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life<00:13:14.620><c> of</c><00:13:14.960><c> character</c><00:13:15.159><c> development.</c>

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better<00:13:24.700><c> character</c><00:13:24.960><c> than</c><00:13:25.039><c> we're</c><00:13:25.220><c> born</c><00:13:25.399><c> with</c>

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and<00:13:25.639><c> therefore</c><00:13:25.980><c> in</c><00:13:26.179><c> Revelation</c><00:13:26.620><c> 14</c><00:13:27.659><c> and</c><00:13:27.940><c> verse</c><00:13:28.220><c> 13,</c><00:13:29.379><c> John</c><00:13:29.600><c> says,</c>

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Blessed<00:13:31.080><c> are</c><00:13:31.259><c> the</c><00:13:31.379><c> dead</c><00:13:32.039><c> which</c><00:13:32.659><c> die</c><00:13:33.120><c> in</c><00:13:33.340><c> the</c><00:13:33.559><c> Lord,</c><00:13:34.799><c> that</c><00:13:34.879><c> they</c>

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may<00:13:35.340><c> rest</c><00:13:35.659><c> from</c><00:13:35.879><c> their</c><00:13:36.120><c> labours</c><00:13:36.559><c> and</c>

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their<00:13:37.539><c> works</c><00:13:38.179><c> do</c><00:13:38.639><c> follow</c><00:13:38.980><c> them.</c>

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In<00:13:43.399><c> Revelation</c><00:13:43.759><c> 3</c><00:13:44.100><c> verse</c><00:13:44.320><c> 5,</c><00:13:44.639><c> of</c><00:13:44.759><c> course,</c><00:13:45.779><c> he</c><00:13:45.799><c> that</c><00:13:46.000><c> overcometh,</c><00:13:47.419><c> the</c><00:13:47.539><c> same</c>

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shall<00:13:47.940><c> be</c><00:13:48.240><c> clothed</c><00:13:48.500><c> in</c><00:13:48.600><c> white</c>

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raiment,<00:13:49.580><c> and</c><00:13:49.700><c> I</c><00:13:49.860><c> will</c><00:13:50.080><c> not</c><00:13:50.559><c> blot</c><00:13:50.860><c> his</c><00:13:51.159><c> name</c><00:13:51.620><c> from</c><00:13:52.299><c> the</c><00:13:52.440><c> book</c>

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of<00:13:52.860><c> life.</c>

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And<00:13:54.700><c> there's</c><00:13:54.860><c> your</c><00:13:55.039><c> answer,</c><00:13:55.419><c> isn't</c><00:13:55.519><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:13:56.379><c> are</c><00:13:56.559><c> the</c><00:13:56.720><c> dead</c><00:13:56.960><c> more</c><00:13:57.340><c> blessed</c><00:13:57.620><c> than</c><00:13:57.759><c> the</c><00:13:58.000><c> living</c><00:13:58.259><c> in</c><00:13:58.840><c> the</c>

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same<00:13:59.240><c> way</c><00:13:59.419><c> that</c><00:13:59.539><c> a</c><00:13:59.659><c> good</c><00:13:59.840><c> name</c><00:14:00.059><c> is</c><00:14:00.240><c> better</c>

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than<00:14:00.659><c> precious</c><00:14:00.940><c> ointment?</c>

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Because<00:14:02.340><c> the</c><00:14:02.559><c> dead</c><00:14:02.700><c> and</c><00:14:02.840><c> the</c><00:14:03.000><c> Lord</c><00:14:03.159><c> have</c><00:14:03.440><c> a</c><00:14:03.559><c> name,</c><00:14:03.779><c> don't</c><00:14:04.000><c> they?</c>

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It's<00:14:04.419><c> in</c><00:14:04.559><c> the</c><00:14:04.700><c> book.</c>

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It<00:14:05.100><c> is</c><00:14:05.460><c> better</c><00:14:05.820><c> than</c><00:14:06.120><c> precious</c><00:14:06.419><c> ointment.</c>

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That<00:14:06.919><c> is</c><00:14:07.120><c> a</c><00:14:07.399><c> very,</c><00:14:07.820><c> very</c><00:14:08.159><c> precious</c><00:14:08.419><c> book</c><00:14:08.659><c> and</c><00:14:08.799><c> that</c><00:14:09.019><c> name</c><00:14:09.360><c> will</c>

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exist<00:14:10.700><c> long</c><00:14:11.120><c> after</c><00:14:11.840><c> the</c><00:14:12.299><c> last</c><00:14:12.700><c> trace</c>

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of<00:14:13.159><c> that</c><00:14:13.320><c> ointment</c><00:14:13.840><c> is</c><00:14:14.399><c> gone.</c>

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So<00:14:17.960><c> when</c><00:14:18.100><c> we</c><00:14:18.240><c> talk</c><00:14:18.399><c> about</c><00:14:18.519><c> having</c><00:14:18.740><c> a</c><00:14:18.879><c> good</c><00:14:19.019><c> reputation,</c><00:14:19.860><c> brothers</c><00:14:19.940><c> and</c><00:14:20.179><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:14:22.460><c> really</c><00:14:22.679><c> a</c><00:14:22.860><c> reputation</c><00:14:23.259><c> before</c><00:14:23.659><c> God,</c><00:14:24.460><c> which</c><00:14:24.539><c> is</c><00:14:24.720><c> the</c>

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crucial<00:14:25.159><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:14:27.419><c> of</c><00:14:27.639><c> course,</c><00:14:28.000><c> if</c><00:14:28.200><c> we</c><00:14:28.360><c> are</c><00:14:28.440><c> going</c><00:14:28.500><c> to</c><00:14:28.580><c> be</c><00:14:28.759><c> effective</c><00:14:29.039><c> in</c>

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ecclesial<00:14:29.659><c> life,</c>

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we<00:14:31.139><c> can't</c><00:14:31.419><c> ignore</c><00:14:32.120><c> the</c><00:14:32.559><c> reputation</c><00:14:33.039><c> we</c><00:14:33.220><c> might</c><00:14:33.379><c> also</c><00:14:33.679><c> have</c>

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before<00:14:34.200><c> man.</c>

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If<00:14:34.620><c> you</c><00:14:34.799><c> just</c><00:14:35.000><c> come</c><00:14:35.159><c> across</c><00:14:35.480><c> the</c><00:14:35.759><c> page,</c><00:14:36.679><c> turn</c><00:14:37.120><c> the</c><00:14:37.259><c> page</c><00:14:37.460><c> to</c><00:14:37.620><c> chapter</c><00:14:37.860><c> 10</c>

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in<00:14:38.639><c> verse</c><00:14:38.899><c> 1,</c>

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we've<00:14:40.139><c> got</c><00:14:40.259><c> this</c><00:14:40.440><c> ointment</c><00:14:41.059><c> mentioned</c><00:14:41.379><c> again</c><00:14:41.679><c> in</c><00:14:41.960><c> the</c><00:14:42.299><c> context</c><00:14:42.820><c> of</c><00:14:43.059><c> our</c><00:14:43.360><c> reputation.</c>

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Solomon<00:14:46.000><c> says,</c>

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Dead<00:14:46.639><c> flies</c><00:14:47.799><c> cause</c><00:14:48.279><c> the</c><00:14:48.620><c> ointment</c><00:14:49.059><c> of</c><00:14:49.899><c> the</c><00:14:50.100><c> apothecary</c><00:14:50.600><c> or</c><00:14:51.000><c> the</c><00:14:51.179><c> chemist</c><00:14:51.980><c> to</c>

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So<00:14:54.960><c> doth</c><00:14:55.299><c> a</c><00:14:55.620><c> little</c><00:14:55.919><c> folly</c><00:14:56.879><c> him</c><00:14:57.279><c> that</c><00:14:57.480><c> is</c><00:14:57.679><c> in</c><00:14:57.840><c> reputation</c><00:14:58.600><c> for</c>

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wisdom<00:14:59.879><c> and</c><00:15:00.720><c> honour.</c>

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And<00:15:02.960><c> which</c><00:15:03.080><c> of</c><00:15:03.139><c> us</c><00:15:03.279><c> hasn't</c><00:15:03.480><c> fallen</c><00:15:03.659><c> into</c><00:15:03.840><c> that</c><00:15:04.100><c> trap?</c>

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One<00:15:06.419><c> ill</c><00:15:06.740><c>-advised</c><00:15:07.240><c> comment,</c><00:15:08.080><c> one</c><00:15:08.279><c> ill</c><00:15:08.539><c>-advised</c><00:15:09.000><c> conduct</c><00:15:09.679><c> can</c>

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discredit<00:15:10.919><c> years</c><00:15:11.519><c> of</c><00:15:12.460><c> otherwise</c><00:15:12.720><c> consistent</c><00:15:13.259><c> behaviour,</c>

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can't<00:15:14.120><c> it?</c>

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And<00:15:14.659><c> Solomon</c><00:15:14.820><c> knew</c><00:15:15.000><c> this</c><00:15:15.639><c> personally</c><00:15:16.100><c> in</c><00:15:16.299><c> his</c><00:15:16.580><c> life,</c><00:15:16.879><c> didn't</c><00:15:17.059><c> he?</c>

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Because<00:15:17.440><c> when</c><00:15:17.559><c> he</c><00:15:17.620><c> was</c><00:15:17.860><c> old,</c><00:15:19.000><c> he</c><00:15:19.159><c> did</c><00:15:19.500><c> divert</c><00:15:19.899><c> from</c><00:15:20.299><c> what</c><00:15:20.519><c> had</c>

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originally<00:15:21.059><c> been</c><00:15:21.620><c> straight</c><00:15:21.919><c> and</c><00:15:22.159><c> narrow.</c>

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And<00:15:22.679><c> all</c><00:15:22.879><c> the</c><00:15:23.139><c> wisdom</c><00:15:23.620><c> that</c><00:15:24.179><c> he</c><00:15:24.399><c> was</c><00:15:24.659><c> privy</c><00:15:24.879><c> to,</c><00:15:25.200><c> all</c><00:15:25.379><c> the</c><00:15:25.580><c> wisdom</c><00:15:25.860><c> which</c><00:15:26.059><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:27.659><c> minimised</c><00:15:28.600><c> in</c><00:15:28.740><c> the</c><00:15:28.860><c> eyes</c><00:15:29.059><c> of</c><00:15:29.320><c> people</c><00:15:29.519><c> because</c><00:15:30.039><c> his</c><00:15:30.500><c> conduct</c><00:15:30.919><c> was</c>

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we<00:15:40.019><c> cannot</c><00:15:40.600><c> ignore</c><00:15:41.100><c> the</c><00:15:41.360><c> reputation</c><00:15:41.799><c> we</c><00:15:41.940><c> might</c><00:15:42.200><c> have</c><00:15:42.379><c> with</c><00:15:42.559><c> our</c><00:15:42.759><c> fellows,</c><00:15:43.059><c> particularly,</c><00:15:43.559><c> of</c>

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course,<00:15:44.899><c> in</c><00:15:44.980><c> the</c><00:15:45.100><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:45.299><c> of</c><00:15:45.460><c> God.</c>

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It<00:15:52.539><c> is</c><00:15:52.840><c> better</c><00:15:53.279><c> to</c><00:15:54.220><c> go</c><00:15:54.419><c> to</c><00:15:54.559><c> the</c><00:15:54.679><c> house</c><00:15:54.919><c> of</c><00:15:55.139><c> mourning</c><00:15:55.360><c> than</c><00:15:55.600><c> to</c>

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lay<00:16:00.240><c> it</c><00:16:00.460><c> to</c><00:16:00.580><c> his</c><00:16:00.840><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:16:02.500><c> here's</c><00:16:02.799><c> the</c><00:16:03.039><c> point</c><00:16:03.259><c> about</c><00:16:03.519><c> adversity</c><00:16:04.279><c> not</c><00:16:05.759><c> always</c><00:16:06.019><c> being</c><00:16:06.299><c> bad.</c>

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You've<00:16:07.000><c> got</c><00:16:07.100><c> the</c><00:16:07.259><c> picture</c><00:16:07.460><c> here,</c><00:16:07.659><c> you</c><00:16:07.820><c> see,</c><00:16:08.320><c> of</c><00:16:08.419><c> two</c><00:16:08.620><c> houses</c>

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in<00:16:09.120><c> the</c><00:16:09.240><c> same</c><00:16:09.440><c> street.</c>

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And<00:16:10.740><c> at</c><00:16:10.840><c> one</c><00:16:11.019><c> house</c><00:16:11.279><c> we've</c><00:16:11.620><c> got</c><00:16:12.120><c> mourning,</c><00:16:12.639><c> and</c><00:16:12.740><c> at</c><00:16:12.840><c> the</c><00:16:12.980><c> other</c>

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house<00:16:13.340><c> we've</c><00:16:13.559><c> got</c><00:16:13.759><c> feasting.</c>

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One<00:16:15.320><c> house</c><00:16:15.580><c> is</c><00:16:15.740><c> a</c><00:16:15.879><c> funeral,</c><00:16:16.879><c> the</c><00:16:17.080><c> other</c><00:16:17.259><c> house</c><00:16:17.480><c> is</c><00:16:17.639><c> a</c><00:16:17.779><c> wedding.</c>

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went<00:16:23.100><c> for</c><00:16:23.440><c> seven</c><00:16:23.720><c> days.</c>

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You'll<00:16:25.159><c> read</c><00:16:25.279><c> in</c><00:16:25.480><c> Judges</c><00:16:25.779><c> 14</c><00:16:26.139><c> and</c><00:16:26.340><c> verse</c><00:16:26.559><c> 12,</c>

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When<00:16:27.240><c> Samson</c><00:16:28.100><c> married</c><00:16:28.539><c> this</c><00:16:29.419><c> young</c><00:16:29.799><c> girl</c><00:16:30.019><c> of</c><00:16:30.259><c> Timnath,</c><00:16:31.879><c> he</c>

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stayed<00:16:32.360><c> there</c><00:16:33.019><c> for</c><00:16:33.379><c> seven</c><00:16:33.659><c> days.</c>

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And<00:16:35.440><c> you'll</c><00:16:35.679><c> read</c><00:16:35.879><c> in</c><00:16:36.379><c> Genesis</c><00:16:36.740><c> 50</c><00:16:37.179><c> and</c><00:16:37.360><c> verse</c><00:16:37.620><c> 10</c><00:16:38.379><c> that</c><00:16:38.700><c> when</c>

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Jacob<00:16:40.840><c> died,</c>

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Joseph<00:16:41.899><c> and</c><00:16:42.120><c> the</c><00:16:42.360><c> family</c><00:16:42.720><c> mourned</c><00:16:43.059><c> for</c><00:16:43.299><c> him</c><00:16:43.799><c> for</c><00:16:44.440><c> seven</c><00:16:44.779><c> days.</c>

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So<00:16:45.500><c> weddings</c><00:16:45.759><c> and</c><00:16:46.080><c> funerals</c><00:16:46.480><c> took,</c><00:16:47.000><c> the</c><00:16:47.259><c> entire</c><00:16:47.879><c> ceremony</c><00:16:48.440><c> took,</c><00:16:48.799><c> if</c>

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you<00:16:49.159><c> like,</c><00:16:49.799><c> seven</c><00:16:50.139><c> days.</c>

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And<00:16:50.580><c> you</c><00:16:50.679><c> have</c><00:16:50.840><c> a</c><00:16:51.019><c> choice</c><00:16:51.399><c> in</c><00:16:51.700><c> your</c><00:16:52.000><c> street,</c><00:16:52.980><c> perhaps</c><00:16:53.200><c> as</c><00:16:53.399><c> to</c>

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which<00:16:53.659><c> one</c><00:16:53.759><c> you</c><00:16:53.840><c> might</c><00:16:54.100><c> go</c><00:16:54.399><c> to.</c>

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And<00:16:55.759><c> naturally</c><00:16:56.100><c> speaking,</c><00:16:56.480><c> of</c><00:16:56.600><c> course,</c><00:16:56.879><c> we'd</c><00:16:57.039><c> prefer</c><00:16:57.279><c> to</c><00:16:57.399><c> go</c>

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to<00:16:57.639><c> the</c><00:16:57.779><c> wedding.</c>

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Whereas<00:16:59.679><c> in</c><00:16:59.879><c> the</c><00:17:00.000><c> nature</c><00:17:00.259><c> of</c><00:17:00.440><c> our</c><00:17:00.639><c> probation,</c><00:17:02.320><c> the</c><00:17:02.419><c> house</c><00:17:02.639><c> of</c>

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mourning,<00:17:03.220><c> in</c><00:17:03.460><c> fact,</c>

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might<00:17:04.000><c> be</c><00:17:04.599><c> the</c><00:17:04.859><c> more</c><00:17:05.220><c> beneficial</c><00:17:05.680><c> house</c><00:17:05.980><c> to</c><00:17:06.240><c> attend.</c>

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Because<00:17:08.099><c> Psalm</c><00:17:08.400><c> 90</c><00:17:08.839><c> verse</c><00:17:09.140><c> 12</c><00:17:09.539><c> says,</c>

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Teach<00:17:11.339><c> us</c><00:17:11.539><c> to</c><00:17:11.759><c> number</c><00:17:11.980><c> our</c><00:17:12.240><c> days,</c><00:17:13.359><c> that</c><00:17:13.440><c> we</c><00:17:13.660><c> may</c><00:17:13.839><c> apply</c><00:17:14.259><c> our</c>

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hearts<00:17:14.900><c> unto</c><00:17:15.220><c> wisdom.</c>

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You<00:17:16.420><c> see,</c><00:17:16.640><c> the</c><00:17:16.779><c> sobriety</c><00:17:17.259><c> of</c><00:17:17.460><c> the</c><00:17:17.660><c> funeral</c><00:17:18.099><c> is</c><00:17:18.960><c> more</c><00:17:19.319><c> calculated</c><00:17:19.839><c> to</c><00:17:20.160><c> impress</c><00:17:20.440><c> upon</c>

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our<00:17:20.980><c> minds</c>

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the<00:17:21.579><c> frailty</c><00:17:21.839><c> of</c><00:17:22.059><c> life</c><00:17:22.299><c> than</c><00:17:22.680><c> any</c><00:17:23.319><c> possible</c><00:17:24.099><c> merrymaking</c><00:17:24.740><c> of</c>

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a<00:17:25.059><c> wedding.</c>

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The<00:17:27.240><c> living,</c><00:17:27.460><c> he</c><00:17:27.619><c> says,</c><00:17:28.339><c> will</c><00:17:28.519><c> lay</c><00:17:28.640><c> it</c><00:17:28.859><c> to</c><00:17:28.960><c> his</c><00:17:29.240><c> heart.</c>

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Ironic,<00:17:30.960><c> I</c><00:17:31.140><c> suppose,</c><00:17:32.359><c> what</c><00:17:32.599><c> we're</c><00:17:32.839><c> saying</c><00:17:33.180><c> is</c><00:17:33.440><c> that</c><00:17:33.680><c> death</c>

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makes<00:17:34.140><c> you</c><00:17:34.319><c> think</c><00:17:34.500><c> about</c><00:17:34.779><c> life.</c>

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But<00:17:37.319><c> it</c><00:17:37.460><c> does,</c><00:17:37.799><c> doesn't</c><00:17:38.019><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:17:40.440><c> every</c><00:17:40.680><c> funeral</c><00:17:40.920><c> we</c><00:17:41.039><c> might</c><00:17:41.240><c> go</c><00:17:41.460><c> to</c><00:17:41.640><c> really</c><00:17:41.980><c> is</c><00:17:42.220><c> an</c><00:17:42.440><c> anticipation</c><00:17:42.859><c> of</c>

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our<00:17:43.220><c> own.</c>

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Which<00:17:45.000><c> is</c><00:17:45.160><c> not</c><00:17:45.339><c> true</c><00:17:45.480><c> of</c><00:17:45.599><c> a</c><00:17:45.740><c> wedding,</c><00:17:46.759><c> because</c><00:17:46.940><c> we</c><00:17:47.019><c> might</c><00:17:47.220><c> not</c>

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get<00:17:47.619><c> married.</c>

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You<00:17:50.579><c> see,</c><00:17:51.859><c> death</c><00:17:51.940><c> makes</c><00:17:52.160><c> you</c><00:17:52.319><c> think</c><00:17:52.519><c> about</c><00:17:52.759><c> life.</c>

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The<00:17:53.539><c> next</c><00:17:53.819><c> funeral</c><00:17:54.059><c> could</c><00:17:54.259><c> be</c><00:17:54.440><c> yours.</c>

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And<00:17:57.000><c> in</c><00:17:57.160><c> the</c><00:17:57.220><c> same</c><00:17:57.380><c> way,</c><00:17:57.720><c> in</c><00:17:57.759><c> verse</c><00:17:57.900><c> 3</c><00:17:58.079><c> goes</c><00:17:58.339><c> on,</c><00:17:58.640><c> that</c><00:17:58.720><c> sorrow</c>

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is<00:17:59.140><c> better</c><00:17:59.319><c> than</c><00:17:59.460><c> laughter.</c>

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For<00:18:00.680><c> by</c><00:18:00.920><c> the</c><00:18:01.180><c> sadness</c><00:18:01.539><c> of</c><00:18:01.960><c> the</c><00:18:02.180><c> countenance,</c><00:18:02.900><c> the</c><00:18:03.039><c> heart</c><00:18:03.380><c> is</c>

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made<00:18:04.079><c> better.</c>

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Now,<00:18:04.559><c> the</c><00:18:04.579><c> word</c><00:18:04.759><c> better,</c><00:18:05.039><c> there</c><00:18:05.180><c> is</c><00:18:05.339><c> not</c><00:18:05.500><c> the</c><00:18:05.680><c> same</c><00:18:05.859><c> word</c><00:18:06.000><c> better.</c>

