><c> says</c><00:24:57.549><c> look</c><00:24:58.089><c> cry</c><00:24:58.410><c> aloud</c><00:24:58.750><c> maybe</c><00:24:59.069><c> he's</c><00:24:59.309><c> talking</c><00:24:59.710><c> or</c>

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he's<00:25:01.269><c> having</c><00:25:01.549><c> a</c><00:25:01.849><c> walk.</c>

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Or<00:25:02.269><c> perhaps</c><00:25:02.509><c> he's</c><00:25:02.869><c> sleeping</c><00:25:03.150><c> and</c><00:25:03.329><c> you've</c><00:25:03.509><c> just</c><00:25:03.769><c> got</c><00:25:03.910><c> to</c><00:25:04.130><c> shout</c>

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a<00:25:04.369><c> bit</c><00:25:04.630><c> louder.</c>

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And<00:25:05.690><c> this</c><00:25:05.829><c> would</c><00:25:05.970><c> have</c><00:25:06.150><c> urged</c><00:25:06.450><c> them</c><00:25:06.750><c> on.</c>

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And<00:25:07.609><c> in</c><00:25:07.869><c> absolute</c><00:25:08.369><c> frenzy</c><00:25:08.970><c> and</c><00:25:09.190><c> fury</c><00:25:09.490><c> they</c><00:25:09.690><c> begin</c><00:25:10.089><c> to</c><00:25:10.470><c> break</c>

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out<00:25:11.130><c> the</c><00:25:11.309><c> knives</c><00:25:11.670><c> in</c><00:25:11.890><c> verse</c><00:25:12.210><c> 28.</c>

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And<00:25:13.470><c> they</c><00:25:13.789><c> start</c><00:25:14.009><c> to</c><00:25:14.349><c> torture</c><00:25:14.589><c> themselves</c><00:25:15.150><c> and</c><00:25:15.349><c> cut</c><00:25:15.630><c> themselves.</c>

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Smear<00:25:16.990><c> themselves</c><00:25:17.509><c> with</c><00:25:17.809><c> blood</c><00:25:18.109><c> in</c><00:25:18.390><c> absolute</c><00:25:18.829><c> desperation.</c>

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And<00:25:20.569><c> prayers</c><00:25:20.970><c> pouring</c><00:25:21.529><c> forth</c><00:25:21.970><c> in</c><00:25:22.369><c> fury.</c>

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And<00:25:24.009><c> midday</c><00:25:24.450><c> comes</c><00:25:24.950><c> and</c><00:25:25.190><c> the</c><00:25:25.450><c> sun's</c><00:25:25.710><c> there</c><00:25:25.990><c> in</c><00:25:26.109><c> its</c><00:25:26.329><c> zenith</c><00:25:26.670><c> in</c>

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verse<00:25:27.230><c> 29.</c>

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And<00:25:30.869><c> there's</c><00:25:31.069><c> no</c><00:25:31.329><c> answer.</c>

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They've<00:25:33.490><c> been</c><00:25:33.730><c> screaming</c><00:25:34.309><c> their</c><00:25:34.690><c> voices</c><00:25:35.029><c> absolutely</c><00:25:35.769><c> hoarse.</c>

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Shouting<00:25:37.650><c> out</c><00:25:38.029><c> appealing</c><00:25:38.529><c> to</c><00:25:38.869><c> Baal.</c>

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No<00:25:42.349><c> voice.</c>

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No<00:25:45.250><c> answer.</c>

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No<00:25:48.230><c> response.</c>

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Sometimes<00:25:52.269><c> as</c><00:25:52.490><c> we</c><00:25:52.569><c> look</c><00:25:52.730><c> at</c><00:25:52.890><c> people</c><00:25:53.109><c> in</c><00:25:53.269><c> the</c><00:25:53.430><c> world</c><00:25:53.589><c> we</c><00:25:53.769><c> see</c>

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the<00:25:54.130><c> same</c><00:25:54.450><c> thing</c><00:25:54.730><c> don't</c><00:25:54.990><c> we?</c>

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We<00:25:56.630><c> see</c><00:25:56.829><c> people</c><00:25:57.329><c> exhausting</c><00:25:58.150><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:26:00.349><c> abusing</c><00:26:00.769><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:26:03.349><c> wasting</c><00:26:03.690><c> their</c><00:26:03.990><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:26:05.990><c> it's</c><00:26:06.250><c> a</c><00:26:06.329><c> sad</c><00:26:06.589><c> thing</c><00:26:06.829><c> to</c><00:26:07.109><c> see.</c>

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And<00:26:09.210><c> Elijah</c><00:26:09.609><c> I</c><00:26:09.809><c> suppose</c><00:26:10.210><c> felt</c><00:26:10.529><c> sad</c><00:26:10.890><c> at</c><00:26:11.289><c> that</c><00:26:11.529><c> as</c><00:26:11.750><c> well</c><00:26:11.930><c> because</c>

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in<00:26:12.430><c> verse</c><00:26:12.730><c> 30.</c>

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It<00:26:14.529><c> says</c><00:26:14.769><c> Elijah</c><00:26:15.490><c> said</c><00:26:15.750><c> unto</c><00:26:16.049><c> all</c><00:26:16.289><c> the</c><00:26:16.450><c> people</c><00:26:17.029><c> come</c><00:26:18.490><c> near</c><00:26:18.910><c> unto</c><00:26:19.309><c> me.</c>

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Isn't<00:26:21.210><c> that</c><00:26:21.329><c> a</c><00:26:21.430><c> very</c><00:26:21.630><c> gentle</c><00:26:21.990><c> phrase</c><00:26:22.390><c> after</c><00:26:22.750><c> all</c><00:26:22.950><c> their</c><00:26:23.190><c> screaming</c><00:26:23.609><c> and</c>

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shouting<00:26:24.289><c> and</c><00:26:24.569><c> desperation.</c>

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Elijah<00:26:27.269><c> says</c><00:26:27.529><c> to</c><00:26:27.750><c> the</c><00:26:27.930><c> people</c><00:26:28.430><c> come</c><00:26:29.690><c> near</c><00:26:29.869><c> to</c><00:26:30.089><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:26:31.630><c> almost</c><00:26:32.130><c> reminiscent</c><00:26:32.670><c> of</c><00:26:32.829><c> the</c><00:26:32.930><c> words</c><00:26:33.130><c> of</c><00:26:33.289><c> the</c><00:26:33.369><c> Lord</c><00:26:33.589><c> isn't</c><00:26:33.809><c> it?</c>

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Come<00:26:34.210><c> unto</c><00:26:34.509><c> me</c><00:26:35.470><c> or</c><00:26:35.869><c> ye</c><00:26:36.109><c> that</c><00:26:36.230><c> are</c><00:26:36.450><c> heavy</c><00:26:36.710><c> laden</c><00:26:37.569><c> and</c><00:26:38.109><c> I</c><00:26:38.349><c> will</c>

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give<00:26:38.690><c> you</c><00:26:38.890><c> rest.</c>

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Or<00:26:40.589><c> the</c><00:26:40.690><c> words</c><00:26:40.910><c> of</c><00:26:41.150><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:41.509><c> 55</c><00:26:42.210><c> that</c><00:26:42.490><c> speaks</c><00:26:42.769><c> about</c><00:26:43.410><c> spiritual</c>

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refreshment<00:26:44.789><c> in</c><00:26:45.109><c> a</c><00:26:45.289><c> time</c><00:26:45.609><c> of</c><00:26:45.930><c> drought.</c>

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He<00:26:47.069><c> says</c><00:26:47.269><c> ho</c><00:26:47.549><c> everyone</c><00:26:48.009><c> that</c><00:26:48.329><c> thirsteth</c><00:26:48.730><c> come</c><00:26:49.329><c> to</c><00:26:49.569><c> the</c><00:26:49.809><c> waters.</c>

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Why<00:26:51.529><c> are</c><00:26:51.650><c> you</c><00:26:51.849><c> spending</c><00:26:52.109><c> your</c><00:26:52.309><c> money</c><00:26:52.549><c> and</c><00:26:52.670><c> your</c><00:26:52.869><c> resources?</c>

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Why<00:26:53.609><c> are</c><00:26:53.750><c> you</c><00:26:54.029><c> exhausting</c><00:26:54.509><c> yourself</c><00:26:55.210><c> for</c><00:26:56.049><c> that</c><00:26:56.210><c> which</c><00:26:56.410><c> doesn't</c><00:26:56.690><c> give</c><00:26:56.950><c> sustenance?</c>

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You<00:26:58.509><c> labor</c><00:26:59.029><c> for</c><00:26:59.190><c> that</c><00:26:59.430><c> which</c><00:26:59.609><c> satisfies</c><00:27:00.250><c> not.</c>

00:27:00.589 --> 00:27:03.109
You<00:27:00.589><c> can</c><00:27:00.869><c> see</c><00:27:01.029><c> the</c><00:27:01.549><c> priests</c><00:27:01.910><c> of</c><00:27:02.190><c> Baal</c><00:27:02.349><c> they're</c><00:27:02.710><c> exhausting</c>

00:27:03.109 --> 00:27:05.009
themselves<00:27:03.589><c> and</c><00:27:03.690><c> they've</c><00:27:03.930><c> got</c><00:27:04.089><c> nothing.</c>

00:27:05.970 --> 00:27:11.670
He<00:27:05.970><c> says</c><00:27:06.250><c> incline</c><00:27:06.809><c> your</c><00:27:07.190><c> ear</c><00:27:07.750><c> and</c><00:27:08.730><c> come</c><00:27:09.250><c> unto</c><00:27:09.589><c> me</c><00:27:10.490><c> and</c><00:27:11.089><c> your</c>

00:27:11.670 --> 00:27:13.559
soul<00:27:12.170><c> shall</c><00:27:12.670><c> live.</c>

00:27:14.089 --> 00:27:18.890
And<00:27:14.190><c> Elijah</c><00:27:14.650><c> was</c><00:27:14.890><c> about</c><00:27:15.230><c> to</c><00:27:15.589><c> quench</c><00:27:16.069><c> the</c><00:27:17.109><c> thirsty</c><00:27:17.650><c> dehydrated</c>

00:27:18.890 --> 00:27:20.950
hearts<00:27:19.490><c> of</c><00:27:19.730><c> the</c><00:27:19.970><c> people.</c>

00:27:21.269 --> 00:27:24.869
And<00:27:21.529><c> so</c><00:27:21.710><c> he</c><00:27:21.849><c> begins</c><00:27:22.130><c> that</c><00:27:22.450><c> process</c><00:27:22.970><c> in</c><00:27:23.269><c> verse</c><00:27:23.809><c> 30</c><00:27:24.190><c> and</c><00:27:24.329><c> 31.</c>

00:27:24.869 --> 00:27:29.509
As<00:27:25.049><c> he</c><00:27:25.210><c> repairs</c><00:27:26.049><c> the</c><00:27:26.750><c> altar</c><00:27:27.009><c> of</c><00:27:27.269><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:27.549><c> that</c><00:27:27.670><c> was</c><00:27:27.950><c> broken</c><00:27:28.390><c> down.</c>

00:27:29.809 --> 00:27:33.730
And<00:27:29.809><c> he</c><00:27:29.990><c> takes</c><00:27:30.329><c> twelve</c><00:27:30.890><c> stones</c><00:27:31.430><c> according</c><00:27:32.250><c> to</c><00:27:32.789><c> the</c><00:27:33.009><c> number</c><00:27:33.349><c> of</c>

00:27:33.730 --> 00:27:37.190
the<00:27:34.089><c> tribes</c><00:27:34.529><c> of</c><00:27:34.970><c> the</c><00:27:35.230><c> sons</c><00:27:35.690><c> of</c><00:27:36.049><c> Jacob.</c>

00:27:38.369 --> 00:27:44.210
Twelve<00:27:38.950><c> stones</c><00:27:39.750><c> that</c><00:27:41.130><c> were</c><00:27:41.490><c> a</c><00:27:41.849><c> serious</c><00:27:42.289><c> reminder</c><00:27:42.849><c> of</c><00:27:43.069><c> the</c><00:27:43.309><c> deterioration</c><00:27:44.049><c> of</c>

00:27:44.210 --> 00:27:44.869
the<00:27:44.369><c> nation.</c>

00:27:45.329 --> 00:27:49.170
From<00:27:45.609><c> their</c><00:27:45.970><c> original</c><00:27:46.549><c> unity</c><00:27:47.130><c> in</c><00:27:47.589><c> spiritual</c><00:27:48.109><c> matters.</c>

00:27:49.829 --> 00:27:53.170
And<00:27:50.009><c> he</c><00:27:50.210><c> places</c><00:27:50.509><c> the</c><00:27:50.809><c> wood</c><00:27:50.930><c> in</c><00:27:51.230><c> order</c><00:27:51.710><c> and</c><00:27:52.410><c> he</c><00:27:52.690><c> drenches</c><00:27:52.990><c> it</c>

00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:54.470
with<00:27:53.410><c> water.</c>

00:27:54.690 --> 00:27:58.470
And<00:27:55.309><c> it</c><00:27:55.470><c> says</c><00:27:55.730><c> at</c><00:27:55.910><c> the</c><00:27:56.130><c> time</c><00:27:56.410><c> of</c><00:27:56.670><c> the</c><00:27:56.950><c> evening</c><00:27:57.509><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:27:59.470 --> 00:28:02.619
There<00:27:59.490><c> was</c><00:27:59.789><c> a</c><00:28:00.190><c> fervent</c><00:28:00.609><c> prayer</c><00:28:01.089><c> in</c><00:28:01.509><c> verse</c><00:28:01.809><c> 37.</c>

00:28:03.670 --> 00:28:08.130
Appealing<00:28:04.109><c> to</c><00:28:04.410><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:04.769><c> to</c><00:28:05.069><c> turn</c><00:28:05.369><c> the</c><00:28:05.849><c> hearts</c><00:28:06.329><c> of</c><00:28:06.849><c> the</c><00:28:07.130><c> people.</c>

00:28:08.910 --> 00:28:11.170
And<00:28:09.049><c> so</c><00:28:09.210><c> he</c><00:28:09.529><c> constructs</c><00:28:10.049><c> this</c><00:28:10.269><c> altar.</c>

00:28:12.130 --> 00:28:16.289
And<00:28:12.329><c> there</c><00:28:12.490><c> is</c><00:28:12.670><c> a</c><00:28:12.890><c> prayer</c><00:28:13.190><c> and</c><00:28:14.450><c> there</c><00:28:14.630><c> is</c><00:28:14.829><c> a</c><00:28:15.069><c> quietness.</c>

