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dwell<00:13:51.840><c> in</c><00:13:51.960><c> the</c><00:13:52.139><c> land.</c><00:13:52.960><c> Therefore</c><00:13:53.440><c> will</c><00:13:53.940><c> we</c><00:13:54.179><c> also</c><00:13:54.620><c> serve</c><00:13:55.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:55.399><c> for</c>

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he<00:13:55.879><c> is</c><00:13:56.120><c> our</c><00:13:56.379><c> God.</c><00:13:57.059><c> And</c><00:13:57.240><c> Joshua</c><00:13:57.700><c> said</c><00:13:57.940><c> unto</c><00:13:58.200><c> the</c><00:13:58.399><c> people</c><00:13:58.740><c> ye</c><00:13:59.200><c> cannot</c>

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serve<00:14:00.340><c> Yahweh.</c><00:14:01.879><c> Why</c><00:14:02.179><c> can't</c><00:14:02.539><c> they?</c><00:14:03.059><c> Haven't</c><00:14:03.340><c> they</c><00:14:03.559><c> just</c>

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protested<00:14:04.720><c> from</c><00:14:05.000><c> verse</c><00:14:05.259><c> 16</c><00:14:05.759><c> to</c><00:14:05.940><c> verse</c><00:14:06.279><c> 18</c><00:14:06.440><c> that</c><00:14:06.559><c> they</c><00:14:06.720><c> would</c>

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their<00:14:16.000><c> idols.</c><00:14:17.059><c> For</c><00:14:17.179><c> God</c><00:14:17.519><c> brought</c><00:14:17.759><c> them</c><00:14:17.919><c> out</c><00:14:18.080><c> of</c><00:14:18.259><c> Egypt.</c>

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God<00:14:19.899><c> brought</c><00:14:20.139><c> them</c><00:14:20.299><c> into</c><00:14:20.419><c> the</c><00:14:20.700><c> land.</c><00:14:22.019><c> He</c><00:14:22.299><c> brought</c><00:14:22.440><c> them</c><00:14:22.620><c> from</c>

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into<00:14:24.080><c> the</c><00:14:24.240><c> house</c><00:14:24.519><c> of</c><00:14:24.779><c> freedom.</c><00:14:26.000><c> He</c><00:14:26.039><c> dispossessed</c><00:14:26.720><c> the</c><00:14:26.960><c> Amorites.</c>

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He<00:14:27.879><c> put</c><00:14:28.120><c> the</c><00:14:28.580><c> children</c><00:14:28.940><c> of</c><00:14:29.039><c> Israel</c><00:14:29.220><c> in</c><00:14:29.240><c> their</c><00:14:29.399><c> place.</c><00:14:30.080><c> They</c>

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said<00:14:30.419><c> for</c><00:14:30.620><c> all</c><00:14:30.899><c> the</c><00:14:31.039><c> great</c><00:14:31.320><c> benefits</c>

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that<00:14:31.899><c> we</c><00:14:32.039><c> received</c><00:14:32.340><c> from</c><00:14:32.580><c> God</c><00:14:32.779><c> we</c><00:14:33.120><c> will</c><00:14:33.360><c> serve</c><00:14:33.639><c> him.</c><00:14:33.919><c> Joshua</c>

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Why<00:14:37.340><c> can't</c><00:14:37.559><c> we</c><00:14:37.740><c> do</c><00:14:37.940><c> it?</c><00:14:38.419><c> Because</c><00:14:38.840><c> he</c><00:14:39.220><c> said</c>

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and<00:14:40.179><c> he</c><00:14:40.500><c> repeated</c><00:14:40.759><c> in</c><00:14:41.019><c> verse</c><00:14:41.240><c> 24</c><00:14:41.860><c> now</c><00:14:42.799><c> therefore</c>

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And<00:14:47.820><c> you</c><00:14:47.899><c> know</c><00:14:48.100><c> brothers</c><00:14:48.379><c> and</c><00:14:48.679><c> sisters</c><00:14:48.899><c> it's</c><00:14:49.200><c> an</c><00:14:49.399><c> incredible</c>

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thing<00:14:50.299><c> to</c><00:14:50.500><c> behold</c><00:14:50.960><c> in</c><00:14:51.320><c> humankind.</c>

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of<00:15:00.340><c> it.</c><00:15:01.059><c> But</c><00:15:01.279><c> they</c><00:15:01.580><c> will</c><00:15:02.059><c> not</c><00:15:02.500><c> relinquish</c><00:15:03.240><c> their</c><00:15:03.539><c> idols.</c>

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He<00:15:09.080><c> knelt</c><00:15:09.460><c> down.</c><00:15:10.840><c> He</c><00:15:11.299><c> worshipped</c><00:15:11.720><c> him.</c>

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You<00:15:16.399><c> know</c><00:15:16.460><c> what</c><00:15:16.539><c> he</c><00:15:16.700><c> got</c><00:15:16.820><c> those</c><00:15:17.100><c> credentials?</c><00:15:18.940><c> Who</c><00:15:19.139><c> would</c><00:15:19.480><c> run</c>

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kneel<00:15:21.659><c> down,</c><00:15:22.840><c> worship</c><00:15:23.240><c> him,</c><00:15:24.179><c> and</c><00:15:24.340><c> approve</c><00:15:24.559><c> it</c>

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and<00:15:24.860><c> says</c><00:15:25.000><c> that</c><00:15:25.279><c> Jesus</c><00:15:25.960><c> loved</c><00:15:26.720><c> him.</c>

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But<00:15:28.720><c> he</c><00:15:28.960><c> couldn't</c><00:15:29.559><c> let</c><00:15:29.860><c> it</c><00:15:30.240><c> go</c><00:15:30.539><c> you</c><00:15:30.879><c> see.</c><00:15:31.919><c> He</c><00:15:32.159><c> could</c><00:15:32.539><c> not</c>

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serve<00:15:33.299><c> our</c><00:15:33.580><c> Lord</c><00:15:33.799><c> even</c><00:15:34.120><c> with</c><00:15:34.399><c> all</c><00:15:34.720><c> those</c><00:15:34.919><c> credentials</c><00:15:35.360><c> brothers</c><00:15:35.700><c> and</c><00:15:35.940><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:15:36.820><c> was</c><00:15:37.139><c> impossible</c><00:15:38.019><c> because</c><00:15:39.659><c> he</c><00:15:39.759><c> was</c><00:15:40.080><c> hanging</c>

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He<00:15:49.200><c> would</c><00:15:49.519><c> not</c><00:15:49.779><c> do</c><00:15:49.899><c> it</c><00:15:50.059><c> because</c><00:15:50.399><c> he</c><00:15:50.639><c> says</c><00:15:50.940><c> he</c><00:15:51.399><c> is</c><00:15:51.639><c> a</c>

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holy<00:15:52.799><c> God.</c><00:15:53.539><c> He's</c><00:15:53.940><c> a</c><00:15:54.100><c> separate</c><00:15:54.500><c> God.</c>

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who<00:16:00.240><c> protest</c><00:16:00.620><c> their</c><00:16:00.899><c> love</c><00:16:01.100><c> for</c><00:16:01.340><c> him.</c><00:16:01.980><c> God</c><00:16:02.179><c> is</c><00:16:02.379><c> a</c><00:16:02.480><c> very</c><00:16:02.879><c> jealous</c><00:16:03.279><c> God.</c>

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a<00:16:11.399><c> perfect</c><00:16:11.779><c> God</c>

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everything,<00:16:21.559><c> he</c><00:16:21.960><c> cannot</c><00:16:22.379><c> and</c><00:16:23.039><c> will</c><00:16:23.460><c> not</c>

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share<00:16:24.059><c> that</c><00:16:24.240><c> with</c><00:16:24.360><c> anybody</c><00:16:24.740><c> or</c><00:16:25.100><c> anything.</c><00:16:26.440><c> Now</c><00:16:26.720><c> protest</c><00:16:27.059><c> all</c>

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mammon.<00:16:31.899><c> Forget</c><00:16:32.340><c> it.</c><00:16:33.159><c> Joshua</c><00:16:33.480><c> says</c><00:16:33.779><c> you</c><00:16:34.259><c> cannot</c><00:16:34.799><c> do</c><00:16:35.120><c> it.</c>

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can<00:16:43.500><c> serve</c><00:16:43.740><c> two</c><00:16:44.100><c> masters</c><00:16:44.460><c> and</c><00:16:44.820><c> there</c><00:16:45.100><c> it</c><00:16:45.279><c> is.</c><00:16:46.559><c> And</c><00:16:46.759><c> Joshua</c>

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kept<00:16:47.360><c> reminding</c><00:16:47.720><c> them,</c><00:16:48.019><c> verse</c><00:16:48.259><c> 20,</c><00:16:48.820><c> if</c><00:16:49.279><c> ye</c><00:16:49.639><c> forsake</c><00:16:50.159><c> Yahweh</c>

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strange<00:16:51.620><c> gods</c><00:16:51.980><c> then</c><00:16:52.379><c> he</c><00:16:52.519><c> will</c><00:16:52.820><c> turn</c><00:16:53.220><c> and</c><00:16:53.440><c> do</c><00:16:53.700><c> you</c><00:16:53.980><c> hurt.</c><00:16:54.399><c> That's</c>

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yes

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said.<00:17:32.319><c> And</c><00:17:32.500><c> Joshua</c><00:17:32.720><c> says</c><00:17:33.079><c> no.</c>

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sisters<00:17:45.059><c> say.</c>

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expression.<00:18:01.220><c> I</c><00:18:01.380><c> wonder</c><00:18:01.500><c> how</c><00:18:01.680><c> many</c><00:18:01.960><c> consciences</c>

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answer<00:18:12.200><c> that</c><00:18:12.319><c> for</c><00:18:12.500><c> yourself.</c>

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to<00:18:42.480><c> deceive</c><00:18:43.119><c> and</c><00:18:43.980><c> to</c><00:18:44.180><c> dominate.</c>

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It's<00:18:45.519><c> incredible</c><00:18:46.140><c> how</c><00:18:46.339><c> they</c><00:18:46.500><c> do</c><00:18:46.720><c> that.</c><00:18:47.799><c> In</c><00:18:48.059><c> Proverbs</c><00:18:48.359><c> 23</c>

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You<00:18:53.460><c> know</c><00:18:54.059><c> riches</c><00:18:54.460><c> are</c><00:18:54.839><c> elusive</c><00:18:55.440><c> and</c><00:18:56.299><c> because</c><00:18:56.599><c> they're</c><00:18:56.940><c> sought</c><00:18:57.200><c> after</c>

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cease<00:19:11.220><c> from</c><00:19:11.519><c> thine</c><00:19:11.660><c> own</c><00:19:11.900><c> wisdom</c>

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wilt<00:19:13.940><c> thou</c><00:19:14.240><c> set</c><00:19:14.539><c> thine</c><00:19:14.920><c> eyes</c><00:19:15.200><c> upon</c><00:19:15.460><c> that</c><00:19:15.680><c> which</c><00:19:15.880><c> is</c><00:19:16.200><c> not</c>

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perdition.<00:21:46.700><c> For</c><00:21:46.859><c> the</c><00:21:47.019><c> love</c><00:21:47.160><c> of</c><00:21:47.480><c> money</c><00:21:47.700><c> is</c><00:21:47.960><c> the</c><00:21:48.319><c> root</c><00:21:48.500><c> of</c><00:21:48.779><c> all</c>

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You<00:22:26.440><c> grow</c><00:22:26.720><c> up</c><00:22:26.900><c> like</c><00:22:27.160><c> some</c><00:22:27.440><c> people</c><00:22:27.700><c> you</c><00:22:27.839><c> know</c><00:22:27.900><c> there</c><00:22:28.059><c> are</c><00:22:28.279><c> some</c>

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people<00:22:28.859><c> brothers</c><00:22:29.099><c> and</c><00:22:29.359><c> sisters</c>

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themselves<00:22:46.319><c> with</c><00:22:46.519><c> any</c><00:22:46.700><c> great</c><00:22:46.920><c> expenditure.</c>

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They<00:22:50.000><c> run</c><00:22:50.319><c> around</c><00:22:50.700><c> in</c><00:22:51.400><c> ancient</c><00:22:51.839><c> motor</c><00:22:52.240><c> cars</c><00:22:52.559><c> and</c><00:22:53.440><c> ragged</c>

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which<00:23:57.460><c> now</c><00:23:57.599><c> listen</c><00:23:57.839><c> to</c><00:23:58.019><c> these</c><00:23:58.200><c> words.</c><00:23:58.579><c> Where</c><00:23:58.819><c> have</c><00:23:58.940><c> you</c><00:23:59.079><c> heard</c>

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brother<00:24:13.619><c> and</c><00:24:13.880><c> sisters</c><00:24:14.180><c> to</c><00:24:14.440><c> the</c><00:24:14.680><c> seventh</c><00:24:15.039><c> proverb.</c><00:24:16.420><c> There's</c>

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wandering<00:24:31.640><c> aimlessly</c><00:24:32.380><c> through</c><00:24:32.740><c> the</c><00:24:33.000><c> city.</c>

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temptation.<00:26:35.799><c> Now</c><00:26:35.980><c> that's</c><00:26:36.559><c> the</c><00:26:36.720><c> master</c>

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that.<00:26:41.799><c> I</c><00:26:42.039><c> can't</c><00:26:42.299><c> do</c><00:26:42.440><c> it.</c><00:26:42.720><c> You</c><00:26:42.980><c> can't</c><00:26:43.319><c> do</c><00:26:43.400><c> it</c><00:26:43.480><c> brother</c><00:26:43.740><c> and</c><00:26:43.900><c> sisters.</c><00:26:45.059><c> And</c><00:26:45.220><c> Jesus</c>

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emphasize<00:26:52.519><c> our</c><00:26:52.880><c> point</c>

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you<00:26:54.619><c> cannot</c><00:26:54.940><c> serve</c><00:26:55.380><c> God</c><00:26:55.640><c> and</c><00:26:55.839><c> Mammon.</c><00:26:56.380><c> He</c><00:26:56.640><c> then</c><00:26:56.839><c> goes</c><00:26:57.079><c> on</c><00:26:57.279><c> in</c>

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we<00:27:16.960><c> learn</c><00:27:17.119><c> from</c>

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care<00:27:22.380><c> about</c><00:27:23.039><c> this</c><00:27:23.400><c> life</c><00:27:23.839><c> whether</c><00:27:24.579><c> it</c><00:27:24.819><c> be</c><00:27:24.880><c> to</c><00:27:25.039><c> get</c><00:27:25.200><c> rich</c>

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service.<00:27:30.160><c> It's</c><00:27:30.259><c> a</c><00:27:30.400><c> worship.</c><00:27:31.339><c> Whether</c><00:27:31.519><c> we're</c><00:27:31.859><c> worshipping</c><00:27:32.240><c> a</c>

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huge<00:27:32.900><c> bank</c><00:27:33.180><c> account</c>

