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don't<00:17:01.120><c> know</c><00:17:01.320><c> one</c><00:17:01.580><c> place</c><00:17:01.759><c> from</c><00:17:01.919><c> another</c><00:17:02.120><c> over</c><00:17:02.299><c> here</c>

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and<00:22:43.380><c> Genesis</c><00:22:43.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:44.140><c> 17</c><00:22:44.640><c> verse</c><00:22:44.940><c> 19</c>

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Now,<00:22:47.140><c> do</c><00:22:47.319><c> you</c><00:22:47.420><c> think</c><00:22:47.660><c> that</c><00:22:47.880><c> Mary,</c><00:22:48.079><c> when</c><00:22:48.279><c> she</c><00:22:48.539><c> walked</c><00:22:48.779><c> in</c><00:22:49.240><c> to</c><00:22:49.420><c> see</c>

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Elizabeth,<00:22:50.480><c> she</c><00:22:50.640><c> had</c><00:22:50.940><c> the</c><00:22:51.220><c> scroll,</c><00:22:51.420><c> there</c><00:22:51.500><c> weren't</c><00:22:51.700><c> any</c><00:22:51.900><c> Bibles</c><00:22:52.099><c> in</c>

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those<00:22:52.440><c> days,</c><00:22:52.539><c> there</c><00:22:52.640><c> were</c><00:22:52.779><c> scrolls</c>

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and<00:22:53.420><c> she</c><00:22:53.539><c> went</c><00:22:53.619><c> back</c><00:22:53.859><c> and</c><00:22:53.960><c> forth,</c><00:22:55.519><c> quoting</c><00:22:56.059><c> all</c><00:22:56.259><c> those</c><00:22:56.359><c> verses</c>

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she<00:22:59.740><c> had</c><00:23:00.019><c> memorized</c>

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great<00:23:02.700><c> sections</c><00:23:03.180><c> of</c><00:23:03.420><c> the</c><00:23:03.599><c> Bible,</c><00:23:04.619><c> she</c><00:23:04.859><c> had</c><00:23:05.059><c> them</c><00:23:05.319><c> down</c>

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inside<00:23:06.440><c> her,</c><00:23:07.500><c> so</c><00:23:07.700><c> that</c><00:23:07.819><c> when</c><00:23:08.019><c> she</c><00:23:08.339><c> talked</c><00:23:08.619><c> the</c><00:23:08.779><c> Bible</c><00:23:09.160><c> just</c>

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flowed<00:23:10.160><c> right</c><00:23:10.440><c> out,</c><00:23:11.299><c> she</c><00:23:11.640><c> put</c><00:23:12.039><c> together</c><00:23:12.559><c> a</c><00:23:12.819><c> tapestry</c>

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of<00:23:13.819><c> some</c><00:23:14.579><c> 20</c><00:23:15.000><c> some</c><00:23:15.359><c> verses,</c><00:23:15.960><c> all</c><00:23:16.619><c> woven</c><00:23:16.920><c> together</c>

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to<00:23:17.720><c> make</c><00:23:17.880><c> a</c><00:23:18.019><c> beautiful</c><00:23:18.359><c> thought,</c><00:23:19.920><c> and</c><00:23:20.039><c> that's</c><00:23:20.519><c> the</c><00:23:20.640><c> way</c><00:23:20.819><c> we</c>

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should<00:23:21.240><c> talk</c>

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we<00:23:22.400><c> should</c><00:23:22.579><c> be</c><00:23:22.759><c> so</c><00:23:23.019><c> full</c><00:23:23.240><c> of</c><00:23:23.519><c> scripture</c><00:23:23.779><c> that</c><00:23:23.960><c> when</c><00:23:24.079><c> we</c><00:23:24.380><c> talk</c>

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why<00:23:25.579><c> we</c><00:23:25.859><c> talk</c><00:23:26.299><c> as</c><00:23:27.519><c> the</c><00:23:27.720><c> oracles</c><00:23:27.940><c> of</c><00:23:28.180><c> God,</c><00:23:28.359><c> and</c><00:23:28.440><c> that's</c><00:23:28.559><c> what</c>

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Paul<00:23:29.039><c> said</c>

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no,<00:23:29.900><c> Peter</c><00:23:30.140><c> said,</c><00:23:30.640><c> if</c><00:23:30.740><c> anyone</c><00:23:31.079><c> speaks,</c><00:23:32.940><c> let</c><00:23:32.960><c> him</c><00:23:33.220><c> speak</c>

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as<00:23:33.779><c> the</c><00:23:33.980><c> oracles</c><00:23:34.259><c> of</c><00:23:34.480><c> God,</c><00:23:35.980><c> if</c><00:23:36.140><c> anyone</c><00:23:36.480><c> ministers</c>

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let<00:23:37.920><c> him</c><00:23:38.079><c> do</c><00:23:38.400><c> as</c><00:23:39.299><c> with</c><00:23:39.500><c> the</c><00:23:39.660><c> ability</c><00:23:39.980><c> which</c><00:23:40.180><c> God</c><00:23:40.519><c> supplies</c>

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that<00:23:41.940><c> in</c><00:23:42.200><c> all</c><00:23:42.519><c> things</c><00:23:42.920><c> God</c><00:23:43.279><c> may</c><00:23:43.519><c> be</c><00:23:43.740><c> glorified</c><00:23:44.579><c> through</c><00:23:44.920><c> Jesus</c><00:23:45.380><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:23:46.799><c> whom</c><00:23:47.099><c> belong</c><00:23:47.720><c> the</c><00:23:48.019><c> glory</c><00:23:48.480><c> and</c><00:23:49.019><c> dominion</c>

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forever<00:23:50.160><c> and</c><00:23:50.380><c> ever,</c><00:23:51.960><c> amen</c>

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so,<00:23:54.299><c> when</c><00:23:54.380><c> you</c><00:23:54.740><c> speak,</c><00:23:56.720><c> what's</c><00:23:56.980><c> your</c><00:23:57.079><c> language</c>

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we<00:23:58.220><c> say</c><00:23:58.380><c> we</c><00:23:58.579><c> speak</c><00:23:58.799><c> English,</c><00:24:00.299><c> some</c><00:24:00.359><c> of</c><00:24:00.460><c> you</c><00:24:00.599><c> can</c><00:24:00.759><c> speak</c>

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another<00:24:01.220><c> language</c>

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young<00:24:03.660><c> people,</c><00:24:04.980><c> some</c><00:24:05.079><c> young</c><00:24:05.319><c> people</c>

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can<00:24:05.700><c> speak</c><00:24:05.940><c> TV</c><00:24:06.359><c> talk,</c><00:24:07.839><c> we</c><00:24:07.960><c> had</c><00:24:08.940><c> a</c>

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cartoon<00:24:09.900><c> in</c><00:24:10.259><c> our</c><00:24:10.519><c> newspaper,</c><00:24:11.779><c> two</c><00:24:11.839><c> little</c><00:24:12.079><c> children</c><00:24:12.319><c> playing,</c><00:24:12.819><c> and</c><00:24:12.839><c> one</c>

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of<00:24:13.079><c> them</c><00:24:13.119><c> ran</c>

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mommy,<00:24:13.660><c> mommy,</c><00:24:14.519><c> he</c><00:24:14.680><c> said</c><00:24:14.839><c> a</c><00:24:15.079><c> TV</c><00:24:15.420><c> word</c>

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it<00:24:18.299><c> wasn't</c><00:24:18.779><c> a</c><00:24:18.859><c> very</c><00:24:19.140><c> nice</c><00:24:19.400><c> word,</c><00:24:19.880><c> but</c>

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we<00:24:22.039><c> do</c><00:24:22.319><c> reflect</c><00:24:22.859><c> what</c><00:24:23.460><c> we</c><00:24:23.819><c> hear,</c><00:24:24.519><c> you</c><00:24:24.539><c> take</c><00:24:24.740><c> a</c><00:24:24.920><c> young</c><00:24:25.140><c> child</c>

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and<00:24:25.799><c> you</c><00:24:26.059><c> take</c><00:24:26.299><c> them</c><00:24:26.460><c> down</c><00:24:27.480><c> south,</c><00:24:28.099><c> I</c><00:24:28.299><c> was</c><00:24:28.500><c> born</c><00:24:28.700><c> in</c><00:24:28.940><c> Texas</c>

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when<00:24:30.019><c> I</c><00:24:30.660><c> was</c><00:24:31.980><c> in</c><00:24:32.180><c> Texas</c><00:24:32.380><c> I</c><00:24:32.880><c> spoke</c><00:24:33.259><c> with</c><00:24:33.519><c> a</c><00:24:33.680><c> draw</c>

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which<00:24:34.079><c> I</c><00:24:34.380><c> lost</c><00:24:34.579><c> a</c><00:24:34.660><c> little</c><00:24:34.859><c> bit</c><00:24:35.000><c> I</c><00:24:35.079><c> think</c><00:24:35.279><c> since</c><00:24:35.480><c> I</c><00:24:35.599><c> left</c><00:24:35.839><c> so</c><00:24:36.059><c> long</c><00:24:36.259><c> ago,</c><00:24:37.200><c> but</c><00:24:37.240><c> certainly</c>

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English<00:24:37.940><c> people</c><00:24:38.240><c> can</c><00:24:38.440><c> be</c><00:24:38.619><c> picked</c><00:24:38.779><c> out,</c><00:24:39.000><c> you</c><00:24:39.099><c> can</c><00:24:39.299><c> pick</c><00:24:39.440><c> out</c><00:24:39.559><c> an</c>

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Australian,<00:24:40.619><c> you</c><00:24:40.660><c> certainly</c><00:24:40.900><c> can</c><00:24:41.059><c> pick</c><00:24:41.220><c> out</c>

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somebody<00:24:42.200><c> from</c><00:24:42.440><c> Mississippi,</c><00:24:43.119><c> from</c><00:24:43.200><c> somebody</c><00:24:43.440><c> who</c><00:24:43.640><c> lives</c><00:24:43.759><c> in</c>

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Maine,<00:24:44.799><c> somebody</c><00:24:45.000><c> from</c><00:24:45.180><c> California</c>

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somebody<00:24:46.119><c> who</c><00:24:46.440><c> lives</c><00:24:46.480><c> in</c><00:24:46.680><c> Boston,</c><00:24:48.359><c> we</c><00:24:48.359><c> are</c>

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affected<00:24:50.720><c> by</c><00:24:51.079><c> the</c><00:24:51.319><c> people</c><00:24:51.859><c> we're</c><00:24:52.200><c> around</c><00:24:52.460><c> and</c><00:24:52.599><c> the</c><00:24:52.660><c> things</c><00:24:52.819><c> we</c><00:24:53.099><c> hear</c>

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now<00:24:54.359><c> the</c><00:24:54.680><c> point</c><00:24:54.920><c> is</c><00:24:55.119><c> we</c><00:24:55.259><c> have</c><00:24:55.380><c> to</c><00:24:55.480><c> be</c><00:24:55.700><c> affected</c><00:24:55.900><c> by</c><00:24:56.200><c> this</c>

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this<00:24:58.460><c> word</c><00:24:58.680><c> has</c><00:24:58.920><c> to</c><00:24:59.160><c> affect</c><00:24:59.460><c> us,</c><00:24:59.839><c> we</c><00:24:59.880><c> have</c><00:25:00.099><c> to</c><00:25:00.900><c> so</c><00:25:01.200><c> absorb</c><00:25:01.619><c> it</c>

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of<00:25:06.079><c> the</c><00:25:06.339><c> Lord,</c><00:25:06.900><c> so</c><00:25:07.880><c> now</c>

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let's<00:25:09.619><c> compare</c><00:25:10.000><c> what</c><00:25:10.240><c> Mary</c><00:25:10.579><c> said</c><00:25:11.240><c> with</c>

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what<00:25:14.000><c> Hannah</c><00:25:14.279><c> said,</c><00:25:14.700><c> you</c><00:25:14.779><c> remember</c><00:25:15.000><c> Hannah</c><00:25:15.539><c> who</c><00:25:16.039><c> was</c><00:25:16.279><c> also</c><00:25:16.720><c> a</c><00:25:17.140><c> miracle</c>

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that<00:25:18.279><c> she</c><00:25:18.420><c> had</c><00:25:18.599><c> a</c><00:25:18.779><c> baby,</c><00:25:20.180><c> and</c><00:25:20.480><c> Mary</c>

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when<00:25:21.500><c> she</c><00:25:21.819><c> spoke</c><00:25:22.140><c> in</c><00:25:22.380><c> Luke</c><00:25:22.619><c> chapter</c><00:25:23.059><c> 1,</c><00:25:23.940><c> and</c><00:25:24.180><c> when</c><00:25:24.420><c> Hannah</c><00:25:24.680><c> spoke</c>