00:28:16.490 --> 00:28:19.809
And<00:28:16.670><c> then</c><00:28:16.869><c> the</c><00:28:17.109><c> fire</c><00:28:17.470><c> of</c><00:28:17.750><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:18.150><c> comes</c><00:28:18.470><c> out</c><00:28:18.769><c> of</c><00:28:18.950><c> heaven.</c>

00:28:20.009 --> 00:28:22.829
With<00:28:20.210><c> a</c><00:28:20.470><c> great</c><00:28:21.329><c> thundering</c><00:28:22.170><c> crash.</c>

00:28:22.829 --> 00:28:26.730
And<00:28:23.509><c> it</c><00:28:23.849><c> devours</c><00:28:24.250><c> the</c><00:28:24.589><c> sacrifice,</c><00:28:25.349><c> the</c><00:28:25.529><c> wood,</c><00:28:25.990><c> the</c><00:28:26.250><c> stones</c>

00:28:26.730 --> 00:28:28.650
and<00:28:27.230><c> the</c><00:28:27.509><c> dust.</c>

00:28:30.390 --> 00:28:34.069
You<00:28:30.470><c> see</c><00:28:30.670><c> that</c><00:28:30.869><c> in</c><00:28:31.029><c> verse</c><00:28:31.269><c> 38.</c><00:28:31.769><c> It</c><00:28:31.890><c> doesn't</c><00:28:32.150><c> just</c><00:28:32.390><c> take</c><00:28:32.589><c> the</c><00:28:32.910><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:28:34.369 --> 00:28:37.470
It<00:28:34.690><c> consumes</c><00:28:35.390><c> wholly</c><00:28:36.210><c> everything</c><00:28:36.890><c> there.</c>

00:28:37.809 --> 00:28:44.029
The<00:28:38.230><c> sacrifice,</c><00:28:39.569><c> the</c><00:28:39.970><c> wood,</c><00:28:40.910><c> the</c><00:28:41.329><c> stones,</c><00:28:42.349><c> the</c><00:28:42.589><c> dust,</c><00:28:43.529><c> the</c><00:28:43.730><c> water.</c>

00:28:44.170 --> 00:28:48.430
Absolutely<00:28:44.829><c> everything</c><00:28:45.650><c> is</c><00:28:46.410><c> vaporized</c><00:28:47.410><c> in</c><00:28:47.569><c> this</c><00:28:47.849><c> impressive</c>

00:28:48.430 --> 00:28:50.970
display<00:28:49.029><c> of</c><00:28:49.329><c> Yahweh's</c><00:28:50.029><c> power.</c>

00:28:55.150 --> 00:28:58.789
I<00:28:55.690><c> suppose</c><00:28:56.230><c> Elijah</c><00:28:56.829><c> could</c><00:28:57.509><c> have</c><00:28:57.710><c> saved</c><00:28:58.029><c> himself</c><00:28:58.410><c> a</c><00:28:58.490><c> bit</c><00:28:58.690><c> of</c>

00:28:58.789 --> 00:29:00.069
human<00:28:59.150><c> effort.</c>

00:29:00.630 --> 00:29:02.950
By<00:29:00.730><c> not</c><00:29:00.970><c> bothering</c><00:29:01.309><c> to</c><00:29:01.549><c> build</c><00:29:01.730><c> a</c><00:29:01.910><c> different</c><00:29:02.150><c> altar</c><00:29:02.490><c> and</c><00:29:02.670><c> just</c>

00:29:02.950 --> 00:29:06.529
using<00:29:03.190><c> the</c><00:29:03.369><c> one</c><00:29:03.509><c> the</c><00:29:04.049><c> priests</c><00:29:04.490><c> of</c><00:29:04.910><c> Baal</c><00:29:05.269><c> were</c><00:29:05.630><c> using.</c>

00:29:07.190 --> 00:29:09.569
Could<00:29:07.289><c> have</c><00:29:07.430><c> just</c><00:29:07.650><c> flung</c><00:29:07.869><c> his</c><00:29:08.109><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:08.710><c> on</c><00:29:08.990><c> top</c><00:29:09.150><c> of</c><00:29:09.369><c> there</c>

00:29:09.569 --> 00:29:11.769
and<00:29:10.210><c> burnt</c><00:29:10.470><c> the</c><00:29:10.650><c> lot</c><00:29:10.750><c> of</c><00:29:10.930><c> them.</c>

00:29:12.309 --> 00:29:15.150
Why<00:29:12.549><c> worry</c><00:29:13.089><c> with</c><00:29:13.309><c> all</c><00:29:13.549><c> the</c><00:29:13.869><c> effort</c><00:29:14.130><c> of</c><00:29:14.289><c> getting</c><00:29:14.490><c> these</c><00:29:14.809><c> twelve</c>

00:29:15.150 --> 00:29:17.490
stones<00:29:15.509><c> and</c><00:29:15.730><c> constructing</c><00:29:16.210><c> another</c><00:29:16.609><c> altar?</c>

00:29:17.769 --> 00:29:20.750
Well<00:29:18.329><c> what</c><00:29:18.549><c> Elijah</c><00:29:18.990><c> is</c><00:29:19.190><c> teaching</c><00:29:19.549><c> the</c><00:29:19.730><c> people</c><00:29:20.109><c> was</c><00:29:20.369><c> there</c><00:29:20.509><c> was</c>

00:29:20.750 --> 00:29:21.970
a<00:29:20.910><c> proper</c><00:29:21.230><c> order.</c>

00:29:22.250 --> 00:29:25.609
And<00:29:22.549><c> adherence</c><00:29:23.190><c> to</c><00:29:23.509><c> Yahweh's</c><00:29:24.450><c> express</c><00:29:24.829><c> commands.</c>

00:29:26.690 --> 00:29:30.670
He<00:29:26.690><c> was</c><00:29:26.970><c> showing</c><00:29:27.170><c> that</c><00:29:27.349><c> he</c><00:29:27.549><c> was</c><00:29:27.769><c> dealing</c><00:29:28.190><c> with</c><00:29:28.950><c> a</c><00:29:29.230><c> living</c><00:29:29.589><c> being.</c>

00:29:30.750 --> 00:29:33.430
And<00:29:30.829><c> he</c><00:29:31.069><c> was</c><00:29:31.109><c> showing</c><00:29:31.329><c> the</c><00:29:31.670><c> contrast</c><00:29:32.329><c> between</c><00:29:32.690><c> the</c><00:29:32.970><c> altar</c><00:29:33.130><c> of</c>

00:29:33.430 --> 00:29:34.869
Baal<00:29:33.650><c> and</c><00:29:33.829><c> the</c><00:29:33.970><c> altar</c><00:29:34.190><c> of</c><00:29:34.490><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:29:35.269 --> 00:29:38.529
And<00:29:35.390><c> the</c><00:29:35.670><c> need</c><00:29:35.890><c> for</c><00:29:36.130><c> a</c><00:29:36.349><c> proper</c><00:29:36.690><c> basis</c><00:29:37.309><c> of</c><00:29:38.089><c> worship.</c>

00:29:38.910 --> 00:29:41.930
Things<00:29:39.390><c> had</c><00:29:39.670><c> to</c><00:29:39.849><c> be</c><00:29:40.049><c> done</c><00:29:40.289><c> correctly</c><00:29:40.829><c> when</c><00:29:41.049><c> it</c><00:29:41.269><c> came</c><00:29:41.490><c> to</c><00:29:41.690><c> the</c>

00:29:41.930 --> 00:29:43.230
living<00:29:42.230><c> God.</c>

00:29:43.730 --> 00:29:48.410
And<00:29:44.410><c> the</c><00:29:44.670><c> unburnt</c><00:29:45.369><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:46.289><c> of</c><00:29:46.650><c> the</c><00:29:46.849><c> priests</c><00:29:47.190><c> of</c><00:29:47.569><c> Baal</c>

00:29:48.410 --> 00:29:50.509
remained<00:29:49.230><c> there.</c>

00:29:51.109 --> 00:29:54.670
Elijah's<00:29:51.769><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:52.329><c> had</c><00:29:52.549><c> been</c><00:29:52.930><c> wholly</c><00:29:53.390><c> consumed.</c>

00:29:55.589 --> 00:30:00.029
The<00:29:55.890><c> stones,</c><00:29:56.990><c> the</c><00:29:57.309><c> dust,</c><00:29:58.470><c> absolutely</c><00:29:58.910><c> everything.</c>

00:30:00.170 --> 00:30:04.509
And<00:30:00.450><c> that</c><00:30:00.789><c> unburnt</c><00:30:01.269><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:02.009><c> over</c><00:30:02.329><c> there</c><00:30:02.609><c> remained</c><00:30:03.049><c> a</c><00:30:03.509><c> silent</c><00:30:03.930><c> and</c>

00:30:04.509 --> 00:30:08.430
a<00:30:04.789><c> powerful</c><00:30:05.230><c> witness</c><00:30:05.890><c> to</c><00:30:07.150><c> two</c><00:30:07.470><c> opinions.</c>

00:30:09.670 --> 00:30:11.789
To<00:30:09.910><c> two</c><00:30:10.250><c> ways</c><00:30:10.589><c> of</c><00:30:10.990><c> thought.</c>

00:30:11.990 --> 00:30:14.650
To<00:30:12.470><c> two</c><00:30:12.910><c> ways</c><00:30:13.269><c> of</c><00:30:13.490><c> worship.</c>

00:30:15.369 --> 00:30:18.230
But<00:30:15.369><c> to</c><00:30:15.869><c> one</c><00:30:16.410><c> living</c><00:30:17.130><c> God.</c>

00:30:18.410 --> 00:30:20.349
And<00:30:18.470><c> there</c><00:30:18.730><c> was</c><00:30:18.930><c> the</c><00:30:19.170><c> contrast.</c>

00:30:22.089 --> 00:30:24.630
Well<00:30:22.309><c> we</c><00:30:22.430><c> can</c><00:30:22.690><c> understand</c><00:30:23.170><c> why</c><00:30:23.670><c> there</c><00:30:23.930><c> were</c><00:30:24.089><c> two</c><00:30:24.329><c> altars.</c>

00:30:24.710 --> 00:30:28.190
That<00:30:24.789><c> was</c><00:30:25.049><c> fine.</c><00:30:25.430><c> The</c><00:30:25.589><c> contrast</c><00:30:26.150><c> is</c><00:30:26.430><c> seen</c><00:30:26.630><c> quite</c><00:30:27.009><c> vividly.</c>

00:30:28.769 --> 00:30:31.269
But<00:30:28.869><c> what</c><00:30:29.089><c> about</c><00:30:29.390><c> this</c><00:30:29.809><c> part</c><00:30:30.210><c> where</c><00:30:30.369><c> it</c><00:30:30.470><c> says</c><00:30:30.569><c> he</c><00:30:30.769><c> drenched</c><00:30:31.109><c> it</c>

00:30:31.269 --> 00:30:33.809
with<00:30:31.470><c> water</c><00:30:31.910><c> on</c><00:30:32.269><c> a</c><00:30:32.349><c> number</c><00:30:32.549><c> of</c><00:30:32.829><c> occasions.</c>

00:30:34.089 --> 00:30:35.869
Why<00:30:34.430><c> did</c><00:30:34.549><c> he</c><00:30:34.710><c> do</c><00:30:34.950><c> that?</c>

00:30:36.509 --> 00:30:38.569
Well<00:30:36.650><c> that</c><00:30:36.789><c> was</c><00:30:36.990><c> to</c><00:30:37.130><c> show</c><00:30:37.269><c> to</c><00:30:37.430><c> the</c><00:30:37.589><c> people</c><00:30:37.789><c> that</c><00:30:37.910><c> this</c><00:30:38.089><c> was</c><00:30:38.309><c> going</c><00:30:38.430><c> to</c>

00:30:38.569 --> 00:30:41.130
be<00:30:38.690><c> an</c><00:30:38.930><c> absolutely</c><00:30:39.410><c> genuine</c><00:30:40.009><c> miracle.</c>

00:30:41.289 --> 00:30:43.890
There<00:30:41.349><c> wasn't</c><00:30:41.650><c> going</c><00:30:41.890><c> to</c><00:30:41.890><c> be</c><00:30:41.970><c> any</c><00:30:42.230><c> mischief</c><00:30:42.490><c> involved</c><00:30:43.049><c> in</c><00:30:43.190><c> this.</c>

00:30:44.009 --> 00:30:48.349
In<00:30:44.029><c> fact</c><00:30:44.269><c> sometimes</c><00:30:45.049><c> it</c><00:30:45.329><c> said</c><00:30:45.490><c> when</c><00:30:45.869><c> the</c><00:30:46.630><c> sacrifices</c><00:30:47.230><c> were</c><00:30:47.509><c> given,</c>

00:30:48.470 --> 00:30:51.450
they<00:30:48.509><c> had</c><00:30:48.690><c> a</c><00:30:48.849><c> little</c><00:30:49.150><c> servant</c><00:30:49.509><c> hiding</c><00:30:49.950><c> under</c><00:30:50.329><c> the</c><00:30:51.069><c> wood</c><00:30:51.329><c> and</c>

00:30:51.450 --> 00:30:52.609
he'd<00:30:51.769><c> actually</c><00:30:52.029><c> light</c><00:30:52.309><c> it</c><00:30:52.450><c> up.</c>

00:30:52.690 --> 00:30:54.769
And<00:30:52.769><c> all</c><00:30:52.930><c> the</c><00:30:53.069><c> people</c><00:30:53.269><c> would</c><00:30:53.470><c> look</c><00:30:53.690><c> in</c><00:30:53.890><c> admiration</c><00:30:54.349><c> as</c><00:30:54.589><c> though</c>

00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:58.789
that<00:30:55.009><c> had</c><00:30:55.890><c> been</c><00:30:56.349><c> consumed</c><00:30:57.150><c> by</c><00:30:57.410><c> one</c><00:30:57.569><c> of</c><00:30:57.710><c> the</c><00:30:57.890><c> gods.</c>

00:30:59.009 --> 00:31:02.349
Elijah<00:30:59.309><c> was</c><00:30:59.509><c> demonstrating</c><00:31:00.150><c> as</c><00:31:00.849><c> he</c><00:31:01.029><c> absolutely</c><00:31:01.470><c> saturated</c>

00:31:02.349 --> 00:31:03.890
his<00:31:02.750><c> offering</c><00:31:03.049><c> with</c><00:31:03.309><c> water,</c>

00:31:04.210 --> 00:31:07.269
that<00:31:04.329><c> there</c><00:31:04.410><c> wasn't</c><00:31:04.630><c> going</c><00:31:04.809><c> to</c><00:31:04.890><c> be</c><00:31:05.009><c> any</c><00:31:05.329><c> trickery</c><00:31:05.670><c> and</c><00:31:05.869><c> mischief</c><00:31:06.210><c> here.</c>