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last.<00:27:40.460><c> If</c><00:27:40.559><c> we</c><00:27:40.759><c> were</c><00:27:41.259><c> over</c>

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anxious<00:27:41.799><c> about</c><00:27:42.140><c> it</c><00:27:42.339><c> Jesus</c><00:27:42.720><c> therefore</c><00:27:43.720><c> is</c><00:27:44.400><c> to</c><00:27:44.579><c> tell</c><00:27:44.700><c> us</c><00:27:44.880><c> that</c><00:27:45.019><c> that's</c>

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Mammon.<00:27:46.400><c> It's</c><00:27:46.759><c> a</c><00:27:46.880><c> service</c><00:27:47.160><c> to</c><00:27:47.380><c> that</c><00:27:47.640><c> owner</c><00:27:47.900><c> one</c><00:27:48.319><c> way</c><00:27:48.539><c> or</c><00:27:48.720><c> the</c>

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other<00:27:49.099><c> whether</c><00:27:49.299><c> we're</c>

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thinking<00:27:49.839><c> about</c><00:27:50.079><c> all</c><00:27:50.259><c> we've</c><00:27:50.619><c> got</c><00:27:50.880><c> or</c><00:27:51.500><c> thinking</c><00:27:51.759><c> about</c><00:27:52.019><c> something</c><00:27:52.259><c> we</c>

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haven't<00:27:52.839><c> got.</c>

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or<00:27:58.000><c> over</c><00:27:58.359><c> anxious</c><00:27:58.619><c> about</c><00:27:58.900><c> whether</c><00:27:59.059><c> we</c><00:27:59.240><c> haven't</c><00:27:59.400><c> got</c><00:27:59.539><c> any</c><00:27:59.680><c> money</c><00:27:59.839><c> to</c>

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put<00:28:00.119><c> in</c><00:28:00.259><c> interest</c><00:28:00.500><c> at</c><00:28:00.779><c> all</c>

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sisters<00:28:08.819><c> we're</c><00:28:09.000><c> being</c>

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seduced<00:28:09.779><c> from</c><00:28:09.980><c> the</c><00:28:10.160><c> faith.</c><00:28:11.759><c> It's</c><00:28:11.960><c> money.</c>

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It's<00:28:13.880><c> always</c><00:28:14.059><c> money.</c><00:28:14.819><c> That's</c><00:28:14.980><c> the</c><00:28:15.119><c> thing.</c><00:28:16.119><c> Take</c><00:28:16.640><c> no</c><00:28:17.220><c> thought</c>

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for<00:28:17.819><c> your</c><00:28:18.160><c> life</c><00:28:18.480><c> what</c><00:28:18.779><c> you</c><00:28:19.039><c> shall</c><00:28:19.220><c> eat</c><00:28:19.400><c> or</c><00:28:19.599><c> what</c><00:28:19.799><c> you</c><00:28:20.019><c> shall</c><00:28:20.180><c> drink</c>

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nor<00:28:21.500><c> yet</c><00:28:21.779><c> for</c><00:28:21.980><c> your</c><00:28:22.319><c> body</c><00:28:22.640><c> what</c><00:28:22.839><c> you</c><00:28:23.039><c> shall</c><00:28:23.160><c> put</c><00:28:23.420><c> on.</c><00:28:23.960><c> Is</c><00:28:24.180><c> not</c>

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the<00:28:24.700><c> life</c>

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:27.940
more<00:28:25.359><c> than</c><00:28:25.539><c> the</c><00:28:25.700><c> meat</c><00:28:25.839><c> and</c><00:28:26.099><c> the</c><00:28:26.480><c> body</c><00:28:26.740><c> than</c><00:28:27.000><c> Raymond?</c><00:28:27.500><c> Notice</c>

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.579
the<00:28:28.240><c> couplets</c>

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brothers<00:28:28.920><c> and</c><00:28:29.180><c> sisters.</c><00:28:30.660><c> Life,</c><00:28:31.180><c> the</c><00:28:31.380><c> meat,</c><00:28:32.599><c> body</c>

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and<00:28:33.220><c> Raymond.</c><00:28:35.299><c> Now</c><00:28:35.440><c> here's</c><00:28:35.579><c> an</c><00:28:35.740><c> interesting</c><00:28:36.099><c> thing.</c>

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.680
The<00:28:38.339><c> word</c><00:28:38.480><c> for</c><00:28:38.740><c> life</c><00:28:38.920><c> is</c><00:28:39.140><c> the</c><00:28:39.299><c> Greek</c><00:28:39.480><c> word</c><00:28:39.779><c> zuki.</c>

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Well<00:28:40.980><c> you</c><00:28:41.160><c> say</c><00:28:41.359><c> so</c><00:28:41.599><c> what?</c><00:28:41.819><c> Well</c><00:28:42.119><c> it's</c><00:28:42.359><c> just</c><00:28:42.619><c> this</c><00:28:42.819><c> but</c><00:28:42.980><c> that's</c>

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the<00:28:44.119><c> equivalent</c><00:28:44.440><c> to</c><00:28:44.660><c> the</c>

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:47.460
Hebrew<00:28:45.099><c> word</c><00:28:45.319><c> niphesh.</c><00:28:46.079><c> It's</c><00:28:46.420><c> the</c><00:28:46.660><c> soul.</c>

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:51.380
And<00:28:49.079><c> what</c><00:28:49.559><c> the</c><00:28:50.339><c> Lord</c><00:28:50.440><c> Jesus</c><00:28:51.019><c> Christ</c>

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:54.839
is<00:28:51.640><c> saying</c><00:28:51.920><c> is</c><00:28:52.200><c> this.</c><00:28:53.579><c> That</c><00:28:53.720><c> in</c><00:28:53.900><c> the</c><00:28:54.140><c> beginning</c>

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God<00:28:55.980><c> made</c><00:28:56.299><c> a</c><00:28:56.500><c> man</c><00:28:56.920><c> and</c><00:28:58.299><c> he</c><00:28:58.440><c> made</c><00:28:58.700><c> him</c><00:28:58.819><c> of</c><00:28:58.960><c> the</c>

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:01.940
dust<00:28:59.440><c> of</c><00:28:59.640><c> the</c><00:28:59.779><c> earth</c><00:28:59.920><c> and</c><00:29:00.039><c> he</c><00:29:00.559><c> breathed</c><00:29:01.059><c> into</c><00:29:01.200><c> his</c><00:29:01.460><c> nostrils</c>

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and<00:29:02.259><c> man</c><00:29:02.579><c> became</c>

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a<00:29:03.599><c> living</c><00:29:04.180><c> soul.</c><00:29:06.519><c> So</c><00:29:06.720><c> what</c><00:29:07.000><c> God</c>

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:10.680
made<00:29:07.660><c> was</c><00:29:07.920><c> two</c><00:29:08.180><c> things</c><00:29:08.539><c> really.</c><00:29:09.400><c> Really</c><00:29:09.720><c> made</c><00:29:09.940><c> one</c><00:29:10.299><c> thing.</c>

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:15.039
He<00:29:11.079><c> made</c><00:29:11.420><c> a</c><00:29:11.720><c> body</c><00:29:12.359><c> and</c><00:29:14.420><c> he</c><00:29:14.759><c> added</c>

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:18.539
to<00:29:15.359><c> that</c><00:29:15.359><c> body</c><00:29:15.839><c> a</c><00:29:16.680><c> soul,</c><00:29:17.519><c> a</c><00:29:17.640><c> life.</c>

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So<00:29:19.460><c> the</c><00:29:19.619><c> body</c><00:29:19.819><c> became</c><00:29:20.480><c> animated.</c><00:29:22.640><c> So</c><00:29:22.779><c> the</c><00:29:22.980><c> thing</c>

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:27.339
that<00:29:23.500><c> made</c><00:29:23.759><c> man</c><00:29:24.079><c> what</c><00:29:24.259><c> he</c><00:29:24.440><c> was</c><00:29:25.059><c> fresh</c><00:29:26.019><c> from</c><00:29:26.240><c> the</c><00:29:26.400><c> creator's</c><00:29:26.859><c> hands</c>

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:31.819
a<00:29:28.259><c> living</c><00:29:28.599><c> soul</c><00:29:28.980><c> was</c><00:29:29.279><c> a</c><00:29:29.579><c> body</c><00:29:30.140><c> and</c><00:29:30.740><c> a</c><00:29:31.000><c> soul.</c>

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:35.500
And<00:29:33.839><c> he</c><00:29:33.900><c> was</c><00:29:34.200><c> alive</c><00:29:34.559><c> and</c><00:29:34.819><c> well</c>

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and<00:29:36.599><c> he</c><00:29:36.859><c> served</c><00:29:37.200><c> nobody</c><00:29:37.700><c> but</c><00:29:38.019><c> God</c>

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:42.099
and<00:29:39.619><c> that</c><00:29:39.740><c> he's</c><00:29:39.980><c> fresh</c><00:29:40.160><c> from</c><00:29:40.359><c> the</c><00:29:40.559><c> creator's</c><00:29:41.039><c> hands</c><00:29:41.279><c> he</c><00:29:41.680><c> was</c><00:29:41.859><c> a</c>

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full<00:29:42.319><c> grown</c><00:29:42.539><c> man</c>

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and<00:29:42.940><c> he</c><00:29:42.940><c> had</c><00:29:43.160><c> never</c><00:29:43.660><c> eaten</c><00:29:43.900><c> any</c><00:29:44.160><c> meat</c><00:29:44.539><c> and</c><00:29:45.660><c> he</c><00:29:45.759><c> had</c><00:29:45.900><c> no</c><00:29:46.180><c> clothes</c><00:29:46.420><c> on.</c>

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He<00:29:47.500><c> went</c><00:29:47.640><c> on</c><00:29:47.839><c> to</c><00:29:47.900><c> eat</c><00:29:48.019><c> we</c><00:29:48.240><c> know.</c><00:29:49.559><c> But</c><00:29:49.660><c> when</c><00:29:49.759><c> he</c><00:29:49.819><c> came</c><00:29:50.099><c> from</c><00:29:50.240><c> the</c>

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creator's<00:29:50.839><c> hands</c>

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he<00:29:51.039><c> didn't</c><00:29:51.279><c> grow</c><00:29:51.500><c> them</c><00:29:51.640><c> a</c><00:29:51.819><c> baby.</c><00:29:53.319><c> God</c><00:29:53.420><c> stood</c><00:29:53.799><c> him</c><00:29:54.000><c> up</c><00:29:54.259><c> and</c><00:29:54.420><c> there</c><00:29:54.539><c> he</c><00:29:54.720><c> was.</c>

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A<00:29:56.240><c> full</c><00:29:56.619><c> grown</c><00:29:57.019><c> man.</c>

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A<00:29:59.500><c> living</c><00:29:59.960><c> soul.</c><00:30:01.599><c> And</c><00:30:01.759><c> for</c><00:30:01.980><c> life</c><00:30:02.240><c> he</c><00:30:02.359><c> had</c><00:30:02.559><c> no</c><00:30:02.799><c> meat</c>

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and<00:30:04.059><c> for</c><00:30:04.180><c> the</c><00:30:04.380><c> body</c><00:30:04.579><c> he</c><00:30:04.720><c> had</c><00:30:04.900><c> no</c><00:30:05.259><c> clothes.</c>

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And<00:30:07.420><c> in</c><00:30:07.519><c> the</c><00:30:07.700><c> Garden</c><00:30:07.920><c> of</c><00:30:08.099><c> Eden</c><00:30:08.240><c> he</c><00:30:08.539><c> served</c><00:30:09.220><c> one</c><00:30:10.140><c> God</c>

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:15.019
and<00:30:10.960><c> no</c><00:30:11.180><c> other.</c><00:30:13.339><c> And</c><00:30:13.440><c> from</c><00:30:13.619><c> the</c><00:30:13.700><c> time</c><00:30:13.920><c> he</c><00:30:14.140><c> sinned</c>

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:18.200
his<00:30:15.759><c> whole</c><00:30:16.079><c> life</c><00:30:16.359><c> has</c><00:30:16.559><c> been</c><00:30:16.759><c> worrying</c><00:30:17.000><c> about</c><00:30:17.559><c> food</c>

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:22.960
and<00:30:19.039><c> how</c><00:30:19.240><c> he's</c><00:30:19.559><c> dressed</c><00:30:19.940><c> and</c><00:30:20.819><c> he</c><00:30:21.059><c> spends</c><00:30:21.180><c> his</c><00:30:21.420><c> whole</c><00:30:21.640><c> life</c><00:30:21.880><c> trying</c><00:30:22.079><c> to</c><00:30:22.299><c> serve</c>

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two<00:30:23.380><c> Gods.</c><00:30:25.799><c> The</c><00:30:25.940><c> point</c><00:30:26.000><c> the</c><00:30:26.160><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.319><c> is</c><00:30:26.539><c> making</c>

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is<00:30:27.380><c> if</c><00:30:27.980><c> God</c><00:30:28.240><c> made</c><00:30:28.640><c> the</c><00:30:28.880><c> body</c><00:30:29.299><c> he'll</c><00:30:29.720><c> care</c><00:30:29.960><c> for</c><00:30:30.200><c> it.</c>

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He's<00:30:30.680><c> a</c><00:30:30.940><c> responsible</c><00:30:31.960><c> creator.</c><00:30:33.619><c> If</c><00:30:33.799><c> he</c><00:30:34.000><c> gave</c><00:30:34.240><c> the</c><00:30:34.579><c> life</c>

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he<00:30:35.039><c> will</c><00:30:35.339><c> feed</c><00:30:35.619><c> it.</c><00:30:36.420><c> He's</c><00:30:36.799><c> a</c><00:30:36.980><c> responsible</c><00:30:38.000><c> creator.</c>

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That's<00:30:39.980><c> the</c><00:30:40.019><c> point</c><00:30:40.220><c> he's</c><00:30:40.460><c> making</c><00:30:40.740><c> brothers</c><00:30:41.039><c> and</c><00:30:41.200><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:46.519
Nobody<00:30:42.579><c> ever</c><00:30:42.920><c> makes</c><00:30:43.160><c> anything</c><00:30:43.519><c> unless</c><00:30:43.799><c> they</c><00:30:44.059><c> take</c><00:30:44.279><c> responsibility</c><00:30:45.140><c> for</c><00:30:45.480><c> it.</c>

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If<00:30:47.240><c> we</c><00:30:47.420><c> build</c><00:30:47.619><c> a</c><00:30:47.880><c> house</c><00:30:48.180><c> for</c><00:30:48.420><c> our</c><00:30:48.640><c> family</c><00:30:49.099><c> we</c><00:30:50.180><c> remain</c>

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:54.880
responsible<00:30:51.460><c> for</c><00:30:51.720><c> that.</c><00:30:53.720><c> Whether</c><00:30:53.880><c> we</c><00:30:54.099><c> build</c><00:30:54.299><c> or</c><00:30:54.599><c> buy</c><00:30:54.759><c> it</c>