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in<00:25:26.299><c> first</c><00:25:26.660><c> Samuel</c><00:25:27.119><c> 2,</c><00:25:29.000><c> let's</c><00:25:29.240><c> look</c>

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notice<00:25:29.700><c> how</c><00:25:30.619><c> closely</c><00:25:31.259><c> their</c><00:25:32.660><c> language</c><00:25:33.119><c> was</c>

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Mary<00:25:34.200><c> said</c><00:25:34.480><c> behold</c><00:25:35.119><c> the</c><00:25:35.740><c> handmaid</c><00:25:36.400><c> of</c><00:25:36.740><c> the</c><00:25:36.960><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:25:38.720><c> Hannah</c><00:25:38.900><c> said</c><00:25:39.619><c> let</c><00:25:40.079><c> thy</c><00:25:40.299><c> handmaid</c><00:25:40.900><c> find</c><00:25:41.220><c> grace</c>

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in<00:25:42.180><c> thy</c><00:25:42.640><c> sight,</c><00:25:43.259><c> so</c><00:25:44.819><c> very</c>

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very<00:25:46.359><c> similar</c><00:25:47.039><c> language</c><00:25:47.819><c> of</c><00:25:48.859><c> Mary</c>

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and<00:25:51.019><c> Hannah,</c><00:25:52.339><c> Mary</c><00:25:53.180><c> said</c>

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my<00:25:54.920><c> soul</c><00:25:55.420><c> doth</c><00:25:55.740><c> magnify</c><00:25:56.319><c> the</c><00:25:56.599><c> Lord</c>

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Hannah<00:25:57.920><c> said</c><00:25:58.259><c> my</c><00:25:58.740><c> heart</c><00:25:59.180><c> rejoiceth</c><00:25:59.960><c> in</c><00:26:00.859><c> the</c><00:26:01.140><c> Lord</c>

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Mary<00:26:03.920><c> said</c><00:26:04.519><c> regarding</c><00:26:05.700><c> the</c>

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lower<00:26:06.319><c> state</c><00:26:06.660><c> of</c><00:26:07.039><c> his</c><00:26:07.279><c> handmaid,</c><00:26:08.920><c> and</c><00:26:09.019><c> Hannah</c><00:26:09.200><c> said</c><00:26:09.539><c> if</c><00:26:09.819><c> thou</c>

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wilt<00:26:10.299><c> indeed</c><00:26:10.680><c> look</c><00:26:10.920><c> on</c><00:26:11.200><c> the</c><00:26:11.400><c> affliction</c><00:26:11.799><c> of</c><00:26:12.200><c> thy</c><00:26:12.859><c> handmaid</c>

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why<00:26:16.380><c> did</c><00:26:16.660><c> God</c><00:26:17.220><c> pick</c><00:26:17.799><c> Mary?</c>

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why<00:26:19.640><c> did</c><00:26:19.900><c> God</c><00:26:20.700><c> pick</c><00:26:21.119><c> Hannah?</c>

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why<00:26:23.319><c> did</c><00:26:23.579><c> God</c><00:26:24.259><c> pick</c><00:26:25.400><c> you?</c>

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because<00:26:27.299><c> we</c><00:26:28.220><c> too</c><00:26:28.880><c> like</c><00:26:29.220><c> them</c>

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have<00:26:30.660><c> to</c><00:26:31.000><c> speak</c><00:26:31.400><c> the</c><00:26:31.619><c> language</c><00:26:32.259><c> of</c><00:26:33.279><c> the</c><00:26:33.480><c> Lord</c>

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Mary<00:26:34.799><c> said</c><00:26:35.559><c> holy</c><00:26:36.220><c> is</c><00:26:36.660><c> his</c><00:26:37.039><c> name</c>

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Hannah<00:26:38.680><c> said</c><00:26:38.900><c> there</c><00:26:39.140><c> is</c><00:26:39.400><c> none</c><00:26:39.619><c> holy</c><00:26:40.200><c> as</c><00:26:41.019><c> the</c><00:26:41.279><c> Lord</c>

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Mary<00:26:43.099><c> said</c><00:26:43.380><c> showed</c><00:26:43.880><c> strength</c><00:26:44.359><c> with</c><00:26:44.640><c> his</c><00:26:45.019><c> arm</c>

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Hannah<00:26:46.740><c> said</c><00:26:46.980><c> they</c><00:26:47.279><c> that</c><00:26:47.619><c> stumbled</c><00:26:48.059><c> are</c><00:26:48.720><c> girded</c><00:26:49.759><c> with</c>

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strength,<00:26:51.000><c> I</c><00:26:52.660><c> don't</c><00:26:52.779><c> know</c><00:26:52.819><c> what</c><00:26:53.039><c> happened</c><00:26:53.319><c> there</c>

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doesn't<00:26:55.759><c> matter</c>

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Mary<00:27:03.079><c> said</c>

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Hannah<00:27:08.779><c> said</c><00:27:09.019><c> no</c><00:27:09.420><c> more</c><00:27:11.039><c> exceeding</c>

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proudly,<00:27:14.099><c> Mary</c><00:27:14.099><c> said</c><00:27:14.400><c> down</c><00:27:15.400><c> the</c><00:27:15.859><c> mighty</c>

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these<00:27:24.740><c> two</c><00:27:25.759><c> sisters</c><00:27:26.440><c> who</c><00:27:27.119><c> never</c><00:27:27.400><c> met</c><00:27:27.619><c> each</c><00:27:27.920><c> other</c>

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spoke<00:27:30.960><c> the</c><00:27:31.220><c> same</c><00:27:31.420><c> language</c>

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Hannah<00:27:45.779><c> said</c><00:27:46.000><c> they</c><00:27:46.279><c> that</c><00:27:46.539><c> were</c><00:27:46.880><c> hungry</c>

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have<00:27:48.539><c> rest</c>

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of<00:28:03.200><c> his</c><00:28:03.559><c> anointed</c>

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Mary

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she<00:29:16.599><c> had</c>

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I<00:29:59.720><c> believe</c><00:29:59.799><c> she</c><00:29:59.940><c> was</c>

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death,<00:30:33.680><c> and</c><00:30:33.759><c> resurrection,</c><00:30:34.579><c> we</c><00:30:34.700><c> do</c><00:30:34.880><c> that</c><00:30:35.180><c> every</c><00:30:35.440><c> Sunday</c><00:30:35.660><c> don't</c><00:30:35.920><c> we?</c>

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that<00:30:51.559><c> song?</c>

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of<00:30:56.660><c> Orient,</c><00:30:57.579><c> well</c><00:30:57.920><c> the</c><00:30:58.160><c> Bible</c><00:30:58.359><c> doesn't</c><00:30:58.619><c> say</c><00:30:58.859><c> they</c><00:30:59.000><c> were</c><00:30:59.200><c> three</c>

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you<00:33:55.950><c> know</c><00:33:56.049><c> he's</c><00:33:56.190><c> going</c><00:33:56.309><c> to</c><00:33:56.369><c> be</c><00:33:56.529><c> born</c>

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were<00:34:23.190><c> the</c><00:34:23.349><c> Jews</c>

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the<00:34:24.250><c> Jews</c><00:34:24.510><c> told</c><00:34:24.769><c> him</c><00:34:24.929><c> the</c><00:34:25.050><c> answer,</c><00:34:25.889><c> did</c><00:34:25.949><c> he</c><00:34:26.130><c> believe</c><00:34:26.409><c> it,</c><00:34:27.269><c> he</c><00:34:27.829><c> must</c>

00:34:28.230 --> 00:34:30.469
have<00:34:28.469><c> believed</c><00:34:28.670><c> it,</c><00:34:28.849><c> now</c><00:34:29.070><c> there's</c><00:34:29.269><c> a</c><00:34:29.449><c> big</c><00:34:29.630><c> lesson</c><00:34:29.949><c> for</c><00:34:30.110><c> us</c><00:34:30.309><c> to</c>

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learn<00:34:30.590><c> in</c><00:34:30.789><c> this</c>

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he<00:34:32.610><c> knew</c><00:34:33.010><c> the</c><00:34:33.289><c> answer,</c><00:34:34.969><c> and</c><00:34:35.090><c> he</c><00:34:35.329><c> believed</c><00:34:35.570><c> the</c><00:34:35.730><c> answer</c><00:34:35.889><c> they</c><00:34:36.070><c> gave</c>

00:34:36.329 --> 00:34:39.389
him,<00:34:37.110><c> but</c><00:34:37.250><c> he</c><00:34:37.409><c> also</c><00:34:37.630><c> believed</c><00:34:37.809><c> that</c><00:34:37.969><c> he</c><00:34:38.010><c> could</c><00:34:38.250><c> contradict</c><00:34:38.789><c> or</c>

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thwart<00:34:39.750><c> or</c>

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overcome<00:34:40.510><c> the</c><00:34:40.670><c> will</c><00:34:40.769><c> of</c><00:34:40.969><c> God,</c><00:34:41.269><c> so</c><00:34:41.369><c> he</c><00:34:41.449><c> has</c><00:34:41.570><c> all</c><00:34:41.769><c> the</c><00:34:41.929><c> babies</c><00:34:42.369><c> under</c><00:34:42.789><c> two</c><00:34:42.949><c> years</c><00:34:43.170><c> of</c>

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old<00:34:43.510><c> in</c><00:34:43.690><c> Bethlehem</c>

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killed,<00:34:46.150><c> because</c><00:34:46.349><c> he</c><00:34:46.489><c> was</c><00:34:46.650><c> trying</c><00:34:46.889><c> to,</c><00:34:47.469><c> because</c><00:34:47.710><c> he</c><00:34:47.809><c> didn't</c><00:34:48.010><c> believe</c>

00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:52.349
no,<00:34:48.409><c> he</c><00:34:48.530><c> believed</c><00:34:48.869><c> it,</c><00:34:50.349><c> there's</c><00:34:51.929><c> a</c><00:34:52.030><c> lesson</c><00:34:52.170><c> here</c>

00:34:52.349 --> 00:34:54.889
we've<00:34:52.570><c> got</c><00:34:52.630><c> to</c><00:34:53.210><c> take</c><00:34:53.409><c> to</c><00:34:53.610><c> heart,</c><00:34:53.909><c> and</c><00:34:53.969><c> that</c><00:34:54.030><c> lesson</c><00:34:54.250><c> is</c><00:34:54.469><c> that</c>

00:34:54.889 --> 00:34:56.250
when<00:34:55.010><c> you</c><00:34:55.250><c> know</c><00:34:55.909><c> something</c>

00:34:56.250 --> 00:35:00.550
and<00:34:56.429><c> you</c><00:34:56.489><c> don't</c><00:34:56.690><c> do</c><00:34:56.909><c> it,</c><00:34:57.789><c> you</c><00:34:57.849><c> think</c><00:34:58.090><c> you</c><00:34:58.190><c> can</c><00:34:58.510><c> outwit</c><00:34:59.010><c> the</c><00:34:59.809><c> word</c><00:35:00.030><c> of</c><00:35:00.269><c> God</c>

00:35:00.550 --> 00:35:04.570
you<00:35:01.210><c> can</c><00:35:01.550><c> outsmart</c><00:35:02.269><c> the</c><00:35:02.550><c> Lord,</c><00:35:03.809><c> you've</c><00:35:04.070><c> got</c><00:35:04.170><c> to</c>

00:35:04.570 --> 00:35:08.409
you're<00:35:05.190><c> thinking</c><00:35:05.449><c> wrong,</c><00:35:06.489><c> Herod</c><00:35:06.530><c> was</c><00:35:06.929><c> totally</c><00:35:07.550><c> thinking</c>

00:35:08.409 --> 00:35:11.670
wrong,<00:35:09.789><c> now</c><00:35:10.030><c> think</c><00:35:10.269><c> about</c><00:35:10.489><c> Herod</c><00:35:10.670><c> for</c><00:35:10.829><c> a</c><00:35:10.949><c> minute,</c><00:35:11.329><c> he's</c><00:35:11.590><c> in</c>

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his<00:35:11.849><c> 70s</c>

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he's<00:35:13.449><c> an</c><00:35:13.590><c> old</c><00:35:13.789><c> man,</c><00:35:14.269><c> he's</c><00:35:14.369><c> sickly</c>

00:35:15.409 --> 00:35:19.590
here's<00:35:16.510><c> a</c><00:35:16.670><c> baby</c><00:35:16.889><c> born</c><00:35:17.670><c> in</c><00:35:17.969><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:35:19.309><c> this</c><00:35:19.309><c> baby</c>

00:35:19.590 --> 00:35:23.110
is<00:35:19.789><c> going</c><00:35:19.849><c> to</c><00:35:19.969><c> be</c><00:35:20.170><c> no</c><00:35:20.489><c> threat</c><00:35:20.929><c> whatsoever</c><00:35:21.650><c> to</c><00:35:21.909><c> King</c><00:35:22.230><c> Herod</c>

