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And<00:11:00.419><c> you</c><00:11:00.500><c> can</c><00:11:00.700><c> see</c><00:11:00.860><c> in</c><00:11:00.980><c> your</c><00:11:01.159><c> margin,</c><00:11:01.779><c> in</c><00:11:01.940><c> the</c><00:11:02.179><c> heat</c><00:11:02.299><c> of</c><00:11:02.580><c> anger,</c>

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they<00:11:04.120><c> were</c><00:11:04.320><c> not</c><00:11:04.539><c> happy.</c>

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They<00:11:05.440><c> wanted</c><00:11:05.759><c> that</c><00:11:06.019><c> money</c><00:11:06.460><c> and</c><00:11:07.179><c> they</c><00:11:07.340><c> were</c><00:11:07.519><c> sent</c><00:11:07.700><c> home</c><00:11:07.899><c> with</c><00:11:08.120><c> nothing.</c>

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Because<00:11:09.360><c> it</c><00:11:09.460><c> would</c><00:11:09.580><c> have</c><00:11:09.700><c> been</c><00:11:09.820><c> a</c><00:11:09.940><c> significant</c><00:11:10.379><c> bonus</c><00:11:10.720><c> to</c>

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their<00:11:11.139><c> pay.</c>

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The<00:11:11.980><c> reason</c><00:11:12.259><c> they</c><00:11:12.440><c> would</c><00:11:12.600><c> have</c><00:11:13.039><c> even</c><00:11:13.340><c> thought</c><00:11:13.700><c> of</c><00:11:13.840><c> helping</c><00:11:14.100><c> out.</c>

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And<00:11:15.460><c> it</c><00:11:15.559><c> was</c><00:11:15.700><c> pulled</c><00:11:15.899><c> away</c><00:11:16.159><c> from</c><00:11:16.360><c> them.</c>

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And<00:11:18.519><c> it</c><00:11:18.740><c> continues</c><00:11:18.960><c> in</c><00:11:19.139><c> verse</c><00:11:19.320><c> 11</c><00:11:19.740><c> that</c><00:11:20.019><c> Amaziah</c><00:11:20.740><c> strengthened</c><00:11:21.259><c> himself.</c>

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Having<00:11:22.960><c> made</c><00:11:23.200><c> the</c><00:11:23.379><c> right</c><00:11:23.600><c> decision</c><00:11:24.299><c> and</c><00:11:24.559><c> leaving</c><00:11:24.759><c> the</c><00:11:24.960><c> care</c>

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of<00:11:25.240><c> his</c><00:11:25.360><c> army</c><00:11:25.580><c> in</c><00:11:25.740><c> God's</c><00:11:26.200><c> hands.</c>

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However,<00:11:28.620><c> we</c><00:11:28.799><c> find</c><00:11:29.120><c> that</c><00:11:29.320><c> he</c><00:11:29.919><c> didn't</c><00:11:30.059><c> fully</c><00:11:30.480><c> commit</c><00:11:30.840><c> himself</c>

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to<00:11:31.480><c> God.</c>

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Verse<00:11:34.379><c> 12</c><00:11:34.820><c> speaks</c><00:11:35.159><c> of</c><00:11:35.279><c> what</c><00:11:35.460><c> we</c><00:11:35.659><c> would</c><00:11:35.820><c> consider</c><00:11:36.159><c> today</c><00:11:36.460><c> as</c><00:11:36.659><c> a</c>

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war<00:11:37.059><c> crime.</c>

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Instead<00:11:38.659><c> of</c><00:11:38.899><c> simply</c><00:11:39.220><c> killing</c><00:11:39.519><c> the</c><00:11:39.799><c> Edomites</c><00:11:40.179><c> in</c><00:11:40.480><c> war,</c><00:11:41.460><c> the</c><00:11:41.539><c> army</c><00:11:41.820><c> of</c>

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Judah<00:11:42.240><c> took</c><00:11:42.539><c> 10</c><00:11:42.860><c>,000</c><00:11:43.200><c> prisoners.</c>

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And<00:11:44.659><c> threw</c><00:11:44.860><c> them</c><00:11:45.100><c> down</c><00:11:45.360><c> from</c><00:11:45.700><c> such</c><00:11:45.879><c> a</c><00:11:46.080><c> height</c><00:11:46.259><c> that</c><00:11:46.419><c> they</c><00:11:46.539><c> were</c>

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broken<00:11:47.059><c> in</c><00:11:47.340><c> pieces.</c>

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The<00:11:49.759><c> problem</c><00:11:50.100><c> here,</c><00:11:50.480><c> brothers</c><00:11:50.559><c> and</c><00:11:50.799><c> sisters,</c><00:11:51.100><c> is</c><00:11:51.220><c> that</c><00:11:51.440><c> Amaziah</c><00:11:51.919><c> really</c><00:11:52.220><c> didn't</c><00:11:52.500><c> know</c>

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how<00:11:53.120><c> to</c><00:11:53.360><c> distinguish</c><00:11:53.740><c> between</c><00:11:54.220><c> discretion</c><00:11:54.779><c> and</c><00:11:55.080><c> outrage.</c>

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And<00:11:56.519><c> it</c><00:11:56.759><c> served</c><00:11:56.940><c> to</c><00:11:57.220><c> inflame</c><00:11:57.500><c> the</c><00:11:57.740><c> spirit</c><00:11:57.940><c> of</c><00:11:58.179><c> revenge</c><00:11:58.539><c> with</c>

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the<00:11:58.919><c> Edomites</c><00:11:59.480><c> all</c><00:11:59.799><c> throughout</c><00:12:00.080><c> history.</c>

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Back<00:12:03.179><c> in</c><00:12:03.399><c> 2</c><00:12:03.620><c> Kings</c><00:12:03.980><c> 14,</c><00:12:04.600><c> verse</c><00:12:04.779><c> 7,</c><00:12:05.379><c> it</c><00:12:05.500><c> says,</c>

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He<00:12:06.019><c> slew</c><00:12:06.440><c> of</c><00:12:06.679><c> Edom</c><00:12:06.799><c> in</c><00:12:07.019><c> the</c><00:12:07.179><c> valley</c><00:12:07.440><c> of</c><00:12:07.720><c> salt,</c><00:12:08.320><c> 10</c><00:12:08.659><c>,000,</c><00:12:09.720><c> and</c><00:12:09.820><c> took</c><00:12:10.059><c> Seila</c><00:12:10.559><c> by</c>

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war,<00:12:11.440><c> and</c><00:12:11.539><c> called</c><00:12:11.720><c> the</c><00:12:11.840><c> name</c><00:12:12.159><c> of</c><00:12:12.759><c> Joctheo</c><00:12:13.379><c> unto</c><00:12:13.759><c> this</c><00:12:14.080><c> day.</c>

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And<00:12:15.820><c> that</c><00:12:16.000><c> term</c><00:12:16.200><c> Joctheo</c><00:12:16.720><c> means</c><00:12:17.019><c> the</c><00:12:17.279><c> veneration</c><00:12:17.759><c> of</c><00:12:17.960><c> God.</c>

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Which<00:12:19.460><c> we</c><00:12:19.639><c> will</c><00:12:19.820><c> find</c><00:12:20.019><c> is</c><00:12:20.220><c> a</c><00:12:20.259><c> very</c><00:12:20.600><c> ironic</c><00:12:20.960><c> term</c><00:12:21.580><c> in</c><00:12:22.740><c> the</c><00:12:22.860><c> case</c>

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of<00:12:23.320><c> Amaziah.</c>