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:58.240
we<00:30:55.039><c> become</c><00:30:55.299><c> responsible</c><00:30:56.099><c> for</c><00:30:56.380><c> it.</c><00:30:56.759><c> So</c><00:30:56.980><c> if</c><00:30:57.240><c> it</c><00:30:57.460><c> deteriorates</c>

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.960
we<00:30:58.599><c> paint</c><00:30:58.940><c> it.</c>

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We<00:31:00.359><c> look</c><00:31:00.599><c> after</c><00:31:00.960><c> it.</c><00:31:02.319><c> Because</c><00:31:02.700><c> we</c><00:31:02.980><c> feel</c>

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:05.559
that<00:31:03.339><c> that's</c><00:31:03.619><c> our</c><00:31:03.839><c> responsibility</c><00:31:04.700><c> with</c><00:31:05.039><c> the</c><00:31:05.160><c> head</c><00:31:05.259><c> of</c><00:31:05.420><c> the</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:07.240
house<00:31:05.740><c> and</c><00:31:05.920><c> therefore</c><00:31:06.180><c> we've</c><00:31:06.539><c> made</c>

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:10.299
that<00:31:07.759><c> investment</c><00:31:07.759><c> whatever</c><00:31:08.380><c> for</c><00:31:08.680><c> the</c><00:31:09.079><c> comfort</c><00:31:09.519><c> and</c><00:31:09.980><c> shelter</c>

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of<00:31:10.519><c> our</c><00:31:10.660><c> family</c>

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:15.099
we're<00:31:11.619><c> responsible</c><00:31:12.160><c> for</c><00:31:12.420><c> that.</c><00:31:13.779><c> And</c><00:31:13.900><c> in</c><00:31:14.140><c> a</c><00:31:14.240><c> far</c><00:31:14.700><c> far</c>

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:19.240
greater<00:31:15.279><c> way</c><00:31:15.579><c> brothers</c><00:31:15.859><c> and</c><00:31:16.160><c> sisters</c><00:31:16.400><c> God</c><00:31:16.680><c> has</c><00:31:16.900><c> made</c><00:31:17.079><c> everything</c><00:31:17.519><c> and</c><00:31:17.960><c> is</c><00:31:18.400><c> responsible</c>

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:22.480
for<00:31:19.720><c> it</c><00:31:19.920><c> and</c><00:31:20.220><c> meets</c><00:31:20.480><c> his</c><00:31:20.859><c> responsibility.</c><00:31:21.779><c> If</c><00:31:21.920><c> he</c><00:31:22.079><c> made</c><00:31:22.380><c> out</c>

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of<00:31:22.559><c> my</c><00:31:22.779><c> body</c>

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:26.279
and<00:31:23.579><c> gave</c><00:31:23.799><c> him</c><00:31:24.039><c> a</c><00:31:24.220><c> life</c><00:31:24.500><c> they're</c><00:31:24.900><c> the</c><00:31:25.099><c> great</c><00:31:25.380><c> things.</c><00:31:26.000><c> Don't</c>

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worry<00:31:26.700><c> about</c>

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.720
the<00:31:27.099><c> lesser</c><00:31:27.279><c> things</c><00:31:27.559><c> of</c><00:31:27.720><c> how</c><00:31:27.819><c> you're</c><00:31:27.900><c> going</c><00:31:27.980><c> to</c><00:31:28.140><c> keep</c><00:31:28.259><c> that</c><00:31:28.519><c> alive</c><00:31:28.859><c> and</c><00:31:29.180><c> how</c><00:31:29.339><c> you're</c><00:31:29.440><c> going</c><00:31:29.519><c> to</c>

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:31.349
clothe<00:31:29.900><c> it.</c><00:31:30.220><c> God</c><00:31:30.279><c> will</c><00:31:30.460><c> do</c><00:31:30.599><c> that.</c>

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.059
There's<00:31:32.680><c> a</c><00:31:32.859><c> need</c><00:31:32.980><c> for</c><00:31:33.160><c> that</c><00:31:33.259><c> now</c><00:31:33.480><c> he</c><00:31:33.680><c> knows.</c>

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:36.500
And<00:31:34.799><c> he</c><00:31:34.920><c> will</c><00:31:35.119><c> provide</c><00:31:35.519><c> for</c><00:31:35.700><c> that</c><00:31:35.839><c> brothers</c><00:31:36.099><c> and</c><00:31:36.279><c> sisters.</c>

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That's<00:31:37.099><c> the</c><00:31:37.240><c> point</c>

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:42.180
that<00:31:38.039><c> the</c><00:31:38.180><c> Lord</c><00:31:38.380><c> Jesus</c><00:31:38.759><c> Christ</c><00:31:39.200><c> is</c><00:31:39.500><c> making.</c><00:31:41.140><c> And</c><00:31:41.200><c> if</c><00:31:41.299><c> we</c><00:31:41.460><c> can't</c><00:31:41.720><c> understand</c>

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:46.500
the<00:31:42.380><c> simplicity</c><00:31:42.799><c> of</c><00:31:43.039><c> that</c><00:31:43.519><c> behold</c><00:31:44.319><c> the</c><00:31:44.660><c> fowls</c><00:31:44.859><c> of</c><00:31:45.059><c> the</c><00:31:45.240><c> air.</c>

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So<00:31:47.559><c> you</c><00:31:47.680><c> look</c><00:31:47.880><c> up.</c><00:31:48.200><c> The</c><00:31:48.339><c> first</c><00:31:48.539><c> thing</c><00:31:48.740><c> the</c><00:31:48.880><c> Lord</c><00:31:49.019><c> does</c>

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in<00:31:50.319><c> teaching</c><00:31:50.539><c> us</c><00:31:50.900><c> not</c><00:31:51.039><c> to</c><00:31:51.220><c> be</c><00:31:51.359><c> over</c><00:31:51.640><c> anxious</c><00:31:51.880><c> brothers</c><00:31:52.220><c> and</c><00:31:52.440><c> sisters</c><00:31:52.720><c> is</c>

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to<00:31:52.980><c> look</c><00:31:53.220><c> up.</c>

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Lift<00:31:55.980><c> your</c><00:31:56.279><c> eyes.</c><00:31:57.279><c> Get</c><00:31:57.460><c> above</c><00:31:57.779><c> the</c><00:31:58.039><c> earth.</c>

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:01.440
And<00:31:59.480><c> God</c><00:31:59.700><c> made</c><00:31:59.980><c> the</c><00:32:00.279><c> fowls</c><00:32:00.680><c> of</c><00:32:00.839><c> the</c><00:32:01.000><c> air</c><00:32:01.140><c> he</c><00:32:01.319><c> said</c>

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to<00:32:02.019><c> fly</c><00:32:02.539><c> in</c><00:32:02.759><c> the</c><00:32:03.380><c> face</c><00:32:03.680><c> of</c><00:32:03.859><c> the</c><00:32:04.000><c> firmament</c><00:32:04.339><c> as</c><00:32:04.559><c> the</c><00:32:04.740><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:04.960><c> has</c><00:32:05.240><c> it.</c>

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:10.240
They<00:32:05.980><c> were</c><00:32:06.319><c> above</c><00:32:06.720><c> the</c><00:32:06.960><c> earth.</c><00:32:07.500><c> God</c><00:32:08.059><c> made</c><00:32:08.700><c> the</c><00:32:09.099><c> fowls</c><00:32:09.420><c> of</c><00:32:09.579><c> the</c><00:32:09.720><c> earth</c>

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:14.740
air<00:32:10.539><c> to</c><00:32:11.160><c> fly</c><00:32:11.880><c> in</c><00:32:12.480><c> the</c><00:32:13.019><c> face</c><00:32:13.299><c> of</c><00:32:13.539><c> the</c><00:32:13.700><c> firmament.</c>

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So<00:32:15.859><c> he</c><00:32:16.039><c> made</c><00:32:16.380><c> the</c><00:32:16.660><c> birds</c><00:32:16.980><c> above</c>

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the<00:32:18.160><c> earth.</c><00:32:19.779><c> And</c><00:32:19.900><c> to</c><00:32:20.059><c> see</c><00:32:20.279><c> them</c><00:32:20.420><c> we've</c><00:32:20.660><c> got</c><00:32:20.720><c> to</c><00:32:20.839><c> look</c><00:32:21.099><c> above</c>

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the<00:32:21.619><c> earth.</c>

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Don't<00:32:22.720><c> be</c><00:32:22.980><c> over</c><00:32:23.259><c> anxious.</c><00:32:23.839><c> Look</c><00:32:24.180><c> at</c><00:32:24.400><c> those</c><00:32:24.759><c> birds.</c>

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:28.799
Now<00:32:26.339><c> you</c><00:32:26.480><c> took</c><00:32:26.680><c> at</c><00:32:26.900><c> Job</c><00:32:27.099><c> 38</c><00:32:27.660><c> and</c><00:32:27.839><c> verse</c><00:32:28.119><c> 41</c>

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because<00:32:29.720><c> here</c><00:32:30.000><c> brothers</c><00:32:30.279><c> and</c><00:32:30.599><c> sisters</c><00:32:30.819><c> is</c><00:32:31.099><c> just</c><00:32:31.319><c> exactly</c>

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that<00:32:32.099><c> exhortation.</c>

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No<00:32:33.140><c> doubt</c><00:32:33.319><c> at</c><00:32:33.559><c> all</c><00:32:33.700><c> that</c><00:32:33.859><c> the</c><00:32:33.960><c> Lord</c><00:32:34.200><c> had</c><00:32:34.420><c> this</c><00:32:34.680><c> in</c><00:32:34.920><c> his</c><00:32:35.299><c> mind</c><00:32:35.660><c> when</c><00:32:36.180><c> he</c>

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exhorted<00:32:36.720><c> us</c>

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to<00:32:37.160><c> look</c><00:32:37.299><c> at</c><00:32:37.420><c> those</c><00:32:37.799><c> birds.</c><00:32:39.160><c> Credible</c><00:32:39.619><c> creatures</c><00:32:40.019><c> as</c><00:32:40.279><c> a</c><00:32:40.480><c> bird.</c>

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:44.599
In<00:32:42.160><c> Job</c><00:32:42.359><c> 38</c><00:32:42.859><c> and</c><00:32:43.079><c> verse</c><00:32:43.319><c> 41</c>

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he<00:32:45.940><c> says,</c><00:32:48.440><c> who</c>

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provided<00:32:49.119><c> for</c><00:32:49.460><c> the</c><00:32:49.680><c> raven</c><00:32:50.000><c> his</c><00:32:50.440><c> food?</c><00:32:52.359><c> When</c><00:32:52.579><c> his</c><00:32:52.740><c> young</c>

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ones<00:32:53.259><c> cry</c><00:32:53.799><c> under</c><00:32:54.200><c> ale,</c><00:32:54.960><c> the</c><00:32:55.160><c> title</c><00:32:55.559><c> ale</c><00:32:55.799><c> there,</c><00:32:56.400><c> speaking</c><00:32:56.680><c> of</c><00:32:56.859><c> the</c>

00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.960
creator.<00:32:58.400><c> When</c><00:32:58.640><c> they</c><00:32:58.880><c> cry</c><00:32:59.140><c> under</c><00:32:59.319><c> their</c><00:32:59.619><c> creator</c><00:32:59.940><c> they</c><00:33:00.400><c> wonder</c>

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for<00:33:01.180><c> the</c><00:33:01.339><c> lack</c><00:33:01.460><c> of</c><00:33:01.759><c> meat.</c><00:33:02.180><c> Now</c><00:33:02.279><c> the</c><00:33:02.500><c> raven</c><00:33:02.759><c> of</c><00:33:03.019><c> course</c><00:33:03.279><c> with</c><00:33:03.500><c> the</c><00:33:03.740><c> equivalent</c><00:33:03.980><c> to</c><00:33:04.279><c> our</c>

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:07.799
black<00:33:05.819><c> bird,</c><00:33:06.259><c> the</c><00:33:06.380><c> crow</c><00:33:06.559><c> I</c><00:33:06.799><c> suppose</c><00:33:07.039><c> we</c><00:33:07.279><c> call</c><00:33:07.400><c> it,</c><00:33:07.579><c> it's</c><00:33:07.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:07.980><c> same</c><00:33:08.279><c> family</c>

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brothers<00:33:09.059><c> and</c><00:33:09.299><c> sisters.</c><00:33:09.579><c> Now</c><00:33:09.819><c> we</c><00:33:10.000><c> don't</c><00:33:10.380><c> see</c><00:33:10.880><c> what</c><00:33:11.200><c> Job</c><00:33:11.500><c> saw.</c>

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:15.960
The<00:33:13.480><c> raven</c><00:33:13.799><c> or</c><00:33:14.019><c> the</c><00:33:14.279><c> crow</c><00:33:14.460><c> in</c><00:33:14.640><c> our</c><00:33:15.079><c> country</c><00:33:15.460><c> doesn't</c><00:33:15.740><c> have</c>

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.259
this<00:33:16.240><c> problem</c><00:33:16.579><c> because</c>

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the<00:33:17.720><c> motor</c><00:33:17.980><c> car</c><00:33:18.180><c> sets</c><00:33:18.480><c> a</c><00:33:18.680><c> table</c><00:33:18.940><c> for</c><00:33:19.119><c> him</c><00:33:19.299><c> about</c><00:33:19.539><c> every</c><00:33:19.799><c> 50</c><00:33:20.119><c> yards.</c>

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:24.700
He<00:33:21.940><c> got</c><00:33:22.119><c> no</c><00:33:22.420><c> problems.</c><00:33:23.400><c> Just</c><00:33:23.680><c> sticks</c><00:33:23.819><c> to</c><00:33:24.000><c> the</c><00:33:24.140><c> main</c><00:33:24.279><c> highways</c>

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and<00:33:24.940><c> he</c><00:33:25.359><c> has</c>

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a<00:33:25.859><c> first</c><00:33:25.859><c> class</c><00:33:26.240><c> banquet,</c><00:33:26.799><c> breakfast,</c><00:33:27.240><c> dinner</c><00:33:27.359><c> and</c><00:33:27.660><c> tea.</c>

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.500
They<00:33:28.559><c> didn't</c><00:33:28.720><c> have</c><00:33:29.000><c> motor</c><00:33:29.240><c> cars</c>

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to<00:33:30.039><c> go</c><00:33:30.240><c> laying</c><00:33:30.640><c> out</c><00:33:30.900><c> animals</c><00:33:31.119><c> on</c><00:33:31.339><c> the</c><00:33:31.480><c> road</c><00:33:31.740><c> in</c><00:33:32.160><c> Job's</c><00:33:32.680><c> day.</c>

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:38.359
And<00:33:34.400><c> of</c><00:33:34.619><c> course</c><00:33:34.839><c> the</c><00:33:35.259><c> raven</c><00:33:35.640><c> being</c><00:33:36.039><c> an</c><00:33:36.339><c> exceedingly</c><00:33:36.819><c> timid</c><00:33:37.160><c> creature</c>