00:35:23.530 --> 00:35:26.670
he's<00:35:24.170><c> not</c><00:35:24.389><c> going</c><00:35:24.510><c> to</c><00:35:24.550><c> live</c><00:35:24.710><c> very</c><00:35:24.989><c> much</c><00:35:25.210><c> longer,</c><00:35:26.349><c> especially</c>

00:35:26.670 --> 00:35:27.210
in<00:35:26.889><c> the</c><00:35:27.030><c> health</c>

00:35:27.210 --> 00:35:31.530
he<00:35:27.369><c> was</c><00:35:27.710><c> in,</c><00:35:28.449><c> and</c><00:35:29.389><c> yet</c><00:35:29.710><c> he</c><00:35:30.289><c> determined</c><00:35:30.929><c> to</c>

00:35:31.530 --> 00:35:34.190
kill<00:35:32.230><c> that</c><00:35:32.909><c> baby</c>

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Herod<00:35:37.889><c> literally</c><00:35:38.530><c> did</c><00:35:39.010><c> believe</c><00:35:39.389><c> in</c><00:35:39.550><c> the</c>

00:35:39.690 --> 00:35:43.369
Bible<00:35:39.929><c> and</c><00:35:40.150><c> knew</c><00:35:40.349><c> more</c><00:35:40.610><c> about</c><00:35:40.849><c> the</c><00:35:41.070><c> Bible</c><00:35:41.610><c> than</c><00:35:42.090><c> most</c><00:35:42.469><c> of</c><00:35:42.710><c> us</c><00:35:42.949><c> would</c>

00:35:43.369 --> 00:35:47.050
imagine,<00:35:44.550><c> for</c><00:35:44.710><c> example,</c><00:35:45.369><c> Herod</c><00:35:45.610><c> knew</c><00:35:45.889><c> that</c><00:35:46.130><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:35:47.050 --> 00:35:51.349
chapter<00:35:47.650><c> 17,</c><00:35:49.489><c> verse</c><00:35:49.889><c> 15</c>

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said,<00:35:53.630><c> and</c><00:35:54.289><c> this</c><00:35:54.570><c> is</c><00:35:54.969><c> Moses</c>

00:35:55.349 --> 00:35:59.389
talking,<00:35:57.329><c> or</c><00:35:57.469><c> God</c><00:35:57.690><c> talking</c><00:35:58.130><c> to</c><00:35:58.989><c> the</c><00:35:59.090><c> children</c><00:35:59.269><c> of</c>

00:35:59.389 --> 00:36:03.030
Israel<00:35:59.570><c> through</c><00:35:59.789><c> Moses,</c><00:36:01.110><c> about</c><00:36:01.449><c> the</c><00:36:01.869><c> time</c><00:36:02.269><c> that</c><00:36:02.570><c> would</c><00:36:02.730><c> come</c>

00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:03.409
in<00:36:03.250><c> the</c>

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future<00:36:03.690><c> when</c><00:36:04.530><c> they</c><00:36:06.389><c> would</c><00:36:06.610><c> be</c><00:36:06.829><c> in</c><00:36:06.949><c> the</c><00:36:07.130><c> land</c>

00:36:07.489 --> 00:36:10.110
and<00:36:07.949><c> they</c><00:36:08.050><c> would</c><00:36:08.250><c> want</c><00:36:08.369><c> a</c><00:36:08.550><c> king,</c><00:36:09.210><c> and</c><00:36:09.369><c> this</c><00:36:09.590><c> didn't</c><00:36:09.849><c> happen</c>

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for<00:36:10.329><c> years</c>

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after<00:36:11.030><c> they</c><00:36:12.130><c> got</c><00:36:12.329><c> to</c><00:36:12.510><c> the</c><00:36:12.610><c> land</c><00:36:13.050><c> of</c><00:36:14.389><c> Israel</c>

00:36:15.010 --> 00:36:19.070
under<00:36:15.409><c> Joshua,</c><00:36:16.309><c> there</c><00:36:16.349><c> were</c><00:36:16.610><c> 400</c><00:36:17.130><c> years</c><00:36:17.849><c> of</c><00:36:18.530><c> judges</c>

00:36:19.070 --> 00:36:22.690
and<00:36:19.710><c> then</c><00:36:19.869><c> they</c><00:36:20.030><c> said,</c><00:36:20.409><c> we</c><00:36:20.429><c> want</c><00:36:20.650><c> to</c><00:36:20.789><c> be</c><00:36:20.849><c> like</c><00:36:21.110><c> everybody</c><00:36:21.530><c> else</c>

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how<00:36:22.949><c> many</c><00:36:23.170><c> times</c><00:36:23.369><c> you</c><00:36:23.510><c> hear</c><00:36:23.710><c> young</c><00:36:23.909><c> people</c><00:36:24.030><c> say,</c><00:36:24.170><c> we</c><00:36:24.349><c> want</c><00:36:24.610><c> to</c>

00:36:24.730 --> 00:36:27.010
be<00:36:24.829><c> like</c><00:36:25.030><c> everybody</c><00:36:25.429><c> else,</c><00:36:25.929><c> we</c><00:36:25.989><c> want</c><00:36:26.250><c> to</c><00:36:26.369><c> wear</c><00:36:26.449><c> what</c><00:36:26.630><c> everybody</c>

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else<00:36:27.250><c> is</c><00:36:27.389><c> wearing,</c><00:36:27.610><c> we</c><00:36:27.690><c> want</c><00:36:27.889><c> to</c><00:36:28.010><c> go</c><00:36:28.090><c> where</c><00:36:28.309><c> everybody</c><00:36:28.550><c> else</c>

00:36:28.829 --> 00:36:31.250
is<00:36:28.969><c> going,</c><00:36:29.170><c> we</c><00:36:29.210><c> want</c><00:36:29.409><c> to</c><00:36:29.489><c> do</c><00:36:29.610><c> what</c><00:36:29.730><c> everybody</c><00:36:29.929><c> else</c><00:36:30.130><c> does</c>

00:36:32.130 --> 00:36:35.130
sometimes<00:36:32.530><c> everybody</c><00:36:32.929><c> else</c><00:36:33.210><c> is</c><00:36:33.409><c> wrong,</c><00:36:34.610><c> let's</c>

00:36:35.130 --> 00:36:38.630
be<00:36:35.550><c> careful</c><00:36:35.769><c> that</c><00:36:35.909><c> we</c><00:36:36.070><c> don't</c><00:36:36.269><c> follow</c><00:36:36.730><c> the</c><00:36:37.030><c> crowd</c><00:36:37.329><c> when</c><00:36:37.570><c> the</c><00:36:37.750><c> crowd</c><00:36:37.949><c> is</c><00:36:38.230><c> going</c>

00:36:38.630 --> 00:36:41.670
in<00:36:39.170><c> the</c><00:36:39.329><c> wrong</c><00:36:39.570><c> direction,</c><00:36:40.329><c> but</c><00:36:40.630><c> God</c><00:36:40.949><c> knew</c><00:36:41.269><c> that</c><00:36:41.429><c> they</c><00:36:41.550><c> were</c>

00:36:41.670 --> 00:36:42.449
going<00:36:41.769><c> to</c><00:36:41.889><c> say</c><00:36:42.030><c> that</c>

00:36:42.449 --> 00:36:47.289
so<00:36:42.889><c> in</c><00:36:43.349><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:44.150><c> chapter</c><00:36:44.570><c> 17,</c><00:36:46.170><c> in</c><00:36:46.250><c> verse</c><00:36:46.449><c> 15</c>

00:36:47.710 --> 00:36:50.590
God<00:36:48.389><c> said,</c><00:36:49.369><c> thou</c><00:36:49.369><c> shalt</c><00:36:49.969><c> in</c><00:36:50.369><c> any</c>

00:36:50.590 --> 00:36:54.889
wise<00:36:50.889><c> set</c><00:36:51.489><c> over</c><00:36:52.030><c> yourselves</c><00:36:53.670><c> a</c><00:36:54.050><c> king</c>

00:36:54.889 --> 00:36:58.650
whom<00:36:55.449><c> the</c><00:36:55.630><c> Lord</c><00:36:55.829><c> thy</c><00:36:56.010><c> God</c><00:36:56.289><c> will</c><00:36:56.550><c> choose,</c><00:36:57.869><c> one</c><00:36:57.969><c> from</c><00:36:58.230><c> among</c><00:36:58.409><c> thy</c>

00:36:58.650 --> 00:37:02.730
brethren<00:36:59.010><c> shalt</c><00:36:59.369><c> thou</c><00:36:59.570><c> set</c><00:36:59.809><c> over</c><00:37:00.210><c> thee,</c><00:37:00.929><c> thou</c><00:37:01.070><c> mayest</c><00:37:01.489><c> not</c><00:37:01.750><c> set</c><00:37:01.889><c> a</c><00:37:02.210><c> stranger</c>

00:37:02.730 --> 00:37:06.650
over<00:37:03.789><c> thee,</c><00:37:05.130><c> which</c><00:37:05.489><c> is</c><00:37:05.809><c> not</c><00:37:06.050><c> thy</c><00:37:06.309><c> brother</c>

00:37:06.650 --> 00:37:09.710
now<00:37:07.190><c> Herod</c><00:37:07.630><c> knew</c><00:37:07.869><c> about</c><00:37:08.110><c> that</c><00:37:08.429><c> verse,</c><00:37:08.969><c> in</c><00:37:09.050><c> fact</c><00:37:09.170><c> he</c><00:37:09.329><c> knew</c><00:37:09.489><c> so</c>

00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:10.349
much<00:37:09.889><c> about</c><00:37:10.170><c> it</c>

00:37:10.349 --> 00:37:13.690
he<00:37:10.570><c> called</c><00:37:10.789><c> the</c><00:37:10.989><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:37:11.510><c> in</c><00:37:11.690><c> and</c><00:37:11.829><c> he</c><00:37:11.909><c> said,</c><00:37:12.090><c> I</c><00:37:12.090><c> want</c><00:37:12.409><c> you</c><00:37:13.010><c> Jews</c><00:37:13.369><c> to</c>

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reassure<00:37:14.170><c> me</c>

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that<00:37:14.909><c> that</c><00:37:15.250><c> verse</c><00:37:15.630><c> is</c><00:37:16.050><c> not</c><00:37:16.210><c> against</c><00:37:16.550><c> me,</c><00:37:17.289><c> because</c><00:37:17.369><c> I'm</c><00:37:17.590><c> from</c><00:37:17.809><c> Edom</c>

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I'm<00:37:19.090><c> a</c><00:37:19.289><c> stranger,</c><00:37:20.030><c> and</c><00:37:20.150><c> I</c><00:37:20.269><c> want</c><00:37:20.449><c> you</c><00:37:20.590><c> to</c><00:37:20.769><c> say</c><00:37:20.949><c> that</c><00:37:21.170><c> that</c><00:37:21.369><c> verse</c>

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doesn't<00:37:21.809><c> apply</c><00:37:22.110><c> to</c><00:37:22.250><c> me</c>

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and<00:37:23.550><c> as</c><00:37:23.630><c> you</c><00:37:23.730><c> said,</c><00:37:23.909><c> no</c><00:37:23.989><c> we</c><00:37:24.070><c> won't</c><00:37:24.210><c> say</c><00:37:24.389><c> that,</c><00:37:24.610><c> but</c><00:37:24.750><c> it</c><00:37:24.849><c> does</c><00:37:24.989><c> apply</c><00:37:25.210><c> to</c>

00:37:25.349 --> 00:37:26.570
you,<00:37:26.150><c> so</c><00:37:26.250><c> he</c><00:37:26.409><c> killed</c>

00:37:26.570 --> 00:37:29.090
most<00:37:26.769><c> of</c><00:37:26.889><c> the</c><00:37:27.030><c> Sanhedrin,</c><00:37:27.989><c> this</c><00:37:28.150><c> had</c><00:37:28.329><c> happened</c><00:37:28.530><c> a</c><00:37:28.710><c> few</c><00:37:28.829><c> years</c>

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before<00:37:29.409><c> Jesus</c><00:37:29.750><c> was</c><00:37:30.030><c> born</c>

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he<00:37:30.829><c> wiped</c><00:37:31.030><c> him</c><00:37:31.269><c> out,</c><00:37:32.030><c> because</c><00:37:32.429><c> he</c><00:37:32.750><c> knew</c><00:37:32.909><c> this</c><00:37:33.170><c> verse</c><00:37:33.469><c> and</c><00:37:33.769><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:37:34.010><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:37:34.949><c> and</c><00:37:35.210><c> defeat</c><00:37:35.630><c> the</c><00:37:35.789><c> word</c><00:37:35.889><c> of</c><00:37:36.090><c> God,</c><00:37:36.670><c> now</c><00:37:37.010><c> he</c><00:37:37.210><c> knows</c><00:37:37.469><c> where</c><00:37:37.650><c> the</c><00:37:37.789><c> baby</c>