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It<00:18:06.400><c> means</c><00:18:06.680><c> right.</c>

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The<00:18:07.200><c> heart</c><00:18:07.380><c> is</c><00:18:07.599><c> made</c><00:18:07.859><c> right</c><00:18:08.299><c> or</c><00:18:08.720><c> improved.</c>

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Not<00:18:10.799><c> that</c><00:18:10.960><c> laughter</c><00:18:11.299><c> is</c><00:18:11.619><c> bad.</c>

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We've<00:18:12.019><c> already</c><00:18:12.339><c> found</c><00:18:12.700><c> in</c><00:18:12.900><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:18:13.500><c> 3</c><00:18:13.900><c> and</c><00:18:14.019><c> verse</c><00:18:14.359><c> 4,</c><00:18:14.859><c> there</c><00:18:15.000><c> is</c>

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a<00:18:15.400><c> time</c><00:18:15.559><c> to</c><00:18:15.880><c> weep.</c>

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There<00:18:16.500><c> is</c><00:18:16.740><c> a</c><00:18:16.920><c> time</c><00:18:17.099><c> to</c><00:18:17.420><c> laugh.</c>

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Laughter<00:18:18.640><c> is</c><00:18:18.980><c> not</c><00:18:19.240><c> bad.</c>

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But<00:18:20.079><c> this</c><00:18:20.240><c> is</c><00:18:20.420><c> a</c><00:18:20.519><c> contrast,</c><00:18:20.920><c> you</c><00:18:21.119><c> see,</c><00:18:22.000><c> being</c><00:18:22.220><c> painted</c><00:18:22.519><c> here</c>

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in<00:18:22.859><c> verse</c><00:18:23.039><c> 3,</c>

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between<00:18:23.599><c> the</c><00:18:23.880><c> sobriety</c><00:18:24.400><c> of</c><00:18:24.680><c> mind</c><00:18:25.019><c> and,</c><00:18:26.079><c> I</c><00:18:26.259><c> suppose,</c><00:18:26.859><c> vacant</c><00:18:27.079><c> hilarity.</c>

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And<00:18:29.880><c> Solomon</c><00:18:30.019><c> is</c><00:18:30.220><c> concerned</c><00:18:30.680><c> to</c><00:18:30.900><c> overturn</c><00:18:31.359><c> the</c><00:18:31.579><c> general</c><00:18:32.019><c> bias</c>

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of<00:18:33.099><c> human</c><00:18:33.380><c> nature</c>

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that<00:18:33.859><c> would</c><00:18:34.079><c> avoid</c><00:18:34.420><c> sorrow</c><00:18:34.880><c> at</c><00:18:35.220><c> almost</c><00:18:35.700><c> any</c><00:18:36.200><c> cost.</c>

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Avoid<00:18:37.920><c> any</c><00:18:38.400><c> sort</c><00:18:38.599><c> of</c><00:18:38.740><c> hurt,</c><00:18:39.000><c> any</c><00:18:39.240><c> sort</c><00:18:39.440><c> of</c><00:18:39.640><c> anguish,</c><00:18:40.059><c> at</c><00:18:40.279><c> almost</c><00:18:40.720><c> any</c><00:18:41.220><c> cost.</c>

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And<00:18:42.079><c> this</c><00:18:42.180><c> is</c><00:18:42.279><c> what</c><00:18:42.380><c> the</c><00:18:42.500><c> world's</c><00:18:42.740><c> like,</c><00:18:42.920><c> of</c><00:18:43.079><c> course.</c>

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The<00:18:43.460><c> world</c><00:18:43.640><c> in</c><00:18:43.700><c> which</c><00:18:43.880><c> we</c><00:18:44.039><c> live.</c>

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This<00:18:45.599><c> is</c><00:18:45.700><c> what</c><00:18:45.819><c> Hollywood's</c><00:18:46.240><c> all</c><00:18:46.420><c> about.</c>

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Escape.

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Don't<00:18:49.740><c> worry.</c>

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Don't<00:18:51.539><c> suffer</c><00:18:51.839><c> any</c><00:18:52.079><c> pain.</c>

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It<00:18:52.519><c> will</c><00:18:52.720><c> all</c><00:18:52.900><c> go</c><00:18:53.099><c> away.</c>

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Go<00:18:54.319><c> travelling.</c>

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Join<00:18:55.460><c> a</c><00:18:55.680><c> club</c><00:18:55.819><c> of</c><00:18:56.059><c> some</c><00:18:56.319><c> kind.</c>

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Buy<00:18:56.880><c> something.</c>

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Distract<00:18:57.779><c> yourself</c><00:18:58.240><c> in</c><00:18:58.579><c> some</c><00:18:58.799><c> way</c><00:18:59.180><c> so</c><00:18:59.359><c> that</c><00:18:59.460><c> you</c><00:18:59.619><c> don't</c><00:18:59.900><c> have</c>

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to<00:19:00.380><c> confront</c><00:19:01.039><c> issues</c><00:19:01.900><c> which</c><00:19:02.160><c> might</c><00:19:02.319><c> upset</c><00:19:02.660><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:05.400><c> so</c><00:19:05.539><c> he</c><00:19:05.660><c> says</c><00:19:05.839><c> in</c><00:19:06.000><c> verse</c><00:19:06.220><c> 4,</c>

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the<00:19:07.819><c> heart</c><00:19:08.119><c> of</c><00:19:08.319><c> the</c><00:19:08.500><c> wise</c><00:19:08.880><c> is</c><00:19:09.799><c> in</c><00:19:10.319><c> the</c><00:19:10.619><c> house</c><00:19:10.839><c> of</c><00:19:11.119><c> mourning,</c>

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but<00:19:12.420><c> the</c><00:19:12.640><c> heart</c><00:19:12.900><c> of</c><00:19:13.299><c> fools</c><00:19:13.740><c> is</c><00:19:14.599><c> in</c><00:19:14.759><c> the</c><00:19:14.900><c> house</c><00:19:15.119><c> of</c><00:19:15.359><c> mirth.</c>

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Why?

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Well,<00:19:19.180><c> because</c><00:19:19.660><c> in</c><00:19:19.980><c> Proverbs</c><00:19:20.259><c> 1</c><00:19:20.539><c> and</c><00:19:20.700><c> verse</c><00:19:20.960><c> 22,</c>

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Fools<00:19:24.140><c> hate</c><00:19:24.720><c> knowledge.</c>

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Fools<00:19:27.980><c> hate</c><00:19:28.700><c> knowledge,</c><00:19:29.640><c> he</c><00:19:29.920><c> says.</c>

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They're<00:19:30.660><c> blind</c><00:19:30.940><c> to</c><00:19:31.119><c> spiritual</c><00:19:31.500><c> issues</c><00:19:31.839><c> and</c><00:19:32.019><c> they</c><00:19:32.240><c> are</c><00:19:32.500><c> content,</c>

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well<00:19:33.339><c> content,</c><00:19:34.099><c> to</c><00:19:34.259><c> remain</c><00:19:34.579><c> that</c><00:19:34.900><c> way.</c>

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Whereas<00:19:36.500><c> when</c><00:19:36.759><c> Paul</c><00:19:37.059><c> wrote</c><00:19:37.299><c> to</c><00:19:37.500><c> the</c><00:19:37.640><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:38.079><c> in</c><00:19:38.359><c> 2</c><00:19:38.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:38.940><c> 7,</c>

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in<00:19:40.440><c> verses</c><00:19:40.640><c> 9</c><00:19:40.940><c> and</c><00:19:41.160><c> 10,</c><00:19:41.380><c> he</c><00:19:41.599><c> said</c><00:19:41.880><c> to</c><00:19:42.019><c> them,</c>

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I<00:19:43.079><c> rejoice,</c><00:19:43.640><c> he</c><00:19:43.880><c> said.</c>

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I<00:19:45.140><c> rejoice,</c><00:19:45.599><c> not</c><00:19:45.740><c> that</c><00:19:45.859><c> you</c><00:19:46.079><c> are</c><00:19:46.140><c> made</c><00:19:46.420><c> sorry,</c>

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but<00:19:48.140><c> that</c><00:19:48.380><c> ye</c><00:19:48.640><c> sorrowed</c><00:19:49.220><c> to</c><00:19:49.420><c> repentance.</c>

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For<00:19:51.680><c> godly</c><00:19:52.160><c> sorrow</c><00:19:52.680><c> worketh</c><00:19:53.259><c> repentance</c><00:19:53.900><c> unto</c><00:19:54.259><c> salvation,</c>

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but<00:19:55.180><c> the</c><00:19:55.500><c> sorrow</c><00:19:55.759><c> of</c><00:19:56.039><c> the</c><00:19:56.299><c> world</c><00:19:56.940><c> worketh</c><00:19:57.500><c> death.</c>

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Now,<00:19:59.319><c> what's</c><00:19:59.680><c> godly</c><00:19:59.980><c> sorrow?</c>

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Well,<00:20:00.599><c> godly</c><00:20:00.920><c> sorrow</c><00:20:01.259><c> is</c><00:20:01.559><c> a</c><00:20:01.740><c> sorrow</c><00:20:01.839><c> that</c><00:20:02.079><c> changes</c><00:20:02.460><c> your</c><00:20:02.700><c> character,</c>

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that<00:20:03.299><c> works</c><00:20:03.599><c> repentance,</c><00:20:04.319><c> he</c><00:20:04.559><c> said,</c><00:20:04.740><c> unto</c><00:20:05.059><c> salvation.</c>

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What's<00:20:06.539><c> the</c><00:20:06.740><c> sorrow</c><00:20:06.940><c> of</c><00:20:07.180><c> the</c><00:20:07.400><c> world?</c>

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Regret,<00:20:10.740><c> remorse,</c><00:20:12.619><c> no</c><00:20:12.819><c> change.</c>

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That<00:20:14.960><c> was</c><00:20:15.160><c> the</c><00:20:15.319><c> sorrow</c><00:20:15.460><c> of</c><00:20:15.680><c> Judas,</c><00:20:15.960><c> you</c><00:20:16.079><c> read</c><00:20:16.279><c> in</c><00:20:16.380><c> Matthew</c><00:20:16.660><c> chapter</c><00:20:16.920><c> 27.</c>

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He<00:20:18.220><c> regretted</c><00:20:18.940><c> the</c><00:20:19.119><c> fact</c><00:20:19.240><c> that</c><00:20:19.400><c> the</c><00:20:19.539><c> Lord</c><00:20:19.700><c> died,</c>

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he<00:20:20.240><c> did</c><00:20:20.599><c> not</c><00:20:20.900><c> change</c><00:20:21.259><c> his</c><00:20:21.559><c> basic</c><00:20:22.000><c> character.</c>

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Whereas<00:20:23.359><c> the</c><00:20:23.559><c> apostle</c><00:20:23.839><c> Paul</c><00:20:24.140><c> on</c><00:20:24.279><c> the</c><00:20:24.420><c> Damascus</c><00:20:24.859><c> road</c>

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absolutely<00:20:26.359><c> changed</c><00:20:26.880><c> his</c><00:20:27.539><c> basic</c><00:20:28.059><c> character.</c>

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A<00:20:29.839><c> fundamental</c><00:20:30.180><c> difference</c><00:20:30.799><c> between</c><00:20:31.720><c> the</c><00:20:32.019><c> sorrow</c><00:20:32.259><c> of</c><00:20:32.819><c> the</c><00:20:33.039><c> saints</c>

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and<00:20:33.420><c> the</c><00:20:33.619><c> sorrow</c><00:20:33.759><c> of</c><00:20:33.940><c> the</c><00:20:34.140><c> world.</c>

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Godly<00:20:35.720><c> sorrow,</c><00:20:35.940><c> he</c><00:20:36.160><c> says,</c><00:20:36.519><c> works</c><00:20:36.779><c> repentance</c><00:20:37.480><c> unto</c><00:20:38.480><c> salvation.</c>

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Verse<00:20:41.359><c> 5,</c><00:20:41.839><c> he</c><00:20:41.839><c> says,</c><00:20:42.140><c> furthermore,</c><00:20:42.839><c> it</c><00:20:42.980><c> is</c><00:20:43.299><c> better</c>

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to<00:20:44.539><c> hear</c><00:20:44.779><c> the</c><00:20:45.019><c> rebuke</c><00:20:45.420><c> of</c><00:20:46.579><c> the</c><00:20:46.799><c> wise</c>

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than<00:20:48.359><c> for</c><00:20:48.680><c> man</c><00:20:48.960><c> to</c><00:20:49.259><c> hear</c><00:20:49.440><c> the</c><00:20:49.700><c> song</c><00:20:49.920><c> of</c><00:20:50.240><c> fools.</c>

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Now,<00:20:51.819><c> this</c><00:20:51.940><c> is</c><00:20:52.180><c> a</c><00:20:52.299><c> serious</c><00:20:52.539><c> verse</c>

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because<00:20:53.200><c> the</c><00:20:53.539><c> rebuke</c><00:20:53.839><c> that's</c><00:20:53.980><c> being</c><00:20:54.259><c> spoken</c><00:20:54.559><c> of</c><00:20:54.720><c> here</c>

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is<00:20:55.079><c> a</c><00:20:55.359><c> serious</c><00:20:55.559><c> or</c><00:20:55.799><c> a</c><00:20:56.019><c> grave</c><00:20:56.140><c> warning.</c>

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This<00:20:56.740><c> is</c><00:20:58.519><c> not</c><00:20:58.640><c> just</c><00:20:58.859><c> a</c><00:20:58.980><c> tap</c><00:20:59.079><c> on</c><00:20:59.259><c> the</c><00:20:59.440><c> shoulder.</c>

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The<00:21:01.039><c> Bible</c><00:21:01.259><c> speaks</c><00:21:01.579><c> volumes</c><00:21:01.880><c> about</c><00:21:02.160><c> this,</c><00:21:02.500><c> doesn't</c><00:21:02.619><c> it?</c>

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Proverbs<00:21:03.240><c> 29</c><00:21:03.720><c> verse</c><00:21:04.079><c> 1.</c>

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He<00:21:06.039><c> that</c><00:21:06.259><c> being</c><00:21:06.700><c> often</c><00:21:07.200><c> reproved</c><00:21:08.359><c> hardeneth</c><00:21:09.000><c> his</c><00:21:09.299><c> neck</c>

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shall<00:21:11.119><c> suddenly</c><00:21:11.680><c> be</c><00:21:12.019><c> destroyed,</c>

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and<00:21:13.200><c> that</c><00:21:13.700><c> without</c><00:21:14.539><c> remedy.</c>

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If<00:21:17.039><c> you</c><00:21:17.279><c> do</c><00:21:17.480><c> not</c><00:21:17.779><c> accept</c><00:21:18.099><c> reproof,</c>

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it'll<00:21:19.000><c> be</c><00:21:19.200><c> your</c><00:21:19.420><c> destruction,</c><00:21:19.900><c> he</c><00:21:20.079><c> says.</c>

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Proverbs<00:21:20.920><c> 27</c><00:21:21.460><c> and</c><00:21:21.579><c> verse</c><00:21:21.819><c> 6.</c>

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Faithful<00:21:23.839><c> are</c><00:21:24.019><c> the</c><00:21:24.140><c> wounds</c><00:21:24.359><c> of</c><00:21:24.519><c> a</c><00:21:24.759><c> friend,</c>

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but<00:21:26.220><c> the</c><00:21:26.460><c> kisses</c><00:21:26.859><c> of</c><00:21:27.119><c> an</c><00:21:27.359><c> enemy</c><00:21:27.700><c> are</c><00:21:28.240><c> deceitful.</c>

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None<00:21:30.440><c> of</c><00:21:30.500><c> us</c><00:21:30.599><c> likes</c><00:21:30.839><c> to</c><00:21:31.039><c> be</c><00:21:31.259><c> censured.</c>

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It's<00:21:33.779><c> unpleasant,</c><00:21:35.500><c> but</c><00:21:35.680><c> sometimes</c><00:21:36.019><c> it's</c><00:21:36.299><c> essential,</c><00:21:36.779><c> isn't</c><00:21:36.920><c> it?</c>

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Sometimes<00:21:38.799><c> it</c><00:21:38.900><c> is</c><00:21:39.099><c> essential.</c>

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He<00:21:41.640><c> talks</c><00:21:41.900><c> here</c><00:21:42.079><c> about</c><00:21:42.279><c> the</c><00:21:42.500><c> wounds</c><00:21:42.720><c> of</c><00:21:42.960><c> a</c><00:21:43.079><c> friend</c>

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in<00:21:43.859><c> Proverbs</c><00:21:44.099><c> chapter</c><00:21:44.420><c> 27.</c>

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This<00:21:45.660><c> is</c><00:21:45.819><c> not</c><00:21:46.019><c> just</c><00:21:46.859><c> a</c><00:21:47.079><c> tap</c><00:21:47.160><c> on</c><00:21:47.339><c> the</c><00:21:47.480><c> shoulder.</c>

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This<00:21:47.960><c> is</c><00:21:48.200><c> when</c><00:21:48.420><c> the</c><00:21:48.740><c> friend</c><00:21:48.940><c> comes</c><00:21:49.339><c> to</c><00:21:49.539><c> you</c><00:21:49.700><c> and</c><00:21:49.799><c> says,</c>

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brother,<00:21:50.740><c> you</c><00:21:51.059><c> are</c><00:21:51.559><c> wrong.</c>

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You<00:21:53.460><c> must</c><00:21:53.880><c> change.</c>

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This<00:21:54.740><c> is</c><00:21:55.000><c> not</c><00:21:55.220><c> acceptable.</c>

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Brother,<00:21:56.839><c> sister,</c><00:21:57.220><c> it</c><00:21:57.259><c> doesn't</c><00:21:57.519><c> matter.</c>

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This<00:21:59.079><c> is</c><00:21:59.420><c> an</c><00:21:59.640><c> earnest</c><00:22:00.000><c> appeal</c><00:22:00.640><c> by</c><00:22:01.119><c> a</c><00:22:01.420><c> dear</c><00:22:01.619><c> friend.</c>

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You<00:22:03.839><c> see,</c><00:22:04.079><c> there's</c><00:22:04.960><c> all</c><00:22:05.079><c> different</c><00:22:05.339><c> kinds</c><00:22:05.660><c> of</c><00:22:05.819><c> friends</c><00:22:05.960><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:06.259><c> Bible.</c>

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There's<00:22:06.619><c> another</c><00:22:06.779><c> kind</c><00:22:07.000><c> of</c><00:22:07.160><c> friend</c><00:22:07.279><c> who</c><00:22:07.440><c> says,</c>

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oh,<00:22:07.839><c> don't</c><00:22:08.180><c> tell</c><00:22:08.279><c> on</c><00:22:08.339><c> me,</c><00:22:08.460><c> and</c><00:22:08.559><c> I</c><00:22:08.640><c> won't</c><00:22:08.759><c> tell</c><00:22:08.940><c> on</c><00:22:09.099><c> you.</c>

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God<00:22:10.279><c> doesn't</c><00:22:10.599><c> expect</c><00:22:11.079><c> this</c><00:22:11.319><c> from</c><00:22:11.519><c> you.</c>

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God<00:22:11.900><c> doesn't</c><00:22:12.200><c> expect</c><00:22:12.599><c> that</c><00:22:12.880><c> it</c><00:22:13.059><c> will</c><00:22:13.299><c> be</c><00:22:13.539><c> all</c><00:22:13.740><c> right.</c>

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The<00:22:15.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:15.440><c> won't</c><00:22:15.880><c> mind.</c>

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That<00:22:18.359><c> kind</c><00:22:18.519><c> of</c><00:22:18.660><c> friend</c><00:22:18.799><c> is</c><00:22:19.000><c> an</c><00:22:19.099><c> enemy</c><00:22:19.240><c> in</c><00:22:19.480><c> a</c><00:22:19.579><c> fool,</c><00:22:19.940><c> he</c><00:22:19.940><c> says</c><00:22:20.099><c> in</c><00:22:20.319><c> Proverbs.</c>

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Real<00:22:22.180><c> friends</c><00:22:22.900><c> make</c><00:22:25.220><c> an</c><00:22:25.420><c> effort</c><00:22:25.539><c> to</c><00:22:25.859><c> correct</c><00:22:26.079><c> error.</c>

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So<00:22:27.400><c> you</c><00:22:27.619><c> find</c><00:22:28.019><c> in</c><00:22:28.259><c> Proverbs</c><00:22:28.579><c> 27</c><00:22:29.279><c> and</c><00:22:29.400><c> verse</c><00:22:29.640><c> 17,</c>

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iron<00:22:32.339><c> sharpeneth</c><00:22:32.920><c> iron.</c>

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So<00:22:34.880><c> a</c><00:22:35.079><c> man</c><00:22:35.460><c> sharpeneth</c><00:22:36.160><c> the</c><00:22:36.539><c> countenance</c><00:22:37.119><c> of</c><00:22:37.579><c> his</c><00:22:38.039><c> friend.</c>

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And<00:22:39.440><c> you</c><00:22:39.559><c> can't</c><00:22:40.000><c> sharpen</c><00:22:40.240><c> anything</c><00:22:40.599><c> without</c><00:22:40.900><c> friction.</c>

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Nothing<00:22:42.420><c> gets</c><00:22:42.859><c> sharpened</c><00:22:43.539><c> without</c><00:22:43.799><c> friction.</c>

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In<00:22:45.859><c> Psalm</c><00:22:46.039><c> 141</c><00:22:46.720><c> and</c><00:22:46.859><c> verse</c><00:22:47.079><c> 5,</c><00:22:48.660><c> the</c><00:22:48.799><c> psalmist</c><00:22:49.160><c> says,</c>

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let<00:22:51.000><c> the</c><00:22:51.299><c> righteous</c><00:22:51.660><c> smite</c><00:22:52.099><c> me.</c>

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It<00:22:53.740><c> shall</c><00:22:53.880><c> be</c><00:22:54.099><c> kindness.</c>

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Let<00:22:55.920><c> him</c><00:22:56.079><c> reprove</c><00:22:56.480><c> me.</c>

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It<00:22:56.839><c> shall</c><00:22:57.019><c> be</c><00:22:57.420><c> an</c><00:22:57.740><c> excellent</c><00:22:58.200><c> oil,</c><00:22:58.740><c> and</c><00:22:58.940><c> my</c><00:22:59.299><c> head</c><00:22:59.700><c> shall</c><00:23:00.079><c> not</c>

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refuse<00:23:00.859><c> it.</c>

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Remarkable.