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living<00:33:39.059><c> on</c><00:33:39.460><c> carrion</c><00:33:39.859><c> and</c><00:33:40.319><c> coming</c><00:33:40.599><c> last</c><00:33:41.019><c> at</c><00:33:41.259><c> that</c>

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because<00:33:41.660><c> he</c><00:33:41.759><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:41.960><c> go</c><00:33:42.200><c> near</c><00:33:42.359><c> it</c><00:33:42.500><c> while</c><00:33:42.640><c> other</c><00:33:42.859><c> animals</c><00:33:43.160><c> were</c><00:33:43.420><c> there.</c><00:33:44.539><c> Sometimes</c><00:33:44.940><c> he</c>

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had<00:33:45.259><c> a</c>

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wonder<00:33:46.019><c> for</c><00:33:46.220><c> the</c><00:33:46.359><c> lack</c><00:33:46.480><c> of</c><00:33:46.740><c> meat.</c><00:33:48.480><c> He</c><00:33:48.720><c> flew</c><00:33:48.960><c> vast</c>

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:52.119
distances<00:33:49.960><c> brothers</c><00:33:50.299><c> and</c><00:33:50.539><c> sisters</c><00:33:50.799><c> to</c><00:33:51.099><c> find</c><00:33:51.380><c> food</c><00:33:51.740><c> for</c><00:33:51.920><c> his</c>

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.859
young<00:33:52.319><c> ones,</c>

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painfully<00:33:53.559><c> crying</c><00:33:54.039><c> under</c><00:33:54.220><c> their</c><00:33:54.500><c> creator.</c><00:33:54.960><c> But</c><00:33:55.039><c> he</c><00:33:55.220><c> found</c>

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.299
it.<00:33:56.220><c> That's</c><00:33:56.380><c> the</c><00:33:56.559><c> issue.</c>

00:33:57.920 --> 00:34:01.220
And<00:33:58.000><c> Job</c><00:33:58.660><c> here</c><00:33:59.059><c> takes</c><00:33:59.259><c> that</c><00:33:59.519><c> very</c><00:33:59.920><c> bird</c><00:34:00.180><c> to</c><00:34:00.799><c> illustrate</c>

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:04.019
his<00:34:01.500><c> point</c><00:34:01.700><c> that</c><00:34:01.859><c> the</c><00:34:02.019><c> one</c><00:34:02.240><c> who</c><00:34:02.359><c> would</c><00:34:02.619><c> be</c><00:34:02.980><c> least</c><00:34:03.440><c> likely</c><00:34:03.799><c> to</c>

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.200
find<00:34:04.299><c> food,</c><00:34:04.779><c> who</c><00:34:04.940><c> would</c><00:34:05.039><c> be</c>

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:08.480
the<00:34:05.380><c> first</c><00:34:05.680><c> one</c><00:34:05.960><c> perhaps</c><00:34:06.259><c> to</c><00:34:06.400><c> go</c><00:34:06.559><c> without,</c><00:34:07.240><c> he</c><00:34:07.359><c> eventually</c><00:34:07.920><c> finds</c><00:34:08.320><c> it</c>

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.199
because<00:34:08.679><c> his</c><00:34:08.980><c> young</c>

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:12.820
ones<00:34:09.420><c> cry</c><00:34:10.000><c> under</c><00:34:10.320><c> God</c><00:34:10.719><c> when</c><00:34:11.159><c> they</c><00:34:11.539><c> wander</c><00:34:11.900><c> for</c><00:34:12.099><c> the</c><00:34:12.260><c> lack</c><00:34:12.380><c> of</c><00:34:12.659><c> meat.</c>

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:16.019
That's<00:34:13.239><c> said</c><00:34:13.460><c> twice</c><00:34:13.820><c> actually.</c><00:34:14.260><c> It</c><00:34:14.599><c> says</c><00:34:14.800><c> the</c><00:34:15.039><c> same</c><00:34:15.280><c> thing</c><00:34:15.739><c> in</c>

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.360
Psalm<00:34:16.300><c> 147.</c>

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:21.300
Now<00:34:18.960><c> Jesus</c><00:34:19.219><c> said</c><00:34:19.579><c> those</c><00:34:20.039><c> birds</c><00:34:20.320><c> don't</c><00:34:20.579><c> gather</c><00:34:20.880><c> in</c><00:34:21.059><c> the</c>

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hands.<00:34:21.699><c> They</c><00:34:21.820><c> don't</c><00:34:22.019><c> either.</c><00:34:23.420><c> You</c><00:34:23.500><c> know</c><00:34:23.659><c> brothers</c><00:34:23.920><c> and</c><00:34:24.179><c> sisters</c><00:34:24.400><c> that</c>

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.380
was<00:34:24.840><c> the</c><00:34:24.920><c> lesson</c><00:34:25.139><c> of</c>

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:28.340
Elijah.<00:34:25.860><c> You</c><00:34:25.920><c> know</c><00:34:26.079><c> what's</c><00:34:26.340><c> in</c><00:34:26.400><c> it.</c><00:34:27.460><c> The</c><00:34:27.639><c> great</c><00:34:27.800><c> Elijah</c><00:34:28.199><c> who</c>

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.260
was<00:34:28.500><c> going</c><00:34:28.619><c> to</c><00:34:28.739><c> go</c><00:34:28.940><c> down</c>

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:32.980
to<00:34:30.019><c> later</c><00:34:30.239><c> on</c><00:34:30.500><c> the</c><00:34:30.639><c> Mount</c><00:34:30.860><c> Sinai</c><00:34:31.300><c> and</c><00:34:31.480><c> stand</c><00:34:31.840><c> there</c><00:34:32.099><c> before</c><00:34:32.380><c> the</c><00:34:32.639><c> face</c><00:34:32.840><c> of</c>

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.380
God<00:34:33.179><c> and</c>

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:37.460
say<00:34:33.559><c> I,</c><00:34:34.559><c> I</c><00:34:35.599><c> only</c><00:34:36.199><c> am</c><00:34:36.500><c> left.</c><00:34:36.860><c> And</c><00:34:37.000><c> yet</c><00:34:37.119><c> that</c>

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:41.679
great<00:34:37.719><c> man</c><00:34:38.599><c> who</c><00:34:39.059><c> had</c><00:34:39.239><c> that</c><00:34:39.420><c> attitude</c><00:34:39.880><c> put</c><00:34:40.219><c> his</c><00:34:40.440><c> hand</c><00:34:40.619><c> out</c><00:34:40.739><c> every</c><00:34:40.960><c> morning</c><00:34:41.199><c> and</c><00:34:41.360><c> evening</c>

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:45.500
to<00:34:42.000><c> receive</c><00:34:42.360><c> from</c><00:34:42.659><c> that</c><00:34:43.179><c> bird</c><00:34:43.360><c> of</c><00:34:43.619><c> all</c><00:34:44.199><c> the</c><00:34:44.460><c> birds</c><00:34:44.719><c> in</c><00:34:45.019><c> creation</c>

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:49.699
that<00:34:46.260><c> bird</c><00:34:46.780><c> to</c><00:34:47.139><c> receive</c><00:34:47.480><c> his</c><00:34:47.760><c> meat.</c><00:34:48.900><c> You</c><00:34:49.019><c> can</c><00:34:49.360><c> see</c>

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:53.000
the<00:34:50.260><c> lesson</c><00:34:50.619><c> that</c><00:34:50.920><c> Elijah</c><00:34:51.199><c> was</c><00:34:51.400><c> learning</c><00:34:51.820><c> apart</c><00:34:52.440><c> from</c><00:34:52.659><c> of</c><00:34:52.659><c> course</c><00:34:52.860><c> the</c>

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lesson<00:34:53.219><c> of</c><00:34:53.380><c> the</c><00:34:53.460><c> widow</c>

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of<00:34:53.920><c> Zarephath</c><00:34:54.380><c> who</c><00:34:54.579><c> that</c><00:34:55.079><c> raven</c><00:34:55.380><c> represented.</c><00:34:56.679><c> But</c><00:34:56.780><c> the</c>

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.760
primary<00:34:57.460><c> lesson</c>

00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:02.000
of<00:34:58.000><c> Elijah</c><00:34:58.380><c> receiving</c><00:34:59.039><c> food</c><00:34:59.380><c> from</c><00:34:59.579><c> a</c><00:34:59.800><c> bird</c><00:34:59.980><c> that</c><00:35:00.139><c> could</c><00:35:00.539><c> pitifully</c><00:35:00.980><c> afford</c><00:35:01.420><c> it</c>

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.260
that<00:35:02.400><c> wandered</c><00:35:02.880><c> for</c><00:35:03.079><c> that</c><00:35:03.280><c> meat</c><00:35:03.480><c> and</c><00:35:03.940><c> yet</c><00:35:04.159><c> gave</c><00:35:04.519><c> it</c><00:35:04.719><c> up</c><00:35:04.920><c> at</c><00:35:05.099><c> the</c>

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.840
behest<00:35:05.539><c> of</c><00:35:05.719><c> the</c>

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.420
creator<00:35:06.260><c> by</c><00:35:06.719><c> the</c><00:35:06.840><c> very</c><00:35:07.119><c> instincts</c><00:35:07.480><c> that</c><00:35:07.760><c> God</c><00:35:07.880><c> had</c><00:35:08.079><c> put</c><00:35:08.239><c> there</c>

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.739
that<00:35:08.760><c> dropped</c><00:35:09.059><c> that</c><00:35:09.300><c> into</c><00:35:09.500><c> Elijah's</c>

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:13.139
hand<00:35:10.460><c> that</c><00:35:10.719><c> he</c><00:35:10.840><c> might</c><00:35:11.159><c> learn</c><00:35:11.719><c> that</c><00:35:12.179><c> lesson.</c>

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:17.000
And<00:35:14.300><c> when</c><00:35:14.420><c> it</c><00:35:14.599><c> comes</c><00:35:14.820><c> to</c><00:35:15.019><c> that</c><00:35:15.300><c> sort</c><00:35:15.460><c> of</c><00:35:15.639><c> bird</c><00:35:15.800><c> and</c><00:35:15.960><c> we</c><00:35:16.079><c> lift</c><00:35:16.739><c> up</c>

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:19.679
and<00:35:17.139><c> look</c><00:35:17.280><c> at</c><00:35:17.420><c> that</c><00:35:17.579><c> sort</c><00:35:17.820><c> of</c>

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:24.039
Elijah<00:35:19.980><c> so</c><00:35:20.840><c> did</c><00:35:21.360><c> the</c><00:35:21.619><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.920><c> Jesus</c><00:35:22.420><c> Christ</c><00:35:22.800><c> put</c><00:35:23.059><c> the</c><00:35:23.300><c> two</c><00:35:23.440><c> together.</c>

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:28.039
Now<00:35:24.519><c> I</c><00:35:24.559><c> invite</c><00:35:24.820><c> your</c><00:35:25.059><c> attention</c><00:35:25.420><c> to</c><00:35:25.639><c> this</c><00:35:26.019><c> in</c><00:35:26.420><c> Luke</c><00:35:26.679><c> 12.</c>

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.860
You<00:35:28.820><c> look</c><00:35:28.980><c> at</c><00:35:29.159><c> this.</c>

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:35.800
What<00:35:32.059><c> a</c><00:35:32.360><c> remarkable</c><00:35:32.960><c> context</c><00:35:33.480><c> we've</c><00:35:33.800><c> got</c><00:35:33.940><c> here.</c><00:35:35.159><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.539><c> said</c>

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:39.039
these<00:35:36.159><c> birds</c><00:35:36.480><c> don't</c><00:35:36.820><c> gather</c><00:35:37.179><c> into</c><00:35:37.500><c> barns.</c><00:35:38.059><c> Now</c><00:35:38.260><c> Luke</c><00:35:38.539><c> 12</c><00:35:38.800><c> was</c>

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.800
about<00:35:39.300><c> a</c><00:35:39.579><c> parable</c>

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:44.000
of<00:35:40.199><c> a</c><00:35:40.300><c> man</c><00:35:40.539><c> who</c><00:35:40.699><c> did</c><00:35:40.880><c> just</c><00:35:41.280><c> that.</c><00:35:43.380><c> It's</c><00:35:43.760><c> about</c>

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:47.579
the<00:35:44.300><c> fool.</c><00:35:45.500><c> He's</c><00:35:45.860><c> called</c><00:35:46.039><c> the</c><00:35:46.340><c> fool.</c><00:35:46.639><c> He's</c><00:35:46.880><c> like</c><00:35:47.059><c> Navel.</c>

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:51.980
And<00:35:48.500><c> he</c><00:35:48.699><c> said</c><00:35:48.960><c> in</c><00:35:49.159><c> the</c><00:35:49.900><c> 16th</c><00:35:50.599><c> verse</c><00:35:50.840><c> of</c><00:35:50.980><c> Luke</c><00:35:51.199><c> chapter</c><00:35:51.519><c> 12</c>

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.719
he<00:35:52.219><c> spake</c><00:35:52.579><c> a</c><00:35:52.800><c> parable</c><00:35:53.079><c> unto</c><00:35:53.340><c> them</c><00:35:53.579><c> saying</c><00:35:53.880><c> the</c><00:35:54.079><c> ground</c><00:35:54.360><c> of</c><00:35:54.559><c> a</c>

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.820
certain<00:35:54.940><c> rich</c><00:35:55.239><c> man</c><00:35:55.539><c> brought</c>

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:59.199
forth<00:35:56.219><c> plentifully.</c><00:35:57.360><c> And</c><00:35:57.480><c> he</c><00:35:57.739><c> thought</c><00:35:57.900><c> within</c><00:35:58.139><c> himself</c><00:35:58.519><c> saying</c><00:35:58.860><c> what</c>

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:00.079
shall<00:35:59.380><c> I</c><00:35:59.639><c> do?</c>

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:03.539
Because<00:36:00.860><c> I</c><00:36:01.079><c> have</c><00:36:01.239><c> no</c><00:36:01.539><c> room</c><00:36:01.780><c> where</c><00:36:01.900><c> to</c><00:36:02.119><c> bestow</c><00:36:02.420><c> my</c><00:36:02.699><c> fruits.</c><00:36:03.320><c> And</c>

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:03.880
he<00:36:03.679><c> said</c>

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:07.679
this<00:36:04.280><c> will</c><00:36:04.480><c> I</c><00:36:04.719><c> do.</c><00:36:05.039><c> I</c><00:36:05.280><c> will</c><00:36:05.579><c> pull</c><00:36:05.940><c> down</c><00:36:06.219><c> my</c><00:36:06.619><c> barns</c><00:36:07.039><c> and</c><00:36:07.159><c> will</c><00:36:07.380><c> build</c>