00:31:07.930 --> 00:31:11.450
And<00:31:08.490><c> it's</c><00:31:08.730><c> a</c><00:31:08.869><c> similar</c><00:31:09.109><c> principle</c><00:31:09.589><c> that</c><00:31:09.710><c> was</c><00:31:09.970><c> shown</c><00:31:10.329><c> in</c><00:31:10.829><c> the</c><00:31:10.990><c> death</c><00:31:11.150><c> of</c>

00:31:11.450 --> 00:31:13.390
Lazarus<00:31:12.009><c> in</c><00:31:12.329><c> the</c><00:31:12.490><c> life</c><00:31:12.670><c> of</c><00:31:12.869><c> our</c><00:31:13.069><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:13.849 --> 00:31:16.730
You<00:31:13.869><c> know</c><00:31:14.009><c> after</c><00:31:14.230><c> hearing</c><00:31:14.750><c> the</c><00:31:15.349><c> death</c><00:31:15.569><c> of</c><00:31:15.690><c> his</c><00:31:15.950><c> very</c><00:31:16.369><c> faithful</c>

00:31:16.730 --> 00:31:17.809
and<00:31:16.930><c> wonderful</c><00:31:17.369><c> companion,</c>

00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:21.390
it<00:31:17.990><c> says</c><00:31:18.190><c> the</c><00:31:18.349><c> Lord</c><00:31:19.130><c> waited</c><00:31:19.829><c> for</c><00:31:20.089><c> two</c><00:31:20.369><c> more</c><00:31:20.609><c> days.</c>

00:31:22.930 --> 00:31:27.569
Would<00:31:23.109><c> you</c><00:31:23.289><c> wait</c><00:31:23.470><c> for</c><00:31:23.710><c> two</c><00:31:23.930><c> days</c><00:31:24.289><c> to</c><00:31:24.549><c> express</c><00:31:25.009><c> your</c><00:31:25.490><c> sorrow</c><00:31:25.930><c> to</c>

00:31:27.569 --> 00:31:30.529
the<00:31:27.809><c> relatives</c><00:31:28.250><c> of</c><00:31:28.650><c> your</c><00:31:28.930><c> best</c><00:31:29.369><c> friend?</c>

00:31:31.289 --> 00:31:34.230
It<00:31:31.369><c> says</c><00:31:31.549><c> after</c><00:31:31.970><c> four</c><00:31:32.369><c> days</c><00:31:32.750><c> he</c><00:31:32.950><c> came</c><00:31:33.349><c> to</c><00:31:33.569><c> the</c><00:31:33.849><c> tomb.</c>

00:31:34.230 --> 00:31:38.869
Despite<00:31:35.309><c> the</c><00:31:35.670><c> pleas</c><00:31:35.950><c> of</c><00:31:36.269><c> Martha</c><00:31:36.609><c> that</c><00:31:36.809><c> by</c><00:31:37.190><c> now</c><00:31:37.490><c> the</c><00:31:37.650><c> body</c><00:31:38.069><c> stinketh.</c>

00:31:39.549 --> 00:31:45.930
And<00:31:39.549><c> the</c><00:31:39.829><c> process</c><00:31:40.509><c> had</c><00:31:41.829><c> already</c><00:31:42.369><c> begun</c><00:31:42.930><c> in</c><00:31:43.329><c> Lazarus'</c><00:31:43.910><c> body</c><00:31:44.250><c> of</c><00:31:44.509><c> decomposition.</c>

00:31:46.990 --> 00:31:49.650
But<00:31:47.089><c> Christ</c><00:31:47.569><c> was</c><00:31:47.829><c> going</c><00:31:48.049><c> to</c><00:31:48.349><c> demonstrate</c><00:31:48.890><c> that</c><00:31:49.049><c> there</c><00:31:49.170><c> was</c><00:31:49.369><c> no</c>

00:31:49.650 --> 00:31:52.650
trickery<00:31:50.049><c> or</c><00:31:50.210><c> mischief</c><00:31:50.490><c> involved</c><00:31:51.029><c> in</c><00:31:51.210><c> his</c><00:31:51.509><c> miracles.</c>

00:31:52.890 --> 00:31:55.970
And<00:31:52.990><c> he</c><00:31:53.289><c> resurrected</c><00:31:53.809><c> Lazarus</c><00:31:54.349><c> and</c><00:31:54.490><c> it</c><00:31:54.710><c> says</c><00:31:54.869><c> many</c><00:31:55.390><c> of</c><00:31:55.750><c> the</c>

00:31:55.970 --> 00:31:56.690
Jews<00:31:56.210><c> believe.</c>

00:31:56.710 --> 00:31:59.730
Because<00:31:57.029><c> here</c><00:31:57.269><c> was</c><00:31:57.490><c> an</c><00:31:57.730><c> absolutely</c><00:31:58.089><c> genuine</c><00:31:58.690><c> miracle.</c>

00:32:00.289 --> 00:32:03.250
And<00:32:00.450><c> it's</c><00:32:00.650><c> the</c><00:32:00.809><c> same</c><00:32:00.970><c> with</c><00:32:01.190><c> ourselves</c><00:32:01.690><c> as</c><00:32:01.950><c> far</c><00:32:02.150><c> as</c><00:32:02.289><c> the</c><00:32:02.450><c> crucifixion</c><00:32:02.970><c> of</c><00:32:03.130><c> the</c>

00:32:03.250 --> 00:32:04.190
Lord<00:32:03.410><c> is</c><00:32:03.650><c> concerned.</c>

00:32:04.230 --> 00:32:08.609
We<00:32:05.009><c> believe</c><00:32:05.690><c> it</c><00:32:06.069><c> was</c><00:32:06.309><c> a</c><00:32:06.549><c> genuine</c><00:32:07.190><c> resurrection,</c><00:32:08.230><c> don't</c><00:32:08.450><c> we,</c>

00:32:08.609 --> 00:32:09.369
to<00:32:08.829><c> life</c><00:32:09.029><c> again.</c>

00:32:09.509 --> 00:32:13.309
As<00:32:09.549><c> the</c><00:32:10.269><c> record</c><00:32:10.569><c> records</c><00:32:11.130><c> that</c><00:32:11.529><c> spear</c><00:32:11.950><c> was</c><00:32:12.349><c> thrust</c><00:32:12.609><c> into</c><00:32:12.910><c> his</c>

00:32:13.309 --> 00:32:16.789
side<00:32:13.690><c> and</c><00:32:14.190><c> blood</c><00:32:14.509><c> and</c><00:32:14.769><c> water</c><00:32:15.109><c> came</c><00:32:15.589><c> forth.</c>

00:32:17.150 --> 00:32:19.509
He<00:32:17.309><c> was</c><00:32:17.710><c> resurrected</c><00:32:18.250><c> three</c><00:32:18.690><c> days</c><00:32:19.069><c> later.</c>

00:32:19.769 --> 00:32:21.849
An<00:32:20.210><c> absolutely</c><00:32:20.869><c> genuine</c><00:32:21.430><c> miracle.</c>

00:32:21.950 --> 00:32:27.269
No<00:32:22.210><c> trickery</c><00:32:23.130><c> involved</c><00:32:23.869><c> in</c><00:32:24.470><c> the</c><00:32:24.730><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:25.250><c> and</c><00:32:25.509><c> resurrection</c><00:32:25.990><c> of</c><00:32:26.309><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:28.230 --> 00:32:31.730
What<00:32:28.829><c> Elijah</c><00:32:29.349><c> is</c><00:32:29.670><c> teaching</c><00:32:30.049><c> us</c><00:32:30.349><c> brothers</c><00:32:30.589><c> and</c><00:32:30.910><c> sisters</c><00:32:31.210><c> is</c><00:32:31.430><c> that</c><00:32:31.609><c> we</c>

00:32:31.730 --> 00:32:35.390
don't<00:32:31.970><c> need</c><00:32:32.210><c> to</c><00:32:32.549><c> trick</c><00:32:32.869><c> people</c><00:32:33.390><c> into</c><00:32:33.730><c> the</c><00:32:34.069><c> truth.</c>

00:32:37.109 --> 00:32:41.450
Paul<00:32:37.210><c> says</c><00:32:37.529><c> in</c><00:32:37.690><c> 2</c><00:32:37.930><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:39.230><c> chapter</c><00:32:39.609><c> 2</c><00:32:39.849><c> and</c><00:32:39.990><c> verse</c><00:32:40.190><c> 17.</c>

00:32:41.650 --> 00:32:45.349
For<00:32:41.650><c> we</c><00:32:41.970><c> are</c><00:32:42.210><c> not</c><00:32:42.269><c> as</c><00:32:42.630><c> many</c><00:32:42.869><c> which</c><00:32:43.269><c> corrupt</c><00:32:43.869><c> the</c><00:32:44.369><c> word</c><00:32:44.630><c> of</c><00:32:44.930><c> God,</c>

00:32:45.730 --> 00:32:47.509
but<00:32:45.990><c> we</c><00:32:46.190><c> are</c><00:32:46.210><c> men</c><00:32:46.390><c> of</c><00:32:46.710><c> sincerity.</c>

00:32:48.589 --> 00:32:51.750
We<00:32:48.849><c> are</c><00:32:49.109><c> not</c><00:32:49.309><c> as</c><00:32:49.849><c> many</c><00:32:50.109><c> which</c><00:32:50.509><c> corrupt</c><00:32:50.910><c> the</c><00:32:51.089><c> word</c><00:32:51.309><c> of</c><00:32:51.569><c> God.</c>

00:32:51.750 --> 00:32:56.150
And<00:32:51.849><c> that</c><00:32:52.029><c> word</c><00:32:52.269><c> corrupt</c><00:32:52.630><c> means</c><00:32:53.289><c> a</c><00:32:53.789><c> huxtra,</c><00:32:54.730><c> a</c><00:32:55.089><c> peddler,</c><00:32:55.930><c> one</c>

00:32:56.150 --> 00:32:58.950
who<00:32:56.509><c> dilutes</c><00:32:57.130><c> the</c><00:32:57.509><c> truth</c><00:32:57.769><c> for</c><00:32:58.109><c> gain.</c>

00:32:59.609 --> 00:33:02.069
One<00:32:59.750><c> who's</c><00:32:59.950><c> in</c><00:33:00.089><c> the</c><00:33:00.289><c> marketplace</c><00:33:00.829><c> and</c><00:33:01.150><c> because</c><00:33:01.390><c> he</c><00:33:01.509><c> wants</c><00:33:01.769><c> to</c>

00:33:02.069 --> 00:33:05.230
sell<00:33:02.210><c> his</c><00:33:02.490><c> wares</c><00:33:02.869><c> he</c><00:33:03.269><c> actually</c><00:33:03.789><c> dilutes</c><00:33:04.269><c> it</c><00:33:04.490><c> all</c><00:33:04.690><c> down</c><00:33:04.990><c> so</c><00:33:05.130><c> he</c>

00:33:05.230 --> 00:33:06.970
can<00:33:05.390><c> make</c><00:33:05.589><c> a</c><00:33:05.630><c> bit</c><00:33:05.769><c> of</c><00:33:05.990><c> a</c><00:33:06.130><c> profit</c><00:33:06.349><c> out</c><00:33:06.569><c> of</c><00:33:06.650><c> it.</c>

00:33:07.309 --> 00:33:09.569
Paul<00:33:07.490><c> says</c><00:33:07.690><c> we're</c><00:33:08.029><c> not</c><00:33:08.109><c> that</c><00:33:08.349><c> sort</c><00:33:08.490><c> of</c><00:33:08.690><c> people.</c>

00:33:10.589 --> 00:33:13.369
There's<00:33:10.789><c> no</c><00:33:10.990><c> need</c><00:33:11.109><c> for</c><00:33:11.309><c> us</c><00:33:11.450><c> to</c><00:33:11.690><c> water</c><00:33:11.849><c> down</c><00:33:12.109><c> the</c><00:33:12.410><c> truth</c><00:33:12.670><c> so</c><00:33:13.230><c> it</c>

00:33:13.369 --> 00:33:14.529
becomes<00:33:13.690><c> an</c><00:33:13.849><c> imitation.</c>

00:33:14.670 --> 00:33:19.509
So<00:33:14.849><c> it</c><00:33:14.970><c> makes</c><00:33:15.269><c> it</c><00:33:15.609><c> easier</c><00:33:16.049><c> for</c><00:33:16.410><c> us</c><00:33:17.410><c> to</c><00:33:17.789><c> sell</c><00:33:17.930><c> it</c><00:33:18.089><c> to</c><00:33:18.210><c> other</c><00:33:18.369><c> people.</c>

00:33:20.049 --> 00:33:23.650
There's<00:33:20.609><c> got</c><00:33:20.730><c> to</c><00:33:20.829><c> be</c><00:33:21.069><c> a</c><00:33:21.230><c> genuineness</c><00:33:22.150><c> as</c><00:33:22.930><c> far</c><00:33:23.190><c> as</c><00:33:23.329><c> the</c><00:33:23.490><c> truth</c>

00:33:23.650 --> 00:33:24.650
is<00:33:23.869><c> concerned.</c>

00:33:25.210 --> 00:33:27.289
Not<00:33:25.269><c> in</c><00:33:25.509><c> words</c><00:33:25.750><c> but</c><00:33:25.930><c> in</c><00:33:26.150><c> example.</c>

00:33:28.269 --> 00:33:31.250
He<00:33:28.329><c> says</c><00:33:28.609><c> on</c><00:33:28.970><c> another</c><00:33:29.190><c> occasion</c><00:33:29.670><c> in</c><00:33:29.950><c> 2</c><00:33:30.170><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:30.609><c> 4</c><00:33:31.009><c> verse</c>

00:33:31.250 --> 00:33:35.589
2<00:33:31.529><c> he</c><00:33:31.569><c> says</c><00:33:31.789><c> we've</c><00:33:32.210><c> renounced</c><00:33:32.910><c> the</c><00:33:33.650><c> hidden</c><00:33:34.029><c> things</c><00:33:34.529><c> of</c><00:33:34.809><c> dishonesty.</c>

00:33:36.369 --> 00:33:39.589
Not<00:33:36.549><c> walking</c><00:33:36.990><c> in</c><00:33:37.450><c> craftiness</c><00:33:37.990><c> or</c><00:33:38.289><c> handling</c><00:33:38.710><c> the</c><00:33:38.970><c> word</c><00:33:39.109><c> of</c><00:33:39.289><c> God</c>