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Psalm<00:23:03.059><c> 141</c><00:23:03.779><c> verse</c><00:23:04.019><c> 5.</c>

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Let<00:23:04.559><c> the</c><00:23:04.880><c> righteous</c><00:23:05.240><c> smite</c><00:23:05.640><c> me.</c>

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You<00:23:05.819><c> know</c><00:23:06.539><c> the</c><00:23:06.759><c> greatest</c><00:23:07.799><c> work</c><00:23:08.859><c> of</c><00:23:09.180><c> a</c><00:23:09.359><c> friend</c><00:23:09.519><c> in</c><00:23:09.720><c> the</c><00:23:09.859><c> Bible,</c>

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I<00:23:10.160><c> believe?</c>

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2<00:23:12.579><c> Samuel</c><00:23:12.900><c> chapter</c><00:23:13.299><c> 12.</c>

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What<00:23:14.500><c> did</c><00:23:14.599><c> he</c><00:23:14.720><c> say?</c>

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Thou<00:23:17.119><c> art</c><00:23:17.400><c> the</c><00:23:17.660><c> man.</c>

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Thou<00:23:19.880><c> art</c><00:23:20.180><c> the</c><00:23:20.359><c> man.</c>

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Nathan<00:23:21.039><c> to</c><00:23:21.299><c> David</c><00:23:21.619><c> after</c><00:23:21.900><c> the</c><00:23:22.000><c> sin</c><00:23:22.200><c> of</c><00:23:22.339><c> Bathsheba</c>

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drastically<00:23:24.039><c> and</c><00:23:24.440><c> dramatically</c><00:23:25.000><c> saved</c><00:23:25.380><c> David's</c><00:23:25.839><c> life,</c>

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and<00:23:26.920><c> at</c><00:23:27.000><c> that</c><00:23:27.279><c> point</c><00:23:27.519><c> probably</c><00:23:27.920><c> from</c><00:23:28.240><c> death</c><00:23:28.460><c> as</c><00:23:28.720><c> well.</c>

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But<00:23:31.960><c> what</c><00:23:32.140><c> a</c><00:23:32.319><c> wound</c><00:23:32.440><c> it</c><00:23:32.740><c> was.</c>

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A<00:23:34.819><c> scar</c><00:23:35.039><c> on</c><00:23:35.220><c> his</c><00:23:35.460><c> life,</c><00:23:36.140><c> frankly,</c><00:23:36.200><c> for</c><00:23:36.380><c> the</c><00:23:36.500><c> rest</c><00:23:36.720><c> of</c><00:23:36.880><c> his</c><00:23:37.079><c> days.</c>

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Could<00:23:38.099><c> never</c><00:23:38.299><c> bring</c><00:23:38.460><c> up</c><00:23:38.559><c> his</c><00:23:38.759><c> children</c><00:23:39.059><c> the</c><00:23:39.319><c> same</c><00:23:39.480><c> after</c><00:23:39.819><c> that.</c>

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But<00:23:41.240><c> a</c><00:23:41.359><c> friend</c><00:23:41.480><c> had</c><00:23:41.660><c> to</c><00:23:41.720><c> come</c><00:23:41.880><c> and</c><00:23:42.079><c> see</c><00:23:42.180><c> him.</c>

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But<00:23:45.440><c> the</c><00:23:45.539><c> song</c><00:23:45.740><c> of</c><00:23:45.960><c> fools,</c><00:23:46.839><c> well</c><00:23:46.960><c> here</c><00:23:47.039><c> it</c><00:23:47.140><c> is</c><00:23:47.240><c> in</c><00:23:47.359><c> verse</c><00:23:47.559><c> 6.</c>

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It's<00:23:50.160><c> like</c><00:23:50.359><c> the</c><00:23:50.599><c> crackling</c><00:23:50.940><c> of</c><00:23:51.200><c> thorns</c><00:23:51.420><c> under</c><00:23:51.680><c> a</c><00:23:51.960><c> pot.</c>

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So<00:23:53.200><c> is</c><00:23:53.380><c> the</c><00:23:53.519><c> laughter</c><00:23:53.819><c> of</c><00:23:54.039><c> fools.</c>

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This<00:23:54.539><c> is</c><00:23:54.960><c> also</c><00:23:55.339><c> vanity,</c><00:23:55.700><c> he</c><00:23:55.980><c> says.</c>

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And<00:23:57.259><c> more</c><00:23:57.440><c> poetry</c><00:23:57.819><c> here.</c>

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Because<00:23:59.660><c> in</c><00:24:00.099><c> the</c><00:24:00.240><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:00.420><c> the</c><00:24:00.559><c> word</c><00:24:00.799><c> pot</c><00:24:01.259><c> rhymes</c><00:24:02.039><c> with</c><00:24:02.339><c> the</c>

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word<00:24:02.759><c> thorn.</c>

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In<00:24:04.079><c> the</c><00:24:04.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:04.759><c> the</c><00:24:04.940><c> word</c><00:24:05.140><c> pot</c><00:24:05.420><c> is</c><00:24:05.640><c> the</c><00:24:05.700><c> word</c><00:24:06.019><c> sir.</c>

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And<00:24:07.779><c> the</c><00:24:07.799><c> word</c><00:24:08.119><c> thorns</c><00:24:08.640><c> is</c><00:24:09.819><c> the</c><00:24:09.920><c> word</c><00:24:10.539><c> serum</c><00:24:11.180><c> or</c><00:24:12.119><c> serene.</c>

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Moffat,<00:24:13.759><c> he's</c><00:24:13.960><c> tried</c><00:24:14.140><c> to</c><00:24:14.259><c> capture</c><00:24:14.500><c> the</c><00:24:14.700><c> rhythm</c><00:24:14.880><c> as</c><00:24:15.240><c> often</c><00:24:15.539><c> he</c><00:24:15.700><c> does.</c>

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The<00:24:16.839><c> laughter</c><00:24:17.240><c> of</c><00:24:17.599><c> fools</c><00:24:17.960><c> is</c><00:24:18.940><c> like</c><00:24:19.339><c> nettles</c><00:24:20.160><c> crackling</c><00:24:21.039><c> under</c>

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the<00:24:21.940><c> kettles.</c>

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And<00:24:23.640><c> I</c><00:24:23.700><c> suppose</c><00:24:23.920><c> that's</c><00:24:24.099><c> something</c><00:24:24.359><c> like</c><00:24:24.500><c> what</c><00:24:24.680><c> the</c><00:24:24.839><c> Hebrew</c>

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would<00:24:25.180><c> read.</c>

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The<00:24:25.460><c> laughter</c><00:24:25.799><c> of</c><00:24:26.059><c> fools</c><00:24:26.240><c> is</c><00:24:26.480><c> like</c><00:24:26.599><c> the</c><00:24:26.819><c> nettles</c><00:24:27.200><c> crackling</c>

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under<00:24:27.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.119><c> kettles.</c>

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What's<00:24:29.720><c> the</c><00:24:29.900><c> point?</c>

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The<00:24:30.140><c> point</c><00:24:30.299><c> is</c><00:24:30.500><c> this.</c>

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In<00:24:31.039><c> eastern</c><00:24:31.039><c> countries,</c><00:24:32.539><c> people</c><00:24:32.759><c> use</c><00:24:33.000><c> charcoal</c><00:24:33.380><c> to</c><00:24:34.240><c> cook</c><00:24:34.519><c> with.</c>

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But<00:24:35.200><c> they'd</c><00:24:35.460><c> put</c><00:24:35.720><c> charcoal</c><00:24:36.059><c> under</c><00:24:36.240><c> their</c><00:24:36.480><c> fire,</c><00:24:36.759><c> they'd</c><00:24:37.019><c> heat</c>

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it<00:24:37.200><c> up.</c>

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And<00:24:37.759><c> it</c><00:24:37.759><c> gave</c><00:24:37.920><c> a</c><00:24:38.000><c> lot</c><00:24:38.140><c> of</c><00:24:38.299><c> heat</c><00:24:38.420><c> for</c><00:24:38.599><c> a</c><00:24:38.720><c> long</c><00:24:38.940><c> time,</c><00:24:39.299><c> was</c><00:24:39.440><c> charcoal.</c>

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To<00:24:41.039><c> rely</c><00:24:41.259><c> on</c><00:24:41.359><c> the</c><00:24:41.519><c> advice</c><00:24:41.779><c> of</c><00:24:41.960><c> a</c><00:24:42.200><c> fool,</c><00:24:42.339><c> he</c><00:24:42.559><c> says,</c><00:24:42.859><c> is</c><00:24:42.960><c> a</c><00:24:43.140><c> bit</c><00:24:43.279><c> like</c><00:24:43.799><c> trying</c><00:24:44.259><c> to</c>

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boil<00:24:44.740><c> a</c><00:24:45.039><c> cauldron</c><00:24:45.339><c> with</c><00:24:45.559><c> dry</c><00:24:45.859><c> thorns.</c>

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Put<00:24:47.380><c> them</c><00:24:47.460><c> on</c><00:24:47.559><c> the</c><00:24:47.759><c> fire,</c><00:24:47.960><c> they</c><00:24:48.200><c> blaze</c><00:24:48.500><c> up</c><00:24:48.700><c> like</c><00:24:48.980><c> tinder,</c><00:24:49.319><c> they</c>

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crack,<00:24:50.059><c> they</c><00:24:50.279><c> spark,</c>

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they<00:24:50.700><c> blow</c><00:24:51.019><c> sparks</c><00:24:51.339><c> all</c><00:24:51.599><c> across</c><00:24:51.880><c> the</c><00:24:52.160><c> floor</c><00:24:52.380><c> and</c><00:24:52.539><c> then</c><00:24:52.720><c> they're</c><00:24:52.940><c> gone</c>

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before<00:24:54.079><c> even</c><00:24:54.359><c> the</c><00:24:54.519><c> heat</c><00:24:54.700><c> touches</c><00:24:55.099><c> the</c><00:24:55.400><c> pot.</c>

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A<00:24:56.700><c> great</c><00:24:56.980><c> show.</c>

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Vanity,<00:24:58.700><c> he</c><00:24:58.779><c> says.</c>

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Utterly<00:24:59.680><c> vain.</c>

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Pointless,<00:25:01.039><c> meaningless</c><00:25:01.220><c> use</c><00:25:01.519><c> of</c><00:25:02.140><c> resources.</c>

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Just<00:25:03.900><c> an</c><00:25:04.140><c> irritation</c><00:25:04.559><c> without</c><00:25:04.900><c> substance.</c>

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That's<00:25:06.920><c> what</c><00:25:07.039><c> fools</c><00:25:07.259><c> are</c><00:25:07.480><c> like.</c>

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But<00:25:10.720><c> even</c><00:25:11.420><c> adversity</c><00:25:11.960><c> has</c><00:25:12.259><c> its</c><00:25:12.460><c> limits.</c>

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Even<00:25:15.039><c> adversity,</c><00:25:15.720><c> which</c><00:25:15.920><c> might</c><00:25:16.180><c> be</c><00:25:16.480><c> beneficial</c><00:25:17.019><c> for</c><00:25:17.279><c> us,</c><00:25:17.500><c> has</c>

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its<00:25:18.180><c> limits.</c>

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Because<00:25:18.799><c> verse</c><00:25:18.980><c> 7</c><00:25:19.279><c> goes</c><00:25:19.559><c> on.</c>

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Surely<00:25:21.839><c> oppression</c><00:25:22.539><c> maketh</c><00:25:23.140><c> a</c><00:25:23.539><c> wise</c><00:25:23.839><c> man</c><00:25:24.579><c> mad,</c><00:25:26.000><c> and</c><00:25:26.259><c> a</c><00:25:26.519><c> gift</c>

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destroyeth<00:25:27.980><c> the</c><00:25:28.160><c> heart.</c>

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You<00:25:28.460><c> see,</c><00:25:28.759><c> there</c><00:25:28.759><c> are</c><00:25:28.960><c> some</c><00:25:29.220><c> trials</c><00:25:29.700><c> which</c><00:25:30.720><c> come</c><00:25:30.900><c> upon</c><00:25:31.160><c> us</c><00:25:31.400><c> which,</c><00:25:32.420><c> in</c>

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fact,<00:25:33.099><c> can</c><00:25:33.240><c> reverse</c><00:25:33.839><c> a</c><00:25:34.200><c> life</c><00:25:34.380><c> of</c><00:25:34.619><c> development.</c>

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The<00:25:36.000><c> NIV</c><00:25:36.299><c> for</c><00:25:36.500><c> verse</c><00:25:36.680><c> 7</c><00:25:36.900><c> says</c><00:25:37.099><c> it</c><00:25:37.220><c> like</c><00:25:37.440><c> this.</c>

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Extortion<00:25:39.140><c> turns</c><00:25:39.539><c> the</c><00:25:39.799><c> wise</c><00:25:40.059><c> man</c><00:25:40.240><c> into</c><00:25:40.579><c> a</c><00:25:40.740><c> fool,</c><00:25:41.819><c> and</c><00:25:41.980><c> a</c><00:25:42.220><c> bribe</c>

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corrupts<00:25:43.680><c> the</c><00:25:43.880><c> heart.</c>

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Continual<00:25:45.819><c> oppression,</c><00:25:46.200><c> you</c><00:25:46.400><c> see.</c>

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Even<00:25:46.759><c> if</c><00:25:46.900><c> a</c><00:25:47.079><c> wise</c><00:25:47.299><c> man</c><00:25:47.460><c> will</c><00:25:47.740><c> wear</c><00:25:47.960><c> down</c><00:25:48.500><c> a</c><00:25:49.079><c> wise</c><00:25:49.339><c> man.</c>

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And<00:25:51.000><c> when</c><00:25:51.119><c> he</c><00:25:51.240><c> sees</c><00:25:51.480><c> the</c><00:25:51.660><c> wicked</c><00:25:51.839><c> getting</c><00:25:52.059><c> away</c><00:25:52.200><c> with</c><00:25:52.460><c> things</c>

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which<00:25:52.880><c> he,</c><00:25:53.839><c> in</c><00:25:54.019><c> good</c><00:25:54.259><c> conscience,</c>

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would<00:25:54.819><c> not</c><00:25:55.019><c> participate</c><00:25:55.559><c> in</c><00:25:55.720><c> or</c><00:25:56.279><c> can't</c><00:25:56.720><c> get</c><00:25:56.940><c> away</c><00:25:57.160><c> with</c><00:25:57.400><c> because</c><00:25:57.660><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:57.960><c> conscience,</c>

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he,<00:25:58.619><c> of</c><00:25:59.759><c> course,</c><00:26:00.079><c> is</c><00:26:00.200><c> tempted</c><00:26:00.440><c> to</c><00:26:00.759><c> follow.</c>

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Why<00:26:01.980><c> would</c><00:26:02.180><c> he</c><00:26:02.380><c> endure</c><00:26:02.720><c> the</c><00:26:02.980><c> suffering</c><00:26:03.279><c> which</c><00:26:03.539><c> no</c><00:26:03.680><c> one</c><00:26:03.799><c> else</c>

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is<00:26:04.180><c> enduring?</c>

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Forgetting<00:26:06.400><c> that</c><00:26:06.519><c> in</c><00:26:06.619><c> his</c><00:26:06.880><c> case,</c><00:26:07.940><c> God</c><00:26:08.140><c> sees</c><00:26:08.460><c> him.</c>

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God<00:26:09.519><c> watches</c><00:26:09.859><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:26:11.740><c> we've</c><00:26:11.859><c> talked</c><00:26:12.059><c> about</c><00:26:12.200><c> the</c><00:26:12.400><c> development</c><00:26:12.559><c> of</c><00:26:12.740><c> the</c><00:26:12.839><c> heart</c><00:26:12.940><c> because</c><00:26:13.160><c> at</c><00:26:13.339><c> the</c><00:26:13.400><c> end</c><00:26:13.559><c> of</c><00:26:13.680><c> verse</c><00:26:13.839><c> 2</c>

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:17.319
it<00:26:14.279><c> says</c><00:26:14.500><c> that</c><00:26:14.700><c> the</c><00:26:14.859><c> living</c><00:26:15.160><c> will</c><00:26:15.740><c> lay</c><00:26:15.880><c> it</c><00:26:16.059><c> to</c><00:26:16.220><c> his</c><00:26:16.480><c> heart.</c>

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In<00:26:17.460><c> verse</c><00:26:17.680><c> 3</c><00:26:18.500><c> he</c><00:26:18.759><c> says</c><00:26:18.960><c> the</c><00:26:19.180><c> heart</c><00:26:19.539><c> is</c><00:26:19.839><c> made</c><00:26:20.119><c> better.</c>

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In<00:26:21.319><c> verse</c><00:26:21.599><c> 4</c><00:26:21.920><c> he</c><00:26:22.099><c> goes</c><00:26:22.380><c> on</c><00:26:22.619><c> and</c><00:26:22.740><c> he</c><00:26:22.859><c> says</c><00:26:23.220><c> that</c><00:26:23.579><c> the</c><00:26:23.779><c> heart</c><00:26:24.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:24.440><c> wise</c><00:26:24.660><c> is</c><00:26:24.839><c> in</c><00:26:25.019><c> the</c><00:26:25.160><c> house</c><00:26:25.319><c> of</c><00:26:25.579><c> mourning.</c>

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Here<00:26:26.420><c> we</c><00:26:26.640><c> have</c><00:26:26.960><c> a</c><00:26:27.200><c> degradation</c><00:26:28.059><c> of</c><00:26:28.660><c> the</c><00:26:28.980><c> heart.</c>

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A<00:26:30.440><c> gift</c><00:26:30.779><c> or</c><00:26:31.160><c> a</c><00:26:31.339><c> bribe,</c><00:26:31.599><c> as</c><00:26:31.720><c> it</c><00:26:31.839><c> is,</c><00:26:32.119><c> destroys</c><00:26:32.940><c> the</c><00:26:33.960><c> heart</c><00:26:34.220><c> of</c>

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this<00:26:34.700><c> wise</c><00:26:34.940><c> man.</c>

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Taking<00:26:38.240><c> bribes</c><00:26:38.839><c> blinds</c><00:26:39.299><c> you</c><00:26:39.500><c> to</c><00:26:39.960><c> a</c><00:26:40.259><c> godly</c><00:26:40.720><c> interpretation</c><00:26:41.380><c> of</c><00:26:41.680><c> circumstances.</c>

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You're<00:26:42.640><c> forced</c><00:26:43.000><c> to</c><00:26:43.400><c> interpret</c><00:26:43.779><c> the</c><00:26:44.220><c> circumstances</c><00:26:44.980><c> in</c><00:26:45.539><c> the</c>

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same<00:26:46.079><c> way</c><00:26:46.380><c> as</c><00:26:46.619><c> the</c><00:26:46.779><c> person</c><00:26:47.119><c> who</c><00:26:47.440><c> bribes</c><00:26:47.740><c> you.</c>

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And<00:26:48.960><c> you've</c><00:26:49.160><c> failed,</c><00:26:49.619><c> therefore.</c>

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You've<00:26:49.859><c> got</c><00:26:49.980><c> to</c><00:26:50.119><c> filter</c><00:26:50.380><c> everything.</c>

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You<00:26:52.180><c> become</c><00:26:52.420><c> complicated.</c>

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You're<00:26:54.599><c> tempted</c><00:26:54.700><c> then</c><00:26:54.900><c> to</c><00:26:55.099><c> forget.</c>

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The<00:26:56.160><c> principles</c><00:26:56.380><c> of</c><00:26:56.660><c> the</c><00:26:56.779><c> truth.</c>

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We're<00:27:01.599><c> comforted</c><00:27:01.799><c> by</c><00:27:01.960><c> the</c><00:27:02.079><c> words</c><00:27:02.319><c> of</c><00:27:02.539><c> 1</c><00:27:02.700><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:03.039><c> 10</c><00:27:03.400><c> and</c>

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verse<00:27:03.740><c> 13.</c>

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God<00:27:06.119><c> will</c><00:27:06.319><c> not</c><00:27:06.579><c> tempt</c><00:27:06.839><c> us</c><00:27:07.140><c> beyond</c><00:27:07.339><c> what</c><00:27:07.519><c> we're</c><00:27:07.779><c> able,</c>

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but<00:27:09.240><c> will</c><00:27:09.460><c> with</c><00:27:09.680><c> the</c><00:27:09.900><c> temptation</c><00:27:10.380><c> also</c><00:27:10.940><c> make</c><00:27:11.559><c> a</c><00:27:11.900><c> way</c><00:27:12.099><c> of</c><00:27:12.339><c> escape</c><00:27:12.759><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:13.660><c> might</c><00:27:13.799><c> be</c><00:27:13.940><c> able</c><00:27:14.059><c> to</c><00:27:14.240><c> bear</c><00:27:14.359><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:16.660><c> we</c><00:27:16.740><c> do</c><00:27:16.940><c> pray</c><00:27:17.119><c> that</c><00:27:17.980><c> as</c><00:27:18.619><c> wise</c><00:27:18.819><c> brothers</c><00:27:19.099><c> and</c><00:27:19.319><c> sisters</c><00:27:19.500><c> that</c>

