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So<00:10:08.759><c> look,</c><00:10:09.259><c> I</c><00:10:09.460><c> have</c><00:10:09.679><c> to</c><00:10:09.840><c> give</c><00:10:09.960><c> a</c><00:10:10.200><c> sacrifice.</c>

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I'll<00:10:17.679><c> offer</c><00:10:17.840><c> that</c><00:10:18.200><c> one.</c>

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And<00:10:21.379><c> as</c><00:10:21.940><c> is</c><00:10:22.200><c> pointed</c><00:10:22.399><c> out,</c><00:10:23.159><c> this</c><00:10:23.440><c> is</c><00:10:23.740><c> not</c><00:10:23.879><c> even</c><00:10:24.100><c> the</c><00:10:24.299><c> honor</c><00:10:24.460><c> that</c><00:10:24.639><c> you</c>

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would<00:10:24.899><c> give</c><00:10:25.019><c> to</c><00:10:25.200><c> your</c><00:10:25.440><c> father</c><00:10:25.940><c> or</c>

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to<00:10:26.559><c> the</c><00:10:26.659><c> king,</c><00:10:27.620><c> much</c><00:10:27.899><c> less</c><00:10:28.500><c> the</c><00:10:28.820><c> God</c><00:10:29.179><c> of</c><00:10:29.559><c> the</c><00:10:29.700><c> universe.</c>

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Now<00:10:31.620><c> there</c><00:10:31.779><c> have</c><00:10:31.879><c> been</c><00:10:32.039><c> prior</c><00:10:32.379><c> pollutions</c><00:10:32.860><c> like</c><00:10:33.200><c> this.</c>

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In<00:10:33.720><c> Second</c><00:10:33.940><c> Chronicles,</c><00:10:34.500><c> we</c><00:10:34.559><c> read</c><00:10:34.720><c> about</c><00:10:34.940><c> this</c><00:10:35.179><c> before</c><00:10:35.639><c> the</c>

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Moreover,<00:10:39.679><c> all</c><00:10:39.840><c> the</c><00:10:40.080><c> chief</c><00:10:40.299><c> of</c><00:10:40.519><c> the</c><00:10:40.720><c> priests</c><00:10:40.879><c> and</c><00:10:41.019><c> the</c><00:10:41.240><c> people</c>

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transgressed<00:10:42.320><c> very</c><00:10:42.580><c> much</c>

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after<00:10:43.419><c> all</c><00:10:43.700><c> the</c><00:10:43.919><c> abomination</c><00:10:44.360><c> of</c><00:10:44.559><c> the</c><00:10:44.720><c> heathen</c><00:10:45.340><c> and</c><00:10:45.720><c> polluted</c>

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the<00:10:46.279><c> house</c><00:10:46.480><c> of</c><00:10:46.659><c> the</c><00:10:46.840><c> Lord,</c>

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which<00:10:47.600><c> he</c><00:10:47.820><c> had</c><00:10:47.960><c> hallowed</c><00:10:48.179><c> in</c><00:10:48.379><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:10:48.940><c> the</c><00:10:49.080><c> Lord</c><00:10:49.220><c> God</c><00:10:49.399><c> of</c><00:10:49.480><c> their</c><00:10:49.720><c> fathers</c><00:10:50.200><c> sent</c><00:10:50.799><c> to</c><00:10:51.019><c> them</c><00:10:51.139><c> by</c><00:10:51.360><c> his</c>

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messengers<00:10:52.000><c> rising</c><00:10:52.460><c> up</c>

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many<00:10:52.779><c> times</c><00:10:53.659><c> and</c><00:10:54.120><c> sending</c><00:10:54.379><c> because</c><00:10:54.740><c> he</c><00:10:54.879><c> had</c><00:10:55.159><c> compassion</c><00:10:55.720><c> on</c>

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his<00:10:56.100><c> people</c><00:10:56.419><c> and</c><00:10:56.860><c> on</c><00:10:56.980><c> his</c><00:10:57.179><c> dwelling</c><00:10:57.399><c> place.</c>

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But<00:10:58.379><c> they</c><00:10:58.700><c> mocked</c><00:10:59.019><c> the</c><00:10:59.159><c> messengers</c><00:10:59.700><c> of</c><00:11:00.279><c> God</c><00:11:00.519><c> and</c><00:11:00.899><c> despised</c>

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his<00:11:01.639><c> words</c><00:11:01.940><c> and</c><00:11:02.159><c> misused</c><00:11:02.679><c> his</c><00:11:02.960><c> prophets</c>

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until<00:11:03.940><c> the</c><00:11:04.179><c> wrath</c><00:11:04.340><c> of</c><00:11:04.500><c> the</c><00:11:04.620><c> Lord</c><00:11:04.820><c> rose</c><00:11:05.139><c> up</c><00:11:05.360><c> against</c><00:11:05.580><c> his</c><00:11:05.820><c> people</c><00:11:06.179><c> till</c>

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there<00:11:07.100><c> was</c><00:11:07.379><c> no</c><00:11:07.659><c> remedy.</c>

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Well,<00:11:08.299><c> at</c><00:11:08.480><c> this</c><00:11:08.740><c> point,</c><00:11:09.279><c> there</c><00:11:09.399><c> was</c><00:11:09.600><c> still</c><00:11:09.820><c> a</c><00:11:09.980><c> remedy.</c>

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There<00:11:10.399><c> was</c><00:11:10.620><c> still</c><00:11:10.860><c> hope</c><00:11:11.179><c> for</c><00:11:11.679><c> these</c><00:11:11.980><c> people</c><00:11:12.299><c> who</c><00:11:12.500><c> were</c><00:11:12.679><c> there</c>

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in<00:11:12.980><c> the</c><00:11:13.179><c> land.</c>

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And<00:11:14.159><c> Malachi</c><00:11:15.059><c> was</c><00:11:15.659><c> rising</c><00:11:16.419><c> up</c><00:11:16.860><c> the</c><00:11:17.120><c> times,</c><00:11:18.200><c> rising</c><00:11:18.600><c> up</c><00:11:18.919><c> early</c>

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in<00:11:19.340><c> the</c><00:11:19.480><c> morning</c><00:11:19.879><c> to</c><00:11:20.399><c> appeal</c><00:11:20.799><c> to</c><00:11:21.039><c> them</c>

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to<00:11:21.639><c> understand</c><00:11:22.259><c> what</c><00:11:22.460><c> they</c><00:11:22.620><c> were</c><00:11:22.820><c> doing.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:11:24.500><c> chapter</c><00:11:24.899><c> 22</c><00:11:25.379><c> talks</c><00:11:25.759><c> about</c><00:11:26.039><c> this</c><00:11:26.299><c> says,</c>

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Her<00:11:26.960><c> priests</c><00:11:27.440><c> have</c><00:11:27.740><c> violated</c><00:11:28.200><c> my</c><00:11:28.519><c> law</c><00:11:28.899><c> and</c><00:11:29.340><c> have</c><00:11:29.580><c> profane</c>

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mine<00:11:30.240><c> holy</c><00:11:30.559><c> things.</c>

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They<00:11:31.480><c> have</c><00:11:31.679><c> put</c><00:11:31.840><c> no</c><00:11:32.179><c> difference</c><00:11:32.500><c> between</c><00:11:32.840><c> the</c><00:11:33.120><c> holy</c><00:11:33.440><c> and</c><00:11:34.000><c> the</c><00:11:34.240><c> profane.</c>

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Neither<00:11:35.580><c> have</c><00:11:35.740><c> they</c><00:11:36.000><c> showed</c><00:11:36.200><c> difference</c><00:11:36.639><c> between</c><00:11:37.059><c> the</c><00:11:37.620><c> unclean</c><00:11:38.440><c> and</c>

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the<00:11:39.000><c> clean</c>

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and<00:11:39.919><c> have</c><00:11:40.139><c> hid</c><00:11:40.320><c> their</c><00:11:41.179><c> eyes</c><00:11:41.580><c> from</c><00:11:42.220><c> my</c><00:11:42.519><c> Sabbaths</c><00:11:43.600><c> and</c><00:11:43.659><c> I</c><00:11:43.879><c> am</c>

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profane<00:11:44.519><c> among</c><00:11:44.799><c> them.</c>

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So<00:11:46.019><c> again,</c><00:11:46.600><c> these</c><00:11:46.879><c> pollutions</c><00:11:47.379><c> that</c><00:11:47.600><c> had</c><00:11:47.820><c> been</c><00:11:48.220><c> seen</c><00:11:48.799><c> prior</c>

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to<00:11:49.899><c> them</c><00:11:50.100><c> being</c><00:11:50.320><c> able</c><00:11:50.539><c> to</c><00:11:50.620><c> go</c><00:11:50.820><c> back</c>

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to<00:11:51.159><c> the</c><00:11:51.519><c> land,</c><00:11:52.059><c> in</c><00:11:52.259><c> fact,</c><00:11:52.820><c> prior</c><00:11:52.899><c> to</c><00:11:53.080><c> them</c><00:11:53.259><c> being</c><00:11:53.460><c> put</c><00:11:53.620><c> into</c>

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captivity,<00:11:54.940><c> were</c><00:11:55.100><c> now</c><00:11:55.580><c> once</c><00:11:55.899><c> again</c><00:11:56.259><c> showing</c><00:11:56.600><c> up.</c>

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And<00:11:57.559><c> this</c><00:11:57.700><c> is</c><00:11:57.860><c> the</c><00:11:58.100><c> problem.</c>

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They<00:11:58.539><c> were</c><00:11:58.840><c> having</c><00:11:59.019><c> a</c><00:11:59.200><c> difficult</c><00:11:59.639><c> time</c><00:12:00.480><c> diagnosing</c><00:12:01.539><c> their</c>

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themselves<00:12:02.899><c> and</c><00:12:03.080><c> their</c><00:12:03.340><c> failures.</c>

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Why<00:12:05.039><c> were</c><00:12:05.240><c> they</c><00:12:05.580><c> doing</c><00:12:06.080><c> expedient</c><00:12:07.279><c> worship?</c>

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Because<00:12:08.379><c> there</c><00:12:08.559><c> was</c><00:12:08.740><c> a</c><00:12:08.980><c> fundamental</c><00:12:09.519><c> fear</c><00:12:09.960><c> of</c><00:12:10.259><c> God</c><00:12:10.519><c> that's</c><00:12:10.840><c> missing.</c>

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Now,<00:12:11.899><c> when</c><00:12:12.039><c> we</c><00:12:12.240><c> think</c><00:12:12.399><c> of</c><00:12:12.639><c> fear</c><00:12:12.879><c> of</c><00:12:13.059><c> God,</c><00:12:14.899><c> it's</c><00:12:15.720><c> not</c><00:12:16.299><c> completely</c><00:12:17.600><c> untrue</c>