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:11.900
greater.<00:36:08.579><c> And</c><00:36:08.980><c> there</c><00:36:09.239><c> will</c><00:36:09.420><c> I</c><00:36:09.619><c> bestow</c><00:36:09.960><c> all</c><00:36:10.300><c> my</c><00:36:10.639><c> fruits</c><00:36:10.920><c> and</c><00:36:11.139><c> all</c><00:36:11.420><c> my</c><00:36:11.719><c> goods.</c>

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:15.900
And<00:36:12.119><c> so</c><00:36:12.239><c> here's</c><00:36:12.519><c> about</c><00:36:12.719><c> a</c><00:36:12.920><c> fellow</c><00:36:13.039><c> that</c><00:36:13.380><c> built</c><00:36:13.840><c> barn.</c><00:36:14.739><c> Now</c><00:36:15.000><c> Jesus</c><00:36:15.340><c> said</c><00:36:15.579><c> the</c>

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:20.400
ravens<00:36:16.340><c> don't</c><00:36:16.980><c> build</c><00:36:17.500><c> barns.</c><00:36:18.840><c> And</c><00:36:18.940><c> in</c><00:36:19.099><c> verse</c><00:36:19.460><c> 24</c>

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:23.539
of<00:36:21.239><c> this</c><00:36:21.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:22.280><c> consider</c>

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:27.400
the<00:36:24.320><c> ravens.</c><00:36:25.639><c> For</c><00:36:25.679><c> they</c><00:36:25.960><c> neither</c><00:36:26.340><c> sow</c><00:36:26.619><c> nor</c><00:36:26.840><c> they</c><00:36:27.159><c> reap</c>

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:32.099
which<00:36:28.019><c> neither</c><00:36:28.340><c> have</c><00:36:28.679><c> storehouse</c><00:36:29.280><c> nor</c><00:36:29.699><c> barn</c><00:36:30.079><c> and</c><00:36:30.760><c> God</c><00:36:31.139><c> feedeth</c><00:36:31.559><c> them</c>

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:35.639
how<00:36:33.320><c> much</c><00:36:33.679><c> more</c><00:36:33.960><c> are</c><00:36:34.239><c> ye</c><00:36:34.360><c> better</c><00:36:34.639><c> than</c><00:36:34.860><c> the</c><00:36:35.139><c> fowls?</c>

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:39.360
See<00:36:36.219><c> it's</c><00:36:36.639><c> the</c><00:36:36.780><c> identical</c><00:36:37.360><c> record</c><00:36:37.820><c> really.</c><00:36:38.360><c> Not</c><00:36:38.559><c> the</c><00:36:38.760><c> identical</c><00:36:39.079><c> record</c>

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.699
but<00:36:39.500><c> the</c>

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:42.639
identical<00:36:40.099><c> words.</c><00:36:40.460><c> The</c><00:36:40.659><c> words</c><00:36:40.840><c> are</c><00:36:41.099><c> repeated</c><00:36:41.619><c> here</c><00:36:42.000><c> word</c><00:36:42.400><c> for</c>

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.780
word<00:36:42.940><c> as</c><00:36:43.280><c> in</c><00:36:43.400><c> Matthew</c>

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:47.039
chapter<00:36:44.079><c> 6.</c><00:36:44.900><c> The</c><00:36:44.980><c> interesting</c><00:36:45.679><c> thing</c><00:36:46.099><c> about</c><00:36:46.400><c> this</c><00:36:46.699><c> context</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.019
brothers<00:36:47.360><c> and</c><00:36:47.599><c> sisters</c>

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:51.360
those<00:36:48.940><c> words</c><00:36:49.340><c> are</c><00:36:49.579><c> in</c><00:36:49.800><c> a</c><00:36:49.840><c> different</c><00:36:50.280><c> context</c><00:36:50.639><c> but</c><00:36:50.900><c> give</c><00:36:51.079><c> it</c><00:36:51.280><c> a</c>

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.880
more<00:36:51.599><c> dramatic</c>

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:55.900
meaning.<00:36:54.440><c> Now</c><00:36:54.559><c> the</c><00:36:54.920><c> background</c><00:36:55.460><c> of</c><00:36:55.659><c> this</c>

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:59.960
chapter<00:36:56.179><c> is</c><00:36:56.500><c> this.</c><00:36:58.280><c> Jesus</c><00:36:58.679><c> was</c><00:36:58.940><c> invited</c><00:36:59.480><c> to</c><00:36:59.699><c> a</c>

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:03.820
feast<00:37:00.280><c> by</c><00:37:00.960><c> a</c><00:37:01.239><c> Pharisee.</c><00:37:03.019><c> He</c><00:37:03.280><c> sat</c><00:37:03.539><c> down</c>

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:06.719
around<00:37:04.059><c> that</c><00:37:04.340><c> table</c><00:37:04.820><c> of</c><00:37:05.380><c> the</c><00:37:05.659><c> Pharisee's</c><00:37:06.159><c> house.</c><00:37:06.340><c> This</c><00:37:06.480><c> is</c>

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.179
Luke<00:37:07.239><c> 11.</c>

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:11.760
And<00:37:08.800><c> there</c><00:37:08.940><c> was</c><00:37:09.139><c> a</c><00:37:09.320><c> right</c><00:37:09.599><c> royal</c><00:37:10.019><c> row</c><00:37:10.239><c> over</c><00:37:10.480><c> that</c><00:37:10.739><c> table</c><00:37:11.000><c> that</c><00:37:11.239><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:15.500
began<00:37:12.599><c> to</c><00:37:12.900><c> accuse</c><00:37:13.260><c> that</c><00:37:13.599><c> Pharisee</c><00:37:14.139><c> of</c><00:37:14.340><c> hypocrisy.</c>

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:17.539
Now<00:37:15.760><c> that's</c><00:37:15.940><c> a</c><00:37:16.019><c> very</c><00:37:16.219><c> brave</c><00:37:16.480><c> thing</c><00:37:16.699><c> to</c><00:37:16.860><c> do.</c><00:37:16.980><c> You</c><00:37:17.079><c> get</c><00:37:17.260><c> invited</c>

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:19.739
to<00:37:17.659><c> someone's</c><00:37:18.199><c> table</c><00:37:18.579><c> you</c><00:37:19.280><c> feel</c><00:37:19.460><c> very</c>

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:22.920
reluctant<00:37:20.159><c> to</c><00:37:20.380><c> make</c><00:37:20.539><c> any</c><00:37:20.760><c> criticism.</c><00:37:21.199><c> You</c><00:37:21.340><c> feel</c><00:37:21.719><c> compromised.</c><00:37:22.579><c> You</c><00:37:22.699><c> don't</c>

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.539
want<00:37:23.079><c> to</c><00:37:23.239><c> say</c>

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:25.880
anything<00:37:23.940><c> wrong</c><00:37:24.300><c> about</c><00:37:24.519><c> that</c><00:37:24.760><c> person</c><00:37:25.000><c> because</c><00:37:25.219><c> you're</c><00:37:25.420><c> eating</c><00:37:25.639><c> their</c>

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:27.639
food.<00:37:26.679><c> Jesus</c><00:37:26.860><c> was</c><00:37:27.280><c> never</c>

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:30.539
ever<00:37:28.159><c> compromised.</c><00:37:29.239><c> And</c><00:37:29.420><c> though</c><00:37:29.599><c> he</c><00:37:29.800><c> sat</c><00:37:29.960><c> there</c><00:37:30.119><c> with</c><00:37:30.260><c> that</c>

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.980
Pharisee<00:37:31.119><c> he</c><00:37:31.460><c> blasted</c>

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:35.019
him<00:37:32.119><c> over</c><00:37:32.300><c> that</c><00:37:32.579><c> table</c><00:37:32.860><c> about</c><00:37:33.320><c> his</c><00:37:33.579><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:37:34.480><c> And</c><00:37:34.619><c> when</c><00:37:34.780><c> he</c>

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.940
walked<00:37:35.199><c> out</c><00:37:35.340><c> of</c><00:37:35.420><c> that</c><00:37:35.579><c> house</c>

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:38.719
there<00:37:36.179><c> was</c><00:37:36.380><c> a</c><00:37:36.599><c> huge</c><00:37:37.000><c> crowd</c><00:37:37.320><c> that</c><00:37:37.480><c> had</c><00:37:37.659><c> built</c><00:37:37.820><c> up</c><00:37:38.039><c> that</c><00:37:38.179><c> had</c><00:37:38.280><c> heard</c><00:37:38.480><c> the</c>

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.860
argument<00:37:38.880><c> going</c><00:37:39.179><c> on</c><00:37:39.420><c> inside.</c>

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:44.079
And<00:37:40.340><c> Jesus</c><00:37:40.739><c> began</c><00:37:41.119><c> to</c><00:37:41.400><c> warn</c><00:37:41.639><c> them</c><00:37:41.840><c> in</c><00:37:41.960><c> chapter</c><00:37:42.320><c> 12</c><00:37:42.699><c> about</c><00:37:43.019><c> the</c><00:37:43.280><c> hypocrisy</c>

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:48.199
of<00:37:44.480><c> the</c><00:37:44.599><c> scribes</c><00:37:44.980><c> and</c><00:37:45.099><c> the</c><00:37:45.320><c> Pharisees.</c><00:37:45.980><c> And</c><00:37:46.000><c> as</c><00:37:46.239><c> the</c><00:37:46.340><c> people</c><00:37:46.559><c> were</c><00:37:46.739><c> listening</c><00:37:47.039><c> to</c><00:37:47.260><c> him</c><00:37:47.460><c> a</c><00:37:47.719><c> man</c>

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:51.920
strode<00:37:48.599><c> through</c><00:37:48.920><c> the</c><00:37:49.099><c> crowd</c><00:37:49.619><c> disregarding</c><00:37:51.539><c> all</c>

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:54.519
that<00:37:52.059><c> the</c><00:37:52.179><c> Lord</c><00:37:52.320><c> is</c><00:37:52.500><c> speaking</c><00:37:52.820><c> about.</c><00:37:53.719><c> Never</c><00:37:54.000><c> heard</c><00:37:54.260><c> a</c><00:37:54.400><c> word</c>

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:56.139
of<00:37:54.679><c> it.</c><00:37:55.519><c> And</c><00:37:55.800><c> raised</c>

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:59.519
a<00:37:56.320><c> matter</c><00:37:56.760><c> which</c><00:37:57.239><c> had</c><00:37:57.659><c> no</c><00:37:58.139><c> relationship</c><00:37:58.820><c> whatever</c><00:37:59.239><c> to</c><00:37:59.420><c> what</c>

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.059
the<00:37:59.699><c> Lord</c><00:37:59.860><c> was</c>

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:04.300
talking<00:38:00.320><c> about.</c><00:38:01.380><c> And</c><00:38:01.519><c> he</c><00:38:01.639><c> came</c><00:38:01.880><c> into</c><00:38:02.079><c> the</c><00:38:02.320><c> crowd</c><00:38:02.719><c> and</c><00:38:03.579><c> verse</c><00:38:03.860><c> 13</c>

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and<00:38:04.500><c> one</c><00:38:04.659><c> of</c><00:38:04.780><c> the</c><00:38:04.940><c> companies</c><00:38:05.199><c> sending</c><00:38:05.519><c> mass</c><00:38:05.920><c> to</c><00:38:06.159><c> speak</c><00:38:06.380><c> to</c><00:38:06.539><c> my</c>

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brother<00:38:07.019><c> that</c><00:38:07.340><c> he'd</c><00:38:07.639><c> invite</c><00:38:07.860><c> the</c>

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inheritance<00:38:08.380><c> with</c><00:38:08.659><c> me.</c><00:38:09.900><c> Now</c><00:38:09.960><c> there's</c><00:38:10.280><c> Mammon.</c>

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:15.079
Now<00:38:11.900><c> you</c><00:38:11.980><c> imagine</c><00:38:12.260><c> that</c><00:38:12.599><c> scene.</c><00:38:13.400><c> Jesus</c><00:38:13.800><c> coming</c><00:38:14.119><c> out</c><00:38:14.320><c> of</c><00:38:14.420><c> that</c><00:38:14.599><c> house</c>

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:18.320
full<00:38:16.079><c> of</c><00:38:16.340><c> righteous</c><00:38:16.659><c> indignation</c><00:38:17.280><c> about</c><00:38:17.500><c> the</c><00:38:17.739><c> hypocrisy</c><00:38:18.199><c> in</c>

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that<00:38:18.460><c> house.</c><00:38:19.340><c> The</c><00:38:19.400><c> people</c>

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gathering<00:38:20.199><c> around</c><00:38:20.539><c> as</c><00:38:20.619><c> he</c><00:38:20.719><c> was</c><00:38:20.920><c> treading</c><00:38:21.320><c> upon</c><00:38:21.579><c> one</c><00:38:21.780><c> another</c>

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says<00:38:22.179><c> the</c><00:38:22.400><c> record.</c><00:38:23.159><c> Huge</c><00:38:23.579><c> crowd</c>

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there.<00:38:24.079><c> Jesus</c><00:38:24.380><c> said</c><00:38:24.619><c> beware</c><00:38:25.320><c> of</c><00:38:25.480><c> that</c><00:38:25.679><c> crowd</c><00:38:25.880><c> in</c><00:38:26.139><c> there.</c><00:38:26.320><c> Don't</c><00:38:26.639><c> listen</c><00:38:26.820><c> to</c><00:38:27.039><c> them.</c>

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:30.219
They're<00:38:28.460><c> your</c><00:38:28.699><c> religious</c><00:38:29.019><c> leaders</c><00:38:29.219><c> but</c><00:38:29.480><c> don't</c><00:38:29.860><c> listen</c><00:38:30.099><c> to</c>

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:31.719
them.<00:38:30.380><c> They're</c><00:38:30.619><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.940
And<00:38:32.159><c> he</c><00:38:32.239><c> was</c><00:38:32.420><c> exhorting</c><00:38:32.719><c> the</c><00:38:32.880><c> people</c><00:38:33.000><c> with</c><00:38:33.239><c> all</c><00:38:33.500><c> the</c><00:38:33.639><c> force</c><00:38:33.800><c> of</c>

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his<00:38:34.139><c> character</c><00:38:34.500><c> and</c><00:38:34.980><c> this</c><00:38:35.300><c> fellow</c>

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:38.940
fights<00:38:36.340><c> through</c><00:38:36.559><c> the</c><00:38:36.719><c> crowd</c><00:38:36.860><c> says</c><00:38:37.079><c> hey</c><00:38:37.420><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.739><c> you</c><00:38:38.099><c> give</c><00:38:38.159><c> my</c><00:38:38.480><c> brother</c><00:38:38.699><c> to</c>

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divide<00:38:39.159><c> the</c><00:38:39.360><c> inheritance</c><00:38:39.619><c> with</c><00:38:39.920><c> me.</c>

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Had<00:38:41.619><c> nothing</c><00:38:41.960><c> to</c><00:38:42.239><c> do</c><00:38:42.480><c> with</c><00:38:42.659><c> the</c><00:38:42.860><c> issue</c><00:38:43.019><c> at</c><00:38:43.239><c> stake.</c>

