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It<00:10:21.799><c> doesn't</c><00:10:22.220><c> matter.</c>

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With<00:10:45.179><c> this</c><00:10:45.580><c> person</c><00:10:45.960><c> in</c><00:10:46.259><c> charge,</c><00:10:47.019><c> things</c><00:10:47.299><c> are</c><00:10:47.659><c> only</c><00:10:48.120><c> going</c><00:10:48.519><c> to</c>

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This<00:10:56.019><c> time</c><00:10:56.220><c> we</c><00:10:56.399><c> are</c><00:10:56.559><c> changing</c><00:10:57.159><c> the</c><00:10:57.519><c> scene</c><00:10:57.799><c> slightly.</c>

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Instead<00:11:00.019><c> of</c><00:11:00.220><c> the</c><00:11:00.440><c> football</c><00:11:00.840><c> fans,</c><00:11:01.759><c> they're</c><00:11:01.860><c> full</c><00:11:02.080><c> of</c><00:11:02.279><c> voters.</c>

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And<00:11:03.360><c> instead</c><00:11:03.659><c> of</c><00:11:03.820><c> the</c><00:11:04.120><c> football</c><00:11:04.539><c> players</c><00:11:05.379><c> on</c><00:11:06.759><c> the</c><00:11:06.980><c> field,</c><00:11:07.620><c> we</c>

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Now,<00:11:14.000><c> at</c><00:11:14.299><c> this</c><00:11:14.559><c> point,</c><00:11:15.220><c> I</c><00:11:15.519><c> also</c><00:11:15.879><c> have</c><00:11:16.679><c> a</c><00:11:17.259><c> disclaimer,</c><00:11:18.820><c> which</c><00:11:21.940><c> says</c><00:11:22.360><c> you</c><00:11:22.600><c> can</c><00:11:22.899><c> tell</c><00:11:23.440><c> a</c>

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politician<00:11:25.179><c> is</c><00:11:25.519><c> lying</c>

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when<00:11:27.080><c> they</c><00:11:27.279><c> are</c><00:11:27.419><c> moving</c><00:11:27.960><c> their</c><00:11:28.799><c> lips,</c><00:11:30.059><c> or</c><00:11:30.240><c> words</c><00:11:30.500><c> to</c><00:11:30.679><c> that</c><00:11:30.759><c> effect.</c>

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How<00:11:32.580><c> can</c><00:11:32.759><c> you</c><00:11:32.940><c> tell</c><00:11:33.019><c> when</c><00:11:33.240><c> a</c><00:11:33.480><c> politician</c><00:11:33.820><c> is</c><00:11:34.139><c> lying?</c>

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Their<00:11:34.860><c> lips</c><00:11:35.139><c> are</c><00:11:35.620><c> moving.</c>

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So<00:11:37.100><c> true</c><00:11:37.580><c> today,</c><00:11:38.659><c> and</c><00:11:38.960><c> it</c><00:11:39.039><c> was</c><00:11:39.340><c> so</c><00:11:39.899><c> true</c><00:11:41.240><c> many</c><00:11:42.100><c> years</c><00:11:42.740><c> ago.</c>

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So<00:11:44.399><c> I'm</c><00:11:44.679><c> not</c><00:11:44.860><c> suggesting</c><00:11:45.279><c> that</c><00:11:45.500><c> we</c><00:11:45.659><c> should</c><00:11:45.860><c> be</c><00:11:46.320><c> career</c><00:11:46.639><c> politicians,</c><00:11:48.159><c> because</c><00:11:48.500><c> as</c><00:11:48.799><c> we</c>

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see<00:11:49.240><c> in</c><00:11:49.519><c> 1</c><00:11:49.700><c> Corinthians</c>

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15,<00:11:51.299><c> do</c><00:11:51.480><c> not</c><00:11:51.779><c> be</c><00:11:52.179><c> misled.</c>

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Bad<00:11:53.279><c> company</c><00:11:53.879><c> corrupts</c><00:11:54.960><c> good</c><00:11:55.179><c> character.</c>