00:33:39.589 --> 00:33:43.589
deceitfully<00:33:40.349><c> so</c><00:33:40.609><c> it</c><00:33:40.710><c> makes</c><00:33:40.910><c> it</c><00:33:41.109><c> easier</c><00:33:41.630><c> for</c><00:33:42.089><c> people</c><00:33:42.369><c> to</c><00:33:42.569><c> believe</c><00:33:42.950><c> the</c><00:33:43.230><c> truth.</c>

00:33:43.589 --> 00:33:47.769
But<00:33:44.390><c> he</c><00:33:44.630><c> says</c><00:33:44.829><c> in</c><00:33:44.990><c> a</c><00:33:45.250><c> manifestation</c><00:33:46.029><c> of</c><00:33:46.289><c> the</c><00:33:46.509><c> truth</c><00:33:46.670><c> commending</c><00:33:47.230><c> ourselves</c>

00:33:47.769 --> 00:33:51.910
to<00:33:48.049><c> every</c><00:33:48.289><c> man's</c><00:33:48.789><c> conscience</c><00:33:49.289><c> in</c><00:33:50.009><c> the</c><00:33:50.390><c> sight</c><00:33:50.609><c> of</c><00:33:50.890><c> God.</c>

00:33:52.509 --> 00:33:56.509
Our<00:33:52.730><c> walk</c><00:33:52.869><c> in</c><00:33:53.049><c> the</c><00:33:53.250><c> truth</c><00:33:53.410><c> has</c><00:33:53.630><c> to</c><00:33:53.829><c> be</c><00:33:53.950><c> an</c><00:33:54.250><c> honest</c><00:33:54.690><c> demonstration</c><00:33:55.509><c> of</c><00:33:55.690><c> the</c><00:33:55.869><c> values</c><00:33:56.230><c> of</c>

00:33:56.509 --> 00:33:57.089
the<00:33:56.769><c> truth.</c>

00:33:57.569 --> 00:34:00.470
And<00:33:57.789><c> we</c><00:33:58.089><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:58.470><c> water</c><00:33:58.829><c> them</c><00:33:59.109><c> down</c><00:33:59.509><c> so</c><00:33:59.750><c> that</c><00:33:59.910><c> we</c><00:34:00.029><c> can</c><00:34:00.210><c> just</c>

00:34:00.470 --> 00:34:03.190
get<00:34:00.630><c> a</c><00:34:00.789><c> few</c><00:34:00.890><c> more</c><00:34:01.170><c> people</c><00:34:01.490><c> into</c><00:34:01.730><c> the</c><00:34:01.970><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:02.250><c> of</c><00:34:02.450><c> God</c><00:34:02.710><c> because</c><00:34:02.970><c> that</c>

00:34:03.190 --> 00:34:07.009
will<00:34:03.369><c> create</c><00:34:03.950><c> more</c><00:34:04.769><c> problems</c><00:34:05.250><c> for</c><00:34:05.430><c> us</c><00:34:05.630><c> later</c><00:34:05.930><c> on.</c>

00:34:08.309 --> 00:34:13.250
So<00:34:08.550><c> Elijah</c><00:34:08.849><c> was</c><00:34:09.110><c> teaching</c><00:34:09.469><c> them</c><00:34:09.750><c> about</c><00:34:10.070><c> a</c><00:34:10.449><c> genuine</c><00:34:11.349><c> performance</c><00:34:12.409><c> of</c><00:34:12.670><c> the</c><00:34:12.929><c> truth.</c>

00:34:13.590 --> 00:34:18.670
And<00:34:14.510><c> so</c><00:34:14.750><c> he</c><00:34:15.070><c> seized</c><00:34:15.429><c> on</c><00:34:15.690><c> that</c><00:34:15.969><c> moment</c><00:34:16.349><c> in</c><00:34:16.590><c> verse</c><00:34:16.929><c> 40</c><00:34:17.610><c> as</c><00:34:18.369><c> that</c>

00:34:18.670 --> 00:34:22.570
fire<00:34:19.030><c> came</c><00:34:19.429><c> down</c><00:34:19.829><c> and</c><00:34:20.070><c> consumed</c><00:34:20.710><c> the</c><00:34:21.030><c> altar</c><00:34:21.349><c> and</c><00:34:21.869><c> the</c><00:34:22.250><c> stones</c>

00:34:22.570 --> 00:34:24.750
and<00:34:22.750><c> the</c><00:34:22.969><c> dust</c><00:34:23.230><c> and</c><00:34:23.449><c> everything</c><00:34:23.849><c> that</c><00:34:24.030><c> was</c><00:34:24.250><c> on</c><00:34:24.429><c> it.</c>

00:34:25.110 --> 00:34:29.309
And<00:34:25.110><c> you</c><00:34:25.570><c> can</c><00:34:25.769><c> imagine</c><00:34:26.289><c> the</c><00:34:26.869><c> silence</c><00:34:27.710><c> that</c><00:34:28.849><c> would</c><00:34:29.010><c> have</c><00:34:29.150><c> come</c>

00:34:29.309 --> 00:34:32.769
over<00:34:29.510><c> that</c><00:34:29.829><c> group</c><00:34:30.010><c> as</c><00:34:30.190><c> they</c><00:34:30.550><c> witnessed</c><00:34:30.929><c> that</c><00:34:31.190><c> incredible</c><00:34:31.769><c> event.</c>

00:34:33.630 --> 00:34:37.309
And<00:34:33.789><c> then</c><00:34:33.909><c> they</c><00:34:34.130><c> fell</c><00:34:34.269><c> on</c><00:34:34.489><c> their</c><00:34:34.710><c> faces</c><00:34:35.050><c> and</c><00:34:35.349><c> said</c><00:34:35.550><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:36.130><c> is</c><00:34:36.409><c> God.</c>

00:34:37.369 --> 00:34:38.789
Yahweh<00:34:38.010><c> is</c><00:34:38.369><c> God.</c>

00:34:39.070 --> 00:34:41.949
And<00:34:39.250><c> Elijah</c><00:34:39.690><c> follows</c><00:34:40.130><c> this</c><00:34:40.429><c> performance</c><00:34:40.969><c> all</c><00:34:41.349><c> the</c><00:34:41.530><c> way</c><00:34:41.730><c> through.</c>

00:34:41.949 --> 00:34:44.050
That<00:34:42.090><c> wasn't</c><00:34:42.429><c> enough</c><00:34:42.809><c> to</c><00:34:42.929><c> turn</c><00:34:43.150><c> the</c><00:34:43.349><c> hearts</c><00:34:43.510><c> of</c><00:34:43.690><c> the</c><00:34:43.809><c> people.</c>

00:34:44.150 --> 00:34:47.329
He<00:34:44.150><c> had</c><00:34:44.349><c> to</c><00:34:44.550><c> eradicate</c><00:34:45.309><c> the</c><00:34:45.849><c> priests</c><00:34:46.210><c> of</c><00:34:46.530><c> Baal</c><00:34:46.710><c> and</c><00:34:46.909><c> remove</c>

00:34:47.329 --> 00:34:47.989
their<00:34:47.610><c> influence.</c>

00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:52.909
And<00:34:48.190><c> so</c><00:34:48.409><c> he</c><00:34:48.590><c> says</c><00:34:49.130><c> in</c><00:34:50.070><c> verse</c><00:34:50.409><c> 40</c><00:34:50.949><c> take</c><00:34:51.570><c> the</c><00:34:51.889><c> prophets</c><00:34:52.230><c> of</c><00:34:52.530><c> Baal</c>

00:34:52.909 --> 00:34:55.269
and<00:34:53.250><c> let</c><00:34:53.530><c> not</c><00:34:53.949><c> one</c><00:34:54.289><c> of</c><00:34:54.429><c> them</c><00:34:54.610><c> escape.</c>

00:34:55.670 --> 00:34:59.409
And<00:34:55.670><c> they</c><00:34:55.889><c> took</c><00:34:56.130><c> them</c><00:34:56.309><c> and</c><00:34:56.449><c> Elijah</c><00:34:56.829><c> brought</c><00:34:57.110><c> them</c><00:34:57.289><c> down</c><00:34:57.489><c> to</c><00:34:57.630><c> the</c><00:34:57.769><c> book</c><00:34:57.969><c> Kishon</c><00:34:58.550><c> and</c><00:34:58.889><c> he</c>

00:34:59.409 --> 00:35:00.190
slew<00:34:59.630><c> them</c><00:34:59.889><c> there.</c>

00:35:00.650 --> 00:35:03.750
You<00:35:00.650><c> see</c><00:35:00.909><c> Elijah</c><00:35:01.389><c> follows</c><00:35:01.849><c> this</c><00:35:02.130><c> performance</c><00:35:02.610><c> all</c><00:35:02.949><c> the</c><00:35:03.130><c> way</c><00:35:03.349><c> through.</c>

00:35:04.170 --> 00:35:07.869
And<00:35:04.170><c> he</c><00:35:04.510><c> realizes</c><00:35:05.309><c> that</c><00:35:06.090><c> he</c><00:35:06.329><c> can't</c><00:35:06.690><c> afford</c><00:35:06.989><c> to</c><00:35:07.190><c> let</c><00:35:07.349><c> one</c><00:35:07.670><c> of</c>

00:35:07.869 --> 00:35:09.449
these<00:35:08.130><c> prophets</c><00:35:08.610><c> escape.</c>

00:35:09.510 --> 00:35:12.329
And<00:35:10.050><c> so</c><00:35:10.289><c> he</c><00:35:10.469><c> grabs</c><00:35:10.849><c> a</c><00:35:11.050><c> lot</c><00:35:11.190><c> of</c><00:35:11.309><c> them</c><00:35:11.429><c> and</c><00:35:11.489><c> they're</c><00:35:11.889><c> taken</c><00:35:12.050><c> down</c>

00:35:12.329 --> 00:35:13.889
to<00:35:12.469><c> the</c><00:35:12.650><c> book</c><00:35:12.769><c> and</c><00:35:12.889><c> they're</c><00:35:13.369><c> slain.</c>

00:35:14.030 --> 00:35:16.889
Every<00:35:14.570><c> single</c><00:35:15.289><c> one</c><00:35:15.590><c> of</c><00:35:15.789><c> them.</c>

00:35:20.469 --> 00:35:22.949
I<00:35:20.550><c> suppose</c><00:35:20.949><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:21.429><c> could</c><00:35:21.630><c> have</c><00:35:21.829><c> consumed</c><00:35:22.269><c> those</c><00:35:22.630><c> prophets</c>

00:35:22.949 --> 00:35:27.909
of<00:35:23.269><c> Baal</c><00:35:23.889><c> with</c><00:35:24.289><c> the</c><00:35:24.550><c> fire</c><00:35:24.829><c> just</c><00:35:25.050><c> as</c><00:35:25.230><c> he</c><00:35:25.409><c> consumed</c><00:35:25.909><c> the</c><00:35:26.250><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:26.730><c> of</c><00:35:27.010><c> Elijah.</c>

00:35:28.110 --> 00:35:31.190
Could<00:35:28.289><c> have</c><00:35:28.530><c> vaporized</c><00:35:29.190><c> a</c><00:35:29.309><c> lot</c><00:35:29.449><c> of</c><00:35:29.590><c> them</c><00:35:29.690><c> if</c><00:35:29.809><c> he</c><00:35:30.030><c> wanted</c><00:35:30.230><c> to.</c>

00:35:31.190 --> 00:35:33.989
But<00:35:31.929><c> he's</c><00:35:32.210><c> teaching</c><00:35:32.590><c> us</c><00:35:32.849><c> the</c><00:35:32.989><c> principle</c><00:35:33.409><c> that</c><00:35:33.530><c> we've</c><00:35:33.809><c> been</c>

00:35:33.989 --> 00:35:35.650
emphasizing<00:35:34.570><c> throughout</c><00:35:34.949><c> these</c><00:35:35.289><c> series.</c>

00:35:35.869 --> 00:35:39.969
That<00:35:35.989><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:36.489><c> will</c><00:35:36.769><c> do</c><00:35:37.030><c> his</c><00:35:37.469><c> part</c><00:35:37.889><c> and</c><00:35:38.469><c> he</c><00:35:38.829><c> expects</c><00:35:39.190><c> each</c><00:35:39.710><c> one</c>

00:35:39.969 --> 00:35:42.449
of<00:35:40.150><c> us</c><00:35:40.690><c> to</c><00:35:41.610><c> do</c><00:35:41.849><c> our</c><00:35:42.269><c> part.</c>

00:35:42.550 --> 00:35:44.750
And<00:35:42.550><c> there</c><00:35:42.789><c> we</c><00:35:42.949><c> see</c><00:35:43.130><c> the</c><00:35:43.349><c> work</c><00:35:43.489><c> of</c><00:35:43.750><c> Elijah.</c>

00:35:44.889 --> 00:35:48.829
Yahweh<00:35:45.389><c> will</c><00:35:45.590><c> do</c><00:35:45.809><c> his</c><00:35:46.190><c> part</c><00:35:46.670><c> but</c><00:35:47.150><c> he</c><00:35:47.530><c> expects</c><00:35:47.829><c> each</c><00:35:48.289><c> one</c><00:35:48.530><c> of</c><00:35:48.690><c> us</c>

00:35:48.829 --> 00:35:51.929
to<00:35:49.070><c> do</c><00:35:49.230><c> our</c><00:35:49.530><c> own</c><00:35:49.829><c> part</c><00:35:49.989><c> as</c><00:35:50.150><c> we</c><00:35:50.329><c> walk</c><00:35:50.510><c> toward</c><00:35:50.809><c> the</c><00:35:51.090><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:52.309 --> 00:35:57.150
They<00:35:52.909><c> that</c><00:35:53.170><c> are</c><00:35:53.489><c> Christ</c><00:35:54.010><c> says</c><00:35:54.369><c> Paul</c><00:35:54.949><c> are</c><00:35:55.869><c> the</c><00:35:56.050><c> ones</c><00:35:56.349><c> who</c><00:35:56.570><c> have</c>

00:35:57.150 --> 00:36:02.869
crucified<00:35:58.070><c> the</c><00:35:58.510><c> flesh</c><00:35:59.050><c> with</c><00:36:00.090><c> all</c><00:36:00.409><c> its</c><00:36:00.710><c> affections,</c><00:36:01.869><c> all</c><00:36:02.030><c> its</c><00:36:02.409><c> lusts.</c>

00:36:02.869 --> 00:36:05.369
And<00:36:02.889><c> he</c><00:36:03.050><c> says</c><00:36:03.230><c> if</c><00:36:03.429><c> we</c><00:36:03.650><c> live</c><00:36:03.769><c> in</c><00:36:03.929><c> the</c><00:36:04.150><c> spirit</c><00:36:04.389><c> let's</c><00:36:04.730><c> do</c><00:36:04.989><c> it.</c>