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that<00:12:20.179><c> the</c><00:12:20.600><c> fear</c>

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of<00:12:20.879><c> God</c><00:12:21.139><c> is</c><00:12:21.299><c> something</c><00:12:21.600><c> that</c><00:12:21.960><c> frightens</c><00:12:22.299><c> us.</c>

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It<00:12:23.240><c> talks</c><00:12:23.440><c> about</c><00:12:23.679><c> the</c><00:12:23.899><c> fear</c><00:12:24.080><c> of</c><00:12:24.259><c> God</c><00:12:24.440><c> whenever</c><00:12:24.720><c> Moses</c><00:12:25.399><c> trembled</c><00:12:26.100><c> and</c><00:12:26.399><c> shook</c><00:12:26.559><c> when</c><00:12:26.740><c> he</c><00:12:26.879><c> was</c>

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in<00:12:27.159><c> the</c><00:12:27.379><c> presence</c><00:12:27.659><c> of</c><00:12:27.919><c> God.</c>

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The<00:12:29.840><c> fact</c><00:12:30.080><c> is,</c><00:12:30.600><c> is</c><00:12:30.779><c> it's</c><00:12:31.220><c> reverence</c><00:12:31.500><c> of</c><00:12:31.700><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:12:32.259><c> really</c><00:12:32.480><c> what</c><00:12:32.620><c> it</c><00:12:32.799><c> is.</c>

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If<00:12:33.659><c> we</c><00:12:34.019><c> have</c><00:12:34.340><c> reverence</c><00:12:34.860><c> and</c><00:12:35.120><c> fear</c><00:12:35.320><c> for</c><00:12:35.559><c> God,</c><00:12:36.179><c> we</c><00:12:36.539><c> won't</c><00:12:36.840><c> just</c>

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give<00:12:37.360><c> him</c><00:12:38.139><c> whatever's</c><00:12:39.200><c> convenient.</c>

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You<00:12:40.179><c> remember</c><00:12:40.580><c> whenever</c><00:12:41.159><c> David</c><00:12:41.759><c> was</c><00:12:42.039><c> confronted</c><00:12:42.600><c> and</c><00:12:44.340><c> the</c>

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plague<00:12:45.220><c> had</c><00:12:45.399><c> been</c><00:12:45.720><c> stayed</c>

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and<00:12:46.139><c> he</c><00:12:46.340><c> needed</c><00:12:46.659><c> to</c><00:12:47.039><c> offer</c><00:12:47.240><c> a</c><00:12:47.480><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:12:48.240><c> Aruna</c><00:12:48.419><c> says,</c><00:12:49.039><c> look,</c><00:12:49.539><c> David,</c><00:12:49.840><c> whatever</c><00:12:50.159><c> you</c><00:12:50.419><c> need,</c><00:12:50.679><c> take</c><00:12:50.940><c> it.</c>

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You<00:12:51.259><c> can</c><00:12:51.460><c> offer</c><00:12:51.679><c> that</c><00:12:52.000><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:12:53.139><c> David</c><00:12:53.399><c> said</c><00:12:53.639><c> what?</c>

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He<00:12:54.659><c> said,</c><00:12:54.840><c> I</c><00:12:55.159><c> will</c><00:12:55.600><c> not</c><00:12:55.960><c> offer</c><00:12:56.299><c> anything</c><00:12:56.740><c> that</c><00:12:57.139><c> costs</c><00:12:57.600><c> me</c><00:12:57.919><c> nothing.</c>

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He<00:12:59.840><c> wasn't</c><00:13:00.080><c> going</c><00:13:00.320><c> to,</c><00:13:01.200><c> David</c><00:13:01.539><c> might</c><00:13:01.740><c> have</c><00:13:01.799><c> made</c><00:13:01.899><c> a</c><00:13:01.960><c> lot</c><00:13:02.120><c> of</c><00:13:02.320><c> mistakes,</c><00:13:02.700><c> but</c><00:13:03.000><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:13:03.460><c> going</c>

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to<00:13:04.059><c> serve</c><00:13:04.279><c> God</c><00:13:04.700><c> by</c><00:13:05.259><c> giving</c><00:13:05.559><c> something</c><00:13:05.940><c> that</c><00:13:06.100><c> was</c><00:13:06.379><c> just</c><00:13:06.840><c> expedient.</c>

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And<00:13:07.899><c> why?</c>

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Because<00:13:08.820><c> he</c><00:13:08.940><c> had</c><00:13:09.120><c> a</c><00:13:09.379><c> fear</c><00:13:09.559><c> and</c><00:13:09.759><c> reverence</c><00:13:10.000><c> of</c><00:13:10.179><c> God.</c>

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This<00:13:11.980><c> is</c><00:13:12.159><c> this</c><00:13:12.480><c> operating</c><00:13:12.960><c> principle.</c>

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Can<00:13:13.720><c> you</c><00:13:13.960><c> imagine</c><00:13:14.360><c> bringing</c><00:13:15.000><c> some,</c><00:13:15.460><c> you</c><00:13:15.860><c> know,</c><00:13:16.100><c> a</c><00:13:16.259><c> lamb</c><00:13:16.399><c> that's</c><00:13:17.279><c> blind</c>

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or<00:13:18.419><c> sickly</c><00:13:19.100><c> to</c><00:13:19.399><c> offer?</c>

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God's<00:13:24.039><c> not</c><00:13:24.220><c> going</c><00:13:24.379><c> to</c><00:13:24.500><c> know</c><00:13:24.620><c> what's</c><00:13:24.940><c> going</c><00:13:25.179><c> on,</c><00:13:26.100><c> that</c><00:13:26.299><c> I'm</c><00:13:26.580><c> offering</c><00:13:26.980><c> polluted</c><00:13:27.500><c> bread</c><00:13:28.539><c> or</c><00:13:29.399><c> an</c>

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lives,<00:13:41.960><c> there</c><00:13:42.259><c> is</c><00:13:42.720><c> no</c><00:13:43.039><c> place</c><00:13:43.580><c> in</c><00:13:43.799><c> our</c><00:13:44.039><c> life</c><00:13:44.279><c> where</c><00:13:44.480><c> there's</c><00:13:44.860><c> like</c><00:13:45.039><c> some</c><00:13:45.259><c> kind</c><00:13:45.700><c> of</c>

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So<00:14:03.179><c> when</c><00:14:03.419><c> we</c><00:14:03.860><c> see</c><00:14:04.720><c> expediency</c><00:14:05.740><c> in</c><00:14:06.000><c> ourselves</c><00:14:06.659><c> and</c><00:14:06.919><c> in</c><00:14:07.000><c> our</c><00:14:07.159><c> brothers</c><00:14:07.379><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:14:08.500><c> one</c><00:14:08.679><c> of</c><00:14:08.820><c> the</c><00:14:08.820><c> things</c>

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that<00:14:09.179><c> we</c><00:14:09.200><c> need</c><00:14:09.360><c> to</c><00:14:09.559><c> work</c><00:14:09.759><c> on</c><00:14:09.919><c> isn't</c><00:14:10.139><c> just</c><00:14:10.480><c> a</c><00:14:10.679><c> harp</c><00:14:10.879><c> on,</c><00:14:11.159><c> you</c><00:14:11.159><c> need</c><00:14:11.419><c> to</c>

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do<00:14:12.179><c> this</c><00:14:12.539><c> right.</c>

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It's<00:14:13.360><c> to</c><00:14:13.519><c> go</c><00:14:13.700><c> back</c><00:14:13.899><c> to</c><00:14:14.019><c> the</c><00:14:14.259><c> fundamental,</c><00:14:14.980><c> which</c><00:14:14.980><c> is</c><00:14:15.279><c> who</c><00:14:15.659><c> is</c>

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it<00:14:15.960><c> we</c><00:14:16.240><c> serve</c><00:14:16.600><c> and</c><00:14:17.100><c> what</c><00:14:17.299><c> does</c><00:14:17.460><c> he</c><00:14:17.659><c> deserve?</c>

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Problem<00:14:20.460><c> number</c><00:14:20.820><c> two,</c><00:14:21.220><c> failure</c><00:14:21.539><c> of</c><00:14:21.700><c> the</c><00:14:21.860><c> leaders,</c><00:14:22.320><c> very</c><00:14:22.580><c> connected</c><00:14:23.019><c> to</c><00:14:23.259><c> this.</c>

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So<00:14:24.139><c> God</c><00:14:24.360><c> had</c><00:14:24.679><c> divinely</c><00:14:25.120><c> appointed</c><00:14:25.500><c> the</c><00:14:25.799><c> priest</c><00:14:25.980><c> to</c><00:14:26.139><c> be</c><00:14:26.220><c> the</c><00:14:26.480><c> mechanism</c><00:14:26.980><c> for</c><00:14:27.639><c> keeping</c><00:14:28.179><c> the</c><00:14:28.580><c> word</c><00:14:28.759><c> of</c><00:14:29.019><c> God</c>

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in<00:14:29.639><c> front</c><00:14:29.779><c> of</c><00:14:29.960><c> the</c><00:14:30.220><c> congregation's</c><00:14:31.000><c> eyes.</c>

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Didn't<00:14:31.820><c> mean</c><00:14:32.019><c> that</c><00:14:32.200><c> the</c><00:14:32.440><c> congregation</c><00:14:33.080><c> didn't</c><00:14:33.679><c> need</c><00:14:33.899><c> to</c><00:14:34.080><c> be</c>

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priest<00:14:36.259><c> had</c><00:14:36.440><c> a</c><00:14:36.799><c> special</c><00:14:37.179><c> responsibility</c><00:14:38.080><c> to</c><00:14:38.659><c> keep</c><00:14:39.080><c> the</c><00:14:39.440><c> law</c>

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So<00:14:42.039><c> things</c><00:14:42.279><c> like</c><00:14:42.799><c> polluted</c><00:14:43.360><c> bread</c><00:14:43.860><c> and</c><00:14:44.559><c> blind</c><00:14:44.940><c> sacrifices,</c>

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surely<00:14:46.940><c> the</c><00:14:47.220><c> priest</c><00:14:47.500><c> would</c><00:14:47.820><c> see</c><00:14:48.080><c> that</c><00:14:48.399><c> and</c><00:14:48.480><c> they</c>

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And<00:14:56.779><c> did</c><00:14:56.860><c> you</c><00:14:57.000><c> notice</c><00:14:57.179><c> what</c><00:14:57.299><c> he</c><00:14:57.460><c> said</c><00:14:57.559><c> about</c><00:14:57.840><c> the</c><00:14:58.080><c> Sabbath?</c>