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But<00:11:59.720><c> I</c><00:11:59.919><c> am</c><00:12:00.139><c> suggesting</c><00:12:00.620><c> there</c><00:12:00.799><c> is</c><00:12:00.980><c> a</c><00:12:01.259><c> difference</c><00:12:01.539><c> between</c><00:12:02.000><c> the</c>

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fans<00:12:02.720><c> and</c><00:12:03.220><c> the</c><00:12:03.500><c> players</c><00:12:03.899><c> to</c><00:12:04.600><c> use</c><00:12:04.960><c> the</c>

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football<00:12:05.899><c> analogy.</c>

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Now,<00:12:11.419><c> I've</c><00:12:11.820><c> heard</c><00:12:12.000><c> rumors</c><00:12:12.379><c> that</c><00:12:12.679><c> this</c><00:12:13.059><c> Easter</c><00:12:13.360><c> bunny</c><00:12:13.639><c> is</c><00:12:13.919><c> able</c>

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However,<00:12:17.460><c> we</c><00:12:17.639><c> all</c><00:12:17.879><c> know</c><00:12:18.100><c> that</c><00:12:18.440><c> checkers</c><00:12:18.799><c> is</c><00:12:19.000><c> the</c><00:12:19.159><c> most</c><00:12:19.440><c> complex</c><00:12:19.840><c> game</c>

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he<00:12:21.700><c> cheats</c><00:12:22.019><c> at</c><00:12:22.220><c> it.</c>

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The<00:12:23.580><c> true</c><00:12:24.120><c> 5D</c><00:12:24.879><c> chess</c><00:12:25.799><c> master</c><00:12:26.120><c> is</c><00:12:26.980><c> playing</c><00:12:27.440><c> thousands</c><00:12:28.059><c> of</c><00:12:28.399><c> moves</c><00:12:28.720><c> ahead,</c><00:12:29.820><c> knowing</c><00:12:30.019><c> each</c>

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is<00:12:31.899><c> made.</c>

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We<00:12:39.360><c> can</c><00:12:39.720><c> move</c><00:12:40.320><c> any</c><00:12:40.899><c> piece</c><00:12:41.320><c> on</c><00:12:41.799><c> the</c><00:12:42.000><c> chessboard,</c><00:12:43.779><c> but</c><00:12:44.019><c> to</c><00:12:44.399><c> the</c>

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creator,<00:12:45.799><c> who</c><00:12:46.080><c> has</c><00:12:46.840><c> the</c><00:12:47.340><c> big</c><00:12:47.679><c> picture,</c><00:12:49.159><c> he</c>

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we<00:12:57.960><c> can</c><00:12:58.240><c> see</c><00:12:58.519><c> God's</c><00:12:59.080><c> hand</c><00:12:59.559><c> in</c><00:13:00.240><c> many</c><00:13:00.539><c> of</c>

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Hindsight<00:13:04.799><c> is</c><00:13:05.539><c> a</c><00:13:05.899><c> wonderful</c><00:13:06.360><c> gift,</c><00:13:08.039><c> yet</c><00:13:08.120><c> we</c><00:13:08.500><c> cannot</c><00:13:08.799><c> see</c><00:13:09.179><c> one</c>

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day<00:13:10.000><c> into</c><00:13:10.399><c> the</c><00:13:10.659><c> future.</c>

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we<00:13:21.759><c> know</c><00:13:22.299><c> that</c><00:13:22.820><c> God</c><00:13:23.039><c> has</c><00:13:23.379><c> planned</c><00:13:23.539><c> a</c><00:13:23.820><c> specific</c>

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time<00:13:24.840><c> for</c><00:13:25.379><c> Jesus</c><00:13:25.820><c> to</c><00:13:26.480><c> return.</c>

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It<00:13:31.019><c> has</c><00:13:31.419><c> not</c><00:13:31.679><c> been</c><00:13:32.100><c> delayed.</c>

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It<00:13:33.480><c> cannot</c><00:13:33.879><c> be</c><00:13:34.620><c> induced.</c>