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:48.320
He<00:38:44.360><c> had</c><00:38:44.519><c> a</c><00:38:44.860><c> single</c><00:38:45.300><c> track</c><00:38:45.619><c> mind</c><00:38:46.019><c> brethren</c><00:38:46.340><c> and</c><00:38:46.619><c> sisters</c><00:38:46.980><c> about</c><00:38:47.820><c> the</c>

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:52.599
inheritance.<00:38:50.579><c> Couldn't</c><00:38:51.219><c> think</c><00:38:51.480><c> above</c><00:38:51.780><c> it.</c>

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The<00:38:53.380><c> Lord's</c><00:38:53.840><c> first</c><00:38:54.139><c> words</c><00:38:54.519><c> were</c>

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:59.940
who<00:38:56.239><c> made</c><00:38:56.559><c> me</c><00:38:56.980><c> a</c><00:38:57.199><c> divider</c><00:38:57.679><c> of</c><00:38:58.280><c> this</c><00:38:58.579><c> world's</c><00:38:59.440><c> goods?</c>

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.780
He<00:39:01.460><c> had</c><00:39:01.679><c> nothing</c><00:39:01.940><c> to</c><00:39:02.179><c> do</c><00:39:02.260><c> with</c><00:39:02.440><c> that.</c>

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:06.300
I'm<00:39:04.460><c> not</c><00:39:04.579><c> saying</c><00:39:04.760><c> he's</c><00:39:05.039><c> come</c><00:39:05.199><c> here</c><00:39:05.420><c> he</c><00:39:05.480><c> said</c><00:39:05.559><c> to</c><00:39:05.840><c> divide</c><00:39:06.099><c> up</c>

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this<00:39:06.559><c> world's</c><00:39:06.960><c> goods.</c>

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Not<00:39:07.500><c> interested.</c><00:39:09.800><c> He</c><00:39:09.880><c> said</c><00:39:10.059><c> in</c><00:39:10.199><c> verse</c><00:39:10.420><c> 15</c>

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take<00:39:12.840><c> heed</c><00:39:13.079><c> and</c><00:39:13.300><c> beware</c><00:39:13.739><c> of</c><00:39:13.980><c> covetousness</c>

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for<00:39:16.039><c> a</c><00:39:16.300><c> man's</c><00:39:18.780><c> life</c><00:39:18.780><c> consisteth</c>

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not<00:39:20.199><c> in</c><00:39:21.199><c> the</c><00:39:21.480><c> abundance</c><00:39:21.860><c> of</c><00:39:22.179><c> things</c><00:39:22.420><c> which</c><00:39:22.639><c> he</c><00:39:22.860><c> possesses.</c>

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And<00:39:25.760><c> then</c><00:39:26.039><c> brethren</c><00:39:26.380><c> and</c><00:39:26.679><c> sisters</c>

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:31.360
in<00:39:28.380><c> a</c><00:39:28.679><c> lengthy</c><00:39:29.099><c> discourse</c><00:39:30.019><c> which</c>

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:34.940
run<00:39:31.639><c> for</c><00:39:31.800><c> the</c><00:39:31.900><c> end</c><00:39:32.039><c> of</c><00:39:32.179><c> this</c><00:39:32.360><c> chapter</c><00:39:32.760><c> this</c><00:39:33.239><c> is</c><00:39:33.460><c> what</c><00:39:33.599><c> he</c><00:39:33.940><c> dropped</c><00:39:34.179><c> in</c><00:39:34.360><c> the</c><00:39:34.539><c> record</c><00:39:34.760><c> as</c>

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he<00:39:35.079><c> went</c><00:39:35.199><c> along.</c>

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Verse<00:39:36.260><c> 24.</c><00:39:36.980><c> Who</c><00:39:37.139><c> would</c><00:39:37.239><c> he</c><00:39:37.340><c> be</c><00:39:37.460><c> thinking</c><00:39:37.699><c> about?</c>

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Consider<00:39:39.760><c> the</c><00:39:40.199><c> ravens.</c>

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Verse<00:39:43.460><c> 35.</c><00:39:44.980><c> Let</c><00:39:45.320><c> your</c><00:39:45.880><c> loins</c>

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be<00:39:47.219><c> girded</c><00:39:47.519><c> about.</c><00:39:49.679><c> Guess</c><00:39:49.860><c> who</c><00:39:50.019><c> it</c><00:39:50.139><c> is</c><00:39:50.260><c> yet?</c>

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:55.460
Verse<00:39:51.099><c> 49.</c><00:39:54.059><c> I</c><00:39:54.340><c> am</c><00:39:54.480><c> to</c><00:39:54.719><c> come</c><00:39:54.880><c> to</c><00:39:55.139><c> send</c>

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fire<00:39:56.280><c> on</c><00:39:56.880><c> the</c><00:39:57.139><c> earth.</c>

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Verse<00:40:00.460><c> 54.</c>

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He<00:40:02.420><c> said</c><00:40:02.619><c> also</c><00:40:02.960><c> to</c><00:40:03.139><c> the</c><00:40:03.300><c> people</c><00:40:03.739><c> when</c><00:40:04.179><c> ye</c><00:40:04.619><c> see</c><00:40:04.960><c> a</c><00:40:05.460><c> cloud</c>

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rise<00:40:06.699><c> out</c><00:40:07.099><c> of</c><00:40:07.260><c> the</c><00:40:07.500><c> west.</c>

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Who<00:40:09.980><c> was</c><00:40:10.300><c> fed</c><00:40:10.460><c> with</c><00:40:10.840><c> ravens?</c><00:40:11.940><c> Who</c><00:40:12.239><c> girded</c><00:40:12.559><c> up</c><00:40:12.699><c> his</c><00:40:12.960><c> loins</c><00:40:13.219><c> and</c><00:40:13.539><c> raced</c>

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:17.900
before<00:40:14.099><c> the</c><00:40:14.280><c> chariot</c><00:40:14.480><c> of</c><00:40:14.699><c> Ahab?</c><00:40:15.960><c> Who</c><00:40:16.260><c> brought</c><00:40:16.539><c> down</c><00:40:17.079><c> fire</c><00:40:17.579><c> from</c>

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heaven?<00:40:18.760><c> And</c><00:40:18.880><c> who</c><00:40:19.099><c> was</c><00:40:19.300><c> it</c><00:40:19.440><c> that</c><00:40:19.599><c> stood</c><00:40:19.760><c> on</c><00:40:19.960><c> Mount</c><00:40:20.159><c> Carmel</c><00:40:20.579><c> and</c><00:40:21.000><c> saw</c>

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a<00:40:21.960><c> cloud</c><00:40:22.500><c> rise</c><00:40:23.280><c> out</c><00:40:23.480><c> of</c><00:40:23.559><c> the</c><00:40:23.800><c> west?</c><00:40:25.059><c> And</c><00:40:25.400><c> as</c><00:40:25.579><c> the</c><00:40:25.780><c> Lord</c>

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:28.940
continued<00:40:26.599><c> that</c><00:40:26.920><c> discourse,</c><00:40:27.340><c> and</c><00:40:27.440><c> he</c><00:40:27.480><c> was</c><00:40:27.699><c> a</c><00:40:27.900><c> brilliant</c><00:40:28.159><c> teacher</c><00:40:28.500><c> brethren</c><00:40:28.840><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:40:29.579><c> he</c><00:40:29.900><c> taught</c>

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by<00:40:30.380><c> implication</c><00:40:30.920><c> you</c><00:40:31.199><c> see.</c><00:40:32.119><c> Wasn't</c><00:40:32.360><c> always</c><00:40:32.679><c> direct</c><00:40:33.000><c> but</c><00:40:33.099><c> when</c>

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the<00:40:33.539><c> penny</c><00:40:33.679><c> dropped</c>

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the<00:40:34.960><c> force</c><00:40:35.219><c> of</c><00:40:35.380><c> that</c><00:40:35.599><c> teaching</c><00:40:35.880><c> was</c><00:40:36.139><c> enormous</c><00:40:36.679><c> and</c><00:40:37.079><c> as</c><00:40:37.340><c> those</c>

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words<00:40:37.940><c> kept</c>

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dropping<00:40:39.039><c> off</c><00:40:39.300><c> his</c><00:40:39.559><c> lips</c><00:40:39.739><c> in</c><00:40:40.059><c> the</c><00:40:40.179><c> midst</c><00:40:40.300><c> of</c><00:40:40.460><c> that</c><00:40:40.639><c> discourse</c>

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.420
and<00:40:41.079><c> this</c><00:40:41.260><c> fellow</c><00:40:41.420><c> was</c><00:40:41.679><c> standing</c><00:40:41.920><c> alongside</c>

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:45.139
of<00:40:42.659><c> him</c><00:40:42.920><c> thinking</c><00:40:43.320><c> about</c><00:40:43.659><c> the</c><00:40:44.039><c> inheritance</c>

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:49.619
he<00:40:46.179><c> finally</c><00:40:46.539><c> got</c><00:40:46.719><c> the</c><00:40:46.960><c> message,</c><00:40:47.780><c> well</c><00:40:47.860><c> he</c><00:40:48.039><c> ought</c><00:40:48.199><c> to,</c><00:40:49.219><c> he</c><00:40:49.400><c> ought</c><00:40:49.519><c> to</c>

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got<00:40:49.719><c> the</c><00:40:49.940><c> message</c>

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a<00:40:50.719><c> man's</c><00:40:51.679><c> life</c>

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does<00:40:54.480><c> not</c><00:40:54.980><c> consist</c>

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of<00:40:57.139><c> the</c><00:40:57.500><c> abundance</c><00:40:57.920><c> of</c><00:40:58.300><c> things</c><00:40:58.639><c> which</c><00:40:59.019><c> he</c><00:40:59.280><c> possessed</c>

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it<00:41:03.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:03.539><c> take</c><00:41:03.860><c> him</c><00:41:04.219><c> very</c>

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long<00:41:04.880><c> when</c><00:41:05.059><c> he</c><00:41:05.260><c> got</c><00:41:05.420><c> the</c><00:41:05.619><c> message</c><00:41:05.940><c> about</c><00:41:06.199><c> Elijah,</c><00:41:06.840><c> it</c><00:41:07.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:08.079><c> take</c><00:41:08.320><c> him</c>

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any<00:41:09.559><c> time</c><00:41:09.800><c> at</c><00:41:10.019><c> all</c><00:41:10.159><c> to</c><00:41:10.400><c> make</c><00:41:10.519><c> an</c><00:41:10.900><c> assessment</c><00:41:11.260><c> brethren</c><00:41:11.599><c> and</c><00:41:11.860><c> sisters</c>

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of<00:41:12.579><c> Elijah's</c><00:41:13.579><c> positions</c>

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one<00:41:17.260><c> leather</c><00:41:17.980><c> girdle</c>

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one<00:41:22.440><c> raiment</c>

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of<00:41:24.300><c> hair,</c><00:41:25.960><c> total</c>

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consider<00:41:29.420><c> the</c><00:41:29.679><c> ravens,</c><00:41:30.840><c> let</c><00:41:31.079><c> your</c><00:41:31.380><c> loins</c>

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:35.679
be<00:41:31.940><c> girded,</c><00:41:33.519><c> I've</c><00:41:33.679><c> come</c><00:41:33.860><c> to</c><00:41:34.000><c> send</c><00:41:34.219><c> fire</c><00:41:34.820><c> from</c><00:41:35.039><c> heaven</c>

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:39.199
a<00:41:36.619><c> cloud</c><00:41:37.159><c> rising</c><00:41:37.820><c> up</c><00:41:38.219><c> out</c><00:41:38.420><c> of</c><00:41:38.539><c> the</c><00:41:38.760><c> west</c>

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:43.760
a<00:41:39.840><c> man's</c><00:41:40.519><c> life</c><00:41:41.099><c> does</c><00:41:41.639><c> not</c><00:41:41.920><c> consist</c><00:41:42.559><c> in</c><00:41:42.860><c> the</c><00:41:43.119><c> abundance</c><00:41:43.500><c> of</c>

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:46.800
things<00:41:43.940><c> which</c><00:41:44.139><c> he</c><00:41:44.380><c> possessed</c><00:41:44.900><c> and</c><00:41:45.820><c> Mammon</c><00:41:46.039><c> had</c><00:41:46.219><c> that</c><00:41:46.539><c> fellow</c>

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brethren<00:41:47.119><c> and</c><00:41:47.360><c> sisters</c>

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by<00:41:47.980><c> the</c><00:41:48.320><c> throat</c><00:41:48.619><c> and</c><00:41:49.539><c> when</c><00:41:49.719><c> that</c><00:41:49.960><c> man</c><00:41:50.119><c> would</c><00:41:50.300><c> have</c><00:41:50.420><c> thought</c><00:41:50.599><c> about</c><00:41:50.880><c> that</c><00:41:51.000><c> if</c>

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he<00:41:51.260><c> ever</c><00:41:51.380><c> did</c><00:41:51.579><c> get</c>

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concerned,<00:42:02.840><c> one</c><00:42:03.139><c> was</c><00:42:03.380><c> Elijah</c>

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brethren<00:42:04.159><c> and</c><00:42:04.440><c> sisters</c><00:42:04.619><c> who</c><00:42:04.980><c> served</c><00:42:05.320><c> nobody</c><00:42:05.780><c> else</c><00:42:06.079><c> but</c><00:42:06.280><c> God</c>

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and<00:42:07.300><c> though</c><00:42:07.460><c> he</c><00:42:07.579><c> was</c>

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opinions

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the<00:42:40.039><c> Lord</c><00:42:40.340><c> dropped</c><00:42:40.780><c> that</c><00:42:41.059><c> through</c><00:42:41.280><c> that,</c><00:42:41.639><c> through</c><00:42:41.900><c> that</c>

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context<00:42:42.579><c> concerning</c>

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brethren<00:42:47.619><c> and</c><00:42:47.820><c> sisters,</c><00:42:48.239><c> the</c><00:42:50.219><c> Lord</c><00:42:50.420><c> Jesus</c><00:42:50.820><c> Christ</c>

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:55.179
has<00:42:51.400><c> this</c><00:42:51.599><c> to</c><00:42:51.920><c> say</c><00:42:53.159><c> concerning</c><00:42:53.840><c> those</c><00:42:54.320><c> birds</c><00:42:54.719><c> that</c><00:42:54.880><c> he's</c><00:42:54.980><c> been</c>

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into<00:42:58.219><c> barns</c><00:42:58.639><c> he</c><00:42:58.820><c> says</c>

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verse<00:43:00.300><c> 26</c><00:43:00.780><c> again,</c><00:43:01.280><c> for</c><00:43:01.300><c> behold</c><00:43:01.719><c> the</c><00:43:01.960><c> fowls</c><00:43:02.139><c> of</c><00:43:02.340><c> the</c><00:43:02.480><c> air</c><00:43:02.579><c> they</c><00:43:02.760><c> don't</c>