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going<00:15:03.059><c> on</c><00:15:03.220><c> with</c><00:15:03.419><c> the</c><00:15:03.639><c> Sabbath.</c>

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You<00:15:04.399><c> know</c><00:15:04.740><c> that</c><00:15:04.960><c> people</c><00:15:05.159><c> are</c><00:15:05.399><c> working</c><00:15:05.620><c> on</c><00:15:05.799><c> the</c><00:15:06.000><c> Sabbath,</c><00:15:06.519><c> but</c>

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you<00:15:06.940><c> choose</c><00:15:07.179><c> not</c><00:15:07.419><c> to</c><00:15:07.580><c> look</c><00:15:07.759><c> at</c><00:15:07.940><c> it.</c>

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certainly<00:15:11.460><c> isn't</c><00:15:11.759><c> reflective</c><00:15:12.379><c> of</c><00:15:12.919><c> what</c><00:15:13.080><c> they</c>

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responsibility<00:15:30.179><c> of</c><00:15:31.539><c> not</c><00:15:31.919><c> only</c><00:15:32.179><c> all</c><00:15:32.500><c> of</c><00:15:32.620><c> us,</c><00:15:32.879><c> but</c><00:15:33.019><c> particularly</c><00:15:33.879><c> the</c><00:15:34.679><c> ecclesial</c><00:15:35.159><c> elders</c><00:15:35.639><c> today.</c>

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decide<00:15:52.919><c> together</c><00:15:53.580><c> what</c><00:15:54.200><c> scripture</c><00:15:54.620><c> is</c><00:15:54.879><c> compelling</c><00:15:55.259><c> us</c><00:15:55.559><c> to</c><00:15:55.740><c> do.</c>

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commandment<00:16:09.899><c> to</c><00:16:10.100><c> you</c><00:16:10.419><c> that</c><00:16:10.700><c> my</c><00:16:11.000><c> covenant</c><00:16:11.299><c> might</c><00:16:11.679><c> be</c><00:16:12.000><c> with</c><00:16:12.360><c> Levi,</c><00:16:13.360><c> saith</c><00:16:13.480><c> the</c>

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his<00:16:33.320><c> lips.</c>

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He<00:16:38.659><c> turned</c><00:16:39.440><c> many</c><00:16:39.879><c> away</c><00:16:40.419><c> from</c><00:16:40.659><c> iniquity.</c>

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for<00:16:49.899><c> he</c><00:16:50.080><c> is</c><00:16:50.279><c> the</c><00:16:50.500><c> messenger,</c><00:16:51.019><c> the</c><00:16:51.240><c> Malachi</c><00:16:51.860><c> of</c><00:16:52.539><c> the</c><00:16:52.700><c> Lord</c><00:16:52.879><c> of</c><00:16:53.059><c> hosts.</c>

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So<00:16:54.860><c> what</c><00:16:55.019><c> should</c><00:16:55.159><c> the</c><00:16:55.419><c> priest</c><00:16:55.600><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:16:56.279><c> their</c><00:16:56.799><c> life</c><00:16:57.100><c> itself</c><00:16:57.559><c> should</c><00:16:57.740><c> be</c><00:16:57.940><c> a</c><00:16:58.139><c> reflection</c><00:16:58.580><c> that</c>

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shows<00:16:59.480><c> fear</c><00:16:59.899><c> and</c><00:17:00.159><c> reverence</c><00:17:00.460><c> to</c><00:17:00.620><c> God,</c><00:17:01.419><c> that</c>

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they<00:17:01.799><c> would</c><00:17:02.039><c> never</c><00:17:02.299><c> be</c><00:17:02.600><c> involved</c><00:17:02.960><c> in</c><00:17:03.200><c> something</c><00:17:03.460><c> like</c><00:17:04.200><c> offering</c><00:17:04.799><c> a</c><00:17:05.380><c> lamb</c>

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that<00:17:06.000><c> was</c><00:17:06.339><c> diseased.</c>

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Familiar<00:17:08.640><c> with</c><00:17:08.859><c> the</c><00:17:09.059><c> law</c><00:17:09.279><c> and</c><00:17:09.579><c> ready</c><00:17:09.839><c> to</c><00:17:10.180><c> speak</c><00:17:10.380><c> it.</c>

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If<00:17:10.880><c> you</c><00:17:11.099><c> had</c><00:17:11.279><c> a</c><00:17:11.480><c> question,</c><00:17:11.759><c> you</c><00:17:11.779><c> could</c><00:17:12.000><c> go</c><00:17:12.200><c> to</c><00:17:12.339><c> the</c><00:17:12.519><c> priest</c><00:17:12.819><c> and</c>

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they<00:17:13.579><c> would</c><00:17:13.799><c> be</c><00:17:14.000><c> able</c><00:17:14.180><c> to</c><00:17:14.440><c> take</c><00:17:14.559><c> you</c>

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to<00:17:14.940><c> the</c><00:17:15.160><c> scriptures</c><00:17:15.599><c> and</c><00:17:16.480><c> be</c><00:17:17.000><c> able</c><00:17:17.200><c> to</c><00:17:17.460><c> answer</c><00:17:17.599><c> that</c><00:17:17.880><c> question.</c>

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But<00:17:19.119><c> beyond</c><00:17:19.480><c> that,</c><00:17:19.799><c> they</c><00:17:19.880><c> were</c><00:17:20.119><c> to</c><00:17:20.299><c> be</c><00:17:20.539><c> a</c><00:17:20.720><c> person</c><00:17:20.980><c> above</c><00:17:21.339><c> reproach.</c>

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Iniquity<00:17:23.059><c> was</c><00:17:23.319><c> not</c><00:17:23.500><c> to</c><00:17:23.660><c> be</c><00:17:23.859><c> found</c><00:17:23.980><c> on</c><00:17:24.119><c> their</c><00:17:24.339><c> lips.</c>

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It<00:17:25.140><c> wasn't</c><00:17:25.400><c> good</c><00:17:25.640><c> enough</c><00:17:25.859><c> just</c><00:17:26.160><c> to</c><00:17:26.400><c> be</c><00:17:26.819><c> the</c><00:17:27.140><c> resident</c><00:17:27.539><c> Bible</c><00:17:27.980><c> expert.</c>

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You<00:17:28.859><c> also</c><00:17:29.339><c> needed</c><00:17:29.579><c> to</c><00:17:29.799><c> be</c><00:17:29.960><c> able</c><00:17:30.460><c> to</c><00:17:31.400><c> reflect</c><00:17:31.960><c> and</c><00:17:32.259><c> be</c><00:17:32.480><c> a</c><00:17:32.740><c> pattern,</c><00:17:33.460><c> an</c><00:17:33.759><c> example</c><00:17:34.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:34.680><c> flock.</c>

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That<00:17:36.779><c> they</c><00:17:36.980><c> needed</c><00:17:37.220><c> to</c><00:17:37.460><c> live</c><00:17:37.579><c> a</c><00:17:37.779><c> life</c><00:17:37.940><c> in</c><00:17:38.240><c> peace</c><00:17:38.480><c> and</c><00:17:38.680><c> uprightness,</c><00:17:39.640><c> being</c><00:17:39.839><c> an</c>

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example<00:17:40.500><c> to</c><00:17:40.700><c> the</c><00:17:40.900><c> flock,</c>

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a<00:17:41.920><c> place</c><00:17:42.180><c> or</c><00:17:42.500><c> a</c><00:17:43.319><c> safe</c><00:17:43.640><c> place</c><00:17:44.180><c> where</c><00:17:44.640><c> a</c><00:17:44.799><c> man</c><00:17:45.000><c> could</c><00:17:45.220><c> go</c><00:17:45.539><c> for</c><00:17:45.880><c> sound</c><00:17:46.480><c> spiritual</c><00:17:47.279><c> counsel</c><00:17:47.799><c> from</c>

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the<00:17:48.259><c> word.</c>

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And<00:17:49.720><c> what</c><00:17:50.200><c> this</c><00:17:50.400><c> would</c><00:17:50.579><c> allow</c><00:17:50.819><c> them</c><00:17:51.019><c> to</c><00:17:51.200><c> do</c><00:17:51.339><c> is</c><00:17:51.559><c> turn</c><00:17:51.880><c> many</c><00:17:52.319><c> away</c><00:17:53.059><c> from</c><00:17:53.640><c> sin</c>

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through<00:17:54.119><c> these</c><00:17:54.299><c> dimensions.</c>

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So<00:17:55.640><c> that's</c><00:17:55.819><c> what</c><00:17:55.980><c> the</c><00:17:56.220><c> priest</c><00:17:56.359><c> would</c><00:17:56.579><c> do.</c>

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But<00:17:57.339><c> does</c><00:17:57.440><c> that</c><00:17:57.660><c> sound</c><00:17:57.859><c> familiar?</c>

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It<00:17:58.880><c> should</c><00:17:59.099><c> sound</c><00:17:59.380><c> familiar</c><00:17:59.859><c> because</c><00:18:00.539><c> this</c><00:18:00.900><c> is</c><00:18:01.059><c> what</c><00:18:01.220><c> Peter</c>

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talks<00:18:01.859><c> about</c><00:18:02.079><c> when</c><00:18:02.220><c> he</c><00:18:02.420><c> talks</c><00:18:02.660><c> about</c><00:18:03.319><c> the</c>

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shepherds<00:18:04.460><c> of</c><00:18:04.779><c> today,</c><00:18:05.640><c> when</c><00:18:05.720><c> he</c><00:18:05.839><c> talks</c><00:18:06.180><c> about</c><00:18:06.579><c> elders</c><00:18:06.960><c> in</c><00:18:07.180><c> the</c><00:18:07.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:18:08.420><c> elders</c><00:18:08.779><c> which</c><00:18:09.019><c> are</c><00:18:09.220><c> among</c><00:18:09.380><c> you</c><00:18:09.619><c> I</c><00:18:09.880><c> exhort,</c><00:18:11.059><c> who</c><00:18:11.500><c> am</c><00:18:11.960><c> also</c>

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an<00:18:12.519><c> elder,</c><00:18:13.160><c> and</c><00:18:13.339><c> a</c><00:18:13.480><c> witness</c><00:18:13.720><c> of</c><00:18:13.920><c> the</c><00:18:14.140><c> sufferings</c>

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Take<00:18:21.200><c> in</c><00:18:21.359><c> the</c><00:18:21.559><c> oversight</c><00:18:21.980><c> thereof,</c><00:18:22.440><c> not</c><00:18:22.759><c> by</c><00:18:23.220><c> constraint,</c><00:18:24.359><c> don't</c><00:18:24.599><c> make</c><00:18:24.839><c> people</c><00:18:25.339><c> force</c><00:18:25.740><c> you</c>