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The<00:13:36.700><c> right</c><00:13:37.019><c>-wing</c><00:13:37.559><c> evangelical</c><00:13:38.320><c> Christians,</c><00:13:39.460><c> who</c><00:13:39.600><c> worship</c><00:13:39.940><c> the</c><00:13:40.279><c> Orange</c><00:13:40.620><c> One</c><00:13:40.860><c> as</c>

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Savior,<00:13:43.600><c> cannot</c><00:13:43.899><c> force</c><00:13:45.000><c> Christ</c><00:13:45.539><c> to</c><00:13:46.860><c> return</c><00:13:47.080><c> on</c><00:13:47.940><c> their</c><00:13:48.240><c> timetable.</c>

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We<00:13:51.639><c> can</c><00:13:52.279><c> clearly</c><00:13:52.799><c> see</c><00:13:54.220><c> the</c><00:13:56.000><c> effect</c><00:13:56.340><c> the</c><00:13:56.720><c> religious</c><00:13:57.720><c> fanatics</c>

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have<00:13:58.639><c> had</c><00:13:58.899><c> in</c><00:13:59.460><c> Afghanistan,</c><00:14:00.700><c> and</c><00:14:01.059><c> think</c>

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that<00:14:01.440><c> this</c><00:14:01.679><c> could</c><00:14:01.980><c> not</c><00:14:02.279><c> possibly</c><00:14:02.720><c> happen</c><00:14:03.299><c> here</c><00:14:03.820><c> in</c><00:14:04.080><c> America,</c>

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but<00:14:05.259><c> it</c><00:14:05.559><c> has.</c>

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It<00:14:06.340><c> is</c><00:14:06.659><c> here.</c>

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Like<00:14:09.480><c> God's</c><00:14:10.200><c> first</c><00:14:10.460><c> kingdom</c><00:14:10.799><c> on</c><00:14:11.080><c> earth,</c><00:14:11.500><c> the</c><00:14:11.679><c> kings</c><00:14:12.000><c> and</c><00:14:12.480><c> the</c>

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priests<00:14:13.059><c> have</c><00:14:13.519><c> separate</c><00:14:13.980><c> roles.</c>

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There<00:14:15.139><c> must</c><00:14:15.480><c> be</c><00:14:16.000><c> a</c><00:14:16.139><c> separation</c><00:14:17.059><c> of</c><00:14:17.340><c> church</c><00:14:17.580><c> and</c><00:14:17.940><c> state.</c>

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But<00:14:19.419><c> here's</c><00:14:20.019><c> a</c><00:14:20.159><c> concept</c><00:14:20.820><c> that's</c><00:14:21.500><c> a</c><00:14:21.600><c> little</c><00:14:21.799><c> hard</c><00:14:22.120><c> to</c><00:14:22.379><c> grasp.</c>

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God's<00:14:24.759><c> 5D</c><00:14:25.379><c> chess</c><00:14:25.940><c> does</c><00:14:26.980><c> not</c><00:14:27.460><c> end</c><00:14:28.000><c> at</c><00:14:28.679><c> the</c><00:14:28.899><c> return</c><00:14:29.120><c> of</c><00:14:29.360><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:14:31.639><c> knows</c><00:14:32.179><c> what</c><00:14:32.620><c> will</c><00:14:32.899><c> happen</c><00:14:33.379><c> next,</c><00:14:34.860><c> every</c><00:14:35.220><c> minute</c><00:14:35.659><c> of</c><00:14:36.100><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:14:36.620><c> era,</c><00:14:37.860><c> for</c><00:14:38.059><c> every</c><00:14:38.500><c> person</c><00:14:39.100><c> found</c>

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worthy.

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He<00:14:41.080><c> knows</c><00:14:41.419><c> all</c><00:14:41.779><c> this</c><00:14:42.080><c> now,</c><00:14:42.820><c> and</c><00:14:43.500><c> is</c><00:14:43.799><c> currently</c><00:14:44.240><c> guiding,</c><00:14:45.620><c> directing,</c><00:14:46.600><c> and</c>

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influencing<00:14:47.600><c> us,</c><00:14:49.000><c> all</c><00:14:49.299><c> in</c><00:14:49.720><c> the</c>

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background.