00:37:38.650 --> 00:37:41.010
the<00:37:39.170><c> king</c><00:37:39.429><c> of</c><00:37:39.510><c> the</c><00:37:39.630><c> Jews</c><00:37:39.769><c> is</c><00:37:39.929><c> going</c><00:37:40.010><c> to</c><00:37:40.070><c> be</c><00:37:40.230><c> born,</c><00:37:40.630><c> so</c><00:37:40.650><c> kill</c><00:37:40.829><c> all</c>

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the<00:37:41.090><c> babies</c><00:37:41.269><c> in</c><00:37:41.469><c> that</c><00:37:41.630><c> town</c>

00:37:42.010 --> 00:37:46.489
he<00:37:42.610><c> is</c><00:37:43.309><c> absolutely</c><00:37:43.869><c> out</c><00:37:44.489><c> to</c><00:37:45.030><c> destroy</c><00:37:45.590><c> what</c><00:37:46.010><c> he</c><00:37:46.110><c> knows</c>

00:37:46.489 --> 00:37:48.909
he<00:37:47.329><c> can't</c><00:37:47.329><c> beat</c>

00:37:49.809 --> 00:37:51.949
now<00:37:50.329><c> this</c><00:37:50.849><c> would</c><00:37:51.030><c> be</c><00:37:51.170><c> another</c><00:37:51.389><c> thing</c><00:37:51.550><c> that</c><00:37:51.650><c> would</c><00:37:51.769><c> really</c>

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upset<00:37:52.250><c> Herod</c>

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in<00:37:54.389><c> Numbers</c><00:37:54.789><c> chapter</c><00:37:55.150><c> 24,</c><00:37:57.349><c> going</c><00:37:57.590><c> back</c><00:37:57.929><c> to</c><00:37:58.130><c> verse</c>

00:37:58.489 --> 00:38:03.130
15<00:37:59.050><c> and</c><00:37:59.190><c> 18,</c><00:38:01.309><c> Balaam</c><00:38:01.590><c> is</c><00:38:01.869><c> talking</c><00:38:02.309><c> to</c>

00:38:03.210 --> 00:38:06.889
Balaam,<00:38:03.730><c> and</c><00:38:03.969><c> Balaam</c><00:38:04.510><c> has</c><00:38:05.309><c> been</c><00:38:05.550><c> hired</c><00:38:05.889><c> by</c><00:38:06.190><c> Balaam</c><00:38:06.429><c> to</c><00:38:06.610><c> curse</c>

00:38:06.889 --> 00:38:09.650
Israel,<00:38:07.349><c> and</c><00:38:07.389><c> he</c><00:38:07.489><c> won't</c><00:38:07.690><c> do</c><00:38:07.849><c> it,</c><00:38:07.929><c> he's</c><00:38:08.070><c> only</c><00:38:08.449><c> blessing</c><00:38:08.710><c> them,</c>

00:38:09.690 --> 00:38:10.730
and<00:38:09.949><c> so</c><00:38:10.090><c> he</c><00:38:10.170><c> took</c><00:38:10.329><c> up</c><00:38:10.510><c> this</c>

00:38:10.730 --> 00:38:14.250
parable<00:38:11.130><c> and</c><00:38:11.369><c> said</c><00:38:11.610><c> unto</c><00:38:11.929><c> Balaam,</c><00:38:13.010><c> the</c><00:38:13.170><c> son</c><00:38:13.369><c> of</c><00:38:13.570><c> Beor</c>

00:38:14.250 --> 00:38:18.190
and<00:38:14.590><c> the</c><00:38:14.769><c> man</c><00:38:15.070><c> whose</c><00:38:15.429><c> hands</c><00:38:15.869><c> are</c><00:38:16.110><c> open</c><00:38:16.469><c> has</c><00:38:16.730><c> said,</c><00:38:17.269><c> he</c><00:38:17.550><c> has</c><00:38:17.849><c> said</c>

00:38:18.190 --> 00:38:21.429
which<00:38:18.409><c> heard</c><00:38:18.730><c> the</c><00:38:18.949><c> word</c><00:38:19.530><c> of</c><00:38:19.909><c> God,</c><00:38:20.769><c> and</c><00:38:20.829><c> knew</c><00:38:21.010><c> the</c><00:38:21.230><c> knowledge</c>

00:38:21.429 --> 00:38:22.369
of<00:38:21.590><c> the</c><00:38:21.730><c> most</c><00:38:22.070><c> high</c>

00:38:22.369 --> 00:38:26.130
which<00:38:22.809><c> saw</c><00:38:23.130><c> the</c><00:38:23.349><c> vision</c><00:38:23.489><c> of</c><00:38:23.650><c> the</c><00:38:23.829><c> Almighty,</c><00:38:24.769><c> falling</c><00:38:24.929><c> into</c><00:38:25.190><c> a</c><00:38:25.429><c> trance</c>

00:38:26.130 --> 00:38:30.170
but<00:38:26.389><c> having</c><00:38:26.670><c> his</c><00:38:27.070><c> eyes</c><00:38:27.349><c> open,</c><00:38:27.929><c> I</c><00:38:28.250><c> shall</c><00:38:28.550><c> see</c><00:38:28.869><c> him,</c><00:38:29.429><c> but</c>

00:38:30.170 --> 00:38:34.230
not<00:38:30.630><c> now,</c><00:38:31.750><c> I</c><00:38:32.050><c> shall</c><00:38:32.250><c> behold</c><00:38:32.690><c> him,</c><00:38:33.590><c> but</c><00:38:33.869><c> not</c>

00:38:34.230 --> 00:38:38.809
nigh,<00:38:34.869><c> there</c><00:38:35.090><c> shall</c><00:38:35.329><c> come</c><00:38:35.630><c> a</c><00:38:37.130><c> star</c>

00:38:39.030 --> 00:38:42.349
a<00:38:39.590><c> star</c><00:38:40.150><c> out</c><00:38:40.369><c> of</c><00:38:40.610><c> Jacob,</c><00:38:41.650><c> and</c><00:38:41.730><c> the</c><00:38:41.849><c> scepter</c><00:38:42.070><c> shall</c>

00:38:42.349 --> 00:38:46.190
rise<00:38:42.710><c> out</c><00:38:42.929><c> of</c><00:38:43.130><c> Israel,</c><00:38:43.530><c> we</c><00:38:43.869><c> have</c><00:38:44.130><c> seen</c><00:38:44.289><c> his</c><00:38:44.610><c> star</c><00:38:45.110><c> in</c><00:38:45.389><c> the</c><00:38:45.650><c> east</c>

00:38:46.190 --> 00:38:49.150
when<00:38:46.630><c> the</c><00:38:46.909><c> wise</c><00:38:47.130><c> man</c><00:38:47.269><c> said</c><00:38:47.429><c> we</c><00:38:47.610><c> have</c><00:38:47.829><c> seen</c><00:38:48.030><c> a</c><00:38:48.269><c> star,</c><00:38:48.889><c> and</c><00:38:48.969><c> he</c>

00:38:49.150 --> 00:38:50.429
knows<00:38:49.409><c> about</c><00:38:49.650><c> this</c><00:38:49.849><c> verse</c><00:38:50.030><c> about</c>

00:38:50.429 --> 00:38:54.389
stars,<00:38:51.309><c> and</c><00:38:52.230><c> look</c><00:38:52.510><c> at</c><00:38:52.710><c> verse</c><00:38:53.030><c> 18</c>

00:38:55.610 --> 00:38:58.190
this<00:38:56.170><c> is</c><00:38:56.269><c> what</c><00:38:56.489><c> this</c><00:38:57.210><c> king</c><00:38:57.630><c> of</c><00:38:57.869><c> Israel</c>

00:38:58.190 --> 00:39:01.969
will<00:38:58.250><c> do,</c><00:39:00.849><c> back</c><00:39:01.409><c> to</c><00:39:01.610><c> 17</c>

00:39:01.969 --> 00:39:05.030
I<00:39:02.250><c> shall</c><00:39:02.469><c> behold</c><00:39:02.829><c> him,</c><00:39:03.190><c> but</c><00:39:03.210><c> not</c><00:39:03.409><c> nigh,</c><00:39:04.250><c> there</c><00:39:04.250><c> shall</c><00:39:04.369><c> come</c><00:39:04.610><c> a</c>

00:39:05.030 --> 00:39:06.090
star<00:39:05.389><c> out</c><00:39:05.630><c> of</c><00:39:05.789><c> Jacob</c>

00:39:06.090 --> 00:39:08.590
and<00:39:06.550><c> the</c><00:39:06.670><c> scepter</c><00:39:06.869><c> shall</c><00:39:07.130><c> rise</c><00:39:07.469><c> out</c><00:39:07.710><c> of</c><00:39:07.869><c> Israel,</c><00:39:08.409><c> and</c><00:39:08.409><c> shall</c>

00:39:08.590 --> 00:39:09.710
smite<00:39:08.849><c> the</c><00:39:09.010><c> corners</c><00:39:09.250><c> of</c><00:39:09.489><c> Moab</c>

00:39:09.710 --> 00:39:13.969
and<00:39:10.110><c> destroy</c><00:39:10.429><c> the</c><00:39:10.630><c> children</c><00:39:10.849><c> of</c><00:39:11.309><c> Sheth,</c><00:39:12.170><c> and</c><00:39:12.550><c> eat</c><00:39:12.789><c> them,</c><00:39:13.510><c> I'm</c><00:39:13.849><c> an</c>

00:39:13.969 --> 00:39:18.409
Edomite,<00:39:14.909><c> says</c><00:39:15.170><c> Herod,</c><00:39:17.250><c> a</c><00:39:17.530><c> star</c>

00:39:18.409 --> 00:39:22.130
was<00:39:19.130><c> going</c><00:39:19.309><c> to</c><00:39:19.510><c> come</c><00:39:19.630><c> out</c><00:39:19.809><c> of</c><00:39:19.909><c> the</c><00:39:20.090><c> east,</c><00:39:21.389><c> and</c><00:39:21.489><c> is</c><00:39:21.670><c> destroying</c>

00:39:22.130 --> 00:39:26.130
and<00:39:22.369><c> cut</c><00:39:22.489><c> off</c><00:39:22.730><c> Edom</c><00:39:23.050><c> and</c><00:39:23.170><c> Moab,</c><00:39:23.969><c> and</c><00:39:24.110><c> I'm</c><00:39:24.289><c> Edomite,</c><00:39:25.349><c> no</c><00:39:25.630><c> wonder</c><00:39:25.829><c> this</c>

00:39:26.130 --> 00:39:29.849
made<00:39:26.329><c> him</c><00:39:26.710><c> excited,</c><00:39:27.690><c> and</c>

00:39:30.010 --> 00:39:33.730
he<00:39:30.510><c> tried</c><00:39:30.989><c> to</c><00:39:31.570><c> destroy</c><00:39:32.150><c> the</c><00:39:33.349><c> one</c>

00:39:33.730 --> 00:39:38.170
born<00:39:34.469><c> king</c><00:39:34.869><c> of</c><00:39:35.030><c> the</c><00:39:35.130><c> Jews,</c><00:39:35.269><c> but</c><00:39:35.449><c> you</c><00:39:36.329><c> can't</c><00:39:36.550><c> win</c><00:39:36.909><c> against</c><00:39:37.230><c> God</c>

00:39:38.530 --> 00:39:41.570
you<00:39:39.030><c> can't</c><00:39:39.349><c> win</c><00:39:39.510><c> either,</c><00:39:40.070><c> I</c><00:39:40.250><c> can't</c><00:39:40.530><c> win</c>

00:39:41.730 --> 00:39:45.710
what<00:39:42.230><c> about</c><00:39:42.530><c> us,</c><00:39:43.449><c> see,</c><00:39:44.469><c> we're</c><00:39:44.690><c> studying</c><00:39:44.929><c> the</c><00:39:45.110><c> life</c><00:39:45.269><c> of</c><00:39:45.489><c> Jesus,</c>

00:39:45.809 --> 00:39:46.289
but<00:39:45.929><c> we're</c><00:39:46.070><c> really</c>

00:39:46.289 --> 00:39:48.110
studying<00:39:46.389><c> the</c><00:39:46.530><c> life</c><00:39:46.650><c> of</c><00:39:46.789><c> Jesus</c><00:39:46.909><c> for</c><00:39:47.070><c> a</c><00:39:47.230><c> very</c><00:39:47.449><c> special</c><00:39:47.710><c> reason,</c>