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do<00:18:28.420><c> it</c><00:18:28.819><c> willingly.</c>

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Not<00:18:30.579><c> for</c><00:18:31.059><c> filthy</c><00:18:31.480><c> lucre,</c><00:18:32.519><c> but</c><00:18:32.660><c> of</c><00:18:32.900><c> a</c><00:18:33.019><c> ready</c><00:18:33.240><c> mind.</c>

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Neither<00:18:34.400><c> as</c><00:18:34.680><c> being</c><00:18:35.019><c> lords,</c><00:18:36.559><c> or</c><00:18:36.680><c> lording</c><00:18:37.319><c> over</c><00:18:37.960><c> God's</c><00:18:38.500><c> heritage,</c><00:18:39.559><c> but</c><00:18:39.740><c> being</c><00:18:40.220><c> examples</c><00:18:41.220><c> to</c>

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And<00:18:43.019><c> when</c><00:18:43.220><c> the</c><00:18:43.400><c> chief</c><00:18:43.660><c> shepherd</c><00:18:43.980><c> shall</c><00:18:44.240><c> appear,</c><00:18:45.220><c> ye</c><00:18:45.420><c> shall</c><00:18:45.619><c> receive</c><00:18:46.079><c> a</c>

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crown<00:18:46.559><c> of</c><00:18:46.859><c> glory</c><00:18:47.220><c> that</c><00:18:47.940><c> fadeth</c>

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not<00:18:48.559><c> away.</c>

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This<00:18:49.460><c> is</c><00:18:49.700><c> the</c><00:18:49.940><c> responsibility</c><00:18:50.720><c> as</c><00:18:51.039><c> shepherds</c><00:18:51.519><c> that</c><00:18:51.720><c> we</c><00:18:51.960><c> accept,</c><00:18:52.460><c> brethren,</c><00:18:53.279><c> when</c>

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of<00:18:55.839><c> a</c><00:18:56.140><c> collegial</c><00:18:56.480><c> eldership.</c>

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Not<00:18:57.660><c> only</c><00:18:57.900><c> to</c><00:18:58.180><c> understand</c><00:18:58.619><c> scripture</c><00:18:59.059><c> and</c><00:18:59.240><c> to</c><00:18:59.339><c> be</c><00:18:59.420><c> willing</c><00:18:59.599><c> to</c>

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talk<00:19:00.079><c> about</c><00:19:00.319><c> it,</c><00:19:00.940><c> but</c><00:19:01.460><c> here's</c><00:19:01.960><c> the</c><00:19:02.180><c> tough</c>

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word,<00:19:03.460><c> to</c><00:19:03.660><c> be</c><00:19:03.859><c> an</c><00:19:04.140><c> example</c><00:19:04.500><c> to</c><00:19:04.680><c> the</c><00:19:04.880><c> flock,</c><00:19:05.339><c> to</c><00:19:05.519><c> live</c><00:19:05.740><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:06.720><c> by</c><00:19:07.019><c> doing</c><00:19:07.319><c> this,</c><00:19:08.319><c> we</c><00:19:08.680><c> have</c><00:19:08.900><c> the</c><00:19:09.200><c> potential</c><00:19:09.599><c> of</c><00:19:09.819><c> being</c><00:19:10.079><c> able</c><00:19:10.339><c> to</c>

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reach<00:19:10.839><c> people</c><00:19:11.299><c> and</c><00:19:11.759><c> to</c><00:19:12.039><c> turn</c><00:19:12.240><c> many</c>

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away<00:19:13.059><c> from</c><00:19:13.299><c> iniquity.</c>

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And<00:19:16.000><c> that</c><00:19:16.119><c> is</c><00:19:16.740><c> until</c><00:19:17.579><c> the</c><00:19:18.240><c> chief</c><00:19:18.440><c> shepherd</c><00:19:18.759><c> appears,</c><00:19:19.819><c> whenever</c><00:19:20.200><c> we</c><00:19:21.019><c> will</c>

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us.

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So<00:19:24.880><c> the</c><00:19:25.140><c> failure</c><00:19:25.420><c> in</c><00:19:25.700><c> Malachi's</c><00:19:26.240><c> time</c><00:19:26.460><c> were</c><00:19:26.660><c> these</c><00:19:26.920><c> kinds</c><00:19:27.220><c> of</c>

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things,<00:19:27.539><c> Malachi</c><00:19:27.980><c> 2</c><00:19:28.279><c> verses</c><00:19:28.599><c> 8</c><00:19:28.880><c>-10.</c>

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But<00:19:29.900><c> ye</c><00:19:30.200><c> are</c><00:19:30.359><c> departed</c><00:19:30.759><c> out</c><00:19:30.960><c> of</c><00:19:31.059><c> the</c><00:19:31.200><c> way,</c><00:19:31.759><c> ye</c><00:19:31.859><c> have</c><00:19:32.000><c> caused</c><00:19:32.240><c> many</c><00:19:32.559><c> to</c>

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stumble<00:19:33.099><c> at</c><00:19:33.259><c> the</c><00:19:33.440><c> law,</c><00:19:33.779><c> talking</c>

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about<00:19:34.279><c> the</c><00:19:34.519><c> priest.</c>

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Ye<00:19:35.279><c> have</c><00:19:35.420><c> corrupted</c><00:19:35.880><c> the</c><00:19:36.200><c> covenant</c><00:19:36.460><c> of</c><00:19:36.740><c> Levi,</c><00:19:37.180><c> saith</c><00:19:37.259><c> the</c><00:19:37.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:37.599><c> of</c><00:19:37.779><c> hosts.</c>

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Therefore<00:19:38.859><c> have</c><00:19:39.339><c> I</c><00:19:39.500><c> made</c><00:19:39.779><c> you</c><00:19:40.339><c> contemptible</c><00:19:41.299><c> and</c><00:19:41.900><c> base</c><00:19:42.200><c> before</c><00:19:42.640><c> all</c>

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the<00:19:43.240><c> people,</c><00:19:44.099><c> according</c><00:19:44.400><c> as</c><00:19:44.980><c> ye</c>

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have<00:19:45.299><c> not</c><00:19:45.579><c> kept</c><00:19:45.720><c> my</c><00:19:46.059><c> ways,</c><00:19:46.859><c> but</c><00:19:47.039><c> have</c><00:19:47.160><c> been</c><00:19:47.440><c> partial</c><00:19:47.839><c> in</c><00:19:48.000><c> the</c><00:19:48.119><c> law.</c>

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Have<00:19:48.900><c> we</c><00:19:50.880><c> not</c><00:19:51.099><c> all</c><00:19:51.380><c> one</c><00:19:51.619><c> Father?</c>

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Hath<00:19:52.759><c> not</c><00:19:53.099><c> one</c><00:19:53.359><c> God</c><00:19:53.660><c> created</c><00:19:54.140><c> us?</c>

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Why<00:19:55.579><c> do</c><00:19:55.980><c> ye</c><00:19:56.380><c> deal</c><00:19:57.619><c> treacherously,</c><00:19:58.359><c> every</c><00:19:58.640><c> man</c><00:19:58.980><c> against</c><00:19:59.539><c> his</c>

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brother,<00:20:00.140><c> by</c><00:20:00.380><c> profaning</c><00:20:01.160><c> the</c><00:20:01.579><c> covenant</c><00:20:01.880><c> of</c>

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our<00:20:02.319><c> fathers?</c>

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Or<00:20:03.259><c> as</c><00:20:03.440><c> Darby's</c><00:20:03.920><c> translation,</c><00:20:04.819><c> I</c><00:20:05.500><c> also</c><00:20:06.240><c> have</c><00:20:06.680><c> made</c><00:20:06.920><c> you</c><00:20:07.200><c> contemptible</c><00:20:07.900><c> and</c>

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base<00:20:08.359><c> before</c><00:20:08.579><c> all</c><00:20:08.839><c> the</c><00:20:09.019><c> people</c>

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because<00:20:09.759><c> you</c><00:20:09.960><c> have</c><00:20:10.119><c> not</c><00:20:10.319><c> kept</c><00:20:10.460><c> my</c><00:20:10.740><c> ways,</c><00:20:11.339><c> but</c><00:20:11.559><c> have</c><00:20:12.099><c> respected</c>

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persons<00:20:13.359><c> in</c><00:20:13.880><c> administering</c><00:20:14.420><c> the</c><00:20:14.539><c> law.</c>

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So<00:20:14.839><c> I</c><00:20:14.859><c> think</c><00:20:15.000><c> this</c><00:20:15.220><c> is</c><00:20:15.359><c> what</c><00:20:15.420><c> was</c><00:20:15.599><c> going</c><00:20:15.779><c> on.</c>

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It<00:20:16.740><c> wasn't</c><00:20:17.099><c> that</c><00:20:17.240><c> they</c><00:20:17.420><c> weren't</c><00:20:18.559><c> requiring</c><00:20:19.180><c> the</c><00:20:19.460><c> law</c><00:20:19.960><c> to</c><00:20:20.339><c> be</c>

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followed,<00:20:22.299><c> but</c><00:20:22.579><c> there</c><00:20:22.700><c> was</c><00:20:23.039><c> respect</c>

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of<00:20:23.779><c> persons</c><00:20:24.200><c> that</c><00:20:24.380><c> was</c><00:20:24.579><c> going</c><00:20:24.839><c> on,</c><00:20:25.500><c> a</c><00:20:25.680><c> kind</c><00:20:25.779><c> of</c><00:20:26.019><c> a</c><00:20:26.160><c> wink</c><00:20:26.420><c>-wink</c><00:20:26.839><c> when</c><00:20:27.140><c> a</c>

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person<00:20:27.579><c> gave</c><00:20:27.920><c> polluted</c><00:20:28.359><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:20:31.059><c> there</c><00:20:31.180><c> was</c><00:20:31.420><c> secret</c><00:20:31.720><c> rebellion</c><00:20:32.200><c> in</c><00:20:32.339><c> their</c><00:20:32.579><c> heart.</c>

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Your<00:20:33.059><c> words</c><00:20:33.420><c> have</c><00:20:33.720><c> been</c><00:20:34.000><c> stout</c><00:20:34.279><c> against</c><00:20:34.680><c> me,</c><00:20:35.099><c> saith</c><00:20:35.220><c> the</c><00:20:35.400><c> Lord.</c>

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Ye<00:20:35.880><c> say,</c><00:20:36.759><c> what</c><00:20:38.779><c> have</c><00:20:38.960><c> we</c><00:20:39.160><c> spoken</c><00:20:39.500><c> so</c><00:20:39.880><c> much</c><00:20:40.079><c> against</c><00:20:40.480><c> thee?</c>