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We're<00:15:10.399><c> familiar</c><00:15:10.720><c> with</c><00:15:10.980><c> the</c><00:15:11.279><c> account.</c>

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Eli<00:15:12.720><c> did</c><00:15:12.980><c> not</c><00:15:13.200><c> call</c><00:15:13.480><c> the</c><00:15:13.679><c> lad,</c><00:15:13.759><c> but</c><00:15:14.019><c> God</c><00:15:14.200><c> did.</c>

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Here<00:15:15.759><c> we</c><00:15:15.980><c> see</c><00:15:16.240><c> the</c><00:15:16.600><c> obvious</c><00:15:16.919><c> hand</c><00:15:17.200><c> of</c><00:15:17.440><c> God</c><00:15:17.720><c> working</c><00:15:18.220><c> in</c><00:15:18.460><c> the</c><00:15:18.659><c> lives</c><00:15:18.879><c> of</c>

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both<00:15:19.700><c> Eli</c><00:15:20.159><c> and</c><00:15:20.600><c> Samuel.</c>

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The<00:15:21.940><c> actions</c><00:15:22.340><c> were</c><00:15:22.860><c> deliberate</c><00:15:23.519><c> and</c><00:15:24.159><c> obvious,</c><00:15:25.019><c> especially</c>

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to<00:15:25.799><c> Samuel.</c>

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He<00:15:26.720><c> heard</c><00:15:26.980><c> the</c><00:15:27.240><c> voice,</c><00:15:28.240><c> had</c><00:15:28.419><c> a</c><00:15:28.659><c> conversation</c><00:15:29.200><c> with</c><00:15:29.460><c> the</c><00:15:29.679><c> divine,</c><00:15:31.039><c> and</c>

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it<00:15:31.899><c> would</c><00:15:32.259><c> have</c><00:15:32.860><c> affected</c><00:15:33.340><c> him.</c>

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How<00:15:34.940><c> much</c><00:15:35.179><c> of</c><00:15:35.340><c> an</c><00:15:35.559><c> impact?</c>

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Consider<00:15:37.519><c> a</c><00:15:38.100><c> caveman</c><00:15:38.679><c> listening</c><00:15:39.059><c> to</c><00:15:39.320><c> a</c><00:15:39.480><c> radio</c><00:15:40.019><c> for</c><00:15:40.500><c> the</c><00:15:40.600><c> very</c>

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first<00:15:41.299><c> time.</c>

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My<00:15:43.460><c> question</c><00:15:44.360><c> for</c><00:15:44.940><c> you</c><00:15:45.299><c> here</c><00:15:45.620><c> is,</c><00:15:46.960><c> if</c><00:15:47.379><c> Samuel</c><00:15:47.919><c> had</c><00:15:48.519><c> refused</c><00:15:49.139><c> to</c>

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take<00:15:49.779><c> the</c><00:15:50.019><c> call,</c><00:15:51.759><c> had</c><00:15:52.100><c> hung</c><00:15:52.399><c> up</c><00:15:52.679><c> on</c><00:15:52.860><c> the</c>

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voice<00:15:53.860><c> without</c><00:15:54.620><c> taking</c><00:15:55.019><c> a</c><00:15:55.240><c> message,</c><00:15:56.340><c> would</c><00:15:56.740><c> the</c><00:15:57.120><c> fate</c><00:15:57.379><c> of</c><00:15:57.779><c> Eli's</c><00:15:58.320><c> two</c>

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sons<00:15:59.120><c> and</c><00:15:59.740><c> Eli</c><00:16:00.100><c> himself</c><00:16:00.720><c> have</c>

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changed?