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Back<00:12:26.179><c> in</c><00:12:26.340><c> verse</c><00:12:26.539><c> 13</c><00:12:26.960><c> of</c><00:12:27.179><c> 2</c><00:12:27.419><c> Chronicles</c><00:12:27.879><c> 25,</c>

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Amaziah's<00:12:29.929><c> victory</c><00:12:30.190><c> against</c><00:12:30.490><c> Edom</c><00:12:30.669><c> was</c><00:12:31.009><c> marred</c><00:12:31.370><c> when</c><00:12:31.529><c> the</c><00:12:31.769><c> Israelite</c><00:12:32.149><c> mercenaries</c><00:12:32.649><c> decided</c><00:12:33.149><c> to</c>

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come<00:12:33.830><c> back</c><00:12:34.090><c> and</c><00:12:34.230><c> take</c><00:12:34.429><c> the</c><00:12:34.690><c> spoil</c><00:12:35.029><c> that</c><00:12:35.710><c> they</c><00:12:35.990><c> were</c><00:12:36.250><c> denied</c><00:12:36.690><c> from</c><00:12:36.990><c> the</c><00:12:37.090><c> cities</c><00:12:38.049><c> of</c><00:12:38.289><c> Judah.</c>

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We<00:12:39.889><c> read</c><00:12:40.070><c> that</c><00:12:40.250><c> they</c><00:12:40.710><c> fell</c><00:12:40.990><c> upon</c><00:12:41.370><c> the</c><00:12:41.610><c> cities</c><00:12:41.769><c> of</c><00:12:42.009><c> Judah</c><00:12:42.809><c> unto</c><00:12:44.049><c> Bethhoron.</c>

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And<00:12:45.769><c> Bethhoron</c><00:12:46.250><c> means</c><00:12:46.570><c> house</c><00:12:46.870><c> of</c><00:12:47.210><c> hollowness.</c>

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And<00:12:48.830><c> we</c><00:12:48.909><c> can</c><00:12:49.110><c> see</c><00:12:49.269><c> how</c><00:12:49.649><c> Amaziah's</c><00:12:50.330><c> success</c><00:12:50.610><c> in</c><00:12:50.809><c> Edom</c><00:12:50.990><c> was</c><00:12:51.210><c> turned</c><00:12:51.450><c> into</c>

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a<00:12:51.950><c> whole</c><00:12:52.149><c> victory.</c>

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A<00:12:53.289><c> meaningless</c><00:12:53.669><c> victory</c><00:12:54.330><c> as</c><00:12:54.950><c> his</c><00:12:55.090><c> own</c><00:12:55.330><c> land</c><00:12:55.669><c> has</c><00:12:55.970><c> now</c><00:12:56.190><c> become</c><00:12:56.529><c> scorched.</c>

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And<00:12:59.309><c> then</c><00:12:59.549><c> something</c><00:12:59.850><c> happens</c><00:13:00.289><c> that</c><00:13:00.529><c> seems</c><00:13:01.450><c> almost</c><00:13:01.950><c> unbelievable.</c>

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Almost<00:13:04.909><c> impossible</c><00:13:05.470><c> that</c><00:13:05.690><c> someone</c><00:13:05.970><c> having</c><00:13:06.230><c> experienced</c><00:13:06.870><c> the</c>

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power<00:13:07.350><c> of</c><00:13:07.590><c> God</c><00:13:08.149><c> in</c><00:13:08.570><c> defeating</c><00:13:08.929><c> Edom</c><00:13:09.450><c> would</c><00:13:10.309><c> not</c><00:13:10.769><c> thank</c><00:13:11.029><c> him</c>

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and<00:13:12.509><c> recognize</c><00:13:13.029><c> his</c><00:13:13.350><c> absolute</c><00:13:14.009><c> omnipotence.</c>

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How<00:13:15.909><c> much</c><00:13:16.149><c> more</c><00:13:16.370><c> impossible</c><00:13:16.850><c> would</c><00:13:17.110><c> verse</c><00:13:17.389><c> 14</c><00:13:17.909><c> be</c><00:13:18.250><c> of</c><00:13:18.470><c> 2</c><00:13:18.690><c> Chronicles</c><00:13:19.049><c> 25?</c>

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Now<00:13:20.649><c> it</c><00:13:20.850><c> came</c><00:13:21.110><c> to</c><00:13:21.350><c> pass</c><00:13:21.590><c> after</c><00:13:21.929><c> that</c><00:13:22.190><c> Amaziah</c><00:13:22.610><c> was</c><00:13:22.870><c> come</c><00:13:23.009><c> from</c>

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the<00:13:23.429><c> slaughter</c><00:13:23.669><c> of</c><00:13:23.850><c> the</c><00:13:23.990><c> Edomites,</c>

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that<00:13:24.889><c> he</c><00:13:25.070><c> brought</c><00:13:25.309><c> the</c><00:13:25.529><c> gods</c><00:13:25.750><c> of</c><00:13:25.950><c> the</c><00:13:26.129><c> children</c><00:13:26.389><c> of</c><00:13:26.750><c> Seir</c><00:13:26.990><c> and</c>

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set<00:13:27.870><c> them</c><00:13:28.070><c> up</c><00:13:28.250><c> to</c><00:13:28.409><c> be</c><00:13:28.610><c> his</c><00:13:29.009><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:13:30.350><c> he</c><00:13:30.549><c> bowed</c><00:13:30.730><c> down</c><00:13:31.029><c> himself</c><00:13:31.450><c> before</c><00:13:31.889><c> them</c><00:13:32.190><c> and</c><00:13:32.470><c> burned</c><00:13:32.649><c> incense</c><00:13:33.029><c> unto</c><00:13:33.330><c> them.</c>

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How<00:13:35.470><c> incredible</c><00:13:35.909><c> it</c><00:13:36.190><c> was</c><00:13:36.509><c> that</c><00:13:36.750><c> Amaziah</c><00:13:37.250><c> knowing</c><00:13:37.610><c> that</c><00:13:37.809><c> the</c>

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false<00:13:38.230><c> gods</c><00:13:38.429><c> of</c><00:13:38.629><c> Edom</c><00:13:38.789><c> had</c><00:13:39.029><c> not</c><00:13:39.389><c> saved</c><00:13:39.610><c> the</c><00:13:39.870><c> army,</c>

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have<00:13:40.929><c> not</c><00:13:41.230><c> saved</c><00:13:41.450><c> the</c><00:13:41.610><c> nation</c><00:13:41.750><c> from</c><00:13:41.950><c> this</c><00:13:42.190><c> army,</c><00:13:42.549><c> from</c><00:13:42.750><c> the</c><00:13:43.009><c> attack.</c>

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Knowing<00:13:43.970><c> that</c><00:13:44.129><c> it</c><00:13:44.250><c> was</c><00:13:44.409><c> God's</c><00:13:44.870><c> victory</c><00:13:45.370><c> against</c><00:13:45.870><c> them.</c>

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He<00:13:46.850><c> actually</c><00:13:47.269><c> has</c><00:13:47.590><c> the</c><00:13:47.750><c> nerve</c><00:13:48.070><c> to</c><00:13:48.289><c> bring</c><00:13:48.509><c> back</c><00:13:48.809><c> Edom's</c><00:13:49.309><c> gods</c>

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and<00:13:50.570><c> to</c><00:13:50.769><c> worship</c><00:13:51.029><c> them</c><00:13:51.750><c> and</c><00:13:52.269><c> all</c><00:13:52.450><c> of</c><00:13:52.610><c> Judah</c><00:13:52.809><c> to</c><00:13:53.129><c> worship.</c>