00:39:48.429 --> 00:39:50.150
we've<00:39:48.750><c> got</c><00:39:48.769><c> to</c><00:39:48.909><c> take</c><00:39:49.050><c> these</c><00:39:49.289><c> lessons</c><00:39:49.670><c> and</c><00:39:49.949><c> fit</c><00:39:50.030><c> them</c>

00:39:50.150 --> 00:39:53.150
into<00:39:50.329><c> our</c><00:39:50.530><c> life,</c><00:39:51.150><c> so</c><00:39:51.289><c> that</c><00:39:51.369><c> we'll</c><00:39:51.530><c> be</c><00:39:51.730><c> different,</c><00:39:52.809><c> because</c>

00:39:53.150 --> 00:39:54.030
we've<00:39:53.449><c> studied</c><00:39:53.570><c> them</c>

00:39:54.030 --> 00:39:58.190
than<00:39:54.469><c> if</c><00:39:54.690><c> we</c><00:39:54.909><c> hadn't.</c><00:39:56.909><c> Do</c><00:39:56.969><c> you</c><00:39:57.309><c> believe</c><00:39:57.489><c> this</c><00:39:57.650><c> Bible's</c><00:39:58.070><c> truth?</c>

00:39:58.369 --> 00:40:00.690
I<00:39:58.369><c> mean,</c><00:39:59.369><c> is</c><00:39:59.409><c> this</c><00:39:59.570><c> a</c><00:39:59.750><c> pack</c><00:39:59.869><c> of</c><00:40:00.010><c> lies,</c><00:40:00.230><c> or</c><00:40:00.309><c> is</c><00:40:00.389><c> this</c><00:40:00.550><c> the</c><00:40:00.610><c> word</c>

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of<00:40:00.829><c> God?</c>

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Which<00:40:04.349><c> is</c><00:40:04.530><c> it?</c>

00:40:05.969 --> 00:40:09.650
The<00:40:06.210><c> word</c><00:40:06.210><c> of</c><00:40:06.329><c> God,</c><00:40:06.630><c> right?</c><00:40:07.070><c> You</c><00:40:07.289><c> bet</c><00:40:07.389><c> it</c><00:40:07.630><c> is.</c><00:40:08.869><c> It</c><00:40:09.130><c> certainly</c><00:40:09.449><c> is.</c>

00:40:09.730 --> 00:40:12.389
Now,<00:40:09.969><c> do</c><00:40:10.150><c> you</c><00:40:10.309><c> believe</c><00:40:10.469><c> it?</c><00:40:11.489><c> Well,</c><00:40:11.750><c> of</c><00:40:11.889><c> course</c><00:40:12.030><c> you</c><00:40:12.150><c> believe</c>

00:40:12.389 --> 00:40:14.070
it.<00:40:12.690><c> You</c><00:40:12.789><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:12.949><c> be</c><00:40:13.130><c> here</c><00:40:13.230><c> if</c><00:40:13.349><c> you</c><00:40:13.469><c> didn't,</c><00:40:13.690><c> would</c><00:40:13.829><c> you?</c>

00:40:14.489 --> 00:40:17.550
Now,<00:40:14.670><c> do</c><00:40:14.769><c> you</c><00:40:14.889><c> believe</c><00:40:14.989><c> what</c><00:40:15.170><c> Jesus</c><00:40:15.429><c> said?</c><00:40:16.530><c> Well,</c><00:40:16.849><c> yes,</c><00:40:17.329><c> of</c>

00:40:17.550 --> 00:40:18.070
course<00:40:17.730><c> you</c><00:40:17.849><c> do.</c>

00:40:18.469 --> 00:40:20.769
Did<00:40:18.630><c> he</c><00:40:18.730><c> say,</c><00:40:18.929><c> if</c><00:40:19.010><c> you</c><00:40:19.190><c> love</c><00:40:19.329><c> me,</c><00:40:19.550><c> keep</c><00:40:19.630><c> my</c><00:40:19.869><c> commandments?</c>

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Do<00:40:21.809><c> you</c><00:40:22.170><c> believe</c><00:40:22.289><c> that?</c><00:40:23.130><c> Are</c><00:40:23.309><c> you</c><00:40:23.449><c> baptized?</c>

00:40:24.989 --> 00:40:28.690
Most<00:40:25.349><c> of</c><00:40:25.449><c> you</c><00:40:25.510><c> can</c><00:40:25.650><c> say</c><00:40:25.750><c> yes,</c><00:40:26.090><c> but</c><00:40:26.210><c> anybody</c><00:40:26.489><c> in</c><00:40:26.590><c> this</c><00:40:26.750><c> room</c><00:40:26.929><c> says,</c><00:40:27.590><c> yes,</c><00:40:27.949><c> they</c><00:40:28.030><c> believe</c><00:40:28.150><c> the</c><00:40:28.289><c> Bible's</c>

00:40:28.690 --> 00:40:30.570
true,<00:40:28.929><c> yes,</c><00:40:29.150><c> they</c><00:40:29.250><c> believe</c><00:40:29.349><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.610><c> said</c><00:40:29.849><c> to</c><00:40:30.210><c> be</c><00:40:30.349><c> baptized,</c>

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you're<00:40:30.730><c> not</c><00:40:30.889><c> baptized,</c><00:40:31.550><c> you</c><00:40:31.829><c> can't</c>

00:40:32.030 --> 00:40:35.889
do<00:40:32.530><c> what</c><00:40:32.730><c> God</c><00:40:32.909><c> said.</c><00:40:33.969><c> If</c><00:40:34.090><c> he</c><00:40:34.210><c> said</c><00:40:34.289><c> to</c><00:40:34.429><c> be</c><00:40:34.570><c> baptized,</c><00:40:34.829><c> you're</c><00:40:35.030><c> not.</c>

00:40:36.329 --> 00:40:40.530
So,<00:40:36.650><c> if</c><00:40:36.789><c> you're</c><00:40:36.949><c> not</c><00:40:37.190><c> yet,</c><00:40:38.030><c> why</c><00:40:38.289><c> not?</c><00:40:38.889><c> Well,</c><00:40:39.110><c> you</c><00:40:39.190><c> may</c><00:40:39.349><c> be</c><00:40:39.469><c> too</c><00:40:39.670><c> young.</c>

00:40:40.610 --> 00:40:42.570
But<00:40:40.769><c> think</c><00:40:40.969><c> about</c><00:40:41.190><c> it</c><00:40:41.289><c> if</c><00:40:41.329><c> you're</c><00:40:41.489><c> not,</c><00:40:41.829><c> because</c><00:40:42.010><c> it's</c><00:40:42.130><c> something</c><00:40:42.389><c> that</c>

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should<00:40:42.769><c> be</c><00:40:43.550><c> taken</c><00:40:43.769><c> care</c><00:40:44.010><c> of</c>

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as<00:40:44.369><c> soon</c><00:40:44.510><c> as</c><00:40:44.650><c> you</c><00:40:44.769><c> possibly</c><00:40:45.130><c> can.</c>

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Are<00:40:48.969><c> we</c>

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as<00:40:50.349><c> brothers</c><00:40:50.630><c> and</c><00:40:50.809><c> sisters,</c><00:40:51.150><c> are</c><00:40:51.210><c> we</c><00:40:51.929><c> trying</c><00:40:52.130><c> to</c><00:40:52.329><c> keep</c><00:40:52.929><c> the</c><00:40:53.349><c> commandments</c>

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of<00:40:54.869><c> the</c><00:40:54.969><c> Lord</c><00:40:55.110><c> Jesus</c><00:40:55.409><c> Christ?</c>

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Are<00:40:58.869><c> we</c><00:40:59.369><c> listening</c><00:40:59.829><c> to</c><00:41:01.409><c> the</c><00:41:01.670><c> Lord</c>

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as<00:41:02.949><c> he</c><00:41:03.150><c> speaks</c><00:41:03.389><c> to</c><00:41:03.590><c> us</c><00:41:03.769><c> through</c><00:41:03.969><c> his</c><00:41:04.550><c> inspired</c><00:41:05.110><c> prophets</c>

00:41:06.289 --> 00:41:09.829
and<00:41:07.369><c> apostles,</c><00:41:08.530><c> telling</c><00:41:08.750><c> us</c><00:41:09.010><c> those</c><00:41:09.170><c> things</c><00:41:09.389><c> that</c><00:41:09.570><c> we</c>

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need<00:41:10.070><c> to</c><00:41:10.230><c> know</c><00:41:10.449><c> and</c><00:41:10.710><c> do?</c>

00:41:13.070 --> 00:41:15.530
The<00:41:13.789><c> Jews</c><00:41:14.429><c> knew</c>

00:41:15.530 --> 00:41:19.449
where<00:41:16.030><c> he</c><00:41:16.150><c> was</c><00:41:16.309><c> to</c><00:41:16.409><c> be</c><00:41:16.630><c> born.</c><00:41:18.190><c> When</c><00:41:18.590><c> the</c><00:41:18.829><c> shepherds</c><00:41:19.090><c> in</c><00:41:19.250><c> the</c>

00:41:19.449 --> 00:41:21.789
field<00:41:19.809><c> came</c><00:41:20.190><c> into</c><00:41:20.449><c> town,</c><00:41:21.130><c> it</c><00:41:21.190><c> stirred</c><00:41:21.289><c> up</c><00:41:21.449><c> the</c><00:41:21.550><c> whole</c><00:41:21.730><c> city.</c>

00:41:22.150 --> 00:41:23.510
The<00:41:22.409><c> Jews</c><00:41:22.809><c> knew</c><00:41:23.070><c> what</c><00:41:23.250><c> was</c>

00:41:23.510 --> 00:41:25.389
going<00:41:23.769><c> on.</c>

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And<00:41:28.050><c> they</c><00:41:28.769><c> didn't</c><00:41:29.929><c> listen.</c>

00:41:33.349 --> 00:41:34.889
Herod<00:41:33.630><c> knew</c>

00:41:35.110 --> 00:41:39.789
and<00:41:35.829><c> he</c><00:41:36.130><c> didn't</c><00:41:36.469><c> listen.</c><00:41:38.230><c> We</c><00:41:38.949><c> now</c>

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know,<00:41:42.449><c> absolutely</c>

00:41:43.369 --> 00:41:47.650
brothers<00:41:43.769><c> and</c><00:41:43.909><c> sisters,</c><00:41:44.230><c> we</c><00:41:44.670><c> know</c><00:41:45.269><c> that</c><00:41:45.610><c> the</c><00:41:45.809><c> Lord's</c><00:41:46.769><c> second</c><00:41:47.110><c> coming</c>

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is<00:41:48.869><c> very</c><00:41:49.409><c> near.</c>

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How<00:41:51.909><c> ready</c><00:41:52.670><c> are</c><00:41:54.389><c> we</c>

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to<00:41:56.090><c> meet</c><00:41:56.369><c> him</c><00:41:57.130><c> when</c><00:41:58.170><c> he</c><00:41:58.409><c> comes?</c>

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Are<00:42:00.170><c> we</c><00:42:00.409><c> doing</c><00:42:00.630><c> all</c><00:42:01.170><c> that</c><00:42:01.309><c> we</c><00:42:01.570><c> can</c><00:42:02.369><c> with</c><00:42:03.349><c> what</c><00:42:03.570><c> we</c>

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have<00:42:05.409><c> right</c><00:42:05.929><c> where</c><00:42:06.130><c> we</c><00:42:06.409><c> are?</c>

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Are<00:42:08.090><c> we</c><00:42:08.590><c> not</c><00:42:08.909><c> doing</c><00:42:09.309><c> what</c><00:42:09.630><c> we</c><00:42:09.869><c> know</c><00:42:10.230><c> we</c><00:42:10.730><c> should</c>

00:42:10.969 --> 00:42:15.070
be<00:42:11.269><c> doing?</c><00:42:13.329><c> And</c><00:42:13.510><c> if</c><00:42:13.670><c> we're</c><00:42:13.929><c> not,</c>

00:42:15.730 --> 00:42:19.150
why<00:42:16.250><c> not?</c><00:42:18.210><c> They</c><00:42:18.590><c> knew</c>

00:42:19.150 --> 00:42:23.170
he<00:42:19.570><c> was</c><00:42:19.789><c> to</c><00:42:19.929><c> be</c><00:42:20.170><c> born.</c><00:42:21.550><c> They</c><00:42:21.690><c> knew</c><00:42:21.889><c> when</c><00:42:22.289><c> he</c><00:42:22.489><c> was</c><00:42:22.710><c> going</c><00:42:22.829><c> to</c><00:42:22.969><c> be</c>

00:42:23.170 --> 00:42:27.090
born,<00:42:23.570><c> because</c><00:42:24.349><c> these</c><00:42:24.949><c> same</c><00:42:25.349><c> scribes</c><00:42:25.809><c> and</c><00:42:25.969><c> Pharisees</c><00:42:26.449><c> were</c><00:42:26.690><c> students</c>