00:36:05.610 --> 00:36:06.829
Let's<00:36:05.929><c> walk</c><00:36:06.170><c> in</c><00:36:06.349><c> the</c><00:36:06.590><c> spirit.</c>

00:36:07.070 --> 00:36:09.210
Let's<00:36:07.469><c> eradicate</c><00:36:08.170><c> those</c><00:36:08.590><c> lusts.</c>

00:36:09.210 --> 00:36:11.309
Every<00:36:09.650><c> single</c><00:36:10.130><c> one</c><00:36:10.369><c> of</c><00:36:10.550><c> them.</c>

00:36:11.329 --> 00:36:14.730
You<00:36:11.489><c> can't</c><00:36:11.889><c> crucify</c><00:36:12.590><c> your</c><00:36:12.809><c> body</c><00:36:13.230><c> and</c><00:36:13.769><c> leave</c><00:36:14.070><c> part</c><00:36:14.429><c> of</c><00:36:14.570><c> it</c>

00:36:14.730 --> 00:36:15.550
still<00:36:14.989><c> alive.</c>

00:36:15.969 --> 00:36:18.469
If<00:36:16.110><c> you're</c><00:36:16.349><c> going</c><00:36:16.429><c> to</c><00:36:16.610><c> crucify</c><00:36:17.130><c> the</c><00:36:17.369><c> body</c><00:36:17.530><c> it</c><00:36:17.670><c> means</c><00:36:17.929><c> you</c><00:36:18.230><c> take</c>

00:36:18.469 --> 00:36:19.250
it<00:36:18.670><c> all</c><00:36:18.909><c> out.</c>

00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:21.210
Every<00:36:19.989><c> single</c><00:36:20.630><c> member.</c>

00:36:21.349 --> 00:36:22.829
Death<00:36:21.869><c> to</c><00:36:22.090><c> the</c><00:36:22.250><c> lot</c><00:36:22.349><c> of</c><00:36:22.510><c> it.</c>

00:36:23.269 --> 00:36:25.650
And<00:36:23.389><c> there's</c><00:36:23.690><c> the</c><00:36:23.809><c> principle</c><00:36:24.250><c> of</c><00:36:25.110><c> Elijah.</c>

00:36:26.110 --> 00:36:31.949
If<00:36:26.349><c> we</c><00:36:26.630><c> are</c><00:36:27.050><c> Christ's</c><00:36:28.769><c> then</c><00:36:29.329><c> we</c><00:36:29.630><c> have</c><00:36:29.869><c> to</c><00:36:30.030><c> do</c><00:36:30.190><c> our</c><00:36:30.590><c> part</c><00:36:31.030><c> and</c>

00:36:31.949 --> 00:36:35.329
eliminate<00:36:32.570><c> every</c><00:36:33.349><c> single</c><00:36:33.869><c> lust</c><00:36:34.389><c> and</c><00:36:34.889><c> affection.</c>

00:36:35.469 --> 00:36:38.170
It's<00:36:35.690><c> a</c><00:36:35.829><c> challenge</c><00:36:36.150><c> isn't</c><00:36:36.429><c> it?</c>

00:36:38.750 --> 00:36:41.150
Not<00:36:38.929><c> allowed</c><00:36:39.130><c> to</c><00:36:39.250><c> let</c><00:36:39.329><c> any</c><00:36:39.590><c> of</c><00:36:39.670><c> those</c><00:36:39.969><c> affections</c><00:36:40.469><c> escape</c><00:36:40.909><c> and</c>

00:36:41.150 --> 00:36:43.170
begin<00:36:41.369><c> its</c><00:36:41.690><c> work</c><00:36:42.090><c> again.</c>

00:36:44.329 --> 00:36:46.110
It's<00:36:44.690><c> a</c><00:36:44.769><c> challenge</c><00:36:45.190><c> alright.</c>

00:36:47.070 --> 00:36:52.090
You<00:36:47.550><c> know</c><00:36:47.789><c> we</c><00:36:47.929><c> sometimes</c><00:36:48.849><c> derive</c><00:36:49.409><c> the</c><00:36:49.750><c> example</c><00:36:50.070><c> of</c><00:36:50.409><c> Saul</c><00:36:50.829><c> when</c>

00:36:52.090 --> 00:36:54.789
he's<00:36:52.289><c> given</c><00:36:52.449><c> the</c><00:36:52.710><c> command</c><00:36:53.010><c> to</c><00:36:53.269><c> destroy</c><00:36:53.829><c> all</c><00:36:54.349><c> the</c><00:36:54.550><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:36:55.289 --> 00:36:56.769
Every<00:36:55.710><c> single</c><00:36:56.150><c> one</c><00:36:56.389><c> of</c><00:36:56.550><c> them.</c>

00:36:57.070 --> 00:37:00.170
And<00:36:57.170><c> he</c><00:36:57.289><c> comes</c><00:36:57.510><c> back</c><00:36:57.750><c> to</c><00:36:57.989><c> Samuel</c><00:36:58.250><c> and</c><00:36:58.349><c> says</c><00:36:58.590><c> well</c><00:36:59.170><c> I</c><00:36:59.769><c> did</c><00:36:59.889><c> all</c>

00:37:00.170 --> 00:37:02.489
of<00:37:00.289><c> them</c><00:37:00.449><c> but</c><00:37:00.750><c> I've</c><00:37:01.090><c> got</c><00:37:01.190><c> the</c><00:37:01.409><c> king</c><00:37:01.570><c> here.</c>

00:37:02.550 --> 00:37:04.289
I<00:37:02.710><c> didn't</c><00:37:02.869><c> really</c><00:37:03.110><c> think</c><00:37:03.250><c> it</c><00:37:03.369><c> would</c><00:37:03.550><c> matter.</c>

00:37:06.670 --> 00:37:09.670
And<00:37:06.929><c> at</c><00:37:07.090><c> the</c><00:37:07.150><c> end</c><00:37:07.250><c> of</c><00:37:07.389><c> his</c><00:37:07.630><c> life</c><00:37:07.929><c> it</c><00:37:08.070><c> was</c><00:37:08.289><c> an</c><00:37:08.909><c> Amalekite</c><00:37:09.469><c> that</c>

00:37:09.670 --> 00:37:13.030
took<00:37:09.809><c> the</c><00:37:10.090><c> crown</c><00:37:10.329><c> off</c><00:37:10.530><c> his</c><00:37:10.809><c> head</c><00:37:11.150><c> and</c><00:37:11.650><c> took</c><00:37:11.829><c> it</c><00:37:12.030><c> to</c><00:37:12.329><c> David.</c>

00:37:14.050 --> 00:37:15.690
Well<00:37:14.190><c> it</c><00:37:14.289><c> did</c><00:37:14.510><c> matter</c><00:37:14.730><c> didn't</c><00:37:14.949><c> it?</c>

00:37:15.989 --> 00:37:19.190
But<00:37:16.510><c> we</c><00:37:16.730><c> sometimes</c><00:37:17.190><c> look</c><00:37:17.369><c> at</c><00:37:17.449><c> the</c><00:37:17.650><c> example</c><00:37:18.070><c> of</c><00:37:18.309><c> Saul</c><00:37:18.489><c> and</c><00:37:18.570><c> we</c><00:37:18.789><c> say</c><00:37:18.889><c> what</c><00:37:19.030><c> a</c>

00:37:19.190 --> 00:37:19.929
foolish<00:37:19.449><c> man.</c>

00:37:20.250 --> 00:37:23.449
Should<00:37:20.449><c> have</c><00:37:20.710><c> taken</c><00:37:20.909><c> out</c><00:37:21.190><c> all</c><00:37:21.429><c> the</c><00:37:21.570><c> Amalekites</c><00:37:22.150><c> as</c><00:37:22.389><c> he</c><00:37:22.550><c> was</c><00:37:22.829><c> told</c><00:37:23.090><c> to</c><00:37:23.309><c> do.</c>

00:37:23.909 --> 00:37:27.150
Well<00:37:23.909><c> what</c><00:37:24.889><c> about</c><00:37:25.150><c> ourselves</c><00:37:25.650><c> brothers</c><00:37:25.949><c> and</c><00:37:26.230><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:28.849 --> 00:37:33.349
We<00:37:29.130><c> condemn</c><00:37:29.550><c> him</c><00:37:29.949><c> but</c><00:37:30.789><c> I</c><00:37:31.349><c> wonder</c><00:37:31.610><c> sometimes</c><00:37:32.250><c> whether</c><00:37:32.510><c> we</c><00:37:32.829><c> follow</c><00:37:33.050><c> the</c>

00:37:33.349 --> 00:37:35.250
same<00:37:33.610><c> path</c><00:37:33.969><c> as</c><00:37:34.269><c> Saul</c><00:37:34.469><c> did.</c>

00:37:35.949 --> 00:37:40.349
We<00:37:36.090><c> sometimes</c><00:37:36.650><c> hover</c><00:37:37.309><c> between</c><00:37:38.570><c> two</c><00:37:38.989><c> thoughts</c><00:37:39.329><c> don't</c><00:37:39.590><c> we?</c>

00:37:40.690 --> 00:37:42.690
The<00:37:40.889><c> mind</c><00:37:41.130><c> of</c><00:37:41.289><c> the</c><00:37:41.510><c> flesh</c><00:37:41.670><c> and</c><00:37:41.829><c> the</c><00:37:41.969><c> mind</c><00:37:42.130><c> of</c><00:37:42.309><c> the</c><00:37:42.510><c> spirit.</c>

00:37:42.690 --> 00:37:45.190
And<00:37:42.690><c> we</c><00:37:42.909><c> sometimes</c><00:37:43.389><c> allow</c><00:37:43.750><c> the</c><00:37:43.949><c> mind</c><00:37:44.170><c> of</c><00:37:44.309><c> the</c><00:37:44.510><c> flesh</c><00:37:44.670><c> to</c><00:37:44.789><c> have</c>

00:37:45.190 --> 00:37:47.550
a<00:37:45.349><c> little</c><00:37:45.570><c> bit</c><00:37:45.730><c> of</c><00:37:45.969><c> excitement</c><00:37:46.329><c> for</c><00:37:46.630><c> a</c><00:37:46.750><c> time.</c>

00:37:48.070 --> 00:37:49.429
We<00:37:48.070><c> don't</c><00:37:48.309><c> enforce</c><00:37:48.809><c> what</c><00:37:49.030><c> is</c><00:37:49.309><c> right.</c>

00:37:49.550 --> 00:37:52.050
We<00:37:49.550><c> don't</c><00:37:49.849><c> enforce</c><00:37:50.269><c> the</c><00:37:50.469><c> principle</c><00:37:50.869><c> that</c><00:37:51.110><c> Elijah</c><00:37:51.469><c> says</c><00:37:51.789><c> don't</c>

00:37:52.050 --> 00:37:53.929
let<00:37:52.230><c> those</c><00:37:52.530><c> thoughts</c><00:37:52.750><c> escape.</c>

00:37:54.309 --> 00:37:56.550
Take<00:37:54.550><c> them</c><00:37:54.750><c> before</c><00:37:55.210><c> they</c><00:37:55.510><c> multiply.</c>

00:37:57.449 --> 00:37:58.530
How<00:37:57.809><c> do</c><00:37:57.929><c> we</c><00:37:58.050><c> do</c><00:37:58.269><c> that?</c>

00:37:58.849 --> 00:38:00.710
It<00:37:59.030><c> seems</c><00:37:59.269><c> almost</c><00:37:59.610><c> impossible</c><00:38:00.190><c> doesn't</c><00:38:00.489><c> it?</c>

00:38:00.789 --> 00:38:04.889
Because<00:38:01.130><c> of</c><00:38:02.090><c> the</c><00:38:02.329><c> power</c><00:38:02.550><c> of</c><00:38:02.809><c> human</c><00:38:02.989><c> nature</c><00:38:03.269><c> that</c><00:38:03.429><c> we</c><00:38:03.690><c> grapple</c><00:38:04.010><c> with.</c>

00:38:06.090 --> 00:38:09.050
Well<00:38:06.230><c> we</c><00:38:06.329><c> do</c><00:38:06.510><c> it</c><00:38:06.650><c> not</c><00:38:06.809><c> in</c><00:38:07.210><c> our</c><00:38:07.449><c> own</c><00:38:07.710><c> strength</c><00:38:08.010><c> but</c><00:38:08.190><c> we</c><00:38:08.349><c> do</c><00:38:08.510><c> it</c><00:38:08.750><c> in</c>

00:38:09.050 --> 00:38:11.190
cooperation<00:38:09.769><c> with</c><00:38:10.090><c> the</c><00:38:10.329><c> Father.</c>

00:38:11.349 --> 00:38:13.889
And<00:38:12.010><c> you</c><00:38:12.190><c> see</c><00:38:12.309><c> that</c><00:38:12.449><c> wonderful</c><00:38:12.869><c> principle.</c>

00:38:14.090 --> 00:38:15.340
And<00:38:14.110><c> into</c><00:38:14.269><c> the</c><00:38:14.510><c> chapter.</c>

00:38:17.070 --> 00:38:19.289
See<00:38:17.190><c> Elijah</c><00:38:17.590><c> wasn't</c><00:38:17.889><c> a</c><00:38:18.150><c> hero.</c>

00:38:19.750 --> 00:38:20.809
Strutted<00:38:20.010><c> off</c><00:38:20.210><c> the</c><00:38:20.489><c> scene.</c>

00:38:21.250 --> 00:38:22.409
Victorious.