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He<00:13:55.129><c> bowed</c><00:13:55.350><c> down</c><00:13:55.610><c> to</c><00:13:55.750><c> gods</c><00:13:56.090><c> of</c><00:13:56.389><c> stone</c><00:13:56.809><c> and</c><00:13:57.149><c> burned</c><00:13:57.370><c> incense</c><00:13:57.950><c> or</c>

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prayed<00:13:58.809><c> before</c><00:13:59.710><c> them.</c>

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We<00:14:00.990><c> know</c><00:14:01.190><c> that's</c><00:14:01.470><c> a</c><00:14:01.509><c> type</c><00:14:01.710><c> of</c><00:14:01.889><c> prayer</c><00:14:02.049><c> from</c><00:14:02.470><c> Psalms</c><00:14:02.850><c> 141</c><00:14:03.490><c> and</c>

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verse<00:14:04.850><c> 2.</c>

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Let<00:14:05.269><c> my</c><00:14:05.570><c> prayer</c><00:14:05.789><c> be</c><00:14:06.049><c> set</c><00:14:06.370><c> forth</c><00:14:07.029><c> before</c><00:14:07.850><c> thee</c><00:14:08.049><c> as</c><00:14:08.330><c> insects.</c>

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This<00:14:09.830><c> became</c><00:14:10.190><c> prayer</c><00:14:10.929><c> to</c><00:14:11.870><c> wooden</c><00:14:12.190><c> stone.</c>

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Is<00:14:14.909><c> it</c><00:14:15.070><c> possible</c><00:14:15.490><c> brothers</c><00:14:15.809><c> and</c><00:14:16.049><c> sisters</c><00:14:16.210><c> that</c><00:14:16.389><c> this</c><00:14:16.610><c> was</c><00:14:16.889><c> some</c><00:14:17.149><c> sort</c><00:14:17.450><c> of</c>

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revenge<00:14:17.950><c> against</c><00:14:18.289><c> God?</c>

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Because<00:14:19.970><c> when</c><00:14:20.230><c> the</c><00:14:20.450><c> Israelite</c><00:14:20.769><c> mercenaries,</c><00:14:21.929><c> what</c><00:14:22.090><c> they</c><00:14:22.289><c> had</c>

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done<00:14:22.610><c> to</c><00:14:22.850><c> Judah</c><00:14:23.149><c> in</c><00:14:23.509><c> their</c><00:14:23.710><c> anger</c><00:14:23.889><c> at</c><00:14:24.110><c> having</c><00:14:24.269><c> been</c><00:14:24.490><c> sent</c><00:14:24.750><c> home,</c>

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he<00:14:26.370><c> seemed</c><00:14:26.549><c> to</c><00:14:26.710><c> have</c><00:14:26.970><c> followed</c><00:14:27.350><c> what</c><00:14:27.789><c> he</c><00:14:27.950><c> should</c><00:14:28.110><c> have</c><00:14:28.309><c> done.</c>

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But<00:14:29.330><c> when</c><00:14:29.509><c> this</c><00:14:29.789><c> happened,</c><00:14:30.750><c> maybe</c><00:14:30.990><c> he</c><00:14:31.129><c> was</c><00:14:31.409><c> second</c><00:14:31.769><c> guessing</c>

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that<00:14:32.370><c> decision,</c><00:14:33.309><c> that</c><00:14:33.450><c> having</c><00:14:33.690><c> trusting</c><00:14:34.070><c> in</c><00:14:34.309><c> God.</c>

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Was<00:14:36.090><c> it</c><00:14:36.269><c> perhaps</c><00:14:36.570><c> Amaziah's</c><00:14:37.190><c> way</c><00:14:37.370><c> of</c><00:14:37.570><c> saying</c><00:14:37.769><c> that</c><00:14:37.990><c> he</c><00:14:38.129><c> should</c>

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have<00:14:38.549><c> ignored</c><00:14:38.850><c> God's</c><00:14:39.370><c> counsel</c><00:14:39.610><c> and</c><00:14:39.830><c> gone</c><00:14:40.029><c> ahead</c><00:14:40.269><c> with</c><00:14:40.429><c> his</c>

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own<00:14:40.870><c> plans?</c>

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Since<00:14:42.309><c> it</c><00:14:42.809><c> has</c><00:14:43.230><c> cost</c><00:14:43.509><c> him</c><00:14:43.750><c> so</c><00:14:44.070><c> dearly.</c>

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How<00:14:46.330><c> do</c><00:14:46.509><c> we</c><00:14:46.710><c> react</c><00:14:47.029><c> to</c><00:14:47.230><c> counsel</c><00:14:47.610><c> when</c><00:14:47.870><c> the</c><00:14:48.149><c> result</c><00:14:48.309><c> seems</c><00:14:48.629><c> so</c>

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pleasant<00:14:49.330><c> or</c><00:14:50.289><c> unpleasant?</c>

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Amaziah<00:14:52.909><c> was</c><00:14:53.269><c> skillful</c><00:14:53.870><c> at</c><00:14:54.090><c> angering</c><00:14:54.549><c> others.</c>

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He<00:14:56.409><c> first</c><00:14:56.730><c> angered</c><00:14:57.090><c> the</c><00:14:57.210><c> army</c><00:14:57.429><c> of</c><00:14:57.570><c> Israel</c><00:14:57.830><c> because</c><00:14:58.149><c> of</c><00:14:58.309><c> his</c>

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rashness<00:14:58.990><c> and</c><00:14:59.210><c> not</c><00:14:59.529><c> having</c><00:15:00.009><c> consulted</c><00:15:00.509><c> God.</c>

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That<00:15:01.549><c> event</c><00:15:01.789><c> probably</c><00:15:02.149><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:02.350><c> have</c><00:15:02.590><c> happened</c><00:15:02.789><c> had</c><00:15:02.990><c> he</c><00:15:03.190><c> consulted.</c>

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And<00:15:05.549><c> then</c><00:15:05.649><c> we</c><00:15:05.789><c> see</c><00:15:05.909><c> that</c><00:15:06.090><c> he</c><00:15:06.289><c> angers</c><00:15:06.549><c> Edom</c><00:15:06.990><c> with</c><00:15:08.169><c> his</c><00:15:08.450><c> rashness</c>

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and<00:15:09.470><c> taking</c><00:15:09.769><c> it</c><00:15:09.950><c> too</c><00:15:10.230><c> far.</c>

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And<00:15:11.549><c> now</c><00:15:11.769><c> in</c><00:15:11.929><c> verse</c><00:15:12.190><c> 15,</c><00:15:12.750><c> God</c><00:15:12.950><c> is</c><00:15:13.210><c> angry</c><00:15:13.750><c> because</c><00:15:14.590><c> of</c><00:15:14.769><c> his</c><00:15:15.309><c> inexplicable</c><00:15:16.210><c> actions</c><00:15:16.909><c> in</c>

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taking<00:15:17.450><c> the</c><00:15:17.710><c> gods</c><00:15:17.929><c> of</c><00:15:18.129><c> Edom</c><00:15:18.250><c> home.</c>

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And<00:15:21.070><c> so</c><00:15:21.169><c> what</c><00:15:21.330><c> happens</c><00:15:21.629><c> in</c><00:15:21.789><c> verse</c><00:15:22.070><c> 15?</c>