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might<00:27:19.839><c> always</c><00:27:20.099><c> be</c><00:27:20.279><c> the</c><00:27:20.460><c> case,</c>

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even<00:27:21.180><c> if</c><00:27:21.559><c> the</c><00:27:22.339><c> obvious</c><00:27:22.740><c> way</c><00:27:23.000><c> of</c><00:27:23.160><c> escape</c><00:27:23.500><c> is,</c><00:27:24.279><c> as</c><00:27:24.539><c> Paul</c><00:27:24.680><c> says,</c>

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to<00:27:25.440><c> flee</c><00:27:25.660><c> the</c><00:27:25.900><c> problem.</c>

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Well<00:27:28.099><c> verses</c><00:27:28.319><c> 8,</c><00:27:28.740><c> 9</c><00:27:29.000><c> and</c><00:27:29.220><c> 10</c><00:27:29.839><c> are</c><00:27:30.940><c> all</c><00:27:31.339><c> proverbs</c><00:27:31.740><c> concerning</c>

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patience<00:27:33.240><c> versus</c><00:27:33.980><c> rashness.</c>

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About<00:27:35.960><c> making</c><00:27:36.279><c> a</c><00:27:36.599><c> patient</c><00:27:36.960><c> or</c><00:27:37.299><c> an</c><00:27:37.579><c> informed</c><00:27:37.839><c> decision</c><00:27:38.359><c> versus</c>

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a<00:27:39.160><c> rash</c><00:27:39.400><c> or</c><00:27:39.680><c> a</c><00:27:39.920><c> proud</c><00:27:40.059><c> decision.</c>

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In<00:27:41.460><c> verse</c><00:27:41.579><c> 8</c><00:27:41.759><c> he</c><00:27:41.859><c> says</c><00:27:42.059><c> better</c><00:27:42.500><c> is</c><00:27:42.960><c> the</c><00:27:43.180><c> end</c><00:27:43.460><c> of</c><00:27:43.680><c> a</c><00:27:43.779><c> thing</c><00:27:43.920><c> than</c>

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the<00:27:44.420><c> beginning</c><00:27:44.599><c> thereof.</c>

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And<00:27:46.279><c> the</c><00:27:46.519><c> patient</c><00:27:46.880><c> in</c><00:27:47.279><c> spirit</c><00:27:47.539><c> is</c><00:27:48.019><c> better</c><00:27:48.480><c> than</c><00:27:49.180><c> the</c><00:27:49.519><c> proud</c><00:27:49.880><c> in</c><00:27:50.319><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:52.200
Better<00:27:51.220><c> is</c><00:27:51.460><c> the</c><00:27:51.559><c> end</c><00:27:51.779><c> of</c><00:27:51.980><c> a</c><00:27:52.079><c> thing.</c>

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:54.000
The<00:27:52.460><c> word</c><00:27:52.680><c> thing</c><00:27:52.900><c> here</c><00:27:53.140><c> is</c><00:27:53.279><c> the</c><00:27:53.380><c> word</c><00:27:53.700><c> word.</c>

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It<00:27:54.079><c> means</c><00:27:54.400><c> word.</c>

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Better<00:27:55.619><c> is</c><00:27:55.900><c> the</c><00:27:56.200><c> end</c><00:27:56.480><c> of</c><00:27:56.660><c> the</c><00:27:56.900><c> argument</c><00:27:57.220><c> than</c><00:27:57.420><c> the</c><00:27:57.599><c> beginning.</c>

00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:01.200
Better<00:27:58.160><c> is</c><00:27:58.380><c> the</c><00:27:58.660><c> end</c><00:27:59.059><c> of</c><00:27:59.740><c> the</c><00:27:59.980><c> matter</c><00:28:00.259><c> than</c><00:28:00.599><c> the</c><00:28:00.880><c> beginning.</c>

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The<00:28:01.740><c> point,</c><00:28:02.039><c> you</c><00:28:02.259><c> see,</c><00:28:03.519><c> is</c><00:28:03.799><c> see</c><00:28:04.319><c> the</c><00:28:04.660><c> issue</c><00:28:05.019><c> through</c><00:28:05.680><c> before</c><00:28:06.819><c> you</c><00:28:07.680><c> draw</c><00:28:07.940><c> a</c><00:28:08.200><c> conclusion.</c>

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Hear<00:28:09.819><c> the</c><00:28:10.220><c> whole</c><00:28:10.740><c> argument.</c>

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Hear<00:28:11.720><c> both</c><00:28:12.079><c> sides</c><00:28:12.500><c> of</c><00:28:12.819><c> the</c><00:28:13.140><c> story.</c>

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.400
And<00:28:14.859><c> you</c><00:28:14.940><c> know</c><00:28:15.059><c> how</c><00:28:15.220><c> easy</c><00:28:15.380><c> it</c><00:28:15.480><c> is</c><00:28:15.559><c> to</c><00:28:15.660><c> jump</c><00:28:15.819><c> to</c><00:28:16.079><c> conclusions,</c>

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brothers<00:28:16.680><c> and</c><00:28:16.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:21.859
Proverbs<00:28:18.380><c> 18</c><00:28:18.740><c> and</c><00:28:18.920><c> verse</c><00:28:19.079><c> 17,</c><00:28:19.720><c> an</c><00:28:19.980><c> excellent</c><00:28:20.380><c> quotation.</c>

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He<00:28:22.119><c> that</c><00:28:22.339><c> is</c><00:28:22.680><c> first</c><00:28:23.119><c> in</c><00:28:23.380><c> his</c><00:28:23.579><c> own</c><00:28:23.960><c> cause</c><00:28:24.559><c> seemeth</c><00:28:25.079><c> just,</c><00:28:26.160><c> but</c>

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his<00:28:26.720><c> neighbour</c><00:28:27.359><c> cometh</c><00:28:27.940><c> and</c><00:28:28.539><c> searcheth</c><00:28:28.940><c> him.</c>

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:31.119
Proverbs<00:28:29.980><c> 18</c><00:28:30.359><c> and</c><00:28:30.519><c> verse</c><00:28:30.660><c> 17.</c>

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Here's<00:28:31.440><c> the</c><00:28:31.579><c> NIV.</c>

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The<00:28:33.480><c> first</c><00:28:33.740><c> to</c><00:28:33.940><c> present</c><00:28:34.180><c> his</c><00:28:34.460><c> case</c><00:28:34.700><c> seems</c><00:28:35.039><c> right</c><00:28:35.759><c> till</c><00:28:37.079><c> another</c><00:28:37.380><c> comes</c>

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forward<00:28:38.119><c> and</c><00:28:38.920><c> questions</c><00:28:39.319><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:41.039><c> if</c><00:28:41.119><c> you</c><00:28:41.279><c> only</c><00:28:41.500><c> ever</c><00:28:41.700><c> heard</c><00:28:41.960><c> half</c><00:28:42.279><c> the</c><00:28:42.579><c> story,</c>

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:47.079
you'd<00:28:44.579><c> be</c><00:28:44.779><c> grossly</c><00:28:45.660><c> misaligned</c><00:28:46.180><c> on</c><00:28:46.299><c> your</c><00:28:46.559><c> decision</c><00:28:46.799><c> making,</c>

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wouldn't<00:28:47.259><c> you?</c>

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But<00:28:48.140><c> that's</c><00:28:48.359><c> true</c><00:28:48.500><c> of</c><00:28:48.579><c> everything</c><00:28:48.740><c> in</c><00:28:48.960><c> life,</c><00:28:49.160><c> you</c><00:28:49.319><c> know.</c>

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The<00:28:50.000><c> first</c><00:28:50.240><c> Bible</c><00:28:50.599><c> commentary</c><00:28:51.039><c> you</c><00:28:51.319><c> read</c><00:28:51.579><c> sounds</c><00:28:51.859><c> very</c><00:28:52.299><c> plausible</c><00:28:52.640><c> until</c>

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another<00:28:53.539><c> one</c><00:28:54.039><c> questions</c><00:28:54.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:28:55.279><c> it's</c><00:28:55.460><c> the</c><00:28:55.640><c> tension</c><00:28:55.960><c> there</c><00:28:56.440><c> that</c><00:28:56.900><c> often</c><00:28:57.240><c> bears</c><00:28:57.559><c> the</c><00:28:57.900><c> truth.</c>

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Do<00:28:58.539><c> your</c><00:28:58.779><c> homework.</c>

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Don't<00:28:59.480><c> let</c><00:28:59.839><c> impatience</c><00:29:00.500><c> make</c><00:29:00.740><c> your</c><00:29:00.960><c> decisions</c><00:29:01.220><c> for</c><00:29:01.519><c> you.</c>

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It<00:29:01.740><c> might</c><00:29:01.980><c> take</c><00:29:02.259><c> longer,</c><00:29:03.420><c> but</c><00:29:03.680><c> it's</c><00:29:03.920><c> better.</c>

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It's<00:29:04.759><c> more</c><00:29:05.000><c> secure.</c>

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You'll<00:29:06.559><c> get</c><00:29:06.640><c> a</c><00:29:06.720><c> better</c><00:29:06.880><c> answer,</c><00:29:08.299><c> especially</c><00:29:08.819><c> if</c><00:29:09.019><c> the</c><00:29:09.160><c> issue</c>

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involves<00:29:09.799><c> some</c><00:29:10.099><c> transgression.</c>

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Verse<00:29:12.900><c> 9.</c>

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Be<00:29:13.660><c> not</c><00:29:13.940><c> hasty</c><00:29:14.480><c> in</c><00:29:14.660><c> thy</c><00:29:14.900><c> spirit</c><00:29:15.380><c> to</c><00:29:15.660><c> be</c><00:29:15.859><c> angry,</c><00:29:16.839><c> for</c><00:29:17.019><c> anger,</c><00:29:17.420><c> he</c>

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says,<00:29:17.940><c> rests</c><00:29:18.259><c> in</c><00:29:18.480><c> the</c><00:29:18.640><c> bosom</c><00:29:18.900><c> of</c><00:29:19.180><c> fools.</c>

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Proverbs<00:29:20.960><c> 14</c><00:29:21.420><c> and</c><00:29:21.559><c> verse</c><00:29:21.759><c> 29.</c>

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There's<00:29:22.500><c> many,</c><00:29:22.839><c> many</c><00:29:23.059><c> proverbs</c><00:29:23.359><c> on</c><00:29:23.720><c> the</c><00:29:23.819><c> subject</c><00:29:24.059><c> of</c><00:29:24.279><c> anger.</c>

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Proverbs<00:29:25.640><c> 14</c><00:29:25.980><c> and</c><00:29:26.119><c> verse</c><00:29:26.299><c> 29</c><00:29:26.759><c> says</c><00:29:27.119><c> that</c><00:29:27.299><c> he</c><00:29:27.480><c> that</c><00:29:27.619><c> is</c><00:29:27.859><c> slow</c><00:29:28.000><c> to</c>

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wrath<00:29:28.480><c> is</c><00:29:28.859><c> of</c><00:29:29.140><c> great</c><00:29:29.319><c> understanding,</c>

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but<00:29:30.920><c> he</c><00:29:31.079><c> that</c><00:29:31.220><c> is</c><00:29:31.440><c> hasty</c><00:29:31.819><c> of</c><00:29:32.059><c> spirit</c><00:29:32.299><c> exalteth</c><00:29:33.359><c> folly.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:29:37.420><c> James</c><00:29:37.799><c> chapter</c><00:29:38.119><c> 1</c><00:29:38.319><c> and</c><00:29:38.480><c> verse</c><00:29:38.660><c> 20</c><00:29:39.259><c> tells</c><00:29:39.660><c> us.</c>

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That<00:29:40.880><c> the</c><00:29:41.200><c> wrath</c><00:29:41.400><c> of</c><00:29:41.660><c> man</c><00:29:42.519><c> worketh</c><00:29:43.119><c> not</c><00:29:43.460><c> the</c><00:29:43.980><c> righteousness</c>

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of<00:29:44.759><c> God.</c>

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Let<00:29:46.039><c> every</c><00:29:46.339><c> man,</c><00:29:46.559><c> he</c><00:29:46.740><c> says</c><00:29:47.059><c> in</c><00:29:47.220><c> the</c><00:29:47.339><c> previous</c><00:29:47.619><c> verse</c><00:29:47.859><c> in</c><00:29:48.039><c> James.</c>

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Let<00:29:49.119><c> every</c><00:29:49.359><c> man</c><00:29:49.539><c> be</c><00:29:49.779><c> swift</c><00:29:50.000><c> to</c><00:29:50.180><c> hear,</c><00:29:50.440><c> slow</c><00:29:50.660><c> to</c><00:29:50.900><c> speak,</c><00:29:51.400><c> and</c><00:29:51.599><c> slow</c><00:29:51.859><c> to</c><00:29:52.119><c> wrath.</c>

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Classic<00:29:54.759><c> example.</c>

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David<00:29:56.519><c> is</c><00:29:56.839><c> about</c><00:29:57.039><c> to</c><00:29:57.279><c> kill</c><00:29:57.440><c> Nabal</c><00:29:58.319><c> when</c><00:29:58.720><c> he's</c><00:29:58.980><c> met</c><00:29:59.039><c> on</c><00:29:59.200><c> the</c><00:29:59.339><c> road</c><00:29:59.460><c> by</c><00:29:59.680><c> Abigail.</c>

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You<00:30:00.180><c> know</c><00:30:00.319><c> the</c><00:30:00.559><c> story.</c>

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It's<00:30:00.920><c> in</c><00:30:01.039><c> 1</c><00:30:01.200><c> Samuel</c><00:30:01.519><c> chapter</c><00:30:01.880><c> 25.</c>

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And<00:30:02.940><c> you</c><00:30:03.079><c> know</c><00:30:03.079><c> what</c><00:30:03.079><c> she</c><00:30:03.240><c> said</c><00:30:03.440><c> to</c><00:30:03.640><c> him?</c>

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It'll<00:30:06.460><c> come</c><00:30:06.680><c> to</c><00:30:06.960><c> pass,</c><00:30:07.240><c> she</c><00:30:07.500><c> said.</c>

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You<00:30:08.160><c> can</c><00:30:08.359><c> kill</c><00:30:08.539><c> him.</c>

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You've<00:30:09.440><c> got</c><00:30:09.539><c> an</c><00:30:09.700><c> army.</c>

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It's<00:30:10.279><c> just</c><00:30:10.500><c> him</c><00:30:10.680><c> and</c><00:30:10.859><c> his</c><00:30:11.299><c> servants.</c>

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You'll<00:30:12.259><c> wipe</c><00:30:12.339><c> them</c><00:30:12.500><c> off</c><00:30:12.700><c> the</c><00:30:12.839><c> face</c><00:30:13.039><c> of</c><00:30:13.200><c> the</c><00:30:13.299><c> earth.</c>

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Which<00:30:13.599><c> is</c><00:30:13.819><c> exactly,</c><00:30:14.279><c> of</c><00:30:14.420><c> course,</c><00:30:14.599><c> what</c><00:30:14.759><c> David</c><00:30:15.000><c> intended</c><00:30:15.319><c> to</c><00:30:15.579><c> do.</c>

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And<00:30:16.859><c> she's</c><00:30:17.099><c> down</c><00:30:17.220><c> on</c><00:30:17.359><c> her</c><00:30:17.480><c> hands</c><00:30:17.700><c> and</c><00:30:17.859><c> knees</c><00:30:18.059><c> before</c><00:30:18.480><c> him,</c><00:30:19.279><c> making</c><00:30:19.599><c> obeisance</c><00:30:20.140><c> to</c><00:30:20.319><c> him.</c>

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And<00:30:20.480><c> she</c><00:30:20.640><c> says,</c><00:30:20.920><c> look,</c><00:30:21.039><c> David,</c><00:30:21.420><c> it</c><00:30:21.539><c> will</c><00:30:21.819><c> come</c><00:30:22.039><c> to</c><00:30:22.359><c> pass</c><00:30:22.640><c> that</c>

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God<00:30:23.220><c> will</c><00:30:23.500><c> do</c><00:30:23.700><c> you</c><00:30:23.920><c> good</c>

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and<00:30:24.599><c> he'll</c><00:30:24.920><c> make</c><00:30:25.180><c> you</c><00:30:25.400><c> the</c><00:30:25.680><c> king</c><00:30:25.960><c> as</c><00:30:26.559><c> he</c><00:30:26.779><c> has</c><00:30:27.039><c> promised.</c>

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:29.660
This,<00:30:28.240><c> of</c><00:30:28.299><c> course,</c><00:30:28.539><c> being</c><00:30:28.720><c> when</c><00:30:28.880><c> David's</c><00:30:29.240><c> running</c><00:30:29.440><c> around</c>

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:31.339
the<00:30:29.819><c> wilderness</c><00:30:30.099><c> from</c><00:30:30.400><c> Saul.</c>

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:34.019
Here<00:30:31.900><c> is</c><00:30:32.079><c> a</c><00:30:32.160><c> woman</c><00:30:32.359><c> who</c><00:30:32.599><c> believes</c><00:30:33.140><c> he's</c><00:30:33.519><c> going</c><00:30:33.660><c> to</c><00:30:33.779><c> be</c><00:30:33.920><c> king.</c>

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:35.759
She<00:30:34.240><c> knew</c><00:30:34.559><c> the</c><00:30:34.839><c> promises.</c>

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:42.900
And<00:30:37.940><c> she</c><00:30:38.200><c> says,</c><00:30:39.819><c> if</c><00:30:39.819><c> you</c><00:30:40.059><c> kill</c><00:30:40.220><c> him,</c><00:30:41.759><c> this</c><00:30:41.880><c> will</c><00:30:42.140><c> be</c><00:30:42.339><c> a</c><00:30:42.519><c> grief</c>

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.160
unto<00:30:43.339><c> you,</c>

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:48.400
because<00:30:44.980><c> you've</c><00:30:45.299><c> shed</c><00:30:45.920><c> blood</c><00:30:46.759><c> causeless.</c>

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.779
And<00:30:49.119><c> you've</c><00:30:49.420><c> avenged</c><00:30:49.640><c> yourself.</c>

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:54.740
You'll<00:30:51.440><c> live</c><00:30:51.619><c> to</c><00:30:51.940><c> regret</c><00:30:52.319><c> the</c><00:30:52.619><c> day</c><00:30:53.140><c> you</c><00:30:53.880><c> take</c><00:30:54.119><c> my</c><00:30:54.420><c> foolish</c>

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:56.319
husband's<00:30:55.180><c> head</c><00:30:55.380><c> off.</c>

00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:01.339
And<00:30:57.500><c> he</c><00:30:57.619><c> turned</c><00:30:57.799><c> to</c><00:30:58.000><c> her,</c><00:30:59.700><c> put</c><00:30:59.839><c> his</c><00:31:00.039><c> sword</c><00:31:00.240><c> back</c><00:31:00.519><c> in,</c>

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:04.220
Stop<00:31:02.099><c> these</c><00:31:02.460><c> wild</c><00:31:02.740><c> men</c><00:31:02.960><c> behind</c><00:31:03.380><c> him.</c>

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:07.700
Blessed<00:31:04.619><c> be</c><00:31:04.920><c> thy</c><00:31:05.099><c> advice</c><00:31:05.559><c> and</c><00:31:06.220><c> blessed</c><00:31:06.559><c> be</c><00:31:06.859><c> thou.</c>

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:13.140
Remarkable,<00:31:09.440><c> remarkable</c><00:31:10.000><c> words</c><00:31:10.539><c> from</c><00:31:11.599><c> a</c><00:31:11.779><c> remarkable</c><00:31:12.140><c> woman</c>

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:17.319
and<00:31:13.700><c> poured</c><00:31:13.900><c> cold</c><00:31:14.220><c> water</c><00:31:14.660><c> on</c><00:31:15.240><c> a</c><00:31:15.500><c> very</c><00:31:15.920><c> angry</c><00:31:16.259><c> man.</c>

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.660
And<00:31:18.539><c> here's</c><00:31:18.700><c> another</c><00:31:18.900><c> form</c><00:31:19.059><c> of</c><00:31:19.240><c> impatience.</c>

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.759
Verse<00:31:19.920><c> 10.</c>

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.359
Say<00:31:21.380><c> not,</c><00:31:21.759><c> thou,</c><00:31:22.279><c> what</c><00:31:22.980><c> is</c><00:31:23.180><c> the</c><00:31:23.400><c> cause</c><00:31:23.619><c> that</c><00:31:23.759><c> the</c><00:31:24.000><c> former</c><00:31:24.140><c> days</c>

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:26.140
were<00:31:24.619><c> better</c><00:31:24.839><c> than</c><00:31:25.079><c> these?</c>

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:29.460
For<00:31:26.400><c> thou</c><00:31:26.619><c> dost</c><00:31:26.880><c> not</c><00:31:27.279><c> inquire</c><00:31:27.839><c> wisely</c><00:31:28.400><c> concerning</c><00:31:29.180><c> this.</c>

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:32.000
This<00:31:29.680><c> is</c><00:31:29.920><c> the</c><00:31:30.079><c> problem</c><00:31:30.339><c> of</c><00:31:30.539><c> the</c><00:31:30.680><c> good</c><00:31:30.799><c> old</c><00:31:31.000><c> days.</c>

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.779
You<00:31:32.839><c> know</c><00:31:32.940><c> the</c><00:31:33.019><c> problem</c><00:31:33.200><c> of</c><00:31:33.339><c> the</c><00:31:33.440><c> good</c><00:31:33.519><c> old</c><00:31:33.680><c> days?</c>