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sow,<00:43:03.840><c> they</c><00:43:04.019><c> don't</c><00:43:04.360><c> reap,</c><00:43:05.659><c> they</c><00:43:05.980><c> don't</c><00:43:06.199><c> gather</c><00:43:06.480><c> into</c><00:43:06.800><c> barns</c>

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yet<00:43:10.059><c> your</c><00:43:10.699><c> heavenly</c>

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was<00:43:22.760><c> half</c><00:43:23.139><c> concerned</c>

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names<00:43:26.199><c> and</c><00:43:26.440><c> titles</c><00:43:26.639><c> we</c><00:43:26.820><c> might</c><00:43:27.059><c> get</c>

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somewhere,<00:43:27.920><c> look</c><00:43:28.219><c> if</c><00:43:28.599><c> we</c><00:43:28.900><c> understand</c><00:43:29.539><c> what</c><00:43:29.699><c> we're</c><00:43:29.880><c> reading</c>

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can<00:43:30.639><c> you</c><00:43:30.880><c> imagine</c><00:43:31.179><c> how</c>

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of<00:43:34.739><c> the</c><00:43:34.940><c> air</c>

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yet<00:43:40.219><c> your</c><00:43:41.960><c> heavenly</c><00:43:42.639><c> father</c>

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feedeth<00:43:43.980><c> them,</c><00:43:46.579><c> he's</c><00:43:47.280><c> not</c><00:43:47.480><c> even</c>

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their<00:43:47.880><c> heavenly</c><00:43:48.239><c> father,</c><00:43:48.800><c> he's</c><00:43:49.059><c> yours</c>

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heavenly<00:44:08.320><c> father</c><00:44:08.900><c> feedeth</c><00:44:09.420><c> them,</c><00:44:11.059><c> think</c><00:44:11.500><c> about</c><00:44:11.800><c> that</c>

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it's<00:44:13.599><c> like</c><00:44:13.719><c> a</c><00:44:14.019><c> family</c><00:44:14.239><c> isn't</c><00:44:14.519><c> it,</c><00:44:15.360><c> family</c>

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I'm<00:44:22.739><c> not</c><00:44:22.880><c> even</c><00:44:23.079><c> their</c><00:44:23.280><c> father</c>

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I<00:44:37.019><c> know</c><00:44:37.179><c> we</c><00:44:37.320><c> get</c><00:44:37.500><c> accused</c><00:44:37.840><c> a</c><00:44:37.900><c> bit</c><00:44:38.059><c> at</c><00:44:38.260><c> times</c><00:44:38.400><c> by</c><00:44:38.639><c> our</c><00:44:38.820><c> wives</c>

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own<00:44:41.440><c> family,</c><00:44:41.619><c> I</c><00:44:41.679><c> don't</c><00:44:41.820><c> know</c><00:44:41.960><c> anybody</c><00:44:42.139><c> who</c><00:44:42.280><c> really</c><00:44:42.599><c> does</c>

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human<00:44:49.059><c> instincts</c><00:44:49.500><c> but</c><00:44:49.880><c> he's</c><00:44:50.079><c> got</c><00:44:50.260><c> emotions</c><00:44:50.760><c> and</c>

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that<00:44:54.639><c> for</c><00:44:54.920><c> them</c>

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and<00:44:56.840><c> Jesus</c><00:44:57.139><c> makes</c><00:44:57.420><c> the</c><00:44:57.679><c> point</c>

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he<00:45:08.719><c> says</c><00:45:08.860><c> have</c><00:45:09.059><c> a</c><00:45:09.219><c> look</c>

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:12.300
your<00:45:09.860><c> heavenly</c><00:45:10.239><c> father's</c><00:45:10.780><c> doing</c><00:45:10.880><c> all</c><00:45:11.179><c> that,</c><00:45:11.679><c> your</c><00:45:11.860><c> heavenly</c>

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:13.920
father,<00:45:12.960><c> think</c><00:45:13.119><c> about</c><00:45:13.440><c> that</c>

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:17.199
what<00:45:14.199><c> an</c><00:45:14.559><c> enormous</c><00:45:14.960><c> thing</c><00:45:15.199><c> that</c><00:45:15.400><c> is,</c><00:45:15.960><c> you</c><00:45:16.079><c> know</c><00:45:16.639><c> the</c><00:45:16.960><c> Irish</c>

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:17.880
priest<00:45:17.420><c> says</c>

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:22.019
are<00:45:18.280><c> ye</c><00:45:18.440><c> of</c><00:45:18.679><c> much</c><00:45:18.940><c> more</c><00:45:19.260><c> value,</c><00:45:21.019><c> in</c><00:45:21.119><c> Matthew</c><00:45:21.400><c> chapter</c><00:45:21.699><c> 10</c>

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:24.139
Jesus<00:45:22.260><c> made</c><00:45:22.559><c> the</c><00:45:22.760><c> point</c><00:45:22.900><c> about</c><00:45:23.099><c> the</c><00:45:23.280><c> couple</c><00:45:23.460><c> of</c><00:45:23.780><c> fathering</c>

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:25.420
that<00:45:24.500><c> the</c><00:45:24.719><c> sparrows</c><00:45:25.059><c> are</c><00:45:25.280><c> worth</c>

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:28.639
you<00:45:25.579><c> know</c><00:45:25.679><c> they</c><00:45:25.800><c> used</c><00:45:25.960><c> to</c><00:45:26.139><c> sell</c><00:45:26.280><c> the</c><00:45:26.539><c> sparrows,</c><00:45:28.440><c> but</c><00:45:28.500><c> they're</c>

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:29.860
only<00:45:28.860><c> worth</c><00:45:29.119><c> a</c><00:45:29.380><c> pittance</c>

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:33.059
but<00:45:30.420><c> he</c><00:45:30.579><c> says</c><00:45:30.639><c> you're</c><00:45:31.119><c> worth</c><00:45:31.199><c> more</c><00:45:31.460><c> than</c><00:45:31.659><c> that,</c><00:45:32.280><c> the</c><00:45:32.380><c> very</c><00:45:32.659><c> hairs</c><00:45:32.920><c> in</c>

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.940
your<00:45:33.239><c> head</c><00:45:33.340><c> he's</c><00:45:33.519><c> had</c><00:45:33.619><c> a</c><00:45:33.739><c> number</c>

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:37.460
in<00:45:34.059><c> that</c><00:45:34.280><c> respect,</c><00:45:35.760><c> but</c><00:45:35.840><c> you</c><00:45:35.940><c> know</c><00:45:36.079><c> brethren</c><00:45:36.340><c> and</c><00:45:36.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.760
when<00:45:37.619><c> you</c><00:45:37.760><c> think</c><00:45:37.900><c> about</c>

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:41.820
sparrows,<00:45:40.480><c> terrible</c><00:45:40.599><c> little</c><00:45:40.940><c> birds</c><00:45:41.219><c> they</c><00:45:41.519><c> are</c>

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:46.119
with<00:45:42.039><c> little</c><00:45:42.320><c> or</c><00:45:42.579><c> no</c><00:45:42.840><c> value,</c><00:45:45.099><c> and</c><00:45:45.260><c> yet</c><00:45:45.440><c> Jesus</c><00:45:45.760><c> says</c>

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:49.340
you're<00:45:46.500><c> much</c><00:45:46.760><c> more</c><00:45:47.019><c> value</c><00:45:47.300><c> than</c><00:45:47.480><c> them,</c><00:45:48.579><c> and</c><00:45:48.780><c> I</c><00:45:48.960><c> suppose</c><00:45:49.079><c> we</c>

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:49.920
consider<00:45:49.579><c> ourselves</c>

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:52.780
a<00:45:50.139><c> cut</c><00:45:50.239><c> above</c><00:45:50.539><c> the</c><00:45:50.820><c> sparrows,</c><00:45:51.579><c> and</c><00:45:51.699><c> yet</c><00:45:51.840><c> back</c><00:45:52.059><c> in</c><00:45:52.219><c> the</c><00:45:52.360><c> law</c><00:45:52.480><c> of</c>

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:54.039
Moses,<00:45:53.079><c> look</c><00:45:53.340><c> what</c><00:45:53.480><c> they</c><00:45:53.760><c> did</c>

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:58.239
with<00:45:54.260><c> the</c><00:45:54.500><c> sparrow,</c><00:45:56.280><c> man</c><00:45:56.420><c> had</c><00:45:56.619><c> leprosy</c>

00:45:58.780 --> 00:46:01.920
when<00:45:59.260><c> he</c><00:45:59.340><c> was</c><00:45:59.500><c> suspected</c><00:45:59.960><c> of</c><00:46:00.139><c> having</c><00:46:00.380><c> leprosy,</c><00:46:01.139><c> the</c><00:46:01.179><c> law</c><00:46:01.400><c> says</c>

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:07.019
they<00:46:02.500><c> shut</c><00:46:02.719><c> him</c><00:46:02.920><c> up</c><00:46:03.420><c> for</c><00:46:03.980><c> 6</c><00:46:04.239><c> days,</c><00:46:05.059><c> and</c><00:46:05.199><c> inspected</c><00:46:05.440><c> him</c><00:46:05.619><c> on</c><00:46:05.760><c> the</c><00:46:05.920><c> 7th</c>

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:10.780
if<00:46:07.400><c> there</c><00:46:07.559><c> was</c><00:46:07.739><c> no</c><00:46:08.139><c> further</c><00:46:08.460><c> deterioration,</c><00:46:09.300><c> and</c><00:46:09.420><c> he</c><00:46:09.480><c> was</c><00:46:09.739><c> still</c>

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:14.260
undetected<00:46:11.300><c> as</c><00:46:11.519><c> a</c><00:46:11.659><c> leper,</c><00:46:12.099><c> they</c><00:46:12.519><c> shut</c><00:46:12.719><c> him</c><00:46:12.880><c> up</c><00:46:13.059><c> again</c><00:46:13.239><c> for</c><00:46:13.400><c> another</c><00:46:13.619><c> 7</c><00:46:13.920><c> days</c>

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:17.480
14<00:46:14.719><c> days</c><00:46:15.099><c> in</c><00:46:15.300><c> all,</c><00:46:15.619><c> shut</c><00:46:15.820><c> up,</c><00:46:16.619><c> to</c><00:46:16.840><c> inspection</c>

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:22.000
and<00:46:18.340><c> then</c><00:46:18.440><c> if</c><00:46:18.539><c> he</c><00:46:18.679><c> was</c><00:46:19.699><c> diagnosed</c><00:46:20.320><c> as</c><00:46:20.500><c> being</c><00:46:20.800><c> a</c><00:46:20.920><c> leper,</c><00:46:21.500><c> he</c><00:46:21.500><c> was</c><00:46:21.860><c> shot</c>

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:25.559
outside<00:46:22.420><c> the</c><00:46:22.679><c> camp,</c><00:46:23.019><c> you</c><00:46:24.280><c> think</c><00:46:24.440><c> about</c><00:46:24.739><c> that</c>

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:29.639
7<00:46:26.199><c> days</c><00:46:26.559><c> isolation,</c><00:46:27.420><c> the</c><00:46:27.500><c> door</c><00:46:27.679><c> opens,</c><00:46:28.079><c> a</c><00:46:28.139><c> bit</c><00:46:28.219><c> of</c><00:46:28.440><c> sunlight,</c><00:46:29.260><c> slam</c>

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:33.539
another<00:46:29.980><c> 7</c><00:46:30.239><c> days</c><00:46:30.460><c> of</c><00:46:30.719><c> isolation,</c><00:46:32.179><c> Paul</c><00:46:32.380><c> makes</c><00:46:32.659><c> the</c><00:46:32.900><c> point</c><00:46:33.000><c> in</c><00:46:33.199><c> Galatians</c>

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:36.039
that<00:46:33.619><c> we</c><00:46:33.800><c> were</c><00:46:33.960><c> all</c><00:46:34.440><c> shut</c><00:46:34.679><c> up</c><00:46:35.059><c> under</c><00:46:35.260><c> the</c><00:46:35.559><c> faith</c><00:46:35.760><c> that</c><00:46:35.940><c> should</c>

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:37.480
be<00:46:36.260><c> revealed</c><00:46:36.559><c> in</c><00:46:36.739><c> Jesus</c><00:46:37.099><c> Christ</c>

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:40.159
it<00:46:37.719><c> was</c><00:46:37.980><c> faith</c><00:46:38.320><c> that</c><00:46:38.500><c> was</c><00:46:38.559><c> going</c><00:46:38.579><c> to</c><00:46:38.739><c> save</c><00:46:38.900><c> them,</c><00:46:39.039><c> not</c><00:46:39.300><c> law,</c>

00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:41.460
when<00:46:40.320><c> one's</c><00:46:40.800><c> confined</c>

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:45.659
with<00:46:42.059><c> the</c><00:46:43.059><c> dreaded</c><00:46:43.699><c> scourge</c><00:46:44.059><c> of</c><00:46:44.199><c> leprosy</c><00:46:44.539><c> which</c><00:46:44.679><c> could</c><00:46:44.900><c> be</c><00:46:45.099><c> a</c><00:46:45.219><c> possibility</c>

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:49.280
when<00:46:45.880><c> you're</c><00:46:46.179><c> confined</c><00:46:46.599><c> with</c><00:46:46.920><c> that,</c><00:46:47.559><c> there's</c><00:46:47.639><c> no</c><00:46:47.920><c> way</c><00:46:48.139><c> out</c><00:46:48.340><c> except</c><00:46:48.599><c> by</c><00:46:48.960><c> faith</c>

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:53.039
and<00:46:49.599><c> they</c><00:46:49.760><c> were</c><00:46:50.059><c> closed</c><00:46:50.380><c> up,</c><00:46:50.599><c> and</c><00:46:50.679><c> when</c><00:46:50.800><c> they</c><00:46:50.980><c> were</c><00:46:51.239><c> finally</c><00:46:51.480><c> shot</c><00:46:51.780><c> outside</c><00:46:52.159><c> the</c><00:46:52.420><c> camp</c><00:46:52.539><c> to</c><00:46:52.699><c> live</c><00:46:52.840><c> a</c>

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.980
lonely<00:46:53.320><c> existence</c>

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:57.559
calling<00:46:54.760><c> out</c><00:46:55.059><c> to</c><00:46:55.199><c> all</c><00:46:55.420><c> passersby,</c><00:46:56.099><c> don't</c><00:46:56.239><c> come</c><00:46:56.300><c> near</c><00:46:56.400><c> me,</c><00:46:56.760><c> don't</c><00:46:56.940><c> come</c><00:46:57.139><c> near</c><00:46:57.300><c> me,</c>

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:58.300
don't<00:46:57.780><c> come</c><00:46:57.980><c> near</c><00:46:58.099><c> me</c>