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God<00:15:23.129><c> sends</c><00:15:23.830><c> again</c><00:15:24.669><c> another</c><00:15:26.049><c> person,</c><00:15:26.789><c> this</c><00:15:27.009><c> time</c><00:15:27.190><c> a</c><00:15:27.450><c> prophet</c>

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to<00:15:28.049><c> Amaziah.</c>

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Instead<00:15:29.769><c> of</c><00:15:30.049><c> warning</c><00:15:30.649><c> and</c><00:15:31.269><c> advising</c><00:15:31.750><c> him</c><00:15:32.029><c> now,</c><00:15:32.830><c> now</c><00:15:33.190><c> he's</c><00:15:33.570><c> only</c><00:15:33.889><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:15:34.450><c> an</c><00:15:34.629><c> edict.</c>

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And<00:15:36.509><c> he</c><00:15:36.730><c> begins</c><00:15:37.049><c> to</c><00:15:37.370><c> speak</c><00:15:37.509><c> to</c><00:15:37.730><c> the</c><00:15:37.809><c> king</c><00:15:37.970><c> in</c><00:15:38.110><c> verse</c><00:15:38.409><c> 15.</c>

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Wherefore<00:15:40.029><c> the</c><00:15:40.210><c> anger</c><00:15:40.429><c> of</c><00:15:40.570><c> the</c><00:15:40.690><c> Lord</c><00:15:40.830><c> was</c><00:15:41.129><c> kindled</c><00:15:41.509><c> against</c><00:15:41.830><c> Amaziah,</c><00:15:42.570><c> and</c><00:15:42.669><c> he</c><00:15:42.870><c> sent</c><00:15:43.049><c> unto</c><00:15:43.289><c> him</c><00:15:43.470><c> a</c>

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prophet<00:15:44.009><c> which</c><00:15:44.309><c> said</c><00:15:44.509><c> unto</c><00:15:44.730><c> him,</c>

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Why<00:15:46.090><c> hast</c><00:15:46.409><c> thou</c><00:15:46.549><c> sought</c><00:15:46.830><c> after</c><00:15:47.110><c> the</c><00:15:47.309><c> gods</c><00:15:47.470><c> of</c><00:15:47.610><c> the</c><00:15:47.750><c> people,</c><00:15:48.750><c> which</c><00:15:48.929><c> could</c><00:15:49.190><c> not</c><00:15:49.389><c> deliver</c><00:15:49.710><c> their</c><00:15:49.909><c> own</c><00:15:50.129><c> people</c><00:15:50.409><c> out</c><00:15:50.590><c> of</c>

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thine<00:15:50.909><c> hand?</c>

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But<00:15:53.169><c> notice</c><00:15:53.429><c> what</c><00:15:53.649><c> Amaziah</c><00:15:54.129><c> does.</c>

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The<00:15:56.509><c> king</c><00:15:56.750><c> quickly</c><00:15:57.490><c> cuts</c><00:15:57.909><c> off</c><00:15:58.129><c> the</c><00:15:58.350><c> prophet</c><00:15:58.629><c> mid</c><00:15:58.970><c>-sentence.</c>

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I'm<00:16:01.350><c> going</c><00:16:01.490><c> to</c><00:16:01.549><c> read</c><00:16:01.690><c> to</c><00:16:01.769><c> you</c><00:16:01.830><c> from</c><00:16:02.029><c> the</c><00:16:02.210><c> RSV</c><00:16:02.750><c> for</c><00:16:02.909><c> verse</c><00:16:03.129><c> 16</c><00:16:03.570><c> here</c><00:16:03.850><c> because</c><00:16:04.049><c> it</c>

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paints<00:16:04.570><c> the</c><00:16:04.789><c> picture</c><00:16:04.970><c> just</c><00:16:05.250><c> slightly</c><00:16:05.509><c> better.</c>

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It<00:16:06.529><c> tells</c><00:16:06.830><c> us,</c><00:16:07.470><c> But</c><00:16:07.470><c> as</c><00:16:08.049><c> he</c><00:16:08.190><c> was</c><00:16:08.429><c> speaking,</c><00:16:09.289><c> the</c><00:16:09.350><c> king</c><00:16:09.570><c> said</c><00:16:09.850><c> to</c>

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him,<00:16:10.389><c> Have</c><00:16:10.549><c> we</c><00:16:10.789><c> made</c><00:16:10.929><c> you</c><00:16:11.149><c> a</c><00:16:11.269><c> royal</c><00:16:11.490><c> counselor?</c><00:16:12.830><c> Stop!</c><00:16:14.129><c> Why</c><00:16:14.350><c> should</c><00:16:14.570><c> you</c><00:16:14.750><c> be</c>

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put<00:16:15.049><c> to</c><00:16:15.190><c> death?</c>

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So<00:16:16.929><c> the</c><00:16:17.149><c> prophet</c><00:16:17.389><c> stopped</c><00:16:18.149><c> and</c><00:16:18.710><c> said,</c><00:16:19.230><c> I</c><00:16:19.409><c> know</c><00:16:19.649><c> that</c><00:16:19.830><c> God</c><00:16:19.990><c> has</c>

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determined<00:16:20.549><c> to</c><00:16:20.809><c> destroy</c><00:16:21.070><c> you</c><00:16:21.549><c> because</c><00:16:21.909><c> you</c><00:16:22.070><c> have</c><00:16:22.250><c> done</c><00:16:22.409><c> this</c>

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and<00:16:22.789><c> have</c><00:16:23.029><c> not</c><00:16:23.210><c> listened</c><00:16:23.450><c> to</c><00:16:23.649><c> my</c><00:16:23.809><c> counsel.</c>

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So<00:16:26.590><c> we</c><00:16:26.769><c> see</c><00:16:26.889><c> that</c><00:16:27.049><c> the</c><00:16:27.190><c> king</c><00:16:27.269><c> not</c><00:16:27.490><c> only</c><00:16:27.690><c> has</c><00:16:27.909><c> the</c><00:16:28.049><c> nerve</c><00:16:28.190><c> to</c><00:16:28.370><c> cut</c>

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off<00:16:28.710><c> the</c><00:16:28.929><c> prophet</c><00:16:29.149><c> in</c><00:16:29.370><c> the</c><00:16:29.490><c> middle</c><00:16:29.629><c> of</c><00:16:29.769><c> what</c><00:16:29.909><c> he</c><00:16:30.049><c> was</c><00:16:30.250><c> saying,</c>

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but<00:16:31.590><c> also</c><00:16:31.870><c> to</c><00:16:32.090><c> advise</c><00:16:32.409><c> him</c><00:16:32.690><c> that</c><00:16:32.850><c> he</c><00:16:33.009><c> was</c><00:16:33.289><c> not</c><00:16:33.490><c> even</c><00:16:33.730><c> authorized</c><00:16:34.149><c> to</c><00:16:34.409><c> speak</c>

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to<00:16:34.710><c> him.</c>

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His<00:16:36.610><c> pride</c><00:16:37.009><c> made</c><00:16:37.230><c> it</c><00:16:37.409><c> impossible</c><00:16:38.110><c> to</c><00:16:38.789><c> listen</c><00:16:39.149><c> to</c><00:16:39.350><c> the</c><00:16:39.509><c> rebuke.</c>

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In<00:16:41.490><c> Proverbs</c><00:16:41.830><c> 29</c><00:16:42.330><c> verse</c><00:16:42.629><c> 1</c><00:16:42.889><c> tells</c><00:16:43.169><c> us,</c><00:16:43.970><c> He</c><00:16:44.190><c> that</c><00:16:44.870><c> being</c><00:16:45.169><c> often</c>