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:37.059
You<00:31:33.940><c> know</c><00:31:34.059><c> what</c><00:31:34.119><c> the</c><00:31:34.299><c> big</c><00:31:34.720><c> problem</c><00:31:35.200><c> with</c><00:31:35.440><c> the</c><00:31:35.599><c> good</c><00:31:35.720><c> old</c><00:31:35.900><c> days</c><00:31:36.180><c> is?</c>

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:40.700
They're<00:31:38.279><c> invariably</c><00:31:38.640><c> based</c><00:31:39.000><c> on</c><00:31:39.279><c> bad</c><00:31:39.440><c> old</c><00:31:39.619><c> memories.</c>

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:46.960
The<00:31:41.940><c> good</c><00:31:42.039><c> old</c><00:31:42.220><c> days</c><00:31:42.779><c> are</c><00:31:44.000><c> never</c><00:31:44.339><c> as</c><00:31:44.779><c> good</c><00:31:45.059><c> as</c><00:31:45.279><c> they're</c><00:31:45.599><c> pretended</c><00:31:45.920><c> to</c><00:31:46.220><c> be.</c>

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.259
Nothing<00:31:47.759><c> wrong</c><00:31:47.940><c> with</c><00:31:48.079><c> a</c><00:31:48.079><c> bit</c><00:31:48.240><c> of</c><00:31:48.420><c> nostalgia,</c><00:31:48.839><c> of</c><00:31:49.000><c> course,</c>

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:53.240
but<00:31:49.440><c> when</c><00:31:49.700><c> nostalgia</c><00:31:50.200><c> hinders</c><00:31:51.240><c> the</c><00:31:51.759><c> progress</c><00:31:52.079><c> of</c><00:31:52.319><c> the</c><00:31:52.480><c> present</c><00:31:52.740><c> work,</c>

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.920
it's<00:31:53.900><c> a</c><00:31:54.019><c> problem.</c>

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:57.019
Every<00:31:56.119><c> age</c><00:31:56.299><c> has</c><00:31:56.480><c> its</c><00:31:56.640><c> difficulties.</c>

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:59.519
Every<00:31:57.680><c> age</c><00:31:57.920><c> has</c><00:31:58.140><c> its</c><00:31:58.299><c> opportunities.</c>

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:04.420
And<00:32:00.079><c> you</c><00:32:00.259><c> can't</c><00:32:00.720><c> face</c><00:32:01.700><c> the</c><00:32:02.000><c> difficulties</c><00:32:02.440><c> of</c><00:32:02.740><c> this</c><00:32:03.059><c> age</c><00:32:03.380><c> by</c><00:32:03.720><c> pining</c><00:32:04.019><c> for</c><00:32:04.259><c> an</c>

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.119
age<00:32:04.559><c> gone</c><00:32:04.819><c> by.</c>

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:07.240
It<00:32:05.440><c> just</c><00:32:05.759><c> doesn't</c><00:32:06.160><c> help.</c>

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:10.299
Another<00:32:08.579><c> classic</c><00:32:08.940><c> illustration.</c>

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:12.859
Ezra<00:32:11.059><c> chapter</c><00:32:11.359><c> 3</c><00:32:11.859><c> in</c><00:32:12.160><c> verse</c><00:32:12.380><c> 12.</c>

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.859
40<00:32:13.460><c>,000</c><00:32:13.880><c> people</c><00:32:14.220><c> came</c><00:32:14.500><c> back</c><00:32:14.720><c> from</c><00:32:14.940><c> Babylon.</c>

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.220
They<00:32:16.140><c> came</c><00:32:16.359><c> back</c><00:32:16.519><c> to</c><00:32:16.759><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.579
They<00:32:17.799><c> built</c><00:32:18.099><c> an</c><00:32:18.380><c> altar.</c>

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:20.059
The<00:32:18.759><c> next</c><00:32:19.059><c> year</c><00:32:19.259><c> they</c><00:32:19.440><c> built</c><00:32:19.680><c> a</c><00:32:19.880><c> temple.</c>

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:22.299
At<00:32:20.259><c> least</c><00:32:20.460><c> they</c><00:32:20.759><c> laid</c><00:32:20.940><c> the</c><00:32:21.140><c> foundation</c><00:32:21.660><c> of</c><00:32:21.880><c> the</c><00:32:22.059><c> temple.</c>

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:25.960
And<00:32:22.460><c> in</c><00:32:22.640><c> verse</c><00:32:22.920><c> 12</c><00:32:23.319><c> of</c><00:32:23.500><c> Ezra</c><00:32:23.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.099><c> 3,</c><00:32:24.859><c> they</c><00:32:25.200><c> stopped</c><00:32:25.539><c> the</c><00:32:25.799><c> work.</c>

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:28.480
They<00:32:26.119><c> had</c><00:32:26.279><c> a</c><00:32:26.579><c> great</c><00:32:26.839><c> celebration</c><00:32:27.460><c> like</c><00:32:27.779><c> they</c><00:32:28.019><c> used</c><00:32:28.180><c> to</c><00:32:28.299><c> in</c>

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.200
Solomon's<00:32:28.980><c> day.</c>

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:33.180
Blue<00:32:30.079><c> trumpets</c><00:32:31.099><c> sang</c><00:32:31.640><c> the</c><00:32:31.940><c> same</c><00:32:32.380><c> psalms</c>

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:36.579
because<00:32:33.480><c> they</c><00:32:33.640><c> had</c><00:32:34.039><c> laid</c><00:32:34.500><c> a</c><00:32:35.200><c> concrete</c><00:32:35.619><c> foundation</c><00:32:36.240><c> or</c><00:32:36.500><c> a</c>

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:38.240
stone<00:32:36.880><c> foundation.</c>

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:43.220
But<00:32:39.440><c> amidst</c><00:32:39.960><c> the</c><00:32:40.039><c> jubilation,</c><00:32:40.740><c> there</c><00:32:40.740><c> were</c><00:32:40.980><c> tears</c><00:32:41.460><c> of</c><00:32:41.980><c> anguish</c><00:32:42.779><c> from</c>

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.859
the<00:32:43.500><c> old</c><00:32:43.759><c> men</c>

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:50.000
because<00:32:46.279><c> it</c><00:32:46.539><c> wasn't</c><00:32:46.859><c> as</c><00:32:47.180><c> good</c><00:32:47.660><c> as</c><00:32:48.019><c> what</c><00:32:48.160><c> it</c><00:32:48.279><c> was</c><00:32:48.539><c> in</c><00:32:48.740><c> Solomon's</c><00:32:49.200><c> day.</c>

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:55.079
It<00:32:51.420><c> just</c><00:32:51.980><c> wasn't</c><00:32:52.440><c> going</c><00:32:52.660><c> to</c><00:32:52.839><c> be</c><00:32:53.180><c> as</c><00:32:53.440><c> good</c><00:32:53.619><c> a</c><00:32:53.799><c> temple</c><00:32:54.440><c> as</c><00:32:54.940><c> what</c>

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:56.460
it<00:32:55.240><c> was</c><00:32:55.400><c> in</c><00:32:55.599><c> Solomon's</c><00:32:56.000><c> day</c>

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.420
because,<00:32:57.019><c> of</c><00:32:57.119><c> course,</c><00:32:57.259><c> it</c><00:32:57.339><c> was</c><00:32:57.519><c> a</c><00:32:57.599><c> day</c><00:32:57.700><c> of</c><00:32:57.819><c> small</c><00:32:58.099><c> things.</c>

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.640
They<00:32:58.640><c> didn't</c><00:32:58.880><c> have</c><00:32:59.200><c> the</c><00:32:59.380><c> money.</c>

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:04.440
They<00:33:00.119><c> didn't</c><00:33:00.319><c> have</c><00:33:01.640><c> the</c><00:33:01.839><c> resources</c><00:33:02.380><c> that</c><00:33:02.559><c> they</c><00:33:02.700><c> had</c><00:33:02.839><c> in</c><00:33:03.099><c> Simon's</c><00:33:03.480><c> day.</c>

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:08.759
And<00:33:05.619><c> the</c><00:33:05.720><c> old</c><00:33:05.859><c> men</c><00:33:06.039><c> cried</c><00:33:06.579><c> when</c><00:33:07.339><c> the</c><00:33:07.460><c> young</c><00:33:07.640><c> men</c><00:33:07.799><c> rejoiced.</c>

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:14.759
So<00:33:10.220><c> an</c><00:33:10.380><c> old</c><00:33:10.779><c> prophet</c><00:33:11.099><c> stood</c><00:33:11.380><c> up</c><00:33:12.440><c> in</c><00:33:13.339><c> Haggai</c><00:33:13.640><c> chapter</c><00:33:14.000><c> 2.</c>

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:18.359
How<00:33:16.420><c> many</c><00:33:16.579><c> of</c><00:33:16.700><c> you</c><00:33:16.779><c> saw</c><00:33:17.000><c> this</c><00:33:17.240><c> house</c><00:33:17.500><c> in</c><00:33:17.619><c> its</c><00:33:17.839><c> former</c><00:33:18.059><c> glory,</c>

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.920
he<00:33:18.559><c> says?</c>

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:21.200
And<00:33:19.420><c> how</c><00:33:19.619><c> do</c><00:33:19.700><c> you</c><00:33:19.859><c> see</c><00:33:20.039><c> it</c><00:33:20.279><c> now?</c>

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:23.160
Isn't<00:33:21.559><c> a</c><00:33:21.720><c> thing</c><00:33:21.839><c> of</c><00:33:22.099><c> nothing</c><00:33:22.339><c> in</c><00:33:22.519><c> your</c><00:33:22.700><c> eyes?</c>

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:26.220
And<00:33:23.779><c> he</c><00:33:24.839><c> really</c><00:33:25.019><c> hopped</c><00:33:25.440><c> into</c><00:33:25.619><c> them</c><00:33:25.779><c> was</c><00:33:25.960><c> Haggai.</c>

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.480
And<00:33:26.420><c> he</c><00:33:26.519><c> was</c><00:33:26.900><c> an</c><00:33:27.039><c> old</c><00:33:27.319><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:30.259
He<00:33:27.740><c> had</c><00:33:28.039><c> been</c><00:33:28.319><c> there</c><00:33:28.640><c> in</c><00:33:28.900><c> Solomon's</c><00:33:29.339><c> day.</c>

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:33.500
Be<00:33:30.859><c> strong,</c><00:33:31.579><c> ye</c><00:33:31.700><c> people</c><00:33:31.960><c> of</c><00:33:32.119><c> the</c><00:33:32.279><c> land,</c><00:33:32.500><c> he</c><00:33:32.579><c> said.</c>

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.799
For<00:33:33.720><c> I</c><00:33:34.059><c> am</c><00:33:34.240><c> with</c><00:33:34.500><c> you,</c><00:33:35.180><c> saith</c><00:33:35.339><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:37.339
That<00:33:36.039><c> was</c><00:33:36.220><c> his</c><00:33:36.420><c> answer.</c>

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.819
God's<00:33:38.799><c> with</c><00:33:39.059><c> you,</c><00:33:39.240><c> he</c><00:33:39.579><c> said.</c>

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.819
And<00:33:40.180><c> that's</c><00:33:40.500><c> the</c><00:33:40.640><c> issue.</c>

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:43.059
Forget<00:33:41.259><c> about</c><00:33:41.460><c> what</c><00:33:41.599><c> it</c><00:33:41.660><c> was</c><00:33:41.819><c> like</c><00:33:41.980><c> yesterday.</c>

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.920
Is<00:33:43.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:43.559><c> with</c><00:33:43.720><c> us</c><00:33:43.859><c> or</c><00:33:44.099><c> not?</c>

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.779
The<00:33:45.980><c> answer</c><00:33:46.220><c> is</c><00:33:46.380><c> yes.</c>

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:50.640
On<00:33:47.279><c> with</c><00:33:47.480><c> the</c><00:33:47.720><c> work,</c><00:33:48.220><c> whatever</c><00:33:48.720><c> size</c><00:33:49.140><c> the</c><00:33:49.380><c> temple</c><00:33:49.619><c> might</c><00:33:49.900><c> be.</c>

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.960
And<00:33:52.240><c> Solomon</c><00:33:52.420><c> concludes</c><00:33:52.900><c> in</c><00:33:53.079><c> verses</c><00:33:53.299><c> 11</c><00:33:53.559><c> and</c><00:33:53.720><c> 12,</c>

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:57.859
this<00:33:54.200><c> little</c><00:33:54.440><c> section</c><00:33:55.000><c> with</c><00:33:56.480><c> the</c><00:33:56.619><c> subject</c><00:33:56.839><c> of</c><00:33:57.019><c> wisdom.</c>

00:33:58.279 --> 00:34:00.200
Wisdom<00:33:58.880><c> is</c><00:33:59.059><c> good,</c><00:33:59.700><c> better.</c>

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.380
That's<00:34:00.900><c> the</c><00:34:00.960><c> word,</c><00:34:01.079><c> better.</c>

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.559
Wisdom<00:34:01.799><c> is</c><00:34:02.000><c> better</c><00:34:02.319><c> with</c><00:34:02.539><c> inheritance.</c>

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:07.259
And<00:34:04.099><c> by</c><00:34:04.279><c> it</c><00:34:04.359><c> there</c><00:34:04.519><c> is</c><00:34:04.740><c> profit</c><00:34:05.059><c> to</c><00:34:05.240><c> them</c><00:34:05.460><c> that</c><00:34:05.740><c> see</c><00:34:06.019><c> the</c><00:34:06.279><c> sun.</c>

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.619
For<00:34:07.940><c> wisdom</c><00:34:08.239><c> is</c><00:34:08.440><c> a</c><00:34:08.559><c> defense.</c>

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:13.480
And<00:34:10.280><c> money,</c><00:34:10.659><c> the</c><00:34:10.860><c> money</c><00:34:11.099><c> here,</c><00:34:11.300><c> of</c><00:34:11.480><c> course,</c><00:34:11.679><c> is</c><00:34:11.840><c> the</c><00:34:12.039><c> inheritance</c><00:34:12.400><c> of</c><00:34:12.579><c> verse</c><00:34:12.940><c> 11.</c>

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:16.780
Wisdom<00:34:14.280><c> is</c><00:34:14.460><c> a</c><00:34:14.559><c> defense</c><00:34:14.800><c> and</c><00:34:15.199><c> your</c><00:34:15.400><c> financial</c><00:34:15.860><c> inheritance</c><00:34:16.460><c> is</c>

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.860
a<00:34:16.940><c> defense.</c>

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:23.820
But<00:34:19.239><c> the</c><00:34:19.840><c> excellency</c><00:34:20.360><c> of</c><00:34:20.619><c> knowledge</c><00:34:21.000><c> is</c><00:34:22.320><c> that</c><00:34:22.980><c> wisdom</c><00:34:23.460><c> giveth</c>

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:26.360
life<00:34:24.440><c> to</c><00:34:24.780><c> them</c><00:34:25.019><c> that</c><00:34:25.320><c> have</c><00:34:25.460><c> it.</c>

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:30.039
And<00:34:26.960><c> money</c><00:34:28.099><c> does</c><00:34:28.960><c> not.</c>

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:32.500
You<00:34:30.340><c> can't</c><00:34:30.980><c> take</c><00:34:31.260><c> it</c><00:34:31.420><c> with</c><00:34:31.699><c> you.</c>

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:35.360
You<00:34:33.519><c> just</c><00:34:33.780><c> can't</c><00:34:33.980><c> take</c><00:34:34.260><c> it</c><00:34:34.380><c> with</c><00:34:34.559><c> you.</c>

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:38.420
Why<00:34:36.719><c> is</c><00:34:37.019><c> wisdom</c><00:34:37.300><c> better</c><00:34:37.619><c> than</c><00:34:37.820><c> an</c><00:34:38.039><c> inheritance?</c>

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.579
Well<00:34:38.719><c> look,</c><00:34:38.880><c> you</c><00:34:39.019><c> can</c><00:34:39.199><c> look</c><00:34:39.340><c> at</c><00:34:39.519><c> it.</c>

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:41.719
It's<00:34:39.800><c> in</c><00:34:40.000><c> Proverbs</c><00:34:40.280><c> chapter</c><00:34:40.619><c> 3</c><00:34:40.900><c> and</c><00:34:41.059><c> verse</c><00:34:41.280><c> 14.</c>

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:48.539
He<00:34:41.920><c> says</c><00:34:42.320><c> the</c><00:34:42.960><c> merchandise</c><00:34:43.559><c> of</c><00:34:43.900><c> wisdom</c><00:34:44.199><c> is</c><00:34:45.300><c> better</c><00:34:45.900><c> than</c><00:34:47.179><c> silver</c><00:34:47.699><c> and</c>

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:51.239
better<00:34:49.079><c> than</c><00:34:49.840><c> fine</c><00:34:50.179><c> gold.</c>

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:53.659
Because,<00:34:52.119><c> Proverbs</c><00:34:52.480><c> 3</c><00:34:52.800><c> verse</c><00:34:52.980><c> 17,</c>

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:59.130
she<00:34:54.400><c> is</c><00:34:54.719><c> a</c><00:34:54.920><c> tree</c><00:34:55.099><c> of</c><00:34:55.440><c> life</c><00:34:56.099><c> to</c><00:34:56.659><c> them</c><00:34:56.980><c> that</c><00:34:57.280><c> lay</c><00:34:57.539><c> hold</c><00:34:57.880><c> upon</c><00:34:58.360><c> her.</c>

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:02.960
Wisdom<00:34:59.880><c> offers</c><00:35:00.320><c> something</c><00:35:00.800><c> which</c><00:35:01.559><c> riches</c><00:35:01.880><c> just</c><00:35:02.400><c> cannot</c><00:35:02.659><c> offer.</c>

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:05.420
You<00:35:03.320><c> want</c><00:35:03.400><c> to</c><00:35:03.500><c> see</c><00:35:03.579><c> the</c><00:35:03.760><c> real</c><00:35:04.079><c> contrast</c><00:35:04.559><c> between</c><00:35:04.900><c> wisdom</c><00:35:05.159><c> and</c><00:35:05.360><c> money.</c>

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.960
We've<00:35:05.679><c> looked</c><00:35:05.760><c> at</c><00:35:05.880><c> it</c><00:35:05.960><c> once</c><00:35:06.179><c> before.</c>

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:10.199
Ecclesiastes<00:35:07.880><c> 2</c><00:35:08.219><c> in</c><00:35:08.400><c> verse</c><00:35:08.639><c> 26.</c>

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:12.369
But<00:35:10.440><c> we</c><00:35:10.579><c> haven't</c><00:35:10.719><c> looked</c><00:35:10.920><c> at</c><00:35:11.119><c> it</c><00:35:11.280><c> quite</c><00:35:11.320><c> like</c><00:35:11.599><c> this.</c>

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.559
Ecclesiastes<00:35:16.320><c> 2</c><00:35:16.719><c> verse</c><00:35:16.980><c> 26.</c>

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:19.039
Look<00:35:17.719><c> what</c><00:35:17.800><c> he</c><00:35:17.980><c> says.</c>

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:29.039
For<00:35:20.019><c> God</c><00:35:20.659><c> giveth</c><00:35:21.099><c> to</c><00:35:21.340><c> man</c><00:35:21.940><c> that</c><00:35:22.480><c> which</c><00:35:22.760><c> is</c><00:35:23.300><c> better</c><00:35:23.920><c> in</c><00:35:24.780><c> his</c><00:35:25.139><c> sight,</c><00:35:26.420><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:27.260><c> knowledge</c><00:35:27.699><c> and</c><00:35:27.980><c> joy.</c>

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:31.760
But<00:35:29.559><c> to</c><00:35:29.739><c> the</c><00:35:29.900><c> sinner</c><00:35:30.059><c> he</c><00:35:30.280><c> giveth</c><00:35:30.500><c> travail</c><00:35:30.860><c> to</c><00:35:31.199><c> gather</c><00:35:31.400><c> up</c><00:35:31.599><c> and</c>

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:33.380
to<00:35:31.880><c> heap</c><00:35:32.059><c> up</c><00:35:32.460><c> riches.</c>

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:39.059
That<00:35:34.139><c> he</c><00:35:34.300><c> may</c><00:35:34.599><c> give</c><00:35:34.900><c> to</c><00:35:35.179><c> him</c><00:35:35.739><c> that</c><00:35:36.500><c> is</c><00:35:36.860><c> better</c><00:35:37.420><c> before</c><00:35:38.079><c> God.</c>

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:42.900
All<00:35:40.079><c> the</c><00:35:40.340><c> wealth</c><00:35:40.679><c> that</c><00:35:40.820><c> has</c><00:35:40.980><c> been</c><00:35:41.280><c> accumulated</c><00:35:41.820><c> by</c><00:35:42.179><c> the</c><00:35:42.440><c> millionaires</c><00:35:42.800><c> of</c>

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.719
this<00:35:43.079><c> world</c><00:35:43.300><c> today</c>

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:46.260
will<00:35:44.039><c> be</c><00:35:44.360><c> given</c><00:35:44.679><c> to</c><00:35:44.960><c> the</c><00:35:45.199><c> saints</c><00:35:45.500><c> in</c><00:35:45.820><c> the</c><00:35:45.960><c> future.</c>

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:49.599
It<00:35:46.500><c> really</c><00:35:46.820><c> isn't</c><00:35:47.119><c> our</c><00:35:47.380><c> job</c><00:35:47.619><c> to</c><00:35:47.880><c> stack</c><00:35:48.099><c> up</c><00:35:48.360><c> coins</c><00:35:48.619><c> now.</c>