00:38:22.909 --> 00:38:24.230
People<00:38:23.210><c> clapping.</c>

00:38:25.369 --> 00:38:27.590
Rejoicing<00:38:25.829><c> with</c><00:38:26.050><c> him.</c>

00:38:28.889 --> 00:38:30.480
Shouting<00:38:29.230><c> his</c><00:38:29.650><c> praises.</c>

00:38:32.269 --> 00:38:34.429
That's<00:38:32.710><c> not</c><00:38:32.909><c> how</c><00:38:33.150><c> it</c><00:38:33.250><c> worked</c><00:38:33.409><c> at</c><00:38:33.670><c> all.</c>

00:38:34.969 --> 00:38:36.289
He<00:38:35.110><c> was</c><00:38:35.349><c> a</c><00:38:35.550><c> real</c><00:38:35.789><c> man.</c>

00:38:36.289 --> 00:38:39.769
And<00:38:37.210><c> he</c><00:38:37.389><c> followed</c><00:38:37.710><c> his</c><00:38:38.010><c> performance</c><00:38:38.650><c> all</c><00:38:39.090><c> the</c><00:38:39.269><c> way</c><00:38:39.489><c> through</c>

00:38:39.769 --> 00:38:44.650
in<00:38:39.889><c> order</c><00:38:40.550><c> to</c><00:38:41.210><c> turn</c><00:38:41.690><c> the</c><00:38:42.150><c> hearts</c><00:38:42.690><c> of</c><00:38:43.250><c> the</c><00:38:43.489><c> people.</c>

00:38:45.949 --> 00:38:48.289
He<00:38:45.949><c> didn't</c><00:38:46.150><c> go</c><00:38:46.349><c> off</c><00:38:46.590><c> the</c><00:38:46.769><c> scene</c><00:38:46.949><c> as</c><00:38:47.190><c> a</c><00:38:47.309><c> hero.</c>

00:38:48.469 --> 00:38:50.489
Just<00:38:48.630><c> waving</c><00:38:48.909><c> to</c><00:38:49.150><c> the</c><00:38:49.309><c> people</c><00:38:49.510><c> with</c><00:38:49.690><c> a</c><00:38:49.869><c> royal</c><00:38:50.150><c> gesture.</c>

00:38:50.590 --> 00:38:53.409
He<00:38:50.670><c> was</c><00:38:50.869><c> a</c><00:38:50.949><c> real</c><00:38:51.170><c> man</c><00:38:51.409><c> and</c><00:38:51.550><c> he</c><00:38:51.750><c> wanted</c><00:38:51.969><c> to</c><00:38:52.309><c> turn</c><00:38:52.469><c> the</c><00:38:52.750><c> hearts</c><00:38:53.090><c> of</c>

00:38:53.409 --> 00:38:53.989
the<00:38:53.650><c> people.</c>

00:38:54.389 --> 00:38:56.710
And<00:38:54.530><c> he</c><00:38:54.690><c> wasn't</c><00:38:55.070><c> confident</c><00:38:55.530><c> in</c><00:38:55.710><c> himself.</c>

00:38:56.969 --> 00:38:59.909
And<00:38:57.190><c> here</c><00:38:57.309><c> you</c><00:38:57.510><c> see</c><00:38:57.670><c> that</c><00:38:58.030><c> in</c><00:38:58.389><c> the</c><00:38:58.650><c> prayer</c><00:38:58.989><c> that</c><00:38:59.510><c> he</c><00:38:59.690><c> gives.</c>

00:38:59.969 --> 00:39:02.190
In<00:39:00.170><c> verse</c><00:39:00.769><c> 42.</c>

00:39:02.389 --> 00:39:04.150
Ahab<00:39:02.690><c> went</c><00:39:02.869><c> up</c><00:39:03.070><c> to</c><00:39:03.269><c> Eden</c><00:39:03.429><c> to</c><00:39:03.710><c> drink.</c>

00:39:04.150 --> 00:39:07.969
But<00:39:04.929><c> Elijah</c><00:39:05.530><c> went</c><00:39:05.690><c> up</c><00:39:05.909><c> to</c><00:39:06.050><c> the</c><00:39:06.190><c> top</c><00:39:06.710><c> of</c><00:39:06.989><c> Mount</c><00:39:07.309><c> Carmel.</c>

00:39:08.269 --> 00:39:11.710
And<00:39:08.469><c> he</c><00:39:08.809><c> cast</c><00:39:09.190><c> himself</c><00:39:09.730><c> down</c><00:39:10.230><c> on</c><00:39:10.409><c> the</c><00:39:10.590><c> earth</c><00:39:10.750><c> and</c><00:39:10.849><c> he</c><00:39:11.050><c> put</c><00:39:11.250><c> his</c>

00:39:11.710 --> 00:39:14.110
face<00:39:12.050><c> between</c><00:39:12.610><c> his</c><00:39:13.070><c> knees.</c>

00:39:17.889 --> 00:39:20.389
What<00:39:17.989><c> an</c><00:39:18.269><c> incredible</c><00:39:18.789><c> stance</c><00:39:19.250><c> for</c><00:39:19.550><c> prayer.</c>

00:39:20.610 --> 00:39:22.309
Face<00:39:21.110><c> between</c><00:39:21.650><c> his</c><00:39:22.050><c> knees.</c>

00:39:22.449 --> 00:39:25.409
You<00:39:22.449><c> can</c><00:39:22.690><c> see</c><00:39:22.929><c> the</c><00:39:23.230><c> intensity</c><00:39:23.750><c> of</c><00:39:23.949><c> that</c><00:39:24.269><c> stance</c><00:39:24.570><c> can't</c><00:39:24.989><c> you?</c>

00:39:25.889 --> 00:39:28.489
As<00:39:26.070><c> he</c><00:39:26.369><c> bends</c><00:39:26.670><c> his</c><00:39:26.969><c> head</c><00:39:27.210><c> down</c><00:39:27.570><c> between</c><00:39:27.929><c> his</c><00:39:28.250><c> knees.</c>

00:39:28.489 --> 00:39:33.050
Because<00:39:28.630><c> he</c><00:39:28.849><c> realizes</c><00:39:29.650><c> that</c><00:39:30.769><c> that</c><00:39:31.469><c> wonderful</c><00:39:32.269><c> challenge</c><00:39:32.809><c> on</c>

00:39:33.050 --> 00:39:35.670
Mount<00:39:33.389><c> Carmel</c><00:39:33.769><c> wasn't</c><00:39:34.130><c> his</c><00:39:34.510><c> performance.</c>

00:39:35.929 --> 00:39:37.190
But<00:39:35.969><c> it</c><00:39:36.150><c> was</c><00:39:36.389><c> Yahweh's.</c>

00:39:38.110 --> 00:39:42.690
And<00:39:38.250><c> now</c><00:39:38.469><c> he's</c><00:39:38.690><c> going</c><00:39:38.989><c> through</c><00:39:39.190><c> all</c><00:39:39.369><c> the</c><00:39:39.510><c> way</c><00:39:39.650><c> and</c><00:39:39.949><c> seeking</c><00:39:40.289><c> the</c><00:39:40.590><c> continuing</c><00:39:41.230><c> support</c><00:39:42.030><c> of</c>

00:39:42.690 --> 00:39:43.389
his<00:39:43.010><c> God.</c>

00:39:43.809 --> 00:39:45.750
And<00:39:43.809><c> he</c><00:39:43.949><c> puts</c><00:39:44.230><c> his</c><00:39:44.510><c> face</c><00:39:44.769><c> between</c><00:39:45.210><c> his</c><00:39:45.530><c> knees.</c>

00:39:45.929 --> 00:39:49.349
And<00:39:45.929><c> in</c><00:39:46.050><c> verse</c><00:39:46.369><c> 43</c><00:39:47.010><c> he</c><00:39:47.369><c> prays</c><00:39:47.869><c> to</c><00:39:48.110><c> God.</c>

00:39:49.849 --> 00:39:51.869
He<00:39:49.989><c> says</c><00:39:50.150><c> to</c><00:39:50.329><c> his</c><00:39:50.550><c> servant,</c><00:39:51.869><c> look.</c>

00:39:51.869 --> 00:39:53.110
Look<00:39:52.230><c> across</c><00:39:52.510><c> to</c><00:39:52.730><c> the</c><00:39:52.969><c> sea.</c>

00:39:53.190 --> 00:39:54.769
Tell<00:39:53.349><c> me</c><00:39:53.489><c> if</c><00:39:53.590><c> you</c><00:39:53.769><c> see</c><00:39:53.949><c> anything.</c>

00:39:55.309 --> 00:39:57.230
He's<00:39:55.650><c> praying</c><00:39:56.010><c> for</c><00:39:56.349><c> rain.</c>

00:39:57.530 --> 00:40:00.269
He's<00:39:57.929><c> praying</c><00:39:58.150><c> for</c><00:39:58.329><c> that</c><00:39:58.610><c> spiritual</c><00:39:59.150><c> drought</c><00:39:59.550><c> to</c><00:39:59.750><c> be</c><00:40:00.010><c> broken</c>

00:40:00.269 --> 00:40:02.170
with<00:40:00.429><c> the</c><00:40:00.650><c> refreshing</c><00:40:01.010><c> rain</c><00:40:01.369><c> of</c><00:40:01.650><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:40:02.469 --> 00:40:04.329
And<00:40:02.670><c> he</c><00:40:02.750><c> puts</c><00:40:02.969><c> his</c><00:40:03.190><c> head</c><00:40:03.389><c> between</c><00:40:03.769><c> his</c><00:40:04.130><c> knees.</c>

00:40:04.389 --> 00:40:06.750
And<00:40:04.489><c> in</c><00:40:04.610><c> his</c><00:40:04.869><c> desperation</c><00:40:05.469><c> he</c><00:40:05.829><c> prays</c><00:40:06.289><c> for</c><00:40:06.530><c> rain.</c>

00:40:06.869 --> 00:40:09.030
He<00:40:06.869><c> says</c><00:40:07.030><c> to</c><00:40:07.190><c> his</c><00:40:07.369><c> servant,</c><00:40:08.190><c> go</c><00:40:08.269><c> and</c><00:40:08.389><c> have</c><00:40:08.530><c> a</c><00:40:08.650><c> look</c><00:40:08.730><c> if</c><00:40:08.829><c> there's</c>

00:40:09.030 --> 00:40:09.849
something<00:40:09.250><c> on</c><00:40:09.449><c> the</c><00:40:09.650><c> horizon.</c>

00:40:10.050 --> 00:40:11.389
Tell<00:40:10.409><c> me</c><00:40:10.550><c> if</c><00:40:10.630><c> you</c><00:40:10.789><c> see</c><00:40:10.969><c> a</c><00:40:11.170><c> cloud.</c>

00:40:11.409 --> 00:40:14.510
And<00:40:11.550><c> the</c><00:40:11.690><c> servant</c><00:40:11.869><c> comes</c><00:40:12.130><c> back</c><00:40:12.369><c> and</c><00:40:12.449><c> he</c><00:40:12.550><c> says,</c><00:40:13.469><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:16.769 --> 00:40:20.030
And<00:40:17.130><c> he</c><00:40:17.389><c> says,</c><00:40:18.630><c> go</c><00:40:18.849><c> again</c><00:40:19.349><c> seven</c><00:40:19.710><c> times.</c>

00:40:20.050 --> 00:40:22.570
He<00:40:20.250><c> prays</c><00:40:20.630><c> again</c><00:40:20.949><c> and</c><00:40:21.070><c> he</c><00:40:21.210><c> says</c><00:40:21.369><c> to</c><00:40:21.510><c> his</c><00:40:21.610><c> servant,</c><00:40:21.809><c> go</c><00:40:22.010><c> and</c><00:40:22.170><c> have</c><00:40:22.329><c> a</c><00:40:22.449><c> look.</c>

00:40:22.590 --> 00:40:23.650
See<00:40:22.730><c> if</c><00:40:22.809><c> there's</c><00:40:23.030><c> something</c><00:40:23.329><c> there.</c>

00:40:23.670 --> 00:40:26.510
The<00:40:23.869><c> servant</c><00:40:23.969><c> comes</c><00:40:24.289><c> back,</c><00:40:25.550><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:27.309 --> 00:40:28.989
He<00:40:27.789><c> prays</c><00:40:27.989><c> again.</c>

00:40:29.050 --> 00:40:30.949
And<00:40:29.090><c> he</c><00:40:29.210><c> says</c><00:40:29.469><c> again</c><00:40:29.750><c> to</c><00:40:29.909><c> his</c><00:40:30.130><c> servant,</c><00:40:30.369><c> look</c><00:40:30.469><c> surely</c><00:40:30.789><c> there</c>

00:40:30.949 --> 00:40:32.929
must<00:40:31.150><c> be</c><00:40:31.289><c> some</c><00:40:31.670><c> sort</c><00:40:31.989><c> of</c><00:40:32.210><c> indication</c><00:40:32.750><c> there.</c>

00:40:32.949 --> 00:40:33.909
Go<00:40:33.150><c> and</c><00:40:33.269><c> have</c><00:40:33.409><c> a</c><00:40:33.489><c> look</c><00:40:33.610><c> again.</c>

00:40:34.010 --> 00:40:36.570
The<00:40:34.170><c> servant</c><00:40:34.269><c> comes</c><00:40:34.590><c> back,</c><00:40:35.670><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:36.969 --> 00:40:39.429
And<00:40:37.349><c> he</c><00:40:37.570><c> prays</c><00:40:37.929><c> again</c><00:40:38.210><c> and</c><00:40:38.329><c> he</c><00:40:38.449><c> says</c><00:40:38.650><c> to</c><00:40:38.829><c> his</c><00:40:39.010><c> servant,</c><00:40:39.250><c> there</c>

00:40:39.429 --> 00:40:41.409
must<00:40:39.750><c> be</c><00:40:39.969><c> some</c><00:40:40.289><c> sort</c><00:40:40.449><c> of</c><00:40:40.550><c> indication</c><00:40:41.070><c> there.</c>

00:40:41.469 --> 00:40:42.869
Go<00:40:41.630><c> and</c><00:40:41.789><c> have</c><00:40:41.949><c> a</c><00:40:42.110><c> look.</c>

00:40:43.210 --> 00:40:45.329
The<00:40:43.369><c> servant</c><00:40:43.510><c> comes</c><00:40:43.789><c> back</c><00:40:44.090><c> and</c><00:40:44.250><c> says,</c><00:40:44.690><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:45.469 --> 00:40:50.230
And<00:40:45.929><c> seven</c><00:40:46.369><c> times</c><00:40:47.090><c> he</c><00:40:47.409><c> bent</c><00:40:47.710><c> his</c><00:40:47.989><c> head</c><00:40:48.170><c> between</c><00:40:48.530><c> his</c><00:40:48.829><c> knees</c><00:40:49.070><c> in</c><00:40:49.369><c> prayer.</c>

00:40:52.190 --> 00:40:55.489
We<00:40:52.670><c> pray</c><00:40:53.030><c> for</c><00:40:53.269><c> Christ's</c><00:40:54.210><c> refreshing</c><00:40:54.510><c> rains</c><00:40:54.849><c> to</c><00:40:55.070><c> come</c><00:40:55.210><c> upon</c>

00:40:55.489 --> 00:40:56.969
this<00:40:55.730><c> earth,</c><00:40:55.949><c> don't</c><00:40:56.210><c> we?</c>

00:40:58.329 --> 00:41:01.210
And<00:40:58.849><c> sometimes</c><00:40:59.349><c> we</c><00:40:59.530><c> get</c><00:40:59.730><c> the</c><00:40:59.869><c> answer,</c><00:41:00.710><c> nothing.</c>