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reproved<00:16:46.210><c> hardeneth</c><00:16:47.429><c> his</c><00:16:47.710><c> neck,</c><00:16:48.149><c> shall</c><00:16:48.269><c> suddenly</c><00:16:48.629><c> be</c><00:16:48.850><c> destroyed,</c><00:16:49.350><c> and</c>

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that<00:16:49.610><c> without</c><00:16:49.909><c> remedy.</c>

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How<00:16:52.389><c> can</c><00:16:52.570><c> God</c><00:16:52.769><c> work</c><00:16:53.029><c> with</c><00:16:53.269><c> such</c><00:16:53.409><c> a</c><00:16:53.590><c> man?</c>

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And<00:16:55.669><c> to</c><00:16:55.809><c> top</c><00:16:55.970><c> it</c><00:16:56.110><c> all</c><00:16:56.309><c> off,</c><00:16:56.570><c> Amaziah</c><00:16:57.129><c> actually</c><00:16:57.629><c> threatens</c><00:16:57.970><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:16:58.549><c> of</c><00:16:58.710><c> God.</c><00:16:59.549><c> Stop!</c><00:17:00.529><c> Why</c><00:17:00.809><c> should</c><00:17:00.990><c> you</c><00:17:01.149><c> be</c><00:17:01.309><c> put</c><00:17:01.470><c> to</c><00:17:01.629><c> death?</c>

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In<00:17:05.430><c> verse</c><00:17:05.630><c> 17,</c><00:17:07.349><c> Amaziah</c><00:17:08.049><c> now</c><00:17:08.730><c> sought</c><00:17:09.150><c> for</c><00:17:09.410><c> advice,</c><00:17:09.990><c> but</c><00:17:10.170><c> again</c>

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not<00:17:11.369><c> from</c><00:17:11.589><c> God.</c>

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He<00:17:13.690><c> then</c><00:17:13.930><c> told</c><00:17:14.190><c> King</c><00:17:14.529><c> Jeholash</c><00:17:15.049><c> of</c><00:17:15.250><c> Israel</c><00:17:15.730><c> in</c><00:17:15.890><c> verse</c><00:17:16.089><c> 17,</c><00:17:16.670><c> Come,</c><00:17:17.369><c> let</c>

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us<00:17:17.730><c> see</c><00:17:17.990><c> one</c><00:17:18.230><c> another</c><00:17:18.490><c> in</c><00:17:18.789><c> the</c><00:17:18.809><c> face.</c>

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We<00:17:19.970><c> can</c><00:17:20.190><c> see</c><00:17:20.329><c> the</c><00:17:20.569><c> arrogance</c><00:17:20.890><c> and</c><00:17:21.069><c> the</c><00:17:21.250><c> pride</c><00:17:21.490><c> building</c><00:17:22.089><c> up,</c><00:17:22.809><c> a</c>

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bold<00:17:23.210><c> invitation</c><00:17:23.789><c> for</c><00:17:24.130><c> war.</c>

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Amaziah<00:17:26.470><c> felt</c><00:17:26.730><c> confident</c><00:17:27.329><c> after</c><00:17:27.890><c> the</c><00:17:28.089><c> victory</c><00:17:28.650><c> of</c><00:17:29.230><c> Edom</c><00:17:29.869><c> and</c>

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may<00:17:30.549><c> have</c><00:17:30.730><c> wanted</c><00:17:31.009><c> revenge</c><00:17:31.369><c> for</c><00:17:31.609><c> the</c><00:17:31.849><c> attack</c><00:17:32.269><c> by</c><00:17:32.670><c> the</c><00:17:32.829><c> mercenaries.</c>

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And<00:17:34.529><c> he</c><00:17:34.670><c> was</c><00:17:34.890><c> listening</c><00:17:35.250><c> to</c><00:17:35.529><c> man's</c><00:17:35.970><c> advice.</c><00:17:36.829><c> This</c><00:17:37.049><c> is</c><00:17:37.250><c> the</c><00:17:37.369><c> right</c><00:17:37.529><c> time</c><00:17:37.829><c> politically</c><00:17:38.329><c> to</c>

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bring<00:17:38.809><c> Israel</c><00:17:39.109><c> to</c><00:17:39.329><c> heel.</c><00:17:39.809><c> Let's</c><00:17:40.289><c> go</c><00:17:40.450><c> fight</c><00:17:40.630><c> Israel.</c>

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Then<00:17:43.549><c> we</c><00:17:43.769><c> read</c><00:17:43.950><c> a</c><00:17:44.170><c> very</c><00:17:44.390><c> interesting</c><00:17:44.809><c> parable,</c><00:17:45.490><c> starting</c><00:17:45.730><c> at</c>

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verse<00:17:46.190><c> 18,</c><00:17:46.849><c> given</c><00:17:47.089><c> by</c><00:17:47.349><c> King</c><00:17:47.589><c> Jeholash</c><00:17:48.190><c> of</c><00:17:48.450><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:17:49.910><c> says,</c><00:17:50.329><c> The</c><00:17:50.369><c> thistle</c><00:17:50.910><c> that</c><00:17:51.049><c> was</c><00:17:51.289><c> in</c><00:17:51.490><c> Lebanon</c><00:17:51.829><c> sent</c><00:17:52.210><c> to</c><00:17:52.410><c> the</c>

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cedar<00:17:52.910><c> that</c><00:17:53.049><c> was</c><00:17:53.289><c> in</c><00:17:53.490><c> Lebanon,</c><00:17:54.109><c> saying,</c>

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Give<00:17:54.990><c> thy</c><00:17:55.230><c> daughter</c><00:17:55.829><c> to</c><00:17:56.730><c> my</c><00:17:56.990><c> son</c><00:17:57.309><c> to</c><00:17:57.549><c> wife.</c><00:17:58.509><c> And</c><00:17:58.750><c> there</c><00:17:58.930><c> passed</c>

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by<00:17:59.430><c> a</c><00:17:59.630><c> wild</c><00:17:59.869><c> beast</c><00:18:00.269><c> that</c><00:18:00.549><c> was</c><00:18:00.750><c> in</c><00:18:00.950><c> Lebanon,</c><00:18:01.450><c> and</c><00:18:01.569><c> trod</c><00:18:01.750><c> down</c>

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the<00:18:02.369><c> thistle.</c>

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And<00:18:04.430><c> the</c><00:18:04.529><c> word</c><00:18:04.750><c> here</c><00:18:04.930><c> for</c><00:18:05.109><c> thistle</c><00:18:05.589><c> is</c><00:18:05.890><c> just</c><00:18:06.269><c> that.</c><00:18:06.529><c> It</c><00:18:06.690><c> indicates</c><00:18:07.150><c> to</c><00:18:07.450><c> pierce,</c><00:18:08.349><c> a</c><00:18:08.529><c> thorn.</c>

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And<00:18:09.930><c> this</c><00:18:10.109><c> was</c><00:18:10.390><c> a</c><00:18:10.509><c> fitting</c><00:18:10.670><c> description</c><00:18:11.170><c> of</c><00:18:11.450><c> Amaziah.</c><00:18:12.049><c> He</c><00:18:12.069><c> was</c>

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a<00:18:12.509><c> prickly</c><00:18:12.869><c> character</c><00:18:13.269><c> with</c><00:18:13.630><c> aspirations</c><00:18:14.289><c> beyond</c><00:18:14.710><c> his</c><00:18:14.990><c> ability.</c>