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:52.400
It's<00:35:50.159><c> all</c><00:35:50.480><c> being</c><00:35:50.719><c> done</c><00:35:50.980><c> for</c><00:35:51.199><c> us,</c><00:35:51.440><c> you</c><00:35:51.559><c> see,</c>

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:57.179
who<00:35:52.739><c> are</c><00:35:52.920><c> those</c><00:35:53.159><c> that</c><00:35:53.300><c> will</c><00:35:53.579><c> receive</c><00:35:54.380><c> the</c><00:35:54.880><c> better</c><00:35:55.440><c> from</c><00:35:56.019><c> God.</c>

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:01.599
And<00:35:59.079><c> Solomon</c><00:35:59.260><c> reaches</c><00:35:59.599><c> the</c><00:35:59.920><c> climax</c><00:36:00.219><c> really</c><00:36:00.760><c> of</c><00:36:01.019><c> his</c><00:36:01.260><c> little</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.880
excitation<00:36:02.300><c> section</c><00:36:02.699><c> here.</c>

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:05.199
This<00:36:03.019><c> is</c><00:36:03.139><c> not</c><00:36:03.280><c> the</c><00:36:03.460><c> end</c><00:36:03.639><c> of</c><00:36:03.820><c> the</c><00:36:04.340><c> excitation</c><00:36:04.860><c> section,</c>

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:07.780
but<00:36:05.380><c> it's</c><00:36:05.579><c> the</c><00:36:05.780><c> climax</c><00:36:06.079><c> of</c><00:36:06.280><c> this</c><00:36:07.119><c> portion</c><00:36:07.539><c> of</c><00:36:07.699><c> it,</c>

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:11.360
this<00:36:08.000><c> phase</c><00:36:08.300><c> of</c><00:36:08.460><c> it</c><00:36:08.659><c> in</c><00:36:09.579><c> chapter</c><00:36:09.840><c> 7</c><00:36:10.159><c> and</c><00:36:10.300><c> verse</c><00:36:10.500><c> 12</c><00:36:10.920><c> speaking</c>

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.460
of<00:36:11.539><c> wisdom.</c>

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:15.400
The<00:36:12.780><c> thing</c><00:36:12.900><c> of</c><00:36:13.039><c> course</c><00:36:13.659><c> that</c><00:36:14.000><c> he</c><00:36:14.199><c> had</c><00:36:14.480><c> more</c><00:36:14.880><c> himself,</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.699
that<00:36:15.539><c> he</c><00:36:15.659><c> had</c><00:36:15.900><c> more</c><00:36:16.239><c> than</c><00:36:16.360><c> any</c><00:36:16.760><c> of</c><00:36:16.820><c> the</c><00:36:17.099><c> other</c><00:36:17.380><c> virtues</c>

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:21.059
which<00:36:17.960><c> he</c><00:36:18.139><c> has</c><00:36:18.380><c> mentioned</c><00:36:18.820><c> in</c><00:36:19.340><c> these</c><00:36:19.639><c> previous</c><00:36:20.039><c> verses.</c>

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.880
But<00:36:22.440><c> he</c><00:36:22.519><c> was</c><00:36:22.760><c> troubled.</c>

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.800
He's<00:36:25.360><c> listed</c><00:36:25.480><c> all</c><00:36:25.699><c> of</c><00:36:25.840><c> these</c><00:36:26.039><c> things,</c>

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.239
sorrow<00:36:27.480><c> better</c><00:36:27.719><c> than</c><00:36:27.960><c> mourning,</c>

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.860
a<00:36:28.800><c> name</c><00:36:29.000><c> better</c><00:36:29.239><c> than</c><00:36:29.360><c> ointment,</c>

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.679
wisdom<00:36:30.340><c> better</c><00:36:30.579><c> than</c><00:36:30.760><c> folly.</c>

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:34.059
All<00:36:32.019><c> these</c><00:36:32.179><c> things</c><00:36:32.340><c> he's</c><00:36:32.579><c> mentioned</c><00:36:32.800><c> and</c><00:36:33.019><c> he's</c><00:36:33.199><c> got</c><00:36:33.340><c> to</c><00:36:33.460><c> this</c><00:36:33.699><c> climax</c>

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:37.360
about<00:36:34.420><c> wisdom</c><00:36:34.840><c> being</c><00:36:35.260><c> better</c><00:36:35.659><c> than</c><00:36:36.059><c> any</c><00:36:36.360><c> inheritance,</c>

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:39.900
but<00:36:38.320><c> he</c><00:36:38.420><c> hasn't</c><00:36:38.559><c> got</c><00:36:38.739><c> to</c><00:36:38.940><c> the</c><00:36:39.079><c> end.</c>

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:43.820
He's<00:36:40.820><c> upset</c><00:36:41.320><c> because</c><00:36:41.619><c> there's</c><00:36:41.940><c> something</c><00:36:42.360><c> still</c><00:36:42.719><c> missing.</c>

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.980
Look<00:36:44.800><c> at</c><00:36:44.920><c> verse</c><00:36:45.079><c> 19.</c>

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:50.039
Wisdom,<00:36:47.340><c> he</c><00:36:47.519><c> says,</c><00:36:49.000><c> strengtheneth</c><00:36:49.539><c> the</c><00:36:49.739><c> wise</c>

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:52.559
more<00:36:50.300><c> than</c><00:36:50.539><c> ten</c><00:36:51.099><c> mighty</c><00:36:51.579><c> men</c><00:36:51.800><c> which</c><00:36:52.019><c> are</c><00:36:52.099><c> in</c><00:36:52.239><c> a</c><00:36:52.360><c> city.</c>

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.280
It's<00:36:53.380><c> enormously</c><00:36:53.860><c> powerful.</c>

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:57.340
It<00:36:54.460><c> is</c><00:36:54.659><c> a</c><00:36:54.780><c> defense</c><00:36:55.119><c> like</c><00:36:55.340><c> there</c><00:36:55.579><c> is</c><00:36:55.940><c> no</c><00:36:56.179><c> defense,</c>

00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:01.360
but<00:36:59.019><c> there</c><00:36:59.539><c> is</c><00:36:59.719><c> not</c><00:36:59.860><c> a</c><00:37:00.079><c> just</c><00:37:00.320><c> man</c><00:37:00.599><c> upon</c><00:37:00.880><c> the</c><00:37:01.099><c> earth</c>

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:04.699
that<00:37:02.300><c> doeth</c><00:37:02.559><c> good</c><00:37:03.059><c> and</c><00:37:03.519><c> sinneth</c><00:37:03.820><c> not.</c>

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:07.400
Wisdom<00:37:06.039><c> was</c><00:37:06.239><c> wonderful.</c>

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:10.960
Wisdom<00:37:08.280><c> is</c><00:37:08.519><c> enormously</c><00:37:08.900><c> powerful,</c><00:37:09.340><c> but</c><00:37:09.500><c> who</c><00:37:09.679><c> can</c><00:37:09.840><c> live</c><00:37:09.980><c> it?</c>

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.980
Who<00:37:11.460><c> can</c><00:37:11.699><c> do</c><00:37:11.840><c> it?</c>

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:15.840
Who<00:37:12.099><c> can</c><00:37:12.599><c> match</c><00:37:13.139><c> the</c><00:37:13.539><c> caliber</c><00:37:13.820><c> of</c><00:37:14.519><c> lifestyle</c><00:37:14.920><c> that</c><00:37:15.099><c> wisdom</c><00:37:15.400><c> demands?</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.019
In<00:37:16.219><c> his</c><00:37:16.480><c> famous</c><00:37:16.920><c> prayer,</c>

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.400
in<00:37:18.260><c> 1</c><00:37:18.480><c> Kings</c><00:37:18.840><c> chapter</c><00:37:19.239><c> 8,</c>

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.579
when<00:37:19.539><c> he</c><00:37:19.739><c> dedicated</c><00:37:20.159><c> the</c><00:37:20.400><c> temple,</c>

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.460
he<00:37:21.099><c> had</c><00:37:21.380><c> animals</c><00:37:21.760><c> on</c><00:37:22.039><c> the</c><00:37:22.260><c> altar</c>

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:24.860
and<00:37:22.699><c> he</c><00:37:22.920><c> prayed</c><00:37:23.099><c> a</c><00:37:23.420><c> long</c><00:37:23.739><c> prayer</c><00:37:24.059><c> to</c><00:37:24.300><c> God</c>

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:28.090
before<00:37:25.380><c> all</c><00:37:25.659><c> the</c><00:37:25.880><c> people</c><00:37:26.099><c> in</c><00:37:26.239><c> 1</c><00:37:26.519><c> Kings</c><00:37:26.940><c> chapter</c><00:37:27.300><c> 8.</c>

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:31.440
In<00:37:28.699><c> verse</c><00:37:29.000><c> 46</c><00:37:29.559><c> of</c><00:37:29.739><c> that</c><00:37:29.940><c> chapter</c><00:37:30.239><c> he</c><00:37:30.440><c> said,</c>

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:34.519
there<00:37:31.880><c> is</c><00:37:32.260><c> no</c><00:37:32.559><c> man</c><00:37:32.920><c> that</c><00:37:33.320><c> sinneth</c><00:37:33.619><c> not.</c>

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:37.239
In<00:37:34.960><c> the</c><00:37:35.199><c> early</c><00:37:35.579><c> days</c><00:37:36.099><c> after</c><00:37:36.480><c> he</c><00:37:36.679><c> built</c><00:37:36.840><c> the</c><00:37:37.079><c> temple,</c>

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:38.920
he<00:37:37.340><c> was</c><00:37:37.539><c> very,</c><00:37:37.880><c> very</c><00:37:38.079><c> aware</c><00:37:38.360><c> of</c><00:37:38.559><c> that.</c>

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:44.619
In<00:37:39.739><c> verse</c><00:37:40.199><c> 38</c><00:37:41.079><c> of</c><00:37:41.500><c> that</c><00:37:41.820><c> chapter</c><00:37:42.519><c> he</c><00:37:43.500><c> said,</c>

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:49.760
every<00:37:44.800><c> man</c><00:37:45.239><c> possesses</c><00:37:47.460><c> the</c><00:37:47.820><c> plague</c><00:37:48.079><c> of</c><00:37:48.260><c> his</c><00:37:48.440><c> own</c><00:37:48.719><c> heart.</c>

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:52.159
That's<00:37:49.920><c> what</c><00:37:50.000><c> he</c><00:37:50.139><c> calls</c><00:37:50.360><c> it</c><00:37:50.699><c> in</c><00:37:50.840><c> 1</c><00:37:51.000><c> Kings</c><00:37:51.219><c> 8</c><00:37:51.440><c> and</c><00:37:51.579><c> verse</c><00:37:51.780><c> 38,</c>

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:54.940
the<00:37:52.500><c> plague</c><00:37:52.900><c> of</c><00:37:53.119><c> his</c><00:37:53.519><c> own</c><00:37:53.840><c> heart.</c>

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:58.440
And<00:37:56.079><c> so</c><00:37:56.219><c> now</c><00:37:56.440><c> what</c><00:37:56.519><c> he</c><00:37:56.679><c> commences</c><00:37:56.960><c> in</c><00:37:57.139><c> this</c><00:37:57.340><c> chapter</c><00:37:57.579><c> in</c><00:37:57.739><c> verse</c><00:37:57.900><c> 25</c>

00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:00.639
is<00:37:58.860><c> an</c><00:37:59.260><c> intensive</c><00:37:59.800><c> investigation.</c>

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:03.460
You<00:38:00.920><c> look</c><00:38:01.059><c> at</c><00:38:01.260><c> the</c><00:38:01.920><c> intensity</c><00:38:02.539><c> of</c><00:38:02.980><c> chapter</c><00:38:03.159><c> 7</c>

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.820
and<00:38:03.579><c> verse</c><00:38:03.739><c> 35</c><00:38:04.219><c> of</c><00:38:04.440><c> the</c><00:38:04.539><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:11.519
I<00:38:07.420><c> applied</c><00:38:07.780><c> my</c><00:38:08.159><c> heart</c><00:38:08.559><c> to</c><00:38:08.980><c> know</c><00:38:09.480><c> and</c><00:38:10.320><c> to</c><00:38:10.599><c> search</c>

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:16.460
and<00:38:11.940><c> to</c><00:38:12.340><c> seek</c><00:38:12.800><c> the</c><00:38:14.099><c> reason</c><00:38:14.599><c> and</c><00:38:15.380><c> to</c><00:38:15.679><c> know.</c>

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.599
Look<00:38:17.880><c> at</c><00:38:18.000><c> how</c><00:38:18.099><c> hard</c><00:38:18.159><c> he's</c><00:38:18.440><c> trying.</c>

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.719
I<00:38:19.099><c> applied</c><00:38:19.340><c> my</c><00:38:19.619><c> heart</c><00:38:19.780><c> to</c><00:38:20.039><c> know</c><00:38:20.179><c> and</c><00:38:20.320><c> to</c><00:38:20.539><c> search</c>

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:23.300
and<00:38:20.920><c> to</c><00:38:21.119><c> seek</c><00:38:21.340><c> out</c><00:38:21.559><c> wisdom</c><00:38:21.820><c> and</c><00:38:22.219><c> the</c><00:38:22.519><c> reason</c><00:38:22.840><c> of</c><00:38:23.119><c> things</c>

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:25.500
and<00:38:23.579><c> to</c><00:38:23.880><c> know</c><00:38:24.119><c> the</c><00:38:24.420><c> wickedness</c><00:38:24.860><c> of</c><00:38:25.079><c> folly,</c>

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:27.019
even<00:38:25.900><c> of</c><00:38:26.139><c> foolishness</c><00:38:26.599><c> of</c><00:38:26.760><c> madness.</c>

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:29.659
Why<00:38:27.659><c> have</c><00:38:27.840><c> we</c><00:38:28.019><c> got</c><00:38:28.159><c> the</c><00:38:28.480><c> best</c><00:38:28.820><c> answers</c><00:38:29.179><c> in</c><00:38:29.420><c> the</c><00:38:29.460><c> world,</c>

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:31.420
but<00:38:29.960><c> nobody</c><00:38:30.320><c> does</c><00:38:30.659><c> them?</c>

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.300
What<00:38:31.719><c> can</c><00:38:32.000><c> we</c><00:38:32.199><c> do?</c>

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:34.159
This<00:38:32.639><c> is</c><00:38:33.599><c> illogical.</c>

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:35.400
This<00:38:34.420><c> is</c><00:38:34.460><c> utterly</c><00:38:34.920><c> foolish.</c>

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:38.239
Why<00:38:35.820><c> aren't</c><00:38:36.159><c> we</c><00:38:36.400><c> living</c><00:38:36.619><c> the</c><00:38:36.840><c> wisdom</c><00:38:37.139><c> we</c><00:38:37.380><c> know?</c>

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:41.380
And<00:38:38.860><c> from</c><00:38:39.119><c> verse</c><00:38:39.360><c> 25</c><00:38:39.780><c> to</c><00:38:39.960><c> the</c><00:38:40.000><c> end</c><00:38:40.159><c> of</c><00:38:40.380><c> the</c><00:38:40.480><c> chapter,</c>

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:43.539
you've<00:38:41.820><c> got</c><00:38:41.880><c> an</c><00:38:42.079><c> enormous</c><00:38:42.340><c> personal</c><00:38:43.000><c> confession</c>

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:46.780
now<00:38:43.840><c> from</c><00:38:44.079><c> Solomon</c><00:38:44.559><c> about</c><00:38:45.619><c> what</c><00:38:45.860><c> he's</c><00:38:46.300><c> experienced</c>

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:48.039
in<00:38:46.920><c> his</c><00:38:47.019><c> own</c><00:38:47.199><c> life.</c>

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:50.480
You<00:38:48.440><c> can</c><00:38:48.659><c> tell</c><00:38:48.840><c> that</c><00:38:49.019><c> you</c><00:38:49.179><c> see</c><00:38:49.340><c> in</c><00:38:49.480><c> verse</c><00:38:49.659><c> 25</c><00:38:50.139><c> he</c><00:38:50.360><c> says,</c>

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:52.179
look,<00:38:50.639><c> I'm</c><00:38:50.800><c> going</c><00:38:50.900><c> to</c><00:38:51.119><c> search</c><00:38:51.360><c> this,</c><00:38:51.639><c> know</c><00:38:51.900><c> that,</c>

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:55.159
seek<00:38:52.500><c> this,</c><00:38:52.960><c> reason</c><00:38:53.199><c> this,</c><00:38:53.699><c> understand</c><00:38:54.139><c> this.</c>

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:58.079
Verse<00:38:55.480><c> 26</c><00:38:56.019><c> he</c><00:38:56.199><c> says,</c><00:38:56.559><c> I</c><00:38:56.920><c> find.</c>

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.860
Verse<00:38:58.320><c> 27,</c><00:38:59.059><c> behold,</c><00:38:59.659><c> I</c><00:38:59.940><c> have</c><00:39:00.320><c> found.</c>

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:03.599
Verse<00:39:01.239><c> 28,</c><00:39:02.539><c> which</c><00:39:02.679><c> yet</c><00:39:02.780><c> my</c><00:39:03.000><c> soul</c><00:39:03.239><c> seeketh,</c>

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.960
I<00:39:03.920><c> find</c><00:39:04.380><c> not.</c>

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:08.619
Again<00:39:06.619><c> in</c><00:39:06.780><c> that</c><00:39:06.980><c> verse,</c><00:39:07.699><c> have</c><00:39:07.880><c> I</c><00:39:08.239><c> found?</c>

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:11.780
The<00:39:08.920><c> last</c><00:39:09.260><c> words,</c><00:39:09.760><c> I</c><00:39:10.000><c> have</c><00:39:10.480><c> not</c><00:39:11.099><c> found.</c>

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:14.519
Verse<00:39:12.320><c> 29,</c><00:39:12.940><c> lo,</c><00:39:13.139><c> this</c><00:39:13.360><c> have</c><00:39:13.699><c> I</c><00:39:14.179><c> found.</c>

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:16.960
You<00:39:14.639><c> see,</c><00:39:15.599><c> now</c><00:39:16.019><c> he's</c><00:39:16.320><c> examining</c><00:39:16.659><c> things</c>

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:18.260
and<00:39:17.079><c> he's</c><00:39:17.340><c> looking</c><00:39:17.679><c> everywhere,</c>

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.800
turning<00:39:18.639><c> over</c><00:39:19.019><c> every</c><00:39:19.460><c> stone</c>

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:21.619
to<00:39:20.059><c> find</c><00:39:20.260><c> the</c><00:39:20.539><c> answer</c><00:39:20.820><c> to</c><00:39:21.000><c> this</c><00:39:21.280><c> problem.</c>

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:24.179
He's<00:39:22.000><c> got</c><00:39:22.280><c> to</c><00:39:22.619><c> wisdom,</c><00:39:23.059><c> which</c><00:39:23.260><c> is</c><00:39:23.539><c> the</c><00:39:23.739><c> pinnacle</c>

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:27.380
of<00:39:24.440><c> what</c><00:39:24.739><c> this</c><00:39:25.059><c> life</c><00:39:25.300><c> can</c><00:39:25.559><c> offer,</c><00:39:26.119><c> short</c><00:39:26.239><c> of</c><00:39:26.400><c> mortality.</c>

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:29.199
But<00:39:28.360><c> there's</c><00:39:28.619><c> a</c><00:39:28.880><c> problem.</c>

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:31.360
We<00:39:29.500><c> haven't</c><00:39:29.940><c> solved</c><00:39:30.400><c> sin.</c>

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:34.860
Sin<00:39:32.320><c> is</c><00:39:32.800><c> still</c><00:39:33.340><c> more</c><00:39:33.840><c> powerful</c><00:39:34.179><c> than</c><00:39:34.380><c> wisdom,</c>

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.559
if<00:39:35.579><c> you</c><00:39:35.780><c> allow</c><00:39:36.000><c> it</c><00:39:36.159><c> to</c><00:39:36.340><c> be.</c>

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:40.079
A<00:39:36.980><c> wise</c><00:39:37.260><c> man</c><00:39:37.780><c> can</c><00:39:38.440><c> still</c><00:39:38.659><c> be</c><00:39:38.920><c> rolled</c><00:39:39.099><c> over</c><00:39:39.340><c> by</c><00:39:39.699><c> sin</c>

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:43.000
as<00:39:40.639><c> we</c><00:39:40.900><c> found</c><00:39:41.119><c> in</c><00:39:41.300><c> chapter</c><00:39:41.599><c> 7</c><00:39:41.880><c> and</c><00:39:42.019><c> verse</c><00:39:42.239><c> 7.</c>

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.840
What<00:39:44.619><c> do</c><00:39:44.820><c> we</c><00:39:44.820><c> do?</c>

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:49.300
I<00:39:46.900><c> applied</c><00:39:47.179><c> my</c><00:39:47.460><c> heart</c><00:39:47.699><c> to</c><00:39:47.940><c> know</c><00:39:48.059><c> it,</c><00:39:48.159><c> he</c><00:39:48.340><c> says.</c>

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:53.079
You<00:39:49.659><c> look</c><00:39:49.880><c> at</c><00:39:50.219><c> verse</c><00:39:50.500><c> 25,</c><00:39:51.199><c> you've</c><00:39:51.639><c> got</c><00:39:51.719><c> this</c><00:39:51.880><c> little</c><00:39:52.119><c> three.</c>

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.760
I<00:39:53.500><c> applied</c><00:39:53.860><c> my</c><00:39:54.079><c> heart</c><00:39:54.300><c> to</c><00:39:54.539><c> know.</c>

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:58.119
The<00:39:55.340><c> margin</c><00:39:55.639><c> says,</c><00:39:56.239><c> I</c><00:39:56.440><c> and</c><00:39:56.519><c> my</c><00:39:56.780><c> heart</c><00:39:57.079><c> compassed.</c>