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Ye<00:20:41.779><c> have</c><00:20:41.960><c> said</c><00:20:42.160><c> it</c><00:20:42.319><c> is</c><00:20:42.539><c> vain</c><00:20:42.740><c> to</c><00:20:42.980><c> serve</c><00:20:43.140><c> God,</c><00:20:43.460><c> and</c><00:20:43.619><c> what</c><00:20:43.880><c> profit</c>

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is<00:20:44.380><c> it</c><00:20:44.460><c> that</c><00:20:44.559><c> we</c><00:20:44.740><c> have</c><00:20:44.859><c> kept</c><00:20:45.039><c> his</c><00:20:45.279><c> ordinance,</c>

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and<00:20:46.000><c> that</c><00:20:46.160><c> we</c><00:20:46.319><c> have</c><00:20:46.539><c> walked</c><00:20:46.759><c> mournfully</c><00:20:47.220><c> before</c><00:20:47.579><c> the</c><00:20:47.799><c> Lord</c><00:20:47.940><c> of</c><00:20:48.180><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:20:49.220><c> now</c><00:20:49.500><c> we</c><00:20:49.720><c> call</c><00:20:49.960><c> the</c><00:20:50.200><c> proud</c><00:20:50.380><c> happy,</c><00:20:51.039><c> yea</c><00:20:51.160><c> they</c><00:20:51.440><c> that</c><00:20:51.700><c> work</c>

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wickedness<00:20:52.400><c> are</c><00:20:52.640><c> set</c><00:20:52.900><c> up,</c><00:20:53.599><c> yea</c><00:20:53.900><c> they</c>

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that<00:20:54.400><c> tempt</c><00:20:54.519><c> God</c><00:20:54.799><c> are</c><00:20:55.019><c> even</c><00:20:55.240><c> delivered.</c>

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This<00:20:56.640><c> is</c><00:20:57.359><c> secret</c><00:20:57.720><c> rebellion.</c>

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I'm<00:20:58.640><c> pretty</c><00:20:58.960><c> certain</c><00:20:59.259><c> these</c><00:20:59.920><c> were</c><00:21:00.180><c> not</c><00:21:00.480><c> words</c><00:21:00.839><c> that</c><00:21:01.119><c> came</c><00:21:01.460><c> out</c>

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of<00:21:01.960><c> their</c><00:21:02.160><c> mouths,</c><00:21:03.119><c> but</c><00:21:03.380><c> this</c><00:21:03.720><c> is</c><00:21:04.000><c> what</c>

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their<00:21:04.640><c> hearts</c><00:21:04.980><c> were</c><00:21:05.259><c> telling</c><00:21:05.500><c> God,</c><00:21:06.299><c> which</c><00:21:06.579><c> was</c><00:21:07.019><c> that</c><00:21:07.359><c> they</c><00:21:07.559><c> were</c><00:21:07.799><c> beginning</c><00:21:08.099><c> to</c>

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view<00:21:08.759><c> serving</c><00:21:09.299><c> God</c><00:21:09.920><c> as</c>

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not<00:21:11.059><c> really</c><00:21:11.680><c> being</c><00:21:12.240><c> something</c><00:21:12.640><c> that</c><00:21:12.779><c> was</c><00:21:13.039><c> beneficial,</c><00:21:13.960><c> and</c>

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that<00:21:14.779><c> they're</c><00:21:15.019><c> better</c><00:21:15.259><c> off.</c>

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The<00:21:16.519><c> people</c><00:21:16.720><c> who</c><00:21:17.140><c> are</c><00:21:17.940><c> proud,</c><00:21:18.460><c> the</c><00:21:18.640><c> people</c><00:21:18.900><c> who</c><00:21:19.079><c> are</c><00:21:19.259><c> wicked,</c>

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are<00:21:20.059><c> actually</c><00:21:20.420><c> better</c><00:21:20.680><c> off</c><00:21:20.940><c> than</c><00:21:21.160><c> they.</c>

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So<00:21:22.559><c> here</c><00:21:22.859><c> was</c><00:21:23.079><c> the</c><00:21:23.279><c> failure.</c>

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They<00:21:24.319><c> too,</c><00:21:25.279><c> these</c><00:21:25.579><c> leaders,</c><00:21:26.599><c> not</c><00:21:26.759><c> only</c><00:21:27.059><c> weren't</c><00:21:27.299><c> an</c><00:21:27.619><c> example</c>

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to<00:21:28.220><c> the</c><00:21:28.460><c> flock,</c><00:21:29.000><c> but</c><00:21:29.180><c> they</c><00:21:29.380><c> had</c><00:21:29.599><c> departed</c>

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from<00:21:30.180><c> a</c><00:21:30.339><c> holy</c><00:21:30.539><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:31.559><c> this</c><00:21:31.880><c> failure</c><00:21:32.279><c> caused</c><00:21:32.660><c> many</c><00:21:32.980><c> to</c><00:21:33.220><c> fall</c><00:21:33.400><c> in</c><00:21:33.680><c> sin.</c>

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In<00:21:34.480><c> their</c><00:21:34.759><c> hearts,</c><00:21:35.579><c> they</c><00:21:35.799><c> despised</c><00:21:36.460><c> the</c><00:21:36.680><c> counsels</c><00:21:37.160><c> of</c><00:21:37.259><c> God,</c><00:21:38.099><c> and</c><00:21:38.220><c> they</c><00:21:38.599><c> saw</c><00:21:38.819><c> them</c><00:21:39.119><c> as</c><00:21:39.440><c> a</c>

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burden,<00:21:40.380><c> something</c>

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that<00:21:40.859><c> was</c><00:21:41.119><c> burdensome.</c>

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And<00:21:42.259><c> so</c><00:21:42.380><c> the</c><00:21:42.559><c> application</c><00:21:43.039><c> of</c><00:21:43.259><c> law</c><00:21:43.579><c> became</c><00:21:44.420><c> variable,</c><00:21:45.140><c> depending</c><00:21:45.519><c> on</c><00:21:45.720><c> who</c>

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you<00:21:46.240><c> were.</c>

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If<00:21:47.039><c> you</c><00:21:47.220><c> were</c><00:21:47.400><c> a</c><00:21:47.500><c> person</c><00:21:47.819><c> who</c><00:21:48.000><c> was</c><00:21:48.180><c> a</c><00:21:48.380><c> noble,</c><00:21:48.960><c> maybe</c><00:21:49.299><c> I</c><00:21:49.940><c> would</c><00:21:50.119><c> kind</c><00:21:50.380><c> of</c><00:21:50.680><c> have</c><00:21:50.819><c> a</c>

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blind<00:21:51.220><c> eye</c><00:21:51.480><c> towards</c><00:21:51.839><c> what</c>

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you<00:21:52.480><c> were</c><00:21:52.619><c> doing</c><00:21:53.059><c> versus</c><00:21:53.759><c> somebody</c><00:21:54.220><c> else.</c>

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So<00:21:55.140><c> the</c><00:21:55.359><c> application</c><00:21:55.880><c> of</c><00:21:56.059><c> the</c><00:21:56.220><c> law</c><00:21:56.559><c> was</c><00:21:57.039><c> not</c><00:21:57.420><c> properly</c><00:21:57.900><c> done.</c>

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Okay,<00:21:59.859><c> what's</c><00:22:00.140><c> the</c><00:22:00.259><c> third</c><00:22:00.500><c> problem?</c>

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Well,<00:22:01.920><c> it's</c><00:22:02.420><c> about</c><00:22:02.819><c> the</c><00:22:03.380><c> declining</c><00:22:03.799><c> behavior</c><00:22:04.500><c> in</c><00:22:05.299><c> Judah</c><00:22:05.519><c> that</c>

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was<00:22:06.119><c> spiraling</c><00:22:06.619><c> downward.</c>

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Despite<00:22:07.779><c> the</c><00:22:08.079><c> work</c><00:22:08.380><c> of</c><00:22:08.819><c> all</c><00:22:09.059><c> the</c><00:22:09.259><c> brethren</c><00:22:09.460><c> ahead</c><00:22:09.779><c> of</c><00:22:09.980><c> time,</c>

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it<00:22:10.660><c> was</c><00:22:10.980><c> spiraling</c><00:22:11.420><c> downward.</c>

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We<00:22:12.460><c> see</c><00:22:12.660><c> in</c><00:22:12.799><c> Malachi</c><00:22:13.220><c> chapter</c><00:22:13.680><c> 2,</c><00:22:14.720><c> Judah</c><00:22:14.779><c> hath</c><00:22:15.119><c> dealt</c><00:22:15.539><c> treacherously,</c><00:22:16.980><c> and</c><00:22:17.119><c> an</c>

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abomination<00:22:17.960><c> is</c><00:22:18.279><c> committed.</c>

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By<00:22:18.660><c> the</c><00:22:18.799><c> way,</c><00:22:19.039><c> Judah,</c><00:22:19.500><c> right,</c><00:22:20.180><c> they</c><00:22:20.400><c> were</c><00:22:20.579><c> the</c><00:22:20.720><c> ones</c><00:22:20.880><c> that</c>

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were<00:22:21.200><c> faithful.</c>

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They<00:22:22.259><c> were</c><00:22:22.460><c> the</c><00:22:22.579><c> ones</c><00:22:22.700><c> you</c><00:22:22.799><c> could</c><00:22:23.039><c> count</c><00:22:23.259><c> on.</c>

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But<00:22:24.039><c> now</c><00:22:24.500><c> they</c><00:22:25.039><c> were</c><00:22:25.400><c> dealing</c><00:22:25.779><c> treacherously,</c><00:22:26.579><c> and</c><00:22:26.720><c> an</c><00:22:26.940><c> abomination</c><00:22:27.420><c> is</c><00:22:27.779><c> committed</c><00:22:27.960><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:22:28.720><c> and</c>

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in<00:22:29.460><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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For<00:22:30.079><c> Judah</c><00:22:30.759><c> hath</c><00:22:31.220><c> profaned</c><00:22:31.900><c> the</c><00:22:32.059><c> holiness</c><00:22:32.359><c> of</c><00:22:32.559><c> the</c><00:22:32.680><c> Lord,</c><00:22:32.940><c> which</c><00:22:33.059><c> he</c>

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loved,<00:22:34.019><c> and</c><00:22:34.279><c> hath</c><00:22:34.599><c> married</c><00:22:34.980><c> the</c>

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daughter<00:22:35.519><c> of</c><00:22:35.700><c> a</c><00:22:35.940><c> strange</c><00:22:36.200><c> God.</c>