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Jeholash<00:18:17.210><c> speaks</c><00:18:17.549><c> of</c><00:18:17.769><c> judgment</c><00:18:18.190><c> on</c><00:18:18.450><c> Amaziah.</c><00:18:20.410><c> He</c><00:18:20.670><c> represents</c>

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himself<00:18:21.450><c> by</c><00:18:21.670><c> the</c><00:18:21.869><c> wild</c><00:18:22.150><c> beast</c><00:18:22.549><c> in</c><00:18:23.190><c> Lebanon.</c>

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And<00:18:25.430><c> Jeholash</c><00:18:25.809><c> knew</c><00:18:26.029><c> that</c><00:18:26.269><c> Amaziah's</c><00:18:26.890><c> pride</c><00:18:27.049><c> had</c><00:18:27.250><c> been</c><00:18:27.430><c> lifted</c><00:18:27.609><c> up</c><00:18:27.869><c> after</c><00:18:28.130><c> the</c><00:18:28.349><c> victory</c><00:18:28.650><c> over</c><00:18:29.009><c> Edom</c><00:18:29.230><c> in</c>

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verse<00:18:29.650><c> 19.</c>

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But<00:18:31.130><c> we</c><00:18:31.329><c> see</c><00:18:31.569><c> that</c><00:18:31.750><c> all</c><00:18:31.950><c> this</c><00:18:32.529><c> came</c><00:18:33.130><c> about</c><00:18:33.769><c> because</c><00:18:34.589><c> God</c><00:18:35.049><c> was</c>

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setting<00:18:35.589><c> the</c><00:18:35.890><c> stage</c><00:18:36.269><c> for</c><00:18:36.730><c> judgment</c><00:18:37.190><c> upon</c><00:18:37.589><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:18:39.950><c> it</c><00:18:40.029><c> says</c><00:18:40.250><c> in</c><00:18:40.329><c> verse</c><00:18:40.549><c> 20</c><00:18:40.829><c> that</c><00:18:41.009><c> it</c><00:18:41.130><c> was</c><00:18:41.450><c> because</c><00:18:42.130><c> they</c><00:18:42.470><c> sought</c><00:18:42.869><c> after</c><00:18:43.329><c> the</c>

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gods<00:18:43.750><c> of</c><00:18:44.009><c> Edom.</c>

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And<00:18:45.750><c> notice</c><00:18:45.950><c> here,</c><00:18:46.269><c> brothers</c><00:18:46.430><c> and</c><00:18:46.549><c> sisters,</c><00:18:46.789><c> that</c><00:18:46.910><c> it</c><00:18:47.029><c> uses</c>

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the<00:18:47.470><c> term</c><00:18:47.730><c> they.</c>

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The<00:18:49.690><c> people</c><00:18:49.950><c> of</c><00:18:50.190><c> Judah</c><00:18:50.569><c> had</c><00:18:50.970><c> obviously</c><00:18:51.470><c> been</c><00:18:51.710><c> led</c><00:18:51.930><c> astray</c><00:18:52.250><c> by</c>

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King<00:18:52.910><c> Amaziah's</c><00:18:53.670><c> example.</c>

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So<00:18:55.289><c> many</c><00:18:55.589><c> times</c><00:18:55.950><c> in</c><00:18:56.130><c> scripture</c><00:18:56.450><c> we</c><00:18:56.670><c> read</c><00:18:56.910><c> of</c><00:18:57.490><c> the</c><00:18:57.849><c> obvious</c><00:18:58.230><c> responsibility</c><00:18:59.029><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:59.470><c> leaders</c><00:18:59.730><c> and</c><00:18:59.930><c> the</c><00:19:00.130><c> elders</c><00:19:00.430><c> that</c><00:19:01.009><c> caused</c><00:19:01.289><c> the</c><00:19:01.509><c> people</c><00:19:01.670><c> to</c>

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err<00:19:02.089><c> by</c><00:19:02.309><c> their</c><00:19:02.529><c> example.</c>

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Judah<00:19:05.250><c> was</c><00:19:05.549><c> easily</c><00:19:06.029><c> defeated</c><00:19:06.650><c> by</c><00:19:07.009><c> Israel.</c>

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In<00:19:08.789><c> verse</c><00:19:08.990><c> 23</c><00:19:09.430><c> we</c><00:19:09.630><c> see</c><00:19:09.829><c> that</c><00:19:10.049><c> the</c><00:19:10.150><c> wall</c><00:19:10.369><c> of</c><00:19:10.630><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:10.890><c> was</c><00:19:11.230><c> broken</c><00:19:11.490><c> down</c><00:19:11.829><c> from</c><00:19:12.049><c> the</c>

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gate<00:19:12.349><c> of</c><00:19:12.549><c> Ephraim</c><00:19:13.150><c> to</c><00:19:13.569><c> the</c><00:19:13.789><c> corner</c><00:19:14.009><c> gate.</c>

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And<00:19:16.250><c> Jehoash,</c><00:19:17.269><c> the</c><00:19:17.509><c> king</c><00:19:17.710><c> of</c><00:19:17.809><c> Israel,</c><00:19:18.289><c> took</c><00:19:18.369><c> Amaziah</c><00:19:18.910><c> king</c><00:19:19.109><c> of</c>

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Judah,<00:19:20.410><c> the</c><00:19:20.490><c> son</c><00:19:20.670><c> of</c><00:19:20.829><c> Jehoash,</c><00:19:21.569><c> the</c><00:19:21.650><c> son</c><00:19:21.930><c> of</c><00:19:22.089><c> Jehoaz,</c><00:19:23.049><c> at</c><00:19:23.309><c> Beth</c><00:19:23.549><c> Shemesh,</c>

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and<00:19:24.710><c> brought</c><00:19:24.849><c> him</c><00:19:25.049><c> to</c><00:19:25.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:25.869><c> and</c><00:19:26.509><c> broke</c><00:19:26.769><c> down</c><00:19:27.029><c> the</c><00:19:27.130><c> wall</c>

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of<00:19:27.470><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:27.910><c> from</c><00:19:28.170><c> the</c><00:19:28.309><c> gate</c><00:19:28.490><c> of</c><00:19:28.670><c> Ephraim</c><00:19:29.549><c> to</c><00:19:29.930><c> the</c><00:19:30.150><c> corner</c>

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gate,<00:19:30.789><c> 400</c><00:19:31.250><c> cubits.</c>

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And<00:19:32.990><c> this</c><00:19:33.130><c> was</c><00:19:33.369><c> a</c><00:19:33.529><c> section</c><00:19:33.950><c> of</c><00:19:34.390><c> the</c><00:19:34.609><c> wall</c><00:19:34.829><c> facing</c><00:19:35.309><c> north.</c>

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It<00:19:36.869><c> was</c><00:19:37.069><c> a</c><00:19:37.190><c> symbolic</c><00:19:37.690><c> gesture</c><00:19:38.329><c> showing</c><00:19:38.990><c> the</c><00:19:39.289><c> humiliation</c><00:19:39.829><c> of</c>

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Amaziah<00:19:40.710><c> and</c><00:19:40.930><c> his</c><00:19:41.150><c> power.</c>

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Jehoash<00:19:43.710><c> obviously</c><00:19:44.109><c> broke</c><00:19:44.390><c> down</c><00:19:44.650><c> the</c><00:19:44.789><c> wall</c><00:19:44.950><c> at</c><00:19:45.150><c> the</c><00:19:45.250><c> gate</c><00:19:45.410><c> of</c>