00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.539
I<00:39:58.239><c> went</c><00:39:58.460><c> round</c><00:39:58.880><c> and</c><00:39:59.139><c> round</c><00:39:59.320><c> in</c><00:39:59.639><c> circles.</c>

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:02.719
I<00:40:01.000><c> kept</c><00:40:01.179><c> asking</c><00:40:01.519><c> myself</c><00:40:01.940><c> the</c><00:40:02.119><c> same</c><00:40:02.320><c> question</c>

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:05.119
and<00:40:02.980><c> back</c><00:40:03.260><c> came</c><00:40:03.599><c> the</c><00:40:03.780><c> same</c><00:40:04.059><c> answer.</c>

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.380
I<00:40:05.420><c> want</c><00:40:05.639><c> to</c><00:40:05.739><c> know</c><00:40:05.920><c> the</c><00:40:06.139><c> answer.</c>

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:08.420
Round<00:40:06.760><c> and</c><00:40:06.940><c> round</c><00:40:07.079><c> he</c><00:40:07.260><c> goes.</c>

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:11.159
One<00:40:09.099><c> thing</c><00:40:09.300><c> he</c><00:40:09.400><c> says,</c><00:40:10.480><c> one</c><00:40:10.760><c> thing,</c>

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:12.300
I<00:40:11.420><c> can</c><00:40:11.579><c> understand</c><00:40:11.840><c> everything</c><00:40:12.039><c> else.</c>

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:15.280
I'm<00:40:12.559><c> the</c><00:40:13.139><c> wisest</c><00:40:13.679><c> man</c><00:40:13.940><c> walking</c><00:40:14.380><c> on</c><00:40:14.559><c> the</c><00:40:14.699><c> face</c><00:40:14.900><c> of</c><00:40:15.079><c> the</c><00:40:15.159><c> earth</c>

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:18.119
but<00:40:15.460><c> I</c><00:40:15.739><c> can't</c><00:40:16.420><c> understand</c><00:40:17.239><c> sin.</c>

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:22.579
I<00:40:19.079><c> can't</c><00:40:19.539><c> understand</c><00:40:20.360><c> why</c><00:40:20.780><c> I</c><00:40:21.719><c> sin.</c>

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:26.579
And<00:40:24.960><c> now</c><00:40:25.079><c> we</c><00:40:25.199><c> make</c><00:40:25.340><c> some</c><00:40:25.579><c> deeply</c><00:40:25.820><c> personal</c><00:40:26.179><c> comments.</c>

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:31.980
Verse<00:40:26.760><c> 26,</c><00:40:27.820><c> I</c><00:40:28.480><c> find</c><00:40:29.119><c> more</c><00:40:30.340><c> bitter</c><00:40:30.579><c> than</c><00:40:30.880><c> death</c>

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:35.000
the<00:40:32.500><c> woman</c><00:40:32.780><c> whose</c><00:40:33.039><c> heart</c><00:40:33.519><c> is</c><00:40:33.940><c> snares</c><00:40:34.300><c> and</c><00:40:34.699><c> nets</c>

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:36.559
and<00:40:35.239><c> her</c><00:40:35.480><c> hands</c><00:40:35.860><c> as</c><00:40:36.179><c> bands.</c>

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:40.059
Who<00:40:37.159><c> so</c><00:40:37.519><c> pleaseth</c><00:40:37.840><c> God</c><00:40:38.219><c> shall</c><00:40:38.440><c> escape</c><00:40:38.860><c> from</c><00:40:39.059><c> her</c>

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:41.960
but<00:40:40.460><c> the</c><00:40:40.699><c> sinner</c><00:40:40.820><c> shall</c><00:40:41.000><c> be</c><00:40:41.219><c> taken</c><00:40:41.480><c> by</c><00:40:41.739><c> her</c>

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.599
and<00:40:42.219><c> didn't</c><00:40:42.519><c> he</c><00:40:42.659><c> know</c><00:40:42.800><c> that</c><00:40:43.179><c> well?</c>

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:47.099
Didn't<00:40:44.219><c> he</c><00:40:44.480><c> know</c><00:40:44.679><c> that</c><00:40:45.059><c> he</c><00:40:45.320><c> escaped,</c><00:40:46.179><c> I</c><00:40:46.699><c> believe,</c>

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:50.780
in<00:40:47.659><c> the</c><00:40:47.820><c> nick</c><00:40:47.920><c> of</c><00:40:48.239><c> time</c><00:40:48.719><c> by</c><00:40:49.139><c> the</c><00:40:49.360><c> skin</c><00:40:49.500><c> of</c><00:40:49.639><c> his</c><00:40:49.820><c> teeth?</c>

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:53.980
Behold,<00:40:52.199><c> this</c><00:40:52.480><c> have</c><00:40:52.619><c> I</c><00:40:52.820><c> found,</c><00:40:53.280><c> said</c><00:40:53.280><c> the</c><00:40:53.500><c> preacher,</c>

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:57.760
counting<00:40:54.699><c> one</c><00:40:55.239><c> by</c><00:40:55.559><c> one</c><00:40:55.900><c> to</c><00:40:56.139><c> find</c><00:40:56.360><c> out</c><00:40:56.579><c> the</c><00:40:56.820><c> account,</c>

00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:00.659
looking<00:40:58.519><c> through</c><00:40:58.820><c> the</c><00:40:59.079><c> issues</c><00:40:59.400><c> one</c><00:40:59.760><c> at</c><00:40:59.940><c> a</c><00:41:00.099><c> time,</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:02.059
round<00:41:01.139><c> and</c><00:41:01.340><c> round</c><00:41:01.480><c> in</c><00:41:01.699><c> circles,</c>

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:05.380
adding<00:41:02.619><c> up</c><00:41:03.119><c> the</c><00:41:03.440><c> issue,</c><00:41:03.659><c> adding</c><00:41:03.960><c> up</c><00:41:04.199><c> the</c><00:41:04.400><c> problem,</c>

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:08.179
which<00:41:06.019><c> yet</c><00:41:06.440><c> my</c><00:41:06.739><c> soul</c><00:41:06.980><c> seeketh</c><00:41:07.340><c> but</c><00:41:07.519><c> I</c><00:41:07.760><c> find</c><00:41:07.940><c> not.</c>

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:10.360
One<00:41:08.500><c> man</c><00:41:08.780><c> among</c><00:41:09.000><c> a</c><00:41:09.280><c> thousand</c><00:41:09.579><c> have</c><00:41:09.719><c> I</c><00:41:09.940><c> found</c>

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:15.480
but<00:41:11.059><c> a</c><00:41:11.260><c> woman</c><00:41:11.440><c> among</c><00:41:11.719><c> a</c><00:41:11.900><c> thousand</c><00:41:12.360><c> have</c><00:41:13.599><c> I</c><00:41:13.780><c> not</c><00:41:14.019><c> found,</c><00:41:14.280><c> he</c><00:41:14.460><c> says.</c>

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:17.079
A<00:41:15.719><c> woman,</c><00:41:16.280><c> in</c><00:41:16.320><c> fact,</c><00:41:16.619><c> I</c><00:41:16.760><c> read</c><00:41:16.800><c> it</c><00:41:17.000><c> wrong,</c>

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:19.000
a<00:41:17.219><c> woman</c><00:41:17.360><c> among</c><00:41:17.679><c> all</c><00:41:18.059><c> those.</c>

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:20.360
And<00:41:19.219><c> you'll</c><00:41:19.460><c> notice</c><00:41:19.599><c> the</c><00:41:19.820><c> margin,</c><00:41:20.079><c> I</c><00:41:20.219><c> believe,</c>

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:22.579
is<00:41:20.579><c> correct</c><00:41:21.000><c> the</c><00:41:21.139><c> way</c><00:41:21.239><c> it</c><00:41:21.460><c> interprets</c><00:41:21.840><c> this.</c>

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:24.739
Where<00:41:23.199><c> he</c><00:41:23.360><c> says</c><00:41:23.500><c> here</c><00:41:23.699><c> a</c><00:41:23.739><c> woman</c><00:41:23.980><c> among</c><00:41:24.300><c> all</c><00:41:24.619><c> those,</c>

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:26.579
you'll<00:41:24.920><c> have</c><00:41:25.000><c> a</c><00:41:25.019><c> little</c><00:41:25.260><c> note</c><00:41:25.460><c> for</c><00:41:25.619><c> your</c><00:41:25.760><c> Bibles</c><00:41:25.940><c> like</c><00:41:26.199><c> mine</c>

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:30.019
and<00:41:27.019><c> a</c><00:41:27.179><c> reference</c><00:41:27.420><c> on</c><00:41:27.559><c> that</c><00:41:27.860><c> cue</c><00:41:28.119><c> to</c><00:41:28.360><c> 1</c><00:41:28.579><c> Kings</c><00:41:28.800><c> 11</c><00:41:29.099><c> verse</c><00:41:29.400><c> 3.</c>

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.980
You<00:41:30.500><c> see,</c><00:41:30.739><c> he</c><00:41:30.760><c> had</c><00:41:31.059><c> a</c><00:41:31.159><c> thousand</c><00:41:31.519><c> wives</c>

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:34.599
and<00:41:32.500><c> he</c><00:41:32.659><c> looked</c><00:41:32.860><c> amongst</c><00:41:33.260><c> those</c><00:41:33.679><c> thousand</c><00:41:34.119><c> wives</c>

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:36.880
for<00:41:34.980><c> a</c><00:41:35.119><c> woman</c><00:41:35.420><c> of</c><00:41:35.699><c> the</c><00:41:36.019><c> kind</c><00:41:36.320><c> of</c><00:41:36.699><c> calibre</c>

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:39.820
he's<00:41:37.199><c> just</c><00:41:37.460><c> described</c><00:41:37.940><c> in</c><00:41:38.059><c> the</c><00:41:38.260><c> first</c><00:41:38.480><c> 12</c><00:41:38.739><c> verses</c><00:41:39.039><c> of</c><00:41:39.199><c> this</c><00:41:39.440><c> chapter</c>

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:42.579
and<00:41:40.159><c> he</c><00:41:40.360><c> couldn't</c><00:41:40.679><c> find</c><00:41:41.059><c> one</c><00:41:41.320><c> and</c><00:41:41.639><c> no</c><00:41:41.960><c> surprise</c>

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:46.539
because<00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.760><c> seras</c><00:41:44.159><c> and</c><00:41:44.900><c> the</c><00:41:45.079><c> hannas</c><00:41:45.659><c> and</c><00:41:45.960><c> the</c><00:41:46.119><c> ruths</c>

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:49.079
were<00:41:46.699><c> not</c><00:41:46.900><c> amongst</c><00:41:47.420><c> that</c><00:41:48.000><c> thousand,</c><00:41:48.659><c> were</c><00:41:48.659><c> they?</c>

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.719
These<00:41:49.860><c> were</c><00:41:50.099><c> trophies.</c>

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:53.000
These<00:41:51.360><c> were</c><00:41:51.539><c> political</c><00:41:52.039><c> wives.</c>

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:55.320
These<00:41:53.360><c> were</c><00:41:53.880><c> wives</c><00:41:54.139><c> he</c><00:41:54.340><c> married</c><00:41:54.440><c> because</c><00:41:54.639><c> they</c><00:41:54.800><c> looked</c><00:41:55.039><c> nice.</c>

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:57.760
Every<00:41:55.739><c> country,</c><00:41:56.420><c> every</c><00:41:56.619><c> race,</c><00:41:57.139><c> every</c><00:41:57.360><c> religion,</c>

00:41:58.039 --> 00:42:00.559
many<00:41:58.320><c> of</c><00:41:58.440><c> them</c><00:41:58.519><c> not</c><00:41:58.659><c> even</c><00:41:58.820><c> in</c><00:41:58.920><c> the</c><00:41:59.159><c> truth</c><00:41:59.440><c> he</c><00:41:59.739><c> couldn't</c><00:42:00.099><c> find.</c>

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:02.760
Of<00:42:00.960><c> the</c><00:42:01.239><c> thousand</c><00:42:01.619><c> wives</c><00:42:02.019><c> Solomon</c><00:42:02.440><c> had,</c>

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:07.260
he<00:42:03.260><c> couldn't</c><00:42:03.539><c> find</c><00:42:03.880><c> one</c><00:42:04.079><c> of</c><00:42:04.260><c> any</c><00:42:04.519><c> virtue</c><00:42:05.059><c> and</c><00:42:05.900><c> no</c><00:42:06.159><c> surprise.</c>

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:10.320
But<00:42:07.820><c> he</c><00:42:07.960><c> said</c><00:42:08.360><c> that's</c><00:42:09.199><c> one</c><00:42:09.340><c> issue.</c>

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:14.739
Even<00:42:11.000><c> amongst</c><00:42:11.539><c> mankind,</c><00:42:13.340><c> male</c><00:42:13.559><c> kind,</c>

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:18.179
you<00:42:15.320><c> might</c><00:42:15.760><c> find</c><00:42:16.880><c> one</c><00:42:17.300><c> amongst</c><00:42:17.619><c> a</c><00:42:17.840><c> thousand</c>

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:21.920
who<00:42:18.440><c> remotely</c><00:42:19.239><c> lose</c><00:42:19.860><c> the</c><00:42:20.300><c> calibre</c><00:42:20.619><c> of</c><00:42:20.880><c> life</c><00:42:21.300><c> that</c><00:42:21.679><c> these</c>

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:23.519
verses<00:42:22.219><c> demand.</c>

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:27.400
And<00:42:25.980><c> there's</c><00:42:26.159><c> a</c><00:42:26.360><c> problem.</c>

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:30.679
Because<00:42:28.420><c> as</c><00:42:28.659><c> much</c><00:42:28.920><c> wisdom</c><00:42:29.219><c> as</c><00:42:29.400><c> we</c><00:42:29.579><c> have,</c><00:42:29.920><c> he</c><00:42:29.920><c> says,</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:34.320
mankind<00:42:32.480><c> is</c><00:42:32.760><c> seldom</c><00:42:33.000><c> anything</c><00:42:33.300><c> like</c><00:42:33.539><c> what</c><00:42:33.679><c> he</c><00:42:33.780><c> ought</c><00:42:33.940><c> to</c><00:42:34.159><c> be.</c>

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:37.539
Verse<00:42:34.579><c> 29,</c><00:42:35.340><c> this</c><00:42:35.639><c> only</c><00:42:36.280><c> have</c><00:42:36.480><c> I</c><00:42:36.699><c> found.</c>

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:39.880
God<00:42:38.119><c> hath</c><00:42:38.340><c> made</c><00:42:38.639><c> man</c><00:42:38.880><c> upright,</c>

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:42.079
but<00:42:40.159><c> they</c><00:42:40.559><c> have</c><00:42:40.840><c> sought</c><00:42:41.039><c> out</c><00:42:41.320><c> many</c><00:42:41.679><c> inventions.</c>

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:44.019
It's<00:42:42.539><c> not</c><00:42:42.780><c> God's</c><00:42:43.280><c> fault.</c>

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:46.980
It's<00:42:45.280><c> not</c><00:42:45.500><c> God's</c><00:42:45.980><c> fault,</c><00:42:46.340><c> brothers</c><00:42:46.420><c> and</c><00:42:46.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:49.380
You<00:42:47.400><c> can</c><00:42:47.559><c> see</c><00:42:47.679><c> what</c><00:42:47.840><c> Solomon's</c><00:42:48.119><c> looking</c><00:42:48.340><c> for,</c><00:42:48.980><c> can't</c><00:42:49.179><c> you?</c>

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:51.340
You<00:42:49.639><c> can</c><00:42:49.719><c> see</c><00:42:49.800><c> what</c><00:42:49.880><c> he's</c><00:42:50.019><c> looking</c><00:42:50.340><c> for.</c>

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:53.300
He's<00:42:51.639><c> looking</c><00:42:51.800><c> for</c><00:42:51.940><c> the</c><00:42:52.019><c> next</c><00:42:52.260><c> better</c><00:42:52.440><c> thing.</c>

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:56.340
He's<00:42:54.039><c> got</c><00:42:54.199><c> to</c><00:42:54.380><c> the</c><00:42:54.639><c> best</c><00:42:54.900><c> thing</c><00:42:55.079><c> he</c><00:42:55.260><c> can</c><00:42:55.460><c> name</c><00:42:55.719><c> and</c><00:42:55.900><c> it's</c><00:42:56.099><c> wisdom.</c>

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:58.440
And<00:42:56.579><c> he's</c><00:42:56.820><c> looking</c><00:42:57.059><c> for</c><00:42:57.300><c> something</c><00:42:57.639><c> better</c><00:42:57.960><c> than</c><00:42:58.139><c> wisdom</c>

00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:01.820
because<00:42:58.760><c> wisdom</c><00:42:59.219><c> doesn't</c><00:42:59.699><c> help</c><00:42:59.980><c> us,</c><00:43:00.739><c> ultimately,</c>

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:03.260
because<00:43:02.300><c> we</c><00:43:02.460><c> can't</c><00:43:02.699><c> live</c><00:43:02.840><c> it.</c>

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:05.559
We<00:43:03.579><c> can't</c><00:43:03.780><c> put</c><00:43:03.960><c> these</c><00:43:04.199><c> things</c><00:43:04.340><c> into</c><00:43:04.559><c> practice.</c>

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.739
Sin<00:43:05.960><c> takes</c><00:43:06.300><c> over.</c>

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:08.800
Mankind's<00:43:07.579><c> got</c><00:43:07.699><c> a</c><00:43:07.880><c> problem.</c>

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:12.119
And<00:43:09.719><c> even</c><00:43:09.920><c> amongst</c><00:43:10.159><c> the</c><00:43:10.380><c> best</c><00:43:10.679><c> men</c><00:43:10.880><c> in</c><00:43:10.980><c> his</c><00:43:11.219><c> kingdom,</c>

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:15.739
he's<00:43:12.880><c> scarce</c><00:43:13.079><c> the</c><00:43:13.280><c> reward</c><00:43:13.639><c> with</c><00:43:13.840><c> one</c><00:43:14.039><c> among</c><00:43:14.239><c> a</c><00:43:14.460><c> thousand,</c><00:43:14.960><c> he</c><00:43:14.960><c> says.</c>

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:19.340
And<00:43:17.960><c> he's</c><00:43:18.139><c> looking</c><00:43:18.280><c> for</c><00:43:18.420><c> this</c><00:43:18.599><c> answer.</c>

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:23.340
Round<00:43:21.199><c> and</c><00:43:21.440><c> round,</c><00:43:22.000><c> looking</c><00:43:22.099><c> for</c><00:43:22.219><c> the</c><00:43:22.380><c> answer.</c>

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:27.500
But<00:43:24.900><c> the</c><00:43:25.099><c> phrase</c><00:43:25.480><c> one</c><00:43:25.880><c> among</c><00:43:26.059><c> a</c><00:43:26.239><c> thousand</c><00:43:26.440><c> is</c><00:43:26.559><c> a</c><00:43:26.659><c> giveaway</c>

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:30.619
because<00:43:28.820><c> that's</c><00:43:29.079><c> a</c><00:43:29.260><c> phrase</c><00:43:29.420><c> which</c><00:43:29.659><c> is</c><00:43:29.800><c> used</c><00:43:29.960><c> of</c><00:43:30.119><c> redemption.</c>

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:33.579
In<00:43:31.219><c> Job</c><00:43:31.559><c> chapter</c><00:43:32.059><c> 9</c><00:43:32.440><c> and</c><00:43:32.599><c> verse</c><00:43:32.840><c> 3,</c>

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:38.760
Job<00:43:34.239><c> says</c><00:43:34.599><c> that</c><00:43:34.820><c> man</c><00:43:35.119><c> cannot</c><00:43:35.480><c> answer</c><00:43:36.000><c> God</c><00:43:36.780><c> one</c><00:43:37.340><c> among</c><00:43:37.579><c> a</c><00:43:37.820><c> thousand.</c>

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:42.059
In<00:43:39.699><c> Job</c><00:43:39.920><c> 33</c><00:43:40.500><c> and</c><00:43:40.719><c> verse</c><00:43:40.980><c> 23,</c>

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:45.539
Job<00:43:42.920><c> says</c><00:43:43.639><c> is</c><00:43:44.079><c> there</c><00:43:44.380><c> one</c><00:43:44.579><c> among</c><00:43:44.820><c> a</c><00:43:45.079><c> thousand</c>

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:48.679
that<00:43:46.300><c> can</c><00:43:46.539><c> show</c><00:43:46.699><c> unto</c><00:43:46.960><c> man</c><00:43:47.260><c> God's</c><00:43:48.000><c> uprightness?</c>

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:53.880
This<00:43:48.980><c> is</c><00:43:49.780><c> language</c><00:43:50.139><c> which</c><00:43:50.380><c> is</c><00:43:50.659><c> used</c><00:43:50.960><c> in</c><00:43:51.780><c> the</c><00:43:52.039><c> wisdom</c><00:43:52.360><c> books</c><00:43:52.619><c> of</c><00:43:53.880><c> Scripture</c>

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.980
for<00:43:54.480><c> the</c><00:43:54.619><c> subject</c><00:43:54.800><c> of</c><00:43:55.000><c> redemption.</c>

00:43:56.980 --> 00:44:01.239
You<00:43:57.059><c> see,</c><00:43:58.320><c> Solomon's</c><00:43:58.599><c> looking</c><00:43:58.820><c> for</c><00:43:59.760><c> the</c><00:43:59.940><c> better</c><00:44:00.159><c> man.</c>

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:04.579
He's<00:44:02.159><c> hunting</c><00:44:02.519><c> here</c><00:44:02.860><c> high</c><00:44:03.159><c> and</c><00:44:03.500><c> low,</c><00:44:03.840><c> round</c><00:44:04.099><c> and</c><00:44:04.340><c> round,</c>