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Surely<00:16:03.980><c> the</c><00:16:04.419><c> answer</c><00:16:04.799><c> would</c><00:16:05.120><c> be</c><00:16:05.360><c> no.</c>

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There<00:16:06.320><c> is</c><00:16:06.600><c> nothing</c><00:16:06.940><c> that</c><00:16:07.360><c> Samuel</c><00:16:07.700><c> could</c><00:16:08.519><c> have</c><00:16:08.860><c> said</c><00:16:09.240><c> or</c><00:16:09.659><c> done</c>

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that<00:16:10.480><c> would</c><00:16:10.720><c> change</c><00:16:11.080><c> the</c><00:16:11.340><c> outcome.</c>

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If<00:16:12.559><c> you</c><00:16:12.759><c> think</c><00:16:12.960><c> of</c><00:16:13.200><c> anything,</c><00:16:13.779><c> let</c><00:16:13.899><c> me</c><00:16:14.100><c> know.</c>

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Now<00:16:16.200><c> let's</c><00:16:16.480><c> go</c><00:16:16.820><c> back</c><00:16:17.419><c> to</c><00:16:18.320><c> the</c><00:16:18.500><c> game</c><00:16:18.980><c> of</c><00:16:19.740><c> chess</c><00:16:20.159><c> with</c><00:16:20.639><c> the</c><00:16:20.960><c> 5D</c>

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chess<00:16:21.919><c> master.</c>

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He<00:16:23.600><c> knows</c><00:16:24.159><c> how</c><00:16:24.879><c> the</c><00:16:25.139><c> game</c><00:16:25.320><c> will</c><00:16:25.659><c> end</c><00:16:26.039><c> before</c><00:16:26.779><c> the</c><00:16:27.080><c> first</c><00:16:27.399><c> piece</c>

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is<00:16:28.279><c> ever</c><00:16:28.580><c> moved.</c>

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Whether<00:16:29.879><c> the</c><00:16:30.179><c> game</c><00:16:30.500><c> is</c><00:16:30.799><c> a</c><00:16:31.000><c> win,</c><00:16:32.419><c> loss,</c><00:16:32.840><c> or</c><00:16:33.259><c> draw</c><00:16:33.659><c> is</c><00:16:34.679><c> purely</c><00:16:35.139><c> up</c>

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to<00:16:35.919><c> the</c><00:16:36.080><c> master.</c>

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And<00:16:38.240><c> now</c><00:16:38.539><c> we</c><00:16:38.740><c> need</c><00:16:38.919><c> to</c><00:16:39.100><c> get</c><00:16:39.259><c> the</c><00:16:39.539><c> brain</c><00:16:40.039><c> ticking</c><00:16:40.600><c> again.</c>

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Imagine,<00:16:42.960><c> instead</c><00:16:43.480><c> of</c><00:16:43.779><c> analysing</c><00:16:44.419><c> the</c><00:16:44.659><c> pieces</c><00:16:44.940><c> in</c><00:16:45.299><c> play</c><00:16:45.659><c> on</c>

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the<00:16:46.580><c> board</c><00:16:46.779><c> and</c><00:16:47.159><c> determining</c><00:16:47.659><c> the</c><00:16:47.980><c> best</c>

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move,<00:16:49.559><c> that</c><00:16:49.700><c> you</c><00:16:49.879><c> based</c><00:16:50.179><c> your</c><00:16:50.639><c> next</c><00:16:51.000><c> move</c><00:16:51.460><c> on</c><00:16:52.019><c> something</c><00:16:52.340><c> random.</c>

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Drawing<00:16:54.139><c> straws,</c><00:16:54.700><c> tossing</c><00:16:55.159><c> dice,</c><00:16:56.100><c> whatever.</c>

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Could<00:16:58.279><c> you</c><00:16:59.139><c> blindside</c><00:17:00.279><c> the</c><00:17:00.659><c> master?</c>

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Could<00:17:03.899><c> you</c><00:17:04.539><c> blindside</c><00:17:05.480><c> the</c><00:17:05.759><c> chess</c><00:17:06.079><c> master?</c>

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Could<00:17:07.220><c> you</c><00:17:07.640><c> imagine</c><00:17:08.299><c> God</c><00:17:08.660><c> ever</c><00:17:09.019><c> saying,</c><00:17:09.880><c> I</c><00:17:10.279><c> didn't</c><00:17:10.559><c> see</c><00:17:10.799><c> that</c><00:17:11.099><c> coming?</c>

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No.