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Ephraim<00:19:45.789><c> to</c><00:19:46.049><c> indicate</c><00:19:46.690><c> that</c><00:19:47.089><c> Amaziah</c><00:19:47.609><c> could</c><00:19:47.890><c> not</c><00:19:48.109><c> defend</c><00:19:48.369><c> himself</c><00:19:48.769><c> from</c><00:19:49.009><c> Ephraim</c><00:19:49.509><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:50.029><c> north.</c>

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We<00:19:52.329><c> then</c><00:19:52.569><c> see</c><00:19:52.769><c> that</c><00:19:53.130><c> Jehoash</c><00:19:53.789><c> takes</c><00:19:54.170><c> away</c><00:19:54.430><c> the</c><00:19:54.589><c> gold</c><00:19:54.890><c> and</c><00:19:55.049><c> silver</c><00:19:55.390><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:55.710><c> temple</c><00:19:55.990><c> treasury</c><00:19:56.630><c> of</c><00:19:57.549><c> which</c><00:19:58.049><c> Obed</c><00:19:58.549><c>-Edom</c><00:19:58.710><c> and</c><00:19:58.910><c> his</c><00:19:59.089><c> family</c>

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had<00:19:59.650><c> the</c><00:19:59.890><c> charge.</c>

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And<00:20:01.829><c> what's</c><00:20:02.109><c> interesting</c><00:20:02.529><c> is</c><00:20:02.890><c> that</c><00:20:03.190><c> name</c><00:20:03.509><c> Obed</c><00:20:04.029><c>-Edom,</c><00:20:05.289><c> meaning</c><00:20:05.470><c> servant</c><00:20:06.150><c> of</c><00:20:06.430><c> Edom,</c><00:20:07.390><c> which</c><00:20:07.630><c> is</c>

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what<00:20:07.970><c> Amaziah</c><00:20:08.430><c> had</c><00:20:08.650><c> become</c><00:20:09.190><c> in</c><00:20:09.730><c> serving</c><00:20:10.150><c> their</c><00:20:10.690><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:20:13.809><c> in</c><00:20:13.970><c> verse</c><00:20:14.210><c> 27</c><00:20:14.750><c> we</c><00:20:14.930><c> read</c><00:20:15.549><c> of</c><00:20:15.950><c> a</c><00:20:17.029><c> conspiracy</c><00:20:17.730><c> made</c><00:20:18.170><c> against</c>

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Amaziah<00:20:19.130><c> from</c><00:20:19.329><c> the</c><00:20:19.450><c> time</c><00:20:19.650><c> he</c><00:20:19.769><c> turned</c><00:20:20.069><c> away</c><00:20:20.289><c> from</c><00:20:20.490><c> God.</c>

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We<00:20:22.509><c> know</c><00:20:22.650><c> that</c><00:20:23.029><c> and</c><00:20:23.109><c> we</c><00:20:23.269><c> learn</c><00:20:23.410><c> that</c><00:20:23.670><c> Amaziah</c><00:20:24.109><c> had</c><00:20:24.390><c> turned</c><00:20:24.569><c> to</c>

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false<00:20:24.970><c> gods</c><00:20:25.269><c> just</c><00:20:25.549><c> prior</c><00:20:25.849><c> to</c><00:20:26.029><c> his</c><00:20:26.210><c> conflict</c><00:20:26.970><c> with</c><00:20:27.369><c> Jehoash.</c>

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Verse<00:20:29.809><c> 25</c><00:20:30.369><c> says</c><00:20:30.650><c> that</c><00:20:30.849><c> he</c><00:20:30.970><c> outlived</c><00:20:31.309><c> Jehoash</c><00:20:31.829><c> 15</c><00:20:32.289><c> years.</c>

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So<00:20:33.869><c> we</c><00:20:34.009><c> learn</c><00:20:34.150><c> a</c><00:20:34.289><c> few</c><00:20:34.410><c> things</c><00:20:34.670><c> here.</c><00:20:34.890><c> We</c><00:20:35.029><c> learn</c><00:20:35.210><c> that</c><00:20:35.450><c> Judah</c>

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was<00:20:36.230><c> divided</c><00:20:36.670><c> into</c><00:20:36.990><c> two</c><00:20:37.390><c> groups</c><00:20:37.970><c> when</c><00:20:38.470><c> Amaziah</c><00:20:38.990><c> apostatized.</c>

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There<00:20:40.710><c> were</c><00:20:40.869><c> those</c><00:20:41.069><c> that</c><00:20:41.230><c> wanted</c><00:20:41.589><c> his</c><00:20:41.890><c> downfall</c><00:20:42.430><c> now.</c>

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We<00:20:43.869><c> also</c><00:20:44.170><c> learn</c><00:20:44.329><c> that</c><00:20:44.529><c> it</c><00:20:44.569><c> appears</c><00:20:44.890><c> that</c><00:20:45.109><c> this</c><00:20:45.569><c> conspiracy</c><00:20:46.349><c> to</c>

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kill<00:20:47.670><c> him</c><00:20:47.849><c> lasted</c><00:20:48.230><c> for</c><00:20:48.509><c> 15</c><00:20:48.970><c> years.</c>

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Amaziah<00:20:52.150><c> then</c><00:20:52.490><c> flees</c><00:20:52.710><c> to</c><00:20:52.930><c> Lachish</c><00:20:53.549><c> where</c><00:20:54.390><c> the</c><00:20:54.529><c> men</c><00:20:54.750><c> who</c><00:20:54.970><c> wanted</c><00:20:55.170><c> him</c>

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dead<00:20:55.910><c> simply</c><00:20:56.470><c> sent</c><00:20:56.849><c> to</c><00:20:57.109><c> Lachish</c><00:20:57.549><c> after</c><00:20:57.950><c> him.</c>

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In<00:20:59.769><c> verse</c><00:21:00.009><c> 28,</c><00:21:01.069><c> and</c><00:21:01.190><c> slew</c><00:21:01.470><c> him</c><00:21:01.750><c> there.</c>

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They<00:21:03.549><c> were</c><00:21:03.769><c> allowed</c><00:21:04.009><c> into</c><00:21:04.250><c> the</c><00:21:04.490><c> city</c><00:21:04.670><c> and</c><00:21:04.869><c> allowed</c><00:21:05.069><c> to</c><00:21:05.230><c> kill</c>

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him.<00:21:05.630><c> There</c><00:21:05.750><c> was</c><00:21:05.930><c> no</c><00:21:06.170><c> opposition.</c>

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Amaziah<00:21:09.549><c> was</c><00:21:09.769><c> obviously</c><00:21:10.329><c> thought</c><00:21:10.569><c> of</c><00:21:10.690><c> as</c><00:21:10.849><c> an</c><00:21:11.150><c> embarrassment</c>

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to<00:21:11.910><c> his</c><00:21:12.109><c> people</c><00:21:12.569><c> and</c><00:21:13.029><c> many</c><00:21:13.289><c> wanted</c><00:21:13.569><c> him</c><00:21:13.849><c> overthrown.</c>

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And<00:21:16.470><c> so</c><00:21:16.529><c> we</c><00:21:16.710><c> see</c><00:21:16.869><c> in</c><00:21:17.029><c> this</c><00:21:17.369><c> story</c><00:21:17.750><c> or</c><00:21:18.130><c> in</c><00:21:18.230><c> this</c><00:21:18.410><c> account</c><00:21:18.630><c> brothers</c><00:21:18.890><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:21:19.490><c> that</c><00:21:19.950><c> Amaziah</c><00:21:20.369><c> had</c><00:21:20.529><c> two</c><00:21:20.829><c> particular</c><00:21:21.390><c> characteristics</c><00:21:22.089><c> that</c><00:21:22.410><c> molded</c>