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:07.340
overturning<00:44:05.139><c> every</c><00:44:05.480><c> stone,</c><00:44:05.699><c> looking</c><00:44:06.000><c> for</c><00:44:06.239><c> the</c><00:44:06.559><c> better</c><00:44:06.780><c> man.</c>

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:08.860
And<00:44:07.880><c> he</c><00:44:07.980><c> can't</c><00:44:08.280><c> find</c><00:44:08.559><c> him.</c>

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:13.280
He<00:44:09.599><c> can't</c><00:44:09.980><c> find</c><00:44:10.260><c> him</c><00:44:10.579><c> because</c><00:44:10.920><c> there's</c><00:44:11.260><c> none</c><00:44:11.380><c> like</c><00:44:12.519><c> that</c><00:44:12.619><c> among</c><00:44:12.860><c> men.</c>

00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:16.199
No<00:44:13.880><c> man</c><00:44:14.159><c> lives</c><00:44:14.380><c> these</c><00:44:14.699><c> things</c><00:44:14.980><c> like</c><00:44:15.199><c> he</c><00:44:15.400><c> should.</c>

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:18.219
But<00:44:16.800><c> you</c><00:44:16.860><c> know,</c><00:44:16.980><c> there</c><00:44:17.059><c> is</c><00:44:17.239><c> an</c><00:44:17.400><c> answer.</c>

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:20.800
You<00:44:18.300><c> come</c><00:44:18.440><c> across</c><00:44:18.699><c> to</c><00:44:18.960><c> the</c><00:44:19.039><c> Song</c><00:44:19.260><c> of</c><00:44:19.460><c> Solomon,</c><00:44:20.000><c> chapter</c><00:44:20.199><c> 5.</c>

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:24.139
Solomon<00:44:21.420><c> did</c><00:44:22.059><c> know</c><00:44:22.480><c> of</c><00:44:22.800><c> this</c><00:44:23.059><c> answer.</c>

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:28.679
It<00:44:26.699><c> is</c><00:44:26.900><c> likely</c><00:44:27.159><c> that</c><00:44:27.260><c> he</c><00:44:27.340><c> wrote</c><00:44:27.539><c> the</c><00:44:27.760><c> Song</c><00:44:27.980><c> of</c><00:44:28.059><c> Solomon</c><00:44:28.219><c> before</c>

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.619
he<00:44:28.800><c> wrote</c><00:44:29.019><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:33.059
Ecclesiastes<00:44:30.340><c> was</c><00:44:31.360><c> the</c><00:44:31.480><c> book</c><00:44:31.659><c> that</c><00:44:31.780><c> he</c><00:44:31.880><c> wrote</c><00:44:32.059><c> late</c><00:44:32.380><c> in</c><00:44:32.500><c> his</c><00:44:32.699><c> life.</c>

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:36.119
Songs<00:44:33.780><c> was</c><00:44:34.179><c> what</c><00:44:34.420><c> he</c><00:44:34.500><c> wrote,</c><00:44:34.739><c> it</c><00:44:34.860><c> appears,</c><00:44:35.059><c> early</c><00:44:35.320><c> in</c><00:44:35.440><c> his</c><00:44:35.619><c> life.</c>

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:37.780
So<00:44:36.400><c> he's</c><00:44:36.480><c> speaking</c><00:44:36.760><c> of</c><00:44:36.880><c> the</c><00:44:37.039><c> subject</c><00:44:37.280><c> of</c><00:44:37.440><c> marriage.</c>

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:41.340
But<00:44:38.519><c> as</c><00:44:38.719><c> you'll</c><00:44:38.860><c> be</c><00:44:38.960><c> aware,</c><00:44:39.280><c> brothers,</c><00:44:39.679><c> this</c><00:44:39.860><c> is</c><00:44:40.059><c> a</c><00:44:40.199><c> great</c><00:44:40.480><c> type.</c>

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:46.019
And<00:44:41.960><c> the</c><00:44:42.179><c> bridegroom</c><00:44:42.920><c> of</c><00:44:43.679><c> this</c><00:44:43.980><c> book</c><00:44:44.320><c> is</c><00:44:44.940><c> none</c><00:44:45.119><c> other</c><00:44:45.480><c> in</c><00:44:45.860><c> type</c>

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.420
than<00:44:46.199><c> the</c><00:44:46.360><c> Lord</c><00:44:46.579><c> Jesus</c><00:44:47.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:49.920
And<00:44:47.800><c> look</c><00:44:48.000><c> at</c><00:44:48.199><c> chapter</c><00:44:48.440><c> 5,</c><00:44:48.860><c> verse</c><00:44:49.139><c> 10.</c>

00:44:52.280 --> 00:45:00.860
My<00:44:52.559><c> beloved</c><00:44:53.079><c> is</c><00:44:54.559><c> white</c><00:44:55.039><c> and</c><00:44:55.539><c> ruddy,</c><00:44:57.699><c> the</c><00:44:57.900><c> cheapest</c><00:44:58.219><c> among</c><00:44:58.780><c> ten</c><00:44:59.920><c> thousand.</c>

00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:03.579
But<00:45:02.219><c> it's</c><00:45:02.400><c> not</c><00:45:02.539><c> ten</c><00:45:02.780><c> thousand.</c>

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:06.139
The<00:45:03.780><c> word</c><00:45:04.079><c> thousand</c><00:45:04.440><c> here</c><00:45:04.719><c> is</c><00:45:04.880><c> not</c><00:45:05.099><c> the</c><00:45:05.260><c> same</c><00:45:05.440><c> word</c><00:45:05.699><c> thousand.</c>

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:07.719
The<00:45:06.420><c> word</c><00:45:06.659><c> ten</c><00:45:06.940><c> doesn't</c><00:45:07.219><c> mean</c><00:45:07.480><c> ten.</c>

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:09.199
This<00:45:08.059><c> means</c><00:45:08.619><c> myriads.</c>

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:13.340
It's<00:45:09.559><c> sometimes</c><00:45:09.860><c> translated</c><00:45:10.340><c> ten</c><00:45:10.840><c> thousand</c><00:45:11.360><c> times</c><00:45:11.960><c> ten</c><00:45:12.320><c> thousand.</c>

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:19.500
My<00:45:14.400><c> bridegroom</c><00:45:15.179><c> is</c><00:45:15.800><c> the</c><00:45:16.079><c> cheapest</c><00:45:16.679><c> among</c><00:45:18.079><c> myriads.</c>

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:23.760
He's<00:45:21.159><c> the</c><00:45:21.380><c> cheapest</c><00:45:21.840><c> among</c><00:45:22.599><c> everyone.</c>

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:27.619
There's<00:45:24.460><c> no</c><00:45:24.739><c> man</c><00:45:25.340><c> like</c><00:45:25.960><c> that</c><00:45:26.440><c> bridegroom.</c>

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:30.360
And<00:45:28.280><c> what</c><00:45:28.400><c> do</c><00:45:28.599><c> you</c><00:45:28.599><c> know</c><00:45:29.000><c> about</c><00:45:29.340><c> that</c><00:45:29.679><c> bridegroom,</c><00:45:30.280><c> brothers</c>

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.460
and<00:45:30.619><c> sisters?</c>

00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:34.900
Well,<00:45:32.679><c> you</c><00:45:32.800><c> know</c><00:45:32.940><c> he's</c><00:45:33.139><c> got</c><00:45:33.260><c> a</c><00:45:33.320><c> good</c><00:45:33.539><c> name,</c><00:45:34.179><c> don't</c><00:45:34.480><c> you?</c>

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:38.400
Because<00:45:35.519><c> he's</c><00:45:35.739><c> got</c><00:45:35.860><c> a</c><00:45:36.019><c> name</c><00:45:36.619><c> above</c><00:45:37.079><c> every</c><00:45:37.460><c> name.</c>

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:42.019
You<00:45:39.619><c> know</c><00:45:39.739><c> that</c><00:45:39.880><c> he</c><00:45:40.019><c> regards</c><00:45:40.400><c> his</c><00:45:40.719><c> death</c><00:45:41.039><c> greater</c><00:45:41.400><c> than</c><00:45:41.539><c> his</c><00:45:41.800><c> birth</c>

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:44.360
because<00:45:42.360><c> the</c><00:45:42.699><c> greatest</c><00:45:43.059><c> conquest</c><00:45:43.559><c> in</c><00:45:43.739><c> the</c><00:45:43.840><c> history</c><00:45:44.059><c> of</c><00:45:44.260><c> the</c>

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:46.980
world<00:45:44.599><c> was</c><00:45:44.860><c> made</c><00:45:45.380><c> at</c><00:45:45.760><c> his</c><00:45:46.059><c> death.</c>

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:50.840
You<00:45:47.920><c> know</c><00:45:48.000><c> that</c><00:45:48.119><c> he</c><00:45:48.260><c> values</c><00:45:48.659><c> mourning</c><00:45:49.239><c> more</c><00:45:49.739><c> than</c><00:45:50.000><c> feasting</c>

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:54.460
because<00:45:51.420><c> the</c><00:45:51.719><c> greatest</c><00:45:52.000><c> feast</c><00:45:52.239><c> he</c><00:45:52.440><c> ever</c><00:45:52.800><c> celebrated</c><00:45:53.300><c> was</c><00:45:54.179><c> the</c>

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:57.099
commemoration<00:45:55.179><c> of</c><00:45:55.920><c> his</c><00:45:56.159><c> death.</c>

00:45:57.380 --> 00:46:00.320
You<00:45:57.500><c> know</c><00:45:57.599><c> that</c><00:45:57.719><c> he</c><00:45:57.820><c> values</c><00:45:58.079><c> sorrow</c><00:45:58.559><c> more</c><00:45:58.920><c> than</c><00:45:59.099><c> laughter.</c>

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:03.239
Twice<00:46:00.960><c> in</c><00:46:01.239><c> scripture</c><00:46:01.480><c> we</c><00:46:01.679><c> read</c><00:46:01.780><c> of</c><00:46:01.920><c> the</c><00:46:02.039><c> Lord</c><00:46:02.199><c> Jesus</c><00:46:02.599><c> Christ</c><00:46:02.920><c> weeping.</c>

00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:07.000
You<00:46:03.380><c> won't</c><00:46:03.659><c> read</c><00:46:03.960><c> of</c><00:46:04.059><c> him</c><00:46:04.239><c> laughing</c><00:46:05.039><c> anywhere</c><00:46:05.699><c> in</c><00:46:06.039><c> scripture.</c>

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:10.139
You<00:46:07.719><c> know</c><00:46:07.820><c> that</c><00:46:07.940><c> he</c><00:46:08.039><c> regards</c><00:46:08.340><c> wisdom</c><00:46:08.800><c> more</c><00:46:09.099><c> than</c><00:46:09.360><c> folly.</c>

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:13.059
Mourning<00:46:10.739><c> by</c><00:46:10.960><c> mourning</c><00:46:11.159><c> it</c><00:46:11.360><c> tells</c><00:46:11.559><c> us</c><00:46:11.780><c> in</c><00:46:11.880><c> the</c><00:46:12.099><c> prophets</c><00:46:12.380><c> he</c>

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:15.019
opened<00:46:13.400><c> his</c><00:46:13.760><c> ear</c><00:46:14.139><c> to</c><00:46:14.360><c> his</c><00:46:14.639><c> father.</c>

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:18.340
Never,<00:46:15.639><c> ever,</c><00:46:16.199><c> ever</c><00:46:16.360><c> listen</c><00:46:16.599><c> to</c><00:46:16.760><c> the</c><00:46:16.960><c> council</c><00:46:17.239><c> of</c><00:46:17.500><c> fools.</c>

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:22.760
You<00:46:19.780><c> know</c><00:46:19.920><c> that</c><00:46:20.039><c> he</c><00:46:20.159><c> regards</c><00:46:20.480><c> the</c><00:46:20.760><c> end</c><00:46:21.039><c> more</c><00:46:21.539><c> than</c><00:46:21.719><c> the</c><00:46:21.900><c> beginning</c>

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:26.860
because<00:46:23.340><c> what</c><00:46:23.940><c> were</c><00:46:24.380><c> his</c><00:46:24.679><c> last</c><00:46:25.320><c> mortal</c><00:46:25.760><c> words?</c>

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:29.980
John<00:46:28.199><c> 19</c><00:46:28.599><c> verse</c><00:46:28.880><c> 30.</c>

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:31.639
It's<00:46:30.860><c> finished.</c>

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:33.599
It's<00:46:32.760><c> finished.</c>

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:35.960
And<00:46:34.699><c> finally</c><00:46:35.000><c> wisdom</c><00:46:35.340><c> more</c><00:46:35.579><c> than</c><00:46:35.699><c> money.</c>

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:37.380
Wisdom<00:46:36.559><c> more</c><00:46:36.860><c> than</c><00:46:37.000><c> an</c><00:46:37.139><c> inheritance.</c>

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.820
He<00:46:37.539><c> was</c><00:46:37.739><c> born</c><00:46:37.900><c> to</c><00:46:38.039><c> be</c><00:46:38.179><c> a</c><00:46:38.320><c> king</c><00:46:38.420><c> of</c><00:46:38.579><c> course.</c>

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:40.579
He<00:46:39.000><c> never</c><00:46:39.139><c> ever</c><00:46:39.360><c> took</c><00:46:39.539><c> the</c><00:46:39.820><c> throne.</c>

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:41.579
Never<00:46:40.780><c> ever</c><00:46:41.019><c> took</c><00:46:41.199><c> the</c><00:46:41.420><c> throne.</c>

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:44.360
Instead<00:46:42.079><c> he</c><00:46:42.619><c> disseminated</c><00:46:43.219><c> wisdom</c><00:46:43.519><c> like</c><00:46:43.760><c> it's</c><00:46:43.940><c> never</c><00:46:44.159><c> ever</c>

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:45.880
been<00:46:44.559><c> shown</c><00:46:44.760><c> before.</c>

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:49.800
And<00:46:46.579><c> he</c><00:46:46.659><c> was</c><00:46:46.880><c> furious</c><00:46:47.280><c> with</c><00:46:47.579><c> man's</c><00:46:48.119><c> refusal</c><00:46:48.460><c> to</c><00:46:48.780><c> accept</c><00:46:49.119><c> that</c><00:46:49.400><c> wisdom.</c>

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:52.679
They<00:46:50.260><c> asked</c><00:46:50.480><c> him</c><00:46:50.639><c> for</c><00:46:50.860><c> a</c><00:46:50.960><c> sign,</c><00:46:51.199><c> you</c><00:46:51.280><c> know,</c><00:46:51.579><c> in</c><00:46:51.679><c> Matthew</c><00:46:52.019><c> chapter</c><00:46:52.300><c> 12.</c>

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:55.980
And<00:46:52.980><c> what</c><00:46:53.199><c> was</c><00:46:53.440><c> the</c><00:46:53.699><c> answer</c><00:46:54.059><c> when</c><00:46:54.199><c> they</c><00:46:54.420><c> asked</c><00:46:54.699><c> him</c><00:46:54.840><c> for</c><00:46:55.099><c> a</c><00:46:55.159><c> sign?</c>

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:58.139
The<00:46:56.719><c> queen</c><00:46:56.920><c> of</c><00:46:57.039><c> the</c><00:46:57.280><c> south.</c>

00:46:58.340 --> 00:46:59.940
The<00:46:58.519><c> queen</c><00:46:58.739><c> of</c><00:46:58.940><c> the</c><00:46:59.219><c> south.</c>

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:03.059
Or<00:47:00.380><c> rise</c><00:47:00.659><c> up</c><00:47:00.840><c> in</c><00:47:01.039><c> judgment</c><00:47:01.300><c> against</c><00:47:01.659><c> this</c><00:47:01.960><c> generation.</c>

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:06.159
Because<00:47:03.880><c> she</c><00:47:04.099><c> came</c><00:47:04.320><c> from</c><00:47:04.559><c> the</c><00:47:04.820><c> utmost</c><00:47:05.119><c> parts</c><00:47:05.519><c> of</c><00:47:05.679><c> the</c><00:47:05.920><c> earth</c>

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.539
to<00:47:06.400><c> hear</c><00:47:06.500><c> the</c><00:47:06.719><c> wisdom</c><00:47:06.960><c> of</c><00:47:07.260><c> Solomon.</c>

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:13.340
And<00:47:08.079><c> behold,</c><00:47:08.599><c> he</c><00:47:08.940><c> said,</c><00:47:09.960><c> greater</c><00:47:10.659><c> than</c><00:47:11.119><c> Solomon</c><00:47:11.659><c> is</c><00:47:12.340><c> here.</c>

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:18.619
Wisdom<00:47:14.780><c> far,</c><00:47:15.340><c> far</c><00:47:15.820><c> transcended</c><00:47:16.820><c> the</c><00:47:17.280><c> value</c><00:47:17.480><c> of</c><00:47:17.820><c> inheritance.</c>

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:22.659
And<00:47:19.760><c> if</c><00:47:19.880><c> there</c><00:47:20.079><c> could</c><00:47:20.219><c> have</c><00:47:20.380><c> been</c><00:47:20.579><c> any</c><00:47:20.900><c> doubt</c><00:47:21.179><c> whatsoever</c><00:47:22.019><c> as</c>

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.320
to<00:47:22.780><c> his</c><00:47:23.019><c> caliber,</c>

00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:26.960
the<00:47:23.940><c> apostle</c><00:47:24.239><c> Paul</c><00:47:24.619><c> obliterates</c><00:47:25.380><c> it</c><00:47:25.980><c> when</c><00:47:26.280><c> he</c><00:47:26.539><c> comments</c><00:47:26.739><c> on</c>

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:28.840
the<00:47:27.179><c> status</c><00:47:27.440><c> of</c><00:47:27.619><c> the</c><00:47:27.719><c> Lord</c><00:47:27.880><c> Jesus</c><00:47:28.239><c> Christ</c><00:47:28.559><c> in</c><00:47:28.719><c> the</c>

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.519
book<00:47:28.980><c> of</c><00:47:29.099><c> Hebrews.</c>

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:30.739
Because<00:47:30.059><c> you</c><00:47:30.139><c> know</c><00:47:30.199><c> what</c><00:47:30.219><c> he</c><00:47:30.340><c> says?</c>

00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:32.219
You<00:47:31.159><c> know</c><00:47:31.239><c> what</c><00:47:31.340><c> the</c><00:47:31.480><c> apostle</c><00:47:31.840><c> says?</c>

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All<00:47:32.679><c> the</c><00:47:32.840><c> way,</c><00:47:32.900><c> the</c><00:47:32.960><c> great</c><00:47:33.280><c> theme,</c><00:47:33.639><c> all</c><00:47:33.760><c> the</c><00:47:33.840><c> way</c><00:47:33.980><c> through</c><00:47:34.260><c> Hebrews</c><00:47:34.619><c> that</c><00:47:34.840><c> Paul</c><00:47:35.039><c> makes</c><00:47:35.260><c> of</c>

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the<00:47:35.539><c> Lord</c><00:47:35.719><c> Jesus</c><00:47:36.079><c> Christ?</c>

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Better<00:47:38.539><c> than</c><00:47:38.760><c> angels.</c>

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Possessing<00:47:40.900><c> a</c><00:47:41.119><c> better</c><00:47:41.539><c> priesthood.</c>

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Offering<00:47:42.659><c> a</c><00:47:42.960><c> better</c><00:47:43.239><c> hope.</c>

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Confirming<00:47:44.199><c> a</c><00:47:44.539><c> better</c><00:47:44.880><c> covenant.</c>

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Making<00:47:45.780><c> better</c><00:47:46.300><c> promises.</c>

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Offering<00:47:47.519><c> a</c><00:47:47.880><c> better</c><00:47:48.119><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Providing<00:47:49.360><c> a</c><00:47:49.659><c> better</c><00:47:49.920><c> reward.</c>

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Gaining<00:47:51.019><c> a</c><00:47:51.519><c> better</c><00:47:52.119><c> resurrection</c><00:47:52.739><c> for</c><00:47:53.539><c> all</c><00:47:53.920><c> those</c><00:47:54.179><c> that</c><00:47:54.480><c> seek</c>

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him<00:47:54.800><c> in</c><00:47:55.059><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:47:56.760><c> as</c><00:47:56.860><c> the</c><00:47:56.980><c> apostle</c><00:47:57.280><c> concludes</c><00:47:57.940><c> the</c><00:47:58.260><c> catalogue</c><00:47:58.579><c> of</c><00:47:58.760><c> the</c><00:47:59.019><c> faithful</c><00:47:59.400><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:47:59.980><c> chapter</c><00:48:00.320><c> 11,</c>

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which<00:48:00.900><c> I</c><00:48:01.039><c> might</c><00:48:01.219><c> add</c><00:48:01.440><c> includes</c><00:48:01.800><c> women,</c>

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he<00:48:04.059><c> says</c><00:48:04.480><c> in</c><00:48:04.760><c> Hebrews</c><00:48:05.019><c> 11</c><00:48:05.300><c> and</c><00:48:05.460><c> verse</c><00:48:05.719><c> 40,</c>

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God,<00:48:08.000><c> having</c><00:48:08.639><c> provided</c><00:48:09.219><c> some</c><00:48:10.340><c> better</c><00:48:11.059><c> thing</c><00:48:11.340><c> for</c><00:48:11.559><c> us,</c>

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that<00:48:13.480><c> they</c><00:48:13.920><c> without</c><00:48:14.340><c> us</c><00:48:15.280><c> should</c><00:48:16.300><c> not</c><00:48:16.519><c> be</c><00:48:16.679><c> made</c><00:48:16.940><c> perfect.</c>