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The<00:22:38.279><c> Lord</c><00:22:38.500><c> will</c><00:22:38.720><c> cut</c><00:22:38.940><c> off</c><00:22:39.140><c> the</c><00:22:39.359><c> man</c><00:22:39.539><c> that</c><00:22:39.779><c> doeth</c><00:22:40.039><c> this,</c><00:22:40.920><c> the</c><00:22:41.059><c> master</c><00:22:41.460><c> and</c><00:22:41.579><c> the</c><00:22:41.900><c> scholar,</c><00:22:42.839><c> out</c><00:22:42.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:43.299><c> tabernacles</c>

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of<00:22:44.039><c> Jacob,</c><00:22:44.400><c> and</c><00:22:44.579><c> him</c><00:22:44.740><c> that</c><00:22:45.119><c> offereth</c><00:22:45.920><c> an</c><00:22:46.480><c> offering</c><00:22:46.880><c> unto</c><00:22:47.079><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:22:47.460><c> of</c><00:22:47.680><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:22:48.700><c> this</c><00:22:49.279><c> have</c><00:22:49.519><c> he</c><00:22:49.660><c> done</c><00:22:49.819><c> again,</c><00:22:50.680><c> covering</c><00:22:50.980><c> the</c><00:22:51.299><c> altar</c><00:22:51.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:51.859><c> Lord</c><00:22:52.000><c> with</c><00:22:52.240><c> tears,</c><00:22:52.839><c> with</c><00:22:53.140><c> weeping,</c>

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and<00:22:54.019><c> with</c><00:22:54.279><c> crying</c><00:22:54.720><c> out,</c><00:22:55.700><c> insomuch</c><00:22:56.279><c> that</c><00:22:56.519><c> he</c><00:22:56.720><c> that</c><00:22:56.960><c> regardeth</c>

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not<00:22:57.619><c> the</c><00:22:57.880><c> offering</c><00:22:58.140><c> any</c><00:22:58.500><c> more,</c><00:22:59.039><c> or</c><00:22:59.440><c> receiveth</c>

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it<00:22:59.920><c> with</c><00:23:00.220><c> good</c><00:23:00.680><c> will</c><00:23:01.400><c> at</c><00:23:01.759><c> your</c><00:23:02.039><c> hand,</c><00:23:02.900><c> with</c><00:23:03.440><c> good</c><00:23:03.579><c> will</c><00:23:05.680><c> at</c>

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your<00:23:06.200><c> hand.</c>

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So<00:23:07.299><c> here</c><00:23:07.480><c> what</c><00:23:07.640><c> we</c><00:23:07.799><c> were</c><00:23:07.960><c> seeing</c><00:23:08.220><c> is</c><00:23:08.880><c> all</c><00:23:09.400><c> the</c><00:23:09.720><c> reforms</c><00:23:10.259><c> that</c>

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had<00:23:10.759><c> been</c><00:23:11.000><c> done</c><00:23:11.200><c> in</c><00:23:11.400><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:23:11.940><c> time.</c>

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Remember,<00:23:12.680><c> they</c><00:23:13.000><c> named</c><00:23:13.319><c> off</c><00:23:13.640><c> the</c><00:23:13.900><c> people</c><00:23:14.299><c> who</c><00:23:14.700><c> had</c><00:23:15.180><c> married</c>

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foreign<00:23:16.559><c> wives.</c>

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They<00:23:18.200><c> took</c><00:23:18.519><c> them</c><00:23:18.759><c> away,</c><00:23:18.980><c> they</c><00:23:19.220><c> broke</c><00:23:19.440><c> up</c><00:23:19.619><c> the</c><00:23:19.799><c> marriages.</c>

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Here<00:23:20.740><c> we</c><00:23:20.920><c> have</c><00:23:21.019><c> the</c><00:23:21.220><c> time</c><00:23:21.339><c> of</c><00:23:21.559><c> Malachi,</c><00:23:22.019><c> and</c><00:23:22.200><c> it's</c><00:23:22.480><c> happening</c>

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all<00:23:23.160><c> over</c><00:23:23.400><c> again.</c>

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And<00:23:25.079><c> then</c><00:23:25.180><c> we</c><00:23:25.359><c> have</c><00:23:25.579><c> this</c><00:23:25.900><c> corruption</c><00:23:26.420><c> of</c><00:23:26.759><c> marriage.</c>

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Yet<00:23:28.339><c> ye</c><00:23:28.720><c> say,</c><00:23:29.500><c> Wherefore?</c>

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Because<00:23:30.319><c> the</c><00:23:30.519><c> Lord</c><00:23:30.759><c> hath</c><00:23:31.000><c> been</c><00:23:31.299><c> witness</c><00:23:31.660><c> between</c><00:23:32.160><c> thee</c><00:23:32.599><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:33.240><c> wife</c><00:23:33.460><c> of</c><00:23:33.619><c> thy</c><00:23:33.779><c> youth,</c><00:23:34.079><c> against</c><00:23:34.480><c> whom</c>

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thou<00:23:35.039><c> hast</c><00:23:35.579><c> dealt</c><00:23:36.160><c> treacherously.</c>

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So<00:23:37.019><c> now</c><00:23:37.420><c> it</c><00:23:37.819><c> wasn't</c><00:23:38.059><c> just</c><00:23:38.339><c> between</c><00:23:38.720><c> themselves</c><00:23:39.240><c> and</c><00:23:39.460><c> God,</c><00:23:40.119><c> it</c>

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was<00:23:40.500><c> also</c><00:23:40.880><c> in</c><00:23:41.220><c> their</c><00:23:41.440><c> very</c><00:23:41.819><c> family</c><00:23:42.200><c> unit.</c>

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They<00:23:43.240><c> were</c><00:23:43.480><c> dealing</c><00:23:43.819><c> treacherously</c><00:23:44.640><c> with</c><00:23:44.819><c> the</c><00:23:44.980><c> wife</c><00:23:45.180><c> of</c><00:23:45.299><c> their</c><00:23:45.519><c> youth,</c><00:23:46.180><c> yet</c>

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she<00:23:47.000><c> is</c><00:23:47.220><c> thy</c><00:23:47.420><c> companion,</c>

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and<00:23:48.400><c> the</c><00:23:48.619><c> wife</c><00:23:48.799><c> of</c><00:23:48.940><c> thy</c><00:23:49.099><c> covenant.</c>

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It's<00:23:50.299><c> interesting,</c><00:23:50.720><c> there's</c><00:23:51.019><c> three</c><00:23:51.319><c> different</c><00:23:51.660><c> pieces</c><00:23:52.059><c> here</c>

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that<00:23:52.940><c> are</c><00:23:53.160><c> talked</c><00:23:53.380><c> about</c><00:23:53.599><c> for</c><00:23:53.799><c> marriage.</c>

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And<00:23:55.119><c> it's</c><00:23:55.380><c> a</c><00:23:55.559><c> strange</c><00:23:55.759><c> place</c><00:23:56.099><c> to</c><00:23:56.359><c> find</c><00:23:56.519><c> this,</c><00:23:56.799><c> I</c><00:23:56.880><c> realize,</c><00:23:57.460><c> but</c>

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there<00:23:58.160><c> is</c><00:23:58.400><c> the</c><00:23:58.660><c> wife</c><00:23:59.079><c> of</c><00:23:59.480><c> thy</c><00:23:59.720><c> youth,</c><00:24:01.140><c> there</c>

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is<00:24:02.059><c> the</c><00:24:02.480><c> wife</c><00:24:02.759><c> who</c><00:24:02.920><c> is</c><00:24:03.119><c> your</c><00:24:03.400><c> companion,</c><00:24:04.720><c> and</c><00:24:05.039><c> the</c><00:24:05.299><c> wife</c><00:24:05.819><c> of</c>

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thy<00:24:06.619><c> covenant.</c>

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It's<00:24:08.279><c> quite</c><00:24:08.460><c> an</c><00:24:08.680><c> interesting</c><00:24:09.019><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:24:09.740><c> believe</c><00:24:10.319><c> that</c><00:24:10.519><c> we</c><00:24:10.640><c> can</c><00:24:10.960><c> see</c><00:24:11.119><c> this</c><00:24:11.700><c> as</c><00:24:12.539><c> in</c><00:24:12.779><c> healthy</c><00:24:13.720><c> marriages</c><00:24:14.339><c> and</c><00:24:14.519><c> the</c><00:24:14.799><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:24:16.519><c> more</c><00:24:16.900><c> than</c><00:24:17.180><c> just</c><00:24:17.519><c> the</c><00:24:17.720><c> passions</c><00:24:18.019><c> of</c><00:24:18.279><c> youth,</c><00:24:18.500><c> right?</c>

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What<00:24:19.480><c> we</c><00:24:19.799><c> see</c><00:24:20.240><c> is</c><00:24:20.599><c> that</c><00:24:20.819><c> there</c><00:24:21.019><c> is</c><00:24:21.779><c> the</c><00:24:22.279><c> companionship,</c><00:24:22.940><c> the</c>

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recognizing<00:24:23.819><c> that</c><00:24:24.380><c> the</c><00:24:24.660><c> two</c><00:24:24.799><c> of</c><00:24:24.940><c> you</c><00:24:25.059><c> are</c><00:24:25.299><c> walking</c>

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together<00:24:26.059><c> in</c><00:24:26.299><c> your</c><00:24:26.619><c> life</c><00:24:27.220><c> in</c><00:24:27.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.160><c> service</c><00:24:28.380><c> of</c><00:24:28.579><c> God,</c><00:24:29.039><c> and</c><00:24:29.420><c> that</c>

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it's<00:24:29.819><c> part</c><00:24:30.079><c> of</c><00:24:30.259><c> the</c><00:24:30.480><c> covenant,</c><00:24:30.759><c> that</c><00:24:30.900><c> you</c>

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realize<00:24:31.680><c> the</c><00:24:32.220><c> covenant</c><00:24:32.539><c> that</c><00:24:32.779><c> you</c><00:24:33.000><c> made</c><00:24:33.319><c> is</c><00:24:33.940><c> an</c><00:24:34.180><c> eternal</c><00:24:34.539><c> covenant</c><00:24:35.019><c> before</c><00:24:35.579><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:37.079><c> he</c><00:24:37.140><c> goes</c><00:24:37.259><c> on</c><00:24:37.460><c> to</c><00:24:37.660><c> say,</c><00:24:37.900><c> And</c><00:24:37.900><c> did</c><00:24:38.039><c> he</c><00:24:38.200><c> not</c><00:24:38.440><c> make</c><00:24:39.099><c> one,</c><00:24:39.759><c> yet</c>

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had<00:24:43.019><c> he</c><00:24:43.240><c> the</c><00:24:43.380><c> residue</c><00:24:43.700><c> of</c><00:24:43.859><c> the</c><00:24:44.059><c> Spirit?</c>