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The<00:17:14.400><c> outcome</c><00:17:14.940><c> of</c><00:17:15.380><c> the</c><00:17:15.579><c> game</c><00:17:15.920><c> is</c><00:17:16.480><c> still</c><00:17:16.900><c> known</c><00:17:17.200><c> and</c><00:17:18.000><c> still</c><00:17:18.539><c> unchanged</c><00:17:19.200><c> from</c>

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before<00:17:20.180><c> the</c><00:17:20.460><c> first</c><00:17:20.740><c> piece</c>

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is<00:17:21.819><c> ever</c><00:17:22.059><c> moved.</c>

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So<00:17:29.319><c> in</c><00:17:29.880><c> conclusion,</c><00:17:32.740><c> we</c><00:17:35.740><c> have</c><00:17:36.059><c> this</c><00:17:36.779><c> verse</c><00:17:37.019><c> from</c><00:17:37.319><c> Matthew</c><00:17:37.779><c> 10.</c>

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Are<00:17:39.839><c> not</c><00:17:40.099><c> two</c><00:17:40.460><c> sparrows</c><00:17:40.839><c> sold</c><00:17:41.319><c> for</c><00:17:41.700><c> a</c><00:17:41.839><c> penny?</c>

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Yet<00:17:42.920><c> not</c><00:17:43.440><c> one</c><00:17:43.720><c> of</c><00:17:43.900><c> them</c><00:17:44.039><c> will</c><00:17:44.339><c> fall</c><00:17:44.599><c> to</c><00:17:44.839><c> the</c><00:17:45.099><c> ground</c><00:17:45.460><c> outside</c>

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your<00:17:46.519><c> father's</c><00:17:47.119><c> care.</c>

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And<00:17:48.299><c> even</c><00:17:48.579><c> the</c><00:17:48.880><c> very</c><00:17:49.220><c> hairs</c><00:17:49.500><c> of</c><00:17:49.859><c> your</c><00:17:50.160><c> head</c><00:17:50.500><c> are</c><00:17:51.019><c> all</c><00:17:51.220><c> numbered.</c>

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We<00:17:53.759><c> have</c><00:17:54.319><c> a</c><00:17:54.660><c> tendency</c><00:17:55.299><c> to</c><00:17:56.180><c> underestimate</c><00:17:57.119><c> everything</c><00:17:58.099><c> God</c><00:17:58.539><c> is</c>

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doing<00:17:59.259><c> for</c><00:17:59.539><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:01.099><c> this</c><00:18:01.519><c> creates</c><00:18:02.140><c> artificial</c><00:18:03.079><c> limits</c><00:18:03.519><c> on</c><00:18:04.059><c> what</c><00:18:04.339><c> we</c><00:18:04.740><c> think</c>

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God<00:18:05.480><c> can</c><00:18:05.900><c> do.</c>

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Once<00:18:08.000><c> we</c><00:18:08.400><c> realise</c><00:18:08.980><c> that</c><00:18:09.500><c> God</c><00:18:09.960><c> wants</c><00:18:10.460><c> us</c><00:18:11.279><c> to</c><00:18:11.660><c> be</c><00:18:11.900><c> in</c><00:18:12.140><c> the</c><00:18:12.339><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:18:13.420><c> is</c><00:18:13.859><c> constantly</c><00:18:14.460><c> working</c><00:18:15.000><c> in</c><00:18:15.380><c> the</c><00:18:15.640><c> background</c><00:18:16.220><c> to</c><00:18:17.720><c> make</c>

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this<00:18:18.359><c> happen,</c>

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it<00:18:20.180><c> leads</c><00:18:20.539><c> us</c><00:18:20.859><c> to</c><00:18:21.200><c> appreciate</c><00:18:21.859><c> this</c><00:18:22.559><c> bread</c><00:18:22.839><c> and</c><00:18:23.619><c> this</c><00:18:23.940><c> wine</c><00:18:24.240><c> and</c><00:18:24.819><c> what</c><00:18:25.019><c> it</c>

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symbolises<00:18:26.240><c> even</c><00:18:26.920><c> more.</c>