00:46:58.300 --> 00:47:02.260
I'm<00:46:58.400><c> unclean,</c><00:47:00.280><c> and</c><00:47:00.400><c> they're</c><00:47:00.679><c> bereft</c><00:47:00.960><c> of</c><00:47:01.159><c> all</c><00:47:01.340><c> their</c><00:47:01.519><c> social</c><00:47:01.900><c> contact</c>

00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:04.599
with<00:47:02.420><c> the</c><00:47:02.599><c> people,</c><00:47:03.219><c> and</c><00:47:03.400><c> with</c><00:47:03.539><c> all</c><00:47:03.800><c> the</c><00:47:04.039><c> contact</c><00:47:04.260><c> with</c><00:47:04.420><c> the</c>

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:06.159
tabernacle,<00:47:05.500><c> and</c><00:47:05.719><c> when</c><00:47:05.860><c> they</c>

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:11.019
finally,<00:47:06.579><c> if</c><00:47:06.760><c> by</c><00:47:06.920><c> God's</c><00:47:07.380><c> grace,</c><00:47:07.780><c> were</c><00:47:07.960><c> healed,</c><00:47:09.119><c> ha,</c><00:47:09.579><c> two</c><00:47:09.980><c> sparrows</c>

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:13.920
are<00:47:12.380><c> not</c><00:47:12.679><c> two</c><00:47:13.079><c> sparrows</c><00:47:13.500><c> sold</c>

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:17.320
to<00:47:14.159><c> a</c><00:47:14.219><c> couple</c><00:47:14.420><c> of</c><00:47:14.659><c> farthings,</c><00:47:15.980><c> but</c><00:47:16.260><c> how</c><00:47:16.619><c> precious</c><00:47:16.900><c> would</c><00:47:17.079><c> they</c>

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:18.000
be<00:47:17.500><c> in</c><00:47:17.679><c> the</c><00:47:17.900><c> sight</c>

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:20.320
of<00:47:18.139><c> the</c><00:47:18.280><c> leper,</c><00:47:18.579><c> brethren</c><00:47:18.840><c> and</c><00:47:19.119><c> sisters,</c><00:47:19.699><c> as</c><00:47:19.860><c> you</c><00:47:19.920><c> would</c><00:47:20.139><c> see</c>

00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:21.800
one<00:47:20.539><c> of</c><00:47:20.659><c> them</c><00:47:20.780><c> killed</c>

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:25.460
and<00:47:23.059><c> then</c><00:47:23.179><c> he</c><00:47:23.239><c> would</c><00:47:23.420><c> see</c><00:47:23.519><c> the</c><00:47:23.760><c> live</c><00:47:24.059><c> bird</c><00:47:24.280><c> dipped</c><00:47:24.599><c> in</c><00:47:24.760><c> the</c><00:47:24.960><c> blood</c><00:47:25.099><c> of</c><00:47:25.260><c> the</c>

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:28.480
of<00:47:25.719><c> the</c><00:47:25.920><c> dead</c><00:47:26.179><c> bird,</c><00:47:27.420><c> and</c><00:47:27.519><c> let</c><00:47:27.719><c> go</c>

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:32.079
would<00:47:29.420><c> he</c><00:47:29.599><c> consider</c><00:47:29.900><c> that</c><00:47:30.260><c> sparrow</c><00:47:30.619><c> to</c><00:47:30.800><c> be</c><00:47:31.000><c> cheap?</c>

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:36.179
would<00:47:33.219><c> he</c><00:47:33.360><c> be</c><00:47:33.679><c> thoughtless</c><00:47:34.039><c> about</c><00:47:34.239><c> the</c><00:47:34.539><c> bird,</c><00:47:35.679><c> and</c><00:47:35.800><c> as</c><00:47:35.920><c> he</c><00:47:36.039><c> saw</c>

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:37.239
the<00:47:36.420><c> bird</c><00:47:36.719><c> disappearing</c>

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:40.019
in<00:47:37.420><c> the</c><00:47:37.519><c> distance,</c><00:47:38.780><c> soaring</c><00:47:39.039><c> into</c><00:47:39.239><c> the</c><00:47:39.400><c> heavens,</c><00:47:39.719><c> his</c><00:47:39.800><c> little</c>

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:41.460
wings<00:47:40.340><c> flapping</c><00:47:40.940><c> freely</c>

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:45.539
he'd<00:47:42.139><c> think</c><00:47:42.280><c> about</c><00:47:42.500><c> that</c><00:47:42.800><c> jail</c><00:47:43.099><c> that</c><00:47:43.260><c> he</c><00:47:43.360><c> was</c><00:47:43.559><c> in,</c><00:47:45.019><c> slammed</c><00:47:45.300><c> the</c>

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:48.420
door<00:47:45.619><c> on</c><00:47:45.780><c> him</c><00:47:45.860><c> for</c><00:47:46.099><c> 14</c><00:47:46.400><c> days</c><00:47:46.840><c> in</c><00:47:47.059><c> darkness,</c><00:47:47.679><c> waiting</c><00:47:48.019><c> for</c><00:47:48.219><c> the</c>

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:49.440
diagnosis,<00:47:48.960><c> and</c><00:47:49.019><c> when</c><00:47:49.139><c> it</c>

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:52.360
came,<00:47:49.980><c> shot</c><00:47:50.179><c> outside</c><00:47:50.579><c> the</c><00:47:50.800><c> camp,</c><00:47:51.260><c> hopeless</c><00:47:51.539><c> out</c><00:47:51.820><c> there,</c><00:47:52.260><c> but</c>

00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:53.460
now<00:47:52.659><c> the</c><00:47:52.760><c> little</c><00:47:53.019><c> bird</c>

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:57.619
and<00:47:54.159><c> like</c><00:47:54.320><c> his</c><00:47:54.519><c> body,</c><00:47:54.880><c> the</c><00:47:54.940><c> bird</c><00:47:55.179><c> is</c><00:47:55.579><c> flying</c><00:47:55.880><c> away,</c><00:47:56.739><c> free</c>

00:47:58.820 --> 00:48:01.900
free,<00:47:59.340><c> that's</c><00:47:59.559><c> what</c><00:47:59.719><c> the</c><00:47:59.900><c> Lord</c><00:48:00.079><c> did</c><00:48:00.280><c> with</c><00:48:00.519><c> the</c><00:48:00.679><c> sparrow,</c><00:48:01.159><c> brethren</c><00:48:01.320><c> and</c><00:48:01.500><c> sisters</c>

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:04.900
but<00:48:02.380><c> what</c><00:48:02.460><c> about</c><00:48:02.659><c> the</c><00:48:02.960><c> pilgrim,</c><00:48:04.199><c> what</c><00:48:04.300><c> would</c><00:48:04.420><c> he</c><00:48:04.539><c> think</c><00:48:04.699><c> about</c>

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.940
the<00:48:05.139><c> sparrow</c>

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:09.079
that<00:48:06.320><c> Psalm</c><00:48:06.539><c> 84</c><00:48:07.039><c> talks</c><00:48:07.400><c> about,</c><00:48:08.500><c> with</c><00:48:08.519><c> the</c><00:48:08.699><c> pilgrims</c>

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longing<00:48:09.420><c> to</c><00:48:09.619><c> go</c><00:48:09.800><c> to</c><00:48:10.019><c> Zion,</c><00:48:10.460><c> but</c><00:48:10.739><c> circumstances</c><00:48:11.340><c> are</c><00:48:11.539><c> all</c><00:48:11.719><c> against</c><00:48:12.019><c> him,</c><00:48:12.840><c> human</c>

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circumstances,<00:48:14.340><c> he</c><00:48:14.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:15.099><c> have</c><00:48:15.400><c> those</c><00:48:15.719><c> circumstances</c>

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if<00:48:16.320><c> he</c><00:48:16.360><c> wasn't</c><00:48:16.699><c> human</c>

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so<00:48:17.760><c> the</c><00:48:18.159><c> time</c><00:48:18.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:18.659><c> be</c><00:48:18.960><c> there,</c><00:48:20.079><c> probably</c><00:48:20.300><c> the</c><00:48:20.639><c> opportunity</c>

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wouldn't<00:48:21.219><c> be</c><00:48:21.500><c> there,</c><00:48:22.219><c> maybe</c><00:48:22.559><c> the</c><00:48:22.820><c> means</c><00:48:23.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:23.280><c> be</c><00:48:23.539><c> there,</c>

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maybe<00:48:24.659><c> the</c><00:48:24.880><c> weather's</c>

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against<00:48:25.500><c> him,</c><00:48:26.219><c> but</c><00:48:26.440><c> something</c><00:48:26.820><c> other,</c><00:48:26.980><c> it</c><00:48:27.079><c> would</c><00:48:27.239><c> all</c><00:48:27.460><c> have</c>

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to<00:48:27.760><c> do</c><00:48:27.840><c> with</c><00:48:28.059><c> the</c><00:48:28.300><c> cares</c><00:48:28.559><c> of</c><00:48:28.780><c> this</c><00:48:29.059><c> life</c>

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and<00:48:29.579><c> he</c><00:48:29.739><c> couldn't</c><00:48:29.980><c> get</c><00:48:30.179><c> to</c><00:48:30.300><c> the</c><00:48:30.480><c> temple,</c><00:48:31.039><c> but</c><00:48:31.199><c> he</c><00:48:31.420><c> thought</c><00:48:31.559><c> about</c><00:48:31.780><c> the</c><00:48:32.099><c> birds</c>

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and<00:48:33.219><c> he</c><00:48:33.340><c> thought</c><00:48:33.440><c> about</c><00:48:33.659><c> the</c><00:48:34.019><c> swallow</c><00:48:34.300><c> that</c><00:48:34.519><c> makes</c><00:48:34.760><c> its</c><00:48:35.059><c> nest</c>

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in<00:48:36.280><c> thine</c><00:48:36.519><c> altars</c>

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and<00:48:37.019><c> the</c><00:48:37.300><c> sparrows</c><00:48:37.780><c> he</c><00:48:38.059><c> said,</c><00:48:38.699><c> and</c><00:48:39.000><c> the</c><00:48:39.219><c> pilgrims</c><00:48:39.559><c> heart</c><00:48:39.960><c> thought</c><00:48:40.199><c> about</c><00:48:40.480><c> the</c>

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freedom<00:48:41.320><c> of</c><00:48:41.519><c> those</c><00:48:41.820><c> birds</c><00:48:42.139><c> to</c><00:48:42.519><c> come</c><00:48:42.719><c> and</c><00:48:42.900><c> go</c><00:48:43.000><c> as</c><00:48:43.159><c> they</c><00:48:43.440><c> will,</c>

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even<00:48:44.480><c> to</c><00:48:44.739><c> nest</c>

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among<00:48:45.619><c> the</c><00:48:45.900><c> altars,</c><00:48:47.320><c> down</c><00:48:47.639><c> near</c><00:48:47.860><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:48:48.880><c> in</c><00:48:49.039><c> and</c><00:48:49.260><c> around</c>

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the<00:48:49.659><c> altar</c><00:48:49.840><c> of</c><00:48:50.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:50.360><c> they</c><00:48:50.480><c> could</c><00:48:50.639><c> build</c><00:48:50.860><c> their</c><00:48:51.079><c> nest,</c><00:48:51.219><c> they</c><00:48:51.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:51.699><c> permit</c><00:48:51.920><c> them</c><00:48:52.119><c> of</c>

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course<00:48:52.480><c> to</c><00:48:52.699><c> build</c><00:48:52.820><c> in</c><00:48:52.960><c> the</c><00:48:53.099><c> altar</c>

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and<00:48:53.320><c> they</c><00:48:53.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:53.699><c> survive</c><00:48:54.239><c> near</c><00:48:54.420><c> the</c><00:48:54.619><c> altar</c><00:48:54.719><c> being</c><00:48:54.960><c> too</c><00:48:55.280><c> hot,</c><00:48:55.860><c> but</c><00:48:55.940><c> they</c><00:48:56.119><c> could</c><00:48:56.239><c> come</c><00:48:56.460><c> in</c><00:48:56.699><c> proximity</c>

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and<00:48:58.440><c> the</c><00:48:58.679><c> poor</c><00:48:58.940><c> old</c><00:48:59.199><c> pilgrim,</c><00:49:00.179><c> because</c><00:49:00.519><c> of</c><00:49:01.119><c> circumstances</c>

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in<00:49:02.340><c> which</c><00:49:02.780><c> humankind</c><00:49:03.380><c> has</c><00:49:03.699><c> so</c><00:49:04.139><c> involved</c><00:49:04.800><c> itself</c>

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he<00:49:05.699><c> couldn't</c><00:49:05.960><c> get</c><00:49:06.219><c> to</c><00:49:06.340><c> the</c><00:49:06.480><c> meeting,</c><00:49:06.699><c> but</c><00:49:06.960><c> the</c><00:49:07.380><c> sparrow</c><00:49:07.880><c> could</c>

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your<00:49:10.840><c> heavenly</c><00:49:11.320><c> father</c><00:49:11.820><c> beateth</c><00:49:12.320><c> them</c>

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are<00:49:13.920><c> ye</c><00:49:14.199><c> not</c><00:49:14.460><c> much</c><00:49:14.840><c> more</c><00:49:15.199><c> value</c><00:49:15.699><c> than</c><00:49:16.280><c> sparrows</c>

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and<00:49:17.699><c> that</c><00:49:17.880><c> brothers</c><00:49:18.099><c> and</c><00:49:18.480><c> sisters</c><00:49:18.780><c> is</c><00:49:19.239><c> a</c><00:49:19.420><c> remarkable</c><00:49:20.079><c> lesson</c>

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so<00:49:21.780><c> we're</c><00:49:21.940><c> going</c><00:49:22.000><c> to</c><00:49:22.099><c> look</c><00:49:22.260><c> up,</c><00:49:22.619><c> aren't</c><00:49:22.619><c> we,</c><00:49:23.320><c> and</c><00:49:23.420><c> learn</c><00:49:23.619><c> the</c>

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lesson<00:49:24.039><c> that</c><00:49:24.380><c> mammon</c><00:49:24.639><c> is</c><00:49:24.860><c> anxious</c><00:49:25.199><c> care</c>

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come<00:49:26.800><c> back</c><00:49:27.059><c> next</c><00:49:27.440><c> fortnight</c><00:49:27.960><c> brothers</c><00:49:28.219><c> and</c><00:49:28.519><c> sisters</c><00:49:28.760><c> and</c><00:49:28.940><c> we're</c><00:49:29.079><c> going</c><00:49:29.079><c> to</c><00:49:29.159><c> look</c>

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down<00:49:29.900><c> and</c><00:49:31.059><c> see</c><00:49:31.219><c> what</c><00:49:31.320><c> we've</c><00:49:31.500><c> got</c><00:49:31.559><c> to</c><00:49:31.780><c> learn</c><00:49:32.099><c> from</c><00:49:32.599><c> the</c><00:49:32.900><c> flowers</c>

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about<00:49:33.420><c> the</c><00:49:33.659><c> same</c><00:49:33.860><c> thing</c>