00:42:27.090 --> 00:42:31.010
of<00:42:27.349><c> the</c><00:42:27.530><c> prophet</c><00:42:27.769><c> Daniel.</c><00:42:29.110><c> They</c><00:42:29.329><c> knew</c><00:42:29.710><c> when</c><00:42:30.210><c> he</c><00:42:30.369><c> was</c><00:42:30.550><c> going</c><00:42:30.670><c> to</c><00:42:30.769><c> be</c>

00:42:31.010 --> 00:42:34.170
born,<00:42:31.369><c> not</c><00:42:31.630><c> exact</c><00:42:32.050><c> date,</c><00:42:32.389><c> but</c><00:42:32.530><c> about</c><00:42:32.789><c> the</c><00:42:33.010><c> same,</c><00:42:33.650><c> and</c><00:42:33.969><c> they</c>

00:42:34.170 --> 00:42:35.130
knew<00:42:34.389><c> where.</c>

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Now,<00:42:35.710><c> do</c><00:42:35.889><c> you</c><00:42:36.110><c> know</c><00:42:36.909><c> when</c><00:42:37.530><c> Jesus</c><00:42:37.909><c> is</c><00:42:38.130><c> coming?</c><00:42:38.469><c> Well,</c><00:42:38.730><c> no,</c><00:42:38.869><c> you</c>

00:42:38.949 --> 00:42:39.309
don't<00:42:39.130><c> know</c>

00:42:39.309 --> 00:42:43.250
the<00:42:39.510><c> date,</c><00:42:40.170><c> but</c><00:42:40.329><c> you</c><00:42:40.489><c> know</c><00:42:40.650><c> it's</c><00:42:40.869><c> very</c><00:42:41.130><c> soon,</c><00:42:41.369><c> don't</c><00:42:41.530><c> you?</c><00:42:42.570><c> We</c><00:42:43.010><c> have</c>

00:42:43.250 --> 00:42:46.610
certain<00:42:43.550><c> signs</c><00:42:43.949><c> that</c><00:42:44.210><c> we</c><00:42:44.769><c> know</c><00:42:45.369><c> are</c><00:42:45.889><c> telling</c><00:42:46.090><c> us</c><00:42:46.369><c> that</c><00:42:46.510><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:42:46.789><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:42:47.909><c> soon</c><00:42:48.110><c> to</c><00:42:48.409><c> return.</c><00:42:49.550><c> The</c><00:42:49.989><c> question</c><00:42:50.349><c> is,</c>

00:42:50.849 --> 00:42:54.670
are<00:42:51.469><c> we</c><00:42:51.750><c> getting</c><00:42:52.010><c> ready</c><00:42:52.329><c> for</c><00:42:52.590><c> him?</c><00:42:53.630><c> Are</c><00:42:53.869><c> we</c><00:42:54.250><c> doing</c>

00:42:54.670 --> 00:42:59.170
what<00:42:55.269><c> we</c><00:42:55.570><c> can</c><00:42:56.289><c> with</c><00:42:56.909><c> what</c><00:42:57.070><c> we</c><00:42:57.369><c> have</c><00:42:58.610><c> right</c>

00:42:59.170 --> 00:43:03.190
where<00:42:59.289><c> we</c><00:42:59.630><c> are?</c><00:43:01.349><c> Are</c><00:43:01.610><c> we</c><00:43:01.789><c> letting</c><00:43:01.989><c> somebody</c><00:43:02.329><c> else</c><00:43:02.610><c> do</c><00:43:02.809><c> it?</c>

00:43:03.190 --> 00:43:05.590
If<00:43:03.989><c> you're</c><00:43:04.289><c> asked</c><00:43:04.389><c> to</c><00:43:04.570><c> do</c><00:43:04.650><c> something</c><00:43:04.849><c> in</c><00:43:05.010><c> the</c><00:43:05.170><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:05.550><c> do</c>

00:43:05.590 --> 00:43:07.849
you<00:43:05.630><c> say,</c><00:43:06.190><c> well,</c><00:43:06.349><c> get</c><00:43:06.570><c> somebody</c><00:43:06.929><c> else.</c>

00:43:08.489 --> 00:43:10.670
Because<00:43:08.750><c> somebody</c><00:43:09.050><c> else</c><00:43:09.190><c> can</c><00:43:09.309><c> do</c><00:43:09.389><c> it</c><00:43:09.489><c> better</c><00:43:09.630><c> than</c><00:43:09.750><c> me.</c><00:43:10.449><c> You</c>

00:43:10.670 --> 00:43:11.210
know<00:43:10.829><c> my</c><00:43:11.070><c> story</c>

00:43:11.210 --> 00:43:13.329
of<00:43:11.289><c> the</c><00:43:11.449><c> D</c><00:43:11.550><c> and</c><00:43:11.670><c> the</c><00:43:11.809><c> four</c><00:43:11.969><c> B's.</c><00:43:12.449><c> How</c><00:43:12.610><c> many</c><00:43:12.750><c> of</c><00:43:12.849><c> you</c><00:43:12.909><c> know</c><00:43:13.050><c> the</c><00:43:13.150><c> D</c>

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and<00:43:13.409><c> the</c><00:43:13.530><c> four</c><00:43:13.650><c> B's?</c>

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Wow,<00:43:15.789><c> that's</c><00:43:16.050><c> good.</c><00:43:17.409><c> My</c><00:43:17.610><c> wife</c><00:43:17.909><c> says,</c><00:43:18.409><c> every</c><00:43:18.610><c> time</c><00:43:18.789><c> I</c><00:43:18.969><c> start</c>

00:43:19.250 --> 00:43:21.110
telling<00:43:19.530><c> these</c><00:43:19.769><c> stories,</c><00:43:20.030><c> she</c><00:43:20.289><c> groans</c><00:43:20.550><c> and</c><00:43:20.750><c> says,</c><00:43:20.789><c> oh,</c><00:43:20.889><c> not</c>

00:43:21.110 --> 00:43:23.190
that<00:43:21.250><c> one</c><00:43:21.369><c> again.</c><00:43:22.769><c> That's</c><00:43:23.090><c> why</c>

00:43:23.190 --> 00:43:27.369
she<00:43:23.309><c> doesn't</c><00:43:23.510><c> come</c><00:43:23.730><c> with</c><00:43:23.949><c> me.</c><00:43:26.269><c> Well,</c><00:43:26.630><c> the</c><00:43:26.789><c> D</c><00:43:27.150><c> and</c>

00:43:27.369 --> 00:43:31.789
four<00:43:27.610><c> B's</c><00:43:28.289><c> stands</c><00:43:28.590><c> for</c><00:43:29.070><c> doing</c><00:43:29.610><c> your</c><00:43:30.690><c> best</c>

00:43:32.349 --> 00:43:35.489
is<00:43:32.869><c> better</c><00:43:33.389><c> than</c><00:43:34.610><c> being</c><00:43:35.150><c> the</c>

00:43:35.489 --> 00:43:39.489
best.<00:43:37.369><c> And</c><00:43:37.530><c> whatever</c><00:43:37.849><c> it</c><00:43:38.150><c> is</c><00:43:38.469><c> you're</c><00:43:38.909><c> asked</c><00:43:39.250><c> to</c>

00:43:39.489 --> 00:43:43.110
do,<00:43:40.710><c> if</c><00:43:40.750><c> somebody</c><00:43:41.230><c> else</c><00:43:41.869><c> could</c><00:43:42.269><c> do</c><00:43:42.429><c> it</c><00:43:42.690><c> better</c>

00:43:43.110 --> 00:43:47.309
than<00:43:43.469><c> you</c><00:43:43.789><c> can.</c><00:43:45.309><c> I</c><00:43:45.730><c> know</c><00:43:45.949><c> that's</c><00:43:46.250><c> true</c><00:43:46.449><c> when</c><00:43:46.590><c> you</c><00:43:46.829><c> invite</c><00:43:47.090><c> me</c>

00:43:47.309 --> 00:43:50.210
to<00:43:47.489><c> come</c><00:43:47.610><c> here</c><00:43:47.789><c> to</c><00:43:48.030><c> speak.</c><00:43:48.929><c> You</c><00:43:49.110><c> kind</c><00:43:49.309><c> of</c><00:43:49.429><c> make</c><00:43:49.570><c> mistakes</c><00:43:50.010><c> when</c>

00:43:50.210 --> 00:43:51.210
you<00:43:50.349><c> do</c><00:43:50.530><c> that,</c><00:43:50.769><c> because</c><00:43:50.849><c> you</c><00:43:51.010><c> can</c>

00:43:51.210 --> 00:43:54.889
invite<00:43:51.449><c> somebody</c><00:43:51.849><c> better.</c><00:43:53.110><c> But</c><00:43:53.269><c> the</c><00:43:53.469><c> point</c><00:43:53.630><c> is,</c><00:43:53.829><c> you</c><00:43:53.969><c> did</c><00:43:54.190><c> invite</c><00:43:54.590><c> me,</c>

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and<00:43:55.050><c> that's</c>

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your<00:43:55.630><c> problem.</c><00:43:56.349><c> So</c><00:43:56.570><c> now</c><00:43:56.789><c> it's</c><00:43:56.929><c> my</c><00:43:57.150><c> job</c><00:43:57.329><c> to</c><00:43:57.489><c> do</c><00:43:57.650><c> my</c><00:43:57.949><c> best.</c><00:43:58.949><c> I</c>

00:43:59.369 --> 00:44:03.409
can't<00:43:59.610><c> be</c><00:43:59.789><c> somebody</c><00:44:00.170><c> else.</c><00:44:01.329><c> I</c><00:44:01.329><c> can't</c><00:44:01.590><c> do</c><00:44:01.769><c> the</c><00:44:01.909><c> best</c><00:44:02.110><c> of</c><00:44:02.309><c> another</c><00:44:02.530><c> person,</c><00:44:03.030><c> because</c><00:44:03.050><c> I'm</c>

00:44:03.409 --> 00:44:07.389
not<00:44:03.650><c> that</c><00:44:03.869><c> person.</c><00:44:04.409><c> I</c><00:44:04.449><c> only</c><00:44:06.010><c> can</c><00:44:06.329><c> do</c><00:44:06.489><c> my</c><00:44:06.710><c> best.</c><00:44:06.769><c> But</c><00:44:06.949><c> that's</c><00:44:07.230><c> true</c>

00:44:07.389 --> 00:44:10.369
of<00:44:07.510><c> you,</c><00:44:08.110><c> too.</c><00:44:08.849><c> So</c><00:44:08.969><c> there's</c><00:44:09.650><c> a</c><00:44:09.750><c> little</c><00:44:09.849><c> story</c><00:44:10.010><c> that</c><00:44:10.190><c> goes</c><00:44:10.190><c> with</c>

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that.<00:44:10.550><c> It</c><00:44:10.630><c> won't</c><00:44:10.789><c> take</c><00:44:10.969><c> long.</c>

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I'm<00:44:11.469><c> just</c><00:44:11.690><c> about</c><00:44:11.829><c> out</c><00:44:11.949><c> of</c><00:44:12.030><c> time,</c><00:44:12.090><c> but</c><00:44:12.190><c> I</c><00:44:12.269><c> want</c><00:44:12.409><c> to</c><00:44:12.530><c> tell</c><00:44:12.610><c> it,</c><00:44:13.150><c> because</c><00:44:13.269><c> it</c>

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has<00:44:13.530><c> a</c><00:44:13.690><c> great</c><00:44:13.889><c> moral</c><00:44:14.110><c> that</c><00:44:14.329><c> ties</c><00:44:14.650><c> in</c><00:44:14.849><c> all</c>

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we're<00:44:15.510><c> talking</c><00:44:15.730><c> about.</c><00:44:16.369><c> There</c><00:44:16.449><c> was</c><00:44:16.610><c> a</c><00:44:16.750><c> young</c><00:44:17.329><c> boy,</c><00:44:17.989><c> young</c><00:44:18.170><c> man</c>

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in<00:44:18.809><c> the</c><00:44:18.949><c> Naval</c><00:44:19.090><c> Academy</c>

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who<00:44:19.789><c> wanted</c><00:44:19.949><c> to</c><00:44:20.050><c> be</c><00:44:20.130><c> a</c><00:44:20.269><c> second</c><00:44:20.750><c> world</c><00:44:20.750><c> war</c><00:44:20.750><c> during</c><00:44:21.110><c> the</c><00:44:21.309><c> second</c>

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world<00:44:22.469><c> war.</c>

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In<00:44:23.309><c> order</c><00:44:23.510><c> to</c><00:44:23.650><c> do</c><00:44:23.769><c> this,</c><00:44:23.989><c> he</c><00:44:24.130><c> had</c><00:44:24.329><c> to</c><00:44:24.510><c> have</c><00:44:24.650><c> an</c><00:44:24.889><c> interview</c><00:44:25.369><c> with</c>