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his<00:21:22.970><c> life</c><00:21:23.329><c> and</c><00:21:23.690><c> his</c><00:21:23.910><c> death.</c>

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And<00:21:25.029><c> they</c><00:21:25.190><c> were</c><00:21:25.650><c> infidelity.</c><00:21:27.089><c> We</c><00:21:27.250><c> see</c><00:21:27.349><c> that</c><00:21:27.529><c> when</c><00:21:27.670><c> he</c><00:21:28.369><c> took</c><00:21:28.670><c> the</c><00:21:29.170><c> Edomite</c><00:21:29.529><c> gods</c><00:21:29.890><c> to</c>

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And<00:21:34.730><c> he</c><00:21:34.869><c> also</c><00:21:35.670><c> has</c><00:21:36.230><c> that</c><00:21:36.589><c> characteristic</c><00:21:37.130><c> of</c><00:21:37.650><c> arrogance</c><00:21:38.089><c> which</c><00:21:38.849><c> comes</c><00:21:39.130><c> from</c><00:21:39.390><c> pride.</c>

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Because<00:21:49.210><c> of</c><00:21:49.369><c> his</c><00:21:49.490><c> actions</c><00:21:50.210><c> it's</c><00:21:51.990><c> significant</c><00:21:52.589><c> and</c><00:21:54.230><c> sad</c><00:21:54.750><c> that</c>

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Amaziah<00:21:56.089><c> is</c><00:21:56.289><c> omitted</c><00:21:56.589><c> from</c><00:21:56.849><c> the</c><00:21:57.309><c> genealogy</c><00:21:57.910><c> in</c><00:21:58.009><c> Matthew</c><00:21:58.390><c> chapter</c><00:21:58.809><c> 1.</c>

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So<00:22:01.710><c> brothers</c><00:22:01.910><c> and</c><00:22:02.109><c> sisters</c><00:22:02.349><c> this</c><00:22:02.589><c> is</c><00:22:03.809><c> the</c><00:22:04.250><c> lesson</c><00:22:04.470><c> we</c><00:22:04.730><c> wanted</c>

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We<00:22:14.769><c> need</c><00:22:14.950><c> to</c><00:22:15.089><c> make</c><00:22:15.250><c> sure</c><00:22:15.470><c> that</c><00:22:15.630><c> we</c><00:22:15.769><c> are</c><00:22:15.910><c> not</c><00:22:16.190><c> following</c><00:22:16.490><c> in</c><00:22:16.750><c> the</c>

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Have<00:22:20.130><c> we</c><00:22:20.329><c> ever</c><00:22:20.670><c> abruptly</c><00:22:21.049><c> cut</c><00:22:21.309><c> off</c><00:22:21.509><c> our</c><00:22:21.690><c> brothers</c><00:22:21.910><c> or</c><00:22:22.170><c> sisters</c>

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Have<00:22:27.730><c> we</c><00:22:27.950><c> strived</c><00:22:28.509><c> to</c><00:22:28.609><c> avoid</c><00:22:28.930><c> their</c><00:22:29.190><c> advice?</c>

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Have<00:22:31.470><c> we</c><00:22:31.650><c> ever</c><00:22:31.809><c> made</c><00:22:32.029><c> important</c><00:22:32.410><c> decisions</c><00:22:32.890><c> that</c><00:22:33.089><c> didn't</c><00:22:33.329><c> involve</c><00:22:33.670><c> God</c>

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at<00:22:34.190><c> all</c><00:22:34.690><c> and</c><00:22:35.049><c> without</c><00:22:35.349><c> prayer?</c>

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Or<00:22:37.309><c> are</c><00:22:37.470><c> we</c><00:22:37.690><c> striving</c><00:22:37.950><c> to</c><00:22:38.170><c> acknowledge</c><00:22:38.630><c> him</c><00:22:38.970><c> in</c><00:22:39.170><c> all</c><00:22:39.329><c> our</c><00:22:39.490><c> ways</c>

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Or<00:22:43.569><c> even</c><00:22:43.769><c> if</c><00:22:43.950><c> we</c><00:22:44.170><c> have</c><00:22:44.410><c> made</c><00:22:44.589><c> decisions</c><00:22:45.029><c> according</c><00:22:45.410><c> to</c><00:22:45.809><c> a</c><00:22:45.809><c> prayerful</c><00:22:46.690><c> consideration</c><00:22:47.509><c> of</c>

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We<00:22:59.890><c> have</c><00:23:00.450><c> in</c><00:23:01.529><c> the</c><00:23:01.670><c> Bible</c><00:23:02.089><c> and</c><00:23:02.630><c> this</c><00:23:02.869><c> morning</c><00:23:03.250><c> our</c><00:23:03.750><c> Lord</c><00:23:03.950><c> Jesus</c>

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Let<00:23:14.849><c> us</c><00:23:15.009><c> work</c><00:23:15.190><c> together</c><00:23:15.509><c> in</c><00:23:15.690><c> these</c><00:23:15.829><c> last</c><00:23:16.170><c> days</c><00:23:16.470><c> before</c><00:23:16.789><c> our</c><00:23:17.009><c> masses</c><00:23:17.230><c> return</c><00:23:17.670><c> in</c>

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a<00:23:17.970><c> Christ</c><00:23:18.210><c>-like</c><00:23:18.410><c> manner.</c>

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men<00:23:36.529><c> of</c><00:23:36.769><c> faith.</c>

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We're<00:23:38.309><c> compassed</c><00:23:38.650><c> about</c><00:23:38.730><c> with</c><00:23:39.009><c> so</c><00:23:39.250><c> great</c><00:23:39.369><c> a</c><00:23:39.569><c> cloud</c><00:23:39.690><c> of</c><00:23:39.970><c> witnesses</c><00:23:40.309><c> let</c><00:23:40.650><c> us</c>

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lay<00:23:41.130><c> aside</c><00:23:41.470><c> every</c><00:23:41.809><c> weight</c>

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with<00:23:46.529><c> patience</c><00:23:46.970><c> the</c><00:23:47.269><c> race</c><00:23:47.630><c> that</c><00:23:47.809><c> is</c><00:23:48.049><c> set</c><00:23:48.170><c> before</c><00:23:48.529><c> us.</c>

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Looking<00:23:49.690><c> unto</c><00:23:49.970><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:50.930><c> the</c><00:23:51.049><c> author</c><00:23:51.329><c> and</c><00:23:51.609><c> finisher</c><00:23:51.890><c> of</c><00:23:52.089><c> our</c><00:23:52.289><c> faith,</c>

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who<00:23:53.470><c> for</c><00:23:53.630><c> the</c><00:23:53.829><c> joy</c><00:23:53.990><c> that</c><00:23:54.150><c> was</c><00:23:54.410><c> set</c><00:23:54.549><c> before</c><00:23:54.930><c> him</c><00:23:55.150><c> endured</c><00:23:55.509><c> the</c><00:23:55.809><c> cross,</c>

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despising<00:23:57.210><c> the</c><00:23:57.450><c> shame,</c><00:23:58.309><c> and</c><00:23:58.410><c> is</c><00:23:58.549><c> set</c><00:23:58.730><c> down</c><00:23:58.950><c> at</c><00:23:59.130><c> the</c><00:23:59.230><c> right</c><00:23:59.490><c> hand</c><00:23:59.829><c> of</c>

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