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And<00:24:44.980><c> wherefore</c><00:24:45.519><c> one,</c><00:24:45.759><c> that</c><00:24:45.880><c> he</c><00:24:46.019><c> might</c><00:24:46.259><c> seek</c><00:24:46.500><c> a</c><00:24:46.740><c> godly</c><00:24:47.180><c> seed?</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:48.400><c> take</c><00:24:48.779><c> heed</c><00:24:48.880><c> to</c><00:24:49.099><c> your</c><00:24:49.299><c> spirit,</c><00:24:50.119><c> and</c><00:24:50.140><c> let</c><00:24:50.440><c> none</c><00:24:50.859><c> deal</c><00:24:51.299><c> treacherously</c><00:24:52.019><c> against</c><00:24:52.380><c> the</c>

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wife<00:24:52.980><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:53.599><c> youth.</c>

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For<00:24:54.500><c> the</c><00:24:54.740><c> Lord,</c><00:24:55.099><c> the</c><00:24:55.259><c> God</c><00:24:55.440><c> of</c><00:24:55.579><c> Israel,</c><00:24:56.160><c> saith</c><00:24:56.240><c> that</c><00:24:56.420><c> he</c><00:24:56.819><c> hateth</c>

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putting<00:24:57.240><c> away,</c><00:24:58.220><c> for</c><00:24:58.519><c> one</c><00:24:58.819><c> covereth</c><00:24:59.220><c> violence</c>

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with<00:24:59.839><c> his</c><00:25:00.039><c> garment,</c><00:25:00.759><c> saith</c><00:25:00.859><c> the</c><00:25:00.980><c> Lord</c><00:25:01.160><c> of</c><00:25:01.339><c> hosts.</c>

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Therefore,<00:25:02.400><c> take</c><00:25:02.680><c> heed</c><00:25:02.859><c> to</c><00:25:03.059><c> your</c><00:25:03.319><c> spirit,</c><00:25:04.019><c> that</c><00:25:04.119><c> ye</c><00:25:04.400><c> deal</c><00:25:04.859><c> not</c><00:25:05.380><c> treacherously.</c>

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So<00:25:06.559><c> another</c><00:25:06.900><c> problem</c><00:25:07.359><c> here</c><00:25:07.680><c> was</c><00:25:07.920><c> not</c><00:25:08.200><c> just</c><00:25:08.440><c> in</c><00:25:08.599><c> the</c><00:25:08.880><c> offerings</c>

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to<00:25:09.740><c> God,</c><00:25:10.359><c> but</c><00:25:10.559><c> it</c><00:25:10.680><c> was</c><00:25:11.160><c> corrupting</c><00:25:11.700><c> the</c>

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very<00:25:12.200><c> marriages.</c>

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Not<00:25:14.559><c> a</c><00:25:14.759><c> surprise</c><00:25:15.279><c> that</c><00:25:15.660><c> whenever</c><00:25:16.099><c> marriages</c><00:25:16.759><c> begin</c><00:25:17.759><c> to</c><00:25:18.180><c> lose</c>

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their<00:25:18.799><c> focus</c><00:25:19.140><c> of</c><00:25:19.380><c> who</c><00:25:19.599><c> they</c><00:25:19.980><c> serve,</c><00:25:20.759><c> who's</c>

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to<00:25:21.180><c> be</c><00:25:21.319><c> the</c><00:25:21.680><c> center</c><00:25:22.099><c> of</c><00:25:22.440><c> their</c><00:25:22.700><c> marriage,</c><00:25:23.579><c> that</c><00:25:23.700><c> it</c><00:25:23.819><c> can</c><00:25:24.059><c> lead</c>

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to<00:25:24.440><c> the</c><00:25:24.759><c> corruption</c><00:25:25.019><c> of</c><00:25:25.200><c> the</c><00:25:25.359><c> marriage</c>

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as<00:25:26.220><c> we</c><00:25:26.460><c> see</c><00:25:26.619><c> here.</c>

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And<00:25:27.940><c> there</c><00:25:28.039><c> was</c><00:25:28.200><c> just</c><00:25:28.579><c> generally</c><00:25:29.039><c> a</c><00:25:29.700><c> failure</c><00:25:30.019><c> to</c><00:25:30.420><c> apply</c><00:25:30.619><c> holy</c><00:25:30.960><c> standards.</c>

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Ye<00:25:31.920><c> have</c><00:25:32.180><c> wearied</c><00:25:32.460><c> the</c><00:25:32.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:32.799><c> with</c><00:25:33.000><c> your</c><00:25:33.279><c> words,</c><00:25:34.140><c> yet</c><00:25:34.240><c> ye</c><00:25:34.559><c> say,</c>

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Wherein<00:25:35.220><c> have</c><00:25:35.359><c> we</c><00:25:35.559><c> wearied</c><00:25:35.819><c> him?</c>

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When<00:25:36.359><c> ye</c><00:25:36.640><c> say,</c><00:25:37.299><c> Everyone</c><00:25:37.599><c> that</c><00:25:37.819><c> doeth</c><00:25:38.039><c> evil</c><00:25:38.240><c> is</c><00:25:38.460><c> good</c><00:25:38.680><c> in</c><00:25:38.819><c> the</c>

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sight<00:25:39.160><c> of</c><00:25:39.299><c> the</c><00:25:39.460><c> Lord,</c><00:25:40.099><c> and</c><00:25:40.880><c> he</c><00:25:41.160><c> delighteth</c>

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in<00:25:41.680><c> them,</c><00:25:42.000><c> or</c><00:25:42.660><c> where</c><00:25:43.019><c> is</c><00:25:43.240><c> the</c><00:25:43.680><c> God</c><00:25:43.819><c> of</c><00:25:44.079><c> judgment?</c>

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So<00:25:45.180><c> in</c><00:25:45.299><c> other</c><00:25:45.480><c> words,</c><00:25:46.119><c> people</c><00:25:46.420><c> looking</c><00:25:46.720><c> at</c><00:25:46.920><c> this</c><00:25:47.099><c> and</c><00:25:47.319><c> saying,</c>

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well,<00:25:48.420><c> some</c><00:25:48.680><c> people</c><00:25:48.900><c> are</c><00:25:49.019><c> getting</c>

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away<00:25:49.440><c> with</c><00:25:49.700><c> things,</c><00:25:50.039><c> and</c><00:25:50.220><c> we</c><00:25:50.259><c> don't</c><00:25:50.460><c> understand</c><00:25:51.099><c> why</c><00:25:51.640><c> it</c><00:25:51.799><c> is</c>

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that<00:25:52.279><c> God's</c><00:25:52.680><c> allowing</c><00:25:52.940><c> those</c><00:25:53.240><c> things</c>

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to<00:25:53.819><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:25:54.920><c> then</c><00:25:55.160><c> finally,</c><00:25:55.519><c> robbing</c><00:25:56.000><c> God.</c>

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Will<00:25:56.559><c> a</c><00:25:56.759><c> man</c><00:25:56.960><c> rob</c><00:25:57.200><c> God?</c>

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Yet<00:25:58.500><c> ye</c><00:25:59.099><c> have</c><00:25:59.380><c> robbed</c><00:25:59.619><c> me,</c><00:26:00.039><c> but</c><00:26:00.259><c> ye</c><00:26:00.539><c> say,</c><00:26:00.940><c> Wherein</c><00:26:01.140><c> have</c><00:26:01.259><c> ye</c>

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robbed<00:26:01.640><c> me?</c>

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In<00:26:02.579><c> tithes</c><00:26:03.359><c> and</c><00:26:03.740><c> offerings</c><00:26:04.240><c> ye</c><00:26:04.819><c> are</c><00:26:05.039><c> cursed</c><00:26:05.339><c> with</c><00:26:05.559><c> a</c><00:26:05.720><c> curse,</c>

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for<00:26:06.480><c> ye</c><00:26:06.660><c> have</c><00:26:06.900><c> robbed</c><00:26:07.039><c> me,</c><00:26:07.339><c> even</c><00:26:07.599><c> this</c>

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whole<00:26:08.059><c> nation.</c>

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So<00:26:09.519><c> what</c><00:26:09.700><c> were</c><00:26:09.859><c> the</c><00:26:09.960><c> ways</c><00:26:10.279><c> that</c><00:26:10.500><c> they</c><00:26:10.940><c> were</c><00:26:11.400><c> robbing</c><00:26:11.859><c> him</c><00:26:12.319><c> in</c>

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burnt<00:26:13.079><c> offerings?</c>

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They<00:26:14.640><c> were</c><00:26:14.859><c> doing</c><00:26:15.059><c> this</c><00:26:15.380><c> by</c><00:26:15.839><c> expediency,</c><00:26:17.019><c> by</c><00:26:17.220><c> the</c><00:26:17.599><c> sacrifice</c>

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of<00:26:18.539><c> the</c><00:26:18.759><c> wicked,</c><00:26:19.900><c> and</c><00:26:20.819><c> as</c><00:26:21.240><c> we</c><00:26:21.500><c> see</c><00:26:21.700><c> here</c>

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that<00:26:22.980><c> they</c><00:26:23.240><c> were,</c><00:26:24.240><c> in</c><00:26:24.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:24.920><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.299><c> 1,</c><00:26:25.640><c> Hear</c><00:26:25.779><c> the</c><00:26:25.900><c> word</c><00:26:26.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:26.279><c> Lord,</c><00:26:26.519><c> ye</c><00:26:26.599><c> rulers</c><00:26:26.880><c> of</c><00:26:27.180><c> Sodom.</c>

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Give<00:26:28.079><c> ear</c><00:26:28.599><c> unto</c><00:26:29.099><c> the</c><00:26:29.299><c> law</c><00:26:29.480><c> of</c><00:26:29.579><c> our</c><00:26:29.680><c> God,</c><00:26:30.039><c> ye</c><00:26:30.119><c> people</c><00:26:30.500><c> of</c><00:26:30.700><c> Gomorrah.</c>

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To<00:26:31.259><c> what</c><00:26:31.500><c> purpose</c><00:26:31.920><c> is</c><00:26:32.099><c> the</c><00:26:32.220><c> multitude</c><00:26:32.640><c> of</c><00:26:32.819><c> your</c><00:26:33.059><c> sacrifices</c>

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unto<00:26:34.000><c> me?</c>

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In<00:26:35.019><c> other</c><00:26:35.180><c> words,</c><00:26:35.400><c> as</c><00:26:35.640><c> long</c><00:26:35.920><c> as</c><00:26:36.099><c> you</c><00:26:36.380><c> are</c><00:26:36.660><c> corrupted,</c><00:26:37.700><c> your</c><00:26:38.019><c> sacrifices</c><00:26:38.579><c> will</c><00:26:39.279><c> not</c><00:26:39.619><c> do</c>