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Admiral<00:44:26.010><c> Rickover.</c><00:44:27.070><c> Admiral</c><00:44:27.389><c> Rickover</c>

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gave<00:44:28.289><c> interviews</c><00:44:28.789><c> to</c><00:44:29.070><c> every</c><00:44:29.289><c> person</c><00:44:29.610><c> who</c><00:44:29.750><c> wanted</c><00:44:29.929><c> to</c><00:44:30.150><c> qualify</c>

00:44:30.590 --> 00:44:32.090
to<00:44:31.010><c> become</c><00:44:31.309><c> commanders</c><00:44:31.809><c> of</c>

00:44:32.090 --> 00:44:35.670
submarines.<00:44:33.489><c> And</c><00:44:33.869><c> it</c><00:44:34.469><c> was</c><00:44:34.590><c> about</c><00:44:34.769><c> a</c><00:44:34.849><c> four</c><00:44:35.130><c> hour</c><00:44:35.349><c> interview.</c>

00:44:35.730 --> 00:44:36.070
We<00:44:35.869><c> have</c>

00:44:36.070 --> 00:44:38.530
interviews<00:44:36.329><c> for</c><00:44:36.590><c> baptism,</c><00:44:37.210><c> don't</c><00:44:37.230><c> we?</c><00:44:37.449><c> And</c><00:44:37.530><c> I</c><00:44:37.530><c> know</c><00:44:37.789><c> sometimes</c><00:44:38.289><c> people</c>

00:44:38.530 --> 00:44:39.969
are<00:44:38.710><c> very</c><00:44:39.010><c> nervous</c><00:44:39.289><c> about</c><00:44:39.630><c> that.</c>

00:44:40.349 --> 00:44:43.949
But<00:44:40.530><c> it's</c><00:44:41.309><c> beneficial</c><00:44:41.869><c> for</c><00:44:42.130><c> the</c><00:44:42.289><c> person</c><00:44:42.809><c> that's</c><00:44:43.710><c> being</c>

00:44:43.949 --> 00:44:48.010
interviewed,<00:44:44.369><c> because</c><00:44:44.889><c> we're</c><00:44:45.309><c> helping</c><00:44:45.849><c> them</c><00:44:46.110><c> give</c><00:44:46.309><c> a</c><00:44:46.469><c> confession</c><00:44:46.869><c> of</c><00:44:47.030><c> their</c><00:44:47.230><c> faith.</c><00:44:47.650><c> So</c><00:44:47.809><c> it's</c>

00:44:48.010 --> 00:44:52.190
not<00:44:48.150><c> a</c><00:44:48.329><c> punishment,</c><00:44:48.829><c> but</c><00:44:48.969><c> it's</c><00:44:49.809><c> to</c><00:44:50.010><c> help</c><00:44:50.170><c> you</c><00:44:50.409><c> achieve</c>

00:44:52.530 --> 00:44:56.050
a<00:44:53.050><c> baptism</c><00:44:53.389><c> which</c><00:44:53.769><c> will</c><00:44:53.889><c> be</c><00:44:54.090><c> valid.</c><00:44:55.030><c> So</c><00:44:55.389><c> if</c><00:44:55.530><c> you</c><00:44:55.710><c> want</c><00:44:55.809><c> to</c>

00:44:56.050 --> 00:44:59.210
become<00:44:56.250><c> a</c><00:44:56.469><c> commander</c><00:44:56.789><c> of</c><00:44:56.989><c> a</c><00:44:57.050><c> submarine,</c><00:44:57.409><c> you</c><00:44:57.409><c> had</c><00:44:57.570><c> to</c><00:44:57.690><c> do</c><00:44:57.829><c> this.</c><00:44:58.989><c> So</c>

00:44:59.210 --> 00:45:00.010
this<00:44:59.429><c> young</c>

00:45:00.010 --> 00:45:04.070
naval<00:45:00.349><c> officer</c><00:45:00.869><c> came</c><00:45:01.110><c> in,</c><00:45:01.349><c> and</c><00:45:01.449><c> he</c><00:45:01.550><c> sat</c><00:45:01.690><c> down</c><00:45:02.550><c> behind</c><00:45:03.090><c> the</c><00:45:03.909><c> chair</c>

00:45:04.070 --> 00:45:07.449
opposite<00:45:04.530><c> the</c><00:45:04.789><c> admiral.</c><00:45:04.989><c> The</c><00:45:05.150><c> admiral</c><00:45:05.309><c> had</c><00:45:05.449><c> a</c><00:45:05.550><c> great</c><00:45:05.730><c> big</c><00:45:06.050><c> walnut</c><00:45:06.369><c> desk.</c><00:45:07.369><c> He</c>

00:45:07.449 --> 00:45:07.869
looked<00:45:07.610><c> over</c>

00:45:07.869 --> 00:45:11.670
at<00:45:08.730><c> this</c><00:45:09.230><c> young</c><00:45:09.510><c> man,</c><00:45:09.730><c> and</c><00:45:09.809><c> he</c><00:45:09.949><c> started</c><00:45:10.070><c> asking</c><00:45:10.349><c> him</c><00:45:10.610><c> questions.</c>

00:45:12.110 --> 00:45:16.030
And<00:45:12.250><c> he</c><00:45:12.309><c> asked</c><00:45:12.550><c> this</c><00:45:12.769><c> man</c><00:45:12.969><c> questions.</c><00:45:14.030><c> He</c><00:45:14.409><c> was</c><00:45:14.909><c> not</c><00:45:15.309><c> doing</c><00:45:15.750><c> so</c><00:45:15.969><c> well.</c>

00:45:16.050 --> 00:45:18.510
He<00:45:16.250><c> began</c><00:45:16.449><c> to</c><00:45:16.630><c> miss</c><00:45:16.809><c> some</c><00:45:16.989><c> of</c><00:45:17.130><c> the</c><00:45:17.230><c> questions,</c><00:45:17.510><c> and</c><00:45:17.969><c> he</c><00:45:18.250><c> began</c>

00:45:18.510 --> 00:45:20.369
to<00:45:18.710><c> sink</c><00:45:18.849><c> sort</c><00:45:19.090><c> of</c><00:45:19.269><c> lower</c><00:45:19.489><c> and</c><00:45:19.670><c> lower</c><00:45:20.010><c> and</c><00:45:20.110><c> lower</c>

00:45:20.369 --> 00:45:24.070
in<00:45:20.530><c> his</c><00:45:20.769><c> seat,</c><00:45:20.969><c> and</c><00:45:21.230><c> oh</c><00:45:21.630><c> wow.</c><00:45:22.809><c> And</c><00:45:23.150><c> finally</c><00:45:23.409><c> the</c><00:45:23.650><c> admiral</c><00:45:23.849><c> looked</c>

00:45:24.070 --> 00:45:27.409
over<00:45:24.289><c> and</c><00:45:24.369><c> he</c><00:45:24.409><c> says,</c><00:45:24.730><c> young</c><00:45:24.889><c> man,</c><00:45:26.250><c> where</c><00:45:26.429><c> did</c><00:45:26.670><c> you</c><00:45:26.869><c> finish</c><00:45:27.210><c> in</c>

00:45:27.409 --> 00:45:28.190
your<00:45:27.590><c> graduation</c>

00:45:28.190 --> 00:45:32.030
class<00:45:28.590><c> at</c><00:45:29.050><c> the</c><00:45:29.050><c> Naval</c><00:45:29.449><c> Academy?</c><00:45:31.690><c> He</c><00:45:31.869><c> thought,</c>

00:45:32.170 --> 00:45:35.010
here's<00:45:32.449><c> my</c><00:45:32.710><c> opportunity</c><00:45:33.329><c> to</c><00:45:33.630><c> redeem</c><00:45:34.030><c> myself.</c>

00:45:36.269 --> 00:45:40.250
He<00:45:36.570><c> says,</c><00:45:36.829><c> well</c><00:45:36.969><c> sir,</c><00:45:37.250><c> I</c><00:45:37.510><c> finished</c><00:45:38.170><c> 59th</c>

00:45:40.250 --> 00:45:43.190
out<00:45:40.389><c> of</c><00:45:40.590><c> a</c><00:45:40.710><c> class</c><00:45:40.889><c> of</c><00:45:41.269><c> 975.</c>

00:45:44.610 --> 00:45:47.929
And<00:45:44.929><c> he</c><00:45:45.030><c> thought</c><00:45:45.210><c> the</c><00:45:45.530><c> admiral</c><00:45:45.789><c> would</c><00:45:46.030><c> say,</c><00:45:46.630><c> oh,</c><00:45:46.789><c> congratulations.</c>

00:45:48.570 --> 00:45:51.969
Good<00:45:48.750><c> going.</c><00:45:50.369><c> The</c><00:45:50.650><c> admiral</c><00:45:50.889><c> didn't</c><00:45:51.210><c> say</c><00:45:51.489><c> that.</c><00:45:51.650><c> He</c><00:45:51.789><c> just</c>

00:45:51.969 --> 00:45:56.130
looked<00:45:52.130><c> across</c><00:45:52.550><c> at</c><00:45:52.710><c> him</c><00:45:52.829><c> and</c><00:45:52.929><c> he</c><00:45:53.070><c> said,</c><00:45:55.510><c> did</c><00:45:55.610><c> you</c><00:45:55.769><c> always</c>

00:45:56.130 --> 00:45:58.030
do<00:45:56.369><c> your</c><00:45:56.590><c> very</c><00:45:56.909><c> best?</c>

00:46:01.269 --> 00:46:04.469
The<00:46:01.469><c> young</c><00:46:01.710><c> man</c><00:46:03.170><c> gulped</c><00:46:03.690><c> and</c>

00:46:04.530 --> 00:46:08.750
he<00:46:04.849><c> thought,</c><00:46:05.590><c> well,</c><00:46:05.750><c> 59</c><00:46:06.190><c> out</c><00:46:06.449><c> of</c><00:46:06.570><c> 975</c><00:46:07.250><c> ain't</c><00:46:07.670><c> bad.</c>

00:46:09.809 --> 00:46:12.150
But<00:46:10.110><c> he</c><00:46:10.269><c> said,</c><00:46:10.449><c> well,</c><00:46:11.269><c> no</c><00:46:11.849><c> sir,</c>

00:46:12.369 --> 00:46:16.150
not<00:46:12.710><c> always.</c><00:46:15.809><c> And</c><00:46:15.969><c> the</c><00:46:16.050><c> admiral</c>

00:46:16.150 --> 00:46:18.230
said,<00:46:16.849><c> and</c><00:46:17.030><c> why</c><00:46:17.210><c> not?</c>

00:46:19.829 --> 00:46:21.929
And<00:46:20.269><c> the</c><00:46:20.469><c> admiral</c><00:46:20.690><c> just</c><00:46:20.949><c> turned</c><00:46:21.170><c> around</c><00:46:21.590><c> and</c><00:46:21.710><c> he</c><00:46:21.809><c> had</c>

00:46:21.929 --> 00:46:25.909
another<00:46:22.289><c> desk</c><00:46:22.530><c> behind</c><00:46:22.889><c> him</c><00:46:23.010><c> and</c><00:46:23.090><c> he</c><00:46:23.230><c> began</c><00:46:23.449><c> to</c><00:46:23.630><c> work</c><00:46:23.750><c> back</c><00:46:24.070><c> here</c><00:46:24.750><c> with</c><00:46:25.389><c> his</c><00:46:25.670><c> back</c>

00:46:25.909 --> 00:46:29.829
to<00:46:26.170><c> the</c><00:46:26.449><c> young</c><00:46:26.730><c> naval</c><00:46:27.110><c> officer.</c><00:46:29.230><c> So</c><00:46:29.389><c> the</c><00:46:29.510><c> man</c><00:46:29.690><c> said,</c>

00:46:29.889 --> 00:46:32.690
I<00:46:29.909><c> guess</c><00:46:30.110><c> the</c><00:46:30.289><c> interview</c><00:46:30.530><c> is</c><00:46:30.630><c> over</c><00:46:30.949><c> and</c><00:46:31.050><c> he</c><00:46:31.150><c> got</c><00:46:31.289><c> up</c><00:46:31.469><c> and</c><00:46:31.730><c> left.</c>

00:46:34.010 --> 00:46:38.230
Now<00:46:34.130><c> the</c><00:46:34.210><c> question</c><00:46:34.650><c> that</c><00:46:35.409><c> the</c><00:46:35.750><c> admiral</c><00:46:35.969><c> asked</c><00:46:36.389><c> the</c><00:46:36.969><c> young</c><00:46:37.630><c> officer</c>