00:41:02.070 --> 00:41:05.389
We're<00:41:02.250><c> looking</c><00:41:02.550><c> for</c><00:41:02.789><c> the</c><00:41:02.909><c> return</c><00:41:03.329><c> of</c><00:41:03.550><c> Christ</c><00:41:03.909><c> and</c><00:41:04.070><c> we</c><00:41:04.250><c> so</c><00:41:04.590><c> desperately</c><00:41:05.070><c> want</c>

00:41:05.389 --> 00:41:06.789
to<00:41:05.550><c> see</c><00:41:05.730><c> this</c><00:41:06.070><c> world</c><00:41:06.309><c> change.</c>

00:41:06.829 --> 00:41:08.449
But<00:41:06.949><c> the</c><00:41:07.130><c> answer</c><00:41:07.349><c> keeps</c><00:41:07.630><c> coming</c><00:41:07.909><c> back.</c>

00:41:08.710 --> 00:41:12.909
As<00:41:08.849><c> we</c><00:41:09.010><c> look</c><00:41:09.170><c> about</c><00:41:09.449><c> us</c><00:41:09.610><c> in</c><00:41:09.730><c> the</c><00:41:09.909><c> world,</c><00:41:11.650><c> nothing</c><00:41:11.909><c> yet.</c>

00:41:13.650 --> 00:41:15.630
The<00:41:13.809><c> Lord</c><00:41:14.030><c> isn't</c><00:41:14.309><c> here</c><00:41:14.610><c> yet.</c>

00:41:16.809 --> 00:41:20.670
Do<00:41:16.989><c> we</c><00:41:17.150><c> grow</c><00:41:17.449><c> tired</c><00:41:18.010><c> of</c><00:41:18.750><c> praying</c><00:41:19.070><c> for</c><00:41:19.269><c> the</c><00:41:19.469><c> return</c><00:41:19.690><c> of</c><00:41:19.869><c> the</c><00:41:20.010><c> Lord</c><00:41:20.170><c> when</c><00:41:20.349><c> we</c>

00:41:20.670 --> 00:41:22.409
see<00:41:21.349><c> nothing?</c>

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Elijah<00:41:23.630><c> didn't.</c>

00:41:23.969 --> 00:41:25.789
There<00:41:24.130><c> was</c><00:41:24.329><c> consistent</c><00:41:24.869><c> prayer.</c>

00:41:26.730 --> 00:41:30.030
He<00:41:26.730><c> put</c><00:41:26.730><c> on</c><00:41:26.909><c> it</c><00:41:27.190><c> faithful</c><00:41:27.650><c> perseverance</c><00:41:28.469><c> in</c><00:41:28.750><c> prayer</c><00:41:29.190><c> for</c><00:41:29.789><c> that</c>

00:41:30.030 --> 00:41:32.289
refreshing<00:41:30.530><c> rain</c><00:41:30.869><c> eventually</c><00:41:31.309><c> to</c><00:41:31.550><c> come</c><00:41:31.710><c> upon</c><00:41:31.989><c> the</c><00:41:32.150><c> earth.</c>

00:41:32.409 --> 00:41:35.210
And<00:41:32.409><c> our</c><00:41:32.670><c> prayers</c><00:41:32.889><c> should</c><00:41:33.070><c> be</c><00:41:33.230><c> the</c><00:41:33.429><c> same</c><00:41:33.650><c> brothers</c><00:41:33.929><c> and</c><00:41:34.170><c> sisters,</c><00:41:35.190><c> even</c>

00:41:35.210 --> 00:41:38.309
though<00:41:35.469><c> for</c><00:41:35.630><c> the</c><00:41:35.809><c> moment</c><00:41:35.969><c> we</c><00:41:36.110><c> get</c><00:41:36.289><c> the</c><00:41:36.449><c> answer</c><00:41:36.769><c> of</c><00:41:37.409><c> nothing.</c>

00:41:39.030 --> 00:41:42.329
We<00:41:39.050><c> should</c><00:41:39.289><c> be</c><00:41:39.550><c> continuing</c><00:41:40.389><c> fervent</c><00:41:41.170><c> in</c><00:41:41.530><c> prayer.</c>

00:41:43.050 --> 00:41:45.030
You've<00:41:43.170><c> got</c><00:41:43.230><c> the</c><00:41:43.469><c> example</c><00:41:43.730><c> in</c><00:41:43.889><c> Luke</c><00:41:44.130><c> 18,</c><00:41:44.710><c> haven't</c><00:41:44.750><c> you?</c>

00:41:45.469 --> 00:41:48.630
God<00:41:45.730><c> will</c><00:41:46.090><c> fulfill</c><00:41:46.610><c> the</c><00:41:47.010><c> prayers</c><00:41:47.329><c> of</c><00:41:47.510><c> his</c><00:41:47.769><c> elect</c><00:41:47.989><c> that</c><00:41:48.309><c> cry</c>

00:41:48.630 --> 00:41:49.630
day<00:41:49.050><c> and</c><00:41:49.190><c> night.</c>

00:41:50.070 --> 00:41:53.489
Though<00:41:50.369><c> he</c><00:41:50.670><c> bear</c><00:41:50.889><c> long</c><00:41:51.150><c> with</c><00:41:51.449><c> them,</c><00:41:51.650><c> he</c><00:41:51.849><c> will</c><00:41:52.150><c> avenge</c><00:41:52.510><c> them</c><00:41:52.809><c> speedily.</c>

00:41:53.489 --> 00:41:59.690
But<00:41:54.309><c> when</c><00:41:54.630><c> the</c><00:41:54.889><c> Son</c><00:41:55.329><c> of</c><00:41:55.610><c> Man</c><00:41:56.050><c> cometh,</c><00:41:57.530><c> will</c><00:41:57.550><c> he</c><00:41:57.789><c> find</c><00:41:58.150><c> the</c><00:41:58.429><c> faithful</c><00:41:58.989><c> prayers</c><00:41:59.550><c> of</c>

00:41:59.690 --> 00:42:02.949
Elijah<00:42:00.269><c> on</c><00:42:00.510><c> the</c><00:42:00.670><c> lips</c><00:42:01.010><c> of</c><00:42:01.250><c> the</c><00:42:01.389><c> brethren</c><00:42:01.650><c> and</c><00:42:01.909><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:06.010 --> 00:42:10.309
And<00:42:06.510><c> you</c><00:42:06.690><c> know,</c><00:42:07.510><c> James,</c><00:42:08.030><c> when</c><00:42:08.210><c> he</c><00:42:08.389><c> was</c><00:42:08.610><c> writing</c><00:42:08.969><c> his</c><00:42:09.289><c> epistle,</c>

00:42:11.829 --> 00:42:14.190
he<00:42:12.010><c> comes</c><00:42:12.309><c> right</c><00:42:12.570><c> to</c><00:42:12.750><c> the</c><00:42:12.909><c> end</c><00:42:13.030><c> of</c><00:42:13.190><c> his</c><00:42:13.409><c> epistle.</c>

00:42:16.110 --> 00:42:18.530
And<00:42:16.210><c> you</c><00:42:16.309><c> know,</c><00:42:16.309><c> he</c><00:42:16.469><c> was</c><00:42:16.690><c> writing</c><00:42:17.110><c> to</c><00:42:17.349><c> the</c><00:42:17.570><c> twelve</c><00:42:17.949><c> tribes</c><00:42:18.349><c> of</c>

00:42:18.530 --> 00:42:20.630
Israel<00:42:18.889><c> that</c><00:42:19.030><c> had</c><00:42:19.210><c> been</c><00:42:19.530><c> scattered.</c>

00:42:20.690 --> 00:42:22.690
And<00:42:21.130><c> they</c><00:42:21.349><c> were</c><00:42:21.530><c> wavering.</c>

00:42:22.690 --> 00:42:28.849
And<00:42:23.750><c> he's</c><00:42:23.909><c> speaking</c><00:42:24.250><c> about</c><00:42:24.670><c> prayer</c><00:42:25.050><c> and</c><00:42:25.130><c> he</c><00:42:25.349><c> says,</c><00:42:25.849><c> the</c><00:42:25.909><c> energized</c><00:42:26.909><c> prayer</c><00:42:27.750><c> of</c><00:42:28.590><c> a</c>

00:42:28.849 --> 00:42:31.250
righteous<00:42:29.289><c> man</c><00:42:29.750><c> avails</c><00:42:30.409><c> much.</c>

00:42:31.530 --> 00:42:34.929
And<00:42:31.530><c> he</c><00:42:31.650><c> puts</c><00:42:31.869><c> his</c><00:42:32.170><c> pen</c><00:42:32.409><c> down</c><00:42:32.690><c> and</c><00:42:32.789><c> he</c><00:42:33.010><c> thinks</c><00:42:33.349><c> for</c><00:42:33.590><c> an</c><00:42:33.889><c> example.</c>

00:42:36.210 --> 00:42:39.289
The<00:42:36.570><c> energizing</c><00:42:37.269><c> effective</c><00:42:37.849><c> prayer</c><00:42:38.190><c> of</c><00:42:38.409><c> a</c><00:42:38.570><c> righteous</c><00:42:38.949><c> man</c>

00:42:39.289 --> 00:42:40.070
avails<00:42:39.909><c> much.</c>

00:42:40.110 --> 00:42:43.469
And<00:42:40.210><c> he</c><00:42:40.269><c> puts</c><00:42:40.489><c> his</c><00:42:40.750><c> pen</c><00:42:40.949><c> down</c><00:42:41.250><c> and</c><00:42:41.369><c> he</c><00:42:41.570><c> thinks</c><00:42:41.730><c> through</c><00:42:41.969><c> the</c><00:42:42.090><c> history</c><00:42:42.349><c> of</c><00:42:42.510><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:43.510 --> 00:42:46.789
And<00:42:43.610><c> he's</c><00:42:43.849><c> looking</c><00:42:44.070><c> for</c><00:42:44.230><c> an</c><00:42:44.530><c> example</c><00:42:44.909><c> of</c><00:42:45.210><c> effective</c><00:42:45.690><c> prayer.</c>

00:42:47.650 --> 00:42:50.949
And<00:42:48.230><c> he</c><00:42:48.449><c> remembers</c><00:42:48.750><c> Elijah</c><00:42:49.250><c> on</c><00:42:49.469><c> Mount</c><00:42:49.789><c> Carmel.</c>

00:42:51.510 --> 00:42:56.039
And<00:42:52.170><c> he</c><00:42:52.349><c> concludes</c><00:42:53.110><c> his</c><00:42:54.190><c> epistle</c><00:42:54.610><c> with</c><00:42:54.829><c> those</c><00:42:55.210><c> words.</c>

00:42:58.389 --> 00:43:00.849
Confess<00:42:58.769><c> your</c><00:42:59.070><c> faults</c><00:42:59.349><c> one</c><00:42:59.590><c> to</c><00:42:59.809><c> another</c><00:43:00.050><c> and</c><00:43:00.170><c> pray</c><00:43:00.489><c> for</c><00:43:00.630><c> one</c>

00:43:00.849 --> 00:43:02.010
another<00:43:01.090><c> that</c><00:43:01.190><c> you</c><00:43:01.349><c> might</c><00:43:01.550><c> be</c><00:43:01.809><c> healed.</c>

00:43:02.429 --> 00:43:06.650
The<00:43:02.530><c> effectual</c><00:43:03.329><c> fervent</c><00:43:03.730><c> prayer</c><00:43:03.989><c> of</c><00:43:04.210><c> a</c><00:43:04.349><c> righteous</c><00:43:04.710><c> man</c><00:43:05.070><c> avails</c><00:43:05.730><c> much.</c>

00:43:07.250 --> 00:43:11.389
And<00:43:07.349><c> he</c><00:43:07.489><c> says</c><00:43:07.650><c> Elijah</c><00:43:08.150><c> was</c><00:43:08.369><c> a</c><00:43:08.570><c> man</c><00:43:08.769><c> with</c><00:43:09.110><c> similar</c><00:43:09.469><c> passions</c><00:43:10.130><c> to</c><00:43:10.489><c> ours.</c>

00:43:11.409 --> 00:43:14.630
Infirmities,<00:43:12.130><c> emotions,</c><00:43:13.130><c> frustrations</c><00:43:13.690><c> with</c><00:43:13.889><c> Elijah</c><00:43:14.389><c> and</c>

00:43:14.630 --> 00:43:16.630
Jezebel,<00:43:15.469><c> pressures.</c>

00:43:18.530 --> 00:43:22.909
And<00:43:19.090><c> he</c><00:43:19.630><c> prayed</c><00:43:20.110><c> earnestly</c><00:43:20.829><c> that</c><00:43:21.010><c> it</c><00:43:21.250><c> might</c><00:43:21.550><c> not</c><00:43:21.949><c> rain.</c>

00:43:23.710 --> 00:43:26.150
He<00:43:23.829><c> wanted</c><00:43:24.150><c> the</c><00:43:24.429><c> nation</c><00:43:24.730><c> and</c><00:43:24.909><c> the</c><00:43:25.130><c> hearts</c><00:43:25.329><c> of</c><00:43:25.489><c> the</c><00:43:25.650><c> people</c><00:43:25.869><c> to</c>

00:43:26.150 --> 00:43:27.309
turn<00:43:26.309><c> again</c><00:43:26.610><c> to</c><00:43:26.849><c> God.</c>

00:43:27.710 --> 00:43:30.550
And<00:43:27.909><c> so</c><00:43:28.030><c> he</c><00:43:28.250><c> prayed</c><00:43:28.449><c> to</c><00:43:28.650><c> God</c><00:43:28.869><c> constantly</c><00:43:29.389><c> that</c><00:43:29.670><c> rain</c><00:43:29.989><c> would</c><00:43:30.269><c> be</c>

00:43:30.550 --> 00:43:33.789
withheld<00:43:31.269><c> until</c><00:43:31.909><c> the</c><00:43:32.170><c> people's</c><00:43:32.670><c> hearts</c><00:43:32.909><c> turned</c><00:43:33.289><c> back.</c>

00:43:34.050 --> 00:43:37.550
And<00:43:34.530><c> it</c><00:43:34.789><c> rained</c><00:43:34.929><c> not</c><00:43:35.110><c> on</c><00:43:35.309><c> the</c><00:43:35.469><c> earth</c><00:43:35.789><c> by</c><00:43:36.329><c> the</c><00:43:36.690><c> space</c><00:43:36.969><c> of</c><00:43:37.289><c> three</c>

00:43:37.550 --> 00:43:39.610
years<00:43:37.889><c> and</c><00:43:38.110><c> six</c><00:43:38.429><c> months.</c>