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anything<00:26:40.619><c> for</c><00:26:41.299><c> me.</c>

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So<00:26:42.599><c> robbery</c><00:26:42.779><c> and</c><00:26:43.119><c> sacrifices.</c>

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Fundamentally,<00:26:44.460><c> the</c><00:26:44.660><c> robbery</c><00:26:44.880><c> was</c><00:26:45.099><c> to</c><00:26:45.319><c> make</c><00:26:45.480><c> a</c><00:26:45.779><c> sacrifice</c>

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while<00:26:47.259><c> retaining</c><00:26:47.779><c> sin.</c>

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In<00:26:48.460><c> other</c><00:26:48.559><c> words,</c><00:26:49.119><c> I</c><00:26:49.259><c> can</c><00:26:49.519><c> continue</c><00:26:49.980><c> to</c><00:26:50.299><c> sin,</c><00:26:51.259><c> but</c><00:26:51.680><c> I</c><00:26:51.839><c> can</c><00:26:52.079><c> give</c>

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a<00:26:54.619><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:55.400><c> and</c><00:26:55.619><c> everything</c><00:26:55.859><c> will</c>

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be<00:26:56.220><c> okay.</c>

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By<00:26:58.500><c> the</c><00:26:58.599><c> way,</c><00:26:58.700><c> just</c><00:26:58.920><c> in</c><00:26:59.039><c> case</c><00:26:59.180><c> we</c><00:26:59.440><c> think</c><00:26:59.599><c> that</c><00:26:59.799><c> that's</c><00:27:00.140><c> only</c><00:27:00.680><c> a</c>

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thing<00:27:01.000><c> at</c><00:27:01.220><c> that</c><00:27:01.500><c> time,</c><00:27:02.680><c> I</c><00:27:02.880><c> am</c><00:27:03.099><c> always</c><00:27:03.380><c> reminded</c>

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of<00:27:06.099><c> the</c><00:27:06.700><c> words</c><00:27:07.099><c> of</c><00:27:07.720><c> Romans</c><00:27:08.039><c> chapter</c><00:27:08.460><c> 6.</c>

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What<00:27:09.619><c> shall</c><00:27:09.839><c> we</c><00:27:10.099><c> say</c><00:27:10.339><c> then?</c>

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Shall<00:27:11.480><c> we</c><00:27:11.799><c> continue</c><00:27:12.400><c> in</c><00:27:12.740><c> sin</c><00:27:13.039><c> that</c><00:27:13.660><c> grace</c><00:27:13.980><c> may</c><00:27:14.259><c> abound?</c>

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God<00:27:15.400><c> forbid.</c>

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You<00:27:16.799><c> know,</c><00:27:16.900><c> the</c><00:27:17.059><c> idea</c><00:27:17.539><c> that</c><00:27:17.839><c> we</c><00:27:18.000><c> can</c><00:27:18.180><c> just</c><00:27:18.400><c> continue</c><00:27:18.799><c> to</c><00:27:19.119><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:27:19.460><c> we</c><00:27:19.539><c> don't</c><00:27:19.720><c> have</c><00:27:19.940><c> to</c><00:27:20.099><c> be</c><00:27:20.420><c> holy</c><00:27:20.799><c> necessarily</c>

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in<00:27:22.160><c> this</c><00:27:22.420><c> life,</c><00:27:22.559><c> we</c><00:27:22.660><c> can</c><00:27:22.839><c> just</c><00:27:23.079><c> count</c><00:27:23.420><c> on</c><00:27:23.720><c> the</c><00:27:23.900><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:24.339><c> of</c>

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God<00:27:24.980><c> and</c><00:27:25.420><c> His</c><00:27:25.700><c> grace,</c><00:27:26.680><c> that</c><00:27:27.099><c> can</c><00:27:27.319><c> be</c><00:27:27.579><c> something</c>

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that<00:27:28.200><c> really</c><00:27:28.539><c> leads</c><00:27:28.839><c> us</c><00:27:29.079><c> down</c><00:27:29.299><c> a</c><00:27:29.500><c> wrong</c><00:27:29.680><c> path.</c>

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We're<00:27:30.680><c> expected</c><00:27:31.420><c> to</c><00:27:32.019><c> be</c><00:27:32.240><c> a</c><00:27:32.359><c> holy</c><00:27:32.559><c> people</c><00:27:32.960><c> right</c><00:27:33.339><c> now,</c><00:27:34.220><c> and</c><00:27:34.420><c> fundamentally</c><00:27:34.900><c> what</c><00:27:35.099><c> they</c><00:27:35.299><c> were</c><00:27:35.460><c> doing</c><00:27:35.779><c> is</c>

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thinking<00:27:36.740><c> I</c><00:27:37.240><c> can</c><00:27:37.519><c> just</c><00:27:37.799><c> make</c><00:27:38.039><c> a</c><00:27:38.279><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:39.200><c> but</c><00:27:39.359><c> I</c><00:27:39.500><c> don't</c><00:27:39.640><c> really</c><00:27:39.880><c> have</c><00:27:40.099><c> to</c>

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change<00:27:40.640><c> who</c><00:27:40.900><c> I</c><00:27:41.079><c> am.</c>

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That<00:27:41.420><c> would</c><00:27:41.579><c> be</c><00:27:41.759><c> a</c><00:27:41.859><c> real</c><00:27:42.019><c> problem.</c>

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There<00:27:43.579><c> may</c><00:27:43.819><c> well</c><00:27:44.000><c> have</c><00:27:44.200><c> been</c><00:27:44.660><c> a</c><00:27:44.940><c> facade</c><00:27:45.380><c> of</c><00:27:45.720><c> religion,</c><00:27:46.039><c> but</c><00:27:46.240><c> their</c><00:27:46.500><c> offerings</c><00:27:46.900><c> were</c><00:27:47.180><c> considered</c><00:27:47.579><c> as</c><00:27:47.880><c> robbery</c>

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to<00:27:48.440><c> God,</c><00:27:49.200><c> and</c><00:27:49.380><c> pride</c><00:27:49.640><c> and</c><00:27:49.880><c> arrogance</c><00:27:50.200><c> was</c><00:27:50.480><c> ruling</c><00:27:50.740><c> them,</c><00:27:51.259><c> and</c>

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when<00:27:51.740><c> that</c><00:27:52.039><c> happens,</c><00:27:53.019><c> it</c><00:27:53.339><c> wearies</c><00:27:53.660><c> God</c>

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of<00:27:54.359><c> these</c><00:27:54.759><c> legalistic,</c><00:27:56.160><c> ritualistic</c><00:27:56.740><c> religions.</c>

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So,<00:28:00.140><c> then</c><00:28:00.380><c> they</c><00:28:00.680><c> saw</c><00:28:01.059><c> the</c><00:28:01.400><c> truth</c><00:28:01.619><c> as</c><00:28:01.900><c> a</c><00:28:02.099><c> series</c><00:28:02.359><c> of</c><00:28:02.680><c> restrictions.</c>

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Malachi<00:28:04.799><c> chapter</c><00:28:05.160><c> 3,</c><00:28:05.460><c> your</c><00:28:05.579><c> words</c><00:28:05.880><c> have</c><00:28:06.140><c> been</c><00:28:06.359><c> stout</c><00:28:06.599><c> against</c>

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me,<00:28:07.660><c> saith</c><00:28:07.819><c> the</c><00:28:07.920><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:28:08.259><c> say,</c><00:28:08.940><c> what</c><00:28:09.059><c> have</c><00:28:09.279><c> we</c><00:28:09.480><c> spoken</c><00:28:09.799><c> so</c><00:28:10.059><c> much</c><00:28:10.240><c> against</c><00:28:11.220><c> thee?</c>

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Ye<00:28:12.660><c> have</c><00:28:12.859><c> said,</c><00:28:13.259><c> it</c><00:28:13.420><c> is</c><00:28:13.720><c> vain</c><00:28:13.940><c> to</c><00:28:14.160><c> serve</c><00:28:14.339><c> God,</c><00:28:15.099><c> and</c><00:28:15.380><c> what</c><00:28:15.680><c> profit</c><00:28:16.039><c> is</c><00:28:16.339><c> it</c>

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that<00:28:16.599><c> we</c><00:28:16.799><c> have</c><00:28:17.000><c> kept</c><00:28:17.160><c> His</c><00:28:17.400><c> ordinance,</c>

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and<00:28:17.880><c> that</c><00:28:18.000><c> we</c><00:28:18.180><c> have</c><00:28:18.339><c> walked</c><00:28:18.720><c> mournfully</c><00:28:19.539><c> before</c><00:28:19.920><c> the</c><00:28:20.119><c> Lord</c><00:28:20.319><c> of</c><00:28:20.500><c> hosts?</c>

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And<00:28:21.460><c> now</c><00:28:21.700><c> we</c><00:28:21.960><c> call</c><00:28:22.140><c> the</c><00:28:22.420><c> proud</c><00:28:22.660><c> happy,</c><00:28:23.279><c> yea,</c><00:28:23.500><c> they</c><00:28:23.779><c> that</c><00:28:24.019><c> work</c>

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wickedness<00:28:24.940><c> are</c><00:28:25.480><c> set</c><00:28:25.720><c> up,</c><00:28:26.200><c> yea,</c><00:28:26.480><c> they</c>

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that<00:28:27.019><c> tempt</c><00:28:27.160><c> God</c><00:28:27.619><c> are</c><00:28:28.140><c> even</c><00:28:28.420><c> delivered.</c>

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So<00:28:29.920><c> this</c><00:28:30.259><c> is</c><00:28:30.539><c> where</c><00:28:30.799><c> the</c><00:28:31.099><c> truth</c><00:28:31.240><c> is</c><00:28:31.480><c> begun</c><00:28:31.660><c> to</c><00:28:31.960><c> see</c><00:28:32.200><c> as</c><00:28:32.640><c> a</c><00:28:32.920><c> series</c><00:28:33.160><c> of</c><00:28:33.579><c> restrictions.</c>

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All<00:28:34.759><c> that</c><00:28:34.920><c> thou</c><00:28:35.099><c> shalt</c><00:28:35.440><c> nots,</c><00:28:36.079><c> not</c><00:28:36.240><c> that</c><00:28:36.420><c> thou</c><00:28:36.619><c> shalt.</c>

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So<00:28:38.740><c> then</c><00:28:39.299><c> we</c><00:28:39.559><c> see</c><00:28:39.700><c> the</c><00:28:39.980><c> character</c><00:28:40.400><c> of</c><00:28:40.819><c> the</c><00:28:41.000><c> rim.</c>