00:46:38.230 --> 00:46:41.530
is<00:46:38.989><c> the</c><00:46:39.190><c> question</c><00:46:39.449><c> that</c><00:46:39.630><c> Jesus</c><00:46:39.849><c> is</c><00:46:39.969><c> going</c><00:46:40.070><c> to</c><00:46:40.190><c> ask</c><00:46:40.329><c> you.</c>

00:46:42.130 --> 00:46:47.710
Are<00:46:42.389><c> you</c><00:46:42.610><c> doing</c><00:46:42.809><c> your</c><00:46:43.070><c> best?</c><00:46:44.389><c> You</c><00:46:44.550><c> don't</c><00:46:44.730><c> have</c><00:46:44.929><c> to</c><00:46:45.110><c> compare</c><00:46:45.409><c> yourself</c><00:46:45.750><c> to</c>

00:46:47.710 --> 00:46:51.030
do<00:46:47.710><c> your</c><00:46:47.809><c> best.</c><00:46:48.750><c> Don't</c><00:46:49.070><c> refuse</c><00:46:49.590><c> to</c><00:46:49.809><c> do</c><00:46:49.909><c> your</c><00:46:50.130><c> best</c><00:46:50.309><c> because</c><00:46:50.570><c> somebody</c><00:46:50.769><c> can</c><00:46:50.929><c> do</c>

00:46:51.030 --> 00:46:51.650
it<00:46:51.170><c> better</c><00:46:51.309><c> than</c><00:46:51.449><c> you.</c>

00:46:51.909 --> 00:46:54.170
We're<00:46:52.230><c> asking</c><00:46:52.409><c> you</c><00:46:52.670><c> to</c><00:46:52.829><c> do</c><00:46:52.969><c> it.</c><00:46:53.110><c> If</c><00:46:53.170><c> it's</c><00:46:53.389><c> a</c><00:46:53.570><c> prayer,</c><00:46:53.849><c> if</c><00:46:53.929><c> it's</c>

00:46:54.170 --> 00:46:55.429
to<00:46:54.329><c> play</c><00:46:54.489><c> the</c><00:46:54.690><c> hymns,</c>

00:46:55.570 --> 00:46:57.809
if<00:46:55.730><c> it's</c><00:46:55.969><c> to</c><00:46:56.110><c> serve,</c><00:46:56.690><c> if</c><00:46:56.809><c> the</c><00:46:56.909><c> sister's</c><00:46:57.170><c> down</c><00:46:57.349><c> working</c><00:46:57.570><c> in</c><00:46:57.710><c> the</c>

00:46:57.809 --> 00:46:59.630
kitchen,<00:46:58.210><c> if</c><00:46:58.570><c> you're</c><00:46:58.789><c> asked</c><00:46:59.050><c> to</c><00:46:59.190><c> do</c><00:46:59.369><c> it,</c>

00:46:59.789 --> 00:47:03.650
say,<00:46:59.969><c> here</c><00:47:00.170><c> am</c><00:47:00.389><c> I,</c><00:47:00.670><c> send</c><00:47:00.789><c> me.</c><00:47:03.030><c> And</c><00:47:03.230><c> if</c><00:47:03.289><c> you're</c><00:47:03.389><c> not</c><00:47:03.530><c> doing</c>

00:47:03.650 --> 00:47:07.250
your<00:47:03.849><c> best,</c><00:47:06.050><c> why</c><00:47:06.349><c> not?</c>

00:47:07.489 --> 00:47:11.150
You<00:47:07.650><c> can</c><00:47:07.750><c> say,</c><00:47:07.829><c> well,</c><00:47:08.070><c> I</c><00:47:08.230><c> can't</c><00:47:08.369><c> do</c><00:47:08.469><c> as</c><00:47:08.590><c> good</c><00:47:08.690><c> as</c><00:47:08.809><c> him.</c><00:47:08.969><c> I</c><00:47:09.289><c> didn't</c><00:47:09.570><c> ask</c><00:47:09.889><c> you</c><00:47:10.010><c> if</c><00:47:10.030><c> you</c><00:47:10.150><c> could</c><00:47:10.250><c> do</c><00:47:10.409><c> as</c><00:47:10.550><c> good</c><00:47:10.710><c> as</c><00:47:10.849><c> him.</c><00:47:11.030><c> I</c>

00:47:11.150 --> 00:47:11.570
didn't<00:47:11.289><c> ask</c><00:47:11.449><c> you</c>

00:47:11.570 --> 00:47:13.829
if<00:47:11.570><c> you</c><00:47:11.650><c> could</c><00:47:11.750><c> do</c><00:47:11.889><c> as</c><00:47:11.949><c> good</c><00:47:12.090><c> as</c><00:47:12.130><c> she</c><00:47:12.349><c> does.</c><00:47:12.869><c> Are</c><00:47:13.190><c> you</c><00:47:13.510><c> doing</c>

00:47:13.829 --> 00:47:15.309
your<00:47:14.429><c> best</c>

00:47:15.309 --> 00:47:17.690
or<00:47:16.110><c> for</c><00:47:16.289><c> the</c><00:47:16.469><c> Lord?</c>

00:47:19.230 --> 00:47:20.650
If<00:47:19.389><c> not,</c>

00:47:23.030 --> 00:47:24.550
why<00:47:23.369><c> not?</c>

00:47:25.909 --> 00:47:28.750
The<00:47:26.210><c> man</c><00:47:26.570><c> was</c><00:47:26.949><c> Jimmy</c><00:47:27.250><c> Carter.</c>

00:47:36.570 --> 00:47:38.489
Thank<00:47:37.250><c> you,</c><00:47:37.409><c> Brother</c><00:47:37.650><c> Bob.</c>

00:47:39.889 --> 00:47:43.030
This<00:47:40.150><c> is</c><00:47:40.489><c> the</c><00:47:40.610><c> end</c><00:47:40.769><c> of</c><00:47:40.929><c> the</c><00:47:40.989><c> first</c><00:47:41.170><c> class</c><00:47:41.550><c> and</c><00:47:41.969><c> now</c><00:47:42.309><c> we</c><00:47:42.409><c> invite</c><00:47:42.610><c> everybody</c>

00:47:43.030 --> 00:47:45.590
to<00:47:43.369><c> join</c><00:47:43.429><c> us</c><00:47:43.670><c> in</c><00:47:43.869><c> lunch</c><00:47:44.269><c> downstairs.</c>

00:47:46.429 --> 00:47:49.630
Before<00:47:46.750><c> lunch,</c><00:47:47.269><c> we'd</c><00:47:47.469><c> like</c><00:47:47.610><c> to</c><00:47:48.030><c> offer</c><00:47:48.289><c> prayer</c><00:47:48.750><c> up</c><00:47:49.210><c> here</c><00:47:49.429><c> for</c>

00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:51.050
lunch<00:47:49.909><c> and</c><00:47:50.210><c> also</c><00:47:50.590><c> to</c><00:47:50.869><c> close</c>

00:47:51.050 --> 00:47:55.030
this<00:47:51.309><c> morning's</c><00:47:51.690><c> meeting.</c><00:47:52.369><c> We'll</c><00:47:52.710><c> call</c><00:47:52.869><c> on</c><00:47:53.030><c> our</c><00:47:53.190><c> brother</c><00:47:53.369><c> Ernie</c><00:47:53.630><c> Twelves</c><00:47:53.849><c> for</c><00:47:54.050><c> that.</c>

00:48:05.130 --> 00:48:07.730
Our<00:48:05.730><c> Father</c><00:48:06.090><c> in</c><00:48:06.250><c> Heaven,</c>

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hallowed<00:48:08.590><c> be</c><00:48:08.769><c> thy</c><00:48:09.050><c> name.</c>

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Lord,<00:48:12.269><c> we</c><00:48:12.269><c> thank</c><00:48:12.730><c> thee</c><00:48:12.969><c> that</c><00:48:13.050><c> thou</c><00:48:13.309><c> hast</c><00:48:13.530><c> invited</c><00:48:13.909><c> us</c>

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to<00:48:15.769><c> share</c><00:48:16.210><c> the</c><00:48:16.369><c> blessings</c><00:48:16.750><c> of</c><00:48:16.909><c> this</c><00:48:17.210><c> hour,</c>

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that<00:48:19.769><c> together</c><00:48:20.110><c> we</c><00:48:20.269><c> might</c><00:48:20.610><c> let</c><00:48:20.869><c> our</c><00:48:21.110><c> minds</c><00:48:21.389><c> dwell</c><00:48:21.710><c> on</c>

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those<00:48:23.429><c> things</c><00:48:23.710><c> that</c><00:48:23.889><c> thou</c><00:48:24.090><c> hast</c><00:48:24.510><c> causally</c><00:48:24.989><c> written</c><00:48:25.269><c> for</c><00:48:25.590><c> our</c><00:48:25.769><c> learning.</c>

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Open<00:48:29.050><c> our</c><00:48:29.349><c> minds</c><00:48:29.750><c> to</c><00:48:30.110><c> the</c>

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wonders<00:48:31.909><c> of</c><00:48:33.630><c> the</c>

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life<00:48:34.570><c> and</c><00:48:35.530><c> ministry</c><00:48:36.469><c> of</c><00:48:36.889><c> the</c><00:48:37.030><c> Lord.</c>

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Let<00:48:39.670><c> us</c><00:48:39.849><c> see</c><00:48:40.110><c> him</c><00:48:40.349><c> as</c><00:48:40.730><c> our</c><00:48:41.510><c> teacher,</c>

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our<00:48:44.570><c> healer,</c>

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and<00:48:46.989><c> our</c><00:48:47.230><c> Redeemer.</c>

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And<00:48:51.130><c> eventually,</c><00:48:52.949><c> when</c><00:48:53.130><c> he</c><00:48:53.269><c> comes</c><00:48:53.550><c> again,</c>

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to<00:48:55.769><c> see</c><00:48:55.929><c> him</c><00:48:56.269><c> as</c><00:48:57.170><c> King</c><00:48:57.590><c> of</c><00:48:57.750><c> Kings</c>

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and<00:48:59.590><c> Lord</c><00:48:59.889><c> of</c><00:49:00.130><c> Lords.</c>

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Open<00:49:04.710><c> our</c><00:49:04.989><c> minds</c><00:49:05.449><c> to</c><00:49:05.829><c> the</c>

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wonders<00:49:07.909><c> of</c><00:49:08.170><c> thy</c><00:49:08.429><c> grace</c><00:49:08.889><c> in</c><00:49:09.150><c> Christ</c><00:49:09.469><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:49:11.670><c> help</c><00:49:11.929><c> us</c><00:49:12.369><c> to</c><00:49:13.550><c> glorify</c><00:49:14.110><c> thy</c><00:49:14.349><c> name.</c>

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And<00:49:18.730><c> now</c><00:49:18.909><c> as</c><00:49:19.050><c> we</c><00:49:19.309><c> prepare</c><00:49:19.670><c> to</c>

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partake<00:49:22.130><c> of</c><00:49:22.309><c> the</c><00:49:22.510><c> lunch</c><00:49:22.710><c> which</c><00:49:22.969><c> has</c><00:49:23.150><c> been</c><00:49:23.469><c> prepared</c><00:49:23.909><c> for</c><00:49:24.210><c> us,</c>

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we<00:49:26.010><c> ask</c><00:49:26.289><c> thy</c><00:49:26.469><c> blessing</c><00:49:26.809><c> upon</c><00:49:27.190><c> it</c><00:49:27.949><c> that</c><00:49:29.070><c> we</c><00:49:29.269><c> may</c><00:49:29.489><c> be</c>

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strengthened<00:49:30.289><c> to</c><00:49:31.869><c> serve</c><00:49:32.110><c> thee</c><00:49:32.329><c> faithfully</c>

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and<00:49:34.389><c> to</c><00:49:34.610><c> do</c><00:49:34.829><c> those</c><00:49:35.190><c> things</c><00:49:35.489><c> which</c><00:49:36.289><c> are</c><00:49:37.130><c> acceptable</c>

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and<00:49:38.750><c> pleasing</c><00:49:38.969><c> unto</c><00:49:39.230><c> thee.</c>

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We<00:49:41.570><c> ask</c><00:49:41.869><c> that</c><00:49:42.050><c> thou</c><00:49:42.210><c> would</c><00:49:42.389><c> accept</c><00:49:42.730><c> our</c><00:49:42.969><c> thanks</c><00:49:43.289><c> now</c><00:49:43.670><c> for</c><00:49:43.929><c> all</c><00:49:44.210><c> thy</c>

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mercies<00:49:45.769><c> and</c><00:49:46.010><c> blessings</c><00:49:46.909><c> in</c><00:49:47.690><c> the</c><00:49:47.809><c> name</c><00:49:48.070><c> of</c><00:49:48.329><c> our</c><00:49:48.489><c> Lord</c><00:49:48.710><c> Jesus</c><00:49:49.190><c> Christ.</c>

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Amen.

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Amen.