00:43:41.510 --> 00:43:45.090
But<00:43:42.070><c> it</c><00:43:42.309><c> wasn't</c><00:43:42.489><c> an</c><00:43:42.769><c> empty</c><00:43:43.070><c> prayer</c><00:43:43.550><c> of</c><00:43:44.030><c> vengeance.</c>

00:43:46.170 --> 00:43:48.170
And<00:43:46.730><c> James</c><00:43:47.090><c> picks</c><00:43:47.369><c> that</c><00:43:47.650><c> up.</c>

00:43:48.389 --> 00:43:53.769
And<00:43:48.710><c> he</c><00:43:49.289><c> prayed</c><00:43:49.809><c> again</c><00:43:50.710><c> seven</c><00:43:51.309><c> times,</c><00:43:51.949><c> didn't</c><00:43:52.090><c> he,</c><00:43:52.230><c> on</c><00:43:52.349><c> Mount</c><00:43:52.610><c> Carmel.</c>

00:43:53.809 --> 00:43:56.010
That<00:43:53.869><c> the</c><00:43:54.110><c> earth</c><00:43:54.369><c> might</c><00:43:54.690><c> give</c><00:43:55.010><c> rain.</c>

00:43:56.510 --> 00:43:59.289
That<00:43:56.630><c> the</c><00:43:56.809><c> heaven</c><00:43:56.989><c> might</c><00:43:57.269><c> give</c><00:43:57.510><c> rain</c><00:43:57.869><c> and</c><00:43:58.130><c> the</c><00:43:58.369><c> earth</c><00:43:58.889><c> might</c>

00:43:59.289 --> 00:44:00.869
bring<00:43:59.710><c> forth</c><00:44:00.070><c> fruit.</c>

00:44:00.949 --> 00:44:04.429
What<00:44:01.090><c> a</c><00:44:01.269><c> wonderful</c><00:44:01.769><c> positive</c><00:44:02.570><c> end</c><00:44:03.050><c> to</c><00:44:03.269><c> this</c><00:44:03.550><c> battle.</c>

00:44:05.969 --> 00:44:10.630
He<00:44:06.090><c> didn't</c><00:44:06.429><c> leave</c><00:44:06.750><c> it</c><00:44:07.409><c> with</c><00:44:07.869><c> the</c><00:44:08.210><c> priests</c><00:44:08.429><c> of</c><00:44:08.750><c> Baal</c><00:44:09.110><c> slaughtered</c><00:44:09.769><c> there</c><00:44:10.090><c> down</c><00:44:10.369><c> by</c>

00:44:10.630 --> 00:44:11.510
the<00:44:10.789><c> book</c><00:44:10.969><c> Kishon.</c>

00:44:11.829 --> 00:44:14.230
And<00:44:12.130><c> strut</c><00:44:12.369><c> off</c><00:44:12.590><c> the</c><00:44:12.829><c> scene</c><00:44:12.989><c> and</c><00:44:13.190><c> then</c><00:44:13.409><c> say</c><00:44:13.590><c> well</c><00:44:13.769><c> that's</c><00:44:14.090><c> the</c>

00:44:14.230 --> 00:44:14.889
end<00:44:14.429><c> of</c><00:44:14.650><c> that.</c>

00:44:14.889 --> 00:44:23.130
He<00:44:15.329><c> finished</c><00:44:15.829><c> this</c><00:44:16.190><c> battle</c><00:44:16.510><c> positively</c><00:44:17.329><c> by</c><00:44:18.190><c> praying</c><00:44:18.690><c> earnestly</c><00:44:19.610><c> that</c><00:44:20.070><c> God</c><00:44:20.449><c> would</c><00:44:20.769><c> bring</c><00:44:21.050><c> that</c><00:44:21.469><c> rain</c><00:44:21.750><c> and</c><00:44:21.949><c> turn</c><00:44:22.329><c> the</c><00:44:22.690><c> hearts</c><00:44:22.909><c> of</c>

00:44:23.130 --> 00:44:24.710
the<00:44:23.309><c> people</c><00:44:23.530><c> again.</c>

00:44:25.510 --> 00:44:28.550
He<00:44:25.530><c> prayed</c><00:44:25.909><c> not</c><00:44:26.230><c> for</c><00:44:26.510><c> Yahweh's</c><00:44:27.090><c> vengeance</c><00:44:27.550><c> to</c><00:44:27.829><c> continue</c><00:44:28.269><c> but</c>

00:44:28.550 --> 00:44:33.590
for<00:44:28.949><c> Yahweh's</c><00:44:29.690><c> mercy</c><00:44:30.050><c> to</c><00:44:30.269><c> be</c><00:44:30.590><c> showered</c><00:44:31.650><c> upon</c><00:44:32.170><c> the</c><00:44:32.449><c> people.</c>

00:44:34.650 --> 00:44:39.789
And<00:44:34.710><c> on</c><00:44:34.949><c> the</c><00:44:35.130><c> very</c><00:44:35.449><c> day</c><00:44:35.889><c> that</c><00:44:36.210><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:36.710><c> sent</c><00:44:37.190><c> fire</c><00:44:38.170><c> amongst</c><00:44:39.489><c> the</c>

00:44:39.789 --> 00:44:43.389
people<00:44:40.289><c> and</c><00:44:40.889><c> the</c><00:44:41.130><c> prophets</c><00:44:41.469><c> of</c><00:44:41.809><c> Baal</c><00:44:42.070><c> were</c><00:44:42.409><c> slaughtered.</c>

00:44:44.110 --> 00:44:49.389
Elijah<00:44:44.730><c> prayed</c><00:44:45.349><c> for</c><00:44:46.230><c> Yahweh's</c><00:44:46.989><c> mercies</c><00:44:48.030><c> to</c><00:44:48.369><c> encompass</c><00:44:49.050><c> and</c>

00:44:49.389 --> 00:44:52.050
saturate<00:44:49.969><c> the</c><00:44:50.170><c> hearts</c><00:44:50.489><c> of</c><00:44:50.710><c> the</c><00:44:50.889><c> people.</c>

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The<00:44:53.949><c> lesson</c><00:44:54.289><c> to</c><00:44:54.469><c> us</c><00:44:54.670><c> is</c><00:44:54.889><c> powerful.</c>

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There<00:44:56.929><c> are</c><00:44:57.170><c> things</c><00:44:57.469><c> on</c><00:44:57.690><c> the</c><00:44:57.909><c> battlefield</c><00:44:58.409><c> brothers</c><00:44:58.809><c> and</c><00:44:59.110><c> sisters</c><00:44:59.349><c> that</c>

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we<00:44:59.730><c> have</c><00:44:59.989><c> to</c><00:45:00.210><c> confront</c><00:45:00.670><c> face</c><00:45:01.150><c> to</c><00:45:01.389><c> face</c><00:45:01.690><c> at</c><00:45:01.969><c> times.</c>

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We've<00:45:03.690><c> got</c><00:45:03.809><c> to</c><00:45:03.989><c> show</c><00:45:04.150><c> where</c><00:45:04.449><c> we</c><00:45:04.849><c> stand</c><00:45:05.309><c> and</c><00:45:05.570><c> where</c><00:45:05.869><c> they</c><00:45:06.309><c> stand.</c>

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We<00:45:08.630><c> sometimes</c><00:45:09.230><c> need</c><00:45:09.530><c> to</c><00:45:09.730><c> have</c><00:45:09.889><c> the</c><00:45:10.190><c> courage</c><00:45:10.590><c> to</c><00:45:10.849><c> point</c><00:45:11.090><c> out</c><00:45:11.329><c> to</c>

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other<00:45:11.809><c> brothers</c><00:45:12.130><c> and</c><00:45:12.449><c> sisters</c><00:45:12.949><c> when</c><00:45:13.769><c> they</c><00:45:14.070><c> are</c><00:45:14.389><c> hovering</c><00:45:14.730><c> between</c><00:45:15.309><c> two</c>

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modes<00:45:16.030><c> of</c><00:45:16.349><c> thinking.</c>

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But<00:45:18.610><c> we</c><00:45:18.769><c> need</c><00:45:18.909><c> to</c><00:45:19.070><c> do</c><00:45:19.190><c> that</c><00:45:19.369><c> in</c><00:45:19.510><c> the</c><00:45:19.829><c> spirit</c><00:45:20.030><c> of</c><00:45:20.309><c> Elijah</c><00:45:20.610><c> who</c><00:45:20.889><c> demonstrated</c><00:45:21.630><c> in</c>

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his<00:45:22.369><c> life</c><00:45:22.929><c> and</c><00:45:23.929><c> not</c><00:45:24.170><c> just</c><00:45:24.409><c> by</c><00:45:24.690><c> a</c><00:45:24.949><c> passage</c><00:45:25.210><c> of</c><00:45:25.510><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:45:27.409><c> as</c><00:45:27.670><c> we</c><00:45:27.909><c> observe</c><00:45:28.309><c> people</c><00:45:28.690><c> in</c><00:45:28.809><c> the</c><00:45:29.030><c> world</c><00:45:29.269><c> exhausting</c><00:45:29.969><c> themselves</c><00:45:30.750><c> with</c>

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their<00:45:32.389><c> pursuits.</c>

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Let's<00:45:34.309><c> try</c><00:45:34.670><c> and</c><00:45:34.969><c> draw</c><00:45:35.210><c> them</c><00:45:35.489><c> by</c><00:45:35.789><c> a</c><00:45:36.070><c> genuine</c><00:45:36.329><c> demonstration</c><00:45:37.190><c> of</c><00:45:37.510><c> truth.</c>

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No<00:45:38.929><c> need</c><00:45:39.190><c> to</c><00:45:39.429><c> trick</c><00:45:39.590><c> these</c><00:45:39.909><c> people</c><00:45:40.190><c> into</c><00:45:40.449><c> the</c><00:45:40.750><c> truth.</c>

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Let's<00:45:41.389><c> demonstrate</c><00:45:42.030><c> it</c><00:45:42.210><c> and</c><00:45:42.289><c> draw</c><00:45:42.730><c> them</c><00:45:42.929><c> by</c><00:45:43.170><c> that</c><00:45:43.449><c> demonstration.</c>

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As<00:45:45.650><c> well</c><00:45:45.929><c> as</c><00:45:46.110><c> that</c><00:45:46.250><c> we</c><00:45:46.409><c> have</c><00:45:46.670><c> to</c><00:45:46.869><c> be</c><00:45:47.070><c> prepared</c><00:45:47.610><c> to</c><00:45:47.989><c> crucify</c><00:45:48.769><c> the</c>

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lusts<00:45:49.449><c> of</c><00:45:49.469><c> our</c><00:45:49.769><c> flesh</c><00:45:50.150><c> and</c><00:45:50.929><c> let</c><00:45:51.250><c> not</c><00:45:51.510><c> one</c><00:45:51.690><c> of</c><00:45:51.829><c> them</c><00:45:51.989><c> escape.</c>

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And<00:45:53.570><c> we</c><00:45:53.730><c> can</c><00:45:53.909><c> do</c><00:45:54.130><c> that</c><00:45:54.349><c> through</c><00:45:54.570><c> the</c><00:45:54.809><c> strength</c><00:45:55.110><c> of</c><00:45:55.389><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:45:56.510><c> in</c><00:45:56.829><c> faith</c><00:45:57.070><c> brothers</c><00:45:57.349><c> and</c><00:45:57.610><c> sisters</c><00:45:57.889><c> let</c><00:45:58.090><c> us</c><00:45:58.269><c> look</c><00:45:58.570><c> forward</c>

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to<00:45:59.489><c> the</c><00:45:59.789><c> time</c><00:46:00.070><c> when</c><00:46:00.269><c> the</c><00:46:00.570><c> drought</c><00:46:00.829><c> that</c><00:46:01.010><c> is</c><00:46:01.289><c> manifested</c><00:46:01.789><c> in</c><00:46:02.010><c> the</c><00:46:02.190><c> world</c><00:46:02.409><c> today</c><00:46:03.130><c> will</c><00:46:04.190><c> be</c><00:46:04.949><c> completed.</c>

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And<00:46:06.570><c> will</c><00:46:06.750><c> be</c><00:46:07.070><c> changed</c><00:46:07.829><c> by</c><00:46:09.610><c> the</c><00:46:10.050><c> effectual</c><00:46:10.809><c> constant</c><00:46:11.369><c> effectual</c><00:46:12.090><c> prayer</c>

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of<00:46:12.670><c> the</c><00:46:12.889><c> saints.</c>

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As<00:46:14.550><c> we</c><00:46:14.789><c> await</c><00:46:14.989><c> the</c><00:46:15.329><c> time</c><00:46:15.550><c> when</c><00:46:15.730><c> the</c><00:46:15.849><c> Lord</c><00:46:16.050><c> Jesus</c><00:46:16.530><c> Christ</c><00:46:16.809><c> will</c>

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come<00:46:17.550><c> and</c><00:46:18.130><c> He</c><00:46:18.250><c> will</c><00:46:18.510><c> break</c><00:46:18.809><c> that</c><00:46:19.170><c> drought.</c>

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He<00:46:20.289><c> will</c><00:46:20.590><c> come</c><00:46:20.929><c> down</c><00:46:21.309><c> like</c><00:46:21.670><c> rain</c><00:46:22.110><c> upon</c><00:46:22.429><c> the</c><00:46:22.710><c> mown</c><00:46:22.949><c> grass</c><00:46:23.349><c> and</c>

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as<00:46:23.889><c> showers</c><00:46:24.210><c> to</c><00:46:24.510><c> water</c><00:46:24.710><c> the</c><00:46:24.909><c> earth</c><00:46:25.130><c> says</c><00:46:25.369><c> Psalm</c><00:46:25.730><c> 72.</c>

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And<00:46:27.130><c> in</c><00:46:27.389><c> His</c><00:46:27.750><c> days</c><00:46:28.349><c> the</c><00:46:29.050><c> Baals,</c><00:46:29.590><c> the</c><00:46:29.750><c> prophets</c><00:46:29.989><c> of</c><00:46:30.289><c> Baals</c><00:46:30.590><c> will</c>

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not<00:46:31.190><c> flourish</c><00:46:31.570><c> but</c><00:46:31.769><c> it</c><00:46:31.929><c> will</c><00:46:32.010><c> be</c><00:46:32.210><c> the</c><00:46:32.489><c> righteous</c><00:46:32.909><c> that</c><00:46:33.250><c> flourish.</c>

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And<00:46:34.909><c> they</c><00:46:35.190><c> will</c><00:46:35.489><c> rejoice</c><00:46:35.969><c> in</c><00:46:36.269><c> victory</c><00:46:36.949><c> through</c><00:46:38.150><c> performance.</c>